{"title": "I saw this post and am disappointed in the guy. Still i hope they got together in the end.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wy6vk/i_saw_this_post_and_am_disappointed_in_the_guy/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "", "comments": [["This is one of the rare instances where the muslim girls family is accepting of their daughters kaff\u0131r boyfriend. Op is just creating his own problems and overblowing it when there is no problem. Put yourselves in his place and youd see how is a very lucky guy. So what if his girlfriend is a hijabi shes not forced to wear it and in this case its her choice. He should be grateful and appreciative take away the \"forced\" part of it and women in hijabs are beautiful. To hell with the judgemental people and his family he shoudve stuck up for her. Hes being a pussy and needs to man up this is pure beta chuck behavior. If he loves his lady he will stand up for her and defend her."]]}
{"title": "Where to print a ticket as a tourist if hotel is not an option?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wxfan/where_to_print_a_ticket_as_a_tourist_if_hotel_is/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Sorry ... forgot to put it in the title ... I'm in KL and need to print there.\n---\nHello!\nI'll take the bus to KL to Jerantut with Trans Malaya Express and it says on the ticket that one should print it b/c some bus drivers might not accept the ticket on the smartphone screen.\nOf course, doesn't make sense, but better safe than sorry. But I'm currently staying in some conda apartment type hotel and the security guys don't seem like they would be interested in printing something for me.\nSo ... yeah ... where do I print this ticket? Any suggestions?\nThanks", "comments": [["Google \"printing services around me\" in Maps."]]}
{"title": "Internet Subscription Tax Relief", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vg9pc/internet_subscription_tax_relief/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Does anyone here knows if it's legal to claim the tax relief RM2500 Lifestyle category for Internet Subscription? This is the new CelcomDigi plan, would you be able to claim for it or not if I subscribe the plan?\nAnyone here accountant or tax agent? Haha. Comments and replies are greatly appreciated.", "comments": [["Yes, can claim 100% for phone bills that advertises internet as all-in-one as part of the 2,500 tax relief. If it was like yesteryears e.g calls RM50, data RM99, you can only claim RM99.", "Your reply is greatly appreciated. Thanks alot."]]}
{"title": "Can boss force salaried employee to work out of buisness hour if mistakes were made at work? (Whithout paying OT)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u8bxc/can_boss_force_salaried_employee_to_work_out_of/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "My sister work hybrid as a grahpic designer, sometimes when she made a mistake at work she is expected to overtime remotely and finish the day work, she's currently on probation/intern for 3 months, so her pay is already low, but they never pay her OT for the hours she spent off-site or at home, some even take her untill 4am in the morning, imo her mistakes aren't that major, cause usually it's because they were expecting her to focus on something more instead of something else without clarifying her what she actually need to prioritize on, which cost her time but in the end she is at fault for not asking, though i think she was given vague instructions that were made to be misunderstood. But i won't debate on that. Currently she's working on 3 projects with day by day deadline, She is issued to design something that is given to her day to day, if she fail to finish it within a day she is expected to OT, even if she din't make any mistakes they would still call her up at night to send in the day work if she haven't finished. The deadline never exceed 2-3 days within announcement. If she don't do OT would she get in trouble? Considering they don't pay her for the time anyway? Also theres one more thing that happened to her, the \"manager\" messed up the deadline for the project she worked on and he didn't even clarified it, just deleted it and edited some stuffs to cover up the mistake and expected her to work with the new deadline, is this legal? The \"manager\" also likes to send in the working files 30 mins before the buisness hour is up.... This is her 2nd company (1st hybrid) and she got loads to complain about but the driving factor that makes her want to quit is working off buisness hours (OT).\nFor clarification, i get that salaried empoyees in the US are mostly exempt from OT pay, and instead is compensated by something called \"Comp Time\" but that's not mandatory, not sure how it is in Malaysia, and i also know that since the gig she is on is fairly competitive and since the deadline depends on the client, she is expected to work off hours remotely or in office, but this has been going on for the past 3 months and she has been missing her sleep which i think is not a healthy environment to be in, or this gig is just not suited for her.\nClarifcation 2: It's not actually \"intern\" since she had that experience in her first company already, it's just that this 2nd company ask to pay lower then minimum cause she is new, only 1 year experience as an intern in first company so i think it's more accurate to call this in \"probation\" she is promised minimum salary after a few more months.\nEdit: forgot to mention, tomorrow (sunday) they expected her to be on-call to finish the project she worked on before new year, this is off buisness hours and shes is not getting payed for it.", "comments": [["Exploitation, grey area.\nTake it as a lesson, get more confident in the future and a better job.", "Thanks for the advice, i'll try making her consider on changing her gig if that's possible...."], ["TLDR : yes until report to JTK but once u report to JTK there is no turning back because the next you go job interview, the HR will start to check whether u have history report against former employer and will deterrent from hiring you because u caused trouble.", "This is why malaysia is heaven for crocs , free abusive workforce country", "HR will start to check whether u have history report against former employer\nHolup, they can do that? How though?", "Call your previous employer if curious enough and check jtk department, everything just need ic name . U are fucked if is niche industry because everyone know everyone and this has just happen few week ago at instagram salary malaysia gap confession.\nFun fact : maybank have a hr department that send authentic employee potential survey / queries to previous employment to confirm any issues before hiring", "Does this meen it's an offence to hold \"salaried\" employees out of buisness hour to stay for extra hours to make amendments for the mistakes that's been made? Or can we not force employees to stay for the deadline wether or not mistakes has been made? Not sure what the state law is in Malaysia, thanks for replying."], ["So many things wrong with the situation but for rm500/mo the best thing is to just GTFO of that company immeadiately.\nTell your sister to just email saying he quit and start looking for a new job, block all contact with that company.\nOT is the least of her concerns to be honest."], ["As far as I concerned, if your salary is more than MYR3500, you are not able to claim OT anymore, for whatever reason.\nBut usually, you don\u2019t really have to spend much on OT once you reach this stage. So, I can say your sister is abused. Not surprising though since graphic industry was never fair to begin with, just look at Les Copaque issues.\nGraphic people usually stay for the passion, if she no longer have that passion, ask her to jump somewhere else before her mental health detoriate at the speed of light.", "She is in probation/intern for said company, she is paid RM500 monthly, last month got deducted but won't say how much and why just for the sake of not being specific.\nJust for clarification, it's not actually \"intern\" since she had that experience in her first company already, it's just this 2nd company ask to pay lower then minimum cause she is new, only 1 year experience as an intern in first company so i think it's more accurate to call this in \"probation\"", "Is she an employee under probation or is she an intern? She cannot be both. As an employee of a Malaysian company she must be paid at least the statutory minimum wage (RM1500 for employees paid per month or RM 7.21 per hour for those paid per hour). Help her to make a report to JTK then find a new job ASAP", "This is bs. She's not an intern, she is a fully working employee who is under probation because she's new. She's being grossly underpaid at a RM500 salary - even waiters at restaurants are paid more. Likely the employer does not even have a salary slip for her because they are paying her below minimum salary. 100% being exploited.", "Is she living in outskirts? Because she should receive a minimum wage at least. I earned more working in 7-11 and our OT was paid.\nYou should have a reality check with her."], ["Employers are required to pay at least 1.5x for overtime hours. You can refer to the Employment Act 1955 (for West Malaysia) which protects employees with salary up to RM4,000.\nErm, maybe there's something wrong with my work ethic, but if they're paying low salary they shouldn't expect the employee to go beyond normal working hours without OT pay or allowance. Perhaps she can discuss with her superior regarding these issues, like, \"hey I've been working a lot beyond 6pm, can you please review my workload or advise the company's OT policy?\" If they refuse she should remain polite, but understand that all her personal resources belong to her.\n\"Sorry, internet down in my area I can't access the files.\"\n\"Sorry, my pc broken.\"\n\"Sorry, my phone a bit old sometimes calls automatic go to missed calls.\"\n\"Sorry, need to celebrate my grandma's birthday can't help.\"\n\"Sorry, my mum forcing me to go family trip.\"\n\"Sorry, my phone data running out, I don't have money to top up...\"\nThat's just a way to cope and be petty, but ultimately it's just not a good company."], ["Cannot. Must pay 1.5x. Here you go.\nhttps://malaysia.acclime.com/guides/employment-law/\nSeek arbitration."], ["When you are employed under other person, you basically a corporate slave. The company has poor culture, merely let the person who made mistake to work alone. No teamwork etc?\nThere are companies or place that treasure employees. Tell her to keep looking for it."], ["Not considering context: If mistakes were made at work, you should solve it yourself and not cause trouble for others. If you feel bad doing unpaid OT to fix your mistake, imagine doing unpaid OT to fix someone else's mistake while the other guy went home on time and doesn't respond.\nAt my current workplace, I have a mistake prone colleague and when you tell him to be more careful, his attitude is that others should find his mistakes and clean up after him. Not a pleasant person to work with.\nWith your sister's current company, the problem isn't fixing mistakes. The problem is her overwork and the company is just abusing her. She should leave."], ["The way you described the problem is still rather vague. Whether or not she is an intern or an employee depends on her contract, not on what you think is or isn't. I'm going to have to make assumptions here.\nInterns are generally not covered by the Employment Act. It feels like her company was hiring an intern, with the possibility of hiring her as an employee after a few months, and your sister got in with both eyes open. I would presume that she is not a salaried employee, she is an intern with an allowance. Very simple is to check if the employer has contributed to her EPF or not.\nIf the employer did pay EPF then they kantoi, they screwed up and she can take action about the minimum wage and unpaid overtime as an employee. If not, then very simple, stop doing OT and wait for the manager to terminate if they think a complacent mule like your sister is so easy to find. Anyways, the worst that could happen is that she gets fired, and people get fired all the time, it's seriously not a big deal, it happens quite often. Move on and find another job."], ["OP, let me give you a scenario.\nYou order pasta without nuts due to allergy (last order, kitchen closing), they serve you pasta mixed with nuts and you cant separate them.\nAs a customer, what are your expectations?\nAs the chef what is your responsibility?\nAs the restaurant owner, how would you feel?\nMany comments here miss out on the \"made mistake\" part. F***, everyone should just make mistakes and claim 8 hours OT then."]]}
{"title": "China tourist taking a dump outside a Cameron Highlands homestay", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wnbaa/china_tourist_taking_a_dump_outside_a_cameron/", "num_comment": 59, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "Video here: https://twitter.com/anthraxxx781/status/1742081787940249600?t=bbpLo34CL9rWxgNOIrf1aw&s=19", "comments": [["Well I mean, you know, it comes with the package:\nhttps://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/22/hoping-for-five-million-chinese-tourist-arrivals-to-msia-next-year\nWe want their money; they gifted us warm shit.", "Someone pls teach them that it\u2019s ok to ask for a toilet. And it\u2019s an offence to berak on the streets.", "Someone pls teach them\nThat would be Bintulu MP\u2019s job"], ["Expected behaviour from \u5f3a\u56fd\u4eba", "Of course, she is exerting and marking dominance over a given territory, like those China boats in our EEZ", "Dude... I don't want to imagine sea turtles eating PRC fishermen's bat flu shits. Sea turtle bat flu would be no joke..", "\"comrade, obviously paid actors by the provocative imperialistic US to damage our representation globally. We have 5000 years of culture. Those actors are obviously Japanese.\" - Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC probably..", "Wrong, it's \u5899\u56fd\u97ed\u83dc\uff0cnot \u5f3a\u56fd\u4eba. Do I need to translate?"], ["you can take China-men out of China, but you can't take China out of the China-men.\nIf i was homestay owner, i would find way to blackmail and extort them otherwise will send this video back to mainland and get their credit score lowered :26554:", "This\u2b06\ufe0f"], ["really nothing new, they seem to have no notion of using a toilet. There was a PRC lady who took a massive dump right outside the entrance to Holland Village MRT in Singapore a while back", "Too many cases in Singapore", "But in Singapore they will go to jail"], ["What ate their thinking process to even allow themselves to do this!?", "There is none. That\u2019s just how it is in rural China Chinese.", "Probably got sponge as brains.", "You sure if it's even there", "\u201cNeed make poop now. Plop!\u201d", "i pay tax mah:26554:", "Cultural Revolution"], ["Top Chinese Chess Masters take their dump in the bathtub like a boss"], ["\ud83e\udd74 this emoji just sums up my feelings"], ["Well what do you expect , its a known behavior they have been doing this since the centuries , i just know we are going to take the blame again because they view us as satu bangsa and couldn't care to differentiate"], ["Welcome to Animal Planet.\nVideo Footage of human being asserting territorial dominance by defecating."], ["PAS: ini salah DAP /s"], ["Wtf..."], ["need covid lockdown"], ["Now this is the same behaviour as dogs.."], ["Blow up the photo into a huge banner, plant it at the arrival hall at KLIA with text in Chinese describing the incident and a reminder to tourists to be courteous.\nI guarantee the tourist will get the news back in China, like that kid who scribbled on the Egyptian temple."], ["A piece of shit taking a shit.", "Shit2", "Shitception."], ["We need to sell them diapers. Since they dunno how to use a toilet like a baby."], ["Sorry, that I blamed.the dog for what he didn't doo doo."], ["Damn, unless there's a Taco Bell there, this cannot be excused.", "Taco Bell outlet in Malaysia is bad though..."], ["Disgusting fuck head"], ["Yeaa this, this scene me and my friend when planting a c4 in counter strike."], ["Maybe tandas rosak, lel", "All of them?"], ["If you gotta go, you gotta go"], ["Making us look bad fr"], ["mainland china people behaviour"], ["They got the money but not the brains or ethics. I went to \u897f\u5b89 (Xi An) a few years ago and witnessed a mother allowing their daughter to take a shit right outside the public toilet. That sight ruined the rest of my trip."], ["I feel sick"], ["Why they gotta do it right in the centre of a walkway. Can't they be discreet like nearer or into the longkang.."], ["inb4 a certain minister will come over here and demand this thread to be deleted:26554:"], ["Cing Cong behavior \ud83c\udf5a\ud83d\udc15"], ["That's their culture even back home in China. But usually only the women would do such thing. Even in Malaysia some situation may also be the same. Women may pee and shit in public swimming pool when nobody's watching. Then you will see something big and chocolatey floating around in the pool, wondering what the fuck that is. Men in general, don't do that, be it Malaysian or Mainland Chinese.\nWhat Malaysia needs, is to have enforcers catching these scumbags and kompaun them RM5000 per kg of shit.", "Why the women do this, not men?"], ["Perangai serupa babi. Dekat negara sendiri mesti buat benda sama juga."], ["What in the actual fact. Why these PRC\u2019s love to shit in public? They also did the same thing on one of our tourist spots in Manila before."], [""], ["Yeap. Sounds about right. Was in Shanghai Disneyland recently, seen China parents forcing kids to pee in the middle of the queue.", "disney freakin land? is there no staff to monitor the visitors?"], ["disgusting"], ["Designated shitting street"]]}
{"title": "Merdeka 118 rising on a gloomy day", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u7zip/merdeka_118_rising_on_a_gloomy_day/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The citadel"], ["I call it the walkie talkie"], ["Kinda has middle finger vibes \ud83d\udd95", "Exactly what I see from an architectural standpoint. All the other buildings around it are much lower, thus being the folded fingers"], ["Half life vibes"]]}
{"title": "Panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur - circa 1900", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u7uxm/panoramic_view_of_kuala_lumpur_circa_1900/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "", "comments": [["Based on my estimation, with the the Sultan Abdul Samad building's clock tower as reference, this picture is probably taken somewhere on the hill where the current Chin Woo Stadium stands, or the current location of Merdeka 118 tower.\nIf you zoom in the photo, you can see some of the buildings in the middle hase chinese architecture on its roof (dragon sculpture on the roof). That row of buildings are probably the current Chinatown of KL.\nYou can also see the old Central Market building on the left near the coconut trees."], ["Which part of KL is this?", "That clock tower is defo Dataran Merdeka"], ["I wonder how many of the buildings still stand?", "At least one"]]}
{"title": "Food variety at TRX Mall", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u7faj/food_variety_at_trx_mall/", "num_comment": 24, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "So something I noticed when I went to TRX Mall was there was an abundance of Chinese / Korean / Japanese / Taiwanese food but zero Western / Italian food? Is this by design, or is there a reason for it?\nI saw some Korean fast food restaurant where they eat with plastic gloves.\nActually the food choices there were quite jarring, and yet the outlets are mostly packed to the brim with queues outside. And this is despite the pricing on the high side.", "comments": [["there was an abundance of Chinese / Korean / Japanese / Taiwanese food but zero Western / Italian food?\nThe last time I checked, Majority of us were Asian.", "So?\nThe majority of us are also non-chinese, and nearly all of us are non-korean/Japanese/Taiwanese", "Asian. A-S-I-A-N.", "What's so special? Why not south east asian? Why not Eurasian?", "Because it\u2019s a free market. Maybe you don\u2019t see a pasta shop because they can\u2019t afford the rental. Who knows? Ask TRX"], ["But u didn\u2019t see mexico restaurant", "No I didn't", "Chica Bonita, a Mexican restaurant on level 2, piqued my interest; you can see the url for the full address on Google Maps. https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung-rvo1&sca_esv=594529445&hl=en-US&cs=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKmZEJAjej0Pn4Fd-tRhGiwuaNh0Qw:1703913941391&q=Chica+Bonita+-+Elegante+@+The+Exchange,+TRX&ludocid=13795793928594912584&ibp=gwp;0,7&lsig=AB86z5XixGVmdi0UHOzdmyknH-_z&kgs=7afcb0001cc7b163&shndl=-1&shem=lcspe,lsp&source=sh/x/loc/act/m1/4", "yup, highly recommend this place for authentic Mexican instead of the usual Tex-Mex", "Lmao.\nChica bonita is ANYTHING but authentic Mexican gastronomy.", "Chica bonita is laughably bad", "Also daylight robbery prices because people don\u2019t know shit about Mexican food in Malaysia.", "Where do you guys recommend", "I really enjoyed Colombo, Sri Lankan cuisine right opposite Chica Bonita\nDespite the crowd, Day One Day One Noodles at the lower floor really surprised me in a good way. Not sure if its halal or not though"], ["It can either be the overwhelming demand for such cuisine or the target demographic (East Asians) supposedly has the most spending power, hence they cater to them\nIf I were to go there, food court or fast food only for me :28915:"], ["Did u miss all the kenny hills restaurants?!?!?", "I associate that with cakes and baked food", "They do western pretty well."], ["Western food in Malaysia sucks. Italian food is so-so"], ["The shops follow the money, that's simply common sense. If these shops have no demand, they will eventually close. If they continue to exist, it means people prefer them over whatever shop you have in mind, that's all."], ["Tbh the food selection at TRX is appaling. The only thing that is really interesting is Kanbe Ramen but the queue is off putting"], ["When I saw a long queue for Nando's, I knew it was time for me to get the fuck out of the mall."], ["Nope. There definitely are Western food in the Exchange. I've been there last week."], ["I feel like the mall is more catered towards Chinese influencers crowd judging from the brands. Things like TGI Fridays or Tony Romas rarely attract them."]]}
{"title": "Want to climb mount Santubong but heard it\u2019s too dangerous alone, even for someone who\u2019s okay with intermediate to harder. Any packages?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u6y1p/want_to_climb_mount_santubong_but_heard_its_too/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m wondering if there\u2019s anything I could pay for to get into a group that climbs the mountain. I would honestly prefer to do it alone.", "comments": [["I think you'd get more chances of serious replies posting this in r/Sarawak, it seems rather out of place here"]]}
{"title": "Are those people calling for donation from National Cancer Society, National Kidney Foundation, etc by the roadsides and malls legit?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u64x2/are_those_people_calling_for_donation_from/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "They are certainly growing in numbers and I noticed they always target those who are alone. They would usually ask for an auto debit transactions for donations. I do not mind donating but whenever they talk about payment methods something just feels off about it. What do you guys think? Have you donated?", "comments": [["Legit. But they are middle people, not direct. Which means, they take a certain percentage from what you donate and give the rest to what organization hired them. That percentage is the problem. Some years back it became an issue. Those companies takes high percentage of the donation.\nYou give rm10, maybe rm1-2 actually goes to the organization."], ["If you want to donate, check out their website and donate directly to them."], ["Those MLM agents must be making a killing or the public is still this naive if they're more of them! Don't ever layan if they ask for your card details, they can easily take more than what's promised. If you have a busy life, you won't realise they've been siphoning you for years, going by some Google reviews.\nIf you call them to cancel, they'll make life difficult or manipulate you into a 'discount donation' to get you to stay on. Some even rage or beg to guilt trip you (\"Why did you agree to the plan then?\") The only way is to quietly change your card although it's a hassle.\nWe're not advising against donating to charity. Just not through middlemen. But if you really want to check how legit a charity is, look for the most recent financial statement or a proper customer careline instead of one general email (both of which I did not find with NCSM). Some NGO's donations might not even be tax claimable, despite what the agents say."], ["Anyone can rent a spot at the mall.\nAnyone can create a website too. Check for the registered company and license, and their representatives/ physical location too.\nFor bank-in, should go into a registered company account etc."], ["Yes they are legitimate charities. Usually these charities will hire a company to raise funds/get people to donate for them."], ["Check out Omniraise. That\u2019s them."]]}
{"title": "Georgetown and Balik Pulau", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u630f/georgetown_and_balik_pulau/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Pics taken from Ngor Hean temple and Air Itam Dam.", "comments": [["<image>\nView from mainland"], ["The fresh rubber sap is brilliant"]]}
{"title": "Genuine Question: Why restaurants like these suddenly appear all over Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u5fo3/genuine_question_why_restaurants_like_these/", "num_comment": 162, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["Just like how the boba tea was the crazed a few years ago and many stores keep popping up.\nThis time it's these type lo, in mainland China, they're very easy to dapao, pack and eat during rush hours. Convenient food.", "To add on, boba tea craze has transform itself into \u65b0\u8336\u996e(new tea drink -direct translated). basically it has 3 distinctive features - premium ingredients, digitalisation & tech, & branding. Nowadays you can see tealive tryna re-position itself and convert to more tealive+ stores. However I\u2019m not sure if it can actually beat mixue & chagee/beutea\nTl;dr mid range bubble tea business is quite fucked", "Mixue / chagee is meta nowadays. Still remembered when bubble tea first started, bubble tea stores were more packed than a club on a weekend lol!", "If the meta = using creamer for milk tea I rather not drinking.", "can other boba tea shops even compete with Mixue being around? They offer the same stuff (it's just milk tea + mass produced boba lmao how different can it be) for way cheaper that I sometimes wonder do the franchisee really make any profit, or I've been overestimating just how much the raw materials cost for these things", "Mixue tastes heavily processed. Cant stand it. Their soft serve taste like sweet shaving cream to me - processed taste. Just max 3 licks & decided its not for me.\nChagee,heytea, gongcha, koi .. got natural taste.", "Mixue = creamer. They don't use real milk. How different can it be? Day and night.\nEven their ice cream is not milk. It's too artificial for me to eat it."], ["Mostly established by Chinese nationals from China; competition in China is tough; some may not have a chance to create or earn a respectable living in China, so they relocate to Malaysia for Business.\nThere will be some loopholes as well, as some of them wanted to diversify their investment and money, and as we all know, China is quite rigorous about money flowing out, leaving them no alternative but to establish businesses outside of China.", "Also monopoly of targeted Chinese market share.", "With such a large population, anything they do would be perceived as monopolistic; after all, the country took 50 years to attain its current state. Their mindset at this age is still to advocate for a better lifestyle and living conditions. Whereas in other developed nations, the mentality is long gone, and people increasingly seek work-life balance and a sense of purpose in life.\nWith a population of 1.3 billion or 1.4 billion people, moving from poverty to middle class is a highly difficult challenge.\nUpcoming Nation might be India which population surpass China.", "Considering how said mentality us still prevalent in easern countries(japan korea singapore), i doubt its a chinese only issue", "Is it even worth it\u2026most of my chinese office mates prefer local Chinese or hong kong/taiwan food and obviously this is not targeted towards the majority muslim population. Can they survive?", "They can. This is just \u9810\u5236\u83dc. The safety standard and taste is far from freshly cooked meal. Even China themselves don't want to eat it.", "i read somewhere that this is called \u79d1\u6280\u4e0e\u72e0\u6d3b , all additives and technology based. i still remember a case where even the ice cream can't be melted with scorching heat. my brother brought some made in china junk food when he went there for business trip, it tasted weird. for me la.", "Personally, I prefer Hong Kong and Taiwanese cuisine. My Generation Z friend, on the other hand, adores Chinese cuisine. But I'll still eat but not preferable because their food is strong in flavor, oily, and spicy, and I prefer sambal lol.", "This is the only correct answer. What cannot be sold in China goes to malaysia. Malaysia has always been trashbin for anything can't sold in China.", "Meh, Malaysia is pretty much trashbin for anything else people don't want elsewhere. Those garbage exporters still making business as far as I know."], ["This is basically Zhap Fan, aka Chinese Nasi Campur. Chinese people loves Nasi Campur, but the formula is almost always the same.\nI think one franchise was brought in and it became an instant hit with the locals. And because Chinese businessmen being Chinese businessmen, they like to tap on the market ASAP, earn the big money while it's still hot.\nThey should import/make a halal version while they are at it, because halal sells... A LOT.", "Cannot simply call yourself halal nowadays. Can easily backfire.", "Their target audience are usually mainland Chinese", "as a non chinese i wonder how malaysian chinese feel about mainland chinese in malaysia", "I don't give a shit about them unless they act up", "i see. also how do they feel about malaysian chinese? do yall mingle with each other", "I can't speak Mandarin and they don't speak English so no", "Not gonna lie, most of it is expensive.", "very hard to obtain the halal symbol. not ez to do", "Is it similar to pop meals?"], ["Because of the influence of China.\nIf you go Pasar Malam, many stalls are selling China street food as well.", "China street food example? I go to a Chinese pasar malam. The new thing I saw recently was some Taiwanese pinwheel pancake. Was nice but definitely foreign influence.", "The entire Nyomya cuisine is \u201cChinese influenced\u201d, among other things. Foreign influence has been floating around for ages all over SEAsia", "You see the burst of god damn stinky tofu ? That\u2019s Chinese influence.", "Stinky tofu has been around for ages though. I remember stinky tofu at my local pasar malam 15+ years ago. Plus would you call that Chinese influence? Stinky tofu for me is more of taiwanese influence than Chinese.", "You are right. Stinky toufu is more Taiwan than China. It's everywhere in Taiwan night market.", "Stinky toufu is Taiwan if you every been to Taiwan you will see stinky rough everywhere.", "So are China , I heard news last time China use actual shit to make their stinky tofu", "The pasar malam in Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur is full of china foods now, and it's so expensive. Back then we eat at pasarmalam bc we r broke, now only the rich will eat at pasarmalam..", "I nearly laughed sadly at this. So sad but true.", "Its been long i haven't come to Taman Connaught pasar malam."], ["kinda strange to hear that this is also happening in Malaysia too\n(Similar thing also happening in Thailand)\nthese restaurants are mostly run by Chinese nationals", "They learnt a thing or two from Thailand. If China was to be a powerhouse they\u2019ll need soft power too. And that soft power is in the form of food diplomacy. And it\u2019s kinda working", "I think it's desperate move rather than attempt to gain soft power. Read the \u9810\u88fd\u83dc scandal recently in China."], ["To add on. Some of these stores won\u2019t breakeven. Probably tastes mediocre or normal at best.\nThey are for the Chinese to wash $; these losses etc allow them to move funds legally out of China."], ["Some are shell companies/restaurants for Chinese nationals to get their family out of china.\nSetup f&b business, say you need someone to manage the business, send your family member over to manage the business.\nRinse and repeat. If they make a business out of it, great. If not, at least can get out of the country and take some money out as well", "Source: trust me bro", "It's not even a wild guess. Why do you think Chinese nationals are spreading their wealth to Australia,Canada and Singapore nowadays?", "In case things turn to shit in china they can escape to those countries", "Because rich Chinese ppl like buying nice fancy new things. Same like how rich Indian/ Middle Eastern/ insert random nationality do the same", "Many Chinese national \u6da6 to many countries, mihoyo setup another office in Montreal in case shit goes bad for gaming in China", "You don't understand the CCP very well...", "Ah, the local CCP expert have arrived.", "I\u2019m sure you u/arbiter12 our resident CCP armchair expert knows better", "China restrict their people from going out of the country?", "More like they restrict capital outflow.", "China restrict their people\u2019s money from going out of the country"], ["F&B business is one of the riskiest things you can invest in so people tend to jump onto one fad to another to follow the crowd. From bubble tea shops, to fried stuff and finally to this", ":26554:What could be greater risk than competing with a population of 1.4 billion people?\nAny second, you'll be replaced by someone fresh. :26558:"], ["Cause it\u2019s been proven time to time where mainland china food suits majority of chinese malaysian palettes. ie: any mala hotpot, sour fish, smelly snail noodle. By the growth of these restaurants and human traffic patronising it, I think it gives confident to f&b owner/investor, just copy paste the shit from china and it will be a hit.", "I wonder if they would make it halal. I would so would love to try it", "It\u2019s expensive to make it halal when the food itself is already quite cheap.", "I mean making it halal attracts more customers which can offset and even give more profit", "Also mean less chinese will go to you", "Doesn't matter since the food now targets potentially 60% of Malaysia population, more profit to be made", "Issue with making some food halal is that, not every ingredient is halal, example they\u2019re using some proprietary or their preferred brand of soy sauce or mala sauce, which is sourced from China, which don\u2019t have halal certification.\nSo they can\u2019t get halal here.\nTo make something halal, they\u2019ll need to restructure their entire logistic and sourcing, which does not make sense for tiny profit margins.", "Yea. Halal dimsum was a hit and the owner even got datukship from that.", "I\u2019ve seen quite a few Hui Chinese (Mainland Muslim Chinese) restaurants around Setapak in Danau Kota, you could check those out. I remember seeing a few Uyghur ones elsewhere in Setapak too, can\u2019t remember exactly where though.\nNot sure if they have Halal certification but should be since I regularly see other Malays eating there", "If you want those halal China food, you can probably just eat the mee hiris thingy?\nYou can get an idea of it", "I am still not used to it. Also feel like the dishes are monotonic.", "\"human traffic\" can't mention China Chinese cuisine without it", "i don't think so. i think Malaysians generally ok with the spicy one only. I went to China Tianjin for a week, and I feel that it's just not for me. Went for a local cuisine restaurant and almost everyone left unsatisfied (not hungry, just like not fulfilling). after that, I remembered for one meal, we chose Japanese, another western. A colleague of mine lagi, after dinner with food items all over the table, order wanton noodle at the hotel for supper. A friend of mine, when she went to UK, the only Chinese food she could tahan is the Hunan cuisine, but she said too expensive, so she would rather had Indian food or just fish and chips."], ["Personal experience: So I have been traveling around southern and middle part of Semenanjung and I see these restaurants in a lot of places. The food is decent but overpriced (since I can eat a way better meal with more meat/seafood at other restaurant with the same amount of money).\nI am wondering whether they all belong to the same tauke \ud83e\udd14", "It's basically expensive chap fan.", "It's basically expensive chap fan.\nTechnically Truth, In my opinion is more cater for family size \"Chap Fan\" rather than individual.", "yes. just go to a local kopitiam and can get freshly cooked meals for far lesser price.", "It\u2019s really expensive but for China nationals this is more to their preferred taste over Malaysian Chinese food. Although I\u2019m Chinese but I don\u2019t really like a lot of China\u2019s cuisine.", "You are not alone, I\u2019m fujian Chinese and I prefer Malaysian hokkien food more than fujian hokkien food more \ud83d\ude02 Curry Mee is really good then you have Nasi Kerabu (Malay), and nyonya cuisine. All these are just very good", "Interesting", "I'm just curious, where are you from? If you're from Penang island I'm surprised it hasn't arrived there, since these states have the highest Malaysian Chinese concentration so the PRC will import to these places first. Especially the cina cina type, they're very attuned to what's hot in China and will quickly latch onto anything exported over.\nFor this style of serving, I'd say it's very common in China, packed exactly how delivery food looks like. In fact at first I thought you were posting something from China."], ["Many Chinese people \u6da6(run) from China, in Singapore the Chinatown literally just all Szechuan stuff \ud83d\ude05 I can\u2019t even find other fujian hokkien restaurants"], ["Mamak can't always rule the night, the chinese gotta keep up", "These are not local Chinese though", "And you think all mamaks are locals?\nI've got a bridge I'd like to sell to you bud."], ["Because teenagers these days be scrolling DouYin and watching lame ass China content, China food has been growing in influence. Only thing they offer is cheap, not any tastier, quality is also not there (taste and presentation vary quite noticeably from branch to branch).", "\"Cheap\" what's the point with insulting somebody else's cuisine", "Cheap as in price bro. The only insult in there is the lame ass China content. Brooo \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "Cheap, hell no. People are saying it is pricy. The price is around 20 more or less. Not the biggest fan but if that's cheap. You must be joking. \"Lame ass China content\" projecting much, never knew posting food content and influencing others to try = lame ass content. Aren't they doing what others have been doing for ages."], ["Hate to say this but take your own risk for eating in this kind of restaurant. There are actually no cooks. All of them are just staff that trained to heat up food.\nIf you know chinese, you can look up on \u201c\u9884\u5236\u83dc\u201d to learn more about it, but in short, it's basically pre-cooked food that is then chilled and ready to be eaten once reheated. The food can last around a year before it goes baf"], ["Obviously businessman coming from china n Taiwan, they have to expand their business"], ["Franchise expansion, said business is probably dwindling in China so they opted for oversea expansion. Malaysia is one of the prime location because of many china citizen staying in Malaysia for various reasons", "Yup, the revival of MM2H program."], ["The influence of China is huge on Chinese teenagers and even young adults here in Malaysia. The Chinese TikTok app (douyin) and another social media called \u2018\u5c0f\u7ea2\u4e66\u2019 has too much influence on people here. Also, a lot of young kids on that app post very stupid stuff and embarrass our country\u2019s name. As the app is only intended to be used by China residents, a lot of Malaysian videos on that platform that reaches the China residents\u2019 feeds have comments filled with explaining what Malaysian Chinese is because most people think that Malaysia only has Malay people. The only reason I see as to why officials of the Chinese apps are not banning access to the app from outside countries, is to collect data and info on us, as is in their own country as well to gain a better control and power over the world.\nMalaysian Chinese love these kinds of stores because they are usually cheap (due to cheap ingredients that are mostly made from chemicals) and taste good because of the absurd amount of sodium and fats present in their food.\nUsually these stores are loved by lalazai and lalamuis those materialistic(which is also gotten from Chinese culture) kids wearing \u2018adlv\u2019 or \u2018I don\u2019t smoke shirts\u2019 with their dyed hair and anything they put on or buy to make them look rich", "Cheap ingredients made from chemical? Proof that happens in Malaysia?", "Im not sure about this restaurant but have u tried MiXue? Yeah just tasting it you know it\u2019s chemicals, even the air conditioner smell has a very concentrated chemical smell", "Only RM2.90 for a lemon drink, hella confirmed it's made of chemicals."], ["rise of china influence in tiktok and xhs. personally i hated it. might as well eat mixed rice"], ["Basically chapfan with more bowl to wash"], ["A loophole in our law to get citizenship, establish a business here and they will be able to move here"], ["Non-Malaysian here but my guess would be that these are made by either Chinese nationals trying to have diverse income source or maybe Chinese Malaysians (?) ?"], ["Whenever I see this, it reminds me of a video about how chinese chef is able to recreate savoury pork bone soup from a whole bunch of artificial seasoning, without a single piece of bone or meat, and this give me the same vibe. Like how does one serve hot chinese or any asian meal, in fast food style?", "It is indeed, that\u2019s why I don\u2019t really like trying different food in China especially northern and central. I usually do lots of research before choosing the restaurant to go", "agreed\nsomehow I'd prefer Indian, Malay or whatever (I'm local Chinese)\nbut\nI'm kinda bored on Chinese food tbh", "Shichuan cuisine fatique. I have that too. Everything tastes salty, mala spicy, and oily", "yeap indeed"], ["I have a theory that One condition for China to invest in Malaysia we also have accept them to open business here also so that Chinese China don't be ackward when come here when looking for food", "If you're referring to Anwar's recent visit to China, it is not the case. These China restaurants have been popping way longer before the COVID years.\nIt's a natural phenomena - the more people from one country starts coming over to live whether for business, work, or study, the more likely F&B from that country pops up. If you know where UCSI is, you'd know that there's a Nigerian restaurant nearby because there are many Nigerian students there. Same natural phenomena for Malaysian restaurants overseas, you can find them in London and Australia (not sure which city)."], ["Low creativity. Just copy paste everything from China and prays it works. Just fed up of all China copycat. Where is the OG?"], ["The type of Restaurants where the owner are most probably from mainland China? Since the sanction from USA and big businesses all around the world are in the process of decoupling (pulling out their factories and stores from China), China's economy is now in shambles. It matters a lot when you have to feed a whole country of billions of people that suddenly out of jobs.\nLong story short, they are looking business elsewhere from mainland to survive. Since Malaysia has close ties with China, and it has existing Chinese living in it, it would be an ideal market. Same with Thailand and Vietnam.", "no bruh US is not sanctioning China like this.", "That's not what they're saying, look past the word sanction and focus on the word decoupling.\nChina has the so-called three horse carts that drive their economy: exports, investments, internal consumer spending\nExports: Due to the decoupling efforts led by USA (but tbh they shot themselves in the foot with the insane COVID lockdowns, as Atrioc would put it xjp is scaring the hoes, they're having issues with capital flowing out of the country on an immense scale at the moment) their exports are weakening.\nThere has always been limited investment opportunities in china due to the corruption and inconsistent authoritarian iron fist of the CCP, and for a long time real estate was the only option to invest in, and now that's in shambles, and all there's left in investment is the government itself investing in bad infrastructure projects. Those investments are not driving the economy effectively.\nInternal consumer spending: they're on a deflationary spiral at the moment with extremely high youth unemployment (they stopped publishing the numbers a couple months ago even). Households are also riddled with debt (tied to their real estate bubble burst). No one's gonna spend or take up new debt\nIf you speak Chinese and follow/keep up with financial/economy related news and online content/sentiment, you'll see a very prominently negative outlook on the future of the country amongst China's populace. It's not just big money and business moving out of the country; anyone who can afford it are advised to leave the country too to seek greener pastures elsewhere. Apparently a lot of them are going to USA, Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia"], ["Trending XHS Duo ying China pop\nIs expensive and not delicious \ud83d\ude13"], ["Due to the increasing amount of China Chinese study abroad here"], ["I live in Canada and shops in our malls are closing, just to be replaced by these stores selling cheap knock-off clothing."], ["If you pay attention to news and global economy you will know China is pushing pre made meal now to cut cost. All those unsold food can sell to Malaysia. Malaysia is pretty much dump for anything that can't sell in China."], ["Same like boba shops and yogurt drinks shops, it\u2019s a trend"], ["wonder how many of these will flop.", "With the amount of poor quality chap fan store these days still existing, I don't think so unless they drastically raised their prices"], ["Genuine question also: what do you mean by \u2018these restaurants\u2019?\nFor context, im a Malay who likes noodles and most of chinese food lol", "It is just like mixed rice but the dishes are pre-plated. You take the dish from the table just like you do with mixed rice. The price is cheaper than ordering freshly cooked so it feels like it is affordable.\nIf you go as a couple, each one takes 2 dishes suddenly you get 4 dishes to be shared.\nA typical Chinese restaurant will charge RM10++ for a vegetable dish. Rm15-20++ for a small meat dish."], ["Like every other F&B trend in Malaysia: someone became a supplier, and convinced a bunch of people to open up shop, buying their supplies from them. Hence, many of them have the exact same materials/style."], ["humanity has aged like fine wine, the more futuristic, the more they're fked."], ["chinese culture invation"], ["Decent taste, decent price, open to the wee hours, clean premises and have you seen the quality of the chap fan stalls these days. They have been taking advantage of the poor quality of chap Fan stalls and kept opening more location"], ["The store looked interesting then I remembered I\u2019m Malay and that ain\u2019t a halal place"], ["Where the Bin Chi Ling?", "somewhere near Bin La Den"], ["Oh this, these places tend to be overpriced af, but it has that allure of \"authentic Chinese (mostly Si Chuan or Chong Qing) cuisine\" so no matter how expensive the dishes are ppl will still go there\nI do prefer them over regular mix rice simply because of the mapo tofu"], ["Because China mainland are here to stay"], ["So many answers, but nobody mentioned that it's actually quite cheap and affordable for the price no?"], ["Ate at a similar store like this in Uptown and I quite enjoy it"], ["Why did this became a problem for you to ask? Why don't you ask why Japanese and Korean food are popping up all over Malaysia?"], ["Thanks for letting me know such Chinese restaurants exist in Malaysia now. I shall plan a trip this coming January when I travel up north\nTo answer your question it's because Sichuan cuisine is loved by Chinese diaspora all over the world, so some Chinese Nationals residing here are just making bank off of the craze", "Not all Chinese diaspora...\nSichuan cuisine is not native to Malaysian Chinese palates, nor did it have much of a presence in our cuisine until recent years. Hokkien, Hainan, Hakka, Teochew style food were our staples. Please don't think of Chinese diaspora cultures as a homogeneous thing.", "It's not native to Singapore too, but in recent years it's really been making a huge impact here. Chinatown here is now overrun by many Sichuan restaurants run by Chinese nationals, there's more Hai Di Laos everywhere, every school and university has a mala stall in their canteen, and we've had mala KFC, potato chips and other snacks too because everyone loves it now"], ["why? because people like it. supply and demand."], ["It's marketing. Package it differently, charge more. I make ownself cheaper."], ["china Australia also like this lol"], ["Pot, bowl style fast food trending."], ["money.\nthere's really no other reason for businesses to open."], ["Under the same consultant company I guess. The consultant company offers the project and investors or boss interest in it."], ["It targets a very specific market, young people who now have a limited budget and little time to cook/eat well.\nI'm in that target group, this suits me to a tee, cheap wholesome non-processed food."], ["Because opening in Malaysia cheaper than opening in Singapore."], ["Looks tasty and quite cheap? Kinda hope someone will make for a muslim one."], ["The era of delivery, they're easy to deliver"], ["30 days Visa free for chinese citizen is an invasion."], ["A meal for rm8? Sign me up man. Honestly i just want good zapfan, dont really care where they come from. If its a good addition to my wallet, ill happily embrace them into my neighbourhood. No longer need to pay the stingy zapfan aunty take small portions still blink eye can charge like rm15+"], ["Restoran viral"], ["There's always a trend that will last around 10 - 20 years until something else comes up. 30 years ago we had DeliFrance. After that we had Coffee Bean until Old Town White Coffee came. Now you see DeliFrance no more, Old Town also doing so-so la along with Coffee Bean. The BobaTea craze has been around few gears already still strong but now came to Boba tea ice-cream craze. In few years, all these will also be dying all gone when something new came up. All for syok saja. Thing is people can get tired of these things especially when they are not cheap"], ["Concept looks similar to the tiffin carrier of old."], ["I categorise this as the China Zap Fan"], ["Beware of \u9884\u5236\u83dc, aka pre-cooked meals in packages. They are of extremely low quality, full of preservatives and food coloring. The fucking China gahmen is forcing these shitty meals onto school kids.\nhttps://youtu.be/lq5RyYoGvu4"], ["I don't really like China food and I tend to stay away from it\nBut there's this tomato egg noodle that I tasted once and I really liked it\nWhich is crazy considering I don't even like tomato but that's like the only thing I like\nThe other thing I like is dumping lol\nIdk about the rest\nI think China food is like really \"heavy\" in taste compare to Chinese food in Malaysia which is like \"light\", idk if this is the correct term"], ["To make money"], ["Mainland China punya globalisasi"], ["They want to attract these China food ads to all the whole Malaysian Chinese community.\nHonestly as a Malaysian banana cina, i don't really eat most of these kind of restaurants."]]}
{"title": "Is this scam in Georgetown?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u4qbf/is_this_scam_in_georgetown/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I (F, solo) arrived in Georgetown last night, while on the street a guy comes to me and asked if I can help him take a pic, his camera is so blurry so I told him it wouldn\u2019t look good, he agreed and then said could you help me take pic over there with the street art? I said yes but the pic wouldn\u2019t look good as you can see how bad the picture quality can get, it only captures the color and light but no details at all, he then said, well thank you and I\u2019m going to have some tea would you like to come? I said no my friends are waiting for me, he then shook my hand and said goodbye. I feel this is such a weird conversation and got more alert. After meeting with my friends (yeah I did have friends waiting for me), another guy come to us and ask for money to help me get some food and pick his mom at home, we were really trying to help so asked a lot questions but there\u2019re so many loopholes in his stories so we have to let the guy deal with his own issues.\nI feel these two are both scammers, and if they are, what the hell? That a normal thing in Georgetown? Need to be more vigilant", "comments": [["I just read a thread in r/travel by a woman who was traveling in Barcelona and was asked out to tea by a random stranger. She declined, but someone mentioned it\u2019s a scam where you go out and are eventually presented with a huge bill.", "\"She was about to get teabagged in Barcelona...\"", "I've heard of this, on a Youtube video on a type of scam in Beijing.\nIn the video the mat salleh tourist was approached by a Chinese person who spoke English and said they were a tourist too, claiming to be from another part of China, who then asked them if they wanted to have lunch together or something like that, with the scam being that just like in Barcelona they'd be presented with a huge bill."], ["if those who come and ask for money giving you sad stories then yea its a scam.\nAs for inviting you for tea or a drink at a nearby coffee stall, so far in malaysia we dont have such scam yet, thry cant bring you to a kopitiam and get you charged for rm50 for a coffee. But still, just reject for your own safety.", "The \u201cteashop\u201d scam is here in Malaysia.\nIt works thru chat and dating apps. Not sure about in real life approach.\nThey will ask to meet up. And will ask you to meet at bars or similar. And ask you to buy very expensive drinks.\nStay safe.", "Ah, same scam in other Asian countries I think, the classic teahouse scam"], ["If anybody looks to you for money or randomly asking you out for tea, it's most likely a scam. They'll put on sad face, wear dirty clothes and look pitiful to play with your emotions. Locals don't entertain random strangers like that, do be careful."], ["The second one is probably a scam. It happened to me too. A man on a bike asked me if I'm a foreigner and speak English and I said yes. He said he needed money because he forgot his wallet. He only has his phone. I asked him why doesn't he use his phone to call a friend to help him? Or he can use his bike and ride back home. Then he left angry."], ["Most likely you\u2019re targeted because you don\u2019t look like a local."], ["Dude\u2019s so ugly his camera thinks his face is NSFW and blurred it out.", "Lol take my upvote"], ["I had a similar experience in Seoul when some random dude on the subway asked if i'd like to get a beer with him.. i declined as i was on the last train rushing back to Incheon and I wouldnt be able to find my way back on my own.\nNo idea if it was a scam or not in my case, but the invitation seemed genuine at that time.", "Yeah no, thats predatory behavior\nI believe its similar in Japan whereif you agree to go with someone after the last train went away is how they\u2019re getting you to sleep at his home\nIts definitely not a good idea to accept it"], ["Scam and vigilante more\nSorry it happen to you\nU probably stand out a lot since it is foreigner and u are soloing travelling , best be careful and dont go out at 11pm onward", "Yeah, thanks and also I think my backpack says it all, definitely became more vigilant after that"], ["Asking money usually scam but I think it's normal to invite tourist to have a tea or coffee if they already intended to go for a tea prior to meeting the tourist. Quite common in Penang. Don't think it's a scam."], ["There\u2019s a guy who claimed he\u2019s from Dubai and asked if I\u2019m a foreigner. I said yes and he asked to show my country currency to him while he showed me his USD. Dubai uses dirham and not USD. meanwhile, his partner keep telling us to put our hotel names in her phone. Sure as hell dodgy"]]}
{"title": "From TRX. Welcome 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vg6gm/from_trx_welcome_2024/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Instagram: @yong.chuannnnn", "comments": [["that three missing drones lol"], ["According to your position from that pic I was to your left lol"]]}
{"title": "Malay Racism by local Chinese", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u4epl/malay_racism_by_local_chinese/", "num_comment": 424, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Edit : those comments he made it sounds like a low key jokes. Since it\u2019s repetitive and explicitly mentioned Islam Malay race, I don\u2019t find it funny. Futhermore, at the beginning of the trip we almost got into an accident because of his distraction using his phone.\ni recently hired a private driver from Ipoh to Cameron Highlands (booked a month ahead) to show my foreign friends around CH. Note : I don\u2019t drive, that\u2019s why I hired a driver.\nUpon picking up he did mentioned to my foreign friend about the boycott of Starbucks, etc and how some states are very strict religious (Kelantan, Kedah). I was like oookay but brushed it off. While in the car, he made another comment about some attractions in CH where mostly are \u201cIslam Malays like you lah\u201d (his exact words) dressed up nicely and take photos. Again, I brushed it off cos yeah it\u2019s true and didn\u2019t think much of it. I just thought ok his kind of jokes lah.\nLater on during the drive, he made some other comments which unfortunately I don\u2019t remember anymore, but it started to made me uncomfortable. I did mentioned later on to my foreign friends about it. They don\u2019t really understand or gets what the driver said because of his slang. Some of the remarks was when one car at a junction try to selit driving into the lane, he said \u201cthis Malay ahh, I will not give a chance in my lane\u201d. \u201cBest time to visit CH is during puasa month where all Malays is fasting. No jam\u201d. \u201cAll this Malays lah that go out, we Chinese don\u2019t go out cos we don\u2019t like jam\u201d.. well, I saw a bunch of Chinese too. Mostly family with kids. When we passed by one of the tea plantation, there were so many cars parked at the road side. He made another comment \u201csee, this all Islam Malay people like you lah\u201d. One of my foreign friend asked \u201cwhat did you said\u201d and he ignored him. When we were looking for a parking lot, one Malay couple was about to leave. I said \u201cthank god to this Malay we got a parking spot in front of the plantation\u201d. Not sure he heard me or not.\nI looked up his Facebook page, all of his customers are foreigners and Chinese. Imagine, what kind of things he said to these people.. He shouldn\u2019t have accept my trip when he knew well in advance I am a Malay.\nI have never ever experience such a racism in my life, let alone in my own country. I have Chinese, indian, all kind of races friends and we got along well.", "comments": [["As a former grab driver, many hired drivers didn\u2019t land in that profession due to their intellectual prowess.", "lmao... i agree with you. just read any mandarin version grab driver fb group. they amount of hate and vitriol they have toward grab and the customers is insane. i saw one post not long ago scolding people for giving rm2 tip.", "What? Grab drivers expect people pay tip now?"], ["Leave an honest review", "Was thinking the same. Will do some time..", "Should just give him the middle finger before you leave.", "I\u2019m too baikkk \ud83d\ude05 when he dropped us off, he said thank you great trip. It was silent from all of us \ud83d\ude02", "Lol I'm getting downvoted for telling people to give their middle fingers to racists. Such is the Reddit community.", "i'd be happy too, got paid driving, not getting yelled at for risking customer's lives in car, talking a whole ton of brainless shits due to being so overconfidently smart and yet not a word of disapproval and lastly, felt like an emperor doing the peasants a service.\nlast last, kena viral pun xde video kah gambar kah... flex on \"kita diam ja dia macam syok ja.. dalam minda dan hati \"die tu bodoe\" tapi yg bodoe tu tak rasa langsung.. relek ja.. syok ja.\nLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOL\nHAHAHAHAHAHA\n>Insert age\n>insert fun fun\n:26555:"], ["You were unlucky to have met such a driver. I hope you take action and report/leave a review to him. It's not Okay to take racism straight to the face like this.", "It's good if he/she does reveal the name or even better if there is a video because I don't want this to be a rage bait post.", "It was indeed. I will definitely will a review on his Facebook page", "", "You and I both know what I meant la, don't nitpick on gammer or sentence like that la comeon", "Sounds more like a you issue ngl, what the comment you're replying to seems very clear in intention.\nObviously all racism is bad, but when it's straight to the face it definitely affects you more, so it's worse to experience/encounter day to day"], ["I'm chinese and I've seen cina uncles and aunties like this. This behaviour needs to go. I love tearing down all the bs logic in racist conversations. This one is FULL of it.\nIf you don't like Malay, why you take Malay client?\nAlso saying that 'Malays jam the road'..... bruh. They're here for a HOLIDAY, not tearing the place up etc. What you don't want their money is it?\nThese people just don't want Malays around. Whats worse is they won't acknowledge their racism.", "It\u2019s became a hassle now to even talk to some of my distant relatives because of this. Dude, I don\u2019t care, I hate everyone equally."], ["So many comments here are just ridiculous.\nFirst things first, racism is never justified. It is pure discrimination, plain and simple. What that driver did, is sadly, a rather common occurrence and I am always disgusted by it. You could argue he was \"joking\" but based on OP, it has clearly went past any benefit of the doubt for it to be a \"joke\".\nHalf the comments here trying to justify the racism with things that mainly boil down to. -paraphrasing A) There's institutionalised racism in the other way. B) Nons have no special right\nIt makes the anger / negative attitude UNDERSTANDABLE, but not JUSTIFIED. Just like how we can understand a fear of small spaces (claustrophobia), but often not justifiable.\nHalf of the comments here stating things like 'now you understand how the nons feel.' Not to discredit your personal experience, I'm sure you have your reason to say that, and it might be your own personal experience, but saying that is akin to saying 'now you know how I feel' to a covid patient after recovering from covid. How is saying that helping anyone or beneficial? You didn't choose to be the target of racism, nor did OP.\nThe other thing I noted is that quite a few Malay commented how they used to be vocal about abolishing bumi rights and so on, but have stopped because they don't see a point in doing so anymore because it's a dammed if you do, damned if you don't situation. This just proves 2 wrongs don't make a right. The civil rights movement with MLK would not gain any success if it did not gain the support of the president of that time, a white man supporting a black man. Our common enemy are the racist. The supremacist. Not based on what we put under 'kaum' when we fill in our own personal information. How are we going to move forward to true equality when we keep showing each other hostility?", "The common malay are just as powerless about these policies. I'm not an employer or a landlord or a politician. All I can do to help is shut down racist comments made from my family and friends. To quote Satrapi \"The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me\"", "Absolutely agree, however I'm of the opinion that if the \"common Malay\" is not rallying against obvious racist policies, there's even less incentive for those in power to do anything about it.\nSo what you're doing in shuting down racist comments is already enough and should be applauded for that. Keep that up and maybe some day, some one who actually has power decides the status quo needs to be changed. Small steps can lead to big changes.\nAbsolutely agree with your quote about the difference between us and government. That's why we should all come together.", "Racism is racism dude, stop justifying racism. You can't justify racism by one race is because of this or that. That's total bullshit.", "What you are seeing here is just people thoughts and facts, I don\u2019t think most of them are justifying the racism including myself.\nA lot Malaysian who are here are more exposed to western values and modern acceptable norms. Especially the woke culture.\nMalaysia is in a very different place and time compared to the west.\nOur affirmative action isn\u2019t comparable to others countries but make no mistake, discrimination is discrimination and it will create the same problem as those that are oppressed, no matter in lighter or heavier forms. What the OP experienced and others that commented here is the result of the affirmative action.\nThe country will never really heals unless people start talking instead of pointing fingers", "I agree, people can express their thoughts, negative or otherwise. Facts are facts and nothing can change it. The reason why I say there seems to be a hint of justification of racism is based on context and usage of these facts by certain comments.\nParaphrasing and shorten from below comments -\nA: He is racist. All the talk about Malay supremacy, come to penang and you will hear talks of Chinese Supremacy. Same bullshit, applies to both. -> (Anectodal evidence, expressing thoughts, but generally in agreement that the driver is racist and therefore bad.)\nB: Chinese have special rights that malay are currently enjoying? -> (Trying to justify/reason that one party is more/less wrong to be racist due to the existence of \"special rights\" ; Usage of facts, the existence of special rights to try and justify racism.)\nC: We do, its called economic power. But the affirmative action policy is rotten and only benefits the politician instead of the bumiputera. -> (Went the opposite direction and used a common talking point of racist to justify certain racist policies)\nI agree with you as well, in regards to what OP experienced is the result of affirmative action, as well as how the country will never really heal until we stop pointing finger. But evidently, there are so many finger pointing here despite how \"a lot of malaysian here are more exposed to modern acceptable norms\". Hence my expression of dissapointment that there are quite a number of finger pointing going on here.", "If you asked me, it's better to stop reading these kind of post and just enjoy your weekend if op him/herself can't provide any proof to what they post because it is possible he/she is just rage baiting people.", "Now that you mentioned 'rage baiting', I do have to ask. I often see people suspect similar posts for rage baiting, is it a common enough occurence to warrant such a suspicion?\nSide note: OP's story seems believable enough to me, and I've seen it happen before myself. (That doesn't neccesarily mean this post is genuine). But IMO, I am much more dissapointed in the comments if anything, the post itself 'appears' genuine to me.", "Right? I'm chinese and I've seen cina uncles like OP's driver. Its believable to me.", "It's hard for me to say how common it is but I have seen post that's down right questionable. This is why as a rule of thumb always believe these kind of story with mountain of salt or even better don't believe at all since it's op that made this claim and it's up to them to show proof because the person just have to be a good storyteller to make it seem believable.", "Fair enough, I agree with you.\nPersonally, I was just expressing my disdain for a huge part of the comment section whether the OP's claim is true or not.\nHope you have a great weekend ahead!", "Lol if it's racism by Malay it will be raining upvotes but when it's racism by Chinese to Malay suddenly it's a false flag op?\nThis is like saying black Americans can't be racists."], ["I'm non but I can imagine being in your place and already felt disgusted by the driver's behaviour. Also felt a secondary embarassment for your friend.", "Thanks for your understanding. Like I said, I have never experienced such thing, neither oversea nor Malaysia. I also felt embarrassed to my friend and one of them wanted to say \u201cenough with the Malay comments\u201d if the driver say more about it."], ["There are racist in every race.", "True. But the hypocrisy by the Chinese is what that is pissing people off.\nMalays are very honest about their racism and despite institutional racism I\u2019ve never experienced racism personally from Malays (I\u2019m Indian).\nMeanwhile the Chinese act like oppressed minority and treat other minorities like rubbish. I went to SJKC and trust me, you\u2019ll know what the Chinese really think of you if you can understand the vile things they say behind your back.", "As an ethnic Chinese, I have to agree with your last sentence.", "Best part is they'll just say it even though you didn't do anything to/Interact with them, like say if you enter a lift or the same cable car or just minding your damn business queuing up for the train", "Thank you. They\u2019re the type who will use phrases like Satu Malaysia when it benefits them, but when it doesn\u2019t they will be racist as hell.", "I'm not Chinese I'm Malaysian?", "racism in any form is bad lol", "Malays are very honest about their racism and despite institutional racism I\u2019ve never experienced racism personally from Malays (I\u2019m Indian).\nMeanwhile the Chinese act like oppressed minority and treat other minorities like rubbish. I went to SJKC and trust me, you\u2019ll know what the Chinese really think of you if you can understand the vile things they say behind your back.\nTHIS.\nThe local Chinese are EASILY the most openly racist in the country, then spend all of their time telling everybody how racist of a country it is.\nWhile Malays keep the racism limited to the laws and roadblocks.\nI've never had a Malay stranger say anything racist to me about local Indians or Chinese, but the Chinese? The number of times they'd go into an \"I'm not racist, but\" rant...\nlol", "And generalizing like this is not racist? And your source is literally: Trust me bro.", "I think Indians would be well attuned to the nuances of racism on account of the Malaysian situation.", "He\u2019s just talking about his experience tho\u2026. Why are u mad?? Instead u should take it as a lesson to not being one of them racist people lol", "stop invalidating people\u2019s experience", "Look at the dumpster crabs in this thread generalizing people. Semua dua kali lima only.", "What do you expect some random redditor can just come and make these kind of post without proof and redditors here will just eat it up. Of course there are racist chinese/malay/indian uncles in malaysia but when people make this kind of post at least try to back it up with evidence and also their social media links so that we can name and shame them."], ["You can find them here too, lurking always ready to jump in and unleash their closeted racism on certain topics and comments :29091::29091::29091::29091:", "Agreed, sometimes this subreddit Chinese (I am Chinese myself) is too aggressive in seeking out racism and kiasu, ends up being racist themselves", "I kena attacked many times already by them.", "Yeah perhaps because the ground was never equal to begin with , and the privileged keep asking for more ground", "Nothing worse than having to skirt around issues that would label one a race traitor. There are those who are happy to coexist together and forge ahead, and those who don't."], ["That driver might be one of the monyets here lol", "True, if there was a bingo card for typical r/malaysia redditor comments, he would have gotten bingo twice"], ["All this Malays lah that go out, we Chinese don\u2019t go out cos we don\u2019t like jam\nnah bro, this one isn't true. As a Chinese, I can confirm most chinese also like to stuck in traffic jam esp. during holiday. Chinese are the most kiasu one. Everyone goes outing during holiday, chinese x boleh tahan also want to go out.", "I also disagree with his opinion. I was like \u201cbanyak je chinese. Even Indians\u201d. It was during school break after Xmas. Of course there\u2019s huge traffic from all kinds of races. Even from Singapore."], ["I mean, the part about puasa month being the best month to go out without large crowds or traffic is true \ud83d\ude02", "I actually felt the same, this one point is just a matter of fact. It's the same as saying CNY/Raya is the best time to be in Klang Valley, no large crowd.", "it appears to be an insult to OP.", "I mean, that line, if standalone, is just an observation. I've sat with Malay grab drivers 'jam teruk sebab CNY'. Just an obsevation. But the whole conversation with OP is pretty racist.", "im going to cameron during puasa then. lel"], ["Malaysian Chinese are some of the most racist folks I have come across, with the Penang variety especially toxic.", "Penang kias are the worst. They really believe in their own hype."], ["A lot of Chinese people are just as racist. Difference is just that they're not backed by the government so they had to do it in a more clandestine manner", "The fact that indians would prefer to be friends with malays more (even with all the insitutionalized racism) over the \"not racist people\" , tells you all you need to know about how racists these people are.\nMalays are racists to other races because of power. Give them that and they'd shut up.\nThese \"not racist people\" are racists purely because they hate you\nMalays say shit like \"they want to steal our country\" or \"kafir cabar islam\"\nThey say shit like \"backwards 10anak pedos\" or \"apunene will kidnap you\"", "Exactly. Everyone should really learn mandarin and Hokkien and go to Penang for a weekend to listen in on what they say behind your back when they assume you don't understand. They're just unnecessarily mean and vicious even if they don't know you from Adam. Just walk around queensbay mall, get into a lift, or browse some mid tier shops (~300-400 dollar shoes/clothes).", "Can confirm. As an Indian, bumi laws and institutional racism aside, I\u2019ve never experienced personal racism from Malays.\nThe Chinese have treated me like rubbish my entire like (I went to SJKC). You cannot imagine the nasty things they say behind your back when they think you don\u2019t understand their language.", "GG if you're one of the dark ones it's either \"Kuli\" (more to central Malaysia) or apunene all the way.\nLittle shits of all ages thank you for your service by scaring them to submission (if you don't eat/finish homework/behave yourself apuneneh catch you)\nInb4 anyone says it's a global Chinese thing, it's not - have worked in china n the people are really nice. Some villagers may stare, take pictures and kids touch you and stuff cuz they haven't seen non-Hans in real life - it's the same effect when orientals go to India/pakistan in the deep rural areas or even places like old Delhi.\nThat said, there is still racism from pedalaman, kampung types if you're in SRK by your classmates (bile nk masuk isle, sembah patung masuk neraka, kling balik India) but you don't get random unprovoked statements like this uncle.", "nb4 anyone says it's a global Chinese thing, it's not - have worked in china n the people are really nice. Some villagers may stare, take pictures and kids touch you and stuff cuz they haven't seen non-Hans in real life - it's the same effect when orientals go to India/pakistan in the deep rural areas or even places like old Delhi.\nMalaysia's Chinese are the most racist I've ever been around, and that's counting:\nTaiwan\nHong Kong\nFilipino Chinese\nThai Chinese\nAmerican Chinese\nI actually stopped my Cantonese lessons of three years after moving here because I couldn't stand the toxicity. lol", "I'm sorry to ask but what is apunene?", "Racist term for Indians. I'm sure there's some Chinese in here who can explain how it came about and if you wait long enough there's gonna be those justifying it crawling out of the woodwork", "I was called uncle ta pien (correct my spelling please) by one of my wife\u2019s friends kids. I know what that means, (wife is Chinese) and the fact that I\u2019m brown skinned triggered the kid to say that, only goes to show what their parents teach them regarding people of colour.\nTo be a bit petty, their dads are more tanned than I am. In the words of the great Michael Jordan, fuck them kids.", "Anecdotal evidence at its finest... lol \"personal racism\"", "are you trying to invalidate other's personal experience?", "I've been mocked by Malay as Cina Babi + threatened for another 513, yet you dont see me crying about Malay being taliban/terrorist, while this fella think all Chinese are racist in order to justify his own racism. Lol yeah anecdotal evidence at it's finest", "yet you dont see me crying about Malay\nbut less intelligent\nthe only normal Indonesians are probably the ethnic Chinese(Tionghoa), Balinese Hindus and Christian", "fanfanye back at it again lmao", "Imagine there is some form of racism backed by the government /s"], ["Poor guy probably doesn't have any Malay friends.", "By whose fault if not his own. A grown man can think.", "Probably got rejected by a gyatt Malay awek"], ["When we were looking for a parking lot, one Malay couple was about to leave. I said \u201cthank god to this Malay we got a parking spot in front of the plantation\u201d. Not sure he heard me or not.\nLmao this is a good comeback (imo)\nAnyways, OP, I really hope you reported this guy and also criticize him kaw kaw in your review.", "One of my friend said good I said that \ud83d\ude02\nYes I will some time write a review on his Facebook page"], ["Nothing uncommon. Those racist people whether its Chinese, Malay or any other races are the reason why national unity are as bad as now.\nBetter let them be. Because these kind of people are living under a rock. Living in different world"], ["It's just a fact that there are hella lot of racist people in the country, regardless of their race. It's the inevitable outcome of using race as the determining paradigm for policies, politics etc from the formation of the country until now. People are shaped by their lived realities -- doesn't excuse their behavior but does at least help us understand.", "Not an excuse .. he\u2019s a racist.", "Agree. He is racist. All those blab aboutMalay supremacy, just come to Penang and hear those Penang Lang talk about Chinese Supremacy there in Penang. Same all bullshit. It apply to both.", "Pretty much. Don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. Just have to accept Malaysia look nice on the outside only, multi culture this that. In the inside, we have people like this.", "Chinese have privileged special right and special pass malay are currently enjoying?", "We do, it\u2019s called economic power. But the affirmative action policy is corrupt at its core as well, instead of helping the bumiputera it only serves to benefit the politicians", "Does it provided free by the government? Also any chinese that isn't poor = stole land and resources from malay forefather since british era for these kind of group , its their coded response when you try to say chinese economics in here , its not a plus and don't use it.", "Chinese help chinese, that means we had rich colonial era chinese hand down their knowledge and resources to other chinese. Notice how chinese SRJKC are generally bigger and better funded? Some employers are also quite racist, or just rather speak Chinese than speak other languages, so you see Chinese SME mostly filled with other Chinese. Education and resources trickle down from the colonial forefathers. Plus we work hard and we have a culture of prioritizing material wealth (Ang Pau, 8888, Fatt Fatt, Gong Xi Ni, Toto Magnum 4D, Genting).\nAll these combined have put Chinese in another tier economically compared to the rest. It will take time to equalise. But bumi special rights is making you racist, and because you are racist, you make them hate us and label us \u201cracist Chinese\u201d.\nThis is why I say bumi special rights only benefit politicians. Because it makes people like you racist against Malays, and it enforces the dislike that Malays have against the Chinese. It was just a bandage solution to prevent more killings.", "Yeah for the top 1% big crocs maybe ,and nobody is stopping them learning chinese , it has nothing to do with the average joe of lower or middle income regular people , but instead of hating them big crocs they decide to label chinese= rich and hate all the chinese instead\nDon't forget this is a place where a \"melayu malas\" gets you in jail while cina babi pendatang penjajah penipu gets your a fuck tons of likes.", "Nobody is stopping the employer from learning Malay either, they just chose not to.\nI agree there are many poor Chinese as well, and this has affected them just because of their race.\nDo you not realise that bumi rights have made both Chinese and Malay racist against each other? How can you not realise that? How can you blame them but not the 1% big crocs that implemented this policy in the first place? Why are you so hypocritical and not realise you are doing the same thing and label malay = racists and hate all of the Malays?", "You seem to suggest Chinese are somehow racist against Malays because of bumi laws. This is the biggest rubbish I\u2019ve heard in my life.\nExplain why Chinese treat Indians like garbage then. Shouldn\u2019t Chinese people sympathise with Indians for being a fellow minority and treat them like allies? Reality is Chinese people treat Indians like dirt beneath their shoes. I\u2019m Indian and I can safely say despite bumiputera laws, Malays have treated me better than Chinese by far. Go and ask any Indian people or other minorities from east Malaysia and they\u2019ll say the same.\nChinese people are simply racist because they think they\u2019re superior. They can\u2019t even be bothered to learn BM because they think it\u2019s beneath them.", "You seems to agree with the policy in the first place by saying chinese also have the privileged rights by dominating the economics imply we are equal and suddenly claim i hate all malay , i don't, but i can't blame people for being racist when one privileged side can get away scot free with being racist and other side goes to jail", "This applies to the malays too bro. Your average Malay may be tricked when told the Chinese took his money but in truth it was taken by the elite malays who send their kids overseas and vacay there every few months.\nI keep saying it's a class war not a race war but we are all too blinder by our resentment of the other races.", "I've had experience working for a Chinese owned company as the only Malay actually working there, when I was interviewed, the boss informed me that he wished to be more inclusive and is looking forward to hiring other races in his company, he mentioned that there will be another Malay staff who will also be hired.\nI then voiced out my concern of not being able to speak Mandarin but is willing to learn it, he dismissed this and said, It's okay la, we can speak Malay/English. Worry not, there would not be any language barrier, etc.\nI then gave the job a shot because it was during Covid time and jobs are hard to come by, but when I started, everyone was speaking in Mandarin all the time (that's fine by me cause yeah that's you guys native tongue, suka hati la). What pisses me off the most is 1, when I try to communicate with them in regard to my duties or jobs, they either just ignore me, shrug me off or plainly say, 'saya tak tahu la, cuba tanya boss', even though she was actually in the same role as mine. It's not like they can't speak Malay or English, they can (from what I heard when they went to buy from kedai makan) but they chose not to when we are at work.\nNo. 2 when I had learnt a bit of Mandarin, I tried to communicate with them in Mandarin, like trying to break the ice etc, they just laughed at me outright, maybe because my beginner level Mandarin sounded funny, but that shit hurt so bad bro. Like I'm trying over here okay.\nThen I learnt that the supposedly another Malay staff to be hired has only worked for 3 days and resigned, I stayed around only for a month before I had enough and walked out too. I told my boss, if you intend to be inclusive, next time do communicate that with your staff too cause apparently they are not in the same boat as you.", "Yes. It is call over sympathy. Malay are too soft hearted. These are the specialities that have been benefits for some time.", "That sounds like a privilage both parties enjoy", "https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Boi7KNsUTT4aEfqCYkWgxeM5LKExgsVz7J2Fpuvfe3EHSu89nEueenW7TsSwwSKol&id=100002268614992&mibextid=Nif5oz\nNothing looks too softhearted for me , i guess you're the gosok parang type , pls do it asap.", "Not the gosok parang type. The constitution is a social contract, breach it off means an act of war. It is better every one keep quit and just act according to the social contract. One less thing to worry about and let PMX do well in his Primeship", "The constitution is a social contract, breach it off means an act of war.\nThe constitution can be ammended, it's not something set in stone", "Something that we can Agree. We should change it. A nation needs to have only one strong identity. A one country rules by one government and one ruler.", "A nation needs to have only one strong identity. A one country rules by one government and one ruler.\nUhmm....", "You literally said its over sympathy for letting minorities have what they having rn , that means you think they shouldn't have any rights at all while they already a second class citizen. PMX who? The guy who literally just have the K-word pass?\nIm voting for pas next elections.", "Owh. A PAS supporter. No wonder", "Just to bring everything down faster.", "Somehow it's all crickets among the toons who voted him in. He's only gonna get worse, this is just the cinematic trailer\nPas can easily win if they just stop saying idiotic things. These guys are practically handing it over to pn with their mismanagement but I guess it's a race to the bottom in Malaysia all day everyday since 2008", "Pas literally gain more vote by saying stupid thing , sembelih all kafir , x suruh cina potong lanjiao even humiliated sultan yet it becomes the reason wins the biggest, we are on a high speed lane of right with no return and anyone that doesn't think so is delusional.", "Far right and far left are both bad. How can be stable if the government itself wobble from left to right and vice versa.", "I do think that is not an excuse to justify the racism displayed by the drivers. It is more like a sad reality on why this happens and how is this still happening. It is not going away any time soon, all race will come to face this problem.", "How exactly does fighting fire with fire solve the problem?"], ["This is probably where the sentence \"kamu balik china lah\" would be justified cuz since he hate malays so much and thinks all chinese are oh so good then pindah to china lor\nIm saying this as a chinese ok,we all are born here so the most basic mindset is to just idk not hate each other because of race ok? :26558::26558:"], ["You are unlucky to have met the typical racist Chinese. Apologies on their behalf, mate.\nThose are the type of people who look down on other races just because they were born Chinese. It is like auto pandai, kaya compared to other races; other races are beneath them.\nWhen you try to fight back, they will play victim.\nUnfortunately, most of these racists are those in the B40, M40 categories. Ironic, isn\u2019t it?"], ["The amount of excuses people make here for being racist just because he is Chinese, this sub is just full of hypocrite Chinese racists", "I grew up online (Gen Z) as a Malay and I've always been vocal IRL and online about abolishing bumi rights, affirmative actions, and fighting against racism etc.\nBut now that we have Ktads from LYN pouring in and other average Malaysians trolling this sub I realized that it's just an issue not worth caring about because I see how they are. I've been attacked many times simply because of my username. Abu Nawas is not even my name, he was a philosopher.\nBe pro-equality, still have Chinese people being racist at you.\nBe pro-bumi, same shit.\nWhy bother?\nEDIT: I talk about online experiences because it's something we all can relate to but I myself have also experienced a lot of real-life racism from Chinese people.", "Unfortunately it will take some time for newer generations to change the status quo. I feel sad for my racist friends and family. The bumi policy isn\u2019t helping assimilation at all, and PAS/DAP politicians also keep making the racial divide even larger to serve their own interests. Reading the comments in this sub has brought to light the true situation on the ground now about racism in Malaysia, it doesn\u2019t seem like we are truly that united, everything just on the surface for show only. We actually have a lot of work to do.", "Just try and say Pas/dap are two sides of the same coin and watch yourself being downvoted by the ultra red beans", "agree lah. I used to preach about abolishing bumi rights and shit but I realize whats the point anymore? will abolishing bumi rights make all malaysian learn malay? Will ablolishing bumi rights make cultural assimilation a thing?\njust like you said why bother anymore.", "<image>\nWhy bother? Lets protest the intake of non bumis instead. /s", "pls la. special bumi rights should be abolished because it helps the malays - yeah that's right, how's that for an out of the box take.\ndon't do it because you want to do virtue signalling", "Again, as I said, I don't bother about bumi rights anymore. I never benefitted from it anyway. People crack it up to be something bigger, while in reality, it's not life-changing.", "They don\u2019t need to be abolished or bulldozed. They just need to be quietly died down.", "Chinese are not just racist in Malaysia, unfortunately.", "They even have a lot of in-fighting. North vs. South. Taiwan vs. Mainland. Diasporas vs. Mainlanders. Etc.", "Yeah they also have Sunni vs Shia, Indonesia vs Malaysia", "If you're trying to bait me, I am a Malay who's not a Muslim and I am part-Indonesian.\nIn my opinion, most people are awful regardless of creed.", "Well at least have some nuance then instead of generalising that Chinese as a people have a lot of infighting \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f you want unity? Don\u2019t la throw fire on hate \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\nBtw bro, how are you a non muslim Malay in Malaysia? I\u2019m curious, did you go through official channels or just senyap senyap don\u2019t practice? Any backlash? I asking coz my friend married into muslim", "What does unity look like? The USSR? Pol Pot's regime? Marxism? It doesn't exist and it never will. Me making a comment about Chinese in-fighting doesn't mean that I don't think the same about Africans or Arabs or even Europeans.\nI am non-Muslim because I decided to be non-Muslim. Who cares what my documents say? If I leave Malaysia, it will stop being relevant anyway.\nYes there is backlash, by baboons who never think for themselves.", "Unity looks like Sabah", "You mean poverty.", "Bro just said Kota Kinabalu = poverty \ud83d\udc80", "So is this generalisation? How all muslim are terrorist sounds to you?", "hilarious", "They will track you down and behead you, watch out. Sleep in fear tonight.", "oh no ahhhhh takut", "Now that's an actually racist take lmao. What race does not have racists? Just discuss the issue la, racism = wrong, no matter the context or race. Why gotta spew ur closeted racism here? Gtfo you're as much of a problem as the driver if you're a racist"], ["I had this Indian lady who mistakenly thought my worker had given her the wrong change. It was the correct one.\nBut the interaction is somewhere along \u201cInilah orang Islam\u2026\u201d right to her face."], ["I\u2019m a Singaporean Muslim (non Malay). I feel like Malaysian Chinese who don\u2019t \u2019make it\u2019 in life have a chip on their shoulder against Malays and Muslim in Malaysia. I was in Penang (not going back, too boring) and the Chinese drivers can\u2019t seem to wait to let you know how they feel about Malays in their country."], ["Sounds like the average /r/Malaysia redditor OP."], ["Should leave a comment or review on his fb account."], ["Speaking of racism, If we do something which is the right thing, are we considered racist too ? A few time I experience people called racist for wanting to do the right thing as racism is kinda subjective too. Not to say the driver here is not racist.\nFor example (I don't mean to generalize certain race, just example where doing the right thing can be viewed as 'racism' by certain people):\nI want only poor bumis to be helped, rich bumi should not get any help anymore and all the resources should be focused to help poor bumi -- I am called a racist for some reason even I didn't say the resources go and help non-bumi.\nThere is a time where my department is like 90% from a single race, I approve new people to department based on a standard test. Some people are uncomfortable with my department being majority a single race and asked me to \"lower\" acceptance score to increase the diversity of my department -- Somehow I am the racist one. Dude, my department already at full capacity and hiring people who didn't fit the skill needed will doom my department.\nThe most frustrating incident where I am called racist by BOTH side during one time I need to handle a promotional material for my club.\nI have a BM version of our Christmas promotion, It's just something like \"Selamat Hari Krismas, semoga kamu begembira dengan promosi kami\". Some people complain that I am not sensitive and racist , aske me to not use BM because it might make the event seems to be Islamic event and might confuse people. (Since when BM = Islam) ?\nThen I just do the materials in English, Tamil, and Chinse. THE SAME PEOPLE say I am racist again for not having BM, saying I see BM not important and thus not using it. I reply when I use BM you all said I am racist, I no use BM you all said I am racist again, what dafak you want me to do ? They keep quiet and left the club, I'm done lmao.", "The only comment I feel worth replying because I can feel your frustration as a marketer - tired of the vile shit from the others from both sides of the coin.\nJust a thought: don't you think maybe they were just setting you up for failure, maybe they wanted you out anyway? You know la, office politics.\nMy question is, did you check first if BM is required? I understand sometimes you need BM in everything although I think the current climate might make BM for Christmas a contentious issue. You could maybe table your opinion first and see what they decide before execution? I'm not sure what industry you're in but I'd fuck it all and just do English alone. My excuse is if cannot read English then you're probably not the target audience."], ["As a chinese I feel uncomfortable and cringed by reading the dialogues from him ._. Unfortunately after years of modern education we still have those kinds of people here, being racist towards other ethnicity in the roots of their minds. Hopefully you won't encounter this kind of person in the future.", "Thank you for your understanding. I lived in Austria for 13 years, I have never experienced racism. Until few days ago, in my own country. I also hope that I don\u2019t have to encounter this again. Thank you!", "Hi, if you don't mind what kind of job did you do while in Austria? I am interested in emigrating to europe\nBut I am just a fresh grad tho"], ["Haih. I've been around long enough to see this sort of racism from all races.\nThe only difference is how openly racist he is to you in front of your face. Usually talk bad behind, this one talk bad in front asking for a bad review."], ["I just hope this story didn\u2019t get into FB & Twitter. I\u2019m tired reading racist posts here and there all the time."], ["TIL there are racist people in Malaysia /s"], ["Give him negative 5 stars if you could. Elaborate the situation briefly in the reviews. Fuck racism."], ["Racism in Malaysia has always been rampant. Before it was mostly locals on foreigners; now finally it\u2019s becoming prevalent among the locals themselves.\nBack in 2011, I was literally told by an aged Chinese man \u201cI don\u2019t talk to your kind, get lost\u201dwhen me and my friend simply asked for directions to Pavilion in KL. One of the many examples. Outright racism that I have faced in Malaysia in my first 3 months, I haven\u2019t faced that in 3 years in Australia (a supposedly racist nation)\nA slippery slope, my friends."], ["We\u2019re Malaysians. We\u2019re racist to each other.", "Sadly.."], ["Racism is not unique to any race. It is more prevalent among the uneducated. So a boomer driver? Not surprised.", "Even among the educated ones. Seen plenty of them here in Reddit."], ["Now i know how that one guy from America said malay ppl kil Christians and destroy churches came from \ud83d\ude02 must be from his visit to Malaysia when hearing things from this kind of unker"], ["Bruh... that's just fucked up. I'm sorry you had to go through that, and I seriously, honestly wish I was in that car with you so I could just lay it back on the dude. Nobody should be allowed to be that rude and racist and be allowed to walk away unscathed.", "Thanks bruh.\nFurthermore, we told to him cut the trip short cos we were tired but mocking us \u201cyou young people why tired. Look at those backpackers carrying huge bags not tired\u201d. Side note: we are half the age of the backpackers. He should be happy to cut the trip short and still we pay full price. My foreign friend said it\u2019s exhausting to discuss something with him.", "Is he a Chinese uncle?", "He is indeed a Chinese uncle.. I had Chinese uncles as my grab drivers in Penang. Some of them, we had a really good conversation."], ["Man this guy was disturbingly comfortable with his racism.... Makes me wonder how much worse he is behind closed doors.\nFwiw, OP, this is an unfortunate reality for a lot of people where some assholes are just very comfortable with being a racist piece of shit to your face. But from experience, they very quickly back down or shut their mouths the minute you call them out on it. Most of us are just too polite in these situations, so its likely they haven't experienced anyone actually telling them off for their racist behaviour."], ["Unfortunately, racism still happened in Malaysia and it's not only by specific races."], ["In this community only Malay racist other race no racist /s", "Versa to you bolehlanders , privileged and government backed majority vs suppressed discrimination minorities was being asked to give up more rights", "The only people that actually benefit from the bumi right is the people on top of the hierarchy pyramid. Ie elites.", "but you posted on bolehland. Are you not one of them too?", "Shhh ,hydra dominatus."], ["He is a redditor."], ["Report that guy, just a shameful act of racism. On Chinese social media and press, Malay on Chinese is so frequently reported and the comments are like \"oh we are bullied for being a unique small minority\",but I actually also felt that Chinese on Malay is also frequent in the form of stereotypes, just that Chinese people is known to keep their feelings to themselves and being clever about it. Seriously, if we were to achieve actual unity, this has to change."], ["Hey OP, wait until you learned how badly racist some Chinese are against Indian people."], ["You should have asked him to stop or call him out when he says anything racist. Usually people who are racist out in the open have either a lack of shame or they are really lowly educated."], ["This is what happens when you live in your own bubble and not befriending people from other backgrounds. Ignorance breeds hate.\nMost Malaysian aspire the same. To have an honest living and practice our own things.", "Did you not read that OP has\u2026foreign friends and local non-malay friends?", "I am referring to the racist uncle, iant it obvious?", "Nope, not to me. Using the word \u201cyou\u201d breeds my assumption that you are referring to OP as obviously you don\u2019t have direct contact with the driver, unless he is your dad or something.\nAnd the uncle is a driver by trade. We can assume he met people from different backgrounds so excuse my misunderstanding", "Exactly. Don't use the word \"you\" unless the person is being addressed directly. Use third person pronouns instead."], ["Op, there are many ppl like this who are tin kosong. This is oral diarrhoea from orang tak educated. They open their mouth and talk shit cause they are looking for conflict. I can gurantee this type of bodoh are the ones that go home to the wife and kids and talk shit in the family too. Believe me, I\u2019m sure his children don\u2019t see this man as father of the year, unless his kids are also bengap like him. He was really overstepping talking to you and your foreign friends like this- not professional at all. You need to proactive next time. When you paid for a service and things are making you feel uncomfortable- you need to speak up. This man so anti Malay this and that- he still take the Malay money right? So he can stfu. When ppl go off topic, \u2018hello sir, please end this type of conversation, I don\u2019t pay for this political talk\u2019. Be firm, but polite. If more ppl can speak up against idiots talking shit in the streets- this world would be a better place."], ["CASE-1:I booked grab and I was waiting for 15min approx, then a Chinese lady driver came , as soon as she noticed I'm a foreigner she ran away with her car \ud83d\ude02, that time me and my friend laughed so hard.\nCASE-2: I share my apartment with a local Chinese gentleman aged nearly 40-45. in this apartment the rule is that everyone should keep the common area silent after 10 at night. so me and my friend take our dinner at 9-10 usually. but this china guy sometimes got mad, shout, throws tables Infront of us and says that why we eat at 9, we should take our meal at 7\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02. also he implies rules that we even cannot do an egg fry after 7 at night. already informed the management team but that didn't work unfortunately, after contact maybe I can change my apartment.", "Bruhhh\u2026 that grab situation happened to me last week in Penang. He was Chinese uncle. Waited almost 10 mins and he was secs away to fetch me and two foreign friends, he cancelled\u2026 drove passed us too \ud83d\udc80"], ["Plenty of those racist in this sub. You're wasting your time posting here."], ["Somwthing off topic, if you are to post this in bolehland, i wonder what will be the replies like.", "The exact same replies as the comments in this post i would bet, just with different race."], ["Sounds like your typical racist Chinese unkerr"], ["come to penang lah, they even call you huana (barbaric people) in normal daily conversation and nothing racist about that to them.", "Huana literally means malay people", "Huana just means Malay", "Huana is literally how hokkien people call malay and there is no degratory in it.", "Teochew people also, afaik there's no alternative word because that's the only word my grandma was taught growing up.", "'then the K word is how melakans call indians , theres no degratory meaning in it '\nSee how that sounds ? Huana is still an ethnic slur with deeper meaning in other places such as the philipines or taiwan", "Yeah but we are not taiwan or philipines , the other is not goverment backed , we don't purposely say it to degrate people , simply because there is no other word in hokkien to call malay people or widely know yet , you can launch a cancel culture on them , but cancelling is a west liberal thing you might want to avoid it", "What about calling them Malay or Melayu instead though?\nI'll be like me calling my dad Keling because I grew up with the word and for some insane reason, never hearing the word Tamil in my life.", "There no such word exist in hokkien yet , and educating language outside of main mandarin dialect in sjkc is illegal the teacher will cane you for even speaking one hokkien word , hokkien education is non existence how do you expect people to change, launch a cancel culture then , but then there will be people purposely use it for degratory because yall just put a degratory meaning in it by trying to cancel it.", "So you want to invent a new word? Good luck with that.", "That\u2019s literally how language evolve. You think we\u2019ve always had the word \u201cbasikal\u201d ??", "I grew up in Ipoh and they called white people \"gwai lou\". It's devil or something.", "That's Cantonese. Chinese people in Ipoh are mostly Cantonese and Hakkas. Gwei Lou is transliterated as \"ghost fella\" because they are white as ghosts. I'd imagine some white guy in the past exaggerated the explanation to his fellow white people by using \"devil\" to sound more sensational (and maybe cool) and it caught on.\nFun fact for you, the uncommon opposite version which non-Chinese probably don't know is \"hak gwai\" which literally means \"black ghost\", used to describe Africans. It technically does not apply to Indians, if you hear someone say that then they're not just racist but categorically stupid in his attempt at racism.", "I see. Thanks for explaining!", "I hear hak gwai and hak chai used against Indians all the time. It\u2019s not uncommon.", "if you hear someone say that then they're not just racist but categorically stupid in his attempt at racism\nThe original meaning was meant for Africans. As I said, racist just gonna be racist.", "Bro, that doesn\u2019t make it better tau.", "I live in Penang (till mid Jan 2024 before going back to Austria). And I have many Chinese grab drivers. Never a problem. I remember I had a really good conversations with some of the Chinese drivers."], ["ni mesti jenis suka hon x penyabar"], ["Now you meet one, as an ethnicity cina guy, next time you heard some racist remarks from them, just talk in Mandarin or Hokien or Cantonese i understand Chinese, you will be surprised by their face changes XP"], ["He is racist and weak that why he only focus on the disadvantage in life. Life condition him to be that way. But guess what even if he born as malay he will find some other negative on Chinese and other races also.\nCan't help him but to pity him.\nWe should all be equally treated and look for the positive side of the world."], ["REVEAL THE NAME", "And you will just believe this post by an anonymous poster? Without any evidence of such incident?", "Pls reread what I type because I want proof and not another rage bait post.", "Sry replied to the wrong comment", "Apology accepted", "Yup, need some proof. If not it\u2019s just flaming and look at the commenters going wild.", "Yupe and people are typing alot of colourful comments when there's no proof from op side."], ["Racism is everywhere if you see it.\nIt\u2019s a pity that he chose to live his life around it.\nI can\u2019t blame him and I won\u2019t condone this kind of behaviour, we live in a country that has institutions and open racism to the non and what you experienced is daily life of the non more or less.\nI hope we can one day break from this vicious cycle of hatred."], ["I\u2019m a foreigner and live with Chinese family. Sadly racism is a thing towards Malay\u2026"], ["Review, \"thank you but please shut up next time, I need a driver not a storyteller\""], ["Thats why he become a grab driver and not working elsewhere that need more intellects"], ["just drive motor lah kalau tak nak jam only OL je i see naik moto senang"], ["He could be the next makcik kemboja, if only you record then let the authorities handle him."], ["Tipu ni cina mana ada racist. Melayu je yang racist"], ["Hey, maybe you'd meet the uncle again during the next r/Malaysia meet up session. Now got common topic."], ["Looks like you\u2019ve just found CCP supporter."], ["this uncle is probably those shit stain ccp supporters who call china their mother country too."], ["We the government, teachers and parents should educate the school students about race equality and racism."], ["your mistake was you did not shut him down when he first started talking shit. you should have told him that you are not paying him to talk, but drive. you allowed him to continue and he took that as you agreeing with what he said and so he pushed his limits and went on further. as the employer, you should have done that. you are accountable for the experience that your foreign friends are having."], ["Welcome to the experience of every other non Malay in Malaysia."], ["What country do you think you're in? Communities actively generalise each other or get opinions on each other through Tik Tok / political parties"], ["My last Grab ride back from the airport was in a Malay fella's car \u2014 had a good chat about stuff that the whole 45 minutes felt like 15 minutes.\nIf anything my long term (10+ years) hired car guy is a Malay fella as well we get quite candid about such conversations as well, dude had done nothing but be on time and a good conversationalist. We spoke relatively 'controversial' subjects because we were both each other's soundboard on things like this.\nAs some has mentioned here you got unlucky."], ["It's unfortunate you end up with this moron. Even the worst racist I know is professional if he was paid for a service."], ["He's an idiot, and obsessed with Malays.\n\"thank god to this Malay we got a parking spot in front of the plantation\u201d isn't racist, but why even need to mention the race unless he's obsessed with them?\\\nThere was a bunch of racist things tho"], ["Funny how Malay keep saying don\u2019t paint them with one brush then proceed to paint all Chinese with one brush lol", "they literally said that this Grab driver was the first time they had experienced such racism, and that they had lots of Chinese and Indian friends who were perfectly alright\nIronically you're the one saying \"Malays keep saying\" as if they're all one monolithic group", "Actually there are a lot of Chinese who are racist and I say that as a Chinese person myself. The in-your-face racists like that driver are rare though.", "Now put a mirror on your comment. Replace race \"x\" and put race \"y\" in the same spot. Doesn't make sense right? Because it's still same thing."], ["The irony being a post about a racist Chinese driver while the comments are being racist against Chinese in particular.\nLet's just make this clear as day, the driver is racist, period. more than likely uncle type who don't know when to keep their mouth shut. Met a few of them but they mostly talks about business even though I have no interest\nHowever whether a person is racist or not does not depend on race, is the individual, if you disagree then you are a racist. Chinese, Indians, Malays and every single race all have their bad apples and just leave it at that."], ["The worse part is they called it \"free speech\". Racism in Reddit is also getting bad by the day."], ["finally understand how minority feel in this country?", "yala cina cannot be rasis only malay only", "More like privileged goverment backed majority prohibited a supressed discriminated minorities to talk back while they can freely do so without consequences", "prohibited a supressed discriminated minorities to talk back? what minorities cannot talk balk ke? tak paham le", "Blh , tapi masuk lokap", "Calling minority balik tongsan and K word no issue. The cambodian merchant saying M word (lazy) police involved KEK.", "Ask minorities like indians who are more racist to them, the \u201cgovernment backed majority\u201d malays or the fella minorities chinese\nSee what you come up with for the results and lets us know", "Nobody going to jail by saying indian malas ,your pmx even got himself a k-word pass , privileged ones.", "Why MY pmx? Youre not gonna claim youre malaysian now? Why bother posting on this subreddit if you cant even pretend youre a malaysian?", "Well i didn't vote for him plus given your comment i bet you're one of those call us pendatang anyway, does it matter?", "Did i ever even imply that? Lmfao. Is it just like your lifestyle to feel victimised in any sort of discussion because you cant handle that you are wrong?\nJust because you didnt vote for PMx doesnt mean that he\u2019s not your prime minister. Every Malaysians had to go through 50+ years of BN, are you going to say that all the previous PMs werent your prime minister too? Do you really think people were proud to call the BN PMs their PM even with all the corruption back then? Or are you really happy calling Najib your PM but not PMX lol?\nLoser malaysian mentality thinking, only wants to claim to care about Malaysia but never wants to admit anything that is part of Malaysia and then complain when nothing changes", "Perhaps you should to get your brethen to admit cina are malaysian first", "Why my brethen? How come you dont wanna claim those people to be a part of your brethen too? Somehow youre making it like i\u2019m the one who has the division mindset when youre the one who cant stop thinking that me and you arent from the sane group lol\nYour internalised us vs them is so chronic man start having friends irl"], ["Been subject to racism from a very young age so nothing new here (you are fortunate to be so shielded). Cina babi, balik Cina and even school teacher saying \u2018mata sudah sepit lagi mahu mengantuk\u2019 - accepted this since very young and already numb to it."], ["Alhamdulillah, I saw the comments here and I will keep them in mind the next time I vote.", "Vote based on proposed policies not some salty comments on a reddit thread lol", "Thats not gonna be good for ph with all those new tax coming in and impending subsidy cut.", "New luxury tax and targeted subsidy if I'm not mistaken, bad for rich tycoons but good for common folks no?", "All kena, rich t20 luxury tax, increased income tax,\nm40 below rm500 online purchasing tax, increased electricity tariff, no fuel subsidy\nB40=Win with increased br1m, fuel subsidy.\n2024 gonna be a smashing year.. no wonder Chinese says 4 is suwey.", "b40 definitely kena also.. business owned by M40 and T20.. if these people are hit, the goods that B40 buy is gonna get hit too.", "You got me at the last part \ud83d\ude02 take my upvote", "It's not just reddit comments, I have been treated like this (like OP was treated but worse) in real life as well without any provocation from me.\nBesides, those comments were highly up voted. Not just this thread, but also the thread showing the child who was crushed by a police car. Smirking, \"now you know how the nons feel\". Gila. A child died, and they're smirking. This racism is upvoted, this is condoned, this is promoted within their community.\nI used to be the exact opposite of this. I used to be so vocal about making things fair for every one.", "I'm sorry for your experience, but please don't judge the whole orchard from a few bad apples. Keep in mind that the racist/extremist people are always the vocal ones and like to circle jerk. Vast majority of the nons are always silent because they don't want to get into trouble. They would rather work hard to better their lives than release their dissatisfaction on others, which is exactly what the vocal racists you saw do, to the point of being heartless and bodoh.\nAsk any of your Chinese/Indian friend (I assume you have, you should have) about the news, they would surely criticize the police and kesian the child.\nBtw if you vote for PN/PAS which endorse race/religion supremacy then you're not any different from the same people you condemn. Just saying.", "So you just gonna believe some random reddit post.", "1) it's not just some reddit post, I have experienced this in real life as well.\n2) it's not the post that I have issue with, it's the comments justifying and condoning racism towards Malay people.", "Who cares who you vote, go ahead hahahahahahah"], ["Thx to our great government that been playing racism cards n promote \"bumi rights\" which rose unfairness n equally questions in the sunlights.\nPlus they purposely brainwashing people to be racism , so we keep fighting between ourselves while the politicians sitting on top enjoying our ripped off taxes money n corruption.\nBe awake people, be clarity of mind, knowing what causes all these n walk yourself away from this.\nEdit: typo correction"], ["ill say ,just go back to main land", "Don't fight racism with more racism", "Nah, they need a taste of their own medicine - they know what they're doing is wrong, and if they didn't, now they'll know how it feels\nPrimitive idiots need primitive lessons. Start at the bottom of the pyramid then work yourself up", "Who are these 'they'? You are speaking of? OP posted 1 racist guy who happens to be Chinese. You are going to blame the whole race because of 1 person?\nYour moral high ground 'so high'", "\"They\" refers to the individual racists. If someone pokes your eye they should be ok with their eyes being poked out", "Luckily, for the rest of us, we have the justice system. You go ahead and poke people's eyes then, will read about you in the headlines", "Well, maybe u should go back to Indonesia?", "What is this logic? Not ALL Malays are from Indonesia.\n???"], ["When we talk about racism in Malaysia, we typically bring up Malay-on-Chinese racism, sometimes Malay-on Indian. What many don't realise is that Chinese-Malaysians are just as bad if not worse. I've seen so many instances where Chinese look down on Malays and Indians, they stick only amongst themselves, refuse to speak BM despite holding an IC, the list goes on. Heck if they see you're ethnic Chinese who can't even speak Chinese, they'll ejek you like there's no tomorrow. The reality is Malaysians as a whole are guilty of racism, not just Malays.\nI'm Chinese-Malaysian and I have no issue interacting with Malays or Indians. I just speak BM and interact with them just like any other person, and if someone is being a d*ck to me then... that's their personal problem."], ["Generally the older generations can be very racist, they're mostly the product of their time and don't think being racist is a big deal. For Gen Z onwards there's absolutely no reason to be racist piece of shit. These people mostly just wanna be edgy or going all out to be an asshole because it's cool. Otherwise, they are people who grew up in an echo chamber and never go out their comfort zone when socialize. And I'm speaking of people of all skin colors."], ["Blame it on the individual, his up bringing has led him to this path as fate we would have called it. Just let it be. Racism a worldwide problem, since the dawn of men."], ["Sorry u have to go through that, us Chinese don't claim him", "Thank you bro \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd"], ["We found the private driver y'all!", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech.\nThis is an official warning to stop fanning racial flames on this thread, or a ban will be imposed.", "People like you hurt non-racist Malays. Wow.", "So u just paint everyone with one brush ? In your mind all malays are racist hence all Malay deserves to be treated that way ?"], ["wow...not even election season and still got race-baiting propaganda....what's going on?"], ["You ain't a racist if you are Chinese.\nEdit: calm down guys not all Chinese ok. Only some."], ["Hohoho don\u2019t worry. Institutionalised racism still in place. Ketuanan still rules.", "It\u2019s so funny that the word ketuanan has been mentioned by no one in daily conversations. Not even the Malays themselves.\nMeanwhile Cina ledditors lol.", "Just because you didn\u2019t hear it mentioned doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t exist.", "It does exist. I was merely pointing out where or by whom the word was most used."], ["feels great on the receiving end huh? I'm sorry that you had to experience racism, the driver's behavior is inexcusable, but not out of the ordinary as a Malaysian, so... shake it off, I guess? like so many nons and minorities in the country", "Thanks, OP feels better now. /s"], ["As a Malay, I wonder what Chinese who regularly engage with the foreigners or expats tell them about Malays and Malaysia in general. I studied in Europe and I was once asked by my Eurpoean classmate whether it's true in Malaysia everyone is prohibited from drinking becayse Islam dictates us. I was like, \"everyone? you sure?\". Sigh. FYI, we have Malaysian Chinese in the class too, so I kinda sus thats where they got the wrong info from. Again, not all Chinese. Chinese are like Kelantanese, well organised and unionised people, but their unity kinda annoy people around them.", "I'm currently studying in Europe and whenever someone ask if they should go to Malaysia, I tell them just go there for the food and nature", "Maybe Islam is the one who make a bad name to Malaysia?", "As for the case of drinking, only the Muslims are prohibited tho. Not everyone. Non muslims rights to their lifestyle is duly protected.", "but majority of the population doesn't want Malaysia to be promoted that way...They'll rather let Malaysia to be known as the Mecca of the east or something and Islam doesn't have good reputations among western Europeans", "Then why can\u2019t people wear shorts in Kelantan?"], ["You seriously comparing how black Americans being treated in the US to how non bumi being treated in malaysia ?\nWhat ?!!! How ?!!!!\nAs per you mention, Chinese owned business is the core of Malaysian economy. How can a group of people that have these kind of success still thinks that thy are being treated worst that blacks American in America where they have been systematically put in poverty and at one point slaves by the American whites ?\nThis is why I hate people like you ! Yes here there\u2019s racism in Malaysia. no one can deny it but for you to belittle the hardship of black Americans it\u2019s craaazyyyy to me !!! Nuts !", "Yes, non bumis are openly discriminated in Malaysia and that is an ugly fact. From Education to Businessses. It's not a country based on meritocracy. Listen, I know of non bumis with Straight As and denied entries to do medicine in local Unis but for Bumis, they could get in with lesser grades. Government scholarships given to Bumis with lesser grades than Non Bumis ( straight As) despite the non bumis parents being hawkers... wtf.\nI dont think I said anything to belittle the hardship of black Americans. Black Americans do have a louder voice in the US than the Chinese in Malaysia. Blacks face hardships due to their own work and home culture and attitudes. So u r jumping to wrong conclusions.\nI don't have data to prove that Chinese owned companies are the core of the Malaysian economy today considering many Bumi enterprises are also very large but the Chinese entrepreneurs in 70s to 90s did help build the economy. Unfortunately the Malaysian Govt does not want to give credit to them.they are constantly told to thank the Malays?? Pfft...for what? Only in Malaysia do u have Malay dominated politicians openly threatening another race. Do u think the white Americans can say \"black ppl, don't test our patience with u??\" . Even South Africa does not behave like Malaysia..pls go get ur facts right.\nMalaysia is a sad state with a divisive Govt for the past 30 yrs. A truly none progressive mindset, esp the politics and Govt.\nMalaysia would be a far more progressive country if the government stopped it's racial politics. A country so rich in natural resources but poorly developed local talent due to racial politics and discrimination is the cause of Malaysia's poor economy and quality of life. The problem is u have this small elite group of Malays who wants control of the Malays to win elections. I don't have the data but only a small elite group of Malays are reaping the rewards but more than 60pct of them are struggling financially. This is just general observation.\nIt will take generations to reverse this sick racism in Malaysia.", "As a Malay who is pro abolishing bumi rights, I don\u2019t feel welcome in this fight for equality in malaysia if on the other side are people like you who painted every Malays with the same brush.\nThe simple fact is, you need Malays on your team to win the equality fight in malaysia . This will never happen when we see what kind of sick opinion the people that want to fight for \u201cequality\u201d have on malays in general.\nTepuk dada, Tanya selera.. you wanna fight against racism, then don\u2019t be racist first \u2026\nAnd for your simpleton mind let me tell you this, Black Americans may have a louder voice now, but most of them are still in poverty. Look at facts, get off the internet. Compare the household income of Chinese Malaysian and black Americans in the context of each country\u2019s demographic la.", "I agree with u. All races should work together and push the entire nation forward. It's frustrating for non bumis to be constantly told they don't belong to Malaysia when all they know is about Malaysia. Racism is toxic and will never go away but the government should not openly use it as a tool to win votes and constantly poison the minds of Bumis that Chinese are a threat to the Bumis existence. The Chinese are not interested in taking any privileges from the Malays. They just want to earn a decent living for their families. The Govt should stop sowing hate into the minds of Malays that Chinese are a threat..it just builds this distrust amongst races. I agree that not all Malays are racist but many view non bumis as trying to take things away from them.\nIt's just disheartening to see a country with so much resources and talent to be in this state.", "If I'm malay why would I ever want it to change. I'm a privalaged race. My local politicians and religious leaders remind me everyday that I'm the superior race and everyone else is beneath me. I get free handouts in terms of welfare and bumi discounts. If I get an income of only 3k rm I am very contented. I daily look at religious and propaganda tiktok and FB telling me all the bad things other races are trying to sabotage us and they will be our downfall. While at the same time coming into major liberal cities looking for work under Chinese bosses and do gigs treating it as a full time job. Also under the management of other races. Then have to also rent from nons as well but quietly curse them inside of being a non halal abode.\nI do not ever see this nation progressing ever in the next coming century even. We are only a step or crisis away from regressing into a total taliban like Islamic state. Don't have to look far. ACEH is a good example. If tht ever comes to happen. Malaysia is gone. Malay conservatives won. All nons would desert Malaysia in droves and any hope of Malaysia ever developing into a 1st world state is gone while other aswan countries overtake us and our main import then will be security guards and maids.", "Haha this guy is the supreme ultra malay tuan tanah, no use arguing with him", "\"The Chinese are treated far worse than the blacks in the US\"\n\"As a Malay, most will feel supreme over other races..\"\nI know you are racist, but perhaps try to get out of your bubble sometimes and interact with people?\nReading your comment makes me shiver, to think there are still hardcore racist like this as Malaysians.", "The Chinese are treated far worse than the blacks in the US\nExcuse you? Call us woke for knowing of their slavery and in 2023, blacks still get SHOT, LYNCHED for existing. It feels good to be in control by putting another race down, doesn't it? We're not the ones being randomly stopped by the street for 'spot checks' or followed around in stores as if we're stealing.\nNo one is ignoring your first paragraph, but you really sound like an All Lives Matter apologist. \"I hate everyone equally!\"", "That's coz blacks have a higher risk of killing others due to their historical crime track record..it's unfortunate but black youths have given themselves that reputation. The police see them as high risk so they get shot. I disagree with the way the police behave but the US is actually a pretty messed up ctry now. That is the sad fact. A bunch of hypocrites and corrupted Democrats and Reps. China will overtake the US.", "Bruh this man is purely a racist fella why is he not banned here, mods need to put a warning on his username tbh idk if he\u2019s super racist or super dumb", "Bro, in what way are Chinese Malaysians treated far worse than blacks in the US?", "This clown hasn't heard of apunenehs apparently", "Go learn history bro", "Bro, u have Malay politicians openly tell the Chinese to go back to China. Which part of Malaysia do u live in? Do u have the US government tell the blacks to go back to Africa because America.is for whites? Do u hear the American government threaten the Blacks that they were not welcome in the US altho they were born there? Duh. .I know my facts and lived thru racism there..so don't tell me bs bro. I m just stating the truth in Malaysia for the Chinese..if u can't handle it,.so be it.\nRacism in any country is bad but the sad truth is no one hides in Malaysia."], ["That is messed up. Probably weren't even aware his words reek racism."], ["After reading the post and comments I want to preface again how important this is every race has racists residing in them and they all come in different ways to be racists so yes sure Chinese racists can be this and Malay racists can be that still doesnt excuse racism as a whole.\nOk we got that out the way then my opinion in this incident is that these type of people should be reviewed and viraled online publically for any racists to finally change their views and learn from it.\nHowever I also want to say that just because this Chinese guy did this doesnt mean every Chinese person are like this. Because what he did or say the first few times are fine like \"Malays frequent this place\" or \"starbucks boycotting\" what ISNT OK is that he just flats out says something he doesnt like about Malays and say \"Malays like you lah\" really shows how little he has communicated or formed any deep friendships with any Malays in his time on a country literally named \"Malay\"sia."], ["This is why bumi rights are created", "Do we kill them with kindness instead?"], ["Is he a boomer generation?\nIMO, quite common among this generation.", "Yes.."], ["This type is typical uncle lah, but this one so atrocious in his racism. Malay ex muslim here, I think people that hate Malays and Islam have a history of hatred and bigotry themselves and perhaps even a superiority complex. I personally forgive those who have wronged me, even if I\u2019m denied my rights to leave the religion I have no hatred for you guys. I want to live my own life too. I think more people should be tolerant and empathetic to each other, you and me Indian or Chinese we are no different except than the classes and caste that the racist society has laid down upon us. I\u2019m not blaming all Malays here, I know there are many Malays that disagree with racism and special privileges. Malays that are secretly no longer faithful. Malays that are humanistic but also still believe in a higher power. I have no problem with humans preserving their humanity and sympathy for others. Please ppl, what our country need for change is for us to try and relate. See what\u2019s it\u2019s like to be in other people\u2019s shoes."], ["well, now you probably know why he isnt doing other work...a person of such EQ couldnt possibly be in any team based jobs"], ["Racist betul . Really unacceptable. Leave an honest feedback on this driver please"], ["wtf\nthose r rookie number,tell unker he got to pump more\nu sure he blue ic msian"], ["Woah, if we\u2019re behaving this way here, I can only image the true extent of the racial sentiment outside of the Reddit bubble which should be the paragon of progressivism.\nThe future outlook of this country grows gloomier by the day. To be honest, I think we deserve it."], ["As a grab driver, It's not that rare lol. I've heard so many remarks made by these dinasours. But I'm actually more hopeful with new gen chinese. They're more open minded, sincere and polite imo. Lots can actually converse well in malay."], ["Smlj joke he does. Don't bother about an idiot like him. Educate him like a little kid next time if you have d chance. What an ass"], ["Sorry you went through that. I experienced horrific racism myself - a foreigner who was there because Malaysian friends requested that I come, and signed me up to do something meaningful there.\nThis driver was very rude to me and then asked for 5 stars at the end of the journey. Since I apologetically refused, he became extremely verbally abusive, told me to go back to my country, telling me I expect unreasonable things from Malay people - that he is not rude, he is Malay - and that people from where I \u201cam from\u201d will go burn in hell because we are disgusting. I\u2019m also not actually from the region of the world that he assumed me to be from - most Malaysians love to visit my home country en masse, so it was a fair enough exchange for me to be there.\nI would have preferred your driver to be honest, but evidently, it comes from all groups."], ["Just say the same thing back to him about cina lah"], ["Race baiting this sub is hilariously easy.\nWho cares what some random cab driver thinks? Leave a review and move on. Also, you're a paying customer, tell the dude to stfu and put on some T.Swift.", "The whole journey OP couldn't say a word, but can come to reddit and say a lot lol. How about grow a pair and tell the taxi driver to shut it as a paying customer, berani kat leddit aje.", "said by the person who has been very vocal talking shit about B40s for the past few years\nWhy only berani on reddit"], ["man you know, you sound like a well to do guy, and im not defending him but this fella is a driver helpless has to work his ass off to survive watching prices go up and up and up all the time while making basically less and less because of price gouging and rideshare apps\nmalaysia is full of racism, all against all, if you wanna single this chinese out for hating malays i also think you're being a bit naive or over indignant, basically people are dissatisfied with the government and taking it out on each other\nbe a bigger person and think compassionately instead of showing how disillusioned this guy is to the entire reddit"], ["Racism is institutionalised, what can you do? Article 153 already proves inequality between people being okay in this country.\nYou lot like to remind us we are pendatangs and we need to go back where we come from, you leech from our hardwork, you don't appreciate us, and you slowly encroach and erode our rights slowly. You want us to not be racist?\nI feel bad for you but I don't feel surprised tbh, I can also name situations where I get abused too. But I don't make a big post here whining about something we see every 5 years.\nIn conclusion, you can't change something that's already acceptable here.", "Fucking based perspective but it's also regarded AF. By this reasoning we shouldn't try to progress but just lie down and accept it because it's here to stay? I see you have the courage to make a based take but no balls nor willingness to fight for change. Woe is us apparently.", "I see you have the courage to make a based take but no balls nor willingness to fight for change.\nLol I was one of those who marched on the streets and joined rallies for Bersih, I have friends who marched to the polling centres to become barricades to prevent them from tampering the ballots. I've argued with people and even my own family members, convincing them changw is required, I've done my part since long ago. So you don't get to tell me about fighting for change.", "Okay so then you make no sense with your statement. You went to the rallies and fought on the streets and here you are telling people essentially it is what it is? Are you just making based statements without thinking?", "here you are telling people essentially it is what it is?\nWell I'm telling you after fighting for change during my younger days, nothing has changed. Same shit, different packaging.\nIf we are sincere in eradication of social issues, it takes time and institutional enforcement with willpower to change things. And I can tell you as long as we have the same bunch of ppl ruling and wanting to maintain the status quo, it will never change.\nSo yeah, I think I wasted time doing what I did. Been there done that. I wished I got myself rich and left the country.", "Ah okay so because your experience has changed you have devalued your so called \"effort\", and what you did in the past is meaningless as you have changed your perspective to \"it will never change\". So there's no point in telling me I can't judge your balls, because you've already lost them in your journey to writing this back and forth. Either way it's a base statement but regarded reasoning. I see why you think the country won't change. Have a good day.", "Ah okay so because your experience has changed you have devalued your so called \"effort\", and what you did in the past is meaningless as you have changed your perspective to \"it will never change\".\nThings won't change because it takes more than just changing politicians and parties to fix the problem. We've changed several governments since 2018, tell me what had truly changed apart from pushing people further to the extremes of the political spectrum? Are we much closer to a better country now than before? No we aren't. The fact that there's still idiots trying to make moves to wrest back power is proof that it doesn't matter how people vote, they don't fucking respect your vote. All they care about is lining their pockets with money.\nSo there's no point in telling me I can't judge your balls, because you've already lost them in your journey to writing this back and forth.\nYou don't get to judge me because you're don't know me, heck I'm pretty sure I've done far more than you for the country than you ever did. Who do you think you are? You're a nobody, just a pathetic little prat who thinks he's someone who can make a splash lol. You'll realise it soon enough and I'm just going to say:\nI told you so.", "No I'm just someone who used logic to find the fallacy in your thinking and disconnect between making brash statements and action. You are so blind you can't even see the disconnect between your past and what you say. You're a hypocrite plain and simple, and any actions you've done for the country is mitigated by the statements you've made dismissing the efforts of others. Frankly, you have your head on straight, but have allowed your regarded reasoning to blind you. I'd expect a little more from someone with two braincells when a third party can see the flaw in your own perspective. Question is will you be able to look past your own ego?\nI can fully judge you because you lack conviction. You very may well have done more for this country, but with statements like that? I think my reasoning is more applicable.\nYou're kind of smart and have some balls. Don't be a regard.", "Putting a bunch of big words in a long-winded reply doesn't make you look smart or put your case any better. You've not made any point across that has any merit, and solely focused on attacking me as a person, what does that tell me? You've got nothing to stand on, and you can't refute my points at all.\nYou can't judge me because you've done fuck all, I've done more, my friends have done more, everyone has seen what \"change\" has done and we can tell you until there's a willingness to change from the top down and also removing certain privileges that certain groups will never agree with, you're stuck with the same problems over and over and over again.\nIt's not about conviction, it's just that me after decades of fighting and putting so much energy and effort to wanting a better country, finally realising that I am just one person, and unless the fucking Malays, Chinese, Indians, etc are all on the table and wanting change, you can kiss my ass about conviction or judgement because you have nothing to show about your own efforts, let alone your logic.\nDon't be a regard.\nSure, I won't be a regard to a retard. And take whatever is left of your two braincells and see your way out of this room.", "Okay nevermind I thought you had some intelligence. We won't ever agree and you'll just have to deal with the fact some retard online judged you, actually found inconsistency in your logic, and you wasted your time on the last day of 2023 arguing because... I don't know what you're trying to say really. As if your past actions absolves you from making stupid statements.\nHere's a new years resolution: pick up a dictionary. Can't blame other people when you don't understand words \ud83e\udd37"], ["Try to put yourself in his shoes on why he came to such politically incorrect behavior.\nLet's put it this way, the minorities also experiencing daily institutionalized racism that the majority thinks is fully justified. I personally experienced that a Nasi Lemak stall owner refused/or gave priority to her own kind while everyone is on the queue to place order, it was obvious that when it finally reach my turn she instead serving the next person in-line, I walked away, I don't know if it will be safe to eat.\nThat's how your elected Government wants it.\nEdit: I love my Malay and Indian friends, but that's how the institutionalized racism runs things here. Also, your skin complexion will determine who you are and your voting option, PAS, Bersatu, UMNO, MIC, MCA, Pejuang all require a specific type of skin color, there are a few others options, but for another topic."], ["He's wrong to make those comments. But I heard that Malaysian racism was fundamentally perpetrated by the unfair policies from the government. Malay people got all the benefits based on their race. If this doesn't change there's no way to deal with racism."], ["Here we go again. Another race bait post. \ud83d\ude44"], ["i love malays", "i only got malay friends tho, maybe they can find me a cupboard to live in... like anne frank", "Not in this economy bruh ain't feeding another mouth.", "i love how this post is some chinese dude being racist to malay, then u malay dudes are doing the same where the love bro? one malaysia", "I am an equal opportunity hater. I am Malay, I hate Malays, and I hate other races also.", "I am an equal opportunity liker. I like everyone", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Maybe you are not a racist, but most of the people around you are."], ["Deep down we are all racist."], ["pancing jgn x pancing... kasi kelentong.. crowd mentality, sheep mentalty, human saikology.. kasi ja... hantam ha ha ha ha... ada chance.. baru natang beruk"], ["Tbh there isn't any racism undertones, but there are remarks made along the lines of racial stereotyping i can understand why OP feels uncomfortable, don't think it's necessary to do anything beyond brushing it off"], ["Dude. We are all racist to some degree.\nJust unlucky you met uncle who could keep quiet..\nDid you tell him directly you're uncomfortable and for him to just be quiet?"], ["Lol cina kena racism everyday never see we bark also. U go mamak as a cina see u kena or not..for us it is business as usual duh"], ["Damn so many racists here in these comments. Btw if u wanna race, lets do rally. More challenging \ud83d\udd25"], ["based uncle", "Bruhh \ud83d\udc80"], ["Literally nothing he said was racist against Malay, you are too sensitive bro and need a thicker skin"], ["1st time?"], ["Use your special privilege to ask him back tongsan, chinese are minority am i right."], ["I guess certain race mod tak tahan makan cili"], ["there is a reason why it becomes like this."], ["Adoiii do we live in your head rent free or what? \ud83e\udd23"], ["Maybe we should analyze what makes them that way."], ["Wait.. the op post getting down votes\ud83d\ude02"], ["Two sides of the same coin unfortunately"], ["I would have confronted him in the face. It\u2019s offensive to have this kind of racism thrown at your face.\nYou let it pass and he will never learn, the next customer will suffer."], ["pay no mind to it\nIt's a fact that stupid, racist, sexist, and selfish-aholes exist. We either act as a responsible member of society to do something about it, or just pay no mind to it if we can't do anything. Not worth thinking about them"], ["Just post out his phone number and personal details, he will receive the warning soon"], ["Tips: 1 star review can be remove, rmb make a 2 stars review for this shit"], ["Man can't wait for these boomers to die out."], ["Isn't there pretty significant institutional racism against Chinese in favor of Malays, which are typically less educated and skilled?"], ["I'm chinese and I must say this was a gut wrenching read. I've also had come across an uncle in my past job who tried to start a conversation with me with this vibe criticising a malay colleague who I have dinner together with every night. Saying job not done well enough plus the bad ender typical lazy malay attitude. I just said to the uncle - as fellow technically trained people I sincerely can't follow how what you said at the end was helpful or constructive to getting the job done. Can't you simply discuss with him? End of conversation."]]}
{"title": "Gerbang Alaf Restaurants has requested BDS Malaysia to retract damaging statements, post an apology to McDonald\u2019s Malaysia, and cease any actions that harm the company\u2019s reputation.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u3h2q/gerbang_alaf_restaurants_has_requested_bds/", "num_comment": 109, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Oh boy, this is not going to end well.\nI can already foresee the shitstorm on Facebook comment section."], ["Reminder that BDS Malaysia is not formally part of the actual Palestinian run BDS movement, and that the main BDS movement does not call for a boycott of McDonald's:\nhttps://bdsmovement.net/make-an-impact", "BDSMovement\nBDSM", "Me after knowing it.", "BDS Malaysia is BDS at home", "It is \"endorsed\" by or at least related to the main BDS Movement, and if you actually read the website, they mention that you should follow local campaigns.\nhttps://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott#:~:text=Check%20with%20BDS%20organisations%20in%20your%20country%20for%20the%20brands%20being%20targeted%20in%20your%20community.\nhttps://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/join-a-bds-campaign?country=Malaysia"], ["BDS finally managed to piss off Melati Abdul Hai. She is a nice lady, but you do not want to piss her off.", "Backstory?", "She is the current Chief Marketing Officer at McDonald's Malaysia. She was put in charge back when McDonald's Corp (the global McDonald's) sold their Malaysian restaurants and the Malaysian McD license to a Saudi Investment Group. At the time the McDonald's brand in Malaysia was in the ropes and she turned it around. She is a very intelligent and nice woman until you piss her off. If you do, she will come at you with everything she has got and then some.\nSOURCE: I worked with her for many years.", "She sounds like the kind of boss you want. Somebody chosen on merit!", "She sounds badass, any story you are willing to share?", "Only that she drove a lot of innovation on the digital advertising front. So much so that many of the other McDonald's worldwide including the US and Japan started emulating her strategies and McD Malaysia became the reference for digital advertising worldwide for McDonald's. But I don't know if that is still the case.", "Any examples of innovation you can share?", "she started boosting posts on fb.\nEdit: It's a joke guys. adoi. Who is going to share with u something pnc...", "I have to say that out of all fast food chains here, McDonald\u2019s is the best in terms of customer experience and perhaps service by far; and maybe most consistent in their food quality. Since the change of using kiosk ordering, and its app and drive-thru experience, it\u2019s all much efficient compared to last time when ordering via multiple counters with humans. Is this bcos of her?", "those are not marketing related", "Totally agree with you on her.\nSOURCE : Family member", "Isn\u2019t the current CMO Eugene Lee?", "Unless things changed recently, no. Eugene used to be under her, but moved to Singapore to work for McDonald's Corp as the marketing head for emerging markets. But I have been out of the loop for a while, so my info could be outdated.", "Woah someone who is knows some whose is high up in MCD chain of command\u2026. Hey can we used you to get free MCD food \ud83e\udd23", "If you mention my name, they might charge you double :-)", "Aww man \u2026 what a bummer \ud83d\ude14", "I dropped your name for a discount, suddenly kena red flag and a bunch of bouncers came out of the store room to specifically kick me out of the restaurant", "Kesian dia, piss off sampai have to limit comments fb and twitter on mekdi page. Looks like this move pissed of the people more."], ["Ooh, this is an interesting conflict to see."], ["Their logo says Justice, Freedom, Equality lmao. Does this include LGBT and ex-Muslims? Asking for a friend.", "Selective freedom. Damn hypocrisy", "Freedom for Palestine. But rohingya can go die la. :)", "\"Freedom for Palestine death to Israel\" \"how about uyghur?\" \"Uyghur? What uyghur?\" /s", "Yeah. Real hypocritical freedom keyboard warriors we have.\nIt just a matter of time we accept selective refugees from Palestine and Afghanistan and deport back the rohingyas.", "They are living in a delusion society or just being a random exploited puppet.", "Also no mention of justice for non-muslims aka kaffirs.", "Only when theres Jews involved, there is news. For them.", "Rules for thee, not for me", "What about the hostages taken by Hamas? They don't deserve freedom?", "to them, these hostages don't exist. Remember, anything Jew or Israel is bad to them.", "Now swap that Hamas to Israel, it's the same for both.", "It's not like most people are giving a free pass to Israel. But why only condemn Israel when both of them are bad.", "Because Israel is actively stealing Palestinian lands or supporting Israeli \"settlers\" with IDF support to harass and kick families off their farm land which they then squat on and claim as their own.\nIsrael is a modern colonial state and with that considered Israel has massive support from the US and most western nations. God forbid Palestinian civilians who have been harassed and killed since LONG before Oct 7th get some support for the rest of us. Not to mention the violence in the West Bank that has NO Hamas, what about them?\nHamas is a Gaza only group that has no tanks or air military and Israel regularly gets billions of dollars for weapons specifically to kill Palestinians.\nThey are not nearly equal in scope of danger it's like comparing an army to a street gang. They could easily detect and find Hamas only but they're choosing to collectively punish the civilians. It's the Dahiya doctrine they punish the whole.\nThey also brutally tortured my uncle when he was a teenager and all the young boys/men they rounded up in our village in Lebanon with no charges. My uncle had all his teeth broken out of his mouth and his knee destroyed after 3 months when they randomly just let him go after having their fub. So when they claim they treat prisoners well that's a damn lie.\nSo in short, Israel has suffered loss too, of course, but compared to the blood and suffering Israel and the settlers have inflicted the sympathy many have tends to be used on Palestinians instead.", "I'm sorry for what your uncle has been through. I don't support Israeli settlers colonialism and inhumane actions as well. However, I don't think you should downplay Hamas capabilities and their crimes. They are comparable to Al Qaeda and Taliban more than street gangs. I also don't think there's a way to filter out Hamas as they can blend in with other Palestinians easily. I think the two-state or three-state solution is the way to go.", "There's literally a video about Hamas freeing Israelis and they are healthy as well. Not the same as Palestinian after 10-20 years being hostage by Israel that come out with mental health/breakdown. You can search for them.", "You know those videos could be PR right? What about the German girl and many women who were raped and murdered? What about the many elderly and children kidnapped? What about the Thais and Nepalis who have nothing to do with this war but were still killed and kidnapped?", "many women who were raped and murdered\nSource? Tak payah downvote, just give us a credible source that isn\u2019t Orientalist Israeli propaganda", "Not a video of the rape, but just watch the \"parade of Shania Louk\" and you tell me if those people are justified\nYou might need to search in the deep webz tho\nIf you don't want to bother, it's basically a video of a (dead and half naked) woman on a truck, while everyone around them is shouting takbir. A teenage boy was even in video spitting on the dead woman's body.\nIf the video is an elaborate Israeli propaganda then I'll be damned", "And what? You think I will support rape and killing of German and etc?\nDude, they come to the warzone country, expect that at least.", "This is what I said about giving a free pass to Hamas. Hamas did disgusting shits to civilians and foreigners, you all turn a blind eye and some even support them. You all only attack Israel non-stop. You all are choosing sides, man.", "Some people are just goddamn hypocrite. Side they don't like committing atrocities are bad (that's fair). But when the side they support commit atrocities, suddenly \"it's a warzone\", the victims should expect it.\nSuch a disgusting mentality to have, why is it so hard to say both side are horrible for committing heinous acts?", "It didn\u2019t start on Oct 7 but both sides sure", "And now swap that word to Israel too. Some will support them as well. What's your point here?", "Point taken. Should change their organisation tagline to Justice, Equality and Freedom for Muslim because that is what they are fighting for.", "Congratulations on falling for propaganda\u2026", "Consumed too much hamas propaganda lol", "Why are you getting downvoted for speaking the truth? Thats the real character of the humans in this sub. Bootlickers of the zionist state.", "", "Ummmm, No! No, it does not.", "Change equality to security and add peace, you'll get Anakin Skywalker 'shop' attention."], ["Finally mcd will it put a nail in their coffin or ?", "I hope they have more endgame promotion before that tho", "They will not unfortunately. Paling teruk pun downsizing jer."], ["Boikot bukan sebab support yahudi tapi sebab harga 'yahudi' pastu lepas makan lapar balik", "This, harga kasi turun lor"], ["I feel they should remain quiet until the boycott has lost momentum."], ["Not specific to this topic but there are protest groups out there that picks up random causes to then blackmail businesses into paying hush money."], ["Want to boycott, go ahead. Dont need to speak ill of other ppl. Let the masses decide for themselves", "The masses did decide. And now you see what McD is doing in response."], ["The opportunist in me wishes that this backfires so hard McD will further lower their price."], ["McDonald also to blame. No balls, want to kowtow to blackmailers. Have some backbone and integrity la. Stand strong till the end but instead kowtow to pressure from customers.", "More like pressure from shareholders leh. See their stock hurt since the boycott, now only slowly growing back.", "US MCD stock price has been rising tremendously since Oct 2023 (that's when it started right?). Like 25% up over 3 months.\nHeck, it was crashing since Jun and it turnaround after the boycott, so yay?", "Yup! I made so much money from the boycott. Highly recommend everyone to invest against the next boycot"], ["Damn Terrorist Hamas gang", "Wow, the fact that comments like this are allowed in this sub. Top contender for worldnews siot", "the irony", "Damn IOF terroist geng"], ["I didn\u2019t actually start boycotting McDonald\u2019s until they threatened people with the Sedition Act. Probably not visiting their establishments until they apologize for it."], ["So the boikot is working yes?", "Yup."], ["this is stupid, shit like this just gonna rouse more shit. should've weathered the storm.", "Let\u2019s see how it plays out first , too early to pass judgment whether it\u2019s stupid or otherwise ."], ["Wow go go go BDSM"], ["For me, both parties are shithole,\nhamas literally purge civilian in a concert, while Israel bombing civilian populated area"], ["I literally checked BDS Malaysia website, it has not made mention of boycotting McDonald's in its statements.\nWhat is Gerbang Alaf referring to here? Which statements are they asking to retract - can anybody point me to them?", "https://bdsmalaysia.com/boycott/\nThere's literal Mcdonald's picture on there\nhttps://bdsmalaysia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/kempen-terkini-1024x1024.jpg\nhttps://bdsmalaysia.com/2023/10/15/press-statement-by-bds-malaysia-in-response-to-the-statement-by-mcdonalds-malaysia/\nWe note also that various McDonald\u2019s franchisees in countries such as Turkiye, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have announced efforts to provide aid to Palestinians. We further call on McDonald\u2019s Malaysia to condemn Israeli genocidal policies.\nFailure to do the above will reflect McDonald\u2019s Malaysia\u2019s unconcerned stand as thousands of Palestinians are killed under Israeli bombs and may lead to calls for a boycott of all outlets here in Malaysia.\nHere they basically admits they're \"blackmailing\" Malaysia's Mcdonalds into making a statement against Israel, and also sending aid to Israel\nWhich they did within days\nBDS also said this\nJikalau McD Malaysia keluarkan kenyataan terbuka mengutuk jenayah pembunuhan beramai-ramai yg dilakukan oleh Israel terhadap warga Palestin, inshaAllah, BDS Malaysia akan keluarkan kenyataan bahawa McD bukan lagi dalam senarai sasaran syarikat utk diboikot di Malaysia.\nWhich they failed to do so even after Mcdonald's followed their threats", "Sounds like one of the Fox News tactics of \"tacit agreement\", which should sound familiar to some on here:\n\"... if they're against the atrocities in Gaza, they would have mentioned an opposition against it and yet there isn't any. We are not saying they're supporting to the actions of the aggressors. Just asking the questions here, folks\".\n*deep frowns and silence, staring at the camera*", "tahukah anda k-fry tak pernah condemn Israel", "There's literal Mcdonald's picture on there\nYes, but you need to read what they said about that.\nBerkenaan McD, ia bukan target utama BDS Malaysia. Ia dalam kategori Grassroots organic boycott targets. Berikut penerangan berkenaannya: McDonald\u2019s (AS), Burger King (AS), Papa John\u2019s (AS), Pizza Hut (AS), WIX (Israel), dsb. kini disasarkan di beberapa negara melalui kempen boikot organik akar umbi. Ia bukan dimulakan oleh pergerakan BDS.\nFailure to do the above will reflect McDonald\u2019s Malaysia\u2019s unconcerned stand as thousands of Palestinians are killed under Israeli bombs and may lead to calls for a boycott of all outlets here in Malaysia.\nHere they basically admits they're \"blackmailing\" Malaysia's Mcdonalds into making a statement against Israel, and also sending aid to Israel\nThey're saying that the boycott is happening, but they didn't start it. And they were suggesting McDonald's to be more aggressive in condemning Israel to be clear on their stance, rather than tiptoeing around the issue.\nWhich they failed to do so even after Mcdonald's followed their threats\nDid McDonald's send out a statement condemning Israel?\nWhich they did within days\nThis isn't condemning Israel. This is them giving aid to Gaza. It doesn't mean a lot. Even Israel is giving aid to Gaza.", "It doesn\u2019t mean a lot? What did you do for them, mr. Keyboard warrior?", "Dont you know a strongly worded letter is more impact than RM 1million", "I wonder which stadium would the next goalpost be moved to.", "You're missing the point.\n\"It doesn't mean a lot\" in terms of making a clear stance in condemning Israel. Try to keep up. The reason is in the very next sentence that reads, \"Even Israel is giving aid to Gaza.\"\nNext time, maybe you wanna try to listen and understand what people are saying rather than just thinking about how to respond.", "It\u2019s ok you can take your pointless rhetorics back home where people can listen to your nonsense better.\nBy the way you still haven\u2019t answered me. What have you done so far mr. Keyboard warrior? All philosophical talk and no action? Baliklah\u2026", "nice pivot.", "Great comeback.", "Hey thanks! I'd teach ya, but let's be real \u2013 it's way over your head.\ud83d\ude09", "As real as the whoosh over your big egotistical head?\nHonestly go back to your village where you can continue to feel like you\u2019re the smartest person there."], ["Good comment but pro zionishit dan malay haters also downvote this"], ["https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/12/31/we-didnt-start-mcdonalds-boycott-says-bds-malaysia/ lontar batu sembunyi tangan?\ndont get me wrong, it is amazing that the boycotts have driven mcd to take action but to try and duck out of it seems somewhat sneaky? just crowdfund the amount like what politicians are apt to do nowadays."]]}
{"title": "Accommodation near Taylor\u2019s", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wx9zm/accommodation_near_taylors/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi! I\u2019m an international student that\u2019s starting degree at Taylor\u2019s soon and would like to know which accommodation is the best around there. I\u2019d prefer not staying at the student hostel and rather my own apartment as I\u2019m looking for a two bedroom place along with my friend. Any advice would be appreciated from people who\u2019ve lived close by or study/studied at Taylor\u2019s.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Anyone been to their shows before? Is it safe for solo first-timers?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wmsrf/anyone_been_to_their_shows_before_is_it_safe_for/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["of course it is safe"], ["Yes it is safe. I had perform there once before for fun.", "yesh nicee thanks ! i dunno any of my friends who are into this so im thinking of just going there solo for the vibes + ive been curious about DIY shows :)"], ["Rumah api is super cool, just that the government has been cracking down on them for years because \"Black metal is unislamic\" etc. They are being kicked out of the current location soon so try to support as much as possible."], ["Ignore the \"scary\" stereotype \u2013 punks and metalheads are some of the friendliest people I know, speaking as a woman that goes to these kinds of gigs ALONE. Of course there are shitty people everywhere so exercise caution as usual!", "YESSSS I am a woman too and i have been to concert+shows alone 2-3 times but it was seated or in REXKL so going to a DIY show is a new thing to explore for me hehe thanks so much :)", "Ain't scary the theme of punks and metalheads? I always see them as good people that don't like to act smiley in front of cameras."], ["Looks pretty interesting. Although I have to note with irony the fact that it's located at UIA."], ["Most of them is stright edge. So yeah, it's safe. Rumah api. Good old days.."]]}
{"title": "Sudden switch to meritocracy in education may cause unrest, says ex-MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u3fho/sudden_switch_to_meritocracy_in_education_may/", "num_comment": 64, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": [["Malaysia is not ready for meritocratic practices in its education system, according to Parti Sosialis Malaysia chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj.\nHe said a sudden shift to meritocracy could exacerbate political and social unrest if it resulted in professional courses being filled with an overwhelming majority of non-Bumiputera students.\n\u201cAny system must be fair to all. This is also not something that is politically feasible or acceptable. It\u2019s going to cause a lot of unhappiness,\u201d he told FMT in an exclusive interview.\nProposals for university admissions to be based on merit have arisen out of discontent with the current quota system by which non-Malays from lower economic backgrounds have missed out on opportunities for higher education.\nTo be fair, I think the Dr. is just pointing out the sad reality that many in the public sphere of Malaysia today probably won't be ready for a meritocratic education system (or as close to meritocracy as it can be), not that he's personally against a meritocratic system.\nHell, not too long ago in 2018, there was huge rally in KL because the conservative forces in this country don't agree with Malaysia ratifying a UN treaty calling for an end to all forms of racial discrimination.\nAnti ICERD rally: So, what's the estimate?\nWhat would happen if such a laudable policy was simply proposed today? The Unity government would be criticized left, right and center for being 'anti-Malay' and 'taking away' Bumiputera rights, and the gullible will believe in this narrative.", "I think this is something that some people here on Reddit cannot appreciate and comprehend. While most people on this subreddit want social reforms and eradication of race-based rhetoric, mathematically the entire r/malaysia is only a drop in the ocean of Malaysia\u2019s population, most of whom are still stuck in the ethnic dogmas.\nAt one event after Belanjawan 2024, the organisers made it clear that they were pushing for the government to introduce the GST or the VAT. When Anwar got up on stage for his keynote speech, he said that reforms \u201cmust be gradual and sequential\u201d as doing the opposite would only raise the ire of the people and perhaps burden them. OP already gave good examples on the reasons the Malay electorate quickly turned on Pakatan the first time it took over the government.\nRealistically, we can\u2019t change people\u2019s mindsets in a snap of a finger. And the government ultimately has to follow the tide as it needs to stay in power, lest there would be a prolonged political instability. America took over a century to do away with racial discrimination practices, and it was only less than two decades ago that it legalised same-sex marriage.", "America took over a century to do away with racial discrimination practices\nTbf if something is not achievable within our lifetime, it might as well be impossible / pointless.", "Why? Does the world end with our life?", "if it resulted in professional courses being filled with an overwhelming majority of non-Bumiputera students\ni kindda agree if people have this assumption set as default. but we have done this before and it goes the other way around really badly. :26561:", "Interesting! Could I get some sources on that?", "https://www.dapmalaysia.org/all-archive/English/2002/may02/bul/bul1598.htm\nDAP welcomes the move by the government to implement a selection system based completely on merit for entry into public universities this year (2002)\nThe announcement of the successful enrolment of students into public universities this year has seen the increase of Bumiputra student intake to 68.9% of the total enrolment while enrolment of non-Bumiputra students has declined to 31.1% (Chinese-26.4% and Indian-4.7%)\nfor comparison the previous quota that was used prior to that year was:\nMalay 55% ( increase to 68.9)\nChinese 35% (decrease to 26.4)\nIndian 10% (decrease to 4.7)", "Tbf, \u2018merit\u2019 is a metric ripe for manipulation", "Read the full report, the title is \"3 Steps to Restore the Confidence of Non-Bumiputra Students in STPM\".\nThe decrease in enrolment of non-Bumiputra students had been attributed to the drastic decline of the number of non-Bumiputra applicants due to the fact that not many Chinese and Indian students were interested to pursue STPM.\nHow ? \"Chinese students make up only 22% of the total applicants while 5.33% are Indian students.\"\nWhy ?\n\"many who have scored good grades in their SPM examination and have good prospect of being admitted into public universities. Their choice is understandable as sitting for the STPM is a \u201chigh risk\u201d move, as is does not guarantee a place for them in their preferred courses in the public universities due to the restricted places under the quota system. \"\nRead full below.\nDeputy Education Minister Datuk Hon Choon Kim revealed that Chinese students make up only 22% of the total applicants while 5.33% are Indian students. The low application by non-Bumiputra students shows that many Chinese and Indian students have no confidence in the Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) and thus many of them refused to further their studies to Form 6 after they have sat for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) but instead opted to study in private colleges pursuing twinning programs or professional courses. This includes many who have scored good grades in their SPM examination and have good prospect of being admitted into public universities. Their choice is understandable as sitting for the STPM is a \u201chigh risk\u201d move, as is does not guarantee a place for them in their preferred courses in the public universities due to the restricted places under the quota system. This undeniably is a more secured option but at the same time creates a lot of financial burden for parents who have to fork out a large sum of money to finance their children\u2019s high tuition fees in private colleges and their cost of living in cities.", "if it resulted in professional courses being filled with an overwhelming majority of non-Bumiputera students\ndosent matter. the point is on one year they do quota and another year they do merit and there are noticeable difference in both year. the system did change but the scenario that people think will happen does not happen and somehow become way worst\nfast forward 10 years later (2013) Lim Kit Siang still complain about how merit system was worst then quota.", "Seems to be this might have something to do with the Matriculation system still being on the quota 90:10 system?\nAs pointed out by the article you linked, that system remains and if a substantial portion of university admission are given to matriculation students, you would logically see a drop since the \"backstop\" mechanism that keeps STPM students filled in would be gone.\nWould love a good study/analysis on the mechanics of that if anyone has it, seems like a bunch of research to actually drill down to the possinle causes.", "Then it\u2019s not fair to capable nons who should rightfully fill the place. That in itself is a great disservice to the nation n much unbeneficial to bumis"], ["Pain now, gain later"], ["The way to do it is by first starting a \"no one left behind\" policy in education.\n1st step: get a lot more teachers, like 30% more than what we have now at least.\n2nd step: You suck at studying? Failing your \"insert subject\"? You join after school class, mandatory. Qualified guidance counsellor to 1 to 1 go through what's the student's problem is and helping them to fix it. No go home loiter, we make sure you pass, by understanding why you can't understand. Move you to syllabus more suitable to your aptitude.\nThen we go towards a more meritocracy education system.", "Last time in my primary school, which was a SJKC, used to run this kind of system during the year of UPSR. All of us would have to attend additional classes after school every day.", "as if malaysia has enough money to hire qualified and non abusive guidance counsellor hahaahha", "Well we have enough money to hire the largest civil servant to population ratio.\nProbably train/ transition them in, or they can quit and try their luck in private sector.\nIt's a matter of wanting to do it or not.\nI mean we suddenly got money to complete the shelved LRT2 stations no? That was what? 5 billion?", "I mean we suddenly got money to complete the shelved LRT2 stations no? That was what? 5 billion?\nNot comparable (though I don't disagree with the rest of your post).\nIt's a lit easier to obtain loans and investment for tangible infrastructures than it is for the nebulous gift of education.", "I think I said this because recently Tony Pua went to a podcast called \"are we ok\" to say they shelved those stations because its not feasible at current area population usage.\nI understand your counter argument but the point I'm making is they can stomach a bad investment without considering the fiscal return, against the guy I'm replying that said they \"don't have the money\"", "The problem here is that assuming all teachers are fine and not emotionally abusive.", "By that logic, nothing can be done to anything; because one component of a larger picture will always be broken sometime, somewhere.\nA thing to be concerned about yes. But very unproductive to not do anything because something might be a problem.\nToo lazy to do an analogy, so something something, Murphy's Law.", "i'm not against the addition of teachers, i'm just saying that both the addition of teachers into the teaching sector and implementing regular check-up of the teachers should be in place (which is unlikely to happen)"], ["From free tongkats to free electric wheelchairs for generations, now you expect them to make an effort?"], ["Should not have quota for certain courses that have bad consequences when small mistakes are made e.g. nuclear science, medicine, structural, geotechnical, aviation etc"], ["When will Malaysia ever be fully ready, actually?", "never", "Yes. The only answer to this question", "I'm afraid, that ship has sailed. It's should have been done right after independence"], ["isnt meritocracy = fairness? what's the point of graduating with tongkat?", "no, it is not. imo A+ with 20 hours of tuition a week is worth much less than A- while tending to a parent's nasi lemak stall every day. wouldn't it be much worse if that bright student, who overcome such adversity to get their results, still wasn't supported and left to waste away in the end?"], ["Survival of the fittest, scared is for the weak"], ["I don't get it. Are we not using meritocracy in tertiary education except for UITM/Matriculation?", "Keyword is matriculation."], ["What a stupid country and policy lol. Enjoy the brain drain"], ["They know if they play fair, public universities will be dominated by Cina"], ["Sudden change, yes. Gradual change, no.\nKeep the racial quota for now, but make it b40 malay only. Need to check income tax to verify. It helps the country because families who want to enjoy this needs to declare income, more data for the government and potential higher income tax collection.\nWe can open it up to other races after the majority are used to the concept."], ["SMKCs: meh"], ["Instead of heaving Matrik/University quotas.\nHow about with give free tuition to Bumiputera instead ? Like we open a free tuition center for all the Bumis, filled with the best teachers. If you cannot succeed even with the best teachers helping you for free, I don't think university is for you."], ["Then ask why companies want to hire non Malays? Racist ke?"], ["There\u2019s a white horse in the room thats never talked about. The average IQ of Malays(and Indians) fall substantially behind the Chinese. This will be reflected in academic performance. This is not easily corrected and will take generations. So mediocracy will not work for Malays for the longest time."], ["Allocate seats as per race distribution, so roughly 10% to Indians, 30% to Chinese and 60% to Malays. Use meritocracy within each category. Its not hard.\nThis way Malays are ensured allocation, while there\u2019s still a mechanism to ensure seats for the highest performers within each category.", "Well if that's the case you gotta allocate proportionately to sabah and sarawak folks as well, Iban, dayak, kadazan etc.\nMalaysia isn't just peninsula", "Agreed.", "I was gonna agree and upvote the idea but that last sentence is distasteful.", "Not a fan of this. My perceived aim of public university education is to give lower income students to affordable venue to better themselves and improve social mobility. Instead of making the distribution based on race, we should make it based on socioeconomic level and academic performance. High performers from a high income family don't need public university ecudation because their family can afford private university education for them.", "That would be the ideal situation. I completely agree. My comment was trying to be realistic and ensure a proportionate level of malay seats.", "You made a valid point that I felt was worth looking into deeper and definitely one for discussion, until...\nIf you don\u2019t agree with this you\u2019re a racist.\n...because apparently this isn't a discussion and if I find a flaw in it I'm a racist lol. Sorry, get over yourself.", "or distribute based on familial income."], ["Don\u2019t worry. Someone will pop up and say ketuanan doesn\u2019t exist, it\u2019s something imaginary cooked up by the Chinese Malaysians on Reddit."], ["A pure meritocracy would benefit the rich more than the poor. After all, the rich has access to better resource, food, school. They can afford to go to tuition. They can afford to focus in afterschool activities (is it called coop?) for better points while the poor might have to spend their day helping with family businesses and maybe take care of their younger siblings while their parents are out working.\nIn the end, the gap between the rich and the poor would only grow larger. Meritocracy is fine and all but a quota system should still be implemented, so stop acting like it's a bad thing. In fact, isn't all public universities like this? As far I know, UM is under this system.", "They can afford to focus in afterschool activities (is it called coop?)\nMy time it was called Ko-K (Pronounced Co-Kay. Short form for Ko-kurikulum, which is the Co-curriculum in Malay.)", "Quota suppose to be universal as in for the poor or b40 - and not race based. Not all nons are t20 and not all Malays are from b40."], ["Isu is not about competition at all for Malays. Its about having the unis opened but sjk/smjk still being there.", "Sjk and smk accept students from any race.", "They can accept animals and plants even. The sentiment remains that the malays consider them divisive.", "To be fair if a llama can make RM1 = USD1 , I will gladly vote the llama to be our next PM.", "sembang kencang anyone can"], ["So ? How to increase its country economy? Will it be continue of 500 years of being bully by other nation or prosperity after 100 years ?"], ["We should do it slowly and gradually instead"], ["Malaysia ni semua kena sudden sudden. Kalau nk pelan2, kena kaji dulu, kena cuba try test dulu takkan jadi. Sebab sem depan tukar menteri dia jadi lain pulak."], ["How about, placing quaotas based on economic status? This would be a better way to go."], ["Not doing it means we can't compete with our neighbours and our best brains will go overseas. Its happening now. Many of our young talented people already in Singapore, Australia, UK, Taiwan, etc."]]}
{"title": "Uproar over govt move to tax traditional, complementary medicine", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u3asv/uproar_over_govt_move_to_tax_traditional/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["\u201cAccording to my understanding, Western medicine and modern medicine are not subject to any taxation, so why are TCM services subject to taxes? This is clearly unfair and unreasonable to TCM practitioners and patients.\u201d\nComparing 'traditional' and 'complementary' medicines in any way as if it is as effective as 'Western' medicine is laughable, especially since the recent pandemic has shown in real time that 'Western' medicine such as vaccines and boosters have been far more effective at saving lives than whatever nonsense 'traditional' herbal remedies and the like can possibly offer.\nI welcome the government's move to tax these 'alternative medicine', and I hope this drive people to instead use actually effective evidence-based medicine than these medical quackery.\nPeople should be free to choose whatever method of healthcare they want, but stipulate that people must be informed as to the safety and efficacy of whatever method they choose. People who choose alternative medicine may think they are choosing a safe, effective medicine, while they may only be getting quack remedies. Grapefruit seed extract is an example of quackery when multiple studies demonstrate its universal antimicrobial effect is due to synthetic antimicrobial contamination.\nThose who have had success with one alternative therapy for a minor ailment may be convinced of its efficacy and persuaded to extrapolate that success to some other alternative therapy for a more serious, possibly life-threatening illness. For this reason, critics contend that therapies that rely on the placebo effect to define success are very dangerous. Scientifically unsupported health practices can lead individuals to forgo effective treatments and this can be referred to as \u201copportunity cost\u201d. Individuals who spend large amounts of time and money on ineffective treatments may be left with precious little of either, and may forfeit the opportunity to obtain treatments that could be more helpful. More research must be undertaken to prove the effectiveness of complimentary therapies before they can be incorporated in formal medical practice. Sufficient evidence is required for biological or clinical plausibility in order to justify the investment of time and energy in exploring the merits of alternative medicine. After all, human life is precious and no chances can be taken to comprise the health of any individual.\nComplementary and Alternative Healthcare: Is it Evidence-based?", "When I got covid a few months after getting the second shot, taking Lianhua Qingwen really help me to cope with the fever.\nRingworm is very nasty skin infection. Using a chinese med that I bought from shopee really help someone I know with this problem (she has tried many type of meds from pharmacy & doctors but with no success, sometimes the infection gone for a while but always come back). That Chinese med is really good for many types of skin diseases too.\nA rm1 lice treatment for my cats that bought from shoppee is as good as than rm50 western one. Plus, the lice didn't come back after a few weeks.\nTaking ashwaganda continuously for two months help me lowering my bp significantly compare to years of taking doctor's prescribed meds.\nSo, my point is not all western medicine is good & not all traditional medicine is snake oil.", "snake oil.\nWas an actual useful medicine from Chinese rail workers in the US wild west. Con artists saw that as an opportunity by going town to town to sell fake elixers with no snake oil. Hence the phrase \"snake oil salesman\".", "Just to be clear, there\u2019s no independent body to establish the effectiveness of TCM. This doesn\u2019t mean that TCM doesn\u2019t work, especially for home remedies for common conditions e.g. simple fevers, treating genetic conditions like balding and even natural remedies for improving testosterone levels like what they eventually scientifically concluded for Tongkat Ali funnily enough.\nA lot of TCM actually works but it\u2019s effectiveness is whack because there\u2019s no lab practice to establish dosage and other issues like delivery mechanisms that\u2019s almost always oral or topical in TCM for example.\nI\u2019ve seen TCM and alternative medicine be very helpful for many especially vulnerable groups of society because they\u2019re usually less intimidating and more personal in its approach to helping with conditions. Obviously we need to temper expectations because alternative medicine isn\u2019t going to cure cancer for example but to make the wide claim that alternative medicine is \u201cmedical quackery\u201d is awful for people who benefit from it.\nTaxing it just to recover debt caused by non-evidence based economic policy is the biggest irony here by the way. Let\u2019s not lose sight over the bigger picture here", "Non-stop cough for 2 months, not covid, 3 different sets of antibiotics and I still coughing the same 2 weeks after the 3rd antibiotics set was done.\nWent to a proper TCM, 2 sets of meds in 2 weeks I've stopped coughing like a maniac.\nI'm not saying TCM>Western meds. Hell, I'm not even saying TCM=Western meds\nBut to discount TCM as \"nonsense\" is very ignorant and biased of you. Its a culmination of of experience and trial and error dating back to 200BCE, with written methodology and formula till this day.\nNot all of it is proven, because there's not enough Western study of it to put it into journalistic publication.\nAnd you know what's Western medication once accepted?\nLobotomy."], ["Some private hospitals offer traditional medication to treat patients. I think that's the root cause\nRich corporation screwing up everything"], ["Prosecute corrupted people?\nGov : Nope\nattempt to introduce policy to reduce corruption?\nGov : Nope\nSlowly cut subsidy to cut expenses, keep inflation managable?\nGov : Nope, lets put target subsidy that hurt M40/T20 salary earn more than a factory owner that make B40 product.\nGov : also to keep our debt managable, we will raise tax instead."], ["Good, taxing these scammers with their snake oil crap is a good move"], ["PMX: that\u2019s the price of freedom, so everybody pay up! no exception!"]]}
{"title": "A Malaysian Tesla Model 3 customer receives mismatched door panels", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u38k1/a_malaysian_tesla_model_3_customer_receives/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["This is the Tesla experience."], ["not uncommon.\nlet me tell you about the time the land rover factory did not remove a plastic seal and install the air con drainage hose. customer complained got water sound. found out this was the case, the whole floor was flooded, fried a couple of electronic control units.\nluxury at it's best.", "It's...... pretty uncommon tho. You're using Land Rover as an example, another brand known for their shit tier quality.", "tesla isn't well known for good quality.\nland rover isn't bad honestly. it's the owners that are giving the brand a bad look. those that maintain the car well have no complaints. those that can't afford to maintain it well, those are the ones complaining all the time.", "Tesla isnt known for their quality regarding panel gaps and rattles. Mismatched doors are definitely uncommon lol", "rattles when old i don't know. when new nothing much. i've only had experience with about 5 teslas. main obvious gaps is the whole boot i guess. but it's evenly bigger gap compared to other panels.\nother cars have their problems too. had porsches with rattles in door panels that can't be fixed. lamborghini urus with rattles in the sunroof that can't be fixed. uneven panel gaps in mercedes-benz c63s.", "The only rattling I\u2019ve had in my model 3 was a piece of plastic moving freely in the door panel. I just took a pry tool, separated the panel and pulled the piece out. No rattles other than that one."], ["Imagine paying almost RM 200k, macam ahem . . . P1 je.\nUsed to be a fan of Tesla."]]}
{"title": "Driver refuses to pay RM15 to jaga kereta for public parking space in KL, comes back to a scratched car - paultan.org", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u37sd/driver_refuses_to_pay_rm15_to_jaga_kereta_for/", "num_comment": 54, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["That's why I drive shit car, people scratch also I won't notice", "Problems solved?", "The scratch mark or the shit on the car?", "Yes"], ["go scratch other cars that paid them the rm15", "Berat sama dipikul, ringan sama dijinjing. Right!"], ["Our police is driven by social media. If the news is big enough they will take action. I believe the news will blow up if you catch a person actively damaging your car in full HD."], ["I would park in a legal car park and walk a bit further rather than give money to these kutus. Or use public transport/Grab.\nIf everyone stops giving in to these pests, they'll be starved of their income.\nBut as most Malaysians prefer to take the easy way out, then by all means, go ahead and pay the 15 bucks extortion fee.\nThe problem will always be here because of people willing to pay out of both convenience and fear.", "It happens on legal parking spots too", "You mean double charges, one to the real owner, another to these parasites ?", "Yes, sometime you see those popular places where you can pay just using app. Some asshole will approach you and ask you pay like RM20.\nWhen you say you already paid using app, they say the app is for parking, the RM20 for \"security\".", "motherfuckers..., entrepreneurship and gangsterism makes great enterprise, but wait, that's extortion.", "you called it beautifully", "That\u2019s just a protection racket", "These are legal public parking spots. Usually by day pay using app and night is free but then these mofos come out to extort. Authorities unfortunately also kerja 9-5. This issue has been ongoing for over a decade, be it city centre or suburbs.", "Agree, the authorities should clamp down on this after-hours activity by the parking kutus.", "There was an incident in the past where they got reported and the \u2018collector\u2019 got fined with summons. Now not sure", "When the summons is less than what they collected in one night, that will surely teach those kutus a lesson", "They will ask for money on a legal car park too.", "I mean parking inside a building or a closed car park space, not legal street parking.", "From the picture, it's along Jalan Sultan Ismail, next to the Damascus shop. There are VERY limited parking at the back. The nearest \"a bit\" further parking would be Pavilion. Looks like at night and she just wanna grab some food. All the power to you, but it doesn't seem like she have much choice at that given time."], ["I drive a cheap car but put a nice number plate. Most times they just say oh cantek nombor keta ye. I just walk away pretending not to hear because don't want them to even initiate conversations or ask for money. So far so good it worked to scare them off. I don't mind to pay for valet parking and other proper privately owner car parks but just not to touts or gangster jaga keta."], ["Pay 15 or I scratch your car! Sometimes these fellas are asking for a beating.", "Ya I once got so mad after he said want to scratch my car for refusing to pay him. I went over to him, moved his chair next to my car. Told him, baik you duk sini jaga keta ku. You pun cari makan aje. Kalo I balik tgk keta Kena gores calar, you tau je la. You org satu jln jgn ingat nak cari mkn kat cni sminggu. Bukannya you org parking berlesen.", "I like this response", "Because depending on the parking lot arrangements, can ask bus kilang to wait and park overnight daily. Force their own hand to call for majlis perbandaran to remove illegal vehicles parked and so on. So eventually they slap their own face. Whoever that operates will come apologise since their own periuk nasi affected. Monthly can be from RM 15k - RM 50k depending on how hot the location is.", "I wonder if we can beat people up who want to damage our property as self defense in the eye of the law.\nLike one dude is approaching my car with a coin, I prevent him from getting near my car but he refused to walk away and so I beat him up to protect my car.", "Bring pepper spray", "You versus all 3-4 of them? Good luck Mr Ip Man", "Maybe just take video and call police , nothing good fighting violence with violence. I just hope our abang police will do something", "Technically if you send them to hospital, they can\u2019t calar ur car. I hope you\u2019re good at leg kicks lol"], ["One effective way is to not go where such activity happened. This should force the businesses to force the local city council to act because businesses pay for permits to operate.\nIf businesses can't co-operate to protect their customers then customers should walk away with their money.\nOr customers just pay for the \"protection\"."], ["Freaking hate these thugs, too bad it's scary for a female driver to not give in when you drove across town for half an hour for an appointment and found out when you already there. I pray that they go to hell"], ["It appears they are learning from Indonesia"], ["Malaysia Boleh"], ["Park a tesla. Sacrifice your tesla. The car records 24/7 surround view. Report police with evidence clear as day", "You think the police would actually take action? You sweet summer child.", "Tangkap depan, lepas belakang", "IF police give a crap", "RIP to your tesla 200k. They don't give a rats ass about this petty crime."], ["Get a real job, you bum!"], ["Find the person who did this and do the same to the face"], ["Over at where I stayed, there's a Maybank and also a police station nearby. Walking distance. Park outside Maybank, public parking spot, always got one guy will come and ask for money cos we park there. I asked my dad once that isn't it free? He told me just do it even tho it's Rm1 cos we don't want any trouble as in like causing a fight or whatsoever. And no that fella doesn't jaga parking there cos it's a public parking space to begin with. My dad just say, you just help when you can cos the person that ask for money there is a homeless and sleeps there too.\nThere's also an instance where we went somewhere, open air parking, no sign indicating that it's private and have to pay to park. Right after we exit the car, a guy approached us and ask for Rm5 and said it's for parking. We paid and as we were walking off, my dad told me this one jaga parking but illegal. He said he'll pay once and no more. It's better to pay this once than not paying and walk away. My dad is a one time bad experience and no more next time kind of guy.", "Your daddy needs a baseball bat", "i don't understand this at all", "Pay once to save you the trouble and just don't go back there to put yourself back into the same situation knowing it's gonna happen. If you don't wanna pay, get back into your car and leave.", "Thanks for the tl;dr"], ["They\u2019re here to stay. Just pay them, Grab over or stay home.", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["If you can afford it go take a taxi/e-taxi.", "Your brain is like your username", "Use e bike", "Take the train lah. It's in Bukit Bintang after all."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 30 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u346j/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_30_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysia's Pride! Young Malaysian Eco-champion Calls For Global Climate Action By Reflecting On Local Flood Disasters At The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u2z4y/malaysias_pride_young_malaysian_ecochampion_calls/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["I am happy more young people who are concerned and involved are recognised by the minister. I am sure this is not a PR stunt by NN. These young people must not just talk and blow hot air but go down to the grown to survey the actual flood areas and recommend what can be done for the causes and effects."]]}
{"title": "TRX Exchange New Year Fire Work", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vfsv6/trx_exchange_new_year_fire_work/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Tangkak, Johor, Malaysia Weather Forecast and Conditions - The Weather Channel | Weather.com", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u2wv8/tangkak_johor_malaysia_weather_forecast_and/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Singapore jails man for 20 weeks over use of fake Malaysian passport", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u2vvm/singapore_jails_man_for_20_weeks_over_use_of_fake/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["Mirror"], ["Malaysia need to ban or jail this fella too."], ["Padan muka"]]}
{"title": "Powerful quarters behind alleged diesel shortage in Sarawak, says state DAP veteran", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u2shc/powerful_quarters_behind_alleged_diesel_shortage/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["yeah... he can't say it out loud that the fuel stations and the industrial zones are owned by the same group of people."]]}
{"title": "The Joint Management Body of AraGreens Residences has obtained a judgment against HSB Development for breach of duty of care for common property defects, Malaysiakini reports. The ruling has set a precedent for JMBs to hold developers accountable.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u2s5u/the_joint_management_body_of_aragreens_residences/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Yes, deserve"]]}
{"title": "LED Screen on Grab Car - JPJ Violation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wmsnn/led_screen_on_grab_car_jpj_violation/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Saw this Grab with a LED Screen facing rear cars. JPJ sure would disallow this. Anyone else seen cars like this too?", "comments": [["Seems rather un-aerodynamic with the screens mounted that way, but then again if they mount it sideways it probably woundn't attract as many eyeballs.", "If it's in KL, it won't make much difference with the jams.", "This...lolz... With the rain lagi...Jem giler...", "They should poke holes for airflow"], ["Hell yeah I don't get enough eye clutter on the road between the 10 ultra-bright advert boards, omega modded Myvis with bottom lights, flickering streetlights and shopping malls woop woop. Give me the ultra-capitalist hellscape that I yearn for. I want traffic lights to also show me where the nearest Familymart is at while I am waiting on the red light!!", "Basically, Cyberpunk2077."], ["That like a giant air break", "It compliments the car"], ["I've seen one in Penang too, but with a giant can of juice I forgot the brand. I thought that was something you only see in American movies, but apparently it is a thing here in Malaysia too.\nEdit: Thanks to my fellow penang-ites, the can is apparently Wonda Coffee.", "Let me help you with that. It is Wonda Coffee. I know it because there are 2 of said cards in my area.", "Hahahha. I think i know which car you are refering too. Its a Saga with Wonda coffee can. Brown colour I believe. I often see it on the bridge during evening rush hour.", "Red bull gives you wings", "*Drinks Red Bull and jumped off a 14 floor building. \"Where my wings at?\"", "You be then very dead...", "Marketing worked \ud83e\udd23"], ["Report it to police traffic/jpj?"], ["Poor aerodynamics and the ethical quandaries about putting a (distracting) screen on a vehicle aside, pretty sure there's more than 1 company in the country that specialises in creating and selling ad inventory on e-hailing vehicles. Which probably means they've probably already sorted out the legality (or 'legality') of this before some random person on the Internet decides it's a JPJ violation."]]}
{"title": "Pioneering Pendatang: Thank you for the questions, r/Malaysia!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tzo04/pioneering_pendatang_thank_you_for_the_questions/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Was very privileged to conduct this interview with the scriptwriter of Pendatang, Lim Boon Siang, and the managing director of Kuman Pictures, Amir Muhammad.\nThank you for the questions that you guys shared from the other day!\nI didn't explicitly follow the questions that were provided (I sourced from multiple places and came up with my own spontaneously as well), and am very happy to share it with you - thank you for the inspiration :D\nYou can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81jIiPyOPP0\nhttps://preview.redd.it/ox94pndxx89c1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=ace0841ad28dfbeb114fe09a091688d947c15336", "comments": []}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 30 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18typcw/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 30 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tvxx4/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 93, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: I've lost control, I don't see an end, there's no escape. I don't even have a home anymore\nTime to buy a new keyboard", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Does Starbucks Malaysia support Israel? Because I like Starbucks but feel like I'm shamed for drinking it. Starbucks has stated they \"Stand with humanity\" and I assume they sued the workers fund because they don't want their name to be associated with the war and Hamas or Palestine and Israel. I could be ignorant in this but it's hard to believe they support Israel when there's no valid evidence that they do. There's also no Starbucks store in Israel. Pls educate if I'm wrong."], ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTuXPODvr4\nthis reminded me like when i was what? 10yrs old? a similar programmable toy car by kfc during those times... can set way point commands then onces set, it can carry out the waypoint commands.. good times.\ngrab food dude was alright, he was being himself by talking some stuffs.. I'm too old for the humor but I meant, better for people to talk than to refrain and you'll know lesser about them as a person, people need to talk it out either.\nnow that restaurant food felt laced, because I kinda can feel the difference of having foods or some sort of chem reaction in the body (absorbtions) , pain, feelings, regeneration and many more effects.\nnow the usual polishing the shictk , some mehrunes dagons sparks.\nHJA HA HA AH AH\n:26558:"], ["went to amcorp mall this morning. I guess I was too early (arrived around 10:45), not may flea market stall / shop open yet.\nbought Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell, part of The Grail Quest series for RM19.90 at Bookexcess. I guess I'll be going there again later next year as need to buy the other part of the series as well.", "Isn't the flea market on Sundays?", "Saturday n sunday"], ["Why when talking about racism coming from a certain race,they always try to justify it or make excuses?\nAs if racism is justifiable, you're not making yourself or your group look any better."], ["Chat aku dapat free 3 bulan apple arcade, suggest game apa best?", "Sayonara Wild Hearts, Limbo+, Mini Motorways, Sneaky Sasquatch.\nFM 2024 Touch if you are into football manager simulation.", "Thanks for the suggestion. Tried FM but text too small."], ["Was talking to my friend about gunshot wounds. Didn't realised he is now a surgeon in the state in a dangerous area. It's normal for them.\nHow is this even a thing. How can someone just be like shooting people. Then my racist side be like no wonder they are supplying ammunitions to Israel. They upgraded themselves from shooting schools to bombing schools.\nThings that I can never say in real life..."], ["I want to do something but I don't want to.\n\ud83d\ude22\nI heard it's called ADHD paralysis, but who knows. I try not to rely on information that's obtained from a youtube short.", "If you don't mind, are you officially diagnosed with ADHD or not?\nI think it could be that you're just unmotivated at that time. There's no reason to suspect that you have ADHD paralysis unless if you got ADHD"], ["So, I bought my Zenfone 3 last year on shopee and I bought it at about 76% less than what they actually priced right now. So my phone should actually perform good at 1699 when I bought it about 400. My phone camera right now is at the worst quality of a phone and a bit slow maybe because of load of things I put in the phone and I don't even know that my phone is 1699. How do I know if my phone is fake or China model? The phone work properly but sometime a bit slow.", "The specifications of the phone is bad. Might need to upgrade"], ["am the only one? i easily get sick when i sleep late (11pm) even tho i get a full good 8 in. pretty frustrating since ofc social events are pretty much all at night. :<"], ["There\u2019s so many interracial couples in melbourne but it\u2019s almost always a white man with asian chicks", "Could be a sign for you", "Ihik time to cari jodoh", "How long you will be there?"], ["", "<image>\nThis otter says tahniah to you"], ["Anyone can recommend cheap but decent paper or notebooks for use with fountain pens? Am using it for studies and note taking.\nAm I looking out for their gsm or what? Specifically for the pilot kakuno/metropolitan sort with standard pilot ink.", "Anatomy do sell paper and notebook skin separately. I always thought it\u2019s expensive but end up using it a lot because it looks nice and they have colour paper in A5 size. So maybe you can check them out."], ["guys random, but like, i wanna recreate this mac & cheese recipe. but where pray tell, can i find, a block of cheese: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNntLucC/", "oooohhh this guy knows something about cheese! i guess the best shot you can take is to go to isetan groceries or high end groceries. i have seen sharp cheddar and mozzarella but im not sure about the colby jack. its as hard as to find pecorino romano", "Thanks!!!!! Yeah i checked out my local jaya grocer and nada, oebsoyo, no \ud83e\uddc0 \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\nI wanna try this recipe so bad. Damn isetan groceries, i only know 1 in klcc urgh, 2 states away.", "sorry i assume you wrongly. maybe for you online shopping is the only way.", "i tried checking on shopee and no luck: mozarella cheese, sharp cheddar, colby jack cheese. there's slices.\nbut i do go to klcc once every quarter year so I'll check it out. this seems like it'll be the most expensive mac & cheese everrrr. I'll try my luck at village grocer in cyberjaya, sort of nearer to where i am."], ["how does one attend counselling? i am not depressed, just need some professional advice.", "Glad to hear that you're considering going for counselling! Indeed one doesn't have to experience any bad mental health problems to see a counsellor - it's actually good to do so for maintaining good mental health!\nAs for how to - quite simply, as generally you'd find counsellors in private or community based practices, you can just go and see one - that's the simple guide.\nFor something more detailed - you can first do some simple look up on a few services, to have a little more options, before deciding on which one you'd like to try. (\"Try\" is a key word - so don't worry too much about finding the right or best service!)\nUsually, I'd just suggest you to consider practical factors like accessibility (easy to get an appointment, nearby etc.) and budget if you're unsure of which counselling service to choose. Don't stress over looking for the \"best expert\" for most general cases - unless you're looking at some exceptionally niche situations, most counsellors may help.\nAfter deciding on a service to try, you can get an appointment (by calling, messaging, emailing etc.) to confirm your session. Many services do accept walk-in, but usually I'd advise getting an appointment to be sure. (You can also get to ask the counsellors any questions you may have if you reach out before attending the session.)\nAnd after confirming your appointment, just wait for the date and time, and then just go!\nUsually you don't need to prepare anything specific for the session other than yourself mentally. But if you wish to get more of the session, you may want to prepare and plan how you'd want to tell your stories or share your worries before coming to the session. In this way, you may get more time to think through what are the main things you want to share with the counsellor, and that you don't miss any main points during the first sessions (which may happen if you're formulating your thoughts right on the spot during the session). Don't worry if you don't really know what to prepare or plan on sharing though! In general, counsellors will do their job in helping you open up on your issues by asking questions/guiding your sharing - counsellors will make sure they have a more complete understanding of your challenges before moving forward with helping you deal with them.\nNormally, counsellors may take a few sessions at the beginning just to listen to your \"problem\" (understanding what you're facing and what help you're looking for), and give less focus on the \"solution\" at the beginning stage. So don't worry if you don't feel like getting much counsel at first. Do try seeing the counsellor for a few (~3) sessions to see if you're comfortable with the counsellor and if you're happy with the help and service you're receiving. Sometimes things don't work out between the client and the counsellor, that's okay. You may always try to see another counsellor (so now you might see why it's good to do some research before starting your counselling journey!)\nAnd that's basically how you see a counsellor!\nHope this gives you a more comprehensive idea on how to go about seeing a counsellor. And if you have any questions on what I'm sharing, or if you have other questions relating to seeing a counsellor, don't have feel free to get in touch with me here, will always be happy to help where I can.", "wow thats lengthy. thanks for the effort!"], ["Crossing Peneng bridge to Seberang Prai today and saw big black smoke coming from Seberang Jaya area. Anyone know what happened?"], ["Boss just sent a message saying that our salary will only come in next week instead of today. \ud83d\ude2d\nHe said the accountant \"made a wrong entry\". Does it mean the accountant sent the money to the wrong bank account? What does it mean exactly?", "Sounds so sus. Takkan company has no buffer to deal with this kind of mistake. If I were a prudent wageslave, I'd look for a new job.", "Means boss got no money to pay, next week customer pay him so he can pay u. Time to look for new job"], ["Is anyone actually getting tested for COVID and updating their mysej anymore? I noticed half my office sick, and when I asked if they tested for COVID and many laughed it off.", "Nobody cares anymore. My BIL got TB though and apparently it\u2019s quite rampant now for some reason.", "TB is rampant now? First time I'm hearing about it. That's scary. Any news articles on this?", "Not really. I think last I google there\u2019s ~30k so far and my BIL is quarantined for 6 months and have to report to KKM clinic everyday to get meds. They are working hard to not let it get worst."], ["How this sub progressed from being a peaceful small community to the inevitable forum for racial issues.\nIt reminds me of my own childhood. I've always had Chinese and Indian friends because the Malays rejected me. Up until my diploma days, you know. The Nons took me in as their own.\nAnd now they wouldn't because now we're all grown up and have inherited the sin and hatred of our ancestors. You get older, you face more problems, and you develop complicated, sometimes warped, worldviews. Adulthood is hard and it's easier to return to the mentality that was enforced onto you as children. Many come back to their own people for easy and familiar support.\nDo you know who my friends are now? They're not many but white guys. Not your usual white guys. The kind that comes to Asia and feels like they don't belong either and they're trying to make their way back to the West or staying here temporarily. Yeah. It sucks but they're the only ones who I can fit in with these days. I miss diversity in my life. I miss not having to pretend like I understand white culture. I really still don't. I'll never be a Westerner."], ["I know that I can be extremely emotional and misconstrue things people say, but I think I have the right to be sensitive about something said last night.\nIn Denver, I befriended a friend of my friend\u2019s husband\u2019s, whom I will refer to as M henceforth. I would be lying to say I was not slightly attracted to him, as he was over six feet tall, lanky with noticeable muscle definition, and has an infectious smile that any toothpaste commercial director would cast in a heartbeat. I also thought his Napoleon Dynamite afro hair is adorable.\nThe first time that we met, it was just waving of hellos and byes as I was more preoccupied with my friend and her children while he was having beer with my friend\u2019s husband. My friend later told (signed to) me that M, too, asked whether I was single. But he never asked me out or gave me his number. I can only assume that he lost interest after finding out that I am a transgender, something that Americans are always too worried to broach, but I can understand if he had such aversions.\nWe properly talked (signed, M is also deaf) the next time that the both of us were at my friend\u2019s place. I thought I carried myself well, despite my anxiety and excitement about talking to someone new, so much so that he offered to take me to dinner before I left Denver \u2014 and he said (signed) I didn\u2019t even have to bring my caregivers as he flexed his arms to prove that he had the strength to carry me and push my wheelchair at non-wheelchair-friendly areas.\nM prefaced our conversation at the dinner with saying he hoped I didn\u2019t think it was a date, which I didn\u2019t given his initial hesitance, just for the record. I was just happy to meet new Deaf people to befriend.\nHe said he got out of a messy divorce just a year ago, and was not interested in dating again. Fine. Maybe I wrongly assumed he discriminated against transgenders.\nWe talked (signed) a lot, as the conversation\u2019s flow was a steady and clear stream. I was amazed that he could speak hearing people\u2019s language and is working as a lawyer, while he said (signed) that I have the most interesting life story he had ever heard (read). He also was amused that I asked him to take me to get ice cream in the middle of winter.\nWe became texting friends since then, as I gleefully shared photos of my Christmas celebration and he, his, which was not much because he is Jewish. As a car enthusiast, he asked me to take a photo of my sister\u2019s Rolls-Royce in London. And at random times, he would send me memes and jokes that he found on the Internet since I\u2019ve \u201cmissed out so much from not having a social media account\u201d.\nLast night, I guess our conversation took a turn to the deeper side, when I asked him about his child and his previous relationships. I can\u2019t tell why I inquired \u2014 maybe I was trying to live vicariously through M. I told him about how I\u2019ve only had one boyfriend \u2014 I no longer count the guy that I was seeing early this year as one. And it is unlikely that I will meet anyone again now that I am a transgender, especially a transgender in a wheelchair. We Deafies are blunt people, and I added how the Deaf community can be quite discriminatory against the disabled.\nMaybe I put him in a spot by saying (texting) that, and his response was: \u201cDon\u2019t say that. You\u2019re really beautiful and fun to talk to. You will find someone if you keep looking.\u201d\nI ignored what he wrote at first, and continued the conversation by changing the topic. But when I was sent to bed, I began to think, If he finds me physically attractive and interesting, why won\u2019t he just ask me out?\nIs he really not ready to be in a relationship? Or is he not keen to date a cripple? Or a transgender\nI recall a while back, when I had another account here, someone remarked that I am \u201cinteresting\u201d because of all the traits that I have. It doesn\u2019t matter if I am rich and/or beautiful, but being physically and intellectually disabled and a transgender would definitely repel people from taking interest in me. This is something that perhaps I have to live with until the day I die \u2014 and maybe so does my sister who has promised to take care of me."], ["Is it me or Shopee's app is incredibly slow?", "It's that darn popup advertisement on the homepage.\nWhen I installed it on a new phone, it showed up almost immediately. Nowadays, it pops up after a few seconds of scrolling and I almost always pressed it by accident."], ["Many houses in Penang are stocking up water for January including apartments. People are buying 100+ L buckets to store water. My only question is, with all these sudden additional weight, building should be strong enough to support right?\nReference", "Interesting thought! I'm no engineer but if you think of it as every unit in the building suddenly being visited by 2 skinny people (50kg each), it doesn't sound as bad.", "Doesn't sound so bad when you put it that way until you add all the numbers up by 300\u00d7 units in a high dense. Based on my understanding, buildings are built to withstand a certain amount of weight calculated by engineer before building and what goes into the building materials. That is why building with no swimming pool are not allowed to have a make shift swimming pool besides those kids inflatable ones due to the additional weight that could compromise the building structure."], ["Why do most of the religious people I meet are disgusting once they've open up to me... So far there's only 3 religious people I know who aren't disgusting.", "it's very typical of religious ppl, they think they are special and above everyone else. even with ppl of the same religion.", "Superiority\nI've mentioned it before, people who do nothing but pray and read religious books, will consider themselves as \"religious and pious\"\nExcept they've never done anything good(charity/helping others) , so their souls aren't really kind anyway\nSo now we have people who arent kind, but thinks of themselves as kind..\nThats recipe for disgusting mentality", "Disgusting in what way exactly?", "Justifying violation of human rights in god's name"], ["Sometimes I come across sales people with FB posts (mainly car dealership) using the word 'cikgu' to refer to their customers. And most of these customers are not actual teachers. Is there a meaning behind this?", "Respect but encik just too formal, no reason i think. Like ppl calling police officer datuk."], ["Being a (flawed) human means looking at the hot women and feeling sad because you know that they'll be having fun at all the cool parties. Unlike you, you loser \ud83d\ude0f\nBeing a logical human means acknowledging that, but also knowing that deep down, you don't really fit in at all those cool parties, so what's the point in going there if you won't enjoy yourself anyway?\nAnd being a mature human means realizing all that, but you still kinda want to go if given a chance because your dick also gets a say in the decision-making process \ud83d\ude02 (but you won't beat yourself up if you didn't go)\nTonight malas masak, so I think I'll go to that vegetarian banana leaf place in Bangsar that I saved on Instagram. Tell me if this is a bad idea.\nNot sure what to do tomorrow night though; are there any street parties or whatnot? I don't one that's gatekeep because let's be honest, I'm not gonna make the cut. I just want to get out of the house, at least until they install the new aircond.", "Can go Kiara Bay Kepong. There\u2019s a night market there with live performances and countdown.", "Thanks for the tip. I might!", "lots of malls having count down party at night. ioi city mall, sunway velocity... etc.", "'zat so? Thanks for the tip. I'll probably look into Velocity, IOI Putrajaya is a no-go on account of Putrajaya highways being scary af at night.", "i followed those info pages, i saw a post before that lists down all malls with count down. just now i passed by velocity, they already closed the road to set up the place (like last year.)", "closed the road to set up the place\nOkay, new plan: go celebrate, if I can find parking \ud83d\ude05", "if you're brave enough can take lrt or mrt. extend till 1:30 tomorrow night.", "because your dick also gets a say in the decision-making process\nsolution: beat your dick"], ["Anyone here a photography enthusiast? Do you know a place that services/cleans cameras?", "There's a couple that I know but they're mostly for analog cameras.\nVincent Camera Service Center", "thanks! I have an analog as well so this will help."], ["I\u2019m looking for someone to watch malaysia open final badminton on jan 14 with me. I bought the tickets already. Let me know if interested?", "this is smooth one\ud83d\udd25"], ["any good nail salon recommendations in mid valley area or other malls ? preferably if they do korean/japanese gel. thanks", "1.CRNailz 2.Nail it creations mani & pedi"], ["KL twin towers was intimidating seeing up close. the fact that you can walk close to the actual tower and look up feel humongous.\nalso: is pelita considered as malaysian mcdonald?", "malaysian mcdonald? bro ramly is the only legitimate successor.", "also: is pelita considered as malaysian mcdonald?"], ["Does anyone keep sourdough starter around cheras area and willing to share some? I can start my own colony, but much prefer the shortcut. Willing to drive to your place with my own container, just need the dough."], ["I tested COVID positive on Thursday (had symptoms since Tuesday night). Had a mild fever on Thursday and has been almost asymptomatic since yesterday (only a light headache and sore throat). Today is the 3rd day I've isolated myself from the family. Made another round of COVID test and was still positive\nQ: How long do I need to isolate myself? I'm fully vaccinated with 1 booster", "MoH recently said 5 days after the first day of showing symptoms, then mask up.", "mask up\nEven indoors around family? If yes, does that mean I still can't touch things too?\nAlso, do you have the link to the MoH guideline?", "<image>\nBy right you should mask up even indoors with family and use a separate bathroom but this is a privilege some don't have. Remember this thing is airborne and can easily spread in closed spaces.", "Thanks!"], ["I just watched a few videos by MGAG\nWhy do they act like they have learning difficulties in the videos ?\nIt's very cringe the way they act and talk.", "i am one of the few admins of a quite large not for normie local meme page. mgag had no shame stealing memes from our page. then as a sign of apology, mgag reached one of the admins and offered him to be on their ransom. they never realised they add the cherry on top of the cake of humiliation.", "You don't want to watch the \"NPC\" videos then if you think those are cringe\nMgag is 5 years behind the cringe", "I used to watch them regularly when it was the old team. Their videos were actually pretty good.\nNow it's like their content has been dumbed down. What kind of audience are they targeting ? Ppl with learning difficulties ?\nKrystal is most cringe. Makes me wonder if her IQ is even 60. Hope she not like that in real life. What a bad representation of amoi."], ["Where is your go-to place to buy educational/prototyping boards like Raspberry Pi, Adafruit, etc?"], ["Singahor or Johorpore?", "Malaysia :29091:"], ["Where can I bring my malay frens to hangout after countdown tomorrow? KL areas near KLCC", "24h mamak", "Pelita basically lol"], ["I'm wide awake. \ud83c\udfb6"], ["First complete family trip in 10 years. A lot has happened. I'll be reuniting with my brother after 6 years ever since he left for uni and my parents re-married after getting divorced in 2017. Not sure how it'll go but I'm grateful I get to see my family again.", "that sounds dramatic but nice. good luck and wish you have a good time."]]}
{"title": "Why malaysia categorize people like minangkabau or javanese or bugis as malay ?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tsdke/why_malaysia_categorize_people_like_minangkabau/", "num_comment": 137, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "In indonesia we view them as tribes with their own distinct culture and they have their own tribal language and traditional clothes so the malay concept for acknowledging these people as malay is so moronic in my opinion\nThey are clearly not malay eventhough majority of them are muslim,so why malay have to steal other people from different culture and put them in one box as malay ? Just because they have same skin colour with malay doesnt mean they are automaticaly malay", "comments": [["Do you know that even Malay have their own \u201ctribe\u201d?\nBtw, there\u2019s no stealing or anything going on. As a Sarawak Malay, I can\u2019t and wouldn\u2019t claim Kelantan/Terengganu/N.Sembilan/etc Malay culture as my own.", "Fr. There are similarities by having the same roots but in the end we have different dialects, mindset and clothing though minor", "One of the reason why federal assistance for West Malaysia felt more of a compulsory than voluntary for the past decades.\nGotta coat sugar on federal daddy by supporting their policies or else no funds for you."], ["There's a difference between Melayu Jati and Melayu Anak Dagang among the Orang Melayu Malaysia\nMelayu Jati refers to the Malay tribes that established kingdoms in the land. Melayu Kelantan, Pahang, Kedah, Terengganu, etc.\nMelayu Anak Dagang are the Austronesian tribes who are Muslims, migrated and settled in the land that would become modern day Malaysia, intermarried and become assimilated, and eventually became Malayized (this is where the term \"Masuk Melayu\" comes in play). They wear Melayu clothes, habitually speak Bahasa Melayu, and practice budaya Melayu. So much so that they are considered as Melayu also. Although they might retain some aspects of their original heritage.\nThe modern day constitution does not differentiate between who is a Melayu Jati and who is a Melayu Anak Dagang.", "There's three actually Melayu Jati, Melayu Anak Dagang and Melayu Peranakan, Melayu that are mixed with others like Melayu Cocos, Cape Malays and Melayu Betawi (although this one only in Indonesia)", "This is correct. This what I learn at my Uni.. already forget what subject it is.", "Where is this referred from", "Please dont destroy our belief!\nAll malays import from Indonesia\n/s"], ["That would just make bumiputra complicated.", "Then what about sarawak/sabah bumiputra? Theres plenty of chinese in sarawak that is bumiputra", "There are instances of chinese being labelled as bumis back in the older days cuz sometimes chinese peeps got kids and gave them away for adoption to tribes due to not being able to care for them. Then they make ic just claim bumi la cuz grow up with bumis. But that shit stopped like decades ago tho", "Can confirm bc my mom is exactly this.", "Same here my Muslim kampung adopted a ton of children (not all became Muslim) regardless they all got bumi status.\nThis isn\u2019t the case anymore tho."], ["It's just like malay call cuttlefish, octopus and squid all as sotong. Its just easier.", "Cuttlefish: Sotong katak,\nOctopus: kurita,\nSquid: cumi-cumi.\nHope that helps.", "Thank f\u2019n you!\nYou are forever blessed in all your endeavours relating to clan sotong-sotong.", "Isnt octopus called gurita not kurita?", "Yes.", "Both can be used.", "I've never seen it spelled with g before, always k", "I remember being a kid wondering why I have 3 different friends who look like 3 different races called Malay, none of them mixed btw. All their parents just are 100% \u201cMalay\u201d\nWhile I\u2019m a chindian who has at times been told to go back to \u201cmy country\u201d\nI still don\u2019t know exactly how it works but it\u2019s stupid", "It makes you feel better.\nGoing to have to drop the majority of my ethnic classification to a single ethnicity due to how mix many of east Malaysians are by government laws recently to simplify our ethnicities.\nI am an orang asal and yet very mix.\nI was always harassed unironically by people of immigrant descent or immigrants to go back to my own country LoL.", "Oh that. That's called Racism my boy :28915:", "Use bi-generation (Doctor Who reference)", "it's not just easier- it's an erasure of identity."], ["I'm just sharing a poem by Usman Awang, a Johorean. Probably it has to do with how Malays in the peninsular view the concept of race during the early Malay nationalism period.The was even an attempt by leftist Malays like Burhanuddin Helmi to form Melayu Raya (along with Indonesia) after the end of Japanese Occupation. British put a stop to that."], ["They aren't counted as malay, \"officially\" but they can change their race as Malay since Malaysia constitution refers the Malay as: \" orang Melayu itu mestilah beragama Islam, mengamalkan adat budaya Melayu, bertutur menggunakan bahasa Melayu dan (a) lahir sebelum hari merdeka sama ada di Persekutuan atau Singapura, atau pada hari merdeka telah bermastautin di Persekutuan atau Singapura\", so, most of the people from the races you stated (+ siamese) already changed their identity to Malay to gain \"bumiputera\" status and its privileges, or else their identity would just be \"keturunan Indonesia\".\nBut socially, people are still calling javanese, \"orang jawa\" most of the time, not happening to minangkabau and bugis tho, people will just call them malay", "Actually, it's just this current generation that doesn't. The previous generation would actively identify by their ancestors, whether bugis or minang or what not. My uncle-in-law would stand by the term of \"orang Bugis\" whenever got people asking our family \"orang mana dia tu?\" in earshot. Heck, even a slightly older friend of mine would call herself orang Minang.\nSo if you wanna blame someone for not referring to their ancestors, probably blame this generation instead.\nP/s: on paper, of course they would still be labeled Malays, it's easier that way for them. But vocally, they'd stand by whatever they are."], ["need to prop up the Malay numbers. cannot show that Malay is lesser than 50%", "\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\udc4d"], ["I'm surprised no one brought up the 1998 riots or the 60s genocide yet to flame OP", "I believe the demographic of this sub is predominantly innocent to that knowledge, and history book didn't mention at all.", "Welp we had our own may incident tho not as tragic as the one happened in Indonesia"], ["Broadstroke categorization invented by the colonial brits when doing population surveys back in the days. We just inherited it and believed it lol.", "Inherited it, and continue to use it as a political tool to keep the \"majority\" numbers.\nBased on the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, Malay is a person who professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay language, and conforms to Malay customs.\nBy that, anyone can become constitutionally \"Malay\".\nAlso, think about why they make it hard for converts to revert.", "You missed out one important context to the definition of Malay - they should also be a person who is born before independence day. So anyone born after that will follow their parents\u2019 race.", "Farish A Noor has a chapter about this in his book What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You. He shows our original census having like 9 races for what we consider as \"Malay\" today. Great book 10/10 read.", "I see it as similar to classification of race and ethnicity in North America vs Europe. In Europe, Europeans identify as their respective ethnicity while in North America, Europeans identify as white. The white identity was crucial for Europeans to distinguish themselves from natives and Black people who they deemed inferior to them. Similarly, in Malaysia, the Malay identity was important to distinguish themselves from migrant races and possibly also because they view other races as inferior to them.", "The controversial ones don\u2019t see the other races as \u201cinferior\u201d but rather as a threat to their lifestyle, wealth and religion as their leadership would have them believe."], ["Racial politics is different here"], ["IMO there isn't much tribalism between Malays. Even the Mamak Malays. In the North there's lots of Mamaks but are Malays. They'll look 100% like any other South Indian but will be Bumiputera. This is because lots of Malays in the north had intermixed with Malays from Myanmar and Southern Thailand. This is why Northern Malays are diffrent from Southern Malays.\nIn the South, the food is more Southeast Asia toned such as Tempeh,Rebung,Rendang\nIn the North, our food is influenced by Indian Food such as Curry,dalca,roti canai,chapati,bihun sup,sup tulang.\nMalays in Kelantan create their own language,food and culture. For example akok cake,etc. Kelantanese Food is like a long lost Jungle Kind Malay Food with their own version of cheese.\nThis also kinda explains the election results.\nNo matter how Indian looking, white looking(me personally), if your dad/mom(citizen,etc many factor for mom) is a Malay, then you are MALAY."], ["The malays in Malaysia are based on the ethnicities of the Malay world which is an outdated term for the Austronesian realm which include the Javanese, the Bugis and etc. The word is used by the British due to group ethnicities in the Malay peninsula which is was and still a diverse place. We simply just inherited the term. It is no different than you guys inheriting the term Indonesian that was coined by the Dutch to refer to all ethnicities in the Dutch East Indies so don't act all high and mighty", "But indonesian is not ethnicity nor its how dutch refer us, its from british geography scholar. The term is neutral and refer to nationality ,if we inherited from dutch we will call ourself dutch east indies. Indonesia doesnt refer to a certain ethnicity if we are like you guys who refer all brown skinned muslim people as malays , we\u2019ll call it \u201cjavanese\u201d because its the biggest ethnicity in south east asia but of course its wrong, so we call ourself indonesian which doesnt elevate certain ethnicity status\nMalays is not neutral term, its just specific term for ethnicity in sumatra and semenanjung and for censuses reason and lazyness , British starting to call brown skinned people of sea as malays, which is really wrong and misleading like you said.\nLooks the way of op do the word is rude but it is pretty true how malaysia refer malays is outdated and misleading but its in your constituency law so as long as malay malaysian doesnt call brown Muslim people outside malaysia as malays and force \u201ctamadun malay\u201d or \u201cgreat malays civilization \u201c and \u201cmalay race\u201d which is not exist, we are fine with it but in reality some of malaysian think like that."], ["The concept of Bumiputra is a scam when you know there's a tier even for Bumiputra. Thumbs up to the generation that votes the parties that screams Bumiputra whole year long /s\nThe party that screams the another card buys expensive cars and will let a newspaper company goes bankrupt by not paying will 100% be worse.", "Shallow minded people think racial class is everything. Reality is when you realize it's economical class that really separate people apart"], ["Numbers politics n identity politics. Without it their numbers are not enough"], ["Politics"], ["I think it's just political will back in 70s. My late dad was categorized as Javanese in his death certificate but was Malay in my birth certificate. I know someone who was of arab descent are also \"Bumiputera Malay\" in their IC and then proud that they only have Malay grandmother or something."], ["Singapore and Brunei also does this- in fact in all 3 countries' constitutions a Malay is someone who: 1. Speaks Malay \"habitually\"; 2. Practices \"Malay customs\"; and 3. Is a Muslim\nMy guess is that the British just decided to lump all Muslim pribumis as \"Malay\" (including Indian Muslims and Arabs) which probably was not something the Dutch did. Also Malay is the majority among the pribumis, unlike in Indonesia. So upon independence the Constitution (which was written by the British) maintained this."], ["Assimilation"], ["Easy ; put all under once category and then claim they are the majority and slowly rot away their original name, background and identity with one created by the ruling elites.", "Sounds like what the so called Communist, USSR did in their whole existence and failed.", "But I see a lot of people are coming to be more individualistic; they will claim their bugis/jawa roots then calling themselves malays.", "It's better if Malaysians starts recognising their heritage. We're a mixed pot of ethnicity. Don't let rulers divide us using the laziest excuse: RnR"], ["Could be an attempt at erasing the culture and identity of the native people here by grouping them all as Malay people."], ["Hello cultural genocide, nice to see you again :29091:", "To be fair it isn\u2019t exactly a cultural genocide.\nFrom east Malaysia and from a \u201cclan\u201d of orang asal that was is partially malaynised. Our orang asal community tend to be very mix anyway so we often combine different cultures.\nThe vast majority of Bumi adopted part of Malay culture or some in full due to brotherhood. (In the east at least)\nFor my people, it was more brotherhood with east Malaysian Malays (indigenous Malays) and also more to integrate with west Malaysia.\nWe are way to mix of all ethnicity from European to etc so every has a sub section of something really different but in our core we have our orang asal culture and orang Melayu culture", "Elaborate what cultural genocide means specifically", "Indonesia is well known for their force assimilation policy. Chinese cant even have Chinese name or use Chinese language in everyday life in public sphere.", "This was abolished about 25 odd years ago so people can speak Chinese and use Chinese names now. But then again Chinese Indonesians still use Indonesian names and speak Bahasa Indonesia out of habit and convenience.", "They still do to this day? No apparently"], ["I am of Pagaruyung descent.\nPagaruyung was called Malayupura at one point... did you know? Arguably, the true Malays are Minang and Riau people, from West Indonesia. We started with the kingdom of Malacca, founded by a Sumatran.\nFYI, Javanese are often NOT regarded as true Malays. They're often called Orang Jawa here. They still look Javanese (tanned skin, squared jaw, short). They cook and eat and sell Javanese food even to this day. Same goes for Bugis but most Bugis tend to drop their heritage and assimilate because they look less distinctive. Even to this day, we worship Hamka etc., still relevant culturally, and we have a lot of roads and places named after prominent Sumatrans who developed Malaysia in the early days."], ["Same way how China is actively turning everyone into a single \"Han\" ethnicity, so it is easier to control."], ["If I\u2019m not mistaken, all this tribes are Austronesian Family. Including Pinoy (Philippines). During British colonial era, they thought Malays = Austronesian Family.\nPersonally, I don\u2019t really called Javenese, Pinoy, Minangkabau as a Malay but I prefer to called them as Austronesian family. Which different culture but similiar language and ancestors.\nIs like Chinese, Koreans and Japanese and many more are different cultures but share same ancestry"], ["becos they are lazy"], ["To be fair, anyone can be a Malay and Malay loves that. You can be a non-Asian but still be a Malay if you adapt the culture and live like a Malay.\nOf course, the final ingredient would be marrying a Malay.\n\u201cBut you won\u2019t get bumiputra benefits!\u201d\nThat\u2019s where you\u2019re wrong kiddo. I have seen multiple scenarios where non-Malay was identified as Malay just because they look like it. Some of them included a pure Chinese who just happened to look a lil bit darker & speak fluent Malay.\nHonestly, I\u2019m not even mad.\nIf this is what it takes to unify Malaysia, so be it.", "I always see people said that among bumiputera, Malay are first class while others are second class\u2026 but if you think about it a second, it\u2019s weird. Anyone can legally become a Malay. That\u2019s mean the so called first class is actually open while the second class is an exclusive\u2026 That\u2019s doesn\u2019t make sense.", "The root of the problem is the mandatory religion, and it is a one-way street, you can't get out; however, you may choose not to practice, but still subject to some laws.", "People no longer see religion as a belief, they see religion as component in a system. Something that can be swap anytime. Unlike components, belief is hard to change. It\u2019s either get stronger or weaker but not outright forgotten. That\u2019s why the constitution placed Islam first in the definition of a Malay, because belief is the core of any human.", "My Uncle was a high ranking police officer and was Chinese. He was very tan and looked Malay also having great Malay obviously.", "So its very easy for the rcta crowd to become malay", "That\u2019s why many Malays are mad at local chinese that can\u2019t even speak basic BM"], ["Mencapai definisi melayu; Islam, bertutur bhs Melayu, mengamalkan adat Melayu. Eventho they\u2019re from different culture, they assimilated well with the malays. Ask any malaysian javanese what\u2019s their breakfast today, or better \u201cisuk tadi mangan opo?\u201d Instead of pecel they ate nasi lemak.", "", "Bit harsh tbh. The person you're replying to didn't make those rules", "Your take is stupid, narrow and lacking forethought.\nI'm not the person you're insulting and I'm not Malaysian, but I think it's a bit less upsetting when you understand that all identities are partly made up and deeply contextual....\nto make a whole religion take an identity\nIndonesia does exactly the same thing in its own ways, as all countries do. For example, it doesn't matter what you believe, you're forced to accept one of the official religions on your identity card.\nI'm not defending how Malaysia uses religion and ethnicity in constructing its national identity, but its easily understood in historical context.", "Yeah they are not Malay in the blood. But have you read his comment properly? Malay is just an umbrella term for people of the same behaviour, religion, language and shit. Let's take your example, say you are an Indian but grew up in Germany, practice german culture, speak german and eat german food. People will consider you German but not ethnically German.", "That's the short version of what is legally malayu/bumiputra. It's not biological, but rather recognises cultural similarities. Same religion, same language, tradition, etc. As long as it's 70%+ similar at the time of independence. You can legally call yourself Malay/bumiputra status. Since this was fairly new after the war. Where most people lost their documentation and don't really have education on biology/race. So they basically round up most Muslim as melayu and any other orang asli group as bumiputera.\nNow it's base on parents bloodline. That's why melayu technically don't have freedom of religion and some don't look Malay due to mix with other race Arab/cina/Indian/etc.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["I heard a taxi driver in Batam speaking Malay like Malaysian accent, he claimed to come from somewhere in Sumatera. I think he is a pure Malay.", "yes there are Malays in Batam. Batam, Lingga and Riau used to be part of Johor empire not long ago.", "Southern Sumatran provinces of Riau Islands, Riau, Palembang, Jambi are the original Malay heartlands. Remember Parameswara came from Palembang, and he was from a long line of ancestors of the Srivijaya- a Malay empire.\nConversely the Majapahit was a Javanese empire."], ["Racial politics and required inclusivity. When politicians are trying to invoke racial prejudice against the minority, it's easier to use the term \"Malay\" to include all the above mentioned groups. Being Malay is a privilege and has constitutional perks, so it's a win win situation for the politicians and the ethnic groups involved. Tun Mamak has been one of the fiercest champions of Malay rights, him being a Mamak of course.", "There's nothing wrong with being Mamak. Even PMX have Indian ancestry. We accept all kind in Malaysia", "Learn to read. Did I say there's anything wrong with being Mamak, Bugis, Minangkabau? I was answering the OP on why the tendency to include all \"tribal groups\" under the general umbrella of ethnic Malay, and why such groups overwhelmingly self identify as being Malay. If you think using the term Mamak is derogatory, that's on you, not me."], ["Ek eleh dia ni. Still have the mentality:\n\"Indonesia is the centre of the universe and the world should follow us\".\nIndonesia this Indonesia that...\nPshhhhhhh", "<image>\nUmmmmmmm yea", "Empower your passport that doesn't require so many visa, travel the world and open up the mind."], ["Thanks to British Segregation, I guess?", "Nah. Just racism. Even Indo discriminates against full on Chinese since the old Dutch East Indies company days."], ["Just like what most malaysian think indian=tamil and by default people that celebrates deepavali", "Nah, most Malaysians do not think that. Many are aware of the difference between north and South Indian.", "Though, with some generalisation by religions. Hindu = all Tamils, Muslim = all mamaks. Punjabi are spared from both because they are Sikhs.\nNot many know the fine details tho, like if they are aware about Chettiar, Malayalam and Telugu groups settling here.", "That I can agree tho I expect most people can\u2019t tell the difference between many different bumi groups as well.\nBut yeah I agree there is generalisation just at a different level", "That's confusion only exist in western countries by westerners.", "Nope, Malaysians are guilty as well for being ignorant with the different groups of people who call Malaysia their home. I find it a pet peave with Malaysians who are oblivious with this than some westerners.", "That sounds more like an issue of the people you surround yourself with.\nSkill issues. Yikes."], ["So that the \u201cmajority\u201d is. So\u2026"], ["I know that this question is rage bait, and OP is a bad faith arguer and not for actual discourse. But Indonesians need to realise the history of Malaysia, and the history of Indonesia are very different.\nAs per your example the Minang people, the Bugis and the Java people are still minang and still java in essence, but those tribes in Malaya has been \"malayanised\" to a point where their culture has been adopted and absorbed to the the greater Malayan Malay identity.\nThen, there came the colonial history. Unlike in Indonesia, the racial demographic of the local populace and immigrants brought in by the colonial authority wasn't as drastic as in Malaya during the same period. If we used the British census of 1911, the \"Malays\" made up 46.8 percent, while the Chinese and Indians were 34.7 and 10.1 percent of the population, respectively. This means the total amount of \"Malay\" and the total amount of \"Non-Malay\" were nearly proportionate in numbers.\nThis spark another point of social demographic in the way Malayan Malay society sees itself. If you think the feelings felt by Indonesians during your early period of independence against the Chinese were bad. Imagine when it also comes into play demographics.\nThus, \"Malay\" became a catch-all term for the tribes in Malaya. As a way to nurture a bigger identity, in a way, it is like an umbrella for this group to be under. They are still of Minang descent, Javanese descent, and Bugis descent but are now in a greater national identity for political reasons.\nJust like how there are Indonesian Javanese, Indonesian Minang or Indonesian Malay. It is another layer of umbrella terms used in Malaya for the sake of political cohesion. Thus, the term Malay is then referred to not only in a racial or tribal sense but also in a larger polity as well for political cohesion."], ["you dont know kah?\nthe country some outdated policy is to make everyone \"Malay\". You marry a Malay, you become a Malay regardless of your gender.\nIf you are not \"Malay Bumi & islam\", you downgraded second class citizen as stated in Constitution."], ["Because different country have different interpretation of what is a Malay.\nIf you think Malaysian Malay is too broad of a categorisation, check out how the Philippines defines a Malay.\nAlso, easier to govern. For example there are many Chinese subgroups e.g. Hakka, Hokkien, etc. but then it is easier to group them all as Chinese. Same goes with Malay, Indian, and Dayak groups.\nIn Malaysia we like to say \"cincai kira\". Which shows Malaysian tendency for simplicity and pragmatism. Whatever works, fine with us.", "If Chinese subgroups can be referred as Chinese and Indian subgroups can be referred as Indian and can Malayic speaking subgroup be referred as Malay?"], ["If you don't know, during 16xx there's a kingdom names Malay kingdom of Johor riau, in which consist of, Johor, riau,Jambi and kepri. This is why those decent from minang and javanese or bugis decent are considered as malay. They are in the Malay realm.", "and basically they speak the variant of the same language family"], ["You what's funny? Indonesia had a dream of annexing malaysia right away after British left and called it Indonesia Raya. By that point, if they manage to achieve their wet dream they'll just label everyone melayu nusantara.\nThe term isn't unique to Malaysia btw that's what your government want you to believe. See malay archipelago to understand what i mean."], ["If you like diversity so much why did you force assimilate the ID chinese?"], ["Sebab semua bumiputera, so no point beda2. As Muslims, it is important to be united upon Islam", "United?", "Unity"], ["...because we all were malay? It's an ethnicity, right?", "Not really.\nMalay is both of an ethnic and racial group.\nEthnicity can be specific and they can be similarities however it also has sub ethnicity due to the major differences within a single ethnic group.\nRace on the other hand does not take into account genetics but rather culture and geography.", "And for many people there is no malay race, there are austonesian. \u201cMalay race\u201d is outdated term from british colonial era which is not exist", "You might be confused.\nThe Malay race has existed pre British era.\nEven then the concept there is no Malay race is blatantly wrong.\nYou are now confusing the concept of race with old European racism and racial category.\nModern concepts of race and the Malay identity has always existed.\nMalay as a race has always been about culture, language and beliefs. Ethnicity wise it\u2019s about genetics.\nThis is how the Arab world is majority non Arab.", "No its not, \u201cmalay race\u201d its just outdated debunked by many scholar because the existence and reason is doofus and has been ingrained to your country as segregation and reason for your \u201cpride\u201d of malay civilization. I am not confused.\nMalay as group of people in fact exist in the later phase of srivijaya and coming from jambi and south sumatra, and people later adapted as \u201cgroup\u201d name starting from there because the oldest melayu kuno prasasit is prasasti kedukan bukit from sumatra. It spread out to riau and then semenanjung\nAnd you know javanese sundanese bataknese and minang and all ethnicity in sumatra and java are far more older than malay and non of them refer themselves as \u201cmalay race\u201d\nMalay race still just a tool from british to validate malay king at the time as proxy leader and census.\nYeas malay ethnicity is older than british colonization but not \u201cmalay race\u201d because its never existed", "Brother you\u2019re going down a rabbit hole without any level of understanding about race and ethnicity and also historical concepts of race.\nI am not Malay, I don\u2019t identify as Malay. Now your coming to attack both affirmative action and indigenous rights two aspects adopted by the United Nations and many countries including the US, Australia and so fourth.\nJavanese etc are a different race I am not sure what aspect of modern race usage you are using but it\u2019s completely wrong and not even the definition I have mentioned.\nMalay again just like Arab has been defined racially as both a geographical, linguistic, cultural and at times a religious group.\nYou are failing basic race concepts and understanding of modern race history. The Malay race as a concept traces back to the Malay Annuals long before European colonialism in the region.\nYou are using Johann Friedrch (who is not even British) definition of race which labels almost all of south east Asia maritime as Malay.\nThis is the outdated and wrong racial information you are using.\nInstead of yapping about a topic you have little understanding about with such confidence. Settle down and actually learn about modern race classification, historical, the difference between indigenous rights, affirmative action and segregation and so fourth.\nTo further add: if you are referencing the modern concept of Malay race in Malaysia in particular again it just came down to cultural, linguistic, religious and geographical aspects.\nIt was a sub variant of the already establish identity of the Malay peoples.", "Oh if its like that , i am really sorry for my misunderstanding, i am myself not exactly the believer of \u201crace\u201d and more like cultural group. The problem is whenever some people refer to \u201cmalay race\u201d in malaysia is always like include us javanese, sundanese etc to bloated their number and pride. Which is wrong and ignorant thats what i refer to\nYes there is malay cultural group spread from palembang jambi riau and semenanjung", "That I can agree with. I am explaining in the Malaysian context and modern usage of race as a cultural group.\nThanks for the conversation.", "You too have a great day", "You do know many of javanese, sundanese approve of the assimilation right? Do you want to call it wrong and ignorant when both melayu jati and melayu dagang agree on the assimilation? Name me one event of forced assimilation of malays to the orang dagangs.", "No what i mean is javanese and sundanese in indonesia, not in malaysia and from what i know there is little to no emigration of sundanese to malaysia only javanese from Java Island. I am an indonesian javanese the bonafide one, if javanese who live long enough in malaysia choose to assimilate, sure no problem we called them in javanese \u201c jawa sing wes ilang jawane\u201d mean \u201cjavanese whose already lost their javanese\u201d\nWhat i refer is malaysian malay who always said the true javanese and sundanese and another ethnicity in indonesia as \u201cmalay\u201d or \u201cmalay race\u201d which is wrong and ignorant", "You have no idea what you're talking about."], ["k."], ["because science said so\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy5ZvYUjmqY\nInfact from this study by USM prof has proven that all east asian people originated from the same mitochondrial DNA."], ["Username indicates OP is \"tak betul\"...jangan layan sangat"], ["It can be not as sinister as it seems. In Singapore it\u2019s the same. In SG it\u2019s not just Malays, Chinese regional language culture was also deemphasized. It\u2019s a lot to do with practicality. Identifying and mixing with a bigger group is sometimes needed. Sometimes there\u2019s just not enough people to keep traditions and language because they inter-marry. The important thing is whether the people themselves want to be identified as such. I think people from Negeri Sembilan identify as Malay and Minangkabau at the same time."], ["If I\u2019m not mistaken, it\u2019s because, on our road to achieving independence (with only Malaya jn 1957), it was easier to unite all these closely related Austronesian ethnic groups under one well-known \u201cMalay race\u201d label that the Europeans put us under than to use several different ones or to come up with a new one."], ["Nah, not really. Its just more to eases formal stuff. So if anything on paper it refer to each main tribe. Thats all.\nBut when in daily conversation or cultural wise usually we goes to each fucking tribe and pray that were the rarest like some pokemon shit to be exotic, of if theres many find each flock like birds. And be racist to eachother, cant forget that as Malaysian"], ["It's in the constitution."], ["There are no Malay word for Austronesian bro. So we just group ourself as Malay."], ["because those people identify as malay in malaysia."]]}
{"title": "How to get out of hardselling?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ts3fc/how_to_get_out_of_hardselling/", "num_comment": 35, "flairlabel": [], "header": "SERIOUS REPLIES ONLY.\nFor context: I\u2019m a relatively young woman in her 20s and has some hair loss problems which led to me going to a hair clinic to help with it\nMy hairloss problems are okay now, the hair has grown back but the hair clinic keeps trying to hardsell me their scalp care packages which is too fucking expensive and I can barely afford it with my shitty marketing job that pays peanuts.\nI\u2019m very socially awkward and shy and a total doormat so I said yes to it\u2026 I tried to get out of it but they explained through their science or whatever (who knows if its even true) and I was annoyed so I just said yes.\nWorst part is the scalp care stuff is to help with my dandruff. I\u2019ve been going to the clinic for about 9 months now and the dandruff is still there\u2026 girl\u2026\nHas anyone who has hairloss problems and goes this hair clinic (rhymes with scare loc) experienced the same thing?\nPlease help me get out of these hardsell packages. I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP PAYING RM300++ A SESSION FOR THIS SHIT\u2026\nAt the moment, I\u2019ve been trying to reschedule my appointments further apart to be able to pay for these things\u2026 Help a doormat like me say no.", "comments": [["Ask your family member to go with you. Let them speak for you and just say NO", "Or a friend. This is likely the best short term solution. Long term, you best talk to a psychologist/coach. Small investment to not get shafted again."], ["Young lady you just have to say no. Do it a coupler of times and one day you won't feel guilty at all saying that."], ["\u201dI can\u2019t afford to continue these payments\u201d\nIt is that easy", "that was the FIRST thing i tried.. and guess what they decreased the price to \u201cstudent price\u201d so i can \u201cafford it\u201d\nbelieve me\u2026 i\u2019ve tried that way.", "Then keep saying, I still cannot afford it. Until they shut up. At some point in life, you need to learn to be shameless and keep saying no to things you do not want.", "In that case just tell them to fuck off \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Easiest way is to tell them you don\u2019t have money. Ask them if 15RM a session is okay cause that\u2019s all you can afford.", "Hahaha, uno reverse low ball"], ["Smack them with some honest google maps reviews"], ["The earlier you learn to say no, the better, because this won't be the only time this happens to you in your life.\nOne thing to remember dealing with hardsellers:\nNEVER EXPLAIN WHY\nExplaining just gives them an opportunity in to sway you.\nJust say \"No thank you.\" If they ask why just repeat \"No thank you\" but offer no explanation until they get the message. Or if you're like me and ran out of fucks to give, I just say \"No thank you. I'm done and do not call me again\" and hang up without giving them a chance to reply.\nSociety raises a lot of women to be people pleasers, and it's horrible because salespeople use that to take advantage of them. Trust me when I say the earlier you learn to recognize this and stop being a people pleaser/doormat the better.", "\u2018not explaining why\u2019 is actually great advice!!! being short and concise\u2026 i will try it!! (after i finish this damn scalp care package like if i ady paid for it might as well go\u2026 unless? lol)", "That is correct. You instruct. First say no. Then enforce. I said no. Enforce again. Which part of no did you not understand and raise your voice. Look at them. Eye contact. Learn to instruct not explain your decision. Similarly when you ask someone to do something. Instruct not explain."], ["smile n say no, keep repeating"], ["They don't like charge your card once a month or anything, right? Only when you go for the session? Then block the number to save yourself the stress.", "no no, only during sessions. i dont have a credit card lol i dont wanna get into debt when i barely make money"], ["Let me guess, OneDoc? My gf got into something similar and I ended up scolding her kaw kaw. Get someone close to you to help you."], ["Dont say yes. Dont pay."], ["That sounds like an expensive clinic. You might wanna give Dr. Ranjit Singh of Subang Jaya a try."], ["Out of topic, but how can a shy socially awkward person works in marketing? How does that work", "im also a theater kid so during interviews i just act outgoing and super upbeat so when i get the job, i can regress back into a hermit crab\nmy marketing job is more backend than dealing with clients and influencers sooooo yea"], ["Just say no. Counter offer? No. More offer? No. More blabbering? No. Start slowly walking out of the shop and give them a middle finger. That will stop them.\nWhich one is more important? Their business or your money? You decide. If you continue to act like a doormat then ofc your money is gonna be gone."], ["Go to a reputable dermatologist instead. I had problems with hair loss and dandruff (separate issues). Cause for hair loss was due to iron-defiency anemia. The doctor advised me to take iron pill for 3 months after which the hair loss significantly improved. He also gave lotion and shampoo for dandruff which worked well as long as I was using it."], ["Had experienced with weight management package.\nThey kept forcing me to signup more and more package. They even coldcalling even after 6 months no longer with them.\nDo this:\nIf you schedule a session with them, don't turn up. Don't pickup their call.\nThey will keep forcing u, either you ignore them or block them."], ["Here I thought only men can suffer from hair loss. Being honest about your financial situattion usually does the work for me with hardselling. You probably are too empathetic to reject them because you too are in similar line of work. But remember that just like you, they are used to get rejected. Be selfish, you go there to help yourself, not them. Pretending to talk on the phone usually works too, if they are too persistent."], ["If the payment isn\u2019t automatic or a subscription, just always say u are busy when they schedule an appointment."], ["let me go with you next time"], ["Just repeat \"No, thank you I'm not interested\". It's tiring but they have to make sales for commissions, it's okay to say no.\nTake this as an opportunity to practice \"thick face\" and say no."], ["Just say \"NO\". Actually I realize many don't realize we can say no without giving reason. Keep repeat no on every sentence the sales says."], ["Get yourself in a huge debt to motivate yourself to say no to hard sellers. Or just change clinic"], ["I set myself a rule that if they are purposely targeting your insecurities, I will not allow myself to be spoken to in that manner.\nI will not allow my money to go to anyone that feels it\u2019s appropriate to maliciously comment about my skin/weight/hair/etc. Once you understand that the salesperson are the problem, not your hair/scalp or anything else, it will be easier to say no!"], ["Just learn to say NO.\nYour world opens up after..."], ["Is this headspa by one hair by any chance?"], ["U need some gangster fmly members or friends who can do the talking for u That will make them come to their senses"], ["Is it Johnson protein?"]]}
{"title": "Advice for a Malay-looking boy during Ramadan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wrkj8/advice_for_a_malaylooking_boy_during_ramadan/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m a Chinese-Iban mixed-race and often gets confused for a Malay. My parents are concerned that I will be stopped by police officers during Ramadan if I am seen eating. If anyone here has experienced this, please share some advice.\nThank you & have a nice day.\nHappy New Year.", "comments": [["Policeman cannot do anything to you. Jakim/jais can if you are muslim.\nJust eat in Chinese restaurant. Order some pork. Clear sign one isn't a muslim", "So can a non-practicing Muslim Malay do this too? Asking for a friend", "There are Christian Malay, I met one before. So pretty sure you can as well lol", "Technically, yes. Legally, no.", "I am just curious, what action could Jakim take in this circumstance?", "Nothing"], ["I got shoo'd away from a mamak during Ramadhan. Dude just put the roti in a bungkus bag and told me to go. I said give me a plate. Then he said best don't, cause police will come kacau. Then I just say police come just show them to me.\nTrue enough got police, \"Hello kawan, sudah Ramadan. Sakit ke?\"\n\"Tak. Tapi bukan muslim.\" Then showed my IC.\nTheir smile turned upside down and walked away.", "The thing is restaurants also don\u2019t want the attention, can\u2019t blame them sadly"], ["My neighbour had this problem, random ppl would walk up to him and ask why he was eating. They would not stop until he pulled out his Buddhist pendant then they would just walk away without even apologising.\nJust wondering why they feel the need to police others, my understanding is that puasa is ultimately a choice, not mandated by religion...could be wrong though", "I have a Chinese friend who\u2019s so tanned that people will just straight up talk to him in Malay.", "When my Malay GF is in the US, everyone thinks she's mexican. Funny most of the time. I can see it since most in the US don't even know where MY is.", "why they feel the need to police others\nIt's for pahala bonuslink. The more they snitch and tegur, the more points they collect.", "Muslim fasting is like accounting. Got debit credit and overdraft. Must use and pay back.", "Don't you know that it adds pahala point to go to heaven if you successfully ensure your fellow Muslim don't sin, and you're guilty or sinned if you knowingly don't tegur? But if you yourself do it without getting caught, it's ok.\nThat's what's embedded into some of these people's belief system.\nYou're right, it's a choice. Someone even asked me to tapau food back to office for him. But he'd try to hide when he eats in case the HR lady catches him tak puasa, usually in his car in the basement.", "Fasting is not a choice in Islam during Ramadhan unless you can't for health related reasons. And yes it is mandated by the religion.", "Brother really be collecting bonus link points", "its compulsory in islam to fast durin ramadan", "That is one's own private religious/spiritual matter. Don't need to kacau people just because they're brown - a concept that many cannot get.", "its an obligationin islam to uphold the right & forbid the wrong", "Then isn't it wrong to intrude on people and assume they are of a religion based on looks?", "nak buat macamana, dah memang otak wired macam tu. people should be polite though. kalau salah, patutnya minta maaf bukan belah dengan muka bodoh", "Nah, they are just making sure their own brothers are not curi-curi eating, dont get angry at them", "Still it's not their place to be policing them just mind your own business, u know its infuriating and annoying that u have to actually hide to eat just because u want to eat in peace.", "Look man, I am not a Muslim but I dont really care if people wanna check my identity, just show them your IC and they will move on. It literally takes seconds.", "just show them your IC and they will move on. It literally takes seconds.\n??? it's annoying af to deal with these kind of people when you just wanna relax and eat. Plus why tf would I need to show ic just for some random people? If I was in such a situation I would just ignore or tell them fuck off lol", "Maybe I am just very too relaxed and have this \u201cwhatever, I dont care, it doesnt bother me\u201d attitude. I treat it like \u201cshowing IC when entering club\u201d kind of situation, sure it\u2019s not the same but close enough", "My non muslim bestfriend usually would be wering her cross jewellery during ramadhan just to not be bothered when she eats, maybe that could be an option?", "Yeah, that can work but honestly they should have not been so kepo in the first place and let people eat in peace.", "I agree with that too."], ["Wear a cross. Eat at non-halal places.\nSome of my East Malaysian friends experienced being approached by the lebais during ramadhan. They simply showed the cross on their necklace and speak with the thickest fake accent possible. \ud83d\ude02 That\u2019s it, no need to worry lah."], ["If they tegur, Then just say \"Suka hati aku lar\", trigger them until they really call the JAKIM people, then show your IC to waste all their times.", "This is absolutely the best answer. Teach the bonuslink collectors to jaga tepi kain sendiri the hard way."], ["You have IC to prove that you're not Muslim."], ["Honestly I think you can just politely reply that you are not Muslim and there should not be any issues."], ["Doesn\u2019t your mykad show your religion"], ["What my friend literally did. Paste IC on forehead.\nFor the 3 days he did so. No problem. 1 week later. Kena kacau pulak. Aiyo"], ["police don't really care, but waiters and kepohchi will ask non stop. For convenience, I put IC in lanyard."], ["I have Malay friends who openly eat pork at Chinese coffee shops and no one disturbs them"], ["Just wear a big ass Christian cross necklace or big ass jade Buddha pendant.", "Agreed on the cross. Happened to me wayy to much back then when I\u2019m studied in Melaka. Kena tegur polis, kena panggil masa tengah tunggu traffic light, kena jerit oleh orang kereta sebelah..what else", "If you wanna be comical lol, bring a bible with you, obviously do the Father, Son and Holy Spirit gesture before eating, and when police or Jais/Jakim approach them, say Shalom", "Bible and holy water", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05", "I think most people don't know that Christians say shalom. Be careful or they might think you're a Zionist \ud83d\ude05", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05"], ["Does this really happens in malaysia? People question you or even arrest you for eating in ramadhan just because you look muslim? Damn you guys got it bad on that one, here in Java a lot of street food vendor only open in half/semiclose, but no one will bat an eye of you eating your lunch even if you look like imam, you enter traditional market, you will forget that's it's ramadhan lol, literal culture shock", "No arresting just questioning", "Certainly, as indonesian i am also curious if our christian indonesian like batak or christian/catholic javanese or sundanese or even balinese eat in malaysia when in ramadhan will they got caught and questioning too? And not a few of indonesian are non practicing muslim who not fasting in ramadhan, will they got caught by jakim even though they are not malaysian muslim?\nI am still remember even taxi driver in semarang central java eat together in open when in ramadhan, but our people just ignore it, because its their own business.\nmaybe they are muslim or not but matter of fasting or not is religion business and responbility between their own self and the God , not something other stranger rudely policing for to get extra point pahala but get sin immediately because they bother other people at worst judging other people."], ["put your IC on your forehead"], ["It's not the police or jais you need to be worried about. It's the people around you who cannot mind their own business and constantly judge you. A lot of malay look-a-like got heckled for eating because people thought they're muslim. Even if you try presenting your IC to prove you're not, they are long gone, leaving you in shame in public with no chance to explain the situation."], ["I'm malay and I'm embarrassed, why the f** we give a shit if he/she don't puasa? Is not even a sin to not fasting"], ["overtly speak chinese. people will get a clue pretty quick"], ["Anang irau kaban. Makai jak janik baka biasa.. mun bisi urang nanyak, padah jak nuan ukai laut.."], ["Have a friend that looks like a malay, basically just prepare Card holder with Visible IC and always show when asked.\nVery simple and efficient."], ["My Chindian friends experience this every year. So they\u2019ll usually just place their IC on the table while eating and also wear a visible cross pendant. But really. People should mind their own business and focus on themselves."], ["Makan je la.. xde keje polis nak tahan\u00b2 ni.. klu risau sgt makan kat kedai yg kompom x halal..\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23. Kat bandar pon aku tengok org dah mula x kesah mkn dpean org.", "The thing is bnda ni bukan takat makan je bro, imagine kalau OP ni vape ke..jalan2 sambil minum boba ke..tgh joging lepas tu stop minum air mineral ke..sekali dua kena tahan ok lagi..kalau selalu sgt..annoying jugak tu", "Pakai tag tulis bukan muslim...\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 Mana ade la polis nak tahan, cuma hormat je kat yg posa...", "Letak kat dahi pulak kan. Nanti org ingat dajal."], ["How hard is it to say you not a Muslim, and show your IC?", "How hard is for Muslims to not be busybodies?", "Kids these days with their social anxieties and everything being a trigger.. just existing is a challenge apparently", "Maybe cops should focus on what really matters.", "Oh you poor thing, having to deal with kids who have social anxieties"], ["get a tattoo xD", "Time to sell temporary tattoo stickers with bunches of shit talks that also tell others you are not Muslim. Something like \"how to show you are not Muslim without saying you are not muslim\". Any other tattoo ideas guys?"], ["Slap IC on the table like that one malay looking chinese guy"], ["Wear like chinese", "Wear shorts regardless of gender"], ["You don't have to worry when the police or anyone who directly confronts you. Just show them IC, problem solved.\nThe problem is idiots who take your photo without consent, then upload it to the internet and cause it to go viral. Chances are slim, but not none.\nTry to be aware of your surroundings when having meals."], ["Just say butuh apai dik to the cops and you'll be alright"], ["Just go about your daily life as usual. What are you afraid of? You are non Muslim."], ["Is it a problem if youre a foreign Muslim? Will they arrest you if youre eating in the day?"], ["study hard, get out of this shithole :D"], ["lol..........\nwhat's the concern? you bring ic with you around right? they cant prove you are muslim. you can prove yourself that you are not muslim easily."], ["Wear a cross."], ["Upsets me by just hearing this.\nA person's beliefs should be between them and their god."], ["I'm also a mixed-race dude, who looks 100% Malay, lived in Selangor for 31 years, never have I been tegur for eating in public during puasa. The trick is to just eat like you normally would, without trying to hide."], ["I wonder wearing a shirt saying \"I'm [Insert Religion]\" here is offensive."], ["Find an understanding place to makan. My mamak staff are all Hindu from Tamil Nadu and they keep an eye out for me during Ramadan, tell me to sit further in and stuff. If there was a ronda they would tell me too. Love my mamak boys. Otherwise just say non-muslim and show the authorities you aren't through IC or articles of clothing like pendants. Just ignore the rest."], ["I have only had people ask me \"tak puasa ke?\" twice my whole life, never by police, they won't do that.\nI would think a majority of people are aware there are many malay-looking non-malays in Malaysia, or I'm just lucky. Anyway, nobody can say or do anything to you, just tell any busybody that you tak puasa. Best to eat out with other people in case you're concerned about feeling awkward eating in public."], ["Am a mix too. If people confront u about it then just tell them to F-off and mind their business.\nThere\u2019s nothing they can do."]]}
{"title": "First 3,000 PADU users will receive free Touch \u2018n Go NFC cards, Mydin discounts - SoyaCincau", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18to75f/first_3000_padu_users_will_receive_free_touch_n/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "The newly constructed national-level centralized database will be open for registration on 2 January 2024.", "comments": [["Exactly how much data does Government have on you?\nThis is how you find out. Even more reason to vote for people who won't abuse us all and screw us over GE after GE.", "If people filed their taxes diligently and answer the census they would have not need this. Don't need so many places to keep this sort of thing.", "big If. If so big even Tun will walk away.", "Baiting people for their privacy and data, to be controled by the government."], ["Oh wow that\u2019s useless if I live in Sabah/Sarawak"]]}
{"title": "Hannah Yeoh\u2019s ministry report card for 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tnl3y/hannah_yeohs_ministry_report_card_for_2023/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Still a better report card than \"lawat kenduri\".\nActually.. anything is better than that."], ["Oi u/Marathonjohns. Nah. Kasi lu :26554:", "A mans gotta eat!"], ["Why does number 6 count as pencapaian?\nAnd skrin besar for sport event has been done many times before no?\nThe rest is good", "Mostly for jawatan2 belia i think and allocated budget for the deserved group. Like KJ was head of belia umno and he was 40 yo. 40 yo head with 20 yo head too much difference. But if you\u2019re 30, will have the same fire and desire as 20 yo. This will make a good team to move the belia group.\nAlso most importantly, less people to claim e-belia rm200.", "I see, it makes sense"], ["ministry report card jer.\nMana MP report card? Cries as Segambut district citizen.", "Besides the segambut Dalam road widening (finally), there's nothing else man \ud83d\ude2d"], ["and just like that, ministry report card are viewed as admirable, act of transparency by the ministers:26554:"], ["none of those related to me, why even bother?", "It's almost as if the government is supposed to help the whole population and not just you", "I benefit nothing from them, what makes you think I would care about their their report? as matter of fact, I benefitted nothing from 90% of these \"ministers\"", "Then clearly this video is not for you lol. Just watch the 10% ones and feel good then I guess? I don't go all the way to comic con and stand there saying the convention doesn't benefit me as a food lover.\nAlso, wouldn't it be good for you to look through all their reports? To see whether you benefitted or not? Wouldn't that help you make decisions and opinions on each minister and then vote/support those that are doing actual work that benefits you? It's a literal performance summary because it's hard to track certain progresses and whatever.", "Number 1 tip: don't talk to people like this because they already set their mind in place."], ["On socmed u get ppl calling her eh amoi, leng lui or just cina. That's just disrespectful."]]}
{"title": "Risk of Tiger Attacks in Taman Negara close to Kuala Tahan?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tjxe7/risk_of_tiger_attacks_in_taman_negara_close_to/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello!\nGoing to Kuala Tahan for Taman Negara in January and learned that there are also easy treks one can take on alone (without a guide). Now given four fatal attacks this year by Tigers in the northern region of Taman Negara and that it is mating season until April I've been wondering if there is something relevant to be said about the risk of Tiger attacks beyond it being unlikely but possible?\nSeems like opposed to wolves and most bears Tigers are quite opportunistic predators who also do not seem fearful of humans beyond general hesitance to risk injury.\nCheers", "comments": [["You enter malaysia jungle, theres always a risk. Another common wild animal you need to look out for are wild boars. With a guide, at least they know how to read animal tracks so can know if theres any danger."]]}
{"title": "For Malaysian, time to plan your leaves for 2024! Here\u2019s a list of the long weekends of the 2024.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tng88/for_malaysian_time_to_plan_your_leaves_for_2024/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Planning my fishing trip"], ["Hmm... would there be a jam on the PLUS highway on the 25th (Thaipusam)? Feels like I might want to visit my parents in Penang if there's no jam.", "Think most will save their leaves for CNY and Raya. Too early in the year to use up the leaves. LoL", "Thaipusam have 2 days, combine saturday and sunday = 4 days. So, dont even need to take leave to spend time in penang.\nAnd from my experience, every long holiday the traffic to penang will be jam packed. I had faced it 2 times. I forgot which holiday it was, but imagine from kl to penang 8 hours."], ["Thanks OP!"], ["OP kasi flair yg elok jgk. Aku stim sia :26554:"], ["i do want to add that on September since prophet muhammad birthday and malaysia day happened on the same day (16th sept), thus 17th sept also a national holiday.", "Company boss: nuh-uh \u261d\ud83c\udffb"], ["Kaamatan and Gawai festivals are also part of the long weekend of 2024."], ["Thank you for this"], ["Raya is 10th April?! I thought it was 9th???"], ["Doesn't affect those that work half or full day on Saturdays"], ["There's no 's' in leave."]]}
{"title": "Bugatti EB110 in Malaysia again", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tn801/bugatti_eb110_in_malaysia_again/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "found this pic on FB\nrupanya owner ni selalu pergi workshop brader ni untuk cat balik kereta dia.\nowner cakap Malaysia banyak exotic cars cuma \"sorok bawah selimut\"", "comments": [["Beautiful car"], ["Whaaaa, I thought Malaysia won't ever have any"]]}
{"title": "Noticed this while going back home from work.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wmq4f/noticed_this_while_going_back_home_from_work/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["There's a similar plaque on one of the monorail trains, set 23 - the same one that recently had its burning tyre falling onto Jalan Tun Razak not too long ago - IIRC."], ["hint: it\u2019s not real gold"]]}
{"title": "Merdeka 118's Light Show", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tmug4/merdeka_118s_light_show/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Source:\nVisualrepublik\nhttps://www.instagram.com/p/C1UUKaXSWRQ/"], ["Dull and boring."], ["haiya..."]]}
{"title": "Sultan Selangor titah orang bukan Islam tidak campuri urusan hal ehwal Islam", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tme0o/sultan_selangor_titah_orang_bukan_islam_tidak/", "num_comment": 30, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "Daulat Tuanku !!!!\nShah Alam: Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah mengingatkan rakyat khususnya yang bukan beragama Islam agar menghormati dan tidak mencampuri urusan berkaitan hal ehwal agama Islam di negara ini.\nSultan Sharafuddin selaku Pengerusi Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Malaysia (MKI) bertitah demikian susulan cadangan Ahli Parlimen Beruas Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham supaya kerajaan melantik pakar daripada orang bukan Islam untuk membantu Jawatankuasa Khas Mengkaji Kompetensi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) menggubal undang-undang Islam.", "comments": [["If org islam can stop campur urusan bukan islam, then we have a deal. Jgn kau nasik tu makan pun nak bungkus pun nak."], ["You can have your isolated religion affair management once you keep it out of public discourse and general fucking legislation.", "Malaysia constitution : Basically others are NPC but please also contribute your taxes to support the priority of the majority. X suka? Boleh keluar Malaysia. Daulat Tuanku :29091:"], ["How about you menghormati people who wanna keluar Islam", "Exactly most muslims are not given a choice for religion since they are born into it and should have a right to opt out.\nAfter all it would be between them and god, why should humans intervene if they truly believe there is a god", "Yup. This.", "Amen Nyet. Amen."], ["so this is how they all behave. If they want to shut down discussion, just declare the issue as Islamic and then issue a thinly veiled threat of violence of their arbitrary decree is violated.", "True, it's easily abused to be honest.\nFor example, Muslims business in certain sector is bad while Non Muslims is good in the similar sector.\nThen suddenly got proposal to only allow Muslims to be able to operate in the sector, Non Muslim can no longer operate there and need to sell their business.\nThen authorities arrest every Non-Muslims who objects to this proposal because \"interfering\" with Muslim matters."], ["when it has something to do with basic human rights, of course people are gonna campur tangan...", "All laws cannot conflict with constitution. That\u2019s the safeguard.\nWhether the enforcement agencies overstep or not that\u2019s another matter.", "Don't worry Loke said it's ok no need nons representative", ":29091::29091::29091:"], ["Lol. Sultan titah towards non Muslims are not legally binding.", "Then that DAP Ngeh can try respond back to that Sultan saying \" Your statement does not matter, not legally binding to me\".", "Well they did listen to previous selangor sultan when he told em to grant Chinese and Indians citizenship back then. But after merdeka sultan dont have that kind of power anymore i think (granting and revoking citizenship is now no longer within the sultan jurisdiction).", "It's this OP posting. What do you expect...syok sendiri laung there daulat tuanku. This OP memang wan lah, will post all this nonsense"], ["The Sultan, as with all royals in Malaysia, has 3 actual powers - the discretion to not dissolve state parliament, the (limited) discretion to appoint the Menteri Besar, and as head of Islam for their state.\nThey've got no authority over non-Muslims in their state.\nIn other words, this has got as much legal authority as the Rukun Negara does - none at all."], ["Boleh titah orang islam tidak campur urusan hal ehwal bukan islam?\nAh who am I kidding. Malaysia is now unofficially an islamic state already. Anything related to non muslim is free game because ini negara islam progressive"], ["He (not specifying anyone) can shut the fuck up", ""], ["Justeru, Sultan Selangor mengharapkan agar ahli politik khususnya yang bukan beragama Islam untuk tidak terus-menerus mencampuri urusan hal ehwal agama Islam.\nNo problem. Tapi, PAS how? No holds barred?"], ["Then, if Murtad buat Gay Sex, hal bukan Islam lah. So now we legalise gay sex only for nons. Kami tak kacau Muslim. Kacau nons je."], ["Things can work in both way, I don\u2019t give a shit on you, you don\u2019t give a shit on me, then we\u2019ll all be fine. I\u2019m not interested in any religion, I can live my single day without being religious. Faith ain\u2019t nothing, Monster Hunter Iceborne is everything."], ["Whats wrong with have other opinions? Problem with Muslims these days too close minded\u2026", "It is seen as mockery. Same case why non muslim sharia lawyer not allowed to practice unless they are Muslim themselves. I know a sikh lawyer that complained about this long time ago as he completed his study in sharia law yet he wasn't allowed to practice for the same reason. Something like why would you pretend play of using sharia law when you don't even believe?", "Something like why would you pretend play of using sharia law when you don't even believe?\nBeing a lawyer has nothing to do with what one believes.\nIt's so stupid and backward to make it a requirement for sharia lawyers to believe in Islam. Sharia are laws. Laws don't care whether you believe them or not.", "Well stupid to you not stupid to them. Can read more here.\nhttps://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/who-qualifies-as-a-syariah-lawyer#:~:text=To%20deal%20with%20this%2C%20they,syariah%20lawyers%20must%20be%20Muslim."], ["The problem is that there are many people that don't even know their own religion and think that they can have a say with the do's and don'ts of the religion. Muslim or non Muslim, same nyet \ud83d\ude48\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8"]]}
{"title": "The truth about Putin\u2019s shootdown - Investigating MH17, the crime that presaged the war in Ukraine", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tmbxc/the_truth_about_putins_shootdown_investigating/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "", "comments": [["Russia killed 43 Malaysians by shooting down MH17.\nIsrael killed 0 Malaysians by shooting down...nada.\nYet Malaysians sukak jilat buntut Putin - go figure.", "Not only that, plenty of those morons would support Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War because Zelensky is Jew therefore he is seen as a proxy of the West and the Jewry.", "Ya.\nBecause Russia got muslims, ma. Mainly Chechens & Ingush peoples. Also a bit from Central Asia."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Can we someday have a law where we report highbeam sohais for cash or have their license revoked:/ literally so fed up with these fuckers", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tm7da/can_we_someday_have_a_law_where_we_report/", "num_comment": 182, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Been behind me for fucking half an hour sien", "comments": [["<image>\nTime to do this", "I wish this is legal", "Same", "I did it on my car\u2026 so far it is safe\u2026 just be careful always turn off if not in use.", "Show us the mod please. I'd like to do it too but I drive hatchbacks", "Hatch back is lot more better\u2026 just shop some bright ass \u201cspot light\u201d in shoppe and if you find it is good then just buy it\u2026\nSince you are using Hatchback you can just attach the spot light at the base of you radio board\u2026 and let it face back. From there pandai2 sambung wayar to somekind of switch", "I have a solar light unit at 1000w. Perhaps it'll work. Hmmmm", "Holy fuck\u2026 thats big\u2026 start small dude \ud83d\udc80", "No problem just make your break light Bright and when at traffic just hold your break light it going to be annoying for them", "...but this requires braking. Usually on the road, this happens on highways where you don't brake for extended periods of time.\nThere's really no way to win", "Alright teknik cari gaduh, let him overtake you than chase him and high beam him from behind", "Been there when young, nowadays I just mencarut and let them overtake", "Brake check him until he overtakes you, or he gets down the car and fight you.\nEither way, there's drama!", "Halo pulis, akta hasutan candidate here", "Cannot lah unless you don\u2019t plan on stopping in front of regular ppl for sure will have collateral damage as well, then u become asshole too", "A friend of mine bought a silver navara and he stick some kind of silver reflector sticker and the back of the truck.", "Counter Beam: Lampu offensive", "Mana install I want", "was planning to install one behind my truck"], ["You can email jpj. Include your details and what you believe the other car did wrong. Include the plate number of the car. Video or photo of the vehicle with the offence. Plate number must be clear.", "Was assuming jpj wouldn\u2019t give a damn even if I sent them something but if u tried it. Does it work?", "They do. Not sure about jpj, but the police traffic 1 is proven to work. A friend of mine once got a court summon because he rode his motorcycle against a 1 way street. Someone reported him.\nSo im guessing jpj also works.", "Ah I\u2019ll try it soon then", "My experience on the other hand, is that i reported some lorries driving dangerously, over speed limit and obviously overweight (like it is going to explode) to the number they always put behind the lorries (aduan sila sms blabla number). This is in the era where the sms to 5 digit number is the norm. Didnt get any response, dont know if my report is in or not, taken care of or not."], ["I curse 7 generations of theirs to the deepest pits of hell.\nOn top of being fucking annoying, it's also extremely dangerous as the glare obscures the vision - it's especially hard to tell when motorcyclists are coming through.\nThese are the kinds of sohais I wish there was \"social justice\" for. Fucking had it with these sohais.", "THANK YOU AMEN AMIN NAMO ABUTABHI BROTHER", "Bro, u dont say. Most motor use high beam also.", "I\u2019m sorry man\u2026 try to fix it, but still if i put on low beam it goes to high beam\u2026 if i put it on high beam it goes to high beam\u2026 bike parts are not getting cheap. \ud83d\udc80", "Put tape on the top half of ur front light. Now its a low beam. Your welcome :>", "That\u2019s actually what i did yesterday", "Did it work", "Amazingly enough\u2026 yes\u2026"], ["I will purposely slow the car to the point they cannot tahan and overtake me. No rage on both side and problem gone. Doesn't take half an hour. Works everything.", "This is what I usually do... I take my leg off the accelerator, and just let the car cruise until it crawls.. No aggressive sudden brakes since that's dangerous.", "I did once, except it wasn't a highway. It was a two lane road and I am already on the left lane. The idiot think it is funny to follow behind me with lampu so bright when the right lane is empty.\nSo I just promptly indicate left, and proceed to stop and park on the side of the road.\nIt was midnight too so there is no one else around on the road so it is so obvious when he passed me I immediately get back on the road again behind him calmly continue driving.\nYou can't argue with stupid. Best is to let them be on their way."], ["It doesn't matter what law, these sohais will always be there to announce their stupid presence... Just slow down, let them pass... & you can have your revenge if you want to... Just a waste of time to even think about them..."], ["If you are not on the right lane (overtaking lane), then just flip the rear review mirror on your r/kereta.\nIf you are actually on the right lane, get out of the lane", "I don't think OP would dare take pic if traffic is fast. The vehicle is moving slowly that's why he is able to take a pic hahaha"], ["Pullover, get behind him, revenge", "Do not revenge. Later if someone bring baseball bat, everyone in trouble. Unwanted and useless escalation. A lot of case already. Regular people suddenly become crazy.", "I\u2019d love to but I\u2019m a relatively new driver and Honda city brakes kinda shit", "Your tyres suck. I drive a Honda City sometimes and never had an issue. If you don't have a gear selector hope your auto gear has a selector as that helps slow the front section of your car.\nCar brakes can easily out break tyre grip. Modern cars have abs so it makes you think your brakes are terrible as they don't lock. When your tyres don't grip abs won't let you over brake and lock the tyres.\nGrab an OBD2 device and see if abs trips when braking. If it does it's a problem with your tyres.", "Too professional. Put it in words monke like me can understand. But basically what\u2019s a oBD2 and yeah idk much bout cars as well gotta say, shud I get Michelin tires?", "Michelin sucks kinda lol. Go continental.\nOBD2 is a diagnostic port. When there's no grip abs releases the brakes to prevent your tyres locking which causes flat spots and reduced braking distance. If you feel your brakes suck check your tyres. Make sure they are also filled too. When a safety feature triggers it usually gets logged which you can read from any computer plugged into the OBD2 port. In some cases your brakes may not be working properly like your fluid levels being too low however most of the time people don't realise their tyres are worn or are using terrible tyres.", "Michelin primacy and pilot sport series is actually good", "the 2 main brands are michelin and continental, and there are many sub brands or brands connected to them. The michelin side dont even last 5 years, only 2 years. Continental is about 5 years in practice.\nDespite what they say about their life time, the in practice part is down to rubber degradation not wear, based on my experience. My used car initially came with michelin, and based on the year needed changing despite 2 years. I had an accident with them, no grip then suddenly super grip and burst.\nMy mums honda city came with continentals, been stuck with them and worked great, 4-5 years between changes with the exception of the tyre bursting from very very bad pot holes. I switch my used car to one of continental sub brands and its been decent.", "Yeah I mean other Michelin maybe questionable but FWIW Primacy and Pilot Sport is actually good in my experience", "true, but not everyone can afford the same as you. Im currently using vikings on my ecobox, a sub brand of continental. Its been more than 2 years and grip is still good even though i dont drive much. The tyre advertises as a balanced tyre in wet/dry so its not the best at either as it is advertised for use in cities and are asymmetrical tyres. They were very cheap too. When i say grip is good i mean the rubber degradation as i've left my car parked outside unused for months which is usually quite a harsh thing.\nIn general most people wont be able to afford the best tyres and own ecoboxes which then means like in the case of the honda city and toyota vios which are 3rd world special ecoboxes is that, what can they afford? And in this case michelin doesnt cater to them. You own a performance car and you can afford the tyres thats good but not everyone can either. Your tyre fails on the road you're hitting something while on a track theres grass and tyres to pad your crash.", "sigh\nI am not saying people should absolutely go for these Michelin tyres. I\u2019m not saying everyone can afford primacy and PS4/PS5.\nI\u2019m just saying they are good. So not all Michelin tyres are bad.\nI myself is using Lassa brands. Sounds sketchy but it\u2019s claimed to be using Bridgestone rubbers.", "Aite noted my guy", "Allow me to complicate things for you.\nShock absorbers are also responsible for this. If the damping is poor, the contact patch varies. Good or bad tyres lose their contact time on the road thus causing longer braking distance and most people fail to realise this happens long before you actually hear the clunking noises.\nIt's subtle. Check the absorbers regularly. The bounce test is often done, but people don't see the nuances. Every tyre rotation interval is an opportunity for visual and mechanical checks.\nReplace brake fluid FULLY every 20k km DONE. Not that expensive by the way. Our climate is humid. Every time you press brakes they transfer heat from pad to fluid. Repeated heating and cooling causes moisture to form, and over time this will interfere with the fluid's incompressibility. Modern vehicles may have a sensor for this, but I still think prevention is better than cure. Even if it looks 'clean'. Sludge is also an enemy that will be slayed this way.\nCar ownership sucks sometimes. I digress.\nLearnt this over 4 decades of driving. Happy motoring!", "Pilot sports 5 is one of the best tyres ive ever used on the road and that coming from a guy who used to track a lot locally and internationally and have used slicks and semi slicks", "Yeah even their primacy tyres are good", "the problem is their life span, not initial performance. Mine caused an accident being just 2 years old. No grip, suddenly super grip, burst and crash.", "My last pilot sport 4 lasted well into its 5th year whilst i waited for the pilot sport 5 to ve released. Im not sure about cheaper offerings from them as i have always made it a point to invest in good tyres usually top of the line as i am a fast driver in a decently powerful car. I can't say much about your experience as I've not experienced it but I'd recommend using nitrogen for better lifespan, slower loss of pressure, maybe checking for uneven wear, rotate the tyres etc.", "Nitrogen part not true. Mine is an ecobox. The problem I had was rubber degrading and I have to park outside. Our affordable houses don't have garages.\nThe only place where nitrogen is used is aeronautics. The high heat can cause the oxygen to combust and the uneven gas heat capacity would be an issue. So I bet where you fill is a scam because most of air is nitrogen.\nSure mine aren't performance tyres but not everyone can afford a lot of money for high performance tyres. If the main brands regular tyres rubber last long that's the minimum. There's trade off in a lot for design though and the tyres I once had the biggest complaint was life span and was a common complaint.", "Ill counter argue that nitrogens benefits come from lower wear over time when it comes to the steel lines in your tyres which can affect longevity. It also requires less refill in general as it is more stable. Proof in case i drop 5 to 10 psi (low profile tyres) over a month compared to conventional air through gas station compressors that sees that every 2 weeks. If you like, I'll share my logs through 2023. Its minute in detail but is worth it in the long run. Again granted, very heavy driving and fast corners (empty roads only. I dont let loose when there's cars around)\nI totally get where you're coming from. I do. Ive been broke through most of this year thanks to many things affecting the business but if you dont mind my 2 cents, your tyres are the only thing connecting you to the roads. Its worth maybe saving 50 a month over 3 years for an upgrade. It keeps you safe, protect you from idiots and granted our weather, it'll minimise dangers from puddles on our shitty roads. It really does cut through the waters extremely well. Great stopping distance, handling, reliability really does go a long way to protect your investment and yourself.\nI don't mean to offend. Just sharing my thoughts as i do believe in the importance of good tyres and what it brings to your table.\nEdit: my nitrogen refills are free of charge even when i buy my tyres from elsewhere.", "You understand well the N2 argument in lower performance requirements. The part we need to be wary of is actually moisture in the compressed air system. Believe me when I say our petrol stations or most tyre shops for that matter do not have air dryers. At most a small in line filter dryer that hardly gets purged. Only industrial systems here have it because moisture reduces pneumatic performance and causes valve problems. Also corrosion.\nNitrogen is therefore logical in this respect, and nothing else. The average car does not need F1 levels of predictability or measurability.\nYes, our sun does a terrific job of breaking down and hardening the tyre compound, regardless of quality of the tyre. That's what branded tyre dressing compounds and regular washing with good degreasers are for. Car ownership goes beyond just the cosmetics. Don't skimp on quality and regularity.\nHappy motoring!", "You don't need to be near for high beams to work. They are literally meant to be bright far away", "The car brakes shit not cause of the brand. It's cause there's something wrong with it. Get your brakes checked. If that shop say it's like that fk that shop and go another.", "It's the tyres. Abs is preventing the wheels locking so you can't tell. If tyres don't grip abs don't brake.", "Esp if shock absorbers are failing.", "thats if the ESP plays with the suspension. basic ESP uses brakes instead so thats wh you typically see ESP and ABS together.\nHowever it is important for the regular driver to have ESP to avoid accidents altogether /s", "Extra Sensory Perception. Yes. Foresee idiots and defend. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude01", "can you explain 'brakes kinda shit'", "Or just change to another lane, slow down, let him pass, and change back.", "I like doing this when I can. I'm petty as fuck."], ["I put mirrors at the back and reflective tape all over the back bonnet. Get fucked highbeamer.", "Someone get this guy a YouTube channel. We need to do what he does.", "I already have one but I only make videos", "You only make videos? For YouTube? That...that'll do just fine.", "LOL. This serial liar does not even own a car. He is the Captain Planet that \"cleans\" with sticks he found and takes the LRT everywhere.", "Yes I need tutorial"], ["Flip your center rear kview mirror.. that way, you just looking in the reflection. That's how I drive at night. Down side is, if you forgot to flip back and an idiot have very low or did not turn on their light, you have no idea someone is behind you\nhttps://www.v3cars.com/features-explained/day-night-inside-rear-view-mirror-irvm-feature-explained#:~:text=A%20mechanical%20switch%20under%20the,everytime%20you%20change%20the%20mode. Hope this helps..", "I can\u2019t tell if your joking but I\u2019ll take a look soon", "Not a joke. That's why you have that toggle in your center rear view mirror..\nA good driving instructor should have teach you this. I don't remember who taught me.."], ["I always keep a hand held mirror in my glovebox for this situation, I aim the light back at their retina :)", "HOLY FUCK YOU GENIUS I LOVE REDDIT SO MUCH"], ["Turn the mirror away, take the foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down to a crawl. Best done when there's car on your side and so the farker at the back can't overtake.\nIt will drive him mad while U drive peacefully in a safe speed."], ["Just flip your rearview mirror???\n<image>", "Can confirm it works for high beams from sohai drivers, but on roads where there are non-functional street lamps/street lamps that run in the day time, might be harder to see what's behind your car", "Yeah actually this is the way", "The problem is the side mirrors as well lol."], ["Switch lane let them overtake switch back to original lane turn on high light"], ["A lot of people seems to be assuming I\u2019m on the right lane. I\u2019m on center lane and we\u2019re all stuck in traffic.", "Well next time put in that detail. Road hogs (babi jalanan) are a menace too.", "Yeah forgor people can\u2019t read minds will rmb next time"], ["I know a person who purposely did this every time he drives Aruz. Reason is because he points out that every suv drivers do this. Tried to argue that it is not true but stupidity wins\u2026"], ["Aim your rearview mirror toward the car... They will shut it down themselves... I used it quite a lot of time... It worked... Maybe the light reflected back to them..."], ["Same. Drove from KL to JB then back to KL few days ago and highbeam mofos are out in full force. I am already in the slow lane since i drive an older car, I even let go of the throttle to let this mofo overtake me. Nope, they wants to ride my ass with high beams and fog lights on. Even worst if I get stuck in a jam and it is downhill.\nHappened more than once too in the same drive, although with varying degrees of annoyance."], ["You\u2019re forgetting the best part, he\u2019s behind you which means you can drive slow af to piss him off."], ["As someone with poor vision, these lights always hurt my eyes.\nThey so blind they need such bright and high lights to drive?\nI hope they all crash.", "Fr"], ["I hope these kind of people always have to go to the toilet when they got comfortable on their bed and their car's engine breakdown at the most inconvenient of their time"], ["Every Malaysian should strive to be a sohai, since Malaysia Boleh!\nJoke aside. Malaysia tarak boleh, sebab orang malas kerja enforcement tarak buat kerja.\nSo you can report kaw-kaw, but unless you have enough wang sogok, then nothing of substance will be done.\nMalaysia Boleh!\nThat is why awhile ago someone asked if he/she should learn Cantonese or Mandarin, and I replied French or German instead. Pity me got thumbs down.\nWhy French or German leh?\nBecause someday if lucky, can migrate to a much better country mah.\nTo live in a better country needs to speak French or German. Otherwise, how? Speak Cantonese with the foreigners ah? Boleh balik Malaysia la.\nDon't dream small by learning Cantonese/Mandarin.\nDream big by learning French/German instead.\nMalaysia Tak Boleh! Saya Boleh!\nMaciam ni la.", "Ong very motivational. Bout to resign from digi customer service and go learn Myanmar language and have my organs harvested", "Then you would not be upgrading yourself to a better country. Instead, you would be downgrading yourself to a worse country.", "So wow, much motivational", "https://govisafree.com/best-countries-to-live-in/\nYup"], ["Dont forget rear foglamp cibais"], ["Problem really is when they put those LED lights on cars not meant for such lights."], ["That\u2019s why YB allows 100% tint for the back. Make use of it"], ["Bruh, now day there's too many white light on the road. Not the gentle factory manufactured ones, but OEM REM parts. Last time I check a set of them would cost 400 ringgit but at shopee only 30 ringgit a bulb. Smh no wonder lah sakit mata", "Oem are manufactured by Tier 1 manufacturers and are 1 to 1 replacement parts. Hence, conforming to standards.\nYou are referring to REM parts (replacement equipment manufacturing) which are not going to meet any standard. Companies like Depo fit in the latter. People buy these because REM are cheaper than even used OEM. Such is the market.\nGood OEM are APM, Kayaba, Stanley, Koito, Tokico,Philips, Osram, MGAE, VDO, Visteon, Delloyd etc etc, backed by big corporations that supply both the vehicle manufacturer and after sales markets.\nYou really don't want to ruin your Continental or Asian car with REM parts.", "Ahh REM. Never heard of that term. Make perfect sense to me, it always chepo replacement flood the market. Thanks info \ud83d\udc4d"], ["lmaoo, I can relate to you. Was driving back to Ipoh on 9-10 pm , and one range rover black color headlight so bright I can see heaven already. My eyes can't even open and worse, there was jam. Can't even move to left cuz already filled with cars.", "Let\u2019s change our back car window to reflective ones like the motorcyclist helmet kind of mirror", "AHAHAH i seriously second this choice. But unfortunately I am a chicken and scared later polis tangkap me :/", "Worse if the jerk behind is a thug in real life with connections. Malaysia Baharu...", "yep, that's why gotta be extra extra careful while driving. Especially those expensive cars, you dk who's driving and what they might do if you piss them off"], ["Never have this issue after I tinted my back glass 90% dark. (It\u2019s legal though, no limit for back seat glasses). I guess you should do that too. But yeah, fuck these dufes"], ["Just let him through\u2026 if you\u2019re driving on the right lane you\u2019re blocking ppl"], ["just put a mirror at back to reflect back\ud83d\ude0e", "This is the way"], ["so why u cibai dont move away and let him overtake ? ego right...typical"], ["Ahhh... Honda City driver... No wonder feeling so entitled. Haha. It depends really. If you are on the right lane, then move to the left lane. If it is a one-lane, then follow the speed limit and use the thing on your rear view mirror.", "On the center lane all the time. I\u2019m not a right lane hogger u nerd.", "You could have moved to the left lane and let him pass no?", "Haha ok2 no need to get emo. Then another option is to move to the left most lane.", "I\u2019m not surprised if u have no friends Man. U wanna look at what u wrote? I don\u2019t think u gave any valuable inputs", "Oh man I shook some feathers didn't I. Let's be friends then \ud83d\ude09", "Mmm explain it on monke mm actually u don\u2019t have to I\u2019m done here\ud83d\udc4c", "I mean, why else would the car makers come up with this feature? To shoo away reindeers is it? Nooo. It is to tell other drivers to move away. I know they won't use it lightly if it is not necessary...", "You have not been driving on the highways at night. People use high beam all the time.", "Yeah I've been there. My point is, avoid these people within your power and not crying out to have laws for it. It's a simple issue with a simple solution. And I am sure any law abiding drivers would use the high beam when the need arises.", "\"I know they won't use it lightly if it is not necessary...\"\nYou obviously don't know them.", "I thought its main purpose is to be used during very low visibility like when there is no streetlight at all, even then when there is another car in front of you or coming the opposite way we always turn it off anyway to be considerate and safe. But then, I might be wrong so feel free to correct me.\nAlso it is damn hard to change lane safely when you cannot see anything behind you other than the bright light beeming into your every mirror.\n\"I know they won't use it lightly if it is not necessary...\" Look if this is the case no one would complain also.\nAnd also I drive a small old ratty car so I never stay on the right lane or middle lane unnecessarily, but still kena this kind of driver how??\nIt is obvious that you are one of these kind of driver so my advice is to think of other people when you drive. We share the road, so try to match other's speed and be kind and considerate. Not keep beeming everyone demanding people give way to you regardless of any situation. Who the f do you think you are?.", "Woah no need to use f letter here. The lever has 2 sides, when you push it, high beam for the dark roads, if you pull it, it is for a quick second to signal something and it goes back to its natural position.\nMy point is, it is a simple problem with a simple solution. Use your own means to control the situation. You can adjust your rear view mirror so it won't be glaring as much, and then safely change lanes."], ["Usually partially blind old uncles. What to do, aging population"], ["Goes both ways.\nStop hogging the right lane if you\u2019re cruising at 40km/h. Fuck off."], ["Highbeam literally flashbanged my eyes at night. That's why I don't drive at night anymore"], ["put reflective mirror at the rear :)"], ["This is the reason why i always try to buy cars with auto dimming rear view mirror, precisely to not get blinded by these assholes\nSometimes certain things really can't be helped like if you drive a low car and the car behind is a tall SUV, but most times you can see idiots that turn on their high beam because they don't know what's the difference. Easy to spot because they'll have their fog lights on too.\nBasically they switch everything on blindly (heh) and go about their way blinding everyone", "I didn\u2019t know auto dimming morris existed I\u2019ll need one", "It's very handy, borderline essential given how ignorant our drivers are. Highly reccomend!"], ["if your car has rear fog lights turn them on", "If only I had them.. does myvi highest spec have that? I\u2019d get a myvi when I earned enuf money", "don't think so. usually only conti cars got"], ["Even if there are laws about this fat chance of ppl abiding by it and the police/jpj enforcing it."], ["I would usually let the overtake me then turn my highlights on \ud83e\udd23"], ["Buy mini spotlight and put in the back"], ["Usually I just flip that switch below my rear view mirror and proceed to slow down gradually.\nHe can over take me whenever he is ready."], ["I usually tap down on the rear view mirror leaver to have it polarized. I thought its standard in all vehicles. Although, i do agree it can be annoying to see high beam on side view mirrors."], ["Try install reflective tint on rear windshield and chrome accessories.."], ["I'm kinda guilty about this but then again, I have no idea how or why my saga headlight normal mode is like a highbeam. Been getting flashed by oncoming traffic even though it's on normal. It came out of the factory like that or something?"], ["just get out of the way slowpoke", "cry"], ["why drive infront of the dude for 30mins without letting him pass."], ["Also the light would be pointed straight to the front instead of angled downwards"], ["Driving with astigmatism even more jialat :( it's really super dangerous wth"], ["Adjust your side mirrors towards them.."], ["Next time someone's headlight is stabbing your eyes through the rear view mirror, the mirror has a little tab on it. FLICK THE TAB", "THANK YOU"], ["First get auto darkening mirror. Second, angle mirror upwards. Third, let them overtake then do the same to them"], ["They should ban white light. Revert to orange lights."], ["Just let him pass. Don't be a moving chicane"], ["we have the same problem in brunei..."], ["Let\u2019s fix the bully rempits first\u2026"], ["This is in fact illegal in many countries. You are not allowed to use your high beams in good weather because it can blind other drivers."], ["we have many laws in Malaysia. the problem is the enforcement authority and the lack of enforcement, lack of professionalism and customer service, huge attitude problem with all government authorities. stuck in Third-World level of service."], ["Better weaponised backlight by shining super power light and and let them suffer."], ["Let them pass"], ["apparently there is a new traffic law that we need to have BOTH hands on the wheel if caught on camera we have one hand adjusting radio we will be fined\uff01 what country are we living in\uff1f", "And not a law on retards that loves to use highlights \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"], ["You can try adjusting your rear view mirror to direct the beam to the driver's eyesight. It might be difficult to adjust if you are driving along."], ["May I know what speed are you driving and at which lane? What\u2019s the speed limit?"], ["nowaday all new car from manufacturer come with white beam... jpj traffic police probably will not do anything one, who knows they themselve might also onwed car with white beam\none time i slow drive 30kmh on left lane hoping the high beamer car behind me will overtake, mana tau he also follow me slow drive 30kmh kitai"], ["I usually adjust my side mirror towards the driver then move so that it hits the driver. When lights go down, I readjust them"], ["Ikr..."], ["Totally fine if it's pitch black and they are leading the way. The problem is those with high beams with fog lights on from the back.\nBlinding me every time.", "We were on a jammed highway my guy but yeah i didn\u2019t put in enuf context"]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 01 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vfsa8/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 71, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: 2024 resolution: Walking away from my bank account\nI\u2019m getting rid of all the negative things in my life", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Baru perasan post related dengan vape kat shopee kena remove. sigh\nAny recommendation site online?"], ["Esok keje :26557:"], ["anyone here tried TWG Tea? How was it, really worth the T20 price?\nAm looking at slow juicer machine, might buy one if the star really align"], ["Hey guys, my best friend has a coldplay ticket she is looking to sell. CAT 8, 1x, Singapore 31/1/2024, price RM500 (negotiable). Do hit me up if you're interested!"], ["My pixel 5 having sim problem. It says temporarily unavailable sms and call. Any pixel 5 owner here?", "i use pixel 5a. i think thats temporary. will be back within a day. else, try select automatic network selection and restart your phone."], ["Rewatching rurouni kenshin: ep 55 - 57\nI have always liked sojiro's story. Clash of belief in a person is always fun and engaging to watch. He was left with 0 choice and had to become something he don't want just to survive. I'm glad that kenshin has shown him another option to live by, a choice given but not forced upon him. I'm glad that he has a choice now, unlike what has thrusted upon him when he was younger.\nChoice maketh a men.\nMy friend used to adore shishio, due to how bad ass and how menacing looking he was. We were yound. We don't understand his plan. He seems undefeatable and he was deemed one of the most dangerous foe kenshin has faced. At least that's what my friend has thought.\nRewatching his story, I don't know how he didn't die of cringe and shamefulness that he keep displaying whenever he has some screen time. Bloody guy was so edgy that he still think he will win even though he keep losing battles after battles. His stupid ship destroyed by a bomb without doing anything other than giving out a few tuutuut. His minions all ran or captured without doing anything more than cheering. His elite henchmen lost every battle. He still have the audacity to sit in his room with his stupid smug face, thinking that everything will be fine and dandy after he has defeated kenshin. Dude, you have lost most of your battle, where did you get your confidence from?\nI still couldnt figure out how shishio managed to bite kenshin in a sword fight. That doesn't make sense at all.\nI can't wait to reach yomi's part.", "Bloody guy was so edgy that he still think he will win even though he keep losing battles after battles.\nActually that kind of confidence is admirable. Can probably bullshit his way to a good position in his career, while instead I'd be a nervous wreck lol!"], ["TnB related stuff.\nSo I'm basically planning on building a house from scratch in Seremban. Does anyone know how much it costs from start to finish? I already have a contractor for that and I plan on getting 3-phase because my electricity consumption quite high. On that end, planning on upgrading my parents' house as well to 3-phase.", "below RM200k for barebone, above it for decent 4 person dwellings; of course land cost not included"], ["2024 will be the year of not getting into arguments/debates online!", "speak malay or you are not malaysian nyenyenyenye", "I disagree. Also, Ur mom gay.", "lol good try!"], ["Is the shopee rm11 deal legit? Tried it this morning and it immediately sold out not even a minute in."], ["Gave love a chance and got my heart broken in 2023\nIt\u2019s ok life is more than that\nHello 2024!", "may be a better year and a better partner for you!"], ["Selamat tahun baru monyet"], ["", "At least I'm inside rn. If I was outside.... Dah jadi content TikTok."], ["how much do you guys spend on parking weekly for work? i\u2019m considering whether i should get the season pass at my workplace or park at the mrt station", "rm5 per day at 1U - just go to the open-air Dataran parking", "Parking: RM8 (usually) x 3 = RM24\nToll: RM3.50 (usually) x 6 = RM21\nI used to park at a nearby Park and Ride, but then discovered that as long as I stay at 5 hours or less, it's cheaper and faster to just park at work.", "i see. i thought park and ride is rm4.30 which is about half of what you spend daily \ud83e\udd14", "Need to include LRT fare to and from work, too.", "i see. i get the rm50 monthly pass for public transport. tbh considering driving only because it\u2019s faster", "There's pros and cons, ofc. For me I like to drive because I am loving the freedom it gives me. I remember the times I get really frustrated because I want to go to work and there's no one picking up for Grab/AA Ride."], ["Is HP Sprocket not available to buy in Malaysia?"], ["Don't know why but I kinda find it funny that last night the northern states would've celebrated New Year's earlier while southern Thailand would've needed to wait an hour more for theirs, even though geographically they're a stone's throw away. Same case with Sarawak and West Kalimantan, too.", "celebrate new year at arau, and to hat yai, then take a flight to los angeles.", "Thailand is the more geographically accurate timezone, we adopted Borneo\u2019s earlier timezones."], ["Any recommendations for buying groceries for cheap? Milk, poultry, vegetables etc?"], ["Recommend me a good condo/studio pls"], ["I cried at the end during Abang Adik :'). Such a well written film, the cinematography, script, acting (the abang scene with monk was so strong). Go and do youself a favour by watching movie, prepare a tissue too. :26557:"], ["Where do you look?", "The price is too good to be true. I say they are not legit. Either they will send you a fake watch or you will not get any watch at all."], ["My 2024 is off to a bad start. My PS5 controller joystick suddenly got drift issue, my mother wanted to matchmake me with her friend's daughter and now I'm waiting for my friend due to my bike broke down in the middle of the road."], ["Anyone got an idea on where i can get dry ice in perlis?", "A pharmacy?"], ["Why is malaysia\u2019s reddit so dead?", "want to get this sub back to life? post some racial issues lol.", "Most of the old active nyets not very active anymore after the whole reddit 3rd party app debacle.", "Anywhere i can read more about it?", "You can read more here."], ["Hey quick question, my trans girlfriend is coming to visit me in Australia, and is doing a layover at KLIA. She's got the right gender markers on her passport and looks amazing, but she's worried about being harassed by security. She'll only really be there for 6 hours and won't do much apart from use the toilets and maybe shower.\nCould anyone give reassuring advice?\nI wanted to make this an actual post but it got deleted by mods.", "I am a transgender living in Malaysia for the past eight years. I have never been harassed by the authorities.", "So long as the fingerprints match.", "she will be fine. there's nothing to worry about"], ["Great start for the new year.\nMy selipar just got stolen at the self service laundry.", "roundabout way of telling you tahun baru kena beli selipar baru", "Yang hilang selipar Adidas. Now just pakai Asadi."], ["My new year's wish this 2024 is to get 30 followers on twitter, even if i rarely post my own tweets, mostly just retweets and likes, i would still be grateful for that."], ["I want to gift my sis with a cheap espresso machine with frothing wand under RM200 just for her to play around before dropping big bucks for a legit one. Can anyone suggest some brands on shopee/lazada?", "I'm going to say that those machines under 200 are really not pushing out espresso. But more akin to something like say a weak filter/moka pot (moka pot actually would taste better).\nClosest at this price to actually push out real espresso would be the wacaco picopresso (manual pumping device which actually hits the PSI needed to make espresso, no frothing wand) which you could pair with a nanofoamer.", "Gemilai CRM2008"], ["Got a call from Digi cos I wanna switch to Maxis. Current plan with them is Rm40 no 5G and 30GB data. Maxis Rm79 160GB data with 5G and very stable at my area.\nAfter trying to convince me and failed, they just hang up the call without saying anything. So that's how telcos are when you terminate them?\nAnyways, Happy New Years nyets! Hope 2024 will treat all of us with more kindness.", "They offered me unlimited (i subscribed rm40 also before) lol they called me multiple times\nI asked back why all these time never offered one I want to leave baru offer. But digi kinda persistent it took me 2-3 days baru boleh port out. Prev telcos senang je", "Literally just hung up with Digi. After hours of settling my porated bill, and replying to their PortOut message, they sent me an sms asking me to settle another sum of amount for my portout.\nCalled them and the reason they gave me was because today public holiday, nobody is in to calculate the ported rate. So need to pay full amount even when earlier the kiosk gave me the porated rate to pay. Tell me will take 2 bill cycle for them to send me a cheque as a refund for the additional amount I had to pay. If no cheque, have to call them AGAIN to find out why.\nNow pay dy have to wait 24hrs before can switch. To sign up so easy but to terminate have to go through so much nonsense.\nIdk but I have a feeling there's a speed cap to their unlimited data and there's no even 5G. Why would I take it. I need the 5G stability for my studies. I had Digi's 5G when it was only Rm10 and after that wanna charge me Rm20 \ud83d\udc80 after I stopped, damn connection keep on disconnecting when I use it as hotspot to study \ud83d\udc80", "That is shitty. U can subscribe 5g but it costs u another rm10 lol other people telcos free jer. I used digi pon cs prev i worked in district place digi je line paling ok. Yeah nak sign up easy nak port out macam2", "Yea and after contract ends, it's just the base 30GB data for me cos every free additional data was given because of contract. Then want me add more money for 5G access \ud83d\udc80 no thx"], ["Happy new year"], ["Welcome to 2024!\nThe year which will produce a large increase in motorcyclists on the road.\nWonders of expensive petrol"], ["This year my resolution is to stop buying gunpla\nCoz I'm gonna dive into miniature hobby after I clear my current backlog", "from one rabbit hole to the next? why can't both hobbies coexist though? I'm sure you'll get sick of painting minis after awhile.", "I tried it with gunpla + military kit\nIt only make my backlog increase, also I wanna go for minis coz I the kit look cool af", "MG Narrtive ver ka tho"], ["Happy 2024 nyets!"], ["Combed my hair to see more gray hair. Alhamdulillah.\nI am surprised I made it to this age, to be honest. Never thought I'd live past 20 when I was in my teens.\nDeath is coming for us all, whether we like it or not. It's not a rare tragedy that will only come for the unfortunate.\nIdeally, I want to die in my 90s as a cult commune founder, after living a long healthy life, and successfully breeding a few generations of my own ubermensch. But if I die in the near future as plain Jane (plain Joyah?) who never accomplished much and peaked in primary school, that's okay too.", "My age exists in a wave function, not a linear function."], ["just asking is how to apply driving license in Malaysia if I already have obtain a driver's license in another country.", "https://www.paulhypepage.my/foreign-driving-license-conversion-in-malaysia/#toc_Converting_Your_Foreign_Driving_License_in_Malaysia"]]}
{"title": "Malaysians have 3 months to update info in Padu database ( No Update No Subsidy )", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tm2n1/malaysians_have_3_months_to_update_info_in_padu/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians will be given a three-month period until March 31 next year to update and verify their information with the national Central Database System (PADU).\nEconomy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the public can start updating their information after the launch of Padu by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Jan 2.\nThe minister added that no action will be taken against those who do not update their information in the database system.\nHowever, Rafizi said those involved are at risk of being excluded from receiving targeted subsidies that will use updated data in PADU later.\n\"According to its mandate, PADU is tasked with providing the most accurate household profiles for the targeted reassignment of subsidies.\n\"If you do not update your data, there is no problem, but if you do not receive (subsidies), don't be angry,\" he said at a press conference here today.", "comments": [["Knowing malaysians, many will rush to update on the 30th of march, and then system crash. And finally gov give extention."], ["This came abruptly. Previously sounds like automatically get our info somewhere. Now suddenly want us to do data entry lol. I highly doubt 3 months is enough"], ["Why do we need to update it? Can't they just access our data from LHDN?", "LHDN doesn't have info on the b40...they don't file taxes", "they should use the e-kasih database instead. its a dedicated database for poverty. kementrian pembagunan wanita are tasked to kept this db updated.", "If you want subsidies you MUST work for it \ud83e\udee3\ud83e\udee3\ud83e\udee3\ud83d\ude2c", "This is a tough one to be honest.\nAssuming they couldn't get the data otherwise, on one hand I don't want to trust the gomen with my personal info.\nOn the other hand, I also don't want to pay the current pam hijau rates for petrol \ud83d\ude05", "agreed. I don't trust the government with personal info."], ["Let's see how this goes"], ["Do T20s have a reason to do it? Seems like it\u2019s just handing over data that could be another avenue for a leak.", "They want to trace all groups so that more data on which person pay taxes. Lots of so call b40 have ubregistered bussinesses. Same like t20. So yeah, indirectly have better track and potential nation revenue", "Only those who are eligible for subsidies so T20 don't need to bother unless you want to update your personal info for the gov", "Better update lor mana tau if you living with old parents can get subsidi using parents info or if give subsidies depend on your vehicle maybe you drive myvi that usually a b40 car"], ["how do you relay this information so people that actually need it knows they have to update their information?\nsms\ntv adds from 7pm to 10pm\n4 social media posting\n:26554:"], ["Im actually 50/50 on this. With mydigital id couple with this padu. With so much information in 1 place, its just a matter of time the gov do something like social credit follow china. They already have all the resources to do so.\nAnd given a gov thats easily koyak, I dont think its impossible.\nYou banyak bunyi, cut social credit, if below certain score, cannot receive any gov subsidy or any form of assistance.\nTill now, they have yet to release any info how they going to determine a person is eligible for subsidy. How do they calculate. The only info they gave is no longer b40, m40 and t20.", "Yep, this is the endgame. Folks here seem chill about it but imagine a PAS-Bersatu coalition with that kind of power...", "PAS bersatu ministers never threaten openly to send police car to persons house, or actively control and monitor the media. Im actually more worried with this gov. They are too trigger happy.", "That\u2019s essentially the end goal. It\u2019s all wrapped in a beautiful package as \u201csubsidies\u201d now. Once they have all they need, it\u2019s a centralized surveillance system.\nUpdate your face and spotted location from CCTV (states now starts using AI CCTV), use it for election targeting as now they have your real and up-to-date address to precisely determine the demographic, monitor your movements (they can effectively do this when you need to scan or show your \u201cPADU\u201d authentication during payment of petrol), monitor your transactions (again, through the authentication) and many more you could do with centralized database.\nRemember people, information is currency, think twice before you take any further action.", "There are many monyets in this sub (on top of cytro) who see this as \"advancement for the country\" and will attack your narrative.\nThey will call it a Conspiracy Theory.\nDigital ID was a conspiracy theory, and it is now a reality.", "Social credit, the crab form of government policy.", "Sooner or later, digitalized ringgit."], ["Where to do it?", "wait 2/1/24 ,pmx need to launch it 1st"], ["The meta is changing"], ["Sounds like some Gestapo shit here"], ["Why is there a deadline to begin with? What happens to people who start/stop working after 30th of March? Getting married and having new child? The population changes over time no?\nDoesn't sound like a central database to me if it has to involve data entry from the user.\nFrom the article they even mentioned that the data isn't flowing freely within the government. It sounds like a yet-another-separated-system to me.", "Have some faith in PMX he is the chosen one to lead Malaysia to more glory"], ["I'm just worried there will be another data leak like what happened to EPF recently, and I strongly feel that it's not a matter of \"if\", but \"when\" that will happen.\nOn the other hand I also don't want to potentially lose out on subsidies, so I guess I'm just going to drag and finally cave in and update at the last minute"], ["Anybody already done it? What kind of data is it asking?\nHome address and current income?", "Not yet launch, just preliminary notification"], ["I though they have those data during occasinal banci thingy... wtf..."], ["Will never give info to the Gov. Becarefull what we share to them."]]}
{"title": "Ngeh's proposal to have non-Muslim experts in syariah law committee a mistake \u2014 Loke", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tlooa/ngehs_proposal_to_have_nonmuslim_experts_in/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "", "comments": [["Political correctness at its finest."], ["Mistake or not, it actually served a more important purpose \u2014 to get multiple parties, especially the royalty and political leaders to openly reiterate the separation of both laws in terms of application.\nWhat is more interesting however is the absence of PAS leadership who were weirdly silent on this matter (from the mainstream media at least), they would be the very first to latch on this to score political points especially with enemies DAP in the crosshair.", "You can check on Facebook or Twitter la. PAS leadership has responded. 90% Malay support after this, takkan lepas punya la nak hentam. Bola tanggung.", "Malas nak check Facebook la abam, haven't been there for half a decade."], ["Meh ,if this was MCA or Gerakan during BN reign this post would have more traction"]]}
{"title": "Increase in divorce cases among teachers who failed in their transfer requests", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tllh0/increase_in_divorce_cases_among_teachers_who/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "\"Cold\" war", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tje03/cold_war/", "num_comment": 48, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Why tf you tape the cuck oo", "In real cuck fashion, it\u2019s wearing a dick cage", "It's chastity cage/belt if anyone wondered", "Bondage :26561:", "Aedes", "You know how it feels being taped up", "my workplace also tapes the bottom.. idk why they dont want any drainage there its just water..."], ["Serious question: Is there a much cheaper filter that I can use that wouldnt cost me a lot per month but has similar benefits?", "Yes. Like this https://shp.ee/rf6fd5q. You get 8 filters for around 150++. Installation, learn from youtube or ask seller for video or ask a reliable friend to do it for you. Just buy the tools & tube & connectors. Just change the filters periodically according the type. Btw, cuckoo & coway has only 4 filters.", "Can search up Yamada Water Filter in shopee / lazada", "This things only suitable for offices where you can offload the maintenance to the vendor. But for personal/residential use, not worth it.", "I use the LG tankless one, LG puricare. It is basically the same thing with a hot/cold dispenser, and the service you just gotta do it yourself every 6 months. It's painless and none of this subscription, Bullshit.", "Just get something simpler like the red Panasonic water filter or the equivalent 3M water filter. Our water is very drinkable and you don't need anything elaborate for home use, in most cases."], ["Coway has better aftertaste", "Wey that is not normal at all \ud83d\ude2d", "How is there any different taste? They're both plain water \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\udd28", "You sir did not drink enough water hahaha. Every single one of em taste different, just like coffee", "Hahaha best well put yeah each water surprise surprise has different taste like water from the alps(like evian) taste the best. Cleanest water and super smooth and basically near 0 taste in it and super refreshing at real crazy expensive prices only affordable to the rich and wealthy.", "Yeah, even warm one taste better than damn cold dasani lmao", "depends on the model, the one my relatives have taste like shit"], ["cuckoo > coway", "Sk magic > cuckoo > coway", "Isn't SK magic a little more expensive than these 2?"], ["Asked the cuckoo installer once what brand is best he said SK magic...forgot y"], ["you vs the guy she tell you not to worry about"], ["Which one is better? In terms of taste, features etc."], ["honestly i cant tell if the coway one is from 1980 or 2080"], ["question - if you operate an eating place, how much would you price a tall glass of cold water taken from this machine plus hygienic tube ice? RM3? RM5?", "Bruh, nothing more than RM1. It\u2019s water", "At most 50 Sen, RM 3/5 water better give me fucking super powers bro", "I saw a post of someone getting charged RM5.00 for water in a cup in Langkawi. Not even bottled water.", "This is why I don't like tourist areas, like jfc you'd think our economy was turning into Zimbabwe cash", "RM 0.\nExpensive food can be justified if it\u2019s good. RM 3 for ice water is just scummy AF.", "Especially because water bills in malaysia is extremely cheap", "Banyak kedai makan dekat kawasan aku kasi free flow ja kalau air kosong ais. Kalau kau tak kedekut sangat, lagi ramai orang pergi kedai kau.", "Rm3-5???? At that price, you better be serving me some premium natural mineral water like evian or something, not some filtered tap water"], ["Sigh\u2026 flick the water tap in Singapore", "It aint for me."], ["Which one the best"], ["I thought this is about students fighting over water so they had to get another one"], ["SK Magic watching from afar \ud83d\udc40"], ["The left one how to pronounce? Kuku?:26563:"], ["Cuckoo solos>>"]]}
{"title": "Motac MM2H Service Counter", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tj456/motac_mm2h_service_counter/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi, anyone heard of or been to the recently-opened MM2H service counter at Motac? I lost my old passport and need to transfer the visa page onto the new one which I have applied for. Not sure if this is covered under their \"pass transfer\" service. Thanks in advance.\nOne-stop MM2H hub opens at Motac in Putrajaya | The Star", "comments": []}
{"title": "PAS appeals against RM656k award to Harakah printer", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tj2g0/pas_appeals_against_rm656k_award_to_harakah/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["harga sebijik alphard full spec. Gila punya la nak lari ngelat bayar hutang. This is basically chump change to pas. Yet the amount kung fu they are trying to do to not pay their dues shows what kind of people this people are.", "This is just petty on PAS part"], ["So, tak bayar hutang tu, halal tak?", "Jangan tanya soalan susah...", "PAS halalkan", "By doing service to PAS PAS has granted them the payment of key to heaven , paying them in earthly money implies key to heaven to be lower than earthly bond , and that is sinful. Thus it\u2019s actually a sin to pay them money.", "This guy needs to go to the mental gymnastics Olympics."], ["Screencap of entire article\n<image>"], ["Just pay up what you owe and be done with it."], ["brought to you by the most pious, religious, tolerance, transparent party. pathetic"], ["Bayar jelah. 656k je. Bayar saman fitnah berjuta-juta banyak kali ada pulak duit. Cuba berhenti buat fitnah, mesti banyak duit. Taklah orang tu bankrap sebab tak dibayar."], ["Ini semua salah DAP and PMx", "80% of Harakah's content is that", "Still salah DAP no matter what.. Pas supporter catch a cold still DAP fault"], ["The founder of the printing company was in the ICU and in critical condition two weeks ago.", "They better pay up quickly before he dies"], ["Kenapa PAS tak boleh bayar ni? Ini ke parti agama yang paling hebat? Aduh."], ["Not surprise since pas really like to lowball debt. Finally it will end as \u201cconsider as charity work is much better rather than asking to pay debt\u201d."], ["Can afford to buy a Mazda and Merc for the whole gang but can't pay to a printing company", "Again...jangam tanya soalan susah..."], ["Pay up suckers. Just dig into the flush funds you stole from the people of Kelantan for decades, go on less trips to Golok for a while and maybe ram each other instead.\nFuck PAS. Hope God sends all you lot and your supporters to Hell.", "Ya sure hell want to accept this lot?"], ["Is there something that the public is missing??", "PAS is trying to get out of payment by saying the old harakah company \"doesn't exist anymore\"\nThey would then need to pay to the owner directly, instead of the company\nSure, it's stupid, and the court obviously thinks so, but their logic basically boils down to \"if bankrupt companies does not need to pay their debts , why can they claim their receivables\"", "I'm pretty sure the old harakah company folded because PAS never paid them. Went bankrupt. Makes this entire debacle even sadder/funnier, depending on who you are.", "The funnier thing is the new Harakah Company is obviously owned by new gen.\nThe old company was biased as fuck, but it was still written professionally by journalists\nThe new one... It's basically if you took your average cybertrooper and ask him to write articles", "The reply should be, \"kubur kira ke kalau lunaskan hutang begini?\"", "They kinda need to claim their receivables to get out of bankruptcy.\nIf anything, those who can't pay their receivables should be the one declaring bankrupcy"], ["Sembang agama tapi hutang don't wanna pay. Typical PAS lol"], ["file appeal ade duit pulak\u2026hais"], ["PAS can do shit like this and still have moral high ground to their supporters. It\u2019s asinine. If one of the most successful and wealthy parties wouldn\u2019t even pay off their due debts to struggling entities, then why does anyone think they will be a good leader for Malaysia?", "Because their God said so \ud83d\udc81\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["PN pipu ada hati beli kereta mewah. Tukar nama je jadi PArtiSetan."], ["Appeals? Kasi PAS bungkus... Then they ask for donations, then kasi the donaters bungkus..."], ["I had a similar experience when I worked overseas. There was a Baptist pastor who probably got his credentials from a night school bible college for paroled convicts. He would dress shabby when putting in his orders for his church newsletter but would be wearing gold rings and necklaces and driving a new Cadillac when he came pick it up. Always tried to lowball or take the product on credit or in exchange for blessings but we wouldn't give in.\nAlternatively, a few Catholic nuns and priests would come in and would be extremely polite and pay on time.\nSo the lesson is if they try to not pay, or con you, then they're not very religious in the first place."], ["Owe money, pay money la. If not just ask RM100 from each member. Memperbodohkan rule of law je."], ["Iblis pas", "That sounds like a badass metal band name."]]}
{"title": "Since there is a post gathering attention talking about the jawi issue back then, here are the 3 pages of Jawi that was included the textbook at that time.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wl4bz/since_there_is_a_post_gathering_attention_talking/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Huh, if this is the legendary 3 pages then mean theyve done shitjob at explaining them to public. could\u2019ve just show these on newspaper to avoid misunderstanding.", "Bro if this was the only thing they \"taught\" , they didnt even need to tell anyone. Its just part of learning about the country.\nMOE as usual", "It's a red flag thingy. Stir up sentiments and then in goes a kopiah wearing hero politician to save the day"], ["Jawi should be taught in BM subject by BM teachers since it\u2019s part of BM. Jawi and BM is the exact same thing except the letters.\nBut today jawi is taught by PI teachers kinda contribute to the confusion jawi as an islamic writings.\nMy theory:\nWhy PI teachers taught Jawi? Because PI is the only subject that still uses jawi in their books.\nWhy PI subject still uses Jawi in their textbooks? Because the subject uses a lot of arabic words so Jawi mixes very well with them. Also the writer wouldnt hv much trouble typing them since they\u2019re basically the same nature (right to left)\nWhy dont just rumi everything and make everything standard? We have no special method to turn arabic words into rumi words without changing their original sound/spelling/meaning.\nConclusion: jawi isnt a religious writing, it\u2019s just BM but the nature of its arab-ish letters makes it a good tool to learn arabic-origin-religion smoother.\nEdit: spelling", "Hell we could, practically, write english sentences with Jawi. Now that I think about it, yeah imma try it myself later on.", "\u064a\u0648 \u0643\u0648\u0644\u062f \u0628\u0648\u062a \u064a\u0648 \u0634\u0647\u0648\u0644\u062f \u0646\u0648\u062a", "ngl, i dunno why i hate that i can read this instantly", "Damn \ud83d\ude2d", "aku baca ni dalam melayu habis jadi bengong \ud83d\ude02 kena translate satu2 huruf baru faham", "\u064a\u0648 \u0643\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u062f\u064a \u062f\u0648 \u0625\u064a\u062a. you can already do it", "Legit sounded arabic lol"], ["LOL this thing is that the cinas here takut they masuk islam meh?", "Basically we got the idiots thinking anything not islamic will make them not muslim, and the idiots that think seeing jawi would make them muslim.", "You summed it up perfectly. Everyone\u2019s too freaking sensitive nowadays", "We all Malaysian are same same. Like how a Muslim pay a casual visit to church/tokong then will change religion (PAS cakap) \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 for me this 3 pages ok jer."], ["Referring to this post as it was mentioned by Tony Pua in a podcast (interesting podcast btw)\nThere are two points\nStating that these 3 pages of Jawi will islamized them is irrational fear.\nThe fear of certain extremist individual will use this as a hole to extend the jawi learning beyond 3 pages is a rational fear.\nBut sadly every single person focus on the first point rather than the second. A simple issue being poured oil to the point it become a national issue. I am actually rather surprised that the noised died out so quickly as soon as sheraton move happen.\nPersonally I think this issue could have been solved easily if we focus on discussing the second point and think ways on how to prevent such hole. Maybe instead of BM textbook you just put it on either sivik/moral/sejarah textbook .\nA political plot by certain groups successfully painted PH/dap as \"traitors\"\nEdit 1: looking back at the post, why is alot of people talking as if the three page is instructions on how to speak basic Jawi, do you all not even bothering to look at what those three page is about before you critique?", "Personally I think this issue could have been solved easily if we focus on discussing the second point and think ways on how to prevent such hole. Maybe instead of BM textbook you just put it on either sivik/moral/sejarah textbook .\nThe other thing that is missed out is that there already was Jawi being introduced in SJKs, as part of the Standard 5 BM Seni Tulisan unit. The difference is that that was part of a section that also covered Chinese calligraphy as well as Tamil writing, while the proposed amendment that came in only mentioned Jawi, and excluded the other languages.\nI have no issues with introducing Jawi/ khat in schools, but that it was being done in a way that excluded prior material covering other cultures and writings was, at the very least, sus as all hell.\nKnocking it back so that it could be improved was the correct decision, but my gods the utter incompetence, and refusal by MoE and the PH govt at the time to make it clear that Jawi was already part of the SJK syllabus was just one of the many ways in which they sucked at comms, at keeping the bureaucrats on a tight leash, and just their general fear of being seen as not 10000% supportive of some imagined Malay majority that was gonna riot at any time.", "This is r/malaysia, a liberal hub. Ain't no way your first point is the main issue raised by the people in that post instead of it being pointless to learn Jawi.\n---\nThat said, there's something wrong with Tony Pua if he think this 3 pages constitutes \"teaching\"."], ["They can spend pages to explain Muyiddin cirit birit, Doraeman cuci taik cicak, , why can't spend 1 page to show this colorful pages to the public be it newspapers or tiktok"], ["is there any online resources to learn jawi? thanks", "For free version, you could google \u201cmodul kem cemerlang jawi\u201d it\u2019s in ebook/pdf around 50 pages. Find the latest one probably 2018-2019. That\u2019s what\u2019s school been using for slow learners cos it was so basic and easy to pick up.\nAltho for advanced jawi, no idea."], ["Malaysia politician too childish maybe \ud83d\ude05 Rakyat are too emotion maybe \ud83d\ude13"], ["this is all in the past now. why bring it up today?", "Because in the post, I noticed quite a number of people seem to be discussing as if the three pages are \"instruction on how to read basic jawi\" instead of \"hey this is what those jawi word on your bank notes mean\"", "Well........\nYou should look at the instructions to the teachers below\n1) murid mengenal tulisan Jawi\n2) murid mempamerkan tulisan Jawi\nSo there's even more problems with the pages.. it doesn't even help with the instructions.", "Fair point, but then again the 3 pages are not instruction on how to learn Jawi.So those two instructions at the bottom could very well be just what it is, let student know jawi word exists.Second point could very well be:\n\"hey kids, can you tell me where have you seen jawi words is before?\"\n\"Oh, I saw them in my rm 1 notes before\"\n\"I think there are those symbols in jata negara\"\nhence mempamerkan.\nWill some weirdo take advantage of this instruction to turn it into a full blown jawi course? Maybe. But seem kind of pointless if you do it in a normal SK as those islamic student will learn it in PI as well. While doing in SJK, you will probably attract some parent attention the next day.", "okay then, carry on"], ["Tbh like many say, I can see the confusion. Many of my friends think Jawi is some holy script that only Muslims can use, not a form of writing"], ["Enough already la, jawi here jawi there. Tbf if you ask malay what's the purpose for them to learn jawi, mainly only for them to recite quran more easily. Don't bother trying to educate me the differences between jawi and arabic, I know it very well.\nAlso someone should tell DAP, now matter how hard they jilat the conservative malays, they WILL NOT VOTE FOR THEM.", "Agree that PH should stop pandering to get conservative votes especially extreme ones.\nBut did you saw the three pages I posted? they are essentially trivias, not instruction on how to read basic jawi. I do not think these three pages are worth national attention/backlash it did back in 2019 nor it is an effort to \"jilat\" conservative malays"], ["Now try put chinese text on a single road plate", "Completely irrelevant comparison though.", "Well you want react that way to expect people to react the same , and the other side is goverment backed majority.", "Sorry, genuinely did not understand what you were trying to say with that comment. Expect people to react the same as what? As if you were to put Chinese text on a road plate or even in the text book? But again as I mentioned, your comparison to Chinese text is not the same.", "Eh it doesn't matter , we are not allowed to defend our rights anyway. Everytime we try to we get threatened from all side, yall are free to do whatever you want .", "bahasa cina bkn bahasa pribumi. ditutur 2 bilion, tidak terancam dan sihat.\nif you want to pick another language other than BM to put up on signs pick iban or kadazan.", "Then stop cancelling sjkc? seems really nice upfront , belakang panggil pendatang , komunis ,nak pertahan hak yg semakin kurang, terus kena padang merbok.", "One of the the argument I like to do when talking to the group of people protesting against SJKC is to make them clarify what they meant by cancelling SJKC. Do you mean abandoning and closing the school? Wasting them or just a purely name change. Both path lead to them realizing how silly the whole problem is in the first place", "they literally tried to make it unconstitutional.", "I don't like to argue from that perspective, because it's essentially \"haha like it or not, it's part of the constitution, your argument are invalid\"\nRather I wish more people convince them the flaws of their argument.\nIn their perspective, there is no incentive to learn BM because chinese school ma so completely ignore BM. While I think there is incentive in the form of UPSR. If you fail UPSR , you have to go kelas peralihan. No kid will want to graduate a year later than their peers and no parent will want to lose face because of it . That is one way of attacking their argument.\nThe other is \"haiya SJKC only cina dengan cina bergaul sahaja, besar nanti tak nak bergaul dengan kaum lain, nanti racist.\" Does that apply to the majority Malay kampung kampung as well? Are they guarentee to be racists in the future because there are no nons in their schools? If that is the case wouldn't the emphasis to be on finding a solution that builds unity in areas that are dominated by one race. abolishing vernacular school won't solve the problem as those vernacular school in the first place was build in area where the respective etnic dominate so like i said, its just a name change.\nI really really fucking hate the constant ping pong, can you open uitm for all race? then abolish vernacular school then. can you abolish vernacular school? Then open uitm for all races then. Solves nothing", "Whats funny is everytime we bring these they will call us racist , and they said if they are racist we won't be standing here , it seems like aslong they didn't bring out the parang and cut us alive they are not racist , but for us any slight attempt to defend our rights we are straight up racist."], ["Good luck."], ["Jawi is Indian right?", "No, Indian is sunkist", "I think it\u2019s Indian", "It\u2019s sunquick actually", "Indian is orange?", "Jawi is Bahasa melayu written in Arabic script\nYou might be thinking of Jawi Peranakan.", "So Arabic then", "It's puzzling why people think Jawi is a separate language. It's just a script, like the Roman alphabet. Malay can be written in either. Malay written in Jawi is still Malay.", "No. That would be like saying English and modern Malay are both Latin.", "The alphabet (the letters) is Arabic in origin, but the language written with Jawi is Malay.", "So like writing English in Sunkist? Useless!", "I am inclined to somewhat agree since i prefer having one universal language. English being the international language is good enough. Having so many languages + alphabets is annoying for communication when you dont know the language. Lets start by deleting the chinese language, and its derivatives.\nOn the other hand the local language is part of the local culture and heritage, so abandoning it is like abandoning your roots. I think that nobody should be forced to learn the Jawi alphabet if they didnt want to, it should be an elective, but they should be able to converse in Malay as a Malaysian."], ["Make it optional for 3 pages of jawi to be included - no\nImprove biased education system even after decades of realizing the problems - no\nDie die every syllabus has to have 3 pages of jawi - yes\nIssue was in the past. Certain people keep beating the dead horse makes me think improving education system will hurt their vested interest.\nOkay, then stay stupid and ignorant.", "Do I think these 3 pages of Jawi is worth the fuss to the point being national issue? -No\nDo I think learning what those little jawi words in our bank notes/jata negara mean will turn me into an muslim no\nAre there better shit in education system to worry about? - yes\nThen why is it that you die die want to paint these 3 pages as \"instruction to learn basic jawi\"? If only this stupid issue didn't get poured oil by malicious or ignorant individual, it could have die out easily and we can truly focus on more important shit in our education. But no, we won't shut up until those \"3 pages of full instruction on how to read basic Jawi\" are gone, because we are too ignorant to even see what those pages look like.\nAgreeing to remove these 3 pages essentially saying that the Malaysian government agrees that learning what those little jawi words on the bank notes will threaten your \"akidah\" the same way saying merry christmas will christianize me.I only hope one day, you will realise the irony in your last sentence", "And I don't know what's everyone's problem with vernacular schools having certain syllabus as optional.\nWe are studying dogshit sejarah syllabus, should we welcome more bullshit content to shove down our kids' throats?"], ["As someone who does calligraphy as a hobby + with some appreciation to linguistics, typography and design language. There is no mention of the features of the writing. They could have linguistically or typographically breaking down the writing system. They could have include superficial points like which writing system family is jawi in (eg. Chinese is written from left to right with ideogram characters. But ancient text might be written in rows from right to left or in columns arranged from right to left.)\nAll these 3 pages is just slapping a few symbols on everyday objects that so happen to be written in said Jawi Script. And call it a day. This made me question were these pages added in with no though if their use?\nLike even the periodic table at the end of a chemistry text book has more uses that these 3 pages combine. Despite chemistry is more than a grid of symbols and names + stuff on the periodic table is readily available on the net. (this is a satirical comparison)", "yeah ironically the biggest whoop was made over the tiniest ...eh\nboth sides of the debacle just come out looking pretty dumb in the end"]]}
{"title": "Sepet (2005) by Yasmin Ahmad", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tizkx/sepet_2005_by_yasmin_ahmad/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Comments?", "comments": [["Wow, has it been 18 years already?\nWatched in the cinema, it was very good.", "Amazing overall. Gubra got my bulu. standing"], ["How I missed Yasmin.. sepet, grubar. She was unique and special. Dare to show what we really are and in her life as well."], ["Till this day I still can't find the uncensored(uncut) version which is available on VCD many years ago :(", "That's tough... all vcd kena kuman.", "I got 1 VCD ori. Sepet", "Deserved to be uploaded to archive.org", "I dunno how to upload archive?", "Any chance you know how to rip a VCD's content?"], ["Absolutely brilliant, no holds barred, way ahead of it's time, i think if you release it now, Certain groups would have it banned immediately, haha"], ["Oh I remember this and scratching my head over some of its scripts. Mostly involving Takeshi Kaneshiro.\nThe girl love Takeshi Kaneshiro BUT didn't wan't / watch Chungking Express movie? LOL, come on!! Chungking is one of his earliest movie. And someone selling Chungking Express at pasar malam? Again.. Come on! I toured Petaling street and most pasar malam at Klang Lama / Gombak area searching for Chungking Express VCD and found NONE! One of the seller who's a movie buff said that you can't find it anywhere, coz even the chinese don't watch that movie.. The only place I found it is SPEEDY store, original copy, and even that at bargain section. All this happens way before Sepet movie in 2005.\nSepet movie itself is ok though, like an extension of CNY Petronas ads in early 2000 IIRC. Maybe Yasmin wanted to push, hey you guys should all watch Chungking Express coz it's so freaking cool! (I agree). And Sepet's intro reminds me of Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair, another cool film in my book.\nTalking about Yasmin Ahmad, I enjoy her small appearances in the first 15 Puasa (series) as a kampung folk, teaching her son \"mengaji\" while \"kukur kelapa\" in the kitchen .\nman I'm old..:26563:"]]}
{"title": "'Why Him But Not Me?'- Tony Fernandes Asks Why Cosplayer Can Go Shirtless But Not Him", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tios4/why_him_but_not_me_tony_fernandes_asks_why/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": [], "header": "In a cheeky social media post, AirAsia\u2019s CEO, Tony Fernandes, has tickled the internet\u2019s funny bone.\nStanding alongside a cosplayer decked out in pink hair and elaborate body paint, Fernandes quipped about the double standards of shirtlessness.\nHe questioned why his own shirtless moments garner global headlines while similar sights go unnoticed for others.\n\u201cSo Sukuna can walk around KL shirtless but I can\u2019t? This isn\u2019t the Shibuya incident!!. Hahahahahha,\u201d he wrote in his recent post.\nHis post, with a light-hearted tone, reflects on why his own past shirtless episode became a viral news story, while others pass without much ado.\nThe viral headlines he meant involved a LinkedIn post where he was seen getting a massage during a virtual meeting, aiming to showcase AirAsia\u2019s informal work culture.\nThe post, although later deleted, attracted varied reactions from netizens.\nThe comments under his recent post are playful and teasing.\nOne person jokes about the cosplayer\u2019s good looks and fit body, another suggests that Tony would be famous even when dressed simply.", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Unrelated, but the way this post is written is giving AI vibes", "Weirdkaya is a content farm after all"], ["If he cosplayed as a \"shirtless out of touch CEO\" then he gets a pass?\nNO.\nWHY NOT ??!!\nHe's not cosplaying..."], ["One is a cosplayer.\nOne is an out of touch guy thinking he's being \"one of the people\" with his antics. You are not \"one of the people\" Tony."], ["because he is not doing it at the workplace!"], ["Sorry to say, ugly people dont get the free nips pass.", "Mutahar in one video:"], ["I'm not interested in seeing some hanging man tits.", "Reminds me of this movie character who infamously says \"Luuk at mah....sexxeh tit-ess.....\". Anyone wanna take a guess?"], ["I think what's most impressive is Tony knows the plot of JJK", "even working in the phrase Shibuya Incident with capitals in the right places. foooo JJK - Msia lovestory is just heartwarming!"], ["No one wants to see your gut Tony."], ["Because youre fat af tony"], ["Because Tony, throughout heaven and earth he alone is the honored one."], ["Sexual empowerment Vs put on a shirt"], ["if i was airasia pilot,id def fly topless now"], ["Because he is HIM!"], ["Boobs or titties are not allowed, we don't want our ladies walking around topless", "Freethenipple"], ["Because you are ugly and nasty, and get naked to get brownie points for no reason ?"], ["He is right. As much as you love hating on him"], ["because u r fat fcuk capitalism"], ["Yes you may if you paint yourself pink like BUU :26554:"], ["Does AirAsia not have any goddamn HR? What a nightmare of a boss to have"], ["Money cant buy u class....go get fit and make it worth ur korean wife"], ["Jfc this has gotta be the dumbest thing I've read today \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Trying too hard to stay in the news \ud83e\udd2d"], ["<image>"], ["I don't think he realises what dumb of a statement he put out when he wrote it."], ["Equal rights for women"], ["Nah he\u2019d win"]]}
{"title": "Biker always stop at pedestrians walkway at traffic light \ud83d\ude05 police there also never tegur.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18th6u5/biker_always_stop_at_pedestrians_walkway_at/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Bad attitude.", "comments": [["police sendiri pun blocking the pedestrian walkway", "Betul \ud83d\ude05 bad culture", "They're all just lepak over there", "Guess where does the police cut out from ?", "Lol kawan sekampung"], ["Our traffic laws will never work if motorbikes can still do whatever they want. At least once a day I'm face to face with a motor going the wrong way.", "We'll always be a developing nation and not a developed nation", "Sorry to break it to you but the definition of a developed nation is mainly about its state of economy with high income and standard of living. The citizens mentality and behaviour is not considered as part of the criteria. If that is important, US will be the first to be out of the list as a portion of their population still seems to believe they are still living in the 1800s going wild with guns everywhere.", "True, and the constant protests for lgbt rights and shit it\u2019s disgusting, it\u2019s true that once u actually see it like how I went there for a trip, then only u know how bad the condition is there", "What's the logic with lgbt there? Pulled it out of your ass there?"], ["usj 7?", "USJ1. Happen every morning. As the cross bridge been removed for construction then pedestrians can only walk on the road, but biker less considerate \ud83d\ude05", "", "This is new", "You stay USJ1 ? Sometime when traffic police there to guide the traffic will be more worst than without them. \ud83d\ude13", "I was wondering when tf did the bridge collapsed. They removed it to construct what?", "Will build bridge from Mydin direct to kewajipan. And bridge to kesas. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb", "Gg traffic going to be even more horrible during the construction phase", "Yes. Expected. But for better future then have to tahan\ud83e\udd72", "Another flyover. Supposedly to ease congestion."], ["Actually king of the road is not Myvi but motorbikes coz traffic laws somehow not applies to them and they are immune to it anyway", "Against traffic. Go wrong way \ud83d\ude13", "Just look at those Shopee food, food panda and grab", "Memang teruk. Hit my car because they go wrong way", "Later show you wallet only got rm10 \u2026. \u201cTolong bang \u2026 tak Ada duit\u201d", "This is standard script \ud83d\ude0e"], ["Pedestrians are the lowest caste here, no doubt"], ["I hate bikers, they just do whatever they want and hon you like they own the road.", "I got my bike license this year, and I truly want to respect the law, but if I stand behind cars at traffic lights, cars bully me. If I respect the speed limit, cars tailgate me. If I stop before the white line, cars pushes me. The only way I have to stay alive on the road is defensive driving.", "Ride long enough you gonna learn there\u2019s only so much you can do to respect other road users. Your life 1st. You gonna give less shit to car drivers with walls around them. The distance between you and death are just the distance between your head and the asphalt."], ["Polis semua tak boleh pakai.", "I know that intersection. They're actually working. Or to be precise, they're on standby. That's a very jam area daily and when it becomes unbearable at a certain time (before work and after work), they take over from the traffic lights.\nTraffic police don't wait in office until traffic jam happens and then spend 15-20 minutes to arrive there. They're on standby nearby so that when start jam, they can enter immediately.", "Sometimes traffic police is seen but sometimes not. I don\u2019t get it why they don\u2019t just fix the traffic timing instead?", "Because Malaysian drivers can be assholes, especially those who try to push their car into a long queue, stop in the middle of an intersection and block everyone else."], ["fun fact, did you know that it's also illegal for motorcyclists to ride on the emergency lane? but they all don't give a rats ass and laugh in the face of \"laws\"", "Why you don't understand their plight and how much they suffer having to ride bikes... why can't you give them this leeway ?? /s\nBasically more or less the argument I see often when people defend motorcycles."], ["If they are on duty, they can actually park wherever they want. If they are on duty la. If they just decide to lepak there for no reason, then its wrong."], ["I\u2019m quite sure our polis actually don\u2019t know shit about our own law. They are only being told to do certain jobs, and that\u2019s all they will do. Otherwise, \u201cwhy bother?\u201d", "Maybe some of them yes."], ["in Malaysia bikes > everything else"], ["Not a good PR pic for the team"], ["USJ 7 moment"], ["Lmao, and look at their bellies, i thought they have bmi requirements??", "They don\u2019t care"], ["Polis busy talking la."], ["Damn here in the morning confirm jam\ud83d\ude2d", "Been there every morning can confirm. Even more worse when there\u2019s traffic blocking the yellow boxes right at the middle of intersection"], ["I pernah tegur 2 police one time when they try to get on their bike on sidewalk near gurney plaza."], ["Ahh, summit intersection, the bane of my existence in the morning."]]}
{"title": "PDRM Court Summons For Driving with an Expired License", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vfp32/pdrm_court_summons_for_driving_with_an_expired/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi. My dumb ass forgot to renew my license when it expired in March of this year. Kena caught at roadblock, issued a summons form with no amount. Just a magistrate court date for February.\nI know, I\u2019m stupid. I have already applied and paid for a renewed license via MyEg.\nThe question is do I have to attend court and pay? Or can this kind of summon be paid online? I work far away from where the court summon is issues so it would be a multiple day leave to travel.\nAlternatively, how can one check and double confirm the timing/date/location of the summons so I ensure I don\u2019t miss it?\nI\u2019m not looking to appeal should I attend, just want to pay for this expensive mistake and hopefully not get my license suspended.\nHopefully as someone with a clean record and first time offence, the judge will grant leniency.\nAny advice for me?", "comments": [["The question is do I have to attend court and pay?\nIf a magistrate summons you, you better show up.", "Agreed. OP, just show up during court, make a statement that you are wrong in this situation and try to make an appeal for the fines given by the judge. Prepare to bring some cash as well.", "Seems the abang polis pity me. RM70 fine on my bayar."], ["Better attend. If lucky, may be offered discount", "See on MyBayar is RM70 payable. I just pay je."], ["Straight to jail"], ["Dude, chill. You can usually settle the fine online. Check the PDRM website or call them to confirm. Save yourself from court drama, and next time, set a reminder for that license renewal."]]}
{"title": "Benefits of getting married in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tgt59/benefits_of_getting_married_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Just curious on what kind of benefits married couples will get in terms of govt incentives or income tax, etc. Need more insights on this!", "comments": [["Able to checkin into OYO and cheap budget hotels and when JAKIM comes knocking, you can show them the card nikah, smile smugly, get a pat on the back and continue to kongkek", "You definitely did that", "She definitely did it"], ["I don't think we reach level like Germany yet. Where married couple have lesser tax.\nBut there are some, iinm SSPN and Health insurance for kids is deductable", "How about married couples that do not have kids? Any good benefits or incentives that are beneficial?", "Shared tax. But not really useful unless 1 not working, or 1 super rich", "nothing much."], ["Divorce money", "Bruhh that's dark"], ["Govt incentives?", "Figured this kind of things doesn't exist in Malaysia"], ["Legally Buat Anak\nCan check in Budget Hotel then JAIS come, smile to them\nCan Share name in property/ownership\nCan walk together holding hands without Pak Cik Karim Masjid Busybody viraling it on Facebook\nCan show PDA without Mak Cik Kiah Suami Pak Leman viraling it on WhatsApp forward\nCan have sex in car without jais tangkap\nCan live together tanpa fitnah(Muslim problem mah)\nCan do pegging(any Queers want to be pegged secara Halal??!?)\nCan use Sex Toy legally\nNo need Alarm clock"], ["Declare separately or together depends on your Tax Bracket. IRB will adjust so you see how in March 2024.\nGood Luck paying less tax. And claiming relief."]]}
{"title": "Don't use hazard lights when driving in the rain, says JKJR", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tgnxm/dont_use_hazard_lights_when_driving_in_the_rain/", "num_comment": 50, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["This had been a standing issue for a long time already. Those people just dont care.", "huh. I use them to signal \"Thanks\" e. g. when some fella give me way. It's nice when the fella also hazard light flash back :29091:", "I blame Badawi who told people to use hazard lights in the rain"], ["This really grinds my gears when people do this lah.\nJust wait and see some poor person gonna be broken down on the road (shoulder or emergency lane) during a downpour and then some dipshit slams into their vehicle from behind because \u201csemua orang buka lampu hazard masa hujan.\u201d\nAs usual Malaysians tunggu high profile fatalities baru react. \u201cNever expect this lah. Tak pernah terfikir akan berlaku.\u201d\nBlah fucking blah. No, no and a thousand fucking times no. The authorities said no but then everyone thinks they know better so nothing changes.\nI guess rule of thumb is drive like everyone is a moron or psychopath on the road and maybe, just maybe you\u2019re safe.\nOk end rant.", "Sadly you can drive like a saint but one red light runner is all you need to end up in the hospital/garage shop.\nI literally had that experience. Green light, tunggu 2saat, coast is clear. Bergerak. BAM.\nBabi."], ["The only way is education, reminders, enforcement, punishment", "How do you punish drivers in this instance? Stop them in the middle of the heavy rain to summon them?", "Or you know cameras and npr like most countries do traffic enforcement", "Nah it's easier to close eye and eat bribes.\nImagine if we had a country where the bloody motosikal riders actually had consequences to their actions."], ["Yup. Turn your headlamp/fog lamp or can turn on highbeam if heavy rain and your visibility is poor in that situation. Hazard light means got hazard/emergency. Dont let people confused. Drive with caution in heavy rain and slow traffic. This law is not only in Malaysia btw some others country also implement it."], ["It's so funny how people are confidently wrong about the actual functionality of hazard lights. Maybe I don't know it's in the name..if downpour is so bad there is banjir ahead and I'm slowing down significantly lower than the speed limit, mmh..I wonder if that maybe a harazadrous scenario in which I might want to inform the drivers coming up on my rear about...now if only there was an international driving signal for hazard up ahead \ud83e\udd14"], ["Just gonna come out and say it...\nThere are a lot of people who should not be allowed to drive in this country.\nIt's infuriating when one obeys the traffic laws and sees literally everyone else being absolute fuck wads with virtually no repercussions.\nHazards when driving, double parking, not keeping up with the pace of traffic, lane hogging, lack of lane discipline, the lost goes on.\nBut of course, most people just brush it off as \"it's Malaysia ma, what to do\".\nThe \"tidak apa\" attitude is the norm."], ["Thus thread proves people need to go through drivers ed again."], ["I used hazard lights once in the rain. My dad was driving me and he suddenly felt chest pain, I took over the wheel to send him to a clinic, I was 13 and only learnt to drive from Gran Turismo so I knew other cars had to be alert of my presence."], ["Update: Forgot to take pictures, but Police did uses hazard lights to escort BSN truck."], ["Oh really ? Isn't hazard light's usage is for everything else except standing still ? /s", "I use it for saying thanks to the loser at the back who let me merge from the left and cut him off!"], ["I think using hazard light during heavy rain is still a debatable issue. There is one time, heavy rain pour jn a heavy traffic and it\u2019s barely seen what in front of the car. Car in front switch on hazard light and helps to increase it\u2019s visibility. So its a total of car\u2019s brake light, third light and hazard light to help be more visible. Keep in mind that rain in Malaysia is one of the heaviest downpours in the world.", "Nope, not even top 10 heaviest", "It's not a debatable issue. The authority says no, so no.", "People need to go back to driving school to learn back wtf hazard lights are used for", "Who give a fuck what they authority say. Do what is safest", "If everybody turnon hazard during low visibility then how would you differentiate between if somebody is just trying to increase their car visibility vs their car actually broke down in the middle of the road and has to stop?", "The safest is for everyone to follow the rules. People thinking they know better than everyone else is the reason that Malaysia has such a high road accident rate.", "I get that, but one time, the rain were so heavy, it is almost impossible to gauge the distance between cars, and visibility were so low, like barely a few meters and I am already driving super slow. I am thankful the car in front of me actually pull out his hazard light because it allows me to gauge the distance carefully and the dude's car were greyish with really not so visible red light (again, due to heavy rain). For some reason, the traffic keeps going at different speed and that hazard light was extra helpful. Additionally, it was during dawn and not at night so for some reason, it is harder to see the redlight? Again, Idk. Maybe its the blinking effect that make it easier to see. I ain't no traffic or light scientist, but it does help me on that time. I am not rich so I don't have some fancy light setting either. Just normal stuff.\nI am not advocating nor supporting, but just saying it does help me on that time. Just some anecdotal stuff. And again, it was not normal rain, it was some extra heavy rainfall during Monsoon season + La Nina stuff.", "I mean, username checks out, I guess.", "The safest is to not turn on the lights", "Modern sedans have dedicated fog lights to address this issue. Hazard lights should be reserved for its purpose, letting people know its a hazard.", "Some new cars in their entry level specs don't have fog lights tho", "Do you think everyone drive modern sedan?", "Doesn't change the fact that hazard lights should still be used for a stopped vehicle.", "Why?", "Read the article or not?", "You'd be even more visible if you stuck disco lights on your dick and swung it outside the window but it doesn't mean you should do it. If you're told not to do it don't do it dude.", "I encountered this situation before, rain so heavy that it was hard to see pass 5 m in front. Even with fog light/front light/any light that available on, car in front are still barely noticeable until someone turn on hazard light, and everyone else follow. It does make them more visible with this blinking light to me. Oh ya,although it was raining at evening, the sky are still bright. The rain drop become silvery white colour, so a yellowish light does stand out more in that scenario.", "I know this rain type. Worst than the most f'd up haze because your windscreen is fogging up too", "no = no. plus there are those that keep going left or right of the lane and you wouldn't know because of the hazard light. AND should stop and reat if visibility is really bad. it's already at risk and by having disorientating signal to other road users increases that risk. no = no.", "Why need hazard light and not just turn signals?"], ["i dunno about you, but if the car in front of me pops their hazard lights that means they are coming to a sudden stop and you should too.\nit works fine in Thailand, it has also never caused me issues when driving in Malaysia. Every damn light helps when you are driving in torrential rain that car wipers were never designed for.\nIf you think someone is popping hazard lights to make a turn you're a bodoh."], ["Why, though? Not every car has strong taillight, and some car colors are less visible in rainy days. My first highway accident is in such a condition; tip #4 is trash because visibility is less than 5m, how the fuck do you know you are tailgating/tailgated or not? The only way I saw the car in front was because it had hazard light ON, and I got hit from behind because I wasn't (and my car was silver).\nHazard light means take extra care/caution because car is in hazardous state i.e. In a heavy rain. Else why not call it STOP light, as the \"tips\" imply its name is literal but used the WRONG definition for \"amaran/ bahaya\"?", "it's all down to the meaning of how it is meant to be used. cause if a car is stationary or to indicate distress, they flip the hazard lights on mis-using it can lead to dilution and things lose their meaning like they are seemingly so nowadays.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_lighting#Hazard_warning_signal\nNot every car has a strong taillight, but they can maintain a safer distance and drive slower.", "Again, can't judge a safe distance if can't see vehicle in front. Following a blinking light is better than guessing.\nDilute their meaning? I guess that means hazard = stop now? Read yoyr own fucking link\nThis function is meant to indicate a hazard such as a vehicle stopped in or near moving traffic, a disabled vehicle, a vehicle moving substantially slower than the flow of traffic such as a truck climbing a steep grade, or the presence of stopped or slow traffic ahead on a high speed road.\nHAZARD LIGHT IS NOT A STOP LIGHT", "If you are moving and have your hazard lights turned on, how are you going to indicate when you're going to switch lanes?", "Do I look like I'm going to switch lane in a hazardous situation? Lmao", "Again read the rules, stop interpreting your own even if you think it doesn't make sense that's how alot of countries see it as, i did not say it is a STOP light you dolt, the links first line also clearly says its not.\nEven if you don't like the rules it does not make it any less clear.\nAgain, can't judge a safe distance if can't see vehicle in front. Following a blinking light is better than guessing.\nYou are not able to judge the distance because you are in the front vechicles water wake then give it a longer distance especially in rainy day; give things some distance and you will see clearly.", "Then stop telling me to only use HAZARD light when I stop.\nAnd no, the rain itself reduce visibility. You're malaysian? I doubt you've driven in the rain."], ["I only use it when there were heavy rain that traffic slows due to high water level. We already have break lights on in such situations, hazard lights add a stronger message.", "hazard lights add a stronger message\nthere you have it, boys. it\u2019s all about sending a stronger message. we need to be firm about it. if it means going to war against JKJR, so be it!\nedit: forgot my /s", "Duh if all cars are braking constantly, all red lights you think in heavy rain they can differentiate with a complete stop in the middle of the rain. A lot of morons couldnt and thats when shit happens."], ["I turn my hazard lights on because i am a hazard. I cant see the car in front and behind me during heavy rain. I have perfect vision but despite slowing down and keeping left, i have difficulty seeing and therefore require the car in front to turn on the hazard lights in order for me to maintain distance"]]}
{"title": "Which people visit Kek lok si the most? Chinese? Malaysian Chinese? Hong Kong people? Cantonese or Mandarin speaking people?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tgm19/which_people_visit_kek_lok_si_the_most_chinese/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I was there recently and was surrounded by a bunch of similar tourists. Did not speak to them as all were speaking in their language. Asking for general knowledge\ud83d\ude05", "comments": [["Cantonese, mandarin, Hokkien speaking people. Mostly Malaysian, as they tend to mix the dialects. And not many understand the term \"Kek Lok Si\" if you dont know cantonese.", "It is not Cantonese, it is hokkien, the primary dialect speak by Penang Chinese or even non Chinese."], ["You are a suspicious ant aren't you"], ["Anyone?"], ["Mainly tourist from around the world. I don't think penang people will go there is not for special event like Chinese new yest when the temples is decorated with thousands of lights.\nI myself used to live very close to the temple for 15 years and never in my mind to visit the place."], ["Buddhists"], ["Tourists would, never meta Penang kiah who was happy to go there"], ["42 now, the last time I went there was when I was 5."]]}
{"title": "Warganet dakwa kedai runcit di Forest City jual ubat terkawal secara terbuka", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tgfob/warganet_dakwa_kedai_runcit_di_forest_city_jual/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Best way to get to Penang tomorrow?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tg8m1/best_way_to_get_to_penang_tomorrow/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi good people. I\u2019m a tourist, trying to get to Penang from KL tomorrow.\nI understand that there are trains and buses that go there.\nHow do I book the train? Is there a website?\nSame question for buses!\nAny help would be awesome. Thanks!!!", "comments": [["Bus: 50% Offer Kuala Lumpur to Penang bus ticket from RM 26.60 | BusOnlineTicket.com\nTrain: Welcome to the KTMB Integrated Ticketing System"], ["Try this 2 sites for bus and train services http://www.tbsbts.com.my/ (bus) https://www.ktmb.com.my/ETS.html (train). I find it easier using their apps. Good luck getting a ticket for tomorrow"]]}
{"title": "Ado's The First World Tour \"Wish\" 2024 Concert in Malaysia: Online Sale Details", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tg5ea/ados_the_first_world_tour_wish_2024_concert_in/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "More info here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/zNdnd5Ejjgd11EVt/?mibextid=xfxF2i", "comments": [["After the nonsense with the Yoasobi concert, imma just keep my expectations to get tickets for Ado as low as possible to avoid inevitable dissapointment...", "Ado isn't as big as Yoasobi. Fingers crossed it would be easier to get.", "Yikes, I wasn't in the know but what happened?", "Website kept crashing nonstop, small venue and just loads of scalpers floating around social media selling overpriced tickets"], ["bruh 3 zones only ahhhh :("], ["Intourlive\nYeah, get ready to be double teamed by scalpers and promoters, with no lube", "Its that bad huh ? Damn ... Anyhow, its going to be my 1st time buying the tickets, I'm a nervous wreck . Do you stay on the page few hourse before the given time (1pm) or the Queuing start after 1pm ? Do we need to stay on this page ? https://my.bookmyshow.com/events/ADO24MSA Will there be a link to press to start the Queue ?"]]}
{"title": "What happens when you report a business to EPF & Labor Department?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tfo07/what_happens_when_you_report_a_business_to_epf/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m planning to report a business for neglecting some employee rights to its part time workers (no EPF, no payslip to part time workers, etc). Seems like a small issue to some, but I don\u2019t want to be part of the problem.\nIn saying that, has anyone ever done this and what\u2019s the process like on the EPF/LD side?", "comments": [["You will need to provide proof first, EPF statements and proof they got salary from X company by bank statement. Also proof they worked in that company.\nAfter that the Labour Department will take over and will work on behalf of the victims.\nThey take their work seriously and doesn't mess around.\nEdit: But do note. Some companies label their part time workers as freelancers or contract workers, in which they are not obliged to give EPF.", "Got it. I\u2019m one of the part time workers. I had insisted for outstanding payslips few months ago which they had reluctantly gave. But after that it\u2019s back to no payslips. They\u2019ve said in the beginning that they don\u2019t really give payslips to PTs, and I\u2019ve also confirmed it with other PTs through text messages that they don\u2019t receive theirs.\nThe absence of EPF deductions/contributions are definitely easy to prove as my own payslips can already show that. And while they don\u2019t give any employment contract, I\u2019ve requested an employment confirmation for other purposes in the past and I think it can be a confirmation for contract of service.\nWould the LD only work on my personal case since I\u2019m the one reporting or would they check the whole business\u2019s operational records? Tbh, I\u2019m not reporting for mainly personal reasons since I only work there casually, I just don\u2019t want the other PTs being taken advantage of. I\u2019ve talked to some of them, but since they\u2019re very young they don\u2019t seem to mind."], ["You can ask at FB Malaysia HR group such as this and this via anonymous post. They can provide are better insights and directions.", "Thanks for the recommendations! Will check them out"], ["Sounds more like off record employees.", "Most likely. But I\u2019ve managed to get an employment verification letter for myself and had insisted on payslips, though still missing some payslips.", "Ok. Another thing, do you have a fixed number of working hours a day?", "No I don\u2019t, I\u2019m a casual worker. I\u2019ll let them know how many days I can work for the following week schedule and they\u2019ll match that. However in the beginning it is 2-3x week.", "And in a day, how many hours do you work? And how many hours does permanent staff there work. You need to work at least 30% of the hours permanent staff work a day to be eligible for epf. Means if they work 8 hours, you need minimum 2 1/2 hours minimum.\nBut im not sure about number of days in a week is counted or not.", "It\u2019s a fixed 5.5 hours for part timers per shift. 8 hours for full timers.", "Then i see no problem on your part. But know that, once you make the report, you pretty much burn the bridge already. People normally make report when they already have plans to leave the company.\nJust bring whatever you have to the labor office.\nJust thinking how your company going to twist this. From what you wrote, this looks like a clear cut case. Theres no way your company would make it this easy. There must be some loopholes that they know.", "Not really a problem to me, I haven\u2019t been available to cover a shift for 2 months now anyway because my own work is keeping me busy. Working here is just to get some physical movement going (own work is too sedentary).\nWhile yes I want them to pay my EPF and give me my slips, I honestly just wanna do this for the other part timers even though they don\u2019t really care, they\u2019re all still so young, in their early-mid 20s and I hate to see them get taken advantage of. There\u2019s even a policy (with letter) that says the company will deduct salary for replacement if an employee breaks stuff. I know for a fact that\u2019s not allowed.", "I see. Then bring this matter to the labor office. Just bring whatever you have now, if they think its enough they will go investigate. If not enough, try to get what they need.\nYour case is really interesting. 1st time im hearing a company do something so clearly wrong. Normally they do it along the cracks so it can still be debated if its right or wrong. But from what you wrote, theres no argument.\nPlease update us when theres any new development.\nBut my gut is telling me, for a company to openly do something like this, there is a chance they are already ready to pack things up.\nBecause if you look it up, they just made alot of offence under Akta KWSP 1991 dan Peraturan Dan Kaedah KWSP 1991.\nSection 43 (2) Kegagalan membayar caruman KWSP pada atau sebelum 15hb.\nSection 48 (3) Memotong caruman syer pekerja daripada gaji pekerja dan gagal membayar kepada KWSP.\nSection 42 (1) Kegagalan menyedia dan memberikan slip gaji kepada pekerja.\nSection 46 (1) Kegagalan Pengarah Syarikat, Rakan Kongsi Firma, Pemegang Jawatan Persatuan membayar caruman KWSP yang tertunggak\nYou can look at the penalties of each of these and they are no joke.\nSo, theres a chance they are going to pack things up and run away at the 1st sign of trouble."], ["If you make a report to EPF, they'll sue the directors of the company for missing contribution and interest. You don't need to do anything else other than read the updates they send you."], ["As far as I kmow, part time or freelance employer is tricky case. It depends on the whatever black and white you signed with them prior job commence whether you are being treated as part timer or freelancer. For most freelance, employee not obligated to covers full time benefits such as socso epf n etc.\nHaving said so, income tax is still need to be reported under Borang B instead of Borang BE. Now first question to yourself, did you declare your income to LHDN on your part time freelance Iinome?\nIf you did not my advise to u is better find other job and move on to other place that provides whatever epf socso you wanted instead of stirring the honest nest. LHDN will hunt you for sure.\nThen access your contract of employment is it being treated as part timer contract or freelancer contract.Rule of thumb is part timer is part of company employment, freelancer is considered as own business.. Same as those gig workers.\nSome companies does contribute epf n etc to its freelancer but that's very very rare(because it's treated as ur own business / income, why should company obligated to pay these benefits) . But if you are really defined as part time worker under the contract you sign the just terus report to EPF. They are super friggin efficient.\nIf you cocksure your employment is under the definition of part timer then you can seek remedies as below\nif your pay is under myr 4k you can just directly report to WFW app cause under 4k is directly under Employment act and labour dept jurisdiction\nIf above you need to file case to industrial relation office in which you possibly need to lawyer up for settling any dispute\nThe WFW and industrial relation matters are not related to EPF.\nGood luck.", "Er, I don\u2019t have issues with LHDN, this is a part time job that I started doing only this year so it has not been declared yet, and I\u2019m self employed and have always declared all my income. If LHDN wants to audit me I have no problem. I\u2019ve reported my income on both borangs so I\u2019m aware of the process.\nMy main issue with reporting them has to do with them taking advantage of young part time workers there. I\u2019m not sure why you\u2019re suggesting me to move on when my concern for the kids aren\u2019t getting solved.", "I have re edit the entire reply. Please read thru again", "Reread and to answer you question, I have a contract of service and not contract for service. For myself, I\u2019m a confirmed part timer and they are my employer, not an independent contractor being sourced by them. The problem lies with the rest of the kids as these kids don\u2019t even have any letter of confirmation.", "So what proof they have they have been working with this company? Are they being paid in cash or bank / cheque. If there is nothing signed before starting job it's a very tough case. Company can always argue they are just freelancer not covered by fulll/part time benefits.\nEpf you can whistleblow but this case of yours you cannot report those matters of payslip n etc on their behalf. They have to file it themselves. Otherwise the cunning company will argue that you are just shit stirring something that doesn't have anything to do with you.\nSo if you want gomen take action reports has to be done individually.\nBecareful on all these because it could backfired on yourself. Every company has lawyer to teach them how to maneuver all these grey areas. You want to be sure you are going the right track sought advice from HR lawyer.", "We\u2019re being paid through bank by the company acc.\nIn regards to payslips, that\u2019s what I fear. The most I can do is to show the company policy memo of salary deduction for faulty equipment caused by employees.", "I don't know what ur meaning of letter of confirmation. Confirmation is only for full time staff. Bare minimum there should be contract of of for service has be signed before work commence. If the kids doesn't have that, then the only proof is payment. But from what I understand from your comment. It's a weak case. No terms set no paper sign, they can always say it's freelancers.\nAnd I wanna emphasise again, becareful these thing might backfires on you. I kmow your heart is right but strategize your move so your income is secured and not being sued by your company if you decided to file report\nI don't know the full scenario so I'm only commenting what I've read here. Again good luck", "Verification of part time employment with said company. But that\u2019s only me. The rest of the kids have nothing besides payment.", "And under what ground can they sue me if I have all the necessary documents, at least for myself?", "For yourself it's fine.. If you want to report the matters that including others... I can foresee these are coming to you\nScenario if the kids unable to proof that they are part timer,\nIf I'm the company I will sue you for having malicious intent, creating unnecessary problem and causes the company lost xxx amount money and tine etc.", "I hope u re read again what I've written. If you have full proof that you and the kids terms of employment satisfied under the definition of part timer then go ahead to file ur complaints."]]}
{"title": "PSA Please Register Your PADU Account Now at https://padu.gov.my/", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wl02g/psa_please_register_your_padu_account_now_at/", "num_comment": 71, "flairlabel": [], "header": "A new vulnerabilities has been found", "comments": [["Ain't this a big flaw? Anyone that has your information can register an account on your behalf?", "Yes, it seems you can register and edit the information the account for the IC you enter with.\nHowever, it seems the Perakuan Profil section (which is like confirming the details) requires the e-KYC to be enabled.\nQuite a big design flaw if you ask me", "After 3 days its invalid without eKYC. The KYC itself only took less than a minute to be approve.", "anyone can register on your behalf but it requires you to take pic of your IC and a selfie to verify.", "anyone can register on your behalf but it requires you to take pic of your IC and a selfie to verify.\npic of IC and selfie is what all the other companies collected from Malaysians. eg: TNG, grab, setel, etc\nso someone if those companies get hacked then blah blah blah", "And people want to pour in even more information into this?\nReject Digital ID, Reject PADU.", "I would not go as far as reject it.\nWe want a proper implementation with all things measured and checked out. Not with a loophole/exploit like this.\nKalau tak siap lagi, cakap je tak siap. Take the hit.", "Wait, I'm out of the loop here, what are we taking a hit for? What is this being implemented for?", "its is, but this is expected, that is why I say this PADU thing is a bad idea.", "Yes, and the project is handled by one or two UiTM interns, maybe.\nMalaysia government agencies are so leaky and inept that almost all digitization initiatives launched by them suffered security and data breached at the expense of 32,000,000 citizens private and confidential data.\nOne of the reason we have so many scam cases and calls that targeting you and know your private info is because of these motherfuckers that have no idea what they are doing and deploy half-baked internship project into production."], ["That\u2019s a big flaw, given citizen records gets leaked so much in the past few months."], ["PADU = Plan Ahead, Don't Understand", "love this!"], ["Done, but the e-KYC process failed. The AI probably couldn't match my current old face to my NRIC's young face LOL!", "Same here lol\nBut it seems you can still edit almost all the information, except for Perakuan Profil which requires the e-KYC", "except for Perakuan Profil\nThat's the whole point of Padu lol. I only managed to pass verification on 2nd try."], ["So this government just launched it without solving it ?.", "Well it's the government famous for announce dulu, plan kemudian method", "Need to get creds for launching stuff mah. Later in election time can claim they did things mah. Whether it works or not itu lain citer la"], ["Excuse me, what? What's the point of creating the platform to keep an up-to-date database if ANYONE can sign up on your behalf? It defeats the whole purpose!"], ["Stupid system.. keep saying can't verify my picture with the IC bla bla bla.."], ["Now that I think about it, do I even need this shit?\nI won't qualify for any subsidy anyway. What other purpose will it serve me?"], ["I hope people will sounds the idiots who suggest this PADU bullshit. Bukan compulsory konon pui.", "@RafiziRamli tolong jawab", "Why not just use brim database? I don\u2019t get it", "Entah, that's what weird and suspicious about all this\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f it is not actually needed."], ["I haven't been following things closely. What is PADU?", "Central national database of socio economic information to help policymaking and implementation. Not compulsory but...\n...the information will determine their eligibility for subsidies.\nhttps://soyacincau.com/2024/01/02/padu-what-is-it-is-your-personal-data-safe-xrs/", "This data is not available from LHDN?\nNot convincing enough for me to sign up tbh.", "Available, that\u2019s why they ask you to \u201ckemaskini\u201d as in verify the data they already have.", "\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_/\u00af\ndunno, maybe for students or unemployed who don't have kwsp yet??", "Exactly. Also I haven\u2019t been eligible for any aid for awhile now ever since I got my job. Which is quite fucked up", "So basically giving up my data so that I can be better made use of.\nAnd if I don't register, someone else can impersonate me.\nRight...", "Not much difference than registering for brim.\nNo one can impersonate you, you still need to verify by taking pic of your IC and a selfie...", "Well, brim gave a bit of money, at least.", "This data will be used for subsidization in the future.\nThere is nothing wrong with digital ID etc but at least launch it without exploits like this.", "As stated in the website\n...the information will determine their eligibility for subsidies.\nso maybe future madani brim? I seriously dunno lol.", "Can explain to me why they not just continue using brim?", "Br1m is under Najib's 1malaysia brand. When Mahathir became PM, br1m payout decreased and will slowly phase out. Semakan br1m is solely under LHDN, so if you are unemployed bachelor with no LHDN record, you are not eligible.\nIn 5 years, Jib spent 26billion on br1m. Madani gov no money to give bribe like during Jib dynasty. Now introduce Padu to collect self declared data and cross reference with LHDN so only the really needy will be eligible."], ["when i say \"did you guys build the system using chat gpt\" i was joking :26554:", "Looks like its a joke now lol", "hehehehehehehehehe :26554:"], ["Whats wrong with gomen and their security? You can easily find someones full name using their plate numbers."], ["Data leaked here we go"], ["Identity fraud is one thing. Gross negligence of the data collection and storage is another.", "Welcome to Malaysia."], ["I am fucking sorry? This is not satire is it? the fuck!? And this is how u idiots want to convince us to go digital when this kind of vulnerability is not accounted for before the system lunch! What the fuck!"], ["Rushed project without going through validation test. As usual.", "They did internal tests. Works great for them. Also, no refunds."], ["OR... this could be fearmongering to get people to sign up as soon as possible....\nJust a thought."], ["Whilst I get what he is saying, I dont understand whats the play here. Why would third parties register for PADU accounts on other peoples behalf? Also, would\u2019nt these types of registrations get caught at the KYC stage?", "Padu already have all of your information. You only need to update/change any info thats outdated.", "Mine is pretty much blank. They dont have my information at all. All they have is the name of the company i'm working at. Other than that they got nothing. Our government really should just combine their database from their various agencies. All those information that we need to fill in, they already have it. They are just too incompetent to get that information from their own agencies. We already fill all of these for that BR1M/STR/BTR/BKC stuff. They can already get 95% of the information from LHDN."], ["seems like it\u2019s gov problem \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["if i m very sure that i wont get subsidies i dont need to register right?"], ["You still have to verify with your selfie, which must match your mykad pic."], ["Sorry I have been out of touch for a bit but what is PADU even about?"], ["\"register all your info to central government!\"\nbruh, what next? we getting profiled by government and social credit system implemented to ensure our loyalty? the last place that can be another 1984 disaster is Malaysia, wtf"], ["My thought is, PADU is another database on top of an existing database.\nPADU is a vehicle to generate some moolah for someone. Gomen orders PADU, contractor quotes a number for design, installation, support for few years. Etc...", "It links up various databases between govt agencies and was internally developed. No consultant involved.", "you sure \ud83e\udd23 staff gov know next.js and tailwind and make intranet system in 6 month \ud83e\udd23"], ["What's PADU?"], [""], ["Tried to enter the site, says my request had been intercepted because it appears to be an attack.\nHahaha. The hell. Or they dont allow vpn?"], ["relax lah, why become white mice to test their system?\nSome Kampung people a lot no use internet, or computer illiterate, this will confirm take a while since they do not have secure function for 3rd party to provide register serve to computer dumb people lol"], ["Yet all those fake logins would not be approved if the eKYC was not done/fail. So all account created like that would not be valid after 3 days. But that is 3 days of downtime I guess(no info on how this is handled i havent seen anyone to have this problem yet)\neKYC was approved almost instantly for me. As for filling PADU, it will get use no matter what. I would rather have an updated information representing me rather than trusting the rojak data from the hundred agencies that they have put together."], ["Digital ID. Yeah nah."], ["Nice job rapiji. Now i kinda agree with walauns calling piji the raja fraud formula"], ["That is a vulnerability. Shouldn\u2019t that be addressed first before releasing the app?"], ["This fuckery already happened once before but i dont remember for what registration. Is it Mysejahtera? I think its around covid time"]]}
{"title": "This is how TikTok AI pronounce Kadazan Dusun", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tfkll/this_is_how_tiktok_ai_pronounce_kadazan_dusun/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNnYtfUX/\nFrom this video", "comments": [["Sounds like an European name of it."]]}
{"title": "MDAC foreign entry question", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tfhxb/mdac_foreign_entry_question/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Looking for clarification - I see there is a new option for MDAC for digital entry to Malaysia. The infographics state that if it\u2019s your first time you need to have your passport registered manually. Seeking clarification. Does \u201cfirst time\u201d mean first time ever visiting Malaysia or first time registering for an MADC??", "comments": []}
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{"title": "Hello fellow Malaysians, do you feel lonely?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tfahp/hello_fellow_malaysians_do_you_feel_lonely/", "num_comment": 89, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Loneliness seems to be a growing phenomenon in the modern world despite us being the most well connected generation to ever exist. It's so bad that loneliness is even labelled as an epidemic in the US.\nJust wondering if other Malaysians feel lonely too and why? Where you feel like you can't connect to anybody even when surrounded by people, that's what loneliness is.\nEdit: Gotta edit cause replies seem to indicate some misunderstanding of loneliness Vs being alone. You can be lonely even when surrounded by people. You can feel completely connected to others even if you're by yourself. The key point is the lack of connection, not physical people. Thanks for the replies!", "comments": [["I live alone, I don't have friends, I don't go out of the house except for work or meals, I don't talk to anyone in person unnecessarily.\nI genuinely could not be happier.", "Nice, a life of solitude can be very fulfilling if it's your thing. Nothing like being free to be yourself without caring about other people's opinions.\nIt's just that I do crave some connection from time to time, having deep conversations with somebody that isn't intimidated or bored by that kind of stuff.", "Yup cmon let's break the chain! OP, start a discord grp or telegram chat or smthng with everyone responding to your post", "That is actually a lovely idea. Just that, maybe I'm not the right person to host such a thing? \ud83d\ude05\nAre there such discord groups tho?", "My bro is just happy playing GI", "Yessir...although...it's becoming a bit dry lately.\nI also enjoy preparing dinners that take all afternoon to prep on weekends, like now. Hah.\nI'd also like to clarify that although I don't speak to others unnecessarily, it's not a two-way deal, there are others out there who check in on me from time to time, which I appreciate of course."], ["Unpopular take, people have to be more proactive. There's a difference being alone and lonely in a crowd. Find your purpose, goal and especially community. That's what I observe in successful people. If you are just doom scrolling and looking at people social media, shit feeds your depression. Go out more. Prioritise.", "I do kinda agree with this, I don't really have socmed so I just talk and initiate convos with people around me in the uni. I have quite a few friends now"], ["Having toddler son, sometimes I wish I can be lonely again \ud83d\ude05", "It's definitely nice to have some alone time every now and again, especially when kids are involved \ud83e\udd72"], ["One can be lonely amidst a sea of friends and family", "That's exactly the point, yes. Loneliness is not defined by presence of people, it's defined by the connection with people"], ["i guess i felt lonely, i have a lot of friends (more like i knew a lot of people but not much of a good friends) , but after certain period like school, i knew everyone but then they were all gone, then uni where i think it was fun with everyone like a family then all gone with their path of course but now i felt all alone like where was them all \ud83e\udd23 to all my friends if u saw me in dating apps just ignore it, i need someone to talk too \ud83e\udd72", "Yes, life brings people apart as you grow up. But I suppose if you stick to it long enough, life brings people together again towards the later years. If you're in your 20s to 30s that's when most people focus on themselves and family but don't really have spare time to socialise unless you're lucky enough to click with a group well.\nDating sites nowadays are just full of thirsty ppl tho not sure if it's worth wading thru all that muck to find connection, no harm trying tho!", "yeah i got the point hahah i am not sad, i knew they are working on themselves as well as their family, i do wish them all good luck cause i knew i am struggling too now \ud83d\ude05, i just missed the time when we hang out without thinking what time to go back \ud83d\ude06\nas for dating apps, i am just killing my time and loneliness nothing beyond it \ud83d\ude05, but most were searching for love so i just skip it \ud83d\ude06 i sorry and thanks for some of the people that waste time talking with me"], ["Yes I do but not all the times. There seems to be a lot of depth lacking in the connections I\u2019ve made, connections always feel\u2026superficial.\nBut I also love solitude. Most of the times I prefer doing things by myself and people seem to have problems with it. I enjoy my own company. I like having meals just by myself, I prefer solo travel than with people etc. It\u2019s peaceful. But when people see, they also go oh so pity why alone. What\u2019d you mean? I\u2019m having a blast here???\nAnd because of that, I tend to be pickier or just harder to connect with a lot of people. I need to like your company more than I like my own, and that\u2019s hard to beat. And so a lot of the times, I enjoy the time with people, but only to an extent. I think, missing genuine intimacy would be a better expression than feeling lonely.", "Omg yes! Superficial is the word, I've always just termed it as 'shallow'. It is the lack of intimacy and connection like you say, that results in the loneliness.\nFor me, it comes from feeling so alien just because the way I think and perceive things seem to be so different compared to how other ppl in Malaysia do? Like this is not just something I personally feel, but others have expressly pointed out."], ["Just make up friends in your head like a real mentally unstable person would do \ud83d\ude0e", "I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends \u266b\u266b\u266b\nThey're in my head \u266b\u266b\u266b\nNirvana - Lithium", "Working smart, not hard. I like it"], ["When you were younger early 20s you have a lot of friends with you, life is always fun. When youre mid 20s your friends started getting married and having kids until it isnt the same again (tried going out with my friend with kids- the hangout sucks)\nLate 20s your friends will abandon you and prioritises their spouse and family, something that isnt wrong at all\nSo im in late 20s..but yeah i dont wanna get married just for the sake of not wanting or scared to be alone. Some people i know just scared of living and ended up alone that theyll just marry earlier..my mother did the same too"], ["Most Malaysian materialistic tho, not much interesting to talk about besides what's ur job, ur property and show off continental car etc.", "Exactly! I have rarely been able to make conversation about anything beyond the shallow topics with most Malaysians. Everyone seems to think life is all about making money, having a job, owning property and then retiring. As if there is nothing else to being a human. The only topics that can be considered deeper to talk about in Malaysia are politics and religion/race, but even then you'd be lucky if the person you talk to doesn't just get super defensive and shut down other perspectives. People are so tribalistic in the name of loyalty, and few Malaysians posses any critical thinking skills or are open minded enough.\nI find it sad, how the best conversations I've had are with completely random strangers overseas, not with fellow Malaysians I've known for years."], ["No friends but still live with family. So... Doesn't really feel lonely"], ["Lonely because you feel other don't really understand you, or doesn't have the same topic/hobby/interest as you, or you yourself doesn't have any hobby or interest. If feels like socializing is not rewarding or fun, or a waste of time.\nSo develop many hobbies or interests, find a new group to engage in such activities. If you like hiking, join a hiking group. If you like dancing, join a dance class. If you like Crypto, find your Crypto bros. Sadly, people around us might be too small of a group which propbably doesn't share the same interest as us. We are more likely to have similar interest with people around when we are young, but it is harder/more different as everyone grow older.\nAs for soulmate and deep discussion kind of relationship, this will be hard. Everyone is busy with their own things, and to have a deep relationship require a lot of time to really understand someone. But it always start with the person you spend the most time with in a certain period of time: like a long travel with a friend, your gaming kakis, joint venture with a friend, or your childhood friend or schoolmate. Of course relationship changed (turned into memory) as everyone moved on with their lives, then you need a different batch of active friends on your next phase of life.\nSometimes I don't feel lonely even though I don't mingle/socialize with people, because I spend my time on creating, crafting, writing, making, reading the things I love."], ["I don't feel lonely. Have a very nice community of supportive people around me. Im quite blessed. Getting into hobbies definitely helped make me feel more part of something"], ["I'm not alone, but I feel lonely, I'm stuck in the motion and I hate it"], ["Come to TTDI park every morning, there are many groups that you can join in and it's FOC."], ["i tend to isolate myself from my friends bcs in my mind im not needed there. there are also times when i want to call someone to talk about my thoughts but when i go through the list of friends i have, i dont think i want to bother any of them with my thoughts so i always ended up talking to myself in front of a mirror as a thinking process. it is lonely, but i tend to direct my attention to games and not indulge too much in that loneliness. i distracted myself often and i try not to think too much abt how lonely i am.\nbut it is suck that i dont have anyone to talk to abt random topics i found. like last time i found an interesting research paper and i wanted to talk abt it to someone but i cant think of anyone that would be interested and would engaged in the conversation so i ended up just posting it on ws status and just wrote it as \"an interesting topic frfr\" lol", "I could've written this myself! Except that I vent to myself in a journal in lieu of a mirror\ud83e\udee0\nI have the 'STEM' type of autism and for a girl, I am either too dry, braggy or attention-seeking for both neurotypicals n neurodivergents! Even when talking superficial such as TV dramas, it is also frustrating when you realise no one likes the same niche series as you! :26557:", "i tried journaling too but since i cant write as fast i thought i can so i just continued talking to the mirror \ud83d\ude02 i totally relate to the tv shows but instead of tv shows, mine is more towards the games i played and even if they asked abt it, i realised i tend to just explain it as simply as i can bcs ik they dont really have genuine interest abt it \ud83e\udee0"], ["lonely so lonely I'm mr lonely", "I have nobody~", "well if you want to,I could be your new friend? idk"], ["being alone is better than poor"], ["I do feel lonely. Like I long for companionship, someone who would just be by my side n listen to me ranting, someone who could just stare into the night skies with me n relax."], ["Yes lol but it is what it is amiright fellas"], ["Not anymore, but was falling into that pattern before I decided to make a conscious change.\nTechnology is reducing and eliminating the need for social skills (especially during childhood and adolescence) which decreases the ability to form and maintain fulfilling and meaningful connections with others."], ["If i turn 37 and still not getting married, i will definitely not going to get married till die. I will just go somewhere , where people dont judge. Start a new life. Or maybe go to Palestine and join Ham4s. Nothing to lose.\nBtw i'm 32.", "Why H4m4s not F4t4h?\nChill. Just 32 bro. For men life begin at 40.", "Exactly. but maybe I'll favor a janda with kids in the future. Nobody would judge me asking if those kids are my grandchildren or children.", "Hahahaha. Right decision! Why not Janda kan? Butt. If u stay same place/area after marry the Janda with kids, people will ask and judge jugak right? Eh baru kahwin sudah ada anak ka? Anak luar nikah ka? Humannn.. Always will judging u no matter what. Fuk humannn!"], ["I do sometimes. And ig keep attacking me with couple vids."], ["i wanna make friends but most people of my age are mat rempits and always lepak at mamak playing ML. it's hard for me since I dont go outside or playing ML and i dont have moto, how can i rempit hah? some of them even flex their aweks on IG stories showy\u00b2 and do all couple thingy and it makes me jealous as hell. how people expect me to make friends liddat?", "I'd say, broaden your horizon then. With different types of ppl from different age groups, cultural groups, even nationalities. From my own experience, interactions with those most different than myself have also been the most enriching. Whereas the ones I grew up with or around tend to stay the same, mentality wise and can even become toxic at times especially if they feel you are too different. Nothing wrong with my own kind of people... But nothing wrong with you being different either. The world looks much more interesting when we have different perspectives."], ["Every day bro, every day"], ["I feel lonely but it's more because I find it hard to express my dumb feelings about niche personal topics I feel strongly about, nobody will understand it \ud83e\udd72 also mask alot because of it", "Your feelings are not dumb, they are completely valid because they are yours. Your opinions may be niche, but that's only because you think out of the box and don't just agree blindly with what the majority says. That is a strong suit and sadly a rare one in Malaysia where most ppl are just sheeps and can't think independently. We have all been taught too long WHAT to think that only few know HOW to think."], ["This year I have had several realizations about myself and one of them was I am a very lonely person. I always feel this sadness within me even when I\u2019m with other people and one day it just hit me that, aaah I\u2019m lonely."], ["Lately I do feel lonely. I have great friends and loving families, but sometimes I just want attention from someone that I love. It\u2019s different when you talk to friends and the person that you love."], ["No, I don't feel alone. I am born an introvert, I can work with people professionally at my job, but still personally an introvert. I am the most lonely when surrounded by many people I don't know.\nDon't worry, I treasure my family. Aloneness and loneliness are not the same, but I do not hold grudges for people who pity me for being 'lonely', I consider it an honest mistake and move on."], ["Learn to enjoy your own company and to be happy on your own. Getting married because tak tahan la sorang-sorang is one of the stupidest reasons ever to get married. Times three if the other reason is nak merasa orang jagakan makan pakai like cibai you want a fuck parent is it", "I agree with the first 2 lines of your comment, but genuinely can't understand what you're trying to say in the last sentence lol.\nBut yea, getting married out of fear of being alone is a surefire way to confirm you will be lonely. Especially if the partner is not someone you can connect and have an understanding with.", "For his last rant at the end, he's saying it's worse when people marry simply cuz they want someone to take care of them where it's all one-sided. Think a man-child who needs a woman to wait on him, bring home the bacon, be his maid/kongkek buddy, etc.\nUnfortunately I know a few such guys. I wrote sometime ago about how one couldn't even drive himself around, so he relies on the gf to do so and takes advantage of the distance (eg: asking to go from Mytown to Putrajaya).", "Some people get married to have someone else take care of their makan pakai. They don't want a spouse, they want a fuck mommy.\nIt's part of the reason I'm content being alone. People always tell their sons to \"cari bini, ada la orang jaga makan pakai\". Who's gonna jaga your baby boy's makan pakai? Not me.", "It's stupid when people think like that. When you get married, BOTH parties have to take care of each other. The same goes in reverse too, where the woman expects her husband to take care of her entire livelihood while she takes care of the house, altho I guess to an extent that is more accepted? Still not ok tho.\nAlso in my experience, the kind of parents who let their sons behave like that are the types who think their babies are completely innocent angels even when the son gets caught red handed with some domestic abuse or shit. Yikes"], ["Gotten used to rolling with it, so yeah. Comfortably alone and numb.", "Seems like the case with a lot of modern day people. The constant stimulation from our phones have made us numb, feeding us with unlimited connections but not really providing any real sustenance.\nIt's gotten so bad in other more developed countries that they have terms for these kinds of people, hikikomori in Japan and hidden youths in china. I'd say even incels are a form of lonely people, altho that comes attached with a whole other baggage to unpack.\nGuess I'm just curious what's the Malaysian context going to be like. Does it ever get too much for you? If so, how do you deal with it?", "like someone said, you do have to take initiative to socialise sometimes. Like, my office dept is touted to be super social, but at lunches when everyone's on their phones...it feels safer to retreat to my own device as well. Used to join Toastmasters, made a few friends there until they all left due to busyness and the club became more cliquey the longer I stayed.\nI too prefer topics that aren't superficial like celeb drama, but those who are willing to talk deep with you are hard to find.\nDespite my OG comment, I miiiight go insane if I became a shut-in anyway! Even introverts like me need communication!", "Ah.. the cliques. That shit gets taken to the extreme when it comes to girls. Coming from an all girls' school, it's either u're popular, clever/nerdy or a weirdo. And if you happen to not fit in properly with any one group you're just basically left in limbo. Everyone only wants to talk about guys, school stuff, makeup, the next cool item and shit like that. Then as adults the topics broaden slightly to include money, family, properties, work, the next expensive statement item, maybe politics sometimes or religion if they're really feeling it.. but yea, it never gets any deeper.\nAt least with dudes you can talk about deeper stuff every now and again over drinks, so long as no feelings are involved that is lol.", "Bro the hikikomori. I would love some imperial Japanese person to just look and give us their opinion on this phenomenon."], ["guys.. don't let the lonely shit get into u, get your hobby, meet some friend which has same hobby, if good find a partner.. fight for it, I know it is hard.. I have been so lonely... but recently I met my partner, and things has change to more sunshine, I hope u guys can do it too, cheers"], ["> You can be lonely even when surrounded by people\nthe privilege this guy have... tell that to my entire college classmate that ghosted me regardless of committed or shallow interactions", "I'm sorry if your classmates ghosted you. Have you ever found out the reason why tho?\nAnd also, that's not something said due to privilege. More like what loneliness CAN mean. You can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely, if you know what I mean.", "Never knew, never bothered, kinda assumed being connected on social media like fb was fine enough.\nI think you've already experienced alot of opportunities you already had with people around you, which gradually feels bland. Maybe thats the reason on my side, It gets more difficult to meet new people and actually enjoy the time spent together though, even if its pretending.", "From your comments so far, it sounds very much like you're just projecting your own dissatisfaction or insecurity onto others. Like assuming there is privilege or that I've had many opportunities when you know next to nothing about me. That is something that is potentially driving people away from you. Insecurity and bitterness is not a pleasant thing, people can sense it off of you and it makes them uncomfortable. Which in turn makes it difficult to meet new ppl and make friends.\nAlso, the fact that you never knew or bothered to think about these things indicate you might be in denial/numb to your situation which actually sounds like it is causing you some distress. Perhaps learn to be more self aware or seek mental health support if it really does bother you. It is never a bad thing to start somewhere and there is no shame in wanting to better oneself. Best of luck to you"], ["No", ""], ["Once u have enough money, u won't feel lonely my friend"], ["Friend with benefit / non string attached / situation relationship / sex friend"], ["Hell yea I am"], ["Loneliness is a paradox. The symptoms of loneliness are the very things that will push people away. If you want to make friends, you need to act like you're not lonely or sad or needy or weird. You need to act happy."], ["Yes. I feel incredibly lonely. I am an only child so I have grown up with this feeling. I project a lot onto my partner to fill this void which isn't fair to him."], ["Sometimes, yes.\nFor me, it's because I sometimes think that my friends aren't actually my friends, or I wonder why they don't reach out to me as often as I'd like them to.\nBut truly, my friends do still love me. It's just that maybe they're busy or caught up with their own hectic lives. Or maybe they're thinking like me, thinking that they have no one because they don't get checked up on often.\nI intend to make more of an effort to reach out to them."], ["someone won't feel lonely when he/she found another lonely person.\none way is to get away from loneliness is to work abroad. normally Malaysians living abroad are close with each other. For example, Malaysian community in china always organize gathering every month. They have wechat group to get and receive help. or you can hang out at one of the restaurant owned by Malaysian and hangout with other Malaysians there.\nbut when Malaysians return home, most of them become busy with their family.\nironic isn't it?"], ["Loneliness seems to be a growing phenomenon\nloneliness is even labelled as an epidemic in the US\nGotta edit cause replies seem to indicate some misunderstanding of loneliness Vs being alone\nWith these 3 lines you said alone, you kinda hit the jackpot on \"we live in modern times, therefore, we live longer than 30-50 years and psychology is invented\"\nI think loneliness has always existed like even for people that feels lonely even with people surrounding them. Just that it wasnt experimented, known existence nor well documented so its not a \"growing phenomenon\" imo. But more like we are now more aware it exist.\nSo when this question was asked and if people answer honestly or not just proves whether Malaysians are willing to accept shit/stuff like these exists instead of throwing depression to good ol kena sihir or evil spirit or whatever which still existed 10 years ago and seen with my own eyes on relatives being sent to temples or whatnot instead of professional psychiatrists or therapists which btw is still kinda stigmatized today and you will be called crazy lol.\nAlso imo as well(not studied) is that people back in the day did not have internet so loneliness usually are cured with surrounding people. Say you have a depressed person and people think theyre crazy so theyre brought to a church and is surrounded by supportive people that kept saying nice words and they kept going once a week. It kinda is and can be/possibly therapeutic. which of course today we learn its NOT FOR EVERYONE cause for introverts whom are at the extreme end can end badly when forced to church or whatnot everytime. Also that in modern times these loneliness can be amped by wide internet and social media usage in many different factors but id say what i wrote in the first 3 paragraphs stands as the majority reason why.\nEdit: correcting and adding on words.", "Those 3 lines you quoted are not my personal opinions, they are mostly based on real research and plucked from a video I recently watched on exactly this issue (link: https://youtu.be/I19btmIBhx0?si=6WZVHH7Cjcc1k2lH). You need only search up 'loneliness' on Google and you will get various results including research on the issue becoming more and more prevalent in quite a few countries, including the US, hikikomori in Japan and hidden youths in China.\nIn fact, that's the reason I even made this post, to garner different opinions and POVs as to whether it's a growing thing in Malaysia too. Of course, loneliness is not a new phenomenon (I never said it was), but it is definitely growing. Loneliness has haunted us as long as humanity has existed. We are social creatures, hardwired to need social connections in order to survive and the lack of that actually triggers a stress response in individuals. But for quite a while the phenomenon is isolated to only certain groups such as the elderly. Now it is affecting more youths as well.\nIt is also true that we are now becoming more aware and accepting of mental health issues. Which can only be a good thing. As only with awareness can we learn to identify and overcome mental health issues, which like you also said, gets heavily stigmatised especially in Asian societies.\nWhile loneliness is indeed a growing thing, it did not start in this modern era. It actually has been on the rise since the 60's, when ppl became more individualistic and societal communities started losing its grip on ppl's lives. Of course all this is mostly based on western contexts, but we can't deny it hasn't reached our shores. Especially with the integration of internet and social medias into our daily lives, the issue has only become exacerbated. Even our Asian societies are becoming more individualistic and less communal. How often do we see young ppl chatting in public with strangers and join community activities? Kids don't even really get to play outside with each other as much as they used to. Heck, how many of us even know our neighbours or speak to them?\nWhile the situation is indeed sad, I'm only glad that it hasn't gotten too bad in Malaysia (Midnight mamak sesh is still a thing thank goodness). But I do encourage you to watch the video and read up some about it, it's quite an eye opening thing. Hopefully we can catch this bug and nip it in the bud if more ppl are aware of it.", "Yeah will do take time to watch, I think what you said is true. Yeah you kinda did change my perspective a bit as in the spectrum of how much modern age has to do with amping up loneliness within people.\nId say like you did social media and internet did help us connect more but also become super dependant to it. So there is more individualism over communal like you said.\nImo this is a new societal issue where we have to deal with in this age. But it was at a lot smaller scale before due to cultures being in communal spaces at all times and if you don't youre casted out. Which is why I also think that today people are more educated than ever and able to branch out in interests which is good but also come with the bad like we are discussing here.\nAnyway thanks for your rundown its really good."], ["Loliness as explained by Kurzgesagt\nThis a good infographic documentary.", "Hehe Loliness", "Kurzgesagt is one of my favourite informative channels! Another fav is TedEd or PBS Eons"], ["Been alone is not a bad thing sometimes \u2026. It give you time to reflect about your target and health other been distracted thing that sometimes feel not important at all or your just giving too much with no return"], ["I hvae friends, but I still feel lonely and isolated, probably because I have no one to share my hobby/passion with"], ["After 4 years of struggling, I seem to be getting the hang of it now. Like I used to struggle a lot and that manifest with me fighting with people and blaming them for what lacks in my life but lately the struggle seems to ease a bit and if they do happen it'd happen in a short strings of suicidal thoughts but it'd pass after like maybe a day. I like to say we can only learn to live with the feeling but to be honest I don't think there's a lot to learn of it. It's more like how much abuse you can endure of that feeling until you get use to it. Sure you may be feeling like you're unwanted or unloved but once the rationality sets in you realise you're not really alone you're just lonely and it's a punishing feel to have."]]}
{"title": "Modern Slavery", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18teedg/modern_slavery/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["And this is why AI gping to be a reality."], ["Modern Slavery"], ["wtf wif saudi arabia,no one expect em to be same league wif sweden,but,did they kidnap ppl on street and force work?\nso no slavery in japan korea aus"], ["Most people are slaves of their bosses."]]}
{"title": "Lethal Company fun (Comic Fiesta 2023)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18te8wp/lethal_company_fun_comic_fiesta_2023/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Cosplayers @IG:\nMannibaashful ameerrrshahter myth_lee Spacedcadian"], ["Where Bracken?", "Didnt see one sadly \ud83d\ude02", "probably best for your life...", "Oh yea.. I kinda forgot I even had a life in the first place \ud83d\ude02", "They outside,\nShould worried about outside BS shenanigans.\n1) blind dogs, 4 baboon hawks, Alaska bullworm, no weight tree giant during evening night / eclipses.\n2) weather like stormy (thunder), foggy and raining (quicksand).\n3) electric bee, ghost girl during outside hunted, that guy with a tragedy mask spinning around.\n4) ice cream truck, sus guy with shovel and guy with extended ladder."], ["'Picture taken minute before disaster due to the mask guy shenanigans'."], ["That poor guardsman gets his weapon stolen, the commissar will not be pleased"], ["I'm gonna wait for someone to cosplay that little bitch girl."], ["Jack in the Box?"], ["Secure. Contain. Protect."], ["I saw those two scavengers on the first day, wanted to take a picture with the custom helmet guy but didn't see them after that sadly, i only have a short recording of me walking past them"]]}
{"title": "Covid-19 cases, deaths under control, says health ministry - Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says no new variants have been detected, and that the prevailing variant is Omicron, with known sub-variants that do not cause more severe cases.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18te6a7/covid19_cases_deaths_under_control_says_health/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Wet passport ruins Malaysian couple\u2019s honeymoon after airline denies check-in", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18te3yr/wet_passport_ruins_malaysian_couples_honeymoon/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["tl;dr:\nthey managed to pass immigration but denied by the airline\nairline denies them because if Turkey rejects them, the airline will have to send them back to KL at their own expense\nmake sure your passport is not damaged before traveling", "yeap, and thats why we should always respect our travel docs. some people wrap them in resealable plastic bags.\nbut at least he's not bitching about it and is self aware. even using his mistake as a reminder to others.", "I just use a sandwich zip lock bag. Low tech solution.", "I put mine in Daiso zip lock bag", "I always thought those specialized password hard plastic protector things were silly, but it makes sense now", "Eh the part with info is plastic anyway", "think of it as food. theres this nice cake, it has garnishing all over. the most important part is in the centre. but the person you served it to saw that theres a piece of shit right at one corner of the dish.\nfor sure, one can just push the meal to the side. but knowing that a theres a POS on the meal makes you SUS the entire dish. no ones gonna eat that cake."], ["Screencap\n<image>", "Thanks for the info."], ["i mean...if you hand me a wet RM50...i would reject the same yo..."], ["news from a few weeks ago...."], ["may be about time to make passport & the ink water proof?\nCant believe we still use these decade old system.", "Visa stickers and immigration stamps stick better on paper than plastic.", "Photo page is plastic on modern passports. Visas and ESTAS can be entirely electronic."], ["Guy's kind of an idiot tbh. Not just for ruining his passport but not having the brains to let his wife continue on the trip while he quickly renews his passport and buys a new ticket to rejoin the tour. He would have cut his losses in half", "Unless you read the story in full, it's a Sunday. Immigration department is not open. Even if they are, he could have still missed his flight since it was an early morning flight. Immigration department is not a 24/7 operation.\nSecondly, it was a tour group. December is the peak travel season, there is a possibility that there was no more empty seat on the departure date or if there was, it would have cost a bomb. Only Turkish Airlines flies between KL and Istanbul daily.\nAsking his wife to proceed with the tour would have been \"better\" option, one person missing the tour is better than two persons. Of course, the wife chose not to proceed.", "UTC is open on Sunday. He could have gotten a flight the next day and rejoined the tour. Yes, he would have to pay more. But instead he sacrificed the entire trip instead.\nBut of course some people can't think that far ahead. I laughed at his excuse of not wanting to join late and missing out on some of the activities. Bro, so you just choose to miss out everything instead.", "I think you missed the part \"travel peak season\". Even if you have the money to burn now, if the airline has no empty seat for you, you still can't travel. If it is a business class seat upward of 10K, might as well burn the tour and book a new one?? Which part of the early morning flight do you not understand? It was 1am. UTC daily operation starts when? And he is based in Johor, not Selangor for that matter. And he is a cleaner, working in Singapore. Doubt he has a few hundred thousands lying around the house to spare a last min ticket.", "Go and check the ticket prices to Istanbul right now. It's within 4-5k return. Doable. If you don't have that much to spare but book a trip costing RM16K, then he's even dumber than I thought.", "He could have booked the tour way earlier, at an early bird price etc. They could have been saving that RM16k for some time we will never know. Kind of condescending to label others as dumber as if you know their circumstances, no?\nOnline ticket prices are different than counter prices if you are not well informed. Also, even if he bought a new ticket, how can he travel without a proper passport? Wait for Monday for UTC to open? Apply passport last min walk in (assuming officers at UTC allows him to do walk in application, usually they don't), one day settle passport, then buy air ticket assuming the direct flight is available on the subsequent day, fly out...that's two days lost. Catching up with the group somewhere in Turkey, another day or two loss. That is three/four days loss from the booked nine-day tour. Would be even lesser if the flight is on later days or the new flight requires multiple transits.\nRather than labelling others as an idiot, why not try to empathise or sympathise. At least those are free...."], ["This guy learned it the hard way"]]}
{"title": "Analysts divided on impact of Mat Sabu\u2019s \u2018mercy to all creations\u2019 pledge", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tdi9i/analysts_divided_on_impact_of_mat_sabus_mercy_to/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "Amanah\u2019s policy will appeal to urban and non-Malay voters but risks alienating rural Malay communities, says a political analyst.", "comments": [["Amanah have no chance winning rural malay votes in the 1st place."]]}
{"title": "Tun M\u2019s latest rambling after Daim being investigated", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tdg66/tun_ms_latest_rambling_after_daim_being/", "num_comment": 103, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["That's right Tun. You and your family should be investigated too.", "If Atok and his family get investigated, all corrupt Bersatu, PKR and Umno politicians are gonna get arrested. Lmao", "", "If he legalised illegal money wouldn\u2019t that money be legal?", "I wish that the post 2003 pm were smarter than him. My problem with Najib was the way he acting damn dumb when caught in 1mdb fiasco. Even authority & rakyats couldn't blame Tun on Carrian scandal."], ["Why is Dr. M working against Daim now? Or is his post some 4D sarcasm?", "Classic Tun M sarcasm", "If the message is reversed, he think any Tun should be above the law? And choose to ignore it at their whims? That's no different than those thugs Datos we had on the streets.", "I am just glad he lives long enough to see his own downfall. Losing to a clown in Langkawi and his closest crony being investigated for corruption", "He's just typical him in being sarcastic, kinda like in a \"come and get me if you can\" sort of way. Think it's because its always his character to be like this, and also partly arrogance cause he has never been caught before this", "Everyone except me, myself, the greatest descendant of Iskandar Kutty from Tamil Nadu is free from all criticism and any wrongdoings, I am always right.", "*narcissism", "That is only the old dynasty king can do...sarcasm & join pas", "<image>\nstopthechocolatehate"], ["8. I'm not sour Mukhriz is being sidelined.", "Even Najib and Hishamudin was able to stand on their own two feet even after daddy is gone. Mukhriz is simply too weak to be a politician.", "ye, that guy ain't got charisma. he's just simply meek.", "Perhaps he doesn't want to be one ?\nHe could be happy just being an entrepreneur, but got pushed into politics because daddy said so.\nThe above is just an opinion, and an unverified one. I do not know Mukhriz personally, of course.", "Still make him a weak one. A daddy boy in that case", "You're not wrong by the way."], ["Ah, sarcasm from the Old Man. Funny though, you'd think he might have learnt a lesson after 20+ years of effing over the country. But noooo... He continues, except that his racism is increasingly obvious now."], ["Recalcitrant oldman forgot to add /s\nBeing his sarcastic self", "Nah adding the sarcasm label makes it less funny"], ["Says the guy who started all the political witch hunt in the country", "I'm still laughing at the \"Suspicion should be enough\" because if that was true, HE is the most suspicious one in the whole country! lol."], ["Please lah. He was the bloody fool who appointed the biggest crook as his successor. As always, he's sharp as a bowling ball and smooth as sandpaper.", "\"Accusations due to politics\" lol.\nDo you really believe Anwar sodomized anyone? Tun M is the biggest example of a political frame job creator and he still dares to make such a comment. It's like he's being two faced."], ["Man, no wonder this guy work so hard to stop DSAI to become PM", "But he had caused a lot of damage to our country. DSAI is having a hard time cleaning it up without getting accused to be pro-Malay."], ["Mahathir is a run too. He is tun dr Mahathir. He definitely needs to be investigated since while he himself doesn't wave supercars around his kids do. You don't magically get that rich leading companies"], ["Looks like he forgot he is the biggest Tuns of them all. Kerala Tua Mudah lupa..."], ["\"Suspicion should be enough\" lol.\nTun M, my man, YOU are the most suspicious one in the whole lot! lol\nNice own goal."], ["He's gonna regret posting this tweet lmaoo SPRM are already investigating him and his family's wealth lol"], ["\"Don't google BMF scandal\" - CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, USA.", "You missed the area.\nLangley, USA.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CG5w4YwOI"], ["Such a wonderful stand up comedian he is. No way Harith Iskandar comes close to him."], ["Salty that his buddy and most likely proxy kena, resorted to a bitter sarcastic post"], ["Lol I thought you were gonna post his tweet from today about Jews controlling America. Old man has too much time on his hands."], ["When will he die?"], ["Karma's a bitch. I hope Tun M lives long enough to see his generation's wealth goes up in flames"], ["Sarcastic or not, he definitely should be the first to be investigated considering he held public office and was the PM for so long.\nAs the longest serving PM, not only must he be clean, he must also appear to be clean. Considering his kids are billionaires, he owe Malaysians an explanation.\nAnd to use one of his mind games, \"why be afraid if he is innocent?\".\nNo need to investigate all Tuns. Just start with this one."], ["Sarcasm. Plain and simple."], ["Whoosh"], ["Someone\u2019s tail got stepped upon."], ["Sigh, retirement does not suit him eh"], ["LOL\nAzmin, you reading this? :26561:\n<image>"], ["His time is about to come up"], ["Investigate him then :)"], [": is it just me or does it seem really sarcastic?"], ["Next will be Tun M"], ["The worst person you know just made a great point.", "What was the great point that Tun made?\nLets not forget this is the same tactic Najib used. He said no evidence of wrongdoing. Remember the lady that recorded him and Azrul Kanda and Ketua Setiausaha Negara agreeing to modify the audit to hide their trail. Najib nearly put her in jail. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-officer-secretly-recorded-meeting-where-najib-tampered-with-audit-court-hears\nIf not for all the brave people that brought out the evidence, the whole 1MDB thing would have been covered up and the country would just be even worse.\nIt is no surprise that LHDN chases food truck people more than they dare to chase the Daims and Mahathirs of Malaysia. They know they'll never be able to get to the evidence because there's so many tricks and murders these guys do to get rid of evidence.", "Corruption bad"], ["Why is he still calling himself a Doctor? Doctor of what? Stealing", "He is a medical doctor", "His licence was revoked 30 years ago. He is a piece of shit", "Until you can prove otherwise, it's a non-controversial fact. I mean I don't like the guy, but this kind of sentiments/statements is exactly why everyone cannot believe factual evidence anymore.", "what's your source? I can't find any story about his medical license being revoked", "In addition to the qualification, you need a license. The license has usually has requirements on minimum hours of practice and study. After he reached a degree of political success, I doubt he has continued to keep it current / updated.", "His practicing certificate has probably not been renewed for decades and is not legally allowed to practice medicine, but he is still a certified doctor unless his university revoked his medical degree.", "False. You can\u2019t call yourself a Dr like this. He needs to remove the Dr title with immediate effect", "False. I am actually a doctor and wondering what else you put in your ass to pull out next.\nalso, at the risk of sounding like a mahathir fanboy (which i am not), All of these doctorates qualifies him to be called a doctor. Just like how half our menteri got honorary dr title from some random university", "You are a doctor of what? Hentai?", "Don't be a lunatic. You can fight against corruption and cronyism without going outright crazy.\nHe graduated, the title stays with him even if he is not practicing. What does NOT stay with him is a valid licence.", "He has deceived us for long enough!", "Yes and you did not have to add yourself to the list of people that lie to us. It does you no good, you'll just be another junior Mahathir and Malaysia has enough of those kind of people already.\nFight them, don't become them.", "Wrong"], ["Normalise barring seniles from politics"], ["I\u2019m counting down the days, if you get what I mean."], ["These apes in the comments dissing the most influential and productive leader this nation has ever seen. We are the only nation that doesnt appreciate their own successful leader. Other countries appreciate him more than us. What loser we are.\nName me one other person that has benefitted the nation for all races other than Tun. Ill wait.", "These apes in the comments dissing the most influential and productive leader this nation has ever seen. We are the only nation that doesnt appreciate their own successful leader. Other countries appreciate him more than us. What loser we are.\nName me one other person that has benefitted the nation for all races other than Tun. Ill wait.\nlol. Many Malaysians not only drank all the koolaid Madey made, but even swallowed the bottle itself.\nhoot hoot or whatever ape sounds you think us losers make.\nNext time, maybe check your facts. I'll give a simple thing which you can try to think about.\nSingapore started off worse off than Malaysia. Their PM cried on TV when Singapore got kicked out of Malaysia because he thought all of his country and all the people (of all races) would end up worse off. But then Razak Madey gangsters overthrew Tunku and took power in Malaysia and look where we are today.\nMalaysia had more oil than Norway and started off with around similar GDP in 1970. But look how Norway has become a fully civilized high quality of life country while Malaysia.... well, has people who \"Ill wait\".... lol\nAll the shit that Mahathir did is fake bullshit.\nHere's top 3.\nEconomic Growth\nIt is easy to get fake growth when you take the nation's oil money and stuff it your son's sapura pockets and build 2 big penises to show off to other Middle Eastern nations who love comparing dick size buildings. Do we need to talk about the shitty motorcar company that ended up being sold to China. What about the shitty airline? How many billions of bailout the rest of us paid for these shitty companies.\nLegal system\nCompletely destroyed. Ops lalang.\nVision 2020\nOh look at that. What happened? Kebutaan rakyat.\nBut it is okay. Just claim it is DAP that blocked the country from prospering or blame Chinese Jewish Indian communists who were working for Gorgon Soros. The 'ill wait' community will accept that as sacred words of truth. lolz", "Just to be clear, you meant to say it is shameful for people in this country to dislike Tun M?", "You can dislike anyone you wan bud. The reasons on why you are disliking him makes no sense. You would only like dislike him if you lived in the a world past his time, where you dont see the difference in Malaysia from before he was in power vs after he stepped down.\nEveryone has faults but to discredit all he done , which ways and beyond more than any of the other failures after him by some assumptions that you make is beyond me. Comparatively every other pm after him is completely incompetant and most of them didnt even get into office legitamately.", "Damn bro, assume much eh? When I studied Dr M, he was still the first PM, and he is the most interesting and powerful person. I don\u2019t mean to be rude but seriously go figure why he is still hated. Also, if we are gonna play the \u201cwhat-if\u201d game, I guarantee you Tun M didn\u2019t build the whole modern Malaysia on his own. Dr Lim Chong Eu probably did more than him but it is not like we are gonna read it in the textbooks.\nChill bro, you are not gonna change minds here.\nHave a happy new year \u270c\ufe0f", "What does he was still the first PM mean exactly? Also the hate on him or why he is hated is irrelevant. He has done more for the country than any other PM before or after him and yall shitting on him cause he\u2019s done some bad drops in a stream of good?\nWhy not criticize the other comparatively useless PM after him like you do with him?\nYoure brining up a chief minister that has helped Penang alot. Youre saying the changes he brought to Penang was way more than the leader that brought Malaysia to the forefront all those years ago?\nNot here to change minds. Yall not appreciating him are kinda lost and biased already. Just trying to understand the logic that goes into it so maybe It could change my mind about Tun M. So far its always about him being racist towards non-Malays. When on the Malay side he\u2019s being criticised from being more aligned to Chinese interest. Which one is it do you think?", "Erm still assume much bro. You okay? \ud83d\ude05 Maybe go read up stuff more before you comment further.", "These kind of comments are so useless. Youre assuminh Im assumine when I can do the exact same to you which Im not. Again tell me one other PM that has done more. Ill wait. Pay so much for education, and we\u2019re answering questions with , \u2018you find out yourself bro\u2019 lel", "Are you ok? I love watching people talking to themselves to be honest. It is a fetish I try my best to keep in control. But please, keep replying \ud83d\ude02", "You are replying so how is it a frtish about me replying to no one when you keep replying. Is this a quazi way of trying to insult me? Lol. You could insult me by answering the question definitively"], ["Why the fuk i read his tweet with dr. mahathir accent? :26554:"], ["Haha. He feel the heat now"], ["Luckily is from Earth. i thought Mars :26554:"], ["I am surprised there is still soooooo much stale, hot air in him."], ["Sarcasm. The hypocrisy of this man to even pen this post. We all know he is worried hence the rants. Daim is his proxy. Anwar knows this. And he knows the only way to Mahathir\u2019s heart is through his wallet."], ["He must've come up with this in Langkawi. I just saw him and his entourage driving through Pantai Tengah yesterday. He's probably pissed of what's become of this place too."], ["You first"], ["I agree and Mahatits should be the first to be investigated"], ["I'd say pot kettle etc, but this is like the original cauldron"], ["He knows he and his friends are untouchables. It's more like touch us if you DARE"], ["Even though I don't agree with him, this is very well written."], ["lol the original black kettle trying to drown with every other kettle .."], ["TDM and Daim have a love-hate relationship throughout knowing each other."], ["\"Just STFU old man. Your time is over\"\nHis entire business n involvement with maybank should have in depth investigation for the past 50 years."], ["His entire business n involvement with maybank should have in depth investigation for the past 50 years."], ["Isn't he a Tun himself?"], ["Wah a post by him without mentioning cina, nons and DAP"], ["Ladies and gentlemen, this should be in the dictionary to define \u201cdigging your own grave\u201d or \u201cone shoot oneself in the foot\u201d"], ["Lol, he's unhinged."]]}
{"title": "Eight key legal reforms in 2023 that take Malaysia forward", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tdao6/eight_key_legal_reforms_in_2023_that_take/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Why does KL have a comparatively high crime rate to BKK, despite being wealthier and looking more developed?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wkreq/why_does_kl_have_a_comparatively_high_crime_rate/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Can't quite figure this one out.", "comments": [["you should click the \u201ci\u201d icon next to index of the numbeo website.\nRead through the first 2 paragraphs. The data is collected by SURVEY from site visitors, which is the most awful form of data collection since its most likely pooled from western tourists who speak English and unironically visit parts of Bangkok that are deliberately over policed to keep tourism alive. This of course means it is no way accurate to bangkok or KL as a whole but hard for anyone to believe realistically that bangkok will overall be safer."], ["despite being wealthier and looking more developed\nthats like asking why do ants like to be inside a sugar jar instead of in the middle of Sahara."], ["not sure where you get this idea\na stroll down shukumvit in the evenings woudl suggest otherwise", "https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Thailand&city1=Bangkok&country2=Malaysia&city2=Kuala+Lumpur\nSukhimvit has plenty of seedy stuff going on and tourist scams, but overall violent crime in BKK is fairly rare.", "The data in this section is derived from surveys conducted by visitors to our website.", "thats cause its numbeo, their data is based on surveys\nviolent crime in KL is rare, i dont think we ever had a major mall shooting ever.", "OK, so then post some data, and not anecdotes, that refute this.\nSure, a mall shooting... outlier event.\nWhat about B&E's/muggings/theft?", "numbeo is based on anecdotes, they ask basic questions \"ie: do you feel safe\".\nshooting in Thailand is not outlier, theres an entire wiki page dedicated to it. this is excluding their school violence.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Thailand\nthere is no direct city to city comparison really, but snatch thieves are kinda the thing here. Muggings and B&E if you are in a certain part of town."], ["They have weed to calm them down recently"], ["either bkk has bad reporting system or kl enforcement really sucks."], [">despite being wealthier and looking more developed?\nKL and Bangkok looks roughly the same.", "More underground wires in KL. Generally KL looks a bit more organized and orderly."], ["So a lot of people have attacked numbeo but haven't shown any stats to rebut their data.\nMeanwhile, anecdotally, everyone I know that has been to KL (slight bias perhaps as they are ethnic Chinese) says it's dangerous.", "Because numbeo is also anecdotally evidence. There is no such data because the data will not be useful or meaningful because different country have different clarification of crimes, eg weed in malaysia is a crime while thailand isnt. Also crime isnt equal, one mass shooting is obviously worse than 100 weed crime but obviously the latter would seems worse if we just used the number"], ["We got more foreigners - bangla, indon, myanmar, viet, rohingya They do contribute to some of the problem", "Without any numbers to back up your claims, you are merely perpetuating xenophobic attitudes. Let\u2019s try to be better than that", "According to ex-KDN minister, foreigner do less crime compared to locals. Roughly only 1% of the crime are commited by foreigner.\nMathematically, it means that the incoming of foreign worker to Malaysia will lower down the number of crime percapita.", "They contributed 11% to crime index according to recent report", "11% and 1% is basically a same figure. Because foreigner make up only about 9% of Malaysia's population.\nMalaysians population is 100/9=11.11x more than foreigner. For every 100 crime, only 1 of them are foreigner.", "source", "Typical. Let's blame it on foreigners despite the fact that Malaysia's neighbouring countries of Thailand and Singapore has as much, if not more, foreigners per capita in their respective countries.", "OK, so that's an interesting observation."]]}
{"title": "Nadma: Number of flood evacuees in four states drops slightly to 23,008 as of this morning", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tc93e/nadma_number_of_flood_evacuees_in_four_states/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Happy New Year my fellow Malaysian peeps \ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf87", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vbxnl/happy_new_year_my_fellow_malaysian_peeps/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Fireworks go boom boom pow", "comments": [["And to you have a prosperous new year"]]}
{"title": "Proton X50 Purchase On RM2,000 Monthly Salary With RM1,070 Instalment", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tbs8s/proton_x50_purchase_on_rm2000_monthly_salary_with/", "num_comment": 97, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Why not just buy cheap used car?", "Need to look like a wealthy poor dude.", "Because to them it would be humiliating if they were caught in a used car.\nHell if they wanted new car there's Axia E spec.", "axia \"Ew miskin\" spec /s\n(idk what E spec is)\nmy mom was a victim of multiple underhanded used car tactics and scams pre-2000 and she never ever bought used again ever since. just another perspective", "Need to fix?", "Unfortunately, Malaysians look into the car, and you drive a lot. It determines the respect you get on the road and out of it. Don't believe me, take a merc out for a spin and a Myvi, you will see the difference. Even the foreign security jaga also will padang atas bawah.", "Those are the kinds of Malaysians you don't wanna bend over backwards to impress. Why try to please the eyes of shallow ass people?\nI know some of the richest mudafakas in Cheras and Bukit Jelutong but they drive like freaking proton personas and old gen honda citys. Those are the people I truly wespek.", "Why try to please the eyes of shallow ass people?\nBecause sometimes those shallow-ass people are the ones you need the help the most.\nI know some of the richest mudafakas in Cheras and Bukit Jelutong but they drive like freaking proton personas and old gen honda citys.\nThe difference is that said muthafakas are well known. You, are not.", "Because sometimes those shallow-ass people are the ones you need the help the most.\nBy going into huge debt to impress? Impressive logic, bro.\nThe difference is that said muthafakas are well known. You, are not.\nThe brand of the car certainly isn't the reason for the difference. They didn't drive fancy cars to get to where they are and that's partly how they got rich, by not doing the same stupid financial mistakes we poor monkeys make by getting indebted buying unproductive assets.\nThey taught me to be efficient with my 9to5 salary and make my excess money work. And take advantage of the fact that I'm not held back decades by unnecessary monthly repayments for buying depreciating assets. And use my own skills to impress people that I need help from, not cars.\nI mean sure, you do you and by all means, get a car you can't afford to potentially get ahead in life. But for people who think like us, it's certainly not an efficient nor financially prudent thing to do.\nBut you do you.", "You dare question road royalty myvi?", "have bought a used car before and the experience is a nightmare to me, a lot of problems after few months"], ["Who the hell wrote this garbage? RM1060 instalment for Salary of RM2000 is suicide.", "That is exactly the point, the person is suicidal.", "got other source of income", "The Ms puiyi way?", "The Ms puiyi way?\nIf is a Man?", "This is 2023/2024 bro, stop gender discrimination.... Man too can be Chippendale..", "don't manipulate the comments, it is a simple question \"if a man\" from which word do you think is falling under gender discrimination.", "doesn\u2019t have to be\u2026there\u2019s many side income u can find", "Pretty sure that's the point of this article?", "What if salary of 2k but saving of 100k - 200k?", "Go ahead if he wants to burn his savings on a monthly basis, as his salary of RM2000 after EPF, SOCSO, and EIS leaves him with roughly RM1700.", "Car loan interest rate vs FD rate my man.. The maths check out. This is why rich people still buy cars using loans. The cash is better off parked in an investment vehicle. Pun intended."], ["I pay about 1.1k monthly car installment on a ~5k salary (after EPF cuts) and it's painful... Better buy a cheaper, second hand car unless you really willing to make yourself suffer.", "What made you want to pay 1.1k on a ~5k salary??", "depression lmao came out of a relationship and wanted my dream car which was a civic", "All of my loans are 1.7k and bills not included, on a 4.1k salary and it's painful.\nTo pay half of a salary just for a car is damned stupid"], ["RM 1070 is just the start of the nightmare lol"], ["So this story does re-affirm the practice of people that spend more than their means. And don't be surprised that it happen on every tier of salaries. I've been told where someone earning more than 10k and cannot pay a rental deposit because their spending habits.\nLike a friend say, gaji sejuta masuk, sejuta keluar.", "people that spend more than their means.\nWat u mean beyond? 1070 is not beyond 2000. Still within means. /s", "here we see a great example of this mindset at play. Still within means, but is it reasonable?\nthat aside. with a salary of 2k and as a reasonable adult, there is other reasonable way the money be spend. say a RM500 car loan + RM100 medical/life insurance + RM200 saving (or more towards a house purchase saving) + food + ASB maybe.."], ["Biar papa asal bergaya bodo"], ["If he is a bachelor staying with parents with no contribution to the household, , and his main transport is motorcycle, I think its doable. To survive that is. Have to sacrifice entertainment and non-essential things.", "What new car owners don't see yet or forgot is the insurance and maintenance.\nSure, the insurance will lower due to NCD over the years, but the maintenance will pile up. As long as his salary keeps up to inflation and the accumulated wear and tear maintenance, and have a job, he may be fine.", "From his financial sense, I think he would probably buy insurance through installments. A 70k car, the insurance with no ncd could reach almost 2k. I dont think he or she has the means to pay it without installment.\nI will always recommend cheap cars for 1st time car owner so can build up the ncd 1st.", "It\u2019s doable but also very financially irresponsible.", "Decades ago i had worked at a bank as a loan processing officer. I can tell you, through out my time working there, I can confidently say 90% of the applicants are financially irresponsible. Hahahaha.\nMany people, if possible wants to max out their dsr to the dot.\nPeople must understand, dsr is not to be used as a reference to affordability. Even if your loan is approved, does not mean you can afford it.\nSo to the girls out there, dont simply see a guy driving a 2.0 civic rs and straight assume huyooo so stylo, dude must have money.", "Lol rm 1k left for food per month. I think he better learn how to make roti", "If he is living with parents, dinner and weekend meals already covered. So only need to spend on working days breakfast and lunch. probably spend about rm300-350 a month on meals. Fuel for motorcycle depends how far he work i think about 100 is already enough. So, he is left with rm500 to spend on other things after minus car installment. Assuming the motorcycle is fully paid.\nTake out car once or twice a month go jalan- jalan. So, i think its possible.", "As if there is no toll in KL and he doesn\u2019t need to pay for this phone and mobile plan. This whole thing should be investigated. Why are banks approving such loan is beyond my understanding.", "My guess, he has some other side income that the sales advisor manage to convince the bank can be used as normal income. Because bank approval nowadays are centralized. Theres really no way can pass the loan with just that 2k income.\nOR, got a guarantor.", "Also can easily sell the car if he\u2019s in trouble. This car fetch a quite high price."], ["I see they've interviewed my older brother \ud83d\ude12"], ["I haven't bought a car yet but is this sustainable? I mean logically I'm wondering about his rent, food, insurance and emergency fund. It doesn't add up.", "Nope. Even just 1 tyre of X50's size is around RM400-RM600 assuming new and reputable brand. No way this is sustainable.", "But how did the loan got approved? Was the bank desperate for business? Or was it through back door?", "Not too sure to be honest! Perhaps the person applying had a strong guarantor", "Ohhh\u2026 Guarantor. Thanks for the info, it make sense now on how the loan passed the approval", "Same as my junior, bought one from PROTEGE allowance, now unemployed, but can sustained from guarantor aka PAMA.", "SUV owner here, RM400/tyre is on the very cheap side.", "if u have other sources of income but didn\u2019t report of course it\u2019s sustainable n i\u2019m sure this guy that bought the x50 has other undisclosed income", "If they don't have any rent, and live with their parents who cover all their bills and food, yes it's possible."], ["Got a friend at my ex workplace like this. Our salary around 2500 only but he got an X50. Asked him how much monthly and said around 1k. Meanwhile me with the same salary already feel like my 400 monthly axia is a damn burden.", "Nope, this is just a pretty normal thing in Malaysia these days. Banks will approve loans to anybody. I've got several people earning the starting salary at my workplace who have been approved for s70 loans.", "got assets or whatever shit to prove that they can is enough...officially im unemployed n have no income but can loan stuff hehehe"], ["Gilaaa... whoever it is just digging own grave."], ["guys,suggest me cheapest toyota plz", "Axia E.\nYes really. Daihatsu is under Toyota r/kereta", "Buy a Perodua and save half your money. Same components, no import tax."], ["if u bujang , dont have any other commitment and living with ur parent. and dont want to get marry until next 7-9years go for it bro. i been bujang too but once i married and getting more commitment i downgraded, when im 40s im planning to upgrade."], ["Wait... For a moment there I thought I was on r/malaysiapf"], ["man that is a terrible idea."], ["Duit takda tapi gaya mesti ada"], ["Clickbait article. Buyer probably have a guarantor or fixed deposit."], ["This is ridiculous. This is what I call tak boleh fikir punya orang. Over ten years ago when my salary was 3k+ I didn't even dare to dream about buying a Kawasaki Super KIPS (RM10k) even though I wanted one so badly."], ["If said guy has no side income, man gonna have a real good time paying for this r/kereta in the future"], ["\"Duit aku, suka aku. Lu jangan sibuk, okeh?\""], ["Car is an asset.. Should have bought a BMW 3 series instead"], ["That guy probably has a lot of cash incomes..", "Undeclared income"], ["It's absurd, but just shows how stupid expensive cars are in this country, there's only 2 ways out of this, reduce the excise duties, or improve public transport so people don't have to rely on cars", "Reduce excise duty won\u2019t help because you can\u2019t import in without AP\nThey need to abolish AP to import cheaper K r/kereta", "Yes that too"], ["I\u2019m so grateful that I see car as just a tool to get me from point A to point B."], ["Let me tell you a story ; my office boi did this but with the new Myvi. Lasted 4 months. Ended up in debt. Tried to get monies thru those handphone gambling. Lost. It\u2019s so bad he don\u2019t have money to even fuel his vehicle.", "Man was confident in his maths and budgeting.\nMan was wrong"], ["I can get quite irresponsible with my money sometimes, but this is on a whole new level. This is beyond reckless."], ["Don't know real or not. Its a story that another website report and this website then copy paste."], ["I saw the original post awhile ago, no way would the bank approve such loans unless they see this guy have some wealth under him. Plus RM2000 salary with wife and couple childrens seems very fishy don't you think?", "got other undisclosed income\u2026if u look at me u would be confuse how i bought a car while officially i\u2019m unemployed"], ["a few sides about the story to be thought about...\nthe buyer had a/some side hustle(s)\nhigh downpayment 30-40% maybe\nas someone said above strong 'guarantor'\nslip gaji gomen clean baik punya....\nthat car SA either really sorry or promoting his skill - any gaji can be adjusted for a spanking new x50 to upgrade your looks... (maybe la)"], ["Air muka dlu ye. Dompet koyak xpe janji gaya ada.\nPersonally feel with 2k salary, shouldn't commit into anything above 60k. Baik bezza dlu jgn susahkan diri demi imej."], ["Bersangka baik~~~ He could be wealthy family... Gaji baru 2k, tapi dalam bank got 100k money from parents (ataupun loan atas nama parents), upfront parents bayarkan, thus bank loan approved...\nBayaran bulanan pun parents yang bayarkan, so mmg 2k gaji tak mati pun...\nHarap semua Bersangka baik\u00b2~~~ Tak baik mengutuk orang yg \"Have\u00b2\""], ["On paper possible. Even with a calculator possible. But all u need is some random occurance like a tyre puncture and you will be having problems affording next meal. Or worse still your company delays salary for whatever reason. But hell if mummy daddy rich and u got high savings then go for it"], ["Got the lowest model bezza even thou I could afford such cars, it's just a medium to get you from point A to B tbh nothing more"], ["1/3 of salary to pay this is also hard to swallow. Imagine more than 50%. Then add up some more for fuels and tolls. Gonna be high all the time"], ["I think the writer how wrote such a shocking stories just to put up for the sake of writing\u2026. There is not much research done before a stories was written \u2026. Yes, The buyer could have low salary but could possibly have a lot of \u201cloaded\u201d behind the scene at their back too\u2026."], ["No thanks, petrol cost, insurance, upkeep service, roadtax, paying for your toll business. Be smart and use public transport, ride the bus or train."], ["Wow. Back when I was working with a salary 10x more than his, I drove a 30k second hand camry. Guess he got more guts than me"], ["Not a chance"], ["The buyer might ended up at posting at muflis fb group or has plenty of side incomes"]]}
{"title": "what are your thoughts on the recent news about perodua?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tbk63/what_are_your_thoughts_on_the_recent_news_about/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "https://preview.redd.it/3yecofv4859c1.jpg?width=917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec3fcfef0d53a1c19fc11a0ce5a68ff6541da510", "comments": [["After all these years P2 is still rebadging cars to resell locally at 300% markup? Where is the knowledge transfer that was supposed to elevate us to the world stage as a major automobile exporter?", "If we really aim to have robust technology, we should actually start with heavy machinery, not cars, all the countries that become 1st world because of their manufacturing industries focus on heavy machinary first\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f we dah terlajak salah langkah dah bro."], ["Tbh it's a shitty situation but seems like the vested interest/automotive lobby is too strong, plus lots of jobs at stake. They will just carry on, business as usual unless consumers are the ones that take a stand. You see the share price for MBMR and UMW also never drop.", "Sime is taking over UMW bro, of course. What a timing for the acquisition lol. Not sure if it would be impacted", "Sime darby is gigantic already, we really need an anti competition law, but who am I kidding, this country love building tall hence love big corporate monopoly, the consequences of tall building(super massive corporation) crashing is not even in the dictionary of our lawmakers."], ["Take big L and no bonus next next year", "Meanwhile their board of directors will continue taking bonuses"], ["Gov should foece suspend the sales of the affected models untill a new valid test is done."], ["produa....fanatik banyak. no hal.\nlain la proton....isu berungkit ungkit 7 keturunan tak abis...."], ["My kelisa is a year older than me since factory"], ["It's an open secret in this industry. Even without test, we already know some cars are overturned to the level of flight."], ["I for one would encourage everyone thinking of a Perodua to change to buy a Saga/Iriz/Persona. Pay similar or a bit more but for a safer car in terms of crash durability.", "Ploton salesman detected :29091::29091::29091:", "Yes bank transfer completed :26561: back to my kapchai", "Proton x70 bullshit still gives me nightmare.", "Could you elaborate? It seems to have captured the hearts of everyone. I am wondering if I should get me one.", "Riiiight. I will not overturn my 2 decade old No Proton policy. Whatever fault Perodua and Toyota's may have, their positives still outweigh the shitty built quality and unreliability Proton of old and the unproven technologies of new Proton (rebadged Geely).\nSource: I drove a Wira 99-05 and heard nightmare stories about Sagas and Wajas from friends and family. Never Proton again!", "Your anecdotal evidence vs my anecdotal evidence. Do whatever you want"], ["My thoughts are Perodua won't be the last company affected by this. If it isn't the car manufacturer, it might be the supplier of a certain part cheating in certification. Like that Takata airbag scandal affecting Honda cars."], ["But muh Japanese quality."], ["Pretty sure most malaysians dont care about safety."]]}
{"title": "Madani govt's policies boost Malaysia's comparative advantage \u2014 Economist", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tbj90/madani_govts_policies_boost_malaysias_comparative/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Lmao I thought this article would have some analysis but just quoting Anwar and his cronies word for word.\nHow much we pay The Economist for this piece of propaganda?"]]}
{"title": "Nestle Malaysia, Red Crescent volunteers provide much-needed relief to flood-stricken families", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tbinp/nestle_malaysia_red_crescent_volunteers_provide/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Can you drive a BYD Atto 3 from Sibu to Kuching on a single charge?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tbbmq/can_you_drive_a_byd_atto_3_from_sibu_to_kuching/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["He is left with 12% to 10% charge even charging along the way and this is him trying to maintain a steady speed without braking too often or over revving. It cuts too close and if there was an accident or a convoy of evs.\nDoubt he could have finished off the trip."], ["You think like Tesla claim 400km cannot even do 300 km meh. Chinese EVs will dominate just by having superior product and price point."], ["answer : yes, but dont rev-rev. if cannot use tow truck. loll.", "Can try to call a diesel supercharger."]]}
{"title": "Rice millers want govt to set padi purchase quota at 20,000 tonnes | The Malaysian Insight", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tb8fz/rice_millers_want_govt_to_set_padi_purchase_quota/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Analysis: Malaysia's business, political elite on edge with Anwar's graft crackdown on ex-financial tsar Daim", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18taxg6/analysis_malaysias_business_political_elite_on/", "num_comment": 20, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Mr Daim, including Mr Halim Saad, a one-time business nominee of the long-established United Malays National Organsation (UMNO), and Mr Mirzan Mahathir, the eldest son of former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, are also being investigated.\nDaim Zainuddin\nHalim Saad\nMirza Mahathir\nA few still missing from the list.\nMahathir himself\nMokhzani Mahathir"], ["At long last. I've always believed that he's one of malaysia's biggest invisible billionaires especially after reading a book about him"], ["This was always one of the strangest things in Malaysia. You can be policeman earning a few thousand ringgit, yet own multiple cars and property and not be considered corrupt. Living beyond their means is not considered an issue. In SG, if you cannot account for your \"additional wealth\", you will be charge."], ["At loooong last. These people are gazillionaires tbh. Country has no money to fund programs because of people like them."], ["This is unfortunately likely to fail in any jail time. Azam Baki and Terrirudin have failed multiple times in Court.\nGreat vision, poor execution. MACC has really failed. These prosecutions are decades too late; there is no real whistleblower protection law so count out most public servants; and MACC prosecutors are honestly not good at what they do.\nAfter GE14, the judiciary has a much higher standard. Good for the Rakyat, bad for incompetents like Azam, Terrirudin, and Anwar.\n\u2014 Bung acquitted\n\u2014 Najib acquitted (Audit Panel)\n\u2014 Shafee acquitted\n\u2014 Ku Nan acquitted\n\u2014 Zahid acquitted (VLN)\n\u2014 Shahir acquitted\n\u2014 Muhyiddin acquitted (power abuse)\nTerrirudin at AGC + Azam Baki at MACC + Anwar as PM = incompetent anti-corruption enforcement.\nDon\u2019t get your hopes up, friends. You\u2019ll likely be disappointed sooner or later."], ["EAT THE RICH"], ["Got so many cronies in the current govenment like Zahid and he goes after Daim. Meanwhile Zahid declared clean and have 40+ corruption charges dropped. MACC blind to corruption except certain cases.", "Because the only reason why Anwar is PM is because of Zahid? Why would a dog bite his master\u2019s hand lol", "My point exactly.", "Let's put it this way, Zahid case is definitely cast a shadow to the government, and we want all of the corrupts face the charges and held accountable, so that doesn't mean Daim should be off the hook, same goes with Mahathir families. I remembered there's a case involving him in the early days of his administration, don't google BMF scandal, an Auditor was murdered, most of the documents were classified as OSA, his pals (list of former Finance Ministers) including former Gua Musang MP knows a lot of dirty secret that could potential be implicated. I remembered reading a source that the case involved CIA and the authority in London.", "So it's not about corruption just about taking out political rivals.", "By all means, if that's the only option we have.\nIf Daim is corrupt and he did abuse his power to enrich himself and his families, I see no reason to not investigate him and bring him to court.\nAlso, it has it effects, it set a precedence that once you are voted out and no longer in power, new administration will come after you if you are corrupt, if Anwar is corrupt, the next generation of leader will come after him. We don't get Zahid now, but when the time comes, it will.\nThat's why we need to have a two-party system to promote mature and advanced form of politics and democracy.", "Tak payah layan dia ni. He\u2019s a paid cybertrooper. Not here for discussion, just to spread hate.", "I doubt any real change will happen. Backdoor deal and this investigation will gone. If you want to investigate corruption I think easier to point out a politician who never engage in corruption then lock up the rest.", "Assuming the prosecutors work fast enough to land them in jail. Even then, they can just get the Agong to pardon them. I can't believe it was so easy when Mahathir gor Anwar out of jail.", "First they need to get convicted. Pardon from Agong is with the support of the ruling government.\nAt least everything goes into history. We should also remember those that walk away scot-free e.g, Kunan, Annuar Musa, Rafidah Aziz, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and her spouse, and a few others mostly from UMNO acquitted by which court and who are those judges in the high-court/federal court that sitting in the trial. Use critical thinking, they too are human and subject to bias and corruption and power abuse.", "That's politics in a nutshell right? Don't incarcerate your friends, especially if they have the ability to pull their support and plunge the whole country into chaos, not just your government.\nAt least something is being done rather than just sitting around and doing nothing. The world isn't black and white like people want.", "At least something is being done rather than just sitting around and doing nothing.\nMore like another backdoor deal for Anwar and co to get whatever they want. Hoping Anwar to solve corruption might as well pray for pigs to fly.", "I'm fine with this. If a new government comes in they can then do some payback. Rinse and repeat until everyone either don't do corruprion or hides them better"], ["This is the way. The reformasi isn\u2019t instant, but DSAI gotta play his card properly"]]}
{"title": "Top 10 most searched areas by homebuyers in Malaysia in 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tawfo/top_10_most_searched_areas_by_homebuyers_in/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Bruh I'll be laughing at them when the house prices crashed"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 29 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tavmr/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_29_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "PM Anwar dismisses \u2018Dubai\u2019 ouster claim, says does not affect him", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wkcqi/pm_anwar_dismisses_dubai_ouster_claim_says_does/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["PMX, whispering: I have the number\u2026", "PN can only reach true clown numbers when one of them goes gung-ho to Agong(and surprise, no numbers)", "True Clown Number\nwhy does this sound so cool? like in math we have Avogadro\u2019s Number which I still remember today!"], ["U better be because next few weeks is very important, these rumours are not easily lightly taken"], ["Death, taxes and a Pakatan-led gov about to be ousted via backdoor during a peak covid wave."], ["On the surface he doesn't care but in the back I think he's care a lot. But that just politic"], ["Mark my words...PN only have to say one thing in the next GE for them to sweep away enough votes to form the Government\n\"Semua subsidy minyak akan dikembalikan untuk rakyat!\"\nGG Game Over.", "The \"we will abolish GST\" move it seems."], ["Ah Dubai, home to the worst people, including the beloved Hamas leaders."], ["Like an ostrich sticking its head into the sand.", "The 76-year-old told reporters he had been informed of the alleged \u201cDubai Move\u201d \u2013 named after the Middle Eastern city in which it was purportedly hatched \u2013 but chose to focus on his work.\n\u201cThat is their job. It does not affect me. What's important is that we have launched an important initiative for the people today,\u201d\nWhat do you want him to do? Cry or whine in front of the media? If anything, his reply is pretty solid.", "I rather have a PM that focuses on doing his job than spending time playing politics. Remember what Ismail Sabri and cirit birit did during their time?", "A professional response. While all his cybertrooper doing their part including RR bashing all the claims that walaun made or trying to. Honestly speaking i see lots of desperate moves made by both side.", "LOL You want a crying baby PM for complaining other ppl boycott him?", "No, but I didn't expect him to say it doesn't affect him. It does.", "Only if it's something real and action taken will it affect him. A bunch of people talking shit behind him doesn't affect someone, if you take it as it is. Rumours are rumours.\nIf he's gonna be bothered every single time things like this happens, then he won't even make it a single day longer.", "Can't believe you are clowning the guy who is trying to maintain a stable gov instead of fuckers who try to destabilize for the 3rd time in less than 5 years.", "Erm have you read his interview video or not?\nHe said he want to focus the country and rakyat bro"]]}
{"title": "Yeahh! 12:00am rn. Happy new year, \u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50, Selamat Tahun Baru.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vbq3g/yeahh_1200am_rn_happy_new_year_\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50_selamat_tahun/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": [["Woih cina, happy 2023A /s"]]}
{"title": "Tips to migrate to Malaysia from UK", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t9vv6/tips_to_migrate_to_malaysia_from_uk/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi all, I have visited Malaysia twice already and I'm planning a third visit in February-. I really enjoy the weather and the food here, and would like to move.\nCurrently, I've been doing LinkedIn easy applies everyday for months and applying via company websites, but I'm not getting any responses.\nAre there any tips any of you could share? I have a first-class maths degree and 3 years of finance experience in a large bank in the UK. I have coding skills, and analytical experience.\nMany thanks!", "comments": [["Option 1 : Get a job in the UK with a company that has a branch in Malaysia. Apply to be posted in the Malaysian branch. Renew the application to stay in Malaysia over and over again until they get fed up that they ask you to start applying permanent visa to stay in Malaysia as permane t representative. My German friends and also uncle in law did this for their respective German companies, so hopefully it works for UK.\nOption 2: Be a teacher at an international school. Pay is good, but standards are high.", "Thanks! I will have to look into the UK companies that might offer this. How do you \"apply\" to be posted in Malaysia though?\nI'm not against teaching, but in the UK, you have to do a PGCSE to convert you to a teacher - is that course necessary or provided in Malaysia? I have had previous teaching experience in secondary schools."], ["They don't respond to you cause you're UK that mean higher salary, bonus, benefits, and etc. Thus, they will try to avoid hiring foreigner. Local salary are peanuts compare to yours and willing to slave away their lifes for the company(don't really have a choice).", "Is it worth mentioning that I'm willing to take a pay cut on applications? To me the money is secondary, and the move primary.", "Don't, this is a third world country don't forget that. Corporate will abuse it as much as possible if they realise you are willing to work for peanuts.\nHere's an example ie:- An employee working at McDonald's with an expected bare minimum wage of Rm1500(set by the government) but in actuality they get paid way less around rm1200 - rm1280. How do I know this? A friend of mine works there. And this is very common in this country.", "Hmm good point! Desperation allows abuse sadly.\nThanks for letting me know"], ["MM2H", "I don't think I'm old enough, only 25. I also don't have over 1 million MYR :(", "Work harder", "I don't think working harder can change your age by 10 years, but ok"], ["HR teams in large banks in Malaysia would see a LinkedIn application from the UK and right away disregard it as not being serious. There is still the perception that UK-based bankers cost a lot (and this is true because of the currency), and they won\u2019t be able to match the salary you\u2019re currently earning, so why bother. Never mind that you would be willing to consider a pay reduction, they wouldn\u2019t take that risk unless it was a niche role they can\u2019t already find in Malaysia.\nEach role would have up to 50 applicants from LinkedIn anyway, so without knowing who you were and what your experience was, they would simply filter based on someone who was already doing that role in another Malaysian bank.\nHow about moving to Singapore instead? That path is a more well-trodden one, Singapore based FI\u2019s hiring out of the UK happens fairly frequently, and you would get less of a culture change as Singapore is more similar to London (compared to KL). You can always spend your weekends in Malaysia, or check out other gems around Southeast Asia.", "Thanks for the response. To be honest, money isn't what I'm after - I just want to move, the cost of living is cheap in Malaysia and I have got savings to be able to pay rent if needs be. Just want a foot in the door!\nI have tried Singapore as well as Malaysia but found them to be more competitive with their education system being better. I did actually get an interview, but I failed the psychometric test.", "Fair enough but you need to convince them with your application which is easier said than done. Usually applications get screened by HR who filters a few profiles for the hiring managers \u2014 most LinkedIn applications don\u2019t get past this stage. So even if you fit the role perfectly, profiles from outside Malaysia are disadvantaged, as many of these roles have hundreds of applications from LinkedIn.\nWhy are profiles from outside Malaysia disadvantaged? Because when a role is being filled, it\u2019s important to consider how long the accepted candidate would stay in the role. This covers personal and professional reasons. Personally, whether they can settle in KL, and professionally, whether they would be happy with lower salary in the long term. You may be happy with the lower pay, but a hiring manager may not be as convinced, sometimes a willingness to accept a lower pay can be seen as a red flag.\nA good idea is to look for recruitment agencies who specialize in banking industry, another way is to look out for specific individuals on LinkedIn and then email them directly (a few candidates tried that with me, and while that was a bit forward, I appreciated that and have granted these candidates interviews).\nAll the best - working in KL is a good experience, and I wish you luck in your job search.", "are you sure about this? My Malaysian banker friend from UK seems to have no trouble finding jobs in KL. I kinda think that if someone is applying from the UK to KL, then they are ready to accept a paycut, and therefore your argument is not quite valid. I am guessing maybe it's due to visa issue etc", "I\u2019ve seen lots of people from overseas applying for jobs at the bank I worked at, including the department I was working in, none of them were successful.\nYou could count on two hands the number of non-Malaysians employed by the bank, and they were at C-suite minus one. In the one case where the hire wasn\u2019t a senior management position, it was a position for which nobody in Malaysia had a similar skill set, so they got hired.\nWhat level is your banker friend at or what job does he do? I accept what I say above is what I\u2019ve observed in one bank, and so I don\u2019t speak for all HR\u2019s in all banks.", "You could count on two hands the number of non-Malaysians employed by the bank, and they were at C-suite minus one.\nThat's because barely any non malaysians applied. You can say the same about literally any other roles in Malaysia.\nWhat level is your banker friend at or what job does he do?\nUsually AVP to VP. I don't know them well enough to know what precisely they do.", "Hmm, I would probably be close to this level. Maybe it's just a matter of applying more. Do you think going in person to any of these companies would help? I will be in Malaysia for around a month in February.", "don't see why it would. Probably knowing someone from the inside to refer you is most helpful.", "Having read your previous comment, your friend is a Malaysian from the UK, who came back to Malaysia?\nI think OP is a non-Malaysian, hence my comment about the scarcity.", "yeah, I think it might be more of the hassle of employing foreigner, and also probably the lack of confidence that they will stay"], ["Maybe reach out to British high comm, or some British expats group/forum to hear first hand of their views.\nAs foreigner you can't work here unless hired by a company with salary scale above certain amount plus company need to justify why they couldn't find a local for that role.\nThe options are numerous and it won't be a straight answer or path.", "Is there anywhere I can find them you know of?\nI've applied for a few of the UK government roles based in Singapore. Malaysia doesn't currently offer anything I can do.\nThank you though!"], ["You may try these\nhttps://www.expat.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=193\nhttps://britishexpats.com/forum/malaysia-148/\nhttps://m.facebook.com/groups/176705455831148/\nGood luck", "Thank you!"]]}
{"title": "Saudi Aramco is planning to expand its downstream activities in Malaysia, aiming to make the Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor the largest hub in Southeast Asia. The Saudi Arabian-based oil company is also eyeing retail operations worldwide, including in Southeast Asia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18tatp8/saudi_aramco_is_planning_to_expand_its_downstream/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["i thought theres no more oil anymore here", "Bro just Google how much money Petronas give to the Malaysian government every year.", "still got ah?\ni thought every year come out news oil finish", "This year they gave RM 40b dividend to the Malaysian government.", "Unfortunately most of that money will end up in few people\u2019s pockets.", "Err I think it ends up with the government and then ends up in many people's pocket.", "The point is government is corrupt and many of country\u2019s wealth goes to few corrupt politicians and their friends", "Lol every few months they're still discovering new oil reserves in our waters."]]}
{"title": "Eurasians in Malaysia, do you get questions like this growing up in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18taozj/eurasians_in_malaysia_do_you_get_questions_like/", "num_comment": 77, "flairlabel": [], "header": "\u201cyou don\u2019t look local you look mixed\u201d\n\u201cyou don\u2019t look like a Malaysian\u201d\n\u201chow come you can speak like us\u201d", "comments": [["I'm Sabahan and I get the same questions too", "Oh hey, Sarawakian here. Get the exact same questions too! #EastMalaysianProblems", "Same, and when you catch a Grab, the driver would always silently try to guess your race by adjusting their mirror in the front\ud83d\ude05", "When you are Sarawakian Iban and work in KL and you get \u201ckenapa tak puasa dah la makan babi\u201d every ramadan while eating char siu fan", "My iban friend fed up with the question end up getting tattoo on his arm lmao", "Lmaoo", "Can confirm"], ["Chinese, Indian and Ashkenazi Jew hybrid here. Most people just assume I\u2019m of Southern Chinese descent with Euro nose.", "Malay Supremacists : heavy breathing", "Photo please.", "This sounds racist AF, but I wonder how conservo Malays react when they find out you're part Jewish."], ["I had an Eurasian college mate who spoke fluently in Mandarin. He can pass off as a pure caucasian easily and it was massively entertaining to watch him tell people off for talking shit in Mandarin.\nThen everyone would start asking him \u2018what are you\u2019 and make comments like \u2018wah u so clever speak Mandarin.\u2019\nIf looks could kill I think he\u2019d have wiped SS15 out easily.", "To be fair, SS15 is a dump", "If can put a dome to cover Darussalam to protect it, then the entire SS15 can be nuked and I'm fine with it.", "Darus was good before the Reno, when it was a plain ol' mamak with 1.50 nasi lemak on a plate and the spicy sambal. Fast service although always crowded.\nThen they spent a bunch of money in 2004/5 to make it into a bistro and all the students stopped coming\nIt was so funny they took down the fancy neon signboard and put back the ugly mamak one with a slogan \"murah dan sedap\" or something to that effect\nAnyhow it survived after that and glad to see it still standing", "I've not been back there since graduate several years ago, used to be sitting there almost every day.", "Were the kuda haram shops there during your time?", "The biggest kuda for me back then was the cinema before Asia Cafe", "There's a cinema? Never knew", "The spot where Asia Cafe was, was an old cinema", "Hahaha, from my own experience \u2014 the infra is much better these days but Subangites never change. Back when I was younger it was all cybercafes and snooker centres.", "It is a dump but I wasted so much of my life there.", "Please tell me he is actually decent looking even by Western standards, because if he would \u2018wipe out\u2019 SS15 simply by just being an average looking white guy that\u2019s sad", "I think you misunderstood me? -- I meant in the sense if looks could kill meaning that his pissed off facial expression would have murdered the whole of SS15.\nOr am I having another whoosh moment.", "Oh alright alright phew \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05", "if he would \u2018wipe out\u2019 SS15 simply by just being an average looking white guy that\u2019s sad\nGeneralisation. But have you seen the people who have an obsession of just only being with white guys, the standards aren't that high.", "Ah that. Ang mo fetish kinda annoys me because the white dude could be the most mayonnaise-looking man and the girls would still go crazy over him just because mat saleh.", "Yeah\u2026 young hot Filipino women with white men who are aged 50\u2026 That shit disgusts me", "I know of a very wealthy European (I'm talking hundreds of million if not billions) based in KL who does business here who may be involved in a very Epstein-esque kinda situation. And I'm talking with local girls not Filipino. Maybe Chinese, definitely Malay. Seems he has a thing for petite young Malay girls. I've personally met the man myself once, but the juicy part of the story comes in some anecdotes from a girl I know who associated herself with that man. I told her not to associate herself with him in the first place because how she met the dude in the first place alone makes my fucking blood boil. But she did, and in the end she had to learn it the hard way why I told her not to. The things the 0.1% of the world possibly do behind the curtains here on our own soil.. Hoooo boi", "You sound as if you got a lot inside scoop stories, do tell n share", "Well fuck, I can't tell the whole story because it's too long. Got an endpoint error. I'll just have to reduce it to a TL;DR and spare the gory details. Funny thing is I never had any inside scoop at all. It happened because I was at the right place at the right time, or rather, the wrong place at the wrong time.\nVery basically, I was supposed to meet up with my sister and another girl for a couple drinks. I couldn't make it due to work so they went on their own. My sister's involvement pretty much ends here. They met a very sus rich af old European man (lots of details here that make him sus af). Basically he got the girl (not my sister but he did try, my sister just had better judgement) blackout drunk and tried to send her home. I insisted I send her back instead because I don't know him, and I did. She was so out of it that she tried to be very sexual with me in the car on the journey back home, but I was so uncomfortable with the added fact that the creepy old fuck was gonna send her home instead and he would've 100% taken advantage of her.\nI told the girl not to keep in touch with the man but she went against my advice. He bought all kinds of things for her and even an expensive condo she could stay at, and she fell for jt. She ignored all the red flags I told her and even got a job with him and convinced herself that it was to be a normal job, and for a while she gaslighted me into believing it too. A couple months in, she had to quit because she couldn't take it anymore. She finally told me that she had witnessed acts that were sexual in nature on local girls her age or younger ordered by older rich foreign men who were business associates of the guy she chose to work with.\nTo this day she refutes that the man himself had anything to do with what his business associates were doing, and refutes that anything was done to her personally. I'm convinced she still hasn't told me the entire truth about what happened and the gory details of what she saw or possibly went through herself, because in some ways she knows I'd be very fucking pissed and go out of my way just to raise hell for this man, even if it'd be futile since he's in a powerful position.\nThe man in question is an old, darker-skinned European dude in his 50s who has done business in Malaysia for a long time, and has an Italian name. He's worth hundreds of millions or possibly billions and has the title of Datuk (most likely honorary). He's low-profile. He holds a non-executive position for a prominent English football club, which is about the most visible information in the media on him. That's more than enough information for a google search on who this man is. More than what I had to work with in the first place.\nI had for a long time carefully considered if I actually wanted to tell people anyone about this. The weight of these accusations aren't exactly light. But I'm the kinda guy who can't stand to hear or see evils being propagated freely in the world, especially by the rich and powerful who think they may be untouchable. If she said she saw those things, I believe her. She may not have an outlet to tell it to anyone. So at the very least, I think the people deserve to know that this kinda shit is also happening in our country behind heavy curtains. I wonder what else and to what extent that cabals of the 1% of the 1% are actually involved with in our country. What happens behind closed doors. It's no secret that many SE Asian countries are rampant with \"sex tourism\". Some of those sex tourists have also been prosecuted by the law for obviously super illegal activities involving the exploitation of children. I think there's a very large elephant in the room that our society may not even be aware of.", "Found him. Datuk M***o kan?", "Bingo.", "He's really low profile. Not much known about him except for the 2017 pangkat datuk that he got and the famous and prominent FC", "Same type of college mate and area. Dude like showing off his 6ic penis as well. Banged a lot of slutty girls as well back in the day."], ["Yes, always with the \"Are you mixed?\" questions. People also think I'm adopted because apparently I look nothing like my Chinese mother."], ["I'm Chinese and a chinese staff spoke Malay to me. In a pork shop.", "I like how your username is the scientific name of ubi keledek.", "I\u2019m Chinese with curly hair. Work wear mask and cap = Malay\nEven Chinese speak Malay to me.", "\ud83e\udd23"], ["it does confuse me sometimes because some eurasians just look Malay or even full Indian...", "Many are actual Indians/coastal indigenous who got converted by Portuguese missionaries or worked for these families so adopted their name (some were forced to). They don't actually speak Portuguese or the euro languages. Some are bumi as well"], ["Did you mean people from the Eurasian community or children with one Caucasian parent? The former would tend to look like Malays, Chinese or Indians. The latter would look somewhat Caucasian."], ["I\u2019m technically Eurasian, my grandfather is native Siberian and my grandmother is Russian. My mother is Russian and my father is Malaysian Chinese.\nI got thick curly hair and I\u2019m decently tall. It\u2019s always entertaining to get comments on my hair; \u201cwaaaa is natural issit?\u201d \u201cCan I touch? How much you perm?\u201d"], ["The Eurasian experience:\n1. People are surprised when I speak Chinese\n\"Is your curly hair natural?\"\n\"Where are your parents from?\"\n\"Is your mom white?\" (They never ask about my dad for some reason)\n\"How long have you been in Malaysia?\"\n\"Where are you from?\""], ["Finding a Malaysian of Eurasian descent in Reddit is like finding a needle in a haystack.", "I way to mix that people get confused and ask me where I am from regardless of which country I go to xd.\nIt\u2019s funny to speak Malay and people be like \u201cWHAT\u201d"], ["Hahaha the what are you question. I get that a lot, being a dark skinned Malay with somewhat East Asian eyes. I used to get offended but now I just find it amusing, especially when I hear comments that I find funny or just pure nonsense to me like \u2018you don\u2019t look Malay, but you look like something\u2019 or \u2018you kinda look Chinese mix\u2019. I think I look like Nepali/Balinese after much comparison with all the races I\u2019ve been incorrectly associated with. Most of the time now I just laugh it off (will still be ready to fight if the question is laced with degrading tone though)"], ["Please just take it as compliment, its normal you get asked these questions because u dont look like typical malaysians. You're just special in local eyes. Really depends the attitude of the person that asked, some with unsur menghina, some is just friendly appreciation. Hopefully it doesnt bother u much"], ["I'm Chinese but still get told I don't look like typical Malaysian or Chinese due to my eyes being larger and thick eyebrows which makes me look a bit mixed tho the only mix I may have is that my family have strong northern nomad roots from mom\nTeacher once mistaken me as Eurasian", "<image>\nNo, this is how northern nomad of East Asian should look like. Your look might be from south Asian (India & Malay archipelago) mixed ancestry.", "Xinjiang Uyghurs are also considered northern nomadic tribes pretty sure. They look like turks.", "Well English ed Chinese people get told they are not a \u2018real Chinese\u2019 because they act too \u2018Western and open\u2019 so \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", ""], ["I went to lot 10 once and a Japanese person approached me and asked me something in Japanese before, does that count? (I'm cina)"], ["I get the same from my Chinese friends.\n\"You don't look Malay, you look like mixed\"\n\"How come you can speak like us?\"\n\"Your mother Chinese or your father Chinese?\""], ["Some Malaysians , especially \u2018fellow\u2019 Chinese can be super upfront about it. I can pass for being half malay ; and this one lady on a plane asked where I was from .\n\u201cMalaysia\u2026\u201d I said , raising an eyebrow She continued to stare at me like that wasn\u2019t the answer she was looking for. \u201cI mean what race are you\u201d \u201cChinese\u2026\u201d \u201cReally ah!\u201d\n(She was quite a nice person to chat to, it just took me by surprise for a moment)\nOn the topic of Eurasians , it\u2019s very common to encounter people with these experienced in international schools. Most just don\u2019t really care after a while."], ["It becomes an issue when someone straight up questions their Malaysian identity simply by being Eurasian imo\nBut if it\u2019s just some harmless ignorant questions meh it is what it is", "It\u2019s excusable imo if it\u2019s their first interaction with an Eurasian"], ["Do the old generations still frown on mixed kids ?"], ["All the freaking time. But I can easily pass as Chinese or Malay.\nOnce I was at a supermarket and a Chinese Aunty spoke to me in Mandarin and I didn't speak it so I just said I don't speak Mandarin. She looked to me in horror. Then she asked my are you Chinese?? I said no. I'm Eurasian. Lucky tho she speans English. She talked about prices etc"], ["Malaysians think im white, but white people think im chinese"], ["A few times but most of the time i pass off as a malay or chinese Once during ramadan a few ppl asked why i wasn't fasting and I had to explain", "Just cellotape your IC on your forehead \u2014 see, I\u2019m non Muslim."], ["I'm Portuguese/Dutch/Nyonya/Punjabi..it's extremely common for me to be asked those questions..some cops even ask me for my passport instead of ic..I get to watch them feel proud to see a Malaysian with an extraordinary name in the country \ud83d\ude01"], ["White people think I'm white.\nBut I'm 100% Javanese. I'm just fair skinned"], ["You mean the Serani/Kristang people?"], ["best part growing up in public school was the yearly tradition of teacher's asking me what exactly are you? didnt know being Eurasian was akin to being an Alien"], ["I did ask my cousin that (don't realize that they are)... they just came to Malaysia last time and wow your malay quite good... who are you... ohhhhhhh auntie blablabla kid..."], ["I just get that's why your face is so red"], ["I'm punjabi and I get these questions. It secretly amuses me \ud83d\ude02"], ["Entirely random, do you follow tennis lmao", "Yep, and I\u2019ve played it since a kid"]]}
{"title": "Tenant\u2019s rights vs landlord\u2019s rights in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18taklt/tenants_rights_vs_landlords_rights_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["For me, the law is 1 thing, the other is they should make it easier to settle things in a legal manner. Right now, its not only time consuming but also costly which is why landlords prefer to settle things their own way.", "i've had friends have tenants not paying and running away. he was legally locked out of his own property for months, had to wait to get his documentation done before he could access his own property with a police escort to ensure he didnt damage the tenants property.", "It costs about 4k to get that court order to allow landlord to enter the premise. And take month to get it. But sometimes, landlords use a loophole, just do police report claiming he \"suspect something happened\" to the tenants. This will allow police to forcely enter the premise with the landlord without a court order.\nThis is only possible if the tenant just 1 day dont reply messages or dont answer calls. Although some police will go by the book and try to contact the tenant, but most of the time the police actually knows the intention of the landlord and just go along with it.", "Sounds like a good method. Maybe if I have house for rent I should do this if I have a problem with the tenant (hopefully not)"], ["They should be as equal as possible"], ["The issue is why they made it so hard to evict a tenant when they don't pay/over stay. This doesn't make sense."]]}
{"title": "PPIM calls on MoH to revise Health White Paper; be transparent on vaccine statistics", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ta7w0/ppim_calls_on_moh_to_revise_health_white_paper_be/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Sukuna and Tony Fernandes at Comic Fiesta CF2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t9zym/sukuna_and_tony_fernandes_at_comic_fiesta_cf2023/", "num_comment": 29, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Source: TF's FB post https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YNHNg3JCaABzPGLtjMcK3zHETmgor5UuzaaL3dTYvcrknfDk2ztGZPc5GiPajDfCl&id=100090277876315&mibextid=CDWPTG", "comments": [["I mean, he did that in his office, during a meeting\u2026.\nYou wanna walk around topless, wanna urut here and there go ahead but doing that in a professional setting just because you\u2019re the \u2018boss\u2019? I don\u2019t think he\u2019d be happy if his office workers/flight attendants/FAs/Captains does the same stunt. There\u2019s a time and place for everything. He\u2019s also somewhat a public figure so of course it\u2019s gonna make news.\nEdit: I\u2019m gonna go ahead and say, even if you\u2019re \u2018hot\u2019, it\u2019s still inappropriate.", "Honestly Tony should let his PR team control his social media accounts, he probably thought it is alright since Richard Branson had a business meeting topless before him, but the key difference is that Branson isn't obese\nEither way, he'd definitely still be grilled even if he went topless for a cosplay, point being he is fat and the unfortunate fact is that it is easier to fat shame anyone online especially anonymously", "I personally don\u2019t see it that way, to me it\u2019s a tasteless senseless behaviour of a person, but unfortunately you are correct, most people hate to see it just because he\u2019s not visually appealing and it\u2019s just easier to critique the physique."], ["I was thinking of replying to his LinkedIn and asking if it\u2019s ok if one of his execs gets a massage in the office, during office time, topless", "To save face he probably say it is okay and he does not mind"], ["If you are hot and handsome,then it's fine. But when you are a fat ass hypocrite, you had cross the line.", "this"], ["U mean... he went to a cosplay event n purposely find a topless cosplayer so that he can take a photo to whine abt this? How brain dead is this guy", "Personally, I think he is just memeing about it"], ["Domain Expansion: Controversial marketing campaigns", "Gotta get that bad clout for marketing purposes"], ["Sukuna cosplayer's IG: _mi.axw"], ["Refund mn"], ["Berapa kali nak cakap? Kau sado, kau hensem, semua boleh. Kau gemuk, badak air, sila berambus dari pandangan."], ["The cool dude ceo gimmick is getting old Tony. Just stop.\nTone deaf tony"], ["Shit! I don't care if he's richer than god. I don't wanna see his floppy mantits :26556:"], ["I mean it's the king of curses, who are we to judge his appearance."], ["Cause bro you ain\u2019t cosplaying anyone, you are in an office."], ["I need lots of Eyemo to wash my eyes...."], ["I can't cosplay as Sukuna but shiiit, I can cosplay as Tony Fernandes."], ["TF attending comic festia omg"], ["Imagine taking cosplay and nutrition seriously for most of your adult life and your most famous moment was Tony F referring to his own moobs for lulz."], ["one is sukuna with the power to end the world. the other......."], ["Eh to be honest if I\u2019m an AA employee, if he\u2019s shirtless I don\u2019t mind if the video is just showing his face. If it\u2019s showing his mantits theeeeeeen yeah I will minimize the video lmao."], ["Okay what is that sukuna ig? Help"], ["Dumb rich people with dumb facts."], ["Because no one wants to see your flabs in the office, Tony."], ["It all depends on context:\nSukuna guy did it in a Cosplay convention where you Cosplay as people from anime not at all a professional setting.\nTony Fernandes on the other hand is in a professional setting whereas his employees and other people work there in a company.\nSo its really out of this world and off putting to be shirtless getting massaged by a therapist while in a meeting room in a company building. Its like saying because you own the company, you can do anything you want there like youre the king of the castle you bought basically. Imagine youre an intern and just saw your boss half naked lol you'd be like \"im def tf gettin out of here when i finish internship\"\nTLDR: tony is being weird, ntg really wrong just weird."], ["it's illegal to be topless when you have a >45 inch belly"]]}
{"title": "Job Scam?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t9ztr/job_scam/", "num_comment": 72, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello! My friend was recently offered a Customer Service job in KL from the website \"Upwork\". They mentioned something along the lines of encouraging new recruits to work in Cambodia, but Malaysia is fine as well. The pay is around RM4000 a month.\nIs that amount normal for a Customer Service job in Malaysia? I've heard about potential job scams that traffick people to work in countries like Cambodia for some form of fraud company. The location of the office was not disclosed as the recruiter does not have the full details yet (their words).\nShould I try setting up an interview with them? (The recruiter said my friend could recommend the job for someone else, and he told me check) Mostly to check it out to see if it's legitimate. Or would that be too risky? Thank you!\nEdit: Thanks guys for your inputs!", "comments": [["Scam. Inform the polis", "Gotcha. I don't have enough details of the company so I'm not sure how to currently. But thanks for the help!"], ["They can't even share the office location... That's already a red flag. Don't even bother continuing interaction with them and don't share any more personal information with them.", "Yeah I found it suspicious. But my friend wanted me to maybe try researching more about the job? Mostly to check if it's legitimate still. Although yeah best not to disclose too much to them. Thanks!", "He wanted you to kena kidnap. Must hate your guts or something.", "Lol.. Also thought it was weird. OP's friend is the one who got the \"job\" offer but OP is the one thinking of setting up an interview with them to supposedly check the company's legitimacy....? Errr OP, why even bother to go that far for your friend... It's an obvious scam. If the recruiter doesn't even know where the office that they're recruiting for is at (basic information), just close the case lah", "True it is very suspicious all things considered! But it's mostly because he's not able to atm, and he's a good friend! Although yeah again this is kinda obvious tbh, they're not disclosing anything at all. Thanks though!"], ["Please don't . Why would anyone want to pay you Rm4k for scamming people in Myanmar/Laos/Cambodia when they can kidnap you and use you like a slave? They can even threaten you and sell your organs and feed you nutritious farmland mouse to keep you healthy.", "True. I'm mostly wondering about the safety of it as they allow work in Malaysia as well. Although maybe they can still threaten and kidnap you too here somehow? I'm not too sure."], ["Damn working in Cambodia give rm4k? Good luck lol ( don't go it's scam)", "Lol I won't! Thanks!"], ["There are customer service roles paying 4K in Malaysia BUT THIS IS certainly a scam if you don\u2019t even have company address which is basic non-confidential info AND have to go work in Cambodia. Don\u2019t do it.", "And 4K is usually for senior customer service role with ~2 years of experience, not a random fresh recruit", "Really? Damn I guess that's a fair price here. But yeah I've looked at the job market and the most I've seen is RM3000 for SPM graduates for the same kind of job! Thanks!", "Honestly yeah there isn't any information on the company's, including the name as well. Although they did say you can work in Malaysia, not just Cambodia! Not sure if that changes anything though. Thanks!"], ["I\u2019m sorry to have to say this, but know your value. If you have at most SPM and absolutely no track record in sales to speak off, no one is going to offer you RM4K pay all of the sudden.\nUnless you are a product. And help others by reporting this, at the very least in social media by the PDRM or something.\nYou may save a life.", "Ah I see! Thanks! I was told that it was because my friend had the qualifications (SPM graduate, knows the required languages and such), which is why they asked him for a job interview. Although now I'm not too sure if that's the actual reason.\nBut sure! The recruiter hasn't disclosed much information yet besides asking for an interview (which they said they'll give me the information). So I'll be wary!", "Hahaha! The language requirement is so that your friend can communicate with the gangster boss and scam people from different countries.", "Honestly yeah that's my initial thought! I've heard Malaysians are sought after for these scams because they can speak multiple languages", "When the only qualification I had to show for once upon a time was SPM, I was naive enough to go to all these job interviews promising all sorts of things. It was in the early 2000's, and I found out that the majority was one of those commodity trading scam jobs.\nSo no, heck, rarely if ever SPM need interview for job like you have a degree with CV and all.\nNot to say there isn't a legit job in sales making money - landed one with Citibank in their sales, but even then the basic was RM1500 with the extras depending on your sales performance. Even then, was called up for an interview because I managed to sell an expensive luxury item to one of the reps who asked for my number.", "Gotcha! I guess I gotta be more careful with these job offers. But also congrats on the sales though! Citibank is a more stable place to work. But thanks!", "OP what you're describing is very similar to this below:\nhttps://youtu.be/PhAgBjVGPIM?si=UhFB7llqyao46O_d\nHelp to spread the word."], ["telltale signs of scam everywhere. on a side note, your friend must be you're BFF or something, looking at the extent you're willing to go for him.", "Yeah I expected that, sadly, just sounded a bit plausible toba degree. But thanks though! And yeah he is!"], ["Don't even try to set interview. They possibly can drug you to sleep and ship you some where. A very dangerous thing to do.", "Damn really? That's scary af ngl. How would they even do that? But thanks!", "Errr... sleeping tablet in drinks?", "Fair point! Should've been obvious, sorry. But thanks!", "They can even place the drug on the doorknob. All you have to do is touch it when you\u2019re opening the door and you\u2019re KO. Bro, you\u2019re so fucking naive.", "Damn that's new to me tbh. But yeah kinda am! Thanks for the help!"], ["Sounds like promote as work in KL but actual job is work in Cambodia lol.", "Most likely! But they have said they'll allow work in Malaysia as well. Which adds a level of trust? I'm not sure how they are able to kidnap or traffick if it's an interview, although drugging you is a possibility.", "I mean that's how they get people to apply. Imagine if they say work in Cambodia right from start who want to apply lol. Upwork is for remote work in the first place.", "Lol true. I guess that is kind of a smart tactic! Thanks though!"], ["S C A M"], ["Be wary of anything work related to Cambodia, too fishy and too risky. Stay safe and vigilant!", "Gotcha! Thanks!"], ["I saw a documentary (albeit the news media company gives me biased vibes) that pretty much did this tactic to scam and kidnap people.\nhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/how-job-scam-turned-me-scammer-im-still-seeking-justice-3428606", "Thanks! Man it sucks the man is still suffering after escaping tbh. I'll try to show it to him!"], ["Your friend is a sell piglets agent...call the po po NOW!!", "LOL nah! He's just in need of a decent paying job atm. But I'll report the organisation if I get any additional information", ""], ["Cambodia lol already a huge red flag.\nRun away quickly if u cherish ur organ.."], ["If u want to lose a kidney or two.. this is the job for you \ud83e\udd23"], ["Upwork is a legit platform that I\u2019ve used, but that sounds like a scam. The point of Upwork is that you are a freelancer - you don\u2019t go into a set office. I\u2019ve never had to physically meet a client, ever. It\u2019s so unusual. It\u2019s not a recruitment platform for those types of jobs.\nAlso there are scammers on Upwork who\u2019ll take your work and not pay you. Be careful.", "I'll make sure to be careful, but if that's what the website is for then yeah what I'm receiving is really sketchy as a whole. Does Upwork run a background check for potential employers though? It's weirdly sketchy! But thanks!", "Not to my knowledge no - it\u2019s pretty much a free for all, so no background checks on either the employer or the freelancer.\nAs a freelancer, usually you\u2019d try to get jobs from clients who already have a track record of good reviews from other freelancers. With new clients, it can be risky, but as long as the work is fully virtual, they don\u2019t ask for payment from you, and the communication is good, I\u2019ve had decent experiences (though I\u2019ve also had 1-2 instances of these new no record clients not paying)", "Gotcha! I'm a bit new to the website so it's a bit hard to navigate through potential scams and such. Gotta be careful! Thanks again for your help!", "Good luck! Worth saying that I\u2019ve found some great clients on Upwork in the past, and if you work hard and produce good quality work, you can earn a very decent wage.\nI found it hard at the start because I didn\u2019t have an established profile and track record, so I charged less and put in extra effort when applying for roles. Over time it gets easier. You got this!"], ["Scam. CNA Insider did a video on a job scam victim on YouTube. Can take a look.", "Will do! I think I've received a few of them here which has been insightful. Thank you!", "Yeah it was really sad and scary. Felt really bad for the guy. Take care and good luck!"], ["> Cambodia\n'nuf said. It's a scam."], ["If they use some pretty amoi pic as their dp. Confirm scam also."], ["You can get paid in Upwork, just ask them to bank in using that platform and work remotely, see how far they are going for the scam. Try to earn a little back from them scammers."], ["Dont go"], ["Just saw an article on CNN yesterday. POV from people getting scammed and those who got scammed into doing it. Please be very careful. https://cnn.it/479rsB7"], ["Just go for the interview. When they ask you where are you, tell them you've already arrived in office hours ago. Cos .... Upwork..... Remote..... From ...home......."], ["damn please becareful lots of cases where malaysian got scammed to go countries like thailand combodia to do these kind of work. They will promote their office to be nice and all, good pay, good environment then when you get there, you are being tortured, and you are scamming people as well basically doing illegal work for gangsters. Even their own countries authorities are involved, military as well so once you get in there its damn hard to get out.\nhttps://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/02/879672/not-my-job-foreign-ministers-job-chon-siang\nread this article above where they got scammed by a well known scamming placed called kk garden in Myanmar. There is also a movie being made based on real life situation of china people getting scammed to work at thailand for online betting website called 'No more bets' Do check these out and watch the movie with your friend and you might have a clearer understanding of how these industries work"], ["Probably a remote job?"], ["only one way to find out"], ["Go to Columbia too dangerous, but should be safe if setup online interview?", "They require a resume or cv first before setting up the interview, which sounds normal I think? But it does contain personal information which I'm kinda wary to give tbh! But thanks! Maybe I can do that instead ngl!"], ["give me that job,plz"], ["Please show your friend this video: https://youtu.be/PhAgBjVGPIM?si=xumB1JBD8w9mRbQD"], ["Recently 2 kids were kidnapped to Cambodia to work at some call jobs too.. they managed to get a phone to reach out about their situation but they're pretty much stuck there and kept alive as long as they comply"], ["hey whats upwork"], ["My sister almost fell for the same scam. Offering job at Korea with 3k pay. Nah, next thing you know you won't be back"], ["Maybe they will tell you go overseas job training X months. Just so you tell your family. Then gg.\nGo Singapore work better la if you really so keen to work for more salary."]]}
{"title": "Cadangan Koo Ham tak berpijak di bumi nyata, bakal cetus polemik tidak perlu - Asyraf Wajdi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t9teo/cadangan_koo_ham_tak_berpijak_di_bumi_nyata_bakal/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "KUALA LUMPUR: Setiausaha Agung UMNO, Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, menegaskan tidak perlu pakar bukan Islam dilantik dalam Jawatankuasa Mengkaji Bidang Kuasa Mahkamah Syariah, malah menyifatkan cadangan Ahli Parlimen Beruas, Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham itu sebagai 'tidak berpijak di bumi nyata.'\nSambil menjelaskan penegasan itu sejajar dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan, beliau berkata, cadangan wakil rakyat DAP berkenaan juga hanya akan mencetuskan polemik tidak perlu dalam suasana harmoni rakyat pelbagai agama dan kaum selama ini\n\"Ini juga sejajar peruntukan Perkara 3 Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan kuasa mutlak Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu sebagai pemelihara serta pelindung kepada kesucian agama Islam sebagai Agama Persekutuan, pada masa sama mengiktiraf kebebasan agama-agama lain untuk diamalkan di negara ini.\n\"Justeru, berikanlah kepercayaan dan keyakinan kepada Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu dalam menentukan panel yang bakal menganggotai jawatankuasa itu kelak. Tentunya DYMM Tuanku Raja-Raja Melayu amat bijaksana dan pasti mengambil kira segala aspek, termasuk bidang kuasa diperuntukkan oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan dalam mengabsahkan terma-terma rujukan jawatankuasa itu,\" katanya dalam satu kenyataan melalui Facebook beliau, malam tadi", "comments": [["Awwww shades of Ayatollah Khomeini intensifies\nJusteru, berikanlah kepercayaan dan keyakinan kepada Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu dalam menentukan panel yang bakal menganggotai jawatankuasa itu kelak. Tentunya DYMM Tuanku Raja-Raja Melayu amat bijaksana dan pasti mengambil kira segala aspek, termasuk bidang kuasa diperuntukkan oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan dalam mengabsahkan terma-terma rujukan jawatankuasa itu,\"\nWhat happens then, when Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu pays attention to non-muslim voices?\nOne of Ayatollah Khomeini's grievances against the Iranian Monarchy was that they paid attention and allows non-muslim particpation in laws. And then, no more Iranian Monarchy.\nBut also non-muslim participation in sharia has precedent that is set in Dustur Al-Madina, which was written in Muhammad s.a.w times.\nedit: you know, i never really think of it, but how bitter must these PAS and their ilk be being dhimmi dalam negeri sendiri. Because they have separate laws that applies to their community, but superseded by federal laws.", "these PAS\nDr. Asyraf Wajdi parti UMNO, bang.", "lookup the meaning of 'ilk' then. umno macai doesn't carry the same meaning.\nyeah, should have worded it differently.", "Eja la bro. U-M-N-O kan jadi PAS tu", "The Pahlavi Monarchy was established when the Brits gave 4000troops to a disgruntled soldier to conquer the country. It never existed before that.\n(No comment on the actual meat of your post, just commenting on the \"no more Iranian monarchy)", "The Pahlavi Monarchy was established when the Brits gave 4000troops to a disgruntled soldier to conquer the country. It never existed before that.\nHow do you think most monarchies started off? Mandate of heaven? Or a dude with soldiers telling everyone else what to do?", "indeed it doesn't really matter. it happened that of all the pieces required in that particular puzzle, this country already has those specific pieces in place. besides...looking at late 19th century johor...."], ["once again thinking from the viewpoint that they are the center of the universe."], ["while I agree that having an \u201coutsider\u201d in a review committee may add better perspective to overall findings, it could be bad optics for the government and provide more bullets to the opposition.\na better way might be not to have a non-Muslim member but a Muslim civil (secular) constitutional law expert as a member or one from an external body or another country. secondly, an external body (comprises of Muslims and non Muslims experts) say like the Bar may form a peer review committee to offer their views and perspective in addition to the overall findings.", "I think the board that reviewing this is former high judge ,even got representative from the Borneo side so I think they are basically expert in this matter"]]}
{"title": "The view of Kuala Lumpur in April 1992.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t8uxa/the_view_of_kuala_lumpur_in_april_1992/", "num_comment": 93, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "", "comments": [["As someone who lived through the 90s, times were just different back then\u2026\nMcDonald\u2019s for like 3-5 bucks\nWay more draconian authority because of Dr M (as he was known before Tun M)\nKids played outside more\nOverall feeling of positivity. Malaysia was growing at a faster rate and modernising (also thanks to Dr M in many ways)\nThe worst haze in our history happened during this time\nNo security at the airport. Could just go right to the gate at Subang Airport (before KLIA)\nPeople didn\u2019t eat out as much in these days, a lot of home food\nNo social media or phones- simpler times.\nIf any other 90s kids thinks of any add on more! I miss this time a lot.\nTraffic was WAY worst back then\nGovt services were slower and more inefficient during this time compared to now", "traffic was also due to Tun M.\nblame him for the improper city planning that has led KL to the car centric shithole it is today.", "KL has to be carcentric. If not who will want to buy Geetons/Perutduas?", "mfw (Mahathir's face when) cronies profit by kelentong the rakyat", "I mean, isnt that why he made Putrajaya? To avoid fucking up KL more? I remember that in his memoirs btw", "he made putrajaya, even car-centric...", "The traffic was worse?! Holy cow", "Yup. Think Bangkok/ Jakarta levels of jam.\nHappy cake day btw", "I remember being stuck in a stand still jam at cheras. Good times", "Jacky Chan shot part of his movie above the Dataran, that was my first thought.\nCommonwealth Games and \"Standing in the Eyes\" on heavy rotation. Was just an ok song to me but the heavy rotation embedded it into my memory.\nLRT just started becoming a thing.\nBefore Astro, there were only 3-4 channels (remember Metrovision?) and MegaTV.\nGila-Gila, Ujang, Galaxy, Lat\n\"Now That's What I Call Music\" cassette series\nKids played outside more\nNot sure if I agree with this, I still see many parents bring their kids to the parks.", "I meant play on the street outside my house. Nowadays barely see kids play outside like that.", "Yea maybe. I guess all the kidnapping and lost children stories caught up with parents since then.", "Definitely did not have the widespread neighborhood security that is almost everywhere in Selangor now. Thanks to a certain influx of foreign workers and the increase in crime.", "Crime was worse back then imo. Every week a relative would have a break in. Got so bad my relatives got tied up and house ransacked back in the late 90s.\nKids these days have no idea.", "I definitely didn't have an idea. I recalled going around the neighborhood by myself or with friends on foot or on bicycles. So crime as I perceived it back then was okay enough that our parents still allowed us those freedoms. It might be just the locations that crime is more/less prevalent in.\nBut I felt the shift when gated neighborhoods started becoming the norm around the places.", "Apart from the draconian law and haze, the rest of the points apply to almost every other city globally", "People also judge others less back then, not like the society today where people just find it impossible to mind their own business", "No bangla and rohingya or pinoy. Back then the only issue we had was with indonesian pati.", "Was hoping for more fun stuff about the 90s rather than a xenophobic answer", "And theres no words like xenophobic or easily offended people that can get offended on behalf of other people.", "I am not sure it is the \"offended\" part that people take away from your comment.\nIt is mostly your comment on foreign immigrants that irks people. There is a time and place for these comments. Not everything needs to be seen in terms of us vs them, in this case our underpaid exploitative labour.\nJust like how politicians see everything through racial lens - which we know is flawed and divisive - your focus need not be on foreign immigrants on this topic.", "Well, like it or not, we do have a problem with pati immigrants now. And as I pointed out, in the past, it was only indonesian pati, but now we have other pati from different countries.\nYou want to sugar coat it however you want, but this is a fact. Only racist people will see this through a racial lens. While my point is on pati.", "Yup. And no snowflakes who always starting culture wars like you.", "Im gen x. And we say what is, and how it is. If you say you lived through the 90s and act like this, you actually bring shame to our gen.", "Ah, so you're just a racist fossil. Got it, just know that your way of mindset would be soon irrelevant.", "I dont think it will go away anytime soon. As i see, most of the sjw like you are mostly hypocrites.", "Ok, fossil.", "Calling names wont change facts you know. Go out more.", "I bring shame to a generation because of one comment I made on Reddit. Ok.", "Low class mentality like yours is why shit happened in the first place la. You lived 4 decades already but still no self-awareness. Malu sial", "What the hell are you talking about? I actually feel more malu reading this kind of reply.", "I don't expect a xenophobic 40 y/o to understand. \"Can't teach old dogs new tricks\" as they say.", "Oh. Ok. Good for you.", "Please leave the rest of us gen x out of this", "Didn't we have a full blown riot at the Vietnamese war refugee camp at Sg Besi?", "If im not mistaken, they were kept in camps. The infamous pulau bidong was 1 of them. They were not moving around freely. And they were sent back in late 80s.\nSo, I wouldnt put them as the same problem as the pati we have now.", "Wonder why you got downvoted? Yr literally spitting facts."], ["Me (non-existent) whispering to my father in 1992: buy a property in Bangsar NOW", "Dad please buy land surround Bukit Bintang Girl School", "reminds me of mom sayin her friend's friend had land in sepang which was then hulu banat (so priced dirt cheap/ orang tak pandang pun). then KLIA happened & their land got sold for millions.", "then KLIA happened & their land got sold for millions.\nDamn they got lucky \ud83c\udf40\ud83e\udd11", "itu pasal. some peeps fate just flipped 180\u00b0 \ud83d\udcaf"], ["Music was definitely better and yes religion was personal and Malaysia was riding high on economic growth. Everyone felt like they had a piece of the pie.\nLess overhead highway to destroy the view", "Music was definitely better\nEvery generation will say their music is better. Apparently there is even sturdy that shows we become less open to new music as we grow older.\nhttps://www.iflscience.com/we-stop-discovering-new-music-at-a-certain-age-heres-why-48187", "I've read this before and I don't entirely agree with it. Also the way it's written seems to suggest if you're not \"open\" then you're just a \"narrow old sod\", without considering the nuances. I could say the reverse about kids suddenly discovering Eminem and saying it was horrible old music, for example.\nSome reasons why \"music openness\" peaked in the teens is due to peer influence and media exposure. Most by mid 20s should have formed their personalities and tastes, and are simply more selective in what they want to listen to. I still go on a random search for new music, just not accepting everything shoved to me on heavy rotation.\nSure, there definitely are people like one of my friends who seem to only listen to Gun n Roses and hates anything with a hint of electronic, but this research isn't definitive. Good and shit music appears across all decades.", "Yeah, it is not that I totally agree with it but it kinda shows in some way that our sense of music is much like our preferences for food too. Yes, some people are more adventurous with food than others and we can still discover new good food from time to time, but most people will agree that their mother's cooking or their hometown food still holds a special place. Many people just prefer music that they heard when they are younger. Even newer music that they like tends to a similar genre with those they used to like.\nAlso, just like food, what you consider shit music could be someone's favorite. Everything is in a spectrum.", "Everything is in a spectrum\nI agree with you, just not how dismissive the article is being written especially the last few sentences.", "Ok boomer"], ["Compared to today it was ahead of its time. Just couldnt keep on track with the growth", "Mahathir is sure one double-edged sword to our country, isn't he?", "He definitely aided in the country becoming more islamic and conservative even when it was naturally headed to be more liberal like singapore. The Klang valley at least.\nBut then again who knows what would have happened with another Government. Malaysia is still a winner compared to other countries in southeast asia.", "Not great, not terrible. At least our country are relatively stable but not ahead enough to move up to the developed status."], ["Man we really did better than most 3rd world countries judging by photos of 80s and 90s", "No wars for sure, decent in terms of economy too, compared to the rest of the world like former Yugoslavia"], ["The view of Kuala Lumpur in April 1992.\nI was just 8 years old.\nstill thinking of flying cars will exist in 2020, 3 years after Dr. Mahathir announced his Vision 2020 plan.\nKLCC was still on plan paper by Cesar Pelli in Dr. Mahathir's room (groundbreaking starts March 1993).\nNot many Banglas, Myanmarese around KL. Indonesian migrant worker isn't that many in 1992.\nProton Saga Iswara will be launched in August 1992.\nKL Tower was just started its construction (started on October 1991).\nSailor Moon anime just premiered a month ago in Japan (March 1992).\nMalaysia will win the Thomas Cup a month after (May 1992).\n...what else happened in 1992 Malaysia that I missed?", "Wasn\u2019t there some sort of huge fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh that caught fire around that part of the 90s?\nBack then Subang Parade was cool (especially toys r us).\nWas the North South Highway even completely built yet?\nAnd McD burgers were served in styrofoam boxes.", "When Subang Parade opened, it was the longest mall in Asia", "The Bright Sparklers factory in Sungai Buluh burst out in May 1991.\nPLUS Highway was completed in 1994. So in 1992, some highways still being build.\nYess...I remembered the McD burgers was served in styrofoam boxes!\n...and up until now, I never been to Subang Parade \ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72", "Yeah around the early 90s the big crime/ tragedy news that really stood out in my Memory was the Bright Sparklers tragedy in \u201891 (thanks for digging that up), there was the highland towers tragedy in \u201893 and the Mona Fandey crime case and the victim who was chopped up into 18 pieces or something like that.\nOh yeah and the school had a government milk program to help kids from a less privileged background\u2026. IIRC\nYeah and before the PLUS was finished I remember car trips to Singapore had to go through trunk roads in Johor where everyone played a game of chicken when overtaking."], ["1992 already jerebu:26554:", "Something never changes"], ["There was a time when we could see the mountains in the background."], ["I guess that was the time when the wild bas mini wilayah roamed the streets of KL."], ["watching these photos makes me realized that smartphone cameras nowadays had gone so far that i cant believe this picture came from a camera before looking at the date."], ["Menara Maybank standing tall as the highest building in Kuala Lumpur. Nowadays it's just another office building.", "Crazy just how many skyscrapers have been built since then that the Maybank building doesn't even look stand out anymore."], ["Also 2 months later Police Story 3 is released in the theaters. The whole 3rd act of the movie takes place in KL."], ["April 1992, I was 4 months old \ud83d\ude02", "a true 90s baby \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc4c"], ["Quick observations as there are many familiar areas.\nPic 1: From Petaling Street vicinity overlooking Maybank Tower @ Jalan Tun Perak and Bukit Nanas (now dominated by KL Tower but at the time, most associate Bukit Nanas with St John Institution and the convent girl's school).\nPic 2: On the left, is the old KL Railway station and the KTMB offices across from it. On the bottom right should be the national masjid, with the KL Jabatan Agama in the back. Interestingly, the green area in the back is where KL Sentral is now. This is facing south and wow how green KL was (and probably still is in some places).\nPic 3: Should be familiar to all which is Dataran Merdeka and the Sultan Abdul Samad building which was active as a courthouse in those days. This view would be north-facing and dominated by offices nowadays.\nPic 4: Looks to be facing south east with the Stadium Negara (indoor) and Stadium Merdeka in the back, with Petaling Street/Chinatown area in the foreground. Interestingly, a look at the Chinatown area and you can see how sad the buildings looked. Happy that there's been some restoration works over the years. Today, this view would include Merdeka/PNB 118, right behind Stadium Negara.\nOverall, love the photos and love KL."], ["this can be on /r/PastAndPresentPics if we put up some current view :)"], ["We had M'sian English series, Kopitiam."], ["You know in the present 2023 is quite a lot for KL and klang valley, all the new elevated highways completed(DASH, SUKE, DUKE), MRT3, TRX and merdeka 118 completed exterior. I could come just few years ago and it will look quite different."], ["And then 97 happened and the country started adopting the 2 steps forward 1 step backward mantra.\nLawl."], ["Life was a lot more simpler. We played sports in school. Went cycling around the taman by ourselves. Met up at friends house. PLayed video games, music etc. Instead of learning about life on youtube... we experienced it. We could still go out, walk to town. Came back home by ourselves. At least where I lived in Penang.\nWe had to buy music. And what we listened to meant so much more to us. It was as much about who we were than just about whats popular. Grunge scene blew up. Kid's were wearing Nirvana t-shirts and wanted to start bands. Leading up to also local grunge scene later on.\nStreet Fighter 2 was the biggest ting in the world. Everyone wanted to play that in the arcades. On the PC side of things people were playing Ultima and the first grand daddy of the FPS Wolfenstein 3D was released, basically creating a whole new genre."], ["Dope!"], ["Someone should have taken the same pics now from the same spot and compare."], ["I\u2019m less than a month old lol"], ["the roads are nicer, less double parker", "Mini buses helped solve some of the public transport issues. People didn't really need cars as mini buses went to most areas within Klang Valley.\nNot to mention how expensive cars were."]]}
{"title": "Salam dari Felda Sahabat", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t6fco/salam_dari_felda_sahabat/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["ITAP"], "header": "Sorry for the bad quality. I\u2019m here at Felda Sahabat for some family matters.", "comments": [["Hai sahabat"], ["wow nice felda area next to the beach, so its aquaculture instead of agriculture?", "Nope, agriculture. Its just happens to be situated near beach."], ["pretty far inland huh", "Kalau mau jauh, pergi Tambisan."], ["happy new year, sahabat. lovely beach and photo!"], ["Kalau nda salah, tu paip (jangan tanya paip apa lah) in the background.... Haven't been there in 25 years."]]}
{"title": "Enjoy getting your \"Rail Rewards.\"", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vbb62/enjoy_getting_your_rail_rewards/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "\"The term \"getting railed\" is a colloquialism or slang phrase that is often used to describe (ahem-ahem) activity in which one person is engaged in vigorous or intense sexual intercourse, particularly involving penetration.\" (Quora; 29 Jul 2021)", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["This says more about you than the ad.", "I second this.", "I can't argue with this :26554:"], ["<image>", "rail.. my.... life?", ""], ["Being railed is rewarding", "Highly enjoyable. Or so I've heard. Great back support too"], ["I too, enjoy getting railed as a reward \ud83d\ude06", ":29091:"], ["Leaving dot for list i need to see later", "hol' up. Why do you need a list?"], ["Free one Dr.Ratio for Railed"]]}
{"title": "DBKL calls out 'third class littering mentality' following New Year's Eve celebrations around Kuala Lumpur", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wk231/dbkl_calls_out_third_class_littering_mentality/", "num_comment": 43, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Malaysia Boleh! I've always thrown my own rubbish in disposal bins, and I've stopped littering after school days. But til this day, I still see my own friends and family members do it without battling an eye.\nThe key to solve this is early education. Teach them young, heck, brainwash them if you have to. :29091::29091::29091::29091::29091::29091::29091:", "I say give them reward for littering.", "a bullet straight in their cranium", "Intervene"], ["I wonder why we can't do it like Singapore.\nRemember back then when the government actively saman people who smoked in restaurants? For about 6 months, restaurants, especially Mamak stalls, did not smell like smoke anymore. and the floor was clean, no more cigarette butts on the floor. It was a wonderful time.\nThen they decided to stop, now restaurants are allowing people to smoke again despite the no smoking sign is everywhere.", "Yep, been seeing a resurgence of people just smoking in restaurants again especially Mamaks. Laws need enforcement.", "I bet there will be protest on the street if Police begin to monitor Mamaks and other non-smoking area in regular basis.", "Singapore doesn't have titled people. It got away with more fundamental issues of enforcement; that somehow men can be unequal in front of the law. In front of anything, honestly. It sets the stage that somehow a select grouo can have preferable treatment. Making exceptions for anyone deem reasonable just normalizes exceptions for everyone and themselves.\nGod forbid if you had to saman a Dato'\nJust for an example, the current President of Singapore, ex-chair of the IMF, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, was convicted of negligence of flashing supposedly confidential economic data of Singapore to camera. On one hand, revealing that sort of data is seemingly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but they still ensured he was convicted of a crime and fined.\nThe day a Dato' is not served before the regular joe, is the day Malaysia will move ahead.", "so well said, have my upvote sir", "Yeah. I\u2019m pretty sure those rubbish were being thrown by Dato\u2019s and Datins.\nWhy don\u2019t we focus on the matter on hand?", "I bet on corruption and money. Smokes is a lucrative business", "Gov is being inconsistent with the enforcement part. Gov kept changing, new in power doesnt care about old policies introduced by old gov. I just had some seated people smoking next to a NO SMOKING sign in a food court. It is the same as street littering, cant change their mindsets.", "enforcement is expensive\neveryone loves enforcement untill they get it then \"uturn\"", "Thats why i think govt should have a reward system. Who litter on the street, kita bayar hadiah,maybe RM10 per litter. To encourage more littering and at least make Malaysia become world class littering nation. Something to be proud of our heritage n tradition. Its time to do something. Give reward.\n/S", "Small country senang urus am i rite", "Totally true. China n Japan are other examples of very small country. Thats why very senang urus. Its totally not due to bad culture or bad education of the people at all. Its just Malaysia is TOO BIG a country to manage. We should understand this.", "The saman is still enforced\nZaliha said earlier this year they already got millions in RM Saman value\nPeople just don't care anymore tbh, macam Saman parking and such"], ["I was at Sunway on 1st to collect something from one of the stores and the area near Public bank directly next to Sunway and the whole floor was covered in what I think is the plastic covers for silly strings spray cans? ( among other rubbish)\nThe poor council contractors were rummaging in the bushes to fish out the caps and other junk. Whilst everybody is enjoying their holiday."], ["Our 3rd world mentality at its finest"], ["You enforcement also 3rd class lah, thats why got these problem.\n3rd class mentality across the board, citizen or gov servant. Semua sama."], ["But we are third-world...", "The only way to fix this is by aligning with western powers."], ["Singapore has NEA plain cloth officer going around fining people SGD300 for littering. Do that in Malaysia and littering will stop overnight. No consequences who cares."], ["\"Broken windows policing\".\nLook it up."], ["yes, we collectively are bad for littering like malaun. No, I'm not being sarcastic, this is one of the flaws of us Malaysians as a whole\nlol at the person who thinks Singaporeans don't have entitlement mentality\nalso yes, it's easier to manage a smaller country than a large one\nanother lol at the guy who holds up China as an example of a \"good\" country\nKalau tak celebrate bising pulak. Dah bagi celebrate perangai macam budak2 \ud83d\ude12"], ["Do like Japan. Remove all the bins then people with be forced to bring rubbish back home. \ud83d\ude06just joking malaysia boleh", "It\u2019s the mentality too. Our taman has a serious sampah problem and most of the residents said it\u2019s because DBKL doesn\u2019t provide enough big rubbish bins \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. And this is in Bangsar\u2026"], ["Is gotong-royong still a thing?"], ["Having met such litterers, they think this way \"we pay tax, cleaners will clean it up. Whats the point of holding such dirty waste in our hand when the cleaner can come find the rubbish here?\"", "Yeah, they say \u201cthis will create job\u201d\nAnd I reply \u201cyou will do it?\u201d"], ["Provide more large bins in strategic locations, even temporary ones (sometimes wanna throw but cannot find also susah)\nEducate people to take home their trash\nAuthorities actually enforce catching litter bugs and make them do community service for a whole month. Fines won't work as it simply penalises the poor.\nThose stores selling food and drink should also have their own trash can but only accept trash of their own products/from their own customer."], ["I recently went to Monkey Beach in Penang. It\u2019s a nice beach but completely ruined by rubbish. There are signs there to tell people to take their trash with them but people ignore the signs and just dump stuff anywhere.\nWhat I don\u2019t understand is why they can\u2019t organise bins or some rubbish collection. I had to pay 50RM conservation fee to enter the park so why can\u2019t that go towards cleaning up the beach? Sounds like a bit of a rort to me."], ["Comment section is really disappointing as most of them are either : 1) blame foreigners ; 2) blame DBKL no dustbin; 3) self-depreciating as 3\u1d3f\u1d30 world and thus normalize the behavior; 4) making fun of the situation; 5) giving reasons why Japan/Singapore can do, but thousand of reasons justifying Malaysia cannot. 6) DBKL hold full responsibilty for the litters.", "classic comment thread tbh, defeatist mindsets, pointing at others, another shit joke, comparing why others can and malaysia cannot. All defeatist, wher Malaysia boleh mindset?\nbehavioral change should be encourage despite all its short term effects doesnt seems to everlast. Its a continous change to encourage for", "Malaysia boleh, sure but the whole mindset and culture itself will not be implemented if it's not instilled and enforced from a young age. This goes beyond DBKL if you're looking at the bigger pictures. This is first and foremost, parental & Ministry of Education failure. Chicken or egg neither first or second. Both have failed. They should've planted officers to fine litterbugs as well. Enforcement is another weak point that needs to be addressed. Malaysia as a whole can be summed as hangat hangat tahi ayam. Big shots bukak mulut, hype shit up, nothing follows through. The few of us who actually clear our tables up at restaurants or carry our trash with us are few and far between. Sometmes even ridiculed. The problem is deeply rooted and there's a lot of work to be done."], ["No bins\nWhat happened to second class ?", "Then bring ur litter home.\nIf people use the same excuse to litter in front of ur home then how? Will you be able to forgive them too?"], ["Well technically lots of foreigners on the tourist area\u2026don\u2019t put the blame on Malaysian\u2019s only.", "Always be more self-critical. There\u2019s always someone or something to be blamed if you don\u2019t want to move forward."], ["Malaysia heritage"], ["Third world country of course third class mentality lerh what's the surprise"], ["Dbkl think malaysia is japan meh"], ["I carried my rubbish with me all the way from trx to bukit bintang mrt station because there was a lack of bins or bins that had space in them to hold trash. DBKL needs to be called out for being equally third class for failing to plant officers to fine litterbugs as well as providing sufficient facilities to curb the influx of festive goers and the rubbish that comes with them.\nBodoh sekaligus #malaysiaboleh"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 29 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t5v40/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["I've seen a tweet genuinely asking why Msian Chinese didn't care as much about the Palestinian issue and I am glad the replies are all very civil and balanced and anecdotal-based (instead of what they imagine Chinese here to be thinking), shame on you redditors when Twitter has more good faith discussion than Reddit.\nMy point is, to my fellow Chinese who hang out here (it's impossible for me to hang out in Mandarin-dominated spaces cos I just don't like Mandarin), please please please, before you say boycott is useless, the 2 parties are always fighting anyway, what about Congo/Sudan/Rohingya/other atrocities that we didn't do anything about, the least you could do is keep quiet if you think all these are futile efforts, AND go read up/see images and clips on the concentration camp situation. For once, stop using your intellect and weigh everything by monetary value, use your heart to see for once. Close your eyes, think about the innocent children, do they deserve to die from starvation, cold, illness, or random bombs dropped on them with nowhere to go?\nI just don't wanna end up in the wrong side of history when all is said and done. If I can offer a prayer for them daily, that's the least I could do."]]}
{"title": "Best place to look for wfh jobs?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t5ftf/best_place_to_look_for_wfh_jobs/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "For context I am a 27 year old man looking for a work from home job because I have a condtion called \"Hypokalemia Periodic Paralysis\". It's a incurable illness that I genetically received from my father's side. It makes anything physical very hard to do as I can collapse and be paralyzed randomly(this has happened countless times since I was 10). Meds kinda help but on bad days I just can't move.\nI'm on my own for the past 3 years. I got kicked out of my parent's house by my sister bcs she's supporting the family now and she wants to make room for her children. No support from anyone including relatives, I payed for college semesters on my own with part time jobs, I managed to survive past 3 years after moving out by working at my current place which also implements wfh.\nBut the pay is not enough, I sometimes struggle to eat every single month bcs of financial issues. And my current employer refuse to elaborate reasons for not giving me my yearly bonus and contract renewal bonus so I had enough.\nAny good place to start looking for wfh jobs? Any help would be greatly appreciated", "comments": [["Hi OP, I'm sorry for your hardship. I applaud your determination.\nCan I ask what you are doing for your current job?", "I'm a Content Moderator", "You're a freakin content moderator. Just do any copywriting work related, make a hustle at fiverr or Upwork", "Reddit mod?", "He's not living in his parents' basement, so he's not qualified", "Reddit Mods don\u2019t get paid", "Content creator perhaps."], ["\ud83d\udcf8 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/PyAAWNw2L6C31VoT/?mibextid=K35XfP\nTry to ask this FB remote work community. I have only been a lurker there, but the people seems helpful. I wish you luck, OP.", "This is very helpful, thank you!"], ["Forgive me if this question is insensitive, but are you registered as OKU? If you have OKU card and monthly salary is below RM 1,500, you are eligible for Elaun Pekerja OKU which is RM 450 per month.", "It's not that insensitive for me. I do have an OKU card but I'm not eligible for the elaun pekerja oku."], ["Hi OP! Did your current employment pay for EIS/PERKESO/SOCSO? I also won a lottery of fun genetic condition that cause me to lose my job. Yes you can try Fiver and other website but generally it is a tough market since the demand for WFH is soo high while the supply is very little. So any remote job usually limited to a specialized position. But you can apply for Pencen Ilat through PERKESO that can give you money. Talk to perkeso agent , they'll help you. Good luck OP!", "Yes, they have all 3 covered. I'll try the other things too, thank you!"], ["I got kicked out of my parent's house by my sister bcs she's supporting the family now and she wants to make room for her children.\ni hope her children abandons her in an old folks home", "yeah what a dick. (can you say 'dick' here?)", "Nah she's aight. I understand her situation so I don't hold it against her (still kinda sad though)"]]}
{"title": "Lawyers", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t3v2j/lawyers/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "To all lawyers who did their degree overseas and took the Bar course: did you need to sit for the CLP upon returning to Malaysia?\nAlso, as I didn't sit the SPM, would I need to take the BM exam?\nThanks!", "comments": [["did you need to sit for the CLP upon returning to Malaysia?\nNope.\nAlso, as I didn't sit the SPM, would I need to take the BM exam?\nYes and you have two choices. Either take the BM exam (via SPM) or do the oral BM exam administered by the LPQB. I did the latter during my pupillage.\nSource: did the Bar, practiced, and now in-house.", "Thanks for your help! I think I'll take the oral exam instead of SPM.\nIf you don't mind me asking, can a fresh grad end up working in-house right away? I don't feel as if law firms are a right fit for me, I'd rather work in a company's legal department instead. Don't want to make partner, don't want to dedicate my life to climbing the corporate ladder. I'm happy remaining an employee my whole working life.", "can a fresh grad end up working in-house right away?\nYes.\nHowever, not many companies hire fresh grads and the ones that do would have highly questionable work environments.\nYMMV.\nEdit: it will be a great waste of time and money for you to be doing the Bar and then ending up as a legal executive without any practicing experience. If this is your intended path, just skip the Bar and proceed to enter the work force. You'll be doing yourself a favour."], ["Just gonna add a few more points which may be useful:\nBefore registering for uni, make sure that the law course is recognized by the Malaysian Bar - IIRC, around 12-13 years ago a batch of students completed a Taylor's law degree but were not permitted to take the CLP as the degree was not recognized. The list of recognized qualifications for entry into the Malaysian Bar can be viewed at https://www.lpqb.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=61 , whereas the list of recognized courses for CLP can be viewed at https://www.lpqb.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=77\nI'l defer to u/Emacah on this particular point, as he/she has taken the LPQB BM exam, but from what I understand the LPQB exam is much harder than SPM BM. Something you may like to consider is sitting for the other BM exams accepted by the LPQB listed here: https://www.lpqb.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=77"]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 29 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t306p/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 138, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What did the cheese say after it was shredded?\nNothing. It was just grateful", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Wading through a sea of feelings.."], ["Back in 2020, I made a promise that if and only if I have exhausted all my options, I give myself the permission to stop staying alive.\nAs for now alhamdulillah I haven't exhausted my options yet. Not yet.\nI'll keep trying.\nPray for me.\nThank you for rooting for me.", "Inspiring. Wish you the best of all lucks."], ["Quick question regarding the new JPN digital entry arrival card - what size photo is required?"], ["For some reason Today,\nMy pissed LVL are too damn high.\nBut thankfully I got 3 days to feel the cuti. And hope does reduce my pissed lvl.\n(One of them are bank and the coins, which is Banyak betul request to exchange coin.)"], ["Hi all, is there any free investment app that allows malaysians to invest in S&P 500? I\u2019ve got some guidance from my bro but his in canada so his using a different app.\nSo far M+ Global looks decent but the only issue is that it doesn\u2019t offer Fractional buy option, any other free apps that have this option ?", "I use Stashaway, but look into Versa as well and weigh your options.", "rakuten trade"], ["Where can I find butchery that sells halal beef? Normally I found in Aeon but feels expensive for the amount they offer. How much does 1kg beef cost in a local butchery?", "RM16-19 silverside, RM70 tail (has to be reserved) various other cuts in-between", "Oh I see, thanks for sharing", "You can go to any (halal) wet market. Dunno about the price though.", "Alright, thanks!", "NSK? Usually around RM20/kg there", "Oh really? I'll check it out. Thanks for your info!"], ["Hey it's me again. Anything happening in Batu Ferringhi for New Years Eve celebrations on Dec 31st? Staying around the Park Royal Hotel area but assume travelling to Georgetown would be a traffic jam nightmare that night. Something more local could be fun. TIA"], ["<image>\nShort visit to Seremban. Ziarah kubur arwah anak perempuan.", "Oh. Hope you're okay."], ["I was gonna diet but party both weekend, then how? It would be rude not to partake\u2026 \ud83d\ude19", "Its fine. I'm on a diet and I still eat during festival times. The other 6 days can still cut...", "You're doing party diet. Diet juga tu...", "Party diet best diet", "Diet starts after the party \ud83d\ude01", "Diet always starts after something, lol", "Diet start after die..", "Julie with the \ud83c\udfc6 as always", "Yup lol"], ["got an invitation for interview next week for an MNC company, but they require a pre-interview assessment which i did yesterday. it's one of those comprehension stuff. there's 18 questions and need to complete in 20 mins. i can only sempat answer 12 then got the behavior assessment which took about the same time. hopefully this doesn't ruin my chances of getting this job", "K**G?", "nahhh, h*n*y**ll"], ["I wonder if I can monetize the kerengga at my house to rich weirdos. Like some woo-woo alternative healing bullshit.\nBeing bitten by kerengga while cleaning your house is not fun."], ["Is it possible to ask a hotel if they could send me an item I left in the rooms?", "Yes, I\u2019ve done it before.", "Is there a particular time limit to call/claim? What was the procedure like for you", "I called them as soon as I realized I left it, which was few hours after check out. I think I got it in my mailbox the week after?", "I'm kinda embarrassed to mention any details cuz I was staying with family, did they ask you for your IC or anything like that? I still remember my room number and stuff", "They will definitely ask you for your home address\nSurely that's more embarrassing that IC?", "Crisis averted. I found the thing I thought I lost"], ["Usually people like to exaggerate how much they earn to their family. However I tend to downplay my earnings, mainly in fear of being seen as a walking atm machine.\nU know you are surrounded by fakap peoples when they request for ur payslip when you told them you don\u2019t have bonus this year coz just join a new co.", "I can\u2019t hide because once people know where I work, they will know my salary is over 10k a month", "Shitty lifehack : Ask people for money every now and then, so that people will think you're struggling.", "I use this tactics since Uni days\u2026", "Good idea. What\u2019s a good excuse to say what I blew my money on? They know I earning over 100k per annum coz I failed my emadani claim.", "Idk. Fake a failing business, maybe?\ud83d\ude05", "Nah they know I\u2019m employed and play video games during free time. Won\u2019t believe im the type to have side business", "Fake a loot box / micro transaction addiction in video games? I know that there are people who are financially ruined because of micro transaction addiction.", "Yeah that\u2019ll be a good one."], ["i fail my motor jpj test:26557:", "Oh no, sorry to hear that.", "lemme guess. bahagian titi?", "Ya :26563:", "switch to gear 3 and feel how much the throttle brings you. should be slow enough to get the minimum time."], ["Do china sellers already increased their price in Shopee or Lazada? The 10% tax should start on Jan 1 but it seems some have already adjusted their prices.", "Shopee/Lazada adjusted their commission rate back in Oct, maybe you're looking at the effect of that increase", "Ok. Maybe"], ["Unexpectedly heard someone playing Renai Circulation and other JP songs at a pasar of all places", "those guys know something", "The other songs so far are from the 90s. What a legend"], ["Hi Redditors,\nIm from JB but I stay in Sabah permanently. I would like a recommendation from you guys for a highway car to be used for commuting from JB to KL. Currently, Im using my late father W210 E280, which has already clocked about 600k++ KM and shows signs of degradation. From my understanding, its not worth it to maintain it anymore. The car will only be used 1-2 times every month/2 months. The rest of the time, my mom uses it to commute locally for mosque visits or grocery shopping, covering less than 10km per week.\nMy budget is under 40K, and I'm considering the E90 or W204. Does anybody here have any experience with these cars? I'm also open to any suggestions.\n*Repost since my post was deleted by admin since i violate Rule 3", "I was thinking you meant to say you are from Sabah but stay in JB in the beginning.\nFor the PLUS highway, my personal choice of r/kereta weapon is a w140. I used to drive that every weekend from JB to Muar. Shit is stable and a blast to drive with after swapped with 1JZ.\n200kmh steady bom bi bi no problem even Pain Borneo also no problem", "Im not a speed demon who drive pass 200kmh. My sweet spot is 160-170kmh. Even with my current W210 the riding comfort still beat most of the newer car. Got to drive my brother City hatchback from JB to KL. OMG, can feel the car like to throw away if drive beyond 160kmh and the engine sound so loud which make it unconfortable.\nLove the W140 but the car is too old. You got experiance on E90 or W204 model?.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/kereta using the top posts of all time!\n#1: How much should I pay to a mechanic to check if a secondhand car is worth buying?\n#2: Just swapped the location of the MAF sensor. | 9 comments\n#3: What is your Impression/Opinion on Subaru Forester? | 9 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["Maybank sent me a new credit card because the old one is nearly expired. But I couldn't use the new card for some reason, and it took me nearly 11 minutes on the queue before I get to talk to someone on the helpline to sort it out.\nGuess I'll just be using my UOB card for everything, then. I am offended that a multi-billion corporation could give such abysmal service on a workday \ud83d\ude12", "some might require you to activate it via ATM machine", "Card can just SMS activate je.", "I already did.\nAfter someone finally picked up the phone I was told that I need to use the card with the PIN number once before I can use contactless.\nA bit odd, and I'm willing to accept that nevertheless, but I'm gonna stop using Maybank cards anyway because I'm butthurt over the 11 minutes thing \ud83d\ude12", "same with mae debit card actually. kinda dumb.", "The MAE app also need ATM verification and 24 hour cooldown also."], ["How to make a house feel less empty? I am moving into a 3 bedroom house soon but living alone feels like to much unused space.", "get inspiration from IKEA and decorate the house yourself", "Home office / Man cave / home gym", "Home theater system boiii", "Well, how I would do it is designate your bedroom, then a work/computer/music room that's furthest away from your room. If the room has a window, consider plants. You can put a fish tank in your living room (doesnt need to have fish unless you want to) and turn it into a terrarium, or a display for your gunpla or trophies. You'll want a TV, a place to hide your modem/router.\nIt really depends on your hobbies la. Now that you have a house you should really take the opportunity to express yourself. Like cooking? Consider hanging knives on a magnetic strip. If you like reading or naps, maybe invest in a reclining chair or massage chair just for you. If you're a gamer, maybe have one room to keep your weeb/gamer stuff.", "Get Plants ?", "With indoor plants, Be careful with indoor grow lights. Mind the wattage. Electrical fire is not fun."], ["What\u2019s everyone doing to celebrate New Year\u2019s?\nI saw a comment earlier about visiting second hand bookstores in KL during the long weekend and I think I\u2019ll be doing that myself.", "Work up the courage to actually diy the dash cam for my moto. The box been sitting there for months lol", "Go la to dataran merdeka. I think i went there 2 yrs prior covid. Best gila the fireworks and all", "No friend to go with \ud83d\ude05", "just chipi chipi chapa chapa je", "Nothing. No one to do anything with."], ["I was about to splurge on a sofa, but opted for these cheap-ass camping chairs instead.\nThey are fantastic.\nI can't last 5 minutes watching youtube without falling asleep"], ["It\u2019d be so great if i can have hotpot rn. Lamb with mala soup. Hngghh", "head to ma la tang pasar seni!", "It\u2019s so panasss. I want cold pot."], ["https://www.therakyatpost.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/29/shocking-pharmaceutical-frenzy-at-johors-forest-city-antibiotics-sold-like-candies/\nThis Forest City place runs like an autonomous district inside Malaysia.", "well its a chinese-mainland-centric housing with custom guards at the entrance post.", "Is this news though? You've always been able to buy antibiotics quite easily without a prescription."], ["Sometimes on Insta I will see videos of these hot women chilling at the beach being interviewed, and they'll be like \"oh I'm currently unemployed, right now I'm taking a two-month break\".\nAnd here I am thinking \"how the fuck do you managed to afford all this?\".", "the boss many mistress"], ["Hi,\nis there any place in KL that plays chill pop music from 21 Guns, Green Day, Coldplay etc...\nI am thinking to chill tonight. Prefer bar who serves mocktail or cafe because I would like to drive. Best if I could bring my laptop there and be an introvert.\nThanks", "Not sure if Bobo KL is something that fits what you\u2019re looking for. I would suggest Rekindle but that\u2019s in PJ and doesn\u2019t play the music you\u2019re looking for haha."], ["For people with parents or have spouses,how do your parents or your spouse and you refer to each other?as in do you use pet names to call one another or\u201cawak\u201d etc. I want to know because my mom and dad before they divorced,used aku kau for each other (ignoring the fact that they had a terrible relationship I\u2019ve always thought it was less romantic and somewhat rude to refer to your own wife like that?kau seems so intimidating to me.)but if u use \u201caku\u201d \u201ckau\u201d I would like to know ur point of view on why.\nAnyways just a random thought!happy Friday.", "Before our son is born - I call my wife sayang, she call me bie\nAfter our son is born - I call my wife mama, she call me babah", "I use different pronouns with women depending on context.\nGenerally saya-awak if I'm talking to people I'm not friends with.\nWith the wives of my friends, I refer to myself as \"orang\" and use their name instead of \"awak\". (Eg, \"nanti Nor bagitau kat Afiq, orang ada call dia tadi tapi dia tak angkat\")\nAku-kau with female friends. Or \"hang\" if they're Northerners.\nWith spouse, of course call them sayang eg: \"sayang dah makan?\" Hehe", "", "Many exes.\nPanggil semua \"sayang\" supaya tak tersasul \ud83e\udd23", "Depends on situation. Name, \"lao gung\" as in husband, \"Eh\", full name when pissed off, fucker when he's being an idiot... etc... but usually just name.", "doa dengan tuhan dalam solat pun guna kau aku bro", "aku nak kau jumpa polis cakap cam ni hahahhaha", "Tapi aku rase tak boleh bandingkan dengan apabila kite menggunakan kau dan aku ketika bersolat/berdoa kepada Allah. Oleh kerana daripada kecik kite diajar untuk menghormati Allah,automatic kite menggunakan \u201ckau\u201d secara sayang dan Tampa ape2 kebiadapan. Jika kite tengok situasi dari perspektif manusia biasa ia sering digunakan oleh pembuli atau gangster untuk membuatkan seseorang takut \u2014atau untuk menunjukkan diri sebagai kuat. Tetapi,daripada pandangan aku, ia seratus peratus boleh digunkan antara kawan atau orang tak dikenali/tak rapat (Macam sekarang)kerana ia biasa untuk berlawak kasar bersama kawan dan kurang kisah terhadap orang tak dikenali/tak rapat.\nThank you for the perspective tho!!"], ["Long weekend. Planning on walking around KL, any suggestions? I've been thinking of Sentul Depot or searching for 2nd hand bookshops and thrift shops. Unfortunately the best 2nd hand bookshop I've gone to is not within walking distance of a KTM/lrt/MRT (Dokusho iirc). Already went to BBW so not interested in going there again. Any suggestions?", "Wow I should be doing this. I don\u2019t have another person to go on these bookstore explorations with but have been meaning to go out more as an introvert.", "BooksnBobs, in Pavilion Bukit Bintang if not mistaken. Can search them up on ig", "oh wow, it is. not sure how I never went there considering I walk around bukit bintang a lot. thanks for the suggestion!", "No worries. They just opened the physical shop there this year"], ["Watching a documentary about post-1990 segregation South Africa where the Whites are pushed to poverty.\nIt's interesting how:\nThe poorest people use the word 'dream' to describe something unattainable.\nThe Middle Class use the word 'dream' as a goal."], ["For 2024, if I was destined to live through it ...\nI want my life to be more of r/therewasanattempt and less of r/nononono.\nI try. Even if my attempts are too little and too late. It's better than never."], ["Hi Monyets.\nWhen I checked into my AirAsia flight to Australia online it says I need to complete \"Document Verification\" at the airport. I live in Australia and have Malaysian passport.\nHas anybody had this before and know what info they want? Do I just print and take a copy of my visa with me or how?\nThanks!"], ["Image.\nThere are Malaysian casualties in the 9/11 attacks?", "who????", "They're listed on Wikipedia but not as Malaysians."], ["2023 has been pretty damned good to me. Not as good financially as 2022, but pretty good still!"], ["https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1ZkbrkLw3g/?igsh=MWdmZXRudGFnbHZldQ==\nHi guys I want your opinions on this and experiences of whether any of you get some kind of split personality crisis feelings if you speak two languages fluently"], ["Kena covid for 3rd time. All happen in uni. Wear mask already but still caught it, and I feel that something can be done to prevent more cases from rising in uni.", "Yourself wearing a mask doesn't prevent you but others from getting COVID-19. Unless, it's a N95 mask underspecific circumstances."], ["gonna go to the infamous ikea today for the 1st time. wish me luck:26554:", "That place and Mr DIY is the syaitan.\nGo for one thing, then come back with more than you think", "agreed for exactly no reason at all i have sarung bantal on my hand walking towards checkout counter", "Sarung bantal Is a trap. It's Ikea proprietary size. Have to buy their pillow with the pillow case", "As long as you avoid Ikea restaurant, the crowd isn't that bad.", "we arrived shortly after 10, the seating almost full. plain drinking water in a can was a new experience to me. the mall nextdoor is packed too"], ["End of the year weather is damn cozy, warm and breezy, temperature and humidity are just nice"], ["Any mechanical design engineers who uses solidworks can tell is it worth it to take the CWSP exam. I want to pursue a career in mechanical design and currently building my design portfolio and was wondering to invest some money in taking the exam. How much does it help in making my resume more noticeable to potential employers?"], ["Do I look malay? Im filipino btw do i look malay", "Well The Philippines is known as the first malay republic so you can call yourself a malay lol.", "Yeah", "If you said your name is Muhammad Syed Daniel I would 100% believe you lmao.", "*Syed Muhammad Daniel\nSyed is somewhat a title so it goes first.", "what's Greekgodx doing in this sub?", "As a Malay, no", "yes. also can pass as a mexican in a good day.", "they are basically the mexicans of asia\n- brown skin\n- was a spanish colony\n- fought a war with the usa\n- mostly doesnt have a native lastname", "Yes"], ["Alright I fucked up hard ._."], ["Good morning nyets, second day in Japan. After yesterday\u2019s confusing and chaotic experience of trying to figure out how the train works. I\u2019m starting to wonder how does the Japanese tahan those peak hours train?", "if you think japan is bad, try india! try travelling off peak aka non rush hours. the journey will be a lot more pleasant. chill somewhere near your hotel while waiting for the crowds to thin if possible."]]}
{"title": "Road Networks in Klang Valley based on OpenStreetMap data", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t1i68/road_networks_in_klang_valley_based_on/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Cool maps.\nBtw I want to ask where can we find official maps that were made by the government that delineate the boundaries of each district or states or federal territories.\nBecause sometimes if you search th ename of a district on Google Maps, it sometimes doesn't give you a clear boundary of that district, but a bunch of red pins in the general area.\nOnly once saw a physical map drawn by JUPEM that depicts a consistency irl, but never saw an online version official map made by the gov.", "there is no official border per se, each government agency has their own definition - DOSM, MOH, MOE, SPR, local governments, etc. The border will depend on your context.", "Most Dept 'boundaries' is operational rather than legal, legally Jabatan Ukur & Pemetaan is probably has a gazetted legally defined boundaries."], ["KAJANG MENTIONNNNN LETSSS GOOOO \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"], ["Some parts are missing (insular housing areas)"]]}
{"title": "Renting a place ( as aforeigner)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18t0vz6/renting_a_place_as_aforeigner/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Hi,\nMaybe someone can help me out with a few questions I have about renting.\nI have found some interesting places but when I contact the realtors they have not responded at all.\nSome have asked about my details. I give them those and then they have ghosted me. Anyone with a similar experience\nAnything to keep in mind about renting? What are the normal practices etc.\nTerima Kasih", "comments": [["Are you from Africa or India?\nAre you dark skinned?\nAre you an international student with no other source of income?\nAre you renting to stay with more than 2 small kids?\nedit: these are typical Malaysian landlords queries", "", "Bruh", "White dude from Europe.\nComing here for work.\nNo kids.\nMy experience has been.\nNationality, Race, budget, number of ppl.", "then you should not have any problem getting one"], ["What ethnicity are you? That is the key in Msia", "Caucasian so white dude.", "That should be easy then. Try Bangsar, KL sentral, Mont Kiara and desa park city, those are white expat areas.", "Eh plan was to be closer to the office so Setia Alam region.", "Plus Bangsar seems expensive."]]}
{"title": "Sungai Golok integrated river basin development project: Govt approves RM6m to construct temporary embankment, says PM Anwar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18swtkx/sungai_golok_integrated_river_basin_development/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Anwar has said that an additional allocation of RM800 million has also been approved to accelerate the implementation of the project, which is expected to commence early next year.\nHopefully this can help alleviate flood within the next decade. Floods should be a thing of the past.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Strong smell of burning plastic & thicc smoke covered OUG, BUKIT JALIL and nearby area.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18svq88/strong_smell_of_burning_plastic_thicc_smoke/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "Photo taken at Taman Yarl.\nYou guys know where these thicc smoke coming from ? And the smell is strong.", "comments": [["Either a fire broke out nearby or someone is illegally disposing their industrial waste by burning."]]}
{"title": "superstition regarding cracked plates", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sui09/superstition_regarding_cracked_plates/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "i had a conversation with a friend a while ago about cracked plates. she mentioned that her family had a superstition where plates that had even the smallest cracks are to be thrown out. asked my mom about the superstition, and she said that cracked plates have the power to plunge the household into poverty (verbatim: mengundang kemiskinan).\ni'm just curious if anyone in this sub has heard of this superstition, or something similar to this?", "comments": [["Hmm.. Never had a cracked plate so far. But yes, I have heard of this.\nAnyway, a cracked plate seems dangerous to leave in your house. And not much reason to keep a cracked plate either", "eh, it's a nice plate and the crack's not that bad anyways"], ["The Japanese love their cracked plates, yet they are not in poverty. They call it Wabi-sabi.", "i've heard about that! it's fascinating to see them use kintsugi to mend broken plates", "But technically a kintsugi piece has been repaired hence it's no longer cracked.\nPersonally I think it's a safety/cleanliness issue that's become superstition. It might leak, the exposed porcelain can be hard to clean, very old plates might have toxic paint that was considered ok if there's a layer of glaze on top, but once the glaze gets chipped off there's a problem, etc.\nMy family member bought a very nice souvenir bowl from overseas that unfortunately broke in transit. They glued it back together but use it as a container for miscellaneous household items instead of food. If you can't bear to part with your plate maybe you can do that.", "i know right ahha....so contradicting"], ["using cracked plates can lead to poverty. old saying. usually has some underlying meaning.\nif you use cracked plates dont you scared of tiny bit of the cracked enter the food and may harm your body....", "i see! that makes sense actually lulz"], ["use stainless steel je.\nno cracks, lightweight, wont scratch the table top."], ["Back in the day, I've heard of this belief of not using cracked or chipped (sumbing) dishes in some aristocratic families. The belief stemmed from some oath or occult practices (ilmu kebal) held by their ancestors. Hence, the popularity of melamine or Corelle dishes in the 1970's. Personally, I know of one person who was a great believer in this but, he ended up dying in jail. So, terserahlah nak percaya ke tidak."], ["Cracked? Throw em away.\nI'm more triggered by people keeping/using chipped plates and glasses or cups. I wanna throw em out of the window when I see em.", "pls no my plates"], ["the underlying thing is on safety - a cracked plate may shatter while you\u2019re handling it or cause small shards of ceramic or glass to enter your body or cut you - all these may cause you to get really sick or hurt and cannot do work and lose income etc."]]}
{"title": "Best place for clothes shopping for women in KL?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wrpz3/best_place_for_clothes_shopping_for_women_in_kl/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Looking for full sleeve clothes shopping for women here in Kuala Lumpur. Was recommended to visit masjid India and it was ok. Any other good places?", "comments": [["Sogo"], ["Cheap ones - can go to Padini or Brands Outlet. They're available at most big malls in KL."]]}
{"title": "Sukunadua", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vazju/sukunadua/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Comparison of Federal Govt Cabinet party composition between 5 PMs (2018-2023)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18srkkc/comparison_of_federal_govt_cabinet_party/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Inspired by this thread by u/EverSoInfinite comparing the minister list from 2020 and 2023, I've geeked out completely and compiled a breakdown of the party affiliation of each minister and deputy minister from Najib in 2018 to Anwar in 2023.\nThe party names on the left of the chart correspond to their present day (2023) coalition, though their coalitions under different PMs may be different, and hence they're coloured as such accordingly. (e.g. Bersatu before Sheraton coloured under PH as PN didn't exist back then).\nThe PN-BN backdoor Sheraton government really gave out a lot of pork barrel ministries, surpassing even the ministries given out by Najib. Particularly in the number of deputy ministers, where as many as 5 departments had 2 deputy ministers, which was utterly unnecessary.\nAnwar's cabinet has cut down on the minister numbers considerably, with only 1 deputy minister for each ministry.\nBut Dr M's PH administration still has less ministers and deputy ministers overall than Anwar's current cabinet, most likely due to Anwar needing to keep UMNO and GPS happy, whereas Dr M only needed to manage 4 parties who were then nominally under the same coalition.\nFeedback is most welcome (Please be gentle)"], ["UMNO has way too many seats in the current administration, vs their actual MPs. it should be less than DAP, since they already have DPM post"], ["Perhaps a good data but awful presentation. Please help us plebs visualize better.", "Where would you suggest to improve?", "Translating to charts would be a good start. Pie charts to show the different parties or a simple barchart to show annual changes of minister count", "Thanks. Will give it a go once I have time."], ["As a reminder, Deputy Minister isn't a member of the Cabinet. They aren't even invited into the Cabinet meeting.", "True. Those positions are just created to make the parties feel they're noticed properly by the PM."], ["Goes to show that it's sometimes not as easy as outright picking the best candidates for the role, there's party/coalition ratios to satisfy as well as the sabah/sarawak aspect as well"]]}
{"title": "Where is the closest decent beach to kuala lumpur?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wjuvf/where_is_the_closest_decent_beach_to_kuala_lumpur/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Not familiar with kuala lumpur and surrounding areas, can anyone recommend a decent beach close by? I plan to drive", "comments": [["port dickson. but you need to pick and choose your time and spot. overcrowded on school holidays.\nsome part are secluded as fuck like beach near the university putra faculty branch for example but it was certified banger", "This guy knows the good spots, confirm you used to be a regular to PD"], ["If I'm not mistaken, it would be Port Dickson at Negeri Sembilan, not too familiar with the beach alongside Perak though", "I haven't been to PD for years now. Is it as bad as Chenang, Langkawi where they blast rempit music at max volume?", "Dunno, haven't touch grass since before COVID, just touch computer and shopping malls", "No, but it's mostly hot af beaches and all the shade already have tents set up\nThere's also horse poop and pee everywhere"], ["There's the Bagan Lalang beach near Sepang. Not a whole lot of activities but there's a lot of seafood places nearby\nIf you go Tanjung Karang/ Jeram area (north of Klang) there's a lot of beach fronts along that road. Again lots of places to each seafood but beach activities are limited. The reason being is that is relatively close in proximity to Port Klang, so the water isnt the cleanest.\nIf you dont mind driving a bit further then going to the east coast (Kuantan) would be better. Though right now its the monsoon, so not so great weather wise."], ["Beach for swimming and play sand, yeap PD. If just want to lepak see sky, morib."], ["Morib but water quality isn't the greatest. If you don't want to swim it's fine. Bagan Lalang (Sepang Goldcoast) is a bit better and there's sand unlike Morib. Then the beaches around Port Dickson, better than the other 2. But still definitely meh water quality. You will get the beach vibe though.\nIf you're a foreign tourist/digital nomad of whatever, I hate to say this but then entire West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia from Singapore isn't That great at beaches until you reach Langkawi."], ["For me it\u2019s Teluk Cempedak in Kuantan.\nIt\u2019s not the closest beach, but the closest \u201cdecent\u201d one for me. West coast beaches are underwhelming until you get further up north."]]}
{"title": "Would my wife be able to get ML citizenship so we can move there permanently", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18srjwm/would_my_wife_be_able_to_get_ml_citizenship_so_we/", "num_comment": 79, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I currently live in a country with extremely high taxes which get used for unethical policies, I would be fine with paying those taxes if the policies weren't unethical ofcourse.\nI want to marry a girl from back home in the future(yemen). Is it possible for her to get citizenship as a refugee , since yemen is a war torn country. She probably won't be able to contribute much to society but I will, even though I will keep my current passport and will reside as permanent resident by being a dependent on my wife if possible.\nI know that refugees don't really get accepted if they won't contribute much, but I'm planning to really settle down and build a life on behalf of my wife and planning to contribute by building businesses in Malaysia. I will be a high skilled worker making $100k+ online by the time I will try to do this. Thanks!", "comments": [["I will let the locals confirm this, but it's near impossible to get Malaysian citizenship. If you yourself aren't Malaysian, you can forget it too. You could, however, apply for an MMH2 visa, which has a validity of 10 years. This is renewable under the condition that you meet the financial requirements to stay in Malaysia. If money isn't a problem for you, this is your best bet of getting something close to a citizenship", "It\u2019s hard but easier for a couple with a Malaysian partner.\nTo get nationality there are a couple strong requirements eg: vouching, language assessment etc.", "so this is where our money comes from", "The age requirement is too old for me sadly :(", "The age requirement for the mew MM2H is 30. How old are you?", "I will be 22 when i move out and have enough money to do this edit: why tf are people downvoting? Jealousy? I grew up dirt poor and have been working my ass of since the age of 12.", "You could just apply for normal work visa here and then once you're of that age, naturally advance to MMH2. Granted, you'd need to renew that work visa regularly and also have a job that's guaranteed to stay in Malaysia during that period.", "Idk man people will be people,anyway wow man your life story pretty cool. You have suffered enough,hope everything will be easier for you in the future"], ["If you play football especially for JDT, you'll be granted citizenship after 5years playing with them."], ["In order to apply for Malaysian citizenship, an applicant must, among other things, (a) reside for a period of not less than 10 years in a period of 12 years, including the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application; and (b) be sponsored by 2 referees who are citizens. Based on what you've described, it would make more sense for you to apply for the MMH2 visa and have your wife brought in as a dependant instead of having her apply for citizenship.\nSource on requirements:\nhttps://www.jpn.gov.my/en/core-business/citizenship/warga-19-21lebih-eng", "Yup, despite all the outcry about getting citizenship to be damn near impossible by some here, I actually know two that do manage to transition into citizenship.\nSure it wasn't easy; one of them had to live here for over half their adult life, married to a local, had kids, but most importantly that person was working as a lecturer for the longest time at an institution that could vouch for their application. All of this definitely put em in a special spot for consideration. I'll never forget the day they happily called up everyone they know to show their blue card.\nBut... yeah, the involvement of at least a local makes this pretty near impossible for most independent pursuers.", "It\u2019s quite difficult to do so.\nI know someone who is a world renowned scientist married to an orang asal/asli Malaysian and lived most of their life in Malaysia having trouble with getting nationality due to the requirements as a whole being a pain.\nPermanent residency? Was easy enough just the hurdle to Nationality.", "Thank you"], ["Coming to Malaysia to flee war has traditionally not been an accepted reason for citizenship. Refugee status, maybe. But given the Rohingya fiasco and whatnot, it\u2019s unlikely.\nThe government has been low key trying to stop unskilled immigration, because it does not contribute to the development of the country in ways that skilled immigration does. Even so, there is a surplus of unskilled labor and is mostly factory/construction\u2014 hard, physical labor with little room to go beyond that.\nMalaysia is not a suitable location to relocate to if you are fleeing war, Malaysia is systemically unfriendly to refugees. A European country might be more forgiving since they do have established refugee programs."], ["Take a number. And wait for the next twenty years. There are currently over 130,000 refugees in Malaysia. It'll be easier for you to get residency if you marry a Malaysian.\nRefugees in Malaysia", "Is there any racism if I marry a malaysian woman? Im Muslim.", "Heck you'll be fast tracked to citizenship!", "Could even qualify as bumi if you really want to.\nMake sure the wife is the correct ethnicity tho.\nI know a Japanese women who married a rich Malaysian guy, and couldn't get Malaysian citizenship until now.", "What is bumi?", "But what about your current Yemini girlfriend?", "My whole plan was to get her to get citizenship and keep my current citizenship so that the future kids could use cheap high quality uni education. However this wont be possible based on the suggestions in the comments", "Mate there's no high quality uni education here what are you smoking, man? Cheap, yes but that too is getting to be quite ridiculous", "Simply put, 1st class citizenship", "Sounds fair ... Will there be any racism towards skin color? I look like a light skin indian. Most people have weird views of what an arab looks like while technically even a person from Sudan is an arab. Just goes to show how dumb racism is", "the fact that you're a muslim, you will be treated somewhat better than non muslim locals here I bet\nthis comment is brought to you by millions of non muslims including myself", "Light skin brown is fine.. just wear a songkok or kopiah and act Islamic , and they will treat you with lot of reverence. Just marry a Malay Malaysian here. You are allowed 4 wives in Malaysia."], ["you cant get a Malaysian citizenship if you dont have Malaysian parent. Its impossible for your wife to get citzenship as well.", "You can apply for citizenship without a Malaysian parents, it's called naturalization. The Federal Constitution has several Articles dedicated to describe the requirements and the process.\nAs long as you legally live in Malaysia for an aggregated amount of 10 years within the 12 years immediately before your citizenship application, has good character (no crime records), and have adequate knowledge of the Malay language. You can apply for naturalization.\nThe hard part are mainly during application review stage, where the JPN, in their discretion, can reject your application even though you met all the requirements listed by the Constitution.", "No issue if u are a footballer...for anyone else, it's long hard path", "The legit way, ofc. Now ask how many bangla and rohingya actually have the blue ic.", "Facts, I actually know couples whom the woman is Malaysian, and their kids are actually not eligible to have Malaysian citizenship. Even if they're born in Malaysia."], ["Do you know if the Malaysian foreign affairs have a standing order for Yemen people? Would it classify them as refugees?", "As far as i know, yemeni's aren't allowed to open a bank account here either. So don't know how OP even wants to operate here."], ["There are a lot of informal bureaucracy to get citizenship in Malaysia since there is barely streamlined procedure, so having connections is very important. My uncle in law tried to get it and he is considered higth skilled and high earner, it's still under processing even after 10 years. There's little he can do as it is up to the officer in charge and his/her whims.", "Wow, thanks for letting me know. I have heard alot of stories talking to people that are exactly like this."], ["Better search for a malaysian immigrant lawyer if you open to pay for services. In general I think it is almost impossible to get citizenship here.\nThe other long term residency program is by becoming an investor/ business owner.\nI think work visa allow you to bring in spouse but you may not be allowed to work on any side hustle. Please look up the details."], ["I had a friend from high school. His mom was Thai, living and working in Malaysia, and his dad was Malaysian. They got married and had him in 1990. Until today, his mom doesn\u2019t have a Malaysian citizenship. They tried everything."], ["If you decided to apply for citizenship in Malaysia, it is recommended to have a clear picture of the eligibility criteria that stand at the base of the entire process. First of all, only foreign citizens over 21 years of age can apply for citizenship in Malaysia. Other eligibility criteria need to be respected at the time citizenship application is made:\nForeigners living for at least 10 years in Malaysia can apply for citizenship.\nProving knowledge of the Malay language (high proficiency but boleh cakap, tulis dan baca dah cukup da) is another important requirement for Malaysian citizenship application.\nIn terms of documents, the personal identification document, birth certificates, entry permits, specific forms, and identity cards of Malaysian (Local, not foreigner ) recommenders are needed. (If you can, ask Malaysian friend, language tutor or lawyer to help you)\nThen we have this\nForeign women who marry Malaysian men may also register as citizens after living in the country for at least two years with the intention of permanently settling in Malaysia.", "The last point is a bit more difficult. My ex's mom is filipino, she married his dad over 20+ years ago but still doesn't have the official blue card as far as I know", "Regarding the point about the 10 years requirements, the original wordings, after paraphrased, are like this:\n\"has reside in the Federation (ie: Malaysia) for an aggregate amount of 10 years within the 12 years period immediately before the date of application\"."], ["I dont think your wife can get citizenship because she plays mobile legends, could be wrong though"], ["umm,wrong location dude\nill bet,if u stab at europe/canada instead,the chance could be better,especially those northling\nif u did land there,the salary is even better,thripled or so", "Did you even read my post", "both of u r not malaysian\nboth of u want teleport here\nwhat else im missin?", "Islamic country with low tax"], ["I thought mobile legends citizenship"], ["It's not possible to get Malaysian citizenship without Malaysian parents. It's one of the hardest place to get citizenship and you'll be labelled with bad stuff because of your skin colour here anyway. Even citizens here are treated as first class or second class based on skin colour here...", "It IS possible, it's called citizenship by naturalization. The Federal Constitution even has multiple Articles dedicated to determine the hard requirements and process the an foreigner must adhere to in order to apply for citizenship.\nThe only hard part is the discretionary power of JPN where they can declined or delay your application even you have met all the listed requirements written in the Constitution.\nHowever there are still people that successfully have their naturalization approved and become a Malaysian citizen. You can find it in the news or in some of the comments under this post.", "What the hell is this comment. I'm a third generation Malaysian, my grandparents on both sides moves from Yemen. I do not have any of your stupid problem you said about skin colour. Almost everyone I met thought I am Malay, it helps that I speak Malay like a native, but even without speaking it is not a problem. Only the ones that is familiar with Yemeni and/or Arab can tell the difference.", "ehem,correction,he meant all dat,after merdeka\nbefore that,diiferent guideline....\nbut yea,u both aint wrong", "You know there's a difference between before and after merdeka right? Many people here are already citizens because parents and grandparents were already in Malaysia before 1957.\nOP is talking about now, where merdeka rules don't apply to them and they can't get citizenship like how the others did. Don't call yourself 3rd generation if you don't even know your own country laws...", "Wooow, i did not know that. I was treated well though in KL when i visited", "That's cause you're within a certain circle. Once you step out of it, you'll start discovering stuff...\nAlso if you're here as a tourist and you're spending money here, it's a different thing. But if you're here as an immigrant/refugee/migrant worker, the treatment is totally different. Go ask the Rohingyas, banglas and indons that come here as refugees/migrants workers and find out yourself..", "Go ask the Rohingyas, banglas and indons that come here as refugees/migrants workers and find out yourself..\nTo be fair, Arabs do tend to be much better treated here, specially compared to Rohingyas, Bangladeshis and Indonesians.", "People with money to spend get treated better everywhere.", "Like I say, he came as a tourist who spends money, they come as student who pay a lot of money to universities, they are treated differently. If you come as migrant worker, it's a different story.", "Im an arab, but to someone who doesnt know they would think that im a light skinned indian, racism is stupid", "If you look Indian you\u2019d be fine. A large number of Malays mixed of Indian heritage and Arabic heritage (hell a couple of our sultan royal families originally came from Yemen)\nRacism isn\u2019t that common in Malaysia but with any country it happens.\nEg: currently live in Australia and under freedom of speech Nazi are allowed to march with SS uniform to protest infront of Aboriginal neighbourhoods calling for their deaths.\nAnything similar to this in Malaysia would get you arrested :)", "Wow the Sultan part is really cool, thats great that they would get arrested", "House of Jamalullail has two branches in Malaysia and are sultan of perils and perak respectively.\nNote Malaysia is also home to over half a million Arabs, Malaysian Muslims tend to intermingle and adopt partially or fully the Malay culture.\nMy dad and immigrant adopted in parts Malay and Aboriginal Malaysian culture.\nMalaysia is pretty mixed we have had prime minister of Chinese descent, European, Arabic, Turkic, South Asian etc.\nYou will be fine :)", "Thank you for your comment! I will take this into account", "Going to shine in. I disagree with the original message by the person you are responding to.\nDad is a \u201cdiscriminated class\u201d of people and never faced any racism at all.\nColour etc doesn\u2019t define your treatment and neither does many of other things.\nAre they racist? Yes but they are in the minority and Malaysia is pretty multicultural and accepting as a whole.\nI am extremely mixed myself and the only thing I have faced racism are people from immigrant background or descendants of immigrant backgrounds telling me to go back to my own country despite being indigenous Malaysian (orang asal)\nMost Malaysian won\u2019t judge you and won\u2019t treat you bad.\nEveryone has difference experiences and well to be fair this sub is well known for its over exaggeration of negative experiences.\nArabs in particular have an easy time adjusting to Malaysia due to the cultural and religious ties."], ["Quite the goal , foreigner / refugee, i wish all the best .\nEven the 3 of race of us cant even make 100k in a life time , lets say 32 million of malaysia only 100,000 people can make it .\nFrom my understanding, refugee need go thru ijn department to register, u need speak our bahasa malaysia and so on. As for the women , i afraid not, she need to be married by a actual malaysian man , which would be you after 10-20-30-40 years.\nPray tell, did u actually see any sympathy / pity from us ? Yes we do feel sad about the war ongoing but we have our life here and family issue , we cannot make everyone happy. I just want to let u know living as refugee here is not all 100% going to give u good life .", "I have read all the replies, i think its impossible for me to do this. I dont understand your question though, my bad. If you mean sympathy as in for yemen? I would have no idea. Im a diaspora from yemen but i want to marry a girl from yemen.", "perhaps he meant,vacuumin 100k from where he lives?he sound like oversea now", "IJN? You mean JPN?", "Jpn"], ["As some of the comments here gave some misleading information, I think there's a need to clarify our citizenship laws.\nIt is POSSIBLE for a foreigner to get Malaysian citizenship.\nUnder the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, if a foreigner wish to become a Malaysian citizen, they can only do so by naturalization, as determined by Article 19.\nHere's are the hard requirements that an applicant for naturalization must met:\nAt least 21 years old;\nResided in Malaysia for the required periods and intends, and if the certificate of naturalization is granted, to do so permanently;\nHas good character (ie: no crime records);\nHas adequate knowledge of the Malay language;\nThe \"required periods\" of residence in Malaysia mentioned in point 1 is an aggregate amount of at least 10 years within the 12 years period immediately before the date of application, and this also includes the 12 months immediately before the date of application.\nTaking the oath of allegiance to the Federation and Yang di-Pertuan Agong before the granting of certificate of naturalization.\nThe hard part of the naturalization path is the application review carried out by JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara/National Registration Department). They has the discretionary power to not tell you when it will get approved, delay your application, or reject your application without giving a clear reason.\nSo, in order to have higher chance of success, you must stand out among the applicants, and score all the bonus points of a good naturalization applicants (even though they are not a hard requirements as dictated by the Constitution), such as:\nBeing a famous person (in positive way)\nBeing a high skill worker or employer\nGet a SPM certificate or a recognised higher learning institutions issued certificate that said you have good score/results in your Malay language exam.\nAble to speak Malay really well, even to the point of without having an accent\nHas significant contribution to Malaysia in any form. (In terms of economy, sports, etc.)\nNote: The \"required intends\" mentioned in point 2 of the requirements for naturalization, in my own interpretation, is a reference to the requirement where the applicant must legally residing in Malaysia according to the conditions set out by the visa you used to reside in Malaysia. This excluded out any foreigners who overstayed, wrongly using a visa for other purposes, or is an undocumented/illegal migrant."], ["Malaysia is almost impossible to get a citizenship. Even if child is born in the country but parent is not malaysians the child is not eligible for citizenship or PR status.\nThe common way foreigners stay in malaysia either enter as tourist but never leaves for example indonesians or chinese which may pass as locals (please dont do this we had enough problems of foreigners dont add these) or apply work visa then later apply for MM2H visa.\nWe welcome you though, really hope you can come and contribute as well. Also this subreddit is a bubble dont mind the exaggerations.", "Even if child is born in the country but parent is not malaysians the child is not eligible for citizenship or PR status.\nOf course the said child will not be eligible for automatic citizenship. We do not practice jus soli citizenship laws here.", "Duh. Reminding the dude not u."], ["Why would she not be able to contribute to society?", "I will be working 14 hour days like i am right now, because im a workaholic, i dont want to overburden her with taking care of the kids and also expecting her to work for no reason if im already making more than enough money."], ["Might have better idea if you asked this question in Facebook group. Try searching for it cause surely there would be one for ME folks staying in Malaysia."], ["Its almost impossible. My friend's mom is from India, been here for decades. Still no blue IC. If you really need citizenship as a pretence to live in Malaysia, ur out of luck.\nYou're wife can apply for PR though. That one is abit easier to attain"], ["Malaysian citizenship laws are now similar as Gulf countries citizenship laws . Hard to gain citizenship."], ["\" I currently live in a country with extremely high taxes which get used for unethical policies, I would be fine with paying those taxes if the policies weren't unethical ofcourse. \"\nMalaysia also has significant leakages where tax money is siphoned off for unsavoury purposes.\nIf that is your main intention to migrate to Malaysia, I woud definitely reconsider if I were you."]]}
{"title": "Nothing but a political witch-hunt, Tun Daim breaks his silence", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sqow7/nothing_but_a_political_witchhunt_tun_daim_breaks/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Im drunk already because my family celebrates all weekend of new year but is this guy real?? Looks like a 3d rendering. What a strange looking facw with orange skin"], ["I agree with him. When najib wanted to get rid of mahathir, daim was attacked also.\nThis is the same.", "Don\u2019t worry. If he\u2019s actually innocent, he\u2019ll be acquitted like the many others (Shahir, Ku Nan, Bung, Najib in the Audit Panel).\nLuckily for Daim, he\u2019s rich enough to sue Azam Baki & AGC for wrongful prosecution.\nThis is another case of MACC waiting way, way, way, way too long to prosecute.\nZero sympathy for anyone like Daim who had great political power and never pushed for any MACC reforms.", "Mahathir is no longer of any relevancy tho. He's already gotten rid of, thanks to no one voting for his entire party.", "dont look up langkah dubai:26554:", "He has the funds and source of funds to still be a threat. 1 of that source is daim. His influence on people may have gone down, but im very sure he still has the means to influence MPs."], ["a well-written statement by Daim."]]}
{"title": "Is Faizul Ridzuan FAR CAPITAL legit?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sqkfr/is_faizul_ridzuan_far_capital_legit/", "num_comment": 61, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Is the Property guru Faizul Ridzuan legit? From the social media posts I saw, a lot of his clients claimed have earned at least a few K extra per month and achieved financial freedom. However, I kinda sense that it is more like a MLM scheme based on his strategy on advising his clients to buy as much as properties with \u201czero modal\u201d by doing stack loans from multiple banks. Personally, I never believe in someone can buy a property \u201ctanpa modal\u201d. Maybe I am wrong? Hope that the good folks on reddit can give me their honest opinions and insights. Thank you.\nP/S: I have never seen a single negative post nor claiming it is a scam about Faizul Ridzuan on social media.", "comments": [["Wow it spread to malay community now as well huh...\nDont know if theres any malay article about him online but you can ask around your chinese friend about Adrian Wee. He famously started these seminars selling students property with compressed loans, most of the lelong property these days are probably from those students duped by him as well.\nSo avoid 100%", "Always has been. Azizan Osman is probably the OG scammer", "Ya, isn\u2019t it haram di sisi agama I wonder?", "bruh people don't actually truly care about haram or not when it comes to money and addiction.", "what do you mean by now? his 23 before 30 book was a thing, dated back as far as 2010s"], ["dude, 100% he is a conman. Stay away. Tell your family to stay away.", "He has built such a charismatic and trustworthy image that no one even dares to question in about?", "Analogy: Najib still has devoted followers.", "Analogy\nMahathir even duped the whole non-malay population in the country to trust him that he will save the country", "Just look at Peng Joon"], ["Guru= scam, abuse the influence later to songlap.\nGuru forever being guru, while Warren Buffet won't teach you the exact way to get rich. You can try to dig some China news/ YouTube, land of Gurus.", "True, i don\u2019t think rich people will tell you how they get rich.", "There's some extent of exploitation for every millionaire.\nEveryone gets rich is not really practical.\nRich knows that you have to stay poor, so that your money contributes into my wealth. The so-called guru are scams.", "Yes, that\u2019s the fucking brutal truth of today\u2019s world."], ["I\u2019m wondering about Far Capital. I\u2019ve seen it everywhere. Interested to find out what it\u2019s about but not interested enough to actually find out. Can someone give me the lazy down low ?", "Me too, I wanna know more about this but I didn\u2019t want to spend RM800 for signing up to become their client lol."], ["Far Capital give you access to bulk purchase property but a property need bulk purchase only for 1 reason, not good to sell lo, that's why offer high rebate.\nMost guru teach the same thing one la, where got so many formula. Change name only, formula still the same.\nI can say some people get good benefit from the high rebate property la, but mostly GG. Many of those bulk purchase project that guru teach to use loan compression all mostly end up in auction market aldr.\nIf really so good, they sapu most of it aldr lo, wait you meh?", "I only understand some, but mostly I agree with you."], ["Stack loans which is compressed loan, the more professional terms, is not doable anymore.\nBanks will check ccris once more before releasing money to the developer.\nOnce they see buyer does compressed loan, they will cancel your application, doesn't matter you have signed letter offer, loan agreement and spa.\nI will say this again, please remember it, that 95% of property buyers buying from developers will have their property values depreciated because developers already factor in future appreciation when they sold it to you.\nIt is more possible than not that you won't be the remaining 5%.", "Yup, treat housing as a consumer good, not an investment", "In my personal opinion, every property purchase is an investment.\nEveryone's purpose is different though. Some buy to flip, some buy to preserve value.", "", "Yes.\nI always do this. When I see a project that I'm interested, I ask for the price chart and continuously checking the rebate or discount developer offers.\nOnce the project completed, I will go hunting in the subsales market. I always buy below the current price or as close as the market price or in the auction market.", "Could be paid actors. Because banks don't want to lose too much money as well."], ["In simplest form of what they did (not just Far Capital but also any kind of similar group/property guru), Faizul Ridzuan (Far Capital) do research on certain property, group as many property investor, and bulk purchase the property from developer to get discount. This is the most important part. The rest not so much.\nFor the buy as much as property part, it is possible but very very very high risk strategy. If you want to know more, look up \u201cLoan compression\u201d.", "I understand they do research analysis on certain projects and bulk purchase from it. However, the whole vibe of this company gives me some MLM feel.", "Scammier vibe yeah but i don\u2019t think there\u2019s any MLM going on there. It\u2019s between you and the group. No stuff like downline. They also don\u2019t sell product. You can 100% do whatever they\u2019re doing by yourself but developer probably won\u2019t entertain you.", "Ya that\u2019s the advantage they have (FAR CAPITAL). Like you said, developers won\u2019t entertain small potatoes like us.", "I wouldn't say they are scammer, their business proposition kinda legit however it will put you in such high debt. Yes, you might get monthly return but will the said property appreciate in value as it's mostly high rise condo.\nI join their webinar before, it wasn't bad. It's pretty good if you don't have commitment and for fresh grad i think. Just don't waste your money for any mentorship or courses."], ["Lmao buy properties with zero modal and stack loans. Please tell me which bank will give you loans like that."], ["There\u2019s a saying in the investment world that you need to be aware of.\n\u201cThere are sucker born every day.\u201d\nDon\u2019t be that one."], ["Another day in this cowboy town, MLM syndicates roam free and thriving. Thanks to idiots who think getting rich is that easy.", "The thing is there isn\u2019t any law action against him?! He even gave talk about property on RTM and podcast on radio!", "Because they want to promote the image of \"Bumiputera berjaya\"", "I don't mind promoting \"Bumiputera Berjaya\" but everything must have a limit and not to overstep the moral boundary.", "Your first problem is that you assume those greedy fucks have a smidge of moral in the first place"], ["Stacking loans only works if it's done just before an upswing in property values or rental income. So, by the time the buyer collects the keys, the buyer can flip at a profit. If the market goes flat or down, you are stuck with paying 5 mortgage instalments until you can unload the properties (most likely) at a loss."], ["If it's too good to be true, it probably is. Run"], ["Off topic but I did buy his book and it was so horribly written with loads of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, I questioned if he even had an editor to look through it.", "Seriously? LMAO"], ["Lmao. He still alive?", "He is very alive. He personally added me on facebook lol.", "Lol good luck. U can go listen his free talk. End up he will push some over priced rubbish property with high rebate, do compressed loan", "Haha, sounds like you had an unpleasant experience with them?", "nah, i've seen so many failed. i was a lawyer handling these types of transactions", "I see. Your clients must be in misery crying after the loss of money while those upper level people are enjoying the money and viva la vida loca.", "The investors don't even use their own name. They pinjam other ppl name with 90% loan quota and buy.", "Damn! The investors even drag other innocent people into the water."], ["Never seen any negative post? Coz their legal team is stronk.\n<image>", "Oh ya! I saw this on Lawyat Forum."], ["I'm a far capital client. I'll tell u how what they actually do unlike the retards here who belum try but like to give advice. FYI I'm only gonna speak facts, no subjective opinions of my own. First of all, their business operates like a funnel around properties. First step, they underwrite x amount of units from developers who are usually in a liquidity crunch at below market price. Then will then sell these to their clients. If clients do not take up all the units within a certian period, Far capital will be obliged to take these units themselves. Because they buy in bulk, they are always able to buy below retail price, sometimes so much so that clients could buy it with 0 downpayment. Besides the bulk purchase business, they also operate a coliving & renovation business which facilitates clients who bought from them. Clients are not obliged to use any of them after purchasing.\nI saw, a lot of his clients claimed have earned at least a few K extra per month. Kinda sense that it is more like a MLM scheme based on his strategy on advising his clients to buy as much as properties with \u201czero modal\u201d by doing stack loans from multiple banks\nWell yes and no. It's clickbait. First of all a lot of these clients were massively in debt prior to joining. They went through debt consolidation and were able to reduce their monthly commitment by a lot as well as receiving some small cash flow through properties hence the the drastic number.\nClearing up some misunderstandings.\nNo such thing as loan compresison anymore.\nYes it's possible to buy tanpa modal. The part where they intentionally left out is that you'll have to sustain with your own capital until you get the cashback post VP around 3-6 months. Where did this cashback come from? SPA price - nett price.\nA lot of clients choose not to take cashback because they have to service the interest anyways. But these are not glamorous and hence do not appear on your ig/yt/tiktok feed. The attention grabbing ones are the b/m40 getting huge cashbacks, settled their debts, and are able to subsequently purchase more.", "Hi! I understand client can get price advantage due to the bulk purchase deal between the developers and FAR CAPITAL. However, the clients still need to pay the monthly housing loan even though they get the \u201cfree 0% downpayment\u201d, how are they going to sustain that? Thank you.", "Just like anyone who takes a loan. Before you purchase, they'll screen you to make sure you can afford your monthly commitments first. Whatever docs income supporting you submit to them will be passed to the bank issuing the loan. There is no trick to that. The question you ask makes me think clients literally get free properties. No such thing lol. Only cheaper nett price and some clever financial engineering.", "Will the cashflow be limited while waiting for the cashback? Is it possible for someone who works fulltime from 8-5 to be committed to FAR CAPITAL or one needs to be full time in FAR CAPITAL?", "Your property can only generate cashflow once it's rented out. So obviously what you're earning ATM should be able to cover at least for a few months. What do you mean committed to be in far capital? Once you place the booking fee you won't be dealing with them much anymore. Mostly from lawyer and banker.\nOfc you can work while also be a client. That's how most are I guess. All webinars are online and recorded. There's a platform for you to watch past recordings."], ["Don't get rich please. Later I got no friends to scrap the barrel"], ["What projects are part of bulk buying now?"], ["bubble"], ["I've done a bit of digging on him and his company for my current company.\nMany are PnC but my advice is, avoid him at all cost"]]}
{"title": "Xmas celebration in Sabah. The comment section on Tik Tok is full of netizens criticizing this practice", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sqejw/xmas_celebration_in_sabah_the_comment_section_on/", "num_comment": 234, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Well thank Goddess we don't live in Tik Tok. We have fun times too here in Penang. The whole office gets into the mood with a cubicle decoration contest and everyone sings Xmas songs together. Very Satu Malaysia and proud of it.", "I know certain companies still do this but don't want to share to social media.\nIt's just one step short of inviting PR nightmare and a visit by the religious authorities.", "Thankfully, not in East Malaysia, cops have other things to do than okay nanny state", "People have to keep sharing as much as possible till the point the authority don\u2019t have manpower to check", "It's a great app if you search like look great thing's and it is not as toxics as IG well it's freedom of speech we see humans true colors in media"], ["Thank goodness for East Malaysia because they have become our fortress of true unity"], ["I bet 90% of those who comment on tik tok videos are from semenanjung, whom we should not give a fuck.\nThey so racist that a simple cross on a building will tickle their rectum.", "Not even an actual cross, just something that resembles one, some lights in a staircase for example", "They get easily triggered by a mathematics textbook because its got the addition sign \"+\" in its equations.", "Even small, lowercase 't' could cause triggered.\nSuch a shame.", "They get easily triggered by a mathematics textbook because its got the addition sign \"+\" in its equations.\nMessiah Yeshua\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd35: Please tell me you\u2019re joking\u2026\nAnyway\u2026. Compliments of the Season all.\nAnyway I apologise to Australia, Malaysia and Thailand\u2026 I am actually grieving even though I don\u2019t openly cry it seems to manifest in the weather\u2026\nFlooding, landslides, and storms in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand Flash\nSevere storms, floods kill 10 in Australia, 6 in Thailand\nMy childhood friend \u201cit\u2019s complicated\u201d fell gravely ill on Christmas Day and passed away yesterday, and honestly when I hold back my emotions and try not to cry it seems to manifest in the climate as well\u2026 guess I am a open book\u2026.\n\ud83d\ude1e sorry\u2026 I am still processing my emotions\u2026 and reflecting. As he was only in his early 40s\u2026. So young and so unexpected\u2026 I did not know he was going through so much burdens and I did not reach out to him to ask how he was through the years\u2026 guess I got caught up with my own issues I forgot to check on others around me, there\u2019s a lot going through me now\u2026 and I guess it\u2019s showing in the world and climate.\nAnyway Sorry for the very wet Christmas Malaysia, I know some of you know of my existence, since yeah\u2026 a lot of weird stuff happen in Singapore and word of mouth does spread. Anyway take care and stay safe.", "What did I just read?", "Apparently:\nThey get easily triggered by a mathematics textbook because its got the addition sign \"+\" in its equations.\nMessiah Yeshua\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd35: Please tell me you\u2019re joking\u2026\nAnyway\u2026. Compliments of the Season all.\nAnyway I apologise to Australia, Malaysia and Thailand\u2026 I am actually grieving even though I don\u2019t openly cry it seems to manifest in the weather\u2026\nFlooding, landslides, and storms in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand Flash\nSevere storms, floods kill 10 in Australia, 6 in Thailand\nMy childhood friend \u201cit\u2019s complicated\u201d fell gravely ill on Christmas Day and passed away yesterday, and honestly when I hold back my emotions and try not to cry it seems to manifest in the climate as well\u2026 guess I am a open book\u2026.\n\ud83d\ude1e sorry\u2026 I am still processing my emotions\u2026 and reflecting. As he was only in his early 40s\u2026. So young and so unexpected\u2026 I did not know he was going through so much burdens and I did not reach out to him to ask how he was through the years\u2026 guess I got caught up with my own issues I forgot to check on others around me, there\u2019s a lot going through me now\u2026 and I guess it\u2019s showing in the world and climate.\nAnyway Sorry for the very wet Christmas Malaysia, I know some of you know of my existence, since yeah\u2026 a lot of weird stuff happen in Singapore and word of mouth does spread. Anyway take care and stay safe.", "You didn't answer my question.\nCopying and pasting the guy's post verbatim without explaining what he's talking about is not exactly answering my question.\nHis comment is all over the place. I'm not sure how to respond.", "It\u2019s simple, what he/she actually said was:\nApparently:\nThey get easily triggered by a mathematics textbook because its got the addition sign \"+\" in its equations.\nMessiah Yeshua\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd35: Please tell me you\u2019re joking\u2026\nAnyway\u2026. Compliments of the Season all.\nAnyway I apologise to Australia, Malaysia and Thailand\u2026 I am actually grieving even though I don\u2019t openly cry it seems to manifest in the weather\u2026\nFlooding, landslides, and storms in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand Flash\nSevere storms, floods kill 10 in Australia, 6 in Thailand\nMy childhood friend \u201cit\u2019s complicated\u201d fell gravely ill on Christmas Day and passed away yesterday, and honestly when I hold back my emotions and try not to cry it seems to manifest in the climate as well\u2026 guess I am a open book\u2026.\n\ud83d\ude1e sorry\u2026 I am still processing my emotions\u2026 and reflecting. As he was only in his early 40s\u2026. So young and so unexpected\u2026 I did not know he was going through so much burdens and I did not reach out to him to ask how he was through the years\u2026 guess I got caught up with my own issues I forgot to check on others around me, there\u2019s a lot going through me now\u2026 and I guess it\u2019s showing in the world and climate.\nAnyway Sorry for the very wet Christmas Malaysia, I know some of you know of my existence, since yeah\u2026 a lot of weird stuff happen in Singapore and word of mouth does spread. Anyway take care and stay safe.", "You're getting less and less funny with every pathetic attempt.\nNice try smartass. Turns off inbox replies", "I still remember this: https://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/crosses-rooftops-housing-project-langkawi-create-stir#:~:text=KUALA%20LUMPUR%20%E2%80%94%20A%20decision%20by,prejudicial%20over%20one%20another's%20religions.", "Dear Sabahan, please don\u2019t give a fuck what Semenanjung people are saying bout you guys. They are bunch of hypocritical assholes trying to play God", "Their racism can be easily explained: They're paranoid because they think they'd get murtaded out if they glanced at a non-Muslim or even non-Sunni symbols or visit their religious sites. They're also paranoid that the nons or Muslim sects are out to dakwah them out of their \"true Muslim\" faith.\n\"Kuatkan iman,\" my ass.", "Ya but they wanna convert n fck beautiful east Malaysians. Bloody hypocrisy", "Particularly a few states", "", "As per Rule 1, well-reasoned debate and criticism of religion is very welcome but one-liner talking points, jabs, borderline flaming etc. does not have such protection, and is bad for the community. Please treat this as a warning - if this continues we will be forced to take steps.", "Hey at least they don't force convert people.\nhttps://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/88915/137-orang-asli-sue-govt-state-agencies-to-void-forced-conversion", "Comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat.\nI'm also imposing a permaban as you have been warned and banned several times. I think we have shown enough goodwill on our part.", "heyyy take it back :( im from semenanjung and had been to sabah with their diversity culture and i love it", "Loved this comment very much, thumps up"], ["Good thing i never used tiktok and never will", "Twitter, TikTok and even Reddit sometimes, the holy trinity of bad takes, rage-baiting and cringe"], ["Sesetengah puak orang Melayu ini memang suka kecam. Mereka ingat apa yang mereka kecam itu dapat menambah pahala di akhirat.\nIf your God is so petty over these, then perhaps you should question your faith. Your religion is suppose to teach you to come together regardless of race and religion.\nEdit: because your race is the majority, your votes do make or break certain political parties so they'll do everything they can to stay in power. You're being played by R&R topics everyday, wake up. It's not commoners vs commoners, it's us together as commoners vs people in power.", "It\u2019s even more hilarious when you see Middle East countries are pretty chill with the whole Christmas thingy, while a certain groups here are throwing a hissy fit", "As a Singaporean, it\u2019s very amusing to watch Malays get so passionate about Palestine.\nMeanwhile, their own fellow citizens who are minorities are discriminated and oppressed in an apartheid state", "Its a religious thing, if its islam vs islam there wont be any boycott nor will it gain much attention but its the jews this time, In the end of times it's prophesied that muslim will fight jews in a big war and we are also taught from a very young age that all jews is inherently evil liars. They're basically the eternal enemy of islam", "Common occurrence dekat sini.", "You know what's even funnier there's even actual different tiers for bumiputera as well.", "Really? FR, I never noticed this, but would like to know more", "The natives of Sabah and Sarawak, the ethnic Siamese from the northern Peninsula, as well as the orang Asli aborigines, all of whom are majority non-muslim, are classified as bumiputera as well, but the privileges and member discounts are a different tier la. When the fascist, semenanjung politicians reference \"Bumiputera\" in their rhetoric, the demographic I mentioned above conveniently doesn't exist in their minds.", "Some ethnicity can get some bumi privileges but cannot be considered bumiputera because from the government eyes they are \"semi/quasi\" bumiputera for some reason. I think this article can somewhat explain it.\nhttps://cilisos.my/5-things-eurasians-wished-you-knew-about-them/", "Platinum vs Bronze level membership", "I find it hilarious that you have to be mix Portuguese to get it.", "This is good information, never knew this. Makes more sense that we can see why only Malays are so fearful of nons questioning and pushing back against Bumi privileges, I've never seen or heard orang asli, kristang or whoever lain-lain make any noise.", "Just remember that in many occasions, Bumi = Malay", "Bumiputra policies supposed to help the bumiputra but orang asli population like 80-90% below poverty line.", "Because those minorities are \"pendatang\". This justifies everything according to them.", "Yet they cry so hard over being discriminated in other countries. LMAO", "Discriminate, yes, but not to the extent of apartheid state, this part\u2019s a little bit exaggerate imo. Let\u2019s be fair, this is how Malaysia works, all races discriminate against each others until Lee Chong Wei or any athlete is competing at the biggest stage. Already used to it.", "They only care bcos Israel is involved. If its China they dont hardly care.", "Eh, jangan jangan. Remember, it's every Muslim's duty to tegur and bring people to the right path./s\nTapi jangan tegur suami tak bayar nafkah, or guys not lowering their gaze, or corruption and pecah amanah. Tegur women and multiculturalism only.", "Jangan aibkan suami.", "Little did they know they might have being mentally scammed by corrupted \u201cpreachers\u201d. God actual rules may be dishing out demerits for those kecam-happy followers.", "Sesetengah tu puak hipokrit.", "Dia kecam sebab dia orang dengki.. Tolak extremist", "Yeap, half of the insecure malays is trying hard going to syurga but road to hell is filled with good intentions.", "race, yes. faith, no. there are other ways to come together e.g. work, school. we dont have to follow other practices. we can pray for the same thing, in our own way.\nand you dont put standards on your creator. you follow the standards set by the creator. that's why we rate every single man-made thing and not the other way around.", "nah. we can tolerate without dismiss our own faith and belief. feel free to enjoy your things and i wouldn't wish you to leave your religion like you said 'question you religion' \ud83e\udd2d can coexist with kaffir/disbeliever no hal we dgaf", "If you leave others alone, others will leave you alone. If you're not in one of those comments in the TikTok, then he's not talking about you. However if you feel the need to criticize what's in the video, then please do self reflect, question on your belief, if it is indeed as weak as you think it is.", "Historically is that what happened in the middle east? Acceptance? ? So who got it wrong?"], ["What\u2019s wrong with Muslim celebrating Birth of Christ? Aren\u2019t Jesus also important in Islam?", "iirc they dont believe god had a son and jesus was just a prophet, but somehow not as inportant as muhammad\nthey call jesus \"isa\"", "Just to add, the muslims added A.S at the back which short for Alaihi Salam. This roughly translate to Peace & Prosperous.\nSo, the real \u2018call\u2019 for Jesus as a muslim is prophet Isa a.s.\nSome source for reference:\nhttps://www.liputan6.com/hot/read/5182859/perbedaan-saw-shalallahu-alaihi-wassalam-dan-as-alaihis-salam-pada-nama-nama-nabi?page=2"], ["Love to see wholesome content like this. Good on you, Sabah. Fuck the haters."], ["For some reason, most Malays feel that they have to fight their God\u2019s wars for him.", "nah, they have to fight their interpretation of God's wars for him. I don't think God has a war over something this petty", "omnipotent god makes the universe, somehow so powerless to control its other creations to point of needing the creations help.\nEither god dosent care about petty shit like this, or it dosent exist.\nThose lebais can pick thier posion on those two i suppose."], ["Why are those ketuanan netizens on Tiktok in the first place? Isn't it a liberal app that will turn them into atheists?", "or commies!!!/j\nits the same shit on how they excuse something using religion (uztaz acting sus around kids)"], ["This negativity is why we have stupid wars."], ["You can be harmony without mixing up your religion with someone else's."], ["The problem is we always give attention to these katak bawah tempurungs and worst of all, try to placate them. Can\u2019t we just ignore what we know are bad opinions and focus on moving forward instead?", "Exactly, but people love falling into the rage-bait and stupidity of others when they themselves indulge from the sidelines whilst eating their popcorn :26559:", ":26563::26559::26559:"], ["The good doctor allowed and possibly encouraged this narrow attitudes to fester in his many years at the rein."], ["We don't care about what people say when it comes to celebrating, we literally celebrate EVERY celebrations together regardless of religion.", "This is the way"], ["How sad someone must be to be SEETHING MAD on christmas day, a time for sharing gifts and food? Holy shit these people are grinches."], ["Those are usually trolls and I can assure you they are from semenanjung 100%, the segregated part of malaysia"], ["Are people from certain religion so weak that they will get brainwashed easily. If anything it shows, that your faith is weak.\nEdit: Im not bashing the religion as a whole, I'm referring to specific individual that feels this way.", "They ironically make thier religion look weak because they imply it cannot withstand somethig as little as\nA mention of other practices outside the religion\nPathetic weakass shit, if thier interpretation os islam is so fucking brittle to anything that it needs constant coddling, maybe just not waste your time and believe something else instead."], ["Really tells you a lot about a person when they see people getting along as problematic."], ["Some people need to realize that not all christmas song is a gospel song lol. This song in particular is just your regular awam song"], ["Must be a toxic relationship with God if mingling with other Gods creation lowers your faith."], ["These people wanna call Sabah as Tanah Melayu or what.", "Look at what they did when a Christian led coalition won the sabah state election"], ["Awek sabah banyak lawa\u00b2 ea.", "Tunang aku Sabah jugak, memang lawa. :26558:", "+1"], ["you need atleast 6 months to 1.5 year to be a christian by studying in sunday school then get baptised..singing doesn't make you a christian..not as simple as that", "Huh? You sure of that fact, bruh?", "True at least for Catholics. Unless you are baptised from birth or as a baby/toddler.", "A person is a Christian by professing & accepts the sinner\u2019s prayer, just like a person becomes a Muslim when says the shahadah.\nBut, whether that person is a follower of Christ, or a follower of Muhammad is an entirely different thing. That\u2019s why we still get a lot of assholes who say they are Christians or Muslim or whatever. They will still go to hell, like us kafirs as hoped by Eddy Bawang.\nA person is never born a Christian, any more than a person born in a stable is a horse."], ["mana ade pkul rata? Byk je Melayu yg murtard", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA \u2018laugh silently//", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Get off tiktok", "Tiktok really TikToxic \ud83d\ude13"], ["Tiktok they are as valid as sinar harian newspaper"], ["Link?", "https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNtTMs6s/", "Thank you good sir \ud83d\ude4f"], ["Such lovely carolling"], ["TikTok \"people\" trying to be intelligent for once challenge (FAILED) (GONE DUMB ASF)\nPersonally, I think this is a way for us to be harmonic but I guess some dumbasses will always be dumbasses when it comes to \"superior dominance\". I fucking hate people like this (Tiktok people, not the ones in the video.)"], ["You should be punished for using the word Netizens - it\u2019s 2023"], ["Teringat dulu-dulu zaman kumpulan Raihan - Puji-pujian. Boleh lah nyanyi ramai-ramai nanti."], ["Orang-orang yang mengadu nie mesti orang Semenanjung"], ["Wait till they learn that Negaraku tune is originally La Rosalie."], ["The song is just a long way of wishing \u2018merry Christmas\u2019, set to a catchy melody. Itu pun nak marah ke? I\u2019m sure the other songs they sang were about a reindeer with confidence issues, about pine trees, about riding a sleigh in the snow, about a snowman that came to life, about bells, about a jolly old imaginary man coming to town with his magical flying reindeers, or maybe a romantic song about wanting nothing but that one person for Christmas.", "Bro 2 weeks ago it was illegal to write some words on cake. What do you expect", "Bro 2 weeks ago it was illegal to write some words on cake. What do you expect\nNani tf lol"], ["Sabah is such a confused state. Great people and overall great place to visit but also sometimes at odds with itself. I met with racial profiling there, as an 'orang putih', but the people are genuinely world class regardless of race or religion. Love you Sabah.", "We are more xenophobic than racist. But still better than having a superiority complex over other races."], ["Religion is so dumb, honestly. This is not the stone age anymore. Believe in whatever you want, but if you choose to ignore science, facts, and common sense, at least mind you own business."], ["I really wish for 2024 that ALL religions would disappear. Religion brings nothing but problems.", "There\u2019s nothing wrong with the core concept and basis of religion. Stuff like do not kill, treat everyone equally and how you want to be treated etc\nProblem is when the fanatics happen", "I don't agree. Tell me something good that religion has done.", "<image>", "Blud is onto nothing \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25", "A influential mathematician said the same. The guy who proved 1+1 =2, ie proved the foundation of math. I cant recall his name.", "There would be no moral standard if religions doesnt exist. Everything would be subjective.\nEdit: downvote me all you want idc, slavery would still be alive if it wasnt for a certain religion.", "Consider maybe something is deemed wrong because most people woudnt want the thing to happen to them and tying yourself to a set if morals made in the iron age is gonna get progressivly less appealing over time if there is no change.\nOr fuck it, bring back slavery because the good book says its ok in some circumstance."], ["Me when forced to join Muslim celebration and forced to follow the dress attire(I'm non Muslim): - -\nAssholes just watching videos of others celebrating: NO!"], ["Ni agenda DAP dan yahudi. JAKIM mana? Mesti report", "Pergilah report sendiri kat Jakim. Tapi make sure buat laporan polis. Lepas tu sedia jumpa peguam DAP dan ahli tatatertib JAKIM untuk buktikan theory kamu. Kalau tak betul kira fitnah tu."], ["Netizens not equal to real world. Who gives a shit to what netizens says anyway"], ["Isn't Christmas a pagan which then adopted into Christianity? I mean, I understand why people call out for it because you're celebrating the tradition that doesn't exist at the time when Christianity or Islam came about..."], ["\"On TikTok\". Alright, irrelevant opinions then, let's proceed with the good vibes as per usual :26554:"], ["Malaysia lives in 1500s on the internet when you speak the wrong words, you get criticism/hate even if those words speak of peace, love and harmony.\nIdk why words are so overly important compared to actions here. Like yo, your PMs to political cabinets are corrupt AF does that align with Islam teachings? No? Then why get mad at these people for just singing you guys never get mad or hate on the ones sipping money out of our treasury, even worse yall supported them."], ["Is it actually religiously wrong to celebrate Christmas, which is the birthday (allegedly) of one of the prophets even Muslim believe in? (Nabi Isa)\nI'm actually curious", "Its simple, what does it mean by celebrating? Go makan2, visit friend and family, bagi hadiah and angpao and so on, of course can, no problem. But if there is any religious aspect (such as singing praises to the other religion God and such) then of course we muslims cannot do.", "Yes, first of all, it's a holiday for Christians that views Jesus as Son of God, something Muslims shouldn't be apart of because Jesus Christ is only a Prophet to them, not a God nor Son of God, it's called Shirik (associating others as the same level as God). Second, the origins of Christmas itself is from pagans, that Christians took advantage of their practices to attract more followers, to be specific around this time, the pagans have a lot of rituals, so the Christians took some of them and attach Jesus' birthday so it becomes a \"legit\" \"Christian holiday\".", "Search for street interview which asked similar question at Lebanon.", "It is wrong for a Muslim to celebrate Christmas day as it is also a day in which Christians believed that God send Jesus, in which they deemed a god's son, to be crossed in order to atone for human's sins. A Muslim believes that God is one and has no son. It is a matter of faith for Muslim. That is why Muslim cannot celebrate a day that is associated with what the Christians believed. If a Muslim celebrate it, he is deemed to associating Allah with something else, in which Allah is not and he is considered to have done a great sin in Islam called 'syirik' (I don't know what it is called in English, sorry).\nRemember, that this is in regards of celebrating a Christmas day and not related to the issues of wishing them 'merry Christmas', which has different discussion in Islam.\nHope this clarify and answer your question \ud83d\ude0a", "Christmas isnt a exclusively christian thing, its originally a tradition in europe of giving gifts and sharing food and celebrating the passing of winter as winter was a season where nothing grows. It spread all over when christians adopted it because it happened to be on the day jesus was born (The original christmas, or yuletide, spans all month long not a single day btw)", "Yeah.. giving gifts, sharing of food and wealth are actually really recommended in Islam and I'm sure as in other religions and culture too.. it's just that we Muslims cannot simply giving gifts, wearing clothes associated with the Christmas on that specific day as we cannot celebrate that particular day in order to differentiate Islam and other religions.. we can do that (gifts, food etc) all year long..\nJust to note that Muslims only have 2 days (or hari raya as we all know in Bahasa) that is Aidulfitri (to celebrate the 30 days of fasting) & Aiduladha (to celebrate the Hajj).. other than that is actually culture related or newly created.. and definitely we Muslims cannot celebrate anything related to other religions", "Again, christmas isnt a exclusively christian thing, the clothes arent associated with chrtians. Youre acting like they are wearing the holy robes of preists or nuns in catholic churches. This is objectively false. The red, green and white is colours of winter, snow is white, trees are green, meat is red (at the ancient time all europeans did was hunt and gather)\nIf you really want to, you can push for the celebration of the original \"christmas\" which have many names such as yuletide, winterfest and samhien (samhein might not work as its a pagan celebration that predate abrahamic religions)\nThe old christmas had no santa claus, as that is likely a name of a patron saint that might have actually given gifts in medieval europe. This is wodely known as the start where christians took that celebration for themselves.\nPeople conflate christmas with christians so hard because it is them that co opted it, nowhere in the christian faith mentions gift giving or pine trees or even snow, yet alone flying reindeers and a mythical person that gives gifts.", "God cannot have a son because he had no......wife? Yet mary can have a child with no consort. Peak logic.", "For me, my religion and for you, your religion. Believe what you want to believe and I have no further statement to say. Consider yourself 'won' this contest. Have a good day :-)", "U too bro , i was just merely correcting your statement on why God in the quran cannot have a son since you left the crucial part out.", "Hello, just a reminder that we do not welcome accounts that participate primarily on the topics of race, religion, and politics, and continuing to do so may result in a ban (see link above for context on this)."], ["My popcorn is ready...Waiting for certain group to hate on it .."], ["Fake pagan celebration. Nothing to do with Christianity", "Average abrahamic religion follower bashing paganists because they hate every other religion:", "Not at all. I love Jesus (peace be upon him) and it is in the spirit of that. Atheist though hate everyone haha but celebrate their festivals. \ud83d\ude02", "Athiests dont all hate religions, they just dont believe in a god, but they do still may follow the local cultures of where they live.\nSeriously, not all atheists are some reddit dwelling dweeb who shits on everyone. Some left a faith after not having one anymore or just dont practice any religion.\nIronically to assume they all hate people like you would just antagonize them and may give them a reason, or more of a reason to further avoid or dislike religion or religious people because they might imply youre deriving some moral superiority over them.", "I intentionally generalized it like you did. Also, your claim of what atheists are is super simplified. There are many branches within atheism. Lack of belief, not convinced or those who make positive claims are very different from each other. Well, it is a topic for another day.\nBtw, there are atheists who do think they are morally or otherwise superior than those who believe in a God or follow a religion. That is just human nature.", "Well, it was originally a pagan holiday, co-opted by the Christians in a brilliant marketing move, so no big deal right? For most non-religious folks, it's more a cultural celebration now. For all i care we could be celebrating Aqua's birthday. Hehe.", "Non-religious folks are just hypocrites. They abandon everything a religion has to teach but quickly cling to their celebrations.\nAs far as Christians adopting a pagan holiday has absolutely nothing to do with marketing mate. This shows your lack of knowledge towards history my friend.", "No, I'm just being cheeky here, waiting for your exposition on why your personal understanding of the history of the celebration is the superior one. Mine was just a reference to one of the more popular theories, though not necessarily a definitive one. You may not like the modern, secular word \"marketing\", but really that's what it is. Religious proselytization is afterall, the original form of MLM.", "Personal?\nIs this good enough for you or you want me share more?\nhttps://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia\nMaybe you shouldn't be arrogant and learn to correct yourself when you are in the wrong?", "How lazy. Anyone can post random links no one wants to read.", "How is that a random link? Are you that closed man? This is history.com better than wiki.\nI am correcting your mistake that Christianity adopted pagan day because of marketing and giving you a link where you can educate yourself on the matter and you turn around in arrogance? That pretty much sums up atheism. A belief concocted on ignorance.", "Nobody is correcting anyone until they write a long wall of text describing their personal interpretation based on what they read. Don't take the lazy way out. Or you can just admit you're just shitposting like I am.", "You are not only shitposting but refuse to educate yourself on your ignorance. Once again 25th of December getting adopted for marketing reason claims is wrong. You are for sure interpreting it the way you want and refusing historical facts which again is not a surprise for me if it comes from an atheist as their philosophy of life is ignorance. \ud83d\ude02", "I already know what I know. There are at least 2-3 theories out there, but if you want a good summary, Andrew McGowan's article from the Biblical Archaeological Society provides one. You citing links without even giving a summary of what you trying to convey as evidence of your knowledge is just lazy, so let me humor you a little here with the point I was joking about:\nAccording to this theory, early Christians deliberately chose these dates to encourage the spread of Christmas and Christianity throughout the Roman world: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be open to both the holiday and the God whose birth it celebrated.\nRef: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/\nSure as hell sounds like marketing to me.\nEnd of the day though, they are all just *theories*, not definitive proof of anything, but educated guesses based on historical records. There's no single narrative thread that binds the whole thing together. Many of the modern Christmas traditions are pagan in origin anyway, and some things are institutional in that they got formalized along the way.\nI can even tell you the Christian theological POV. Spoiler: \"When\" doesn't matter. The \"How\" and \"Why\" are more important.\nBut to the pagans like me, \"What\" is more important, which is to have fun and let loose to celebrate the end of the year. IOW, *why so serious*\nYou're the one who got triggered so you should lay your grievance here for all to see and see who picks who apart.", ": Jami` at-Tirmidhi 961 Ibn Abbas narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said about the (Black) Stone: \"By Allah! Allah will raise it on the Day of Resurrection with two eyes by which it sees and a tongue that it speaks with, testifying to whoever touched it in truth.\"\nSpeaking of paganism , what does this sound like to you?", "To me this sounds like an strawman. Nothing to do with the discussion here. Also, to back your claim produce evidence for your claim. If you are just shooting blindly brother then you failed.", "How is that a strawman when its related to the topic you're discussing(paganism). The term you're looking for is hypocrisy.\nEvidence? This is in your sunnah and its graded hasan which means good. Or are you one of those quranist muslim?"], ["Akidah.", "I'll akido you legs...", "Nothing to lose for you hehe", "To lose what now...?"], ["MANA BAHASA MELAYU??", "Cannot maaaaa all malays are muslim..... so, cannot wish malays..", "Timah : Bruh", "in your mum\u2019s butthole", "-10 harmony points"], ["Tell me, what is Surah Al Kafirun all about again?"], ["Hijabi in frontrow grey looks like a waifu straight out of anime\n10/10 will wife", "Is that all women are to you"], ["Seems most people here never understand the reason why it's not okay for Muslim. And they love it when the Muslim follow their ways.\nSmh, I rest my case.", "How weak is your iman that singing a song about gift giving and sharing food makes you unfaithful?\nChristmas isnt a exclusively christian thing, the fact that it has a tree and snow and gifts is because its a old tradition in europe brought over the world by christians because the day happen to allign with jesus's birthday.\nAnd dont get on your fucking high horse, you lot like it when people follow your ways but the difference is you assume we are lesser when we are doing our own thing. You not only forbid at worst or at best ridicule others from practicing thiers, and also your own.", "I don't believe that Muslims have ever forced Indians to eat meat, especially when their faith prohibits it. Similarly, it's understood that Muslims can't eat pork, and this is respected. If a Muslim advises another Muslim not to celebrate something that contradicts their beliefs, it's about personal faith adherence. Everyone has the freedom to celebrate what they want, and if some choose not to due to their beliefs, that's their decision. In Malaysia, a country where people are free to practice their religions, such mutual understanding and respect are common.", "You say that, yet we got dumbasses calling the \"religion FBI\" on people. That is what I dislike the most. The idea that a country is able to enforce religion on someone. It is not right. Countries only have jurisdiction on the earthly realm, and not the spiritual one. They are in no position to make someone follow religions, its up to the person to do it, and whatever consequences of it, if any, is all on the person.\nI believe the idea that a person is thrown in jail or even handed punishment by other humans because of religion is not only a waste of time, its also quite arrogant to believe that someone has the authority to enforce god's will on other humans, despite being a human themself. Who is to say the person is just or is just using the religious texts to punish someone?\nMalaysia can still be an Islamic country without morality police, There is a difference between an Islamic country where most of the people there follow Islam, and an Islamic country where Islamic law is subject to some or even all people. If you think I am biased against Muslims countries only, youre wrong, I rag on christian nationalists and theocracies like Vatican city, as well as the Hindu nationalists in India using Hinduism to persecute the minority Muslims in India.\nTL:DR - secular pls religious enforcement kinda cringe", "I'm not sure why practices from other religions seem to concern you. When you mentioned Islamic law, were you implying it affects you directly? My understanding is that Sharia law applies primarily to Muslims. It's best if each religion handles its own matters, and the same principle should apply to all religions. This approach promotes harmonious coexistence.", "While Malaysia is up there in terms of religious freedoms if we are measuring by only Muslims countries, its not the best it can be. For example, did you know that religious freedom does not extend to Judaism? Having the Torah or being identified as practicing Judaism will get you arrested? it is not a recognized religion. This is due to Malaysia conflating Jews with Zionists. Even Indonesia did not do this mistake. Malaysia makes it close to impossible to convert from Islam, mandating that all malays must be muslim or they wont be legally be recognized as one. Freedom of religion also means the freedom to leave a religion too.\nThe biggie is when it comes to social stuff, as it affects non malays too. Due to the laws of Malaysia now, im essentially not allowed to marry a malay unless I want to destroy EVERYTHING i know and have a institution breathing down my neck on spiritual matters. This basically killed the nyona people group as nobody in hell is gonna date a malay person now due to the laws.\nI also find it odd that a country must baby the muslim population by following the faith for them (telling them what to do under threats of fines and or jail if they fail islamic duties). Some people are born into a Muslim family. They never had a choice of religion. And if they just dont feel a connection to the faith, they are fucked, they are forced by the government to conform to the religious rules.\nThis is also a second reason why there is lesser intermarriage with malays with other races groups, its because while one may geuninely feel a connection to islam and wish to convert, thier kids wont have the choice they did, they are robbed of it. At least in Indonesia, the kid can choose its faith when it comes to parents of differing faiths.\nTheres so many \"muslim on paper\" people out there, some born into it or converted and realized \"shit this isnt for me\" and realized they are trapped.\nAll this can be solved without government interfering with religion, religion should not be given governmental power, only being allowed to manage thier own matters under associations such as a mosque commitee or a church commitee or a temple commitee.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Malaysia", "I think you\u2019re missing some key points. First off, the issue with Judaism in Malaysia isn\u2019t as simple as you make it sound. Yes, there are tensions, but it\u2019s more about politics than religion. It\u2019s not fair to say that practicing Judaism will get you arrested, that\u2019s an oversimplification. Regarding the conversion from Islam, yes, it\u2019s challenging, but it\u2019s not unique to Malaysia. Many countries with a state religion have similar restrictions. It\u2019s not ideal, but it\u2019s also part of a larger cultural and historical context that you can\u2019t just ignore. As for your point about marriage and the Nyonya community, I think you\u2019re exaggerating the situation. Yes, there are legal and social pressures, but it\u2019s not like nobody\u2019s marrying Malays anymore. People make it work, and cultural dynamics are slowly shifting.\nAnd this idea that the government is \u2018babysitting\u2019 Muslims - come on, it\u2019s more about maintaining cultural norms than controlling every aspect of religious life. Sure, there are aspects that could be more liberal, but it\u2019s not as oppressive as you\u2019re painting it.\nLastly, about secularism - sure, it sounds good in theory, but you can\u2019t just apply a one-size-fits-all solution to every country. Malaysia\u2019s identity is closely linked with Islam, and any changes to that need to be gradual and respectful of the existing culture. From your wiki source , almost 70% of the country population is Muslim, personally do you think other religions having hard time in Malaysia???\nSo, while I get your concerns, I think you\u2019re overlooking the complexities of the situation. It\u2019s not black and white, and comparing Malaysia to Indonesia or any other country doesn\u2019t give the full picture."], ["Christmas just ask people who celebrate it to sing , don't ask us Muslim to join the choir or something like it . Why? Because we were asked not to celebrate other religions celebration. We were taught not to sing or wish them .", "Thank you Muslim holiday is for Muslims Christian holiday is for Christian"], ["ramai komen fasik and sesat kat sini.", "cry about it", "Fasik? Sesat? Cuba explain.", "Kamu di Reddit. What do you expect?", "Its reddit bro.", "Reddit it's Internet they can say whatever they want and feel angelic"], ["Christmas is religious festive. Of course they should be criticised. If it was ethnic festival then it was fine. There should be a borderline between harmony and haram.", "its more than that now. It can be celebrated through a religious pov or a cultural pov. If it's the latter, there should be no problem.\nThe organisers should just make sure that non of the carols are religious"], ["Tik Tok penunggang agama experts are out for hunting again, wallahi !"], ["Tik tok ia srs bzniz n much logic in it. Like santa Claus"], ["W. 1 Malaysia"], ["My office in KL did this and I was thinking, make sure nobody upload video to social media."], ["Thats the whole point of Malaysia is to live in harmony, not that racially divided politics preached by certain parties."], ["are we going to talk about that purple shirt dude sitting at the blue table? \ud83d\ude02 semua org celebrate je, cuma dia seorg main fone pulak :26554:"], ["I wish I can migrate to Sabah."], ["meleis kepala bapak mu. I hate those ultra right wing meleis."], ["Good job Sabah, ignore those stone age monkeys"], ["Ok now try to make these liberals wear kurung and songkok during raya and see how they throw tantrums"], ["this vid remind me of viral indonesia vid where a christian choir sing while a nasheed band play kompang xD"], ["Too many people have aspirations of being moral police. I think people should just mind their own business instead of trying to shape the behaviours of others. I think it\u2019s a sign of immaturity when it comes to social media. If you don\u2019t like seeing something, just don\u2019t watch it. Watch or do something else. The world will not be a better place because of your need to be self righteous\u2026."], ["Not only they are racist, but also stealing Borneo oil and gas."], ["This is nice to see. I would love to see things like this being more common in Malaysia but that\u2019s just hopeful thinking."], ["TikTok = Generasi Sunat Laser, don\u2019t even bother. They can\u2019t even hold a conversation let alone their IQ"], ["I love Malaysia, I love Malaysian women too."]]}
{"title": "Question on Malaysian culture", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sq6la/question_on_malaysian_culture/", "num_comment": 63, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "I went to Malaysia 3 years ago as a solo traveler and visited the Batu Caves. When I got into the top, I settled in the caves to rest and hydrate.\nI was checking out the photos I took with my camera when two guys approached me. They asked if I speak Malay and I said no I can only speak English. I was 22 years old at that time and a Filipino female. The guys asked if they can take a photo with me. I was weirded out by this but the area was pretty crowded so I didn't think I was in danger and said okay. They seem pretty friendly and smiley but they only said thank you to me and walked away after each of them posed with me for a photo.\nIt's been 3 years since this happened and I still think it was so randomly funny. Is it common for Malaysians to be friendly to tourists like me? Or does someone else have an explanation for this rather strange experience?", "comments": [["Most probably they thought you were hot/cute.", "they saw the high wanking potential probably", "/r/Brandnewsentence", "Lol I didn't think it was malicious at all (or maybe I didn't want to think of it that way). But I was wearing modest clothing when I went because of the dress code so idk", "What did they look like?", "They look like the usual Malay people I saw in the streets. They were wearing jeans and t-shirt and one was wearing a backpack. That was 3 years ago so I don't remember much details", "Since Batu Caves is also a Hindu religious site, chances are very low if they were Malays.", "She just said they were Malay-looking. Do Indians look Malay to you? Also, Batu Caves is as much a tourist site as it is a religious site.\nIn fact it is the most visited tourist site in and around KL.", "I'm ruling out the actual Malays for OP. None of of Malays I know, especially religious ones, would be interested going to Batu Caves.Some of them hate looking at the sight of it, that big Lord Murugan statue.\nI've seen Arabs, Iranians, Indonesians and Indian Muslims at Batu Caves. Rarely Malays unless they're there to do business like tour guides etc or maybe doing rock climbing.\nDo Indians look Malay? I had dealt with foreigners due to my job. Some of them can't tell South Asians and South East Asian apart. Op is a Filipina so I think she wouldn't face this issue.", "Some of them hate looking at the sight of it, that big Lord Murugan statue.\nI've had Malay friends wanting to go to Batu Caves and wanted me to be their guide, and see many Malays there as tourists, joggers, etc.\nThe Malays that you know seem to have disturbing views of non-Muslims, if a statue gives them hatred.", "you\nThe Taliban blew up a gigantic statue of Buddha so yes, some Muslims do think that way.", "How can you not tell a South East Asian and South Asian apart? I have trouble telling apart some Middle Easterners and North West Indians apart (especially Pakistanis), but Indian Tamils are easy to identify as Indians.", "Those who have minimal exposure to South Asians & SEAs people will have trouble in telling them apart. They just see everyone is brown. I watched this white guy travelling in Little India, Brickfields. The title of his YT video was something like having tea with the locals. Well, it turned out he was having tea with Bangladeshi workers.", "Are you sure 'the usual Malay people you saw in the streets' are Malay? \ud83d\ude05", "are you sure they are not bangla?", "shit thing to ask", "why?", "Because they're showing their prejudice 'Bangla bad', 'Malay (Muslim) can't be bad'.", "Not malicious, some people just appreciate beauty.\nMost of my pinoy friends are quite good looking, female and male.", "I was gonna say this. You're in their wank tank now, OP. I'm so sorry. \u2620\ufe0f", "I agree..."], ["its quite possible they wernt Malaysian. It sounds more like bangladeshi/pakistani workers on their day off", "I agree, labour class people of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis go batshit crazy when they see a foreigner. Mostly Bangladeshis. And no, being a Muslim, I don\u2019t mind visiting Batu Caves for a road trip and some nice pictures. Edit: A few months ago, some teenage Malaysians asked me for me to take a selfie with them. And I happily obliged.", "Any reason why they treat tourists like that? I find it puzzling", "Not sure but I guess they feel proud to see tourists in their country. Its a normal culture in Asia. In my country (Pakistan) its a sign of welcoming guests and making them feel special, taking pictures with them and giving them free food and services. I\u2019m not a tourist anymore, just a foreigner long term resident haha. I was never intrigued by any other foreigner though, white or black.", "I see. I'm also Southeast Asian and I've traveled to tourist-y places in my country too. People are friendly to foreigners but not to a point where they take photos with them lol. That's nice to know though", "Being a Pakistani in Malaysia, I definitely felt happy when the teenagers asked for a picture while I was just chilling at a mamak. The group then sat with me and we talked. I don\u2019t mind pictures or selfies as long as I\u2019m asked for consent.", "Yeah I got approached by this guy who wants a selfie with me. In the unisex washroom of a hostel. Can't imagine why he thought it was appropriate. \ud83c\udf1a", "Bangla and paki are forbidden to visit place like Batu Caves...it's Harambee for them.", "Nah Muslims can visit. Only a minority of whabbist may complain.", "", "Pakistanis too, well those in Malaysia anyways. Seen a few drinking at TRX :29091:", "Oof", "RIP Harambe"], ["Only at Batu Cave I did notice quite a few local-ish looking people asking foreign tourists to have a photo taken together with them. A bit weird.", "I don't think locals do this. That said I've had foreigners at Batu Caves asking to take pics wt me..why is beyond me . So I think it's both ways"], ["I doubt they are even local"], ["Had two weirdos ask to take a photo with my one year old son outside KLCC.\nWhere on earth this is deemed as a culturally acceptable behaviour needs a good bit of self analysis."], ["If you seen YouTube vloggers, there are lots of random people taking photos with those vloggers they never heard of lol"], ["You probabbly met some Indonesian tourist. Because it is not a common thing for malay guys to approach, ask & take pictures with random girls, what more with foreigners. But indonesian on the other hand, does this a lot with foreigners."], ["They were most probably tourists from another country, not Malaysians."], ["normal"], ["They\u2019re going to save your pictures with them in their hall of fame xD", "Tembak dinding hall of fame \ud83e\udd23"], ["Possibly not malay", "Just say malaysian la, not many Malaysians in general are like that."], ["Sounds familiar. I\u2019m half Malay so I don\u2019t look typically \u201cMalay\u201d and I\u2019ve experienced this a few times.\nOne time I was with my German wife in KLCC. We took the elevator and a Chinese family wanted to take pictures with her (without me) in the elevator \ud83d\ude04\nThe whole situation was kinda funny to me. Pretty weird for my wife though."], ["You're gonna get santau'ed"], ["We have to agree to disagree."], ["They asked if I speak Malay and I said no I can only speak English\nIf this was all they asked like \"you speak english? No? Ok picture time!\" Yeah that's weird af even for weird people standard.\nBut most likely they talked with u a bit like \"u dont know malay despite looking SEA? Cause ur a tourist?\" And you guys had 5 mins chitchat and they have boomer mindset on cameras and want to rmb this moment with taking a photo with you cause ur a tourist visiting them. (Thats wholesome reason)\nOther than that, then like another comment stated potential wanking matierial lol.", "They just asked if they can take a photo with me after I said I can only speak English. So yes, I think it's me a being a tourist that's the reason for the random photo lol.\nI have fair skin and have Spanish ancestry so I don't look like a stereotypical Southeast Asian so they might have only asked to confirm.\nI think I got my answer now and it's just people being excited around tourists!"], ["Awhhh they think you\u2019re cute and good looking:3"]]}
{"title": "Desaru, Malaysia- A coastal haven of tranquility, adventure and gastronomy!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sq29e/desaru_malaysia_a_coastal_haven_of_tranquility/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/28/missing-man-found-drowned-off-desaru-coast\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "There will be no NYE fireworks again at KLCC this year marking the third year they will not play fireworks for NYE.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sq13v/there_will_be_no_nye_fireworks_again_at_klcc_this/", "num_comment": 71, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C1YiRFcxSLW/?igsh=djNieTVsNnBjNHlp", "comments": [["Text: it's been challenging for us for the past few months\nActual context: We got no money or budget", "lmfao came here to say this exact same thing... no money then money la talk so much mumbo jumbo just to 'look good' lmao", "It's a huge waste of money anyways I hope it's permanent.", "I beg to differ and just my opinion\nFireworks shows do boost tourism economy\nPattaya, Da Nang (Vietnam), Hong Kong, Shanghai have seen an increase in tourism sales when there's a major firework show.\nNearby bars or restaurants can extend their business hours up to probably midnight to cater those fireworks show customer and so on probably linked to other industries.", "It's insanely bad for the environment. Not to mention the noise pollution. Think of pet owners. DBKL went with drone shows instead. I much prefer them. Drones are reusable, quiet, and pretty freaking sick.", "For fireworks yes. Pollution is inevitable.\nDrones show have their own uniqueness and so as fireworks too.\nFor pet owners, I feel sorry for them but that also their responsibility to keep their pets safe.\nI do have my own dogs and when there's local neighborhood set up fireworks to celebrate, I bring my dogs in the house and comfort them.\nIt would be unwise to go and talk to them about this issue. If they are considerate, then you are good and glad to have this kind of neighbors. But at the same time, it's also their choice to celebrate once per year. To have pets, you need to consider all responsibility instead of shifting problems to others.", "Purely hogwash talk so fireworks once light up for that particular night ushering every new year can bring extra millions is it ?", "A simple google search \"Do fireworks show boost tourism economy\" could answer your question.", "Yeah thanks while you at it hope you don\u2019t mind google \u201cyou must be fun at the parties\u201d", "Thanks \ud83d\udc4d.\nI always google to gain info or knowledge.\nHere's to hoping you to also follow the same step as well, google first before asking.\nAnyway, here's to wishing you a good day and may your next new year are blessed with abundance knowledge.\nCheers", "Nah I dont understand why you're so agitated with his replies. My guy only shares his opinions about keeping the fireworks\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\nDid it convinced you?", "Agreed. I am in KL on business so would be here regardless, but many of the tourists (both foreign and domestic) where I am staying here are livid. Their main point of contention is that KLCC should have announced this several weeks or even months ago. Announcing it just a few days before doesn\u2019t seem purely accidental. Or maybe it\u2019s just incompetence.\nPetronas towers are iconic, and high spending tourists like spending New Year\u2019s Eve at iconic places. Fireworks are part of the package.", "If you're in their place, would you bluntly said \"we have no money\"?", "Too many people that jumped that went unreported by the news."], ["Yeah, a few of my buddies working at klcc have confirmed they will not be receiving any bonus this year, whatever the amount. I guess the management might give the excuse of \"solidarity\"kot.", "\u201cIn solidarity of all the shitty things that happened in the world, we\u2019re taking the hardest decision by taking away your bonus. We\u2019re absolutely gutted, please allow us 15 min to cry in our brand new Mercedes G-wagon. Thank you\u201d\nKLCC mgmt, probably."], ["Their PR sucks. Every year also announced only at the last minute. All those who booked rooms will have nothing at their windows again this year. BUT luckily next year we will have the Merdeka118 standing so no need to depend on klcc for fireworks.", "106 has fireworks too, no?", "Not sure I'm not keeping track. I think genting also has it if weather permits.", "They blocked off access to parts of the rooftop garden with a huge banner saying it\u2019s for fireworks setup, so I\u2019m pretty there will be a show for new years.", "Yea 106 is having new years eve countdown and fireworks", "If you care to read the news and feel the mood of the nation you will know 7-8 months ahead that surely KLCC will not held any celebrations", "Thanks for informing us. I booked a room at Traders Hotel to ring in the new year with my girlfriend, she always wanted to visit KL and her birthday is also on 1/1. We thought since maybe they didn\u2019t have fireworks for 2 years they may have a grand celebration. We are gutted about this announcement and will probably never have a chance to come back to KL for another 10-15 years"], ["They did do Christmas with the pseudo snow though did they not? Sounds more like \u2018takder $\u2019 jer.", "The snow was from Avenue K, their less popular neighbour shopping mall lol.\nIt will be funny to see if Avenue K capitalises on this and do the fireworks instead.", "I don't know if you're from KL but FYI K Avenue isn't really KLCC. It's a much much smaller mall and whatever activities they organise are indoors. They have no space to fire even the smallest of crackers outdoors, let alone full scale fireworks.", "Yeah I visited there once.\nThat's why it will be funny, imagine if they launch the fireworks towards the road just like how they launch the snow lol. Probably illegal but a funny thought nevertheless", "Very underrated mall, arguably have better (and reasonably priced) restaurants than KLCC.\nRelative went to Samba Steakhouse there, really loved the place.", "Yes the Italian and dim sum places are great too. Shops are a bit rubbish though"], ["Ok this is honestly stupid. If they aren't displaying fireworks just because they think it's insensitive then might as well close down the night fountain shows.", "all the money has been spent on the fountain and the christmas deco."], ["Every year, there is suffering and disaster. This year no different. I concur with the rest who think they are using solidarity as an excuse for no budget"], ["not even loading full page already can guess why. no firework salah, got firework also salah. you just cant win."], ["Budget lari ke", "*cost-savings\nthat shit expensive"], ["Hmm I wonder what the game plan here?", "concerts and art workshops I think"], ["Obviously giving excuses to save money"], ["PAS running KLCC or what \u203d"], ["Not having fireworks does not help the solidarity efforts."], ["They already knew TRX is gonna dwarf them in celebration, might as well save money and don't bother"], ["Is it to express solidarity for what's happening in Gaza?"], ["Tbh, do yall really need that firework?"], ["cheapskate"], ["2020: covid. 2021: covid. 2022: still Covid. 2023: ?? palestine ke"], ["Am I the only one here that thinks this is good fucking news? Or am I just that unaffected by PR unlike most here?\nNo noise, no pollutant, no bright ass lights. Call the fun police on me or whatever, but I'm just glad they not wasting anything on that this year.", "Nah not just you. I'm happy if everyone phases out fireworks altogether. I understand for exceptional situations but a new year isn't one of those (happens every year)."], ["any other places in kl that\u2019ll host fireworks for nye?", "desa park city, but transport not as convenient as klcc", "heard trx is doing fireworks this year? can anyone confirm it cause that\u2019s the most convenient transport wise", "Yes just go check trx instagram. I think you need to book ticket", "pls let me know too, don't know where to go"], ["Ah so before when they used to have fireworks the world was at complete peace\u2026..\nPricks just found an excuse to save \ud83d\udcb0"], ["Fireworks at TRX."], ["I booked tables at a roof top bar to watch them. Looks like I'll be cancelling", "I'm visiting from Aus and booked in a rooftop bar! How annoying. I'm not usually a fireworks person but we specifically decided to be in KL for the NY countdown :( Will it still be a good vibe out and about do you think?", "We booked the place thinking it'd be a good place to party and see the fireworks. Will probably still be a good night out to be honest. My partner loves fireworks so hopefully we can still see some around the city.", "There may be other fireworks? Please let me know details if you find out \u263a"], ["Good, no need to cause unnecessary noise and air pollution."], ["Everyone here with the obsession for fireworks. Personally, don't mind it at all if the phase large fireworks celebrations altogether. Aside from looking pretty for 5mins, it causes so much noise which isn't great for wildlife and pets, pollution, and a waste of money."], ["Why would you want to see fireworks anyway"], ["Fuck fireworks cant wait for them to die out."], ["KLCC coasting on their goodwill like Disney now smh"], ["Take bajet"], ["Lol then why did they even bother putting up a Christmas tree"], ["Anyone knows other places in Klang Valley performing fireworks?"], ["Save the environment. They will just display a cgi firework. And can charge the same amount of fee. Eat double."], ["Was talking about this yesterday with someone over from the UK. Pre-Covid, these fireworks appeared on every single news broadcast or programme which celebrated how New Year was brought in around the world, every year without fail. Not having them is a massive PR loss for Malaysian tourism especially."]]}
{"title": "'Lantik pakar bukan Islam bantu JK kaji kompetensi DUN gubal undang-undang syariah' - Ngeh Koo Ham", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sptkr/lantik_pakar_bukan_islam_bantu_jk_kaji_kompetensi/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "Huh ?\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14 Syariah law is for Muslim only why the need to have nons have an opinion in this matter ????", "comments": [["Obviously, it is for provision, ensuring Syariah Law will only apply to Muslim and also providing input in accordance to Civil Law and our Constitution. There are multiple instances where case involving Muslim and non-Muslim and the court favoring the former.\nThey are there to protect every citizens. Why is it a problem unless you have malicious intent ?"], ["I'm sure you'd know if you bothered to read the article\nhak dan perlindungan yang diberikan oleh Perlembagaan kepada orang bukan Islam\nCurrently all the laws are only for families and religions, what happens when it's expanded even further to include qisas?\nWhat happens when a non Muslim wrongs a Muslim, but that law only exists in Syariah court?\nWhat if vice versa?\nThis \"lantikan\" shouldn't be seen(although I'm sure it already has been) as a Chinese wanting power over Muslims.. it should be seen from a non-muslim scared over the islamization of the country and how it will impact them."], ["As a chinese I feel some of this dap guys really out of touch when they say stuff to the press."], ["well a lot of non-muslim experts are in this sub acting like they know shit about islam and tell muslims what to do and what not to do.", "Maybe a lot of muslims also tell non-muslims what to do and what not to do?", "2 wrongs dont make a right lmao this is not even a splinter to me", "If you are even slightly realistic and practical, you would know right and wrong mean anything and nothing to many people.", "If you are even slightly realistic and practical, there is absolutely no reason why a non muslim should interfere with shariah law. like do i have to tell my neighbours that burning hell money is bad for the environment?", "Solid burn. The general retardation of those that acting they know but in fact they don't, are in fact very concerning.", "Yea sure at the same time Muslims shouldn't be telling non-Muslims what to do and what not to do. Its a two way street.", "You know... we call that common sense but most people dont have it."]]}
{"title": "Dataran Merdeka, few mins past midnight 1/1/2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vatku/dataran_merdeka_few_mins_past_midnight_112024/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["No fireworks at Mardeka too?? I was at KLCC, they just had fountains and the tower had a lightshow for 50 seconds maybe.", "There's was an official announcement from KLCC a few days ago saying they will not have any fireworks display.", "Went there last night too at klcc, whoever sold those horns\u2026 you need to get your noggin bonked"]]}
{"title": "Smexy time \ud83e\udd75", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18spbsl/smexy_time/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "Pic 2 is the larvae of the same species of ladybug", "comments": [["You think the ladybugs look at this and get horny just like humans with porn?"], ["Henosepilachna?", "yup"], ["These bugs are getting more action than I have my life whole"], ["Bug thug\u2049\ufe0f\ud83e\udd76\ud83e\udd75"], ["Haram bro... ><"], ["I hate you"]]}
{"title": "How sus is this? Seller got banned by Shopee.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18solse/how_sus_is_this_seller_got_banned_by_shopee/", "num_comment": 58, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Avoid buying from sellers that have:\nRandom letter name like above.\n0 sold history.\nPrice that are too good to be true.\nThey're most probably scammers.", "Add another list that seller contact you with WhatsApp and ask for transaction outside shoppe", "I've done that before with digital items and I've never got scammed before.. guess I got lucky lol", "I've bought from scam seller before - the name only becomes numbers + random letters after they become banned for scamming. Before that it was a regular name (\"BRAND NAME Official Store\" and listed as LazMall seller)", "Ohh not sure about that, but few years ago I did some \"hunting\" on those accounts. I searched for names like that, with below market price GPU listings. Then I dm the shop, they'll always try to deal in whatsapp. After they gave me their whatsapp number, I reported their account to shopee, few days later they're banned. I've done it multiple times.\nBut that's on shopee, and was few years ago.", "Oh that's a different scam then. Mine was a counterfeit goods seller, pretending to be legit and selling directly on lazada.", "Yeah that could be a real account selling counterfeit products as much as they can. While mine is like having 100 accounts and hoping to get 1 gullible buyer to buy from them.", "isn't the normal procedure to just click 'buy' in the app itself? do they just cancel these orders and tell you to deal via whatsapp?\ni have no idea how do they scam via shopee app purchases -- ship you a random unrelated item in hopes you clicked 'item received\" before opening?", "Yes, most are like that if you just straight click buy. Some just send you random things and hope that you click receive item and they get the money.", "this is good tips\ntoo shame the price is too good to be true", "No.2 not really because some got new seller or new product", "Well i wouldnt take a risk i always buy from a established shop", "An established shop also starts from zero ma", "Also usually these accounts are less than 2 months old"], ["bro...never buy from shop with random number and alphabets.", "from my experience, it's a hit or miss tbh", "examples?", "Cheap mass produce stuff, generally ok and safe.\nExpensive stuff, no ."], ["what's the context of this?\ndid you buy from this seller and the next day the seller got banned?", "Yes, pretty much.. I bought it in the morning and then in the evening to my suprise the seller got banned.", "So do you got ur money back or not OP?", "Had to wait tomorrow."], ["Ive bought from them before,bad service. A whole week went by with no shipping update, despite getting frequent messages from me. So i requested to cancel, then the seller panicked and messaged me a bunch of crap. I just didn\u2019t gave a fuck at that point, and didn\u2019t wanna give them any money. But the day after i requested the refund my package came out of nowhere. All the shipping updates happen with after i requested a refund. But their monitor arms are quite solid, so okay i guess\u2026?", "Maybe they\u2019re banned because pissed off customers report them too often, idk", "Sounds to me like the seller does not have stock locally but ordered that monitor arm typically from China upon receiving an order. They would ship it out once they received the item in Malaysia.", "This happened to me, I was getting the Galaxy Buds2 Pro at RM579 which, obviously was too good to be true but I was banking on the preferred tag. I placed the order and 4 days go by without shipping, I had been messaging the seller too. Only to find out they were waiting for stock to come from China. Hell no, I cancelled the order and thankfully they did not fight the cancellation.", "this is very normal with dropshiping seller"], ["Im about to buy from this store too. And then suddenly it says sold out. Bought North Bayou instead.", "great brand and uses it myself"], ["Got some experience with this kind of seller. Few hundreds RM gone waste for nothing \ud83d\udcb8", "but wouldnt shoppe refund your money back if you not getting the expected product?", "Yeah man, make a report and most likely you'll get your money back.\nI order 3 balackavas from a seller to use under my motorcycle helmet. Instead I received 3 hard work helmets. I contacted seller, sent them the picture, told them this is not what I ordered. They said the item is correct based on their system listing. I said, how do I wear a thick hard helmet under my motorcycle helmet? Also it is obviously not the same item as shown in the listing...\nAfter I contacted shoppee. I got refunded. And I didn't even have to return the item. I threw then away.", "Ngl for a moment I thought middle Eastern dessert also ppl wanna scam"], ["Depends on seller and what they're doing. Shopee really frowns on backside deals like pre-order on shopee and pay full price later in private. However, sketchy ones like those in your pic is really sketchy, may worth it to be extra cautious."], ["Make sure you know the business exist outside of shopee like Facebook, lazada, etc. Previously I pre-ordered something from a shopee acc that got banned later on, so I contacted them on FB. All was well, but you can never be too careful."], ["I'm sure @g444m06yx7 is completely legit."], ["Shoppee's Customer Service is also not as reliable as LAZADA. If there's anything wrong with an order, Shoppee takes weeks to resolve vs LAZADA which takes a day at most, usually in minutes."], ["Oh damn, i actually bought from this seller and i received the product and i would say it\u2019s pretty good value for the price i paid\n<image>", "So you actually got the product?", "Yeah i got what i ordered", "Nice try banned seller :26562:", "Dont worry op,some seller got banned because selling illegal item/banned item in shopee, not all scammer", "but from image, your seller is WeMall?", "Peep the second picture OP posted, i went and checked my purchase history and sure enough the seller is banned/frozen"], ["Don't know this seller, but I see lots of sellers say they ship locally but have to pre-order. Most likely they order from China first. I just find it very deceptive and don't wish to give my money to that seller. Might as well I order from a seller that tells me it's shipping from China already. Usually cheaper too. Or I get from Ali express."], ["There's a lot of users with spam numbers just avoid those people"], ["i had the same experience except for the part when the seller got banned after they shipped out my parcel. im always impatient so i always check on the seller and my shipping status everyday until shopee said it got banned. i wonder what will happen to my parcel but it managed to arrive safely so um yeah i just clicked received"], ["Why repurchase voucher? Pay back cash lah"], ["Nama kedai pun dah sus."], ["Money laundering detected"], ["That @ handle lmao"], ["Because it contains the word VISA maybe? Supposed to be VESA Mount"], ["very"]]}
{"title": "PADU: How to sign up and complete the eKYC process", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wjo37/padu_how_to_sign_up_and_complete_the_ekyc_process/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The PADU portal is now live and users are now able to register an account online. To recap, PADU is Malaysia\u2019s Central Database Hub which collates data from various government agencies. Malaysians are urged to check their records so that they will be entitled to receive government subsidies and social protection. Malaysians are given three months to ensure their records including income are up to date ahead of the implementation of targeted subsidies.\nidk what entitlement is receivable. Maybe some for students at least."], ["Reject PADU and Digital ID when you still have the chance, once it has taken roots and starting to invade into people's freedom it will be too late to take it out. See NEP.", "How's that affect data and digitalisation?", "Later they'll probably implement a socials credit like china does since our data already in ransom by the gov.", "Now: You're too rich, no subsidy for you.\nLater: You're disobedient, freeze your bank account."]]}
{"title": "ACG events in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18so6t0/acg_events_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I want to go to more ACG (Anime,Comic and Games) event but I am not sure what other event beside Comic Fiesta that are worth going. Anyone have experience going to other ACG? What events should I check out? Any social pages that I can follow to keep up to dates?", "comments": [["You may find list of events here: https://www.mdoujin.com/events"], ["This of the list of the events from this year 2023:https://david.my/cosplay-events-in-malaysia-2023/\nPopular ones:\nNijigen\nTAGCC\nAnime Fest\nAniMangaki\nYou can find out from the above list if any of these ACG events will be available in 2024. Closest upcoming event in the next three months would be Animenia, which is an orchestra event; and Starlight Fantasy, which is more of a cosplay event.\nMy personal fave:\nComic Art Fiesta: It's a lot smaller & more personal, but you do get to meet some fan artists in the Artist Alley, as well as Q&A with some more established artists in the industry", "Nice list. That's a lot more than I expected."], ["i went to anime fest, animangaki and nijigen! you've already mentioned comic fiesta so id say those 3 are one of the more popular ones!", "I'm hearing a lot of complains about nijigen, how was your experience?", "Most of the complain are because of the location.\nNijigen feb held at Stadium Bukit Jalil toilet were a mess cuz its just a porta potty.\nYou could imagine the hustle of going to a toilet in cosplay in a normal toilet let alone a porta potty. And it remove the ability of cosplayers that usually change into thier cosplay at the event site.", "(i only stuck to the artist alley so i can't provide info on anything else) my experience was fine, a fun little convention with an ok variety of merch (extra blessed if you're a genshin/hololive vtuber fan but there's other stuff too if you look hard enough)\ni didn't have anything negative happen to me so i don't have any complaints. the crowd seemed alright! though i did purposely go at a time where it wouldn't be crowded so perhaps it's different on a weekend. i guess the one thing i was worried about was getting harassed by visitors (im a woman) but i went with friends and we made sure to always stick together. that said, it's not a nijigen-only concern (since this could happen in any convention) so im not putting this as a con against it specifically.\nsorry for not being able to provide much input </3"], ["All ACG events in Malaysia are cringe. You better go SG AFA instead", "As long as you aren't there, it won't be.", "Lmao I\u2019m talking about the truth and yet here you are denying. Cope. Besides I wasn\u2019t at these events in the first place and it\u2019s still cringe. \ud83d\ude2c\nAll events in Malaysia are about cash grabbing and only focus on e-girls and simping but sureeeeeeeeee go on. All in the name of \u201cACG\u201d"], ["It's been a long time since I've heard ACG/AMG. I think it was Gempak Starz days."]]}
{"title": "Singapore, Malaysia to raise consumption tax amid inflation fears", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sndzs/singapore_malaysia_to_raise_consumption_tax_amid/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "After pictures of SUVs shared on Facebook, Terengganu state sec says purchase of new official vehicles for MB, excos normal routine", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18smvfw/after_pictures_of_suvs_shared_on_facebook/", "num_comment": 29, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["<image>", "\"Demi Isley\"", "Never fail to make me angry and laugh."], ["Even the government don't support local /s", "Could have gone to proton x50/70 so at least act like supporting local.\nBut naah, import all the way.", "Yeah I don't understand. Most states use alasan cheaper service la to use import car. Wei you government la don't find alasan la.", "Buy Proton/Perodua SUVs can pretend like its made in Malaysia haha. Even our police car also using Honda Civic lets drop the act.", "Normal departments use silver Personas. Only the patrol cars are Civic. We'll probably have S70 units in the next year. I think JPJ has X70s?", "Thanks, that's good to know. I never see before X70s yet. Good to know S70s coming in. They are really cool cars."], ["Life is surely good for politicians.", "Yeah i dont understand the need to even provide govt cars for them. Cant they drive their own cars to work like every other tax paying citizen do?"], ["PAS got a clean sweep of all seats. Let them buy mega yachts for their exco to sail through the flood waters while their voters thank them.\nThe voters have clearly spoken that they want this kind of administration so kita jangan banyak bising.", "Exactly!", "Honestly there\u2019s no \u201cbetter\u201d option. Islamic Madani isn\u2019t the saviour or right side of the vote. A corrupt incompetent govt is better than an insidious Islamic govt than uses this performative antics of PAS as a boogeyman to secure their voter base with a vision of Islamisation. I\u2019ll take a corrupt politician over a radical anytime of the day. That being said, not one party deserves my vote. It\u2019s already gone to shit"], ["Normal routine is more important than rerouting the budget into helping people in your area?"], ["Would make sense for them to go for a Lexus instead from a maintenance standpoint, but I guess their products are much more expensive."], ["My cousin says he donwan be a doctor when he grows up. He wanna be politician becoz can enjoy lots of \"freebies\". Don't know if he was joking or not."], ["Hadi: pas xsesat sbb suv ni ada waze. \ud83d\ude02", "Waze is made by Israel and owned by Google!"], ["is this the same back water state that doesn\u2019t have clean pipe water & it\u2019s people have to dig own well? my friend asking but i told him jangan persoal", "That's Kelantan. Terengganu don't have the water situation as bad as Kelantan actually.", "Ok, thanks for the clarification"], ["I guess both flood and purchase of new official vehicles are normal routine to the Excos."], ["Somebody got kickback from Vincent Tan, CX5 face-lift is coming out early 2024 who in the right mind will buy new old stock in December?", "December stock usually will be heavily discounted, also it's year end\nit's government spending, it's a tradition die die must finish the allocated budget by year end, else next year won't get as much and will get lesser"], ["Is it really necessary tho ?"], ["PAS and new SUV berpisah tiada"], ["They already got the poison of riding a continental car, so Mazda is like the best compromise of continental build with Japanese reliability /s\nIn all seriousness, isn't it alarming if even local government people aren't using local made cars for their duty? Quality is not even up to par nowadays with many compromises. It's just good enough for A to B trip. IMHO, having a car marketed as good enough to bring around heads of states has a nice ring to it.", "Eh almost all jabatan kerajaan have a fleet of silver Proton Personas, even the police use them to replace the Preve. Just that they also have Civics as chase/patrol cars and the big department boss use Mercs/Camrys.\nS70 will probably be used after this."]]}
{"title": "How often do you upgrade your phone?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18smhie/how_often_do_you_upgrade_your_phone/", "num_comment": 177, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "I\u2019ve seen people upgrading their phones every year, but personally, I\u2019ve only been using my iPhone 13 Mini for a year, upgraded after using my SE 1st Gen since it first came out in 2016. Planning to use my current phone for at least 3-4 years. Been holding back from upgrading because smart phones these days are getting bigger and bigger and I have small hands.\nSo how often do you switch and what\u2019s the longest time you\u2019ve used a phone?", "comments": [["If it broke, then I replace. If it's not broken, still usable. ( if we neglect software and bugs issues)"], ["I used to do it every 2 years. Then I became smart.", "Oh then I should change every 2 years to become smart :26554:", "nice.", "Lol that's a good one.", "Same here, 2 years roughly, only replace the \"smart\" part with \"got tired of gimmicks\" and \"became stingy due to money badly spent\". \ud83d\ude06", "for me it's more towards the slow down of smart phone development the past few years. It used to grow so much - RAM from 512MB to 2GB or single camera to dual, for instance.\nNow, even after two years, they still have similar specs and my 2-year-old phone still can run things I need. So I'm gonna save some money instead.", "Pretty much. I think this Redmi Note 11 of mine will last a bit longer, not fond of smartphone addiction by this point.", "right on.", "Yeah, I personally don\u2019t see the point of switching for very little specs upgrade, especially when I don\u2019t need the upgrade.", "After all these years I still have 8gb ram for all the devices I own...", "laptop too?", "Yeah, and I work with a software that uses RAM heavily, just last week it was 100% ram used.", "my work laptop is on 32 GB. Even 16 GB doesn't cut it anymore."], ["5-6 years is reasonable.\nMarketing wants the consumers to upgrade yearly.\nPhone built quality tries to make you upgrade in 2-4 years, *line on screen.\nExtended warranty at discount comes into consideration for premium phone display issues.", "Same, 5-6 years. Would have stuck with my Note 8 if it wasn't due to the banks forcing everyone to move to Android 10. Gonna push for 7 years with my A73.", "banks forcing everyone to move to Android 10\nI have the same issue as well. :26563:", "I think its for security sake, if you are using a os with no security updates alot of ur info van be compromised", "Rip yeah I\u2019m forced to switch from my Huawei Nova 5T with Android 9 to my mom\u2019s old iPhone X with iOS 16 (no iOS 17 and onwards).\nIt\u2019s a downgrade lol. But it\u2019d do till I got some extra cash for maybe a Samsung or iPhone 13 Mini (adore small phones too!)", "Same as well, which fucking sucks cause my Note 8 is still a solid phone and I don't want to have jailbreak it just cause samsung can't be assed to make older phone's OS upgrade.", "Happy to know. Tbh I would\u2019ve pushed for another year with my SE 1st Gen but the dreaded line on screen happened, and the battery wouldn\u2019t last more than 1 hour so had to keep it running with a powerbank whenever I\u2019m outside."], ["5-6 years or when unexpected repairs deemed too expensive\nPlanned to buy the iPhone 13 mini to replace my parents' SE 1st Gen, kept waiting for the price reduction but it never happened and now they stopped production for it already. Oops. Guess we have to wait until SE 4th Gen comes out.", "then wait for SE 4th gen price to drop\nthen wait until they stopped production\ndont worry, still got 5th gen", "nah bro, SE 4th gen price would probably be below 3k since its 'the budget phone' lineup. Totally different from their flagship lineup pricing.\nMight as well don't buy iphone if need to wait for the SE model to drop price :26561:", "Why not check CompAsia's website? They're selling 256GB phone (excellent condition) for RM2399 (before adding the vouchers they provide).\nCarousell got plenty of people selling for around 1.8k-2k also.", "Is CompAsia legit and reliable? Coz recently I surveyed iPhone too and saw their competitive price\nI already looked at Carousell but still 50/50 buying there", "I bought my parents their iPhones from CompAsia last year and from my experience it was really smooth. Ordered the phones online and received them within 4-5 working days (YMMV). We traded in our older iPhones via scheduled pickup (payment will be made by the CompAsia rider on the spot upon assessment completion too).\nThey have a scale depending on the condition of the device you\u2019re buying (it\u2019s on every product page) and they cover any defects up to 1 month from purchase date. There\u2019s an option to subscribe to a 6 month or 12 month warranty if you\u2019re worried.\nIf you need to service your phone you can email them via support or device service email.\nYou can see their FAQ here. If you got any other questions let me know.", "I dont trust/buy secondhand phones, especially from mobile shops, unless it is from someone I know. Nowadays, it is very hard to check whether the phone has been tampered with before like internal parts swapped/fixed or phone has been dropped by previous users. 1 month warranty is also a joke.\nRather buy new phones with actual warranty from authorized resellers only for a peace of mind."], ["Me using iPhone 7 since it\u2019s launch in Malaysia until now.", "Still using 6 plus too. Have to replace battery soon but can no longer install newer apps."], ["once every 5-6 years, or if it breaks. these days phones don't seem to last so i think about 3-4 years."], ["3-7 years depend on the software and phone. If its not broke continue use, if the software still compatible with latest apps then continue.\nFor the past five years, I've been using the Samsung Note 9 and still on-going.", "same with me. although in the middle i broke my screen and paid rm800+ repair.....", ":26563: I change the battery x 3 Around RM300+", "My poor note 10 plus button always loose every year lol", "You have Hercules Finger it is? hehe", "Hahaha i wish i have, maybe i am too rough on my phone buttons?", "haha Stop the fingering workout should be no problem :26554: Anyway I rarely use button mostly use Biometric Unlock only"], ["Lol, been using the XR and then got my bonus and upgraded to ip13pm. I did not get the latest and greatest. 13pm is the peak of iphones for now. They're superb phones.", "Going for the latest and greatest is pretty unnecessary unless there\u2019s a valid reason for it (need to use for work for eg) but most of us upgrade because FOMO.", "Same. Wife 14PM camera is wtf"], ["Between 5 to 6 years. Usually I'll send the phone to a service center to swap out the battery and extend it's lifespan. Don't see a need to upgrade every 2-3 years cause it's more of a newer iteration rather than a revolution. Longest was about 7 years plus. Was using the first N-Gage till it got water damaged and got myself an iPhone 4.", "Agree. Was gonna push my SE 1st to 7 years too but it started giving me problems."], ["Only after the phone is just irreversibly broken would I buy a new one. Those who change iPhone every year despite earning RM1500 is mind-boggling to me."], ["3 years", "3 is a good number"], ["4 to 6 years or as long as it functional. Today even a midrange smartphone (MYR 2K and below) can easily breeze through a day's usage.\nMy current phone is Poco F3(bought in the middle of COVID-19; Aug 2020 I think) and still going strong like a new phone. Not planning to upgrade unless forced to.", "isnt poco f3 launched in march 2021?", "I don\u2019t remember whether Aug 2020 or 2021"], ["3-4 years. I used iphone 6s for 4 years before it shows its age lol. That phone is a beast ngl"], ["My previous phone lasted 7 years"], ["5 years on average with a battery replacement in between"], ["5 years, mostly bought used ones"], ["Every 2-3 years, because that's how often I can claim a reimbursement from my employer."], ["Im still using my ip8+ since 2017 December. Never had to send to fix anything. Still ori battery also. Not bad ah can tahan but now thinking to get new one cause need better camera for my cooking reels", "Same. Ip8+ since 2017. Battery life is a bit shite but everything else still good\nThe camera is good enough with a little editing. I think you just itchy which is also fair."], ["Nowadays I focus more on the internal RAM. I eshewed my old Redmi 2/32 only after my apps exceeded 80% storage, even as more & more e-services are becoming essential downloads. My current Redmi is a 6/128, so I anticipate it to last the longest yet unless Xiaomi releases a future MIUI ROM update that slows down the phone.\nThe other catalyst was the bank/CPF apps in S'pore rolling out anti-scam measures this past year, which prevent phones with sideloaded apps (deliberately or unknowingly installed) from accessing their digital services. I was already becoming more meticulous about this, voluntarily restricting my new phone only for official, business or family purposes. Socmed & games were relegated to my old Redmi (to guard against malware infection), while Youtube & forum discussions are consigned to my tablet (originally intended for better time management)."], ["every new iPhone"], ["Five years. People who do otherwise, particularly for high-end phones, are just slaves to consumerism or have money to burn."], ["Maybe in 3-4 years. 2 years if you on those telecom plan.\nUs average malaysians dont have much purchasing power due to weak ringgit so people tend to keep their phone much longer time."], ["The keyword here is \"planning.\" OP gonna buy thr next thing apple shit out later", "I don\u2019t think you actually read what I post."], ["5 years on average"], ["I used my iphone 7+ for about 4 years, from 2017-2021. Switched to an SE afterwards and have been using it since then! (I like TouchID)"], ["My S20 FE from 2020 is still good and I have no reason to upgrade. Neither Samsung nor any other brands have given me a good reason to upgrade. It'll probably last another year or two for me."], ["Bought my 12 mini when it came out, gonna buy a the 15 next year. Nothing\u2019s wrong w my mini that a battery change won\u2019t fix but my brother\u2019s iPhone 8 is deteriorating enough that he needs a new phone so family recycling programme it is"], ["Used samsung phone previously where it wont last for 5 years. Change to huawei mate 20 pro in 2017 and still alive and kicking well ( only battery issues coz i haven change it - last half day if i use it frequently)\nWill only change once this phone died for real."], ["Right now using iphone SE2 upgraded after iphone SE1"], ["Until it break. Phones these days last around 3 years.", "I second this. However so far my last 2 phones didnt last long, 1.5 years for a China phone."], ["1 - 3 years\nI probably keep using my phone until 5g connection become more widespread and stable"], ["current phone is iPhone XR, bought in Oct 2018. can\u2019t recalled whats the longest time ive used a phone but probably an average of 4-5 years maybe"], ["When they have major issue like battery drain fast, slow charging etc usually like 3 or 4 years at least."], ["My first smartphone was a samsung, can't remember the model name but I could only play sudoku on it and I had it mainly for whatsapp and some light browsing.\nNext was Mi4 then Mi5 from 2016 till 2021. Poco X3 Pro bought on shoppee flash sale till present day. I can play genshin and hsr on it without any problems (30 fps though) and thats good enough for me. Budget phones for life."], ["I always pick up at least used 3-5 years old phones, for me these things ain't worth much since the functions are mostly the same through out decade.\nSo that will be 3-5 years of usage than upgrade the another used phone if necessary."], ["For me personally, i used my samsung galaxy note 3 with custom rom till beginning of this year, roughly around 9+ year, currently using huawei nova 2 lite that i got free from my sister, not planning to change the phone anytime soon, my friends call me (dodo) due to my habit of always using outdated phones and i should have gone extinct years ago, i mostly use it for calling and some light apps", "But, but, but, bankin apps how?", "Im using physical bank token"], ["Around 4 to 6 years"], ["Between 3 to 7 years, depending on the hardware and software.\nThose that I change after ~3 years all had bad software support and performance issues, which I suspect were caused by shoddy firmware. Two of them won't even boot suddenly.\nThose that last ~7 years have had their batteries changed at least once. One of them involved changing the screen, too. Eventually they all exhibit some sort of performance issues though, so had to be changed."], ["Every year, old phone is passed to kids"], ["Going strong with my Nova 3i from Feb 2019. Planning to switch in June 2024."], ["2006-2013 nokia forgot which one, probably 1110\n2013-2018 iphone 5s\n2018-2023 poco F1\nCurrently using one week old poco F5, so i guess 5 years minimum for me."], ["Until it totally breaks."], ["upgrade? lol no i dont upgrade. used to change phone a lot like >5years ago. now idc about phones anymore.\nnowadays i just get new one with mid range specs whenever the current one broke down or got problems that i can't fix such as the recent dumb volte or bad reception due to 3G went kaput, so need 5G phone just bcos of that shit."], ["4 years i guess. Depends on the condition of my phone and if the new os have something I think I use."], ["My last phone was Redmi Note 5 Pro which I had used for 5 years. Recently changed to Samsung A54"], ["2 phones per decade"], ["When my phone no longer receives OS support or patches. So about 6-7 years."], ["Every two years for me since company covers it, but i dont get to keep the old phones."], ["When it breaks beyond repair or when I cannot update important apps (eg whatsapp)"], ["Have to change everytime it broke. Last 4 phones only lasted around 1yr each sadly"], ["I only upgrade when at least one of these happens: 1. There's a cool new substantial feature that is now within my budget (e.g. 120 Hz displays, stereo speakers). 2. My current phone stops getting updates. 3. My current phone can no longer run the apps/games that I use daily smoothly.\nI stick with 2k budget. Currently using the Galaxy A52s (256 GB storage, 8 GB RAM) and so far there's still nothing to upgrade to."], ["Every 3 iterations of iPhones"], ["4 years+ or until it broke/too damn slow."], ["Change once the latest ios update does not support the current iphone i am using."], ["Not really an upgrade for me. I only get a new one if the current one is beyond repair. I only use a low to mid tier phone."], ["every 2 years.... bcuz i suck at taking care fragile things, hell i even change into cheap phone like A30 when it drop to under Rm 500.\nbut ofc cheap phone broke even easier ....\nnow i change to Pixel 7a, ( since its import and hard to get warranty, it give me stress enough to protect the phone enough. Plan to stay for atlease 3 years + dou)"], ["I am tempted to sell or trade-in my iPhone 13 Pro for the 13 Mini. My 13 Pro feels like a brick when holding it.\nI only change my phone after 3/4 years when the newer models have more noticeable feature upgrades. Previous phone before the 13 Pro was an iPhone 8.", "Personally, I prefer the 13 Mini compared to other models (iPhones and non iPhones). The rest are too big to conveniently carry around, and camera wise it\u2019s good enough for me to do what I need to do for quality work results."], ["Depending on how bad my phone get after at least 4 years, I usually use it to the point where it's barely useable, older phone last longer since they had no software updates, these new ones tend to shorten it's life span with updates,"], ["5 or more years gap for upgrade is good.\nI'm still using my S10+ from 2019 and I needed it for internship lmao\nI wouldn't upgrade if Samsung didn't set the limit for software upgrades/updates \ud83d\ude12"], ["tbh I don't know how people upgrade their phone every year. mostly iphones user but goes same to other android user. like its 6-7months of salary of your gaji 1.5k\ud83d\udc80", "Cc installments or telco I guess"], ["Every 2 years. I also change brand everytime when I switch.\nI've tried Asus, Sony, Xiaomi, iPhone, Samsung, Huawei. (Mostly flagship of their brand)\nCurrently iPhone14 pro and I'm planning to get Google Pixel next.\nBecause I change so often I rarely give any shit about maintenance lol, never use any screen protector or case.", "I was eyeing Google Pixel too, heard good things about it.", "I wouldn't recommend going for pixel though. No physical store in Malaysia. It's a pretty much gg if you need to get it repaired or replaced.", "i live in Japan so it\u2019s fine"], ["I still daily my secondhand jailbroken iPhone 5 alongside my secondhand iPhone 12 Pro.\nSo\u2026. Not much upgrading except for app support reasons."], ["Once every 2 year when my maxis contracts run out.\nFor me, I use my phone very very often due to owning a business, so I like to upgrade a little when my contract is up. Got a little value in paying less rm1k because of maxis monthly contract. So buy lo"], ["Masih guna google pixel 2 xl, ok je untuk hari2."], ["Marketing expects you to upgrade every 2 years.\nActual use you can use up to 4-5 years. Go for the regular sized phones (no need to keep chasing Max this Max that)", "I\u2019d always go for the smaller ones (hence the 13 Mini) anything Max Max is gonna make me feel like I\u2019m carrying a scientific calculator, only heavier. \ud83d\udc80Plus the Max models just comes with a few additional features that most of probably won\u2019t need unless fomo."], ["4-5 years once it start to slow down (even when opening WhatsApp). I changed to apple recently. Friends around me been using their iphone for 6years+. Hopefully this phone can last that long as well. I don\u2019t mind the battery life, I just don\u2019t want it to lag lol"], ["5 years minimum. There is just no reason to upgrade over to the latest version yet unless they their newest phones have so much substantial change that it is good enough to upgrade early."], ["Bought IP11 then IP13. After this won\u2019t get IP again. It\u2019s too expensive"], ["Been using this older Honor view 20 for abt 4 years now, then bought a Poco F5 last Oct."], ["At least 4-5 year, I relied on the Poco F1 until it struggled with the latest performance standards. Despite this, it serves as my reliable backup for online game farming"], ["Until it's broken or annoying to use. But still, my phone budget is less than 2K and falling since I found that I do less and less stuff on my phone. Back in the uni days I rely on phone more since I'm constantly on the move but nowadays I do most of my stuff on laptops and PCs."], ["Annually cause I need the fastest phone"], ["Can actually make economical sense to upgrade every year, that is if you are upgrading to that same spec every year.\nI think for the younger people who get annoyed if things get too slow, 4 years is probably the longest one should wait provided they don\u2019t have financial issues."], ["Xiaomi Mi A1: bought since 2018, used it until 2022. Would have continued using it were it not because genuine spare parts are discontinued\nVivo V20SE: Started using in 2022, it's a 2 year old hand me down. The main rear camera module failed. Been trying to get it repaired several times before I gave up and resorted to using a 3rd party camera app which somehow could use the ultra wide angle lens\nThen this year I got lucky and got myself an Oppo Reno 10. I hope to use it for at least 5 years, and make sure to change the battery before parts run out again"], ["Phone once in 2/3 years Pc- every year \ud83e\udd23", "Gaben Approved Message!"], ["4 years interval usually. Might be longer or shorter if there\u2019s some new feature I really want"], ["once every 5-6 years or i feel the phone is lagging."], ["My redmi note 8 still working perfectly fine. Bought it back in 2019. Got water inside twice but can get it fixed by just cleaning the water that get inside. Only changed the battery once. Battery also very cheap, RM28 something."], ["Once every 4 to 5 years for me, got to follow the security updates, to make sure the software is up to date."], ["If it got damaged or the performance loss is unbearable, I'll switch. But my budget is less than 1000 Ringgit so it's not much of a spending."], ["Sometimes once a year. Sometimes 2 years. I think the longest serving was my old Asus ZenFone 2 Laser, from just after 2015 SPM until 2018 (or late 2017)\nI'm planning to use my current Samsung Galaxy A52 5G for at least another year (my father bought me June/July 2022). Good thing nowadays I don't play games on smartphone anymore (mainly on PC) so I don't need best-bang-for-the-buck-and-best-chipset but my requirement for a compact and lighter smartphone is harder to meet without breaking the bank or buying used. Always want an iPhone 12 or 13 Mini or even SE 2020/22 but the price is usually more than RM2k. And the battery life need to be compromised. Maybe I'll buy an older Galaxy S22 or Pixel 6A or ZenFone 8/9"], ["Typically 3-4 years on iPhone.\nTwice I used android, 1 per year. Just not for me."], ["Whenever the software screws me over"], ["2-3 years, depending on the free phone offer from the telco."], ["As long as the ios keep supporting my phone i will not change"], ["Until they make the software obsolete, or unusable. I don't play mobile games or anything that requires high processing power. So as long as the basic apps can still run , I'm good."], ["Upgrade only when old phone is broken or doesn't function anymore. I use my phones usually for 3 to 5 years."], ["When I get a phone for free"], ["Until I cant use my phone anymore. My sam note 10 plus screen died, to change screen almost 1k", "Good lord 1k?", "Yep, asking other shop = rm1053"], ["duration wise 2.5-4 years. around this time your mobile os were on last leg to get official software update. i wish we get pixel at retail market/official store. already 8th gen still no hope.\ni knew damn why, but still wanna shout here 'google hang babi'"], ["2-3 years ish"], ["I keep using my current one until Apple stop supporting the device (can\u2019t upgrade to the newest iOS)"], ["Depends tbh, low-mid range phones usually 2yrs>, for flagships I'll push until it dies or I drop on the road lmao"], ["5 years,\nUpgrade to S23U this year, can see tremendous change in camera quality, stabilisation and video quality. Worth the money."], ["Phone break, go buy new one."], ["Even if i can afford it it's so troublesome to change phone every year or 2. I just change it when i feel my phone gets slow and there's a nice new model that I like. Normally 3 years +", "True, same thought process here."], ["I'm still using my iphone 12 Pro so that's 3 years now. But yeah, I will only change when the device is done of old age."], ["Should factor in price of phone as well. I change every 1.5 to 2 years. My current phone cost 1.5k. Maybe I'm more careless with my stuff than others.\nAnecdotally, I notice people who use expensive phones of 2k and above replace at 4 years or more."], ["Solid 5 years minimum for a brand new phone, assuming it\u2019s top of the line and you\u2019re a heavy user."], ["Every year"], ["Im still using my iphone 7\u2026from 5 years ago"], ["When it starts to zap my ears when i get a call"], ["Until the phone has issues - eg. lagging/crashing, too slow, too old for certain apps to update; which is average 3-5 years. Also not getting the latest version of the phone and via 2nd hard/carousell - eg. getting iphone 13 when latest is 14.\nAlthough, sometimes I do wonder if you're smart and savvy enough, could you be getting the latest phone version every year and selling old one and still not spend that much. Eg. if you're selling 1 year old phone when the new one comes out for rm1000 less than you bought it, you could be spending rm1k every year for the latest version which could be the same as spending as someone who changes their phone every 3 years where the value of selling a 3 year old phone just becomes worthless"], ["around 7 years.\nAfter 4 years when phone starts to lag, I just reflash rom or try new rom, replace battery and it's a brand spanking phone again."], ["My previous 3 phones were purchased in 2013, 2016 and 2020, so every 3-4years. I only buy a new one when it starts crashing a lot and giving random black screens. I do game a bit so that probably shortened the lifespan."], ["If it wasnt for the screen and battery, id still use my samsung note 3 from 2014. It is still working. But battery last half a day and screen cracked so much, couldnt read some text"], ["Depends on phone model and user. Personally, I tried/am trying for 5 years. Was using an iPhone 11 (64 GB) and I only wanted to upgrade when the iPhone 16 came out.\nMy only problem was the 64 GB storage tbh (the battery too, but all batteries degrade over time). iCloud, Google Drive, I did everything I could to prolong the pain. Last week I realised I completely ran out of free space and could not upgrade my iOS any further so I bit the bullet and upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro.\nI'm planning to use this until the iPhone 20 comes out (I also think there might be a big upgrade because 20 is a big, nice number compared to 18 or 19)."], ["I have friends that feel like if they don't have the latest iPhone or Samsung galaxy, they get restless whenever they see someone else with it.", "Fear of missing out haha. Each to their own, but I\u2019m kinda glad I don\u2019t feel that way"], ["I dont use cloud and i buy highest storage iphone and when the storage ran out i just buy new one. Mostly photos of my cats so its worth it"], ["IPhone 4, iPhone 6, iPhone 11."], ["The S7 was my first smartphone. Used that for 3 years then I switched to the S10e. Cute and sturdy little thing still works hard despite my abuses. Only replaced the battery and screen once. Planning to buy the iPhone 14 next year after price drop. So my average is every 4 years. I'll change it when the phone breaks or when I notice significant amount of lags, app crashes and when the camera quality deteriorates."], ["depends. like if your phone still can support new software, 5 years + is no problem.\nnow I have a budget phone under rm 1k (Nord n10 in 2021) but it's barely surviving the heavy processing apps (my shit phone sometimes shutdown when I watch YouTube for 20 mins) & cannot run Teams properly.\nrecently bought a refurbished s20 (less than rm 800) but for a 3 year phone, it runs blazing fast. it's becoming my favorite daily phone now"], ["Once every phone death"], ["used it until it broke, or run out of storage"], ["5-7 years\nJust upgraded both my phones in the last 2 months\nIphone 7 -> Iphone 15+\nNokia8 (2018) -> S23 Ultra.\nI dont like spending too much on phones, got both of them through deals/discount ."], ["Just changed my phone of 3-4 years.\nHad some trouble with banking apps because I rooted my phone. Was thinking of unrooting, but why bother when I can just buy a new one \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_/\u00af"], ["Used to be every 3 years because I had mid-range phones and it goes to shit around that point. But since I got a flagship this year I want to hold on to it for at least 5 years."], ["5 years usually just cause better tech becomes more affordable. I dont need super high specs like snapdragon gen 3 or 250mp camera on a phone so getting the latest tech as soon as possible is really not a priority."], ["5years or more. iPhone 5, X, now 15"]]}
{"title": "Stats Dept: Malaysia\u2019s total trade for November 2023 amounts to RM231.8b", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sm2i5/stats_dept_malaysias_total_trade_for_november/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Why socmed becoming the only trusted platform?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18slsvw/why_socmed_becoming_the_only_trusted_platform/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Entahlah. Rohingya \u2260 Bangladeshi, simple as that.\nJauh beza kot Bangla dengan Rohingya. si rohingya berbahasa Myanmar dan si bangladeshi berbahasa bangla. Masih ada juga nak salahkan pihak yang tak kena mengena.\nApabila ada mamat rohingya buat hal contoh seperti baru-baru ni kes rompakkan dilaksanakan oleh 3 mamat rohingya dan telah ditembak mati oleh PDRM ( salute pdrm ), Majority salahkan warga asing that will include bangla too.\nApabila ada mamat sorang bangla ni buat hal contoh baru-baru ini ada kes cabul/raba budak sekolah ( that is fucking sickening ), mulalah majoriti target semua mamat bangla.\nDah ada lebih sejuta ethnic rohingya kat bangladesh yang kita dah tolong buka refugee camp, NAMUM\u2026 Mereka nak refugee camps tersebut sebagai negera mereka\u2026 senang berkata they want independence \ud83e\udd21.\nYe\u2026 bukan orang malaysia je benci rohinya ni, kita yang bangla dah lama tengok muka diorang ni. Dah baca dah perangai diorang ni.\nSo kesimpulanya\u2026. Aku bangla yang jaga bau badan, perangai, kebersihan, dan keharmonian diri masih kena di-cop bangla perogol\u2026 yes some random ass guy wearing songkok middle of KL walking by while im doing my work, this ustaz just point at me and just called out \u201c kau tengok mamat2 bangla ni, kemungkinanya perogol\u2026 mana tahu kan!!! \u201d\u2026 EVERYONE LOOKED AT ME\u2026 wtf\u2026 welp\u2026 i quit the job like couple of years ago..\nAku tahu isu terbesar sekarang adalah \u201cP.A.T.I - Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin\u201d, Tapi janganlah cop semua warga asing yang ada kat tepi jalan tu pendatang asing tanpa izin/perogol\u2026 Aku doakan malaysia maju jaya\u2026 aku plan nak berkerja & mula bisnes kat US masa yang akan datang, doakan aku agar selamat dalam perjalanan.\nInstead of watch at some guy explaining his Opinion in socmed why people just lazy to read on Wikipedia or just search the issue itself on google? Tapi wikipedia pun susah nak percaya sebab baru2 ni India asyik tukar details dalam wikipedia bangladesh to gain more popularity.", "comments": [["Here's the deal yeah:\nYou don't get to say \"not all x are bad\" when pointing to yourself as an example then at the same time say \"all y are bad\". Think about it for a minute."], ["Why don't we only blame the criminals regardless of their race OP", "Rohingya is ethnic and not a race.", "Sebabkan banyak undi bawah\u2026 ini link dia: [ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people ]"], ["They judge people by look. Ko muka mintak penumbuk kena la sabar sikit... Cuba ko muka mcm Shah Rukh Khan...\nHidup ni jgn kesah sgt pandangan org lain..."], ["You're crying about being generalized, but okay with generalizing other people?", "OP just needs to express his racism in a rant that\u2019s too long to read"], ["Because these people have short attention spans, that's why they like to watch TikTok which is in short form, but often full of misinformation."], ["Good luck kat US bro,and if ur really a Bangla good job having the skills to type out a pseudo-article in BM"], ["People would rather accept simple truths on TikTok than make simple Google searches, and when you call people out as regards for it they don't like it \ud83e\udd37 just let regards be regards op."], ["Call yourself Palestinian. People will fall over themselves to donate money to you."], ["Idk also.and people are total shit at having basic reading comprehension skills as well. Zero critical thought.."], ["biar betul mamat ni.. semua fikir negatif :26563: adoii", "Aku atau yang tuduh aku? :26554:"], ["WTH did I just read?", "Cursed math."]]}
{"title": "Nga Kor Ming: Not the right time to restore local govt election", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18slgtd/nga_kor_ming_not_the_right_time_to_restore_local/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["NOW is always the right time to do something... including restore local govt election"], ["so when is the right time by your reckoning, boss?"]]}
{"title": "New Year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vaswh/new_year/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Happy New Year To all That's here. May you year be properous . Take care", "comments": []}
{"title": "Kids treating Digital Library as Playground", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sk73h/kids_treating_digital_library_as_playground/", "num_comment": 51, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "There's a Digital library at Permaisuri, Kuala Lumpur (Pustaka KL Digital Permaisuri). From the outside, it looks like the perfect place to study, as it provides devices such as laptops and tablets to be used. The infrastructure is also well planned in there. So, my friends and I took the opportunity to go there to study for our examinations.\nHowever, the only problem is the kids there. Not only were they hogging all the computers just to play roblox, they were making so much noise. Laughing, screaming, even got some playing tag and chasing each other. I think they live at the condo right next to this library, but still, it's not meant to be a playground. The word library itself means to be quiet. Instead, they were were being so noisy I couldn't study at all. Tried putting on headphones to block the sound, and I could still hear them over it.\nI sent a review to the library already, and I also saw many people also complain about the kids and noise. I just want to ask their parents, how can you let ur child disturb other people like this? The pcs are meant to be used for educational purposes, for those who aren't privileged enough to have their own device or space to study at home, not foe kids to play adopt me or mimic\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "comments": [["Is there no staff there to enforce the rules?\nIn the UK, there's always someone patrolling quietly.... Because apparently people hogging the PC to watch porn in libraries is an issue.", "Who tf watches porn in public", "https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/11/man-caught-watching-fat-porn-library-computer-7622384/\nI don't know. But it happens", "In the UK? Fat pron? Pyrocynical?", "I caught 4 people watching porn at the library. One of them make a ruckus when confronted.\nAnd yes, this is coming from ex librarian.", "Super common in cybercafe too.", "It's the corner pc near the toilet"], ["Some parents in Malaysia just don't care, they let their kids create havoc and be little shits. Guess the rotten apple don't fall far from the tree.\nI remember the days where kids know how to behave because if you don't some random uncle/aunty will slap you for misbehaving.\nBut now it's oh my kids are special and precious. Like bitch your kids is being an ass, control him or the public will and the public wont be as kind.", "It's not a Malaysian problem; it's worldwide. Some people just shouldn't have kids. Children running around in cinemas, restaurants, malls - you name a place and there's bound to be little pests there. Nothing to be done except be a good parent yourself.", "and if u confront the kids their parents turn aggressive or hostile\ni still rmb when i am young if kena uncle or aunty tegur my dad surely give me a some good lessons\nsohai parents have sohai kids is common scene nowadays", "I remember the days where kids know how to behave because if you don't some random uncle/aunty will slap you for misbehaving.\nWhile I agree that disciplining children is a good practice, slapping them isn't. There are plenty of ways to discipline a child; slapping them or letting them wreak havoc isn't one of them.", "Any suggestions on the way to discipline them without needing to do physical punishments?", "It's not easy nor quick. But they'll learn slowly and grow to understand.\nOffer a choice. When you need them to sit, you said \"Do you want to sit on that big chair alone, or do you want to sit in my lap?\"\nGet down on their eye level and talk to them. \"I've told you to not throw the toy, so I'll store it until you're not mad. In the meantime, you can throw this small ball.\"\nLet them cry and be there while they're throwing tantrum.", "Yeah definitely try these first, but I will always keep the slap as a nuclear option", "let's say they replied like a dickhead on the 1st step. now what? because kids are a dick nowadays", "I am not a psychologist, nor I have a formal education on parenting, but if that's the case I would either:\nNot react with emotion. Then ask again.\nLaugh it off. \"Oh really? Hahahaha. So, do you want to sit on the big chair or next to me?\"\nKids will push you to the limit. That's how they learn how to express their emotion. \"Dad get mad at slightest discomfort? Then I would copy.\" If it's too much for you, just ask your partner to switch.\nIf they still don't listen, then let it be. Maybe next time.", "This need to be thought during wedding ceremony or during birthing procedure. Most parent are stupid as fuck", "I wish these parents have more kids. So they cannot afford to live in the condo beside the digital library and so have their kids elsewhere."], ["PKP toddlers.\nHow have children\u2019s social skills been affected by the pandemic?\nIn terms of social skills, kids are out of practice. Part of how they learn how to get along with others is by spending time with people, making friends, and also by being with people they wouldn't necessarily choose to be around. It's with practice that children and adults get better at doing all of those things. So we are definitely seeing signs of developmental lag in some children\u2019s social skills. This is to be expected, but it can also be addressed.\nThe most important thing you can do is to be very explicit with children about how you want them to handle the challenges they run into. For example, if a child grabs a toy from another child, you can say, \u201cOf course you want the toy. But here\u2019s how you handle this: You say \u2018when you are done with that can I have a turn?\u2019\u201d. Don't get frustrated with children for not always knowing the developmentally appropriate ways to interact. We shouldn't expect that they can figure it out on their own. We may need to provide children with more coaching and explicit instruction than we have had to provide in the past.", "Never kena bullied by their peers before so don't know how to act/ socialize.", "A two year old running in a restaurant will be caught by parents and sat in high chair, given proper distraction etc. by 4 yo know to sit in chair there and don't come down. indoor voice etc. public/private behaviour.\n2 yo during PKP start don't get that training. now tadika age.", "Maybe, but it is already that bad before the lockdown where parents are too busy working and left their kids with electronic devices.\nWe can see this when we are out eating where the children are engrossed by the bright and colourful screen, while ignored how adults behaved between each other. Then again, if parents easily used electronic devices to distract their kids, it is not much different than being already a shitty parents.\nWhat we'll ended up with kids grown up to not know how to temper their behaviour as adults. They were bombarded with instant gratification of online contents, when as adult and met disappointments, it is going to get ugly.\nSocial medias will just get worse as they find their \"peace\" in their preferred echo chambers."], ["I didn't even know such place exist. Money well spent by DBKL.", "The intention was good. Just the wrong people taking advantage of it\ud83d\ude14"], ["It's an example of why birth control is so important"], ["OP, is it a quiet library? A lot of public libraries are actually just that - public. The days of \"Keep quiet in the library\" are over for a lot of public libraries, as they're there for activities and functions - storytelling, competitions etc.\nKids friendly libraries tend to take a very liberal view on kids playing inside them, as its to be expected. You may want to look for a formal library, or one in your university /college.", "Yeah I think the better approach is for the library to have a dedicated area where kids can be kids, separate from the quiet area. It\u2019s unreasonable to expect kids to be quiet, even the most well behaved ones will want to play and that\u2019s actually healthy! I haven\u2019t been to many libraries here but most uni libraries overseas have noisy areas for students who prefer background noise or those who are doing group work.", "Hii! Sorry I wasn't online before \ud83d\ude2d. Yes, there's actually a kids section in this library, with activities and all. The one im talking about is the quiet part of the library, which is meant for studying and working. I guess the kids come over to this area bc there are computers and tablets provided, since the kids section doesn't provide the same things.", "Ah okay, make sense that you\u2019re frustrated by that. And what was the library thinking, putting kids magnet at the quiet area lol", "Just avoid going there from 11 AM - 1 PM. Usually, there's only about 10 of them coming in after 2 PM to jump around the beanies. Also, if you ask the guy at the front desk nicely, he'll let you sit in the locked meeting room on the left. You can use the free computers for an hour.", "Oo yeah this was around 4pm. Thanks for the extra info!", "This , I agree", "This should be higher or the topmost comment"], ["Ikea comes to mind.", "Look at the TRX \"water park\""], ["how can you let ur child disturb other people like this?\nI remember that one kid (playing PC too much and he's autism btw) gone tantrum for 'kena tegur' and the Karen mom was mad at the librarian.\nIt's was not great sight."], ["it's a problem in public spaces which the kids are let off to explore the space taken care by their eldest siblings or maids while the parents are outside sipping teh tarik and smoking"], ["I\u2019m 30 and i feel like this is what my parents would do. They did the least in parenting. Because im a girl in the family, my mother would just sent me to church, temple, anywhere to just get rid of me.\nThey push most of their perenting responsibilities to teachers."], ["I just want to ask their parents, how can you let ur child disturb other people like this?\nTheir mental faculties haven't recovered from their decision to have that many kids. If they could think like that in the first place, they probably wouldn't have that many kids."], ["The used their \"smart\" phone too much on TikTok and other social media crap and losses their initial attention to something else long time ago, generation different and will never be the same."], ["Print a 'keep quiet' sign. Go to them and show the sign."], ["Dude....just look at where the cars are parked. That answers your question"], ["Some parents these days are truly awful I tell you. They think their kids are God given and they should be allowed to do as they please. I've seen plenty of parents think so highly of themselves right after they have kids, it's like they finally have license to be assholes and entitled."], ["Is the library intended to be formal/quiet library? Coz kid-friendly public library is definitely act like a playground since the rules are lax.", "There's different parts of the library. One specificly meant for kids and toddlers. The one im talking about is the quiet section, meant for work and studying \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Kids need rules or else amok. Take me for example.\nWhen I was in SMK it was:\nWarning by Light Violence 1st.\nFollowed by Violence 2nd and 3rd.\nAnd, Further Violence is Last.\nNow, I'm on reddit :29091:"], ["Most places with indoor playground got similar problems. Try visiting these places during weekends, or better still during school holidays :)"], ["No proper practice on how to use public places since early age.."]]}
{"title": "Business sentiments less optimistic heading into 2024, says CTOS", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sjsst/business_sentiments_less_optimistic_heading_into/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Several Petronas stations hit by diesel disruption; relief expected in 24-48 hours", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sjpl2/several_petronas_stations_hit_by_diesel/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Another Vulnerabilities Exposed by People for the padu.gov.my website", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wwcaa/another_vulnerabilities_exposed_by_people_for_the/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "After this tweet was made, they have changed the API. Although, it is unknown how many citizens data has been leaked before the change was made.\nhttps://preview.redd.it/e5sdgn1qk2ac1.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fbab681ac3f04f2abbd0e5ca47536e12473c5fb\nhttps://preview.redd.it/9hsfpm1qk2ac1.jpg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d3563e86e29769c1e59c533abd28efc9892998b", "comments": [["They devs are actively monitoring any feedback on Twitter. If you found any issue make a tweet and tagged them."], ["For real? Why did they even set it that way."]]}
{"title": "PAS slams Pua over \u2018no substance in parliamentary debates\u2019 jibe", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wj4x0/pas_slams_pua_over_no_substance_in_parliamentary/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Its deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man says opposition MPs raised matters about the economy, climate change and the ringgit\u2019s depreciation.", "comments": [["Pot: Hello you.\nKettle: Hello."], ["Tuan Ibrahim raised matters about climate change? Isn\u2019t he the one said Msia isn\u2019t affected by climate change? \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["while issues revolving around attire, language, race and religion were barely touched upon by the representatives.\nMore proofs that 60year olds should not be in parliament\nThis is the same man that kata old women need to be diselamatkan via poligami", "Kami rela untuk berbakti untuk penyelamatan ini. :26554:"], ["Of cos, PAS sure raised matters about Malaysia being NOT affected by climate change. They also raised very important matters about sepu... pu."], ["Isn't this the same guy that recommended polygamy for the rise of unmarried women."], ["PAS MPs - wasting the opportunity their parliamentary seats bring. No wait, using up the precious oxygen too."], ["Tony Pua is lying piece of shit. He talked Trash about GST and thanks to him the government is losing money. 160+ country use GST and he suggest we go back to SST? He is the single reason why democracy is hard to practice because of many people are deceived by his so called expert on economy. My ass", "Democracy allow your PAS-lords to even spout shit like this.\nYour PAStards wouldn't even allow Tony Pua to speak before they throw the Islamic victim complex at him.", "I may have worded it wrongly. I am a firm believer in democracy but what i really hate is a liar and dont want to admit it. Tony Puaka after PH win 2018 magically dissapeared after realizing being in opposition is diiferent in being the government. 2018-2020 is a shitshow thanks to people believing in tony pua gst bad sst good bullshit and its all ph wrong.", "What does Tony Pua's obviously-bad implementation of GST has to do with the headline?"]]}
{"title": "Investigate Tun M and his children first, urges PM\u2019s political secretary", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sjoed/investigate_tun_m_and_his_children_first_urges/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Investigate Taib Mahmud tu, pencuri hasil duit Sarawak for how many decades", "That POS is barely alive and his family already fighting for inheritance lmao", "That guy not gonna write his will huh? He sure love chaos lmao.", "His will should be this :\n\"All his wealth will be redistributed to all citizen of Sarawak.\"", "Mana ada. Borneo suci murni. Semua salah semenanjung. Jika ahli politik semenanjung tidak ada agenda untuk memporak perandakan ahli politik Borneo necaya Borneo sudah menjadi Utopia, lebih maju dari Singapura.", "Borneo people live on trees for so long, sinkapoor people on started planting many trees and grass on their homes.", "FTFY\nSarawakians and Sabahans\nin trees for a long time\nSingaporeans\nplanted\nyw :26554:", "Shhhhss.. sudah suci murni with GPS now. Even Zahid is suci like a toilet paper he is.."], ["Eh i thought Anwar already had 6 boxes of evidence?"], ["This will take a long time because Tun M and Cronies are massive, spread across the world already.", "Can make Judgement in Absentia. Record it down for Buku Sejarah :29091:", "Yeah, it would be many, I mean many of the political elites, Zeti, Taib, most of the Umno people etc"], ["His real name is Iskandar K. from Tamil."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 28 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sjf3g/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_28_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malbatt: Misi Bakara is pretty good!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sj5jf/malbatt_misi_bakara_is_pretty_good/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": [], "header": "https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81440944?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=cp&vlang=en&clip=81738711", "comments": [["The stadium scene at the end looks like a PS1 cutscene and the army camp scene in the beginning should be shot at outdoor instead of an indoor studio.Plotline wise and acting is good and smooth. However I still thinks that Polis Evo 2 is Malaysia's best action/gunfight movie.", "Polis Evo 2 is alright, but you need to check out Wira. The scenes with Hairul Azreen on the bus fighting off folks with solid camera work. Or the one-on-one with Yayan Ruhian (silat master from The Raid). Utterly brutal.", "wira is fun. a bit Hollywood storyline in the beginning but the middle and end develop really nicely. fight scenes are great", "I watched it with my father and he also said the CGI of the stadium looks very fake compared to the base camp", "Malaysia film need to improve a lot on their background setting", "Lmao, I still can't believe when I found out Sam was a rapper in the early 2000s \ud83e\udd23", "Adding that to the list!"], ["It's like Chinese made Wolf Warrior film - a patriotic film. Cringy but pretty enjoyable.\nStill annoyed that the film didn't use the real Radpanzer Condor. What on earth is an APC with kancil rim. It's like looking at produa kenari acting like Avanza.", "Lol the comparison gets me. And yeah sad they couldnt/didnt use the real panzer"], ["As a fan of cheesy Malay military films, I'd say Paskal was much better", "really wanted to hate that movie. i guess my expectations for the movie was so low it ended not as bad i thought it was gonna be", "PASKALLLLl ftw", "same here!", "Paskal without the unrealistic one to one hand to hand combat would've been an even better movie.", "Adding it to the list!"], ["I enjoy it. Makes me appreciate our ATM even more. They're capable in a quiet and stealthy way."], ["Aside from some of the cringey CGI scenes and English script, I have to say it's pretty good."], ["How are the Americans portrayed in the movie?\nHope it's not some weird European accent that's passed off as Southern twang.", "Somehow they sound very sterile and the English dialogue isn't well processed. When there are scenes with American soldiers in them it's hard to make out what they are saying because they sound muffled", "Eh, that's probably just you, watched it once and I can well understand what the American soldiers are generally saying each time. On that note though, for some reason, they're initially made out to be these smug and arrogant soldiers who eventually warmed up to their Malaysian allies later in the movie after a lot of shit went down", "It's like any other American soldiers."], ["As good as PASKAL since it\u2019s produced by the same director and better than Air Force even though I liked all three movies"], ["have you guys seen Walid. the elevator pitch sounds amazing. I'm trying to decide which one to watch first", "Walid was surprisingly violent, wished the effects were better though. Some of the deathscene was overkill though, borderline comical. In some parts the cinematography feels like a RTM telemovie. Namron was great as always. The end fight scene had so many characters joined in that I had trouble keeping up.", "just watched it. it's a bit weird. like Quentin Tarantino directed an afterschool special. especially on inverse antagonist introduction.\ntough topic, but definitely original style. looking forward to his next work."], ["I love any movie that puts the sacrifice others made to light. Even though it may be cheesy and/or cringe, sacrifices must not be forgotten. No matter who you are, if you laid down your life in service of the country you deserve to be remembered"], ["As someone who traveled outside Malaysia, the line where the soldiers complained about the obscurity of Malaysia and having to describe Malaysia as the country between Thailand and Singapore, I resonated very much with that."], ["What did you think of War on Terror? I'm very critical on Malaysian movies in general but that one was pretty decent imo.", "How is the movie? I haven\u2019t watched it but based on the trailer it looks very similar to Polis Evo specifically the third movie especially with those SWAT looking guys in tactical gear", "Haven't watched it. Will check it out."], ["This one of the rare Malaysian movie that makes me want to watch till the end."], ["Tbh, a bit too cringy. Paskal wins still. The dialogues in Malbatt dry. Too patriotic to a point it's like promoting the song saya anak Malaysia. Communication breakdown gila I tell you. Rpg already in front of face baru wanna use comm to tell there's rpg. Cgi, settings of props is better than those Nigerian made movies. But it was nice to hear the story from background instead of the always heroic muricans. Sacrifices by the soldiers of Malaysia will always be remembered"], ["The storyline is good imo..but the lighting, the sfx, just like old smosh video..some cinematic view is good, most of it involve explosion. The atmosphere is quite meh, like the burning fire like 2 at most per scene. The acting is superb by the actors. They are the key role for the awesomeness of the movie. It just the vfx and overwhelming use of green screen ruining the vibe of the movie.. oh ya the stadium scene, so weird to be seen, it\u2019s like generic call of duty 2 kind of scene.."], ["hope this is nice"]]}
{"title": "FBI mission to M'sia in wake of mounting cyberattacks", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18siqxw/fbi_mission_to_msia_in_wake_of_mounting/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["The only reason the FBI would step foot into Malaysia is when they need help tracking some script kiddies down. The sophisticated cyber hackers won\u2019t leave themselves vulnerable to being tracked.\nHahah."], ["Probably cheaper hacking workforce here. Or maybe lots of scam call centers set up here. Like the one that was scamming Australians previously."], ["Wait what?"]]}
{"title": "What is the equivalent of a US High School Diploma here in Malaysia? A-level/SPM or O-level/STPM?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18siqsh/what_is_the_equivalent_of_a_us_high_school/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Was reading a post on Lowyat (2011) about the local equivalence of US HS Diploma and most agreed it was O-level, which meant that if you tried using the Diploma to enter local universities you\u2019d need to get a pre-college course. But I applied for foundation studies in IIUM (2020) and they said I didn\u2019t need foundation and could register for my bachelors straight away.", "comments": [["I think HS diploma is equivalent to O level/SPM. A level/STPM qualification will get you a few credits when applying for US liberal arts colleges. At least that was what I was told many years ago."], ["US HS Diploma is equivalent to STPM, UEC, A-Level, IB Diploma etc. SPM is only equivalent to GCSE and Junior Year of US High School.", "", "My friend got straight into a degree at a local university here with a US HS diploma; hence, I assume it\u2019s equivalent to A-Level."], ["After diploma/STPM you don't have to go through foundation. They are already equivalent to foundation for bachelors."]]}
{"title": "happy new year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18varie/happy_new_year/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "bottom text", "comments": [["Happy 2023A"], ["Happy new year, hope it will be better but be ready for worse"]]}
{"title": "Floods: 86 transmission sites yet to be restored, says MCMC", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18simqp/floods_86_transmission_sites_yet_to_be_restored/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Not everyone wants to return to the office - Many employees say flexible working arrangements allow them to have more work-life balance.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sih9o/not_everyone_wants_to_return_to_the_office_many/", "num_comment": 63, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Sigh, nothing we can do, even though I love WFH. Dinosaur and Baby Dinosaur will not allowed it :26563:", "Well said . There are many many dinosaurs in MNC", "thankfully my baby dinosaurs love WFH.", "Dinosaur and Baby Dinosaur\nIs this a new term for boomer I don't know about?\nIf so, fire.", "Usually I use Dinosaur for Boomer (1945-1965) & Baby Dinosaur for Gen X (1966-1980), Dino is coming is a common abbreviation in Office :26561:\nAnd our boss usually call us Chameleons which is Generation Y or Millennials (1981-1995) :26563:", "yall reptiles giving us mammals a bad name /jk", ":26554:It all started when he overheard us calling him a dinosaur, those Auntie fault because their voice so loud. hahahaha", "Heh Why you make Auntie voice so loud bro? :26554:", "Bruhhhhhhh!!!!! Is their nature for talking so loud :26559:......................Not involve with me :26563:", "Boomers don't get why we love WfH", "All those boomers come from the generation where their worth as a person is defined as the amount they earned and the number of hours spent pretending to be busy at office.\nCan't show off at the office if there's no one there to see it.", "All those boomers come from the generation where their worth as a person is defined as the amount they earned and the number of hours spent pretending to be busy at office.\nCan't show off at the office if there's no one there to see it.\nPretty truth thou, As they has no production activities therefore WFH is a lost for them.", "Look at the bigger picture. Mentality aside, these T1 dinosaur boomers have a ton of money invested in commercial real estate and highway concessionaires. If more ppl wfh, money how?\nWon't somebody please think of the poor investors!", "Dinosaur and Baby Dinosaur ? huh ?"], ["My GM doesn't like his staff to wfh. But he rarely comes to the office. Damn fucker cannot see his staff happy.", "employee happy = employer not happy", "cinapek company?", "Not necessarily, Indian-HR doesn't like it too.", "Malay pun got. Micromanage-obsessed", "So true and no HR will point it out for that GM. \ud83e\udd23", "Certainly, they had trust issue.... But of course some staff also problem cause they can't kept their mouth shut and constant show off at social media ..... Hence end up boss call all back to work", "Sometimes I feel more relax at work when my bosses (the managers) not in the office. My direct boss is more on the same mindset as I am.\nAnd this was pre-Covid time."], ["MEF entering the chat in 3...", "They did not. They have upgraded, they have giant proxy server that monitor your every messages. Sleep in fear tonight. /s"], ["There is only one good thing I realised about going back to the office to work.\nIf you're deep into office politics of any kind, having face-to-face interactions would build up your social points.\nToo bad most of us just wanted to work for a living, and not play with politics in the office.", "Exactly this. It's usually the upper/oldie half of the company that values this.\nThese days, I'm in the office purely for the fingerprint scanner, so HR knows I'm at work. Otherwise, I speak to nobody in the office. Literally spent a week saying nothing, except sending emails and Teams messages from my desk.", "The kings needed to be surrounded by their subjects in order to feel like one. It's a social thing for them, otherwise why the hell did they spend so much money on that suit?\nCan't really do all that when people are at home, being all equal and shit.", "While true to a certain extent. Most people don't talk about the downside of WFH. You become a name on a list. Networking is very important if you want to move up and due to security/complexity reason not all important job/task can be done from home. And would probably be overlooked for further training or promotion.\nSo when it's time to downsize. Guess who is going to be let go first. And in hiring process, some consider WFH as less valuable work experience. Since that's how most company do it anyway. All depends on which industry and level of work. And base on how developed nation are doing, they'll probably going to outsource it to cheaper alternatives.\nYou don't need to be \"deep into office politics\". But you need to be there to show off your other skills and ability.\nAt least that's how my career go. Got promoted way faster to management because I was one of the few who was there, not a complete ass and they saw my other skills (technical and client experience).\nWFH is fantastic if you can get overseas company remote job. Since the pay is cheap for them but expensive to us. But local WFH might not be good long term career wise.", "Nice try, HR.", "Not really, every upside have downside. Everyone who want higher position and salary until they learn about the workload and responsibilities attached to it.\nBy all means, WFH if you want to or can. But don't be ignorant about the drawback.", "\ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffd", "This is the most sensible comment. Really depends on the nature and industry of the job. Unfortunately as we can see from the majority of the comments here, few will agree or even comprehend what's explained here.\nOne thing no one talks about, I certainly do not want ANY of the government sectors to WFH as they're already severely inefficient as it is."], ["WFH coming soon", "Bring it on! Biggest perk of me having to WFH is save up laundry while I can work on my bed either 1/2 or butt naked.", "Please be attractive, pls be attractive :26558::26558::26558::26558::26558:"], ["Unfortunately for many bosses, if they don't see you working they automatically assume you are slacking so they absolutely cannot allow it to happen.", "Even if you complete you work in time and complete more work compared to when in office., the bosses also not happy.", "It just means they are bad managers who don't know how to track their workers' progress. If they don't trust the way they currently do it, that means they have a bad way of doing it, hence the need to micromanage and dislike of WFH.", "I'm the boss, if my employee can wfh n get things done equally fast or faster, no need enter office.\nEven I also wfh.\nI rush my employee faster finish work so we can go shopping", "Sadly not all bosses think the same because they cannot exploit their employee.\nI asked Bob finish report by 6pm....He could finished at 4pm then watch drama till 6pm and submit to me..This means I am paying bob to watch drama..\nCANNOT !, ALL COME BACK TO OFFICE OR SHOW ME WEBCAM OF YOUR HOUSE !", "this is why i quit my previous job. i get punished for being efficient."], ["I am still WFH.\nI can send kids to school, go to park to do taichi with regular members, take breakfast, shower, start work, pack lunch, pickup kids from school, work, evening workouts, cook dinner, work, leisure time, sleep.", "Housemaid =/= WFH \u2620\ufe0f", "For me it's unnecessary to hire maid, save around 24k per year"], ["I love WFH especially on Fridays, when work is less hectic. But boss don't allow allow COVID became less of a threat.\nI can do the laundry, go to prayers that's walking distance, nap while waiting for replies. Clean my room is the coffee energy I have"], ["well, covid cases are rising so....."], ["I am a low level employee (but a specialist) and I feel that the choice should be made by the staff in agreement with his or her superior, and the same rule cannot be applied to all. circumstances are varied with people having different needs etc. in the end it boils down to performance not affected, deliverables delivered, and your boss agreeing to it"], ["Some bosses are just stick up to their butt with traditional old mindset saying work from office is more productive than home, total BS for sure. During the surge of pandemic we were doing just fine WFH and follow everything to the T and back to post pandemic bosses merely used the \"eMPloYeE EngAgEmEnT\" as part of the excuse to drag our ass back to office. Apparently, they are still not convinced even after having tracker or whatever 3rd party bs software installed in our work asset just to micromanaged us 9 hrs, M-F."], ["Too bad office building companies don't like it"], ["For me, if an employees continues to do well and productive during WFH arrangements, then theres no issue. The problem is those employees that when WFH arrangement comes in, suddenly have a million and one things to do OTHER than work."], ["I think companies (at least MNCs) are pro WFH. Even those that are against, are at least willing to try. My company started off with \"as long as your work is done by the end of the day, I don't need to see you at office\" policy but it quickly u-turned after some incidents.\nThe problem comes when some a**holes starts to abuse the flexibility. Not contactable for a week straight, found doing side hustles on company time, went visiting family etc. So there's a massive problem of work not being done on time and delaying others.\nIn my company it's actually very hard to get rid of somebody even if it's for performance reasons (lengthy evaluation and improvement programs which are easy to \"defeat\") so there's no real deterrent. And when push comes to shove due to projects getting delayed, others become unhappy due to having to cover for the low performers regardless of valid or invalid reasons.\nCompany started to ask everyone to come back to office to not appear as if singling out the low performers (to give chance or what I dunno). But this quickly was met with backlash from everyone.\nI'm not HR or management, but just an employee who witnessed the drama went down. What I wanted to say is that there's more than meets the eye even for what sounds like stupid, ass-backwards and archaic decisions like asking everyone to come back to office."], ["More work life balance is so true. I no longer need to wait till weekend to do all the house chores, especially laundry. I can sun my comforter every f day!!! The house chores are split into 5 days and I don't hate it anymore!!!! Also I can go for appointments hair do yada2 on weekday avoiding all the traffics and fully booked weekend / PH.\nWFH RTW!!!"], ["Once you tasted the convenience of WFH, you don't want to let it go. Before this, you didn't talk about WFH. Come on... you cannot get angry at me for pointing out the truth. You can kecam me ALL YOU WANT but deep, DEEP down you know what I said is true. Admit it. PS: I am not an employer/boss/supervisor/admin etc. PSS: I am not saying WFH is a bad thing, I am saying bagi betis, nak paha.", "And why would anyone kecam you for that statement? I see nothing wrong of people realizing how pointless getting to the office is for certain job, wfh gets stuff done more optimally, more work life balance (desperately needed for the suboptimal wages and exploitation here) , more freedom and motivation, more time for friends and family, no burn out, as it should be. Before people are just so forced into an inferior style of work and that's all they know, covid is the catalyst, and that's a good thing\nPeople also have to realize that there is also the matter of difference in working style compatibility for different people, this is a psychological fact, denying it is just denying reality. If more people in the workforce can have the choice that suits them better and be more productive, that's good for employers, not bad. Give people the choice, and see how they work with it, no need to micromanage, results do all the talking\nIt's employers that should adapt instead, if the output is the same or better, what's the issue? Sounds like a leadership issue if an employer can't work with that", "This is reddit. Demographic is skewed towards the young and the woke, not the realistic and logical. Of course they are going to kecam when they see things they dislike.", "Eh, way too much broad stroke generalization, you're not as sincere as you think you are"], ["There's no one-size-fits-all to this. Whether or not flexible working arrangements are appropriate depends entirely on the industry you're in and the company you work for.\nFor example, I work for a digital marketing agency that only allows WFH in certain situations (contagious illness, childcare emergencies, mental health break). It's in office because the bosses want to show our clients that they've hired a team, all sitting at one table, to be an extension of their marketing team. Gives clients confidence in our ability to deliver.", "Same industry, opposite situation. My company is fully remote and my team has a big telco as our client. Only time we go in physically is when the client wants us in for weekly WIPs. Other than that the entire time is separate. Has been working really well, both in terms of the client stuff and internally. As long as work is done, it\u2019s all gucci. I do hope (while unlikely) companies are more flexible when it comes to WFH."], ["I can't work from home, but I won't stop others for having that choice."], ["That's the problem with most companies, the only metric is how many hours are the staff in the office and not the actual work that has been done (I can tell you half the staff can finish in half the time, but they know if they work faster they get more work with no extra incentive and the peers that game the system work less).\nJust give a reasonable work load, a reasonable deadline and then don't care if the staff is in the office or how they carry out their work.\nA happy worker is a good worker! An unhappy worker is just going to do the bare minimum to not get fired."], ["Problem to focus here is productivity, as long as you're productive and get your job done then i guess it doesnt matter where you are working from. If you work from bed and can still get your job done then its your capability and should be respected"]]}
{"title": "China\u2019s MH370 families urge new search after experts stir hopes of finding plane", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18siclb/chinas_mh370_families_urge_new_search_after/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["who\u2019s gonna pay for it?\nI believe there should be a scheme for proof of concept like \u201cno cure, no pay\u201d where if you can find it only then government will pay for it.", "This is exactly the stance by the govt right now"], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["They are 100% dead.\nThe family members of the deceased have received compensation.\nWho will fund this new endeavour ? MAS is fine, but not the tax payers."], ["The most important point is missing. What is the new technology/technique? What kind of journalism is this?"], ["", "The article specifically says the people in question don\u2019t think it was caused by autopilot.", "Oh, I didn't read that part. lol", "Rumour is the planes have this function to be flown by wireless", "I don\u2019t think two pilots can sleep at the same time, the other must be awake."], ["r/airlinerabduction2014"]]}
{"title": "Promising Sectors for Investments in Malaysia's Economic Corridors", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18siady/promising_sectors_for_investments_in_malaysias/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Flooding, landslides, and storms in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand Flash Update #1 (Wednesday 27 December 2023, 2030 hrs UTC +7) - Thailand", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18si8t6/flooding_landslides_and_storms_in_peninsular/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Zahid confirms 'Dubai Move' plot", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18whkvo/zahid_confirms_dubai_move_plot/", "num_comment": 90, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Here we go again... for fuck's sake."], ["Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed the \"Dubai Move\" plot as reported recently.\nThe deputy prime minister said the movement not only involves Perikatan Nasional leaders, but certain individuals from the government bloc as well.\n\"We received intelligence reports right from their (alleged plotters) flight to the location (Dubai), and got a report afterwards,\" the Umno president told a press conference after attending a briefing session on disaster management in Putrajaya this morning.\n[More to follow]", "Can u post the whole news here? Its behind paywall.", "Here you go\nAhmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed the existence of the \u201cDubai Move\u201d plot to topple the government as reported recently. The deputy prime minister said the movement not only involves Perikatan Nasional leaders, but certain individuals from the government bloc as well. \u201cWe received intelligence reports right from their (alleged plotters) flight to the location (Dubai), and got a report afterwards,\u201d the Umno president told a press conference after attending a briefing on disaster management in Putrajaya this morning. However, Zahid said such a move is a waste of time as Malaysians have already given their mandate to the elected MPs.\n\u201cThe unity government has more than two-thirds support,\u201d he said, referring to the number of MPs in favour of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim\u2019s leadership. \u201cThe priority is to develop our country, especially in terms of economic development... to give prosperity to the people and not political issues,\u201d he added. When asked about the identities of those involved in the plot based on the intelligence reports, Zahid refused to elaborate. Instead, he advised those involved to wait until the next general election if they wish to form a new government. \u201cGod willing, the government will focus its attention on strengthening the economy, helping Malaysians, and also establishing stability for the country under the leadership of Anwar as the 10th prime minister,\u201d he said.\nPN denies meeting Last Saturday, Community Communications Department (J-Kom) deputy director-general Ismail Yusop claimed there was a plot to topple the federal government. He said the plan, dubbed the \u201cDubai Move\u201d, arose during a recent vacation taken by PN leaders, as well as government backbenchers, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He also claimed a meeting took place during the visit to assign specific tasks to \u201cagents\u201d responsible for identifying MPs who might switch their support to the opposition with inducements. PN denied the existence of such a plot.", "Apologies; they hadn't updated it yet when I got off.\n//\nAhmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed the existence of the \u201cDubai Move\u201d plot to topple the government as reported recently.\nThe deputy prime minister said the movement not only involves Perikatan Nasional leaders, but certain individuals from the government bloc as well.\n\u201cWe received intelligence reports right from their (alleged plotters) flight to the location (Dubai), and got a report afterwards,\u201d the Umno president told a press conference after attending a briefing on disaster management in Putrajaya this morning.\nHowever, Zahid said such a move is a waste of time as Malaysians have already given their mandate to the elected MPs.\n\u201cThe unity government has more than two-thirds support,\u201d he said, referring to the number of MPs in favour of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim\u2019s leadership.\n\u201cThe priority is to develop our country, especially in terms of economic development... to give prosperity to the people and not political issues,\u201d he added.\nWhen asked about the identities of those involved in the plot based on the intelligence reports, Zahid refused to elaborate.\nInstead, he advised those involved to wait until the next general election if they wish to form a new government.\n\u201cGod willing, the government will focus its attention on strengthening the economy, helping Malaysians, and also establishing stability for the country under the leadership of Anwar as the 10th prime minister,\u201d he said.\nPN denies meeting\nLast Saturday, Community Communications Department (J-Kom) deputy director-general Ismail Yusop claimed there was a plot to topple the federal government.\nHe said the plan, dubbed the \u201cDubai Move\u201d, arose during a recent vacation taken by PN leaders, as well as government backbenchers, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\nHe also claimed a meeting took place during the visit to assign specific tasks to \u201cagents\u201d responsible for identifying MPs who might switch their support to the opposition with inducements.\nPN denied the existence of such a plot."], ["Kenapa tak boikot these assholes?!", "Relevant. If the rakyat steps up to vote against every katak, kataks will either be forced out of politics or be too afraid to jump.", "Because we rakyat did no show how much we hate katak. Katak is OK as long as it's for greater good yea so we can only suck it up. People only deserve the representative that they can represent them.", "Both side is okay with katak as long as it benefits them. So why bother"], ["How we got here once again:\nNo, there's no law to stop MPs. At best, some parties with Anti-Hopping Law AND amended Party Constitutions can sack \u2192 MP by-election. At best. But, expect a few seats to flip to PN anyways as BN & PH are not as electorally dominant as they once were. That's the best case. Otherwise, just like the recent 5x Bersatu frogs lah: PH or BN MPs will switch to the PN MP as PM, but remain in their party.\nWhat if bribes happened? Azam Baki essentially made all Sheraton Move actions \"halal\" in 2020 and 2021. Unfortunately, Anwar re-appointed Azam Baki, so don't expect any MPs to be prosecuted even if we get clear evidence of bribes. And Azam Baki has a poor track record of convictions anyways. And gov't change is absolutely possible: you don't lose your MP seat until the final appeal\u2014likely 2026+ at this point.\nBersatu & PKR frogs during Sheraton Move struck when PH had a much lower approval rating. Same now: Anwar has a poor 50% approval rating.\nSome institutional reforms could've slowed this down, but Anwar & Unity Gov't parties genuinely learned nothing from the Sheraton Move: no recall elections (could do it soon: you have a claimed \u2154 majority\u2014cannot blame PN now lol), no Fixed Term Parliamentary Act, no requirement for a vote of confidence (the SDs are coming back!).", "Don't @ me that Azam Baki was \"necessary\" or \"there wasn't any corruption\". Azam is a fuck wit and you know it. Everyone involved in the Dubai Move is already off scot-free of any jail time.\nEven if Azam panics with a few charges soon, MACC has become shit at its job under Azam (& not helped as UG failed to pass any whistleblower protection reforms):\n\u2014 Bung acquitted\n\u2014 Najib acquitted (Audit Panel)\n\u2014 Shafee acquitted\n\u2014 Ku Nan acquitted\n\u2014 Zahid acquitted (VLN)\n\u2014 Shahir acquitted\n\u2014 Muhyiddin acquitted (power abuse)", "Damn, bro knows his shit. Thanks for the insight, OP.", "Happy to help. I sometimes feel like there are only like 10-20 institutional reforms (some 'huge', some small) that people should know about and push their MPs for. My favorite is absolutely whistleblower protection.\nOtherwise, our politicians just get stuck focusing on minor problems with short-term impact.\nFixing MACC was one of the \"easy\" ones pula...", "Any idea why Adam Baki was reappointed", "Anwar claimed Azam Baki has been doing a \"satisfactory job\".\nBut, it's more likely Azam Baki's attitude of \"I'll help whichever PM is in power now\", so Anwar signed up immediately with typical new PM insecurity. Unfortunately, Azam is so transparently corrupt and MACC is so rotten to its core \u2192 MACC officers believe MACC may need to be abolished and a new institution with a clean track record established.\nI guess Anwar didn't read that article (or listen to any other whistleblowers...).\nOr maybe Zahid got insecure / worried that an independent MACC might prosecute UMNO into oblivion. What a fucking shame: an independent MACC would've humiliated PN, Bersatu, and PAS.\nRemember that according to the PH & BN binding resolution, the DPM gets to help choose key government officials:\n- The appointment of Dewan Negara members, main posts in government-linked companies and other government posts must first be notified and discussed between the PM and DPM.\nThey didn't name MACC Chief, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't included.\nTL;DR: Anwar & Zahid likely wanted a malleable MACC Chief, like one who'd ram through a massively unprepared prosecution just a few months after GE15 of Muhyiddin and it'd be promptly dismissed by the High Court. Anwar acted all high and mighty when the charges filed...diam ever since Azam & Terrirudin (AG) failed.\n11 March 2023: Focus on your court cases, Anwar advises Muhyiddin\n...led by an incompetent solicitor general (who Anwar appoints as AG soon later!) and an incompetent MACC Chief...\n15 August 2023: Former Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin acquitted on abuse of power charges\nThe moral of the story: don't ever hire incompetent people for critical jobs just because they claim they'll help you. Their incompetence will fuck you over and you'll be caught with your pants down when it matters most.\nSad story is that we all got fucked with Azam sticking around (contract expiring in May-ish this year).", "First rate people hire first rate people, second rate people\u2026.", "... Subcon.", "Hahaha", "Or maybe Zahid got insecure / worried that an independent MACC might prosecute UMNO into oblivion. What a fucking shame: an independent MACC would've humiliated PN, Bersatu, and PAS.\nWhat the point of having your enemy in jail, if you be having dinner with them every day.", "Ah yes, Anwar did the ol' switcharoo thinking he'll have the last laugh.\nLongest PM in waiting konon", "Some institutional reforms could've slowed this down, but Anwar & Unity Gov't parties genuinely learned nothing from the Sheraton Move\nTHIS. Absolutely no one in Malaysia will push through systemic/ institutional reforms, but then will be all ::shocked pikachu face:: when people waltz thru loopholes they never bothered to close.", "*Chef's kiss*\nThe loopholes are staring at Malaysia, every single day, and politicians are like, \"Damn, that would prove highly embarrassing. Let me never talk about it again.\""], ["My only wish is for those followers to wake up for Pete sake. Tell me, how many ruling politicians so far sacrifice for our nation? There more of the nation sacrifices for them. Many of them don't give a s*it to the well being of the nation, let alone it's citizen. Stop being a fool and think for a moment.", "Who is this Pete and why does anyone have to do anything for his sake?", "What is all these talk about Sake? Soju is a much better drink than that Japanese mediocrity"], ["Sini move, sana move, how about Malaysia finally move?", "moving to holland", "Even Holland is damn advanced right now", "Lalamove is the way."], ["Kepentingan sendiri diutamakan, kepentingan rakyat belakang kira"], ["Langkah Sheraton happened 4 years ago. We don't need another one now, especially with flood and covid happening. Those who plot this are morons.", "ikr, everyone just want to get the piece of pie and no one want to fix our issue", "Bold of you to assume they are even thinking about the welfare of the rakyat", "Tun eheM: am I a moron to you?", "Kedah peeps: Why did you think we voted you and your son out? /s"], ["During these trying times, this bunch of shit heads are plotting to overthrow the government and jeopardize the much needed stability.\nWe can't afford another political mess that can potentially put this nation in a worse situation than we are at now. This nation has much more pressing issues to pay attention to rather than letting this bunch of self serving politicians play politics games.\nReally tired of this la cibaiii .."], ["so these mofos went to Dubai when their places are in DEEP shit?", "Which is hilarious when the Dubai porta potty is a thing...."], ["Fucking Pas"], ["Next Agung is sharpening his sword", "when you gonna realise agong still have to appoint new pm if anwar lose majority? you dont remeber mahathir limited their power back in 80s \u2026btw i dont want this government change,im getting sick of it"], ["For fucks sake, cant even red the whole report. Shit MalaysiaKini", "They are milking money from political dramas like this", "https://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2024/01/aa_55.html?m=1"], ["Not this again when new year just started.", "I mean japan has 7.5 earthquake, south Korea opposition just got his neck stabbed all happening 2024 first day man...", "Speaking of Japan, an aircraft carrying the county's Coast Guard members and humanitarian aid for said earthquake just collided with a Japan Airlines passenger jet at Tokyo a few hours ago.\nThere were over 300 people onboard both aircraft.", "5 deaths only though reported.. lucky for them the death toll is not higher..So sad that all on the Coast Guard plane perished. The JAL passengers made it.\nhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-67862011.amp", "There is a sole survivor though in the Dash 8, albeit with serious injuries."], ["Wth pulak ni...."], ["Mereka dah lama merancang. Kita je yang lalai."], ["Go so far to make a fail move.."], ["In the words of King Julian, I like to move it, move it."], ["So anwar ? Silencing ?", "Claims it has no impact.\nMalaysia\u2019s Anwar Brushes Off Alleged Plot to Topple Government - Bloomberg\n'Dubai Move' has no impact on administration \u2013 PM Anwar (themalaysianreserve.com)"], ["This is not the real problem. The real problem is why the people are not on the streets? Malaysians are literally the definition of Stockholm's Syndrome. Always letting anything happen without realising how the country is getting destroyed on a daily basis in front of their eyes.\nPeople are as guilty as politicians.", "\"Bukan budaya kita\"\nSometims I believe we're too passive."], ["If only there were a law against sedition."], ["As long as Borneo is with the gov. Then it\u2019s not gonna happen however you may plot. With Johor Sultan coming in soon, they were just trying their chances. That\u2019s all.", "GPS members were rumoured to be in this plot. They were also part of Sheraton move and also met with Muhyddin first in 2022.\nCertain people at the top of GPS are keen on working with PAS and PN because it means they don't have to work with the opposition in their state who are a thorn in their sides.\nThe only reason why they picked Anwar is because they still fear their voters who are staunchly agaisnt anything PAS.\nSabah side even worse, no loyalty to any party and no fear of their own people. They just jump where they think the water is good.", "Actually GPS is loyal to BN. They will go where BN goes. In current circumstances, I think they see zahid as not someone that represents BN. BN itself actually wants to go with PN.\nBack to topic, I dont rhink its the right time to change administration.\nFor me, anwar should know full well his so called 2/3 majority is a shaky one. Im not sure why he had so much confidence in it. He shouldnt have pushed the opposition to a corner. In times like these, he should find a way to work together.", "Hilarious because OG BN is the party that actually suppressed and degraded Sarawak greatly over the decades. Both Adenan and Abang Jo managed to capture a strong voter base during their time by demonising BN and the establishment greatly. Sarawak even had to rebrand overnight from BN to GPS to avoid fallout with voters because they've been conditioned to hate BN and PAS so much now.\nBut I get it, it's familiar waters to side with BN/PN whereas siding with PH is a lot of unknown for them.", "I think the Borneo parties are just putting their own interests first rather than just mere loyalty. With the current govt they got the DPMship, a really lucrative and relevant ministry and possibly more parliamentary seats if there's a redelineation exercise that includes Borneo. The Premier was said to have came down to see Anwar at Putrajaya to assure him of GPS support."], ["is it just me or is Zahid looking kinda rough in that photo?", "Botox wearing off", "LOL. or maybe he's on Ozempic."], ["someone ELI5 'Dubai Move' plot pls", "Last Saturday, Community Communications Department (J-Kom) deputy director-general Ismail Yusop claimed there was a plot to topple the federal government.\nHe said the plan, dubbed the \u201cDubai Move\u201d, arose during a recent vacation taken by PN leaders, as well as government backbenchers, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).\nHe also claimed a meeting took place during the visit to assign specific tasks to \u201cagents\u201d responsible for identifying MPs who might switch their support to the opposition with inducements.\nPN denied the existence of such a plot."], ["50m just to jump seat, i also jump lah. RM50mil bro"], ["First plot in Malaysia\nThis one plot outside Malaysia\nAt this point, they will plot in space lol"], ["My man looking more and more like a satanic goat."], ["Just start SB on those fellas. \ud83d\ude02"], ["<image>\nyuiop confirms \u2019Dubai Move\u2019 plot", "Who is he?"], ["Goddammit this shit again. Fuck democracy, I want full on monarchy again!", "Johor sultan enters chat", "Be careful what u wish for", "i agree", "damn u better shut up ,any country with full monarchy dosent turn out good"], ["Before you display your disdain of such maneuver. Please remember Kajang Move by our beloved Anwar.\nI hate to say it both sides are EQUALLY bad. No excuse whatsoever. It will be a loooong time before current species gone and then hopefully Malaysia politics can be abit more respectable."], ["Sorry for being ignorant. Haven\u2019t been following the news recently. What\u2019s Dubai Move about? \ud83d\ude2c", "Can scroll up. There's a c/p of the article. Just some ex pms' and plus two or three having a holiday together in Dubai and chatting abt what ifs if they can give whatnots to whoever. Same MO only it was two relatives and families in Morocco before doing the prep work before gathering the gang in Sheraton.\nI think Anwar is cannier than we expect at anticipating and selecting the moves that would spoil the holiday mood. Hopefully, the institutional reforms and personnel change will come sooner rather than later.\nAs for MACC, they must have done something good recently too."], ["So who are the MPs involved?", "There's apparently a list circulating on a YouTube video, but I've not found the source.\nSeemingly, Deputy Human Resource Minister Abdul Rahman Mohamad was on the list: Umno\u2019s Lipis MP denies involvement in \u2018Dubai Move\u2019, lodges police report against claim | Malay Mail"], ["This is Malaysia. Ministers fight for power as it equals money. They dont care about the country, as long as they can sakau, can even make a big ass airplane dissappear on it's way to Beijing \ud83e\udee0 While the rakyats are suffering from high living cost, the politikustaikanjingbagussemuamatidilanggarkeretaapi are busy filling up their pockets."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia eyes Chinese expats as it reboots flagging golden visa scheme", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18si7rn/malaysia_eyes_chinese_expats_as_it_reboots/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Malaysia offers free 3 month tourist visa on arrival. I considered mm2h in the past, but an hour Air Asia visa run to Indonesia can be done so easily, therefore I could not justify locking up precious capital on the scheme."], ["Malaysia dream on. The rich Chinese have all gone to Singapore."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Driver Poll", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18si4as/malaysian_driver_poll/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This poll goes out to those of you who have experienced driving in different countries or have experienced driving behavior from other countries.\nDo you feel that Malaysian drivers are the same as drivers that you have encountered overseas?\nDo you think that they are better than average, worse than average, much better than average, much worse than average, or about the same?\nWhy?\nView Poll", "comments": [["Malaysian drivers are either really slow to a point they lack situational awareness like drifting in/out of lanes, hogging the middle lane on highways or drive really fast.\nSurprisingly in Indonesia and Thailand (Jakarta and Bangkok specifically) traffic is a nightmare but drivers are well aware of where there are on the roads and the surroundings.\nIn Europe and the US drivers drive fast at times, but they are more considerate. One notable difference is when switching lanes, you give your signal and magically an empty space will appear. You don't have to force your way to change lanes.\nAdditonally, Malaysian roads are poorly designed - you get highways with off ramps that criss-cross multiple lanes, together with lanes that change direction at the last minute - all causing drivers to potentially miss their exits etc."], ["Don\u2019t kid yourselves about Malaysians being the same as the average. Malaysians are one of the most intolerant,unaware, dangerous people that I\u2019ve had the misfortune to share the road with", "Hmm I\u2019m inclined to be biased and say that you\u2019re correct just based on my experiences on the road, but if I look more closely I realize I actually don\u2019t know the answer \ud83d\ude05"], ["I've been to Bangkok and they're better. I've been to Jakarta and Bandung and they're worse. But that's pretty much it. Would a Thai driver in Chiangmai or Siang Reap be worse? I don't know. Would Aceh or Kalimantan driver be better? I don't know either. Heck, we can say Penang and Johor drivers are different than other states."], ["Based on my experience from a number of European, Australian and Southeast/East Asian regions, I can safely say that on average, Malaysian drivers are generally worse than average.\nSure, there are going to be bad eggs anywhere, and perhaps the poor enforcement and the corruption in the way driver's licenses are issued (I'm sure this is the case elsewhere as well) also lets a lot of under-qualified drivers slip through the cracks, but for the most part, what I've seen on local roads here include (but are not limited to):\nPoor situational awareness and alertness towards other vehicles/pedestrians around them\nInability to stick within their own lane\nAllergy to signals/turn indicators, and cutting/turning without warning, sometimes from the wrong lane\nPeople can't seem to brain roundabouts\nNot understanding right of way in a junction (this is especially common)\nThe yellow light at traffic lights being a prompt to speed up\nSpeeding in places you really shouldn't (and yes, that includes housing areas)\nLane-hogging, double parking and just parking really poorly to the inconvenience of others in general\nTailgating, even in heavy traffic\nIllegal turns and driving against the flow of traffic just for a shortcut\nBeing easily triggered by the horn\nI know these issues aren't exclusive to Malaysia, but I feel like the occur more here than other places I've been to. Even in places where traffic conditions are considerably worse, I find that drivers in places like Indonesia or Vietnam are a lot more courteous and understanding - and even the horn is used in a more utilitarian fashion.\nCould just be observer bias though, since I spend most of my time here."], ["I've lived at and driven in Singapore, UK, USA, Australia & Canada. Malaysian drivers here are crazy especially on highways. No one abides rules and no road sense courtesy. Makes me want to import a Hummer here."], ["Where you guys go to have better drivers than Malaysians? Here I thought Malaysian drives like Germans, with some idiots in-between."]]}
{"title": "Asia's Secret Portuguese Community: The Kristang People (Komuniti Portugis Rahsia Asia: Orang Kristang)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shvq3/asias_secret_portuguese_community_the_kristang/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["it's hardly a secret.. but yea, sure.."], ["YT bait"]]}
{"title": "Homes priced RM500,001 to RM700,000 is second largest category of overhang units in Klang Valley [BTTV]", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shu6v/homes_priced_rm500001_to_rm700000_is_second/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Properties priced between RM500,001 and RM700,000 make up the second largest category, or 15 per cent of all the overhang units in Klang Valley, according to Tan Ka Leong, group managing director of CBRE | WTW Malaysia.", "comments": [["Well expected, Malaysia don't really have a lot of upper middle class people, as these houses are almost 25x people's annual salary"], ["That's why buying home just for investment is not gonna work now... Get too expensive then Ur rent becomes expensive and no one want to rent.\nGet rumawip to rent and u have all the people wants to race the rent prices to the floor thus eventually everyone will be in the red....."], ["Most people's pay still stuck at 200-400K property range but they ain't building these anymore (except studios)", "They are building these but overpricing it to 500k to 800k now\u2026", "I guess the affordable houses in Klang Valley are those government housing project like Residensi Wilayah (rumawip) and Rumah Selangorku", "It's an entirely self inflicted economic issue."], ["\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 boohoo\nWe should be building cheap new apartments for B20-B40. Fuck these clown developers, hope their units rot", "Couldn't agree more", "it is easier said than done.\ncement, sand, bricks & steel are expensive as F. Dont forget about the land price.\nMany people complain about house price, very few of them also blame building material. Building material goes up way faster rate your lunch/dinner.\nYou can always ask a contractor quotation how much it is just for renovation. (not even building a whole house just extension of your old house).", "it's more like many people complain about house price high but they want their own house to go up in price once they buy. no logic", "Tbh i still think the solution is the just stop building and requiring ppl to work in the city center, less pressure on property, cars and public transportation.\nIf lets say im required to work most 2 days at the office or just going into the office when required, i could really think of moving to greater KL like semenyih. Ofc, the losers would be these developers with zero tenants, bt i like pissing them off alot."], ["<Condo 37%, service apartment 48%, SOHO 8%.\nWho would pay that amount for small units that don't have good resale value?"], ["Drop the prices if cannot sell."], ["\ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02 Everyone wants to create a luxury home, but the wage is out of reach for most people.\nNow that the developers are all calm, if continues another 3 years? hehe", "That's why alot of ppl lobbying for MM2H scheme and get foreigners especially hk love Msia properties.", "They price it so that they make back all their cost if they just sold a fraction of the houses.\nThe rest? Can just sit there forever and they don't care. Later try to sell at even higher price."]]}
{"title": "Bukit Tunku residents to meet DBKL tomorrow over telco tower construction", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wrfdt/bukit_tunku_residents_to_meet_dbkl_tomorrow_over/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["In one way, we demand fast speed 5G coverage and high coverage and service availability; on the other hand, when no more strategic location to build the telco tower for last mile coverage, what gives ?"]]}
{"title": "Company not licensed to recruit", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shqso/company_not_licensed_to_recruit/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "The company that brought in the 171 Bangladeshi men and promised them non-existent jobs does not have a licence and primarily operates as a facilitator for businesses seeking foreign workers.", "comments": [["Smelly hr companies make the labour market smelly."], ["And yet they all got visas tl for the Bangladeshis to enter Malaysia..."]]}
{"title": "Cabinet 2020 vs. Kabinet 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shnfq/cabinet_2020_vs_kabinet_2023/", "num_comment": 94, "flairlabel": ["\ud83d\udd19Throwback Thursday"], "header": "", "comments": [["Well organised like IKEA showroom cabinets.", "Manyak mangkuk2", "dammit! here I am snortling and suppressing laughter while sitting on the toilet in office.\nyou win the internet today sir!"], ["challenge: spot faces that appear in both cabinets!", "Lemme try the challenge;-\nBoth cabinets (is more than I thought)\n1) Fadillah Yusof 2) Zafrul Tengku 3) Noraini Ahmad 4) Alexander Nanta Linggi 5) Nancy Shukri 6) Tiong King Sing 7) Hanifah Hjr Taib 8) Arthur Joseph Kurup 9) Hasbi Habibollah\nBoth, but states instead (not all I can remember)\n1) Maximum Johnity Ongkili 2) Reezal Merican 3) Jonathan Yasin 4) Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan", "Alexander Nanta Tunggu \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 Sebenarnya... Alexander Nanta Linggi", "Dayum, thx nyet\nMe and auto correct strike again :26554:", "Are there actually any BN ministers in both cabinets (since BN was part of both governments)?", "Well, there\u2019s a certain Tengku which has been the cabinet for the past three governments! (And will remain there for a few more)", "He is nominated by another faction", "iykyk", "payung kuning.", "They will have to reshuffle him out of the cabinet by 2025 when he's no longer a senator. He'll need to secure a safe seat in GE16 somehow if he plans to remain there for a few more years.", "Ooh will there be another tengku to take his place by then?", "There's Tengku, Noraini and Arthur for BN parties.\nWhile the other are former BN (currently under gabungan parti Sarawak)."], ["Yeh! No more Rina!"], ["there's a noticeable lag between pics - Cabinet 2020 image loads in significantly slower. I WONDER WHY /s", "Most likely the source image is huge.", ":26554:"], ["Are we really lack new blood or we have strange liking of deadwood?", "Syed Saddiq suppose to be the \"new blood\". Guy fked up so bad his entire group get kicked out and sidelined.", "The dude is oblivious thinking he's the Millennial Tun or Anwar.", "Youngest minister at 25 y/o. Could very well have been the next Tun.", "could very well be the next Najib (MB at 29 y/o)", "That's what everyone thought. But people forgot Najib came from the razak political dynasty and has the best foundations a politician can think off. This guy got nothing just happen to be lucky.", "ReSpEcT tHe eLdErLY SeNiOrS.\nIt's problematic issue in all parties including those considered progressive.", "\"It's not deadwood, it's vintage antiques!\"\n/s", "\"The value increases the Older and more Forgetful it is!\"\n/s", "We have Wan Fahysal as new blood and ready to go.", "\ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e"], ["The next guy needs to do a Javier Milei and axe half the cabinet"], ["So basically (too oversimplified):\nPAS ministers - Tak buat kerja\nBN ministers- Jarang buat kerja\nPKR ministers- Jarang buat kerja\nDAP ministers - Actually buat kerja", "When Teresa Kok was minister, she buat kerja. But it didn't work well as intended like love my palm oil campaign. But at least she did kerja.", "She a failures\u2026 just accept it.. unlike Hannah Yeoh or Yeoh Bin Yin", "I'd say she's getting senile. She did a good job during her Selangor exco years. But now....uhh..... Can't even say something nice about Syed Saddiqs late cat. So sad", "Turning out Syed Saddiq has beef with DAP due to the cat comment /s", "Exco duties is day and night compared to handle a ministry .. her shortcoming really shows", "Lim Guan Eng say hi.", "He's the exception (thanks to him, HSR cancelled, Penang LRT delayed, ECRL and LRT3 cutback, MRT3 pending).", "Also LGE bullies Sarawak about money... MAKE SARAWAK BANKCRUPT!!! Ahh... very stupid Nobita.... \ud83e\udd26", "Hahahahaha worst finance minister in Msia.", "Teresa Kok, Sivakumar and LGE shows that DAP also have useless ministers", "Hence the \"oversimplified\" part in my original post. Of course there are useless DAP ministers (LGE), but for the most part DAP actually buat kerja.", "Bersatu ministers - Error 404?", "semua sama ja, wayang"], ["Cant have too little or too many. Need the right balance.\nChanging ministry is not that easy. Under each ministry theres alot of departments. So, if you remove a minister position, those departments will have to be moved elsewhere. And adding minister position, affected departments will also move around.\nIf having a small cabinet, means 1 minister will be responsible with alot of departments. And as 2018 had proven, it will create alot of problems. Departments require minister approval for certain things. So, when a minister have too many depts under him or her, some approval will be late to approve or will just cincai be approved or rejected.\nBut having too many is also not good. Having too many means each minister will have not many departments under them. So, simply put, more goyabg kaki.\nWe should not only look at minister position, but also PA. This is also important. Having too little PA will also be a disaster as PA are actually the ones doing alot of work. From research to proposals. Since this administration didnt touch anything about PA, im guessing theres a ton of PA under each minister.", "Huh. So you're saying there are hidden Sub Sub Ministers?", "Yeap. You think a minister with lets say a degree in arts can understand all the complicated stuff? Its the PA that goes through everything, and then summarize it into words the minister can understand.\nThere will be a big problem when a minister who has no qualification appoints a PA who also have no qualifications. That ministry will face big issues.", "TIL. When I got that call to be a PA to politikus it could've been real :26559:"], ["Untill the day Malaysia will accept a Chinese or an Indian prime minister all this politics will never change. Cuz Malaysia is afraid of change.\nSame old same old.\n<image>", "Likelihood Singapore get minority pm higher than Malaysia get minority pm", "whos gonna tell this guy?", "The last Singapore presidential elections, 70% voted for a minority. If you can and qualified to do the job, you\u2019ll be voted in regardless of race.", "reply to person above not me", "Uhhh because the candidate fielded were not top of the crop and the parachuted a minister who has tried and tested as well as experienced in the political arena. Again qualification is very subjective here. Having to helm a portfolio of at least 500mil as a criteria? Uh no shit those in the seats have a higher chances of being a candidate as the probably will have better outlook from a political perspective/ stable, understand dynamic of Singapore politic view rather having some randoms from a private sector being the president. Duhhhhh"], ["On hindsight.. I got so many faces to punch in cabinet 2020.. Relative more than year 2023", "I think you have a different take after subsidy cutback, increased tax, increased tnb tariff and introduction of new tax in 2024, at the backdrop of historical low ringgit.\n2024 gonna be a blast!", "Historically low ringgit, lmao. Does the history starts in 2022? hahaha", "Bro. Some people were truly 'born yesterday' :26554:", "Kenapa? Tidak percaya ke?\nhttps://www.bharian.com.my/bisnes/pasaran/2023/10/1168627/ringgit-di-paras-baharu-terendah-dalam-sejarah-berbanding-dolar#google_vignette", "isn't 4.62 now ? and it still dropping", "Alamak, drop lagi ke? Plan nak simpan USD sampai 4.8"], ["KJ got done dirty"], ["fr I\u2019ve never seen our deputy pm is working tho, he only appeared in news only when UMNO mesyuarat", "I think you're right. Pemalas. The other guy at least is rep for S and S", "some of it definitely are still cuti oversea, it\u2019s like many of them never ever had any exposure/ appeared in news?? I swear idk who is our defense minister, 90% probably is umno people.\nI\u2019ve say it could be hard to be progressive (since it was appointed to make it every party has a piece of benefits) very very rojak."], ["Still too big", "probably setback of a patch up Unity Government.\nBetter than a Masuk Belakang Government, or the before that Zombietun Government."], ["Yay! Updated 2024 mugshots for archery practice!"], ["Heres an unpopular opinion - people always talks about comparing the cabinet sizes of Malaysia vs other developed nation, on how UK need like 3 ministers only and so on. But im on the boat of if by separating the tasks and have more ministers makes it better for Malaysians then so be it. Whats the salary of a few more ministers (and crew of course) compare to (hopefully good) that will be beneficial to the whole Malaysians?\nWe dont have a lot of high quality ministers yet imo maybe a few. Thus let them focus on a specific scope will do more benefit. Heres Hoping on some improvement by Fahmi Fadzil.\nAnwar always said the didnt take salary and so on but the impact is so small that it doest matter."], ["Foolishly separate Digital and Communications just because they want to keep Fadzil while bringing back Gobind"], ["Both overweight\nBut systolic blood pressure 180 Vs 140.", "Eli5 or Eli- will never have basic bp knowledge :26557:"], ["Menteri Perpaduan\nAlso known as a bribe"], ["All the Cabinets since Najibs time is full of Corn magazine, weird autistic people and right wing supremecists.. no need to show.. i can smell the stench of dead bodies coming from it"], ["I see no difference anyway.. both are junk\nEDIT: Oh come on! Why downvoting me. I'm speaking the truth", "got difference", "Do you vote? :26555::26556::29091:", "yes", "sorry for your loss (vote kena paksa)"], ["Hanna Suan is a cutie", "Hanna fanboy? Fair enough :26555:"], ["Still incompetent"], ["Too many"], ["Prof. Ramsay ask why no Indian Tamil minister?", "Prof. Ramsay ask why no Indian PM?", "LOL"], ["Only 30+ million citizen, need almost 60+ minister +deputy", "Assigned by Race too. So you need to double head to address ~ 92% (Bumi 70.1%, Cina 22.6%). Sry Indians 6.6%, mamakutty did you dirty :28915:"], ["Just putting a reminder here: The Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister and Ministers only. The Deputy Minister doesn't count. They aren't even invited into the Cabinet meeting."]]}
{"title": "Kelantan asks federal govt to expedite study on flood water woes", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shh1x/kelantan_asks_federal_govt_to_expedite_study_on/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "Kelantan is hoping that the federal government will speed up their study to modify the spillway structure on the embankment of the Sungai Golok Integrated River Basin Development Project (PLSB) to address the stagnant floodwater woes.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Local authorities have seized unregistered medication, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products worth over RM400,000 in an operation coordinated by Interpol.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18shdt0/local_authorities_have_seized_unregistered/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "The operation also identified more than 1,600 websites, social media accounts, and e-commerce sites breaching the law.", "comments": [["Go catch Vida, Aliff Syukri, and also a bunch of Kelantan-based \"entrepreneurs\". They all sell these 'timbang kilo' products."]]}
{"title": "How many slots are eligible for subsidy in the selangor mental sehat program?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rzzsh/how_many_slots_are_eligible_for_subsidy_in_the/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi! I am wondering if anyone here knows how many slots can be subsidised under selangor mental sehat program for a person and what happens if it is all used up but the patient is still not doing okay? If anyone can help shed some light on this I would appreciate it a lot \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc", "comments": []}
{"title": "Vietnamese in JB ???", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18sepfg/vietnamese_in_jb/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Curious, why is there many Vietnamese in JB? How they ended up here instead of larger cities like KL/Penang.", "comments": [["Singapore service industry", "How do you get a visa to live in Malaysia while you work in Singapore? Must be short term work or KTV. More likely they work in JB service industry as the locals go to Singapore.", "Or they work in JB and \"service\" the Singaporeans...", "\"Service\"\nIs that what I think it is?"], ["JB people go work in SG, creating a manpower void that must be filled"], ["My grandma house use to be a kampong with a mix of Chinese,Indian and malay.recently a new factory open.bangala and Cambodian all come.neighbour started to get rented out for profit as its the nearest estate from their factory.hluse price go from 5k to 15k.rental also go up from 200 to 700.rental yield is very profitable and therefore more and more owner are hoarding and building new homes.so its now a bangalore town", "15k for a house? Now or back in the 90s? Even if 90s it's so darn cheap! Ghosh\nBut yeah eventually when there's too many foreigners in that particular area, it'd become their town eventually as locals are driven out and opted to move to areas with less foreigners.", "Cons Wooden,structure is more than 100years old .you don't own the land is like slum,near train track,always flood."], ["Factories?"], ["U know i know\nEarn money and let malaysian assimilate to their culture plus viet moi is more open than malaysian girl", "\"open\" you say?", "Eaiser to talk topic .", "Least misogynistic r/Malaysia person.\nr/kamikazebywords for me.", "This isn't lowyat forum lol let's not jump to conclusions"], ["Malaysians moved to Singapore for better pay, whereas Vietnamese, Bangla, Cambodian etc moved to Malaysia for better pay. The Cycle never comes to an end.\nThose voids for which Malaysians refuse to work must eventually be filled."], ["Too much doggies"], ["\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d"]]}
{"title": "What were you doing on Christmas Day? - Cheras Aeon Maluri, 25.12.23", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wh4pw/what_were_you_doing_on_christmas_day_cheras_aeon/", "num_comment": 111, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Cheras IPD just beside LOL", "Literally a 2 minute walk hahaha if police run they can probably arrive in 45 seconds\n<image>", "Wait, police can run?", "Hmmm.. good one. Though have to admit hardly see one. \ud83e\udd2d", "Polis cuti"], ["Cinematic shots lol", "OP do be demonstrating some good camera work lol\nAlso why does the fighting look so goofy it literally looks like some actors fighting in a budget movie \ud83d\udc80", "it looks goofy because that is how people normally fight. not everyone is a trained fighter and that Kung Fu that you rehearsed in your mind isn't gonna translate into action when adrenaline kicks in.", "r/praisethecameraman worthy", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/PraiseTheCameraMan using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Camera captures little guy\u2019s backflip out of the bowl | 311 comments\n#2: Cameraman delivers instant fact-checking | 527 comments\n#3: [NSFW] Remastered accidental 911 footage - Properly filmed first impact. | 266 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "This some GTA 6 trailer shit", "Put some upbeat anime music this can be an anime opening.", "You got me there lol", "If this doesn't go to 10k+ up votes I'd be VERY disappointing", "Yeah, this can't be real man. Feels choreographed for a viral ad or something."], ["Thank God we don't have guns innit", "We ave parang bruv.", "Is ok. He got prata in the the pocket \ud83d\ude0e", "Borneo cant relate", "Yes brother"], ["Everybody was kung fu fighting."], ["That rotate camera looks like some games trailer lmao", "Yeah, better than GTA 6!"], ["this is amazingly clear lol. i was rooting for the cinematography rather than who's winning :26561:", "Perfect soundtrack too, kudos to the sound designer"], ["Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special\nWham - Last Christmas", "Last rizzmas, I gave you my gyat, the very next day, biboo taxed it away, this year, to save me from :D, I'll give it to someone bau bau\nKoseki bijou - Last rizzmas", "BIBOO NO-", "sticking out your gyatt for nerizzler , you're so bau bau, you're so biboo tax, i just wanna be your shiori", "Well didn't expect Hololive in my Malaysia feed today. Lol"], ["r/PraiseTheCameraMan"], ["the song really fucking elevate this. i am laughing my ass off rn. why these motherfuckers look like cartoon characters?", "It's the matching shirts!"], ["Damn that is high quality camera work good job."], ["GTA VI vibes."], ["Not sure if this is a video shoot for an ad or an actual recording of a public fight. Amazing recording tho"], ["Nice cinematic shot!"], ["Gj cameraman. Mcm movie wooi"], ["With the song, they look like they are playing around, lmao. Add snow and it's a snow fight."], ["Their movements funny as hell"], [""], ["Bro just dodge the punch like kungfu fighting"], ["r/praisethecameraman"], ["This is why dumb country mustn't allow to have guns. Wait..."], ["Don't let them swing. Always close distance and use body weight. Force them into submission"], ["moto tu lawan arus.\nkasi saman."], ["Everybody was kung fu fighting nowadays"], ["Best camera movement in the sub."], ["I go to that area (Aeon, Velocity Mall) at least twice a week and never had it crossed my mind that this kind of thing could happen there, especially at that particular spot because yes, as someone here already mentioned it is right beside the Cheras IPD."], ["- Shot on iPhone"], ["GTA Malaysian version"], ["LMFAO THAT SONG THOUGH."], ["the fighting is funny, but the song took me OUT \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Got balls to fight near the police station lol (near Sunway velocity)"], ["This is not how you do boxing day!"], ["Nice cinematography."], ["That camera work though. Please win an award. So much story, so much soul in a 13-sec shot."], ["Professional panning skills."], ["Camera man ada skill. Video recorded machiam bullet-time in Matrix. ,:). Anyway, who emerged champion in the fight ?"], ["shooting movie ?"], ["R/praisethecameraman"], ["Why always them?"], ["dey , ko igt ni cerita tamil ka ?"], ["Normal people: BAM! Are you ok bro?\nLandlords least favourite: BAM! \ud83d\udca5\ud83e\udd4a\ud83e\udd15"], ["Polis ahhh. They know how to langgarcmati only.. useless"], ["I can tell malaysia does not have an indigenous martial art."], ["Sape menang?"], ["It's the New Year spirit"], ["Ooh!! When is this comedy flick coming to cinemas? Would love to watch the full movie! /s"], ["They thought unboxing day was boxing day"], ["GTA 6 looks lit"], ["looks fake tbh"], ["Ni baru betul 1 on 1."], ["The song is just chef kiss"], ["They should cover that lubang with something. Someone could fall in."], ["Gta Malaysia"], ["bonk bonk"], ["I was playing this video on mute and i was thinking to myself hmm someone should put All I Want For Christmas as the BGM. Glad to find I wasn\u2019t wrong"], ["Omg I h8 jantan so bad"], ["I see an intern movie producer with at least a near 60fps video stabilization trying to create a dramatic sense"], ["This might go well with the Matrix fight theme too (when the twins fight morpheus)"], ["Mat Kilau 2 trailer is lit! \ud83d\udd25"], ["The more I watch this video, the more it keeps getting funnier and that song lmao"], ["New clip for GTA VI Malaysia trailer"], ["I can't. The motorcyclist \ud83d\ude2d"], ["They angry ...Santa claws did not give them present"], ["they looked unserious"], ["Is this the new GTA?"], ["You use gimball or something? hahaha"], ["10/10"], ["This new GTA6 graphics are lit."], ["hari natal bukan budaya kite."], ["haha tamil movie"], ["The shooting of this video is the bomb"], ["lmao wtf i laughed a little too hard at this... this \u2728cinematography\u2728 and soundtrack 10/10"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 28 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18schaz/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["Indonesians storm Rohingya residence, demanding their deportation\nHow true is this? Anyone from Indonesia can confirm?", "M'sian here. This is just as bad, if not worse, since the violence by the Indonesians unto their own fellow citizens in the 2010s, who are of different Muslim sects, such as the Shias or the Ahmadiyyah.\nEven if the cases against Rohingyas are valid, they still don't justify violence against the refugees."], ["Americans & Israelis are genuinely serious and concerned about Iran being a threat to both in the Middle East, and are allegedly using Houthis & Hezbollah as proxies to attack them while supporting Hamas.\nAnd yet, we have local macais here on socmed spreading weird conspiracy theories about how Iran & Israel are actually BFFs because the Jews invented the Shia or something and not because of the schism & war between the two over the Prophet's succession. They don't even listen to experts & analysts who understand the ME geopolitics better, especially those who happened to be Arab or Muslim."], ["a Christmas message and a Christian prayer from a Palestinian bishop\nI like how he speaks clearly, slowly, and uses simple words."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 28 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s9ne5/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 115, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What did the cheese say after it was shredded?\nNothing. It was just grateful", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["How often do chindians get mistaken for koreans or japanese?"], ["Me and my friends from Singapore are planning to go KL from johor and were looking for car rentals. Could anyone tell me how to get an 8 seater car rented for around 1.5 days from Johor. Any help is highly appreciated."], ["<image>\nHe\u2019s sleeping. While hugging the pillow \ud83e\udd7a"], ["Question on throwing rubbish collection by majlis. Florescent light tube they don't collect one is it? Or bcos i didn't put in a big plastic bag? I just leave the tube by the side of the bin. Thanks"], ["Has anyone bought Polene bags from their website to Malaysia? Wondering how much duties/tax/customs would cost."], ["Watched Abang Adik the other day. Was a solid film 1/3 of the way but really didn't delve deep into the IC issues. The story was still quite alright though but I get if people are turned off for the second half.\nSolid acting from the two main cast members! Was honestly very impressed during the Abang solo talk. It was a very powerful and emotional moment that I don't see often. Great cinematography too. Would rate it an 8/10. At least watch it once if you haven't."], ["Anyone been to Gamuda water park? Is it worth it?"], ["10000 for hantaran(Majlis)\n4000 for hantaran barang(cincin dan rantai)\nX0000 for bride-dowry(masuk asb, emergency only)\n3000 for Kenduri sendiri sendiri\n2000 for miscellaneous (baju dan sebagainya)\n6000 for honeymoon\n2000 for comfort of life(shes moving into my house so might need wardrobes or water heater or anything else)\nWhat else did I miss", "any subsidy from PaMa?", "Probably no :(", "Congrats! If you don't mind, I'm gonna save this for future reference. That's a lot to fork out for a ceremony + life after \ud83d\ude05", "\ud83e\udd7a congrats\nSo proud of you."], ["hey all, I was in Malaysia in 2018 as a student for 6 months. I went to a local bank to request a debit card for easier money management. I think only people with 12 months visa are allowed to open a bank account so I was willing to stay for 12 months and extend my visa but I had to return to my home university after 6 months.I did not close my bank account nor did I contact the bank telling them I am leaving the country.\nDoes this put me in any kind of trouble in Malaysia?"], ["Can anyone confirm if we can have a set of dental retainers done at the govt clinic? I'm planning to change my retainers provided if it's not too expensive", "Not all govt clinics available, only clinics with orthodontist are. In kl only kkkl and keramat i think", "I'm pretty sure you can. Good luck doing the mold part again, I hated that bit. Doc had to hold it in my mouth for a minute while I continuously gagged \ud83e\udd72"], ["Look at this super cute otters rolling over the sand"], ["Just wanna say, I have General Mills' Monster cereals in Malaysia, I had to order from my auntie's family in the US during the Halloween quarter. Now she's here in Malaysia and I got it now. this will keep me occupy for at least a month.\n<image>"], ["Looking for \"sports\" / versatile shoes this week.\nManaged to get Adidas Pureboost 22 black colour at Sports Direct for RM279. It's an older model for sure but I like the look and colour. Let's hope it can last for 3-4 years and above."], ["I really don\u2019t know how to respond anymore to my aunt\u2019s text and video messages on Israel and her condemnation of Palestine. My two American caregivers called Palestine \u201cterrorists\u201d, too, but they have never done anything actively to get me to agree with them.\nInitially, I responded to my aunt\u2019s messages with just \ud83d\udc4d but it is getting too repetitive. And seeing as how my sister and mom, the two smartest people I know, are not siding with Israel, I\u2019d like to think that they should know better who is in the right. But I don\u2019t want to upset my aunt, who has been such a sweetheart to me.\nApparently my aunt got told off by mom \u2014 of all people \u2014 to stop sending this kind of messages in the uncles and aunts\u2019 group chat. This is probably why she now sends these messages to me.", "Stop responding.", "tbh i never saw Hamas killing childrens. and the hostages are doing pretty well. so why IDF cant do the same?\ncall me brainwashed or anything but please show me where are the beheaded babies"], ["I hate my job. Oh I wish I can lie on bed all day and money magically appear next to my pillow.", "do a sleeping stream lol", "not a bad idea lol"], ["ops serbu"], ["What cordless vacuum cleaner do you recommend?\nI'm sick of Dyson. Expensive to buy and repair.\nI'm looking at conventional brands like Samsung, Electrolux, Philips; but also China brands like Dreame, and Tineco. Anyone have good experiences to share?", "Jimmy has been pretty reliable for me. Senheng carries the brand", "I have a Corvan, it's okay as far as I can tell."], ["I notice a difference between malaysian chinese friends and singaporean chinese friends youtube recommendation. The malaysian ones all got youtube recommendation with ching chong texts while the singaporean ones dont. Exhibit A:\n<image>", "well you know.... lot of bananas are in SG", "I see Smokey Nagata, I updoot"], ["Are there any genuine dog rescue organisations in KL-Klang area. This is for an old dog of an elderly person who has passed away. I have tried a few organisations and they are exploitative and monetarily cheat."], ["<image>\nGoodbye, Blondie.\nIt was too much. Back to mouse brown."], ["https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2023/12/24/chipmaker-nvidia-raises-us15mil-for-israeli-non-profits/ it\u2019s been three days yet no one made a fuss over this? mana boleh? boikot when as organisations have been singled out for less.", "Pretty awkward that Anwar just took photo with Jensen Huang and preordered their gpu. But if PAS can halalkan Mercedes because they drove them than this is a non-issue.", "You know what's ironic? I have friends on social media posting more than 10 stories about the victims in Gaza and condemning the west every single day until Christmas week until now - silence. No more stories about Gaza. The very same people posting it are in UK cuti-cuti Christmas and now their posts are all about London. The hypocrisy is strong right here. In fact, I sympathise with the people and victims in Gaza, but at least I'm not a hypocrite like these group of people.", "This is why I'll never post about it on personal social media.\nI don't get what you're trying to accomplish. I think morality should be something private unless you're actively doing something to help that needs reaching out, like collecting donations.\nPlus the conflict in Gaza is political. You don't talk about politics unless you're with close friends and family members.\nWhen it's GE/PRU, suddenly everybody knows how to hide their votes. Fucking hypocrites!!!"], ["Hey! Will be arriving at Penang's ferry terminal in Georgetown in time for dinner today. Any favourite eateries within walking distance?\nWill return to Georgetown area another day for longer food exploration but hoping to grab something closeby before we head out to our accoms \ud83d\ude0a\nParticular interests... Nasi Lemak Nasi Kandar Assam Laksa"], ["<image>\nBusiness card I received and exchanged with people.\nOn the left, from the past 3 years of working at previous company.\nOn the right, just from the last 6 months. Already met a lot more people than before. Lol\nBottom is my sustainable, made from wood digital business card with nfc. To give my contact to people, I can just tap my card at people\u2019s phone or they can scan the QR code at the back if their phone is without nfc. I can use this one card basically forever (as long as the server is alive lol)\nJimatlah kertas dan sayangilah pokok. Sekian, terima kasih datang ke Ted Talk saya.", "Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.", "Nice.", "Let's see Paul Allen's card", "Wow, didn\u2019t know about that digital card", "\"lemme tap your phone with my card\"", "Trying to curi my credit card info is it."], ["Fellow penangites here at r/malaysia, any ideas on what to bring other than photostat ic to do passport? Also, any other stuff I should know? Thanks in advance.", "Confirmation of your slot booking and confirmation of payment slip\n."], ["So how does this PADU thing work? We\u2019ve got to go in and verify our information?", "Sounds like it - but I'm having doubts of putting/verifying my information in a database that I have no idea how secure it is."], ["So i graduated last year and started my first job in january this year. Awarded the employee of the year as a fresh graduate and my mom still think im not good enough. I gave up man, she wonder why i rarely call.", "i would put your mom in an old folks home", "Yeah, it fucking sucks when you need to be special to be loved. You are enough. We all are.\nI recommend you seek validation elsewhere and rely less and less upon your parents' approval. It's not in her skillset to be encouraging. Some people just can't do it, you know? Personally my parents cannot be happy for me let alone be empathetic enough to understand my situation.\nJust be happy for yourself. Celebrate your victory.\nMany parents are stupid. They think tough love is the secret ingredient. It's not. Appraisal encourages performance. You'll learn this in any management class.", "My dad is cool lol. Just that my mom annoy me so much. Ya that last part is damn right, i work extremely hard for people who recognize my effort.", "Awarded the employee of the year as a fresh graduate\nCongrats! Keep at it.\nmy mom still think im not good enough\nI'm sorry, why do you say that?", "Exactly what it is..she will compare me to other kid who are more successful.", "just ignore, man. some people do have that kind of mindset including our families.", "It do be like that, gotta stay focus and do it for myself", "You matter! Everyone petty, selfish, greedy prick be damned"], ["my wife was talking about going for a nice trip somewhere further, and i'm just so lazy to take me kids to the immigresen to do passport."], ["Anyone got a plumber to recommend around KL? Pipe in ceiling is leaking water from upstairs bathroom :("], ["nice local lunch options in KL?"], ["This is fake/satire but it's so funny lol\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/engrish/comments/18pp5gm/_/"], ["random thoughts after recent visits to Penang:\nbad driver is just a consequences of crowded traffic, if everywhere have the same level of traffic as Penang, people be calling them bad too\navoid Cantonese dishes, it's not their forte\nPenang can easily stomach 3 MRT lines instead of one, and it'll cut down the potential traffics too, should've been one of the low hanging policy that we pursue from ages ago\nParit buntar, Kulim, Sungai Petani, and Taiping might as well be part of Penang satellite cities, they have more in common with Penang than their current states", "bad urban planning is the forte of malaysian government. build first, public transport later.", "3 MRT in penang? Nope\n1 HSR to singapore. Yes.", "why not both, but Penang MRT will benefits the people way more than HSR to Singapore", "Tell that to our gomen"], ["Feeling under the weather lately, and may drop by the nearest restaurant during lunch for some sup ayam or daging.\nAny recommendations?"], ["<image>\nWhere in KL is this? i need help locating this claw machine. I have a claw machine addict friend and i want to bring her here to play some. saw this pic on a somone's ig highlight n i asked but he didn't bother to respond to it. Someone please help in locating this claw machine. TIA", "Probably inside Dior boutique since there\u2019s a rack of clothes in the picture"], ["My holiday is coming to an end soon. Here\u2019s the most iconic moment of my trip\n<image>\n:26558:", "r/berak approved", "I\u2019m honoured", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/Berak using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Berak berkumpulan\n#2: Hello guys | 0 comments\n#3: Can I post softcore porn here?\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["There's gonna be a 2 page spread in next week's One Piece showing the most epic punch in 25 years. I can feel it."], ["Morning everyone, I'm planning to visit Redang end of April after Raya, have done some research & still have some questions that I'm not sure of, please help me. Thank you in advance!\nAs a tourist, should I just take connecting flight from KL to Redang for less hassle or is worth it to take overnight bus & then ride a boat?\nWhat kind of hotel(budget or mid level) can I get if my daily budget for accomodation are RM 400-450? Will 3D2N be enough to see most of Redang?\nAny must-try food & activities to do there?", "My take:\nFly from KL to Redang (MAS has cheap flights - around RM250 return). From the airport - either take a Grab ride to the jetty or contact the resort you'll be staying with and arrange a shuttle service.\nHotels/resorts - for you to search on Agoda. If you're not doing scuba diving, then 3D2N is enough. If you're also doing scuba diving then a minimum of 4D3N.\nActivities - snorkelling, island hopping, or if you have more days and if its your thing - PADI open water certification", "Easiest and second cheapest is to take a flight to Kuala Terengganu and then a taxi to the jetty. 3D2N is more than enough. There's not much to do other than the beach or go on a snorkeling trip. There's short hikes you can do as well. That's about it."], ["Any affordable and good tailor to go around in PJ? I'm looking to alter my jeans that are too baggy on the leg fitting.\nI've previously been JUNGLE Bespoke in SS2 but they are too pricey for a miniscule workmanship."], ["Hello there, I have a question regarding euthanasia of dog. I have one 12 years old kampung dog that i take care and the dog still eating and active. This few weeks i have been noticing a little blood on his penis and poop. I want to bring him to the vet but this dog are a bit aggressive and bills might be expensive. I heard that sometimes vet would just suggest euthanasia to relieve the dog from pain. Would the vet suggest euthanasia to a dog that still doing his activities well?", "When the time comes, take heart that all good boys go to heaven\nAh, if only they live longer", "Pts would be the last option if the dog is really suffering ie from distemper or cancer .If your dog is still functioning well without organ failure then it is not advisable bcos 12 years is really a long and fulfiling life . Just let it live to its full natural life which is not be long now."], ["I had it. I threw in the towel.\nI got my interview done and the new company accepted me and I will start early next month, writing up my resignation letter now.\nAll i can say is this soon-to-be ex-boss is hard to work with. He lacks awareness, he is inconsiderate about site safety, he refuse to listen to advises and suggestions and all he can think of is money, money and cutting corners at the expense of others.\nNow no one wants to work with him, or pick up his phone, every big promises he made are now just empty husk. The funniest part is even loan sharks are scared to loan money to him.\nFor whole year I busted my ass and sweated under the sun to keep the company afloat, only for him to siphoned most of it to pay his debt. All that promise of promotion for me is for naught.\nAnd he dares to ask why life is so unfair, fucking hell that lack of self awareness.\nI am done with a prisoner in my own house in order to save money, and the straw that broke the camel's back was asking my father to lend me some money to pay my annual medical insurance for first time in my working life !\nFuck you ex-boss."], ["Mempertahankan negara"], ["Help.\nMy little nephew was bitten by the neighbour's dog, a german shepherd. He got facial injuries and is now in hospital.\nWhat can we do to make the owner responsible Police report?", "was your kid bitten in your compound, common area or inside his compound? if he wasn\u2019t trespassing just make a police report.", "Common area i guess. Happened just outside the gate. My nephew was playing outside with Grandpa.", "Report his ass to the police then! Any responsible owner would have owned up and taken action should his or her dog maul an innocent kid, so feel free to give him some \u2018encouragement\u2019 otherwise.", "Yes, police report. This is a case of harm caused by negligence.\nIs your nephew seeing a normal surgeon or a plastic surgeon? Facial wounds are better treated by plastic surgeons.", "Not that severe. Bite marks with hole at his ear and his cheek. But damn sure will trauma my nephew", "\"not that severe\"\nproceeds to mention bite marks with hole", "Police report, cable, and viral."], ["Yesterday my hugs loving Uncle and Aunty came to visit, luckily they didn't hug me due to COVID case, If not, I will end up crying there and then, 30 y/o man crying face maybe not the best thing to look at\nAnd today I broke my vow\nA vow that I will never abandon a cat....\nI'm sending the cat, mother of 6 kitten, ( 1 missing before I adopted the mother, 1 was adopted by me but suddenly died, few week after I adopted that 1 she give birth to another 4 kitten but 3 died because she hissing at em, refused to came back now left with just 1 malnourished kitten) there also the Oyen name Sharky (he bites me a lot when I adopt him at my workplace) that always stick with her, also died\nSo my dad and I decided to sent he to the wet market\nI lost 5 cat in a month\nI ended up smoking again after 3 years free from it\nI hate this year\nI hate myself"], ["Hi nyets, anyone know if government clinic in PJ open on new year (Jan 1st)?", "i think govt clinics are open daily", "Alright then. Thanks for the info!"], ["im too afraid to ask but how do i use washing machine?", "Just google ler\u2026\u2026", "dump your clothes in it\nput detergent into the detergent compartment or over the pile of clothes (for older machines that don't have a detergent compartment)\nfind the correct button to start washing\npray that your clothes don't come out a total mess", "No straight-forward answer. Generally you load your clothes into it, choose the correct water level and speed, and do NOT put too much detergent.", "Put your laundry inside the machine. Put detergent at the detergent compartment.\nPush ON, Push Start", "Alternatively, can ask yuiop to come to one's house and wash the laundry", "Put detergent at the detergent compartment\nExcept laundry pods, those go straight in with the clothes. Add softener, sanitizer, fragrance, etc into the detergent compartment if desired.", "which and what type? at home? what model, top load or front load, washer/spinner combo or separate, show us a pic or model number\nor the landromat washing machines? all slightly different procedures", "this one https://d1pjg4o0tbonat.cloudfront.net/content/dam/toshiba-aem/africa/laundry/top-load-washer/toshiba-top-load-washer-10kg-aw-duj1100/gallery1.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.5000.5000.jpeg", "i always just use the basic default setting. if your clothes is not that dirty (just sweat) normal washing will do. once you turn it on, it's usually on the default regular setting, put in your clothes, put in laundry detergent (usually one bottle cup or the recommended amount), close the top, and press start. that's it. i usually don't use the other settings", "Right. Doesn't look like there's an online manual for this model. closest thing to a spec\nsimplest way to use this based on other manuals, because it has fuzzy logic would be to put in your clothes and detergent and press start. It will decide how much water is needed by itself, and run itself to completion. that should do it for almost all regular clothes.\nyou can change WATER FLOW, SUPER SPIN DRY, WATER LEVEL, and COURSE before you press start.\nLike if you are washing a floor rug that was last washed last year, put water flow to strong and course to blanket. or a bunch of soft scarves, put water flow to gentle and course to delicate. If the weather has been rainy and very wet and you are hanging up your clothes to dry, setting super spin dry to 90 might be worth it."], ["I think one of the reasons I keep cringeing over my past is that my present time is not fun. So my brain is revisiting old memories to find fun memories, only to find cringe memories. Gosh darn brain, pls stop, just let me do my laundry and cook my rice.\nI don't think I will stop being cringe because the main source of my cringe behavior is my mental issues. I will have it for the rest of my life. All i can do is try to minimize the symptoms and effects on other people.\nUnrelated, but gosh darn it Gen Z adults are so hecking adorable with their curls. Men, take care of your hair. Hair to men is like makeup to women.", "Unrelated, but gosh darn it Gen Z adults are so hecking adorable with their curls.\nThat new Percy Jackson series gonna make curls so trendy", "new Percy Jackson\nThe main character's actor is born in 2009. \ud83d\ude2d Now I feel old.", "We are on the same boat, ChubbyTrain. I would like to think that I am improving as a person, though, which is why I am now not looking at my past so fondly.", "I hope this makes you feel better but in a way, it's good that you're cringing at old memories. It just means that you're growing as a person. Wouldn't it be much better to find the old things you did cringy and not repeat it in the future? It's good. You're doing good :)", "Thank you for the optimism. It would be like that if I am an unproblematic person, which I am not. I usually repeat bad / insane actions even though I have regretted it before. At least now I try to not affect other people. \ud83d\ude2c\nAnyway, I think curly hair boys and girls look nice. UwU"]]}
{"title": "Internships as a first year uni student", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s7av8/internships_as_a_first_year_uni_student/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Hi, Im a first year comp sci student at a public uni in KL.\nI've been thinking, since I'll probably rot at home for the summer holidays, I was wondering if I am able to apply for tech internships so that i can fill my sem break with something beneficial.\nWhoever is in HR/has done internships outside of the mandatory ones before please let me know, thanks! And pls let me know what I need to beef up my resume so that I can prepare in the meantime\nTLDR; Asking if tech internships are possible for a first year", "comments": [["Yes but in my experience it would lack the necessary skill for a mature company. I would guess a smaller role in a non paid position if you can afford it would be a good option."], ["Just curious why intern at first year student , quite bold move, are u competing to be the first student graduate from your batch ?\nOf course there are no wrong but remember at the end of the day is your uni provide the approval of internship. Intern at first year seem risky due to immature knowledge but hey if u are the prodigy then try your luck.", "no im gonna do my mandatory internship in my third year regardless. This one is just a thing I want to do to fill my time and to make my resume look nicer. Other suggestions would be welcomed as well"], ["I won\u2019t even read the CV from a first year intern. Unless you want to work for free, doing mundane tasks around the office.", "how would you suggest I do during the holidays then? Since you're in HR (assuming from your comment), maybe a suggestion that could buff up my resume. Thanks!", "Like some one said here. Spend the time building a project and post on GitHub."], ["There is no reason to hire students with nothing on their resume. Suggest you learn technologies and build projects"], ["Wouldn't really recommend, your first year does not really equip you with enough skills and knowledge that may entice potential employers. Imo spend your breaks by doing personal projects or if you have joined a club, then club projects. These will go a long way to not only make your resume/CV look nicer but you'll probably gain additional skills that you would not normally learn through standard uni subjects."]]}
{"title": "It\u2019s started, Happy New Year everyone", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vaqnl/its_started_happy_new_year_everyone/", "num_comment": 71, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Fuck lah KNN give me back GST!!!! Stress max seeing getting taxed here and there", "I'll grab popcorn when Madanon reintroduces GST while demonizing bossku and Formula boy grabs his bald head saying it's a good thing under Madanon :26554::26554::26554:", "Anything as long as I\u2019m not paying 10% for imported stuff since it\u2019s GST. Inb4 10% GST", "10% GST? That puts us inline with our neighbours.\nThailand has a 10% VAT, Indonesia has 11%. Singapore has theirs set at 8%. Meanwhile we have to pay several different taxes because (frankly) scrapping GST is a rather boneheaded populist move.\nMeanwhile, ours was set at 6% and tu pun dah bising.", "Singapore GST now 9% already", "Oh it just happened apparently, takes effect today. Wiki hasn't been updated yet.", "exactly \ud83d\ude02", "Yeah seeing how others are now at 10+/-,\nNot surprised if GST is reintroduced but at 10% lmao", "I saw a tony pua podcast saying 6% is regressive since the cost for small owners to collect the tax is close to the tax collected, it should be more than 6% to be sustainable, but our salary cant cope with that.. And the work for checking and refund process to business owners is extremely demanding and cant be process fast enough. The sudden stop and six month tax free also destroy the government finance.\nShould just suck it up and stay with it but deep inside i think he knows it is a must for populist move.", "No no don't say like that, you'll be tagged as Walaun if you say like that!"], ["Kind of hard to know what is the rate. Shopee doesnt display it. Or is it the displayed price readily inflated by the lvg tax.", "10%", "Yeah just check and the displayed price of all oversea item is already added with the 10% tax.", "is that really how is works? i was fiddling around in shopee last night too and couldnt understand why the LVG amount wasnt displayed even for overseas items at checkout\nnow it makes sense why the listed prices are not rounded off. would still be nice if they could give a breakdown though", "The other day bought a motherboard for rm69, today I checked the price rm75.9, the tax is added to the product in homepage alr", "i just checked out some kpop albums too. prices were RM9X.XX a day or two ago, now its all RM1XX.XX lmao", "If I knew this would happen would have bought all the things I needed earlier :(", "Same. I knew the tax was coming but didn't expect it to be this bad, thought it was a select few things and they will only list the tax at checkout rather than listing it outright everywhere.\nKinda sucks cause there's quite alot of things that can only be obtained from overseas, not to say there's a local alternative to it (like my kpop albums sigh)"], ["Its doesn't matter what kind tax\nOur business man\nGst? Fuck yes , raise price!\nSst ? Fuck yes , raise price!\nLower tax? Fuck yes , raise price!\nCost lowered? SORRY I CAN'T READ"], ["ABC, GST.", "Why does Madani act like this :26559:"], ["Is there product list on low value goods? Or how is it defined?", "Basically anything purchased online from overseas RM500 and below per item (not per order) excluding tobacco, liquour, and/or cigarettes. There are other conditions you can read up on sites like this", "Even from china? Because usually china item the cheapest", "yes especially from china,95% of the stuff sold online are from china that is their main target to tax those import cheap stuff from china.", "Good thing I bought a book online which is below RM500 that was shipped overseas before it was imposed", "Non low value goods already have tax. Basically everything is taxed, no more exceptions."], ["The thing is, this tax affect local sellers too. All my cart items just got the prices raised for no reason. Local sellers will also raise their price arguably because they bought their items from overseas.", "Domino effect \u2026.. when gov implemented something that does really go on check \u2026. you see seller rubbing their bird hand together and said it is time for profit \u2026..", "If items are imported and sold, they would already be taxed 10% duty and SST. I don\u2019t know which idiot seller would only import 2 items and keep it \u201clow valued\u201d just to save a few bucks. Nothing should be changed.\nWhat you\u2019re seeing are sellers just increasing price and blame it on LVG because consumers like you are ignorant to how LVG works.", "I don\u2019t know which idiot seller would only import 2 items and keep it \u201clow valued\u201d just to save a few bucks.\nThe tax are calculated based on unit price, not bulk price. Even if you buy 6 unit of Rm100 item you\u2019ll still be taxed 10% for each item.", "Doesn\u2019t matter.\nNo supplier in this world will give you a deal without a sizeable MOQ to begin with.", "10% of RM100 * 6 is the same as 10% of RM600 tho", "Well yes, my point is as long as the item falls under LVG, it\u2019ll be taxed regardless of cumulative amount when you buy in bulk. That example is for clarity to complement the point.", "Wrong reason. Its because they no longer need to compete with lower oversea price, and because there is no need to offer needless discount, just raise the price match. Consumer would pick local anyway for faster shipping."], ["PHcai: More tax is good for the country, and it's only affect oversea item.\nLocal seller: Silently jacked up the price too.\nPHcai: pikachu face"], [""], ["Shoot. Forgot about this."], ["Sonofabitch"], ["I checked, i think even though shopee states that, but I think their system has yet been updated which shop need to be taxed. From what I understand, only shops with 500k sales, not sure anually or monthly that is taxed. Small shops are not affected.\nSo, in theory, only big official stores are affected. But I had checked like huawei official store, price of its product remains the same. Even at checkout, no tax is added.\nLazada also same.\nSo, I think in the mean time, the taxes are not yet applied in shopee and also lazada.\nOr they count 500k sales annually in that specific platform only then applicable to be taxed. Maybe Huawei official store dont reach that amount, so not taxed. I only track a few stores but all that i tracked are not taxed. If anyone have tracked some other products from other big stores that may have 500k above sales can try check. \ud83e\udd14", "Nope i checked and all the small shops oversea items also have pre applied 10%, what you see price already included with the tax. The 500k sales means they SHOULD register with LHDN for this tax(not sure for what), but regardless of sales, their item will still get tax. I saved a lot of china items before and the raised price fits the 10% amount.", "Not just LHDN, Kastam Malaysia too.. companies gotta register with Kastam", "Thank you yeah i actually meant the customs", "Big official stores like the ones you mentioned already have their items taxed since day 1. Moreover they are more than the LVG threshold of RM500.\nNothing changes for big stores, only small store peddler would get a price hike."], ["Thank you madanon", "Need madanon version of this gif"], ["Ah AliExpress has put on the 10% tax too \ud83d\ude2d"], ["How much %?", "Holy hell", "New tax just dropped.", "Actual audit", "10% below 500, 30% above 500, that 30% not mention because its old rate and thus can use excuse \"we only add 10% tax on item below 500 to protect local brick and mortar traders\":26554:"], ["Looking at the comments, I feel a little relief after binging overseas items last night at the very last minute\nMeanwhile, I am targeting a cheap laptop from a local seller, which I saw suddenly today jacked up price more than 20% than yesterday, like WTF?", "I did just that but couldn\u2019t finish buying everything \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["Tax the poor eh, we should start uprising"], ["Man,there goes my hope of buying a new phone.", "A new phone is not a low value good below rm 500", "Unless the new phone is under RM500, it doesn't count."], ["What website is that ?", "Shopee"], ["How much?"], ["this is for the item from outside only right? pls be right"], ["So what are defined as LVGs? Do they provide that information to us or are we supposed to do our own homework?", "Any item that\u2019s below RM500, except for tobacco, alcohol I think"], ["How is all this going to affect my gunpla shopping?", "If it's local retailers, probably the prices will go up la, depending on how Litt Tak (Malaysia's Bandai distributor) alters their wholesale pricing."], ["Can explain? What it is?"], ["I knew this time would come so I borong lots of computer stuffs from china hahahha"], ["New year , new me , new price tag"]]}
{"title": "Help needed for Accommodation!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s5urh/help_needed_for_accommodation/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello \ud83d\udc4b\nI have accepted a job opportunity in Malaysia and will be shifting to KL in early feb. I have been on the lookout for a rented apartment for myself. I will be staying alone. My office is in Bukit Bintang. What are the possible areas I can explore for an apartment? Easy commute to office is an important factor for me. I am not looking for something lavish. Simple and comfortable will do.\nAny inputs on the rent expectations and other factors I might need to consider are welcome.\nI have checked out propertyguru but I think local advise can be really helpful.\nThanks in advance for your help.", "comments": [["An area called Bukit Ceylon springs immediately to mind as it is walking distance to Bukit Bintang and there are many dining/entertainment options in the immediate vicinity. However, a prime location like this comes at a price, with most apartments going for RM3,000 per month or more.\nYou might halve your rental if you go to a more local neighbourhood like Cheras, but you'll lose that walkability.\nI'd look at stations on the \"MRT Kajang Line\" and search for apartments near stations on this line, since you'll likely be taking it a lot if you're working in Bukit Bintang.", "Thanks a lot for your response! I will surely check these options out. My budget is around RM1500.\nWhat are some good resources to search for apartments? I am currently looking at Facebook groups and propertyguru.", "Try iProperty as well. Personally, I\u2019d get short-term accommodation in a hotel or serviced apartment for 2 weeks to a month to give myself time to pound the pavement and find something that really suits my needs. I\u2019ve always found it most effective to walk up to the guardhouse and asking the security guards if they have a contact number for a reliable agent. They normally have one or two.", "Thanks for your advice. Yes my employer is offering me 2 weeks of stay as relocation support. I have plans to utilize this as well as possible."], ["I know it\u2019s a little far but the place has come a long way. Tropicana Gardens is a set of apartments connected directly to the Surian MRT which will take you directly to Bukit Bintang, you\u2019ll come out at the H&M of Lot 10.\nThe apartments itself can go from anything between RM1000 to 3000 and I used to live in a nice two bedroom for RM1500. You\u2019ll even have nice swimming pools, fully equipped gyms and nearby eateries along with a mall and groceries just below.\nEDIT: it was RM2300 for a studio but it was pretty spacious. I\u2019m not good with numbers so I had to check with my wife. Check on iproperty and you can absolute find places all for yourself :)", "Thanks a lot for your response. I have a budget around RM 1500. Did you get the entire apartment for RM1500?", "Hey I just spoke to another friend and you should absolutely check out Mutiara Damansara too, it\u2019s linked to another mrt which should take you to bukit bintang no problem. And maybe Damansara Perdana (metropolitan square) however it\u2019s much further from the station and the rest of our public transport system leaves much to be desired."], ["Good luck to you!\nI do not want to hijack the thread, just wondering if anyone can suggest a good area for me also. My office will be west of Mid Valley City, close to the highway. Thank you.", "Thanks and all the best to you too.\nWhat resources are you looking out in search for accommodation? It would be great if you could share. I'm trying out Facebook groups and property guru.", "Apart from property guru, I am often looking on https://www.iproperty.com.my/\nBut my plan will be to stay at an AirBNB for a month, and during this time I will look for a more robust accommodation."]]}
{"title": "Fellow Malaysians, is this true", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s4uim/fellow_malaysians_is_this_true/", "num_comment": 84, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Id take it as grain of salt. Its not easy to pull out statistic like this.", "Every phone records your screen on time, Google and Apple knows exactly how much you've spent staring your screen.", "Sure Google or Apple could/might know, but those information are still private information. There is no way this statistics page is using that information you were referring to.\nThey probably used some sampled data or with their own methodology that may or may not reflect the real life usage of everyone in the entire world.", "Lol, you still think that with smartphones we have privacy?", "No need to go so far, TikTok also knows how long you spend on your phone. The chart could be built off those data or some ad manager program.", "Tiktok even knows what app you install, all of your file names, and your keystroks, bruh. Source: their T&C that you didn't read before accepting...", "Phew thank goodness I don't have TT installed", "Google sell those kind of data you know. Apple not sure.", "Yeah, I don\u2019t know. Source? You didn\u2019t just pull it out of your ass did you?", "Source: trustmebro.", "There are no reason why company cannot sell those info, if those data already aggregated. Means, no one actually able to pinpoint that it is actually belong to specific users which might breach their privacy.\nAs long as they can analyzed it, and share the trends and average data, I dont think there will be issues?", "I agree that this data, when aggregated, is most likely not a privacy issue and companies should be fine sharing the data. But whether Google or Apple sells those info is purely speculation", "It's the opposite, Google actively buy these data for their own use.\nStop making shit up to sounds cool and edgy.", "Yes, but that\u2019s not a medical diagnosis of addiction. It\u2019s an assumption."], ["<image>"], ["I thought pretty much all of Asia would figure at the top. Surprising results. I wonder what the criterias are."], ["But it's so obvious though. Just watch Malaysians sit down at a restaurant and see the first thing they do. Grab their phones. No wonder we have social anxieties.\n*Continues scrolling on Reddit", "I mean... Replace \"malaysians\" with \"people\" and its still completely valid", "I'm in Japan and I've seen very different behavior when people sitting in restaurant with other people no one will ever pull out their phone. It's basic manner.", "I'm in Ireland and this behavior is present. I really wouldn't use japan as an example for the rest of the world ngl", "Have you seen Japanese people in train stations though? In the trains, not a single head is up, absolutely everyone is focused on their phones. Even as they walk around in stations, they walk while looking at their phones.", "Yeah definitely not denying that. Also what I do daily in my commute. I just liked the idea that Japanese never pull out their phone when in the sitting table with other people as it\u2019s quite rude.", "3 decades ago, those phones were magazines and newspaper. Nothing new.", "It's gonna be socially awkward if I grab my ball instead. At least nobody notice since most of them on their phone \ud83d\ude02", "yea even kids nowaday too... the only way for parents to keep them shut up in a restaurant/public places is to shove them phone. Its an eyesore for me for sure but it works... its either that or Ill have to endure their screams. Gosh I hate kids", "between their screams and noises? I'll take that anytime over a phone that's blasting youtube kids videos at 100% volume", "youtube videos and games... cancerous. My cousins are like this whenever we had family gathering. Its either their annoying loud screams or the sound of their cringe youtube videos and games. Miss the old good times where we were indulged with books. My mother in particular is very strict when it comes to giving out phone to her kids. She is a busy working mother but still can manages her sons properly. I dont get what was on parents' minds when they hand out phones. I was forbidden from ever touching someone elses phone to play game. She still does the same with my little brother, he is about to enter secondary school next year and he wasnt given a personal phone. He will communicate with his friends through my moms phone/weekend (theres a time slot where he can use laptop, also since my mom is a teacher in the same school, it helps to disseminate important info quicker to him) and he indulges himself with comics and english action novels on his spare time. We dont have astro either, we do have netflix etc but rarely even use our tv. Of course he got himself movie slot every weekend, but game is still strictly prohibited for him"], ["kinda. with parents pacifying children with phones nowadays....."], ["1 when.\nOn a side note, statistics like these usually have very low sample size, so I would take it with a grain of salt."], ["Seems like NST reported about it a month ago.\nWhile the pic is not accurate, there\u2019s some truth to it considering Malaysians\u2019 social media engagement is kinda high"], ["Where the hell is America?", "I went to the U.S. last July and was shocked that people were not staring at their phones much.", "Which part? I've not been to the US but I always hear celebrities (mostly stand-ups) complaining about this like it's an epidemic consuming everyone.\nPersonally I find China at the top believable. Other than using their phones for everything that requires payment, they're constantly staring at their phones while walking or standing. They can miss their lift stop, walk into the wrong lift (going the other direction up/down than intended), or walk into wrong path turns.\nMore surprised that India and Indonesia are not in there given the population.", "Why does population matter at all?", "I was in CO and NM."], ["bro I've seen people play full on games while speeding at 100km/h", "Fuck those guys", "Lol what are they playing? That\u2019s crazy", "clash of clans\ud83d\udc80", "or people scrolling on Instagram while driving. People have too little attention span nowadays, they can't even do any mundane tasks without requiring stimulation", "I pity these guy."], ["These stats tell a different story:\n<image>\nSource: https://www.pcmag.com/news/which-countries-spend-the-most-waking-hours-in-front-of-screens"], ["I would say South Korea is higher than MY but MY is still top 5.\nSource; I worked in Seoul and Busan for several years."], ["We held the record for highest amount of socmed usage back then, what do you think?"], ["That sounds bull"], ["Where tf is Philippines and Indonesia"], ["Philippines should be top 10"], ["I do. I snort them."], ["Take my opinion with a grain of salt. Been living in Europe for a year now, I noticed the ppl here glue to their phone waaaaay less than I see in Malaysia.\nPpl just listen to music or simply just sit still/looking at scenery during commute in public transport. Ppl converse and communicate in restaurants while waiting for food. Very few ppl walk while looking at their phone."], ["People here can trust pornhub search for malaysian user but have trust issue on this that you need to verify here? Lmao"], ["Source: his ass"], ["I\u2019m scrolling Reddit, yes"], ["The whole world is addicted la."], ["wthell wif that league\nthose r rookie number,gotta step up games fella msian"], ["I admit i one of the contributor..."], ["Sorry guys I\u2019m prob a huge contributor\ud83e\udd1f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude14"], ["Yes, have to keep contact with our skandles \ud83e\udd23"], ["this looks like macam jenis budak mak kau hijau yang buat je"], ["World of statistics twitter uses very arguable sources for their statistics, so take it with a grain of salt."], ["Yes.\nSource : I made it the fuck up"], ["Kita mesti bangga dengan pencapaian kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia. Malaysia Boleh! \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udcf1\ud83e\udd49\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe"], ["Yes."], ["Penafian"], ["Omg we beat south korea?"], ["Literally me"], ["I agree 100%. Malaysian like to use their phone most of the time, even while driving & riding. Heck government also encourage them by give more leniency on enforcement by no need to attend court anymore only compound offence."], ["1\u3002Malaysia"], ["Considering where we are. Definitely."], ["Well I'm getting a business idea \ud83d\udca1"], ["Philippines should be number 1 or top 3 instead of us. Any online games I play, the Filipinos are online 24/7, they DON\u2019T SLEEP."], ["Maybe those with less smartphone addiction countries have a lot of beautiful ladies to look at instead of looking down at their phone 24/7 in public. \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "LMAO no more smartphone addiction when got amoi to look at"], ["Would not be surprising considering how my circle of my friends in the late 20s treat IG as their personal diary and put every single thing on it."], ["Fake list. Israel is not a country."]]}
{"title": "How safe is the Putrajaya MRT line at 9PM+ for a woman commuting alone?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s2t2w/how_safe_is_the_putrajaya_mrt_line_at_9pm_for_a/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Is it as crowded and safe as LRT KJ line and MRT Kajang line? I'm a bit worried that the train and stations will be quite empty and might be a bit dangerous if I'm commuting alone late at night. Sorry if this is a silly question but I'm just genuinely curious, thank you.\nEdit: Just want to add on that I am planning to move somewhere along the Putrajaya MRT line next year and I'm just worried if incase I need to work overtime at office and come home late.", "comments": [["", "Hmm, fair. I forgot to add on that I'm more looking into the train occupancy during regular working days hahah.\nIt's true about commutting late at KJ line. Sometimes at 11pm it's alr quite quiet but I guess since I usually stop at an interchange station, I've never really been in the train until it's empty. It's more of the train station itself cause it's dark and quiet but yeah seeing the personal at the station comforts me!"], ["Depends. It will mostly be empty if you\u2019re south of KL and heading northbound. I still see plenty of people if you travel southbound."], ["As far as i know it's most prob gonna be mostly empty"], ["I don\u2019t have experience for the putrajaya line specifically, but I personally find commuting at night pretty safe. Personally the trains and station is fine, there\u2019s usually at least one staff member there. It\u2019s only when going downstairs to ground floor that might feel a bit sketch at some stations. Usually the stations that stop at business shoplots are quiet past 10pm. Residential stops are okay, and 9pm isn\u2019t honestly very late on a weekday."], ["I think it depends which mrt pj stop, if there\u2019s a connection in the station like TRX then there\u2019s going to be people. I always take the mrt pj line any by 8pm its usually kind of empty but that\u2019s cause my stop is further away no connection. But overall Kajang line is always more fuller like sardines compared to pj line, pj line can be packed during going to office hours but not as in my experience. Cause I have to take both and kj line to work"], ["I feel like it is safer than riding Grab or taxi alone at that hour"], ["i often see women alone at night leaving the station after 9pm at some lesser traffic stations. i would say if it's not a frequent thing that someone can see a pattern, it would be fine."], ["I take this line at night (9-10pm) frequent enough. The stations I been to are always brightly lit. My last mile is always Grab and I find the bus station close enough to escalators if I need an immediate exit. Bus stations are also shaded and usually long enough to see anything approaching from far away."]]}
{"title": "First time all these political parties and NGOs come together", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s2qaa/first_time_all_these_political_parties_and_ngos/", "num_comment": 186, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Mana Aman Palestin ni...\nSelagi duit disekat, tak boleh bayar tambang ke piket."], ["I dont think anyone in malaysia dares to go against it.", "Hadi would have lost his Kelantan and Terengganu if he would ever dare to give it a try I bet... Just show how powerful this topic is~", "Laughs in GRS,GPS", "GRS has always been pro Islamic however borneon Islam is quite different to west Malaysia Islam.\nThe majority of GRS voters are Muslims and have always strived for better representation (complicated history blah blah) and the fact the state majority voter is Muslim makes them more or less more Islamic in policy.", "Legacy of Tun M's project IC to make Sabah muslim majority", "It\u2019s more of a myth really.\nA lot of people also converted.\nMy orang asal \u201ckampung\u201d which is a couple thousand has always been Muslim tho some others have fully became Muslim since joining Malaysia.\nThere is a lot of factor, I hope you understand Sabah has a more unique community of orang asal which is split among Muslims (now majority) and animist and Christian\u2019s.\nNorth Borneo in general has had a more unique intermix of faiths and cultures due to its proximity and ownerships etc.", "Why you need to laugh and go against,it supporting people from siege and occupation?", "Egypt and Jordan occupied Gaza and west bank for 20 years. No one cried \"occupation\". In your opinion why is that?", "From the way I see it, it's gonna sound harsh when I say this:\n\"Muslim must support Muslim no matter what and regardless if it's good or evil. Muslim country get invade by foreign country, support Muslim defender. Muslim country invade foreign country, support Muslim invaders.\"", "Maybe there are factors that made some of you lot think that way. But you're dead wrong. You think we rejoice when Osama Bin Laden attack the Towers back then? Maybe some of us do. But don't stereotype all Muslims as one way or another. Give us some credit lah. You think we are happy with how Saudi Arabia conduct themselves in the world stage? No. But that's a different discussion all together. What's is perplexing is how we have to defend ourselves for supporting Palestine in this subreddit. Every time. Not discussing the issue, no. Just the usual \"Malaysian Muslims are biased because there are anti jew\" Again I'm repeating myself from earlier comments, if you don't care about the issue, ignore us. Go ahead play your video games or what not.", "If the Palestinian are against it and see it as occupation then it is also an occupation.\nThat my opinion on it.", "Stand around, chant and pray while causing traffic. Yes, that does help the Palestinians.", "As they should, absolutely everyone with even a bit of conscience should be against the massively oppressive, child-killing zionist entity regardless of political standing.\nIm glad this issue actually unites the parties from the left & right of the political spectrum in Malaysia.\nBut of course a select few vocal Malaysians (only dare to do it behind a screen tho), or rather the Israel Hasbara team masking as Malaysians would be edgy and actually support Israel and be against Palestine.\nAtau memang dibesarkan pentingkan diri & tak ada empati kot.", "Or perhaps some actually see things with a critical eye free of religious or other perceived bias? I honestly doubt there\u2019s many Malaysians who are supportive of Israel\u2019s current atrocities but there\u2019s many who question the fairly one sided narrative that\u2019s prevalent here.\nFor me personally, it\u2019s somewhat difficult to be supportive of either Hamas or Israel since the stated goals of both are the absolute destruction of the other side and both have shown little or no regard for the lives of the civilians caught in between their conflict. It also irks me no end that our leaders have reiterated their support for the former as opposed to a more general stance of supporting Palestinians and opposing the current violence perpetrated by Israel.\nAlso good job belittling those who do not agree with your views. Very objective that.", "Free from perceived bias? Im going to call bs to that.\nIf the conflict is viewed from an objective & impartial lense, it is still quite obvious which one you should support. As said by the ex prime minister of Israel himself, \"If the media is objective & shows both sides, they serve Hamas - Yair Lapid\".\nThe numbers don't lie, more than 20,000 civilians, around half are children are now dead in Gaza within less than 2 months. The lost of civilian life is even greater for this 2 months than since the escalation of war in Ukraine that has been going on for almost 2 years now.\nIsrael is indiscriminate in its measure. Killing muslims & christians alike. Christians were sniped by Israelis solider at the church in Gaza while going to the toilet. Even Pople Francis condemns Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza, describing it as terrorism.\nHamas in its updated charter of 2017 has shown support for a 2 state solution, they are not against the Jew but rather the Zionist. Im not their spokeperson nor do I claim they are saint, but it's important to get the facts right.\nYou told me what irks you. You know what irks me? \"Malaysian\" redditors trying to push their bias pro-zionist stance as \"neutral\" and keep trying to use whataboutism in attempt to demean the support received by the Palestinian.", "Did a lot of reading so Allow me to push back a little.\nDo the Palestinians have a violent history? Hijacked planes? Overthrow govts?\nDo you know what is the Arab league resolution 1457? It's an agreement that no Arab state should take the Palestinians in. Why is that?\nName one war where civilians don't die? When Germany bombed Briton, 70k civilians died. Nagasaki, Hiroshima , hundreds of thousands died and many died later from disease. Dresden, city in Germany. Under allied forces 25-30k and some estimate 250k. Can this be avoided? Yes. Don't start a war. If you do, don't brutalize women and children. If you do, don't hide among your own population knowing the enemy will retaliate. If you do that it means you don't care abt your own people which we know today.\nBad things can happen anywhere. Does Malaysia discriminate? If true Israel discriminates how can there be 1.6 million Arabs living and serving the idf, the Knesset , as judge etc. Arabic itself is an official language. More Christians in Israel than all of middle east.\nWhether hamas has updated the manifesto it's irrelevant. I found a long list of speeches of calling for the death of all Israel going back many years. There are even recent ones. On the national TV (palwatch.org) you can watch so many examples. And then there is threat from Hezbollah, Palestine islamic jihad, houthis, Iran etc.\nYahya sinwar suffered from a brain tumour. Cured by Israeli doctors in Israeli hospitals using their tax payers money. They also treat Palestinian children and offer work permits to some 35k Gazans who get paid 6 times more than the average Gazans.\nEgypt and Jordan occupied Gaza and west bank for twenty years. Why were there no calls to liberate Palestine? How is it that these two countries were able to make peace with Israel?\nSome say there is hypocrisy because many atrocities have been inflicted towards the Yemenis, yazidis, Syrians by the hundreds and thousands but no one cried freedom for them. Currently the Turkish army is brutalising the Kurdish people, 1.4 million afghans being ethnically cleansed from Pakistan. Why no outrage ?\nWhat have they even achieved after all that? Imo, absolutely nothing. It's like what the prince of bahrain advised, do what the Indians did. Despite being murdered by millions and trillions stolen by the Brits, fight peacefully.", "See there we go again, accusing everyone of being pro zionist. The you are either with us or against us mentality. Is it really that difficult to understand that one can be not supportive of the war, non supportive of the action taken by the Israeli government, non supportive of Hamas but still be sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians?", "Then why you're here talking and trying to ask people not picking sides? We want zionishit to stop attacking kids. You want to shoot soldiers, fine, that's why they're at war. But israel keep attacking civilians and you ask people that already seen enough no to pick sides? You either shortsighted or just want people to silently support the Israeli and usa.", "What are you even talking about? You are putting your words in my mouth.\nMy only problem is with the pro-zionist people, who are not only unsympathethic to the Palestinian people but are staunchly pro-zionist and actually support the eradication of the Palestinian either actively or passively.\nThese people lingers around spouting Zionist Hasbara talking points and whataboutism. They are allergic to pro-palestinian post, and would comment negatively on it. A mere look on their profile, you'll find that they are active in pro-zionist & islamophobic sub.\nPeople like these also claim to be \"neutral\".\nIs it really that difficult to understand that one can be not supportive of the war, non supportive of the action taken by the Israeli government, non supportive of Hamas but still be sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians?\nI have absolutely no problem with the people within this category & I appreciate them for standing with Palestine.", "Critical eye of what? Children in gaza are dying everyday. How many glasses you need", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "If Malaysia frames it as a religious conflict that\u2019s our country\u2019s problem and shallowness, but please remember that Palestinian Christians are being killed by the same bombs launched by Israel. That \u201cstate\u201d didn\u2019t even spare Bethlehem for Christmas. Christmas celebrations were cancelled in Palestine in favour of prayer and mourning for those killed in the genocide. I really can\u2019t take people who equate a resistance group to an army funded and backed by one of the world\u2019s superpowers seriously. What people think is being \u201cobjective, impartial and rational\u201d here is actually just indifference, apathy and callousness tbh\n(Rejigged the comment because even tho I hate being tone policed I need some people to get this in their minds)"], ["So uhh this rally is kepung around the US Embassy? Why the US Embassy specifically?", "No Israel Embassy, or there is but no one know where it is. Plus, US is seen as Israel benefactor/lap dog/ally/territory.\nProtesting near the US embassy is the closest to protesting near Israeli ground IG.\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Right, I forget about that part.", "maybe because US funds israel 4 billion dollars each year, that is like 10 million each day.", "Without US support Israel can\u2019t continue the war. Takde duit untuk beli senjata. And US blocking all UN resolutions.", "Its always the meta to blame US.\n/s", "Read the news once in a while and maybe you\u2019ll know what America does for Israel with its taxpayers\u2019 money"], ["serious question - why do malaysian muslims see themselves as saviours of palestine? or rather champions of anti-Israel hate?\neven the arab nations aren't as zealous haha", "Serious answer - Have you actually seen the rallies in Arab nations? It's way bigger than what we have in Malaysia.\nIf your point is why the leaders of Arab nations aren't making a big fuss over it, the answer is they want to normalize relations with Israel for that sweet trade/ investment money.", "they want to normalize relations with Israel for that sweet trade/ investment money\nNo it's because the Arab states aligned with Saudi Arabia are engaged in a proxy conflict with Iran, which is also backing Hamas and Hezbollah againt Israel.", "That's the USA's angle in all of this.\nFor Arab leaders, the concern is mostly monetary gain.\nThey were already aligned with the USA against Iran without having to normalize relations with Israel. The normalization ensures that they can do bigger trades/investment with them.", "They were already aligned with the USA against Iran without having to normalize relations with Israel. The normalization ensures that they can do bigger trades/investment with them.\nIf you have a regional enermy, the logic behind normalisation is to get closer with another state in the region with the same enemy. Israel has a much smaller GDP than the US so much less potential for trade and investment.", "Israel has a much smaller GDP than the US so much less potential for trade and investment.\nThat's a very reductive way to look at economics. You don't just compare GDP between countries to decide who and where to trade and invest in. Otherwise nobody would have invested and traded in Singapore given their small size and GDP when they were just kicked out of Malaysia.", "So it's all down to political agenda and money.", "It has always been about the cha chings.", "Your first and second point contradict each other lol", "It doesn't.\nI'm answering based on what OP's assumptions are since they were being general in their statement.", "I suspect there's a inferiority complex syndrome to their origin. Before Islam, Malay peninsula was basically a satellite state of either India or China in old kingdoms. Malays didn't really have their own civilization, the closest to Malays origin is Srivijaya/Majapahit, today Indonesia.\nIf you take out Islam from Malays, they are Hindus, and I think they felt such identity a shame to them, therefore they don't want to associate with it and hence the vocal and pronounce of assertive actions that use every ounce of opportunity to distance themselves from the actual origin.\nAlso, the Muslims are great in propaganda. The victim mentality is rooted in their belief system, when in fact if you read the history, it is telling the opposite, the Islam crusades, and even in this modern society, beheading is still practiced and often loudly publicize, often on innocent civilians. So tell us, do you think they come in peace? And the question is - what's the average IQ of them to comprehend their own origin ?\nEdit: For those that disagree, I will give you an example - Zakir Naik. He has been vocal and continues to insult Hindus. Why ?", "The ignorance is extremely powerful in this one", "This is ridiculous, no Malay thinks this and I feel you're projecting your bias towards us.\nIt's a simple, they are Muslims in the 2nd Holy Land bring driven away from their homes and subjected to military occupation and violence akin to genocide.\nIsn't this enough motivation to picket and show support for the Palestinians?\nInstead you think we support them due to our inferiority complex and shame? Please go touch grass.", "Would it not be easier to also call for the release of all hostages and the reaffirmation of the two state solution? I firmly believe that neither side are guilt free when it comes to the genocide that\u2019s happening now.\nSurely it doesn\u2019t take rocket science to understand that asking two sides whose stated goal is the total destruction of the other is likely not going to work unless both sides are forced into some sort of mutually beneficial solution.", "Not according to Malay views.\nThe Palestinian issue is about to near a century. While Hamas surely has some blame for the recent issue, the disproportionate retaliation by Israel is unjustified.\nIt's also the little things. In the West Bank, Israel still has checkpoints, restrict imports of certain products crucial to agriculture and industry, and protect settlers despite the West Bank being governed by the Palestinian Authority which is cooperative towards Israel.\nMalaysian official stance has always been firm for the two-state solution. The current resistance is from the Israeli and Palestinian right wingers: Hamas and Netanyahu-led government.", "Would it not be easier to also call for the release of all hostages and the reaffirmation of the two state solution?\nSo when Israel gonna release Palestine from their control and occupation. They can't farm on their own land ,fish on their own sea,can't go in or out of their own land. It is easier to send aid in a country torn by civil war than Palestine.", "But that\u2019s exactly it though. Neither party is blameless here and the proverbial two wrongs don\u2019t make one right definitely applies. Instead of a war (well if it can even be called that now as it\u2019s more like genocide) cool heads need to help deescalate the conflict and get that two state solution up and running, which will never happen when both sides are bent on total destruction of the other side.", "By this point ofc no one gonna be blameless. We are human being not some kind of non violence species. But let me ask you this where most or the idea of Israel itself come from? Let me tell you where Europe. They came from Europe because Europe almost wipe them out but because of white guilt and etc they ship and help by giving land which white colonialist thing they have the right to give to Zionist. N that great idea lead to where we are now currently in Palestine and Israel.\nSo currently either two side learn to live with each other on the land or be buried under it together.", "Sadly it seems that the leaders chose the later.", "Dude, Israel outlaws coriander as an example. Collecting rain water is illegal too. And they can arrest your child and put him in jail without trial or even giving you a reason.\nSo while Hamas is monstrous, Israel is more so.\nAs for two state solution, Israel doesn\u2019t want it. Bibi is super proud to have killed that and even said as much a few days ago.", "Wrong. Its animisme. Hinduism seems big back than because it compliments the animisme so well. You should read what the old Malay people wrote about the Indians before they were brought in by the British. I'm talking the sea-farer Indians who come to Tanah Melayu to \"trade\" (but be warned that they don't call Indians Indian). The Chinese and Arab traders fare better because they are more respectful.\nThere is no inferiority complex syndrome here, the Indians are already seen as brash, and rude from the get go. They were show-off and pissed the Malay royals.\nDo we have connection with the Indians? Of course. We believe we all come from Adam whether you are Indians or Chinese or whites. Does some Hindu belief seep into our own belief? Yes. That what happens when we mingle.", "I suspect there's a inferiority complex syndrome to their origin. Before Islam, Malay peninsula was basically a satellite state of either India or China in old kingdoms. Malays didn't really have their own civilization, the closest to Malays origin is Srivijaya/Majapahit, today Indonesia\nSo if a race doesn't have some past \"civilization\" then they would have an inferiority complex?\nLol,great analysis you got there.\nIf you take out Islam from Malays, they are Hindus, I think they felt such identify is a shame to them, therefore they don't want to associate with it hence the vocal and pronounce of assertive actions that use every ounce of opportunity to distance themselves from the actual origin.\nActual origin,lol ignoring before hindu it was animalism,before that it was something else and etc. Another great analysis or projection by our own professor here.\nAlso, the Muslims are great in propaganda. The victim mentality is rooted in their belief system, when if fact if you read history, it is telling the opposite. The question is - what's the average IQ of them ?\nNow your lost me prof,sorry our poor IQ can't fathom and wrap your great IQ analysis.", "Lmao, you think too much. It's a lot simple than that. It's because; 1. They're Muslims 2. It's the 2nd holiest place for Muslims 3. The most important point, it's the only conflict that most Malays able to grasp because of how long it has been. If it started just 2-3 years ago, most wont even care like the Uyghur or Rohingya.", "shouldn't it be 3rd holiest place? 1st Mekah, 2nd Madinah and third Al-Aqsa?", "Whoops, yeah. Forgotten about Masjid Nabawi", "Obligations towards another muslims and for larger than life issues, humanity.", "It's a rallying point for Muslims of all political spectrums.\nWhether you're PAS or DAP supporter, most Muslims are supporters of Palestinian sovereignity and self-determination.\nBut hating Israel and supporting Hamas is a mixed bag. Some hate Israel but not Jews, some hate Jews, some hate only Zionism and would support a cooperative Israel. There seems to be a large support for Hamas, but this is mainly due to Hamas having a larger media presence than Palestine Authority. But support for Palestine is the common unifier.", "Serious question - why do Malaysian non-muslims got annoyed about us Muslims supporting Palestine. The whole world is protesting, not just us. Why don't you either get on board or just ignore us.", "I believe there\u2019s a distinction between supporting Palestine (which I do by the way) and supporting HAMAS (which i definitely do not). Perhaps I don\u2019t see the world in absolute black and whites but in shades of grey.\nI\u2019ve made it clear in my earlier post that i dislike how our leaders have taken the stand of supporting the later as opposed to a more general stand against the genocide.\nNor do I support the propagation of violence in schools like the blatant use of toy guys and pseudo terrorism in that video that made rounds during the school solidarity week.\nAlso for what it is worth, i\u2019m not only not a muslim, i am also not a believer of any religion so my views might or might not align with the rest of the non Muslim Malaysians.", "In my mind, Hamas is the gov of Gaza. So as long as u donate money to Gaza its indirectly make Hamas hold on gaza strong. Its like donating money to African country but the money got eaten by politician. In Gaza case, the Hamas.\nThere also an article that the food relief is being hold by Hamas.\nHamas survive out of everyone and UN charity. Where you think they got money to build tunnel and buy weapon. So until Palestine realise Hamas is fkin screw Gaza, i will not support them.\nJust like japan forcefully realise their mistake after getting nuke in the face. Gaza people will not realise their mistake until getting hurt enough. Because now they still blame israel for their pain instead of blaming the root problem.\nI don't support both side btw.", "this is exactly true. have they not seen videos of Gazans screaming hatred against Hamas?? Hamas hides in tunnels, steals supplies meant for the people, while the common folk suffer.", "Honestly... The entire Israel and Palestine area could do with some nukes.\nJust enough to sink the whole place to bedrock....", "Look. I admit some of us are not very smart in showing our support. The toy guns is absolutely embarrassing. I even hate the fact that our government and the opposition had different demonstrations. This also want politicking, fuck them. Just don't lose the fact that people are suffering over there. And we are helpless in doing anything. So we do what we can, boycott etc etc.. Not trying to be a hero btw.", "My worry is that the whole thing is trending towards being yet another notable difference that pits fellow Malaysians against each other. Cool heads need to prevail.\nedit: some of the comments here from both spectrums illustrate how divisive and combustive this has become", "my main question revolves around anti-israel hate.\ndid you know that 100,000 Armenians were killed on Oct 3rd (4 days before Oct 7th massacre by Hamas)?\nin 2022, the UN tallied 150,000 Yemenis were killed, and 227,000 died due to Saudi cutting off all food and healthcare services?\nRight next to Israel, Bashar al-Assad killed 613,000 syrians and 15.3million were displaced.\nBut obviously all you supposedly 'humanitarian activists' couldn't give a shit about the above. You only \"care\" when it has to do with being anti-Israel.", "You don't give a fuck about the issue, fine. There's no money in it, I get it. But get annoyed when we do. Then suddenly bring up stuffs like Syria, Yemen, Rohingya as a justification we only care about Palestine cos we are anti Israel. Like there are no reasons to hate Israel right now, lol. It's like, if you don't care, just shut up. Don't embarrass yourself trying to defend genocide.", "How to be a zionist 101, deflect all blame and use whataboutism", "did you know Israel has recently attacked the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem?\never heard of Nakba? do you know what happened to the Christian village of Iqrit? there has been over 7 decades of ongoing oppression since Zionists show up uninvited and displaced Palestinians. all those happened long before 7 October.\nalso ever heard of the USA-Israel-Saudi axis? do you know how the Assad regime has also bombed Palestinian refugee camps? and do you know China is one of Israel's biggest trading partners?\nlikewise, you only bring up some of these whenever Zionism gets criticized. Hamas is problematic, sure, but don't use Hamas as an excuse for what Israel is doing in Palestine right now \u2014 wholesale genocide of civilians and wanton destruction of hospitals and universities. do you think bombing civilians can really dismantle Hamas?\nwhy do you act like it's impossible to care for more than one conflict? why do you believe we have no agency to defy historical forces, racial politics and geopolitics? by the way, many East Turkestani activists spoke up for Palestine, such as Yerbol Yezhenkhan and Arslan Hidayat.\nGo ahead, call me an anarkiddie or a tankie", "Well said", "i for one support Palestine in their resistance against Zionist genocide. for the record, i am non-muslim. this is a humanitarian issue, and it's not about religion. try not to stereotype all non-muslims", "Yeah sorry for that. But I can say the same for some of this guys. Labelling all Malaysian Muslims as being biased because it's Israel. Granted, maybe it's true for some of us. Not all. If they make this distinction, we wouldn't waste our time having this discussion.", "Serious answer - There are Malaysian non Muslims want Palestine to be liberated from Israel.", "Whataboutism, the Zionist favorite tactic when called out", "Palestinians are indigenous people who are exploited by European colonialism z\nMalaysian Muslims and non-Muslims (tons of bumi Putera who are not Muslims) support the cause of indigenous rights.\nIslamic roots and cultural roots. Malay (and some other Bumi culture) has some roots in Arabic and Islamic identity further rules its connection and identity between the people.\nMoralistic thing to do - when a country is oppressed, people will support a cause and rightfully so.\nMossad intervention in Malaysia - Mossad had carried out several activities in Malaysia including an assassination on Palestinians residing in Malaysia due to \u201csuspicion\u201d they are working with Hamas.\nOne of the world brightest nuclear energy mind was a Palestinian who was living in Malaysia and was killed by Mossad. It was a huge scandal a couple years ago.\nSeveral factors add to this.\nAlso you are wrong the majority of Arab countries are more than zealous even Jordan and Egypt by not taking in refugees to put pressure on Israel.\nThe problem is Israel has not allowed the refugees to re-enter in the past.\nThe Arabs, Iranians, Turkic and North Africans are more than willing to escalate the issue however the fear of a new war from sanction and blockades is something they do not wish to deal with currently.\nNorth Africa has multiple issues with war in the region, the gulf states are having problems with reconciliation with Iran so do not want to further escalate the issue, Iran is using its proxy to ensure the US and Israel is aware of of capabilities as it develops nuclear weapon, Turkey has issues with Balkans, Syrian and Caucuses thus making a new front difficult to open up, Afghanistan (Taliban vs Isis) is working with the US to keep the radicals at bay, Pakistan is a US and Saudi proxy since the previous Coup against the democratic prime minister."], ["I hope this won't make investment from the US to evaporate \ud83d\ude2c", "We haven\u2019t recognized Israel since forever. I doubt it makes a difference."], ["That's one way to waste your free time \"productively\"."], ["ada VIP turun padang? or just peons who get rm50, nasi lemak, sirap ikat tepi, free bus ride, t-shirt?"], ["Only time they \"work together\" is to do something stupid smh"], ["man I hate this fucking shithole mentality of a country and can't wait to change citizenship.\nwhere is all this noise when Syrians and Yemenis are being fucked in the ass?\nthe only reason this is getting attention because of the perception Jews = bad, meanwhile IDF is laughing at you idiots", "Jews = bad\n2 to 3 weeks ago, got one Malay artist (can't remember the name) said that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis should have wipe out the Jews. She immediately lost contract with the music label (not sure which one) that she was signed with. She even have the guts to say she does not care if she lost the contract as she is said she proud to be anti-Jews and stood by her words.", "Wish de**h to jew, no one bats an eye,\nSay Melei are lazy, everyone lose their minds.", "Some hot take I read: \"Muslims don't give a shit about other Muslims unless it involves a certain race\".\nOh also add in the Uyghurs. Concentration camps, forced reeducation, demolition of mosques, forced sterilisation, forced breeding with Han, forced occupation by Han Chinese, being monitored everywhere, even your knives have a unique QR ID and are chained.\nBut I don't see anyone protesting at China embassy.", "Imagine emigrate and that country got more vibrant protests for Palestine.", "Imagine emigrate and that country got more vibrant protests for Palestine\nTheir protests are \"vibrant\" because of all those muslim immigrants making a big hoo haa about that.", "Then why are Jewish people, Whites, Blacks and many other folks in Spain, Ireland, France etc. protesting against Israel? To the point that they have literally blocked military supply ships? Spreading flyers in shopping malls and pasting stickers on Zara outlets? And why have some celebrities spoke up for Palestine in spite of career risk?\ninb4 \"oh no they all childish anarkiddies and big bad scary tankies\"", "Then why are you here? Just leave bruv we don't care.", "Lol here comes the whataboutism. Why don't you start protesting for syrians and yemen if you care so much", "Good riddance. Just leave. I heard it so many times by some of you. Just because we support Palestine means we don't care about everyone else. Just so happens this issue have been going on for 75 years and it's getting worse cos the whole population is being wiped out. But sure, we hate Jews is the reason. You care so much about Yemen, but they themselves play a part in this issue, you don't hear about them complaining. But sure, trust the western media that equates supporting Palestine as being anti Jew. How about the Jews who actually protesting against the Israel government. Are they idiots too? Get yourself educated or shut up.", "Banyak whataboutism spesis2 tu. They don\u2019t even give a fuck about Yemen, or Syria, or Kashmir, or the Uyghur Muslims, or the Rohingya, or all the other persecuted nations and groups they claim to care about. They just want their gotchas whenever people show support for Palestinian liberation", "ape benda y'all cakap ni\nwhile sure undeniably some are bad faith chuds only using this as an excuse to hate on minorities. like hatemongering clowns who stereotyped East Asian/Cina for \"not supporting Palestine\".\nbut likewise i see many of you neolibs only bringing up these other conflicts as a gotcha against any criticism of Israel. y'all act like it's impossible to care about more than one conflict, as if we were single-issue automations bound entirely by historical forces. sure geopolitics, domestic racial tension, and all, but you and i are individuals with agency.\nfor example, many East Turkestani activists spoke up for Palestine, you know that? Yerbol Yezhenkhan and Arslan Hidayat.", "Fucking howling at neolibs, you don\u2019t even know me. The internet learns one word once and overuses it to death. And I am literally pro-Palestinian liberation???\nDon\u2019t think I don\u2019t know about Malay supremacists and fascists singling out Chinese and Indians (and possibly other minorities) for allegedly not boycotting pro-Israel businesses. The people I was addressing in my previous comment are the obvious Islamophobes brainwashed by Orientalist talking points (because all Palestinians and Arabs are Muslims right??? /s) and who like to be contrarian for the sake of \u201cnot wanting to be sheep\u201d. Those people can literally be of any race or creed.\nUnlike what you\u2019re probably insinuating, I know many non-Malay and non-Muslim friends who participate actively in the boycotts and in Palestinian solidarity movements, and I know some Malay-Muslims who couldn\u2019t care less as long as they get their Starbucks, McDonalds and Zara. I don\u2019t know what the other person meant exactly, but I think you really misread my comment", "Bye bye,nice not knowing you."], ["If only these braindead idiots have the same zeal with regards to the Uighurs. Also, is it just me, of are the topics related to the Uighurs slowly fading from societal consciousness? Because ppl aren't talking about it as much as this ancient blood feud taking place in The Levant.", "Easy answer: Because China is committing a cultural genocide, not a literal human genocide.\nYou don't see dead civilians/ woman and children plastered on media so the impact and outrage is less.", "Cannot for once think that if someone does task A, does not mean task B is not done?\nNo need to be too binary. Plus, gaza is at war, that shit hits different", "It's always about THAT RACE isn't it?", "What?"], ["Fatherless behaviour. Not one condemnation of Hamas, nor any rally or protest of the ill treatment of Bangladeshi/ Rohingyas and fighting for their freedom and rights , or protesting to raise awareness of job scams by agents that exploit Bangladeshis.", "Hamas is seen as defender of Gaza, and by extension, defenders of Islam. Of course, you won't see condemnation of Hamas here.", "Exactly.. \u201c ItS NoT aBoUt ReLigion\u201d. Yes it is. It\u2019s a way to express your Nazi Jew hating behaviour and paint Islam as a victim while it being the single and largest cause of terrorism in the world.", "Boring take. Malay-Muslims have a problem with hypocrisy and selective solidarity, but your whataboutism-riddled comment isn\u2019t the enlightened take you think it is either", "Lol throw around whataboutism to shut any criticism regarding for selective empathy and drawing up real world examples of irony , double standards and hypocrisy that exist in their stance. Boring \ud83d\ude34. Probably the only \u201clogical fallacy\u201d that you know , which on its own is a poor informal fallacy. Pathetic.", "LMFAOOOO you clearly did not read my comment properly. Well read it again :p\nAnd it IS a boring take. Condemn Hamas here condemn Hamas there, as if an armed resistance group is the same as a whole ass military force backed and funded by the world\u2019s superpowers.\nDo you condemn Israel\u2019s genocidal actions? How about you answer that?\nP.S. We know people only like to bring up Bangladeshi workers and the Rohingya in situations like this, as if people actually care. They deserve better siot than to be people\u2019s gotchas in some anti-Palestinian arguments"], ["Hamas also using human shields", "How much is \u201cIsrael\u201d paying you?"], ["Ini semua poyo..."], ["Bunch of useless hypocrites.\nCreating more traffic jams than the already jam AF area around the US embassy. Then creating plenty of headaches in regard to security for the residences and private properties around the area as well. Sorry but not sorry but people of Malaysia cannot rally in peace.\nGood for nothing demonstration that solves nothing and just menyusahkan orang lain. As if the US gives 2 fucks about this rally and would change their mind about supporting Israel.", "Other people : Protesting\nYou : but my self serving interest!?", "Imagine got people died because their protest blocked emergency vehicle.", "Bro you live in Malaysia. Emergency vehicles always the top priority. Only second to Pak menteri.", "Your lives matter less than people who has nothing to do with you. Shut up and embrace the rally.", "This protest have happen so many time.\nSo how many have died then?\nAlso if you gonna protest about anything someday remind me to said this to you.\nImagine got people died because their protest blocked emergency vehicle.", "Next time you gonna protest about anything I will said this.\nCreating more traffic jams than the already jam AF area around the US embassy. Then creating plenty of headaches in regard to security for the residences and private properties around the area as well.", "Creating more traffic jams than the already jam AF area around the US embassy. Then creating plenty of headaches in regard to security for the residences and private properties around the area as well. Sorry but not sorry but people of Malaysia cannot rally in peace.\nGood for nothing demonstration that solves nothing and just menyusahkan orang lain. As if the US gives 2 fucks about this rally and would change their mind about supporting Israel\nBy your standards, Bersih rallies that happen before should never be held. The use of ink to counter illegal votes is the result of Bersih rallies.", "Bersih was a necessary evil. That was for the future of the country.\nThis Israel vs Palestine war has got nothing to do with you neither this country. Wtf does this rally achieve?\nEntirely different situations, can\u2019t believe you compared the both. Use some logic next time.", "This Israel vs Palestine war has got nothing to do with you neither this country. Wtf does this rally achieve?\nTo show that Malaysia cares about humanity's issues.To say that it got nothing to do with Malaysia is wrong. Geopolitics is real. The same goes for Ukraine vs Russia. If you do follow what happens in other countries, these demonstrations for Palestine happen as well.\nImagine one day, the issue of Israel vs Palestine was resolved and Malaysia did nothing at all, the history will record it and optically,it does not look good. Anwar also need to score some points for his own political campaign. As you can see in the list, even Bersih, SUHAKAM , and Keadilan in it. Maybe it will do nothing for the conflict directly, but there is something that can be achieved.", "Well like the commenter said, hypocrites.\nChina encroaching on our territorial waters which is a more direct issue, diam je u all.\nWar that's has got no direct link to us you all buat kecoh. Oh wait, no protest for Russo-Ukraine war when the invading country also happens to support the separatist that shot down MH17.\nOne day the world will also see that Malaysia did nothing for Russo-Ukraine war, nothing for the various genocide in Africa. Hell, even nothing for locals who are struggling for daily bread.\nNeed we say more?", "China encroachment issue and Russo-Ukraine War are 2 issues the government aren't willing to engage directly. But a look at FB will show you that Malay sentiment towards China encroachment issue is negative borderline racism. I don't think you want Malays to engage this issue openly.\nHowever, Russo-Ukraine War is a little more muddled. Seems like misinformation has caused most Malays to side with Russia. Plus, we have good relations with Russia, what practical reason do we have to antagonize them?\nAlso, not doing enough for Africa? We championed for South African abolition of Apartheid! Our MTCP program helps Africans build their governing and industrial capacity! We sent troops to the Congo, Namibia and Somalia under the United Nations!", "That's the issue with all these, it boils down to racism. What does China has to do with Chinese in Malaysia? It's akin to associating Malays to Indonesia instead.\nRussia literally supported a group that shot down our plane yet we have good relations with them. They are also invading another country but we shit on Israel instead.\nOh wait, cause Israel is committing genocide? Same shit going on in Congo, Yemen etc. I don't see people blocking KL streets for that.\nYes Malaysia participated in UN efforts to African countries but the attention this time around just sound cringe.\nAtleast we the hypocrite can rally infront of the embassy of another hypocrite country the US. People of the same nature likes to gather together.", "People pick their fights/what do they care about.\nSome people care about the ocean, some people care about having a fair election, some people care about having strong economic power .\nChina encroaching on our territorial waters which is a more direct issue, diam je u all.\nWar that's has got no direct link to us you all buat kecoh. Oh wait, no protest for Russo-Ukraine war when the invading country also happens to support the separatist that shot down MH17.\nIf you want, you can actually organize the demonstrations by yourself. Be the change you wanted to be.", "Man you are making it look worse for you.\nCare about humanity but only on selected people.\nI hope you have a stronger comeback than that.", "You are correct. I will never have a stronger comeback than that because thats the reality.\nGood day to you .", "Yeah so, hypocrite.", "So either you protest against all or none at all. Surely people of this world is so black and white.", "One protest is fine for me,another is not.\nBunch of useless hypocrites."], ["Can people support Israel ?", "Secretly sure, but publicly saying it will get a police officer on your doorstep.", "Sounds no different to a dictatorial government and oppressive country like North Korea then.", "You lose your government job In the us for support of Palestine.\nYou can get arrested for pro Palestine protest in Europe and it has happened.", "Oppression is when you can't support a nation that are oppressing the Palestinians apparently", "The amount of Zionist apologia in this sub while you guys try to hide it is absurd", "Well its reddit and judging from this subs recap, we apparently also have a lot of visitors from US. Go figure.", "Dear Americans,\nStop posting Zionism apologia and drag the names of Malaysians.\nSincerely, A Malaysian", "Unironically, this is what's happening in Germany right now\nAny public criticism of Israel = pretty good chance you will lose your job", "What can they charge me for ?", "Sedition maybe?", "Treason", "We are not at war with Israel \ud83d\ude02", "Haha yeah but you know what the locals think.... So yea..... Treason", "Locals?", "The Malays.", "I see. Good to know non-malays are not locals.", "What I meant to say is the Malays will accuse you of treason if you show support for Israel. Chinese, Indian and other races who are non-Muslim, not so much.", "Source?", "There this famous tiktoker getting death threats for being natural at Israel - Palestine conflict\nSupporting Israel prolly outta get u death sentence", "Can~", "Better yet, support both palestine and israel and condemn atrocities from both sides", "Yeah. Why not? Go ahead.", "Why?", "It\u2019s called freedom", "Maybe you can work in US gov or something,you can support Israel all you want in freedom land except support for Palestine or BDS. Sorry no freedom for you there.", "You get arrested in Europe for pro Palestinian protest in countries in Germany (even if no anti semitism occurs), you can lose your government job for not support Israel in the US, parties in Australia have expressed the will to punish non-Israeli protestors.\nFreedom never existed, it\u2019s an illusion.\nTho supporting genocide isn\u2019t a freedom, it\u2019s a crime.", "LMAO supporting genocide is freedom", "Well someone got to protect innocent Israelis from terrorist groups like Hamas"], ["This sub is full of people without empathy to the suffering of the innocent civilians in Gaza. Facing persecution for 75 years and now bombarded heavily.\nWe can't expect people to have moral or humanity when in their brain & heart (if any)it's all profit or loss, monetary, etc.\nI say do what you gotta do, believe what you want to believe, but don't belittle people who are sincerely trying to help Palestinians humanity cause. I know being cynical is kinda cool to you, but it's not, it's pathetic attempt to be different.\nI don't expect more towards a certain group of people who think the world is the end game. But at least show respect towards similar species, we are all human after all.", "Yeah, we only sympathize with the innocent bystanders here not Hamas, there's literally articles about Hamas stealing food sources from their own civilians, and some Palestinian even spoke out about it\nHamas is nothing but a piece of shit of useless fucks that deserved the bottom pits of hell, even Satan would be amazed by their actions\nAnd I can't help but wonder why Muslim community in general cared more about Palestinian than Yemenis, and Syrian? Where were those guys when they received the same treatment, hypocritical people are what they are, this thing is all about religion, disgusting barbaric religion that no one dares to call out publicly"], ["a poster for a gathering of braindead idiots"], ["Bunch of terrorists"], ["Oh fuck off, go help some Rohingya"], ["kerja bangang"], ["I love some comments who try to exercise mental gymnastics and find leakages in making prostests for Palestine less significant.\n\u201cIf only they do the same for [insert race]\u201d \u201cDo they know what they protesting for? [insert pseudo-intelligent comment]\u201d \u201cCan\u2019t wait to go out from this shithole\u201d Etc\nSucks having no humanity."], ["Welp, there goes my dream of working in America", "Merci fellow Redditor"], ["The whole Israel-Palestine war is just a part of the bigger conflict between the currently dominant west and the emerging countries of the world following decolonialisation. Let's be real here, you will see that people who are pro western will have a hard time supporting Palestine, and they also usually will be the ones sitting on the fence claiming to not support both sides, but I won't deny there are \"truly\" neutral people who just want Malaysia to mind their own business. I understand that because the west have truly good soft power because of their \"advanced\" civilization and many around aspire to be them. I believe there is no true neutrality, because neutrality is also taking a side, the side to not intervene and allow the oppressor to opress the mouse, the oppressor will appreciate your neutrality but the mouse won't, it's already not really neutral.\n\"If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.\" - Desmond Tutu"], ["Baik korang pegi kepung selayang tu. Selayang tu dah di klaim tu. Kepung dan halau beramai2 sampai ke port klang dan deport yang nak klaim selayang tu"], ["So is this considered an act of war?", "I rather live under American occupation than having PAS as the government. At least look at Japan! Right after ww2, their economy boom!", "Don't make the same mistake as our forefathers.\nThat is what the leaders thought to overthrow the Brits using the Japanese. History has taught us enough to not think this way.", "Didn't the Japanese treated the Malays better than Chinese back then?"], ["The amount of zionism supporters is not really surprising considering the recap does tell us that we also got a lot of visitors from the US in this sub."], ["Did it happen? Didn't hear anything also"], ["This ain't the first time political parties come together.\nFor example, the 2010 humanitarian flotilla mission.\nBack then, future Perak MB Faizal bin Azumu was a humanitarian activist."], ["a calm before storm."], ["So many people in this sub trying so hard to be like worldnews lmao"], ["50% for party leader and 50% for Taliban"], ["Haniyeh would be proud."], ["You know if this much energy was put into gaining knowledge and understanding of what an individual can do to improve oneself ( from a spiritual , economic , social perspective ) Malaysia and the world would already be a better place .\nPick up a book and read , learn about how something works on youtube , pick up a hobby which you like and possibly makes you money , try to travel and just chill and savour the moment .\nThe strongest change you can make is the change you make to yourself ."]]}
{"title": "Urgent Help Needed for 10 Beloved Cats - Facing Rehoming Threat", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s1jij/urgent_help_needed_for_10_beloved_cats_facing/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello everyone,\nI'm in an incredibly tough spot and feeling desperate for help. I have 10 beloved cats who are my entire world. They're all in good health, vaccinated, and I've made sure the males are neutered while some of the females are spayed. These cats aren't just pets; they're my family, my heart...\nUnfortunately, since I moved to an apartment, I've received complaints from neighbors. Now, the city council is pressuring me to rehome them by early 2024, or they'll be taken away. I'm devastated at the thought of parting with them.\nI'm urgently seeking a shelter that could take them in or anyone willing to adopt. I'm scared and heartbroken, unsure of what steps to take. Any guidance, support, or leads would mean the world to me. Thank you deeply for any help or advice you can offer.\nIf you need my details or have any suggestions, please let me know, and I'll reach out in private messages.", "comments": [["Make sure they are no kill shelters"], ["10 cats is way too many , if it was 1-2 it would be fine . I hope you find a good solution. Good luck", "Aye, as much as you love your cats, having ten is probably way over the acceptable limits unless if you live in a very large plot of land with no neighbours around you. Or be very rich and can afford extra care - my corner lot neighbour probably has what seven dogs of various sizes but no one complains as he keeps them within his house and compound with two maids who literally seem to do nothing but take care of his fur kids and has a mobile pet grooming van over every weekend.", "Yeah exactly. We have to be considerate to our neighbors as well .", "yup agree . that is why I make this hard decision..."], ["That is sad! I cannot imagine parting from my cats. You can post your cats on Petfinder so that any potential adopters can find them there. I hope you will be able to spend the remaining time you have with them with love and care.", "thank you... it is sad.. but for their sake i have to..."], ["I'm sorry to hear about this! Did you move into a PPR or rumah WIP?\nSpay the remaining females and post them on pet finder.", "nope.i bought an apartmen. yeah will do later...thank you for your suggestion", "Then bawa bincang with DBKl if they come to their door. Key is not to let them in! They cannot enter private property. They can only rampas from PPR, rumah WIP", "eh yeke.. because last time i was told there will be rampasan", "Only on public property. If private, as long as you don't let them in, then ok, because it's trespassing. They can fine, send surat, warning, that one all legal."], ["Pls join facebook groups for adoption in your area. Hope they got a nice furrever home"], ["You can try asking for help in local FB groups for your area or Beli Nothing Project groups. There might be kind souls in there who would adopt or point you in the right direction. Additionally take cute pics of the cats and put it up on Petfinder website. It is active and cats often get adopted there.", "is it safe on petfinder websites...?"], ["", "With this attitude, you\u2019re not even fit to care for a mice. You\u2019d probably be abusing them when no one is watching."], ["Do you have to give them all away? That is terrible. Can you plead your case?\nAt my place, there's two families that keep cats. A took care of their litter box twice a day and kept their cats in their property. B doesn't take very good care of their cats so the smell is terrible and maintenance refuses to go to their house because of the overwhelming cat stench and their stokin will be full of cat hairs by the time they are done.\nI'm not saying you are like B, but maybe that was the real issue?", "during discussion with the council, it is because of the unpleasant smell coming from my house. but after the discussion i met the maintenance guy and asked to check on my house and he said my house ok. later my neigbour moved out. i was wondering is it because of me?\nand lately the cat issues is stirring up at whatsapp group eventhough it is not related to my house i feel so anxious n sometimes i couldnt sleep for the entire night and i think it is worse. my mom worry about me n she is the one came up with the idea to let the babies go.", "Sometimes you can have an asshole neighbour also. We have that one too, always complaining and driving maintenance crazy (Im friends with the maintenance team).\nI understand that for some people cats are more than pets. Get rid of the smell problems and ask the council to review your case. I would be heartbroken too if I had to part with people I love.", "ermm i think it is enough.. ive cried a lot since the last time i met with the city council..6-7 months past..tht is y my mom worried bout me. i just shared the prob i had with my mom last week. so to be away from the babies is breaking my heart but i hv to take care of myself n respect my mom decision.", "hugs i wish they will all find a good home and you'll be okay."], ["What\u2019s this pet finder you guys are talking about?"], [","]]}
{"title": "Questions regarding internet", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s0y7z/questions_regarding_internet/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Hi, so I moved to Malaysia last month and still dont have internet access. It seems like my dual key studio does not have a fiber port, so I can only install (use) wireless/broadband.\nNow, in Korea, we only have 1 type of internet, fiber. The only difference in price happens from different speeds, as they are all unlimited data.\nLooking at some MNVO wireless providers in Malaysia, I keep getting confused. First, when I search for wireless / broadband, I keep getting results for fiber. Are they playing tricks?\nAlso, if you look at the screenshot, what are all those things? How is 5G a product category when it refers to a type of data transmission type/speed? what are addons? Am I adding on to my cellphone plan or wireless or fiber? I am sooooooooooo confused and am actually quite surprised how complicated everything is. I have been in IT for 13+ years, and am an absolute IT geek, and all these product categories confuse the hell out of me. Even though I figured out that there are in fact 2 major types of internet here ( fiber vs wireless), they usually dont even disclose the areas covered or expected throughput speeds. How is this transparent and fair? Also, to end my rant, please let me know a good wireless/broadband provider. I live in KL Sentral area. Looking to spend between 60 -100 RM per month. Thanks in advance", "comments": [["<image>"]]}
{"title": "Petronas says several stations nationwide to have diesel shortage until Sunday | New Straits Times", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s0uqv/petronas_says_several_stations_nationwide_to_have/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Retail Banking Career Path", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wfzes/retail_banking_career_path/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi, I am a recent Bachelor of Accounting and Finance graduate and recently got an offer for a (basically sales position) in personal/retail banking. Essentially my job is to provide advisory services for the bank's products.\nI am open to learning more about how the frontline roles of a bank functions but I generally gravitate towards less sales client facing roles (just personal preference). I am wondering what the future holds if I choose to accept the offer and where are the places I should aim to end up in? Or how likely is it for me to move into my more preferable analyst/wholesale banking roles if I enter this job?\nThanks!", "comments": [["personal retail? very competitive, high sales, high turnover job"], ["Assuming you are successful in the sales part.. I doubt you want to go back office anymore.\nHonestly for me, just try for 4-5months and see how sales is .."], ["For a start you are in the right industry so that\u2019s 50% of your aspirations being met. The other 50% , you have to believe in yourself and be confident that you can work towards and secure your preferred position ."], ["Not many can stand that kind of job. It is a sales job. And like someone here said -- the turnover is very high.\nAnd at the end of that job, you will find you've not learnt anything except pandering to the whims of your leads and clients.\nUnless you're saying that you hate accounting, I'd go with a job that pays you shit, but you learn useful information about how businesses are run, work stupid hours (sometimes). There are LOTS of smaller accounting firm looking for people to do this work.\nQuestion is : why did you opt for an accounting & finance degree if you hated the accounting profession?"], ["Its one notch higher than an Insurance agent job. Not everyone but the trully street smart and thickskinned kind can do well there."], ["Tough, high turnover job but definitely high return if you're street smart enough. I've worked in banking before and I know many retail bankers who were quite successful. To the point where they can buy themselves luxury cars, etc. Bear in mind that is in the 1% and outliers."], ["Try management trainee roles. Better prospects - more pathways to where you intend to do - analyst/wholesale banking roles.\nTough to go from personal/retail banking to wholesale banking.\nHow are your grades? Did you graduate from a decent uni?"]]}
{"title": "How bad is KFC now? I just bought their sides.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s0ec8/how_bad_is_kfc_now_i_just_bought_their_sides/", "num_comment": 168, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["in my opinion, it really depends on the branch and your luck. I've eaten some really good KFC this year and some pretty bad ones too both from the same branch. That being said, don't you guys feel KFC is priced getting really expensive?", "Bruh true, I think a few years ago a zinger burger set cost around RM 13-14, now it's almost RM 20", "What the fuck.. i honestly thought that i would cost RM 12 at most.. holy moly", "RM16.49. Food inflation is global", "Bahahah I'm old. Haven't bought the Zinger since it was RM8 or something.", "Keep it up, and don't buy it anymore.", "Like they say once it goes up, never comes down..", "Mcd went down lately , with their promotion prices it has become quite affordable. Nasi lemak is at rm12 I think including a cup of drink.", "A shame that was only a temporary thing.\nEdit: nasi lemak was temporary; ayam goreng is now back in promo it seems.", "honestly still kinda sad they removed the crazy hour deals", "12 bucks for Nasi Lemak and a drink is a steal, tbf. Wish they could maintain at this price rather a temporary deal", "with 20 ringgit burger, I rather go to woodfire or any ramli burger stall. way more satisfaction", "in my days, ala carte was priced rm9", "A 2 piece meal costing RM18 is daylight robbery", "Very true. I have one favorite outlet that gives very huge piece of chicken every time, been going there since 2011 so i dont mind paying. But now i switch to Texas chicken, every single outlet gives pretty sizeable chicken part and their mash potatoes are a whole lot better than kfc's.", "The branch close to my work place is kind of solid. And I usually buy the 22 ringgit for 2 snack plate.", "How many chicken per snack plate? If 2 then the values comes close to mcd's 20 ringgit for 5 chicken promotional period price, only delivery. (currently not available)\n<image>", "Brings to a total of 4, and includes all the sides. Both of these offers are seasonal and depends on the branch. The one that close to me do this offer like 3 day per month.", "I scoured their delivery website to find this. But it says minimum spend 50.\nCan you buy only 1 if you go there to buy? Do you think all branches have the 3 day thing? is it once a week?\n<image>", "The one that you attached are voucher that they sometimes uses.\nBut i can recall that its 1 purchase per person. It varies from branches to branches for the date. Sometimes the one that i went to didn't do the sale, but the one near my house got. So I don't know how they actually advertise it.", "nvm la i just put spices on chicken and shove in oven. problem solved.", "damn i miss crazy hour\ud83d\ude14", "My theory is they have that deal whenever demand is really high during peak hours. So that they dont need to hire more staff and riders only during peak hours and then they wont have much to do between busy lunch period.\nSo they take a small loss which overall benefits them. And some goodwill towards customers.\nRight now theres less demand for mcd so they dont need to do it.", "VERY", "My RM 9 snacker box... Now RM14."], ["Pretty bad price wise and quality. They also need to stop trying strange recipes and stick to their original/spicy menu.", "Yeah all those salted egg chicken, golden chicken taste the same. The 2x spicy and crunch doesnt look different with reguler spicy chicken.", "I don't know about you but the double spicy and crunchy one is so good that I can't enjoy the usual spicy one anymore", "Honestly it feels like the formula is the spicier the better. They should\u2019ve just make it their new spicy. Also explains why McD chicken is more popular", "Double crunchy is hit or miss. Sometimes you just get the fried batter and no meat at all =(", "The only strange recipe that I wanted it back was the Thai green curry from like idk 10 years ago maybe. That shit is bomb.", "thai green curry is the real good shit. way better than the always coming back salted egg"], ["Friendship ended with KFC (long ago)\nNow Texas Chicken is my new fried chicken provider", "They only have a few locations in the nation, but I will go out of my way to get Jollibee.", "Ayam kecik sangat la.", "Too spicy for my ass", "What is spicy st Jollibee?", "The spicy chicken. It is tolerable when eaten. More or less the same as mcd spicy chicken. But it causes me to poop more with spicy anus each time.", "I feel like my luck with Texas Chicken has been disappointing lately... Portion size better than KFC but Texas Chicken's spicy chicken felt tasteless to me.", "chicken felt tasteless to me.\nEXACTLY! I've been saying this for years and it boggles my mind when everyone saying they rather go to Texas Chicken because it's better. I rather eat pasar malam chicken. At least they have more taste", "Same. The chicken is huge and has some nice buns.", "Love the honey buns (biscuits?) and the free refills", "Jalapeno poppers ftw.", "Same, friendship with KFC ended as soon as they stopped selling chicken tenders with their sour cream onion sauce.\nChicken tenders came back but the sauce is ass\nAnd the chicken is skinner than my d-", "Idk if it\u2019s just my branch but everytime after I have Texas chicken I always have a bad shit and it\u2019s those spicy asshole kind", "Texas Chicken will forever be the GOAT to me", "Different people different taste but how can it be GOAT when it taste bland (unless you have high blood pressure or something)\nTaste wise from big players: McD > KFC > Texas Chicken", "Taste wise from big players: McD > KFC > Texas Chicken\nLmaooo I feel like this is ranking is controversial for this sub but I actually agree with you.\nTaste-wise KFC is better than TC lately but portion-wise TC is better than KFC.", "Texas Chicken is mid at best. Taste bland. Only suitable for people with high blood pressure"], ["Your seriously asking? It's been years that everyone knows you go to Mc Donalds for KFC and KFC for Mc Donalds!\nFor those that don't know you go get burgers at KFC which taste better while you go to Mc Donalds for fried chicken.", "No way is KFC burgers better than Mcd.", "Marrybrown Tower Burger FTW", "Zinger burger the best\nSpicy Chicken the best\nMilo with no ice for both of them", "I thought I was crazy for ordering large milo no ice every time. Everybody looks at me like I was. \" Why no ice!?\"\nMilo no ice is some S tier level drink no cap fr. It's that school day milo truck visit kinda milo. It's like going to Paris for a croissant.", "Yeah, I was surprised when ordered thru mcd app, there\u2019s an option for no ice.\nAfter that no more ice for me. More milo and it won\u2019t tawar after the ice melt", "KFC's Zinger and Colonel burgers are my favourite. Not really a fan of Mekdi burgers (except Spicy Chicken McDeluxe) and ramly burger (too much sauce even after I told them to put less sauce).", "TIL but too late for me", "Why is this so true lol", "I used to feel the same way in the early 2000s. I can\u2019t recall when but KFC changed their Zinger bun at one point and I hate it. It feels stale and tasteless. I think they still use the same bun, but I haven\u2019t ordered it for so long.\nZinger patty beats Chicken McDeluxe patty for me, but overall burger, McD wins."], ["Except for size getting smaller n price getting up. Personally i really like the spice and taste of kfc chicken. I ate before in other country and msia still more flavour than them."], ["Still bad but it depends on location. I blacklisted KFC for quite some time already. Price has gotten higher and I no longer want to play rng with the food quality.\nMoved to Texas Chicken but for awhile their chicken always had zero seasoning.\nSo now settled with McD chicken. Which is always consistent from my experience.\nEdit: Spelling correction.", "Moved to Texas Chicken but for awhile their chicken always had zero seasoning.\nSo it's not only me.... I also feel like TC's chicken has been rather flavourless lately, even their spicy chicken... Takde kick", "Yeah it\u2019s a huge kick in the balls for the price you pay and they skimp on spices and salt.\nChicken i had was literally tasteless. Thought maybe if it happens once, probably chalk it up to luck. But for it to happen more than 3 times? Nah", "I usually get TC from this one branch and I could see the quality dropping. Chicken lacked flavour and the jalape\u00f1o poppers were served cold... Tried another branch recently and the chicken was also flavourless. Not sure if I want to try another branch... \ud83d\ude10", "It happened to me almost all the time since I had my first around 2016. I thought it was just a branch issue. But since then I've tried in PJ, Gombak, Wangsa Walk, Malacca city, Jerantut, Kuantan and almost same issue. Taste bland. Idk how people can praise them so much when McD exist"], ["The branch in my hometown is terrible but the one near my house is okay, not good, just okay. Overall, not as good as before (10 20 years ago). Operating a fast food chain is pretty damn expensive nowadays so I kinda get why the quality is subpar despite the high prices."], ["A dinner plate costs RM28 now. Screw this shit!!", "WTF?"], ["KFC's service is the worst. in comparison with MacD's, their counter staff does everything from receiving the order, picking and packing the food and delivering the order.\nthe wait times in KFC are horrendous. Shame on QSR brands lol"], ["overpriced\nmacam mekdi\neven thou you aren't boycotting them because of pissrael, still need to boycott because harga yahudi"], ["PJ peeps should try Hot Bird. \ud83d\udc4d", "Been a fan of theirs since they opened in uptown, gotta say their fried chicken has to be one of the best in Malaysia.", "I just tried Hot Bird recently and it's soooo good. Tried the Burn Baby Burn (took the 2nd spiciest level because I didn't wanna top up an extra RM2 :26554:) and damn it really hits the spot.", "I did try, it\u2019s tasty but overpriced."], ["I still really like KFC\u2019s Original recipe chicken. I feel at least for a non spicy version not many chicken chains come close."], ["Is this the TRX branch? Have heard theyre the only branch with the most negative reviews"], ["I stopped buying it after the recent price increase"], ["I buy whole raw chicken at Jaya, ask staff to potong kecik sizes, fry my own with egg batter. My kids love it because we use fresh oil and less salt"], ["KFC is becoming t20 meal, with their underage fried chicken. Side dishes are watery and bland. Pasar malam fried chicken is better and more value.", "\ud83e\udd23 underage is true."], ["Value wise it's bad because of the price.\nThe food stayed the same but the price increased so much that it's not worth it anymore."], ["KFC fries used to be S tier. Now it tastes like a bad version of mcD fries. Probably changed suppliers."], ["Overpriced af. Not worth it at all."], ["Prices getting more & more expensive \ud83e\udd26"], ["Honestly with the prices of mcdonalds and kfc meal getting ridiculously expensive i have resorted to cooking it myself. There's a fried chicken flour called soy asashi and it tastes pretty similar to mcdonalds one.", "Thanks for the recommendation, gonna try it myself."], ["Nah we boycotting", "Hi sir, have you tried throwing your pc and boycotting your work pc made by intel today?\nhttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/intel-secures-dollar325b-israeli-govt-grant-to-build-dollar25b-chip-fab-in-israel-amid-ongoing-tensions", "Targeted boycotts are a thing, everyone knows nearly all devices and products funnel back into the war machine but by using targeted boycotts like those used in apartheid South Africa change can be pushed.", "Jokes on you, I am using AMD \ud83d\ude02", "Only dumb people or ignorant like you will think we need to start throwing away old stuff. Just don't buy it later. \ud83e\udd71", "Then that's not boycotting is it?", "\"Boycotting\" refers to the act of not buying anything from a particular company. However, if you already own items purchased from that company, using them won't contribute to the company's profit. To make the boycott effective, it's important not to show or wear the company's brand in public. Otherwise, you may inadvertently still be promoting the company."], ["KFC is kind of expensive now for a 2 piece of chicken. Locally I go to sugarbun and Borenos."], ["Mid valley kfc is very good i tried walk in"], ["just ate it two days ago, kfc chicken's spice's doesn't taste like before, it has become less savory. :(\ntexas chicken is the winner."], ["from the pic i think is shit already, next time go try the burger will do", "It seems OP's fried chickens are from McD no?", "Definitely. Chickens from McD and sides from KFC as the title said."], ["Depends on the branch."], ["My mom bengal Cat loves kfc, everyday mau mum pampered them so much :)"], ["If you dine in the fried chicken is good. But when order you get most of them small. Can consider 2 chicken into 1."], ["I just ocassionally hv KFC for nostalgic reasons. Maybe twice a year kinda thing"], ["Put that drummet on top of your coleslaw cap"], ["Ordering mcd AND kfc ?"], ["VERY BAD! so bad I actually rather make my own KFC chicken and Nasi Lemak KFC"], ["I thought the branch along Jalan university was exceptionally bad"], ["Dude how many chili packets did you get"], ["They're shit tier imo, McDonald's chicken is better"], ["Gone to the dogs"], ["I feel like the quality dropped a lot, no matter which branch I go, WM or EM. Especially the burgers, the bread all so keras I can build a house using the burger bread."], ["I miss the old KFC,what happen to them. Their chicken use to be so juicy and big."], ["For their prices, I'd rather make my own fried chicken and it'd be 10x better"], ["I eat KFC a lot in Vietnam and fucking love it. Have yet to try the coleslaw though."], ["Some places are good and some are terrible."], ["Friendship ended with KFC now 9Fingers is my bestfriend"], ["It's all variable but generally pretty poor...as someone who's been through the transition from a proper sit down restaurant to the crap experience we have today, I can say that it's plain bad. It has been years (definitely >3 yrs, perhaps more) since I have had it.\nSame issue with all fast food in Malaysia - poor management, crap experience, low quality, unhealthy and grossly over-priced. Boycott-worthy."], ["The consensus that it really depends on the branch you patronise. So far 2 branches i frequent (not too much, just once per week or 2 weeks) in Kota Bharu imo are the consistently good one quality wise, which include the first KFC that opened in Kota Bharu in late 80s/early 90s (for local folks, it's the one at Jalan Pintu Pong, beside Pantai Timur supermarket).\nI am actually surprise that I enjoy their current iteration of Hot & Spicy, they taste different than before, and better. And I am the minority here that I enjoy KFC's chicken than McD's, as for me, McD is the go to for burger"], ["The one where i live, if you go at a good time you might get well cooked chicken. Otherwise its mostly cooked. Sometimes i thought the flesh is still raw and put it in the air fryer for a while. They seem to rush orders out, even tho theres barely 2 tables in use in the whole store, and the kitchen is always relaxed enough to gossip around."], ["wait- KFC changed their sauce packet? bcs that looks like mcd one", "oh wait- nvm I didn't zoom in the pic lmao I was surprised to see that many sauce packets \ud83e\udd23"], ["If you ever tried kfc in other countries you'll realize our kfc is probably the best in the world lol"], ["Very bad. Too expensive."], ["<image>\nI bought from KFC Puncak Alam recently. It was so bad!!! Chicken tenders are not even tender, no white meat visible, it was chewy and tasted like the re-fried it. The coleslaw even smells bad."], ["Go to Texas Chicken next... It's actually a bit cheaper than KFC... Nice sides too... With free refills when you dine in only..."], ["Edlee friend chicken is where my homies at"], ["This size only marry brown can offer. Unless you pakat with manager then get the big size one"], ["very costly these days. during covid, 5 pcs was rm25. now it is rm35."], ["For my chicken fix, I've been enjoying Texas Chickens (the original, as usual with KFC in the past since I prefer the original taste), Marrybrown, and local stalls for burgers."], ["So bad, in Sarawak both Snack Plate and Dinner plates don\u2019t have coleslaw."], ["It's best when fresh made. The meat is soft and tender. If order really late you'll probably unfortunate enough to get the servings prepared from early morning, hard and stale."], ["Eating KFC is a luxury now, like bro my big complaint is the cheesy wedges, it used to be 5.90, now it's 7.90. 5pc H&S chicken used to be 20 ish... Now it's almost 30. Damn man, I just wanna eat to let the nostalgia hits right in the spot but this adult money is just whackk, need to think abt budgetting and all... Adulting sucks"], ["Might as well eat dubuyo"], ["After they removed the meatball soup for their rice. Everything went downhill"], ["Spicy is not even spicy and original is just oil soaken breading chicken"], ["Really depends on the branch. I went to one in Kundasang and I was bloody impressed. Fresh, juicy chicken breast & thighs. Seems like out of town branches are really good quality. It's the cities that suck."], ["I'll only buy kfc for their bucket meals nowadays."], ["Never had any fast food for more than a decade and certainly will not take them in the future, I can make my own fast food 100 times better than these money hungry franchises.\nIf you must have KFC try those that are station in the middle of any highway that stays right beside gas stations.\nIve seen and heard info on their supplies always go thru highway first than city, that means the franchises sits in highway get the primes where cities gets leftovers, I can be wrong too.\nBut many years ago highway KFC certainly does better job that your regular city stores. Just my one cent."], ["How's the new San Thai chicken? anyone here tried it yet?", "Sedap bro \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc", "Stop spreading lies!! \ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21"], ["No quality control before start the operation , chicken size isnt competible to price and now just masin"], ["I enjoyed some of the sides menu but have not buy any recently since they are more expensive"], ["Anything outside of Sabah is hopeless. Come to Sabah. Our coleslaw is divine. Hot & Spicy is heaven. I don't know wtf KFC is doing in Semenanjung but they're not respecting y'all."], ["I don\u2019t know what happened but the prices went up drastically since early this year. (The last time I ate KFC)"], ["still better than Singapore"], ["i had kfc last night and it was sooo good. Moist juicy chicken."], ["Depends on the branch and I think on customer count. Recently I ate a really bad kfc (the branch got no customer bcs of boikot so perhaps they adjust their quality etc..) but then I also ate at one with regular customer count and the taste is alot better.\nOnce I ate a chicken that smell like methane gas ,darker in color and taste funny. Happen to me both at KFC and Mcd. Idk if they refry left over from previous shift or something but it sure do taste like shit."], ["I like how one restaurant critic mentioned that both Kfc and McD forgot the fact that they\u2019re supposed to be the cheapest option as opposed to traditional restaurants. Now they think they can charge gourmet prize while still selling the originally cheap stuff"], ["KFC mid so is mcd, I go to Chicago7 but only in sarawak"], ["I Love KFC. No matter if it's getting bad. The cheezy wedges are my favorite sides for years.\nThough the thing I'm not a fan of is the KFC Price. It's much higher that used to be."], ["To my family the coleslaw is still good , but I never like mash potatoes so not sure about that , ohhh yes the cheese wages is fucking down the drain potato with chemical taste? No thank you"], ["Fast food prices these days are like old time cafe pricing. Cafe pricing thse days are like high end restaurant pricing. Hmm, the coffee smells stronger!"], ["Mamak fried chicken better"], ["I have ditched KFC for years. Poor management and lack of quality control."], ["USA says thanks for the support!", "Welcome!"]]}
{"title": "RIP English", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18s04yc/rip_english/", "num_comment": 200, "flairlabel": ["Language"], "header": "Notice found at a hotel in Malaysia. Direct translation from BM?", "comments": [["It doesn't make sense if you translate word for word to BM either.\nAlso, getting paid 300 if you break it? Call me the Grinch and sign me up!", "I can't word it in Chinese either, the grammar is so messed up I can't translate it word to word in another language. Google translate doesn't fk up this bad. This is next level. Unless the original language has tons of grammar mistakes as well.", "Easy answer:\nEh, ko tau inggeris kan? Tolong jap\nThat kinda shit", "yeah the grammar comes from the source language itself...", "That was a whole new language", "It kinda sounds Chinese. The verb tenses are off and they are missing is and to. Also no plurals.", "BM version:\nPerhatian semua penginap hotel:\nTOLONG JANGAN MAINKAN DAN SENTUH HIASAN KRISMAS INI! KALAU DIROSAKKAN APA-APA BARANG DARI HIASAN INI, ANDA AKAN DISAMAN DIBAYAR RM300.00\nJANGAN MASUK KE DALAM DAN USIK!!!!!!!!!!!!\nKalau bahasa Cina,\n\u5ba2\u6808\u6240\u6709\u4f4f\u5ba2\u8bf7\u6ce8\u610f\uff1a\n\u8bf7\u52ff\u73a9\u5f04\u4ee5\u53ca\u78b0\u8fd9\u5c4a\u5723\u8bde\u7684\u5e03\u7f6e\uff01\u5e03\u7f6e\u7684\u4efb\u4f55\u7269\u54c1\u82e5\u6709\u635f\u574f\u60a8\u5c06\u4f1a\u8d54\u507fRM300.00\n\u522b\u8981\u8fdb\u5165\u73a9\u5f04\uff01\uff01\uff01\uff01\uff01\nKalau dua2 sekali,\nPerhatian semua penginap hotel:\nTOLONG JANGAN MAINKAN DAN SENTUH \u8fd9\u4e2a HIASAN KRISMAS! KALAU DIROSAKKAN APA-APA BARANG DARI HIASAN INI, \u60a8\u5c06\u4f1a\u8d54\u507fRM300.00\nJANGAN MASUK KE DALAM DAN USIK!!!!!!!!!!!!\nYeah maybe a weird mixture of both. PS: Anyone who thinks their Chinese damn expert damn terror, \u522b\u8981 was on purpose. No grammar mistake here ;D figure out the riddle of why I use that", "First word should be \"peringatan\"", "I'm thinking \"kena bayar\" as \"paid\".\ne.g. \"kena makan\" as \"eaten\". Obligatory \"kena makan\" or passive \"kena makan\"", "oh yeah can say like that also", "I believe it's from BM. Because my BM teacher told me It's \"Pisang goreng\" and my Chinese gene always went for \"goreng Pisang\".\nWith this golden rule applied, the Chinese version would be Christmas Decorations instead of Decorations Christmas.\nAnd I think disaman can be changed to bayar, most of the Malaysians actually don't care about past tense.", "Yeah I forgot to change that \ud83d\ude05", "Looks like the naughty kids will get paid this Christmas", "RM300 worth of coals, is that considered a win?", "In this economy?! Fuel is king!", "300 for children is like 3 gazillions. Absolutely!", "it just looks like someone with bad english wrote it."], ["I will touch and I will come inside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "I will get paid RM300!!!!!!", "FREE MONEYYYY", "I will pass go and collect $200", "Touching is bad enough. Who is coming inside the Christmas tree? I mean it\u2019s a white Christmas, but not that kind of white!", "Quickly now! Before they decide to patch the unlimited money glitch.", "hahaha", "This is SPARTA !!!", "Touch me and come inside I give you Rm300 yes", "Touch what? Come inside where? \ud83e\udd13", "Ma bussy. Kbye", "Ay yo \ud83e\udd28", "Don\u2019t playing and touch this!!!!!!!!!!!", "four birds with one stone"], ["<image>\nChoose your fighter", "Money before hoes, hotel offer more tempting lah", "Haih... Pulls down pants", "message is very clear"], ["post this at r/engrish they gonna love this"], ["I will be paid 300 hinggit? Well sign me the fuck up", "You will have to cum inside.", "christmas is white, but not that kind of white. lol"], ["where is this at? bout to make bank"], ["Yes, pay me the MYR 300 after coming on your tree. Win-win for me."], ["Wait, I'll get paid RM300 for breaking the decorations? On my way."], ["I'm gonna translate the broken english to broken malay (if it is broken malay)\n\"TOLONG JANGAN MAIN DAN PEGANG INI HIASAN KRISMAS KALAU SEBEBERAPA BARANG ROSAK DARIPADA INI HIASAN KAMU AKAN DI BAYAR RM300.00 JANGAN DATANG MASUK DAN JANGAN SENTUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\"", "Even in BM, it still doesn\u2019t make sense and with atrocious tatabahasa."], ["+10points for effort.. -200point because not using Google translate that easily reach on any browser"], ["Wow, you\u2019ll get paid for breaking things? I volunteer as tribute!"], ["I WILL COME INSIDE", "COME IN MY PANTS", "you dont have enough rizz", "But have enough jizz"], ["They owe me RM300"], ["Then I will coming outside \ud83d\ude1c"], ["This notice is intended for the particular family who destroyed the decorations at the hotel.\nThis is the recording happened during the festival.\nSpread the post if you can.", "Bunch of uncivilised swines"], ["So the challenge is to break any of the items but from the outside.. hurmm sounds easy enough", ""], ["omg 300ringgit so worth"], ["Ez RM 300 of my life \ud83d\ude02"], ["As a native english speaker who now lives here, this is why I think about trying to get into tutoring folks in conversational english. I'd probably have to get a certificate or something, but the english education seems...hit or miss here, sometimes.", "I learned most of my English from novels, TV, and the Internet. Apart from reputable international schools, the English education here is subpar."], ["no excuse for bad English with chatgpt nowadays. they could simply copy and paste their BM and have chatgpt rewrite it with more eloquence. simply lazy or ignorant at this stage."], ["Unpopular opinion here. Even though that person knows their English isn't that good, they still wrote the letter anyway. Takes courage to do that. Hopefully they'd be able to improve from there on.", "Yeah, but you\u2019d think a hotel of all places would have someone on staff who could produce a better sign than this dog\u2019s breakfast.", "That is not the issue here. The issue is someone actually approved this notice without reviewing it.", "I don\u2019t think it is about courage. It is more You don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know. If you understand, you understand.\nIt may appear and written in English alphabets but it is not English syntactically.\nGoogle Translate and ChatGPT are readily available.\nIt is okay to make mistakes, but shouldn\u2019t there be a review process before making it official. I am curious."], ["Don't mind if i do!"], ["My gf always tell me not to come inside but I can't stand it."], ["Free moneh! Not our fault they wrote it wrongly. I think even the police can't do anything if someone broke something"], ["5 year old children: allow us to introduce ourselves"], ["Where? I wanna get paid too."], ["Coming inside!"], ["I will break that shi and come inside real hard, and you have to pay me 300"], ["Legally we can touch it and be paid right?"], ["I think this kind of joke is WAY WAY funnier than those stand up comedy shows. At least this feels natural instead of trying too hard to crack a joke."], ["They basically ask you to not shoot your cum inside, they didn\u2019t say outside."], ["Amik gmbr poster ni, rosakkan, claim rm 300."], ["Press F to pay respect", "F"], ["LOL LOL LOL What atrocious English! At this stage, might as well name and shame the hotel!"], ["Now this one is hilarious."], ["Break and and get RM300, oh yes."], ["Nope seems like direct translation from mandarin/chinese."], ["HAHAHAHAH"], ["Destroy decoration>>>>profits"], ["I was hoping can learn something abt Bahasa here but apparently it doesn't make sense word for word too"], ["Wow where is this? I need the money!"], ["That\u2019s the level of English i read while watching Projek Bapak-Bapak\u2019s English subtitle on Astro."], ["Where is this hotel? My hands are itchy all of a sudden"], ["I saw a sign inside a clothes shop that simply said \u2018No Trying!\u2019 And it reminded me instantly of this"], ["Damnit! I hate it when I cannot coming inside."], ["Paying 300 for my come I aint that cheap try again hotel management"], ["You smell like a wet dog"], ["as long as u get the words deliver it does'nt mattur!!!!!!!"], ["Nice. I break it, I get paid. Ez Christmas money"], ["Unless there\u2019s a hotel name, it\u2019s fake.."], ["Free RM300, don't mind if i do"], ["Paid RM300? Bro, my hand shall become Mahito's curse fingers and make those decorations disfigure so that I can get the money"], ["so realistic."], ["A Tactical Nuke is arriving at your exact coordinates at 25 december 2024"], ["Ini pentingnya edukesyen."], ["I will play and touch it"], ["Ingglis"], ["\" if any item broken from this decoration you will be paid RM300.00 \"\nMe, doing math : 1 broken item = get paid RM300, 3 broken items = get paid RM900, 10 broken item = get paid RM3000.\n\" Rushing inside Store with a Can of Gasoline and burned the Entire Decoration to the Ground \"\n\" All Broken, Me Filthy Rich \""], ["\"Don't coming inside and don't touch!!\" \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["\"Oh my English\" - Astro Ceria"], ["susah ke nak cari orang yang decent english dalam management \ud83e\udd13"], ["Hahahaha.. mantapkan bahasa melayu"], ["I will be paid for destroying property? Yes"], ["I wanna break that and get my free RM300"], ["Rip my brain \ud83e\udd72"], ["GET PAID!"], ["Perfectly understandable, if you go in his shop, will cost him rm300. So he don't want you to come in!"], ["LooooL \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["damn i get paid RM300 for coming inside and touching?\nYESSIR!"], ["What a death English has to face....."], ["imma get the free money"], ["Definitely direct translation. At this point using google translate is much more preferable. I would know since I am a Malay and I have tried to test the effectiveness of Google translate in translating Malay sentences into English multiple times"], ["RIP England. England so powderful......."], ["\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Lol, at least they've tried."], ["<image>"], ["Hmm if yall see some white stuff it isnt snow... santas busy withda missus"], ["This is like Monopoly .. go pass and get rm300"], ["Aka Manglish"], ["Time to unleash your inner godzilla"], ["Such a sorry story"], ["Don't threaten me with a good time."], ["*Pulls up sleeves,\nguess who's getting into the naughty boy list?"], ["OK, who's been touching and coming inside the tree?"], ["Don't come inside?? Where else to come?"], ["Doesnt make sense in any language lmao.....but how many decorations on the Christmas tree? We all can get free RM300 if each of us Redditors break one piece of decoration"], ["May I know which hotel? I would like to get my share of RM300 too! Getting paid to damage, nice!"], ["ohhhh yeah I'm gonna coming insai and tatch erywhr yeeee"], ["Where do I collect my RM300 - happy to trash the tree deco along with this sign \ud83d\ude0f"], ["OP may we know which hotel is this? Bet lots of us interested in paying a visit and get free money lmao"], ["This must be translated directly from this -Cong mai kong tiek, Pun tiek, Shin tiek\u2026."], ["Well. You can't complain till people break your stuff too. I also have the same issue. People keep coming in and breaking the Christmas decorations and sea shells even if you put a sign not to touch.\nCalling them to pay rm300 is really cheap. Have you every buy a Christmas tree in a shopping mall before. Expensive. Rm300 consider cheap already."], ["Don't coming inside and no touching?\nHehehe"], ["HELL YEAH GET ME THE SLEDGEHAMMER"], ["Where is this hotel at? I wanna go and destroy that decoration \ud83e\udd23"], ["which hotel is this? I want to get paid rm300."], ["Ehhh.....free RM 300"], ["\"Itu pentingnya English education...\""], ["When govt didn't emphasize English education"], ["First time in Malaysia? These kinds of signs are everywhere. Yes, even on billboards"], ["Shii I get paid RM300 for breaking things???"], ["what if I put rubber, can I coming inside?"], ["This reminds me of my ex colleague who's Indian, he text like this."], ["just use bahasa melayu senang"], ["It's ok. It conveyed the message. Perhaps, they should get someone who has good English skills."], ["you will be paid... sign me up!"], ["(breaks decor)\nPony up my moneyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!"], ["New hustle incoming"], ["Where is this I get paid to destroy things?"], ["Ngl they got us in the first half."], ["Just send me location. I\u2019m gonna come. Break and get RM300"], ["Free Money \ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude01"], ["\"you will be paid 300rm\"\nSIGN ME UP!"], ["Sure I'll break it for RM 300"], ["Pay me pay me"], ["My English is not englishing\ud83d\uddff"], ["Where is this? I want rm300. Promise won't coming inside"], ["Don\u2019t touch the decorations!!! That RM300 is for me to claim!!"], ["RIP the management who did this"], ["Chat gpt do exist"], ["Cambodian immigrant worker not paid extra for this work"], ["Must from /k"]]}
{"title": "Smoke earlier today first time seeing this", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vafrm/smoke_earlier_today_first_time_seeing_this/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Saw this earlier today from my condo and was damn shocked. Heard it was a transformer explosion or sorts", "comments": [["So\u2026.no pope yet\u2026 /s"], ["Barbecue"]]}
{"title": "T'ganu govt's new Mazdas to save on maintenance - state secretary", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rz4vh/tganu_govts_new_mazdas_to_save_on_maintenance/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Better choice then Mercedes. Big thumbs up. Proton is no more a national car, don't need to buy them on purpose.", "Yeah but the smartest choice would be a Proton for the value and maintenance. So this Mazda purchase is still a splurge.", "yeah agreed. I advised a colleague to seriously consider mazda. not too flashy, not too cheap looking, good value for resale. just nice for an executive as a second car for business travels."], ["Mazdas are a pretty sound option tbh. Near conti car levels of interior quality and doesn't nearly cost as much, it's also one step higher than the common brands which seems alright for their positions"], ["Personally i think if u keep brand new vehicles in a depot 7 months after purchasing them, its sheer incompetance. Is there any reason they havnt been distributed?", "Probably getting all the paperwork in place, service agreements etc.\nThese cars are probably leased to the state government rather then them buying and owning them outright.", "Probably getting all the paperwork in place, service agreements etc.\nit doesnt take 7 months to do that...and if it does....it really shows your governments inefficiency and incompetency"], ["Terengganu state secretary Tengku Farok Hussin Tengku Abdul Jalal has confirmed the purchase of a fleet of Mazda sport utility vehicles (SUVs) for the official use of the menteri besar and state executive councillors.\nAccording to a report by Harian Metro today, Tengku Farok was quoted as saying that the procurement of 10 new SUVs was approved by the state budget last year.\nHe was also cited as saying that the decision to purchase the SUVs to replace the current official vehicles was to help the Terengganu state government save on maintenance costs.\n\u201cAs of now, the SUVs, which were purchased in May, have yet to be distributed, including to the exco members.\n\u201cThe purchase of these vehicles should not be politicised as it was approved in last year\u2019s budget,\u201d he told reporters after visiting the disaster operations room in Kuala Terengganu today.\nIn recent days, speculation has been rife that the Terengganu state government had procured new vehicles for its leaders after photos of Mazda SUVs went viral on social media.\nElaborating on the matter, Tengku Farok stressed that the purchase of the vehicles did not violate any regulations.\nThe purchase was also approved along with four-wheel drive vehicles for the state Forestry Department, he said.\nHe also asserted that it has become a norm for the state government to provide new vehicles to department heads including the state excos.\n*****\nWhy not perahu, sampan and Hilux?", ":26561:"], ["huh not mercedes ? the most robust car. Now mazdas ?", "Merchedez is heavier, sink faster in floodwaters :26554:", "Amen"], ["Missing important destroyed: how old were the previous fleet, what were their maintenance costs?"]]}
{"title": "DAP reps want Malacca vehicle-free zone trial reviewed", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ryy0z/dap_reps_want_malacca_vehiclefree_zone_trial/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong has urged the state government to immediately postpone the trial run of the vehicle-free zone in Malacca city centre, suggesting that it be reviewed and re-implemented after the Chinese New Year celebrations.\nIn a statement today, he said the road closure for 54 hours has negatively impacted revenue of the business community in the area", "comments": [["> suggesting that it be reviewed and re-implemented after the Chinese New Year celebrations.\nI agree somewhat, but due to the fact that malaysians always have celebrations every month.. when would be a suitable time that isnt near someone's celebration?"], ["After CNY, Raya pulak..postponed lagi..I hope the state gov continue as schedule."], ["Car free streets absolutely suck ass.\nThey usually end up as hyper commercialised soulless places."]]}
{"title": "No more B40, M40, T20, PADU will consolidate all socioeconomic data for targeted subsidies", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rymh6/no_more_b40_m40_t20_padu_will_consolidate_all/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Data monopoly? Rafizi will become our sole Data Emperor?", "Considering that Rafizi already has his own think tank which feeds on data like these...\nIt's disturbing to see he got his hands on even more of our data. It's intrusive and I think Rafizi (or his think tank) has personal interest on using our data", "Talking about conflict of interest..."], ["Literally 1984"], ["PADU seems futuristic idea where they can control the subs, but the important part I ACTUALLY DOUBT OF THEIR SECURITY SYSTEM, HOW CAN THEY GURRENTED THE SAFETY OF THE DATA?"], ["A bit taik la. Me being single b40 can't get a loan for education since my siblings are not b40 back then. Am I supposed to merempat on the streets instead of staying at our family house \ud83e\udd14", "Yeah this is stupid"], ["<image>\nMe when I hear about data collection"], ["T20 always saying they dont have enough because they have more hutang to pay. No shit. At least ko ada rumah besar, maid, and your children can go holidays. Actual B40 jugak yang kais pagi makan pagi.", "Maybe this system would help filter that out. Like who just talk cock only and who is in serious shit. Rumah besar anak sepuluh dekat bangsar more critical than rumah kecil anak satu dekat Semenyih. If they wanna go extra mile, work and home location would influence fuel consumption and subsidies etc.\nWith data, possibilites are endless.", "Never understood why people have so many children when they can't feed them and house them properly though.\nI've met people who told me Zakat don't give them enough when they are on their 7th child and they look like they could be that child's grandparents."], ["Higher petrol price incoming. I wonder how this will work. Are we subsidising people with more kids/loans? How about unmarried low income working individual but from rich family? Will this people be paying higher price petrol? Takkan claim the excess from family right.", "Petrol price is just a political agenda to divide the people into groups.\nOne of this group will love the idea and support furiously forcing people to sign up this Digital ID, stating how it would save the economy. They will make the most noise as if majority of people are in the bandwagon.\nPetrol price is also just the start, next it will be control on how people can spend the rest of their money, just look at the free money being give out recently:\nCan only be stored in their choice of e-wallet\nCan only be used on their choice of merchant\nCan be expired at the date they decide."], ["All the way!"]]}
{"title": "Anyone else not getting their free Unifi speed upgrade despite eligible?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ryc1e/anyone_else_not_getting_their_free_unifi_speed/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "So currently I'm on 300mbps package, and I received an sms months ago saying that I'm eligible for a free speed upgrade, then the next few days they claimed they did some maintenance and its completed and I should receive the new internet speed after restarting the router.\nBut after months of checking out my speed test, the speed still remain the same, I check out my Unifi portal and it still said that I am eligible for free speed upgrade.\nNow I'm just thinking since its almost the end of 2023, would they just claim that all free upgrade has been completed and won't do anything further?\nCause I received an offer from CelcomDigi fibre for slightly lower cheaper price and comes with free 1 year bill, which got me thinking should I just switch to it? Is anyone else using CelcomDigi fibre?", "comments": [["Is your device capable of reaching that internet speed? I have an iPad Air 2 (bought since 2015) and it can\u2019t reach 500mbps, but my iPhone 11 can.\nI called the people at Unifi and they also confirmed to me that it is device limitations."], ["I'm on a 100 mbps plan and I still haven't received the upgrade yet. Funny thing is my business 30 mbps Unifi account that I only registered last September already received the upgrade to 100 mbps.\nI guess it depends on the location, and the upgrade completing by December 2023 is more of target rather than a deadline.", "Ooh right, I forgot about my parents home and business that are using the 30 mbps, need to go check them out. zzz"], ["You need to go to their app and upgrade from there, its not actually automatic, yeah, I don't know whats wrong with them:26563:", "Wait really? which app thou? Unifi mobile?", "yeah, its the MyUnifi app, go to account then to view account then the orange bubble with > symbol then click change my plan, the broadband plan without additional addon nonsense require you to swipe the option to the left.", "Ok.... weird, apparently this app is incompatible with my device? (Huawei P20)\n:26563:\n<image>"], ["You can always start an online chat session with TM help and they can run a remote diagnostic check to see the speed as it is delivered to your BTU - once it reaches your access point in your home, any slowdowns would be your responsibility though, unless you want them to come and do in house diagnosis for a fee.\nAs for celcomdigi, they TM too just under a different subsidiary company. Backbone is the same so if you get a better deal, nothing wrong with trying it out but do sus out the details first", "Yeah I tried the online chat but it always long queue up to hundreds, so I probably just try to call them up when I can.\nBut I am just curious if anyone in the same situation as mine.", "You might need to check on the capability of your devices and routers. Mine was upgraded but most of the time I\u2019m not getting the max throughput because of my older router devices. In order to have the speed my router has to be upgraded. But using cable I can get around 80%+ of the speed", "Oof good call, well I found out my router is the TP-Link AC1200, and it said to support up to 867 mbps on 5ghz, so I guess I can rule that out?\nBut I realize that my wifi adapter D-Link DWA-171, only able to support up to 433 mbps, but despite that my speed test is always only around 230 mbps, but seeing its wireless and all I guess thats reasonable?\nSo if I did receive the upgrade, it should be higher than 230 mbps right? Should I try to get better wifi adapter?", "Yes, you need a new WiFi 6 router to get 500mbps speed."], ["Check if your router supports 500mbps. Older routers doesn't support higher speeds."], ["are testing the speed over wifi or lan. if wifi, ensure you use wifi6 to get the best speed.\nif it is a genuine issue, just call them directly. I also got problem during my upgrade not applied despite sms saying it was upgraded. solved it a few days after the report.\nyou can always switch to other telco if your contract is finished. but keep in mind CelcomDigi uses TM infra, so if there are any technical issue involving TM it'll be a hassle. This is the reason I switch to TM, and because TM offer RM50 rebate if tech issue not solved within 24hr", "Yeah I am testing it over wifi, I know lan would be higher reading but lan just not possible for me due to distance, and just now I tried using my phone for speed test and found out it can reach up to 270, compare to my desktop pc with wifi adapter for only 230.\nI guess I should try to replace my wifi adapter? But either way, it still didn't solve the problem of not receiving the free upgrade, and my current router does not have wifi 6 but I check its specification and it shows that its able to support up to 867 mbps on 5ghz, so I guess thats ok?", "U restarted the router, but did u restart the modem??? The one that comes before your router.\nAnd also, WiFi not accurate to test speed, even if u place next to the router.\nNo matter how, you can\u2019t get full speed at a distance.\nEven on WiFi 6, 5ghz bandwidth, I only get around 500-600mbps while next to the router, LAN I get 700-800mbps (on a 800mbps plan)", "Of course I did restarted both. :26561:\nIs there anyway to get free wifi 6? I did get free wifi 6 offer many months ago from unifi but I didn't accept it cause need to renew contract.", "No, WiFi 6 is basically a new router, just go buy one. They\u2019re surprisingly affordable, and consider getting a mesh unit as well to extend the WiFi signal.\nBut do note, mesh is not a be all end all, you\u2019re still ultimately on WiFi, LAN is still best for speed and stability.\nBesides restarting your router and modem, maybe also check if there is any software update for your router and as well WiFi adaptor, and as well possibly change dns to something like google public dns or cloudflare.\nAnd as well, remember, no way to know if u are getting full speed unless ur on LAN, WiFi is not accurate to measure speed.", "How about upload speed? I think for 500mbps plan it should supports 100mbps upload speed. If you still in 300mbps plan it will show 50mbps upload.\nIf you want to upgrade, I suggest looking at blacktubi.com for router review. The site shows real world wifi speed for many malaysian market router."], ["when i login to my unifi account it says my upgrade will start in 2024"], ["test with LAN ethernet cable what speed you get?\ntry changing the ethernet/LAN cable from BTU to the router to the new one, maybe the cable degraded which happened to me months ago.\nfor wireless, for 500mbps better use AX/wifi 6 router"]]}
{"title": "Kastam process when buying bulk from Alibaba", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ry1vu/kastam_process_when_buying_bulk_from_alibaba/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Does anyone have experience in buying bulk from Alibaba? How was the process over kastam there? The seller just told me they will delivery straight to my designated address and i\u2019m here worry about the tax and declare.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Is it difficult to obtain a prescription for Paxlovid from a GP or hospital in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rxzsi/is_it_difficult_to_obtain_a_prescription_for/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "Hey my mate is exploring the possibility of getting prescribed Paxlovid in Malaysia. Has anyone easily obtained a prescription from a GP/hospital? I heard from some locals that said that its quite difficult to get but the. Some say its easy to get so Im confused.\nI'd appreciate insights on the process and any advice. Thank you!", "comments": [["Was extremely easy for my father to get. He is in his 70s with comorbidities. Felt unwell, did a rapid test in the morning, came out positive. Brought him to KL Health Clinic in the afternoon and within couple of hours they sent us home with Paxlovid and some other meds. A nurse called to check in with him every other day during home quarantine.", "Wow, Malaysia's healthcare is truly amazing. In Australia, when someone tests positive in the RAT test, they're told to undergo home isolation. If experiencing any serious symptoms, they are advised to report to the hospital. Subsequently, if the situation is life-threatening or the person is elderly or falls into a high-risk category, such as immunocompromised individuals, they are granted Paxlovid.\nThat's why when I heard you say it's easy to get it without any screening or requirements, I was amazed \ud83d\ude00", "Well Paxlovid is only effective the earlier you take it so can't waste much time there.\nThere are requirements. Not everyone is eligible to get it, you'll need to be elderly or immunocompromised. But other than that, no need to wait for a PCR test confirmation or anything like that. Rapid test+symptoms like fever was good enough for them to give Paxlovid.", "Oh I see. So there are requirements only for non elder people and non immunocompromised people..My bad. Thanks for clarifying"], ["It's easy to get it from public clinics/hospitals provided if they really think you need it. Just walk in, tell them your symptoms and any comorbidities that you're having, do a check and they'll prescribe it.\nSource: They prescribed it to me because I have a congenital heart defect."], ["Step 1 : walk into a government health clinic (klinik kesihatan) with COVID and mild symptoms Step 2: get Paxlovid\nSo no, it's not difficult!", "Dang pretty easy compared with Aussie lmao. May I ask is it ok to walk in to private hospital like Prince Court Medical instead? Or is Paxlovid just available at government hospitals?", "You can get almost any drug in private provided you are willing to pay.", "No you can't with Paxlovid. The only way is through the government channels.\nI should clarify, the only Paxlovid stocks in Malaysia are paid for by the Malaysian government for Malaysians. Whether the drug is provided for foreigners, I do not know. There are no Paxlovid for private sales.", "Thats unfortunate..any chance you know any good government hospitals near the Prince court area? We\u2019re staying in \u201cThe Conlay\u201d hotel.", "The nearest one to you should be the Kuala Lumpur Health Clinic", "Great. Just we live next to Prince Court so convenient \ud83d\ude05. Thanks for the help all."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia to Singapore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rxc3t/malaysia_to_singapore/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi i\u2019m Indonesian here. I\u2019m planning on watching concert in Singapore on April 10th, staying from 8th - 12th). But airplane tickets & hotels are expensive in Singapore. So i\u2019m planning on staying in Johor Bahru and crossing the border on the 10th before & after watching the concert. Is it a bad idea?\nAnyone have any recommendations on the transportation? Bus or train? Thank you", "comments": [["Apr 10th is Raya period, almost the whole Singaporean Muslim community will take the opportunity to travel up to Malaysia to soak in the Raya mood, the rest of us will probably head up too in search of nice food at pasar Raya in JB. I suggest you book your JB accommodation quickly now on a reliable platform or else it'll be snapped up by Singaporeans who're also looking to book rooms for a short staycation. The whole Causeway will definitely be jammed as well (like it has been these few weeks due to the festive period) so you need to factor that into your decision as well.\nCheck out this article for more info on buses but do take note of the delays you might experience during festive periods - https://trevallog.com/travel-singapore-johor-bahru-jb-public-transport-bus/\nAlso check out the Malaysia Immigresen Dept live update of the BSI checkpoint here - https://www.facebook.com/mediajimbsi\n... and Singapore's ICA updates about traffic conditions at both checkpoints here - https://www.facebook.com/Immigration.Checkpoints.Authority/"], ["Take a bus from kl to sg. The challenge is what time the concert ends? If it's past midnight, they hv taxis going from sg to jb. You can take those.", "I can\u2019t take the bus to SP from JB? When will the first bus depart from MY? Do they have like midnight bus? Do i need to buy the ticket in advance or i can just buy it on the spot? I\u2019m thinking to book capsule hotel in spore for one night. If not then i\u2019m taking the taxi."], ["recommend taking bus to Singapore early in the morning"], ["what about the ferry from bintan or batam?"], ["Where's the concert venue?\nIt's doable on April 10 from JB to SG, but not really practical on the same night from SG back to JB. Stay overnight there instead, just for that night. If money is tight, you can always opt for a dorm bed at a hostel or, for more security, a pod hotel. If Geylang (red light district) sounds too scary, other budget options are Little India (quiet ever since public drinking laws were introduced), Chinatown, Clarke Quay, plus a few places at Lavender. Cheapest quotes I'm seeing online are S$35-40 per day.\nThe forward trip is doable since you shall have the entire daytime to cross the border. Despite it being Hari Raya Puasa, I don't expect the entire Muslim population to leave town (lol) except for those going for family gatherings/reunions. It's also occurring in midweek next year (so no long weekend) & isn't taking place in June (school holidays) so there's less incentive for the Chinese majority to plan any getaway trips\nThe return trip is another matter, however. Firstly, I don't think the cross-border buses (Causeway Link) operate that late at night; do your own research to confirm this. Public bus 170 does have a later last bus (12:10am, 20-30 min intervals after 7pm) but you'll have to make your way to the Queen Street terminal (near Bugis MRT).\nThe licensed cross-border taxi service is also there (next door), although I'm not sure many drivers are active that late (call the hotlines to check). Their fixed fare has also increased post-pandemic (I believe S$60 now) but you can split it 4 ways (so S$15 each) if you can find 3 other passengers on the spot. Take note that Malaysian cabs can drop you off at the doorstep, but not Singapore cabs. (The vehicles are differently coloured, not sure if this has changed.) Depending on where you end up in JB, you may need to find further transportation for the last-mile journey.\nThe most stressful part is getting to Queen Street. You see, 11pm to 12am is very unpredictable even for locals, since the process involves juggling last-bus & last-train timings depending on where you plan to board & transfer. All the info are published online, so check carefully & see whether it's entirely feasible & how much you'll need to hurry at each stage. If you arrive too late, then the only ad-hoc option is to take a taxi, except SG taxi drivers habitually take their supper break from 11pm to wait for the 50% midnight surcharge to kick in. Not only that, they take their kopitiam breaks in the HDB heartlands too, unwilling to drive back to downtown without a paid fare.\nBetter to skip all such hassles, & opt for a peaceful sleep instead.\nAs for \"private taxis\" advertising online & promising doorstep-to-doorstep at fixed fares (typically S$100-150), they're unlicensed & aren't insured so book them at your own risk.\nEDIT: oh yeah, do familiarize yourself with the new SG Arrival Card (which replaces the old Disembarkation Card) which will be assessed by the border official. If the format hasn't changed, you can click on 'Day Trip' instead of providing 'Accommodation' (hotel) details according to a past Tripadvisor SG forum post. You can also ask the regulars over there for hotel suggestions. Speaking of which, if you plan to cross the land checkpoint every day as a foreigner, the duty official has the discretion to reject entry without explanation. (Not saying it will happen, though.)", "I stand corrected, after reading up on latest blog updates. Causeway Link has extended its hours for their bus CW2 after the pandemic ended https://www.causewaylink.com.my/cw2-runs-24-hours-starting-from-august-1-2022/\nFYI the other cross border bus from the same Queen Street terminal is the SJE (Singapore-Johor Express). But it apparently runs only up to midnight.\nA 3rd operator is Transtar Travel, which is more well known to route directly between JB & Changi Airport. But it also has a service between JB & Sentosa (traversing down Scotts Road near Orchard), as well as another from Gelang Patah to the west of Singapore (industrial sector). A planned 4th, from JB to Marina Bay, is not operational yet."], ["Definitely not a bad idea, I've done this few years back.\nI took bus from JB Checkpoint to Kranji, and from there took MRTs to reach Stadium MRT station. Concert ended after 10pm, and reached JB Checkpoint slightly after 12 midnight.", "I saw the other comment that it\u2019s kind of a bad idea because it\u2019s Raya Day. People probably going to MY or going to SP on that day to visit relatives. Have you experience it on Raya Day?", "I drove in to SG twice during Raya, but the last trip was almost 7-8 years ago, fairly decent traffic back then. Relatives have since moved to JB.\nI personally think that you should not have any issue making the JB - SG leg since concerts usually start in the evening, and you would have plenty of hours to make the trip. Try to start your journey from JB Checkpoint as early as you can.\nThe SG - JB leg that me and my friends made after the concert was stressful as we have to rush to catch the last bus going to JB Checkpoint. But I read somewhere that the service has now been extended, so you should not face any issue with that."]]}
{"title": "Best VPN to secure yourself in Malaysia (mobile + PC) ? I'm being attacked all over", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rx6dv/best_vpn_to_secure_yourself_in_malaysia_mobile_pc/", "num_comment": 70, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Lately My two Genshin account has been hacked, my brother's Facebook has been hacked, then my LinkinID\nThree of my Google account got accessed from three different country, then I changed my password to be longest and more secure\nYet yesterday someone managed to get in and even signed me out, I somehow luckily managed to recover it and changed the password again, I made clean installation of my laptop and logged in with my burner Gmail account yet somehow kept trying to access my accounts which I am so confused\nI am assuming maybe a possible session hijacking which I did not realize? Data breach that nobody knows?\nSo to secure myself I've Been eyeing on mullvad but the transaction seems so complicated although it's cheap, so as Malaysian for the price which VPN gives me the best security along with some speed? Is buying through shopee acceptable though?", "comments": [["don't you have 2FA on all the important accounts?", "Yeah, seems like an Authenticator app is a better solution than vpn in this scenario", "Yup, password is like 20+ characters long with random special char + num + letter\n(Recent as I mentioned above) The thing is when I recovered it, it had no session or other devices from other locations, the suspicious activity came from a device that has been signed out yet trying to access my account\nBut what google did was it signed me out of all my devices ? Which is weird cause it shouldn't do that considering all my devices that I use are \"trusted device\"\nPassword was changed as well, and I received the first notification of 2FA code, I tried recovering it using my phone number and prompt yet it told me it would take 48 hours but somehow the RECOVERY email saved my ass in the end, I am so confused, shouldn't 2FA using my phone is far more trustable than receiving a code via recovery email? But somehow I'm glad I managed to recover it\nEnabled backup code + authenticator and planning on doing whatever it takes to secure the fuck out of my account at this point", "Check to see if there is a recovery phone number assigned to your accounts. The attacker may be using their phone number to recover your accounts despite any password that you set.", "Only my phone number is attached which is why I'm so confused on how such thing can happen", "Maybe got spyware or keylogger on your device.\nBest to wipe your devices clean by formating.\nKeep only important non executable files", "Depends on your activity mostly, my accounts never has been hacked even tho im not on Genshin. You're usually hacked if you go to many sites that are malicious and clicking on links and accidentally downloaded malwares without your knowledge. Or like other gentlemens pointed out that it might be related to data leaks."], ["Your email/account might be involved in a data leak. You should check this"], ["You might need to lookout for pirated software, and check your browser for unrecognized plug-ins. for your Gmail, try login to manage device section and sign out all unrecognized devices.\nPlease enable 2-factor authentication on all your accounts. Also do not reuse passwords, get a bitwarden password manager (available for Windows, MacOS, Android and iPhones) to create a strong and unique password for each account. The BitWarden master password is the only one you need, also please remember that one only, if you forget say bye bye to access.", "Yes, check your plugins OP. Sometimes they are the ones sucking you, and they can bypass the chrome safety check. Reset chrome and enable just the trustables plugins"], ["wah bro, i think you need an authenticator, can be google authenticator or you have your own favorite", "Genshin + linkedID + Facebook got it's 2FA bypassed, I thought maybe the password is not strong enough,\nThen boom my Gmail account that has strong password got hacked, so like I'm confused what type of attack is these guys even using, like damn, maybe something new that we all don't know?\nMaybe my long password which is Actually bunch random characters are still guessable by whatever attack they're trying to do? I am going for bitwarden and implementing all types of 2FA at this point", "If you're using the same password everywhere.. Regardless, I'd go for bitwarden and 2FA Is there perchance someone close to you are the culprit?\nIf your password is secure enough (long, not suspectible to disciplinary attack, no reusing password) chances are you either have a keylogger, MIM attack, or just human", "Were you contacted by anyone who made you go through an \"authentication\" process to \"prove that you're a human\" and \"not a scammer\"? Got tricked like that trying to sell some stuff on mudah.my, and they broke through my Visa 2FA. Fking Visa.", "gg i think you gotta reformat all your device, do a reset and clear all stuff, might be having some malware or bugs", "My 4TB drive just arrived, yeah cleaning my PC right now", "ahaha clean your phone as well"], ["Op please explain from a to z before the day of hack"], ["How did they managed to get into your accounts multiple times? are you sure your computer is not infected by Malware/RAT/Keylogger? Do you open suspicious files lately? do you saves your password on browser?, how do you choose your password? Use Password Manager!\nI recommend enabling HTTPS Only mode in all tab on all of your browsers and setup 2fa on all of your account ASAP. change all of your passwords, check if your accounts have something like login via recovery or phone number and secure those too.\nThis is very unlikely but what is your Router brand and models? your router could be infected or unauthorized user is on your Wifi, change your wifi password to something strong.", "Keylogger or session hijacking or data leak is probably my three main guesses, cause I don't clear history so I could research anything Ive missed but needed in the moment(after weeks or months)\nI was an absolute idiot with a mindset that who would even hack my things till one day it happened and I got panicked to death and now extremely paranoid with what would happen next\nI was saving my password on the browser for most cases and had been using reused password which is purely dumb thinking about the consequences now, but what I don't get is\nI've cleaned my laptop\nusing burner account in my laptop even though it's clean and wiped out\nchanged all the password to extremely long and random characters\n2FA enabled\nsigned out of all other devices\nJust when I tot I was good to go, today morning my account got accessed and hacked and Google literally sign me out instead of just preventing it from happening even though 2FA is already enabled, I've begun to suspect my phones so far", "Brute hack is very unlikely happened on regular persons.\nIt is very likely someone have backdoor access to you, with the usual suspect being malwares in your computer AND smartphone.\nFull reset your smartphone.\nIf that didn't work, however remote, your SIM card might be cloned."], ["VPN is not going to do anything to prevent getting hacked. Don't waste money on it.\nLike others have said enabling 2FA is important, not SMS or email based 2FA, but using a TOTP app like authenticator.\nPersonally, I use bitwarden for password management and ensure each of my accounts has unique totally random passwords. No password reuse.\nFor Google, Apple or any other site that supports passkeys, consider switching to passkey for even stronger security.\nAlternatively, If you really want to go all out in terms of login security, get a yubikey. It is hardware authentication key. So there is no way anyone can login without your yubikey."], ["I suspect you might have malicious APK installed on your phone with device management permissions", "Could it be because I am using Xiaomi? I don't have anything malicious APK, maybe my laptop? Possible", "If 2FA is bypassed I suspect it's your phone, unless you stay signed in on a lot of websites on your laptop then it might be a session hijacking."], ["A VPN is not some magic security dust. It is just one layer of security that shouldn't be needed if you're not using an insecure network like public WiFi. If someone is hacking your home router, it can help protect you a little, but it's a bandaid on the real problem.\nProton VPN is pretty good and free. But if your router doesn't support VPN as many don't, it means you need to set it up on every individual device."], ["Use another device tp change the password and don't login using your phone for a while. If there's no leak then, you might need to format your phone cz your phone might be infected.", "Thanks, I never thought about this, planning on transferring all my accounts to iPhone, just waiting for my 4TB HDD to arrive so I could back up"], ["It's probably your phone. Doubt someone can brute force long as fuck password that fast. What version is your android phone? As for mullvad, just pay with card then save the account number they give you. Mullvad is good but the speed is kind of slow.", "Anything that has reasonable speed with good privacy other than mullvad?", "I advise you try mullvad first, you can pay for 1 month only. What I mean by kind of slow because I used it only for torrent back then. Beware whatever review you read, too many spam bot from competitor."], ["Pretty sure you have something on your PC"], ["Sorry, clean installation on your laptop? You mean install-reinstall Genshin?\nUnless I misunderstood, you should have done a full format of your laptop. There might be malicious app running in the background that capture all your details.\nVPN only protect your session, and even assuming the attacker captured your activities payload, it is still close to impossible for them to crack your strong password.\nSo yeah, the spyware is already in your laptop."], ["What kind of authenticator app are you using? If you are using Google's default authenticator, you might need to rethink it as it syncs MFA codes in the cloud. If your Google account is compromised, your codes will be compromised as well. I use Aegis authenticator instead."], ["A VPN won't keep you from getting hacked. You need something like Internet Security like Kaspersky and a strong password security system like Dashlane. Or get an iPhone.", "I have iphone but sadly 64GB model, do you think transferring all my important account there would be good idea? Then removing all my important accounts from Android?\nPlanning on getting bitwarden + VPN + and yeah a budget anti virus", "Get Kaspersky Full Internet security. Really. After all that you want to get a budget anti virus?", "Yeah thinking about taking 161/year plan so far, I am deadass paranoid that I am now blasting my notifications sound so it would wake me even in sleep (my recent attack happened at 5.40 am and thank god I was awake)"], ["Nordvpn, comes with nordpass, so generate/save your password easily. It also comes with leak checker stuff, see if your email address was leaked previously somewhere, like Malindoair or Shopback. Referral if interested\nLive your digital life with confidence \u2013 start using NordVPN for everyday cybersecurity. Sign up with this link to get up to 3 months free: https://ref.nordvpn.com/XIIpkreDOfY", "The thing is, I am confused whether this some sort bot comment? Cause all the VPN Reddit kept spamming links like this, if this is bot comment that kept advertising means I can't trust Nord so", "Hahaha fair fair. I. Am. Not. A. Bot. Beep beep.\nThere! No more confusion I hope!\nbut serious tho, I used mulvad, express. So far nord works best for me. Oh, do check the VPN subreddit, there's a guy who did a spreadsheet. Can do your own homework", "Is it possible to pay them through wire transfer? I mean I am expecting privacy yes but not to the extend of strict privacy, just want to be protect myself from whoever tryna log in on my account"], ["Get Dashlane through your Malaysian Google account. It's RM79 a year vs US$79 on website.", "How good is it compared to bitwarden thou? People kept saying bitwarden is better because it's open source? And free?", "I dunno. You'd have to research yourself. But I've been using Dashlane for 3 years now and am happy with them. I've been using Kaspersky's Internet Security for over 8 years. Have them on all my devices. I use SmartDNS VPN and ExpressVPN. I try not to use free public WiFi opting to use phone data. My VPN isn't even on most of the time. I don't download apk apps.", "Are you taking the 161/year plan? For Kaspersky?"], ["Kaspersky Plus is the best, hands down. It also g9ves great anti virus protection!"], ["Been using NordVPN for years. Satisfied with the speed and efficiency. Use ShopBack to get cashback. I just renewed my acc ytd"], ["Mullvard, no email, no credit card needed too.", "Are using it ? Wait CAN YOU please guide me on how do I make a payment and use their product, I am so confused with account numbers they give, I was planning on mullvad all along", "Yes, I am using it. If you pay in crypto you don't need a card. They give you a unique number you use to login and that's it. I used Bitcoin."], ["I'd recommend getting a YubiKey if you're going for 2FA."], ["Check the spreadsheet, some vpn can be paid using crpyto"], ["You have an active cookie session somewhere with the account still logged in. No password change or MFA could save you.\nGo through you 3rd party connected app and remove all of it.", "Yeah I highly suspect this, I did not have much knowledge on cookies, now I'm clearing it often", "Clearing cookies won't work if they're saved on other website server.", "Wait really? Yeah I lack a lot of knowledge in this, would you please suggest me something about it?", "You just clearing cookies on local machine i.e your device. You can't clear the one saved on 3rd party website server.\nRemove all connected apps from your account.", "Will do, thanks For the suggestion"], ["You might have service running in bg that's snooping your local files. Best solution is a hard reset, unless you can identify the sus service"], ["Buy yourself a Yubikey because VPN is not going to do anything, also stop re-using passwords and use secure passwords.\nThis would be what one of my passwords look like;\n^d2Z1#:G|(U$~\"+pJU_GH7CSm>k-@]4Xa26l\\}ndvwi2jn$}3V"], ["you must have been a major criminal in your past life to get all this karma"], ["Yes OP. It was me. I'm just messing with you :p"], ["be wary of public wi-fi as well for MITM attacks"], ["No point using vpn if you are repeating same password in each of the service, even though its a 100 long password. Best and fool proof is to use unique password for each services, never to repeat them."], ["Suggest looking for a service provider. They might be able to find the problem.", "It consultan?", "Yeah. It's easier to troubleshoot when IT guys have physical access to your devices. Need to know root cause if not, will repeat.", "I am already searching for some, don't know where to go yet, yesterday 5am again some dude tried to access my account, even using Chrome webview, this made me extremely paranoid"]]}
{"title": "Transport minister says Malaysians can start renewing driver\u2019s licence via MyJPJ app from Feb 1", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wfz0q/transport_minister_says_malaysians_can_start/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Myeg:", "MYEG honestly deserves to get fucked. I helped my father renew the MAID permit last year. Did it almost 2 months before due date. Waited 1 month no updates, as the date got close I called them and asked them what is going on.\nNo explanation, no nothing, they just suddenly sent me a an email asking me to fill in info.\nI called them and waited 20 minutes for someone to pick up and when they did I onlyh finally found out that they had been having problems trying to get the permit done and because I mesasged them as I am in a hurry.. they are going to go to the immigration center and do it for me (like they are doing me a favor).\nI told them the issue is you guys should have informed me way ahead that this was an issue and not wait till I call 2 weeks before my maid's work permit is due to expire. ONe thing I really hate talking to the CS in Malaysia, is that it is very hard to get it into their head why they are wrong. I wrote a few emails threatening to report them to consumer bureau as they are taking money and providing a service before someone called me and explained to me and apologized.", "Same thing but the security guard also. Want to take what driving license when entering building?", "illegal to take lah, can show them write number only.", "The case involved Nepali security guard demand our IC/driving license before we are allowed to enter the MYEG building ? Or was it attire didn't meet requirement ?", "Both government and private sector office buildings tend to do this. Take driving license to keep to make sure return their guess pass.\nAttire generally government offices problematic especially for women."], ["This is what happens when you have a COMPETENT minister in charge."], ["wtf i just went to jpj today.", "And you got yours done.\nIt's ok la dude, next time.", "February 1 bro"], ["HIDUP LOKE!!!! seriously why I think he is the only minister who worked hard to ease our life?"], ["I did my renewal online (desktop website), license was sent via registered post within a week."], ["Eh I use myeg je. Appear in the app also"], ["that app is toilet paper!", "Still got 6 month password validity as MySikap. I give up and use the web based Mysikap and password manager to cope with the 6 month password validity."], ["I had been renewing my license through mysikap. I think they just transfer that feature to myjpj. Maybe many people didnt know can renew at mysikap. No service fee also.", "Mysikap is actually kinda like the desktop version of Myjpj. They share the same login credentials."], ["No eyesight test in Msia ?"]]}
{"title": "Rain and Flood", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rwubn/rain_and_flood/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Why have we been experiencing increased flooding during recent rainfalls, and who do you think bears responsibility for addressing this issue?", "comments": [["It's in part poor flood mitigation infrastructure, in part poor city planning, in part extreme weather owing to cc. As for who bears responsibility, in part our government to invest in more flood mitigation measures, limit development for development's sake, and incorporate floodsafe components into urban planning/development. Also in part segments of global society who have contributed the most to rising temperatures which are causing cc in the first place.", "One of the huge factor is us...irresponsible human being...since there are alot of people throwing rubbish into drain or river result into clog..no matter how well is the city planning...as long as there are pp throwing rubbish all over the place...the problem will not solve at all"], ["Why? Because of climate change. Rains are expected to be less frequent but more intense. The increase in intensity means the infrastructure that were built before could not cope with current condition.\nWhy? The public did not take care of their drainage. The clogged drainage means local flooding will occur when water cannot be diverted.\nWhy? Greedy developers bribing officials to bypass proper planning and ruin the drainage of a while city if not more.\nWho? Government should have demolished project that bribes through. Monitor and fine those that clogs the drainage, particularly pasar trader.\nWho? Certain agencies like JPS, in conjunction with agencies like JKR and others like town/city council. Some drainage network needs to be upgraded, redesigned and such.\nWho? MetMalaysia. I think they done a good job in predicting where and rainfall will hit. JPS, their flood prediction programs are good as well.\nWho? Public. Including you. Keep on reporting any wrongdoing to the relevant authorities.", "So the root cause is HUMAN...ourselves...karma is being served on us"], ["Extreme weather due to global warming. It will only get worse and worse in the future."], ["Human...thats the root cause of every problem on earth...you're welcome"], ["Everyone bear the responsibilities. But i can tell you rubbish, oil and grease is one of the major factor to our frequent flood.\nVery good example i would say i during the lockdown and mco period, you hardly see any flood no matter how much it rains."]]}
{"title": "Want To Visit Malaysia This Year. What's The Cycling Like? \ud83d\udeb4", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v9sgj/want_to_visit_malaysia_this_year_whats_the/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello. How's the cycling infrastructure? I'd be visiting Kuala Lumpur first of course, so I was wondering what it's like to get around by bike. I want to do at least one cycling tour so recommendations on companies are fine too.", "comments": [["KL and Malaysia as a whole isn't very cycling friendly, you can watch this Danish vlogger who has lived in Malaysia for 10+ years, he has been filming himself cycling in Klang Valley area, by watching his video you can get a general sense of how KL/Malaysia cycling infrastructure looks like\nhttps://youtube.com/@mysustainablefuture", "wow this guy is determined \ud83d\ude05", "that's disappointing to hear. just got the bug to consider cycle touring Malaysia---guess i should refocus to Taiwan. That's too bad. I think the food and maybe people more friendly in Malaysia.", "If you are that kind of hardcore tourist that cycle from town to town, it is doable but you can only use those village road as the traffic on these road is much lesser. Don't use the highway.\nCycling inside the city area for commuting is a completely different story."], ["Our city is not really cyclist friendly, it's actually quite dangerous to ride around if you're not familiar with the road."], ["KL's got some decent cycling paths, especially around parks like KLCC and Taman Botani. For a cycling tour, check out \"Bike with Elena.\" Just watch out for the traffic \u2013 it's like playing Frogger on two wheels. \ud83d\udeb4\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["horrible, it's basically a try not to die situation here. all we have are just painted bicycle gutters. most of the time, motorcyclists use the cycling lanes"], ["None."], ["I like to cycle around the city, not for commuting but leisure sightseeing. I will plan my route and avoid big highway whenever necessary.\nI ride around with a foldable, so I could just bring it into the trains and subway if I wanted go further without risking my life cycling on the highway.\nOn the weekend however, many cyclist can be seen cycling along the highway in the morning before the traffics picks up. I'm just not into those sort of cycling."]]}
{"title": "Never knew that eMadani got quota for certain e-wallet", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ruuwg/never_knew_that_emadani_got_quota_for_certain/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "When I'm trying to claim eMadani on my uncle new Setel account got this prompt, aish", "comments": [["Worst company than Lethal Company"], ["If I'm not mistaken, eMadani distributors have quotas that they'd set for themselves. I imagine it's got something to do with cash flows.\nNonetheless, still funny. As if to say there's no money left."], ["whaaat, i still haven't claimed mine yet bc the deadline state can redeem til February next year :\u2206"], ["Yes.. There's a quota..Rm 1 bil if not mistaken\nIt was mentioned in passing"], ["Oh yeah, I've heard that this happened with TnG and MAE as well", "I turn to TnG when setel can't process but TnG can pulak"], ["This is why I never bother claim mine. I knew they won't be generous with their bantuan."]]}
{"title": "Family awaits post-mortem report after alleged hospital negligence", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rute1/family_awaits_postmortem_report_after_alleged/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Lawyer J Gunamalar, who is acting for S Sivaperumal\u2019s family, says the 53-year-old passed away yesterday morning after a 22cm guidewire was left in his body.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Boboiboy 2011 vs 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rurm4/boboiboy_2011_vs_2023/", "num_comment": 56, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Gopal's design remains largely unchanged\nBoboiboy media - OG series S1-3 - Movie 1 - Galaxy S1 - Movie 2 - Galaxy S2 Sori is the first S2 arc\nSpin-offs - Mechamato (Boboiboy's bad prequel) - Fly with Yaya (vlog) - PapaPipi (comedic shorts about Papa Zola's home life)", "comments": [["I'm old.", "Glad we see Boboiboy is growing also:29091:", "Boboiboy came out in 2011 and I was 9... fuck me I wish I was that young again", "Hey same age bro"], ["Thats good of them to show Boboiboy growing into a teen.", "Better than upin ipin. They literally milking the show", "Yea fuck that company. They publicly and shamelessly reveal their bad HR culture in a podcast earlier this year", "Nobody would stop a money printing machine."], ["Fang is every Malaysian girls first bad boy crush. Prove me wrong"], ["Ah rmb the good old days when boboiboy was only the core three elements. Then somehow later one he got powers from his emotions, and then he went into middle school era which is a whole another nice arc", "Ejo Jo arc is masterpiece. Following the Probe arc", "FR. The build up leading to his actual appearance was tense. Him using the other's power watches made a tense battle."], ["The og series always had a unique sense of humour to me. My favourite side character was Iwan lol", "hahah i forgot about iwan and his deep voice"], ["I have a question for Boboiboy fans about Adudu's Age. How old is he actually? I thought he's actually an adult during the original series. Maybe he bought his height using his mother credit card?", "The same thing with pokemon, they just don't age.", "Eh.. he's alien so his age might be a bit weird. But it does show that he's growing a bit taller as the show progress."], ["The portal behind Adudu's head made me thought it was his hair/wig"], ["It's also nice seeing the variety of clothes in SORI. Not to mention the elements variations.", "Feels like barbie but in a good way", "i was wonderin why such a name, as in.. sorry? theres got to be better naming ideas. so i googled & found the dude is weildin somethin that looks like a durian \ud83d\ude02", "Sori as in elemental fusion between Solar + Duri\nJust go with it XD", "Wait until you hear about Boboiboy Gentar & Sopan.", "uhh.. genpan? \ud83e\udd14 wait, are these actual boboiboy powers? \ud83d\ude02", "Sorry, I mean not the fusion of both names. Gentar is a fusion of gempa and halilintar while sopan is a fusion of solar and taufan. Both of these are fusion that will come out in the next arc", "i got it totally wrong \ud83d\ude02 at least gentar sounds alright. sopan is funny, even more so with my initial thought of it bein a base power, i was like the hell is this useful for? ordering starbucks the sopan way & charming everyone who hears it with how you speak? \ud83d\ude02 & thank you for infos. dude now our local ben10. ahah", "Yeah the name is literally intended to be a pun. It happens a lot of times in the show & yeah just like the name, sopan has a quite polite behaviour & fighting style."], ["Wait Mechamato was a prequel to Boboiboy? Never seen it tell me about it please. And why is it bad when it won awards in Japan?", "Sorry for the typo, it's about Boboiboy's dad \ud83d\ude05"], ["sudah besar da boboiboy."], ["Is Boboiboy op now compared to his teammates? I mean idk how you can get more op than changing molecules, manipulate gravity, and stop time but is he?", "His power has evolved to having 3 tiers, with the 2nd tiers able to perform elemental fusions\nThe ones crossed out - not yet unlocked\n7 elements\nTanah -> Gempa -> Kristal\nAngin -> Taufan -> Beliung\nPetir -> Halilintar -> Voltra\nApi -> Blaze -> Nova\nAir -> Ais -> Blizzard\nDaun -> Duri -> Rimba\nCahaya -> Solar -> Gamma\nUsed fusions:-\nBlaze + Ais = Frostfire\nGempa + Ais = Glacier\nHalilintar + Solar = Supra\nSolar + Duri = Sori\nGempa + Halilintar = Gentar\nSolar + Taufan = Sopan\nchanging molecules, manipulate gravity, and stop time\nThe problem with that is the creators underutilised them, Gopal in particular is always reduced as the comedy relief with him being utterly incompetent and using his power to change objects to food/himself 99% of the time\nAt the end of Galaxy S2, everyone temporarily unlocked to level 3 of their powers so we get to see their wasted potential at least", "I think this guy likes boboiboy", "You sure, maybe he's just Canadian.", "Gopal's is more OP , in season 1 enemy get hold of Gopal and shows them the true potential. Except Gopal only think of food.. wasted potential.", "Speedster, matter manipulation are really hard to write around. This is worse because it's time manipulation."], ["AduDu's getting closer to them"], ["I wish they kept the old design and humor. I like the new development to the series ofc but rewatching the old S1-S3 really makes it more nostalgic considering we understand the more local jokes it had. Nowdays they just try to make the animation and storyline more westernize and anime-ish. I get that they have to do this for international audience but man I wish this show stay as a Malaysian as it was.\nPlus the not so serious part about the show is what kept it innocent as it is. Unlike most anime which use part of its gory, sexy, 18+ stuff etc to make it watchable for the adult audience. AniMY still gives me the good refreshing side of animation nowdays that arent too childish for me to watch."], ["Upinipin is babi for milking the f outta those kampung fags, make them grow up bruh.\nI really wish boboiboy gets old one day and becomes a seinen or even a Slice of life"], ["So teeteeteen?"], ["damn definitely looks better doe, Malaysian animation has improved a lot\nbut i kinda don't like Feng's new design"], ["Mechamoto is bad?", "Mechamato is BoBoiBoy dad. Probably meant that."], ["Considering ochobot can absorb other power sphere ability, this series can be prolonged for so long until he's the last one left. There's some hints, such as he's the last manufactured, the solar power comes from another power sphere."], ["I prefer mechamato compared to boboiboy. Papazola annoyed me too much. He's not even funny."], ["Really? Ya\u2019ll dont like Mechamato? (Just asking since I too don\u2019t watch it lol, just have a family member that works in that series)", "Too late to change when I noticed the typo\nI meant Boboiboy's dad, not bad\ud83d\ude05\nI liked it", "Ic ic"], ["im just amazed I never even completed any 1 episode of boboiboy. the name boboi really turn me off"], ["Manmanman"], ["Mechamato is a bad prequel??? Someone explain why???", "Sorry for the typo, I meant it's a prequel about Boboiboy's dad \ud83d\ude05", "Ohh i see \ud83d\ude39\ud83d\ude39 i was about to put on a full defensive mode haha"]]}
{"title": "Libraries in Johor", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rum2f/libraries_in_johor/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "So I'm currently staying in Malaysia for awhile but I'm from NZ. I'm looking for some reading sources in Johor. It seems like there are 2 libraries, just wondering what their English novel section is like. I went to sultan Ismail and it was very very small, but then online it says it has all these books I couldn't fine. Talking to staff is hard as I have a very thick accent and lisp combination, and they always get so shy around me lol, so I'm not sure if there was a different area I didn't know about, as all the signage is in Malay. Any insight is helpful as I won't be able to get to the other library for awhile", "comments": [["I have not been to the Sultan Ismail library in many years so I can't comment about that. These days, it is easier for me to visit the Johor Public Library https://maps.app.goo.gl/MoheXTwZ3u66jjnD9. I think it is smaller than the Sultan Ismail Library, but it has some interesting stuff in there (3D printing lab, comics section, Science exhibit). The English novel section is not great but they do have at least a few rows of fiction and non-fiction books.\nWhat were you trying to ask the staff? Maybe I can help (no promises). PM me if you like."], ["If it's just novels why don't you use ebooks? Sites like Anna's archive and libgen are available. Bookxcess is a shop that sells really cheap books too, they're also available online"]]}
{"title": "From Coldplay To Pork Nasi Kandar, Here Are 16 Of Malaysia's Biggest Controversies In 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rtilj/from_coldplay_to_pork_nasi_kandar_here_are_16_of/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["no anwar sexist remark\nno anwar k words\nno izzah appointment / uturn\nits not big enough:26554:"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia warned of consequences for watching illegal Premier League live games", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rthmu/malaysia_warned_of_consequences_for_watching/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["How to watch illegal stream? Just asking for a friend, obviously", "One of the worst ones is totalsportek. Just horrible, don't even search for it.", "Thanks for sharing!", "You should definitely NOT google soccer Reddit streams then. Highly NOT advisable", "Hahaha ok", "Use Yandex instead of google when looking for stream. You'll find one for sure.", "Me, too. My friend also wants to know, instead of relying on TikTok for the highlight videos. Sometimes this friend also goes to YouTube.", "My friend did tell me he watches them on Twitter by keying in football team name + live during game time, there are many streams available. Although may get disconnected anytime so have to standby for that. My friend say one ya.", "With this its been 5 years i officially dont have official stream to watch football....\nJust search la wei.. there alot of stream and apps out there.. pandai2 cari.\nPs: the best are paid... But its fucking cheap. Only RM10 a month .. . .", "Bro can share link? For my friend of course", "Which paid ones are there for RM 10? I'm paying sooka RM 34/m.", "Can i use sooka from abroad or i need vpn?", "Abroad can, VPN can't", "Those RM10++ usually not more than 20 are ppl that have private server. They have give stream service. Can search in telegram.", "Sopcast still around?"], ["Astro is undoubtedly the driving force behind this article. :26559:"], ["take the power away from corporations"], ["Nice try assteruk", "Aduh! Bontot aku sakit! Memang pain ASS TERUK!"], ["Just watch on x. X hv plenty of free live streams \ud83d\ude06"], ["Astro bankrupt and ada company baru yang boleh bawa harga lagi murah baru aku tengok legally. Enforcement takkan boleh nak penjara kan semua orang kalau semua tengok illegally.\nPS: Dont DM me where I got my russian links.", "Not possible la bro for the price to be murah.\nEPL is a bid game, who bid higher, they got the rights.\nAstro paid 600 million in 2018 (when I was still working there) to get the right to broadcast EPL.\nMeaning there are other companies who bid just as much, yg membuatkan end bid price reach 600 mil\nAstro bungkus? Another big shark/royal family/kroni will buy the rights instead.", "Why wont they pivot and follow current tech trends?", "Imagine during EPL matches, PDRM begin to raid houses with the justification of watching illegal streams."], ["Nice try Astro"], ["<image>"], ["Illegal or legal, I'm not watching the Premier League as long as Man United continue to play shit football.", "What a plastic supporter.", "I'll watch despite Chelsea being even more shit than you people...... we'll finally win a game someday"], ["Anyone here have this problem with sooka? The video always stop and jump a few seconds for every few minutes. It is unwatchable.", "Or page cannot even load...\nIronic when illegal streams can provide better service.\nI don't mind to pay like RM30 per month if the service is good.", "Yeah. Sooka is shit. Subbed during 2022 World Cup. Never again. Illegal streams are ironically better."], ["Some scammer is probably developing an app for \"free\" or \"low cost\" live streaming of EPL games to drain your bank account balance after you use said app to \"subscribe\"."], ["Do they really think the sailor use some dingy boat?:26554:"], ["Where are the free premier league matches promised??"], ["nowadays telegram also banyak live stream"], ["They caution viewers about the potential for cyberattacks, including harmful malware and ransomware, which could lead to scams, data theft, and other fraudulent activities, as well as the high probability of encountering substandard streams.\nThey try to scare us like our old nenek try to scare us suing some made up scary shit. We are not stupid anymore 'nenek'\nhigh probability of encountering substandard streams.\npay assteruk also got substandards service. why bother"], ["Wanda coffee \ud83d\udc4c"], ["Google watch football live stream reddit."], ["Butthurt ass stroke lettew. If Butthurt improve your pricing, service and coverage. Been monopolising 20 over years and reaping be benefits kronyically not enough? Karma. Not manhunting. More currybun than taleybuns"], ["Captain? Could you explain for a curious non-Malaysian pliz?"], ["Also dont use android tv boxes. Some of them have all the channels set up. All highly illegal of course."], ["I hate astro. The only reason we have it is because my parents are old school."]]}
{"title": "Ex-DAP politician Ramasamy, preacher Zakir Naik locked in another defamation suit over 'biggest enemy of Islam' remarks", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rtfk6/exdap_politician_ramasamy_preacher_zakir_naik/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Zakar is a terrorist and promote terrorism."], ["This Rising Cock is Malaysia's Andrew Tate. Dude manages to have a fan club in the country w/ his controversial take."]]}
{"title": "Having two ministries handling foreign worker matters leads to overlapping functions, corruption, says deputy law minister", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rtet3/having_two_ministries_handling_foreign_worker/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "TNB Electricity Bill: How much to pay from 1 Jan 2024?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rsg91/tnb_electricity_bill_how_much_to_pay_from_1_jan/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Experts say Bumiputeras moving away from traditional professions | The Malaysian Insight", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdm6b/experts_say_bumiputeras_moving_away_from/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["What is traditional proffesion?\nBuruh, nelayan dan juga petani?", "Why did I immediately sing this instead of recite this. \ud83d\ude05", "You probably teringat Jonny Sins too.", "Aiya Malaysian got no cash one only watch Miss Puiyi or Gay Porn Berries. Semalam you put your batang in my twinky gyatt you dah lupa ke??", "Gaya hidup kini dah berubah,", "Anak-anak terasuh mindanya", "Lahir generasi tiktok influencer~", "Alam siber teknologi terkini!", "I thought is gov servant", "Bro I sang this \ud83d\ude02 \ud83e\udd23 \ud83d\udc80 idk how to read it normally. It's stuck in my head Gaya hidup kini dah berubah, anak\u00b2 terasuh mindanya lahir generasi bijak pandai"], ["TL;DR social media influencers because they make more money faster.\nedit: \u2018traditional professions\u2019 in this article refer to the Asian patents\u2019 trifecta of Doctor, Engineer and Architect.", "Can't blame them we are not being paid enough, a lot below market rate.", "Ahhh, so the jobs that are flourish in foreign land but treated like slave here.", "I thought the holy trinity was Doctor, Engineer and Lawyer", "Kinda of flexible choices for the trinity package, as long as the job earn fame and fortune.", "Engineers make shit money. There are more technology/operator jobs."], ["Make more money good. Tax going up, subsidy cut, if not how?"], ["I have too many questions about the assumptions and baseline to make a fair judgment so I'm not even going to try."], ["The melayu paradox : only 30% bumi in accounts , bad.. 90% bumi in medical = good"], ["\u201cCareer imbalance will contribute to economic imbalance issues. We need to ensure that the gap between ethnic groups cannot be too wide because when a particular career is monopolised by one ethnic group, unity issues will arise,\u201d he told Bernama.\n\u201cCareer imbalance will contribute to economic imbalance issues. We need to ensure that the gap between ethnic groups cannot be too wide because when a particular career is monopolised by one ethnic group, a certain political party will use it as a weapon to marginalise that ethnic group to its advantage.\"\nFTFY."], ["I mean what's wrong with choosing high income \"jobs\" ? I think people are mostly interested by the freedom that these job provide imo because its technically like a business which makes sense why it produce lotsa income"], ["Yeah because your boss gives you rm20 expect you to live a year with it ,maybe some leftover for next year aswell"]]}
{"title": "International student coming to malaysia soon. Is MSU university any good(business foundation/finance).", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v9m4n/international_student_coming_to_malaysia_soon_is/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "As the title suggests i'll be an international(from sudan) student soon in KL.\nI was wondering if MSU was a good college since i dont find many people talking about it or should i find other options???\nAlso any tips for an international student would be amazing. I speak arabic as my first language and pretty fluent in english.", "comments": [["No, not really. I have only heard bad things from my friends."], ["As an MSU student, fuck no.\nPlease, find a better uni.\nMSU is plagued with management issues. And then some.\nAvoid it like the plague.\nThe only good thing that comes to mind is that its cheap. That's it.", "Is the education there at least good?", "Depends on the lecturer.\nSome can barely explain shit. Some are dedicated to their jobs. And some are flat out missing.\nIts a 5 / 10.", "So after i finish my foundation year there should i apply for another uni? If so, which unis are good for finance/business??", "I have no idea.\nBut please, pick a different uni."]]}
{"title": "Kahwin 4 untuk bina empayar kuasai tender kerajaan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rs9y9/kahwin_4_untuk_bina_empayar_kuasai_tender_kerajaan/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Hah! Literally 'rezeki' dan 'tuah' ni. Scalable to maximize profits."], ["other Malay men:"], ["Zaman sekarang ini, lelaki Melayu yang nak kahwin empat semua itu gatal konek."], ["\"Sanggup berkahwin empat...\"\nItu rezeki namanya~\n/s", "High initial cost, but the profit multiplier effect man... /s"], ["Not bad, transparency, eat the rich, bloodbath, cleanse.\nTrust the process.", "Wondering how they got the epiphany adopt such 'brilliant' scheme. Maybe one fine mamak session.", "Kinda common practice historically, displayed in many foreign countries dramas too.\nMoney will unlock the brain."], ["oops. one of the loopholes. gotta play smart-er", "Cats out of the bag"], ["Megah holding"], ["to make it in Malaysia you have to dabble in shady stuff"]]}
{"title": "Fireworks in Melaka", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rs1lo/fireworks_in_melaka/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I was in Melaka for Christmas holiday, and there was an impressive fireworks display at midnight. Does anyone know who organises it?", "comments": [["Fun fact: ko boleh tanya stesen polis yg dekat ngan area pesta mercun. Selalunya klau org nk buat pesta mercun kena register dlu ngan polis. Polis selalunya log in info2 dlm sistem. Klau tkdk tu mungkin pesta tu pesta haram atauoun bkn pesta betul ahh"]]}
{"title": "Can anyone who\u2019s worked in a Kopitiam tell me how to make cham?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rrynz/can_anyone_whos_worked_in_a_kopitiam_tell_me_how/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "I live in Melbourne now. I\u2019m back in KL visiting my family. I use to not drink coffee and have only just started and started drinking kopi cham. So tasty. I want to make it at home in Melb. Anyone can tolong with the recipe it\u2019s very much appreciated.\nI bought the kopi sock and the metal jug and two of the kopitiam cups to bring back.", "comments": [["you need 2 ingredients which I am unsure you can get in Australia.\nCeylon Tea Dust and Hailam Coffee powder.", "I\u2019ll have a look at this.\nI\u2019ve also noticed that the tea and coffee seems to be put in a balang of hot water in their kettle things. I wonder if this is to keep it hot without burning.\nAny tips for steps?", "Correct. It is to steep the coffee and tea and keep hot without burning it and for efficiency as they need to serve many at at a short time.\n1 cup 250ml of milk tea is about 3 tablespoons of teadust in the sock filter. Water I estimate to be around 95C. Steep for about 3 mins or until you get really dark colour. It has to be strong.\n1 cup of 250ml of kopi is also about 3 tablespoons of hailam coffee powder. (You must have hailam coffee powder, not western coffee as hailam coffee beans are roasted with sugar, butter and salt to get the aroma.\nSteep about 5 mins at 95C. The coffee is literally charcoal black.\nMix the both 2 part tea, 1 part coffee.\nCondensed milk is 2.5 tablespoon per 250ml cup.\nThe best hailam coffee powder I have gotten is from Ijok. (direct from the roaster. He does everything traditionally)\nBest CTC tea dust is Bharat tea (cameron highlanda origin)", "P.S - This is only a basic recipe I observe from the masters in the kopitiam.\nSo you have to adjust accordingly.\nPractice makes perfect. I didnt get it right the first time too.", "Thank you so much for the detailed response :)"], ["When I was in London, I tried to replicate best I could. What I did was get an Italian roast coffee (super dark) and a black tea that I steeped really dark too. I also got condensed milk and evaporated milk, and white sugar. Basically the recipe goes;\nBrew the tea super dark and thick. Brew the coffee as thick as possible (I used a Moka Pot)\n1 part of coffee to 2 parts of tea, white sugar 1 table spoon and stir. 1 teaspoon of condensed milk and stir, then add the evaporated milk until colour looks correct. Dilute to your liking with hot water.\nIt's not great, but it was the best I could make it without local ingredients.", "Coffee need to be dark roast as the kopitiam style coffee are mostly the dark robusta type. Tea need to to be brewed to the point where it looks like coffee as well. Adjust ratio to your liking, lots and lots of condensed milk", "To add on to this, evaporated milk and condensed milk is the key here. There's no way to replicate cham with ang mohs version of coffee, I.e. With cow's milk and sugar.\nWhile I was in UK, they store their evaporated milk and condensed milk at the baking section which they never use for brewing", "Will try this, thank you."], ["Can someone teach me how to make Teh C too, that thing tastes better in kopitiam compare to what i made myself"]]}
{"title": "Men I hate double park", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rrhhj/men_i_hate_double_park/", "num_comment": 93, "flairlabel": ["Merdeka \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe"], "header": "Just wanna vent here. Btw what can you do on this situation (Yes I have horn for some time)", "comments": [["when i was at cyberjaya the mustapha kemal area there at pm sure a lot of people double park\ni tend to park a little bit protrude so people cant double park.\ndont go all the way in, leave your butt a bit out. it has a deterrence effect for double parking", "Exactly this. Always never go all the way in... :26554::26554::26554:", "just the tip... :26554::26554::26554::26554:", "I have Axia... The whole car is the tip... Balls deep in I go! :26554::26554::26554:", "For all the drivers of small cars that dont go all in to avoid giving false hope to everyone searching for parking, i thank you.", "That's me. I always leave just enough sticking out.\nI parallel park like a battleship :29091:", "And when says more, thrust it all in", "No no. You look them straight in the eye and reverse. Then you go find another parking spot so that the car tout won't scratch your car :26554:", "My gf says the same"], ["Who else zoom in and out looking at the shop signs trying to guess where this is? \ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Frick you caught me\ud83d\ude02", "https://maps.app.goo.gl/WoMUqxguDkXHAk6c8\nKat Klang", "Haha. Never could've guessed that", "I thought it's Sri Petaling but the second photo definitely isn't. Google Map saved the trouble!"], ["I, too, find that the men I hate in my life also tend to double-park."], ["the license plate confirmed will fail the JPJ check, go file a report on MyJPJ apps, report this asshole on both license plate and black tint, and put in illegal parking as well in the comment section"], ["Ah yes, double park... radiating that massive \"Jalan ni bapak Aku baru beli la semalam\" energy.\nFucking hate them honestly, menyempitkan jalan yang sudah sempit", "Ntah2 hati dia pun dah sempit daripada jalan yang dah sempit", "Iya ,kereta sudah Mercedes AMG,cantik sudah,tapi teda otak"], ["A double parker is someone who thinks 2 hours is \"5 minit, sekejap je!\""], ["and they will come out smiling like hehe sorry bro and then get angry when you stare down at their idiotic face."], ["Always leave the number on the windshield window, or get your car towed."], ["People double park in 2023. People will still double park in 2024. We are never short of stupid inconsiderable drivers in mesia, unfortunately."], ["It's a KL culture that are spread across the nation. What's annoying is it's considered a normal thing now.", "How is double parking a kl culture lol, literally happens everywhere in the world.", "Not common in the civilized world. Which part of the world is double parking common?", "Use reddit search bar and type double park, assholes exists everywhere.", "It only happens in a places where enforcement is weak. There are places where this isn't common, I can assure you.", "Nope, it's an occurence in other countries, it's a fucking culture here."], ["Double parkers are the parasites of this country, next to Redditors.", "Woi \ud83e\udd23", "Hol up..."], ["Bukit tinggi ah bro"], ["I\u2019d honk for as long as I could. It\u2019s been 2 hours OP, any updates? Confronted or pussied out?", "welp its in my lunch time, so time is very limited. In the end i hope my other colleague's car to eat. By the time we come back, the car's arealdy gone.\nbut i do still plan to report it on MYJPJ apps dou"], ["I was so happy MBPJ is active with at least 6 officers locking wheels in Damansara Utama. Those cars that were parked in motorcycle parking lots got towed away."], ["Wait a minute i know this place...i used to work at a Logistic company located on the same block as the restaurant"], ["I always horn (just press on the horn without lifting my fingers) for maybe 1 to 2 minutes. The owner will usually appear and move their car. Usually I avoid busy areas like this unless I have to be there then I'll take grab or park further", "i dont always drive out but since boss no come in office today. Decided to drive out and have a lunch but dam this car block it.\nbeen horn for 5 min atlease"], ["See if they put their numbers on the dashboard.\nBut yeah it's really annoying. Wish the councils have the bollocks to tow those pesky cars away.", "It does happen from time to time. Happened in front of my eyes when two cars got towed in SS15.", "Now I wish DBKL does that in the part of town where I live...", "I think its a no brainer that when you double park, you should leave your number. We get it theres no parking and you probably just want to pick up something quick but be courteous at the very least by leaving your damn number.\nI carry my namecard in my car, easiest way to have someone call me if they want to move out if i double park, then i sell them insurance before i move my car. Win win", "This happened in Klang. People here double park even when there are empty parking spot 5 steps away.", "", "you can try to push the car \u2026. Sometime ppl tends to leave hand brake off so you can push abit for you to drive out", "I would suspect this car has electric brake, and correct me if I am wrong but don't cars with electric brakes engage the brake when the engine is off?"], ["Spray the front plate in black. Play the long game and watch the cops have fun with them.", "or just put glue on their car paint. By the time they realize it, you will be long gone"], ["some not so good tips i will give. give the car a gentle shake to trigger its alarm."], ["Give him a free tinted. Black spray paint on front windshield. To protecc his identity (not, snap his pic when he appears from the wild)"], ["Had one dude double park my car but he left his number at windshield. I called like hundred times no answer. I ended up ordering grab. People who double park are selfish as hell"], ["Hate this but if the person leaves a number im personally not too bothered"], ["OP. Snap a pic of the driver"], ["fake amg badge. no surprise the loser double parks"], ["Sorry mate. Im too rich to care about you\u2026 my dad pays everything for me not including education\u2026 sorry mate"], ["Scratch them"], ["I am not defending the double park, i dont double park. I make this clear b4 you downvote me.\nJust sharing my personal experience.\ncheck dashboard for phone number\nIf no number it could mean the car has not handbrake it can be push away. (asshole owner expect you to help yourself). So please proceed to be asshole push the car roll into longkang. :26554:\nif 1 & 2 option not available either report polis or do side mirror way lol. The owner must be some asshole of asshole."], ["\"Men I hate double park\"\nIf it's a lady driver whom double park, how?"], ["Setiap Kali Aku double park. Aku wajib kasih tinggal no fon. The least people can do if really no parking"], ["Try not to hate so many men please."], ["How about the men you love?"], ["I just wait for awhile,my engine still going and drop parcel just for looking at people,dont get mad and broke my car bcos i got weapon,it can cut ur life,stop doing my ego like yours i got mental issue"], ["Post the plates la", "It\u2019s like you didn\u2019t even look at the photos lol"], ["I hope they never have good luck they take up so much space"], ["Looks like Kuchai Lama"], ["In my housing area, many people will double park even next to empty parking lots because it's easier than just parking and it's \"short time only je excuse\"."], ["Nothing you can do. Enforcement by Majlis to tow these cars is weak, so you just wait until they come back.\nAlso, if you want to drag Merc guy to police station, that's more hassle for you.", "Worse if the Merc guy is VVIP , he can twist the whole thing and made you the criminal.\nSomething like, he said my client double park for 1 hour but actually is only 45 minute based on CCTV. My client image is affected because he is accused more than he did. And somehow you need to pay him RM50k on compensation..."], ["The rule of thumbs for double park here is to LEAVE YOUR CONTACT NUMBERS so people can call you in case you didnt notice or hear uou honk"], ["You know what\u2019s worse? Cars stopping and parking on sidewalks and bicycle lane. I have no mercy for all of you car users. Y\u2019all have the same type of entitled mentality."], ["Ram ram ram ram ram"], ["to thoes we are asking for phone number on car, nope i have checked."], ["Ah well... Time to bring out the floor jack from the boot..", "Hopefully there's one big enough to flip the car."], ["Xde name card on dashboard ke? Biasa depa letak phone number kat dashboard.\nBiasa yg double park and don't leave contact tu, I just lift up the wipers front and back. For the more severe or I waited an hour plus, then tutup the side mirror. If their automatic one rosak because of it then too bad la for them. Let them know they're troubling us.\nIf they confront me I'd say... Sorry la I mmg kurang ajar sbb you kurang ajar."], ["Slip in a small pebble in the tire valve cap (and maybe in another tire diagonally). It will let out air slowly and esok the car pancit baekk punya!"], ["atleast leave your phone number??"], ["You can try and trigger the car alarm"], ["What\u2019s this ? Bukit Tinggi right? The most cancerous place in Klang with lunch time you\u2019re gonna get cock blocked almost instantly by a wife of a rich man that\u2019s also going to the nearby makeup or salon for some goddamn reason."], ["Double park for awhile I don't mind, BUT PLS LA LEAVE YOUR CONTACT NUMBER ON THE CAR SO I CAN CALL SIALLL-"], ["It's annoying, really annoying. Like i understand that sometimes there is no parking and you cant keep circling around the area to wait for a parking spot to open up, but if there is no parking then fuck off and come back another time.\nI can deal with those that double park and are waiting in the car in case they need to move in the event that the car that they are blocking needs to get out, at least they are being a little considerate. Those that double park and fuck off for an hour or 2, thinking that its fine really need to be kicked in their arses."], ["You have your keys, you have your black canvas. You know what to do."], ["Did he leave his number? Sometimes rush maybe but at least leave a number and say sorry."]]}
{"title": "RM1.00 to see a Doctor in Malaysia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rr6e0/rm100_to_see_a_doctor_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 316, "flairlabel": [], "header": "It\u2019s great for the Rakyat, and the Malaysian healthcare structure is often emulated by other developing countries for how inclusive it can be. I wonder how sustainable this is. RM1.00 is pretty much a token fee and does not reflect the service and value that you get out of a visit, it is excellent.\nIn most govt hospitals, govt health clinics, even the parking fees outside the clinic runs higher than this.\nHow much more would/should we pay for it to remain affordable for the majority of Malaysians, yet sustainable for the system? RM5, RM10, RM20?\nMore money into the system means more allocation for infrastructure improvements, increased pay to the staff, more hospitals to reduce the traffic jams in hospital emergency rooms and finally to house the large number of disgruntled doctors without permanent posts.", "comments": [["I'm fine with rm5, but maybe not for the ED. And maybe keep it rm1 for warga emas. Our healthcare system is also pretty good outside but the problems are extensive on the inside", "Senior citizens are free though", "The person I accompanied was a lady in her 80s, I was not waived the RM1 (gladly, I hold no grudge) but thank you for sharing. Waiving it for the seniors is great, but I\u2019m willing to bet many of them wouldn\u2019t mind paying a bit more.", "Eh that's weird. Did you ask them? When I accompany my elderly folks to KK, they're always automatically given free treatment, no questions asked. This is the first time I heard seniors having to pay", "are your parents former civil servants? I think that's the only way you can get free treatment", "No even normal 60 years old+ citizen are free of charge including drugs in both klinik kesihatan and goverment hospital.\nWarga Emas even get half off discharge fee if admitted to goverment hospital.\nThe only exception of expensive spending are some medical equipment or something required for operation need to pay by yourself from private pharmacy/store within hospital vicinity.", "Father yes, mother no. But I don't think it matters right - all seniors get free treatment at klinik kesihatan and routine treatment at hospitals (eg health screenings, appointment with specialists for cataract, etc)", "Its senior citizen*", "That's Se\u00f1or Citizen to you!", "Senorita citizen?", "Its Doctor Professor Patrick Star Senior to you!", "Yeah but how about the Junior Citizen?", "It\u2019s", "pardon my laziness to put the apostrophe im too lazy to go to the other side of the keyboard", "Ah yes I forgor thanks bro, and yeah I wouldn't have a problem waiving the 1 ringgit fee for a warga emas anyway", "Would love to hear your take on the inside problems, and if your suggested increase to RM5 would be able to alleviate some of these problems. What I\u2019ve heard quite loudly are the grievances of the underpaid doctors with regards to the oncall allowances, and the inability to offer more permanent posts to current contract doctors. I personally feel RM5 as a global charge across all tiers B40, T and M is a good start", "It's probably not meaningful to the total cost of the healthcare system, I doubt much changes if they get RM4 more from each patient.\nA small token charge discourages unnecessary use of the health system while keeping it small keeps it maximally available to people who need it.\nFrom a quick Google the government is already paying 98% of the cost, the point of the RM1 isn't really to raise revenue for healthcare.\nhttps://codeblue.galencentre.org/2020/10/20/moh-subsidises-98-of-medical-cost-at-public-facilities/", "I do agree with the token charge, but letting the hospitals have some extra cash isn't such a bad idea. The problem is corruption and leakage", "I think there is no relation from fee to salary of doctors.\nMore fee gives more money to the gov coffers. Gov spending may not increase even with higher collection, since it's just a drop in the bucket compared to all the tax money.", "Agree with the B40, maybe M40 slightly more, T20 should have barely any subsidies. And yeah definitely the pay problems, understaffing and in the rural hospitals, the tech being so outdated and the hospital building being old as hell. Me personally, I went to Hospital KKB, it opened in the 1940's and you can deffo see that in the buildings. Plus, they also merged their outpatient dept with the green zone dept, which for me personally is something abnormal but if anyone knows the actual reason feel free to let me know.", "What does erectile dysfunction got to do with how much you got to pay?", "ED here refers to the emergency department, but I think you might have already known that. To most men, being successfully treated for erectile dysfunction may be priceless.", "Thanks for the help OP", "Bro wth haha", "I read ED as erectile Dysfunction. Sorry"], ["One of the things that Malaysians are not grateful for. They kutuk whatever that is from the gov.\n\u201cOh so cheap, confirm doctors there all lauya, local uni grad one.\u201d\nAs a matter of fact, even if they increase it to RM10, I do not mind too, as long as our healthcare workers get paid better. It is still dirt cheap.", "From my experiences for uni internship program at gov hospital back in 2018, lotsa patient returned their expired medicines (not from the deceased ones) in stacks, mind u. They usually came in stack of 3 months to a year worth of meds. Dunno how to properly describe this but the usual reason would be dat when the patients r feelin fine, they stop taking the meds. Then when they feelin sick again, they just came back to grab meds again so on & on...\nMeanwhile my classmates dat interned at private hospital, no meds ever being returned as they're obviously more costly than the ones from gov hospital. Its either patients took the gov service & subsidy for granted or they're just hording it for future uses.\nMind u, the expiration date of the gov hospital meds for outpatient clinic & ward usually last for a year. Meanwhile the bulk stock in centre storage r the ones fresh from the distributor.", "I second this. Medications returned from patients will not be used again for another patient (regardless of the expiry date or physical conditions) as each patient storage conditions differs. Yup, there's a lot of patients who tried to return meds, and when we tried to explain to use balance meds from previous supply instead, they refused and asked for new stock. Once, a patient returned (via her husband) two big plastic bags full of injection Enoxaparin which is sooo damn costly! Imagine how many people can be saved from that thousands of ringgit? Heck, i estimate all that should've cost at least 5 digits. Why bother collecting meds from pharmacy if you wouldn't take it? Why seek treatment when you don't want to be treated?", "Das one of the problem with some people... either they're too dang skeptical with efficacy of modern medicine or just straight up dont wanna be treated due to particular reasons/excuses. I dunno, man. Human do be weird & quirky as f like \"Ma'am there's no fookin microchip or mind-controlling virus inside this drip, k. It's just dextrose sugar for God's sake.\"\nHaiya, dunno how people can be this skeptical about modern meds. Sure the Big pharma is sketchy as f, but still there're some people from the top line dat still tied to their mission of 'saving people's lives'.", "Yup, I'll kutuk everything except for the health care provided by our government. Medical fees in private government ain't cheap...", "private government", "You can do that, you did pay a premium for it.", "local uni grad one.\u201d\nIronically, overseas grad drs are trash since they do not know/follow the national guidelines for treatments.\nHad a private dr scream at my mother(she had toenail fungal infection) cause she said oral antifungals are only chronically untreatable fungal infections.\nMotherfucker, griseofulvin is commonly prescribed for nail infections.", "Unfortunately that isn\u2019t the perception here amongst a certain group of the demographics", "What do u mean? They have to undergo housemanship in a hospital for a minimum of 2 years before they can become a full fledge doctor where they learn all of those guidelines and more and they also have lifelong workshops and classes they have to attend to keep practicing after that. Don't say all are trash if 1 or 2 are trash. There are more doctors graduated overseas than locals if I'm not mistaken and if all of them are trash our healthcare system wouldn't be able to function.", "As long as there is a system and high compliance to standardised treatment, guidelines, and best practices; your Alma mater should be inconsequential.", "Plus, in my uni(our doctors use foreign syllabus), the gov gives course for Good Clinical Practice in Malaysia", "Yes, and funnily enough, i am reminded when i followed my mum to UTC clinic because KK was so full. She had gout and her feet were swelling so badly.\nThe doctor she got is almost 60 yrs old and nodded knowingly when my mum said she had gout. She gave her some strong anti-inflammatory pills and told her if it gets worse in 2-3 days, go to KK or hospital and get the injection for gout.", "To ketuk is easy. To think and reconsider what country provides is gonna spend brain juice. Normal human bad patterns. No choice \u261d\ud83c\udffb", "Unfortunately, we do have some good people in charge but because of these people who kutuk about anything, we cannot get our policies moving.\nSPM senang, kutuk say cannot compete with SG. SPM susah, kutuk say anak saya kurang As. Reduce petrol subsidy, kutuk say rakyat susah. Maintain or increase subsidy, kutuk say waste money.", "> \u201cOh so cheap, confirm doctors there all lauya, local uni grad one.\u201d\n\"Oi, It's Munna Bhai MBBS(Mumbai) okay?!!\""], ["I have use the Gov Health service when I was growing up. Now that I'm an adult, i feel the RM1 is too low. Most people doesn't bat an eye when they pay for RM10 iced coffee iced coffee flavored milk.\nedit: yes, doesn't matter what justification you put in, RM10 for a coffee flavored milk is ridiculous.", "Yes. Prior to the recent boycotts, the newly opened Starbucks in HKL was indeed nearly as crowded as the orthopaedic clinic just across the road.", "That is sad", "wow. you guys got starbuck at hospital.", "More expensive to get obesity yet people still voluntarily get it", "This is unfair.\nMalaysian cuisine is rich in fat and carbs, so people are setup for failure from the very beginning.\nAnd guess what's cheap to fill yourself up with, especially if you're on a tight budget? Simple carbs like sugar and white rice. Which only make you crash later with greater hunger.\nMalaysians in general have poor education for nutrition. Yes, even Malaysians with healthy weight. A \"healthy\" meal in Malaysia like chicken porridge is usually 95% simple carbs, 5% of protein, and practically 0 veggies. Balanced, it is not.\nBefore you come in with accusations swinging - I have normal BMI, workout 3 times a week, I know how to calorie count, etc. But I'm very aware of how fortunate I am.", "Chill.\nDon\u2019t have to assume accusations and get defensive.\nThis is just normal convo with some hot takes.", "but taking carb alone and taking the required calorie requirement will not make you fat. The problem is over eating.", "You might be surprised to learn that you don't need to be \"fat\" (looking fat, high BMI) to be fat (high visceral fat - I.e: practically same risk of obesity chronic diseases), if you're Asian (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/ethnic-differences-in-bmi-and-disease-risk/).\nYou can look fit, have a \"good\" BMI, etc - but still be at high risk of obesity related diseases because you have \"a little fat around the stomach\".\nWhat's more, a diet that's imbalanced (carb rich, with little meat or veggies) won't kill you immediately. But you're basically left in a state of poor nutrition all the time. The older you get, the harder this will be on your body. Carbs aren't the devil, and theyre useful for fueling us, but our diets have a huge excess of it.\nOf course, the focus on not over eating is still true. It will help to reduce disease rates. I'm just cautioning that it isnt as simple as \"My BMI 20? OK lah, means can makan anything, I healthy what\".", "I agree with this. My statement might be over simplified but it still a step at the right direction.\nSome people just eat too much carb.", "(most) people dont voluntarily get obesity, obesity is a side effect of chasing sugar and stuff.\nIt's similar to people doing drugs to chase the high and not to get addicted :x", "Obesity isn't voluntary if you were raised by parents who didn't teach you clean eating habits and told you to always finish ths plate they piled up. Nor is it voluntary if you're suffering from anguish and distract yourself with foods. It probably doesn't apply in malaysia as much but some people live in food deserts with no fresh groceries within 10km and only unhealthy meals. If you're exhausted working overtime shifts you won't have the energy to make healthy meals or think about making good food choices.\nFood addiction is real and you can't quit eating food, the temptation is always there. I say this as a fit guy, exercise (which you need free time and energy for) can't beat a bad diet, and a good diet isn't easy to do.", "It always amazes me how Malaysians online are so judgemental of other people's health problems.\nWhen (not if, but when - the human body is not going to function perfectly forever) they get health problems, I expect the same level of \"this is the patient's fault\", ah?", "I bet you've never been hardcore poor before if you think RM1 is too low.", "I\u2019m sorry if I offended you. I have been fortunate enough not to be hardcore poor. I do have experience with situations where someone was not able to pay for a clinic visit and medications at a hospital, RM5+5 and was able to ask for financial aid at the hospital\u2019s welfare office. That person was able to get a waiver, and a money for a bus fare. These instances are extreme, and I think does not apply to a majority of those seeking treatment even at government clinics. For the hardcore poor, I hope access to concessions are available.", "I was replying to this comment, because previously someone also posted about gov healthcare mentioned RM1 is too cheap. Most of the people who commented about the cost being too cheap are selfish and only thinks about themselves forgetting there are people out there are even poorer than you can imagine. RM1 for healthcare already makes Malaysia's healthcare the best in the world. US peeps can only dream of such.", "Are the people who think the cost is too cheap being selfish?\nThe allocation has to come from somewhere. Lets say subsidy cost is RM1 billion. This is money that could have been spent on say education.\nNothing is really free in society. Somebody is paying for it. Charge RM80 per visit. But let the needy get annual reimbursement of RM500.", "health is certainly way more important than education. or anything else you can come up with that isnt the very basic human need (water, food, shelter) the fact that its too cheap in malaysia should be seen as a blessing, not something negative and needs to change.", "so the answer should be to find out who is paying for it and attempt to fix or minimise their suffering. not to make an abundant essential service more expensive just to invest in another essential service which is also doing well and fine, Malaysia\u2019s education system is also high quality, whether people agree with that or not, we have basic schools and gender equality in them, combined with high STEM rate - that\u2019s already better than half of the planet\npersonally I would rather have the privatised schooling tier system (get what you pay for) than privatised healthcare. fuck that USA noise. and I know we have that already but I\u2019m saying that increasing cost of healthcare will lead to further privatisation which is a bad thing, in my opinion.", "You are right. My family was quite ok but we do live in an area where borrowing salt and rice is a common thing. We even have a program called miskin tegar that the local gov provided aid to those that need it.\nI still believe it is too low and should be either tiered or managed differently."], ["Socialized medicine. Malaysia's practice inherit from zaman jajahan British. How long did OP have to wait for your turn? Sometimes during peak, got to wait quite awhile. Just have to 'sabar', most staff are also overworked.", "Just like japan, any gov services take a whole day. Never apply for morning off do go to gov clinic, it's a one-day appointment", "The NHS in the UK is fraught with staffing issues including poor retention of doctors and nurses. It would feel like we are perhaps a decade or 2 away from inheriting current problems. Thankfully, we were appointed to come at 11.30am and were done as the doctors were walking out for lunch. Perhaps because this was in a small local clinic, or perhaps because we are in peak holiday season. Either way, good value and highly efficient is how I would describe the experience today."], ["Why bother raising the cost here? If you're really concerned about funding, raise taxes and allocate a fixed percent to healthcare by law.\nFor the people trying to figure out the B40/M40/T20 thing, its already the case that the upper rungs don't use govt service, which means you wouldn't raise much extra. AND suddenly you have to put resources into figuring out who is B40/M40 /T20. With all the attendent arguments of who is \"actually\" T20.", "To just add to this and back it up with numbers, there were 77 million visits in 2018. assuming each visit cost RM5, we'd get a total increase of roughly 310million. The annual budget for MOH this year was 41.22billion.\nSo assuming figuring out how rich people are cost absolutely nothing, and there were no additional costs for implementing such a system, we'd generate a whopping 0.75% additional on our budget.\nFor context, we increased the budget by 13% from 2023 to 2024.\nPatient Visits To MOH Facilities Quadrupled Over A Decade - CodeBlue (galencentre.org)", "0 reason for \"rich\" people to go to govt clinic... they have good insurance from their company and will always go to private clinic. In fact most everyone I know that work in private sector never goes to gov clinic because they have insurance.\nThose that do go to govt clinic... needed money the most. These are the people we need to protect. Raising the price for these essential services hurt the poor income group even further.\nJust tax accordingly, less corruption in managing it and we're good to go.", "I think I agreed with this. Maybe tax efficiently is better than increase the price for this public health care. I myself have unlimited perks of medicals benefits provided by my company. Mostly I'll go to private clinics or private hospitals because I don't pay a dime. So to tax efficiently is better than raising the fee. So the others who didn't have good financial status can benefited from it. I wouldn't mind paying tax a little bit extra if it goes to this kind of facilities. I'll consider it as my duty and sedekah. \ud83d\ude00", "Thanks for the insight and also providing the numbers with context, i appreciate it and hope this is seen by more in this discussion. I think a gripe that doctor friends of mine have is simply the lack of apathy towards their oncall allowances. 0.75% may seem like an astronomically laughable amount, but when compared to the 6% or so of the budget allocated to contract doctor emoluments for example, it goes a long way.", "Hey, you won't hear me arguing that its good to pay our healthcare professionals properly.\nIt's just the mechanics of how we get that money which I take issue with. Doing it by raising fees, while probably easier to do politically, add to administration costs for very little actual benefit. (after all, whats 6% of 0.75%)\nRaising taxes might be harder, but can potentially net much more into the system without directly aiming at the pockets of the worse off amongst us.\nI think the common framing of poor people pay vs doctors get paid poorly neglects that it doesn't have to come out of either bucket and is just not very helpful to solving the problem.\nMalaysia is significantly undertaxed on a GDP basis compared to even Singapore."], ["My take for admission fee Warga emas FOC irregardless of status.\nB40 Rm2-5\nM40 Rm10\nT40 Rm20\nThe current rm1 is too low and everyone agrees on this.", "Didn\u2019t know ppl would agree on something shouldn\u2019t be too cheap", "because it doesnt make any sense from financial and enocomy POV.", "If you see the costs of the medications. Even paying rm50 wouldn't cover the costs of chronic medications.\nThe antibiotic augmention, that shit costs rm100 for a 5-day course. That's just the costs of meds alone.", "Ironic as it is, the doctor who attended to us and the person who paid for the treatment today (me) are in full agreement. The packet of Yeo\u2019s chrysanthemum tea from the vending machine outside costed more.", "What happens for those who alternate between T20 and M40 on a monthly basis?", "I saw Rafizi\u2019s recent tweet. They gonna switch to PADU (net disposable income) next year. Probably make more sense in this case", "This is a lousy system, it probably cost more money to admin all these diff tier of pricing.\nIMO, just slap RM20 for everyone, with an option to separately to apply for fee waiver for super poor forks.\nMeans if you are really super broke, you can apply for waiver, but it will go through checks and validations to make sure you are truly legit poor. (this is to prevent people taking things for granted because cheapskate)", "This is an improvement on the system. I would argue that it may cause another bottleneck at clinics as you will then need another department to handle the background checks, interviews. RM20 may be a bit steep for folks who are required to be seen monthly or 2 monthly for example. There may also be the issue of people cheesing the system of validations, and we see that a lot when it comes to taxation. I concede that this will help in the long run and look forward to some version of its implementation.", "Well....the point is to deter people to cheat the system.\nSimply checking people via income level is unrealiable way to verify a person income. She could be housewife of a rich guy that earn no income.\nPeople who are too poor will waste time go through the checks because he/she have no choice.\nThe M40 housewife will not bother that for RM20.", "Nah. I remember when Najib gave BR1M the 1st time. Its cash only. People que a goddamn long line to receive the money. I saw several people that came with high end mercedes and bmw came and que for hours for a mere rm150.", "We don't do US American healthcare system here.", "if such sistem is here, we gonna see alot of dead people from now on.", "Everything from parking ticket to house purchase tax should be based on progressive bracket like above", "Kids / OKU / Senior Citizen should be free\nNationals - RM5\nNon-Nationals - Regular Price", "irregardless\nI wonder if there is a word to simply describe that...\n/jk. I know it is a valid word. It just so rare, I tend to forget it.", "As common as it is necessary", "I can see the Tax fraud", "T20 no need to go government clinic lar", "Why so? What if only the best physicians and surgeons are in government hospitals or if certain medical conditions require medications only found through government hospitals. Disease excludes no one, healthcare should likewise not, even the rich", "I guess it's an exception for special cases. But the usual outpatient clinic for flu, fever, etc they can afford private clinic.", "i don't agree. Stop it with this egotistical garbage.\nT20 and M40 already pay more via their TAXES...do you even understand how socialized healthcare works?!?!? our healthcare is funded via our taxes. the richer someone is, the more they pay tax. Then, these taxes will be used to fund various services including healthcare. How can you not understand this simple concept?\nSo much money is lost because of government inefficiency. Just in 2021 alone, 620 million ringgit was loss\nWhy don't you use your big brain to put two and two together....if government doesn't lose money, then that money can be used for healthcare....omg free money!!!!!\ni hope your big brain can understand this", "Before you go after war cries over an increase of rm20. You should be aware our gov waste more funds on unnecessary religious strengthening programs and islamic studies exports that goes into the billions.\nOn top of that messy unfocussed, overpriced military procurement.\nMeanwhile the public healthcare is severely underfunded by the gov and there's no system to allow us to pay higher and overall tax collection by the gov is still one of the lowest in ASEAN only alleviated by dwindling oil exports and glc dividend. If you dont want to pay more more for healthcare at least GST should be reinstated.", "I think admission fees; though a separate conversation from this should be something looked into as well. Admission on to wards incur a whole lot more such as food catering, disposable equipment, and more importantly bed space. I am not sure what they charge for admissions into government hospitals, but I certainly hope it\u2019s a lot more than RM1. In the event I misunderstood you, yes I agree that it should be raised for health clinic visits, but I would use a global fee of RM5 with concessions for seniors and disabled people.", "I think it's hard to implement such payments. How to identify they are T20 or b40. My idea is to just offer payment options for people to pick. You want to pay rm1 or rm5 or rm10. So maybe this way people from all backgrounds won't get mad.", "T20 probably opt for private healthcare or Thier company gave insurance benefit for private healthcare. Probably won't make much difference just increase cost for those who use the service.\nNeed to fund through taxation or nationalized natural resources imo.\nHealthcare is a human right. The amount you pay will always result in loss Rm1 or RM 10 is symbolic and can't properly fund it anyway.", "Not everyone. Rm10 is huge for ppl like my dad who need to go every 1-2 week."], ["People complaining cheap health care SMH. They are people who cant afford that 1 ringgit. With everything becoming expensive we can always feel safe that our healthcare will always be cheap but no now people want to pay more.\nYou are free to go to private hospital and pay more no one stopping you.", "I admit I am one of those you point as \u201cpeople who want to pay more\u201d I agree that there sadly are those who will find it difficult to afford the RM1. For that, an implementation of some form of concession for them can be viable. I feel however the point of my post was lost on you. Personally I feel the majority of Malaysians will find an increment from RM1.00 in the price to see a doctor at a government clinic justified if the issues such as undersalaried staff, crowded emergency rooms, and a lack of funds for more hospitals/clinics can be addressed by it.", "Increase a bit and we can continue the low price for decades to come.\nContinue and we will succumb to private insurance system like in the states.\nWonder which one you prefer."], ["I wish they'd allow you to pay-as-you-want with a minimum amount. With what my family received in terms of treatment, I swear it feels so wrong to pay such little amount.", "If you feel so, you can do blood donation!", "i always regard blood donation as the poor man's donation\nit's like, if you feel very useless and down that you're not contributing to society, then this is one avenue where you just being alive can be helpful to many others", "but got food redemption tho", "Interesting perspective, permission to borrow this please? To add to this, it would be good to be registered as an organ donor. Malaysian organ donation rates are sad as we practice an opt in policy.", "I love this suggestion! My concern would be the issues with transparency on the use of your non standard payment, as they can neither budget for or plan its use with this element of surprise."], ["How much do immigrants / PATI pay?", "Full price. No discounts. Still cheaper than private healthcare though.", "when you know foreigners and see how much they are charged, you will truly appreciate being a malaysian.", "Foreign workers has mandatory health insurance aka FWIG and SPIKPA.\nThey\u2019re not that expensive either.\nAnd of course foreigners on a higher income already has their own premium health insurance too, which again relative to many countries isn\u2019t very expensive either.", "Not really, my mother was in ER for 3 days after giving birth to my brother (not very long ago) and it only cost us RM200. In the US it'd probably cost more like $20k", "mind telling more about this? your mother is not local? which hospital she was send to?", "She has a PR I believe, It was definitely in Selangor I am not sure where. I think my birth was also pretty cheap and that was before she was a PR. That was over 20 years ago though.", "Your father is malaysian? Afaik there is different charges based on whether spouse is a citizen or PR. If both foreigners then there is no subsidy.", "That's probably it then, my dad is a Malaysian.", "Not really foreigners charge is more expensive at our public healthcare, probably one of the purpose to keep our healthcare and resources reserved and fully utilised by our rakyat", "Actually RM0, company has to take a medical insurance for us, so I don\u2019t have to pay for GP/Hospital.", "Ok. So company pay insurance and insurance covers you.", "That\u2019s paraphrasing, but yes", "RM40 for outpatients", "great job at dog-whistling, bro", "What's that even mean u/mountain_gur5630 ?", "I pay RM40. Any foreigner married to a citizen pays RM1 as well."], ["Bayar sikit, complain. Bayar banyak, complain. Cant do shit for nothing.\nThe reason why we pay so little is because our healthcare is subsidized and funded by tax.\nIf you go other countries with socialised healthcare, people pay these little for treatment and checkup too.", "Its coz the gdp % for healthcare is much higher there compared to ours even with kkm getting the highest budget annually. To add further info, do read kkm\u2019s white paper, most new funding is going into public private partnership development instead of proper socialised healthcare policies. We are gonna privatised our healthcare, its what the kkm people want."], ["As someone who frequently having hospital visit every month. I soooooo grateful for this RM1.00 and RM5.00 hospital fee. When I'm at my worst, I can't afford to have twice meal a day but still afford my monthly medical appointment\nIs that fee sustainable? Absolutely no! Government is not a business. There're here to serve and manage our tax money and funds. Still to get things done need money. Meds, procedure, doctors, nurse need money. No money no talk\nHospital/ health ministry money doesn't only circle within healthcare area. Income from rakyat neverrr sufficient to run hospital but we do have another source of income to run public healthcare. Imagine how improved our health system with 1MDB money (for example)\nI've seen a lot case like me who once can't afford expensive medical bills and also cases who take advantage with this cheap fees. Yet still, i want to make medical accessible to everyone.\nTo make people pay according their income wasn't that accessible in term of procedure, it also lead to another unconscious discrimination. You know you pay more, you get \"special treatment\". But we can tax the rich. Tax them hard so they also can fund other public interest facilities"], ["This sort of post comes up almost yearly. I swear it's an attempt to gauge/astroturf Malaysian opinion towards privatised healthcare like the American. The system is working fine for 60 years. Healthcare is accessible for everyone and the rich have the choice to go to a private hospital.\nIts why Malaysian healthcare, or the NHS model to be mor precise, is one of the most noble service in the world.", "American healthcare cost is simply out of this world. Even their own insurance hate it. I met an American at a bar (ironically) who says his insurers rather fly him to Malaysia with accommodation to do his hip replacement surgery at Sunway Medical rather than do in US.", "Forgive me for pushing \u201cTHAT yearly button\u201d of yours. No, I solemnly swear this post is not meant to gauge the opinions of Malaysians or as you imply to push the agenda of a privatised healthcare like the Americans. Respectfully, this is completely the opposite of that. The NHS model is good but flawed. It has worked very well to serve the needs of a once developing Malaysia.\nI posted this to have a discussion on the sustainability of charging this token sum given the many issues faced by the healthcare system with regards to complaints of overworked staff and overfilled hospitals. Perhaps the RM1.00 fee is due for a revision.", "Bro has the reading ability of a child \ud83d\udc80", "The American model is not the only alternative model to healthcare. A European (eg. german, french, austrian) or Australian model where there is a national insurance system with co-payments looks much more sustainable and accessible than either.\nThe NHS model is a failing model even in the UK, with months to years long waiting lists for outpatient diagnostics and treatment, with sick people waiting in the emergency department corridors on the floor, chair or trolleys during winter for 12-24hours with a chest infection or broken legs, with fewer beds and healthcare staff per population than its European counterparts. The UK also has very limited private healthcare scope due to extortionate health insurance fees that covers very little scope and excludes virtually all acute and emergency conditions.\nMalaysia comparably has better access to healthcare due to its mixed public-private healthcare system with a sizeable enough private sector that covers enough scope to absorb a significant proportion of workload."], ["It\u2019s one of the very few things we can unequivocally and unanimously say the govt of the day (no matter who) has kept on doing great for the people.\nIt\u2019s crazy underrated and wildly unsustainable, at least for me. But if this is the way to give back to the people, there are much worst things to waste our dollah on. Taking care of your human resource and capital is taking care of your greatest money-making asset.\nMy uncle had an open heart surgery, full success and stayed for 2 weeks, all scans and shits imaginable and got billed RM500 (with some claimable back). We told him to just fork it without claiming. IKN and IJN are both widely accepted as the authoritative institutions for what they do. \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4d"], ["Would RM10 or even RM100 make a difference? I thought it is subsidised by tax payer's money so the nominal fee is just that: nominal. I have company benefits which I can't finish utilising even after going to a private dentist and asking them to do the full work up on my teeth. I won't be frequenting a public dentist because I'm adequately covered there. On the other hand, if my tax payer's money is used to fund necessary medical treatment to those that can't afford private healthcare, have lesser benefits or maybe they can afford private healthcare but will feel the dent to their finances, then I'm happy it's being utilised appropriately.\nDo correct me if I'm wrong in my understanding.\nThough I do disagree with the suggestion here to charge more for T20. T20 is like what, 11k household income for KL? I assume that's gross so nett is 8k. Imagine if a couple has say, 2 kids. With mortgage, car hire purchase, daycare/school fees, fuel, groceries, allowance to parents, you're still not very well off especially in you're based in KL.\nThe \"true\" affluent peope will just go to private, no biggie. Scaling is RM200++, filling is RM300++. If gaji is 20k, it's not a lot for them. Plus they would have company benefits to cover anyway. If they go to public still, hey they kinda paid for it with the significant 25% tax on income. 20k salary is 4-5k on tax paid monthly, surely you can't fault them for going scaling at a public dentist once in a while?\nAnyway, whatever it is...\nAffordable healthcare for all!"], ["One way to make use of the Digital ID card is to implement tiered pricing for people who genuinely cannot afford healthcare.\nB40 and retired civil servants: RM1\nM40 and current civil servants: RM10\nT20: RM50\nUse the extra revenue to hire more doctors and reduce wait times. Heck, make an online queuing app so that you can do other stuff while waiting for your number.", "T20 should pay full", "T20 go private with lunch and personal nurse included.", "Most of them probably have health insurance to cover for their private medical fees", "Correcto. Company insurance bayar jugak great healthcare benefits", "With chronic medication costs? Could easily go for rm250 for a 30-day supply.\nAm a gomen pharmacist", "Quite cheap imho"], ["Just done my teeth scaling yesterday, and it was free, but just having to wait for 1 hour since the queue is long but i dont mind tbh", "Were you required to make an appointment?", "Nowadays, yes. Via mysejahtera", "Oh, we can do that? I had to book my parents and mine by going to UTC teeth clinic (i forgot the name)", "Is this at UTC Selangor in Shah Alam?", "Oh no, it was in Ampangan, N9. My friend went to the Shah Alam one and boi, that place had a 4 months waiting list for scaling", "Yup easier that way, rather than go there and make an appointment for other day ;)", "We can do that ? Gonna try doing it", "Yes", "1 hour is not bad at all.", "Yeah went to putrajay clinic", "Damn you got it nice. Joking of course. I did mine earlier this month, need to pay RM2 for scaling. Total RM3 including registration haha", "1 hour is really not bad at all, last time I wait for 3 hours lol", "Did root canal treatment for rm5.. done it 4 times..that shit cost rm1k in private clinic"], ["Tbh i hope people realises how lucky they are and not to misuse this\nI work at KK everyday and young people keep coming for trivial complaints, made me investigate to rule out potential diagnosis\nEnded up asking for mc\nSome are just shameless only started sitting and asked for mc\nYou are merely wasting rakyat money and resources just because you dont feel like working. Dont feel like working, pay 1 ringgit only, then faking all your symptoms.\nPls la live with moral compass", "Thanks for your perspective. Would you as someone working in the KK like to see an increase in this fee? Do you think it might help with the MC seeking problem if a person would have to pay slightly more?", "Not really no thats not really the solution\nIf i work at GP also people come to seek mc\nIt really depends on your moral compass lol\nJust hoping people would be more considerate and not taking advantage as going to public healthcare for mc you basically wasting gov resources and more people are in need of proper treatment", "Thank you for your opinion and thank you for doing what you do!"], ["Wait till you see how often people just throw away those antibiotics, cholesterol, high blood pressure meds and insulins, freakin insulin that cost thousands of dollars in the US given for free.\nFolks would condemn these meds as useless and optional to eat, preferring to pay more for traditional herbal products.\nI paid rm15 for a full wisdom tooth minor surgery. My brother got a rm600 gov brace program. All jackpot price.\nPay a bit more for the basic fee and we can continue this for decades to come.\nKeep it and we will succumb to private insurance system."], ["God bless our healthcare system. Though the wait times is variable."], ["This again. Look, the 1 ringgit charge was never for cost of treatment. If it was, even raising it to a hundred wouldn't cover the cost.\nPublic healthcare is funded by taxes, not by token registration fees that are there to get people to sign in or attend the counter. You don't fund public healthcare by charging fees, you fund it through efficient public funding - both from a income perspective - ie, wealth tax/ introduce capital gains taxation- as well as expenditure - targeting non-effective spending - admin, drug costs, poor infrastructure, etc."], ["I'd wager that the logistics of the collection of fees and the time wasted in the hospital ensuring that the fees are collected/ queuing up is vastly larger than the amount collected in fees. I think a price for a more efficient system would be RM0. The rest of the system is paid for in taxes anyway and removing this aspect of the system would actually cost the taxpayer less.", "This is a good take. If a Klinik Kesihatan gets 100 patients daily, that\u2019s RM100. That\u2019s only RM3000 per month. Not even enough to pay for one doctor."], ["No party dare to increase the fee. Absolute suicide move"], ["I think RM1 is still good. At least you won't have hardcore poor people not wanting to seek healthcare because it's expensive to them.\nIncreasing the amount taken from you would barely make an impact for the cost of services provided. The only way to properly fund it is through taxation imo. Higher taxes and nationalizing Malaysia's natural resources would be the best way to fund our healthcare system"], ["As a foreigner living in Malaysia some years ago, I got a considerable amount of care at a public clinic, and the staff was so apologetic that they had to charge me something like 15RM or whatever it was. I'm from the US so if the charge was double or triple that I still would be praising the generosity of the Malaysian healthcare system!\nI can imagine that there are some rural areas where 1RM is appropriate, but I'm sure many Malaysians would not mind paying a bit more.", "Is it true in US,if you call ambulance for emergency cases,the bill is USD3000 just the ambulance?...", "That would be an extreme case but wouldn't shock me at all.\nIt's worth saying that what it says on the bill and what people actually pay out of pocket are not usually the same, especially if they have some sort of insurance which most do."], ["\"RM 1 is too cheap for me\"\nYea for YOU"], ["One ringgit from our pocket, the rest are subsidised by taxpayers. In my understanding the payment is full already. Hospitals have no reason for any substandard services."], ["maybe we could look into national insurance of prolly rm5-10/mth. butttttt with this i can foresee many will take advantage and misuse it. hmmmmmm especially those \"entitled\" ppl."], ["Maybe charge according to one's income would be fairer. Different charges for B40, M40 & T20. But first, must find a mechanism to detect income tax declaration fraud."], ["Currently, RM5 is for seeing the specialist. In my case it was the hypertension specialist because I had stroke in 2018. But it was a few session before I been moved to see regular doctors because of my good health result. So now I only pay RM1 for every appointment."], ["This is a dream for many other countries."], ["Better to have a healthy society that can continuously work to pay tax than to have sick society living on welfare don't you think?"], ["Best healthcare in the world.\nEven private hospital in malaysia still affortable compare to most of develop country"], ["RM1, I paid for it from my income tax. So does everyone else. Its to support other Malaysians that doesn't have good insurance from their workplace. Almost everyone I know go to private clinics because they have good insurance.\nIn fact we should make dialysis free as well. It's not covered for govt worker in hospital or clinic.\nWe need less corruption, not find ways for rakyat to pay more."], ["That RM1 fee is from a bygone era where RM1 was actually worth a damn.\nRM5 to RM10 would be a step forward. Actually RM10 is the new RM1 nowadays."], ["I'm fuckin thankful. In America you get charged thousands of dollars just for the ambulance trip alone"], ["Incoming SG lover that cannot see MY is good in something"], ["I don't see the point of this. Is this your first time and just found out it's only RM1? Or are you a foreigner or a Malaysian who just came back after many years away? This has been around for years, I've been to one and so did numerous family members.\nEverything has been subsidised by tax payers, including MY money. Increase for what? Why should rakyat bear the cost of corrupt officials, beneficiaries, and pharmaceutical corporates? How much, as just one example, was lost and wasted during KJ's pandemic tenure?"], ["syukur malaysia masih aman", ""], ["It should be tiered based on income levels using the IC as unique identifier. An upper M40 shouldn't get to pay the same as a lower B40. But the upper M40 should get a priority treatment status.", "But the upper M40 should get a priority treatment status\nI agree with everything except this part. In theory, everyone is paying exactly the same amount, as we are talking about tiered subsidies depending on income level. So (what you pay + govt subsidy = actual cost) which for the exact same treatment, is constant regardless of what you pay.\nIf M40 and T20 want priority treatment, go private clinic and pay full unsubsidized rate. But go govt hospital means everyone should be equal and priority should depend on severity"], ["As a medical student, I totally agree to increasing price based on B40, M40, T20. To my knowledge, there's currently an oversupply of MBBS doctors in Malaysia and undersupply of Specialists. Many specialists end up in Singapore and other countries because of better pay and better quality of life as well. Even at clinic kesihatan, lots of part time doctors with only Rm2k/month salary. Paying 300k and 7 years of studies for MBBS but with salary of diploma holder, imagine that? Would be great to open more hospitals to house these doctors and to also increase output of specialist training. An increase to specialist pay can also further give more incentive to specialise in Malaysia which is what we need as of now.", "i am so glad you're a medical student and not a policy-maker because you would clearly plunge the country into chaos.\nFirstly, the price for healthcare is ALREADY pro-rated for the different income groups because the different income groups already pay DIFFERENT amounts for their taxes. Maybe you are not aware, but our healthcare is tax funded....tax funded means that the money for the healthcare comes from the tax, the tax mean the money the worker pay the government every year. so, T20 person will pay more to the government compared to B40 person.\nYou complain of inadequate salary but that is not because of the \"cheap\" admission fee but because of the unwillingness of the government to meet the demands of the healthcare workers.\nMoney? the issue of money does not stem from the \"cheap\" admission fee but from the government's wastage, and the many corruptors siphoning off money from the coffers.\nwe're a poor country, we don't have enough money? Cuba, a country that is poorer than malaysia, has a higher life expectancy than malaysia and...AND Cuba has free, completely free, healthcare to every cuban citizen. In fact, in many moments, the life expectancy of Cuba was almost on par with the United States, the richest country\nso, perhaps you should use your big medical brain to understand the bigger picture"], ["I feel like they should charge more tbh. I went to a government dental clinic for wisdom tooth extraction, they only charged me rm2.\nThing is I can\u2019t afford private but I am also not underprivileged, I ended up leaving feeling very guilty, felt like I took advantage of the system.", "Just like the system intended then.", "Strange, because you paid for it already in the form of income taxes, SST, excise taxes (cars), import taxes (food), stamp duty (any sort of contract).\nI always use public healthcare even if I can comfortably afford private clinics. Some hospitals have very nice customer service and short waiting times when I go in the afternoon."], ["Alhamdulilah for Malaysian public healthcare system. Has to be one of the best in the world. My boyfriend was treated at an ER in Lahad Datu within an hour. He didn\u2019t have serious injuries, just food poisoning, but even then they apologised for the wait time. He\u2019s a foreigner so he had to pay RM300 for the treatment and medication. Fair enough and luckily we had the funds."], ["Perhaps the RM1.1billion allocation to JAKIM ought to have been re-directed to improve our underfunded national healthcare / education services"], ["Are you ok?", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Malaysia will bankrupt soon just from this. Unsustainable", "True, how long can our government continue to sustain this free service", "Yes, and pension too. One day the living working people will not be enough to sustain pension and subsidy,", "Murican much ? You want your fever bills goes 1000$ per visit ? Like the broke people on the streets better idea huh mr smart guy ?.", "Subsidy is just plain bad.", "The American health care system is expensive because of insurance companies lobbying, no ones asking for healthcare bills to be expensive but what's sustainable for the government to maintain. If you're going to make snide remarks then please perform some critical thinking.", "If you want me to go critical thinking, sure. We are lucky to have this kind of price even though other country smack talking about our ringgit but our macroeconomics data came out pretty good. Although the rm1 is quite low you need to understand there is other rural areas still remains undeveloped and have quite large GDP per capital ratio gap compared to the big city. If you talking about prices I am suggesting that they need to reprice back based on their income status but then I believe if you are really rich or having median income, they won't bother to go to the hospital unless their kids don't have any insurance yet but I believe this is a rare case or the lower median. Bad side is people will find the way to cheat and it's common to cheat income declaration.", "Thank you for finally using your brain, your first and current comments are worlds apart.", "\u2026. Lol?"], ["xpernah bayar cukai, tapi plg byk demand. taht's b40. time to introduce new tax. or call it takaful madani or something. ALL MUST PAY a percentage of their income. directly masuk dalam KKM. put KKM under finance ministry or something. the fund no need to go through SPA", "T20 bayar tax ke? I know alot of t20 rather pay people to do tax evasion than actually pay tax , this is big crocs heaven country remember , hari\u00b2 mabuk main sport car , langgar org mati tiba\u00b2 ade kad oku get scot free", "raise minimum wage lh,make sure everyone salary atleast 9k,now everyone have to pay tax....."], ["Isnt normal ? What u expect ? America healthcare ?"], ["Don\u2019t show Singaporeans. Wait the bird people come\u2026 \u201cchirp chirp \ud83d\udc23 \u201c"], ["Malaysia need to adopt free healthcare insurance, so that the healthcare will stop depending 100% from the government.", "Nope nope and nope\nIf you have some ideas about how our local private healthcare institutes are charging the patients, our government will be paying waaay a lot more than the current expenditure on \"free\" public healthcare.\nFYI, almost all private healthcare out there has 2 type of billing system, one is non-insurance bill, and another one is insured bill, which is a lot more expensive.\nHad 2 friends admitted into a private hospital for appendicitis operation just weeks apart, one self-pay, one full insured. Self-pay bill came out 5K, while the insured one bill come out near 10k.", "Insurance and private hospital wet dreams.", "free healthcare insurance, so that the healthcare will stop depending 100% from the government.\nFree health insurance, so that healthcare will stop depending on the government?\nIf it's free of charge that usually means the government is funding it.", "Smartest suggestion yet!"], ["We already paid for it with our tax money, in your salary and everything you purchase. That's... kinda how it works.\nIf anything it should've been free. I'm not sure why they bother to charge a single ringgit. We also have to keep in mind rm1 is still money for people, when I was young I once had 5 ringgit left in my pocket.", "rm1 already and still want more discount, peak Malaysian", "It's not about asking for discount, it's notnunderstanding why they bothered to charge rm1 rather than just giving it out for free. What is so hard about that sentence for you to not take out of context?", "Maybe should make a special rule for you: see a dermatologist rm5, see a skin specialist rm0.50? \ud83d\ude01"], ["I vote for RM5, but the hospital clerk can at his or her judgment waive it down to RM2 for the poor and the elderly etc."], ["Increasing price and still have to wait 4 hours? The problem runs deeper than just the RM1 fee."], ["This is why Malaysia fat"], ["This is why it make me angry when they distribute mycard randomly.\nTaxpayer money man hat why it's cheap."], ["I\u2019d be fine paying rm5-20 or depends on my level of sickness."], ["Nikmat apakah yang kau dustakan."], ["push the politician/govt to increase the funding or earning in other ways, but noooo its the RM1.00 token fees that matters. idk whats wrong with people"], ["B40 = Rm1 M40 = Rm10 ( more than half maybe will go to swasta/ panel ) T20 = Rm20 ( i believe nearly 100percent not coming to gomen hosp )\nAs long as can help improve government healthcare as a whole for coming futures", "Thing is the RM1 you pay won't go straight to improving the healthcare. Taxing the rich would probably have better effects.\nhttps://x.com/yoongkhean/status/1458676943306383366?s=20\nhttps://x.com/thewootwoot/status/1555770161138831361?s=20", "And here we are getting downvoted lol\nI wonder these guys is in which categories"], ["They should really increase that"], ["Need to charge RM10-RM50. It became small money ready. RM1 is 10 cent IRL."], ["Even foreigners also paying minimal for the hospital care in Malaysia... A lot of these subsidies used up by non Malaysian."], ["Nowadays most mnc has extensive medical coverage up until parents and siblings. Who even go to GH anymore..", "Who even go to GH anymore..\nPeople... who aren't employed by MNCs?"], ["Its crazy how I just saw an American woman in California having a bent knee and just wrapped it up saying how expensive the hospital would be while complaining wanting to be affordable for them in this app...\nAnd then us wanting our medical cost to be high enough so it wouldnt be too cheap. Im not againts this or mad about it btw, I love the idea, its just how f*ck up the world is, its crazy out there...", "We need balance brother. It's the name of the game", "well,she need to change her location....."], ["This is good, but I don't see this will be sustainable in the future though"], ["Please, as a member of the HCW, be compliant with your medications/therapy. All those drugs are not cheap. And please, to reduce hospital congestion, try to self-medicate first with basic medications such as PCM, Piriton, MMT, etc. I know'self-medicated' is such a strange word coming out of HCW, but with good knowledge, your ailment is just a literally basic ailment. I just encountered one patient who queued for almost 2 hours just to get a prescribed oral aid (mouth ulcer), which he or she could buy at the local pharmacy.", "I would be cautious to use the term \u201cself medicate\u201d in the Malaysian context as this usually equates to resorting to alternative therapies and over paying for medications which defeat the purpose of this discussion. I\u2019m sure you would agree that most upper respiratory tract infections and oral infections are viral and thus require little to no medication apart from patience and rest. And increase in the fee from RM1.00 could also perhaps be channeled to health education- then you won\u2019t be seeing the poor soul who waited 2 hours for oral ulcers."], ["Should link it to the income tax forms to encourage everyone to file their income tax returns whether tax is payable or not.\nTiered payment system based on average of last 3 years submissions. Details can be argued.\nNo submission = full non-citizen rate."], ["RM 1 is clinic rate right?", "Yes."], ["America could never \ud83d\ude02"], ["This is one of the good in Malaysia so we must really appreciate it though I must say the wait is indedd very long if a person is very sick"], ["Sometimes I pay rm5 sometimes I pay rm1. I'm not sure why it's different. Anyone can answer?\nAlso as my experience in gov hospital taught me, they don't have certain tests or equipment available (maybe costs more to buy/maintain idk) so you have to fork out money anyway. Such is the downside of cheap public healthcare.", "If you see a specialist, rm5."], ["atleast we ain't paying thousands just to see a doctor"], ["How to get this as a foreigner?", "My mother in law always asks me to go to GH, but says I have to pay double.", "2 ringgit??", "That's what she says, I have not tested. I think the cost of medication is the same."], ["americans in shambles"], ["Nikmat apa lagi yang kau dustakan"], ["this is a good thing for B40, but if this comes at the cost of the doctors needing to work at minimum wage, then maybe RM5 would be better, RM 10 is also ok but RM20 is a huge stretch..Source ; my friend who's B40 can't pay for RM35 medical fees so I paid for him instead"], ["Saw how shitty the facilities are ? yeah thats the price", "I disagree. If anything, it was definitely good shit. Facilities are basic, but by no means lacking. We were greeted by a simple queuing system, blood pressure and a sugar check (RM1-2 per strip) was done next, a heart monitoring printout - ECG which would have cost RM 20-30 elsewhere per examination, a chat with the doctor (you can put a price to this and nothing would justify paying only RM1.00)."], ["Depends on the type of health issues, if just consultation or something, maybe 5 would do, 10 would be something else major\nThis would maintain and improve the healthcare system while being very cheap"], ["Yeah I got my upper wisdom tooth pulled this year for RM2"], ["how is the wait like? i grew up w private and would love to try government hospital. never tried due to rumours of it being too long queue :(", "I can\u2019t speak for other facilities, but I spent a total of 90 minutes from start to finish today. We were appointed a slot. In fact had it not been for a small issue with the blood test, we could have been done much sooner.\nThe clinic we went to was a small Klinik Kesihatan in a housing area of a major city. We were there for a follow up visit for diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.\nMy mileage, as for yours, may vary"], ["You know, for all the praise and criticism, the healthcare system is exactly the same as buying a car, you want a myvi it\u2019s cheap - you want ferrari healthcare, its exactly as expensive and fast as you want.", "I would argue that it\u2019s different. From my experience and to use your analogy, it would seem like I\u2019m getting at least a high spec-ed MYVI healthcare for the price of a hotwheels matchbox car.", "Yah but you\u2019re happy with the free health care here, the same as you\u2019re happy with a myvi. If you look at rest of world its not so good."], ["I am currently getting treatment at KKM for my hypertension issue and I felt guilty for paying RM1 only. The medication alone can cost up to RM100-200 minimum without the consultation fees at private clinic but at KKM I was only asked to pay RM1 (which I think was for registration purposes only). I am truly grateful for this and willing to pay more because the consultation/treatment that I get at KKM was way better than the one at private clinic, felt like the doctor/nurses there truly cares about their patient."], ["One of the most overlooked benefits of being a MY citizen. Meanwhile going to the ED in the US would literally bankrupt you if you have no insurance. Average ICU stay is like 10,000USD per day, not even including whatever invasive procedures that may be required"], ["with PADU next year, i hope rapiji work with kkm on adjusting the fee"], ["You know Bumis only pay 70 cents?\nPS: jk"], ["I don't mind also. I just got back from gov hospital and yes, the wait is long, but my case is not a life or death situation, so whatever. I usually just go to swasta because I can afford it but for this particular case the doctor feels they cannot do it (typical of our klinik swasta, if risky sikit terus tolak government). Once I was in the system and they read my file, it was fast moving. The doctors were nice, the minor surgery (if we can call it that) went well and their bedside manner is top tier. I feel guilty for only paying RM1. And also guilty for grumbling about the long wait (2 months to be exact)."], ["When I suspected that I had COVID back in April 2022 I went to the local health clinic off Jalan Tengah, Penang. I got swab tested, got medicines and a short consultation for only RM1. When I eventually did test positive, the clinic called me every day to check up on my condition and ensure I did not require serious care. Our healthcare is really good for what it is, unlike a certain \"free\" country on the other side of the world. It could have been a lot worse.\nBut I honestly do feel that they're undercharging for the quality and passion they put into their work. Maybe they should levy a charge no greater than RM10-20 for citizens/red card holders and higher (up to RM50 or 100) for non citizens."], ["And beranak in gov hospital also free."], ["I think paying RM10-30 is fine. The extra cost could be used to increase staff salaries as our health sector is suffering from brain drain."], ["Even for chronic treatment swasta klinik will refer you to KKM for cheaper cost. (Also cause some medicines is too expensive for them to buy and sell)"], ["I saw the dentist for RM 1.00\nAfter that I had to do teeth scaling which cost me RM 2.00\nI saw the price list: penskaleran gigi (warga asing) - RM 170.00\nGlad to be a rakyat. But I would have no problem paying a bit more."], ["Having my first born in the government hospital, im very surprised how much the hospital and their management cares about the wellbeing of Malaysian. Can see clearly see that they really want the population to be healthy based on how the doctors treat their patient, and how they plan the healthcare system itself.", "I agree. After delivery, we had home visits from the nurses nearly every day until the end of 2 weeks for jaundice. They also came to check on the wounds and to see how we were doing with breast feeding and care taking as first time parents. This surprised us the most and we have since advocated for delivery in govt hospitals to almost all our friends.", "Yup, aside from very very affordable payment, our healthcare system really does care about our well being."], ["At least have a tier system with\nRM 100 for Fast lane\nwith\na raffle ticket for 1 million yearly lucky draw. Better keep that visitor que number of which I don't think any ustaz would be going to go against since we are paying for the service while the ticket is free and the RM 1 million is from govement fund hence there's no breach or any betting or gambling involved. Hahaha.\nOn a serius note we paid at least this much for hospital visit at any private hospital and sometimes we even need to wait at least half a hour before the we are able to see the doctor.\nAnd I think fast lane with 20-30 minutes wait time is possible if the government were keen enough to inject the funds.\nPerhaps trying to repeat the success of mycc with RM 10 mil funds were are to earn back RM 400 mil to the government by issuing the penalties to the chicken feed cartel companies. Which they will settle out of court for 250 mil something. This my friend is the biggest ROI in Malaysian history imho.\nWhile RM 50 for T20.\nRM 10 for m 40\nRM 5 for b40\nRM 1 for B20\nWhile Oku and elderly 60++ free.\nI think this vital because we need to keep our doctors especially our experts specialist doctors to continue working in public hospitals to ensure that all our citizens are able to access good health care and our hospital are up to date.\nJust went to a new klinik kesihatan in my hometown which got a build grant under RMK 9 or 10 not too sure ... The amenities and the specs are even better than some older private hospitals."], ["Not everyone can afford RM1 for healthcare in Malaysia"], ["\"How much should we pay?\"\nYour taxes. You should pay your taxes. Is that not the point?", "Yes, we all should pay what is due in taxes. Are you suggesting that the RM1.00 be removed completely since you have already paid your taxes? A genuine question given your tone.", "No, just saying that to pay your taxes along with the current fee as that's what the system as it is currently revolves around.\nI also want to apologize if I came off a certain way. I do not know what you mean by given my tone, but I personally thought I was using a very dry tone.\nIf possible, could you elaborate on what gave you a certain impression and how I might improve my tone?"], ["If you look at the bill, its clearly broken down to show how much it should cost (and subsidized by taxpayers)\nThen you realize, it isn't feasible to make it \"sustainable\" so might as well just keep it at rm1.\nOr once the gov has a good system on who is deserving of subsidy, you can increase for those outside the group."], ["I know government clinic is cheap but the time you waste... how long did you have to wait? sometimes I feel time is more precious"], ["I knew someone who waited for these so call \"free\" health care and ended up passing away cause they just couldn't wait any longer. To hell with these."], ["No wonder inflation is so high and the country is bankrupt.\nWhen there is no skin in the game = abuse."], ["It\u2019s a shame we are still charging this. That\u2019s why people are abusing the medical services in Malaysia and causing a lot of overcrowding at the same time not living a healthy lifestyle. All because if I\u2019m unwell even at the slightest I can go see a doctor for 1 buck. I can see the traditional bomoh or dukun for 500-1000 bucks at a time, but my rights as a citizen it must be free or super cheap & affordable to get it at a govt institution. Ridiculous premise."], ["rm1 -> rm5, rm5 -> rm25\npros : add value to private clinics & hospitals, a bit of extra money to fund our healthcare system, less queueing since people who can't afford won't go, make our people care for their health a bit more (maybe??)\ncons : B40 (or more like B10) won't get good healthcare\n\"To have food, water, medicine, and shelter\" is not a human right for adults, but it is \"To have a safe environment to EARN food, water, medicine, and shelter\""], ["Keep it at 1 ringgit, no matter what. 5 ringgit is too high for poor people especially indigenous people living in rural places. They rely on this system.\nNo, I am not worried about doctors who work in the system. Most of them would not be a doctor in the first place without the scholarship given by the government. And those scholarships funds are from us thr people who pay taxes. And most of the doctors leave the government and work in the private sector once they already completed their contracts.\nThe fact that a lot of people here especially OP says it's too low reflect how out of touch you guys are with certain ethnic groups here in Malaysia. Bajau lives in the sea part of their culture. Dusun, Dayak and Asli, they live in the forest, some are still practicing barter! Do you guys think they really have 5 ringgit in their pockets?\nOh by the way, if you think Malaysian public health system is good, you have never experienced NHS or Canadian Healthcare systems. They are in different level. Not that I am dismissing our health system, as a developing country we are doing pretty good. But free health care is a human rights, everyone should have access to it no matter how much you make a year. Therefore I prefer it should be free. However I can't complaint since children still get it for free and also retired senior citizen. My mom was retired teacher, she was given the opportunity to have knee replacement surgery on both of her legs, for free. Unfortunately she refuses after she found out about the risk and complications, the amount of months she have to rest etc etc. I am cool with that."], ["Yep I agree RM1 is way too cheap should be at least RM10 can save much more cost for the government."], ["Kkm isnt a business it gets money from mof not from the charges for their services. If you increase the funding pon, mof will most probably just allocate it to somewhere else, most likely for investment. It isnt guarantee a better service, wages nor infra. Learn how governments works please."], ["Our healthcare is the bomb, just not many people appreciate it. I once almost died due to liver issues and stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks with procedures and surgeries done, checked out and I was shocked at the bill, it was RM 17+ \ud83d\udc40"], ["Wow. I was in Malaysia about 12 years ago and paid RM 1. Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfeis great for that. Love it."], ["Americans be cryin RN"]]}
{"title": "Should I get TIME WiFi?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rqi8t/should_i_get_time_wifi/", "num_comment": 70, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Hello, I live on the 8th floor and I am planning to switch my WiFi to TIME and was wondering if its worth it? I've read a lot of good things about it but also some people said that they have a lot of spikes and random disconnections and that its not worth it (they dont live the same place as I do). I'm very conflicted.", "comments": [["Always get TIME if it's available.", "I've used TIME in 3 different locations so far over the course of 8 years (Penang, Gombak, and Petaling)\nI think I only had issues 2-3 times (unavailability due to cable damages once, others are latency spikes).\nAbove is what you should adhere when shopping for home Internet subscription. They are better than Unifi currently."], ["If you plan to get Time, there is a group open on fb for owners looking for ownership transfer. Most of them want to move out but contract is still going on. To avoid penalty, they offer anyone who wants to adopt the account by giving some free months or cheaper rate for certain amount of months. Not many will go for this option but I personally don\u2019t see any catch adopting from old account (most owners will pay the relocation fee for you), it will save cost a little bit.", "Bro! Why haven't I found this piece of advice?! I've got a RM500 penalty I'm stuck with. Fuck!", "Because you didn\u2019t post this on Reddit \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 this is the advice I always give others when they want to cut their internet", "This. I was one of the owners who tried to transfer my ownership months ago as my new place (landed) does not fall under the coverage. Some owners will cover the transfer fee for you, and you also don't get tied down with a 2-year contract. It's a win-win situation.", "And what happens if that dude don't pay for your TIME plan later?", "What do you mean? Once the ownership is transferred, the new owner will be responsible for the plan. The previous owner will also need to pay off any outstanding amount before they can transfer the ownership.\nsource: https://timeinternet.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/33000269968-how-to-transfer-ownership-of-account-\nEdit: Salah grammar", "Oh I thought you only transfer place without changing old owner. Just that new owner needs to pay for old owner's plan. If we can change the owner too then that's fine.", "Besides FB, there's a forum on Lowyat for that too. That was how I took over someone else's Time ownership. I wasn't sure if I wanted to tie myself to a 24-month contract plan, hence I did the ownership transfer.", "The name will still be under the person who offered you, right? Sounds abit like \"Sambung bayar\"....", "I think the name will be under yours because its a ownership transfer..."], ["Short answer: yes\nLong answer: yesssssssssssssssssssss"], ["If your building got TIme... don;t waste your time asking us. GET IT. NOW. hahahahaha....\noh my exp using it... only 3 time connection problem in my 8 years of used.", "three times in two months for me. guess it\u2019s area dependent.\nedit: we\u2019re talking close to eight hours downtime each time too"], ["It's the best of the worst."], ["TIME > everything else.\nIts just that legendary. You'll absolutely regret not getting TIME."], ["I\u2019m planning to get TIME in my new condo when it\u2019s ready and available , but may I know what makes TIME better (or godly) compare to other internet providers? I\u2019m not a tech geek so probably wouldn\u2019t understand but from what I gathered , it seems like the internet speed is way faster ? Am I right ?", "TIME better (or godly)\n100 x times more stable compare to Unify, at least you wont need to face Unify CS", "Yes this. Been using time and will never get back to unifi for their lousy services.\nMove to KL Midvalley area and constantly get internet issues (lagging and disconnect). Move to PJ and switch to time. My housemate can binge watch netflix and download while i play online games without issues or high latency problem like unifi.", "Register 500mb, it gives 250mb in the morning, 50mb at night, and it frequently goes down. Every time it is near its due date, it begins to disconnect frequently and poor internet connection, as if to remind you to pay on time.", "Sweet , thanks ! Does router play a role in terms of internet speed btw ? Or it doesn\u2019t matter and I can use the one TIME supplies ?", "Sweet , thanks ! Does router play a role in terms of internet speed btw ? Or it doesn\u2019t matter and I can use the one TIME supplies ?\nDepend on the size of your condo and layout, such as dead column etc.\nOriginal supplier has no issue so far, but depend on which model some will overheat, so i change to ASUS + Mesh.\nSo in the end is depend on your requirement, you may use the original first if u found a dead column might need to change the place or router or with Mesh.\nBelow Picture some sample.\n<image>", "Yes router matters", "Way faster at a slightly lower cost. I definitely prefer TIME"], ["Yes. The random disconnections may vary tho. Doesn't happen very often in my experience. 2-3 times in the past year if I recall. Fixed very soon too."], ["Yes. I moved from Unifi to Time and it was the best decision."], ["Used TIME for 4 years. Every 2 years they replace my modem. I have had a grand total of 2 service disruptions. One of those happened on a Sunday, fixed in under 2 hours. One of those happened on a working day so I wouldn't even have known if I hadn't gotten an sms telling me so sorry, got disruption, we will fix ASAP.\nBruh. Get TIME. You will not regret it."], ["TIME definitely superior than Unify"], ["If TIME is available, take it."], ["If you are looking for TIME wifi without the contract can DM me, I\u2019m moving out soon and my contract is almost over, won\u2019t be staying in apartment or high rise buildings anymore"], ["I already tried Time, Unifi and Maxis. All at the same location. Maxis is the worst, close second is Unifi and the best by far is Time. It's cheaper, very low downtime, and symmetrical upload/download speeds."], ["Time is great, i used it 2 years back then, so far no issues"], ["I went from using TIME to UNIFI (moved to a landed house), in short, UNIFI sucks balls.. and I just couldn't figure out why that is. TIME has to handle more traffic as it serves a freaking condo but I very rarely have issues with it. I have issues with UNIFI daily and that is all while I sit beside the freaking router.."], ["My experience with time has been great\u2026 had like maybe two downtimes in the last 3 years which were resolved pretty quickly"], ["In terms of random disconnections, I think every ISP has it. But the plus with TIME is that they always communicate. When i experienced disconnection issues I always received an SMS before I even think of contacting them, with the approximation of how long it will take (which usually settled before then)"], ["I have all 3 ISPs, TIME is worth it. The basic/lower packages is good enough for most people."], ["Definitely worth it. Ive had 0 downtime this year in kelana jaya"], ["Hell fking yeah"], ["Absolutely, switched to TIME from UNIFI a couple of years ago and have been a satisfied user so far. But there\u2019s word on the street that there\u2019ll be new pricing announcement in Jan 2024, perhaps you would want to wait a little bit?"], ["100% recommended. Been using Time for the last 4 years. Can count the number of outages on one hand. They\u2019re pretty good at communicating if there\u2019s a problem. Just wish it was available at landed properties", "They are. I'm in Penang. My taman and other nearby taman has coverage. I see them working in another area right now. Their con for landed is that, the infrastructure are along the drain instead of poles, faster deployment but risk of vandalisme."], ["Yeah time is good using it with no big issues, yeah of course there was time that it suffers some downtime but rarely happens and 99% of the time it's reliable"], ["What everyone said, can close thread \ud83d\ude02 enjoy your new internet"], ["Comparing with Unifi, Time is more cost efficient. Even with the wifi speed upgrade this year by unifi, you get more speed with Time.\nE.g. 300mbps for RM 129/month with Unifi, but you get 500mbps with Time for the same amount."], ["Used unifi, then time, then maxis. Unifi modem kept dying every year, time was super stable, rarely disconnected in the 3 years I used it. Changed to maxis cos they offered to make my mobile data unlimited if I took maxis WiFi. Regret lol, modem disconnects every few days", "how about digi fiber? have use it yet?", "Not yet, still stuck in maxis 36 months contract, another 2 years lol. If I do change, it would be back to TIME.", "where your location anyway? i mean city center or the suburb ?\nfor suburban area , TM always win then others ISP", "Kota damansara, considered suburbs I guess", "still city center , many options can choose\nif you stay , let says paya jaras for example... 4g modem with sim card is better option"], ["The speed is immaculate, we changed from Unifi to Time and omg it's never let us down (not even rainy seasons)", "time is riding on unifi as backbone ? no ?", "All of them under TM bro, but it's just somehow better", "TIME isn't under TM. Other ISPs are under TM, TIME and TNB Allo. If TIME is under TM, they would have coverage for anywhere that has TM. TM, TIME etc provides the infrastructure(fibre). The other ISPs on their infrastructure manage the internet stuff, if they suck at that, it'll be bad. TM is also known to slowdown users from other ISPs on their network.", "Damn thanks for the info and correction man, I didn't fact check and just asked my bf lol", "It's all good"], ["I get a major decrease in bandwidth when WFH using the company's VPN. Wondering if any Time users here happen to have the same issue?\nI'm on 300Mbps (City Broadband) and the download speeds on VPN are 30x slower, while upload speeds averaged 10x slower\nI know what you might think, it's natural to get slower speeds using a VPN, but I never got super slow speeds with Unifi, and that was on a 100Mbps ADSL line\nWhat I'm trying to get at is, if I really can boost my VPN speeds with Time, then of course I would go for it except I still have 1.5 years on contract", "Without knowing the workings of your VPN nobody can answer your question, unless they are using TIME and also using your company\u2019s VPN aka a colleague.", "Was hoping to see if generally Time users get better VPN speeds, but I guess it's a really long shot"], ["Yes OP just go for it, but TIL ownership transfer"], ["Time is hands down the best internet service provider in Malaysia. Cheapest rate, extremely fast speeds, and most importantly, near 0% downtime."], ["First month was really awkward because i have consistent high speed connection without need to reset my router on daily basis"], ["TIME is not a WiFi provider. They're an ISP.\nTechnically aside, TIME is reliable thus far."], ["I'm currently using Time and have been using it for over a year. Only once did I experience a downtime because they were doing some servicing and we were properly informed about it beforehand. Otherwise, I definitely have a better experience with Time compared to Unifi and Maxis. If I remember correctly, I was initially paying around RM105 (including 6% service tax) for 100Mbps. I also had to pay some extra for relocation fees as I was taking over ownership of someone else's plan instead of the typical way of registering for a new plan. At that time, I wasn't sure about my living arrangements, so I didn't really want to tie myself to a 24-months contract, so i did the ownership transfer. Later, i got an offer from Time to upgrade to 300Mbps with a discount, so now i'm paying around RM113 (incl tax) for that upgrade."], ["of late there has been regular disconnections and spikes.. not sure if this only happened to me or this whole area.. it could have been worse with other providers.. but overall the service is great..been using for years."], ["Time is the best"]]}
{"title": "Can we talk about the Langkawi Skycab? The actual trip to the top is great. Clean, smooth, quiet, breathtaking views but\u2026the place you have to walk through to line up for tickets\u2026what is it? What was it? Why is it so dreadfully derelict now?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rp82f/can_we_talk_about_the_langkawi_skycab_the_actual/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["It was the Oriental Village. It looked nice 10 years ago but steadily deteriorated to what you see now. If I'm honest, the whole of Langkawi where the private sector isn't managing is slowly rotting away. For example, look at the signboards leading to tourist attractions. Dirty and it gives an indication of what lies ahead.\nLangkawi resident of almost 5 years. Beautiful place badly managed.", "I did notice the things you have mentioned but as a visitor I took it all in respectfully. We really enjoyed our time there and will go back. Beautiful Langkawi just needs a bit of TLC in some areas."]]}
{"title": "SME vs MNC as a fresh graduate.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rp62i/sme_vs_mnc_as_a_fresh_graduate/", "num_comment": 41, "flairlabel": [], "header": "My background is engineering field. A colleague of mine says that working in sme give you more learning opportunities as compared to the counterparts. And i disagree about this. What are you guys opinion on this matter?", "comments": [["Working for a SME when you have an opportunity to work for a MNC isn\u2019t the best idea for most fresh grads nowadays."], ["True, but firstly it depends on which SME and which MNC. Secondly it\u2019s not like you learn nothing from an MNC - what you may not get in an SME is the structure, process, and maybe comprehensive tech stack. Also, as a fresh grad with less skills, you want the powerful branding of an MNC as an early addition to your profile. Yes, if you\u2019re good you\u2019re good but in a sea of 1000 applicants you\u2019re not going to stand out. I\u2019d go with the MNC and switch later."], ["I\u2019m not sure how it is for others but for me personally I agree with your friend.\nI\u2019m working in a MNC in SG now but when I started working in tech I worked for a SME in Malaysia. Although the pay was lesser than a MNC and the hours are longer it was a valuable experience and I learned a lot. I had to juggle a lot of different responsibilities and since it was a small company I also picked up important social/networking skills directly from my bosses and coworkers who mentored me. I was also directly involved in the projects and with stakeholders.\nI\u2019m in a MNC now and it can feel like you\u2019re just another cog in the machine sometimes. Small fish in a big pond. It can be hard to set yourself apart and distinguish yourself but I learned how to do this from my working experience in Malaysia.\nOverall, i have no regrets with starting my career in a SME. I learned a lot of lifelong skills even though it was a struggle"], ["It really depends which MNC which SME. Even the best MNC can have shittty bosses. Even the worst Chinaman SME might have a wonderful boss that will groom u for success.\nGo for interviews, ask to meet your direct boss, go for the best offers", "To be fair, anything Chinaman is always undesirable."], ["It is easier to jump from one MNC to another MNC, and it is not difficult to jump from MNC to MSE. But it is difficult to jump from SME to MNC, MNC tend to choose candidate who have similar profile like their company. So if you have the chance, go MNC first as it opens up many opportunity, you can later on decide if you wan to join SME", "Agreed!"], ["MNC 100% especially when you have a chance and an opportunity to join. Dont get me wrong working in an SME will objectively make you more experienced and knowledgeable in the field and that is absolutely true. But what you tend to trade away is your own personal time, potential burnout, financial instability and even job security depending on how business goes. Not all but a lot of these SMEs are inexperienced and arent capable of providing stability to their workers."], ["From IT point of view:\nSME you need to know the whole flows/process. but the flows/process is often messy. without good manager/senior, you will be confused. but you do get to do things your way.\nIn MNC, the flow /process are very well defined. but you will just see part of the gear of the whole process. while the scope is small, you will be fully guided on your task.\nif i get to choose to choose again, i will choose to see how MNC works first. to see how good company set their process. before working in SME to get exposure on the wider picture of the whole process."], ["I didn't have much decent experience in SMEs/startups\nIt's only good when you are very hungry about doing something unique from the big incumbents.\nOtherwise lots of cons - low pay, no stock options, low increments for next jobs, doesn't boost your resume, can't learn best practices/business processes, OT on weekends/public holidays"], ["Do SMEs follow any international standard for engineering? Do the products comply with the standard?"], ["Always go for MNC for your first choice, this will be a step stone for you. There are many benefit of joining MNC, when you are capable enough, you can always join SME with bigger position :) or start your own business."], ["On top of what has already been mentioned by other comments here, generally, SMEs pay (especially for fresh grads) is quite low and yearly increment is bad too. And the benefits they provide doesn't come close to what MNC's can provide. But to be fair, they aren't in a position where they can afford to match what MNC's can provide. You get to learn tons of stuff, but that's because you are expected to do a lot of stuff outside of your scope of work. I worked as an engineer but had to run workshops, sales pitch, collect cheques, etc, and all these are on top of what I do day-to-day as an engineer. That said, I learned tons, and my only regret is staying there for too long. You should stay maximum for 2 years, and don't ever feel attached.", "It is always a trade off.\nMNC gives you prestige, and pay, for little or no exposure to the end-to-end work to qualify you to be a PE. Unless you move up to partner track, there is very little upside after you hit 45 years old.\nSME gives you freedom, lousy pay, long long hours, and most of them have succession problems i.e. the boss needs to eventually hand over the business to some one. If you're the one who has been left standing and are known as a loyal lieutenant, you will get it.\nThomas Edison : \"many people miss the opportunities, because they come dressed as work.\""], ["Imo. Sme first then mnc. In SME ,you are expected to cover more things. So you will learn a little bit of here and there, just the surface. In MNC, its all about specialization. You are expected to be a subject matter expert where you can deep dive into your scope. (You are unable to do this in sme because you are expected to cover more there).\nThe idea is , get to know everything before you specialise. You dont see doctors directly get specialised before becoming a general practitioner. Same concept. The concept its easier to jump from mnc to mnc and mnc to sme only applies if you have the skills and knowledge. It wont work if you start with mnc and directly narrow down your scope. Bad for freshies"], ["Not all MNC are good and not all SME are bad."], ["Work in MNC until you reach salary above 5k, then seek SME that offers you >7k.\nMNC is good at giving you training as they have better redundancies and therefore are more ready to let you train (and not working).\nSME are always in all-hands-on-deck situations you'd find yourself stuck doing day to day boring stuff and not grow."], ["If you had the chances for MNC\u2026 they provide better benefits compared to SME also when your change to SME \u2026 they tends to flavour those who been MNC more \u2026.. Apart from boss, everywhere also same \u2026. It is all depend on their mindset and how they craft their environment to be like\u2026.."], ["Get into SME before MNC/Big Company. The roles and responsibilities inside a MNC are fixed. People just do their part and get it done. While in SME it's a good chance to brush your skills. I do work in Local big construction company after graduation. Can't learn much as the job is fixed and you don't get a big chance to explore unless you switch department. While in SME you are given quite a bit of freedom to explore your job, handles tons of shits."], ["i once work in an SME so small it only has 12 employees.\nBecause its so small. a lot of process are lacking. i hated it."], ["Join MNC as your first job to learn more about real working experience and international standard. Emphasis on basics like ISO9001. You will have less chance to expand your portfolio as most job you work on are limited by NDA. Especially if you're on the R&D, Design field.\nThen go SME to expand your portfolio & projects experience.\nThen with the experience and portfolio, go whichever you like. I ended up jumping back into another MNC for the benefits and pay.\nMy experience told me that some MNC can be chinaman; SME can be chill. All depends on your boss and top management.\nEdit: your friend was right, SME forces you to wear many hats to perform well as they usually lack employee and is less organized. From there you can rack up experience very fast."], ["I think MNCs are generally less smelly than SMEs. But you have SMEs that are multinational too. So basically this question can be refined further."], ["Go sme suffer few years and get lots of handson experience before going mnc to build your profile."], ["go for MNC as your first job."], ["Go for more interview and follow your guts, first job is always a lottery"], ["Money is king.", "Mental health how?", "Non issue as long you understand your limits.", "Depends on the MNC but my experience is that generally SMEs here don't give a crap about mental health and if run by old bosses, will have traditional outdated views on it (ala org gila or no reason to be sad, just cheer up). The more established the MNC, the more likely it will have employee assistance programs and mental health sharing stuff (however superficial it might be, compared to none)."], ["MNC man.\nPersonal growth in terms of growing your expertise in one specific area or from end to end is definitely better in SME.\nBut SMEs do not necessarily have the clientele or support (from marketing, operations, data scientists, developers) needed for larger projects or more challenging solutions that you\u2019ll definitely be exposed to in an MNC, even if you\u2019re a cog in the wheel.\nAlso having MNC in your resume opens up so much corporate opportunities, and opens up a whole new world of experience for you: how to manage large teams and deal with stakeholders and corporate politics. Which is crucial if you want to be in the rat race in the long run. While company politics still exists in SMEs, it\u2019s a totally different ballgame in MNCs.", "just by exposure in MNC alone and if youre motivated to socialize a bit can help expand your mindset."], ["MNC 1 -2 years, get some headstart and professional standards of how things are done at MNC level.\njobhop to SME , learn more on overall planning process, politics office, how to deal direct with vendors and clients, stay until you feel you are pro enough ig.\nafter that, idk much, i havent lived long enough to see what managerial level is like, all i know from senior colleauges is that its either you find a company that you really like and stay until retirement. or halfway thru you bukak kedai kopi barista mahal.", "bukak kedai kopi barista mahal\nlol"], ["get lucky find SME that sub contract jobs from MNC.\ncan get both experience at same time = win win."], ["It is not exactly more or less learning opportunities, just different types of learning.\nIn MNC, the systems and procedures are often well established and you immediately get to learn how a well greased system works. You will learn the discipline, industrial best practices and processes despite your job scope being often more narrow and well defined.\nIn SME, especially smaller ones tend to be less organised and disciplined but you have more flexibility and get to do many things as long as you get the job done.\nOne example is software engineering. There are many smaller companies that don't even use any kind of version control system to store and organise their source codes. Their code is a mess with no discipline and basically cowboy coding with almost no quality control. I started my career in MNC and really appreciate the experience I've learnt about clean coding practices, learning from peer review, proper source code versioning, releases and quality controls when I join a small SME. Of course, I also had fun on SME to learn more and do whatever I want but as I said, it can be a double edge sword."], ["There are limits to both and different ways to thrive. See what you'd like to try at the time - but if you wanna max out at the corporate world with higher probability of better salaries throughout your career - join MNCs early on. I feel like SMEs are too big of a gamble and will likely influence one with poor SOP and attitudes."], ["It really depend, if both MNC and SME has a good graduate development program and you are appointed to a team lead/mentor, both should be great.\nsos. was enjin nyur for MNC as a graduate."], ["Work with a growing SME. Not the stagnant lifestyle kind. I worked in a medium SME before and now they are incorporated. Working culture is different compared to smaller ones. If you could work in an MNC, start there. It gives you the opportunity to work in another MNC easily in the future. The brand itself is good to your resume. Just stay away from smaller ones."], ["SME\nLots of experience in short period of time - you may be doing the job of 2-3 people in a single role\nSmaller org - can be pro or con. Easier to move around, navigate, get approval\nLess processes - again another pro or con. Things can get done faster, or it can be very messy since there is no standard process to follow\nLower pay and less benefits (gym, dental, etc) compared to MNC\nMNC\nExperience vary on how proactive you are. It's a big place and no one is there to look out for you. You have to take initiative if you want to learn something\nRoles are highly specialized - you'll be doing your own job and no one's else\nBig org - lots of internal career opportunites both in-country and overseas. For some can be daunting - hard to navigate, find the right person to get approval etc. Or having multiple bosses to report too (you report to an engineering manager, but will work with the sales/operations team requiring your input too)\nLots of standard process - can be a given it helping things running smoothly, but can be stiffling at times (approval for documentation needs to go through 2-3 layers etc)\nMore pay and more benefits"]]}
{"title": "Poster for Indonesian movie has to be censored in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rokqp/poster_for_indonesian_movie_has_to_be_censored_in/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": [], "header": "\"...the official poster, which featured a possessed woman draped with a black cloth, with some verses in Arabic, including the word \"Allah\", could be seen as too sensitive for the Muslim community here...\"\nI'm not a Muslim, so I need my Muslim brothers and sisters here to help me understand. What's the difference between Islamic culture in Indonesia vs Malaysia that makes this poster ok there but not ok here? Generally speaking, is our brand of Islam here more conservative than in Indonesia? What brought us here?", "comments": [["I believe Indonesia is more liberal than Malaysia when it comes to art in general. That's why I've seen better music, movies, and anything in general in Indonesia than here in Malaysia. I will get downvoted but I stick my word. I already gave up on Malaysian art nowadays.", "We had an art festival nominee literally get banned cause it \"depicted us negatively\" lol...", "From my glances at other social media platforms people who support such bans seem to view art as only entertainment and nothing else with cultural value. Our government is breeding a population who\u2018a culturally illiterate.", "You are absolutely right and I'll upvote you buddy.", "Nah bro, heavily depends haha.\nIndonesia has a long and strong push for censorship.", "I don't know, man. Hahaha", "Indonesia censorship is basically if it could cause ruckuss, just don't go viral, and we would turn a blind eye."], ["Malay Muslims are easily confused and quickly offended. At least, that's what the government thinks.", "This is the narrative that I always hear, but is it true of most Malaysians or is it just a vocal minority?", "Easily confused is just a small minority. Quickly offended, almost a majority led by a vocal minority.", "It's what people who are attracted to being religious-based career politicians believe and preach, so no matter how small a minority they are what they believe in is what is enforced.", "Imo it's more of an urban / rural divide. KV will never be the kingmaker even if more and more people congregates there, so we've to appease the kampung overlords.", "They don't think, they rather welcome it. So you don't question all the past scandals.", "And who are you to talk about us here? It's an \"Allah\" word in women's clothing.", "If you watch the trailer, you can see its a cloth is used on the possessed woman in a rukiyah scene. Doa-doa rukiyah confirm ada Allah pe.", "Doesn't matter. Rukyah doesn't need Allah's word in cloth."], ["In a news report yesterday, its CEO Datuk Azmir Saifuddin Mutalib was quoted as saying that the official poster, which featured a possessed woman draped with a black cloth, with some verses in Arabic, including the word \"Allah\", could be seen as too sensitive for the Muslim community here.\nWe are trying to be the Iran in SEA. Allah has become a word that can only be used whenever the government decides so.", "I\u2019ve been told that looking to emulate the Middle East is something that started with Anwar before Dr M locked him up, but is this still an agenda that is actively pursued today? I mean, it feels like PMX would benefit from a more moderate version of Islam seeing that his party is not seen as being Islam enough by supporters of the opposition.", "I mean, it feels like PMX would benefit from a more moderate version of Islam seeing that his party is not seen as being Islam enough by supporters of the opposition.\nThis is how he came into power but it seems like he completely forgot about it. His first year into power immediately start to pander to Muslims.\nEvery Malaysian PM to date is basically doing the same thing when it comes to religion.", "IIRC, it started with Tun Razak and escalated from there.", "This is false lol. The movie is also censored in some parts of Indonesia.\nWe aren\u2019t trying to be Iran or Saudi Arabia but moderate between over westernisation and easternisation.\nIslamic in Malaysia is also not homogenous - Bornean Islam has more Sufism and Shaefism, while West Malaysia is divided between Shaefism + Whabbism or Shaefism and Hanafi.\n\u201cModerate Islam\u201d is a myth - fundamental Islam is moderate - cultural Islam like whabbism is extreme."], ["Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world, is not offended by such poster, but we Malaysian offended by it, are the Indonesian being gigachad now? are we turn into snow flakes and being inferior to them?", "I'm not Malaysian but in Indonesia you could have Muslim women doing modelling and posting things like these on her Instagram and no one really give them shit about it. I'm genuinely curious and genuinely asking if Muslim women in Malaysia have... umm... such \"freedom\"?", "Is the artist known for identifying as a Muslim? FYI we have a lot of people who are borned as a muslim but realistically they are very different from it.", "", "Holy cow so sexy :0", "https://www.reddit.com/r/IndonesianGirlsOnly/s/LbCyvlXUFD\nGyattt\ud83d\udd25", "Pretty sure she's Muslim, but take it with a grain of salt because my memories is a mess because of the pandemic", "Do you know of any other Indonesian models like this?\nI need to update my browser filters to protect myself from ever coming across them by mistake.\nPreferably a nice bulleted list of models, the less clothing the better. TO BLOCK.\nahem", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/IndonesianGirlsOnly using the top posts of the year!\n#1: oklinfia | 4 comments\n#2: [NSFW] Oklinfia | 7 comments\n#3: diana kyora | 3 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "This is your standard of freedom?", "No, that's why I put the word in quotation marks but I think it's awesome that women aren't pressured to cover themselves up if they don't want to themselves.", "It's social pressure, but the government won't do it because doing so would be in a violation of \"freedom of religion\"", "Well, if you're talking about the sexy stuff, then the government won't ban it because it doesn't break any law.", "Large parts of Indon prioritize cultures than religion, its mostly just Acheh that is extremely religious.", "Agreed, esp the different tribes/races of tarian/dance of each province and wearing their traditional costumes. Rare sight in Malaysia", "Not exactly true, people don\u2019t seem to understand Islam isn\u2019t homogenous lol.\nBorneon Islam which is Shaefism and Sufism takes Islam differently and sees culture as an expression of faith this is similarly to parts of Indonesia.\nLike West Malaysia is divided between Whabbism + Shaefism and Shaefism + Hanafism.\nWhabbism popularity has increased because of race politics since the fall of a strong centrist UMNO (UMNO policy had been centrist until post Najib) due to the Malay divide.\nCentrist Islamist will not mind whabbist Islamist as if achieves more goals compared to the other option.", "Indonesia is probably the only Muslim majority countries that have confucianism as an official religion and have a national holiday for it."], ["Orang Indo here\nMost of my muslim friends at least in my city still pray but not regularly, and many of them drink alcohol aswell, even drink and party more than me, a non muslim. But pork, pork is the largest sin for them", "But pork, pork is the largest sin for them\nLmao, this one always gets me\ud83e\udd23\nHave couple of friends do those activities but draw lines at pork", "That poor woman who exclaimed \"alhamdullilah\" at how good pork tasted.."], ["Malaysia try not to outmuslim other muslim challenge : impossible"], ["Sidenote, most indonesian horror films doesn\u2019t have good ending. Confirm in the end ada fight scene with kamehameha or some weird shit.\nIt\u2019s like they thought of some good scenes but couldn\u2019t come out with good plot.\nApplies to malay horror movies as well.", "The movie is a remake of a Turkish movie if I'm not wrong", "Heard that too but I still haven\u2019t watch the Turkish version.", "I agree, but I think this is a problem for horror as a genre. Most Western ones also underwhelm towards the end, usually by showing too much of the monster and/or the monster dies (or not? setting up a sequel) too easily by being set on fire or something.", "yeah. Case in point is Valak from Conjuring 2. It stopped being scary to me after I watched The Nun series."], ["Indonesia and its government are more chill. I was surprised by how much more relaxed about \u2018things\u2019 they were."], ["Malaysia kan terpaling Muslim. Most populous Muslim country in the world pun kalah.", "I second that"], ["I think it's because there is no state religion in Indonesia. I mean they have 5 official religions but that very fact means that one can't dominate over another (in terms of administration). Technically Malaysia also doesnt have a state religion but in practice...", "I mean they have 5 official religions\nIt's actually 6. And I thought technically Malaysia has Islam as the state religion based on your constitution?"], ["Average lebai malding over everything:"], ["Damn that poster is well made,when is the movie coming out?"], ["Thanks Malaysia government"], ["Malaysian Muslims are sooo sensitive istg"], ["Personally, I will surely dislike the name of Allah to be part of a gimmick in a movie poster. Some people will say the same thing. But some people will say it's ok. Then there will be two opposing opinions on this. Now, because of this poster, Muslims in Malaysia have divided on the ruling on this issue. So, to avoid this matter to escalate to unwanted level, just stop it at the beginning. I think that's is why he said that (to protect sensitivity).", "So, to avoid this matter to escalate to unwanted level, just stop it at the beginning. I think that's is why he said that (to protect sensitivity).\nThat's like saying we should ban automobiles because they cause accidents. Everything is offensive if you make it about you.", "No, it's not the same. A car has many uses. It's a useful vehicle. Putting the name of Allah on a movie poster, it's something similar to displaying nazi symbol on your car. It's unnecessary actualization of controversial idea just to pleasure oneself or a group of people. It causes disruption in the society because of people defending/attacking the idea. If it's continue to be unaddressed, some people will repeat similar act, and the cycle continues.", "It's not that deep.\nAnd last thing u want is the people u are defending interpreting u saying their name for god is equivalent to nazi.", "Ok", "It is deep dude, do not belittle another person\u2019s belief. What your opinion on the matter is fair, but do not assume that the issue in hand is non-significant (or not deep) because you yourself think so.", "Yea you're belittling my belief now. So how?", "I literally typed \u201cyour opinion on the matter is fair\u201d? I just told you not to undermine someone elses?", "It is exactly that deep lmao. If you\u2019re not a muslim or a non religious \u201cmuslim\u201d you shouldn\u2019t have a say on what is offensive or not.\nIf you\u2019re a muslim. You shouldn\u2019t tolerate this shit. Its not an impossible thing to request. Similarly if its about any other religion or beliefs\nEdit : r/malaysian redditors when people ask not to offend other people regardless of belief\ud83d\ude0d", "Shouldn't tolerate what? A movie poster?", "Normalizing offensiveness. Dumbing it down to \u201ca movie poster\u201d doesnt help your argument. I could make a deep fake poster of you naked with hitler raw dogging you and you would be offended and I could just say \u201cwhat? Its just a poster\u201d because with your logic, its just a poster right", "So you find the inclusion of an innocuous word in the poster of this movie, used by a variety of faiths not just internationally but within our own country, offensive at an equivalent level as Hitler rawdogging a naked man?", "It doesnt matter, if it\u2019s offensive to the people of the faith its referring to. Its offensive, who are you to say it shouldn\u2019t be? Where is this entitlement coming from?\nAre you suggesting the muslim horror movie with the word \u201cAllah\u201d is not specifically referring to Allah in the context of Islam but rather God in general?\nYou gotta be an olympic gymnast or something.", "Yea you can feel offended all you want just don't make it everyone's problem. Your gang is actively selecting what the rest of us can watch and see based on your level of arbitrary offensiveness. Where is this entitlement coming from?", "The common belief in indonesia is that demons could recited whole Al-Quran, and even stories about ghosts correcting a prayer, and only the faith itself is the strongest defense.\nSo, we just assume that even if you drapped yourself in religious stuff, then it won't matter if you don't have faith.\nSo yeah, that way of thinking is basically why most indonesian would understand the implications of the poster.", "Indonesia's ghost stories indeed are the scariest in the Nusantara."], ["I think what brought us here is just that we are - I don't know if this happens in everywhere outside of malaysia, but we are teached specific \"etiquette\" on handling \"holy things\".\nThe Quran shall not be placed below knee level\nYou shall not touch The Quran if you are not perfectly clean.\nYou shall not step, burn, rip apart or do any manner of activity that may dishonor The Quran or any Quranic Verses, Name of God, Name of Prophet written on any paper.\nThese are a very unwritten rule, but it's very practiced within muslims in malaysia. but I think this derives from the third rule I said here. Even just writing \"Allah\" on a blank paper and putting that paper on the floor is deemed a violation. And when it happens, I get a very uncomfortable feeling, so I take the paper off the floor into a table. We are teached to treat it as delicately and with as much respect as possible in our lives. Seeing The Quran on the floor, it may look like \"a book on the floor\" for some, but for us, there is a real psychological force that drives us to put it back on a shelve. As such, putting the name \"Allah\" on a poster of a horror movie, I personally think is okay, fundamental human rights and all, but I understand the uncomfortable feeling that others may feel seeing it.", "Well, i guess indonesia would understand what the poster tried to depict."], ["It's sacrilegious. As simple as that.\nReligion is something that Muslims (should) place at the highest of regards. The word \"Allah\", especially is not to be associated with anything like that poster.\nWe don't want to be disrespectful like the West where even parents are being used as something to make fun of."], ["They copied Turkish \"Siccin\" ?! XD", "It's an adaptation"], ["I've watched this movie. It's a remake from a Turkish movie but it's really nice"]]}
{"title": "'No culture', 'super boring': Malaysian celebrity Hero Tai draws flak for criticising Singapore on Taiwan show", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18roifc/no_culture_super_boring_malaysian_celebrity_hero/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["", "Hero Tai\nHero Tai was born on September 12, 1986 in Parit Buntar, Perak, Malaysia. He is an actor, known for Kepong Gangster (2012), The Perfect Girl (2017) and Tears of the Mom (2012). Now based at Taiwan.\nMore about him here:\nhttps://www.wtv1.com/celebrity/2200-Hero-Tai\nChinese Wiki about him\nhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E6%88%B4%E7%A5%96%E9%9B%84"], ["I mean i dont disagree at all but ni sape doh?", "Attention seeker with an inferiority complex. The fact that barely anyone in Malaysia even knows him and yet he goes to other countries thinking he represents the country lmfao"], ["at least theres no shortage of ppl throwing money at that boring country. can't say the same for ours", "Malaysia money laundering, you bound to lose a lot. In sg u lose less. It's a well known better money laundering spot than Malaysia form western pov XD heck even Malaysia elites put their money there for safekeeping"], ["Attention seeker.. Can tell by his first name this guy mouth shoot faster than his brain..", "Have you seen the show itself? It's clearly a skit, planned by the show if not him. You can dislike the joke but he's definitely not the kind of guy you described.", "He is responsible for whatever he say. Nobody can force him.", "Hmm how this related to what I said? I didn't comment on where the responsibility lies but merely this is a planned skit, not something he blurted out.", "But he didn't protest and go on with the skit right? Is it people ask u to scold the president on TV u would go ahead just because the skit says so?", "Read my comment again. I have no opinion on whether you think he's right or wrong. You're barking up the wrong tree."], ["As a Singaporean, I can't say he's wrong about the tourist spots. Some locals know where to find places that tourists don't go and are fucking awesome locations.\nThe food though... well... probably disputable since Singapore was part of the Malaysian Commonwealth's federated states before getting kicked out by the Sultanate.\nIn any case, Huang Jinglun did retort back. It's for entertainment purposes. What's more, Tai's boss is a Singaporean, a fucking lowlife for that.", "You can't expect a city-state to have as much diversified tourist spots as huge countries. I'd say Singapore has done pretty well considering its physical limitations.", "What's more, Tai's boss is a Singaporean, a fucking lowlife for that.\nWhat is the story about his boss?", "Boss is Terence Cao. Bloody notorious.", "Notorious of what? Spew some beans.", "Fuck women around, especially those under him haha", "A lot KTV girls also complain about him, many of them are quite playful type still also cannot tahan his strange patterns.", "He got dawn yeoh now to play with LOL", "Exactly. In fact it is highly possible that SG lowlife boss told MY employee to talk crap about SG to get SG market attention, THEN come on his own talk show to clarify and apologize to SG. Attention achieved!", "There's some food originated from Singapore like Rojak Singapore and Fish Head Curry. There are also Singapore variants of certain Malaysian food, just like there are state variants, like BKT, Nasi Ayam (varies shop to shop tbf) and Hokkien Mee and others.", "Yep. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and southern Thailand all has the same cuisine as part of a combined \"Malay world\" cultural group dating back centuries. It's ironic that he, who isn't even a Malay, is trying to talk shit about the shared culture/cuisine that he isn't even ethnically native to.", "Pretty sure there are tons of food that are brought by Chinese and Indian migrants that aren\u2019t native to the native people of South East Asia. i.e. Bak Kut Teh, Chicken rice, Chicken chop, Poh Piah, Char Koay Teow, Fish Head Curry, Pan Mee, Lor Mee, etc are all brought by Chinese migrants.\nI\u2019m pretty sure he is bashing those instead of your local Malay/East Malaysian food, since the Malaysian/Singaporean food that is famous in Taiwan are mostly bought into Taiwan by the Malaysian/Singaporean Chinese.", "I'm not doubting dishes brought by Chinese/Indian migrants. I'm talking about native Malay dishes to this geographical region, such as laksa, nasi lemak, rendang, etc.", "guy wasn't exactly wrong and people in msia are up in arms over his antics.\nin a small country,there is a limit to what it can offer, What's more,sgp is a city state with a high urbanisation rate,there is nothing much to see or do."], ["Unknown clown trying to shit-stir so that more people will talk about him. Not to mention the fact that Indonesians literally behave the same way towards Malaysians. Serious inferiority complex going on here.\nBashing Singapore is low-hanging fruit, considering Singapore's small population and and even so most people in Singapore will not engage in such ultranationalist behaviours. Will he dare to bash Indonesia and 270 million+ Indonesians and see what happens next?", "He was invited by a variety show to shit on Singapore. Singaporeans were also invited to shit on Malaysians. That's the entire point of the show", "Not just inferiority complex but, with the new generation of Chinese-M'sians, also a very odd persecution complex when they relocate overseas IMO. It's as if they are still angry at/after being 2nd-class citizens, despite getting out of the country.\nNative S'preans already experienced this trend fairly recently with the likes of Han Hui Hui & Sonny Liew, who repaid getting SG naturalized citizenship by ungratefully seeking to subverb their new country ever since. So this suaku Hero throwing shade, is merely water off a duck's back.\nIt's very different from Gen X showbiz celebs like Eric Moo, Christopher Lee, Phyllis Quek, Jesseca Liu, Chen Han Wei, Yeo Yann Yann who were more mature back in the day. Ditto bad boys/loudmouths like Gary Cao, Namewee, Ronnie Chieng, even Uncle Roger to some extent, all of whom know how not to burn bridges with their shtick.", "So true. It's so weird to see Chinese Malaysians being so excessively patriotic over Malaysia, often even more so than Bumis, when:\nThey often don't even live in Malaysia anymore, including this shit stirrer, who has been living in Taiwan for more than a decade. Like if you love Malaysia so much, why did you leave then?\nMalaysia has never appreciated their patriotism, who literally treats them as second-class citizens and has fucked them over as much as they can just because they were born a different race, causing a brain drain.\nIt's also even weirder to see them also like to hate on Singapore for literally no reason other than simply existing, a country where they will no longer feel discriminated, in fact they will be a part of the majority. You hate a country that will treat you better and where you will never be treated like a minority? Especially Malaysians who live in Singapore for decades and yet are still so proud of Malaysia and spiteful of Singapore.\nIt's like this excessive patriotism they have is some sort of coping mechanism to the realities of race relations in Malaysia and to feel \"accepted\", even though nothing has changed since independence."], ["I mean...it's not too different from Jocelyn's insensitive jokes."], ["Woah never knew r/malaysia is full of patriotic Singaporeans", "Same as how r/Singapore and r/singaporeraw are full of Malaysians.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/singapore using the top posts of the year!\n#1: The most random thing seen today | 274 comments\n#2: I made a thing to honour sliding motorcycle man | 118 comments\n#3: I ran across Singapore today! | 287 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "You\u2019d think coming from a \u2018highly educated\u2019 country these triggered singaporeans would be able to read an article past the headline."], ["Malaysian actor-host Hero Tai apologises for comments on Singapore\nhttps://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/hero-tai-apologises-comments-singapore-382311"], ["Factos", "If you agree to such low-hanging fruit bashing but get offended by Jocelyn Chia, it only makes you hypocritical and no better. Both of them are clowns trying to stir-shit to further their career and incite unnecessary conflict and tensions.", "one jokes about a country being boring, the other jokes about a national tragedy in which hundreds died. if he was using the collapse of the new world hotel as comedic material, then yea it would be pretty hypocritical. but that\u2019s a reach, you\u2019re comparing apples to hand grenades.", "Based"], ["Did he just say that to have validity and attention? I know no publicity is bad publicity but have some dignity when commenting on other countries man. At least he didn't go batshit crazy like the American Singaporean standup girl."], ["He's right :26554: (based too) /s"], ["What you mean they don't have culture. They have Chinese malay indian Punjab etc. plus sg culture XD"], ["Wait how is this a news? This show is all about people from different nationalities trash talking each other, it\u2019s offensive now?"]]}
{"title": "Crows / Pigeons overpopulation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v8es0/crows_pigeons_overpopulation/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "any of you being pissed with the literal shit of crows and pigeons in your residential or work area?\nhas anyone wrote in to wildlife department or any authorities to solve this issue", "comments": [["You take their land, habitat and trees and then get angry when they shit.. what they are supposed to do? Use the toilet? The minor inconvenience of shitting is enough for you to kill and take a life?", "", "Well said \ud83d\udcaf"], ["Bangsar need to sort out this problem. Last time went for mamak and park near the mall area there my car literally covered in bird poo. Will think the second time when going to bangsar again."], ["Councils tend to shoot the crows now and then.\nNever heard of anything being done against the pigeons though - in fact more often than not I see people feed them.", "Some believe more pigeons at your shop = more wealth."], ["Yeah, those winged poop machines can be a real headache. Some folks write complaints, but it's like telling pigeons to follow traffic rules \u2013 good luck. Maybe invest in an umbrella hat?"]]}
{"title": "Mercedes-Benz EQB EV burns down while charging at dealer in Johor", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdiok/mercedesbenz_eqb_ev_burns_down_while_charging_at/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["BOMBA:", "I feel bad for bomba dudes since EV fires are harder to control than internal combustion engine vehicles", "It\u2019s impossible to control. I understand US fire dept build a special pool to submerge the flaming EV in it to put out fire.", "I feel bad for tax payers since all this stuff ends up costing the public."], ["Well at least it'll make insurance claim a lot easier.", "Most insurance companies have TNC for EV that is 2x longer than Tesla's own TNC which is itself tiny font long novel. Most people don't realize they're not protected. There's lots of restrictions on use of compatible 3rd party equipment and such. Can't blame them since they know their products are fragile. That's why Tesla only warranties their battery for 160km or 7 years whichever comes first. Don't really get why people think EV will save the environment. More likely in a few years we'll start to see how much EV battery dumping is going to bad for the environment."], ["Saving carbon footprint, one burn at a time."], ["EV is on fire\u2026.. Ahhahahqhqhha"], ["Step aside MyviBezza\nMalaysia's new hottest selling car's rolling in"]]}
{"title": "Sirim to strengthen Malaysia\u2019s EV industry via accredited charging stations", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rofbo/sirim_to_strengthen_malaysias_ev_industry_via/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Not sure what's the point of SIRIM when they don't enforce their own rules. Shopee/Tiktok most of the top selling electrical product no Sirim certification.\nBefore start trying to regulate EV, at least enforce your regulation on your existing products. Shameful monopoly.", "SIRIM is not a regulatory enforcement body. They provide the independent testing and certification.\nThe Energy Commission is the regulatory body, but it sadly does not have an enforcement arm.\nThe idea is for the industry (and consumers) to self-regulate, meaning we choose to buy those with SIRIM label and boycott those that do not.", "Hence my point, if nobody is bothering to enforce the rules why should anyone care about Sirim?", "I care. I prefer with sirim. Big appliances is must for me", "Bruh, enforcing your certification is the monopoly part. They just create certification of trust for us to base our purchasing decision, not regulation to follow.", "The public can contact Energy Commission at 089-666695 if they find electrical products being sold without the Sirim label.\nThe 97/98 Electricity Regulations 1994 carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or one-year imprisonment or both, if convicted.\nThere's an actual law on this. So not what you claim as base on \"purchasing decision\" and \"not regulation to follow\"."]]}
{"title": "Volkswagen Malaysia issues airbag recall for 6,671 cars - 2010-13 Golf GTI, Passat CC, Eos, Polo, Vento - paultan.org", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18roebf/volkswagen_malaysia_issues_airbag_recall_for_6671/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysia floods force 25,000 to leave homes, river project slammed as useless", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rocbf/malaysia_floods_force_25000_to_leave_homes_river/", "num_comment": 88, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Lack of accountability means all those billions spent end up in someone's pocket. Then flood happens and repeat calls for more funding to solve flood problem. Endless reason to pocket more money.", "Ussually it would end up blame rakyat for not keeping the drain clean", "Now you know why Singapore isn't the cleanest city. It's the most cleaned city.\nBecause even LKY knew he couldn't trust the common people to not litter indiscriminately.\nSo he made significant investments in making sure many rubbish bins are made available, waste management services are made efficient and hefty fines for littering.\nIf M'sia government could follow Singapore's example there wouldn't need to have any blaming of the rakyat at all.", "We cannot do that otherwise our politician wont have money for themselves.", "Well, the C / P / F changed policies because many pakciks were enjoying too much sexy time in Batam. Bloody pakciks.", "Well, this flood is caused by river overflowing so nothing to do with drains.", "\"you throw rubbish into drains, drains flows into rivers, hence you're at fault\"\nsee? i can help those politicians reply liao", "I love politician slamming but I can't go along when its made up shit. There's so many actual faults they have, just stick to facts.", "Politician mah \u2026 they will divert the stories and blame other thing", "Not for this case. They don't even need to blame anything. A big flood happened and more funding needed.", "Their leaders : Cuti hujung tahun ini\u2026 Jom pergi Thailand", "Nope, Europe at best.", ""], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["Rindu zaman kanak kanak boleh main dalam banjir\nNothing to see here. Open flood relief center, more press conference, more pledge for aid, more donation, forgot about it.\nNext year repeat again", "Cheaper than the long term solution tbh", "back when masa budak budak i balik kampung. my parents were like DONT PLAY IN THE WATER! ITS DIRTY! i always envied kids who played in the water.\none day i was at my granpa's place. no supervision. i went into the sawah padi. was so much fun wading in the muddy waters.\nwhen i came out tho. to my horror, my legs are crawling with leeches. cried my ass off running to my granpa.\nlearned my lesson.\ni also remember my cousins playing in flood water on a different time/place. i kept my distance. it seemed fun but i stayed away.\nmy cousins ended up with worms.\nanak anak, jangan main air banjir ya", "Yes, it's pretty dangerous. Because you never know what is inside those water.", "the obvious stuff are physical threats like nails/broken glass. flood water in kelantan is just teh tarik colour. cant see shit.\nthe non obvious stuff are literal shit/carcasses/worms/bacteria etc.\new", "Old school vaccine"], ["At this point, the dumb folks in Kelantan and Terengganu fucking deserve this. You get what you vote for. So many years happening yet no changes of votes.", "For their faith and their God they will keep voting the same party, regarding they been lie and manipulating their whole life.", "My dad's from Kelantan and I asked him this question, he said there's two reasons - one is that PAS' grassroots and community work is superb, being spearheaded by a good leader in TGNA (in the past) helps a lot to gain a good image too; the other is that BN screwed these two states over in the past to the point where PAS has become the default option, whilst PH is too liberal for their liking.\nHearing that, I kinda understand why they would vote PAS. A Religious zealot party aside, they do work albeit in their own way.", "Well, they don\u2019t work hard enough. They get millions from federal and splurge on themselves and Mercedes. Change is vital, change is crucial, this moment truly need changes but I get old people and their pride will never double down.", "You speak so insensitively. My house is flooding and you say I deserve it. Screw you. Do I have to say who I vote for to be seen as a human? Your principle of human dignity is fragile."], ["God is Angry with PAS.", "The Chosen People? Unpossible!", "Semua ni bala disebabkan oleh konsert Coldplay /s", "Sejuk main. Hujan terus banjir.", "Mana possible?! Ini semua salah Dap dan PmX!", "Why PAS.. PAS will say Ini semua salah DAP and PMx"], ["Flood Happen\nState Rakyat question\nPAS: inilah yang testing faith of Allah bro, also semua salah PMX\nRakyat: SOKONG UNDI PAS NEXT ELECTION!!!"], ["ah yes, every year got flood for east coast folks, when they gonna learn?\nthis is just another tale as old as time, they are the perfect definition of Insanity", "Its low land. Nothing much can be done. Even here in kv got area that always flood no matter what the local gov do.\nTheres even forecast if sea level rises, kelantan will be 1 of those wiped off the map.", "They won't. They will move elsewhere but go back there to vote and put PAS back into power"], ["Now, political snark aside, I wonder how exactly an action plan to mitigate floods around coastal regions WOULD look like? Especially for the geography in this locale?\nConsidering we're not loaded like the Dutch, it would be a much simpler implementation than a dam, but I'm still curious on how it'd be executed overall.\nThe simple method would be maintained drains, but surely there's more we've learned to use over the years. Something with just a smidge more automation and/or engineering?", "They article states that phase 1 of 3 of the flood mitigation project is only expected to complete in Aug 2024. Not sure if there were other projects before this but it\u2019s kinda obvious that if the project hasn\u2019t been completed yet, then there will still be floods happening til then.\nJust based off the article, it looks like the river is the one that is overflowing which causes the floods. The simplest method will be to either make the river deeper/wider to accommodate heavier rainfalls or to make a wall on both sides of the river instead. Again, the article suggests that this is what they\u2019re doing through dredging and building a dyke.\nIf heavy rainfall is causing the drains to overflow then the drainage system needs to be improved. Same thing, really, you just need bigger drains. Make a big monsoon drain that other areas drain into and that will solve almost everything. There\u2019s also the option of making retention ponds in each zone. Basically a giant empty pool that gets filled up during heavy rain. The pond limits the max water flow that enters the main drain which prevents the main drain from overflowing.", "The retention pool idea might be the one that takes a while to consider, especially if there's uncertainties of whether the water outflow (through ground and mostly evap) is enough for the periodic flood cycles. But when that's determined, that's how they can select a central location I guess.\nGood to see a quality post once in a while.", "It\u2019s the easiest one actually. Usually the requirements are given by the irrigation and drainage department and imposed on developers. So any new developed land will require the developers themselves to propose and implement a retention pond in the new development. Doesn\u2019t help for existing infrastructure though.\nThis is why urban planning is important. Having appropriate road reserves lets cities have enough space to expand roads from two lanes to four lanes and extra space to increase drain sizes in future too (But it\u2019s better to just make big drains first because increasing the size of an existing drain is just pain). Unfortunately some old cities didn\u2019t have codes to follow or had any planning so there\u2019ll be buildings without setbacks and roads being far too narrow without any easy way to expand.", "Typically better drainage, widening and deepening of rivers, more retention pools and water catchment areas.\nNowadays there are other proposals like more \u201csponge cities\u201d, which are really water catchment areas built into urban facilities like parks and greeneries. But those probably not that relevant for our coastal areas.\nBiggest reason is still deforestation and the destruction of natural water catchment features/areas. To build infrastructure to counter the effects is costly and they can\u2019t keep up with the rate of deforestation.", "It would depend on which type of floods is being mitigated I suppose. There's flash floods (short term rain but heavy rainfall) and actual proper floods (long term rain with consistent rainfall)\nMaintained drains wouldn't be much help for flash floods for instance, as even Singapore still gets flash flooded from time to time", "Maybe... Just maybe stop cutting down forest to fund your Mercedes & economy since they banned everything from tourism, sin tax and chase away businesses for the sake of God & religion?", "From 9 years ago:\nHigh deforestation rates in Malaysian states hit by flooding Link\nThis is not new nor is it rocket science. Deforestation make flooding worse by a lot.", "No shit. It's on the wall. The state government AND ROYALS were told to cool off the rapid deforestation and stop mining for rare earths. Such a basic concept and ts says it's a trashy soc med reply", "I asked for a non-socmed trashy suggestion, without vibes of 'just do this lol'\nBut I don't know what I expected, asking for technicalities in such a terminally online space", "That's what you get for asking real questions here. We only accept finger pointing. Someone needs to be blamed", "Are you just looking for an argument? You ask for a solution. My solution based on understanding what's wrong with the state is not to stop cutting down forest. How Tf is that a trashy suggestion?\nSay we built a damn around the coastal area. Billions of ringgit project. But without the roots of the forest and mangrove and mining, the soil cannot retain water. Hence flood. This is the same as pouring water over a parched pot of soil. It doesn't absorb easily.", "Cuz the 2nd half of your comment seemed not too different than what I'd read on facebook (and here too, if I'm gonna be honest), where race, religion, and politics live rent free in their heads regarding everything\nOfc complete reduction is the best course of action, zero-sum wise, but it would stunt domestic product growth. Sustainable development seems to be the most wise action then, instead of outright stopping.", "But am I wrong tho? They chase away every taxable and licensed business and push their citizens to open up road side shops who are dealing with cash most of the time and don't need city license. So no money. What they do? Cut trees.\ntaps on head you didn't get an answer you want and you call it trashy.", "Like, I don't disagree that the leaders aren't doing what they should, and the people are suffering for it\nBut that's a no brainer yo, no need to tap heads when it's implicit. No need to bring up the alphabet when people are talking sentences", "I think a smarter solution might be building an artificial wetland. Not only it can trap excess rainwater but it can also double as a recreational and tourist attraction. Another option is to build irrigation canals. It can double as a reservoir for excess floodwaters as well as provide irrigation to paddy fields which covers significant hectares of land in Kelantan doubling productivity and output of rice in the state.", "The only issue I see here is that controlling the flow of irrigation for as large of a flow as monsoon rainwater; it would need something akin to a dam. Not a small feat, but if it's gotta be done, that's how it is."], ["As floods rose in Kelantan, many have raised questions about the billions of ringgit invested in flood mitigation projects\nIs their flood mitigation project the purchase of a boat?\nWhatever happens there, PAS is correct and the government is incorrect."], ["confirm will semua salah Federal gov, then continue vote PAS\nlol.", "Pas do nothing\nAlso pas: Win"], ["Duh, no proper work n professional hired to do the job, all just talk cock only\nAt the end of the day, it's always people suffer.\nOur government never actually cared for us for the past 30 years."], ["Next election sure put PAS back to bottom", "you sure though ...?", "Wishful thinking :26554:", "There is no way in hell they going to do this.", "The vote funneling into PAS and never get out like the air in Kelantan", "Here me out: what if the folks voting green drown and displaced until the voter base reduce to a negligible level", "Encik kau lupa letak /s"], ["why worry about river projects? i thot voting for PAS (who seems to have a direct line to gawd) can solve all issues? /s", "No voting for PAS buys you a ticket to heaven. The suffering on earth is just a test and temporal compared to eternity in heaven w 72 virgins and rivers of non-intoxicating wine"], ["literally", "Try connecting to PAS, the number you dialed is not in service."], ["The guy need to pay alimony and child support to his Russian ex"], ["Maybe if it hits 1 mill and kena rumah politician they\u2019ll start taking this seriously", "Their home address starts with \"Bukit\" , impossible for this scenario to happen."], ["Ini salah DAP kerana ada cuaca, ada air, ada hujan, ada banjir."], ["Very Islamic way of doing things. \ud83d\udcaa\nI still don\u2019t understand why the majority of that religion in Malaysia still not riot against these penunggang. Do things half ass, make people suffer, and spread hates to non Muslim.", "Watch the Keluar Sekejap episode that featured the guest speaker who was a former mufti and Minister of Agama Islam. As much as I did not enjoy the episode, it gave me perspective towards what is the mindset of our Malay brethren.\nTo answer your question, it's because a good portion of their population cannot vote for DAP or any party that aligns themselves with DAP. That is because DAP appears to be \"too liberal/secular\".\nWatching that episode makes me feel that if DAP is sincere in wanting to appeal to all rakyats and be truly inclusive, they need to propagate an image of being balanced in both secularism and theocracy. We can criticise theocracy to our hearts content, but it remains crucial to remember that it's part of Islam and it's inseparable (so I understand from that KS episode).\nAnd because of DAP's strong stance in pursuing liberalism and secularism, even moderate Malays have to vote for the next best thing that preserves their religion: PAS.\nI confirmed this with a few malay friends who were comfortable enough to discuss about this openly to me after watching that episode together"], ["How is this a factor? Sabah Sarawak has equally long coastline with South China Sea, and has more rivers, but don't have frequent floods annually?\n<image>", "It's the direction of northeast Monsoon. East Coast States are directly affected by these. Sabah/Sarawak, not really", "We have the Philippines acting as our wall during monsoon season"], ["The billions should go to this type of project:\nJapan's Underground Flood Control System."], ["Best time to see where to buy land or not to buy land."], ["I'm just saying but instead of focusing on Palestine , how about we focused on solving our domestic problems first"], ["Every year it's the same news on flood... No improvement or what"], ["We should just empty the East Coast for good.\nThe alternative is for East Coast people to live a nomadic life. Meaning empty their cities for the months of November, December and January.\nThroughout Malaysia, we need to rethink about how do we design our cities and how we commute, so that less personal property gets damaged by floods. The floods are only going to get worse, as a result of climate change ( How to Save Thailand and Malaysia From Rising Sea Levels \u2013 The Diplomat )", "We should just empty the East Coast for good.\nThat would make no sense. Flood also happen all the time in KL and parts of Selangor. Then how? Empty those places?\nIts 2024 soon. We can solve flood issue if we make sure the money going towards flood mitigation instead of lining up the pockets of our politicians.", "They will all move to selangor and vote for pas \ud83d\ude0a", "Shah Alam for all its east coast migrants is a PH area.\nMaybe they all went up north, where most of the people there voted in PN?"], ["Anyone who is in construction knows how this business work, especially if it is a gomen contract. Here I will share you some insights of this particular \"tebatan banjir\" project I got from a friend who is a consultant working for the contractor assigned for the project.\nIn the very beginning it was shady. The project was awarded to a contractor. Usually, this kind of project, a consultant will be appointed first to produce a design for the project and then a contractor will be appointed to do the ground work. For this project it was the other way around and the contractor is rumoured to be connected to the Kelantan royals.\nUsually contractors are working for consultants but for this project it was the other way around. Due to that, the contractors are taking a lot of short cuts for bigger take home money from the project. Short cuts such as low quality design request, low quality materials, low accountability all around.\nThese projects are suppose to be in phases and Phase 1 has already failed. Someone needs to start asking the right question.\nYou lot can blame Kelantanese for choosing their leaders but accountability still lies within these so called leaders themselves and they should be held on to it."], ["i think they've mistaken flood mitigation for drought mitigation"], ["If I can't see it, then it does not exist"], ["If you guys wonder whether this would cause any changes to the people's loyalty towards PAS, I don't think it would.\nThey might just move to another state and go back there to vote and make sure PAS remains in power.\nSos: I know a family from Kelantan that does this. Their kids are all in shahalam and cyberjaya now, but they would deign to travel back all the way to vote for PAS than vote for someone else"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s MM2H visa shake-up prompts cautious welcome \u2013 and questions | Migration News", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18robfd/malaysias_mm2h_visa_shakeup_prompts_cautious/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Helicopters currently owned by the Malaysian Armed Forces. Do you guys think the existing amount sufficient for the helicopter operation needs of the branches at ATM?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18roahg/helicopters_currently_owned_by_the_malaysian/", "num_comment": 63, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Peace time yeah.\nNot sufficient if a war broke out.", "And who would this war be with? Malaysia doesn't need anything beyond helicopters for logistics, recon, and SAR.\nEverything else is a drain on resources and potential lobang for corruption.", "Helicopters do wonder in defensive war tho", "Stingers from our neighbors says Hi!", "In this scenario, who is the aggressor?", "If/when war break out, we just gonna ally with the strongest force. Probably usa. If the war is only us against some other nation, we probably f'd", "Malaysia is quite strong within South East Asia. Our closest ally is SEA itself and we would be allies with each other to fight outsiders unless they're a super power like China or US.. but I don't see us fighting within SEA itself as we're all neighbours with friendly relations. Even major scammers in Myanmar don't provoke any national issue with us that requires army intervention, I don't see how the other neighbours will trigger war with us.", "I have my doubt, no idea why. Hypothetically we some nation goes to war with Malaysia, for example Australia for some reason, I doubt Indonesia and Singapore will help us.", "We can easily modify our Myvi, forming Ultra-Langit Superiority", "Myvi technical with heat-seekers on top . Malaysia tech tree gonna be wild \ud83d\udc4d", "Very true. I think drones are the future. US and China are developing drone swarm. I've hang out at combat footage sub and seen how they take out vehicles and soldiers with cheap drones in Ukraine and Russia... The amount of damage and psychological attack is real when you can't even see the tiny drones from 300m up in the air.."], ["Helicopters need air cover to operate safely, unless they are apaches, (those beasts were clearing SAM sites for air cover to begin during Iraqi Freedom)\nSo the real question, do we have adequate CAS aircraft to loiter in he battle space, clearing out ManPads and other AA sites so that the helos can get I and out safely", "Do we even have CAS aircrafts?\nNo, like, I'm really curious", "Well....pure role CAS, no. The F18 is probably the most capable platform for CAS that we have in our arsenal", "Well, Frick, and those ladies aren't that many here to begin with.", "Don't we still operate skyhawks?", "Well, we do, we apply them in the trainer and light attack role, but they are getting old and the age is showing", "The Flankers and Hornets are CAS aircraft since they're multirole fighters.", "Technically both are classified as multir9le aircraft, but I believe the RMAF doctrine applies the Flankers more as air superiority fighters, plus the F18 has an endless beautiful track record of providing CAS missions", "Yeah doctrinally speaking thats how they're used, though in a pinch most of our fixed-wing fighters can be used for CAS. Its a bit off tangent but I just don't see a need for the RMAF requiring dedicated CAS aircraft.", "Heh, honestly i agree we don't need them, even the US is phasing out pure role CAS aircraft, the A10, its no longer feasible for them on the battlefield when contemporary aircraft can carry targeting pods and guided ammunition, especially the F16"], ["We can't even maintain our own fleet, but at this point with these older helicopters maybe we will just be better off buying new platforms to replace them", "Nah I would rather say that we go on Guerilla and defensive\nA 10k missile vs 2 million dollar helicopter........yea.\nWe have thick forest imagine one heli or jet go a little low and KABOOM from anti air manned .", "How about we do both? This aging fleet needs replacing anyway for safety reasons (our helicopters seem to fall out of the sky like flies) and also acquire SAMs"], ["We should try and go for fleet commonaility rather then having a rojak fleet. Helps in maintenance.\nAlthough for military purposes - if we keep with our \"non-aligned\" stand it makes sense to have multiple suppliers from different countries to show we don't have a preference for one and in the event there's an embargo etc we're not stuck having a fleet that cannot be supported.", "Agreed that we should at least field a common helicopter fleet as it'll help with logistics and cost as well.", "https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/australia-helicopters-mrh90-taipan/\nWhen even Australia has to bury their Eurocopters in the ground, Malaysia's primarily Eurocopter based fleet is more liability than asset.\nGoodness knows what is Malaysia going to replace the Super Lynx with tho.", "fleet commonality\nWhat do you mean? All same helicopter or from the same supplier?", "Common airframe and parts, saves on logistics and maintenance. E.g. all 3 branches could use the same utility aircraft fleet, simplying maintenance and reducing yearly budgets.\nBut as with anything between the 3 branches of any nation, there's always going to be differing requirements and needs.", "Either. No helicopter will fit all the mission requirements - so definitely going to have a mix fleet, but it can be from the same supplier."], ["We won't know until we need them. For example the little birds were only purchased after the lahad Datu incident.\nWhether it was to improve our defensive capabilities or another crony project, it's hard to know due to confidentiality in the procurement process."], ["fun fact: a Nimitz class aircraft carrier have more fighter jets than our fighter jets", "Not so fun fact: cost at least USD 5 Billion to build and fit out 1 Nimitz. That's without factoring in training costs, and the escort ships.\nDon't waste time on aircraft carries or Malaysia will have one like the white elephant that Thailand has. At best, 2-3 LSTs are more appropriate for SAR and humanitarian relief.", "what I'm trying to say that it's kinda ridiculous that a whole country has less fighter jets than an aircraft carrier, but still I agree with ur point that an aircraft carrier is a complete waste of money for countries like us considering most of the time aircraft carriers are meant to establish air superiority outside of the nation borders", "It's not ridiculous. An aircraft carrier has more aircraft than the airforce of most countries. The aircraft carrier fits the American power projection mission profile. They want to park a carrier off the coast to discourage certain behaviour. E.g. East Mediterranean to deter other powers from getting involved in the regional conflict or Arabian Sea to let Iran know that they should not get involved.\nJust what do you imagine RMAF doing with say, 40 more fixed wing or rotor aircraft? Armies are for defence, not prestige. Based on the current threat profile, its better to allocate resources to a few maritime patrol aircraft and improving soldier welfare (aka better pay and living conditions)."], ["even increase by 500% if a war started, it also not enough lah.\nPeace time now, no need waste money with big military force, that amt is enough to keep terrorist at bay.\nWe just need politician stop being dumb, play geopolitics right so we wont accidentally piss off a strong nation enough to start a unnecessary war.", "Except weak countries tend to get bullied no matter how well they play geopolitics card.\nFor now Malaysia does not need crazy large defense asset but a reliable sufficient one which currently it lacks as everything has started to age and our surrounding neighbours are all gearing up with the South China Sea tension so that they can effectively play the neutral stance card."], ["upgrade our military equipment in preparation of a future conflict? - nope.\nspend rm100b on a train that goes zoom zoom? - hell yes.", "Plot twist: those trains are actually Malaysian version of the soviet nuke trains", "V for Vendetta train: Hi."], ["Just asking, is getting a chopper pilot licence more difficult than airplane one?"], ["Malaysia military is a big fcking joke."], ["Would prefer that we keep to several types but with more consistency. More specialist helos for SF, medium and heavy utility plus scout aircraft for TDM.\nTUDM is in need of \"better\" aircraft as well, maybe it's time to ditch the Su-35, fallback to the FA-50 and F/18 fleets and introduce a dedicated GA aircraft. More surveillance and signals intercept aircraft too. Let TDM handle the helos, airforce can stick to winged aircraft for the most part.\nTLDM could expand their antisub fleet and medium utility fleet.\nBut that's me being a chairforce general, what do I know. /shrug", "While I'm not sure whether RMAF wanted Su-35, I do agree that its time to ditch sukhois and opt for used F-18s and start aiming for western fighters (i.e Rafale). I'm also hope RMAF can get some more FA-50s too.\nFor TLDM, imo they should get around 2-4 more frigates as Lekiu class replacement and maybe some corvettes and replace the lynx with wildcats for ASW purposes.\nWe could really use some more medium/heavy choppers for logistics so PUTD can use some 109s as light attack chopper. Just 4 blackhawks are nowhere near sufficient.", "Our lift capability needs augmentation, to say the least. In general terms, we lack all round, not just the AF alone. I'd settle for the Gripen or more F-18s. TLDM needs way more surface area than what they currently have. And with the NGPV issue still unsettled... /Sigh"], ["Singapore has 29 Apaches. If war breaks out with then, our artilleries are gg lol", "We steal theirs, we are guerrilla expert.", "Never mind, we just cut off water.", "Singapore has own desalination plants now...."], ["I guess the answer depends on our military doctrine. Anyone knows what our military doctrine states?", "avoid any conflict to begin with, and if there is any, guerilla and attrit them hard\nit's all defensive, baby"], ["We need more antiship/submarine helicopters"], ["We previously had nearly 48 medium lifts heli with a majority being the Sikorsky Nuri.\nMsia ordered 24x pumas were suppose to alleviate part of the nuri into retirement. But we only took 12 cause the puma's then were hard hit by groundings relating to the gearbox. Currently they are adding 4 blackhawk as a very light interim band aid lol. Still shortage of at least 20 medium lifts heli. Country needs 36 total.\nAnother in serious need of replacement or surplus is the anti sub lynx. Either to get 12 wildcat(current variant) or replace 1 to 1."], ["nope. we need atleaast double that for security"], ["Maybe we should start getting Apaches or is there any cheaper alternatives?", "Several countries have developed/developing Apache replacements: Turkey, India, Korea, South Africa.\nSome aren't complete replacements of the Apache, but a lower price tag with similar capabilities/role in enough numbers might be better than something we have neither the development or maintenance budget for.", "We should aim for TAK or Viper but... you know, budget."], ["i wouls assume 30% of the helicopter fleet are in maintenance bay at any given moment. It's too little."], ["No heavy lift."], ["We definitely need more but need to find a way to procure them without 3rd party leeching off like mad"], ["No money lo. Very limited budget."], ["Good to know that we're not reliant on shitty Russian stuff."], ["Let's shove our head in the middle east conflict since we are sufficiently equipped and well prepared."]]}
{"title": "Investigate Johor Covid-19 death for possible Omicron sub-variant, says expert", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ro9dl/investigate_johor_covid19_death_for_possible/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 27 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ro7ct/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_27_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Floods: Number of victims nationwide continues to rise as of 4pm on Dec 26", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ro6v5/floods_number_of_victims_nationwide_continues_to/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Which script do you think suits bahasa melayu the most?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rnhej/which_script_do_you_think_suits_bahasa_melayu_the/", "num_comment": 29, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "1) Jawi 2) Kawi 3) Rumi", "comments": [["This dude is tryna start a war"], ["For me, it's the Rumi one.\nJawi is cool with those curves but writing those require us to remember what the words looks like. With Rumi I can just write based on my pronunciation.\nThe lack of differences between \"e pepet\" and A is also the other factor.", "Behase jiwa bengsa.\nYup lets stick to Rumi."], ["Efficiency - Rumi\nHeritage - Jawi\nHeritage on steroid - Kawi, Rencong and related scripts (little would understand it)"], ["which one is easier to type on a keyboard? there's your answer.", "luckily our culture does not stand on a keyboard. next, please."], ["your lack of tittle over \"j\" and \"i\" is disturbing", "tittle\nYour use of that word is also disturbing.", "not sorry if some of us prefer some tit-tles..", "Saying 'dot' instead of 'tittle' is like saying 'star' instead of 'asterisk' or 'hashtag' instead of 'pound'."], ["Try spell terowong in jawi lol", "\u062a\u0631\u0648\u0648\u0648\u06a0. It' phonetic.", "Teruuung? \ud83e\udd23", "Wong spell as \u0648\u0648\u06a0\nSo tero : \u062a\u0631\u0648\nWong : \u0648\u0648\u06a0\nWhen combined, it'll be \u062a\u0631\u0648\u0648\u0648\u06a0.\nI got your memes.\nIf teruuung, it should be spelled as \u062a\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0648\u0627\u0648\u06a0.\nWe spell Uu as \u0627\u0648\u0627\u0648.\nWe can also spell Au as \u0627\u0648\nSo yeah. It is funny. Haha", "This guy jawi", "\"Ong\" pulak eja macam mana?", "Alif wau nga."], ["Kawi tk silap pronunciation lagi limited sbb perkataan lma kan. So klau nk pilih antara 2 tu as is jawi lgi mudah ah. Lgi oun bljr jawi hampir sma cam modern latin. Org yg komplen jawi byk kombinasi huruf tertentu nk buat perkataan lupa yg latin pun smaaa jaa"], ["hangul", "Hanja", "Hanja? How? Lol"], ["As a Malay Muslim, I would LOVE to know how that middle one works. It's the written form used by my ancestors for centuries I believe. I don't like the Roman alphabet - it's a constant slap in the face reminding us that we were weak and were colonized. Jawi is clearly not ours (unless you make big modifications).", "Jawi is clearly not ours\nTbf, we got Rencong and Kawi the same way we got Jawi, through religion. We got Rencong and Kawi from modifying scripts from India, and Jawi from modifying scripts from the Arabic-speaking world.\nSo I\u2019d say Jawi belongs to us as much as Rencong and Kawi do", "interesting"], ["Bahasa Melayu should be in Jawi and Bahasa Malaysia should be in Roman. If you're asking what's the different between two, Bahasa Malaysia for official use and international usage while Bahasa Melayu for internal converse. Why jawi is important to Malay? Cause Malay that well verse with Jawi almost 100% can read the Holy Quran. If some say the opposite, we might test them to read those verse in chapter 4 to 9 in the Holy Quran. I am sure there will be some hiccups. So how to overcome? Learn jawi as they shared almost similar alphabet as in arabic. Be literate.", "huh what mental gymnastics is this? What is different in international usage and internal converse? Even if you consider all Malays are pious, that still leaves 40% of population to read Jawi for what exact reason?", "Internal means within malay population", "Why Malay people will stop communicating with non-malay people or what?"], ["OP think monyets here can read bahasa melayu /s"]]}
{"title": "9 Malaysian business & industry trends we predict will take off in 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vm5vc/9_malaysian_business_industry_trends_we_predict/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Padu", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v7qry/padu/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "If we work in non government sector, will PADU system detect our salary?", "comments": [["I heard it will IF you have filed your incum tax. So when i check it out on Jan 2 I expect to see all my details - up to and including my Covid jabs.\nOf course, if it doesn't crash 1st :26554:", "I think it will not crash as it's didn't give you any money to update,\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["From what i understand from this. You are supposed to update it. So probably no", "Good \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 I doesn't gov get our personal info \ud83d\ude02", "Gov don't know your name? XD", "Unless you never pay taxes, the government already know you income anyway."], ["Reject this PADU aka Digital ID dictator bullshit.\nIt is as if the only solution to fuel subsidy is to give up our privacy and get the people of Malaysia further segmented, first by race, now by income.\nHow are they going to further divide us? They can use PADU as a SSO for webservices, and rat out who are critical of them online.\nAnd boom you lose all sort of subsidies.", "Yes, I think I don't want to update the info. This is terrible", "Sadly many monyet in this sub has Govern-Me-Harder mentality."], ["You don't pay income tax or have EPF?", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 terrible \ud83d\ude14"], ["https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/amp/category/nation/2022/11/08/invoke-staff-will-get-shares-when-company-is-listed-says-rafizi/"]]}
{"title": "Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias has been ordered to enter his defence on 2 charges of committing sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy. The Klang Sessions Court ruled that the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against him.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rmtt3/celebrity_preacher_azman_syah_alias_has_been/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["pencetus syahwat \ud83d\udc4d", "Perkosa unta"], ["Usually this kinda case is when there's like, DEAD SET video evidence of the act, and/or like 10+ corroborating independent witnesses or something", "Also it must be impossible to scrub the evidence from the internet right? Or is that an optional criteria?", "Dont know the details, but it's basically a case where the evidence is way too damning"], ["As a Malay, I don't get how us Malays see him and immediately think he's a saint.\nIf Boston priest in the 80s have taught me anything, the \"holier\" they look, the hornier they are.", "Yea, for a while now, I have had a bone to pick with the very concept of \"celebrity preachers\" in that for some reason Ig existing ustaz's aren't enough already so they have these kind of people doing the whole preaching work when at some point they just gonna be more well-known for doing some dumb stuff (the one married to Neelofa literally broke COVID restrictions rules multiple times) rather than doing anything that they're supposed to. In the end, they just tarnish the concept itself and ultimately don't make any meaningful contributions at all in the long run"], ["It's always them."], ["Preachers are always the ones sent to hell."], ["Hornier than thou preacher"]]}
{"title": "Is it a good idea to use the public toilet as an emergency shower?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdgxn/is_it_a_good_idea_to_use_the_public_toilet_as_an/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Edit: landlord just advised water will come back soon. Thanks everyone!\nI'm traveling in KL but my hotel building has no water access for some reason. I also couldn't find any gym nearby. But there's a shopping mall so I thought maybe I could use the water tap in the toilet cube as an option? I hope this won't cause trouble for the cleaner. The toilet area seems to be properly waterproofed with floor waste so I hope it's OK?", "comments": [["Don't use the shopping mall toilet please. There are some R&R places along the highways that have shower cubicle. Use that.", "yeap those are meant for long haul truckers and such so please use those"], ["Get another hotel. I\u2019ve never heard of a hotel with no water and public toilet is not made for public showering. Just a bad idea"], ["Go to nearby RnR, they have showers there. Also, ask for refund and change hotel."], ["If youre in Kampung Baru area. There\u2019s a gym near Hospital Kuala Lumpur. It\u2019s called as Body Hack. No need to enter the gym but there IS a toilet/shower room in there that you can use"], ["You sound like you\u2019re asking because you\u2019re a considerate person.\nJust push as much water as you can down the drain and tell the cleaner so. Or wipe it dry with a lot of tissue papers.\nOther people do worse so you\u2019re ahead if you take the necessary considerate steps."], ["Some surau and Mosque do have shower with them. Not all though, but big Mosque will always have as far as I remember."], ["Most badminton courts and community halls have shower available."], ["OP are you using an Airbnb?", "Yes I am", "FYI in the future Airbnb has basic necessity requirements. If your unit got no electricity or water, your landlord is required to give you a full refund or you can report them to Airbnb."], ["Ask for a refund and get another hotel."], ["Change hotels"], ["RnR or mosque would be a better option. If truly desperate i think its fine for a quick shower but do explain to the cleaner."], ["What kind of a hotel where there\u2019s no water access? Usually there\u2019s a backup"], ["Lmao lmao lmao\nPpl done this since 2000s"]]}
{"title": "In China and South Korea it is socially acceptable to ask a first date what their earnings and salary is, meanwhile in Malaysia and Western countries it is considered pretty rude to do so. Why?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rmocu/in_china_and_south_korea_it_is_socially/", "num_comment": 212, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Try comparing their divorce rate and happiness to us see how being superficial actually leads to their high suicide", "South Korea is a country where ahjumas tell their children to \u201cnot hang out with children in the poorer playground\u201d even though they are in the same apartment building so \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "South Korea is messed up, young adults are going into heavy debt to buy luxury goods to keep up with appearance of being wealthy. When the loans default because of frivolous spending they gonna learn a very painful lesson.", "Not to mention SK is one of the worst country to live in for mental illness and neurodivergent people.", "But but but Samsung and LG good!!11", "Do you think Malaysia is one of the best?", "What is the point of this question? I've never mentioned Malaysia.\nIf you want your question to be answer, no. Mental health and neurodiverged people are still heavily stigmatised in Asia, especially in society that heavily focus on the bigger community like China, SK or Japan. At the very least Malaysia have less stigma towards seeking therapy.\nEdit: Apologies if I may sound stand-off-ish. Your tone sounded condescending.", "Pointing that out about SK seems pointless because like you said it is an issue across all of Asia, it's like saying SK has short men in the country as well, like yea so does every country... Why do you need to call out SK, or SK has poor work life balance, yea so does Malaysia and I just don't understand why you do it. Is it to make SK look worse or feel better about Malaysia when the reality is that SK and Malaysia are siblings and apple does not fall far from the tree. SK isn't better or worse, it's almost the same as Malaysia. Their problems are our problems are everyone's problems so making a comment that draws a line of separation makes the problem worse by taking us further away from working together for a solution.", "actually, no. Malaysian society is fairly accepting of people with mental health issues. We have a lot of resources when it comes to things like therapy and counselling (this isn't known that well, but most public unis offer free therapy for mental illnesses).\nOur problem is that despite our society acknowledging it, our people still lack the awareness of how to actually solve it. Although more conservative people are aware of the problems of mental health they're still asking people to use religion as therapy, and while that is quite useful sometimes, it doesn't work for everyone.", "OK, you think ML is accepting of neuro divergent but don't see how banning LGBT makes that untrue? You can say one thing but if the reality shows the opposite, it doesn't matter what the words coming out of the mouth are, when the actions don't align.", "How does banning LGBT affect acceptance of neurodiverged people? Two completely unrelated things.", "how do they even correlate lmao. It's two different things", "Pointing that out about SK seems pointless because like you said it is an issue across all of Asia, it's like saying SK has short men in the country as well,\nI've said it's more prominent in countries like SK, China and Japan (countries with weak sense of individuality). Not to mention sharing a problem doesn't make the severity the same, it's like saying every country have gang/cartel problems but some are worse like Brazil and Mexico.\nWhy do you need to call out SK, or SK has poor work life balance, yea so does Malaysia\nHow does that affect my original statement?\nIs it to make SK look worse or feel better about Malaysia when the reality is that SK and Malaysia are siblings and apple does not fall far from the tree.\nHow did you come to that conclusion? I simply stated a fact that SK is one of the worst country when it comes to mental health stigma. I don't need to put down SK to feel good about Malaysia, there are other ways to that (food). And SK and Malaysia are very different countries, SK is homogeneous, not tropic, different ethnic groups, different culture and religions.\nSK isn't better or worse, it's almost the same as Malaysia. Their problems are our problems are everyone's problems so making a comment that draws a line of separation makes the problem worse by taking us further away from working together for a solution.\nHow does that work? One countries' problem is often time unique to their set circumstances, like I've mentioned that SK and Japan are a society syrong on conformity, which can affect various thing like social pressure on individuals who 'sticks out', be it being radically unique or of natural cause (neurodivergent).", "Korea is a failed society and country. They also tell their kids to hate Japanese people and look down on anyone who isnt Korean.", "The hate on the Japanese is kinda understandable (if a bit hypocritical at the same time due to Korea's darker histories when they went to war with other SEA countries) due to the atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial army back then.\nThe other parts tho? Not so much.", "", "Don't blame the Japanese for the atrocities and massacres they committed during ww2? Lmao", "Some users here love Japan so blindly, lol. As if some of the problems they mentioned aren't the same as in Japan. Some Japanese look down on us South East Asians.", "Some people are just damn stupid, simple as that. You can enjoy someone's culture, their anime and their porn, but don't be so blind to their dark side. If Koreans are considered overtly racist, Japanese are very good at hiding it in front of you.", "Some users here love Japan so blindly.\nThe majority of the silent redditors of this sub is Malays, mostly the downvotees when touch upon sensitive issues. Although most of the active posters/commenters are appears to be the ethnic-minorities, but the majority of them are Malays, so that bring me the second point.\nMalays love for Japan has some history into it. They assisted the Japanese during the Invasion of Malaya in 8 December 1941, from Kota Bharu, Kelantan [1]. The rest is history, but one point to make is that during the invasion, occupation and until the nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese treated the Malays by giving them jobs in the civil services well compared to the other fellow countrymen, ethnic Chinese and Indian where they are subject to hard labor and harsh treatment, i.e., massacre and human experimentation that known as war crimes. The Chinese and Indians with the help from the west are the ones that fought the Japanese during the WWII, and suffered the causalities the most.\nThroughout the Mahathir's administration, his foreign policy and relationship with Japanese has always been positive, he shits on the West, China, and look East, specifically Japanese. I can tell you that he has inferior complex syndrome for the fact that he is of Tamil origins.\n[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kota_Bharu", "And south east Asian's look down on other south east Asians,", "Yeah, but that's your average garden variety racism, not full turbo nitro racism like Japan.", "Are you okay?? Do you know the things they've done to Malaysian people, just because Japanese people are innocent now doesn't mean their ancestors were. We shouldn't forget that.", "hate is necessary, can understand why the Japaneae did it and dont blame them,\nWTF? And also does this only refering to Korean-Japanese relation or Asian-Japanese as a whole?", "can understand why the Japaneae did it and dont blame them\nWhat an asinine statement.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Side note: divorce rate may not necessarily mean they\u2019re unhappier in marriages. It could mean women have more rights and freedom in leaving unhappy marriages."], ["I mean are u dating me or my money", "Depends... How much you got?", "1.50 sen,boleh?", "Wah, Encik Beg Duit ni!", "Tree fiddy.\nOr free tiddy.\nGive or take.", "3.50 rm.", "Moar like SGD1.00 *cries*", "One dalla Singapoah.", "Three fiddy", "This ! It's ok to ask later. Asking on the very first date just reeks of shallowness and gold digger vibes.", "well, actually both.... the fact that most girls basically expect guys to pay for most of the dates.\nit may not be tactful but it is a question that is already hiding at the back of everyone's mind. even if they don't ask the question directly, we will unconsciously evaluate each other's appearance, cloths, shoes, the car they drive, etc...", "Which girls you talking about? Because in my experience most English ed girls don\u2019t mind going dutch", "Yes, even English ed girls, the first few dates usually starts with splitting the bill, but eventually the guy pays first even if she will eventually pay you back. somehow it is important to be even perceived that the guy is paying especially in social events.\nIt seems to be a cultural thing like the guy should always be the one on the steering wheel.", "Each time I\u2019ve paid for an English ed girl they always pay back with another treat yeah you\u2019re right", "Just wanted to add it\u2019s quite a culture shock there. I didn\u2019t experience the dating bit but socializing with Koreans and a find a lot of them will introduce themselves along with where they work and what position they have in the company.", "How about Dutch ed girl?", "They pay themselves", "Rethink who you are dating then. Because that\u2019s not normal.", "Legit, each time I go on a date I dress up classy but not too flashy with brands, and drive a second hand proton or Toyota so I can weed out those who just want material stuff", "Many wealthy individuals don\u2019t drive high end cars. Mark Zuckerberg has been seen driving a Honda Fit and an Acura TSX, which are both considered more affordable cars and Jeff Bezos drives a Honda Accord.\nThe knob in the video is just an insecure old man.\nPoint being. The car you drive is just a status symbol. Not everyone feels the need to compensate the size of their dick with a hunk of steel and rubber.", "Jeff Bezos drives a Pagani, dude", "There\u2019s a difference between having and driving. His car collection is worth more money then you\u2019d probably see in a lifetime.", "Jeff Bezos is known to be a person who like to show off with expensive stuff. He might drive a Honda during his uni days.", "https://supercarblondie.com/why-jeff-bezos-drove-a-honda-accord/\nI mean. That\u2019s one article by a shitty source. But there\u2019s many more.\nHe spends his money in other things. And collects cars apparently.\nhttps://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-jeff-bezos-cars-of-top-tech-moguls-2019-7?amp Another article, fair enough it\u2019s from 2019 though.", "In Australia on the other hand the rich and posher girls tend to dress down and aren\u2019t too flashy", "Not true. They wear expensive label clothing without showing the logo. Unlike Asians, they usually like to wear branded stuff showing the logo.", "Guys want honey and girls want money.. Is a win win situation", "No money no date in the adult world unless you met him or her in your schooling days."], ["Because we are not as superficial and materialistic as they are.", "Lol OP tanya soalan bodoh kan so tu lah jawapan nya. Nice one.", "OP memang suka tanya soalan bodoh camni. Cuba tengok history dia.", "So OP just a Karma Whore it seems", "Tembak lagi \ud83d\udd25. Soalan OP ni semua tak masuk akal, hidup dalam minda fantasi dia aje bukan dlm realiti. Mods pun satu lagi, soalan mcm ni bagi up.", "Shots fired", "I mean. It\u2019s true though.", "materialistic is understatement"], ["There's a reason why China and Korea younger demographic aren't dating and the correlation with it's population shrinking way faster than Japan on steroid", "Unfortunately asking the \u2018how much you earn\u2019 on the first date is normalised in Singapore as well which dissapoints me because I thought Singaporeans are Westernised enough not to do this", "Singapore is wealth centric nation, you need like quadruple their average salary just to have a kid there,this is not the case in most country that you dont have to sacrifice your kidney just to have a child", "Off topic but Singaporeans are suprisingly pretty conservative in many ways despite being thoroughly English educated (man are expected to pay, guys are not okay with gender equal roles too much), not saying Malaysia doesn\u2019t have that which we clearly do but I\u2019d go as far as saying our English ed girls (of all races) are more open minded and liberal than Singaporean girls haha.\nLike many of our English ed girls wouldn\u2019t mind making the first move on a guy they find cute etc etc", "suprisingly pretty conservative in many ways despite being thoroughly English educated\nI dunno where you got that being \"english educated\" meant being liberal.\nThere is a huge gap between your average \"pub-goer having a shag behind the dumpster, luv\" and your average oxford-educated singaporean, though they can both claim to be english educated.", "If it\u2019s not on English-ed vs Chinese-ed girls, or MY vs SG, or another dating question, it\u2019s on English proficiency instead. OP be compensating like mad with such a long history of doing this on r/malaysia and r/bolehland lmao", "I dunno where you got that being \"english educated\" meant being liberal.\nThe subreddit surveys show most or lots of this subreddit are native English speakers and we are pretty liberal.", "This subreddit also represent a very very very very VERY very very very tiny part of Malaysian.", "That's true.", "Who told you that? I think it's rude to ask your date's salary on the first date. It comes off as a gold digger of sort.", "I ask, because I don't want to date a gold-digger. Girl better be making her own money..\nYou cannot reasonably date someone making 10-20x less than you. Even if the girl is honest-hearted, the power-imbalance will be unsustainable very quickly.\nNot something the disney romcom crowd likes to hear but if you want equity in a couple, none of you can be outrageously out of reach of the other.", "Singaporean are no money no talk. That was my experience."], ["I mean, Malaysians do it too, just roundabout way\nIt's less common for younger generations, but \"Kerja apa\" is a common dating question, and let's not pretend girls aren't asking it for the exact same reason the Chinese and Koreans are.\nWe're just less focused on the actual amount, and more towards whether the income is stable or no.", "I wouldn\u2019t mind if it\u2019s \u201cwhat\u2019s your career\u201d on the first date", "I just say I work with insurance\nSome girls actually do just ghost me after that\n(Even though I actually work in finance dept and have nothing to do with sales)", "i dont think that has to do with your earnings. Most people just want nothing to do with insurance agent and direct sales agent because they are afraid u are just there to sell your insurance to them, wasting their time something like that.", "Why not just say you work in finance?", "Because I am indeed working in insurance company :p\nJust a small lie from me personally to weed through people I guess", "\"Kerja apa\" is a common dating question\nI ask this because I want to find common ground in a conversation; I don't actually care how much they make.", "Sebab kita dua lelaki lol\nShe can work as a freelance tree planter and it doesn't matter as long as she's cute(in looks or personality)\nBut it would be naive for us to think women is not estimating our \"worth\" from that question", "While that may be true, I wouldn\u2019t say that\u2019s the main reason for some. I used to ask (until very recently) what they do for a living because I\u2019ve always looked at it as a way to make conversation/small talks. If I just met you, I wouldn\u2019t know what to talk about because there\u2019s no common interest and, I have to start somewhere especially when I\u2019m bad at carrying a conversation without a lead. So it\u2019d be like, oh what you do you do? What\u2019s that/oh interesting. Do you enjoy your job? How\u2019s the workload like, do you have time for other things. Then it\u2019ll branch out to other topics like oh when you have the time, what do you like to do? Etc etc.\nI never really try to estimate one\u2019s worth money-wise based on that question so I didn\u2019t really get it when people talk as if it is a big deal. Now I do kinda get it for those who does it for that reason. But while I don\u2019t do that specifically, I do subconsciously have bad first impressions towards certain jobs (based on what I\u2019ve experienced in the past, stereotypes, what I\u2019ve heard, friends who does the same job etc) so now I leave that job question out of the equation and just try to ask something else so I can keep the first impression on him as a person rather than his job.", "Huh.\nWell when women ask me what I do, I always say \"progammer\" because if I say \"developer\" some thought I work in construction.\nAnyway, what would my \"worth\" be in this case? Good?", "Boleh buat jadi suami la, kalau dah developer.", "True.\nThey check your style, your car and where you go for a date, how much free time.l, do you have your own place ;).\nAt the end can calculate and give a rough estimate on salary and stuff.\nThough, some inputs can be wrong. Like MYVI, doesn't mean a poor guy. Just knows money's worth.", "Gaji 3.5k : Honda Civic\nGaji 10k : Axia", "what you do for work is a perfectly normal get to know you question", "Asking about someone\u2019s career gives more information than how much money they have.", "I chuckle at your last sentence since the amount will be 9 out of 10 times shitty. My dad told me the other day, when he started working, 30 years ago, it was around RM 2k.\nNow, 30 years later, the entry level is still roughly the same but the living cost increase more than 10 fold lol", "I totally agreed after seeing the grocery and food prices.", "Kerja apa its not only about money - but to know if the dude is responsible and have clear head and not a bum", "agree i believe asking someone what they do for a living is a genuine question to ask when you try to know someone better even among ur friends , think about it.", "They use your profession to estimate the earning."], ["Because money is worshipped as a god in those countries thats why, they are dating your money.", "Not true. According to the locals in China and Korea, they ask because they have an intention to marry and form a family in the near future. They don't want to waste their time with someone who wants a casual relationship only. It is about a culture thing. I don't think we should take it seriously. If you don't like it, you don't have to date them."], ["Depends on the context of first date. I have friends that got tired of dating for long and want to get married quick. So after text communication for a bit, they go for first date and if it went well, my guy friend straight up lay it out on the open.\n\"I want to get married soon. No more of this dating bs. You in? If so then here's my financials and what's yours?\"\nA lot of people might say it is too fast/too straightforward, but ALL of my guy friends that did this (I'm still single unfortunately lol) and all of them are happily married. Of course it helps that the woman also want to get married as well. If the woman still wanna date2, then my friends simply just move on.", "If so then here's my financials and what's yours?\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9Jq3_Z-1M", "\u2026but ALL of my guy friends that did this (I'm still single unfortunately lol) and all of them are happily married.\nWell, maybe they are married but happily or not can be a matter of perception. For me, it\u2019s an incredibly shallow thing to do on a first date and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if such relationships hit early trouble more often than not.", "Those guys better not lose their income.....I bet they're always looking over their shoulder to see who their wife is looking at \ud83d\ude05. Or, perhaps, the husband is so controlling because he knows their marriage foundation is based on finances only; the poor wife can't breathe \ud83e\udd37. My wife and I dated in college (broke btw), married after graduation, and are still together 21 years later (still building together).", "It depends.", "Dude, it's a true fact. It is a culture thing."], ["Asking about earnings on first date is pretty bold, tactless in fact. Inquiring about career is more graceful and can gauge similarly about earnings.\nLetting your first date to know your earnings is asking to be taken advantage off.", "methinks it is fair to respond to a stupid question with another stupid question.\nif she ask how much do you earn, ask her back how old is she and how heavy does she weigh.\nand of course, there will be no second date unless you're into red flags."], ["Is it rude to give them a made up salary if i am jobless", "You can say you're freelancing. \ud83d\udc4d"], ["Nope asked that to my wife. We were very upfront about our expectation, she just wanted me for sex and needed someone that she doesn't have to financially support. I'm OK with that.", "she just wanted me for sex", "I also choose this guys Wife", ":26554:", "Having a full head of hair helps :26555::26555::26555:", "Is the wife inside this room right now", "You need to calm down my man.", "she just wanted me for sex\nIs this a W?", "\u2026my wife\u2026. she just wanted me for sex\u2026\nSo she didn\u2019t just want you for sex after all.", "That's how it started. Then we became roommates. Then there's that tax benefit and insurance coverage. All in all, nice catch."], ["Is it rude to ask people how big their dong is first time you meet"], ["This is just sad. The foundation stone for the family is already weak and wobbly, because its based upon something impermanent, like a person's level wealth. If the husband leaves his toxic (but high-paying) job, wife is going to initiate a lot of fights at home. If the husband stays in the toxic workplace, his mental health will deteriorate. If wife leaves her toxic job and so family depends more on husband's income, husband becomes abusive at home, possibly also gets a mistress.\nIn the long-term, this will cause people to become single and unmarried and fertility rate to implode ever closer to ZERO."], ["no it's not. the accurate version is acceptable for women to ask the men. It is rude if you are from a society that values individuality and not selling women. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Shit sounds legit like freelance long term prostitution."], ["People here don't ask directly but ask what your job is and estimate your salary. Not much difference. And obviously people who care about salary will find out one way or another what your salary is.", "I think there's a difference, because asking what your profession is is less crude and you actually have a glimpse into their character (imo your profession says something about your character, to some extent), so you can kinda find out if this person is serious or a bum", "You input is very insightful, u/xXobama_gamingXx", "It's equally superficial as asking someone salary. Like how do you judge if a person is serious or a bum from his job? Tech developer that works 4 hours a day from home = bum? Janitor that works 10 hours a day = serious?", "Huh. I don't understand why you're using working hours as a measure. I also don't think that anyone considers a tech developer to be a bummy job, neither do I consider a janitor to be a bummy job. What I meant by a bum is someone who lazes around all day and doesn't put in effort to make money or find a job.\nMy point is that your occupation reveals something about your character. For example, the path to becoming a surgeon isn't easy. So, if you're able to say you're a surgeon, it speaks for itself. It goes to show that you are of a certain intelligence level, have put in the necessary hard work throughout med school to be able to graduate and land a job, amongst other qualities. Of course, it doesn't reveal EVERYTHING about you, but it could reveal some of your key personality traits (which people want to know if they are considering becoming your partner in the future).", "So, if you're able to say you're a surgeon, it speaks for itself. It goes to show that you are of a certain intelligence level, have put in the necessary hard work throughout med school to be able to graduate and land a job, amongst other qualities.\nYou use job to judge others while someone else uses pay to judge. I don't see a difference.\nI find it comical you think so highly of doctors. Which job don't need intelligence and hard work to do? Even grab driver also can qualify but somehow doctors are better."], ["<image>"], ["Because we and they don't drive on the same side of the road ...."], ["It is the person not the nationality \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb"], ["We still do it but less direct\nsociety in china can be quite materialistic if you spend some time in douyin you can notice it too, when it comes to dating they always ask\u201c\u6709\u8f66\u6709\u623f\u5417\u201d\uff08got car/ house or not?) I guess this is what \u6539\u9769\u5f00\u653e does to them when suddenly economy is booming. But this mindset seems to only be very relevant with mainlanders born in the 90s according to the mainlanders I've seen"], ["Read somewhere that earning is used as proxy to gauge competence.\nCorrelation doesn't imply causation, but high earning may very well imply a competent partner."], ["because people in china and south korea are shallow"], ["Thanks goodness I\u2019m gay."], ["Because it's none of your business.....and I don't know you well enough."], ["They have every right to do so I guess. But if that's their primary concern knowing how rough work and labour situation is in Malaysia then I know they're not the right person for me. Lack of optics and empathy, narrow minded. These are characteristics I dislike in a person."], ["First date already ask about salary. And then if it's not on par with their standards they don't want to proceed further because either one of the party don't want to get a hard life. If they do, surely one of them become lazy or demotivated due to huge salary gap and started leeching."], ["I think you only know half of what's going on.\nIn China and South Korea (and any other more Eastern-thinking countries actually), when the first date is arranged based on the premise of marriage.\nFor countries that are more westernized where the first date is arranged based on romantic feelings and not that the couple would be definitely married down the line, income becomes secondary and most probably will not come up as a conversational topic."], ["Another day another retarded question from OP", "Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen"], ["if a woman asks what's your salary\nturn around and ask her\nWhat's her breast size\nWhat's her body count\nInnie or outie?", "Bushy or Brazilian?"], ["Ask japan how they date", "*if they date", "*what they date", "*do they even know what is date", "*who they calendar", "wait, is it not a fruit?", "Only yusof taiyoob know what is date."], ["Just ask what job he does, and search salary online"], ["Because you see them as only those two and not the whole of the person"], ["Honestly, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that at all. Financial and career stability, aspirations and ambitions are all important factors in starting a relationship.", "Westeners generally find asking the salary on the first date rude, instead they ask roundabouts ways like \u201cwhat\u2019s your job\u201d which is fine and more polite", "Well Westerners are generally very sensitive about pay and salary etc because of a culture of pay sensitivity by corporates.", "Funny thing is, for business owners/contractors, that question doesn't quite apply....a bit difficult to guess compensation on contract rates, and customer sales for a business can vary.", "As a part western person that may be true, but if someone asks how much I make on the first date, it gives me the impression she's a gold digger and indicates that I shouldn't date her.", "But then it becomes 90% of whats important. Which is kinda bad, you lose your business and she\u2019s gonna leave you.", "Well it really depends on the maturity of both individuals at the end of the day. Generally I would rather date someone who is financially sound and with a career plan or ambitions. That\u2019s very important to me. My first marriage failed and one of the reasons is that we are both different when it comes to money and financial risks. I\u2019m an entrepreneur so I tend to take calculated risks to \u201cwin\u201d big and she wasn\u2019t and never understood that lifestyle."], ["It's not considered rude in America. We appreciate it. We want to know as early as possible when to leave", "I asked this question earlier on r/AskAnAmerican and they said it differently from you", "330 million people", "Definitely rude to ask about salary on a first date in America."], ["I'd prefer my dates, if i date la - married liao, to ask early. So i can filter the garbage out fast and move on to better potential partners. XD", "Funny thing is, those same people probably will think the same of you."], ["And another Korean star killed himself today - yeah not sure Korea is a great place to learn from in terms of values"], ["Since money is among the most popular reasons people get divorced, it's actually very prudent to get that out of the way. In fact, it shows you're dating to have a serious commitment rather than just playing around.\nMen, if you're ashamed of how much you earn, maybe don't date yet?", "For men that earn a lot of money, it is almost mandatory to be low key on topics of money lest the relationship be artificial."], ["I think it's very refreshing to be open-minded about it. Better than after marriage regrets. The \"you already know when we married.\""], ["Choice and Time. When you can alter your looks, you can set your price point. You can have as many good looking options as you can contact. The earning & salary question identifies the best skin-deep catch available. It's not about jodoh or rezeki. It's about catching the very best, like no one ever was."], ["China cares about money too much"], ["someone else wrote it but i'll say it in plain words: as a person,i fucking hate gold diggers. if someone asks me how much i earn,i tell that person i am a garbage man and earn next to nuts. fuck these gold diggers."], ["Maybe as well ask if they deep throat or swallow at this rate"], ["Because \"bai jin/\u62dc\u91d1\" culture, which are prevalent in east Asia countries"], ["In my view, asking about earnings and salary on a first date reeks of desperation (for money) and exhibits poor energy.\nIf you're comfortable with your own income, why do you care about how much your date makes?"], ["This sounds eerily similar to places like Bangladesh, India and Indonesia."], ["the moment we ask \"whats your job?\" kinda gives a hint of the pay already so we're the same, just in a more subtle way lol"], ["As European I have to admit that it's not rude to ask but I can say that just for Balkans ,Germany and Austria. We also ask it in a not offensive and obvious way."], ["Just be like American\nJob less? Immediately got her pregnant damnnnn"], ["Because you don\u2019t date to get ahead financially"], ["OP\nPretty sure this is considered rude in all societies on the first date.\nNow the only question is, what's the percentage of rude chicks in each of these countries."], ["Are you that insecure to keep asking the same type of questions here?"], ["Coz we are not superficial and materialistic"], ["My friends are doing it too. But not on the first date as they still remember to be tactful. It's not one sided but they both comparing each other. This can be seen in goal oriented couples and can avoid problems after they get married"], ["We just judge from the car they r driving \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["it is rude because my earning is shyt and I am too ashame to reveal it XD"], ["I would just tell my date what\u2019s my job and that\u2019s it. I don\u2019t even tell my parents my salary what makes them think I will tell them my salary when they\u2019re essentially a stranger to me at that point?"], ["Next time kena bring payslip and epf statement for first date."], ["Simple as different culture and way of life."], ["My friend's china wife outright asked me what is my salary!", "\ud83d\udc40"], ["We should normalise asking them back this question. Terminate the date if they refuse to answer."], ["It\u2019s about how you response to a not-so-easy question."], ["You already answered your own question.\nCultural differences."], ["Because I can lie my way and tell a fake number.\nQuestion like that is naive and stupid.\nIt is not like I will bring my LHDN printout to prove I am legit.. lol (even this can be forged lol)\nSo question like that is pointless."], ["Because we are fucking poor"], ["because many Malaysians spend more than they make to look wealthier than they are. Asking us to divulge our salary is like telling us to strip naked in public and dance for the stars."], ["I'm assuming they date to marry and we date for the potential. As in, maybe know each other casually a few month before calling it official. So it's rude to ask someone casually friends with about their salary"], ["Is it ok to ask 'how much you weigh, what is your body count' on a first date then?"], ["South Korea has the highest suicide rate. It\u2019s so toxic over there"], ["Not sure but could it be in CN & SK, they assess via income level and marriage potential pretty quickly while in MY and most Western countries it\u2019s just a date. You like me, I like you, let\u2019s get to know each other first. It\u2019s just a preference that cuts away a lot of issues they feel will be asked/questioned later if they progressed further in their relationship. Some like it some don\u2019t."], ["It's south Korea and China that are the exception here. It's rude. They do so as they are two countries that are, relatively recently very money driven family values, common decency has slid there because of the pace and energy of Capitalism."], ["It's not rude, you can just ask, but don't be rude or condemn the other side when they decide no more date after the first, Specially if you find they are worth the date because they earn a lot, but they decide not to date you anymore, please don't consider them rude for rejecting you,\nP.s, this may sounds rude, but, my personal views, the only thing come in mind to me when you meet one person with another for the first time and money is the first thing you talk about, it's between a customer and a service provider/sales person, and it if come to dating, sounds like I'm bargaining with a sex worker, I does not vibe with that,"], ["In Asia, generally men pay for the dates."], ["The reason they ask your salary because their intentions are to marry and form a family later. They don't want to waste their time for someone who wants sex only. In China, you want to marry a girl, you need to at least have an apartment. Things may change nowadays. It depends on luck.:26554:"]]}
{"title": "10 churches presented with maintenance funding from government totaling RM2.65 mil", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rl23f/10_churches_presented_with_maintenance_funding/", "num_comment": 155, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Firstly, I don't think governments should be funding places of worship as they tax exempt, but LOL RM2.65mil is pittance split among 10 churches.", "As someone present during this event, this funding is more so related to the upkeep of the buildings as the churches chosen where historical buildings, other secular historical buildings also receive funding for their upkeep too. St Mary's cathedral where this was held is undergoing lots of renovation to repair the roof and walls which was leaking and damaged by the flood a while back", "Upkeep for historical value is a just excuse.", "I agree with your first statements, but I kind of take interest in your \"LOL 2 Juta je 10 church\"\nHere's how much funding is given to fix mosques\nhttps://dewan.selangor.gov.my/question/bantuan-naik-taraf-masjid-di-selangor/\nSelangor : 9 million for 136 masjid Dan surau\nhttps://www.melakahariini.my/peruntuk-lebih-rm15-juta-baiki-masjid-surau/\nMelaka : 15 million for 19 masjid and 53 surau for 3 years\nhttps://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2023/01/927667/johor-lulus-peruntukan-rm313-juta-baiki-73-masjid-surau-daif-uzur-metrotv\nJohor : 3.13 million for 73 masjid and surau", "@fanfanye thank you for the numbers. If not, Those who are holier than pas will have a field day. Im \"atas pagar voter\".", "\u201cHolier than PAS\u201d damn we really went full circle with this", "Funding for Islamic places of worship is provided for in the Federal Constitution, Article 12(2). There's no such provision for places of worship of other religions.", "Betul\nSo in essence PH doing this\n1) that is above the minimum requirement(not in constitution) and 2) giving more than what mosques gets (2.6m for 10 churches in comparison to 9m for 136 mosques)\nIs not something that is \"LOL\"", "It is LOL for the small minded people \ud83e\udd21", "The funding comes from state religion department and they sourced it from zakat. If you not sure what zakat is its a tax the muslim pays every year.", "I'm actually not sure why Muslims are sensitive about me telling OP that mosques actually get a smaller pittance than the 2.65/10 Churches\nDid I type it wrong or something, why are people going on me as if I'm complaining about mosque funding", "sure then, just reduce of new mosque building.. volla", "\"Just kill people to increase GDP per capita\" - Jacobcrackers14 circa 2023", "Takes out notebook...", "And they get tax rebate for zakat payments", "Yes because you are technically taxed twice so gov allow you to get income tax refund. Both zakat tax and income tax is used by government to fund development and provide social benefits.", "Zakat is never used for mosque building or maintenance", "Wrong. Zakat money ALSO used for mosque construction and upkeep.", "1st .Ade pakai duit zakat.. and bukan duit bapak kau. 2nd suka hati la kerajaan malaysian nak fund. 3rd function rumah\u00b2 ibadat bukan sekadar ubtuk beribadat sahaja.", "", "He's correct tho? Zakat means it's by Muslims, of Muslims and for Muslims. So it's funny that other people are making comparison about it's usage.\nGovt money however means it's tax money, means everyone (Including Muslims) have a say in how it's supposed to be used.", "No he's not because\nhes being sensitive on \"biarlah nak spend berapa dekat masjid\" as if I'm attacking him\nmeanwhile I'm going \"we only spent this much on mosques, 200k on each church is actually more than average spent on religious buildings\"\nHe can state the correct things and still be otak lembab for saying it in tbe wrong situation", "Sorry aku dah salah reply.. aku tuju yang atas.. x taw mcm mana leh pegi ke kau lak.", "lek la bro. Ko baca lek lok.Dia tunjuk yang, perbelanjaan masjid dapat lagi sikit dari gereja.Ko faham ke tak ni?\nNak sentap, kena pastikan bijak dulu, aduss.\nMatematik tuu, tahap bahagi jek, senang je nak faham", "Aku salah reply ke..? Yg 1st tu persoal duit pergi ke rumah ibadat.\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14. Pastu banding kan duit pergi ke masjid lagi banyak dari pergi ke gereja..", "Duit ke masjid lagi sikit. Ko amek jumlah duit tu, pasti bahagi jumlah masjid, jadi sikit giler", "I think you're in the wrong here bro. Kau tak faham apa yang dia cakap sebenarnya. Jangan terlalu cepat \"triggered\". Take a deep breath and read properly.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "I mean.... with the number of mosques and suraus around, if the same RM222K was spent for each mosque/surau, that would be RM62mil. They can't be treated the same. Even more so we should not fund any religious places of worship.\nMy point is that it's hard to do any maintenance and renovation work with RM222K. Anyone with a landed house would probably attest to this.", "I think many religious buildings and such don't rely on peruntukan anyway\nI know for a fact that the Surau behind my house has yearly public meetings about funds allocations , usually government allocation is maybe only 1/6 of the donations they receive", "True. I always went \"goddamn that's a lot\" whenever I take a look at monthly donation amount on the bulletin board and this mosque I frequented to is surrounded by low cost flats & old apartments.", "I think people should stop relying on government like beggars. Take for example Chinese schools, they hardly get anything compared to smk, they instead fund themselves from parents and alumni donation. Then they get world class quality education and upgrades.\nThose mega churches also fund themselves though tithes and offerings, buying buildings by the hundreds of millions. Buddhist temples are similar where the followers donate and help build and upgrade the place. Hence I believe if you're serious and truly support whatever you wanna believe in, you'll group up, organise yourself and actually donate and build instead of waiting for kerajaan to hantar biskut. That attitude itself shows how committed you are and shows the unity among followers.\nMuslim being the major population here can easily do the same too, if they want to.. end of the day, it depends on the mindset, that's all.", "3rd thing.. Dont forget most churches will ask their followers to fork out some contributions. So 2.65mil divide by 10 is more than enough", "I cannot attest how tithe is compulsory in some denominations. Like even meagre earners have to be tithe. Those charismatic movement really earns a lot. Compare it to other sects such as Catholicism.", "Why not? Places of worship is social gathering. It promotes sense of community and good mental health support. It promotes cultural activity and a lot of old people find their peace with these activities. If we can fund parks, we can fund places of worships too.", "Especially when 90% goes to the Vatican"], ["Knowing Malaysia.. this will not go down well.", "Barely front page news on the local news site so far. So that's a good sign.\nSome of the KL churches are 100 years old+, they definitely need preventive maintenance."], ["good to see this, would be great to see other funding go to other religion place of worships too.", "Only the funding for Islamic places of worship is provided for in the Federal Constitution, Article 12(2). There's no such provision for places of worship of other religions."], ["Small small amount compared to the funding given to all the Jabatan Islam + all the mega masjid", "There is a lot of muslims who dont pay zakat. \"I paid my taxes. Now I have to pay zakat?\" Is the most sentiment I got from them. Heck, my dad have to pay his deceased parents in law zakat after realizing the have not paid it for 40 years. Sheesh.", "how do they justify not paying Zakat if Zakat is literally one of the pillars of Islam, alongside very important things like:\n- the Syahadah\n- the 5 prayers\n- fasting in Ramadhan\n- the Hajj\ni just, want to know the reasoning.", "You can actually get tax exemption using zakat \u2026 its a way the gov not double tax you", "Maybe go and read zakat report every year and you will see how much is being collected actually, instead of giving opinions based on your small observations.", "This is false, masjid and surau budgets are not from zakat, it comes from state budget. State budget cannot include zakat because it is not under purview of DUN. You can go and read Selangor state budget, there is a section for Islamic development and in the income projection there is no zakat. Don\u2019t bang balls here!", "IIRC it can be from zakat too. It will fall under Zakat fisabilillah (which is somewhat flexible depending on interpretations). At least that\u2019s what I saw in MAIWP audit report. It can be from wakaf too.", "False. Zakat money also used for mosque construction and maintenance under Fisabillilah funds. You can and read all the zakat funds audit reports. All is transparent.", "You can read state budget for mosque maintenance too. Including KASA teacher\u2019s salary.\nMaybe Zakat money is used in mosque construction too ( I\u2019m not aware of this ) but that doesn\u2019t mean state money isn\u2019t being used. Because for budget does allocate money for new mosques in N9 and Selangor.", "Minority talking and then wanna ask for more. Beach, we pay zakat every year and that is where we get our fund and also during Friday pray people will donate at least rm1-10 and imagine every week we have 100 people praying in that mosque.", "The funding for masjid upkeeps are coming from JAKIM and state budget which is part of taxation. To put it bluntly, heineken is keeping mosques lights on.", "Like the only tax come from beer. Seems like you being salty much about these zakat and tax thing. Why can't you just do the same thing like we did, donating to church ?. I bet even if you guys donated still won't surpass what malaysia muslims contribute because you are minority. I don't understand why minority is the one need to speak louder when they contribute the lowest. And then talking sh*t about beer tax LOL, so cringe.", "huh? Minority would need less religious building to upkeep. Muslims majority, so more money required to upkeep more facilities.\nDo you think Christians don\u2019t donate? How do you think all these churches are running right now? Minority contribute bigger than their share just simply look at median wage of both Chinese and Indians and those are higher than Malays. Like dude are 17 or what?\nEveryone\u2019s taxes pays JAKIM and JAWI and so on. Literally Genting is paying for JAKIM", "If I'm right churches rarely get any money from the government as well.", "Money is still money. I won't even b*tching.", "Your minority even though got median salary but we all got 3x more than you alone are you stupid in math or what ? Your 40% contribution to the tax still not enough because those 40 % still split into 3 religion you joker. That's why there is not enough fund because those other 3 also need to be splitted. Stupid la your thinking malay not even rich. If we malay want donate like 1000 to masjid with 3000 salary won't even bother a penny like you b*tching about zakat but only donate rm5 to your church.", "yo smartass, nobody bitching about zakat. Maybe don\u2019t contribute zakat by forgoing nation building. Remove zakat tax rebate, and put it like tax relief like other donation. In that way, it is fair for everyone.\n40% requires 40% funding, that\u2019s how tax works. Just do the math, how many churches in Malaysia, compare that, how many surau. So literally that\u2019s how taxation works. It just people who pay zakat, pay less for Malaysia.\nI\u2019m not thinking Malays are not rich, I\u2019m just giving you the stats. Malays having low median wage is stats.", "Why everything you asking for fair ? You even go to church every weekendand mid wednesday. I don't even see church full often but Muslims need to pray everyday and every time some people went to mosque to pray. Peaked during Friday and yet you have audacity to ask for equality fund ? You are really crazy and greedy. I hope malaysia have less people like you because everything must equal, if let's say got 4M, 1M for muslims 1M for temple, 1M for Church and 1M for buddha Temple even though Muslim prays alot and have higher population that contribute more. Crazy greed bastard. Stupid brain as well.", "Why everything you asking for fair\nIsn\u2019t that literally core tenet of Islam?\nFair fund doesn\u2019t mean Malay get 1M , Christians get 1M, fair fund means each Muslim get RM1 for their house of worship then each Christian should get RM1 for their house of worship because that\u2019s what tax redistribution means. The whole government setup is for fair tax redistribution.\nMaybe understand the issue first.", "Muslims got tax distribution better because of Zakat. I don't know about other religion but they also have their own system because of their complexity for example how come the donation of a person for this temple goes to other temple like it doesn't make any sense for them compared to Muslims we got zakat in which called \"muslim banks\" that distribute to the one in needs including making mosque. The government fund that given by this church is called \"belas ihsan\" where they use the taxpayers money but people like you playing racial shit like we use the tax money to fund only muslims but no fund for non muslims when we muslims literally have zakat. Why can't you have your own zakat instead but you guys don't have it because when it comes to that kind of practice it tends to become a cult.", "Zakat actually ensure muslim tax money is used for religious purposes. If we remove zakat rebate, no one want to get taxed twice and no one paying zakat.. so you want government to use normal tax money for mosque? No right? So why so jealous of zakat? You just being racist.", "Remove tax rebates and put in tax relief bracket just like all the other religious organizations.\nFor you info, right now, government uses tax money for mosque. Just go over 2023 parliamentary budget and selangor state budgets.", "Heineken money and other sin industries like gaming and lotteries is kept under Sin Tax account under MOF.. it cannot be used for religious or educational or even cash handouts program. You seems pulling facts from your backside.", "lmao, sin tax used in other sector, so other sectors money can be used by MoF for religious activities. Tax is tax, this is Islamic bank all over again.\nPlus sin tax and income tax is different. Genting as group pays income tax as well, so does Heineken.", "Wrong again. Tax money from sin industries like Genting and Heineken goes to different pool and accounts by MoF and cannot be used for religious as this is covered under state religious departments where mosque construction and maintenance funds come from zakat fisabililah .. not your favorite Heineken", "Income tax doesn\u2019t get differentiated under MoF. I will stand corrected if you can produce the link. I\u2019m confident because Genting declared tax same for group, doesn\u2019t differentiate between casino and other ventures.\nAlso which is sin industries? Does Maybank considered under sin industry?", "Sin Industry is companies that involved in gambling, alcohol and tobacco. If you care to listen to every year malaysia budget report you can easily identify this term and understand how it is differentiated and taxed differently.", "Muslims pay zakat and use it to exempt them from income tax and zakat only for Muslims.\nNon Muslims pay tax and tax used for all including Muslims. It is an unfair system", "please tell me exactly how a Muslim can get exempt from paying their income tax if they paid their zakat", "\"Zakat Reliefs and Rebates\nJust as one would be eligible for tax reliefs and reductions when paying income tax, the same applies to the zakat system, where payers are allowed to claim certain deductions from the amount of zakat they have to pay. Indicated as kifayah (minimum needs for an individual or family), it\u2019s different from state to state as determined by each state's Islamic religious council. The types of expenses that can be deducted from zakat calculations include self, wives, children, parents, EPF deduction, education, etc.\"\nFrom https://www.myeg.com.my/articles/detail/types-of-zakat-in-malaysia", "The rebate amount is limited you know. You can't pay a lot of zakat and deduct it from your tax. There's a limit to it. Then again, you wouldn't know would you? Since you don't pay zakat.", "Point is this is for Muslims only. The amount doesn't matter.", "It matters. And it's a rebate. Not discount. Means you still have to pay both first before getting back partial refund on the zakat.", "Which means you are paying lesser amount of nation building tax.\nIf you still don't understand why that's an issue, just think of this:\nYou and I have same income.\n100% of my tax paid used to develop the nation.\nA small portion of your tax paid is used to develop muslim only projects.\nYes we are paying same amount of money back to government, but not all of your money goes to all malaysian.", "I've given up on talking sense to them.", "Considering that there's still a lot more Muslims around than other races, your logic doesn't hold water.\nAs I said earlier, taxes are still paid, even after rebate.\nAs such, there is still a large portion of tax paid off even after the small rebate. Now aggregate that into sum total and Muslims would still pay more taxes than the others, even after zakat rebates.\nAs such, it still the Muslims that have the most say and right in how the taxes should be allocated. Especially so considering we're paying double taxes.\nFeel free to bring in figures to shoot my argument down. Though I doubt you can. Since the census already found that 60% of tax sources were paid by Malays with the rest being divided between the other races. (And that's with the higher ratio B40 to it as well).\nThat's taxes paid ya, not counting zakat which is a separate figure.\nDon't bring your victim mentality in, when you're the one benefiting.", "What about zakat wang simpanan, zakat fitrah, ,zakat pelaburan, zakat padi, zakat emas & perak. This one even the people who are not required to pay tax have to perform zakat for this.\nStill think malaysian muslims have it better?", "So u think muslims doesn\u2019t pay taxes? We pay taxes as well\u2026. And its also for lots of things aside from masjid", "They can pay lesser tax if they have paid zakat, which exclusively used on muslim communities only. Meaning yes malay pay tax, but the amount that they should pay is lesser compared to non muslim.", "Wtf? I have been scam? Why i need to pay zakat and income tax every year then?", "Zakat can be used to offset your income tax", "Yeah like how much ? 3% of your income ? \ud83d\ude02", "Yeah I am muslims that pay my groceries tax and it goes to your church very cool. Nice username btw.", "What do you mean pay zakat and exempt income tax ? You pay your tax through zakat how you exempt tax like bruh it doesn't make any sense. Like we muslims did not pay the tax when buying goods as well ? \ud83d\ude02. Your logic baffles me.", "muslim pay taxes and used for all including the church in this budget. Your point?", "2.5% only bro. Which can be further reduce if you've been using your money for your wife, kids, parents and own educations.\nIf the person yearly income is big then you have to pay quite a lot. Kalau marhen, there's a high chance that they don't have to pay at all.", "Lul. Mega masjids are built for charity by individuals. Only the maintenance and staffing are by the govt. Get your facts correct. Also, someone already provided the figures above. On a head to head basis, these 10 churches get almost the equivalent sum amount of what 150+ masjids/suraus get.\nSo 1 church gets almost 15 times more compares to 1 masjid/surau.\nStop trying to play the victim.", "Zakat exist bro\u2026. Dont be an ignorant fool", "Funding for Islamic departments and mosques is provided for in the Constitution. Funding for churches is not.", "Where proof?", "Google is free bro u can search for it dont be lazy", "The guy is making assumptions and accusations, why do I have to back up his BS? He should\u2019ve came with receipts, like the other guy here did. Onus is on him to backup his claims.\nThinking is free bro, don\u2019t be lazy.", "big amount actually, because it comes from taxes. Funding for masjid come from zakat, which is contributed from muslim only"], ["PAS: Truly Fxxking Kafirs doing this!!"], ["Nice"], ["Waiting for bumi to go apeshit and claim Unity gov is controlled by evangelical Christian"], ["lmao, when the amt is soo much smaller than the free money goes to Palestine that is far far away...\nMalaysian Christian pretty much treated by govs as gutter level.", "I mean, to be fair, based on some other comments here, it seems like these churches are getting way more than what mosques usually get.\nCheck out this comment by u/fanfanye:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/DUqiad1DRT"], ["AGENDA KRISTIAN TERCAPAI."], ["Government fund Church\nPas: Ayyy yo WTF?!"], ["small pocket change compared to J**"], ["Damn 2.6m for 10 churches. Each churches get like 260k. That a lot compared to what masjids and surau get. Cool ig"], ["that's a lot.\nEven masjid get less, and from zakat (muslim contributed money) too, not from taxes", "Zakat is almost never used for mosque maintenance. Maintenance most of the time comes from gov funding"], ["Create UNIFOR dept like soviet Sarawak", "Tf soviet Sarawak \ud83d\ude05"], ["But what about Palestine \ud83d\ude22", "free palpatine!", "Pebenda sial."], ["Maintenance of houses of worship shouldn't be something the gov need to spend money on\nBe it Mosque, Churches or Temple, it should 100% be on the donors"], ["waste of money", "The text under your name is right", "appropriate flairs for appropriate individuals", "Deep down you just want those money.", "yes, who doesn't want 2.65 mil?"], ["Ni agenda DAP dan yahudi lagi."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 27 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rjhg0/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["Primary school with only Palestinian flags\nI passed by a primary school nearby Lata iskandar and saw that all 3 flagpoles (which are supposed to have the Malaysian flag, state flag and school flag) flying the Palestinian flags.\nI feel this has gone to far. Of course, nothing wrong with sympathising and wanting to show support, but this is Malaysia. I have seen so many people showing more patriotism towards Palestine instead of Malaysia, and this school is a great example.\nActivism should not be brought into schools. Schools are a place to study, not for demonstrating your love for another country. The school in question went too far, this is Malaysia and you should be flying the national flag!\nIf the excuse of 'ini hal kemanusiaan bukan hal keagamaan', why don't we also do solidarity programs for Ukraine and russia, for Afghanistan, for the war torn countries in Africa? If the goal of this whole thing is to memupuk semangat kemanusiaan, why are we only doing it for another country that shares the same religion as the majority in our country?\nFly your own country's flag first with pride.\nOn another related note, the program solidarity Palestine in many schools were done horribly (like that gun show thing).\nThis program was supposed to educate us on the reasons of this conflict, how the people are affected and what we can do to help, but instead in my school they had all the teachers wear the Palestine colours and played a bunch of Muslim/islamic songs while a few students waved the Palestinian flag. This is not solidarity, this is performative activism. What part of that would help the victims in Gaza?\nAnother scenario in my school is where there are multiple teachers who make the students (my school's student majority is non Muslim) to pray(to their own religion)for the victims in Palestine because their nenek moyang are suffering. Hello?? This is sekolah kebangsaan not madrasah.\nTo be clear: I am not against islam/solidarity for Palestine and related things, this is Malaysia and all races and religions should accept one another and live in peace. However, I draw the line at forcing people (more specifically easily convinced kids) into their doctrine and beliefs.\nSupport Palestine all you want, but love your own country first."], ["So at first jews came to palestinian lands and stole the land from palestinians with british support in 1940s 1950s - committing atrocities and massacres from both sides\nwhen the israel just started to become a nation it was weak and fragile and jews was asking for 2 state solution. palestinians and arab nations rejected it because why compromise to a weaker enemy? And of course, the jews started this whole thing first by invading and displacing the palestinians. so no 2 state solution because it didnt make sense for palestinians/arabs nations at that time.\nthen palestinians with arab nations support fight and lose to israel with mainly US support\nmultiple times and each time palestinians and arab nations lose, the palestinians lose more and more territory/control over their land/lives\nas israel get stronger and stronger over the years with US support, they continuously oppress the palestinians in Gaza and expand illegal settlements in the west bank\nnow that israel is much stronger than the rest of the arab nations in addition to US support, israel does not want 2 state solution anymore, they want to drive out the palestinians (ethnic cleansing/genocide etc etc)\nso now it has reached the point where palestinians could no longer tolerate the oppression/genocide/ethnic cleansing/apartheid and they resort to extreme violence on october 7th\nimmediately after october 7th, global media narrative (e.g. BBC, al jazeera, reuters, NYT - i may have mislook any positive light these media companies have shown to the israel side, correct me if im wrong) shifted to the palestinian side which i suspected might be dominated behind closed doors by palestinian elites/palestinian elite sympathizers i think because they understand the potential for influencing 7 billion people on the planet to put pressure on the US is better than the palestinians and arab nations alone pressuring the US\nafter close to 3 months now, the global media domination is still strong from the palestinian side but it seems the pro-israel lobby in US is unflinching - they are not backing down their support for israel\ntoday, israel is still steadfast in their attack in gaza despite the atrocities committed by israel defense force\nmy question now is this:\nwhat is palestinian game plan here?\nis it better to flee and fight another day when the sun shines brighter on your side (i.e. Sinai peninsula Egypt)\nor stay and die and go full martyrdom for global media brownie points? (palestinians have 7 million lives to waste according to hamas)", "immediately after october 7th, global media narrative (e.g. BBC, al jazeera, reuters, NYT - i may have mislook any positive light these media companies have shown to the israel side, correct me if im wrong) shifted to the palestinian side which i suspected might be dominated behind closed doors by palestinian elites/palestinian elite sympathizers i think because they understand the potential for influencing 7 billion people on the planet to put pressure on the US is better than the palestinians and arab nations alone pressuring the US\nI think this is wrong. The media aside from Al-Jazeera is on Israel side early on. Only this past few weeks story such as this get posted: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/21/al-shifa-hospital-gaza-hamas-israel/\nAlso you overestimate how much palestinian \"elite\" plays a role here and underestimate how bad Israel propaganda have become to the point it it's hard to defend it. The statements from their officials get proven to be a lie over and over again. Then, there's the social media influencers & celebrities they hire that are just bad at creating good PR (ie; Eve Bartlow), the tik tok videos from young Israelis that keep parroting unhinged talking points, etc. At one point the propaganda they made even went full nazi. For example:\nhttps://twitter.com/intifada/status/1726345295515058255\nhttps://twitter.com/RamAbdu/status/1739328630067548634\nOn Twitter, I noticed that the jews & rabbi who oppose Israel plays a very huge role in destroying Israel narratives towards westerners that they start to do their own readings.", "3) become your typical politician, whip up the people to do your bidding while you sit back and take all the wealth\nThe more donations that comes into Palestine, the richer these people becomes.", "what is palestinian game plan here?\nThere is no game plan beyond:\nHamas fighters trapping Israel ground troops within the urban areas of the Strip. As any wise person would say: Never fight a war on the enemies' home turf, especially urban warfare. It worked for the Vietnamese, the Iraqis, & the Irish, it'd be the same for Hamas.\nNetanyahu is losing popularity among Israeli citizens, and might be dumped by his closest allies later on.\nIsrael's on the verge of collapse anyway due to Bibi's Najib-level corruption festering in that country even before the Oct 7 attack. Corruption is what led their guard down and allowed the attack to happened. Whether Hamas is aware of the corruption or not is up in the air\nPalestinians just fucking surviving.\nAdding to that, telling the Palestinians to just go to the Sinai or any random Muslim country is like telling the Malaysians Malays to just move to Indonesia, just because they're both Melayu. That's not how it works."], ["I don't know what to call it, but it's just wild coming across local macais who support Trump and Geert Wilders just because of the their anti-immigrant rhetoric, at same time nangis for Palestinians kena dibom. I even come across one macai comparing immigrants to \"Y****i\" as if they have any power, wealth or representation to begin with."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian host Hero Tai sorry for saying Singapore is man-made and too boring", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rjgwh/malaysian_host_hero_tai_sorry_for_saying/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Speaking to The New Paper on Dec 25, the 37-year-old explained that the theme of the controversial episode was \u201cSingapore versus Malaysia\u201d.\nShowrunners had wanted verbal sparring between both sides, he said.\nWho could have saw it coming. Like these shows just want to go viral using anything.", "This is a long running show and they have been doing this for years before social media became mainstream"], ["For his english name he chose Hero? wow ok", "That's nothing, i know a guy who call himself Ace. Can't be anymore lansi."], ["These influencers just want rage baiting"], ["For higher income people, Singapore is very good."], ["Sooooo expensive. Just insane how expensive it is."], ["<image>", "<image>\nReal"], ["Ooof when you say the truth...."], ["We should not begrudge the Singaporeans for their ability to cleverly package and market what meagre attractions they have to appeal to people of financial means and consequence. It's the very reason they're successful. Imagine if we had sort of grit and hustle wrt to the sociocultural resources we are blessed with. They're punching above their weight class, while we are perennially underperforming.", "Malaysia underperformed because we are too comfortable due to abundant resources.", "Did you just discover a thesaurus or something?", "No, I'm just much older than you and I speak/write like that IRL. A lifetime of corporate speak does that to people.", "Ahhh, a lifetime of corporate peacocking, explains a lot.", "I'm the guy you come to when you desperately need to write an email that politely says, \"What were you thinking, you fucking idiot\", or \"I'm sorry I fucked up\" without losing your job. You can sneer at it, but I probably saved engineers plenty of wasted manhours and managers their jobs with my keyboard. ChatGPT datasets on corporate speak were probably trained on stuff written by my brethren. It's kinda eerie and yet amusing to see ChatGPT in action because it mimics what we do, but in a rather generic way.", "Hahaha okok, sorry boss. Just messing around with you. And I agree with your initial comment anyway, just too flowery for my liking.", "Hey some of us talk like that in real life too k", "Sorry typo, corporate speaking"], ["sorry not sorry, right?"], ["As a malaysian what he say is correct but no need to do big stage like that .\nSingapore is what malaysia could become if follow all the policy", "Not with green troopers around. Moving backwards not forward to a better future"], ["It's a variaty show where the panelist are expected to shit on each other for comedic value. Why are people getting their panties in a twist", "Exactly. I watched the episode - it was in good fun despite the natural tension. At certain times Hero was invited to cross over to the SG side for the things he acknowledged SG had.", "Woke moment"], ["LoL, he's not wrong, though."], ["why apologise for the truth?", "Because it's stupid. Everything we have in society is man made and saying Singapore STOLE Malaysia dish is dumb on a whole another level. And the example food he gave came from outside of Malaysia from china/indian migrants."], ["Personal opinion...Msia food does taste better than Singapore food...but when it comes to economy...Singapore is way ahead of Msia...there are ups and downs...Singapore man-made attraction is well maintained and surely attract alot of tourist to visit..on the other hand...Msia nature or man-made attraction dosen't even well maintained...so there are ups and downs for everything...when your product / food is not good...don't stressed out to everyone to defend ownself with alot of excuses..."], ["But is he wrong though?"], ["Careful he\u2019s a hero"], ["Malaysia natural attractions are so beautiful. It\u2019s such a shame that it\u2019s all so polluted by companies that flout regulations and are so corrupted. Beautiful land and forest now cleared away for oil palms."]]}
{"title": "Ahmad Zahid to oppose M'sian Bar's application to challenge DNAA decision", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rjc9j/ahmad_zahid_to_oppose_msian_bars_application_to/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["thank you Malaysian Bar for doing it for the rakyat!"], ["Madanons: See no evil hear no evil speak no evil"], ["Anwar: \"No, fuck the Courts: they can't be allowed to decide Zahid's fate. Only me!\""], ["Shame. Shame. Shame to Zahid"]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 27 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18rgrrd/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 175, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What did the cheese say after it was shredded?\nNothing. It was just grateful", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Just bought The Ordinary products from Sephora but it seems fake. Anyone could clarify? The salicylic acid is yellowish and have a blurry hidden text underneath the sticker on the bottle.\nSalicylic acid Salicylic acid 2"], ["Does anyone know where I can get azelaic acid? It\u2019s a skincare product", "For all i know, its a controlled substance and banned in pharmacies in Malaysia.", "Not even prescription? Jeez. I managed to get one online but didn\u2019t like the formula. Guess I\u2019ll just have to stick with what I have", "It is sold in pharmacies, but you have to ask for it. 50 ringgit for 1 tube.", "Pharmacies like caring?", "Yeah.", "really? hows the bottle looks like?", "It's a tube. It has a brand name, I think."], ["Lee Sun Kyun.\nHeard about the news but since I\u2019ve never watched Parasite, didn\u2019t really give a 2nd thought about it.\nThen I saw his picture and feels he looks really familiar. Turns out he was 1 of the main actor in Diary Of A Prosecutor. This 1 of kdrama that I really like.\nNow I feel his loss. This is as bad when I found out the passing of Kim Joo Hyuk", "This is the part I liked the most in that drama: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jld9Fvs5k&pp=ygUibGVlIHN1biBreXVuIGRpYXJ5IG9mIGEgcHJvc2VjdXRvcg%3D%3D", "I really enjoyed his character from My Mister. Felt like it got me through a rough patch, so this news hit me like a truck."], ["Hello just curious as a filipino, what do malaysians think filipinos look like", "guys - daniels.\ngirls - kathryn.", "still malay but has their own languages and speaks with indonesian accent and mostly catholics. filipinos are the mexicans of asia.", "If you ask me superficially - generally brown with thick lips, guys have a humble demeanour while girls have an inner sass. Always good with a guitar. But that's just me, superfically - I rationally know Filipinos come in all forms.", "My company got a healthy amount of Filipino workers and at first I thought they were Malay until I heard their English accent.", "Who do you think look closer to malays, chindians or filipinos?", "Imo Filipinos."], ["Hi monyets. I've been working for some time now and my family has been pushing me to place my money in a fixed deposit in a bank like OCBC or CIMB so it can \"earn for me\".\nAre there any other similar areas I can place my money which is more profitable? Please forgive my silly question as I'm learning how to adult slowly now \ud83d\ude05", "dont focus on something that you see more profitable unless you are ready to burn all your money\nfocus on max out your passive investment like ASNB, EPF, FD, StashAway, Raiz, Wahed, Tabung Haji lol jk\nthen when you are comfortable with the stable return, then go for active investment. for more info, visit r/MalaysianPF."], ["<image>\nCat distribution system sent one to my house. A kitten that stares into your soul. We can't keep it though. Also it bit me \ud83d\ude42"], ["I\u2019ve heard Time is the best wifi, but it doesn\u2019t cover my area. So what is the next best wifi?"], ["Hey all, anyone working at a bank here? I have some questions regarding foreigners with a Malaysian bank account."], ["Just finished watching \"the usual suspects\" movie and gosh it's so super good like literally the best movie I have ever watched in my whole life. The plot twist is fuhhhh I love it so much, very recommended", "The movie deserves the same level as The Shawshank Redemption, Shutter Island, Fight Club etc. Its criminally not being famous enough in Malaysia.", "Omg I love fight club, I have watched it 7 times already loll, shutter island is amazing too. Haven't watched Shawshank redemption tho, but it's in my list"], ["Joining along my family for this year-end holiday in London is my youngest paternal uncle\u2019s family, who has a flat in another part of the city. His wife is the part-Malay lady who I said is the more beautiful among my two aunts on my dad\u2019s side. She could be the most beautiful of all my aunts: petite, a symmetrical face, a smile splashing even and big teeth that any toothpaste commercial director would die for, and shiny black hair that is smooth to the touch.\nI just learned that the reason she grew up in many countries, including London, was because her father was a diplomat, a term that I never came across until then and still do not understand what it does. As her parents were not religious and were also barely Malay (her dad was half-Malay Indian and half-Chinese, while her mother was half-Chinese and half-Syrian), she never had any formal Islamic education and never spoke the Malay language growing up. She became a Catholic on her own, and with her parents\u2019 blessing, years before she returned to Malaysia.\nMy cousins, including my aunt\u2019s own youngest daughter, tend to make fun of this aunt of mine for her apparent judgemental nature. Since my paternal cousins are hardly religious, they get annoyed by my aunt\u2019s contestations over their disinterest with church, her advice weaving religious lessons, and apparently her blatant dislike for Malays and Muslims. Recently, my cousins were gossiping in our group chat about my aunt constantly posting about her support for Israel on her Facebook, to which none of them apparently got any likes.\nAs I get older, I could see the hypocrisy in some of these overly religious people, too. My sister told me about how mom also could not stand this aunt, especially when she first made it clear that she no longer believed in God. Apparently my aunt acted like she went through the seven stages of grief after finding out, as she tried to cut mom off her life, yet eventually tried to cajole mom back into the religious fold, until she ultimately gave up. My youngest cousin said her mom has said to her that my mom became a cripple and later losing her ability to speak was her punishment for deserting God, although in actuality mom started to lose her faith after the accident that rendered her a quadriplegic. Yet, disapproving mom she may be, my aunt is always around when mom hosts parties, as I have learned that she often asks mom for money for various purposes.\nBut I cannot dislike my aunt like my cousins and mom do. It is true that she had never properly spoken to me until this year, but I always placed the blame on myself for feeling inferior and shy around her. When I told her that I still identify myself as Catholic unlike mom and my sister, we become texting buddies as she sends me Psalms and a friend to listen (read) to my problems.\nAnd now here during our year-end holiday, I need mom\u2019s caregivers\u2019 help to get me prepared in the morning as I gave my caregivers time off to celebrate Christmas in the US. Yet, after finding this out, my aunt has been coming over every morning to do my morning preparations. She even volunteered to learn to assist my bowel movements, something that I never did for my own mom when I was still able to walk. My aunt not only helped me, but in effect helped lessen the burden of my mom\u2019s caregivers who already have to do everything for mom.\nThis idea of everyone is shades of grey, instead of either black or white, is still a concept that I am still trying to grasp. I guess my aunt embodies this phenomenon to the T. I can never join my cousins and my sister gossiping about her, even though I could see the merits of their criticisms."], ["Is there any country in the world right now where the wages are not stagnating and the cost of living not increasing?\nI go to /r/singapore, /r/ireland, /r/unitedkingdom, and it's all the same thing. Is there a place that's \"doing okay\" for the common people?", "China, mainly because it's one of the only poor countries a decade ago that is making strides in development.\nIt'll stale out soon just like us", "The age-old question of /r/IWantOut .\nCanada is going to hell, and most of the EU has a housing crisis when the wage is high and a wage issue when housing is affordable.\nThe US seems to be a stronghold if you're white-collar, despite some turbulence.\nHonestly? I think Malaysia's doing great. You can still buy a property as a yuppie. Healthcare is affordable, if not almost free. Public transport is slowly improving. It may not be forever, we have many issues that will hit us all at once in 20-30 years (declining birth rate, rising temperature, receding shores) but you can ride it out, move to the hills or something."], ["Hey there, anyone has recommendations gor New Years Eve on Langkawi? Wish you all a good start in 2024 \u2764\ufe0f"], ["Opps, I failed one subject. Booooooo", "It sucks but life goes on. Resit.", "Yea, checking with lecturer if it's worth to appeal or just resit. \ud83d\ude14", "Which subject?", "Organizational behaviour, hoping lecturer can share why. Otherwise I also don't know what I'm appealing."], ["Sad. No more 5G for me", "Why not?", "I downgraded my plan so no more free 5g", "For all I know, you're on 6G \ud83d\udc40", "Hahahah nawwwwww\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc80"], ["Hi all, just arrived in MY not long ago, love the community here.\nDoes anyone know of a good laundry detergent that is eczema friendly? What brands are good? Thanks in advance!", "Commercial in supermarkets; Seventh Generation, Ecover\nBulk zero waste store brand; Kitarefill shop", "Thanks so much will check them out!"], ["Hello friends, will come and have a look see around KL next month. Would I be able to enter Bukit Jalil Stadium's premises? Just the outside area would be okay, would like to visit Malaysia's national stadium and take a photo or two.", "outside the ticketing turnstiles/gates should be OK", "Thanks thats a relief!"], ["Life: hey here's a year-end bonus for you\nMe: \ud83d\ude0d\nLife: oh hey your car insurance for 2024 is RM2.5k\nMe: \ud83d\ude05\nLife: and it's another RM2.5k for the new aircond and all related charges\nMe: \ud83d\ude13\nLife: oh and it's time for your quarterly sinking fund\nMe: \ud83d\ude12\nI know, I know, I'm luckier than a lot of people. But having to spend money hurts, I was hoping to be able to put at least RM3k into my ASB with the bonus.", "Start small, with GX Bank lol. Got cashbacks and stuff.\nAlso self contribution for EPF exists too.", "What do you do with GX bank?", "<image>\nGot 3% interest and all that too."], ["I watched the sensational \"Pendatang (2023)\" released on YouTube. As an amateur part-time movie buff, I'll say:\nThis is better than the overproduced shit you get in cinema, on national TV, and Astro. But then again, local productions are generally Sh1t count for some rare finds once a year or two.\nIt's a dystopia. The setting is a post-racial riot Malaysia and Borneo had split, leaving Malaysia in shambles and the ringgit weak. 80% of Malaysians who stayed voted for a return to race-based segregation. A reminiscent of British Malaya. It seems that Malays sat on the top, the Chinese were pushed to the countryside, and the Indians as always were relocated to the rural. Comms are down, e.g. internet, phones, etc.\nSo... there's an element of fantasy to the story and I do not think the world-building was well thought-out. There were major flaws.\nThe main characters are Chinese, they're a family, and they're very likable. The Dad is somebody who browsed and spammed on LYN.net. He's very ethnocentric, while his wife is metaphorically colorblind, and so are the children. The Dad eventually redeemed himself. The other main character is a Malay orphan girl who hasn't caught up to the segregation yet. She's defenseless and lost and I thought her character didn't serve much of a purpose to the story, other than her name being withheld until the end, only revealed as an act of humanizing her character.\nThe villains were cartoonish. Bad actors, bad lines, playing up to stereotypes.\nEven if the setting was bright (daylight, countryside greeneries, diverse characters and personalities), I'd describe this as a noir because of how slow and sleepy it is.\nThe usage of languages is interesting and serves as a symbol of our failed unity. There's a banana character and a Malay guy who said \"ni hao ma\" as a bad attempt to connect.\nThe overall message of the film is simple, as in the end, we learn that the villains are rich Chinese and Malays, and the normal people are just trying to survive. It's not a race war, it's a class war. The representative Malay family is gone, only a girl is left behind. The Chinese seem to be decimated and they're struggling to get basic medicine for their asthmatic son. The Indians have to resort to fishing to survive and it's hugely implied that they were both professionals (e.g. a doctor) who lost everything when the segregation happened.\nThe ending is ambiguous, it is unknown what happens as the representative Chinese family was reduced to only a highschool girl, and they encounter a stranger on the road and that's it. It reminds me of 'Children of Men'. Overall, the film harps on reproductive futurism. Politics is designed to protect and ensure human reproduction, and it is by no coincidence that the only surviving characters are children. They represent the future of the country. This ending, by no doubt, is written by a well-educated person.\nOverall, 6.5/10.", "reproductive futurism? never heard of that. also a lot of times we see that bad habits/influence are passed down from one generation to another.", "Reproductive futurism (coined by Edelman) is worth reading about. It ties everything together:\nracial divide (not all babies are born equal, we need more people but the right kind of people. Recommended reading: The Handmaid's Tale, not the same as the TV series)\nabortion rights and women's autonomy (sustaining a pool of cheap labor, we see how declining birthrates triggered immigration in Western countries and we ourselves import labor from neighboring countries and South Asia)\nhomophobia and queerphobia in general (those who do not reproduce are rejected/isolated, killed in more tribal societies, but usually forced into roles such as caring for mom and dad or sex work)\nEconomics of things. Objects and properties are priced for double-income families, benefitting big corporations.\nReligion\nOn and on..."], ["When will HR and Recruiters understand that most of their \u201cproblematic candidate behaviors\u201d is the direct consequences of the recruiters action themselves?\nCandidate chase higher salaries because recruiter use their last drawn salary to justify their offer\ncandidate accept counter offer because it will give them higher negotiating power in their next job offer\nLast drawn salary which recruiter often use to as basis of salary offer matters, and candidates know this, and will rig the system to their advantage. So suck it im accepting the counter offer. You should\u2019ve offered more competitive salary to prevent this."], ["Lads, if car battery water dried up any chances it still be run after topping up?", "We talking those old lead acid batteries with a dozen fill caps? Then yes. Make sure to use the topup water sold in stores.\nNot terribly sure about sealed ones."], ["anyone has been using grab paylater? what are the requirement to register and use it? im a student and i want to buy an ipad 9 on compasia using grab paylater.", "Am I eligible for PayLater?\nGrab users who are eligible for PayLater should be\nYou\u2019ve been an existing Grab user for at least 6 months\nYou\u2019re aged 21 years or over\nYour account has been fully verified\nYou\u2019re a Platinum, Gold, or Silver GrabRewards tier member\nYour Grab app has been updated to the latest version.\nIf you\u2019re eligible for PayLater, you\u2019ll be able to activate it in-app, or simply launch your Grab app, tap on Payments, tap on Enjoy Now and Pay Later under Explore GrabPay.\nIf you don\u2019t see the PayLater option, we\u2019re unfortunately unable to offer this service to you just yet. All approvals are subject to our internal review.\nWe are working towards providing the PayLater service to more users soon. Stay tuned!\nhttps://www.grab.com/my/finance/pay-later/", "Apparently im eligible to apply it. Thanks!", "I use it often but i don't quite rmeber how i registered. The thing is, it works like credit card, you will be given a credit limit upon successful verification. You can purchase something within the limit and split into 4 separate installment.\nYou can try to verity with yr IC/bank card and see if you are given how much limit under the 'finance' tab.", "i see. does it works like atome?"], ["Hi all,\nI'm looking to buy table tennis bat with customisation. Do you have any recommendations?\nThank you", "first of all, table tennis bat = blade + rubber + assembly. with this in mind there's a lot of factors to consider:\nthe grip - how you grip your bat will influence your buying choices. For example, a shakehand bat has a longer handle than a penhold bat; both kinds of bats are designed for their specific grip style.\nthe blade - to learn the basics, a wooden blade is most useful; you can get a decent one for cheap. As you progress you'll usually switch to composite/carbon blades, which are faster, but harder to control.\nPopular wooden blades include: DHS PG7, Stiga Clipper, Butterfly SK7, Sanwei Fextra.\nAs for carbon blades, you can start out with some Chinese ones like Yinhe V-14, 729 V5 and DHS H301.\nthe rubber - most beginners start out with some sort of inverted/pimples-in rubber on both sides, but some switch to pimples-out rubber as they progress and develop their own playing style. Usually people put softer rubber on forehand for control/spin, and harder rubber on backhand for speed.\nI've seen many people use DHS Hurricane 3, especially on forehand, due to the outstanding price-performance ratio. Other popular rubbers for beginners include Yinhe Mercury, Loki Rxton, and Butterfly Sriver.\nAs for places to buy, you can find specialist stores on Shopee, with a large catalog of products. Some shops also sell \"combo bundles\" which you might be interested in.\nIf you need further help please let me know."], ["I have been blessed by the vending machine gods today. Bought 1 got 4 free.", "When I was doing my diploma, I discovered a hole in the vending machine floor and there were a lot of snacks and drinks trapped in there \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab", "Finders keepers \ud83d\udcb0"], ["With all the flood news going around, I think folks should watch this\nHow \"levee wars\" are making floods worse\nDoesn't matter how good / moral the contractors are if the science were wrong."], ["Aku pertama kali di menara TRX, feels like there's not much to do here tbh", "i dont think other reasons to go trx other than walking around the park and eating at less-crowded oriental kopi"], ["Hi \ud83d\udc4b need advice about car accident.\nMy mom recently got into a minor car accident at Gopeng highway.\nShe was driving about 90kmh when suddenly she noticed the cars in front slowed down. She hit on her brake managed to safely stop on time. However the car behind her- a Hyundai, rear ended her Myvi. The damage was estimated about rm5k.\nMom took pics and spoke to the Hyundai driver. The man said she should not make a police report and just settle this after new year. My mom made a report within 24hrs anyways. She then spoke to Perodua and her insurance and she fit all criteria to claim insurance. Now she\u2019s just pending for the investigation report.\nMy mom is afraid, said she worries she\u2019d get jail time and I\u2019m not sure why. Apparently the Hyundai driver seems to be calling/texting saying that my mom is at fault for making an emergency brake.\nMy fianc\u00e9 from the US is insisting that I hire an attorney to sue the Hyundai driver. She said \u201cFor cases like this, my mom can find attorneys that work on contingency. No money up front and they take portion of winnings from lawsuit\u201d\nIs it worth it? Does it work in Malaysia? Like suing isn\u2019t our culture and mainly probably due to how slow and inefficient the justice systems are here. Please give your thoughts. Thanks!", "The damage was estimated about rm5k.\nThis sounds extensive. How bad is the damage? Like the whole boot kemek or something?", "It think it\u2019s kemek enough that she doesn\u2019t want to show me pictures of the damage lol. But the car is still drivable. My mom and brother surveyed a couple of mechanics and they said it\u2019s about rm5k to repair", "I think its worth taking a step back to discuss how road insurance works in Malaysia:\nWhen you file a claim with your insurer, you are giving them the right to sue on your behalf in exchange for compensation (in legal terms, this is known as subrogation). Once your claim is approved, you no longer have the right to sue the other driver for the accident as you no longer have a role to play in the recovery process. As a side note, if you go this route then you/your mother do not need to worry about which party you should be claiming against (the other driver or thier insurance)\nWhat your fiance described does not apply in Malaysia. There's some nuance as to why this is the case, but to summarize, the Malaysian Bar has took the position that \"no win no fee\" payment structures are a form of \"fee sharing\", which is prohibited under the legal practice's governing framework.", "As long it is langgar belakang, most of the time it will be the fault of the car behind. He is suppose to have safe distance so if car in front emergency brake, still have enough distance to not hentam belakang", "Just claim other car's insurance. He is in the wrong for failing to break in emergency. No need to sue and escalate matter."], ["Anyone using retinol and/or vitamin C?\nFrom 01/01/24, I will start a routine of applying retinol in the evening, and vitamin C + sunscreen in the morning. Starting slow and gradual until my face can tolerate doing the routine daily.\nWill take a picture daily and compile it into a timelapse after 6 months to see the effects (hopefully positive effects).", "I use retinol. 4 months in. Sama je. It moisturizes okay I guess. Prefer hyaluronic acid creams", "a reminder to not use vitamin C if you have active acne\nStop USING Vitamin C TODAY! (youtube.com)", "I actually have watched that shorts before and a few other videos on Vit C and Retinol. I love watching Dr Shereen Idris's video.", "retinol in the evening, and vitamin C + sunscreen in the morning\nSounds....strong....\nYeah it's a good idea to start slow."], ["Planning on going to Genting with the family, which consists of 8 of us. Anyone knows if First world hotel allows for 4 connecting rooms? In our case it would be 4 Twin bed rooms side by side"], ["Lost another cat today..\n<image>\nManage to save few of em\nI should notice the sign\nI need a cig rn", "So sorry to hear that *hugs*", "So sorry to hear", "I understand. Thank you for rescuing them.", "\ud83e\udec2 sorry. It never gets easy.", "I'm sorry :("], ["Hello, going to KL for 4 days. Can recommend me a tailor? Is it enough time to get a suit done?", "If it's off the shelf+ alteration, then it may be possible, but if its custom/tailor made, then it may be somewhat difficult - I think you would need 1-2weeks for these types of suits.\nAnyways, I'd recommend Master Cut (in Bangsar) and Mohan's executive Tailors (in Damansara)- The latter is operated by his son out of their family home, so you'll need to call ahead before visiting.", "Jungle Bespoke."], ["RM80/hr minimum for fast food workers in California.\nNice. Will be a massive boost for the economy.\nhttps://apnews.com/article/california-minimum-wage-increase-fast-food-newsom-69c26b7f07f2647149c37677446cea30"], ["JPN can walk-in right? I need to go there asap. Today if possible.", "Can.", "Nice! Thank you."], ["this is why i don't read books and watch movies/shows. at some they end. and I'm scared of letting them go. i know i can always rewatch them but there's something telling me it's time to let it go.\nany sort of ways to help me deal with this?", "Stalk the actors into other movies and shows. Don't stalk them in real life, that would be weird.", "most if not all i watch is cartoon or animated shows. the only one i watch that use real life is action or superhero movies, which i dont mind letting them go. it's always about the punching.", "Jump straight into another book or TV series with a similar genre or setting", "but that will end too making me want to read less, I've tried but i always ended up thinking about the show I've just watched", "Join tumblr, post little bits of thought, rambly what-ifs and little stories you made up (ficlets), and doodles about the movie/shows/books. That's like a large portion of tumblr. just keep posting those thoughts into the void for all of 4 people who see each post. (tagging, precise tagging is part of tumblr culture btw. never c3ns0r)\nFind people through tags https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/cheese?sort=recent follow them for other people's thoughts etc.\nIf you are really really lucky the powers that be notice active fandom activity and produce new material (Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time is because of an uptick in Danny Phantom internet activity) but that probably really rare.\nbtw really customise your profile, put up a hi post asap people block empty blogs very fast.", "tumblr still around? i guess ill check it out\nedit : also my favourite video game, ultrakill is very close to the finishing line. im scared of that too", "<image>\njoin us join us join us we have fun things like dog fights", "A lot of tumblr is dying news a couple of months ago, but if you actually read tumblr's releases what they actually said was they're scaling down expenditure to match tumblr's revenue instead of trying to expand at a loss."], ["So the boy and the heron won't be screening in GSC? Was hoping it would, TGV is so far away from my home..."], ["i have a theory : company that has a lot of those department activities, team building, lavish annual year dinner usually pay peanuts.\ncompanies that dont do those usually pay much better.", "false. the multinational conglomerate branch where I work at has a bunch of these activities, and from what I know they aren't paying too shabbily.", "companies that dont do those usually pay much better.\nChinaman SME don't do those and they pay peanuts.\nEven the ones that seem to do (like computer and phone shop) I don't think pay retail workers all that well either.", "I\u2019m in one of those companies, the pay is actually pretty good!", "Same as well, though I think its also worth memtioning our companies are probably the exception rather than the rule.", "You\u2019re right, took me many years and several shitty jobs, though this one is ofc not perfect either (what job is?) In my experience though if a company doesn\u2019t pay that well, they sure won\u2019t do those fancy annual dinners and pay for perks. You either get both or none at all \ud83e\udd72"], ["Numbers of Public Holiday taken by my employer:\n1st company: 11 days\n2nd company: 14 days\n3rd company: 11 days\nCurrent company: 18 days + anytime JDT wins a cup/trophy", "TIL the \"JDT holiday\" is a Johor-exclusive perk.\nWe can't let the southern boys get all the cake (and the cherry on top) though. Go Red Giants!", "That's like every game they play. Since youre in JB, bring the kiddo to one of the games on one of these days. Plenty fun, though not so if youre not a fan of JDT.", "Just to clarify, I\u2019m not saying I get PH every time JDT wins a game of football. Rather, after JDT wins a major trophy like the super league and the state government declared cuti khas peristiwa.\nI\u2019m neutral with regard to local football. Meaning I follow the update but didn\u2019t enjoy watching any of the local games. But of course I\u2019m rooting for JDT to win the league again so that dapat cuti. Haha\n<image>\nKiddo has been inculcate since young to be an Arsenal fan. Lol. Kalau ada rezeki, maybe season depan boleh bawa ke emirates stadium.", "on a side note, a fellow Malaysian Gooners!! :DD", "Kiddo has been inculcate since young to be an Arsenal fan. Lol. Kalau ada rezeki, maybe season depan boleh bawa ke emirates stadium.\nu/frieslovingvampire take note please.", "Lol. Are you frieslovingvampire\u2019s SO?"], ["I have been sleeping much less since starting to eat one meal only a day. It\u2019s 3 am now and I am still wide awake, just lying here on my bed for three hours.", "Try crocheting, it is fun.", "Where can I learn to crochet, ChubbyTrain?", "There are YouTube videos that visually showed how to crochet. It is not difficult at all. I saw a knitting hook and some yarn while shopping one day and randomly decided to try it. Made cat toys for my cat with crocheting.", "Thank you ChubbyTrain! I will look them up. Apologies for the late reply. I managed to fall asleep after my first response to you \ud83d\ude05"], ["staff resigned. now i have to clean up shit. sigh.", "Sigh, here we go again. Here's a broom \ud83e\uddf9"], ["One day at a time, until God takes me.\n\ud83e\udd7a\ud83d\udc4d", "Not done while I have spite", "\u201cSometimes even to live is an act of courage.\u201d - Seneca"], ["70 hours of overtime for this month let's gooooo", "about to bag some Gs and spent all of them buying foods in bazar ramadan", "Ehhh don't crash ok? Gotta make it for the afterparty", "Get that bag \ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0"], ["Any recommendations for good quality aftermarket car entertainment / audio systems (Myvi Advance 2017 Model)?\nI have been using the built-in entertainment system about 7 years now, ever since I got my car and just recently the whole system started giving me problems from irresponsive touch inputs, dimmed backlight, just to name a few. Don't feel like it's worth to get it fixed and think it's high time for me to try out some aftermarket ones XD.\nWould greatly appreciate your suggestions and inputs!", "Depends if you want it to be android based no name china brands or the more famous ones from Sony/Pioneer etc. what's your budget and usage"], ["<image>\nHighly recommend the KitKat cereal. Although I prefer it without milk."], ["Southern Fried Breakfast! Fried chicken, buttermilk biscuit, hashed potatoes and scrambled eggs.\n<image>", "Homemade? looks mouth-watering!", "Haha I wish! Nutmeg in Bangsar.", "Its so full, I thought it was chap fun at first."], ["Why does KLIA Transit fare from TBS-KLIA is RM38.40, but TBS-PUTRAJAYA is RM8 and PUTRAJAYA-KLIA is RM9.40?\nIf I depart from TBS and then get off at Putrajaya, and then I tap in again at Putrajaya and stop at KLIA, what will the fare be?\nDoes anyone about this?", "Had been a travel hack for few years I think.", "It works? Instead of paying RM38, I would only pay RM17.40? Have you done this before?", "I haven't. But yeah lot of people tried it.\nIt was 26+++ if done KL Sentral-Putrajaya-KLIA.", "oh wow thanks mate!", "tbs to putrajaya sentral via lrt + mrt is only 3.70 too, lol. so you could've save a little bit more.", "not convenient for me since you are taking more time changing trains."], ["sourdough cakui", "cicah kopi o"], ["Never thought I'd see Jalan Klang Lama not having a jam on a work day \ud83d\ude36\nBut on the negative side, I had to pay extra RM2.30 toll for that privilege \ud83d\ude12\nNow at the risk of sounding tone deaf and reeking of privilege let me say: Malaysians who depend on public transport to work is soooo lucky they don't have to deal with this bullshit \ud83d\ude02", "People living and working outside of KV:\nWhat is toll and traffic jam?", "Not always. Penang people dread CNY.", "traffic jam?\nHave been in jams inside Pekan Bentong and ffs even Alor Setar has morning rush traffic jams too.", "Maybe because I always stay somewhere that is not more than 10km from work."], ["It's kind of interesting how quiet the whole country is about \"Kepung for Palestine\"\nObviously the majority of Redditors here don't care.\nBut for PAS to boycott it because government endorse it is so funny to me", "Obviously the majority of Redditors here don't care.\nWhy should anyone, they brought this on themselves and still hold hundreds of hostages.\nWhen the west is taking in more Palestinian refugees than us, I would say PAS doesn't really care either, it's all fake concern trolling to boost their political numbers.\nNo middle eastern country wants Palestinians refugees, none are taking any new ones in today, Egypt and Jordan have both been offered to have Gaza land and both said \"lol no way\".\nIf Malaysia starts taking some in Palestinian people I will admit that we actually care too, otherwise these people are all talk. It would be a very different matter if our country was 200km away from Israel and we all know it. No one here cares about Rohingyas with the exact same thing happening to them, in fact the very opposite, we run them over like animals on the road when they escape from prison.\nI want to see 100,000 Palestinians put into our kampungs across the country, so all these people can feel good about themselves for doing a good deed.", "PAS could have their own event, with the halal eq. of hookers and blow.\ngovernment endorse it\nDBKL is actually asking them not to camp. The leaders aren't in the government (Tian Chua and PSM prez)", "PSM pres.? who invited blud lol"], ["I have this feeling Time is somewhat Cyclic. Roughly the same day last year it was a hot dreary morning where I felt down, went for an early walk taking a similar route ... which did nothing to elevate mood. Same thing this year."], ["today i go top up t&g but found out my ic blacklisted...why? i never take out any debt also. got people take up debt in my name?", "ic blacklisted or the tng? if its the tng, then you need to go nu sentral tng hub and let them check.", "i went to jpn to check my IC, turns out no blacklist, bought the letter of proof for rm 5\ngo tng HQ, show them letter\nthey said dunno why, but most likely blocked because tap in but didnt tap out\nbut it makes zero sense, how do i exit LRT if i dont tap out...\nthen why ask me go jpn at the first place..\nwasted two hours for this shitto", "there's no ic blacklist unless it's ctos, and it wouldnt relate to the tng function anyway, it's separate thing, (one is the number itself being black list, one is tng card itself being black list) the first person who tell you tng blacklist = ic blacklist is such a dumbass."], ["I can no longer get by with less than 8 hours of sleep. I slept for 6 hours and I feel absolutely terrible. How does people my age get by with sleeping less than 8 hours.:26557:", "pats pats pats toddler day nap days is back upon ye"], ["Made wahyu yesterday. Saw sexy wife. Went to sleep. Forgot about the wagyu that is still in the kitchen while I'm stuck here in the office.."], ["Moving this post by u/PaleontologistKey571 (the mod team has committed to do this for removals with a mental health component). The user has been informed this has been moved here, so please do add your replies below -\nI want to end it,there\u2019s no more hope when im totally alone .\nDepressed people don\u2019t show that they\u2019re depressed . I told some friends about my sadness but it\u2019s too uncomfortable and \u201cscary\u201d for them. If I\u2019m too much, then there\u2019s no point no more.", "Give befrienders a call if your friends doesn't want the emotional baggage. Talking it out works wonder. If you don't mind, feel free to rant here."], ["Moving this post by u/Tiradeee (the mod team has committed to do this for removals with a mental health component). The user has been informed this has been moved here, so please do add your replies below -\nLuahan\nLiving is to suffer - Friedrich Nietzsche\nAssalamualaikum and Hi, I\u2019m T (24M), was born and raised in Shah Alam, I was raised with good surrounding/friends/family. I was very active and productive as a high schooler, Graduated high school and foundation with excellent results (9A\u2019s & 3.9 CG). In 2019, I pursue further studies in Local half government half private university. Then comes the pandemic, where I feel like me and my family had taken such huge toll, Things slowly changed, from having good bond with family, to not being able to have one decent conversation, from going to breakfast with my dad on the weekends, to not being able to even ask him how his day was. From being financially stable family, to being a family with little or non-existent monthly income, and because of that, I keep a distance with my friends solely because I don\u2019t feel the need to share the problems with my friends, plus, i\u2019d say I am no longer sekufu with my circle of friends.\nThese days, or precisely, these recent years I fell like i\u2019m stucked in a rut, my priority has been to work for money, despite being a student, and after Covid-19 pandemic, I\u2019ve been neglecting my study, and my degree CGPA went from 3.87 to 3.1 recently, to make things worse, this semester (last 2 weeks), I requested for deferment(tangguhan) of study, and I feel very lost in life right now, I barely have any money to spend on me, hell, I literally have nothing on my name. The year is ending in 5 days and I hope in this new year, I hope Allah SWT helps me to ease my burden and to help me understand the meaning of all these suffering because,\nTo survive is to find the meaning in the suffering."], ["", "Yes it's called getting a job. Hehe. I'm sorry I just thought it was funny and hope somebody will feel like that too.", "It's called giving a blow job. I'm killing it today."]]}
{"title": "Interviewing the directors of \u201cPendatang\u201d tomorrow - What should I ask?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r8oo2/interviewing_the_directors_of_pendatang_tomorrow/", "num_comment": 45, "flairlabel": [], "header": "So I created a review of the movie Pendatang just the other day and it turned out to be pretty popular - ended up chatting with the director of Pendatang and it turns out that I'm going to conduct an interview with Amir Muhamad (Kuman Pictures Managing Director) and Boon Siang (scriptwriter) on YouTube.\nWhat else should I ask?\nFeel free to let me know and I'll try to ask if I can remember!\nPS: The review - https://youtu.be/2MApdQw02I0?si=Ypc1a-2pXLESVWRg", "comments": [["You're going to get some pretty standard answers from these set of questions. Isn't Amir Muhammad the same indie darling that made the big durian among others?\nI'd ask him stuff like\nWhat is the trajectory of Malaysian independent filmmaking? What was it like making the jump from directing independent films to producing? What are the challenges given social media and the competitive aspect of making long form narratives versus someone who can achieve similar results in 60s on TikTok? Similarly how is it the world building is rather shoddily done considering you have not many strengths on an indie budget?\nAll this censorship stuff is done to death. Any filmmaker worth their salt will give you a u turn answer.", "Interesting questions! Will you say more about what you see as shoddiness of world building/discuss a bit more about what you think about TikTok in 60s?", "Oh ho that's a separate article I'm working on.\nBut in general the idea is this- amir Muhammad is what I would consider one of the last of the old guard of indie filmmakers, those that grew up in the last vestiges of film during the digital conversion. Now since then we've seen a new wave come and go in the form of jinnyboy/ dankhoo among others and now another wave of change comes in the form of TikTok.\nPendatang effectively competes (and loses) to strong visual storytelling techniques once pioneered by filmmaker's and now replicated in things from TikTok to Skibidi. What does he think of this assessment and how does he hope to find commercial footing with such competition without resorting to making trite?\nPs you plan to credit all us monyets for our questions right?", "I see. Well, thanks for the history lesson! I'm afraid I'm unable to ask the question that you presented here because it reflects a particular perspective. Or at least the assumption of a perspective, which I do not personally hold.\nYes I will credit! I'm going to present everything that took place here as a bit of a surprise to Amir when I speak with him. In addition to that, there will be a surprise within the surprise as well if he manages to catch the very first one. \ud83e\udd2d", "That's a shame all reviews are mired in perspective and this is a documented phenomenon all filmmakers in Malaysia consciously know. You do yourself and Malaysian filmmakers an injustice by that reasoning. Best of luck", "I judge your perspective as pretentious half-rate university hypocrisy because you are attempting to get me to parrot a perspective that you have in order to pursue a line of questioning that I do not actually believe in or do not have the ability to ask about. If you want to ask the question from your perspective that Pendatang has lost, do it yourself or cease your juvenile and pretentious hypocrisy while attempting to restrain someone else\u2019s opinion for your dubious or capacity to make judgments for self serving reasons that reflect low quality judgment under the pretext of ~serving filmmakers~.\nWhat, you\u2019re the representative of all filmmakers? :)\nThanks for the history lesson, but no thanks for the pretentious low quality moralising, which I do not appreciate.", "Woah that's a lot of words for an assumption you've placed in my mouth. You asked for a question, I thought it's interesting to phrase it in such a way that forces debate. Your reasoning is beyond defensive and juvenile.\nYou want to ask your standard questions go ahead but if you can't bother enlightening yourself with a little history or perspectives shared by critics like Hassan Muthalib then you have to ask yourself what kind of reviewer are you? What's with the personal attacks on viewpoints that I've actually heard from other filmmakers and critics?\nIf you can't handle the fact that you would get other perspectives maybe posting online is not for you? And here I thought you were being reasonable but your ad hominems honestly disappoint.\nSeriously get a grip no one's attacking you here.", "Who\u2019s attacking your viewpoint?\nI\u2019m attacking your half rate attempt at telling me that I\u2019m doing an \u201cinjustice\u201d by declining to parrot your preferred viewpoint which I am unable to parrot because I am not exposed to them and telling you to make your own review after I provided you with the courtesy of declining the question that you provided. You should have left it at that but it seems you didn\u2019t know your place and just wanted to extend beyond what was requested by providing shoddy reasoning to justify that those who don\u2019t accept your suggestions somehow ~lack morality~ or ~do injustice to filmmakers~ (do you not feel sickened by your own pretentious reasoning?) while declining to initiate such projects yourself perhaps because you are just a windowgazer and incapable of doing so or you hope people will mouth your ideas without questioning them even if said ideas lack quality or the person in question does not agree with your perspective.\nYou\u2019re welcome to provide perspectives, but if you\u2019re triggered for my sharing my perspective that your perspective is a third rate one, hypocrite, then please spend more time writing articles that nobody is going to read like your ones about the \u2018morality\u2019 of Malaysia \ud83e\udd2d\nYou don\u2019t represent a single filmmaker in Malaysia, but if you want to spin your wheels and claim that you do, you\u2019re entirely welcome to but it won\u2019t influence what I will do.", "Bruh lol if anyone's triggered it's clearly you? You are attacking my argument by saying it's... Half rate university hypocrisy? Man are we getting off on the wrong foot? I am merely disagreeing with you and then providing a reason for it. I'll give you condescending but I truly did wish you the best of luck though now I see your character.\nUnlike you I write for myself and then post it, and have been doing so for years. I'm gonna continue and I really don't care who reads it or not. What I won't do is delve into your history to find things to attack you on lol. Man its Reddit. Find some better things to do. Or at least better insults. You're just regurgitating what you previously said. Sorry I triggered you man not my intention.", "You\u2019re welcome to disagree, but if you\u2019re going to say things like \u201cyou\u2019re ~doing an injustice to Malaysian filmmakers~\u201d then cry me a river if you can\u2019t accept that people will just think that you are fake and pretentious and will tell you directly that they think that you are fake and pretentious, which you are welcome to reply or not to reply or to ignore entirely.\nMy personal recommendation? Accept the thanks for the history lesson and proceed to stay silent until you are able to speak in a more intelligent way. :)"], ["ask him is he a pendatang?? \ud83e\udd23", "I might actually make a video about the concept pendatang later on, but yes I might ask a related question \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["sorry to say this but your questions are very generic and self-explanatory. like we all know why the film had to go through crowdfunding and the issues amir wanted to explore through the film.\ni would suggest you to read up more on amir and perhaps watch a few youtube videos of q&a with directors at film festivals. hope this will inspire you to pose more fascinating questions to one of the more renowned indie directors in malaysia.", "Ah yes, thanks for the observation. They were chatgpt generated - there\u2019s a reason that I decided to create a Reddit thread for audience participation haha \ud83e\udd2d\nWill read about Amir for sure!"], ["Ask them why there was a very minor portion of the movie that showed the struggles faced by the Indian community? Given arguably Indians face the worst in terms of prejudice and racism in this country. Could more have been done? Thanks", "It might be director's intent in reflection of how indian community has always been on the sideline. We are aware that they are facing the worst but we swept them under carpet", "I\u2019ll ask about that! Incidentally my last video (prior to this review of Pendatang) was partly about the racial discrimination faced by an Indian JPA scholar - he didn\u2019t elaborate too extensively on discrimination at the time, maybe because he didn\u2019t see an immediate way of ending it, but I think it\u2019s worth asking about :) Thanks for the suggestion!", "Whoops sorry, I forgot to ask the question in the interview - the scriptwriter did reply me via WhatsApp though! Here you go:\n<image>\nGuess some people will be happy and others won\u2019t be \ud83d\ude31"], ["What kind of interview questions are those? Ask them why they want the job and what are their greatest weaknesses.", "Hahaha \ud83e\udd2d"], ["Could you ask them how they envision this parallel Malaysia and its settings?\nThe movie is okay but I found the world settings interesting, even though sometimes it's a bit confusing.", "I agree. Sometimes the movie was a little bit confusing in terms of the way that it was presented and you had to make proper inferences in order to actually appreciate what it was trying to communicate.\nTo be fair, there\u2019s a lot to be said about showing and not telling as a storytelling technique, and I think that this is very much embodied in Pendatang as a film, which might be one reason as to why it wasn't so widely explained."], ["Maybe some questions to consider:\n- Why a Chinese family instead of a family from another race?\n- Will there be any more films/works to explore such an interesting world?\n- If the movie had even more funding, say another RM300,000 , what might have been different?", "Interesting questions! Thank you, I\u2019ll ask them :D", "Thanks for considering them, Victor!", "You're most welcome. Thank YOU for your contribution!"], ["Ask can I be in the next movie. *slip your headshot to him", "Hahahahaha careful what you wish for!! It may come to pass!"], ["What made them employ the crowd funding strategy for this film as opposed to the usual film funding strategies such as FINAS grants etc? (I think this question will bring out answers that could help audience understand why we keep seeing the same kinds of local films)\nI read somewhere that they released it online to avoid going through the censorship board. So can perhaps ask him what part of the film he thought would have been censored and why?", "Interesting! I will ask them about an alternate history in which they had pursued FINAS funding :) Thanks for the inspiration! Will also ask about what parts of the film would have been censored and why!"], ["Well, the questions that I was wondering when I watched the film were:\nWhy cantonese and not mandarin?\nWhy malay kid being the fugitive and not terbalik? Why they target Chinese audience and not malay demographic as their audience..\nWhere Indian? And then, why Indian appear so late?\nWhy ending so strange.. I think I may have missed the moral of the story. Everything just went to shit in the end due to the segregation policy, no redemption arc.\nEdit: these are mostly questions about the movie, not necessarily questions about the directors and their opinions."], ["Wait\u2026another works from Amir Muhammad? Now it makes sense. Still love his big durian movie.\nEdit: Can you asked him are Malaysians now ready to accept new and different movie genre to be screen in major cinema or does movie like Pendatang will carry on to be an underground movie in Malaysia.\nAnother one is, does he plan Pendatang to be submitted into international movie festival and competition, such as Cannes?\nThanks.", "Excellent! I\u2019ll try to ask about the FINAS comment and about Cannes as well. Will organize! Thank you for the suggestions!"], ["Is this semua salah cina"], ["How did they garner interest to crowdfund it\nAre they hiring new writers (I could probably write better characterisation lol)\nWhat do they have to say to aspiring local filmmakers", "I\u2019ll ask about how they started their crowdfunding effort! For what it\u2019s worth, KP is a relatively well-known production house, and it's also well-supported by many people within the film industry of Malaysia. The company has had a long and storied history, and they have been around in the market for quite a number of years as well.\nSo I guess that they have personal and professional networks that allow things like this film to be funded. I'm sure that with this particular film, even more interest will be generated and more people will be willing to fund, though. So it's going to be interesting to watch. It's entirely possible, after all, that the entire movie could be a gigantic crowdfunding venture for the next productions that are to come!"], ["ask them why the movie went downhill after the first 30 mins :/ such a good story but some parts really ruined it", "I didn\u2019t personally think that was the case so I won\u2019t be able to ask that, but it\u2019s fine for you to hold your opinion as that\u2019s your opinion - perhaps you can elaborate?"], ["should vernacular schools be abolished and replaced with a standard education system that allows Chinese to learn the national language?", "Pls no"], ["How do they generate income from youtube movie and would it cover the cost? Is he expecting to use youtube as the platform going forward. Is he going to negotiate to direct next film with netflix using the success of pendatang?", "Oh this was addressed in the interview! Please keep a look out for it :) No discussion of Netflix just yet, but not sure how things will change in the days ahead!"]]}
{"title": "PAS's worst nightmare", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r8hyp/pass_worst_nightmare/", "num_comment": 159, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Pedestrian friendly\nMahathir doctrine\nPick one lmao", "just imagine Mahathir was less insane in this timeline", "And never had a 2/3 majority I presumed....", "Agrobank kek"], ["In this universe Chin Peng is a pop singer.", "One of his pop hits, a cover of a famous Japanese city pop song, and it goes like this:\n\u201cKyun kyun, kyun kyun, watashi no karewa pairotto~\u201d", "I know that song:26561::26561::26561:", "NAURRRRRRRR", "No Communist party, so no way. He had a sweet voice though."], ["\"intervention against the MILF\"\nthey fought milfs back then? wait why", "because they are furry supporters i guess lol", "Some names did not age well \ud83d\ude02\nEdit: Moro Islamic Liberation Front", "they fought milfs back then? wait why\nIn Malaysia...\nMarrying underage girl: \u2714\ufe0f\nMarrying older women: \u274c", "Nah Malaysia is a lost cause, everyone should know that milfs are the best", "bro forgot janda", "You're thinking of MILM", "Intervention? More like acikulus problematic. Nothing to do with PAS or DAP"], ["The bottom text is... Interesting fanfic", "Second largest nuclear submarine fleet is nothing to laugh about :29091:", "Nuclear warhead underneath your house if you laugh", "Yes, but the important question is, can they dive?", "I\u2019ll do you one better,\nThey actually fly bro\nAnd we have prototype submersible nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as well :26554:", "Hoi4 Millennium Dawn player be like;"], ["In this universe, PAS is still socialist."], ["In this alternate universe, race riots will be an annual festival just like haze from Indo."], ["yea i would appreciate if youd credit me and not make up your own lore about this map", "Ahh, so you made this?\nInteresting, though way too larpy XD\nWhy did Lim Guan Eng got turned to Lee Guan Eng, and Lee Hsien Loong into Lew Hsien Loong?", "Because in this universe, Siti Mastura did the poster.", "i mistyped and it autocorrected cus the tablet i use for mapmaking is so shitty when it comes yo typing out text \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\nalso ye ik its way too larpy i just wanted to made the best case scenario for malaysia (for like non malays at least ig lol)", "Imma be real, the first three paragraphs is the most wtf. Ain't no way that's \"best case scenario\"\nThe first three ministers all being Chinese, with the Lim family holding 2? This is actually not good. If you want your scenario to have either one of the Lims as PM, at least show us a Malay Deputy PM.\nAlso that Mahathir and pedestrian-friendly are mutually exclusive!", "i just added those to add a lil bit of moral grayness in an otherwise wanky map (also international is supposed to be intelligence i just suck at typing on tablets)\nalso i didnt know guan eng and siang were related, my malaysian political knowledge aint that deep enough.. also i wanted to put a malay deputy pm but idk any major malay politician serving in the dap or pap at all personally\nalso the mahathir doctrine is foreign policy and im this timeline he was essentially a malaysian kissinger and only got a high up position via power politics and putting on a mask of being a true a socialist convert when he saw the political winds shift left while the pedestrian friendly policy was more spearheaded by less power hungry monsters and completely separated from mahathirs reign as defence minister", "Ehhh, I'm surprised you didn't know that the two Lims are father-son. Nowadays, they tend to work in the backend of things of the DAP.\nAhh, Mahathir doing a Kissinger, know what, that actually explains a lot of things, especially the first and last 3 paragraphs. It also surprisingly works.\nSince this is an alt-history, you can probably find a few Malay members from the parties of PH who could possibly join the DAP/PAP in this timeline. You could also pick an Indian Deputy as well.\nAs I'm writing this, I realized how weird this alt-his is. (I know it's not that serious, but just a thought) What is the divergent point?\nThe PAP has never been left-wing in any sense, it was the conditions of right-wing politics and lack of (real) left-wing alternatives in Malaysia that the DAP has it's centre-left bent.\nIf Singapore hadn't been ejected, the PAP would've stayed right-wing neoliberal conservative. (As it is now in Singapore)\nHonestly, I've never seriously thought through the possibilities, but for a left-wing and/or real racial equality Malaysia there are several possibilities. (I'm just listing out possible pathways, their feasibility and their consequences, I have not considered)\nMalayan Union was not dissolved\nOnn Jaafar not losing his control over UMNO\nLabour Party of Malaya with its trade unionism\nMalayan People's Socialist Front coalition\nBurhanuddin's PMIP (or what we now know as PAS), which for the first 10 years was left-wing Islamist before turning right-wing nationalist, might be interesting. (This scenario fits left-wing, but still exclusionary of minorities)\nI think that's it. After the 60s, right-wing Malay-supremacist conservatism was pretty much locked into the political sphere.", "The best chace for Malaysia to establish real racial equality was probably either Onn Jaafar not getting kicked out of his own party, or the Independence of Malaya Party and PUTERA-AMCJA being more prominent than real life, creating a situation where Britain is forced to negotiate between the right-wing conservatives of UMNO, the moderate multiracial IMP, and left-wing PUTERA-AMCJA. After independence, Malaya, and eventually Malaysia, was pretty much locked to it's Malay-supremacist conservatism, without getting much of a chance to change course.", "yea the the pod i had in mind was the malayan union never dissolving and the pap cooperating more with left wing figures and parties", "Boss I just wanna tell you your parliament mapping is making it's round on that side of tiktok on \"inilah future Yang DAP nak\"", "a silly circlejerk map on mine becoming used as propaganda god this is why i hate political tiktoks in this country cus they will use anything as ammunition", "You should develop the lore for this alternative Malaysia", "i am but itll probably take a while before more lore for this scenario comes out since i like keeping my map posts varied (also saya lazy TwT)"], ["Additional info to the \u201cDid You Know\u201d section ( assuming that it is part of an \u201calternate Malaysian timeline\u201d Sejarah textbook ):\nThe \u201c927\u201d event occurred in September 2023, resulting in widespread racial riots. The source of the event was due to a small traffic accident happening in Selangor.\nA State of Emergency was declared in October 2023.\nDuring the Emergency , an Interim government was formed. This will last for a year.\nA national referendum was held in Jan 2024, to determine if the three major races should be segregated to their own areas.\n79% of the population voted Yes for Racial Segregation.\nFebruary 2024; the Segregation Act was passed by the Interim Government.\nUnder Section 1 (6) of the Segregation Act, any contact with a race other than one\u2019s own is deemed detrimental to the harmony and stability of the country and thus strictly prohibited.\nUnder Section 4 (4) of the Segregation Act, any person who does or attempts to do, or conspires with any person to harbor a person other than one\u2019s own race, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction be liable for imprisonment for a term no less than 25 years.\nIn March 2024, the Borneo States of Sabah & Sarawak unanimously voted to leave the Federation of Malaysia.\nBy June 2024, Federation of Malaysia is no more. What remains is only Peninsular Malaysia.\nAugust 2024, major relocation of all major races began in each respective State within the Peninsular.\nCurfew implemented in each segregated areas between 8PM to 8AM. Residents in each segregated areas are obliged to adhere to curfew, bearing consequences if broken.\nUnity is to benefit all in the community. Everyone is responsible for maintaining segregation.\nFor Unity & Glory.", "Havent seen it but is this the plot to pendatang?", "Go see it. Its free to view on Youtube.", "Wake up babe new Chinese Malaysia lore just dropped", "I think it's adorable that you think \"rehousing a minority\" will end up with them taking control of a country where they do little-to-none of the police work.\nI'm sure the armenian turks will have a lot of things to share with you.", "I don't remember this part in Papers, Please reading further the whole comment. /j\n\"Glory to Arstozka.\"", "If this happens in real life, I wonder what will happen to those like Chinese married to Indians (or the other way) or Chinese married to Malay... is like being stuck between both races and the world.", "In the Pendatang film, one of the characters revealed a marriage of a Chinese man with a Malay lady, and when the 927 event occurred\u2026. It didn\u2019t end so well\u2026", "As usual Sarawak would be the one first proposing secession, but Hajiji would say \"Wait for the Federal first, secession is too dramatic\".\nEventually Sarawak leaves the Federation, and the UMNO and Malayan proxies in Sabah saw the opportunity to hog up all the power for themselves now that their Malayan masters are gone, and overnight declared support for secession.\nSarawak becomes a first world country. Sabah continues its brain drain and pilaks from the Philippines keep on coming. Sabah Maju Jaya.", "Glory to Arstotzka", "As as non Malays are allowed to leave for Sabah and Sarawak, that's cool", "I\u2019d think, shortly after the results of the January 2024 Referendum was revealed, there was a scramble to leave the Peninsular for the Borneo States,\nWhich further intensified in stages:\nPhase 1 of the exodus, when the Segregation Act was passed in Feb 2024.\nPhase 2 of the exodus, when Sabah & Sarawak voted to leave the Federation of Malaysia in March 2024.\nPhase 3 of the exodus, between March 2024 to June 2024.\nDuring this time period, domestic flights to Sabah & Sarawak shot up 200%. Flights were running until midnight before June 6th 2024 - the day the Federation of Malaysia is no more.\nThose who weren\u2019t able to get flights opted for a ship crossing of the South China Sea, some even used Singapore as a transit point and arriving at Kuching Port.\nIllegal ship crossings were also a popular way to cross the SCS, due to illegal operators taking advantage of the situation.\nHowever, more than one occasion, the Kuching Port Authority had to deal with capsized boats over crowded with \u201crefugees\u201d from the Peninsular, with some of its desperate passengers, women & children found washed ashore.", "To also add with the aftermath incident where Sarawak and Sabah were almost in a state of political chaos, due to racial extremists snuck in during the refugee crisis period, and along brought with their old grudge against other races in their former homeland, resulting in another racial conflicts within the two Borneoan state"], ["And if all green, and hadi becomes PM, that would be DAP's worst nightmare. Haha", "It's the country's worst nightmare though most of his voters won't realize it cause they're enamored by RM50, packets of nasi lemak and milo.", "Its just a matter of perspective.", "A theocracy looks great to adherents but there's no successful modern theocracy.", "Again, its just a matter of perspective. For example, many PH supporters dont mind the shortcomings of this gov, because they look at the bigger picture. PN supporters would do the same for those that they support.\nWhat is the bigger picture depends on each opinion.\nIn politics, theres no solid clear line between right and wrong. Its just perspective and opinion. And in democracy, the opinion and perspective that is accepted by the majority will be the right 1."], ["Is this where RM1 = USD1?", "Nah bro, Ringgit is the world's reserve currency and it's highly sought after.", "Go on. This fanfic is making me lose control.", "Fells like it could even be RM1 = USD10.", "Malaysian dream \ud83e\udd29", "Thanks for the smile you put on my face, even if its just for a moment.\nStill waiting for the Ringgit bull run at the end of the year, that PMX promised me. Very hopeful.", "RM0.50 = USD 1.00"], ["Don\u2019t they mean Lim Kuan Yew and Lim Hsien Loong?", "This fanfic happens after 2020. Lky passed away 2015.", "Sepupu?", "No you got it wrong.\nIt's sepu sepu sepu pu", "Pupu Pupu Pupus"], ["Did someone take a photo of LKS' dream journal?"], ["The flavour text is 75% cursed."], ["Time traveller: touches something\nThe timeline:"], ["Woah they remove the Moon from the flag . So Malaysia atheist in this timeline?", "More like secularism is much more relevant, maybe it will be like turkey, islam majority but very secular"], ["MCA - Kuomintang Coalition LMAO"], ["Ah yes 4.3 Trillion GDP. Completely dominating SEA."], ["Bruh, who cook the bottom text lol\nAlso it's interesting and healthy parliament if the gov is under Lim Kit Siang and oppostion is Anwar Ibrahim"], ["Alhamdulillah", "Perfect flair for the whole post by the way haha."], ["Heavy political fanatics damn basah over this \ud83e\udd1e\ud83d\udc4d"], ["Singapore and Riau: Bruh.\nAlso I can't with the third paragraph. That part looks like some kind of private military company fanfiction or something haha."], ["Maka babi dan ayam bersebelahan jual di pasar raya lotus. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb"], ["Lim Kit Siang's Wet Dream", "He didn't even take any ministerial positions when PH won, what makes you think he wants to be PM?"], ["No one talking about how kelantan is split to 2"], ["Oh man, digging the kookie alt-hist content in this post, finally something that is interesting!\nThough with the more militaristic stand Malaysia has become in this 'timeline,' especially with Mahathir Monroe Doctrine mentioned, don't you think the territories will be a bit....bigger? South Thailand especially the Kra Isthmus comes to mind.\nAlso Indonesia in this timeline wont be quiet especially with a VERY Chinese dominated Malaysia considering themselves having a race riot. Sukarno n Suharto will be frothing in the mouth with malaysian subs prowling the Indonesian waters hahahahaha."], ["The only thing I like in this universe is our large economy, pedestrian friendly and powered by nuclear energy. Anything else are:"], ["Should be renamed as negara Limsia/Limland/Limkia", "Limkistan sounds better, Bhai :26554:"], ["Later, they'll make a police report about this, stating the communist is making a plan for a revolt. /s"], ["Worst nightmare would be Malaysia ruled by Ching Peng led party"], ["Malaysia GDP per capita 67k usd?\nI\u2019ll take it"], ["Where is this from OP?", "here"], ["Can Indonesia join ?"], ["Ah dang, I expected The Really New New Conservative Movement to win at least one seat."], ["Even Singapore have moon, so why no moon?"], ["Looks similar to my alt history / fictional Malaysia but I tossed in Kalimantan/Indonesian Borneo as well."], ["Berangan itu percuma..."], ["This wont happen...unless u are praying for genocide...\nEveryone will lose"], ["Thats a lot of Indonesian islands we conquered. Why not all of Kalimantan?"], ["So in this universe, Onn Jaafar's National Party won the 1955 Election?"], ["Yeah, if you want to have that fantasy setting, cabinet IQ average should be 120+. Here, I can count with my fingers."], ["The defense budget will be my wet dream tho I would like to change the foreign policy a tad bit\nYou made this?"], ["Ini apa Cina mau?\nNot a bad outcome tbh."], ["LKS and LGE are from different parties...hmm...", "same party different faction,just like Kuomintang", "Australia's worker party will be a better example", "Huh it would be interesting to see the Left Right dynamic of the PAP ITTL(I feel like the OTL PSP would be on the right faction, while the WP would be on the left faction..."], ["a nice version would be the return of the Kingdom of Sarawak", "The James Brooke version or the sultanah brunei edition?", "brooke version of course", "S4S peeps try not to bootlick white people challenge (impossible).", "lmao maybe read more history", "lmao, independent Sarawak is just a pipe dream", "what to do...got oil, malaya wont let swk sbh go", "what yo do,without Brunei/Santubong or Sambas,sarawak would be just another papua,they are all created by the \"despised\" malay people,which are \"outsiders\" btw", "lmao...swk was fine before malaysia...a kingdom lest u forget", "kingdom created by org putih and Bruneiens,lest you forget", "n yet a kingdom nonetheless...", "you guys just duduk atas pokok without outsiders influence,you guys won't even know how to use the oil if there's no org putih james brooke that came to teach you guys", "n u guys wouldn't have the amount of oil u have now without swk", "Wow, stereotypes racism incoming", "as if you guys ain't stereotyping orang malaya by saying everyone is racist and extrimist,stop pretend being a saint", "we have somebody here that's active in r/exmuslim so no wonder why they are dumb", "without org putih or Bruneiens you guys are just another papua", "so by ur logic if swk were to become independent it has to go back to that era??? so malaya go back to being another british colony?", "yes,if you really like it", "so u go back to being a british colony lmao", "yeah,back of becoming an empire doesn't seems so bad after all"], ["Well, majapahit will reclaim it. This is nusantara not china, singapore, hong kong. Malaya raya is the ultimate idea back then before malaysia\u2019s creation, should\u2019ve read history more kiddo", "this is an alternate history,nothing here is reality, it's just a fun scenario,like how you imagine marrying your waifu"], ["How dare you colour Brunei as if it's part of Malaysia", "Brunei is rightful Malaysian clay\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f"], ["Free pork and arak ! REEEEEEEE"], ["Should give budget to anti terrorism agency and punish 3R provocation by the some YBs"], ["That\u2019s an interesting map"], ["How's that have anything to do with PAS? It's some DAP or whoever's ambitions. \ud83e\udd14"], ["What did MILF do?"], ["Is this how we get reddit banned/blocked in malaysia?"], ["wtf did i just read \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["based and merah-putih-biru-kuning-pilled"], ["Alright who moved a chair?"], ["MILF? \ud83d\udc40"], [""]]}
{"title": "This Malaysian restaurant has had enough", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v74c0/this_malaysian_restaurant_has_had_enough/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "A Malaysian laksa stall in New York", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r8b2w/a_malaysian_laksa_stall_in_new_york/", "num_comment": 60, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["About time for New York to have some kolok mee. \ud83d\ude0e"], ["I\u2019d cry tears of joy if I saw this if I\u2019m ever in the States. Bout time we bring our noodle A-game with the likes of Ramen and Pho"], ["Is that like...just mee kari? Laksa here in east malaysia made with ikan tongkol broth and the noodle made with wheat flour. If want to make laksam, pour coconut milk in the fish broth and eat with flat rice noodle.", "Curry laksa is a thing too.", "Probably Nyonya Laksa or Sarawak Laksa. Which are the more popular \"Malaysian Laksa\" for foreigners.", "Sarawak laksa is NOT curry laksa.", "Good to know. Haven't tried it, only seen it. Need to give it a try."], ["Gosh I miss Malaysia. I miss getting this for RM8 instead of $20. I want to go back"], ["But how much is it ? $18?", "19.60, lol i bought the laksa last oct and sadly have to say the flavour lacks a lot. It was quite bland."], ["Have you guys not heard of curry mee being referred to as curry laksa before? It is a thing here in KL to called such a dish curry laksa", "Yeah. Kinda surprised no one has ever heard of curry laksa before.\nBut that\u2019s the beauty of laksa. There\u2019s a different type everywhere you go!", "or the flexibility to name everything 'laksa' so you can ride the popularity and differentiate the thing you try to sell to others", "Come on man. Don\u2019t need to be a sour grape. Have you never had curry laksa before? My grandmother literally looks laksa like this.", "A lot of people know, but even if they do, their image of laksa is the Asam laksa and not curry laksa. To be honest, I was expecting asam laksa as that is a lot more unique than curry laksa.\nEssentially, if you had curry before, then you can say that you have ate curry laksa. Asam laksa? Couldn't think of similar dish to compare.", "Well, I'll say that they are smart to introduce the curry laksa instead of asam laksa because from my experience with foreigners coming to Penang, asam laksa is really a kind of acquired taste especially the pungent shrimp paste. Some like it but many consider it too fishy or smelly.", "Yes but still laksa is not curry based and coconut heavy, that's curry mee. Curry laksa is a laksa", "Curry laksa is damn delicious. Had one at Ah Cheng Laksa"], ["See hum?!? Where is the see hum?!?", "t's banned in the US"], ["All these comments, that's not laksa, that's curry mee...\nWhile me: Good lord, served in a cup? so hard to eat...", "Same thing and have been referred to locally as both"], ["Salute to this young entrepreneurs for promoting our cultures to the world."], ["Lol me and my bud came across that store last week and is already viral?\nWill be straight on this, those that tasted authentic laksa in Malaysia doesn't matter which variant will say this is weird and properly due to either ingredients shortage or simply just rojak to synchronize with local's taste bud.\nDon't know man this curry laksa thing just doesn't click on me and properly some marketing strategy.", "I had one in oct and there were no one. A bit sad that i bought one bcos it\u2019s malaysian but had to agree. It wasnt the best, i think it\u2019s for the american taste ud bcos i had thai food and we ordered the spicy thai and it still lacks the usual flavour"], ["Curry based?!"], ["Just call it Malaysian Curry Mee", "it doesn't sell. curry mee is common name and does not have the umph due to how common the name is. but using local name that your customer never heard before and the relatable background story about the dish and now it was primed to sell"], ["Where in New York are they located? What is the name of the restaurant, Laksa Soup, Makaysia Laksa?", "Sorry, found it. At Bryant Park."], ["Thanks for posting. Will check it out this weekend ."], ["Noiceeeee Malaysian food is everywhere"], ["as a perakians i really offended..", "It's a start. Even with ramen, people usually only know about shio, shoyu, tonkotsu ramen. But not everyone knows that every region in Japan has their own style of ramen.\nWhen \"laksa\" has a wide enough recognition, then you can start having regional variants and applying different names to them.", "I like this analogy. Introducing asam laksa, with its pungent fishy broth may be too challenging for the average Western palate. So this is a good start to get people acquainted with Malaysian food", "As a N9'ers who has a mom that loves laksa because it's sourness, I feel you.", "Laksa, sourness, you mean asam laksa?", "Selangor people tell other people what they should call their food.\nLaksa is laksa, they tell Hokkien people it is called assam laksa.\nHokkien mee is Hokkien mee, they tell Hokkien people that it is called prawn mee. \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb", "Sorry that I hurt your pride by not calling food names your preferred way.\nSelangor people tell other people what they should call their food.\nThat is not my intention, from where do you get the notion that I was trying to impose my local naming of foods on others? Asking for clarification also cannot ah?\nLaksa is laksa, they tell Hokkien people it is called assam laksa.\nDidn't know that Laksa (with sourness) is a Hokkien thing until now.\nHokkien mee is Hokkien mee, they tell Hokkien people that it is called prawn mee.\nCome on la dude, Selangor has Hokkien lang too you now? And here they have their own form of Hokkien mee, \u9ed1\u8272\u5927\u788c\u9762 ever heard of it? They themselves call \"Penang Hokkien mee\" prawn mee too. Different places have different names for their food, do the public a favor, educate yourself before you open your mouth with that ignorant bigoted attitude of yours, thanks.", "Adui kid, people on top call it laksa but you: you mean asam laksa?\nLaksa originated from Hokkien people intermarried with locals eg peranakan, so laksa originates from Hokkien states like Penang and Melaka. There's where you'll find your so called 'asam laksa'.\nSelangor has Hokkien lang yup. Would be a joke you assume I don't know. They call the dai lok mee as Penang Hokkien Mee? Well no, it is just local Cantonese hawker that call it that? Even have the gut to call it 'Penang Hokkien Mee' when in Penang, hokkien mee always mean the prawn broth mee.\nWhat a joke, saying I'm hurt by false fact claimed by you.", "Just be glad Malaysia is getting recognition"], ["Imagine those Americans trying this type of \"laksa\" then coming all the way here and expecting laksa to look like that.. sigh. Sure curry laksa exist but laksa by itself is not this thing in the video :("], ["Curry based? Laksa aint curry, repeat after me \"LAKSA AINT CURRY\" !", "", "Lmao come on bro, curry mee is curry mee, laksa is laksa. How is laksa curry based and coconut heavy.."], ["Is it asam laksa? Laksa johor? My ass would be disappointed if I wanted laksa and get mee kari."], ["This is not Laksa. \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["What the fuck"], ["this is curry mee not laksa at all"], ["Where laksa noodles? Where the fishy meat soup? Where the prawns? Where the mint? I know there's like curry laksa but this is just far from an actual laksa....... We literally have noodles called LAKSA NOODLES for a reason......", "It\u2019s obviously not catered to shallow minded folks like you. Just diam diam, live out your life of despair in Malaysia, while continuing to whine about the govt for the rest of your life."], ["That's mee kari to me. Waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy beyond laksa."], ["Curry mee vs curry laksa depends on the amount of santan to me. Some places not much santan so that's curry mee for me. Don't see many places advertising curry laksa as much, but those who do usually have more santan. Either way, curry laksa sounds more exotic and that means can sell for more."], ["Them there's asam laksa innit? The broth that has no santan or sumshiz like dat..can't remember"], ["So...... basically Mi Kari???"], ["I thought laksa refers to the udon-like noodles"]]}
{"title": "Flood warning siren sounded in Kelantan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r6p2c/flood_warning_siren_sounded_in_kelantan/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["There are two types of audio warning for flood warning siren, one is \"Amaran\" (Warning), another one is \"Bahaya\" (Danger)\nTranscript of the audio warning:\nWarning mode:\n[Siren tone] Amaran! Air sungai telah melebihi aras amaran! Dinasihatkan bersiap sedia untuk berpindah! X2\nEnglish translation: Warning! The river water level has surpassed warning level! It's advised to prepare for evacuation! X2\nDanger mode:\n[Siren tone] Bahaya! Air sungai telah melebihi aras bahaya! Dinasihatkan untuk segera berpindah! X2\nEnglish translation: Danger! The river water level has surpassed danger level! It's advised to evacuate immediately! X2\nSources of video:\nKedai Lama: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1280924419251282\nKem Tentera Rantau Panjang: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=643284217792254\nGua Musang: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1031904238114100"], ["lePAS air lagi ni"], ["No wonder all move to other states"], ["I thought that was a warning regarding a concert in kl"], ["It's mind boggling"], ["These sirens always have a major problem. I can't make out what it's saying at all.\nBM ku baik okay? Jadi ini bukan pasal tak faham Bahasa. Korang dpt dengar ke apa dia ckp ni?\nEdit : the 3rd one is clearer. At least I can make out what it's saying.", "It's because the sound come from a distance and it also become echo-like"], ["The country needs to build a lot more dams to control heavy water flows. Also can turn them into hydro electric easily too for free energy."], ["So... they have been voting for PAS for so many decades. Flood does not get solved. PAS does not get to say 'ini bencana Tuhan akibat LGBT'."], ["Here we go again."], ["Stupid peeple always bring politic into everything..", "As usual..... People keep thinking about politics despite flood being prevalent in almost every state in Malaysia"], ["Back of my mind; would west coast help east coast again?"], ["", "As per Rule 1, well-reasoned debate and criticism of religion is very welcome but one-liner talking points, jabs, borderline flaming etc. does not have such protection, and is bad for the community. Please treat this as a warning - if this continues we will be forced to take steps."], ["Ah yes the Kelantan yearly water festival have begun."], ["Salah kilang Karlsberk nih."]]}
{"title": "No Malaysians affected by earthquake in Japan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdfuj/no_malaysians_affected_by_earthquake_in_japan/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["My cousin having a holiday in Malaysia. He averted a disaster. He may be living in east coast of Japan but i am damn sure he can feel the tremor if he was there."], ["Absolutely not true. On some FB groups you can see some Malaysians travelling in Kanazawa who are stuck and wondering how to get back to Osaka/Tokyo."]]}
{"title": "coming to KL in Jan end - suggest me a trek", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r5nln/coming_to_kl_in_jan_end_suggest_me_a_trek/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I am coming to KL in Jan end for work. I am not a city person and I am looking at few trekking or adventure activities. I am a solo female who has experience in trekking and has moderate fitness level.\nI saw MIr adventures absailing, rock climbing at Batu caves. But minimum 2 pax booking is required.\nAnything else I can do solo ? I can take out 2 days if anything else is nearby.\nI am thinking about Bukit Tabur and Bukit gasing hiking trail... seems like manageable.\nPS I know about Mount KK in Borneo which is in my to do list of hikes. This trip I cannot go there.\nEdit - Thanks a lot everyone for the replies. You guys made my day. I will go through them and possibly go for 2 days hikes.", "comments": [["If you are staying in the city, you may check out Taman Tugu. Very near city, it has a 5km trail. Very suitable for beginner to experience hikers. Free entrance. The whole forest area is fenced up, so you don\u2019t have to worry about getting lost in the jungle. Well marked trail, bring plenty of water, toilet is available at the park. You may walk from Taman Tugu to Dataran Merdeka after your hike."], ["I often go to Bukit Gasing and it is good even around noon when it is supposed to be the hottest. There are many routes and I go slow which can take half an hour to three hours. Bukit Taisho is nice if you can go early in the morning but that is in Negeri Sembilan. Those are my top 2.", "Hi! I\u2019m planning to visit KL in late Jan/Feb too and since I\u2019ll be solo travelling would you please show me around for a day or two?", "Unfortunately, I am unavailable during that time as I should be overseas."], ["Kiara Hill at TTDI (near Damansara Utama). There is a Facebook group for it."], ["Gunung Bunga Buah (\u679c\u82b1\u5c71) - entrance is at Gohtong Jaya. First part of the trail is old abandoned road leading to a old quarry and you follow it till you see signs planted by other hikers which will lead you through a single trail up the mountain. You can see Genting Highlands from the rock garden near the top and it's chilly all the way given that you're hiking at 1100m above sea level. Avoid during bad weather as landslides are very common during that time. Route available on Google Maps and just search if you need more info. I've personally done this one in a very relaxing 6 hours (up and down) Loads of good food available in Gohtong Jaya after your hike but do pack lunch and light snacks + adequate water and other necessary supplies.", "nice of you to explain to a visitor that this place is off limits to hikes.", "Oh shit none of the locals I bumped into hiking the trail told me bout that, how mean of them!", "So am confused. Is it open or not for hikes ?", "officially it's illegal to climb, as you will trespass into private land under Genting Higland company.\nif there are cops there , you will be forced to turn back. also, if something were to happen to you, and you need rescuing, the authorities can give you a hefty fine for it.\nso, it's up to you if you want to risk it.\ngood luck.", "Ok, got it\nThanks for the info"], ["FRIM"], ["you can try kdcf, Kota Damansara Community Forest, it has multiple trails and can reach the top called denai tiga puteri, hike up takes around 2.5 hours to 3 hours ish depending on speed and coming down around 2 hours ish. But so far it has been closed till 31st jan 2024 for safety reasons. You can click on the link below to join their group for further update\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/77015742023/.\nAnother options I can recommend is apek hill in cheras, takes around 4 to 4.5 to complete up and down. Many checkpoints on the way up as there is natural landscapes such as lakes, scenery to look around and exercise equipment to play around. Just its abit fair part of cheras but definitely worth the try."], ["Has anyone to the rawang bypass? How was it?", "Pretty fun, just remember that there are 2 diff trails. I do suggest, it's a pretty good beginner level hike"], ["dont do tabur\nit's illegal, and many have died there.\ni suggest you go for hikes in negeri sembilan, as the permits are easily purchased. perhaps can explore angsi, datuk or my personal favourite, berembun."]]}
{"title": "UTM rejected my application, need help (international student)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r5fci/utm_rejected_my_application_need_help/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "hello, hope you are doing well. i applied in utm for feb intake in Masters in cybersecurity. i have a GPA of 3.4 out of 4 and im quite fluent in english as well. for some reason my apllication was rejected by the faculty. i mailed them and there has been no response from their side.\nany advice on what i should do?", "comments": [["What is the name of the institution where you did your undergrad?", "i applied in Universiti teknologi malaysia, have completed my bachelors from kashmir, india", "It may be your institution. Is your uni ranked? UTM is ranked so maybe 3.4/4 in their scale for a non ranked uni is not enough for them?\nFor example if you went to JNU or IIT it may be a different story"], ["might be your uni and your GPA. UTM is a really good school, so anything under 3.5 is a bit difficult", "Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate it, but also someone w 3.2 gpa made it through :)"]]}
{"title": "Will raising fuel and power bills make Malaysians go solar?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r4r89/will_raising_fuel_and_power_bills_make_malaysians/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Will raising fuel and power bills make Malaysians go solar?\nNo. They will make us go ballistic."], ["Go so-hai, yes."], ["Solar adoption is expensive.", "Not that expensive when you take out subsidy fromcthe governement. In fact, i think it may be cheaper.", "I ran the numbers last year for home and commercial use, the issue is the initial first couple of years the expense bump is still pretty high, making it quite unattractive for the average Malaysian.", "The average ROI now is about 5 years iirc, that is okay if you ask me.", "Yep, if we're talking about rm200 to rm300 per month on the residential tariff. Better if there's an electric car downstairs.", "I don\u2019t disagree with you but for mass general adoption it\u2019s not something feasible as per OP\u2019s question.", "Mass adoption is another ball game. You are talking about displacing big power plants with large solar farms. If you go on to Suruhanjaya Tenaga website, they publish the winners of the solar farm tenders. They go as low as 17 cents, and the recent ones are within 20 to 23 cents. Meaning developers have costed in and are able to produce at this rates.\nJust fyi, these rates are competitive with existing power plants, and considering existing plants have governement subsidy, the situation is skewed even further to solar.\nSo the only real problem left is how to extend beyond the 4 hours of sunlight, which the whole world is looking at either green hydrogen or battery."], ["Problem with solar and other \"green\" energy is their battery/accumulator which typically lithium base, unless we can make it totally carbon base or something similarly common resource it will not be sustainable. Unless of course it is similar to how we currently do hydro power and not how we currently do solar power, then it will be ok, because then each house will not require those lithium battery/accumulator thing. The way we do solar power currently are unsustainable.", "I am still waiting for graphene supercapacitor to make enough advances and suitable for public adoption.\nhttps://www.cas.org/resources/cas-insights/sustainability/supercapacitor-technologies-graphene-finally-living-its-full\nWe are still far awat but I am hopeful.\nThe downside to solar power is we still haven't implemented panel recycling. Those early solar panels will reach their end life soon, yet because it weren't widely adopted thus it is not feasible to create a recycling program, it will go straight to garbage dump.\nCheap on the wallet, expensive on the environment."], ["NUCLEAR RAHHHHH"]]}
{"title": "Kenanga forecasts inflation rate of 2.5%-3% for 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r4r11/kenanga_forecasts_inflation_rate_of_253_for_2024/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "The research house says Malaysia\u2019s inflationary pressures are expected to rise due to the government\u2019s subsidy rationalisation plan, increased services tax, and the progressive wage model implementation.", "comments": []}
{"title": "High recruitment fees make greedy agents bring in workers, says group", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r4qgo/high_recruitment_fees_make_greedy_agents_bring_in/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Papsma secretary-general Sukumaran Nair says many Bangladeshis are also willing to pay high fees because they see Malaysia as a \u2018ticket\u2019 to a comfortable life.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Went to JPN earlier", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r4qfo/went_to_jpn_earlier/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Love the sneaky Santa lol", "comments": [["I missed it initially and had to look at the small stuff on the table. But then I saw the \u201cbelt\u201d!"], ["Square Santa. It's kinda cute and creative."], ["I have been on this sub for too long and automatically assume OP is complaining about the empty Kaunter Serahan", "Unfortunately, I am in the same boat"], ["This must be in Sarawak right? I can see Taib Mahmud's wife on the wall. Kinda funny that Anwar's portrait is lower than hers.", "Taib is on the other side next to the Agong. As the yang di-pertua of Sarawak, he and his wife is correctly placed lower than the Agong but higher than the PM.", "The protocol is correct", "Starting from the middle:\nFederal Head of State (Agong) and wife > State Head of State (Sultan/Governor) and wife > Federal Head of Govt (PM) and State Head of Govt (MB/CM/Premier), in that order.\nYou can just about see Abang Jo's portrait on the right side placed at the same level as Anwar's. So the protocol is correct."], ["Santa Door and Reindeer computers!"], ["UTC?"], ["boxing day holiday.."], ["The deer! \ud83e\udd8c"], ["No one at desk ?? Smh", "Christmas season and little crowd", "It's normal for the end of the year people taking annual leave that can't be carried forward. And since this is Sarawak, a lot of the workers themselves are probably Christian bumis."], ["Waiting Madani, sooner or later if this great government maintain, they will arrive at these slackers doorstep", "What do you mean?", "Madani will set new standard to clean up these slackers"], ["Wear hand sanitizer"], ["OP :26555::26555::26555:"], ["awh cute!"], ["Shudders at thought of Santa Taib climbing through my window as houses in Sarawak has got no chimney."], ["Find the hidden Santa"], ["That's really cute"], ["Door Santa? LETS GOOOOOO"]]}
{"title": "Police nab 10, including NGO patron with \u2018Datuk\u2019 title, believed to be head of largest drugs syndicate in Sabah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r4p7h/police_nab_10_including_ngo_patron_with_datuk/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Wow. Macam cerita mafia Hong Kong.", "Well there's historical links between HK and KK, Sabah.\nBut it looks like instead of Golden Triangle (Thai, Burma, Laos) drug source, it's the tri-state sea area of Php, Indonesia and Malaysia. ."], ["Apa ni?? Kata harmoni??", "Ofcourse bro, semua ambik sama2 and have fun tgt /s"], ["Trust no one, no title, but knowledge.\nUS Theranos Scam Board consists of:\nGeorge P. Shultz \u2014 former US secretary of state\nGary Roughead \u2014 retired US Navy admiral\nWilliam J. Perry \u2014 former US secretary of defense\nSam Nunn \u2014 former US senator who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations\nJames N. Mattis \u2014 retired US Marine Corps general\nRichard Kovacevich \u2014 former CEO of Wells Fargo\nHenry A. Kissinger \u2014 former US secretary of state\nWilliam H. Frist \u2014 heart and lung transplant surgeon and former US senator\nWilliam H. Foege \u2014 former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "Anna Delvey"], [""]]}
{"title": "New Year\u2019s Eve plan?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v6996/new_years_eve_plan/", "num_comment": 109, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Let\u2019s talk about how y\u2019all spending NY eve. I used to love celebrating it in another country pre-pandemic. And now, I\u2019m just gonna Netflix and chill \ud83e\udd79", "comments": [[""], ["Us lonely people stay at home with our best friend, computer", "Alone but not lonely! \ud83d\ude06 pretty sure some of us also have chosen to stay home", "Same here OP! Ordered in some food and gonna find a good flick to watch \u263a\ufe0f", "Nice! I\u2019ve been on Netflix documentaries marathon since afternoon \ud83d\ude02"], ["Imagine myself outside with a bunch of friends counting down\u2026..\nI\u2019m just at home with my dog watching some tv shows. No GF no besties to spend it with.", "Spending it with yer dog also very nice ah!", "Thank you :D! Happy New Year and may 2024 be a wickedly awesome year for you my friend.\nI hope 2024 turns out to be better than 2023 for me personally."], ["Finishing Red Dead Redemption 2", "Good luck champ. Best game for me"], ["Going to gym to be the first person who bench 100kg in 2024.", "TeamNoSleep"], ["Making my newborn baby sleep and hope he does not woke up due to fireworks lol", "Aw haha! Funny my friend says shes gonna stay home too so that her cats wouldn\u2019t freak out bcuz of the fireworks \ud83e\udd79"], ["I'm literally in front of my computer reading manga while scrolling on Reddit. Maybe I'll do some diamond painting later"], ["Game, work tomorrow.", "Are you in the retail or service industry? \ud83d\ude0a", "Retail"], ["Bro, I need to submit FYP before 12am. \ud83d\ude14. Guess I just pretend to enjoy doing my Final year project only lor", "Broooo so last min ah u haha!"], ["Shooting the fireworks... By myself.", "Broooo"], ["I'm actually so bored I started working lmao.", "\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d anything but work"], ["plan?"], ["Sleep at home"], ["You mean you netflix and chill or you NETFLIX AND CHILL?", "In literal sense only \ud83d\ude1d"], ["Sleep. Tomorrow still had to work bro:26559:", "\ud83d\ude3fbrooo"], ["netflix, wandering inside my own head and just live another day like the usual", "It really is just another day \u263a\ufe0f", "i\u2019d like to believe that new year is just a state of mind, you can have new year everyday as long as you keep that mindset because after all we\u2019re our own universe"], ["Wish all of you a prosperous and happy new year 2024. That's my plan."], ["Just outside of my house with stray cats while watching people playing fireworks and also playing Mobile Legends."], ["PLAY BALDUR GATE 3"], ["watched Pendatang movie with burger ayam double cheese special at home. syok apaaa"], ["Sitting on my bed. Came to my room 2023. Leaving for 2024"], ["Gonna stay at home, reflect on some life lessons learnt in 2023 and hopefully not make the same mistakes on 2024. Then keep my cats company so they don\u2019t get scared by the fireworks.\nHappy new year everyone \ud83d\ude0a"], ["sleep"], ["Booked an Airbnb near TRX, chill with some friends"], ["Open up Animal Crossing New Horizons, docked it on the TV, celebrate the New Year's Eve with my wife (who is playing the game too), and those animal villagers that I have."], ["Netflix and chill because im so done with people"], ["Play lethal company\nFUN"], ["Gonna sleep through it cause 1/1 is not a holiday in Johor \ud83d\ude06", "Say what?", "Yup, not all states have 1/1 as public holiday.", "\ud83e\udd79"], ["I thought the fire works were cancelled because of Gayyyzaaaa."], ["All NYE events were cancelled for solidarity with Palestine and flood victims.", "Not true. There are countdown concerts at TRX & Sunway Velocity \ud83d\ude43\ud83d\ude42", "Waiting for comments commenting about the countdown concerts being insensitive", "This is why I\u2019m in Bangkok watching scantily clad girls prance about on stage while waiting for fireworks.", "Happy for you", "If only Malaysia would dedicate Langkawi to scantily clad dancing girls. \ud83d\ude02"], ["work", "\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd"], ["Trying to finish a book.", "That\u2019s nice, I could only manage 1-2 pages before i pass out \ud83d\ude02"], ["nice great view directly at KL center in my room, thats good enough for fireworks this year, usually go out with friends but not this year, bit lazy", "Nice! I\u2019m very very lazy too lol"], ["Need plan?"], ["Dinner at The Traveling Duck then Goldfinger movie. With family & partner. Just nice.", "Niceeee!"], ["I'm old. I plan on being asleep by 10pm.", "I would want to sleep earlier if i can lol"], ["Working till 11pm and tidur. Never celebrate this.", "I like the idea that New Year gives a sense of fresh beginning \ud83d\ude0aThat said, I prefer to \u2018celebrate\u2019 Jan 1st."], ["I'm sitting on the couch and questioning my whole year of 2023. Kinda anxious to start my new year.", "Treat it as a great opportunity to start things anew and with hope \ud83d\ude0a"], ["As I get older, staying at home is the best.", "Word."], ["My post Covid joint pain and lethargy ensures I don't go anywhere", "Ahhh, hope u feel better soon!"], ["Netflix and karaoke at home with the fam", "Karaoke, that\u2019s cute! Haha"], ["Cry myself to sleep", "Nooooo \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Comforting all my dogs and cats coz fireworks \ud83d\ude2d", "\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"], ["Celebrating NY in game."], ["Watch anime, play games, jerk off, etc. Same old same old."], ["I kena covid for 3 times, 2 times on end of december and I'm quarantine in my room now. I wish I got to celebrate new year eve outside next year.", "Aw, you will be by end of next year! Speedy recovery to you!"], ["As someone live and work in JB \u201cyou guys celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve?\u201d", "Honestly didn\u2019t know that \ud83d\ude15"], ["Cutie coming over to Netflix and chill ^", "\ud83e\udd73"], ["Usually house parties. This year decided to go to Langkawi - randomly", "I like this random plan heh"], ["stay at home, watch letsplay horror vids on youtube. i just don't want to get into an accident and die while celebrating new years lol", "Brooo \ud83e\udd72\ud83d\ude02", "it's true haha. there's bound to be accidents and deaths this new year!"], ["McD & YouTube for me"], ["When young, go out watch fireworks with my dog. Now that he has passed away, i just stay home lay in bed and checkout on shopee at midnight to save rm5"], ["Reading a book and then stuffing 12 grapes in my mouth before 12.01am then back to reading my book."], ["Alone, gaming, sleep"], ["Apply kerja \ud83d\ude22", "Hey Happy New Year and all the best to you! I will also have to start applying haha"], ["I was celebrating with my vtuber waifus. The hololive event was amazing."], ["Need to be giga Chad to the gym\nIs what my resolution every years"], ["Watching firewoks from home"], ["Nothing, more playing games, drink some cocoa\nPlanning to doodle some more OC stuff"], ["Well I was sad to hear KLCC wouldn't have a fireworks show so would've gone there. Still enough fireworks are the house :D"], ["i stayed at home and play state of decay 2"], ["Finished Hogwarts Legacy.\nI feel more satisfaction than go out count down and stuck at Highway for more than 1 hour"], ["Sleep earlier than usual"]]}
{"title": "Three cops held for stealing RM85,000 during integrated op in Jalan Silang in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r47rc/three_cops_held_for_stealing_rm85000_during/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Good. Throw the book at them"]]}
{"title": "How to identify a subsidise product?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r3wqk/how_to_identify_a_subsidise_product/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello im not malaysian but was born and raised here. Im now 17 and am beginning to pick up processes like visas or limitations as a foreigner here. From what i know its illegal for a foreigner to purchase a subsidised product like oil or rice, but how do i identify one to prevent myself from mistakenly purchasing it?\nAlso if im a foreigner but i purchase my own car here do i need to use RON 95 or 97?", "comments": [["Subsidised items will have this logo on them.\n<image>"], ["If you buy a Malaysian registered car, then ron95 is pkay"], ["Legally, all foreigner can consume all kind of subsidized product includes but not limited to wheat, oil, sugar, rice, egg, fuel & etc\nThe only exception is if you driving a with foreign-registered number plate near to country border. In this case, you shall not use RON95."], ["ron 95 thing is for cars with foreign plates within certain range of the border. if you don't see a notice on the pump it's fine. If there's a notice and you're driving local cars it's fine.\nthe rice thing is a recent suggestion/call by umno politician Muhamad Akmal Saleh not law."], ["Pay tax, all good."], ["a local, upon seeing you a foreigner using or consuming a government subsidized product, will scream at you.\nthats how you would know it is subsidized.\nedit: just kidding. usually they will just take your photo and make it viral and blame the shop owner or the police or government or something for not enforcing some regulation."], ["If you live here, you can buy anything a Malaysian can buy. Even ron95, that rule only exist for foreign registered cars (SG, Thailand etc)"], ["Am a Malaysian and even I don't know this!"], ["It makes no sense that foreigners who are based in Malaysia can\u2019t purchase everyday essentials like rice and oil.", "There's nothing to stop them, however, the government's rationale is that foreigners who are based in malaysia are usually expats and paid a higher wage. The subsidies are only for certain brands and it's to help locals who may not earn as much.\nCheaper local rice and cooking oil are subsidised but have you seen them? The oil is only local palm oil and some are in plastic bags. They're for people who run small businesses or have large families. Foreigners (westeners) might prefer different oils like imported olive or sunflower which are not subsidised.", "Lol, they'd have to actually line up at 8 AM to get those things because the local pisang goreng and nasi kukus buys them all within the hour."], ["It's illegal to pump Ron95 and use it overseas. Using it in Malaysia should be fine"]]}
{"title": "Road bully detected in Puchong", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r0cd7/road_bully_detected_in_puchong/", "num_comment": 26, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["aiya, that street always full of cars and people...even with the jammed traffic...alot brainless driver still double park and blocking 1 side of the road which make the traffic even worst...better stay out of this street when it's in peak time", "not sure if that is a collision or due to double park. but smacking people just like that ain't right. heard something like \"sangat murah\" or \"sangat marah\" in the beginning"], ["I know that place. There's plenty of jackasses over there who think it's ok to double park because they're just making a take away order.", "It\u2019s the same everywhere, wherever you go typical locals double park e.g. Sri Petaling"], ["Why road bullies always the fat one?", "Because these people are more likely to throw their weight around", "or generally the type of people that are victims of inferiority complex, we all know the type, unattractive or just don't care for themselves and dress like slobs. They need to feel they are worth something by lashing out since it's a power play for them.", "Prone to hot temper due higher blood pressure maybe"], ["he need to stop eating fast food and exercise more \ud83d\ude02"], ["He look like Inverted twitty bird. Head smallsmall body big Big", "But certainly the exact opposite of your display name kek"], ["Unsure what is the issue about. Happened in front of Restoran Hoo Yee Kee, Jalan Meranti Jaya, Puchong (nearby Tasik Prima) at about noon, 17th December 2023.\nBut it sure looks like someone got smacked."], ["this is why I prefer to just stay at home and order grabfood from those famous restaurants. they are often crowded, no parking and full of inconsiderate idiots", "what's worse than inconsiderate idiots? acah gangster wanna smack people."], ["why you all keep getting these people? I waiting for them to approach me.", "The day will come. Meanwhile, you can have this post/video :grin:"], ["it's always Puchong. I went there just a few times. I thought KL traffic was bad.. Puchong and Penang opened my eyes."], ["\"jangan marah bang, nanti kena serang sakit jantung\""], ["Cina bukit shenanigans."], ["Mans doing god's work!", "Which one?", "You of course! Focusing completely on the fracas without straying away from the action. Damn fine camera work if i\u2019ve ever seen one."], ["It's kinda scary when the cows crossing the road get aggressive"], ["My temper will not allow me to sit still in the car."], ["Damn first time seeing an inbred Cartman bullying people in malaysia. Get a life"]]}
{"title": "KL skyline in Grand Archive TCG", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdf4s/kl_skyline_in_grand_archive_tcg/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Cool"], ["Anyone playing this? How does it feel compared to something like MTG or Yu-Gi-Oh, or any tcg that you played?", "Plays like a mix of M:TG and Pokemon. Learning to play is easy but a well thought out play is really rewarding. Newest expansion coming at the end of the month too.\nStore Locations"], ["Mind kindly tell me from which edition does this card come? Usually, there are various editions (such as in Cardfight Vanguard). I want to buy this for my collection."]]}
{"title": "Writer, publisher make final bid to challenge \u2018Gay is OK\u2019 book ban", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r38md/writer_publisher_make_final_bid_to_challenge_gay/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Lawyer Edmund Bon says the applicants have filed 11 legal and constitutional questions to obtain leave for the merit of the complaint to be heard.", "comments": [["Typical Malaysia style. Deny LGBTQ2IA exists but then will say kena lawan LGBTQ2IA. Fucking Dystopia. Fuck you JAIS. And Fuck you [REDACTED] later I get call pdrm for insult royalty. ..\nGay people don't even bother you. How is 2 conseting adults having gay sex a crime? WHAT THE FUCK? later you do doggystyle in cis sex become crime is it because Dog Haram one not. Haiya no Kerja this happen. So fucking busybody.\nThen, If a Chinese/Non Muslims get caught gay sex with Muslim, always the Chinese/Non Muslim blamed for \"sesatkan\" sesatkan my ass your father ah sesat tidak menggunakan peralatan mencegah anak seperti condom dan ubatan anti anak serta abortion(idk if my BM usage correct but Peralatan mencegah anak are contraceptives right?)\nBeing Gay is Okay Being Straight is Okay Being Lesbian is Okay Being Trans is Okay What is NOT Okay is when you commit crimes and disturb the peace of others such as when 2 consenting adults having gay sex then [REDACTED] become so sibuk(busy right or sebok?) jealous ke Bang JAIS?", "Woah woah woah. The hive mind have already decided that the LGBT message must not come at the price of harming societal balance especially after the drunkard did what he did at the gvf. Rn you're saying some real nasty shit you wouldn't want to go against the hive mind do you."]]}
{"title": "PU Azman ordered to enter defence on two sexual assault charges", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r246u/pu_azman_ordered_to_enter_defence_on_two_sexual/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Jeng\u00b3"], ["PU? More like Pencetus Nafsu.", "Itu PN bang\u2026 oh wait"], ["i misread the title as PU Amazon lol"], ["Do you guys realize that it is simple to become the leading country of human civilization? How?\nThere are a lot of references out there, religions, countries, corruption, scams...(not really new, still the same reused tactics after 100-1000 years).\nJust Do Not Repeat The Same Mistake or Do Not Fall into The Same Trap!\nIronic that there are many similarities between you and the one you afraid, hated and rejected. Have you taken the lesson yet?"], ["It\u2019s always them. What a disgrace to their title."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Pendatang\u2019 producers say school screenings unlikely, film will continue to be available on YouTube", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r1gk5/pendatang_producers_say_school_screenings/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "A nice, polite feck off to the FINAS chairman (?)", "comments": [["If school were to have screenings, why not just connect the laptop to a projector and play it off Youtube?\nOtherwise, the teachers can always assign their students to watch the movie at home, come back the next day and do a post mortem discussion in class.", "I think teachers cannot simply write \u2018tengok filem Pendatang dalam youtube\u2019 in their teaching plan / syllabus book register that needs to be signed off weekly by head of department, school principal or whatever.", "Bro during my school days it was much simpler. We get to watch movies. I still remember watching Twister at school. I can't remember which subject period though. Maybe it was pendidikan seni :26554:", "In my time, we get to watch the classic James Bond movies like Dr.No, Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. And they screened it using the old film projectors. This was during the early 1990\u2019s.", "Lmao. We watched The Day After Tomorrow. It won over Shark Tale.", "Because the Finas chief is looking to have the credit collected under his resume."], ["Suddenly riding the fame"]]}
{"title": "An open letter to lonely Malaysian boys out there", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r1dwj/an_open_letter_to_lonely_malaysian_boys_out_there/", "num_comment": 289, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "I've been seeing a lot of posts lately whether here or r/Bolehland about how the dating world seems hopeless for us men. Thing is, most of these posts comes with a lot of assumption on how every women perceives men and therefore made it hard. But that's further than the truth itself imo. Let me make my point.\nSure, if we look at trends we'd see most these women looks at wealth and appearences but you forget that when you compare the women who does those are usually the ones with huge social value such as really beautiful women, why wouldn't they look for someone who can better their future?\nPlus most of the post Ive seen tends to be from very picky men who says \"personality\" mattered more but can be further from the truth. You might not realize it but when you're disinterested in someone your entire demeanor and the way you interact is vastly different with someone you are interested in. Imo if you pursue anyone and gave anyone a chance, you can basically had a chance with literally anyone but you dont do that instead you tend to choose girls who are really beautiful to judge, whom has higher social value instead of settling with YOU.\nIn my years spending on this Earth, Ive seen so many men misunderstand so many women and that included myself. Truth is you never gave a chance to other women whom you deemed ugly or below your standard. Its not that its hard but moreso that you're doing the same thing those beautiful women are doing. Because 7 dates 7/8, 5 dates 5/6's. Thats just how life works unless again, you have a million dollars to bribe a 9. Fyi if you have that power as a men to be bribed by a 6 you would, ps5 in a lambo sounds nice.\nSo now we established yes women do that but only those with social value can, so what is the problem with men? The problem is you need a better outlook in life and people. People arent as simple as yeah they all just want money so EVERY WOMEN dont want me, if you already think like that, lemme ask you how many women will agree with you if you said it out loud? Fyi they can sense you are this type of person without you saying it out loud. Imo women mature socially faster than men as well to understand which person is weird and which isnt, fact is if you have a thought(materialism) like that you are weird.\nThis might look like a feminist open letter. Trust me its not, its the harsh truth that you have to face. If you really want just love and personality then value each individual as their own not trends, understand each person is different, take your chances and understand if a person says no does not mean they're not interested Just because you are ugly or broke but there might be layers to this, judge someone as how you will be judged. Do you like someone just cause theyre ugly or beautiful? No? Then its the same for women, if your personality can really shine without you looking like weird guy shouting stupid shit(good joke/charisma) then theyd like you anyway because that other person share the same views as you.\nYou gotta understand that your partners are usually the ones that share the same views as you. So if you truly view the world for love alone then look for it! It wont be easy(trust me) but its out there! Like did you think finding someone who shares your view is easy? We cant even agree on simplest shit with the same gender lol.\nIf you are someone who just wants someone above average and beautiful, work on yourself! Dont blame the world. You wanna look better? Go to the gym. You wanna know how to flirt? Talk/flirt/date more with everyone until you do it properly with the person you like. The guys who are able to do so, did all these for years from what ive seen. Personally i dont do it.\nLastly, imo these are just how human behaviours are like, we want more or bigger things instead of looking around and gave more people chances into our lives, the same can be said in the dating world which includes you lonely men out there too not only the women you judged here. You might like someone and they dont like you back and sure you probably make a great couple if you are actually together doesnt mean the other share the same dreams and views you do btw, find the one who does. Yes getting the right person is hard, otherwise whats so sacred or special bout your relationship compared to billions of other people?\nI want to add yes there are really fking crazy n stupid women that can cheat, ditch, ghost and make false promises to men. But on the other hand there are also men who are stalkers, obsessive and fuckboys. So it goes hand in hand. So big Emphasis on SHARING SAME VIEWS AS YOU.\nIn conclusion, society follows the rules it was set out by people and you are part of it. The things you want are just limited by your own ability because of not trying out things outside your box or comfort", "comments": [["Well the phrase you have to enjoy your own company and love yourself first . Is a phrase i think everyone should know and hear.\nIf you want to date for the sake of not being alone, you create a kind of codependency and reliance for affirmation of love from your significant other, and that puts a kind of stress on the relationship to feel heavily one-sided\nAnd when people say no, its not necessarily a problem in terms of looks and or money. Sometimes youre just not their type and thats okay. You could be the sweetest apple in the world ; and some people just dont like apples.", "Reddit is awesome because someone named u/iStickStuffsUpMyButt gives good wholesome advice", "The conversation gets awkward when they ask ohh you use reddit too? Whats your username ?\nMe :", "For as long as I've been here in r/Malaysia, I always see you u/iStickStuffUpMyButt around here. Glad to see you doing well.", "Thank you mannn. I remember this sub used to be really small. It has grown alottt since then. I actually wanted to change my account cause its uh\u2026 ya know\ud83d\ude02. But decided to keep it", "Dont. Nothing wrong with it lmao. Bonus point if you get your wife or gf into it too lol.", "Due to the nature of my work, i find it pretty difficult to maintain a relationship, last one uh.. did not end so well\ud83d\udc80", "It did not stick huh?", "it was stuck for too long /s", "My grip strength is pretty good", "You could say that hahah", "", "\ud83e\udd23", "ehem, can i? \ud83e\udd2d", "r/rimjob_steve", "As long as it's not a glass bottle that could break", "on the more harsh side of this, if you dont enjoy your own company, why would ANYONE want to be around you? you cant even stand yourself!\nalso, if you're aiming for 8-10s, are you yourself an 8-10?\nif you TRULY are just aiming for companionship, drop your target ratings. your success rate will go up.", "This is so damn true. Adding on to the loving yourself first bit, two broken halves don\u2019t make for a wholesome relationship. And if you sendiri don\u2019t like yourself how to expect others to do so?", "actually if you dont love yourself , youre more susceptible to emotional abuse, you might view bad traits as \u2018 thats who they are \u2018 because you dont want to be alone. Ive seen this happen countless times among my friends", "As someone in their late 30s who only quite recently started dating women who I'd consider conventionally hot and attractive, and spent his whole life thinking he's an ugly loser no hot girls will ever love, I have on good authority say that love yourself is one of the best advice, its so easy yet people refuse to do it.\nInstead of going out just to find someone who love and validate you, make it a point to go out and have fun because you want to, with your friends. If you're the most fun guy in a club, women would introduce themselves to you. Focus on making money, learning new things, do things that are good for you, don't focus on some quick pussy you know could do much better than you. Instead of looking at YouTube video to learn some funny pick up lines, actually expand your horizon and have a sense of humour, go watch a comedy. There's a difference with saying funny things vs actually being a funny person. If a woman thinks you're funny she'd laugh even if you don't say anything.\nWhen you go 'ah why doesn't hot women like me', no shit bro, if you're thinking that you clearly don't love yourself. You're much better than you give yourself credit for, just make it a point to stop being a loser and seek women's validation.", "Last part is something too many guys don\u2019t realise, and they end up hating girls as a whole because they wanna believe that they got rejected not because she\u2019s a human and can form her own thoughts and feelings, but because he\u2019s \u201cnot rich or handsome enough\u201d.\nEdit: forgot to add not in \u201cnot rich or handsome enough\u201d", "I guess because it is easier to hate than to have compassion", "Exactly otherwise we'd have more priests than pimps s/", "This is beautifully put out, and I wish more people can see this this message. \ud83d\ude42", "You could be the sweetest apple in the world; and some people just dont like apples\nThe best way to put it into words. Sometimes, it's not a you or them issue, it's just...non-matching chemistry. And in those cases, staying as friends would be better", "once\u2014 i tried to make things work; kinda forced it. And thats how i learnt my lesson.", "100% agreed"], ["Jfc just stop whining online about how you can\u2019t find love while generalising the opposite gender in a bad light. It makes you look super pathetic and less desirable", "incel behavior is so damn weird.", "you remind me of someone sayin they aint involuntary incellibate. still dunno what he meant \ud83e\udd14", "A negative of a negative of a negative. What", "KANN \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "I was gonna comment incel are bred differently. You beat me to it lol", "Im male wif wife tho", "Speaking in general. Wasn\u2019t targeted towards you", "Oh rofl I thought you replied to post, yes you are right totally though Speaking trash even to your own gender is wrong imo which Ive seen too, so imo just view ppl as ppl lol.", "What if I want to find a partner, but that person has to have little to no social media presence. (I guess little social media presence would be more realistic, no social media presence at all sounds like an impossible thing to do/to find these days).\nMy question is, is this a realistic standard? Or an outrageous standard?\nI'm male btw.", "Well depends, one might ask why you need that requirement? I might assume because you feel like you dont want them to post photos of themselves or advertise themselves online all the time.\nSure its a standard you can add albeit you might not find a lot of girls who dont do that.\nSocial media is literally the best place to market yourself AND show your social status and fabricate it higher. Which is what most women do compared to men who buys fast cars, watches and whatnot.\nAnyway back to the point. My wife rarely posts online and she sometimes do when special stuff happens and our face or sometimes only her face is in it, real question is, are you fine with a girl like that? If not then you lean towards extreme standard.\nImo any standard or boundaries must be exercised with proper balance without leaning towards too much or too little\nSo if lets say your a insecure fella bout ur girl running off with another guy and she wants to hang out with a group with guy in it. Ok sure, but in a big group with lots more girls in it(a good boundary) now imagine if its literally 9 girls to 1 guy and you still dont let her hang out, thats extreme.\nAlso it works vice versa if she can hang out with a group of people then you should be able too. Also you need to set and say you need videocall time to time during outing as a standard and you'd do the same.\nAll these needs proper communication and set of boundaries in the start of a relationship.", "Bingo. You're correct with your assumptions. +10 points for your sir.\nSure its a standard you can add albeit you might not find a lot of girls who dont do that.\nWell, I don't really mind that. Makes it easier to narrow down the... Calon if you will. But... That being said, it's not a mandatory requirement, it's just a bonus if she's not active on social media. One which I should clarify earlier in my parent comment.\nSocial media is literally the best place to market yourself AND show your social status and fabricate it higher.\nSee? That's one of the reason for my standards (which is not a mandatory requirement, but an added bonus if that person checks this box). When you say, market yourself, show your social status and fabricated it higher, it makes me feels like she's okay with showing her value, her social status, income level, her earnings, her lifestyle, etc. It makes me feels like she's showing off, you know? Like... Bragging, or berlagak (for the lack of better word) about her lifestyle, her social status. It's like she's saying \"hey, look at me world\". It's like she's craving attention from the public. After all, I've never seen (so far) anyone who's post something online about their hardship, their bad news... Only good news, and good things that happens to them.\nNot only that, when you post too much about yourself online, for the world to see, it could also attract... Unwanted attention. For example, stalker, etc. I think you understand and get what I mean with my point here, so, I wouldn't elaborate much further.\nOr idk, maybe I'm just weird.\nMy wife rarely posts online and she sometimes do when special stuff happens and our face or sometimes only her face is in it, real question is, are you fine with a girl like that?\nAs for your example, yeah. That's exactly what I want and what I mean when I said my standards. Am I fine with a girl like that? Yeah, sure. In fact, that's the kind of girl that I'm looking for. The real question is, are there anymore girl like that? Dun dun dun.\nMaybe there are and I'm just awfully blind.\nSo if lets say your a insecure fella bout ur girl running off with another guy and she wants to hang out with a group with guy in it. Ok sure, but in a big group with lots more girls in it(a good boundary) now imagine if its literally 9 girls to 1 guy and you still dont let her hang out, thats extreme.\nEh I don't think I have any issues with this currently (don't know if I'll change my mind in the future, not in a relationship in the moment). But if she intends to run off with another guy, I would pretty much appreciated it if she just tell me in the beginning of our relationship, or before the start if our relationship, as to not waste both of our time. It's like, \"You're not my first rejection bro\" kinda situation.\nSo, how about it? Am I weird and creepy for my standards? (which again, is not mandatory requirement, just an added bonus if she checks the box) Or is that considered normal and acceptable?", "Youre ok, its just your preference. Just dont go an extreme route of madness(like total off grid lol) then youre fine.\nSee? That's one of the reason for my standards\nI want you to know and realize that its not wrong to \"want to show off\" because like it or not everyone does it and it includes you in different ways. Its just that people who dont conform to normal ways of showing off like expensive stuff and social media does so in other means(which they themselves dont realize). We are human beings that need to cope and this is the way we do it: showing off.\nAnyway hence why looking for a girl that shares the same view as you do is important and hard even harder considering shes off the grid lmao. How you gonna find her online when she is the type that doesnt post much? The only way you can is quite literally talk to real people and find out they dont post online. So no, youre not blind, its just people who dont post online are near non existent and super hard to find cause again, social media is what CONNECTS people lol. Like my wife for example, we didnt meet online and I found her irl by pure coincidence.\nI would pretty much appreciated it if she just tell me in the beginning of our relationship\nSadly thats now how life works or people who cheat would do. Plus thats only IF* theyre cheaters. Problem is most issues and arguments also can stem from insecurity with significant others so establishing boundaries and rules is king.\nSo again, you are not a creep, just that you need to start understanding \"why people do things?\" as in why tf they would advertise themselves like that? Refer to my first paragraph here.\nImo you are gonna be fine with a girl who does post photos of herself and her life(like as in prolly more frequent than my significant other) eventually but arent those who goes EXTREME LEVEL of posting A LOT. Those are either local celebrities, influencers, artists or social media maniacs, you can avoid those easily lol. I also personally dont prefer those. Just find the balanced type who probably do it but not so extreme.\nBesides the ones that post nothing at all are literally disconnected from the world lol, have you ever talked to them? They dont follow any topic, current news or interests in anything other than their own in my experience.", "It's a standard, but do you apply it to yourself too, or is it a double standard?", "Hell, if that person wants to applied the same standard to me, I would happily obliged, as I don't have FB, Twitter nor Insta, muahaha.\nActually, I do have FB, it just that I don't use it actively anymore, aside if I have to really use it, for example to register an account using FB.\nYour move. >:-)", "Can i ask why do you have this requirement?", "Eh... There's a lot of reason, but, let's just say on of the main reason is... If I were to seriously want to have a serious relationship with that person, and having the goal of marrying her in the end... I would prefer, or like if she don't show too much of her personal life for others too see, before and/or after marriage.\nThat being said, it's just bonus, not a requirement. Benda boleh bincang ma...", "I found one such creature. It\u2019s good because I get to discover things about each other in person. But part of me still wishes for that social media \u201ccheat sheet\u201d haha", "Well, I'd say that one of the reason for me too but...\nWhat is this social media \"cheat sheet\" you're talking about...? \ud83e\udd28\ud83e\uddd0"], ["Know your worth. Like seriously, take a good, hard look at the mirror and objectively rate yourself. Sure, easier said than done but necessary. I've seen m'fkers on here with the personality of cardboard and the signs of an incel or simp wondering why they can't get the girl of your dreams. The problem is you.", "10/10", "Thank you"], ["My Advice to them is that no one owes them any kind of attention.", "forever alone?", "LOL I haven't seen that meme in a while.", "100 %", "Except parents imo but that\u2019s another bucket of worms"], ["This isn't a \"Malaysia\" problem.\nIt's an \"everywhere\" problem.", "Hahahaha true! I mean well seen so many posts here gotta post it here though xd"], ["my advice: 1. Wash your hair, trim your nails, iron your shirt. 2. Dont use a perfume if you\u2019re not sure if the scent really compliment you, use a nice shampoo or aftershave 3. Refrain yourself from using a condescending tone. Never try to explain something that you simply assume she might not know 4. Never say \u201cLet me try you/ let see if you can answer this\u201d in her field, respect her profession 5. Be a genuine and loving person, and learn to be contented with what you already have.\nHere\u2019s a quote from DH Lawrence:\nThose that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it\nMan or woman, you want to be with a person who is radiating and bring happiness, not a person who eagerly wish to prove they are superior than you in whichever way like the annoying colleagues that you couldn\u2019t avoid. So try to be that person, people will come to you."], ["I have been seeing this reoccurring topic on guys can't girls in Malaysia.\nGuys have you even try to talk to the girls ?\nDo you share the same interest / point of view ?\nAre you trying to get in to a relationship for the right reason ?\nSome want a gf who will cook and clean for you LMAO you want a maid is it ?\nBeing in a relationship is more than the physical intimacy. It's about commitment, and commitment is not easy.\nIf you still make fun of peoples appearance, well you ain't mature enough to be in a relationship.", "Sir, this is reddit. Mostly virgins and neckbeards here.\n/s before I get downvoted into oblivion.", "I have a number of friends whose existence is purely because of the need to tick boxes. Their families can be utterly dysfunctional either because of social or economic or personal reasons.\nIt's mind-boggling. But then again, I wouldn't have them as a friend otherwise if they didn't pop out so... something I'm grateful for."], ["Another issue to point out is the lack of equitable pulling of weight in domestic labour.\nMen are far more likely to think they are doing their fair share of domestic work, when in actuality it is far less than women when living together. This puts a strain on the relationship, as women try to juggle raising the children, advancing their careers and looking after a man child.", "Can confirm. When I was a child, I remember thinking my dad was more of a child than I am, and my mom had to pay more attention to him than me, the literal youngest child in the family. Even as a child, I had to wash his dishes that he left anywhere and his laundry when my mom couldn\u2019t find the time to do them. For the record, my mom works longer and earns more than my dad. So it pains me to see people acting as if \u201cbiawak hidup\u201d isn\u2019t a real and significant phenomenon plaguing marriages all over the world.", "Yes thanks for pointing that out, im guilty as charge in this but I try to help when my wife asks me to(she appreciates it a lot which in turn makes me happy). I think Ive seen a few who doesnt at all which led to the downfall of the rs.\nAnother to point out are those men who work on hands on or outstation jobs bringing in 5k like gas to construction. Tend to have lack of helping hands at house chores. I know it strains them but I think its the effort or care they show it matters more to wife than the actual result theyve made at home(cause ik fo sure i didnt do much at home lol compared to her)", "I think the point is to \u201chelp\u201d without her needing to ask. Although the correct word should be \u201cdo\u201d because you\u2019re not \u201chelping\u201d her. House chores and child-rearing are both people\u2019s responsibility so both should do, rather than just help the one person who\u2019s by default in charge of it all. And I hope not too many men will use \u201cI bring money\u201d as an excuse, because women working + housekeeping + child-rearing is the norm (especially the abundant single moms in the world), it should start being the norm for men who have been in the working world longer and earlier as well.", "I think the point is to \u201chelp\u201d without her needing to ask\nTrust me I do, you know the husband instinct when you see dishes not done and she bout to walk into kitchen? Ya i got my ass up and went in and wash it right away haha.\nYeah agreed on everything else though. I do think its the perfect relationship ever if the husband help without needing to be asked.", "5k isn\u2019t even really that much tbh (not saying it\u2019s nothing but given the cost of living these days, 5k isn\u2019t a lot - more so if you have a family).", "Well yeah if u live in a city and has rent that cost upto 1-2k. But overall its enough for most people(trust me bro), not sure how they did it but i couldnt if its household with 2 kids total income."], ["Some people just rush themselves into relationships just because of peer pressure and can't stand being single. Get out more and become a better person and pieces will fall into place.\nBut personally though, I find relationships overrated anyway. There are better things in life than romance. I'm not being an incel prick or something but worrying too much about girls is just setting yourself up for disappointment."], ["Completely agree with you. Some men who complain that no woman wants them are the men who probably look like they've never taken a shower in their lives. I have a lot of grinds whom are girls, and I can say that most of them aren't interested in dating bc frankly, they are more interested in working on themselves.\nAnd plus, some men also only go for the prettiest women, and ignore the less attractive ones. Like damn, maybe if they stopped putting weird beauty standards on women, they might start realizing most women are beautiful just the way they are. I've a few male friends who claim that a woman with body hair is disgusting, and they make fun of chubbier girls (they weren't even fat, just not as skinny as they like).\nAnd just a question for fellow men, are yall more interested in chinese girls? I see that many boys only take interest in chinese women. Is it true? \ud83e\udd14", "When in early 20s, where gatherings and parties, I found that the most broke'est'/ugliest or even the down in the dumps self esteem guys will still go for the prettiest posh looking girl in the room if THEY themselves think have chances, and then put the girl they are talking to at back burner. Then the audacity blame the 10/10 girl for being gold digger/high maintenance when he can't keep up\ud83d\ude44", "True story ma friend \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude2d. Literally they will rush to the 10/10 and then ignore All the other girls in the room, even the ones who casually try to talk. Then when cannot get the 10, all the incel accusations come out in full force.\nBy then all the other women also don\u2019t want to layan him because they saw his perangai, then he will blame All girls are hard to get EvEn the UgLy ones and continue to cry baby.", ", some men also only go for the prettiest women, and ignore the less attractive ones.\nI mean they can go for whoever they want tbh, same for women. It is a problem when they expect everyone to be attracted to them when they don't spend effort in improving themselves though", "yeah that what i meant! It is completely fine to have a type that ur attracted to, but dont go mingling with women outside of your league, then when they arent interested, say things like \"no women wants me\" or \"all women are the same\"", "Nah imma be upfront, it's a problem affecting both men and women.", "Late to reply but agreed with your points too. People arent self aware and its sad, this is why people honk just waiting 3 seconds lol or an uncle auntie complain over simplest stuff.\nIdk bout interest in chinese girls, honestly speaking Im cina and my mom has put pressure on me dating them and marrying them. But I couldnt find one that align with my interests or talk to me with the same chemistry. Also I got myself into meeting materiaistic ones so thats a no no too.\nAt the end i found a native sabahan, so married and here we are. We align really well but not in the same hobbies or interests just as how we talk, view things and work together. Mum was not super stoked at first but grew to it.\nSo in the end im a firm believer in personality over race as preferences go.", "glad ur in a happy marriage! Im a chinese girl, and the reason i ask that question is because i constantly get hit on. This may sound like Im really attractive or pretty, but honestly, im not at all. And i know that Im not, so im not really interested in a relationship and am just minding my own bussines. Even so, boys, especially malay and foreigners (like from pakistan or bangla) always ask or propose to me.\nWhich is weird, bc i have one indian friend (girl) and she's wayyy prettier than me. But she rarely gets hit on or confessed too. Not only her, I have so many friends of different races (like indian, thai or penjabi) whom are so fking beautiful, and yet none of them gets hit on as much.", "Imma make a few really PLAINLY PUT points as a guy and imma expose some of my boys so listen close:\nBeauty standards in Malaysia prefers whiter skin over darker which is sad. Tbh i found a few indian girls really attractive before but theyre usually not hit on which is stupid imo(they were slim and beautiful face like a model). Dont ask me why i didnt cause i was a shy ass guy before and idk them.\nDating culture in Malaysia this is from PERSONAL experience that I talked with my Malay friends that said wanna \"play\" with Chinese girls. Cause its not like they gonna end up marrying. They will want to marry their own religion or culture. The same can be said when Ive heard of experiences on Chinese friends hooking up with Muslim girls and ghosting them afterwards. It goes both ways.\nWell society what can we do. We are just smarter animals lol.", "One more thing. For some reason Chinese girls are really good at maintaining their physiques (not bone skinny, just not being overweight), while Malay women (and men) eat a lot of crap (bubble tea, k-bbq, cheesy leleh) to the point that the average Malay is overweight.", "Well i have to admit its probably a familial and culture on the chinese side tend to have bland food and taste compared to other races in Malaysia like how many times have you heard them say \"teh tarik kurang manis\"? Plus chinese mothers would pressure their child to stay slim lol with name calling and whatnot.", "It is toxic unfortunately, but the point still stands that Malays need some \"kesedaran\" for their own health.", "Lol was about to say this. OP put it so well. I gave up hope in dating my own race because their preferences are just not for them. Im considered tall and also on the bigger side hence they are never interested in me even I tried going after them.\nBased on my mother constant abuse of me, and the many men who rejected me, my best guess is they prefer the petite, skinny type of girls. My mother had always wanted me to be either chopsticks thin or heroin thin\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f lol", "Yes every man has a preference just as how women today likes Kpop looking guys over muscular Arnold type of guys despite both put effort in their looks.\nMy best advice to girls who are tall and on the bigger side having hard time finding someone interested is to just work on yourself. A guy would definitely fall head over heels for you(i mean jesus have you seen how many simps in the internet want a muscle mommy? News flash theyre way larger than you can imagine, especially white women that did this)\nSo Id assume (just an assumption dont come after me sorry if im wrong) your mother has kinda put a mental block on you, if you workout and lose weight you're proving her right and if you don't its hard to appear in the trend for guys preferences today.\nBut fear not, at the end of the day whether you want to workout or not is up to you and truth is there are people that like your body type but harder to find just as its hard to find girls into Arnols bodybuilder body here LOL.\nAnyway these are just advice to help your dating world and finding a match but in long term relationships is entirely a different story.\nFun fact: tall women are pretty hot btw", "Lol dont worry, Im working on myself now. I even stop seeing family members/s who would utter the sentence of \u201cyou look fat\u201d. \ud83d\ude02\nIm not gonna be skinny and probably never will and im going for the look of Caroline Girvan. Having that tone/muscular look is a lot of discipline and hard work.\nAnd im getting married\ud83d\ude02", "Congrats! See it doesnt matter anyway hahaha\nLove matters more than anything else, i mean i grew a huge dad bod after marriage Lmao.", "lmao come to my old school, they worship tall girlies bc most girls are quite short.", "True love is such a beautiful thing, it\u2019s a blessing from Allah! We must praise him and then he will find us our rightful partner. Amin", "what", "Dude why the downvotes? I just try to express some beautiful message, and people on this subreddit react like that one lah?", "Please you edited your comment from \u2018everyone knows Chinese girls will do anal that\u2019s why\u2019. Trying to flame religion sentiments is it\u2026don\u2019t be cheeky", "Damn your memory is goddamn good haha! Even on the other post its really great.", "Haha screen shot is ma receipts against these loonies", "He has a hard on for anal or something\nHere's him harassing a teenage girl\n\"Just don\u2019t dress like an anal prostitute and you should be fine \ud83d\ude1c Best is always long leggings and long sleeves\"", "What was Malaysia like in early Middle Ages, like 6th century or something. It\u2019s something like Bali alredy lor?", "These two goons who took you seriously \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "Yeah little sis, they just hear \u2018haram, haram\u2019 and instantly lose their sense of humour", "really? damn i didn't knew that despite being a malay guy.. because as far i know many fellow malay men hate anal because it's taboo"], ["Firstly, it\u2019s about being really honest with yourself. Like, deep reflection honest. What do you find attractive with the opposite sex? Do you value a person for how pretty they are? And if so, why? What does that say about you and what your priorities are? What about personality? You can be attracted to someone physically, but the long-term is in personality and chemistry.\nIn my experience dating, I find a lot of males being very preoccupied with having a pretty girlfriend, and setting that bar really high. Not everyone is going to look like an influencer or model, and that\u2019s the reality of it.\nAnother thing people have mentioned, loving yourself first is important. Not in a selfish way. But the sort where you take care of yourself. Your hygiene, how you look, how you feel in a positive mental health way. A lot of that goes back to reflecting what you really want and your priorities.\nIn the end, a relationship isn\u2019t supposed to be a self-fulfillment thing. It\u2019s a mutual commitment two people have towards each other with mutual feelings as its foundation.", "Well said good sir, I think a lot of people forgot this and went for the fantasy of dating\nIn the end, a relationship isn\u2019t supposed to be a self-fulfillment thing. It\u2019s a mutual commitment two people have towards each other with mutual feelings as its foundation."], ["Just go to through the post history of the people who made this kind of posts and you can tell why they are alone.", "Damn well put there and yeah very true, but hey I forgive people time to time. I also had stupid views and made cringe comments. All i gotta say in this open letter is to LEARN. So we dont make the same mistakes twice."], ["Easier to blame women than to look internally at oneself imo. That's how MY has (mostly) functioned, they would rather blame external factors than look internally to see what the root cause is."], ["Build discipline by taking care of your health & going to the gym\nGet your finances together. Avoid wasting money on luxurious food and items that you cannot afford\nHave class, don't be a horny rempit or a misogynist asshole\nAnd with that, it's no longer a question \"How do I get a girlfriend?\". It's about \"What sort of woman is worthy enough to be my girlfriend? How picky is too picky?\". You're no longer the one who has to be about being rejected, but the one who has to think about how to reject people politely", "Agreed, I actually had the same mentality after being rejected and 4 years later found my wife. I also kept my options open during those times and talked to more women which actually helped my dating/flirting skills before approaching my wife with better first impressions.", "Did 1,2,3 and I think majority of women will just pull my standard and quality of life down.\nI can still improve more on 1, (getting more muscle and cutting) but we have an issues of current women having unrealistic expectations now.\nNo amount of gym maxing is going to change your face attractiveness.", "Do gym for health not for girls mayn", "women who have unrealistic expectations are a red flag in the first place\nneed to filter away those. Ask about her expectations in a marriage before getting married"], ["mans speaking straight fax hope more people will come to realise thise", ":26558:"], ["Yeah those posts are kind of weird ngl. Well for me the reason I'm not dating is simple enough, I don't go outside and try to meet new people. xd"], ["No one owes anyone love and affection. You have to enjoy your own company and be comfortable with being alone before loving someone else, otherwise, you\u2019re basing your entire identity on wanting to be loved instead of being someone one wants to be in a relationship with."], ["I'm glad people like you exist, I won't say the same for me but I reckon every other Malaysian boys could learn from you\nI however vowed to not be in a relationship because of how I act when I'm in one, as I've been in a couple a few years back. I realised that I'd become one of those abusive partners and that scared me so I withdrew from any and all relationships from thereon.\nBut yeah to love others you must first love yourself, never bring your standards high if you yourself couldn't meet those standards", ":26555:"], ["I\u2019ve just been thinking about why a lot of guys are so \u201cdesperate\u201d that they pursue an online stranger who happens to be female, like how Redditors say \u201crip dm\u201d when someone reveals reveals that she\u2019s a girl. Not just on Reddit, but on any online platform. You don\u2019t even know the girl, or what she looks like. It gives off the impression that they\u2019re not trying to get into relationships because they actually like the girl. They just date for the sake of having a girlfriend. Because having a girlfriend makes them look great and elevates their status? I don\u2019t know, I really don\u2019t understand their logic. And then they wonder why no girl wants them. Most girls aren\u2019t looking for guys who only view them as some kind of a game achievement. Looking for relationships in this manner is bad enough, let\u2019s not get into the topic of guys looking to have sex with any coochie as long as it\u2019s a coochie \ud83e\udd14"], ["I honestly agree with you. I think managing expectations from both parties need to be there at the forefront, but something about my personal experience is that instead of specifically looking out for things or character that I want from my significant other I focus more on what I do not want, with no expectation that my now wife will change and measure will I still be happy that way.\nThat change of perspectives have certainly help me a lot on coming out from a darker place mentally and so far I couldn\u2019t be happier with the relationship I have with my wife.", "Bo burnham's \"lower your expectation\" song actually make this make sense a lot. So glad to hear the change of heart and story on your side which mine did too when I was younger and got wife because of it."], ["Yeah, they care too much about women, there are a thousand path to success, but it all boils down to one thing, IMPROVE YOURSELF. Those top tier women you want are probably not worth it, they have too many options, and you probably won't fit their bill, so why not save that time and do something that makes you happy?", "Preach brother"], ["Here's the the thing with women, they give a big fuck about personality, you can be broke, you can be ugly, you can be short, but if you're really funny, you're genuine, you're a nice guy, you are any of these, someone will likely give you a chance or the best case scenario, likes you. It's really that simple.\nTrim your nails, spend that RM25-40 on a good haircut, get a good perfume, in fact get any perfume, get that cheap uniqlo t-shirt, learn fashion. Work out, jog, be funny, learn how to be funny, be charismatic, learn how to be charismatic, be genuine. When interacting with women, expect nothing in return, just be nice, be polite, treat your waiters/waitresses properly, do your job on time, treat your elders right, treat your friends right, be a fucking decent human being. Don't be misogynistic, when you finally get a date, don't rush sex, in fact, don't expect sex, they don't owe you anything. Don't expect to date/marry a 10/10, an average looking girl can change your world. Stop watching those sigma videos. Get a hobby, read book, find a community that you can get into, be passionate about something, find friends, go hiking or whatever, get off reddit.\nMost of the time, people who complains about \"not getting girls\" are just really terrible men, both men and women dislike them.\n...and if after all that you're still not getting girls, well, your intentions are wrong in the place.", "Don\u2019t know what they expect that marry a 10/10, straight away transform into a chad or what, or caterpillar into a butterfly, lol. If you yourself can\u2019t change much of yourself, what makes you think anyone can \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. Best advice my man, esp unfollowing all those sigma influencers.", "Ukur baju di badan sendiri, you can't really expect to be marrying or dating 10/10 girl, if you yourself aren't a 10/10 dude. Though I've seen a 10/10 girl marrying an average dude, and vice versa, but they have other amazing qualities that compensate their looks. Imo looks are overrated, someone can be attractive if they have an attractive personality.\nMost of these people really only cares about appearances, because deep down they know they don't have any personalities whatsoever, while at the same time, they have 0 effort in taking care or upkeeping their own appearances and their biggest issue is expecting something in return for any form of kindness towards a woman.", "Yup, they will hanker down on 'i was kind and nice'. Dude, that is basically the lowest bar and decency anyone should have as a human. They act as if that required gargantuan effort, and it's a special trait \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f"], ["Need more long posts like this in this sub"], ["Hidup ni kita kena chill je dulu. Sayang diri sendiri jadi versi terbaik diri anda. Macam mana orang nak sayang kita kalau kita tak sayang diri kita. Percayalah kau pon akan cepat annoyed kalau dok lama2 dengan orang yang nampak cantik tapi ada interests yang sama. Be positif dan cuba. Nanti ada la tu sangkut. Perempuan pon sama je, diorang pon mencari gak."], ["I have my thoughts about this as well and experience advice to the singles going for long term relationships:\nAsk yourselves if its truly necessary to bring someone into your life and what could you bring (positively) into their lives (if you are unsure of this, goto my 2nd last paragraph).\nIf you work, get a hobby that enables you to interact/socialize with people outside of office to widen the pool. Venture out abit, invest your time,effort and money to get to know people. Dont be an absolute people pleaser, just genuinely be good and polite especially to not repulse anyone off.\nIts natural to go for pretty people (dont feel judged about this, men and women, its perfectly normal). be mindful on long term: Looks not a guarantee good personality. Also looks wither over time some sooner than you think so dont make it hard priority.\nYour top on the list is good personality, someone that is genuinely pleasing to you, wont bore/annoy you off your socks nor torture or kill you. you shouldnt be the latter to them as well.\nLastly building a relationship is a commitment, an investment which you need to work on, together. Goodluck"], ["Also sidenote:\nThere's a massive difference between being ugly and BEHAVING ugly. As someone with BPD and MDD i always present myself in the worst possible way. My outlook on life is so fucked to the point that people especially woman find me unbearable to be around. I understand that and spent the next year trying to be better both emotionally and physically. Case in point is you need to be better cuz no one wants to be around people who are miserable all the time. Be kind and compassionate always\nit's hard i know, people with depression tend to have a more realistic outlook on life you won't overcome it but you can accept the worst possible outcome and make people's lives better,just because your heart is black and broken doesn't mean everyone else has too\nSecondly, understand for every lonely depressed man out there, there is also lonely depressed woman too who's lives are fucking awful and miserable the only difference is they don't have a clowns like Andrew Tate or all these manosphere cock sucker to massage their ego ( there is some femcel in the wild but that is the result of the patriarchy and the environment being generally sexist but taken to the extreme ). The moment you remember this and understand their struggles in their day to day lives the more open you are to listening and be a better person. One thing about pursuing a relationship we need to know that both men and women seek their partner to make them a better person how are you gonna do that if you don't know what they are going thru? It's 2 ways streak at the end of the day.\nLastly, if you're a Malay man like me some of Malay woman straight up married and fuck some of the most unfuckable dudes you'll ever see. Yes their standards are that low, so don't worry about it", "Damn hope you get well brother and love your take on this:\nCase in point is you need to be better cuz no one wants to be around people who are miserable all the time. Be kind and compassionate always\nAlso want to point out most Tate lovers are probably people without dads. Theyre one of the most bitchy people you'd know. I mean if you look at Andrew Tate's life on a microscope bro is raised by a mother 80% of the time while his dad is elsewhere playing chess and cheating. I know this because I was raised by a single mother and trust me when I say my personality is so fucked when I was younger cause I bitch a lot(even rn) and my other guy friend whom were raised by a single mother is too. Same goes with another raised even by a SINGLE FATHER. So yeah id say it mostly attributes to single parenthood rather than gender. Also these incel shit started as a direct cause from extreme feminism which was a direct cause from extreme patriarchy in the 80-90s which was a direct cause from- you get the point. The world just revolves but yours dont have to with the right person\nthere is some femcel in the wild but that is the result of the patriarchy and the environment being generally sexist but taken to the extreme"], ["IMO, work on yourself first by putting enough effort on your own looks/scents, mental well being , get that money/job you want, be open to explore try new things and naturally if you have a decent personality (most of the people complaining I\u2019ve seen typically have personality issues) and know how to talk. Naturally, should be able to get dates or get a partner.\nSource; personal experience from myself and people around me"], ["The actual problem is maturity , most people will understand that with time but maybe its too late ,"], ["I couldn't have said it better myself\nThe world doesn't owe you anything, it rewards those that produce results"], ["Probably stemmed from the Conservative nature of the country. Since most of them are Muslims, they're probably segregated into their own friend groups and never interacted with the other sex. It's easy to tell when someone does not have a woman friend before. All I gotta say is, just talk to the women you like. Be their friend, that's literally it. Eventually, if they show affection, reciprocate it. If not, move on and don't be an asshole about it and be mad at them. You're not entitled to someone."], ["there are post about lonely?\nall i see is a bunch of horny malay guys asking how to date chinese girls...", "lol nailed it. More like whining away why no hot influencer career women 9/10 amoi, don\u2019t want to sleep with them \ud83d\ude44. This includes all the races, the cina and india sama ."], ["op drop everything them kids need to know when picking partners."], ["Might i add, after you do all the self improvement bit, you still need an element of LUCK there. Finding a partner is easy, finding the RIGHT partner is difficult.\nMet a great guy, he had a wonderful family, a wife and a daughter. Everything seems good looking from outside. He just divorce recently. Long story short, wife cheated.\nSometimes, i feel that being lonely is not that bad. Save us tons of trouble coming from a relationship. At least no one is going to nag me when i want to buy a pair of expensive headphone for self indulgence =P", "Yes very well added, like how becoming Millionaire is possible but Billionaire takes a lot of luck - Mark Cuban"], ["Im a proud supporter of the internet traffic to certain undisclosed black and yellow banned website", ":26562:"], ["Is tinder still a thing?\nMet my wife there in 2016", "Nowadays ita mostly used for hookups youre a great exception to it tho.", "Hahaha i guess....always joke with my wife that we should be a testimony for tinder lol", "You'd mispresent the actual reason why people use it tho hahahaha. Glad you found your match there tho, one of my friend did found a long term rs there too but after a few hookups there lmao(we'll see whether it turns into wifey status for him, finger crossed)", "Hahaha\nTbf at first i used it for hookups as well..but one thing led to another..and here we are \ud83d\ude05", "Tbf at first i used it for hookups as well..but one thing led to another..and here we are \ud83d\ude05\nI KNEW I WAS RIGHT HHAHHA\nYeah but hey if it works out it works out amirite\nimaginary glass clink here's to your longevity", "Don't think so..."], ["the planet bout to implode of 9 billion head,let em stay single", "Hahahahah damn yeah agreed, im surprised theres so many salty men out there that just cant accept facts, I can still see some comments below disagreeing and thinking this is some feminazi post. Like bro is self centered af."], ["And I realized a lot of them said they communicate with the said party but then lack of understanding. It's like they hear the girls but not listening to them.\nMany of them are impatient and expected to get the girls in 1-2 dates or even be a gigachad by then falling on their heels. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT!\nSome of these guys need to reevaluate their views."], ["Glad I saw this post while I'm still very young(17m)\nOnce in a while long posts like this enables me to learn new wisdom from adults outside of my family(only my dad gave me wisdoms like these)", "Yeah its great young people like you especially can read and be wiser everyday. Dont look for s*x ok? Just find friends and talk more and more with girls(its a charisma skill) eventually you will learn theyre people too despite having differences with guys(like another comment said) which guys whom posted those cringe stuff didnt think so.\nWork on yourself before you actually met the girl you like and leave a great first impression. This is basically the secret sauce most girls did to boys lol.\nIf you wanna keep a real loving long term relationship that leads lifetime thats another topic entirely."], ["Honestly, yall may sound uplifting, but believe me, you can\u2019t put hope in women. Therefore, let\u2019s all be gay"], ["Ain't reading all that , boys , just fucking rock and stop being a cry baby. Hit the gym , play some guitar or go learn some judo i don't care , just don't fucking sit there and cry about no bitches , you deserve nothing that way. You should work on yourself, not work for them. When you're on the best of yourself it doesn't matter anymore.", "Thanks for the TL;DR :26554:", "Skip a lot. Don\u2019t care. I\u2019m going to have a great life by myself. Bought a land and going to fucking grow food. Ton of food!", "Vinland saga mode"], ["\ud83e\udee1"], ["I only read the first three paragraph. Why? Because what has been said is true. All the best to lonely boys."], ["Before you start dating, make sure you understand:\nDo you wana date because you feel LONELY? you simply just want a partner, someone to accompany you? you found the person \"your type\"? you want to be like your other friends who's already in a seemingly healthy relationships (are you trying to fit in, or jealous) ? you wana feel loved or are you willing to change your life to fit into that certain someon ?\nand most of the post online wont help you much, sorry, just like what I said."], ["I am free to chat.. if you are single and need friend.. I'm from Malaysia.."], ["Beliau memancutkan fakta sepanjang panjangnya", "Hahahaha tq brada"], ["Tldr: look for a woman with the same social/standard/ranking as you. No up, can lower but that's up to you. The rest is op's irl situation to backup that statement.\nHope this translate it well.", "Thanks a lot for tldr brother, but also add IF you want higher then work on yourself to be on the higher scale of social/standard/ranking.\nBasically this means be prepared(prepare/work on youself) for higher cost the higher value your significant other is in the dating market."], ["imagine dating women lol"], ["I lost my virginity within months of being housemates with a 'party' kinda guy. What I learned:\nAlways put yourself in a situation where you meet new people. The party guy convinced me to put down my PS and meet his friends, whom invited me to other social gatherings where I met more people, and eventually the first girl to hit on me.\nHave girl friend(s) you truly have no feelings for and can have late night talks with. It thought me to treat girls like a person, not 'targets'. They also introduced me to other girls :).\nKeep in touch with people you meet. They will appreciate it and ask you out for a variety of spcial gatherings, where you meet more people.\nPrioritize friendship, not sex/romance. Do that, and the latter will come naturally."], ["senang je. be secure enough financially, emotionally, psychically. be a man, not a boy"], ["Look man, I don\u2019t even have standards and so do most people. Yet I don\u2019t get past the confession stage due to multitude of reasons, mostly my own shortcoming.\nHence, I\u2019d spare myself from heartbreak and just stagnate until some poor fella has some pity.", "And YOU LOOK over here man, sure she might say worst than no, like \"no dude you're cringe\" but at the end of the day you get a severed relationship with a better study on yourself on why they think you're cringe. Is it their personality problem or you have a weird way of talking to them? Its a good self study that was given to you. So imo an answer of just \"no\" is far worst than \"no you are a creep\" cause we wont learn anything from just a no.\nI know this because I know a 32 year old guy who worked for 10 years never gotten a gf cause he never confessed and never learned anything about interacting with women properly. Ended up actually becoming a creep and taking photos of a womens leg in workplace and resigned. Psychologically it makes sense why he became like that.\nSo confess and get rejected. A thousand tries is better than none. Then like most comments below and advices below given, just work on yourself after that and move on.\nI think most men in Asia and Malaysia in general tend to be super reserved and conserved so we dont learn much while scowling at daring cringe Americans that confess and fk around daily basis while we learn nothing\nI also want to add the opposite gender might also be an asshole and says no cause ur broke. So yeah dont take everything at face value that its ur fault k man.", "You have good points but the fact remains: no amount of medication, mindset nor motivation dulls the pain of heartbreak. I\u2019m no masochist.", "Yeah used to think like that but after enough time anyone can get over it if they are patient enough. Our brain is just wired that way to cope.", "I barely got out of a decade long crush but it only took one small reunion last year to bring all the memories back. I don\u2019t think I could endure another decade.", "Well gotta say if you do have a decade long crush then its really mentally unhealthy and you gotta seek help or therapy. My crush heartbreak lasted like 3 years before. But yeah some of us do take longer and especially you is a rare case so I do recommend you to seek help from peers or whatever. Try to move on. The faster you realize how dating is very much alive and fast paced, the faster you get over people and finding the right one.", "See, that\u2019s one of the shortcomings I mentioned.\nI did move on.\nIt only takes ONE day to undo my progress.\nWhile I did not seek professional help I asked a few besties on opinions and they said the same thing as you.\nHence, I just stopped dating at all and lived my life the way I wanted. Rather than form crushes I\u2019d just make platonic friends and treat them equally. Sucks I know, but the last thing I wanted was to offend someone I liked really hard.\nIt\u2019s true; there are many fishes in the sea. I\u2019m that one fish that wades around lonely with no care in the world until I accidentally hit one.", "While I did not seek professional help I asked a few besties on opinions and they said the same thing as you.\nIf even a stranger online like me can say the same as your bestfriends who known you personally. Then its time to listen to your friends.\nTrust in them and try it out. You say you wanna waddle alone but truth is I dont think you do. So currently you just lack trying and in turn did not learn. So you gotta try and learn new things bro. Life is vast.", "I learn new things everyday. I love learning. It\u2019s what drives me to wake up. I am aware of the effects of raging hormones to my thought process.\nBut man, if I won\u2019t listen to them what\u2019s more of a random internet stranger? At least failing my papers or being screamed for being wrong doesn\u2019t hurt as much as rejection.\nI can give you 1000 reasons NOT to try, but ultimately my heart and my brain doesn\u2019t cope well with romantic rejections. I don\u2019t fancy being a creep, tryhard nor a serial stalker.", "Its ok dude let it process. I dont think I can help you there but I would urge you to try seek help from others if you cant cope.", "so tryhard and sweaty to get your point across, why?"], ["I thought women love guy who funny , but also someone with stable job and life ofcourse.\nPlus in my experience ,physical look is not everything . I have friends that is pretty much 3 or 4 and married to a 6/7 . A nerd friend that married to an 8 . Common thing that I found in them is they have stable life and job.\nMoney is not everything , but whoever have them hold the perks.", "This"], ["Just enjoy being single, work on yourself, go out talk more with people, work out, get a few hobbies that you can meet people e.g. hiking, cycling, bouldering, or even random travel groups, be comfortable with yourself to travel other countries alone, stay in a backpackers, talk, drink eat with strangers and have fun.\nAs long as you have a good hygiene routine, workout (any type of sports doesn't have to be gym), talk with confidence, don't be a creep (don't stare creepily at people), be a BETTER version of yourself each time, then it's all about timing. Don't expect anything when you meet a person, just be friends and see how it goes.\nDon't rush things, enjoy while on the journey"], ["Haha complain and generalize opposite on internet it's a already red flag.\nRead this word below: Don't wish it's was easier, wish you were better\nProfound word by Jim rohn\nRead it 100X if still don't get it.\nIt took a long ass year for me to realize it brada\nJust make 1% better daily."], ["3 steps to get a girl 1. Ensure you are presentable and nice 2. Don\u2019t be too ugly 3. Ensure expectations are not too high", "3 steps to get a guy\nEnsure you are presentable and nice\nDon\u2019t be too ugly\nEnsure expectations are not too high\nBro its the same thing", "The point i am trying to make is that it is simple but people complain because they do not adhere to the 3 steps. It is always, people who think they are nice but they are actually a \u201cnice guy\u201d. They go for girls/guys who are extremely attractive and have more options, and they do not bother practising proper hygiene, dressing up and keeping fit/not be overweight.", "Holy shit, damn thats a deep context for three lines, I applaud and upvote you good sir. Yes thats a good point hahaha."], ["If I can give one tip to all lonely hearts out there, dating is all about the numbers game. If you are handsome, your hit rate is high. If you are not, then hit rate is low, so go put yourself out there more often.\nI was a scrawny ugly little kid in my teens. That time no have swipe left swipe right, only got Friendster. I added thousands of girls to my profile, got rejected many many times, but I talk to hundreds of them over 5 years period. I managed to snagged at least 20 dates after all those effort, and I went out few times with at least 10 of those girls.\nOne of which became my wife. Few others was my FWB (before I got married la). Of course have to work on your game, you are either humourous, mature, dominant etc. choose one that works and make it better."], ["My advice to them is:\nLove yourself first and be content with who you are\nMaximise your looks and finances to the best of your ability\nDon\u2019t listen to reddit comments section, majority of redditors are a sad sack", "Don\u2019t listen to reddit comments section, majority of redditors are a sad sack\nWai- wait.. you are part of the comment section too?..\nNah jk great advice friend"], ["Thank you for the open letter.\nToo bad, I am introvert as fuck, and I am already accept that.", "Sorry buddy but no, sure you are an introvert but dating and relationships dont work like that. Just as you can talk to your family normally, you will with your wife.\nSo why I said no? Cause I have a friend with a fked up eye and a 2/10 face I can say that cause he's my best friend that tortures me on a daily basis without anyone knowing that and guess what my friend? He's an introvert too and he got a relationship now after a few body counts(jesus)\nDating is a skill not a personality trait like introvert, Ive even met an insurance seller who is an introvert but talks like an extrovert, its crazy how big this world is cause speech and charisma, again, is a SKILL\nWhat did my bff did to break out his shell? Simple. He installed tinder lol and actually worked on himself for once in his life.\nWork on yourself, grow your confidence by talking to people more or girls more, break out your shell buddy ol pal. all these things takes time"], ["I dont know of I ever get married.", "If you have a desire to, you just might. Used to think the same as you btw."], ["The only attention that they need is from their own selves."], ["Unfortunately if you don't have any stable income or good social status, it is not doable to get dating. But I understand from the women side, that they don't want to be involved in an unstable relationship", "Yes true for pointing that out, which is also the same for men who don't see value in women whom they deem below them in beauty(mostly). Id say this is a capitalist world we live in, we can either adapt or stay alone. Its the harsh truth. No one wants to be a situation lower or same social status.\nThats why I believe if you want someone quick then be ready to settle down your expectations. If you want someone your standard then work on yourself(money, body and whatnot). Its the only two ways I can conjure up.\nI mean the Japanese princess literally married a commoner lol. Chances do exist but rare (i know a guy who is handsome af literally waited 25 years of his life to get one girl who matched his personality and looks lol)\nBest advice I got is to find shared views and work on yourself. If you really want love fr.", "Oh ffs this comment is so martyred and deliberately trying so hard to intentionally miss the point - \u201cif you don\u2019t have any stable income, unfortunately women don\u2019t want to be in an unstable relationship\u201d boo hoo hoo woe is me\nIf you\u2019re unstable, your main focus should be establishing yourself rather than chasing after women.\nWhy should a woman want to be with a guy who can\u2019t even take care of himself?\nIt makes it even more hypocritical for a guy to be wanting a woman whom he finds attractive, but has the audacity to get all butthurt wounded that she doesn\u2019t want to be with him because he doesn\u2019t have the qualities attractive to her ie having his shit together.\nMay I go on to expand that being financially stable is just one component of having your shit together, others being emotionally adjusted, mentally matured, good communicator, well groomed, has his own priorities and life goals, etc.", "Bro kat malaysia ni penagih dadah pon boleh dapat awek dan kahwin laa."], ["Your perception is wrong.\nMost men don't go for the prettiest, we usually go for those who are more sporting and easier to get along.\nMany of those not pretty girls that you mentioned are also playing hard to get when guys approach them.", "Really depends on your circle. I have found out it is impossible to know people's preference unless they outright tell you.\nI was once chilling with a bunch of guy acquaintances and they started casually judging random women walking by on their appearances and which one they would be able to \"tahan\" kissing. Which is dateable and which is only for physical use. Before this, they seemed like mature and friendly men, albeit most of them were single. All have good job, stable lifestyle, not fat or ugly, etc.\nSo, I would say there is still sexist views that only come out when asshole men are feeling in their \"safe zone\". They hid it very well (or maybe I didnt see the signs). Anyway I dropped that gang.", "Those same men who does that arent seeking real relationship let alone Understands It so pay no heed. Its not preferences at a core individualistic level but looks. I think a lot of people tend to think dating/sex = relationship which isnt true at all.\nAlso yeah they hid it very well. Those who dont never got attention from women lol.\nIn general I also think its fine to have physical preferences but its disrespectful to start judging people badly on the streets minding their own business imo\nIf we were to stem out and say no to even just thinking someone is ugly thats just extremist view.", "what has this experience taught you?", "Sure you can say that but my perception was based off my observation on people who got a girlfriend AND retained their relationship in a long term.\nMany of those not pretty girls that you mentioned are also playing hard to get when guys approach them.\nYou can skew reality and say that but the reality is that you viewed these girls as below pretty and stuckup. Truth is as said before each individual is different and they might not like you even if you approach a \"not pretty girl\". Not all girls just cause they arent pretty can be approached lol just as how if you are a Christian/Muslim and a good looking/hot 10/10 Christian/Muslim trying to convert you, it doesnt work like a transaction buddy.\nPeople are individuals, again finding the same shared views are what's important in a real relationship rather than fuckbuddy."], ["As a guy, I agree men (Malay in my exp) are way pickier in terms of looks than women. A lot of my friends, totally average looking, even straight up ugly, against all odds manage to bag a 10/10. But I have NEVER seen the opposite.\nAs a single average-looking guy who'd never been in a relationship, I don't blame 10/10 women who'd want a similar 10/10 guy. I would if I could. But I can't lie to myself, I won't be in a relationship with someone I'm not attracted to (looks and personality-wise) so I'd rather be single until I'm older when looks matter less.", "Thanks for admitting this, i wasnt sure why on the internet in this ANONYMOUS platform people are still not admitting men in general like us just want better looking women. Its funny cause all the posts Ive read acted like they wanted personality alone like bro, you just eliminated 50% of the problem if you just want that. Just not the honest truth imo.\nAnd people here telling me that then what if someone is a 5 and still dream of getting a 10 guy? Like dude, shit personality and near ugly you still want meh? Tf lol.", "A 158cm friend of mine who's very average looking just got engaged with a girl who's a doppelganger of a Kpop idol. Malay women's standard are so low for their own good lmao they're too willing compromise looks and even personality in some cases (no offence)."], ["The more u care about internet points, the further away you are from meaningful relationship."], ["A lot of the times, the problem is YOU yourself. If that's really is the issue, take your time. Problem is most of us don't have the power and will to uplift themselves anymore after failures."], ["So you\u2019re saying date everyone?", "Rofl naw thats more like a metaphor if you can, you can get lol. Also in a sense you can talk or date-talk with everyone to improve your charisma and how to carry yourself and rizz/flirting skills.\nThis post is more of a jab on those posts that kept blaming society n women which just stupid when we are part of the society that carried out the same standard."], ["Well said"], ["My wife says she didn't like to date Malay guys bc so many of them were controlling and lazy and she's not the only woman I've heard express that opinion. I have zero experience in the field, obviously but..."], ["I blame the chinese/korean drama for this one, it screws the standard for everybody."], ["Well a force must have its opposite force. That quote sounded dumb but its true. There are more women nowadays that are smarter in todays world than men, so its only natural they have better selection and in turn those men who could not adapt would turn to misandrist views. Thats why my view skews towards the balance of viewing individuals as individuals otherwise then you have to find a camp to hate on the other. Sounds confucianism but hey I prefer to be happy."], ["Excellent post. And to keep it excellent, I won\u2019t read any of the other replies to your post. I think you nailed it.\nI\u2019d also say, \u201cabsolute power corrupts absolutely.\u201d There\u2019s a reason why the most toxic people you date are coincidentally the most attractive / wealthy / powerful people (or at least in their minds they are). They have so much \u201cpower\u201d that they think they can do anything they want / have anyone they like when dating. This leads to a huge power imbalance. So if you\u2019re the type that will only ask or accept dates from the richest most beautiful people you encounter, just realize that you\u2019re dealing with a unique subset of the overall single population.", "Ah yes 100% agreed, Ive thought of this so its a great addition that you add into this conversation. Love it! And really well written/explained too\nThese imbalances do happen and its funnier considering a lot of people worship these people even though theyre really not good people to be in a rs with(im guilty of wanting it before too) i think its the idea of sex or dating them that made them want these people without further thought of their personality.\nBest part is these rich or beautiful people know that these people only want them for that. So in turn these beautiful or rich people never appreciated them(other people/significant other) despite whatever they do for him or her.", "Completely agree. I think the most successful relationships are the most balanced and have the fewest options for lopsided hypergamy. This is true whether you are male or female. This is why you always see Hollywood actors and actresses who get married in their youth get married multiple times."], ["Conclusion : salah lelaki juga lol", "Hahaha tidak laaaa aduiii.\nI did say kn women also got in the wrong juga tapi jgnla post online kata salah semua Malaysia atau perempuan getek dan mau wang ja.\nSeen so much of it im starting to question our fertility rate lol.\nI think best balance la semua pun ada salah sini dan sana, yg penting kita improve mentality sendiri"], ["These days i realise the trend with me: the ones who i Interested/attracted to will eventually date foreigners/white men. So i kid around saying if you want to date these men, be someone who ill be attracted to! Haha.\nAlso. I gave up on dating because i dont think anyone could live with someone with chronic plaque psoriasis and i cant afford the biologic treatment.\nBut i cant help feeling lonely from time to time.", "Sorry to hear that buddy, yeah it sucks too these things happen(regarding chronic plaque psoriasis) but love how you dont blame others for your misfortune, its better than most guys who doesnt realize this and is blessed without your issues and has room for improvement.\nAlso how tf you find so many white men or foreigners lol? Trust me on this as well, if she or he isnt into you then you are better off not dating them."], ["Looks are important imo. Personality fades over time.", "Looks definitely fade overtime, personalities can be improved or retained or worsen.", "Personality doesnt fade, looks do. Personality evolves, and long term couples should be evolving together"], ["I once was interested in a girl,why the main reason was her happy go lucky personality. Not her look,her money standing or whatever."], ["I didn\u2019t read all that but I\u2019m just waiting for her. I love her too much to look at other women lols."], ["If you can't find love, that's your problem. Skill issue."], ["life is a test which has been placed upon each human by God. each one of us has a lust (nafsu) where it can be useful when used correctly or incredibly dangerous when succumbed to it.\nevery human needs a companion. beauty will fade away, wealth is just cosmetics. what matters is becoming a sincere partner to your loved ones without expecting anything in return\nif you fail in searching for love, do not be despair, as there are many other exciting things can be done in this world.\n\u201cIndeed, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], you do not guide whom you like, but All\u0101h guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided\u201d\n(28:56)"], ["who cares?", ":26559:"], ["Go for Vietmoi. Thaimoi dangerous...don't know boy or girl...Pinoy Moi...all young young already a few kids. Cambodia...better not go since is no law land...\nLast last, no option, can go China Shaolin become monk."], [":26563:"], ["i'd rather be karl marx than dwayne johnson even if that means im sentenced to a life without love. love has become nothing but a bourgeois notion and imagine prostituting your own mind, body and soul just to find somebody in a materialistic society lmaooo", "Hm yes, but like I said same views... so what if.. woman version of karl marx and you as karl marx?"], ["All I asked is just a girl that is caring, understanding and not too controlling, just enjoy being with me, and I am willing to spend my time and life with her, but it seems even this requirement is very hard to get.", "And all the girl asks is a guy that isnt horny 24/7 and asks for sex after gf/bf status, but hey from the stories ive heard its a requirement very hard to get too(im included as that horny guy). I think in general we have problems both sides of the gender.\nTo find the girl you described is to find someone who truly loves you and its hard to come by my guy. Also my wife was pretty cold at the start of our rs and gradually turn into what you described when she loves me a lot.\nId say being charming or able to make someone love you a lot is the first step in dating before getting to caring part, after caring then understanding and not controlling is another matter in personality which need to be educated.", "I can only tell that I had two girls before, one is just take and never give type and left after she gets what she wants, another one is the controller type that wants to control my life and my pocket. After that I never had any gf anymore until today. I can only blame my laws of attraction because I keep encountering girls that have red flags like that.", "Its fine it does take time and some other guy pointed out here in the comments, LUCK. So yeah good luck in future endeavors."], ["What if 80, no 90 percent of women only want the top 10 percent of men? \ud83d\ude02", "Well tbf what if 80, no 90 percent of men only want the top 10 percent of women?\nWhen I was 16 with all my boys, no one dated because of this literally. Its the same lol.\nIts maturity you realize that you arent top 10 percent of men/women and realize what fits you best. You can be top 10 percent but it takes a lot of work and luck especially luck to be born in at least M40 to reach T20 for men. And even in T20 you cant land any top 10 percent without effort or more spending power.\nYou do realize top 10 percent is like what, Megan Fox level?", "Not really. Look at who Tiger Woods farked while literally being married to a supermodel.", "Well yeah guys are more susceptible to doing that and TW is top 10% doesnt mean he fked a thousand women in a thousand days. That doesnt even scratch a single percentage.\nSerious thoughts is that idk bout the actual numbers but i know for a fact that just because even if Most men/women are into top 10% doesnt mean everyone is. And best part is i know both men and women that are into kpop idols have dated significant others and literally forgotten bout the kpop idols they were into.", "Point being men are less choosy than girls. One man can impregnate a thousand women at one go but one woman cannot be impregnated by a thousand men at once. It\u2019s just biology, females are hardwired to choose the best mate.", "True biologically males are just horny af.\nDoesnt stray from my point being into those who seek real relationships or stop wanting to be lonely. The solution is to work on oneself and finding the right one instead of focusing on the media trend.\nThe ones who cheats or are fuckboys new flash: arent there for relationships lol.\nAgain maturity is a HUGE factor for both men and women to realize this. Most relationships with a fuckboy or slutty girl within it tend to have issues down the road for them lol. The conversation they had are mostly surface level even if theyre top 10 or bottom 10 percentile.\nI think our focus should be finding a partner for life, if we are talking about women or men choosing top 10 and how to curb that or penetrate the market of top 10% of them, this is entirely a different conversation one I rather not dive into this rabbithole."], ["classic woman post. lol.", "OP is a married male", "He defo did not read shit :26554:", "He read nothing and saying a whole load of nothing too", "\"This morning I woke up today in this morning in the morning I woke up this morning I woke up and remember that every morning that I wake up I wo... I woke up that fucking day just remember that\" moment\nSeriously though, I see boys saying this is a \"weak\" or whatever perspective to take EVEN THOUGH its literally the hardest perspective, it literally is meant as improve yourself if you want someone above average which is super hard or y'know don't.\nI think it goes to show most men who made those posts do not want to improve, just wanna complain lol.", "Honestly they are so many humble girls around, who are totally 100% Not gold diggers or high maintenance. But just because they look homely, these fella\u2019s wont give them a second look or a chance.\nWe have a few examples in our friend circle, whining like this and complaining already into their 40\u2019s why no women want them. We have helped introduce women from various walks of life, from career women to the everyday girl. But they are so insistent on targeting the 9/10 and spending the whole party time talking to her, even if she is there with her bf \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. And totally ignoring the rest.\nI outright said I won\u2019t intro anymore women to them, to spare these kind everyday women the disrespect.", "Yeah exactly, they blame and act like dont know why tf no one wants them but truth is its just bout 9/10s and not anyone below. Like bro isnt close to an 8 but acts like that its sad. Really dumb imo. I have girls pitying that one guy b4 and offer introduction and shit and I just said nah dont even try lol. Dude needs to humble and realize it himself.", "Exactly, spare the poor women of these delulu men.\nWe even told one guy who is at best a 4. If you get that particular woman, how can you even sustain the relationship?!. Mind you, this woman is from family money, deisgner baju, and overseas holiday. This dude's version of a holiday is balik kampung and vietnam \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f.\nHis expectation is that the women must then humble and adjust to his capabilities. Lol, delulu, why should she? \ud83d\ude02. She recently married well and is residing overseas.", "She recently married well and is residing overseas.\nHe is literally nonexistent in her head rofl.\nBro expecting too much hahahah and acts like its a women problem when clearly its his problem \ud83e\udd23 god can quite literally give him a bunch of fkin signs and he wouldnt get it. Dull af.", "married male doesnt exclude feminazism\nsuch a weak perspective", "such a weak perspective\nBut landed a hardworking wife with full of care and love. Im happy with this \"weak\" perspective eh? \ud83e\udd23", "hahaha lol. sure hardworking wife with full of care and love. we all know the fool that needs to talk up their partner...", "\ud83e\udd23 damn bro you salty af. Did no girl want you? Fool or not landed one thats good for me is good enough my man, you can do the same don't worry, you'll get over this phase(hopefully)", "hahahaha...\nfreudian slip lols\nfrom hardworking wife with full of care and love to \"good enough\".\nlols ok la. settling is also OK. you keep consoling yourself.", "Well yeah hardworking wife, full of care and love is good enough. How is that wrong? \ud83e\udd23\nBro trying so hard \ud83d\udc80", "is ok. nobody fault you for settling. use more emoji might make yourself feel better with your good enough partner. lol."], ["Spend less time on Reddit. Make some time to meet people.\nGrab some coffee. Have a conversation.\nIf you can't find things that you like in that person, at least you know what you don't like. Move on. Repeat.\nUntil you find \"your people\" (potential partner or potential good friends).\nIf you are struggling to keep any conversation going, don't waste your time.\nIf you don't feel 100% when you meet them, they will never be your 100%. Next."], ["If you really break it down, like biologically\u2026 it\u2019s always either the b00bs or the a$$ that matters.", "Well for shallow people its that lmao.\nAnother thing is women can dress up and make up and work out easily into a 10/10 unlike guys and the best part is every guy fall for that trap without realizing hey maybe that celebrity isnt that good looking its just that theyre famous and has an entire makeup team behind them(this works for male celebrity too btw rmb Namjoon?)\nI can guarantee if not all but most girls can achieve a 9/10 status doing the same stuff I said above(for boys) easier than guys.\nBut the issue lies on guys not self aware enough to realize the facade is there and the girls themselves know this, so why would they settle for a 5/10 guy who doesnt even try compared to the 6's girls that became a 8-9/10 keeping up with that facade? Theyre literally working hard enough to look good compared to guys."], ["True but what if they are actually looking at 5 or bellows yet the 5 and bellow around them just dream of luxury cause their family brought them up in the mentally to marry well?\nWhat everyone is experiencing is called hypergamy. This is not smth only msia experiences but it is everywhere. When the world is in disparity we are instinctively tuned to pick the best and safest options in everything.", "Yes sadly that happens does not mean that its over for you though lol. If those 5's are waiting for that, what are you gonna do? LET THEM LOL they can DREAM ALL THEY WANT, probably have to wait ANOTHER 5 YEARS.\nThats the best way to humble any 5s out there that think theyre better than everyone. While they wait what are you gonna do? WAIT WITH THEM???? No lol go out and find someone else, look around, the world is vast, you live in small town? So what? Look further. If thats what you want, keep finding until you found the right one.\nIf not then better yourself. The world's mentality is screwed with what you just said sure. Doesnt mean you have to follow suit. Adapt.", "Bruh I just said that's why they are experiencing haha. I didn't suggest what we should do bout it but yeh geddit thats the point of your post.", "Ah alright then haha"], ["I\u2019m just here to look at any pathetic incel comments.", "There are a few which is pretty stupid to see. Which is also the same reasons why those posts exist. Theyre too stubborn ti change. I know a guy like that, friends sure, but he probably wont change. It takes a LOT for people stuck living like that for years to change because change starts with realizing and admitting and forgiving your own mistakes and failures"], ["In my experience, people that have bf/gf dont use reddit. So yeah everyone here is doomed", "Not a lot of People in Malaysia use reddit lol"], ["If I see this as a \"change my mind\" thing, I'd say, I'll stick to what my opinion was, This letter not only confirm my opinions about women it also highlight the fact that you women don't go for less,", "Well yeah of course women dont go for less. Even Andrew Tate would agree lol. Its just how people in general are, Everyone including men or women always want more than they can bargain for.\nThe letter is made for people who dont understand the aspect that men are the same as women, Men themselves also want MORE too! which is also the same reason why they're single and too blind to see this reason lol.\nI mean you can go read some of the comments below of people disagreeing with me. They blame women alone as if theyre perfect guy\nThe difference is women has more options than men. So to level the playing field i suggest people to work on themselves first and foremost or lowering your standards to meet the women that want you for real."]]}
{"title": "Perodua Assessing Impact On Daihatsu Recall Order", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r0vqg/perodua_assessing_impact_on_daihatsu_recall_order/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "As background, on 28th April 2023, DMC announced of \u201cprocedural irregularities\u201d when conducting safety tests on vehicles in Japan. Following that announcement, DMC has established a third-party investigative committee consisting of lawyers and technical personnel.\nParent company Toyota has ordered the suspension of all export for the vehicles which can further impact sales of Perodua.", "comments": [["Lmao the article started by calling Perodua an OEM of Daihatsu. What happen to national brand?", "Truth hurts?\nsource. 1st Car is a Kenari :26557:", "Yea, why we subsidizing national car brands then?", "P2 have been doing this since the very beginning. Nothing new here", "rebadge engineering is not uncommon.", "Really? Which other car brand is OEM?", "Old Proton was basically rebadging Mitsubishi cars. The Saga, the Wira, all rebadge. The idea we actually have a \"national car\" is laughable.", "Rebadge does not mean simply change the logo.\nTake Myvi for example. Myvi is the only car that come with built-in SmartTag while the car that they used as the base dont have one. This is an example of how rebadge engineering works. Not to mention from spare parts, suspensions system, engine tuning etc.", "Lexus is a upbrand for Toyota, Toyota and Daihatsu basically share the same chassis\nThere are many more examples."], ["Not enough blow back from the public. Perodua didn't care. what they can do, buying honda?. They don't have honda money.", "Doesn't help that pro-Perodua car bloggers are also massively downplaying the news to their audiences.", "no no no.. joining proton?"], ["Still waiting for the local reps to give an official statement\u2026.", "Same"], ["Perodua:", "you mean enjoying themselves ?"]]}
{"title": "Richest Countries in the World 2023 - Global Finance Magazine : Malaysia is ranked 58th among the world's richest countries in 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r0ujr/richest_countries_in_the_world_2023_global/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["should i be proud or cry ?"], ["Except USA, with the income gap between the top 1% to bottom 40% is sooooo huge, all the top 10 countries are small with a few mil of people. So, you can't just compare apple to apple here."]]}
{"title": "Spent the last evening of the year at Teluk Batik", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v5ocu/spent_the_last_evening_of_the_year_at_teluk_batik/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["ITAP"], "header": "", "comments": [["been there. looks good."]]}
{"title": "guys look what i found", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18r0az8/guys_look_what_i_found/", "num_comment": 434, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "no context needed", "comments": [["Hold the phone that ain't Buddhism", "<image>", "\u534d", "", "not the symbol associated with peace", "I mean, the small flag on the left clearly says adolf hitler", "Hahahaha I see it now", "Maybe the store is angled sideways"], ["some kind of a band logo?\n-random Japanese", "Haahaha i saw the video last night.", "whats the link i wanna see", "https://youtu.be/Di4pA8-gBY0?si=hbnxJAB_Bc9ZEhjG", "Just saw it", "The music was so good it almost conquered the whole of Europe"], ["\"These people are actually good, they killed the jews back then\"\n-actual thing my friend said back in 2010", "Yeah like, the nazis really didn\u2019t like Jews, but I guarantee you the didn\u2019t particularly like Asians either\u2026 The Jews just happens to be conveniently/inconveniently close.", "the nazis really didn\u2019t like Jews, but I guarantee you the didn\u2019t particularly like Asians either\u2026\nAnd the Romani, LGBTQ, dissidents, and god knows how many others they deem inferior and inflict the holocaust onto them", "Any one with a disability\u2026 list goes on and on", "They worked hand in glove with the Bosnians to exterminate the Jews.", "Basically everyone who don't have blonde hair, blue eyes and say Hail Hitler. Everyone else can die. They even killed book reader, what do you think they'll do to you as supposedly Quran reader? Stupid mtf.", "Basically everyone who don't have blonde hair, blue eyes and say Hail Hitler.\nExactly this, it's doktrin penjajah, no different from the Brits or the Dutch who colonized us.\nWhy would these macais look up to these other penjajahs, beyond that they think Nazis would solve the genocide against the Palestinians?", "I can guess which other group hate these people. Its sad society has come to this.", "the German embassy to China housed thousands of refugees during the nanking massacre, risking his own safety in the process.\nof course, it was hypocritical of him to support the massacre of Jewish but draw the line at Chinese, and this is by no mean defend of nazism, but it does show that both good and bad people can come from every corner.", "we didn\u2019t go too deep with the holocaust in history class over here because \u201cmeleis will sympathise with hitler\u201d. Idk if that\u2019s true, but it\u2019s true we skipped a whole lot of hitler back in my time. And it\u2019s true some\nNot all Germans were Nazis. But all Nazis were Germans, back in WWII at least.", "our history lesson is very South East Asia focused, for obvious reason. I don't think they left out holocaust on purpose, but, as a believer in truth, I think going into detail of holocaust will make people sympathise with the Jewish. That's what our authority doesn't like.\nIf you see malay people denying holocaust, it is because of leadership issues, mahathir was a big fan of Jewish conspiracy theories, and he is a staunch holocaust denier. Nazism was a leadership issue, too. They blindly followed what Hitler told them. So is Israel under netanyahu and lekud party. Over decades, they had continuously fed the narrative that Palestinians are violent, less than human, and taking Palestinians' lands is okay because they're the Jews.", "South East Asia focused, for obvious reason. I don't think they left out holocaust on purpose, but, as a believer in truth, I think going into detail of holocaust will make people sympathise\nI did history up til Form 3 when I when left for Singapore. My sister did history up to Form 5.\nI don't think anyone believes that Palestinians are ALL violent and sub-human. However, there is a certain segment of Palestineans who really believe in and will accept nothing less than wiping Israel off the surface of the Earth.\nSadly, they also happen to the loudest minority.", "do you know what Israeli officials have said since October 7? the Israeli government equally wants to wipe gaza out and cleanse Palestinians from the Palestine state. nobody says a thing, nobody says a thing when netanyahu cited amalek.\ntrust me, if you went through what they went through for decades, you'll hate Israel to your very core, too.", "Both sides are assholes.\n\" British efforts to mediate a negotiated solution with Jewish and Arab representatives also failed as the Jews were unwilling to accept any solution that did not involve a Jewish state and suggested a partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, while the Arabs were adamant that a Jewish state in any part of Palestine was unacceptable and that the only solution was a unified Palestine under Arab rule. In February 1947, the British referred the Palestine issue to the newly formed United Nations. On 15 May 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations resolved that the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine be created \"to prepare for consideration at the next regular session of the Assembly a report on the question of Palestine.\"[157] In the Report of the Committee dated 3 September 1947 to the General Assembly,[158] the majority of the Committee in Chapter VI proposed a plan to replace the British Mandate with \"an independent Arab State, an independent Jewish State, and the City of Jerusalem [...] the last to be under an International Trusteeship System.\" \"\nBut from what I understand, Israel only declared their intention to wipe out Gaza this year. Hamas has declared they will not stop until the state of Israel is eradicated since 1988.\nWhat do you think the Malaysian govt would do if Singapore said they would fight until the Malaysian federation ceased to exist? And the US said they would not pitch in on Singapore's behalf?\nYou think Malaysia would quietly say 'Ok, Singapore. You win. We'll get all the states to secede from the federation'.\nOn the contrary, first thing we would do is to cut off water and food shipments to Singapore. And to hell with any humanitarian crisis that arises from lack of water in hospitals.", "you ate too much western propaganda.", "state in any part of Palestine was unacceptable and that the only solution was a unified Palestine under Arab rule. In February 1947, the British referred the Palestine issue to the newly formed\nUnited Nations\n. On 15 May 1947, the\nGeneral Assembly\nof the United Nations resolved that the\nUnited Nations Special Committee on Palestine\nbe created \"to prepare\nI could use the reverse argument on you.\nYou swallowed too much Islamist propaganda.\nNow we're back at square 1.", "you know too little about what Israel did since 1947. you know all of the bad things Palestinians did, but know none of the really damning thing that Israel did.\nthis is what I meant when I said I'm a believer of truth, and when the authorities have a narrative that they want to push, they needed the public support, they need you to not know the truth. it is our job as normal people who elected these people to find out.\nhttps://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1711750682733355146?t=seyiW7ZrVNhMd8zSnsb_dw&s=19", "meant when I said I'm a believer of truth, and when the authorities have a narrative that they want to push, they needed the public support, they need you to not know the truth. it is our job as normal people\nAs I said, there are assholes on both sides.", "What do you think the Malaysian govt would do if Singapore said they would fight until the Malaysian federation ceased to exist? And the US said they would not pitch in on Singapore's behalf?\nIs that how you see the world? Singapore would one day just \"wake up and choose violence\" and said they will fight until the Malaysia federation? Because they are \"Palesingaporean\"?\nYou know what, I was gonna tell you about the nakba, the massacre that happened during the nakba, how 70% of gazans are refugees or descendant of refugees of nakba, how they illegally annexed palestinians territory allocated by the UN in 1947, how they trapped the palestinians inside gaza that is called an \"open-air prison\" how there were peace efforts by palestinians authority during 1980 1990, and Israel and US screwed it up. Years of gross human rights violation and apartheid state system.\nNot worth my time schooling you, if you have any intellectual curiosity, look it up yourself, or you can keep your ignorant.", "nakba, how 70% of gazans are refugees or descendant of refugees of nakba, how they illegally annexed palestinians territory allocated by the UN in 1947, how they trapped the palestinians inside gaza that is called an \"open-air prison\" how there were peace efforts by palestinians\nI said IF singapore took the same stance as Hamas. How do you think Malaysia would treat a smaller country which said they wanted to wipe a larger country off the map?", "Supposedly I was told that we didn\u2019t go too deep with the holocaust in history class over here because \u201cmeleis will sympathise with hitler\u201d. Idk if that\u2019s true, but it\u2019s true we skipped a whole lot of hitler back in my time. And it\u2019s true some meleis will say exactly that quote too.", "Theres barely any mention about ww2 in sekolah menengah except for Japan, its mostly tamadun islam which sucks because they taught the same thing in Pendidikan Islam", "wdym ww2 is mentioned in sejarah, form 4 sej", "I recalled the whole war was summarised into 2 pages whereas there were hundreds of pages of more useless stuff.", "Form 4, Bab 3. Everything about ww1 ww2 and Japanese occupation summarised into a short chapter. Everything else is useless politics", "& useless propaganda.", "ah yea, the mandatory propaganda", "we learn about ww2 from many other games and movies though... in a way, we didnt really have a collective malaysian perspective on ww2.", "that barely covered anything. it's like \"hey kids, did you know world war2 happened during 1941-1945? and germany n japan lost??\"", "Nyatakan faktor-faktor perang dunia kedua pada (1939-1945)\nKemuculan ideologi baru, ketidakpuasan hati pada versailles etc", "Maybe because I didn\u2019t pay attention in class back in my time, but I had to learn about Third Reich and holocaust after internet. It was never a question asked in exams too so I think I\u2019m right remembering we got skipped over those stuff in school.", "very little, I dont even remember if they ever mention why ww2 even happen", "E\nThey used to cover it in more detail. By my sister's time, half the syllabus was on tamadun Islam.", "Iirc it's just one chapter. Most of the stuff is still tamadun islam zz", "just remember these ppl that sympathise with russia during the russia ukraine.", "I think the Malaysian syllabus didn\u2019t go deep into the holocaust because it wanted to focus more on what Malaysia went through during WW2. I mean the Chinese in Malaya were going through just as much hell as the Jews in Europe, only on a smaller scale.", "Yes that\u2019s what I believe too. In comparison the Japanese occupation era was our very own nightmare that it\u2019s important to have every Malaysian know. But to the point that we weren\u2019t even told/taught about a very big thing that affects the world globally is quite concerning. I don\u2019t even know if we have a Malay word for holocaust (do we?).", "We don\u2019t", "Heroes in some people's POV, villains in some others.", "One of my primary school ustaz said the same thing. Lost a lot of my respect for him after that", "Throughout my high school years all the agama teacher say this exact line.", "This is one of the reason why the the cycle of hate will continue.", "Imagine actually supporting the Axis powers, you know, the ones that invaded, slaughtered and mass raped Malaysians during WWII.\nThese meleis dream of being Japanese femboy rape toys, just like their grandmothers were.\nhttps://www.malaysiakini.com/news/488301", "They did. Japan had help from malays who are pro ketuanan melayu, promised that malaysia will go back in the hand of malay if japan help liberate them from the brits.\nThen the japs fave them middle fingers. But because of them and agong's influence among the citizens, malays had it best during jap's occupation", "malays had it best during jap's occupation\nSo still bad? There was 75,000 sent to work on the Thai-Burma railway, 1/3rd died. Incomes across the country plummeted due to no one buying exports. Everyone except the Malay elites lost out and they happily handed over the country to yet another coloniser to keep their positions instead of fighting for their own people.\nReminds me of a certain PM and a large sums of money coming into his personal bank account from foreign powers.\nThis is why I find Malay nationalism quite funny, the history shows our leaders repeatedly bending over and taking it from basically anyone who turns up.", "Just like their grandmothers were Bro burned tf out of those meleis", "Tell him that because of that, they got the popular support to set up Israel, so tell him if he thinks something good came out of that or something worse?", "Relax bro this happen 13 years ago, he was 14 and I was 13, I dont even know what the fuck was a nazi. And he was referencing the nazi in Cod, the first game.", "it doesn't help the Jewish cause when you have Israel committing genocide openly, lying about it and basically becoming the nazis themselves", "palestine is the one who refuses 2 states solution, no?", "Netanyahu says nope. Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli prime minister that was involved in many wars prior to the establishment of Israel eventually got tired and wanted peace by offering piece of land to the Palestinians.\nDude ends up being assassinated by israeli terrorist. 2 state solution is just drama at this point.", "Yes at this point. Both sides no longer want peaceful solution. But I'm talking about pre israel arab war though. That's when 2 states solution first proposed but rejected by Arabs.", "why should there be a 2 state solution when Jews have peacefully coexisted in Palestine before all this?", "Because that is the only non violent ways that can end this struggle.", "False. Israel would continue its landgrab despite that solution and the international community would let it happen. In addition, Israel has indicated in a 2-state reality that it would not allow Palestine to have a military. It would ultimately be violent.", "Would, not has. Assumption, not fact.\nDoesn't matter to me anyway. Both sides only want to eradicate another side so let them kill each other. I'm not supporting bloodthirsty regime, no matter wish sides they are on.", "Stupid argument.\nShould Ukrainians who want to see the Putin regime fall with violent force be left to be killed by said regime because \u201cthey want to eradicate another side\u201d?\nShould the Iraqi freedom fighters who want to see US and the West fall after having their lands raped by them be eradicated through no fault of their own?\nBy your reckoning since they are fighting they are all bloodthirsty.", "No. Israel backed out of the deal.", "Source?\nhere's mine\nTwo state solution proposed and revised, both times zionist are in support of it.", "Did you read the wiki page? Because it states fairly clearly:\nBy 2010, when direct talks were scheduled to be restarted, continued growth of settlements on the West Bank and continued strong support of settlements by the Israeli government had greatly reduced the land and resources that would be available to a Palestinian state creating doubt among Palestinians and left-wing Israelis that a two-state solution continued to be viable.\n...\nin March 2015, Netanyahu declared that a Palestinian state would not be established during his administration\n...\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly and emphatically rejected a two-state solution.", "You are talking about 2010. I'm talking about 1948. The one before israel arab war.\nWe can talk about recent view on two states solution. Clearly Both nations are not in support of such proposition, and rather bb each other into oblivion instead.", "Thats their land, why do the Palestinian even need 2 state solution in the 1st place? And that 2 state solution is highly disadvantages to Palestinian, they are given mostly barren land. And Zionist still attack them and try to take whatever left.", "Technology superiority on the israel side. If you are on the losing side you kneel or as we have seen, be forced to kneel.", "Lol look at this edgelord here", "But what he saying is..how long you wanna fight the bully 3 times your size. Realistically you're not gonna beat him physically.", "Didn't the israelists reach there before the Palestinians? And that they have won the war between them and people of canaan?\nthey are given mostly barren land.\nFirst partition, maybe. 2nd revised partition, not really. They want all the lands.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine\nBoth Jews and arabian have half of the sea stripe, and arabian have the inland part, especially around Jerusalem. So the barren part is wrong.\nAnd Zionist still attack them and try to take whatever left.\nAren't arabian the one who rejected the idea, wanting to get majority of the land? Zionist were perfectly fine with the idea, so that means Arabs are the one who threw the first punch?", "Palestinian are the natives, they already live there, why would Israelist reach there first? Jews came after WW2 to Palestine after the Nazi holocaust when no country wanted to accept them and now they are the Nazi themselves. Please read Nakba 1948 where these Zionist kicked out Palestinian from their home & occupied their land. Also read Tantura massacre.\nAren't arabian the one who rejected the idea, wanting to get majority of the land? Zionist were perfectly fine with the idea, so that means Arabs are the one who threw the first punch?\nOf course Zionist are fine with it, they want other people land, they can always occupy more later like how they do it now. And above all else, the death toll of innocent civilian in Palestine right now 20k, half of them are children. Its genocide, not war. Nothing can justify that atrocities commited by Zionist right now. I recommend u to go to ig motaz_azaiza or eye on palestine to name a few and see it for yourself.", "According to the sources, ain't canaanites the og orang asli? Then israelists reached the place? Then philistines also went there? How can Palestinians the og when caananites are the og?\nNothing can justify that atrocities commited by Zionist right now.\nOf course we can't justify anything zionist did. But that's not what we are talking about, no? Zionist wanted two states solution. Arabians or rather Palestinians don't. Zionist are ok with alternate way to Coexist (most probably with hidden agenda), Palestinians don't. Zionist OK with sharing, Palestinians don't.\nIsn't that the fact?", "so when do we hand America back to the natives?", "Never. Because the Americans won the war against the natives.\nJust like how the israelis won the war against the Arabs.", "Cina Taiwan! Balik Taiwan, jgn buat malu Cina Malaysia", "Zionist are European Jews. They are mostly european. They have no connection with Native jews in Palestine. In fact, the Palestinian(muslim/christian/jews) are morr related to the ancient canaanites. Hence, they belong there.\nWhere as Zionist are more related to Europe.\nThere are multiple instant where both sides had offer 2 state solutions and both sidea had rejected each other's proposal of 2 states. So, no point argying who reject/accept 2 states because both do the same.", "Why are there 2 different groups of Jews, as back then there are only 1 group? There's only 1 group of israelists back then who conquered the canaanites, right? They are the same group who made a kingdom, which promptly destroyed by Rome and chased out into Europe? So why are those Jews are not native israelist, when they were the same bunch of people who were chased out from the area in the first place?\nI do agree that both sides, since beginning of time, sucks, both sides are way too hung up on having their own land, disregarding the other side's survival. I don't think 2 states works too, as it only delays the inevitable. Not to mention that 2 states solution is biased and not fair in the first place.", "According to the sources, ain't canaanites the og orang asli? Then israelists reached the place? Then philistines also went there? How can Palestinians the og when caananites are the og?\nIf u wanna go that far, why don't you go to dinosour era then? The land belong to dinosour. Whats so hard to understand that right now, Palestinian live and own that land, and Zionist is committing genocide, carpet bombing them, put them in refugee camp and bombing them again & again. Do u even realize that people of gaza live in open air prison like one large concentration camp? Thats not a 2 state solution, that occupation.\nZionist OK with sharing, Palestinian don't.\nOk, if robber come to rob your house, give them half of it if the demand. Even if they kill your family member while at it, you are ok with it right?", "If u wanna go that far,\nSo you only willing to go as far as the narrative suits your need, and ignore all other information that also applicable, simply because it doesn't suit your narrative?\nWow.\nTalk about fair argument.\nif robber come to rob your house,\nIts the Rome who robbed israel, and the palestinian migrate into the land after they were chased away. I'm just following history. If we goes by recent history, didn't israel won the war with the Arabs, making whole palestine their territory instead? Isnt that the law of war?", "Thats only applicable for primitive war or war or that happens prior to WW2(or maybe even before).\nPost UN formation that law are not applicable anymore. Especially modern days.\nIf so, a lot of Middle Eastern countries would have been called America, but its not applicable in the modern world.", "Its not a war, its genocide by now. If u are pro with the side that commited war crime in broad daylight & kill 20K innocent civilian & children in the name of war to occupied land thats not yours, then I have nothing to say anymore. Pro-zionist like u will justify everything, even the genocide & apartheid state by Israel. The land u have to kill for is not your land.", "you only willing to go as far as the narrative suits your need, and ignore all other information that also applicable, simply because it doesn't suit your narrative?\nThey cherry pick their points and tells you it's my way or the highway. They couldn't care less of anything that happened before 1947, they couldn't care less.", "Law of war:-\nThe right of conquest is a right of ownership to land after immediate possession via force of arms aka war", "that's a lie", "Xyah buat malu Cina. Cina Malaysia bukan Zionis. Cina China kau!", "Oh wait even the China Chinese side with the right side. Cina Taiwan kau!", "In retrospect, maybe it was their plan all along?", "Nazis would get US and EU support if they were active nowadays. So please don\u2019t go with \u201chow Hitler could have happened\u201d, as Netanyahu is worst than Hitler. Genlcide committing Israeli Nazis are getting support for killing >10k children.", "In the entire decades long Israel-Palestine conflict, fewer than 100,000 Palestinians (civilian and military) have died. As a comparison, at least 500,000 people died in the past 10 years of the Syrian civil war.\nYou can be angry about what\u2019s happening to the Palestinians. But it\u2019s not genocide. See also: the Palestinian population increasing continuously over time, to 600% of what it was in 1948.", "Most of the quotes supposedly showing that are misconstrued or taken out of context. If that\u2019s your best evidence of a \u201cgenocide\u201d occurring, it speaks volumes.", "Go fight in Gaza you Nazi jew, if so brave. Blocked.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Looks like Israelis are really bad at genociding", "In the entire decades long Israel-Palestine conflict, fewer than 100,000 Palestinians (civilian and military) have died.\n20% of them in the last few weeks.", "Beautiful trash take. Just because the Zionists are failing at what they're doing, doesn't mean it's not genocide lol. A goal not being achieved doesn't invalidate the intent, especially an ongoing one.", "my teacher also said that when i was form 1 lmao. his class is 5% of actual teaching and 70% yapping about politics.", "That's what my history teacher said in class as well", "I used to have a crush on someone up to the point she said those words too....i pulled myself away ASAP"], ["That shit even says Adolf Hitler 1933"], ["Poor people.. They would definitely be in the list of Adolph.", "adolph", "Adolph the large nosed Neindeer", "Ah the one who brought the Ho-Ho-Holocaust"], ["LOL. Pathetic\nThat brown bontot owner will be thrown into gas chambers together with other undesirables by the real Nazis, anyway", "Ironic that they don't understand the core values of the ideology they agreed with.", "Would be more ironic if they condemn israel yet support this old ideology", "the ultimate irony is that Israel has become nazi Germany..... swap the palestinians for Jews and Israel even call anyone else that doesn't support them terrorists \ud83e\udd23 Israel is an apartheid state , a fascist state, a genocide terror state. the end, fuck the Nazis, it's not 1945", "Hence why i say its irony bruv lol", "the ultimate irony is that Israel has become nazi Germany..... swap the palestinians for Jews\nGo educate yourself.\n1.6m Palestinians living in Israel. The CEO of one of their biggest bank is a Palestinian and Palestinians hold 2 of the high seats in their parliament.\n0 Israel living in Palestinian controlled territory..\nYou either don't know what the Nazi did to the Jews or you are just stupid.", "1.6m Palestinians living in Israel\nIsrael discriminations against Palestinians are well documented BORN UNEQUAL : state of Apartheid. : Palestine (reddit.com)\n0 Israel living in Palestinian controlled territory\nWow, casually ignored the whole 700,000 Israeli settlers in West Bank and East Jerusalem", "700,000 Israeli settlers in West Bank and East Jerusalem\n\"Presently, most of the West Bank is administered by Israel though 42% of it is under varying degrees of autonomous rule by the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority\"\nMaybe cause west bank isn't fully controlled by Palestine?\nApartheid.. do you even know what that actually means?\nYou guy don't read too well.. do you?", "\"Presently, most of the West Bank is administered by Israel though 42% of it is under varying degrees of autonomous rule by the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority\"\nMaybe cause west bank isn't fully controlled by Palestine?\nThe whole West Bank is Palestinian terrritory and Israel is illegally occupying it with force. The fact you cited this just proved my point.\nApartheid.. do you even know what that actually means?\nYou guy don't read too well.. do you?\nAsk yourself first, do YOU even read?\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_apartheid\nIsrael's apartheid against Palestinians - Amnesty International\nA Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution | Human Rights Watch", "The whole West Bank is Palestinian terrritory\nLol. Right.. your education is lacking there.\nThe Jews legally bought lands from Egypt.. Palestine illrgally pitched their tents there and than claim it as their own.\nThe fact you think that's equate to ownership is laughable.\nAnd citing pro Palestine isn't explaining what the word apartheid means.\nIf you are so pro Palestine, I suggest you go to Gaza instead of just sending your thoughts and prayers.", "The Jews legally bought lands from Egypt.. Palestine illrgally pitched their tents there and than claim it as their own.\nThe fact you think that's equate to ownership is laughable.\nWhat is your proof on Palestine illegally pitched their tents and claimed as their own? Palestinians are not Bedouins.\nGenetic studies that found Palestinians as the descendants of the Israelites from the age of Kingdom of Israel.\nAbraham's Children in the Genome Era: Major Jewish Diaspora Populations Comprise Distinct Genetic Clusters with Shared Middle Eastern Ancestry - PMC (nih.gov)\nThe Origins of Ashkenaz, Ashkenazic Jews, and Yiddish - PMC (nih.gov)\nHigh-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews - PubMed (nih.gov)\nY-chromosomal STRs in two populations from Israel and the Palestinian Authority Area: Christian and Muslim Arabs - PubMed (nih.gov)\nNot every ancient Israelites were exiled from Levant (current Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan) during the rule of Assyrians and Babylonians. Those who stayed became the ancestors of Levantine Jews. Some of the Jews later converted to Christianity and became the ancestors of Levantine Christians and some of the Christians later converted to Islam and became ancestors of Levantine Muslims.\nPalestinians Jews exist, Palestinians Christians and Palestinians Muslims are also obviously exists. All three groups are natives to the land.\nLol. Right.. your education is lacking there.\nAnd citing pro Palestine isn't explaining what the word apartheid means.\nAmnesty International and Human Rights Watch are the among the most reputable human rights organisations on Earth and you really said they can't explain what apartheid means? Looks like the one who lack education here is you.", "You cant read. Go learn how to read first, then comment", "Prove me wrong.. then you can comment.", "You literally ignored what was said. Prove you can read first. Im using small words for you.", "Israel = Nazi? And you are still debating this?\nIm using small words for you\nWell, you do have a small brain... so no wonder.", "Bro..hes saying they are doing nazi shit. Guess what? Hes right\nYou quoted me telling you im using small words, for you. Lol. Breh", "Not according to this Arab Muslim Stanford alum it isn\u2019t: https://youtu.be/mLzsIFPVVKw", "https://labourbriefing.org/blog/2019/7/30/six-holocaust-survivors-compare-zionist-policy-to-that-of-the-nazis\nHolocaust survivors compare Israel to Nazis... but yeah a single rando American is the authority we should all listen to.", "No, not an American \u2014 an Arab Muslim woman with Israeli citizenship and Stanford alum.", "So even worse... lol keep saying she graduated a university like it's rare. \ud83e\udd21\nLiteral holocaust survivors are comparing the clowns like her to Nazis.", "an American with israeli citizenship?? how much did they pay her to take the citizenship", "https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/life-community/student-profiles/voices/sophia-shramko\nIt\u2019s all there in the link. She was born and raised in Israel.\nHere\u2019s a 45-minute interview with her: https://youtu.be/i_MfnpuafBg", "If Israel = Nazi and she is = Jews.\nShe be dead. But please go on and tell us how oppressed she is and how her life is comparable to those in a concentration camp..", "They don\u2019t even understand their own culture and ideology.", "Malays will align with anything supporting Israel. Wait till next US election where Malays openly support Trump (if he ever going to join the race) or any Proud Boys/MAGA presidential candidate. They don't care any of the policies in the MAGA idology except for their staunch anti semitic ideology.\nEdit: Wait. Did Malaysian hate Trump more than Hitler? Proved my point \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "Exactly, Nazis are another brand of penjajah with extra steps higher than the Brits. They can wipe out us natives once they stick their flag onto our soil.", "the real nazis are all dead and they will not come back (death is permanent)", "what's even more pathetic is pretending the state of Israel aren't genocidal lying maniacs that are committing war crimes....honestly I'm not really bothered about some memorabilia , what I am bothered about is ignoring 10 thousand children being bombed to death indiscriminately and called animals..... concentrate on the current genocide..... its a great trick that the powers that be (ironically usually Jewish) like to point your attention to way back in the past whilst they repeat the same crimes", "Supporting Nazi means you support genocide. Including genociding Palestine", "You\u2019re aware Hamas doesn\u2019t differentiate between combatants and civilians in their death tolls, right?\nIsraeli officials estimate the country\u2019s military has killed at least 7,000 Hamas militants since the start of the war on Oct. 7, when militants from Gaza killed 1,200 people in southern Israel, according to Israeli authorities.\nMore than 18,400 Palestinians have died in Gaza, two-thirds of them women and children, according to Palestinian health authorities. The figures don\u2019t distinguish between militants and civilians.\nhttps://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war-pumping-seawater-gaza-tunnels-2ed3b3f2", "Israel has been falsifying numbers since Oct 7 and engage in perception/info wars since then. Rule of thumb these days suggests not believing anything Israeli officials says", "how many journalists have they murdered and lied about?", "I don't care about hamas, hamas and Israel are the same, two sides of the same coin. go try and justify killing 10,000 children somewhere else. Israel are liars, the lies they present are both riiculous and laughable. if children's heads weren't being blown off I'd laugh. israel has no idea how many hamas they've killed, they forced palestinians to hold guns above their heads for a photo of then presented them as hamas \ud83e\udd23", "they forced palestinians to hold guns above their heads for a photo of then presented them as hamas \ud83e\udd23\nThat\u2019s been debunked: https://twitter.com/RonShenkman/status/1733633775475544283", "Cant open the link. Retracted maybe??", "https://nitter.net/RonShenkman/status/1733633775475544283", "Unfortunately, this is what happens when Israel keep committing atrocities after atrocities and always try to deflect the focus of their war crimes by bringing up the fact that their ancestors were massacred by the Nazis. Because Israel kept doing that for decades, it unfortunately made people who are critical of Israel pay attention to the Nazis, and not in a good way"], ["Absolutely confuse like how did the owner survive till now with such decorations", "This ain't europe", "Many redditors here are western wannabe", "Ouchiie \ud83d\ude02", "Because a lot of Malay agree with hitler", "What do you mean by this?"], ["Ada jual air gas ke", "Air jus", "Glass of juice not gas the j3ws", "here's your blood of yahudi."], ["for whoever who wants to know, shop name is in attached pic\n<image>", "Its in Serdang right?", "ya"], ["In the west they have imperial Japan enjoyers, in Asia we have Socialist German enjoyer"], ["<image>\nDude is fr lmao"], ["It's actually crazy how there a subculture of Malays and Indonesian thats into Nazis stuff, like huh?\nYou know you're basically subhuman in the eyes of Nazis right?, even if the Nazi didn't do anything to you, they were let the Imperial Japanese enslave the populace of the countries they take over.", "Your username from Neil Asher issit?", "No actually, it's from the song Pennyroyal tea by Nirvana.", "They dont care"], ["Aren\u2019t these Malaysian understand that they too would have been the victim of the Nazis too?!", "That would require them to actually conduct research.", "To me this picture symbolises hate, racism, irony and uneducated all at the same time.", "Not"], ["I know its probably not a big deal and the owner was just being edgy or something but i hope malaysians do not symphatise with hitler or justfiy the holocaust like how arabs are doing as of lately", "It's depressing but I'm expecting a small-medium sized part of Malaysians that supports the Nazis because we were just never taught about WW2 all that much with the holocaust not even being in the textbooks. I guess Japan is more important to our history but :26563:", "It's even worst if you know anything about hitler since he considered chinese and japanese one of the few asian races as honorary aryan which means if you are malay you are subhuman and don't deserve to rule your own land."], ["The enemy of my enemy is my friend?", "They never understood, that man only wanted the purists of whites.\nEven though by his definition, he wouldn't be that pure himself as he was brunette and had black or brown eyes. Well, it's not the only contradiction he had in his lifetime as he was a famous backstabber even towards his own party.", "But he assimilated.\ntun m, probably", "Hitler would have killed the Muslims if they'd been in northern Europe at the time.", "There were some Muslims killed at Auschwitz in 1942..."], ["People who support Hitler because they hate jews are brain dead. They would be considered sub human according to the Nazi ideology as they are not white.", "I'm not even a Nazi and I already consider people like these sub human. Lower than trailer trash", "I agree, Nazi is like animal than human"], ["As a European every time I see a \"swastika\" I still have to look twice, this time I looked 3 times..."], ["I been to chinese kopitiam where they have chairman mao's statues lol", "My Chinese grandmother used to have a copy of Mao's Little Red Book.", "I bought one of those \ud83e\udd2b", "Woah, where your grandmother found it", "My uncle bought it on a trip to China and gave it to her.", "Cool, I hope one day I visit China", "Proof?", "So the entire Malaysia is problemetic eh", "PDRM be like\n<image>", "Any picture of proof?", "This case was infamous. It was in the news, bruv.", "So you cant produce any prove", "Just admit that you\u2019re too fucking lazy to look it up on Google.\nhttps://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/01/03/penang-cops-probe-cafe-owner-for-putting-up-mao-zedong-wallpaper/\nTook me less than 5 seconds to find this.", "Those are not statues"], ["Reaksi aku yang jujur\n<image>"], ["Ya know idiots nowadays try to justify what Hitler did was ethical and sone Ustaz I know try to paint him as a symbol of Islam.\nThings like this kinda shows the true colors of some people.", "But it's also sadly unsurprising, since Hitler himself actually had a positive opinion on Islam. He even said that if the German people converted to Islam in the past, the Germans would have conquered the world.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relations_between_Nazi_Germany_and_the_Arab_world#:~:text=Hitler%20was%20transcribed%20as%20saying,to%20the%20bold%20warrior%20alone", "Edit your comment, ping me, and I'll reapprove. You know which word to take out.\nHello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Imagine being so excited about spitting in God's eye by hating Jews that you can contort your mind into believing that kind of nonsense.", "Hitler like arab because how negatively they felt toward the Jews. He didn't respect the religion nor culture. He respect their hatred.\nEven the Arab division of nazis are just honorary nazis. They are not in the gang. They are like gerakan in PN.", "It also shows the side effect of Israel\u2019s continuous conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-semitism."], ["Where is this?", "google map"], ["According to the Malaysian law, the display of Nazi symbols is a crime.\nDo they know that Hitler also exterminated everyone who are not Aryan? That would include Muslims, and people of other colours?\nNazi symbol", "Hold up, citation needed."], ["Who is hitler?\nI only know Japan imperial directly hurt us....\n/s"], ["Reminds me of the local punk nazi vs punk british era lol"], ["Ismail Mamatdzanon, Nasreddin Tadzubajev, Mohammed Sultanov, Hassan Mamedov are just some of the Muslims killed in 1942 at Auschwitz,And today's Neo Nazis are more pronounced in whitestatehood, often citing Muslims as barbarians, echoes heard even in the Palestine debate.The fact that some Muslims are willing to allow other Muslims to be hurt by Neonazism so they get a high from some Jews getting hurt, is not only an atrocity but also hypocrisy itself."], ["we Malaysian should renounce racism and fascism of any kind."], ["can this shop be reported for hate crime?", "I don't think Malaysia even has hate crime laws in the first place", "yes there's. we prohibited communist.", "That's more of an anti-terrorism law to combat the PKM in the past though. Hate crimes are usually less severe than outright terrorism", "That's a pro-hate-crime law.", "Hate crime laws against malays/islam.", "In Malaysia hating Jews is considered normal, even encouraged.", "It's not encouraged. In this society you are \"obliged\" to, it's a requirement, sometimes compulsory\nBut that's how it is in this country.", "Akta Sakit Hati?", "oh yes I know that Akta well"], ["Resurrecting a dead tyrant like Hitler won't solve the Zionist genocide of the Palestinians. Had the fucker been alive today, he would praised them for going further than he ever could. Besides, the Zionists have also discriminated and killed more of their own people, such as Ethiopian Jews, ethnic ME Jews and even dissidents. They've already killed those hostages they're supposed to save, as well as that one lawyer who defended himself, lord knows how many of their own citizens killed before Oct 7.\nThat aside, they should've been aware of the Jewish people who are definitely supporters of Palestine, starting with Noam Chomsky. There are Jewish/Palestine orgs such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow who stood up and protests for Palestinian rights.\nUnfortunately, considering how much the macais here have a strong distrust of the nons and even other Muslims such as the Shia, they're somehow gatekeeping their support of the Palestinians to themselves, rather than sharing it with others."], ["Malay supremacist"], ["Not surprising. Some idiots are also dumb."], ["Nazi never reached SEA so I kinda understand most dgaf"], ["My relatives were uneducated like this lol. The thing I keep thinking about is that they\u2019ve never even met a Jewish person but the hateful ideology spreads to the furthest buttcrack of the kampungs. Jewish people are some of the nicest people I\u2019ve met."], ["Wait wait where and I want that helmet"], ["Hitler hate jews = good guy in malaysia\nA tale as old as time, as long as you hating jews, you are friends to them"], ["Looks like jamming studio"], ["oh no."], ["Nama Nazili"], ["Think I saw a foodpanda rider with a swastika sticker on his delivery bag a while ago"], ["there's one in penang"], ["how did you find this kinda shop \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["SMH Ayob Bin Omar, i\u2019m judging you hard right now"], ["3\u00b000'31.6\"N 101\u00b043'21.6\"E"], ["Hitler approved store"], ["Woah, aku langsung tak pernah nampak lambang swastika kat Malaysia. Ini kali pertama aku pernah nampak"], ["Hail Hydra..."], ["People who don't really understand why nazism is still frowned upon generations later, think of it as the worst crime humanity can commit. Its not just murder, its murder and enjoying it.\nYou ever watch a movie that's violent and just hard to watch? Like women getting raped, hung up and beaten, humiliated? Dogs or cats being tied to a chain and beaten to death slowly with a stick? Innocent kitties being cut up to pieces limb by limb when they're alive? These are nothing compared to what the nazi has done... and they did it with children too.\nThink of the most cruel thing humanity has done, the nazis done it many times over, for fun.", "Laugh in imperial japs.", "Not sure what the point of this is but you'll find examples like these in modern times, look up what hamas did to Shani louk a few months ago.\nThe difference with the nazi is the scale due to sanctions by the government itself, and not to mention the scale of the conflict. Did it happen before and after since? Sure, but not at the scale of 100s of million of Jews and non Jews effected."], ["in case anyone doesnt know, in malaysia there is a neo nazi movement, but unlike omputeh, they find their race as superior to others.", "I take it you're not familiar with the Malaysian skinhead punk community?", "I have watched one documentary exploring the skinhead punk subculture in Malaysia funny as hell when his father said \"kamu tahu ke apa sebenarnya ideologi nazi ni?\"\nDude just start lagging unable to answer what nazi really is.\nI forgot what's the name of the video, probably from vice im not sure.\nEdit : Found it, https://youtu.be/v7vjsr0g4kM", "I can imagine that. They're not the smartest bunch, but the same can be said for death metal scene and even Manchester United. We don't really believe they play for a red-skinned devil, do we?", "Point is, it's funny watching the nazi skin head kid not knowing how to explain their ideology. Well they kinda have the idea about race supremacy but not the core value of it.\nAlso why are you being defensive? Chill bruv im just pointing out funny thing. But hey at least those Sharp dudes are decent people tho.", "No lah, there's nothing to be defensive about here. Just clearing up confusion that some people think the Malaysian skinhead kids = neo Nazi. Like you said, these kids likely have no idea what Nazi or neo Nazi even are.\nSo when OP posted a photo of a skinhead attire shop, and a commenter called them neo Nazi, I said the commenter is also unfamiliar with the skinhead subculture here.", "It's a fun video you should check it out. I learn from that video that skinheads have their own faction and whatnot. Tbh i have no idea if this subculture is even still alive nowadays. It's been a good few years since i watched the video."], ["You\u2019re missing the point here: Hitler approves Milo and Nescafe, so don\u2019t boycott nestle anymore. \ud83d\ude05"], ["These dumbasses don't seem to realise they would have been shipped straight into a gas chamber with the others under the Nazi regime if they were around for the war. So embarrassing and shameful."], ["Auf der Heide bl\u00fcht ein kleines Bl\u00fcmelein Und das hei\u00dft....\nEEEERREIIIKKAAAA !!!\n\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25"], ["Wheres the address of the store?"], ["It\u2019s the Hyuga clan cursed seal symbol. What else could it be?"], ["Deutschland Deutschland ub\u00ebr alles ub\u00ebr alles in der welt"], ["Aiyo so many uneducated dumb fucks."], ["they are inspired by the achievements of hitler"], ["Jesus christ, you people need to calm down. Does the shop owner even know the backstory of hitler? Alot of ppl in asia don't really know much about hitler."], ["heil hitler", "Picturing a Malay with his accent saying \"heil Hitler\" while being serious is funny as fuck. Ngl", "sieg heil /"], ["I've seen Israel flags being displayed in Europe and don't see the difference between the Nazis and the state of Israel....both genocidal maniacs"], ["The Third Reich will rise again.", "So what was the first and second reich?\nAnd if all 3 were so unlucky to get destroyed, maybe they might want to consider changing the name to something luckier? lol", "I guess the phrase \"third time's a charm\" doesn't apply when you're German."], ["Hitler would be proud \u2026."], ["Oh it's just the Buddhist peace sy- Why is it angled"], ["OMFG THAT CHOCOLATE THING. Why the fck do I see this everywhere at my uni in Kedah? Is this a Kedah thing? A Malay thing? I see them everywhere in Kedah."], ["He should have pumped the number to 10 million before offing himself\n<image>"], ["Finaly some good fucking kekal"], ["if you want to to learn about history, you must find a book written before 1920."], ["Compared to Israel flag, this is slightly less offensive"], ["Heil mein fuhrer \ud83e\udee1"], ["I rather see that than a LGHDTV or juden flag"], ["Behold, Jews Kryptonite"], ["The swastika has nothing to do with hitler and the nazi. It existed long before the nazi. The fact that it was hijacked by them doesn't mean it started with them.", "Observe the symbols used here.\nOn the left: \"Adolf Hitler 1933\"\nOn the middle: Literally the Nazi-era Reichsadler Eagle with it's wings outstretched"], ["Apabila taksub sehinggakan."], ["Surprised it hasn't been raided yet"], ["Good luck and farewell, Ayob"], ["That ain't Buddist symbol"], ["Where is it located", "https://g.co/kgs/qQ1kXw"], ["korg jumpa gak markas budak skinhead"], ["\u201cIf you know nothing about history, nothing will save you\u201d"], ["Is it at R&R Serdang? At first I thought my eyes had problem."], ["Are they Neo Nazi or something ?"], ["What is this store btw? There are guitars, helmets.. There's a fridge with drinks but what exactly are they selling? WWII-ish items?"], ["eminem can rhyme \"kekal Fitrah\" with \"Adolf Hitler\"."], ["\u201cMaybe he is just Budd\u2026 and that\u2019s the Nazi eagle\u201d"], ["I feel context is needed. Did this guy support nazis or did he confuse it for a Buddhist symbol of peace? One gets you roadside dentistry, and the other gets you new wall art.", "You\u2019re kidding", "Weird world these days. Gotta know before you go"], ["I saw once someone where a Swastika patch on their shirt at JPJ, and the best part is JPJ and RELA don't give a damn about it, all there care is no short pants....."], ["ugh, so cringe,"], ["lmao then there's my school where we had an unofficial hitler gimmick because a kid looks like hitler."], ["Swastikas, army helmets and a Telecaster body in a warung of all places. Truly bizarre"], ["In my hometown, I saw a hotel concierge with the name tag \"Mohd. Hitler.\""], ["Do these people realise they'd be Japanese speaking atheists if Hitler had won."], ["alr guys this is not the peace symbol"], ["Tak sekolah one"], ["Stupid, if Hitler army attack Malaya during that time, naccism may kill everyone."], ["Where is this so i can go get fud there"], ["Must be one of those KL troopers still stuck in the 90s era"], ["Nice finding, dope cafe,"], ["Nice guitar in the pic"], ["Nah they are being enslaved by the nazis bro"], ["Mak ai, Atok dia peminat wolfenstein gila ah"], ["I was gonna say \"eh probably religious symbols\" then I saw the left symbol and I'm just like UMMM"]]}
{"title": "Sarawak\u2019s PSB to join Progressive Democratic Party before CNY", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qzn4r/sarawaks_psb_to_join_progressive_democratic_party/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["So much for PSB being the party absorbing the most non-GPS votes in Sarawak.\nThey've now just decided to merge with Tiong King Seng's PDP party.\nThis means DAP will once again be the largest opposition party in Sarawak (only a measly 2 DUNs though compared to PSB's 4 DUNs).\nAbang Jo's GPS dynasty continues to run unabated in Sarawak.\nOutside Sarawak, he has the support of Anwar, as GPS is needed to keep the Madani govt stable.\nInside Sarawak, DAP is in an awkward position of being in Federal government with GPS but in opposition in Sarawak, so their ability to oppose GPS becomes weakened. PKR still picking up the pieces after being wiped out in the 2021 State Election, though they do have one Federal MP in Miri from GE15. So its really just DAP doing the heavy lifting for the anti-GPS forces.\nIf there's any silver lining, its that it seems Taib is no longer a factor in Sarawak politics.\nAnd after next year's electoral delineation exercise, where GPS will pick up a few more seats to consolidate its 2/3rd majority, it will not be until another 3 election cycles (15 years at least) for GPS to start seriously losing seats in the State Assembly, if not being threatened outright. And the Federal landscape might be different then.", "Wait what happen to the 3 seats PSB hold after the merger", "They presumably will just cross the aisle and join GPS.\nSince their party would be dissolved prior to them becoming members of PDP, it technically does not violate the state's Anti-Hopping Law. AHL only activates if you attempt to lompat from one party/coalition into another party/coalition.\nBut if you have no party to begin with (or your party ceases to exist by the time you perform the lompating), then AHL doesn't apply to you and you wouldn't need to vacate your seat to trigger a by-election."], ["surely they are doing this out of the pure kindness of wanting to help the poor rakyat."], ["On grassroots people are getting angry with GPS"]]}
{"title": "A question for Malaysian real estate agents.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qzlcp/a_question_for_malaysian_real_estate_agents/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Has there ever occur before such a case, where buyer and seller have both sign all required documents ex: Loan Agreement, SPA and others, and the bank is in the process of releasing the loan to the seller. During this period, the buyer change job. The bank found out through his statements and refused to release the fund and terminate the loan agreement.", "comments": [["Yes.", "may i know what is the implication for the buyer?", "you mean a loss incur ?", "Yes"], ["No harm it happened to me. As long as your salary is equal or higher, what\u2019s the issue?", "Well I am currently in this period. And there is a likelihood that I will need to change job soon. So my real estate agent insist to me not to change job till the funds are released as precaution.", "Just don\u2019t tell real estate agent. No one will find out. And even if the bank find out, if your new job has the same or higher salary, there is zero issue", "What if its lower? For example I come back to Malaysia while previous employment is in SG.", "Not in real estate but I\u2019m a financial lawyer. Go through your loan agreement and find out what falls under an event of default. Check under the representation/warranties section whether there is anything relating to your income. If changes to job/income falls as a representation or warranty, then it could be an event of default which enables the bank to terminate.\nUsually, banks will negotiate before terminating so don\u2019t worry."]]}
{"title": "Is it me or TRX mall sucks?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qz8y5/is_it_me_or_trx_mall_sucks/", "num_comment": 49, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I mean I have been there twice and still don\u2019t get why people are so eager to be there. Pavilion mall is still the best.", "comments": [["New toilet, must try", "Must bless this mall", "WITH THY HOLY PISS AND SHIT!!!", "Only got 2 stalls. Cheap as trx.", "The toilet is a bit of a let down though, the water pressure of the built-in bidet is lacking, the water stream couldn\u2019t even reach my chrysanthemum", "Nah man the malls toilet is common shyt. The public Japanese style toilet that can blow dry yo ass and lots of fancy buttons is hidden in the office tower somewhere \ud83d\ude09"], ["One thing that TRX mall has that Pavilion doesn\u2019t is the connectivity to the airport and also relative easy access to the mall via car . This alone would be a plus point on its own ."], ["Way too expensive.\nAlso, it being new and trendy attracted a lot of kurang ajar mfs that throw their shit everywhere in the toilet, I've had a more pleasant experience in SMK.", "U know shit is bad when you compare it with smk"], ["I think it's the exterior that's interesting to wander around and walk. Besides that I don't know any unique shops or attractions to go there for a second visit."], ["Almost everything sucked during early launch nowadays, take some time to polish."], ["The rooftop park is amazing though, I plan to go again at night. Everything else about it is just \"meh\", but then again, I'm not a shopping mall person.", "I\u2019ve heard good things about this! Will visit only for this soon"], ["Just treat it as another mall then. Good to you if you are towards more to Pavilion as it is less crowded now. Don't get it why so many people downplaying TRX mall. Have visited it and i remain neutral as i am not their target audience for all those luxury brands but the Christmas decorations and rooftop garden are definitely worth my visit. Don't see the excessive posts of criticizing TRX makes any good to us unless you have invested on PAVREIT.", "Hehe so far, no Christmas tree falling on anyone in TRX :26561:"], ["Shops and interior were nice. I expected the toilet to be much better - seems to have a strange longkang smell . Love the top garden."], ["i went there on christmas because my sister wanted to buy chanel shit. it was hell on earth, like I got caught in Rome: Total War."], ["Need more stores especially options for food."], ["its just another new mall. Nothing specials"], ["T20 mall"], ["pavilion mall is still the best\nnice try pavilion mall pr team", "Well. If I\u2019m pavilion mall PR team. I sucks. Lol."], ["\u201cIt is full of B40 people sitting on the floor eating food\u201d\nYour statement implies that the above is a permanent feature inside the mall . I don\u2019t think so ! None of us have been there 24/7. There were probably such incidents but probably isolated and most definitely not full of B40 people . People should consider the weight of their statements before posting."], ["I'll be going again just for Truefit & Hill"], ["Well I don\u2019t mean to downplay it. It\u2019s just personal opinion. I\u2019m not from pavilion that\u2019s for sure. Lol."], ["Unless you're super rich and can afford branded stuff on the regular. It's gonna suck for middle-lower class people because you can barely afford anything there without breaking the bank. It's got a great rooftop park tho and decor is superb as expected for a high class mall. Idk boit parking cuz I dont got a car", "I mean. It is supposed to be expensive and pavilion has the expensive stuff too. But the design wise, not really easy to navigate as compared to pavilion.", "Hmm yeah"], ["people just want to be able to say: yes I have been there, it sucks lah, it is overrated, it is full of B40 people sitting on the floor eating food and making it look so cheap, or I just don\u2019t get it why it is such a big deal.", "oh you've seen that post that 1 guy complaining about b40 people sitting on the TRX mall floor ? in the comments section it look like a war is going on tbh xd", "On FB ah?", "nah i saw it on reddit, but i didn't know it got viral to FB too dammm.", "I think he posted in r/bolehland", "<image>\nTook a gander at that post and yup, even more reason to stay off that sub. That OP be like:", "I thought that\u2019s one of the attractions there!"], ["Eh. I preferred TRX design and layout over Pav mall. The top part of TRX (The park + playground) is gorgeous, the internal areas are decent. The food choices are pretty alright, and the area itself is going to be filled with offices for banks.\nIt's like the best place to watch pretty office ladies and handsome office men in the future, because it has all the big banks and consultancies that hire pretty OLs and yandao salarimans.", "It already has 4 offices building Hsbc affin and prudential also.106 exchange. I don\u2019t see any though.", "well, gotta go during teatime :P that's when pretty gals and yandaos go buy bubble tea."], ["The unique shop brands and mall design I love love love love", "all that... Mr DIY got", "Mr diy not quality products..."], ["Even the trx screw head sucks"], ["Mall is okay if you can afford to shop.\nFood options need to improve though."], ["All these malls are basically the same. You go in there and almost everything you see you can find the same thing in different malls.\nAt one point in my life I start to question whether I am broken somewhere. Everyone seems to enjoy a walk at this kind of place during weekends but I don't enjoy them at all. All the outing experiences are damn boring.\nThen I decided to stay broken and play video games or go enjoy sea breeze.", "Hahaha. Good one."]]}
{"title": "Genting Skyworld: Is it crowded on Sundays?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wv1xd/genting_skyworld_is_it_crowded_on_sundays/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi, I am a tourist planning to visit Genting this weekend. I am just wondering if Genting Skyworld is crowded on Sundays? I know usually theme parks are crowded on weekend, but I figured out in Genting website that they put Sundays as \"non-peak\" days, does it mean people go there less compared to Saturdays?\nThanks!", "comments": []}
{"title": "\u201cAnyone suggesting that the government is dominated by DAP must produce proof\u201d", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wddqe/anyone_suggesting_that_the_government_is/", "num_comment": 90, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["DAP got 4 minister posts with the most heavyweight being transport minister. Already get sidelined until cannot sideline and still DAP dominating government.\nI think Malaysia wants to be 99.9% Malays and 0.01% non Malays then happy.", "I believe if there is only 1 non Malay and that one non Malay is living at the peak of Mount Kinabalu living as a nomad and never interact with civilization at all....will be blamed.", "True. According to these people, only at 99.99% is where Malay majority is achieved, anything less is a big NO", "At the rate is going, PH is just BN 2.0 and DAP is just another MCA. All the promises forgotten and its back to Malay first policies.", "There is no political points to be earned by pandering to non-Malay needs, its not like nons will vote for PAS... Now it is just a tussle for the support of conservative Malays, which results in PH=BN2.0", "If pandering to Malay win votes, PH would not have won election. Seems like short term memory forget already.", "But...PH didn't win the election? That's the whole point of the Unity Govt if PH won the election BN wouldn't even be in the picture.", "They were the biggest winner when it comes to seats. Just not enough to form the majority.", "Yeah and that means they didn't win the election. Having the most seats won means nothing without having the necessary minimum number of seats to actually form a government.\nNobody won the election, that's why we had such a weird fiasco where the Aging had to get involved and Stat Decs being flung around like monkey shit.", "Nons are too strong. 1 also will dominate 100 /s", "Hello you forget LGE sis got deputy finance minister???", "I am talking about minister post not deputy minister. And Finance is controlled by Anwar, FM 2 and Deputy FM just placeholder to divert heat from him holding dual portfolios.", "So you purposely not mentioning dap got deputy seat?", "My reply not clear enough or you can't read English?", "Think the point is that dep isn\u2019t as important/ meaningful/ impactful as a full minister seat \u2026 relating back to the post it\u2019s a dep cannot override a minister, therefore doesn\u2019t really lead to \u201cdominance\u201d of a government/ policy direction", "Yala. DAP is also given the freedom to buka office in Malaysia. I think we need to limit them. /s", "Literally putting arts grad in deputy finance minister post and they won't admit it's nepotism \ud83e\udd2d", "If Nurul Izzah can be financial advisor to Anwar, LGE's sister can be DFM.\nAnwar's requirement for financial experts very low and in Malaysia anyone can be minister. Look at the other minister post see how many clowns inside.", "If we want to compare then, will Hui Ying resign from the post within 1 month like izzah did?\nI cannot fathom the logic of using the \"see all this other nepotism\" argument while also denying Hui Ying is a nepotism appointment \ud83e\udd2d", "You seem to not understand the difference between the 2. Nurul Izzah never even win election as MP and her dad specially created a \"financial advisor\" position for her.\nLee Hui Ying won elections as MP and can be minister or dpm as long as selected by PM. Who say no finance degree cannot be finance dpm? Other minister all got relevant degrees?", "Dah berubah dah alasan \"other people also nepo\"? \ud83d\ude06\ud83d\ude06", "Your entire argument centered around her not having a finance degree. What logic is that? Anwar himself also don't have finance degree also can be FM. Anwar has a degree in Malay studies for fucks sake.\nLose an argument just deal with it, try to be sarcastic in Malay like that will help.", "Elected MP sounds great until you realise the Lim family kicked out Chow Kon Yew from his home seat of Tanjung just to get her in.(funfact : in 2014 CKY also dropped in favour of LGE's secretary)\nYou could put a biawak with PH flag and still win handily in that area\nLater got some people say biawak win election, why cannot be DPM\nFrom election already nepo, dunwan admit summore its nepo", "Elected MP sounds great until you realise the Lim family kicked out Chow Kon Yew from his home seat of Tanjung just to get her in.(funfact : in 2014 CKY also dropped in favour of LGE's secretary)\nSo what? She won the elections fair and square.\nYou could put a biawak with PH flag and still win handily in that area\nLike how Nurul Izzah lost in a PKR stronghold that Anwar has won in the last 30 years or so.\nFrom election already nepo, dunwan admit summore its nepo\nI am not sure what your definition of nepo is, at first you claim she lack a finance degree, after being proven wrong then claim not your argument and keep pivoting on the word \"nepo\". Don't die on stupid hill makes you look stupid.", "since you changed your whole reply (why? malu?)\nYour entire argument centered around her not having a finance degree\nNo, my whole argument centres on the fact she's a nepo appointment.\nYou and me wont even know about her existence if she wasn't rushed in last minute into Tanjung election", "Literally putting arts grad in deputy finance minister post and they won't admit it's nepotism \ud83e\udd2d\nThis is your original post. Who changing statements now because malu?\nAt first claims she don't have finance degree now claim that's not your argument.\nGo back home, you not mature enough to have an adult discussion. Maybe old folks home suitable for you.", "Finance and economics is arts stream subject though. And LGE has no position in the cabinet. Even Ramkarpal stepped down from cabinet when Gobind stepped in.\nBut yeah I admit definitely a hint of nepotism here considering the sister is quite new to politics in general, unlike Ramkarpal and Gobind.", "Gotta be honest, if I'm LHY and have an actual related degree, I'd be putting it out right now instead of having daily insults about her having Arts Degree.\nThe fact that she hasn't... Makes me doubt very much it is a Bachelor of Arts in finance/economy etc", "Yg x disukai dap, bukan non-malay semata2", "Ya disliked by Malays and non Malays, no wonder they second biggest winner in GE15 with 40 seats.\nUse your brain for a second instead of listening to propaganda.", "Malays vote for Bang Non, not DAP. They vote PH bcz they believe them to be a lesser evil than PN, not bcz of a trust or like for DAP.\nBig diff there mate.", "Malays vote for Bang Non, not DAP. They vote PH bcz they believe them to be a lesser evil than PN, not bcz of a trust or like for DAP.\nBy your logic, nobody likes PH only voting them because they are a lesser evil. So does not have anything to do with race just lack of choice.", "xde la nobody. Over la kamu. Like most things, its a spectrum.", "I don't understand rempit Malay language sorry. Can speak in normally?", "X paham BM rupanya hahaha", "Malay bastardizing and disrespecting your own language and then laughing at me. I also find it funny.", "Ini bahasa pasar, langsung x rempit. Tapi xpe la, apa pun jadi kat bahasa melayu bukan kau kesah pun. Saja nak buat modal, balah online. \ud83d\ude02", "this is actually true, even some chinese is in the same boat now, we vote DAP/PH because we don't really have any other choices now", "Bro, that is literally politics everywhere in the world. Hardly anyone gets to vote for a group who perfectly aligns with everything they believe and want. Most people vote for the party that has the most number of policies they can accept, and an acceptable amount of bad policies they can ignore.\nPerfect is the enemy of good."], ["There's no need for proof. People want to be brainwashed."], ["How do you produce proof there's no boogieman hiding inside your closet waiting to turn your son gay?", "If John Wick is in your closet, better make sure your son keeps his pencils stashed away.", "Is he going to sharpen his pencil in my sons hole?", "\"I once saw him kill 3 men in a bar. With a pencil.\"", "\"I mean, who fooking bring pencil to a bar???\u201c", "John Wick, apparently."], ["Haha. People in malaysia talk crap first and prove them wrong later.\nYou can never disprove an unfalsifiable claim."], ["PN do not need prove. They just need an easy excuse to blame non Malays and can claim Malays are not united."], ["Proof? You're thinking people suggesting these are doing it in good faith. How gullible.", "He knows they are full of it that's why he's asking for proof to call their bluff. The reddit equivalent is to ask someone for sources to back their claim on a topic"], [""], ["Why does it even matter ? As long as the minister doesn't pocket money and does his job, I don't care what his race is", "Because \"maruah\" > all."], ["since when did one need proof when slandering? \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["Aha but who is pulling the puppet strings ?", "Yahudi."], ["Statemenrs like wanting a non-Muslim panel in syariah court is funnily enough brought up from a DAP rep isnt it? and you are wondering why the malays have their suspicions.", "Petak DAP is somewhat rotten. The Nga/Ngeh team is toxic.", "I dont get what their gameplan is all about, are they trying to push an already slim malay support and get the urban malays to the right wing?", "Their gameplan is not the same as federal level, which is trying to be as inclusive as possible. I think the Nga/Ngeh main support base are ethnic Chinese who are permanently suspicious of Malays in general/just plain racist. That's why this faction still supports agents like Superman Hew. I don't think their support is strong outside of Perak (their contemporary Ronnie Liu in Selangor is finished politically) but they are still a significant if small faction within DAP.\nThis faction is the extremist section of DAP.", "Makes sense, just like some pas rep talking shit from time to time"], ["this is why DAP need to put some Malays in their party like 30% of the members.\nIt is true that Racist will always find any excuse to blame, but at least DAP should at least make some effort to NOT let them easily blame DAP.", "Useless. Even putting malay as head of their coalition also useless.", "Even US talks about diversity but their diversity means allocating space for the minorities. It is the reversed in Malaysia :D", "Then the Malays in DAP will be labelled pengkhianat."], ["Y'all here (so far from what I have read) being a little blinkered, if you don't mind me rebuking as mildly and as respectfully as I can.\nDAP is rich, to put things simply. And our government, who we all know is corrupt from the pak cik nasi lemak tepi jalan up til the Deputy Inspector of the Polis, need money. DAP pulls the strings, not a lot, but not insignificant either. What's holding them cinaks (I am chinese myself so I am authorized) back? The policy and amendments and bumiputera laws in check.\nDAP cable banyak, bros and sis. They are a vital consideration in election fundings, government spendings, resources, etc. Somemore you add the fact that >90% of working chinese in Malaysia stands behind DAP and only DAP.\nSource: bros that have seen behind the scenes abit", "I am not sure what you are getting at.\nAre you saying that bumiputra laws are needed to keep the Chinese (non bumi) in check from taking over? Isn't that just plain discrimination and racism? Are we not against these kind of policies?\nPlus by having these policies we completely exclude certain capable people purely based on their ethnicity.\nThe reason why DAP is supported by Chinese is simply because every other major party is championing for the Malays. It is always Malay 1st. I am not supporting some party that treats me like I'm second class.\nLet's be clear. Nobody joins politics out of the goodness of their hearts. This field attracts power hungry and money hungry individuals. The really capable ones and have good intensions are very rare.", "That\u2019s valuable insight! Thank you. It\u2019s honestly pretty sad, the state of affairs of our politik\nNah, I am all for meritocracy. I just felt like counterbalancing the tenor of the comment section so far; the notion that DAP have no significant sway in the government is simply not true, imo. As Mahathir said recently \u2014that\u2019s one corrupt-ass racist ancient dinosaur, but his mental acuity at his age is incredible la\u2014 the malays have a budaya of lepak. \u201cMereka rasa cukup makan, buat apa lagi nak usaha?\u201d. And we can\u2019t have lazy-ass people without zeal running things.\nSo, no bro, I am so anti-discrimination. We really do be excluding many, many capable people\nSed", "But MCA has buildings everywhere though...", "I'd rather Chinese take over than Malays honestly. Look how well Chinese ethnic rule has been to Singapore.", "Because we lack Malaysian identity, we will always be seen as Chinese first, Malaysian second.\nAs soon as my race gain more foothold in politics, I am sure the country will easily descend into chaos as it becomes too easy to incite racial hate.", "> Because we lack Malaysian identity\nWhat's \"Malaysian identity\"?", "The million dollar question."], ["Orang tua please shut up! Chinese situation in Malaysia already on the edge and you still want to push us further?? What about you make The Noble Group angry and provoke more hatred towards Chinese later?! Want Armenian-styled BBQ in Malaysia?!", "If defending allegations make them angry, then really no hope la.", "Last time Chinese PM talk really find trouble for Chinese, adding more fuel for PAS, please retire and shut up, let Anthony handle this stuff please", "Thanks for proving my point. I think if Malaysian Chinese breath also someone can get offended. Really no hope dy.", "I think if DAP keep quiet also will be an issue.\n\"Kenapa DAP tak cakap apa-apa ? Ini bukti DAP tak kisah tentang Malaysia\".", "Ini bukti DAP berdosa", "Malaysia memang no hope. Just plan your Brexit.", "Hoping for the best. Less problem for Malaysia."], ["More like why need proof and whats wrong about it. Now you starting to know the real reason"], ["Cina is strong like Saiyans. A baby Saiyans is strong enough to destroy a planet.\nSo it must be true...\nInb4 DAP is not Cina"], ["Proof: PAS - bro trust me bro \ud83e\udd1c\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\udd1b\ud83c\udffb"]]}
{"title": "Best app to rent a house ?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qxslj/best_app_to_rent_a_house/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Whats the best and reliable app to use to find a house to rent in Malaysia ? Area cyberjaya", "comments": [["mouth to mouth referral\ni dont live in big cities\nhuhuhu"], ["Speedhome. No deposit needed"], ["Mudah you can talk directly to the owner."], ["Speed home."], ["I\u2019ve rented a few places and i got them from PropertyGuru, Mudah and occasionally FB groups.", "mudah.my the best"]]}
{"title": "Makan gaji hari, kos sara hidup di KL bukan main 'keras' antara punca gelandangan meningkat - Berita", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qxhck/makan_gaji_hari_kos_sara_hidup_di_kl_bukan_main/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["bukan main \u2018keras\u2019\nthat is such an odd and awkward phrase in the title", "Hidup ni keras mat", "You wanna know what is more keras??? Hop on to Grindr :) I'm in Phuket rn so no JAIS \ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73 FUCK YOU [REDACTED]", ""]]}
{"title": "Kuala Lumpur to Krabi, Thailand", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qx9co/kuala_lumpur_to_krabi_thailand/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello guys! Happy Holidays! I would like to ask what is the fastest route from KL going to Krabi, Thailand? My flight will land on KL at December 18, 2024 (12am)\nIs there an overnight bus going to Hat Yai or Padang Besar?\nThank you so much!", "comments": [["Fastest: Fly from KL - Krabi\nYes - there are buses to Hat Yai. No direct bus to Padang Besar, only to Kangar (capital city of Perlis). They are about ~45 minutes away from each other.\nThe journey from the Thai-Malaysia border to Krabi proper is another 5-6 hours.", "Thanks!"], ["A cheap Airasia flight is your best bet, unless you're trying to go via train for the experience.", "There's no train station per se in Krabi - if you're coming from South (KL), you'll have to alight at Trang and get a bus/van to Krabi which will take about 2 hours.", "Yep, I\u2019m definitely riding the train", "Unfortunately, Padang Besar (Malaysia) and Padang Besar (Thailand) train stations, are not connected as they were. Prepare to walk to the border then to the Thai train station. Approx 20min walk.", "This is noted thanks!"], ["You can take the ETS train from KL to Padang Besar, cross the border, and hire a van to take you to Krabi as well. The train ride is about 6 hours and the view is amazing."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 26 Disember 2023 (petang)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qwpj4/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_26_disember_2023_petang/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "BMF Scandal", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v58mo/bmf_scandal/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "Yooooooo just found out that back in the 80s we got this big scandal regarding BMF and loans to Hong Kong. And the leading man behind this scandal was a Malaysian / Singaporean / PRC by the name George Tan. I only know about it thru this movie Golden Finger, it doesnt portray the scandal fully but a bit of hints here and there and how they mentioned \u201cTimurlaysia\u201d got me curious. You guys should watch it!", "comments": [["The lesson is a public listed company backed by multiple reputable banks can be a scam/ hoax too."], ["Just watched it and yes, BMF was also the first thing that came to my mind when \u201cbank persekutuan\u201d and \u201cTimurlaysia\u201d were mentioned"], ["Haha yes.. good way to learn of past saga before 1mdb scandal. Your parents may heard of this as well."], ["is this movie in cantonese or Mandarin in malaysia?", "Cantonese, nei hiu kwang tung wa mou?"], ["I watched boy and the heron instead, quite regret it honestly", "Not good meh?", "Yeah despite very good art, the story is all over the place, it's like 3 different stories got stitched together.\nI won't say it's atrocious or very bad but was kinda disappointed as it was Miyazaki film."], ["It\u2019s always Mahathir\u2026.\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/amp/news/malaysia/2017/01/24/declassified-cia-documents-suggest-dr-ms-links-to-bmf-scandal/1299821"], ["gonna look it up. thanks!\nedit: quite good reviews at Rotten. interesting!", "Ohh its actually The Goldfinger not Golden Finger \ud83d\ude05", "Like the James Bond film?"], ["lol bn apologists gonna have a tough time defending their lords again and again and again..\n1mdb, bmf...what next ? Perwaja? or the forex loses we faced?\nonly one thing ties it up altogether, umno..."], ["will watch definitely!"], ["I thought for a moment that they were remaking the Bond film"], ["Wow, I only knew about IMF, which corruption scandal tied back to our current PM."], ["Imagine this movie getting banned here lmao"], ["Probably where Jho Low/ Ah Jib gor got his inspiration"]]}
{"title": "I want to be this cool when I grow up.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qwn1h/i_want_to_be_this_cool_when_i_grow_up/", "num_comment": 104, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": [["nah I will pass. I would rather live unnoticed my entire life.", "I've been around these rich people . All of them have lots of anxiety and have that never enough feeling. Kind of boring after a while, because most of the time they talk about stuff.", "If you dont talk about stuff.. What do you talk about?", "Stuff.", "Things", "knowledge, philosophy, dreams, plan, idea, history, women, future", "Feelings", "I'd rather have the \"not enough money\" kinda chronic obsession, than the \"not enough sleep\" or \"still not enough junk food\" anxiety.", "Nah I don't people surrounding me to become Waiter (Wait-TER) only wait when i pass away", "yeap. i dont wanna get murdered... and i dont like cars."], ["I don't want to hand my money to strangers to have them say \"thx boss\" to me", "More like thank you dato. Then later on when something goes wrong he feels entitled to slap and shout at them and they can't say shit back because of what goes on in this video exactly."], ["<image>", "Reda dengan ape yang ade inshallah.", "Bro"], ["How exactly is this cool?"], ["i dont want to be a fucking car, no thanks", "At least amoi gonna sit on you", "Wat if amoi sit IN you", "Vore???", "That\u2019s why it\u2019s called a fucking r/kereta", "", "Fat,hairy amoi?", "What if I want to sit on lengzhai \ud83e\udd7a life is not fair"], ["nah, ill stick with normal cars and live my normal life."], ["if you want to be cool like that.. you will be miserable"], ["I used to wish for a Volkswagen Golf, or a Toyota.\nBut after my trip to Japan this year and experienced the nation with shockingly low vehicle count on the streets, and the efficiency of public transports there, no thanks.\nI'll stick to my beat-up Saga, or even the next affordable model, but even then, I still view my own car as a necessary evil for my job, and if where I want to go is viable via public transports, I'm more likely to take that.", "Toyota AE86 Trueno", "Lmao shitbox r/kereta that has underlying rust", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/kereta using the top posts of all time!\n#1: How much should I pay to a mechanic to check if a secondhand car is worth buying?\n#2: Just swapped the location of the MAF sensor. | 9 comments\n#3: What is your Impression/Opinion on Subaru Forester? | 9 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "overrated econobox only made popular because of a drifty anime\n<image>", "Lmaooooo yeah this meme. But me still got myself a GT86 in the end \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80 it\u2019s a fun car honestly speaking.\nI can imagine the AE86 is this fun too", "let me play devil's advocate, I would think the GT86 are fun especially in Malaysia but on paper, I'm unsure.\nI really do appreciate car that turns well but have never driven one like so. closest is i20N, but it is fwd and heavier. the sound is addicting, but I would love bigger engine. not to mention I have more experience driving on the autobahn rather than backroads or racetracks.\ndo you ever feel like you need more power? have you tried other sports cars? (mustangs, caymans, etc.)", "As a car guy, even if it\u2019s currently 1JZ swapped with a decent turbo that hits 300HP, and that car is like 1.2T, #I STILL NEED MOAR POWAH\n<image>\nMy goal is 500HP which is enough for a 1.2Ton car.\nI do definitely want to try other cars. My best is a w140\u2026.. also 1JZ swapped. Lmao.\nIf you are here in Miri, I can let you try out my 86. And you see how it turns.", "thanks for the offer, I'm nowhere close dude \ud83d\ude02 I'm in Europe for now.\nAs much as power goes, I would say 450-ish is more than I need. Also forgot to mention I prefer n/a engines and supercharged more than turbocharged ones due to the sound they make, the GT86 is hence quite desirable for me.\nI'd actually value a car's sound higher than how it looks, but I wonder if how the car handles would ever offset me to choose it over the sound (like Porsche Taycan or BMW i4).\nMustang GTs, LC500, pre F-gen BMW M cars (E92 M3, E60 M5 especially), 911 GT3, are all my dream cars. goes without saying, the lambo in OP's post as well.", "Same. I\u2019m a simple guy after trying to control my car. 500 is sweet spot for me.\nI think supercharge is cool too. Bring you instant power although lose out at top speed. I think there is this supercharge HKS -kit for the FA20/24. Should really try one \ud83e\udd2d I personally sit in friend\u2019s blitz turbo kit 86 before. Really is something also.\nI think your selection of dream car is nice.\ud83d\udc4dmaybe get a car with good handling. Sound can always be manipulated by changing the headers, exhaust etc"], ["Be the person that deserves respect for who they are, not what they are.", "That guy:\nWho am I? Really rich.\nWhat am I? Really rich."], ["fun for a while... after that no feel already.", "It\u2019s lots of fun questioning if everyone around you is spending time with you because they like you, or if it\u2019s because you have money and pay for nice things. Op thinks, probably."], ["Loan sharks need more clients. Lol"], ["Ape yang coolnye psl benda alah ni?"], ["When I was a kid I loved Lambo. After I grew up Lambo doesn't impress me anymore. Normal life and, a good weekend with family make me more grateful"], ["Cringe. Worshipping the material and power distance.", "Interesting article!"], ["This is the owner of the famous Nasi Lemak restaurant in Uptown Damansara.", "Village Park Nasi Lemak?", "Fight me, lucky garden nasi lemak is better gerai 6 :26554:", "Nah Gerai 5 Lucky Garden >>>>>>\nIn fact, I rarely see gerai 6 open", "I think it's 5 or 6. I'm not sure. It's the one with pakcik and there's a QR code on the table. They close on Mondays. Left of them is nasi berlauk \ud83e\udd14", "Yup that one. The GOAT of morning Nasi Lemak", "Nasi lemak bumbung all day all year. Screw these overrated commercialised nasi lemak", "Screw Nasi lemak bumbung. They recently charged 6% service charge. I went there for usual 10 ringgit kena 10.60. I got super triggered by the number 10.60 because it reminded me of gst from zaman Najib :26556:", "F\u2019yeah!! Nasi Lemak bumbung is my favorite!", "When I was young I told my mom, \"I want to become nasi lemak seller when I grow up\"\n\"tak bole\"\nNow I'm an engineer and I drive an old Honda civic. While nasi lemak seller >.>", "I just saw him in his restaurant yesterday, he was sweaty wearing plain white clothes, thought he was another worker until my sister pointed it out lol", "Imho he deserves the respect then. People are seeing him like he is another power tripping CEO or something"], ["You want to be worshipped for your money?", "Ain't that how the world works?", "What an NPC take.", "Ain't that how the world works?\nThat is how the world operates. However, I still prefer anonymity. Too much visibility merely attracts flies. When someone has too much visibility, anything they do will be judged. I have a couple of acquaintances that are wealthy but not extravagant.\nThey frequently stated that he is lonely, and divorce couple of times (3 Times Above)\nHe was frequently taken advantage by his partner and friends.\nThat's quite annoying.", "No."], ["Lamborghinis are not cool, lamborghinis are the most overhyped and boring cars ever", "I wouldn't say they're boring and not cool. However yes I agree they're very overhyped especially here in Malaysia.", "It looks cool tho but it's feels like you baring in the road kereta rendah sangat"], ["I want a honda when i grow up", "I want to live in a way that I don't need a car in the future.\nI'd rather everything be like 10 minutes walk away and take a taxi for when I need to go far once a.month", "This is life we deserve", "I want to live in a way that I don't need a car in the future.\nLive in those SOHO units lo. Live upstairs, shop and work downstairs, if you can afford to setup shop inside your SOHO place. Never ever have to leave the SOHO complex ever.", "Dream big. Get a myvi"], ["I think I'll stick to doom posting on Reddit, no thank you"], ["Another Lamborghini lmfao. These people don't know jackshit about cars. So bored seeing these things on the streets.", "Just curious since u know stuff if u had any 3 car price don\u2019t matter which then?"], ["Would rather dry my tears in a big comfortable mansion with a stable of Ferraris than in a 1 bedroom studio apartment"], ["A lot of sour grapes here. Man isn\u2019t even begging people to film him. He could even be doing this voluntarily all the time and give a large sum to mosque every time he goes to prayer. It\u2019s a way of giving back to some.\nToo many people naysaying that a Lambo Aventador S r/kereta is overrated. To some, it could be their dream car. Nothing wrong really. Man can be boys in their heart and it\u2019s not a problem. It doesn\u2019t even affect your lives."], ["High Risk, High Return. I am pretty sure OP can achieve it."], ["I\u2019m sorry but so many comments saying Lambo are overhyped, boring etc etc. I can certainly say you haven\u2019t driven one because the feeling is incredible. However I would certainly rather be a low key owner instead of whatever this guy is doing.", "Nothing low key about a Lamborghini"], ["This is a sarcastic post, but evidently many people don't get it.\nWe got a bunch of sour grapes instead.", "To be honest I thought you are serious about it and it\u2019s still cool really. There is nothing wrong about idolizing money. It\u2019s how some people live and motivate themselves.\nA lot of comments here are just plain judging and sour grapes. Man could a humble guy who are we to judge him?", "It's cool car I would be scared to drive it around the city with the lobang road"], ["You my friend is invading his space and privacy.. Have you no remorse"], ["Otw towards my own Continental GT\nShits gonna be lit"], ["Seem\u2019s real,but many people won\u2019t be able to achieve this,or only in their dreams"], ["Who he?"], ["This is damn cool. Got to for-rich-T20-mall with expensive supercar. Tips the jockey in the middle of road. This is what 1st world civic-minded class should be. Not sit on the floor like at TRX...\ud83d\ude4a"], ["Supercars are overrated anyways"], ["If u need a few fellas to kaotao u/ drive a supercar to be looked at as cool, you are an immature child. And you will never find true happiness."], ["How old are you that do you think this is cool?"], ["Blocking the entire road just to show off. OP want to be this kind of insensitive person?"], ["He got that much money but can't fix his hairline? Dam"], ["cryptocurrency is the only way out.\nnfa."], ["Kidnapper : :26554:"], ["Top 5%, divorce, ex partner takes half of your stuff, back to square one. Unless you play smart."], ["OP have the mindset of those agents in MLM company"], ["Nothing to see here"], ["I just want normal life not worrying about \"BILLS\" to pay each MONTH!! Peacefull no work stress"], ["Most people think this is the answer to life. When they reach this stage they realise that money is not everything.\nThose who want to but don\u2019t reach this stage (remaining majority) even worse - live life depressed cause their life goal was to be rich but they just end up another peasant."]]}
{"title": "M'sian Man Reveals Alphard & Vellfire Used As Taxis In Japan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qw4kq/msian_man_reveals_alphard_vellfire_used_as_taxis/", "num_comment": 115, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Foreign cars are being considered luxuries here because of the taxes.\nYou dare abolish the taxes, Malaysians can bankrupt the fuck out of p1 and p2.\nPeople commented as if most of the Malaysians can afford alphards and vellfires while statistically has shown that majority Malaysians don't have enough emergency savings.", "Upvote. This is the true reason for Luxury in Malaysia... Government regulation :29091:", "They will buy the alternative. This looked hella like a veilfire when I visited Japan.\n<image>", "Always wanted the mitsubishi delica mini. The ad music so click in my head", "The alternative to the Vellfire/Alphard now is the Toyota Voxy/Noah. I see them semi-regularly on the road and they're going up in numbers. Next choice is probably the Honda Stepwgn.", "What\u2019s P1 P2? Perodua and Proton?", "P1=Proton, P2=Perodua. Like, did you notice the dua in Perodua? Cause its full name is Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sendirian Berhad.", "I keep forgetting that tidbit. Thank you.", "So people don't save their money but prefer to take up loans to buy oversize cars? Last time I witness this was my friends spends their first MARA paycheck to buy cars. I heard they barely pass the degree and struggling to pay it back.", "What a smart guy, did he at least get a cheap car or a second hand one? Was he banking on getting a waiver or something?", "I forgot, my impression of them generally not positive. They were freeloaders, I always refuse their offer to group with them. I think they took YOLO too far.", "How much is the tax rate for local & import cars, may I ask?"], ["In Germany, the taxis are Mercedes E-class and VW Passats", "Both brand are Germany made. And I read somewhere before that in Germany, need to use local brand in their community to improve the brand and economy. Same case like our Proton la. Police and taxi car use Proton before. But i think now police upgrade to Civic already.", "But isn't Mercedes from Germany? Obviously it would be cheaper there right since it's basically like Perodua/Proton in Malaysia.", "Um where do Alphards and Vellfires come from?", "Touch\u00e9", "The ones they use for taxis are more like poverty spec. Diesel engines, basic interiors. The European brands don\u2019t only sell luxury cars in Europe, they sell everything from cheap economy car to super car.", "man diesel engines are hella good...i love diesel engines", "Not necessarily, since our import duties contribute largely to it.", "So... Apa maknanya tu? Kita yang miskin sangat ke? Atau diorang yang kaya sangat?", "cukai kereta import tinggi sangat di malaysia kereta biasa-biasa kat negara lain naik berkali ganda harga berbanding pendapatan di malaysia.\n(cukai tinggi supaya kereta biasa-biasa proton boleh jual harga tinggi)", "So, apa yang saya faham dekat sini, sebagai contoh, harga Mercedes dekat Malaysia mahal, tapi harga Mercedes dekat Jerman harga murah.\nAdakah itu bermakna, lagi murah dan berbaloi kalau kita beli Mercedes di Jerman, dan bawak masuk Malaysia?\nMasuk akal ke contoh aku ni? Haha.", "Kau still kena bayar cukai import bila kau nak bawa balik kereta tu so no difference. Tambah fee transport lagi.", "Ah... Begitu... Faham\u00b2. Jadi, one of the main reason, foreigners/import car mahal sangat dekat Malaysia ni sebab cukai import je la? Kira kalau kita ambil harga kereta tu saja (Mercedes la contoh), x campur cukai import, kira saing\u00b2 harga Proton dengan Perodua je la?", "Ya. Aku tak ingat berapa % tapi anggap yang kereta Jepun akan turun jadi harga Proton/Dua and kereta Continental akan jadi harga kereta Jepun (Anggaran kasar dan bergantung kepada model).", "Hmm... Faham\u00b2. Tapi nasib baik awak x minat kete Conti. Hastag JDM tetap di hati. Tapi bukan Civic la. Civic rasa macam over rated sangat la.", "Masuk akal. kena ada permit masuk. contohnya ko duduk cukup lama kat german, belajar ker kerje ke, boleh mintak permit bawak masuk satu bijik\njangan risau ko gerenti tak bawak driving, orang dengar dengar je kelam kabut bidding kereta tu baik daripada kereta yang import malaysia ko jual kereta ko bawak masuk, beli kereta malaysia je drive. untung siot.\ngeng extra untung: google 'skandal ap miti'", "Ah... Pishang ar... Banyak benda pulak nak kena pikir.\nNasib baik awak x minat kete conti. Hastag JDM tetap di hati, huhu.", "Boleh. Kalau kau ada ap student. Bayar cost bawak keta sini je. Selalunya student2 yg balik dari study luar ada je yg bawak balik keta. Tapi ada syarat2 dialah. Lupa dah apa dia.", "left hand drive pastu tak ikut MOT Malaysia, + gray import = mahal nak mampus. 100% tak worth it.", "Both\nAlphard costs half in Japan compared to us(in RM equivalents) while their minimum wage is double ours", "In Norway, the taxis are Mercedes EQS and Tesla"], ["Whats wrong with that? People worry too much about these things tbh", "Exactly lol, and infact in many first world countries the cars that they use for taxis tend to be the better cars cause the intention is to give people that use the service (foreigners and tourists especially) a good impression of the country with this service\nIt's only malaysia that uses regular a segment and b segment proton cars as taxis, and the boot is already half full from the LPG gas tank\nTaxis are supposed to be curated to have a big boot for luggage and ideally bigger than usual leg room also", "And most of the time LPG gas tank leak"], ["Dude car are cheap as fuck in Japan. This guy first time walk into a true free market that doesn't do protectionism", "Japan is literally the poster boy of protectionism post-ww2. Although they've gotten looser, with several FTAs signed in the recent years. But strictly speaking, our market is more free than theirs with slightly higher trade freedom index compared to japan as per The Heritage Foundation. Oh, and a slight advantage in number of FTAs too.\nNot saying that we're more prosperous tho, their GDP, PPP and GNI significantly higher than ours. This much is true. They're doing their best to open up their markets too.\nThe major reason why our cars are expensive is because our duties on automotive is one of the highest in the world. The only reason why singapore is higher than us in the ranks of most expensive country to own a car is due to their CoE system.", "Hey thanks for the input!\nJapan is more like a socialist state imo. The capital gain tax and personal income tax is pretty high compare to most countries. Recently planning to setup a company here so I've been doing some study.", "Good luck with that, japan is definitely among the best countries to set up business in. Although it's progressive tax system is among the highest.\nStrictly speaking, Japan would be classified a collective capitalism model country instead of a socialist country. The means of production is still held by corporations. But what makes them \"unique\" is that the corporations are very closely-knit where cross-ownership of corporations are very common tho it's slightly looser and less centralized than before. They have its own pros and cons.", "From my observation there are rarely any stupidly rich Japanese but the middle class is really broad, everyone is like rich but not too rich - that's how I came out with that opinion in the first place haha.\nWhat I love here is there is no hidden rules or grey area. Everything I need is clearly stated by the law. If I do my business in Malaysia I imagine I'll need to give under-table money here and there for license and stuff.", "Japan is really good in their rule of law and its regulations, that can't be denied. That's why it's very smooth to run a business there. They're an export-based country, which focuses on high-end manufacturing where very few countries can compare to them.\nThis might come out as a bit biased as I run a business in Malaysia too but, I'd say it's easy to run a business here too tho. People might say otherwise, but starting a business here is fairly straightforward to say the least. The practice of giving \"grease money\" is here, definitely, as do any other countries including Japan. But it's not as rampant as many would think. All those corruption and bribery cases paint a bad image for the country, yes.\nThe ease of doing business here is exactly why many foreign companies would like to come here. The laws are straightforward, labour is cheaper than developed countries, workforce is well-educated and skilled, English is widely spoken etc etc.", "Is U got know what is socialism?", "Yeah but you have to understand that to buy a car in Japan, you need to provide documentation/grant/or evidence that you own a parking lot for the vehicle.\nBanks and dealerships won't simply let you purchase one if you don't have a spot to park the car. Japan and Korea do this cuz their country has very limited land space. In some cases, the rent to a parking can even exceed a car's cost.", "Yeah that's why you never see older car on the road in Japan because the maintainance that come with the car is more expensive than the car itself - that also make second hand vehicle incredibly cheap as what I can see.\nLuckiy in urban city there is like 0 need for car because of public transportation option, and in rural area getting a parking lot isn't a hassle.\nI'm planning to get a sport bike here for hobby, but I don't actually need those in my daily life at all.", "yes, car cheap... food are not cheap\nin japan", "Food are still cheap if you compare to Japanese purchase power. It has been going down a lot this 2 years tho... When I first come to Japan I was really surprised by Japanese purchase power over their food. You can eat 2 meal at restaurant with 1 hours of lowest wages - which is impossible in Malaysia.\n(Context of my example: Some cheap labor like 7-11 worker earn aroudn 1000 jpy in Japan (That's the lowest wage), and there are some restaurant out there you can eat full meal with 500 yen)", "I watch them japanese food channels on youtube where they visit neighbourhood restaurants. The portions are usually generous and price they sell their dishes are astonishing cheap.", "To add on this, many restaurant in Japan provide infinite free rice and tea.", "Not sure when was the last time you been to Japan. Food is f cheap.", "of coz your rich\nme no money", "What happens when you live like a Katak dibawah tempurung your whole life."], ["Ahhh, I remember fondly of the time I travelled outside the country. Luxury cars and jewelry turned out to the just slightly better versions of normal everyday items.", ":28915:"], ["In South Korea you see EV6 and Ionic 5/6 being used as taxis while those cars are considered as luxuries here", "How can we change to EVs when they cost around 300k. Most can barely afford cars in 100k range.", "As a fan of ICE car (actually, not really, just don't fully grasp the mechanic of EV yet) I see this as an absolute win.", "Mechanics of EV?\nYou see those remote toy car? Same mechanics hahaha", "Yeah, but what I mean with mechanic of EV is more like the maintenance aspect of the car. For example with ICE car, after a few thousand KM, you usually have to change the lubricant oil. But with EV, since it doesn't have an engine, does it mean we don't have to change the lubricant oil? (I'd assume so, since there's no engine).\nOther aspect includes, if I were to buy an EV, could my local workshop near my house repair the car, should any trouble happen? Or do I need to go to the service centre to repair it? Not only that, since there's not many are using the EV car currently, I assume the spare part is also not many out there currently in the market (as there's low demand for it, which I assume).\nNot only that, if you're driving an EV, you have to carefully plan your journey, since there's not as many EV charging stations currently in here, as compared to local gas station.\nAnd don't get me started on the price, I think you also understand it.\nAnd EV car also don't have a gearknob (I assume) so that'll probably takes a while to get used to when driving.\nAll in all, not saying EV is bad, it's just that, as with everything, there's pro and con out there. Which for my taste currently, I'll stick with ICE for now.", "There are multiple EVs that cost <200k"], ["When you need to fulfill daily KPI of publishing content"], ["Man buys car for status-signalling. Shocked when his car is just a taxi in Japan.", "<image>\nbow before my photoshop skill", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["What's the big deal - even in Jakarta the higher end taxis use Alphard. It's not that expensive either", "Krabi you can get a fancy minivan and they are considered just normal airport taxis.", "Malaysia airport taxis also Mercedes though.", "Haven't taken them. Grab ftw."], ["Haiyo, memang la, go Germany, e class also use as taxis and people leave their Porsches by the side of the road until kumpul salji hitam all over."], ["It's always the impressionable M'sian who buys into the advertising. Another win for car dealers", "Okay then wise guy, what\u2019s a Vellfire equivalent? An Alza is it?"], ["No need to go Japan. They are also taxis in Singapore."], ["Travel more bro lol"], ["Malaysia had something similar to this using Exoras called Teks1M,, and also we had premium taxis as well.\nBoth did not work out because most of the drivers refused to use meters and the taxi coupons found in KLIA, KL Sentral and other hotels were way overpriced.\nAlso at the same time Uber came along and provided way better service while the taxis failed to evolve for the customers, but instead tried to cartel and monopolise the system only for them to failed badly. Thank goodness."], ["Duh, they made the car. Most taxis in malaysia are proton. The original OP need to get out more"], ["Hang on, why is this news?"], ["Bro, taxi fare in Japan is expensive. That Alphard/Vellfire taxi is probably \"Limo\" or 5-star class there.\nI went to Germany recently, bunch of Merc E-class ESTATE (those sedans with larger boot space) as taxis, yet rarely someone owns a Toyota/Lexus. To Germans, their own brand is going to be cheaper than a Toyota lol, same as P1 & P2 vs BMW/Merc to M'sians."], ["Baru keluar gua kah"], ["keta besar2, time amik corner, makan lane sebelah. gi mampus jelah driver camni"], ["<image>"], ["Its common to use low and mid tiers cars as taxi in other parts of the world. Its a service and should serve a good experience and not just from point A to point B. Only malaysia uses P1 P2 for taxi fleets so its understandable if Malaysian feels taxi = cheap cars", "Was it Bangkok which has thousands of Pink Toyota Taxis?", "Thailand makes Toyotas, hence why."], ["I've seen Volkswagens and Mercedes Benzes as taxis in Singapore.\nIts really Malaysia that's cheap with their taxis, which are supposed to be the most premium of all public transport, being able to take you directly from point to point, and thus should provide a level of comfort and convenience that matches the premium passengers pay for them over other modes of transport."], ["They used Mercedes in the old days here"], ["Why is this news..."], ["well, nothing wrong with that. it\u2019s spacious and practical. why does anyone care how others are using it? live your life and do your stuff your way."], ["In Dubai sports cars are Police Patrol cars too?\nBuat pe la nak bising pasal ni?", "Dubai... :26563:", "Well pretty much somewhere a fancy car is being used as something less than a status symbol.\nAt the end of the day it's just a car.", "<image>\nIn Dubai, Lexus and Tesla is the most affordable option on the Grab equivalent app. There\u2019s also a luxe option but I didn\u2019t try it.", "There is Camry. The base option."], ["\"I create viral story, so I can gets clicks on my personal social media.\"\nThats how I see this."], ["Try paying japan taxi prices then ;p"], ["lmao Malaysia pun ada lah, baru je nampak masa kat KLCC"], ["Pretty sure this guy will surprise again when he found out proton saga is sell at the price almost rm100k in other countries. That\u2019s just how prices for import product works.", "Where got? My friend in Aus bought Proton for $18k."], ["Katak dibawah tempurung? How is this newsworthy or does the dude have a quota to meet?"], ["And Mercedes Benz is used as a taxi too all around Europe too so what's your point? Y'all need to get out more man lol \"taxi je pun\" man what an idiot."], ["Mercedes pun taxi je.\nVolkswagen is people's car, just like Proton, which is a china car now"], ["So? Tesla also taxi"], ["Its the price of a new Vios there...so no wonder."], ["Stupid taxes bro, I could've bought a brand new bmw if not for these stupid taxes", "Can confirm. Tax eats my ass and not in a good way"], ["Yeah since its 50% cheaper over there. Its a mid tier vehicle tbh, so expensive here due to tariff."], ["Travel opens minds, we should encourage this more.", "As long as travellers keep an Open Mind :26555:"], ["We can also use it here as taxi... but sure premium price la. Hahahah"], ["And Mustangs are Myvis in the States."], ["Ford Mustang in the US is as common like Satrias but come here is a luxury car :26554:"], ["Tbf, we do have exora as mpv taxis. People tend to forget that proton and perodua seldom make MPVs and SUVs, only recently did the popularity of SUVs boomed. We just don't make luxury MPVs."], ["It's a taxi in Indonesia too tho ... They even had tesla nowadays.\n<image>\nhttps://youtu.be/js0v6-KTpY4?si=RawC-e5OfZYGZfz9"], ["Lots of our grab drivers are the same though"], ["So ? Mercedes are being used as taxi in Singapore too"]]}
{"title": "Semak ramalan cuaca jika ingin lakukan aktiviti laut - Maritim Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qvj7h/semak_ramalan_cuaca_jika_ingin_lakukan_aktiviti/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Typical Malaysians: Uhmmm no.\nAnd then proceeds to whine and complain when bad weather ruined their holiday.", "Most Malaysians will check weather forecast in planning their holiday. Not."]]}
{"title": "A decade on, impact of BRI on Malaysia still debatable - Hiccups and high debts raise concern but one economist sees positive impact.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qvgff/a_decade_on_impact_of_bri_on_malaysia_still/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysian police raid against illegal migrant workers fuels \u2018xenophobic\u2019 views", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qvfik/malaysian_police_raid_against_illegal_migrant/", "num_comment": 97, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["\"illegal migrants\"\nWhich part of illegal that those activist having difficulty understand?", "Yes, I think what the author is trying to point out is that it fuels xenophobic views towards foreigners, specifically those from third world countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal etc", "", "they do the long hour back breaking jobs that you and I wouldn\u2019t consider doing and they\u2019re paid a measly amount for it.\nwhich is why we need to remove them. or else this cycle will keep on going. If we keep these workers around, bosses in Malaysia will only want to hire these workers and not pay them properly, which puts Malaysians and other legal migrants at a disadvantage.\ni have no problem with these illegal migrants, they just need to be properly documented, so that bosses can't get away with paying peanuts in Malaysia anymore.", "Show some humanity and dignity to these workers, they do the long hour back breaking jobs that you and I wouldn\u2019t consider doing and they\u2019re paid a measly amount for it.\nN you think malaysian dont do this kind of job as well and sometime paid worse than foreign worker. Lol."], ["then what are we suppose to do? just let people overstay? abuse their visa and give middle finger to the law? I know they need to cut down on the rhetoric, but we need to deport those who overstay and abuse their visa.", "Shouldn't you aim the irresponsible employer? They are the real problem, not the foreign workers.", "Why not all parties?\nto me everyone involve is at fault at the expense of B20. (poorest 20% Malaysian need decent jobs). And jobs are limited, it should be given priority to local people.\nWe arent here to solve unemployment issue of non-Malaysian.", "Agree. The government has no obligation to the illegal immigrants.\nWhen illegal immigrants fail to be employed, they may turn to 'other means' for income. I am glad that the government is taking preventive measures.", "The government does have an obligation to stop human trafficking though, because that's what happened to most of of these illegal immigrants. A lot of them didn't come to our country for some fun holidays, they were victims of scams and were robbed out of their savings for empty promises of gaining legal employment in this country, thus leaving them in a limbo when they finally arrived here. Didn't MalaysiaKini just release an article about this whole thing, aided by the LHDN itself?\nAlso serbu ramai2 sampai dapat tangkap seribu is not a preventive measure, as long as human trafficking syndicates and some government bodies are still working together to smuggle in illegal migrants the issue will continue to persist.", "The government's obligations are to protect the interests of the rakyat including economy and security. There are many facades of illegal immigration. You have pointed out human trafficking and others highlighted irresponsible employers that hire them for cheap wages which affect the employment of the rakyat. The government shall act on these problems to ensure the economy and security are not compromised. It is not the obligation to the illegal immigrants but to the rakyat.\nSince Malaysia ratified the \"Forced Labor Convention\" in 2014 that includes human trafficking. The raids of illegal immigrants will protect our economy so that Malaysia will not be blacklisted internationally for human rights violations.", "usually these particular group of immigrant are of lower educational background, hence why they are willing to do these job. But alot of them probably was falsely promised of a decent living/legal visa to when being convinced to work here. Again, the uneducated getting tricked by scummy employers. Some even pay for \"legal license\" to work here.\nNot saying we should accommodate all of them but if you don't feel pity for them, at the very least don't throw stones on them ( referring the xenophobic comments)", "Because it's cheaper to hire illegal workers than B20 since min wage and socso doesn't apply. They work harder since there is no recourse if they get exploited or injured. If the government starts imposing fines of minimum 100k rm per illegal worker hired the employers would start to hiring B20s in a heartbeat and would boot out all their illegal workers. The thing is, the government is aware of the economic impact if there are no illegal workers as a buffer for economic crunch so they go after the workers to make it seems like they are on the side of the people.\nYou wouldn't go after drug addicts or drug runners if you want your country to be drug free, you go after the drug dealers. Same logic. Desperation make people do irrational things like being a migrant worker or a drug runner. Always follow the money.", "Malaysians do not want to do 3D jobs thats how we ended up in this situation to start with.", "We can eliminate the Ds in 3D jobs if we can implement better wages, equipment and methods and strict OSHA regulations.", "This is just stupid generalization, a lot Malaysian go abroad do 3D jobs just fine.\nIt is more like Malaysian do not want to do 3D jobs with shity wages.\nThe point is to paid well for Malaysian to do 3D jobs. This of coz will raise the living cost in general, but if Malaysian are well paid, so are their buying power. Higher buying power will off set the rising cost.\nThe only loser here is the foreigners get send back home jobless.", "Whilst mostly true, it doesn't change the fact that this is a chicken or egg game and in the context of the link shared, we are talking about our local climate for such jobs and that in itself is where the problem is. And whilst I agree with what you have said, most Malaysians who goes overseas (Singapore aside as it is highly accessible and pays decently), still do their best to avoid jobs that falls in the 3D spectrum. We have a problem where teachers push office jobs as a glorious outcome of studying hard and trashing on 3D jobs as the end-point for those who do not. The root of the problem is deeper than just wages. It is ingrained through our education system as well as through parents/adults into the younger generation through the very same education system and general perspective.\nSlightly Off Topic: In regards to the foreigners who goes back home jobless, the country needs to vet agents better rather than just blatantly providing quotas to be abused. I have tried to bring my SO in who is also a C Level of a company we both found together and met every criteria and the govt have been giving me one problem after another even when all criterias are met and she falls under the list of critical employment to be given. Why? Because I didn't go through agents who have either connections inside or with allocations ready to be sold. Same thing with these low skilled labor. Corruption plays a big part in the issues we are facing. JIM never changes. Different notes, same instrument", "Almost sounds like trump here.", "Possibly. One is obviously worse than the other though.", "Trust me they do. But the thing is employers run away fast when they detect a raid happening so foreign workers always get the stick.", "Okay then let's say we do try to target the irresponsible employers, and then what? Just let the foreign workers they brought over to do whatever and just overstay still? Don't we still need to deport them regardless?", "Why not both", "Yes. Obviously. But letting immoral employers get off without any consequences is enabling the problem to continue.", "Yes, but if we aim the irresponsible employer, the foreign workers won't come to Malaysia in the first place. We ignore the irresponsible employer and this foreign workers stuck at our irresponsible society.", "won't come to Malaysia in the first place\nThat's not how migration work. Especially illegal migration. They come here because where they were is far worse and staying here is for the better.\nJust ask Australia about Malaysian overstaying there.", "While that is completely true, we are now sitting at the timeline where the action has already been done. What are we expected to do with the result? We still need to do both right?", "What kind of logic is this? The foreign workers would then look for another employer and the problem would still be there. Best is raid and penalise the employer", "You're right too... They are the ones reaping the most benefit in this case. If caught, should be caned 10x at minimum", "Why just them? sue the employer who employ them, sue the enabler NGO and deport these illegal immigrants.\nThey are all problems, not one of them exist without the support of the other, they are correlated. Regardless of the situation, we still need to deport them, I mean some of them don't even have employers, they open up their own business even their own clinic without approval.", "Start by breaking the corrupt agent/immigration officer pipeline then. Illegals pay a LOT of money to corrupt agents who then pass a fair amount of that off to corrupt immigration officers and, presumably, other officials. There's also the issue of being able to buy off immigration officials who round up folk at bus stops etc (that will cost an Illegal RM1000...whereas supposedly you can buy off the ordinary police for RM100-200). There's a lot of money in your Illegal immigration - you're not likely to stop it while it's so lucrative. (Source - only anecdotal, but I got to know a couple of dozen Illegal foreigners over COVID-19. It's a tough and very expensive life).", "That is why they send in the PGA this time instead of the normal police or the immigration officer like usual."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>", "Doing god works, thank you", "Police officers have stolen RM85k from those poor migrants?", "Here\nThree cops held for stealing RM85,000 during integrated op in Jalan Silang in KL\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/24/three-cops-held-for-stealing-rm85000-during-integrated-op-in-jalan-silang-in-kl/109076", "Thanks for the info.", "Thanks bro"], ["SCMP at it again to destabilise any country that isn't PRC :26563:", "Over 1 million PRC overstaying their visas in Malaysia.", "Jangan jadi ghost voters sudah. This time no more BERSIH protest.", "Source?", "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/01/travel-agents-to-answer-for-chinese-tourists-overstaying-says-saifuddin/", "Thanks :26558:", "Your source says the overstayed, not that they're currently overstaying here.", "News stated that 1.2 million Chinese overstayed between 2018 to 2021. Logically, most if not all probably went back already.\nBut likely this is just your poor English comprehension and communication, no hard feelings.", "personally, while SCMP do hold back a bit when it comes to PRC, they do occasionally criticize events in China. SCMP seems a lot more neutral compared to other sites Global Times, CCTV, xinhua or people's daily are basically more like CCP propaganda machines.", "Yep I'm actually quite surprised at SCMP also during the HK Protests etc. I daresay they are more \"neutral\" than some of our local chinese newspapers", "Scmp HQ is in HK. So need to maintain a bit of unbiasness", "With exposing facts", "Exactly, my heterosexual friend u/Straight_Antelope_31"], ["The only thing can reduce illegal immigrant is to impose mandatory jail time minimum 10 years to those who employed illegal immigrant, who sublet their business license, who give rent house or shop or make their foreign employee overstay by not renewing their visa.\nLet\u2019s face it, illegal immigrant survive in this country because of some Malaysian does not follow the law when comes to hiring foreign workers.", "How bout because bureaucracy fucked up the hiring process. Like the fuck is with the system? Agents cheating the workers and get away with it.", "About agents cheating. Most of the time, they got caught. It\u2019s just not widely reported.", "Can get me some source? Would appreciate it.", "Like I said, it\u2019s not widely reported. I only have off line sources.\nI know, it\u2019s sounds \u201ctrust me bro\u201d sources. Take it as you will.", "It really sounds like that..."], ["Actually there were already several cases of dead Rohingyas perpetrated by local Malay gangs in Selayang before this raid. None made the news, were asked not to cover it by the police.", "This is genuinely shitty as hell. The death of that Nepalese agent who came to Malaysia to resolve his workers' visa issues was also quickly covered up as \"no foul play\" despite him.... being found dead in a public toilet? It's just way too convenient that PDRM was criticized on their way of handling the raid and then suddenly there was an article about Rohingyan robbers and now social medias are filled with discourse of crimes committed by refugees and migrants."], ["typical clickbait headline that has almost nothing to do with the actual article", "In what way? The article points out there is an attitude among Malaysians to fail to distinguish between legal migrants, illegal migrants, as well as legal migrants who become undocumented because of being cheated by employers /agents.\nA lot of the rhetoric around migrants is simply race based and anti any migrant - that they're \"arrogant\", that they behave \"like they own the place\" and completely ignores the abuse they get from cheating employers and corrupt enforcement officers."], ["Ragebait again."], ["illegal migrant workers fuels \u2018xenophobic\u2019 views\nThis is obviously a conspiracy to destroy Malaysia, According to Hadi Azmi, the author of this article.\nWhere on Earth you find a country who loves illegal migrants?\n<image>", "look at eu :26554:", "Hadi Azmi should go exercise more"], ["One has to look at European and American infrastructures suffered from higher crime rates contributed by illegal foreign immigrants to debunk their xenophobic comments against us."], ["\"Illegal\" Enough said."], ["Hi, random European here. Don't listen to the activists. It will fuel much more and worse xenophobia in the future if you do ( for a good reason)"], ["From how I understand there\u2019s too much weakness in the current system.\nForeign workers were duped into paying for their work permit, mislead that this is the way. They are hired by the agent but found themselves without job when they reach here.\nLack of enforcement when the permit expires. If they went missing, who is bears the responsibility?"], ["At some point every country does this cleaning up exercise, doesn't US do it? UK? Japan? The list goes on. It's required from time to time.\nSo long there is poorer countries migrating for better job prospect will bound to happen. Just look at the Mexico-USA border. recently there is report of 20k attempting to cross over.\nAnother root cause is our local industry (you know who you are bosses..) who complain hiring local is expensive, want to maximize profit.. so take in illegal workers. Don't so health screening. When kena tangkap, go to politician to lobby. Say authority abuse.\nJust masuk factory.. especially SME in small town. You will see it.. tapi boss and anak all drive Bentley and complain openly business is bad but makan lobster every other week."], ["There is nothing wrong with the article. it's just another journalist quoting a human rights activist.\nWell, as you all already know, human rights activists tend to criticise everything and everyone."], ["Them: Does crime.\nAlso them: YOU'RE XENOPHOBIC!"], ["I dont think its xenophobic, its actual us the Rakyat want authority to preserve our law and our sovereignty. Those illegals dong follow law so we punish them lar"], ["Ngl this country is ran by idiots because it's filled with idiots, source? This comment section."], ["SCMP wanna talk about xenophobic. Hahahaha."], ["Good job, PDRM!"], ["Deport all those without valid paper, overstayed and running business locally. How do they end up running own business, shops, house renovation, lorry drivers, restaurants...?? When it's come to locals, our enforcement officer so good on checking for documents, halal cert, food preparation cert, ssm, council approval, sign boards bla..bla..bla.."], ["The best kind of migrant is a leaving migrant. Their presence just benefits the taukeys who will forever stall any fair wage policies. Why pay fair wage when we have boatloads of migrant slaves who will work for shit pay? Bring 'em more boats.\nThe shitty gov is too accommodating to these human rights activists. I will simply close UNHCR office here and let them pick up these so called activists and send them all to Gaza. There are plenty of work they can do there. We don't even sign the Refugee Convention and yet this UNHCR thinks they can socially engineer Malaysia's demographics to fit their grand vision of multiculturalism. Traitors to the country, all those Malaysians who work there. I wish the gov has more backbone.", "The best kind of migrant is a leaving migrant.\nWhat are your thoughts on all the Malaysians who migrate to Singapore or elsewhere?\nShould they return?\nShould Malaysia block all migrant workers from entering the country?\nYou need to make the distinction between illegal migrants and legal ones. This country would fall apart tomorrow without migrants doing the jobs you refuse to do. Likewise with the large number of people who move elsewhere, many of them saying how much they hate the west while also moving there for work (pro-tip: they will check your socials before handing you a visa)", "Not an entirely fair comparison since Singapore's economy would actually collapse without migrant workers due to the ageing population, stagnant birth rate and other factors. I doubt that is the case in Malaysia.", "<image>", "It's their choice. If they want to return, sure, they're Malaysians in the end.\nI don't have any problems if our country is stricter about immigration. In fact I would gladly support it.\nWhat the gov is doing is catering to the employers' demands for cheap, cheap labour.\nWhen you look at Canada, France, Sweden, Netherlands, they are now facing trouble with the influx of immigrants and far-right parties are simply winning more now because immigrants have changed their demographics. Multiculturalism is failing.\nSorry to say la, I don't think Malaysia should be that accommodating to immigrants. Cukuplah Merdeka era. We have enough headache as it is. No need to suddenly posit ourselves as a haven for Rohingyas, Nepalese or Bangladeshis as well.", "I don't have any problems if our country is stricter about immigration. In fact I would gladly support it\nI think it is a chicken and egg problem, if 3D jobs actually paid well, then Malaysians would work them, but those jobs don't pay well because gomen just imports a million Bangladeshi's instead. Which one to fix first? There is going to be a decent gap between stopping low wage migrants working and wages going up enough to meet market value.\nWhen you look at Canada, France, Sweden, Netherlands, they are now facing trouble with the influx of immigrants and far-right parties are simply winning more now because immigrants have changed their demographics. Multiculturalism is failing.\nI won't deny this. Lived in EU and Australia for quite a few years and can see the changes happening, especially Europe right now.\nA pause on cheap labour might be a good idea and only allowed skilled migrants like the west does to build up new businesses, so much pressure on the bottom end, no pressure on the top end. To ban all immigration is doom for the country, Malaysians right now aren't going to innovate anything, the people who can, leave.\nThere is a lot of smart talented people willing to move here from all across the world, let them work for local companies or start their own, it works for the west, it works for Singapore, why wouldn't it work for us?\nI remember in covid when helangs were getting so angry they couldn't bring in Indo, Filo maids and had to hire local, there is a lot of wealthy people who don't want wages to rise locally. Also a lot of dumb poor people who think they will lose out too if low wages rise because their nasi kandar will go up by 50 sen too.", "They need to offload the older immigrants to allow the new ones in, its a cycle thar makes shit loads of money for the official and everyone involved in it."], ["Someone has the audacity to ask why not apprehend everyone involved. Fyi, this issue persisted since the booming of our economy. Countless raids have been conducted and look where we are. Ever wondered how a migrant labour becomes \"illegal\" or \"undocumented\". Moreover, think further who's profiting from this.\nI expect this xenophobia from Bolehland not here."], ["Nothing will ever be accomplished by paying too much attention to the snowflake generation nowadays.. Should follow duterte policy on drugs, shoot first talk later.."], ["The illegals do have one good point. During raya, u can temporarily experience Dhaka city without stepping out."], ["Few days ago, there was a news reported that a criminal gang by Rohingyas have been very active in and involved in more than 50 robberies and burglaries in six states, i.e., Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Pahang and Penang. They used guns and machetes to carry out crimes.\nIf this isn't a wake-up call to find a solution to a growing illegal immigrants pupulation, I don't know when Malaysians should.\n[1] https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/23/three-rohingyas-shot-dead-in-selayang-jaya-involved-in-more-than-50-robbery-housebreaking-cases/108968"], ["Hilarious, considering how \u201chumanitarian\u201d folks have been feeling over the last couple of months. O\u2019 the oppression and the irony.", "They're only happy to complen and ask gomen to go send troops\nThey don't want to bring the trash back home"], ["*Mainlander Chinese. Make the distinction or people are gonna take it the wrong way.", "9 dash line.\nWhen it comes to PRC, government kowtow habis-habis."], ["Good job police! Time to get rid of Banglasia!"], ["hehe meddle in any south china affairs is what SCMP does best"], ["Why do all these articles only focus on the immigrants? We need to make public examples of the agencies/employers/traffickers who do this sh*t in the first place. Name and shame them, write articles about them. The large bulk of immigrants are brought here illegally by MALAYSIANS themselves. Sure, we probably can't stop everyone, but we should make it damn hard for them and make them really pay when they get caught. A lot of these businesses keep on doing it cos they just have to pay fine only when caught ... throw directors, CEOs etc into jail and suddenly demand is gonna start going down by a lot."], ["Good, let everyone know malaysia had enough of this bs"], ["Define xenophobia. Define illegal immigrants.\nPlease don't think too fast. I think your wisdom can't quite catch up with your speed \ud83d\ude85 of thought \ud83d\udcad\nLambasted Malaysian like your organization is the only \"one\" that is saving Malaysian from our damnation, as if.\nMost Malaysian accept almost anyone but being illegal is the salient issue here.\nThey are not paying any taxes while are draining all our subsidies dry. Once they are able to earn enough most would send all their money back to their origin country which would further lowers our ringgit due to fervent and colossal amount of out flow monthly while their currency keep on increasing it strength due constant flood of foreign fund exchange.\nAccording to current estimate by immigration dept 2.7 million people.\nAssuming 7 hundred thousand is their children hence no income. Then consider 2 million people keep sending about 1k monthly to their country of origin.\nThis number is under estimation because I have heard some illegal immigrants not legal immigrants with work visa Boast sending 3-4 k monthly while surviving on rice cucumber and salt.\nIt could total up to 2 billion ringgit out flow of untaxed money monthly. Then if this continues going on month after month in a year 20 billion or so are lost.\n20 billion of which should have been able to be use repair our roads, our schools every year."]]}
{"title": "M'sian Gov't Encourages Companies To Work From Home Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases, Health Minister Says | WeirdKaya", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qvcuo/msian_govt_encourages_companies_to_work_from_home/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["\"I hate these COVID restrictions. Governments should just let us do according to what we like instead of FORCING IT!\"\nGovt encourages WFH\n\"Uhhh, okay I like the rules now!\"", "Hahhaha. \"Fuck the new not so new health minister.\" \"Yay WFH\" :29091::29091::29091::29091::29091:"], ["Stop encouraging and start enforcing. No one will listen to words of encouragement for those employers. :26563:"], ["Make compulsory now", "Hehehe"], ["Knowing Msians, nobody is gonna take \"precautions\" until it's made mandatory. And they will have one big get together party the night before WFH is mandatory"], ["Encourage....\nMy office at less than 50% capacity. 25%ish holiday, 25%ish MC."], [":26555:"], ["Keyword encourage"], ["Better start enforcing now most companies are hard headed old school mentality die hard fan of working at office just for the sake of staff engagement bs. \u201cEncourages\u201d just won\u2019t help."], ["why do I feel like this second time around Dr Dzul is not as on-point and sharp as the first time?\nunless there is new development on the symptoms and severity of covid, why should we manage the situation any other way since we have been tripled vaccinated?", "I think will take some time to implement his. I expect to see more developments in the coming weeks.", "...since we have been tripled vaccinated?\nExcept for the fact that the vaccines do not last forever? Unless the government makes it a nationwide mandate to vaccinate every quarter, people will still catch covid."], ["MoH: blablabla Encourages blablabla WFH blabla.\nEmployers: Ah I see. Okay, noted."], ["No balls?"]]}
{"title": "Grow your own vegetables, CAP tell M\u2019sians as market prices shoot up", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdcxf/grow_your_own_vegetables_cap_tell_msians_as/", "num_comment": 43, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["Dia ingat semua orang kaya, got landed house to plant things?", "If you born 30 years earlier, can buy a landed house with fresh grad salary. In that era, almost everyone got a landed house lol.", "There's actually loads of veggies that you don't need landed property to plant.\nA small pot is enough to grow a chilli plant.\nYou can grow taugeh in a patch of wet tissue paper and a sieve.\nThe issue isn't space. The issue is time. Nobody has time to put the work into planting, taking care and harvesting these plants.\nB40 chaps work multiple jobs to put food on the table.\nM40 people work late hours in their singular job and get caught in traffic.", "Space is still a problem. Sure its easy to grow taugeh - but unless you want to die of malnutrition/starvation, you need to grow a lot of taugeh if its your only source of veggies. Especially if you're feeding more than 1 mouth.\nAnd veggies aren't even the most expensive part of the dinner table. Is he going to suggest that people living in condos start raising chickens, too?\nThese people are so out of touch that I don't even. Might as well ask why people don't just eat cake if they can't afford roti.", "Space is still a problem. Sure its easy to grow taugeh - but unless you want to die of malnutrition/starvation, you need to grow a lot of taugeh if its your only source of veggies. Especially if you're feeding more than 1 mouth.\nBro. Read the article.\nAs such, we are urging consumers to grow their own vegetables at home, which can be cost- effective. Planting edible greens does not require a big space,\" he said.\nFruiting plants like okra, brinjal, chillies and leafy vegetables like sawi (mustard plant), kangkong (water spinach), kailan (Chinese broccoli), bayam (spinach), as well as perennial plants mint, pegaga (Indian pennywort), kesum (Chinese knotweed) and selum (water celery) can be easily grown, even on a balcony.\nPlants with deeper roots like okra, brinjal and chilli can be grown in containers like biscuit tins, five-litre oil cans and five to 20-litre water bottles, Subbarow said.\n\"With proper sunlight, water and compost, anyone can grow and harvest vegetables even in small places,\" he added. \u2013\nDon't be a typical Malaysian and shoot before reading. He's not out of touch as that space isn't an issue.\nHe's out of touch because time is an issue. Ain't nobody got time to garden", "Bro, apply some critical thinking.\nHow many biscuits tins and 5 liter oil cans do you think you'll need to grow enough Okra/Chilli/Brinjal to feed you 2 times per day, 30 days a month, 12 months a year? And that's if you only need to feed 1 person. Imagine if you need to feed 2? Double the space. 3? Triple it. 4? Four-get it, unless you have a mansion.\nBefore you can even get to the time issue (which is valid), most people who would benefit the most from spending less on groceries already live in small condos that aren't exactly equipped to be urban farms. Many of them don't even have balconies, for Pete's sake. So his basic premise (sO LoNG aS you HaVE BalcoNY) is already out the window.\nAnyone who can't even consider that simple basic fact is absolutely out of touch.", "I grew chillies on my condo balcony during the MCO. Took more than a month to yield any chillies and my partner and I finished it in 3 days. I can\u2019t imagine how much space you would need to grow enough food to make a significant caloric contribution to your diet.", "Even if got land, it is not feasible to grow your own vegetables at a small scale. Things that we CAN eat, insects LOVE to eat.\nBesides, every plant needs different things. Some want more light, some want less water. You'd need to pour some mental and physical labor into this.\nIt's not like Farmville.", "Know about hydroponics?", "Do you know not all apartments or condo got balcony?", "Do you know about indoor growing?", "Perhaps you can show us your hydroponics set up and vegetable indoor growing to show us feasible it is. Cous\u2026 i think your\u2019e kinda missing the point here", "It\u2019s a fantastic and productive hobby, what are you trying to say here?"], ["CAP is a mum and pop fearmongering company. They used to come up with the HIDDEN DANGERS OF MICROWAVES and other books like that."], ["That's just stupid.\nMeanwhile, there is 103,563 hectares of abandoned or idle farmland around the country ..", "Got owner, even if abandoned or idle also nothing we can do about it. Otherwise we can solve homelessness with all the abandoned or idle houses.", "Quite a portion of government land or glc owned are also abandoned.", "So?"], ["This guy has forgotten economies of scale exists. It's not worth the effort to spend time and money to grow small quantity of food when one can just work an extra hour or two and buy more."], ["What's the point of consumer association if they can't do jack shit and ask people to solve their own problems?\nLike that clown Rafizi asking us to eat fish if chicken expensive.", "kalau harga sayur tu dah mahal sangat, jangan makan sayur", "Kalau itu duit jadi kecil, print la itu duit besar sikit.", "To be fair,ini Mat Jargon yang suggest, bukan Piji", "Yala duit helicopter"], ["These old boomers never change. Grow on vege la, rare own chicken la, rare own fish la, grow on rice la, bila going to say extract own petrol when subsidi remove? Bangang betul!", "Or or or if don't have money go rob bank"], ["Is this a blatant show off?"], ["They think people that complain about inflation just sit at home twiddling their thumbs isn\u2019t it ? Not that I don\u2019t know anyone doing just that , but they are the minority"], ["<image>"], ["With what land?"], ["Up next : \"Print your own money, CAP tells Malaysians as more people are unemployed\"", "Darn good idea. You should develop this idea further. Maybe even get crowd-finding to seed you money to get started."], ["Imagine people begin to grow own stuff and petani income dropped...\nThen suddenly need permit to grow stuff.."], ["vegetable price actually quite ok, it is eating outside that hurt.\nif you eat 2 less meal outside, may be can buy whole week of vege already.", "At certain times no, the price is not ok. There was this 1 time, I buy sawi just enough for 2 people, rm5. Thats ridiculous. These past few month the price is ok, like rm2 like that. Now will probably shoot up again.\nNot to mention onion price also high now. The cheapest i found was rm5/kilo.", "you go out eat average is RM30 per 2 meals.\nyou try guess RM30 can buy how many vege? So my statement still correct, it is restaurant that need to get Fark first, not farmers.", "Yesterday bought a bunch of vegetables from Jaya grocer: they are in rm2.7 to 3.8 range. Each pack enough for 2 ppl for two meals.\nThe only problem is to find time and patience to cook and wash."], ["Want pork then rear own pig? Want beef rear cow? Want mutton rear goat?"], ["Stop being poor, that's what they are saying."], ["Wait, I don't eat veggies. I only eat pork. Can I rear these little porcine fellows, too, on my balcony?"], ["Same thing like\n\u201cDrill your own oil as market prices shoot up\u201d \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Welp, decades of going for easy money by focusing so much on palm oil and not local food source, end up turning Malaysia into net food importer.\nWith the ongoing climate change affecting yields across the world, this is just the beginning."], ["Money too expensive - make your own money. These guys..."]]}
{"title": "NHSI 2023: Over 53% Of Screened Malaysians Overweight Or Obese - The National Health Screening Initiative 2023 finds that more than half, or 53.5%, of Malaysians screened are overweight or obese (31.3% overweight and 22.2% obese).", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qv9n5/nhsi_2023_over_53_of_screened_malaysians/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Laugh at US in the past, now same thing happening here.", "Nothing is stopping fat people from laughing at other fat people"]]}
{"title": "Floods turn fatal as multiple rivers rise, exceeding danger, alert levels - Thousands displaced in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, police caution families to watch children and infirm", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qv7nl/floods_turn_fatal_as_multiple_rivers_rise/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Ini ujian..."], ["it is kinda dangerous time\nlater in march next year.. draught time pula"], ["Didn't pray hard enough."]]}
{"title": "Geely Rancang Buka Universiti Di Tanjung Malim", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18quxsr/geely_rancang_buka_universiti_di_tanjung_malim/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["CCCCP:"]]}
{"title": "[Viral] A woman was recorded scolding a bus driver for not allowing her to board the bus immediately after it had arrived", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wr89q/viral_a_woman_was_recorded_scolding_a_bus_driver/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Dont know the whole story cant judge anyone \ud83d\ude24", "From my experience, the MRT buses don\u2019t start until like 3-5 minutes before the scheduled departure time. So the drivers don\u2019t let anyone onboard."], ["naik bas ni ade jadual die, bkn sampai terus jalan. takde kekerapan macam tren. bas tak banyak pastu kena tempuh jalan lagi. tak biase naik bas la tu. nak laju order driver. pengangkutan awam la kena kongsi naik"], ["Just came here to say, the bus driver lady is commendable. She didn't raise her tone or voice which is probably what most of us would do when faced with another person doing the same to us. Now that takes lots of maturity, perhaps when you've live long enough and seen much enough to know most angry people are just angry because they are embarrassed that they may be wrong.. talking slowly, softly, calmly, objectively.. you can't go wrong. Let the camera be the judge."], ["That is one shaky recording from the passenger."], ["I am confused. She said scan to ride, so this should be free Selangor bus. Why people in twitter saying this is MRT bus? There is nothing to scan in MRT bus... Props to the chill driver tho"], ["Siti Karen", "wehh \ud83d\ude02 aku baca siti karim"], ["All the bus driver lady had to say \"You don't know the rules, that means you don't take the bus enough (despite you claim opposite)..\" Oooooppppp!\nExperience > Loudness", "I can\u2019t tell if you\u2019re translating what she said or if you\u2019re suggesting she should\u2019ve said it"], ["Guys with girlfriends or wifes or sisters or female colleagues or bosses.. you know this thing happens once every month \ud83d\ude02\nAnd as a guy, I've always wondered what happens when this once-a-month state girl meets another once-a-month state girl.. woooooo.. gonna need some popcorn \ud83d\ude02"]]}
{"title": "Attempts to report agent lands migrant workers in immigration custody", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18quiei/attempts_to_report_agent_lands_migrant_workers_in/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Immigration Department officers have detained 171 migrant workers from Bangladesh who recently attempted to lodge a police report against their agent.\nKota Tinggi district police chief Hussin Zamora reportedly said they were legally brought into Malaysia but their agent has yet to provide them with work after three months.\n\u201cSo, the Bangladeshi nationals decided to walk to the Bayu Damai police station, about 10km away from their accommodation, to lodge a police report on Dec 20,\u201d he was quoted as saying by The Star today.\nOn the same day, a video of the foreigners walking together on a road near the entrance of Teluk Ramunia Bayu Damai was shared on social media.\nHussin said a police report was then lodged against the group.\n\u201cThe foreigners, aged 19 to 43 years old, were then hauled up by the Immigration Department.\n\u201cThey were detained at the department\u2019s headquarters in Setia Tropika for investigations under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63,\u201d he added.\nHe said the workers did not manage to lodge a police report after it was discovered that their agent had yet to find suitable employment for them.\nLabour activists described such acts as exploitation of vulnerable workers who often ended up being undocumented in Malaysia.\nAmong the questions raised include how the employers who signed the employment contracts obtained quota to recruit workers if the employers had no jobs to offer.", "Looking at the other news articles reporting on this, especially the ones posted here in r/malaysia, the headlines will always focus on the \"there is big number of immigrants scary\" angle and bury the fact that the fucking employers have fucked them over and they tried to go through the legal channels as someone desperate looking for help would do.\nBut instead what they got is a warm welcome of being kicked while being down, getting swindled of their money trying to better their lives, get sent back to their countries while the bosses and the elite gets to reap all the rewards with none of the repercussions", "This is the usual process:\n-They're brought on - legally or illegally.\n-Get worked to the bone, almost always under illegal conditions (not the industry they were promised, lower pay, made to pay exorbitantly for accommodation /food)\n-Either by themselves or with a NGO assistance try to report employer /agent to police.\n-Get snatched up by Immigration and deported ASAP for \"violating terms of work permit\"\n-Police report straight NFA as 'person who made report cannot be contacted\"\n-Employer /agent continues practice with the different batch of migrants.\nIt's all very mysterious how this happens. How does Immigration know immediately who made a police report, and why are they deported immediately - sometimes even though there is a court order saying they cannot be deported?\nWhy is there no punishment, or even greater scrutiny for the employer or agent whose employees are \"violating the terms of work permit\"?\nCould it be that police and immigration are colluding with these employers and agents?\nNahhhhh. It's all the fault of these immigrants of course!\n/s", "Main agent is menantu Mentri cirit", "As I understood it, it is the employers who have to pay the cost of permit and then import the foreign labourers.\nUnfortunately, due to the fact foreign labourers are extremely desperate for jobs are forced to pay for their own permit.\nAs implied in the news' last paragraph, the permit system is abused for greed.\nWe are accused of human trafficking and we denied it. This is one such example of human trafficking."], ["\" Remember folks, if you complain about your wages through the proper channels, we will take away your passport and citizenship and deport you to Indonesia, China, India or wherever the fuck you look like you are from! \""], ["They received the Welcome to Malaysia Treatment.\nThere're ~1xx+ number of Nepali slaves in My manufacturing Shimano bike parts.\nhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/shimano-cycling-parts-made-by-modern-slaves-in-malaysia/"], ["Uno reverse"], ["Maybe the agents are related to VVIP ?"], ["to begin with.. them are illegals immigrants anyway", "baca la dulu, tulah tiada budaya membaca main komen je terus", "OP helpfully quote the article here, tapi masih tak mahu baca.\nThe immigrants were brought here legally.", "Reading comprehension is hard for these people kekw"]]}
{"title": "Datuk Lat receives Cai Zhizhong comic prize, thrilled by recognition in China", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qsd8m/datuk_lat_receives_cai_zhizhong_comic_prize/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["the only man i''ll personally consider to be a national treasure"]]}
{"title": "Opportunities and trends in 2024 - The CEO Series 2023 Economy and Business Forum, organised by Rehda Institute, tackled topics such as Malaysia\u2019s economic outlook and real estate trends for 2024, and policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qs70t/opportunities_and_trends_in_2024_the_ceo_series/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 26 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qs6ab/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["Hardcore anti-Israeli netizens rejoice as Kelantan McD outlet faces closure from intense boycotting\nhttps://focusmalaysia.my/hardcore-anti-israeli-netizens-rejoice-as-kelantan-mcd-outlet-faces-closure-from-intense-boycotting/", "Only bot account commented here"]]}
{"title": "Terpaksa panjat pokok elak hanyut banjir", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qrmz2/terpaksa_panjat_pokok_elak_hanyut_banjir/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 26 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qpuaw/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 112, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What do you call Napoleon's penis?\nNapoleon's Boner Part", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Has anyone ever tried going karaoke alone? Will people look at you weird?", "Used to.\nNo one would care or know you're alone, unless of course if you decide to karaoke with the door open"], ["When all you want is to sleep all day and not go to work, how do you keep going?", "Play some Jocko Willink, play some gnarly tunes, cold shower, caffeinate self.", "Sleep at work.", "Escapicism. Find something to hyperfixate and forget about the world a while.", "Memes, tears, and the fact that life is not permanent and death will come for us all."], ["Recommend me a good door pull-up bar"], ["why is the \u2018it is a crime to seduce a married women\u2019 being nuked as being discriminatory such a big deal that it the religious courts keep on saying that it is applicable still?", "It was discrimination because the law only punished men, as it was seen as a wealth robbery (wives are seen as property)\nNow , with all of their wisdom, the courts decided to nuke the whole thing.. (i have no idea if they will instate a new law banning both genders from stealing spouses).\nSo in essence, if I were to fuck someone's wife today, I won't be punished by law\nSo Syariah court took matters into their own hand and say \"no, it's still illegal for Muslim men\"", "My point exactly, why should it be a criminal offence? It should be something handled by the civil courts at most and should be applicable both ways - men and women."], ["I'm so worried my work visa won't be approved but there's legit no reason for me to worry about it. This is just like back in 2021 when I was gonna come to Malaysia for my studies and had to take a Covid test and I was so scared it would come out as positive but turns out it's negative so I guess it's just me who's always overly overthinking of stuff. I just need my work visa to be done by mid of Jan aaaaaaaaa"], ["<image>\nunker now live up to the username", "You went together with herc?", "Aye!\nI was no good at the pottery part but I had fun painting!"], ["Where can I buy Phone using installment? I don't have the qualification like 3 month pay-slip or EPF but I make roughly RM2.3k monthly.\nMost place need me to give some document in EPF or 3 Month Pay-Slip but I dont have them. Where can I buy Phone using monthly Installment using debit?", "There is no installment using debit. Only credit.", "thats why im trying to find a way.", "I don't think there is unless you use someone else's credit. Parents/siblings? Or u can pawn something and use that as installment.\nedit: can check out paylater and atome also. Maybe not for the full amount."], ["does KL or Jakarta have better nightlife? Need opinions from anyone who has experienced both."], ["", "Try uninstall, reboot phone then install again.", "Is this specifically DUITNOW QR or TNG QR?", "T&N go QR"], ["hi guys, so i've been wondering - now that astro as a company is dwindling. how will this affect the advertising industry and the film industry? netflix has been increasing in usage but they have not notably invested in the malaysian film industry. I feel like astro's loss is a loss to our film industry\n<image>"], ["feels like everything in semenanjung is sweet by default. even kari mamak for roti and teh o you can taste the hint of sweetness on it.\npasar malam is always banger though", "everything in semenanjung is sweet by default\nwest coast is easy mode. Go to east coast where things can't possible be that sweet, but is."], ["Moving this post by u/desensitized-des (the mod team has committed to do this for removals with a mental health component). The user has been informed this has been moved here, so please do add your replies below -\nNeed help. Homeless, hungry, don't know what to do\nPosting here cause I don't know where else to ask Malaysians for advice,\nFor the record i'm 18, my household has always been toxic. My mother especially, has always been very (verbally) abusive towards me and my siblings and would berate us for every little thing. It only got worse when my dad passed away a year ago, the verbal abuse didn't stop, mom would yell and scream at us when she's stressed about things at her work. It came to the point where I've accepted that this will be my everyday life. I understand that she's going through something, so does everyone in our family, but she refuses to accept the fact, and seek help so she takes it out on us instead. I just don't know why.\n2 days ago, I don't know what set her off exactly but she was even worse than usual. She got off from work early and she saw me still sleeping (it was 2pm, and I have insomnia, prescribed with alprazolam which causes me to be put in deep sleep) and woke me up by pouring water at me, yelling and telling me to wake up. She told me how i'm useless for the family and that she doesn't want to waste her money to take care of me anymore. She threw my wallet at me and gave me 10 minutes to get out of the house, and told me not to come back. I felt defeated, I didn't say anything, I just did what she told me to. I get how she feels that way.\nI'm wandering around KL Cheras now, with only 6 ringgit in my wallet. I haven't eaten since yesterday, my data will run out in 2 days, and I only had 2 hours of sleep earlier in front of an abandoned shop until I got kicked out by someone. I managed to get into contact with some of my close relatives from my dad's side of the family that are willing to take me with them for a while, only problem is they're in Perlis and could only get to me by Friday. I don't know where I should go till then. I'm just too hungry and have no energy left. Currently sitting at one of the bus stops here. My mom blocked my phone number from Whatsapp so I can't contact her. I can't go back home. I know it sounds silly, but mentally I feel so much safer here than how I would be back there, and I'm not so sure if she would've let me anyways. I don't know where to start. What do I do?", "u/desensitized-des try homeless shelters: Anjung Singgah YKN Kuala Lumpur - a place where they give 3 meals a day for free, Anjung Kembara, Pusat Transit Gelandangan - they are able to shelter 250 homeless at a time and Second Chance Shelter Home", "u/desensitized-des Try to look for a homeless shelter perhaps?\nAnd which part of Cheras you're at? I'd like to treat you to a meal if that's possible"], ["Pottery class! I did a shit job with the painting but it was a good experience nonetheless haha\n<image>", "The yellow one is adorable!!! I'd buy it if you make more. How much is it per session?", "RM270+ at Beary Potter Studio. It's quite pricey, if you're looking to join a class, a friend recommended this which is about RM100 cheaper:\nhttps://www.mytouchofclay.com/"], ["What's a good, air-conditioned indian restaurant around KL sentral? Wouldn't mind taking 5 train stations away from the LRT/ MRT to eat too.", "This place is a short walk from Masjid Jamek and is very very good https://maps.app.goo.gl/fgqgLUmLMEeBN6cv6"], ["<image>\nThis is what I saw in my dream"], ["Got a hand me down RTX3050.\nIf you have this card and it goes hot and fan is loud as fuck. Undervolt it. I just found out about undervolting and my GPU is now silent. Decent temp, stays at 66 maybe go up to 70 on full load. I can now crank up the graphic settings on games because it doesn't go crazy hot and the fan is not annoyingly loud.\nNo need for custom fan curve or lowering graphic settings. Just undervolting seems to bring the true performance of this card. Of course if you're one of the lucky ones who doesn't have this problem then you can Overclock it a little and get more improvement in performance.\nthis is the video that helps me. I can't thank this guy enough. Both undervolting and Overclock setting guide is on this video. He also do guide on other GPU and CPU just check his playlist.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUaj6P5yvEg", "thanks for the video. mine did not have a reduction in fan noise but temperature", "and it goes hot and fan is loud as fuck\nThis should also repaste the heatsink and new thermal pads for VRAM+chokes.", "My friend did that for me before I found this video. And this GPU remains the same. It just ramps up like crazy.\nI guess I got an unlucky card but I got lucky that there's a solution."], ["Here I am just wondering was Christmas this year different due to many doom posting on this subreddit lmao"], ["I just noticed this, why do some Malay words be translated by the Dutch style (operasi) while some are by the English style (televisyen)?", "Being colonized by both, I\u2019d say the general population just picked and chose words that sounded \u2019natural\u2019 to their ears. If that still doesn\u2019t work, then it gets vulgarised into the local lingo.\nNow how about prestasi?", "Dutch\nPrestatie", "Prestation lmao"], ["I did my research, and went to Harvey Norman to see if their air conditioners are right for me. I got ignored.\nOh well, I guess Homepro is next \ud83d\ude12", "One thing about AC I need is the timer function on the remote. I don't use \"turn off in three hours\" kind I use timer based on the time. It saves energy for me to have it turn on and off at specific time of the day.\nAnother function i felt was useful was being able to see the temp on the AC itself but it's too bright sometimes. It can serve as night light.", "Several shops have told me that Panasonic is by far the most reliable. Mine are Panasonics and have given zero issues over 5+ years so I'm inclined to believe that.", "Will you service the aircond yourself? If not personally I think all brands are the same. I have used different brands throughout my life, couldn't tell the difference.", "Nah, talked to some people, and a redditor here also recommended Daikin, so I'm going to go with that. Likewise the general consensus is \"Korea bad\", so no Samsung aircond for me.", "I'm using daikin now and... I'm not sure if it's a me problem, but my daikin sucks. New machine that isn't even 2 years in, 3 of 8 of them had sensor problem. And it took the aircond guy more than 5 trips of trial and error, each time also have to pay, to find out what is the problem.\n<image>\nThis is the model, just in case you want to avoid it. Very easy to clean them ourselves though. I like that alot.", "Is this your aircond model?", "I believe mine is this one", "Thanks. I'm planning to get the inverter model, so fingers crossed that it'll be as good as people told me.", "Will you service the aircond yourself?\nThe poor thing have to buy the tools, nanti transform into bang aircon pulak nanti.\nThe numerous aircon service guys I had over the years don't seem to mind what brand the AC unit is. They all disassemble in the same-ish ways, take the same R32 gas, etc.", "Not the most handy person tbh hahah..", "Haha nah. Simple servicing won't require anything more than a screwdriver. A plier if you are adept at taking out the coil. But model design is big factor though. It can either be a 1 hour simple service to 3 hours + of \"I should have call the pros\" service experience."], ["Anyone know how to use rapid penang? Is there an app I can use to check the schedule? How about the payment?"], ["Hi guys, any tips for a final year university student that will start his internship next year?", "Diploma or degree? The workload, responsibilities, and expectations for the latter are much higher. Some advice that can be helpful, be friendly with your colleagues, and please inform your senior or manager if something's blocking you from completing your task"], ["Made 70% more in net income for this month woohoo. Thats not even including bonus for next month", "Belanja pls, me poor.", "Hahaha come to wm i belanja", "Congrats. But if you mention this here you need to open table. Its the rule.", "Haha thank u very much! Where gt such rule! /s"], ["Office kosong harini. Boss kata nak balik sambung wfh balik lah time lunch. Maka saya pun nak balik"], ["FUCKKK I booked a round flight for almost 2k and now this COVID shit is back. Just got a curricular that they're telling students to quarantine and classes have moved back online.\nMy BF even splurged a lot more.\nFUCKITY FUCK! I mean I get it. There are lot of sick people around me this past month, but holy hell I'll fucking cry if there's another MCO.", "I bet my enemy' left nut sack that pmx wouldn't dare to initiate another lock down.", "Yeah we couldn't afford it I think but who knows? Maybe if there's enough pressure."], ["Hi all, advice needed. My bro came back from canada, got covid days later, i let out my room for him to quarantined, throughout the entire time he did not open / touch my wardrobe.\nSo he recovered and tested negative few days ago, sprayed and disinfect entire room, do i have to wash every piece of my clothing inside my wardrobe or not necessary ?"], ["I forgor today toll free. Can\u2019t wait to be stuck in the North-South highway \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Nyets, does anyone here know someone who owns a Mazda RX8? I'm a Toyota guy but that Rotary is slowly growing on me.\nPlus that 13b REW swap hnnggggggg\nJokes aside, would a manual RX8 be a reliable daily car to drive around? (Yes I know the reputation of the 13b RENESIS and the engine in general)", "are you even able to buy a RX8 in these days without spilling a fortune?", "A quick check on Mudah says you can get good units under RM50k.\nMaintaining them however.... There's only one rotary specialist in Subang. Idk what's he charging for", "Idk either, but the word 'apex seal' will give you nightmares someday"], ["Hey for those guys that watch premier league via astro, do you guys watch their pre, half time and post game analysis? Seems like they are spending alot on that, the presenters go to UK every now and then and they invite former players to do the show, when no people are really watching that. Well for me at least, i don't care much for their analysis as i think their analysis is sub par. How about you guys?", "Hey for those guys that watch premier league via astro, do you guys watch their pre, half time and post game analysis?\nusually not. Honestly I don't care much about their analysis, because we have the tendency to see things subjectively while the game goes on.\nSeems like they are spending alot on that, the presenters go to UK every now and then and they invite former players to do the show\nstill remember that one time they invited someone from the Man Utd 98-99 treble squad......\nturns out it was some random fella who only played 1-2 games that season.", "I subscribe to Sooka only to watch the game, never watched their analysis."], ["I feel much regret for not taking leave this week when I did every year for the past 6 years. Sigh. Did not prioritize myself this time.", "Don't feel bad, I've never taken leave between Christmas and New Year - ever. I just feel it's a waste of leaves and money.\nOffice/work will be quiet anyways - you're literally being paid not to do anything, and most if not all of the hotels/resorts etc will be expensive compared to normal"], ["Those ladies who were so anti-vaccine didn't think twice about injecting stuff into their faces.\nAnd they even asked for a cheaper version of it.\nI guess they are okay to look like Kak Mah.\nIrony of life.", "What do they inject? Vit c? Glutathione? NAD?", "Hypo-crisy"], ["How was Christmas nyets? I had Christmas luncheon with friends. Lamb, steak and zebu pie!\nWe then followed up with some construction project. Built a bed and planted flowers. Hard work.\n<image>", "Built a bed\nTested the bed also? \ud83d\ude09", "Sounds productive! Definitely burned all those calories from lunch", "Which flowers did you plant?", "Oh, succulents, is it?", "How was Christmas\nBoth cats declared war against each other, an I have to wake up at 4am to yell at them while hoping their fighting didn't wake the neighbours. Oh, and my air cond dies.\nWhat luxurious problems I have \ud83d\ude12", "Somehow my cats are always starting a fight when they are in my bed. One of them would give in into intrusive thought and bite the other. The other would get mad, and the aggressor would then get offended that the other gets mad. Fight ensued in my room and they would make peace when i kick both of them out of the room.\nJust two loaves of bitches.\n<image>", "One of them would give in into intrusive thought and bite the other.\nMine is also like this, but worse - if they hear other cats fight (outside), they'll fight each other.\nImagine that - they started fighting because some other cats are also fighting. I'm like \"why are you idiots doing this? The fight outside have nothing to do with you\". And then I turn on the leaf blower and threatened them with it, because nothing else works and I don't want to get scratched.\nI tried to \"let them fight and get the aggression out of the system\"; well, it got so bad one (or both of them) peed while fighting. Last time I'm going with that line of thought \ud83d\ude12", "That pie looks delicious.", "Built a bed and planted flowers. Hard work.\nWow, burnt off the calories from lunch, no gym required. Hehehe"], ["Aristotle wrote that virtue is the middle ground between two extremes. You should not be too cowardly, nor be too reckless with bravery. You should not be a miser, but neither should you give away your wealth to the detriment of you and your loved ones.\nI've been thinking about that and the usual \"Malaysia/Malay/Muslim (3M!) bad\" threads. On one hand, as a country we have a lot of flaws that need to be fixed, and as a religious unit we need to address the growing concerns of modern living while being true to the faith. On the other hand, when every single flaw becomes \"ohmigerd we're a failed state\" and every single individual bad act is seen as the responsibility of the ummah, that gets tiring really fast, and weariness can quickly turn to resentment.\nAnyway, just musing. There's very little traffic jam today, so I arrived at work earlier than expected \ud83d\ude36", "Then in some matters, there is a bad and a worse choice. That's when one needs to pick a side. Neutrality is hard if one can't let go."], ["Sarawak has RM 13b state revenue for 2023\nHoly shit, that's fantastic!\nEven Selangor only has RM 2.5b state revenue a year\nThat being said, Sarawak has to pay itself for a lot of its stuff whilst Selangor rides on plenty of federal / private sector spending."], ["I need help to stop comparing myself with other people, its killing me inside", "Same, my father left me when I was still a child, I kept wondering if my father don't left me, I have a successful life like all of my cousins and friends.\nMy older sister once of twice indirectly told me if it will be if she had an older brother. Since then I kept distancing myself to my older sister."], ["Sometimes I wonder how the heck did I survive from 19\u2588\u2588 to 2023, with my face still intact. How the heck did nobody kick me in the teeth when I am such an asshole. (Not that I want it, though. please don't kick me.)\nAnyway, I heard Can't Help Falling in Love from a movie and now I keep humming it to myself while tending to my plants. I wonder if the song was written by men. Men are good in saying words that are nice to hear.", "1923 kan", "How do you know it's not 1917"], ["Going to work late again knowing they can\u2019t fire me because I\u2019m doing the work of 2-3 persons."], ["The guy who renovated my house really cut corners and stiffed me. Fucking bastard, I hope he goes bankrupt if all of these allegations are true \ud83d\ude12\nThat being said, can you guys recommend me a good air conditioner brand? I don't need it to be fancy, just have to have an inverter and can last for several years.", "Daikin", "Personal experience?", "Cools very fast, fuss free, has WiFi (can control from phone - usually I do this for my pet chinchilla when the temperature gets warm while at work), reliable, no leaking issues (I service twice a year). I was using Samsung previously - to avoid. The motherboard breaks down easily. 2 air cond service companies recommended me Daikin previously while I was servicing my Samsung Airconds and thought why not give it a try. No regrets.", "pet chinchilla\nTax pls", "<image>\nThere you go. Fluffy Totoro", "Aww! \u2665\ufe0f", "<image>\nThank you \u263a\ufe0f", "Oh, thanks for the heads up. I was considering Samsung.\nThe problem is Harvey Norman doesn't have Daikin airconds. They do have Mitsubishis though, which was highly rated at least in an /r/asksg thread I googled.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/asksg using the top posts of all time!\n#1: I\u2019m sorry french people | 0 comments\n#2: When to enter and leave JB\n#3: rental contract: minor repairs payable by tenant\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"]]}
{"title": "Mental Wellness Tuesday - Weekly Check-in", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qptsi/mental_wellness_tuesday_weekly_checkin/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi /r/Malaysia!\nHow is your day or week going so far? Feel free to use this thread to seek or share self-care ideas, tips for finding a therapist, or links to call/text a hotline. Please note that redditors are not mental wellness professionals and you should seek professional assistance if possible.\nRemember, be kind, always.\nAdditional resources:\n/r/MyHappyPill - mental wellness related subreddit for Malaysians\n/r/Malaysia's mental health wiki - /r/Malaysia's mental wellness repository\nMental wellness related subreddits\nMCO: Affordable mental health services", "comments": []}
{"title": "Demand conditions remain muted across Malaysian manufacturing sector", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wdc2p/demand_conditions_remain_muted_across_malaysian/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["ringgit must be lower. like 10 ringgit per 1 usd that going to help manufacturing. Source RAFIZI RAMLI"]]}
{"title": "bringing prescription meds into malaysia (woodlands/jb sentral checkpoint)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qnw5z/bringing_prescription_meds_into_malaysia/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "hello, i was wondering if it is possible to bring in prescription meds from a gp into msia across the land border? fell sick with viral flu (not covid) but i have to travel to jb tmrw for some important matters, and i want to bring along the meds the gp prescribed for me. it\u2019s nth too out there, just regular tablets for cough, fever etc.\ni don\u2019t have a prescription letter per se, but each medicine is in its own blister pack in a ziplog bag with the dosage required on it with the gp\u2019s signature. would that be allowed in?\ntia!", "comments": [["https://pharmacy.moh.gov.my/en/documents/travellers-guide-bringing-medication-malaysia.html\nThis might help - personal use for less than a month.\nI know SG is real strict with meds and declaring them up to 2 weeks before arrival, personally have not heard of this in MY though do not take my word as green light."], ["It\u2019s easy clearance if you have the prescription scrip and the meds are clearly labelled in their original packaging.\nIf you don\u2019t then I have no idea. It depends on what kind of meds you are bringing but since they can only trust your word on that, well\u2026.roll the dice I guess."]]}
{"title": "Happy Holidays peeps", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qm3o7/happy_holidays_peeps/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Nutella puff pastry, brown butter garlic peas, turkey bacon roasted potato,garlic focaccia, beef lasagna and turkey. Got more from guests but haven\u2019t arrived.", "comments": [["Looks good man \ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd24"], ["U dw to ajak me ah\ud83d\ude2d"], ["I love the guest who just brought a bowl of peas."]]}
{"title": "Traffic on PLUS highway", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v4y1u/traffic_on_plus_highway/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi there, I visit Malaysia every once in a while and I don't drive here as much, however when I travel towards JB using PLUS highway, the traffic will come to a standstill and when we drive past, there was nothing stopping the traffic. Is there a reason why is this happening? Cheers\nEdit: This happens during off festive seasons, and I could imagine the worst during festive seasons.", "comments": [["Hills and vehicles with no power \ud83d\ude02\nThere's always a buildup of traffic near the Nilai turn off. My theory it's various small cars and lorries slowing down as they climb the hill.\nAlso the dumbasses that tailgate & have to brake. Causing a chain reaction to happen behind them", "Yeah tailgaters are so dumb. I try to be a good driver and maintain some distance, an idiot always tries to slip in front of me. Another group are people who totally black out their windows, so i can't see past the car right in front of me."], ["The traffic will come to a standstill and when we drive past, there was nothing stopping the traffic\nWatch this video that explains how traffic builds up."], ["It\u2019s because people who are slow don\u2019t let ppl who want go fast go through, then a pileup occurs when the front brakes. Seriously Malaysians don\u2019t understand what the right lane is for instead just sitting there going the speed limit\u2026", "The number of times I've seen the left lane completely empty while the middle and right lanes are moving slow is baffling to me. It's like people are allergic to the left lane. I don't understand."], ["1) Theres some areas 3 lanes become 2.\n2) Certain exits and entry are kind of busy like ayer keroh. So, some cars from right lane last minute cut through to exit the highway, and some cars that just entered the highway not yet pickup speed straight enter right lane.\n3) the above also happens at busy r&r.\nWhen theres not many cars it wont create traffic jem, but when 10-20 cars do it in a short time frame, that creates the traffic jem."], ["Ah, the PLUS highway dance \u2013 comes to a standstill for no apparent reason. It's like Malaysian traffic has a secret flash mob agenda. Maybe the traffic jam is just practicing its festive season routine even when it's not festive. Cheers to the mystery of PLUS!"]]}
{"title": "Help me choose: USM or UTM for Computer Science in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qlmea/help_me_choose_usm_or_utm_for_computer_science_in/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "As an international student I'm currently planning to study Computer Science in Malaysia and torn between USM and UTM for my bachelor's degree. Any insights or experiences with these universities that could help me make an informed decision?", "comments": [["Out of curiosity, why did you choose Malaysia? Do you intend to immigrate or just purely study?", "", "Then what should I do?", "Where are you from?\nHave you checked whether the universities are recognized in your country?"], ["Damn OP got downvoted without reason lol.\nAlso, neither. Pick UM", "Yea, all the downvotes weird af."], ["USM.\nIf you need a pragmatic indicators for e.g., the Times Higher Education [1], of course some people says it doesn't mean anything, but that's the rank. If you want to do Architecture, Engineering, UTM is great.\n[1] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/subject-ranking/computer-science#!/length/25/locations/MYS/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats", "I'm sure it means nothing"], ["should choose cosmopoint ?"], ["UTM for computer science", "What about USM? Actually, my cousin got his bachelor's degree from there. But not in CS"]]}
{"title": "Watch their feet: Magunatip, a traditional dance within the Murut culture, from Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ql781/watch_their_feet_magunatip_a_traditional_dance/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["If semenanjung haram long time ago"], ["Damn who needs ankles \u270a\u270a"], ["Anxiety to the roof... :P", "Where does the ankle go? Thats right, the square hole"], ["Imago mou"], ["Rainney lius scam"], ["PAS rage intensifies."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Superhero", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qhu3r/malaysian_superhero/", "num_comment": 15, "flairlabel": [], "header": "If you had to create a Malaysian-themed superhero, what would their special powers be and what would they fight for?", "comments": [["Durian man.\n-Pungent knockout gas (extra damage to mat salleh villains)\n-Durian husk as throwable weapons, can also double as caltrops to slow enemies down.\n-Cam summon tupais to attack enemies.\n-Unlimited crime fighting funds, funded by towkey durians\n-Hidden hideout somewhere in Pahang\n-Arch Nemesis named Captain Durian Ciplak from neighboring country", "There's kamen rider Bravo, well, based on Durian\nDurian husk attack ala Kabuto's cast off?", "<image>\nAnd small ones shuriken style caltrops"], ["Given Malaysia, I would probably create a Marvel-esque hero called Belang Man. Basically a tiger themed superhero.\nLike most run of the mill heroes, probably will give this guy enhanced strength, reflexes, and agility. Probably will give the ability to camouflage in greenery and summon animals at will. Perhaps supersonic roar or enhanced healing.\nNo hero would be complete without a strength/weakness combo. Given the animal theme, while Belang Man has a high base strength, it can be enhanced further with the presence of nature (forests, etc), and his strength can be cut down with the destruction of such. Therefore probably in the story of this superhero he will likely be antagonistic towards polluters (much like Captain Planet I guess)."], ["Relevant username"], ["Mista Harimaoo"], ["Bosku fighting for Superings"], ["Nasi Leman. Can create an unlimited amount of Nasi Lemak out of thin air."], ["Malaysia already have superhero cicakman"], ["not superheroes but i think a villain based on the tujuh puteri (ulek mayang) would be cool!"], ["Former GGK/PASKAL/VAT 69 with 6th sense stumbled upon ancient McGuffin/energy cluster that grants him enhanced physical capabilities, and also he can physically attack & take down Otherworldly entities (spirits, demons, monster, etc).\nThis encounter also beefs up his 6th sense, enabling him to \"bless\" his aim when using an object to increase the odds of hitting the target. Any projectiles from him would be harmful to Otherworldly entities, who are normally immune to \"unblessed\" attacks."], ["we had kluang man before or usop sontorian\nwhy not that"], ["Harimau man, everyday want man.....LOL"]]}
{"title": "Information on this please?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qhdlv/information_on_this_please/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I've been gifted this for Christmas. I don't know what it is and I can't find any really solid leads. It appears to have been bought in person, then resold and gifted to me. The label tells me where it's from and who made it but as far as I understand these carvings are supposed to have spirits and folklore.\nI'd like to know what its a carving of and the folklore behind it, please. And if anyone is interested I'd like to gift it to someone who knows more and cares about Malaysian folklore and animism.\n(Also please correct me if I'm wrong about anything, I didn't even know where Malaysia was until today)", "comments": [["it\u2019s an Orang Asli art, namely those in Pulau Carey.", "Thankyou! This gave me a much better lead. I've found out this is Puting Beliung, the spirit of the wind.", "Fun fact: Puting Beliung is also the Malay word for Tornado."], ["from the note, the statue is called moyang puting bliung. moyang as in ancestor/spirit and puting bliung means whirlwind/tornado.\nmoyang puting bliung\nas other poster its a wood carving by mah meri tribe\nPDF book on Mah Meri tribelink, you can find some info on moyang puting bliung pg.352/505 and some version pics pg. 381-392/505."], ["you can look up the mah meri tribe that resides in pulau carey!"], ["https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/13213/MY"], ["Is it just me or does that look like King Julian from Madagascar?", "You're right! I was speaking with my sister and she said they looked like a dikdik", "thats funny"], ["I think it looks gorgeous. Since it\u2019s made by Orang Asli (indigenous tribe), it\u2019s definitely a rare handicraft."], ["", "It is very beautiful, but was gifted to me for the wrong reasons (my mum said she thought it looked ugly so I'd love it, an inside joke but still the wrong reasons) and I deal with enough paganism and research in my day to day life already. My sister is very interested in it and the history though so unless I find a better suitable home for them, they're going to stay with her."], ["Ive watched enough horror movies to learn to not keep that in my house haha j/k", "Actually, the first thing that came to mind when I saw that photo was Pazuzu the demon figurine, coincidentally also associated with the wind. You know what it is if you've watched The Exorcist.\nBut you are right. I wouldn't keep anything like this anywhere near me either. Don't need the attention from... otherworldly entities.", "Call him Pak Juju that will turn him cute, maybe then he will protect you like during the Mesopotamian era where he protect people from other demon:26554:"], ["Yoga twist"], ["Oh my that's a really cute carving, thanks for sharing it! I might get one for myself"]]}
{"title": "It's real guys", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qhcgv/its_real_guys/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Why is there a rainbow in that picture, OP? Are you being...\n...\nHey, what's Malay for \"woke\"? Terbangun? \ud83d\ude02", "Telah bangun", "Terpaling bangun", "buang tebiat :26554:", "Woke culture would be budaya kesedaran.\nTo be woke, ialah untuk sedar."], ["Wait until you hear Masjid Keling in Kedah", "masjid kampung kling in melaka too"], ["Kapitan Kling, Pulau Pinang.\nPekan Kerling, Selangor.\nTanjung Kling, Melaka.", "Tok Kel*ng, Kedah"], ["I didn\u2019t know mee celup is real."], ["Kalinga was a highly glorious and influential area in the past. There were records of annual sailing from Kalinga to Bali and other places in SEA as far as 3rd BCE. I suspect that the various water lantern festivals in insular SEA originated from this kalinga sailing festival too - the mode of celebration plus the timing are too coincidental to not suspect deep linkage. The Indians from kalinga most certainly set foot in SEA including Malaysia before the tamils and Chulas did, and left such a deep impression that indians in Malaysia were / are called keling rather than Tamil/chola.\nThe very intriguing question is then : who were the original kelings? Were they south Indians (dravidians), or north Indians (aryans), or a mixture?", "They were hindus, and probably the ones who introduced hinduism to us.\nTheir race im not sure, maybe a mix or maybe south indian, since these people were more seafaring than the north.\nThere was also an ancient kingdom of kalingga in central java, probably named after the one in india.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalingga_Kingdom\nIt was the earliest hindu kingdom in java, and also why hinduism is more concentrated in java and its surrounding island, most notably bali.\nHere in both sumatra and malaya, we are more influenced by buddha, especially with srivijaya and such.", "you mean klingon in star trek?", "Here in both sumatra and malaya, we are more influenced by buddha, especially with srivijaya and such.\nSrivijaya buddhism is very intriguing. It is of the mahayana sect rather than the hinayana sect found in insular SEA"], ["There is also name keling place in Labuan lol"], ["Anyone tried the mee celup"], ["By this i remember , theres this one island where ppl literally put up memes , does anyone one the island name? I tried search in google but still cant able to trace ..."]]}
{"title": "How do I volunteer for Archaeological Fieldwork in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qh8l0/how_do_i_volunteer_for_archaeological_fieldwork/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "I am currently studying in university, but have heard that archaeology fieldworks in Malaysia will usually find volunteers when doing excavations. How do you participate in them, and who do I need to contact to join?", "comments": [["Pls don't destroy anything that isn't in line with any narratives, and if you see something report. Other than that enjoy"]]}
{"title": "AMPANG Board Game Night Meetup - Friday 29 December 7.30pm, AMPANG Vivae Board Games Cafe", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qgsis/ampang_board_game_night_meetup_friday_29_december/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Time: Friday 29th December, 7.30pm-Midnight (last Friday of each month)\nPlace: Vivae Board Games Cafe Ampang , 383c-2, 4th Mile, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - FB , Google\nCost: We\u2019ve negotiated a special RM20 for an all night pass! Please tell them you are with reddit and pay on entry.\nFood: They serve pizza+drinks, but plenty of outside food close by if that's not for you.\nRSVP: RSVP here. The cafe tends to be busier on Fridays so they want to know how much space they need to reserve.\nLooking forward to seeing you there and getting our game on! Photos from past sessions (We used to do it at a different cafe.\nFAQ\nQuestion Answer\nIs this beginner friendly? Totally! Every game gets explained to the group before starting. A few new players come for every session and have a great time!\nWhat games will we be playing? The board game cafe has a huge library to choose from; check out their FB page for photos. The cafe staff have been quite good at recommending fun games as well.\nCan I BYO? The venue has asked that we don't bring our own food and drink.\nHow do we get in touch on the night? PM me your number if you'd like to be added to the WhatsApp group.\nIs there dinner beforehand? We're leaving it to the group to self-organise on this as it's hard to coordinate the whole group plus a big booking etc.\nHow many people attend? We generally have 12-24 people per session. Attendance varies widely and it's hard to predict!\nWhen do events happen? Twice every month! Once on the 2nd friday at Vivae PJ, Once on the last Friday at Vivae Ampang.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Purely in Chinese \u2018healthy shoes\u2019 pamphlet irks netizen", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qgmp7/purely_in_chinese_healthy_shoes_pamphlet_irks/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I'm offended by this:\nshe saw the offending item stuck on her car door handle.\nStop fucking spamming at people's car."], ["", "Yup senang nak dapat karma dalam sub ni. Bring up something so people can piss on malays, mesti karma naik!"], ["I\u2019m Chinese and I\u2019m offended by these spamming on car doors or windscreen. Seriously need to stop.", "Hoops check out. Yes, this gentleman is Chinese", "I had one that had their ink stick onto my windscreen. Luckily just needed to rinse it off"], ["I mean if you only want to advertise in mandarin would it not be better just to go straight to your targeted customer like in chinese fb group or a local chinese club?. Seems like a waste to selit this at a random car where theres a chance that the owner dont speak mandarin.", "throw it away then genius", "mb", "Pamphlets are always a waste, as almost all who read it probably don\u2019t want it. But companies may just want the local reach, even if it\u2019s not relevant."], ["if you cant understand it, you are not the target market. ez"], ["This girl is real idiot , typical social media Karen. Throw tantrum make big deal cos she does not.indertand language in pamphlet. Of cos these pamphlet advertiser would not know who can or cannot read other languages. Just throw away pamphlet like it is spam lot. Last time I checked it is not an offence to not use BM in commercial advertising. What is shocking is those tweets that reply and agree with this diva Karen. Sad that this country is becoming more and more intolerant when it comes to language usage \ud83e\udd23", "You are another idiot doing her work and spreading her message? Lmfao one idiot calling another idiot", "I know right. All these people crying i cant understand X language so you have to use the one i know. Bitch, thats a skill issue. We're multicultural society ofc there are places that uses different language. Your dumb ass cant be bothered to learn another language so you drag other people down to your trash level. Reminded me the othet day in LRT somebody stupid mother or other starts yelling a tourist because she cant understand what they're saying yelling \"x boleh cakap melayu balik cina la bodoh!\" They were koreans. Never before have i experienced visceral secondhand embarrassment and felt such utter indignation to be a Malaysian.\nAnyway so i ignore the crazy lady until it was my stop before proceeding to get off. Normal bolehland stuff.", "Google lens, 'nuff said. To go into this, the idea is that the brain doesn't like to be idle and dreams to check that it is indeed functioning. In this case, they have nothing better to do with their life."], ["Its a paid bluetick x account, obviously want clout into her account and fastest way is by posting content near trending #bm creates engagement. on visual if it dint even put any font still obviously selling shoes la,bright color for women dark for men, from 99-28x. Insoles relate to some herb, below is the address. Anyway just dont react too much because she may got affiliate but not us. :26554:"], ["Maybe the shop owner from China?", "nah, it\u2019s obvious the target market of such \u201chealth shoes\u201d are older aunties and uncles (or grandma/grandpas) who mostly either didn\u2019t go to national schools or went through the national school system in an very early phase where Malay standardization and teachers aren\u2019t that great yet.\nThis crowd mostly read and speak in Chinese.\nI think most millennials and beyond always take it for granted that what they experienced growing up can be applied to the previous generation, when in fact the circumstances were so different around the time of independence and <2 decades post independence."], ["Just wondering, anyone that can read that, are the words used correct? I used google translate, and the words translated are 99% perfect. Normally if translate from other language alot of words would be off, and also the grammar. But its almost perfect like who did this used google translate from english to chinese.\nEven the states are translated correctly."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian drug 'kingpin' cuffed in Laos - The suspect, identified as Ong Gim Wah, 39, was captured in Laos on Dec 29 during a joint operation between Thailand and Laos.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wd4yk/malaysian_drug_kingpin_cuffed_in_laos_the_suspect/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["we got braindrain so bad even druglord leave the country to cari makan elsewhere:26554:", "Well, that guy certainly doesn't enjoy the prospect of his brain being hung on a rope in Malaysia."], ["I hope he brought some Vaseline", "Authorities believe he worked with drug networks from Thailand, Malaysia, China, Singapore and Laos, and used Thailand for money laundering and as a transit point for smuggling drugs to countries such as Malaysia, Taiwan and Australia.\nAint nobody touching this guy"], ["Gus?", "waltuh"]]}
{"title": "In other countries, snow falls during Christmas. In Malaysia, Christmas Tree falls from the sky. Happened at Pavilion Bukit Bintang. Luckily no major injuries.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qfvv1/in_other_countries_snow_falls_during_christmas_in/", "num_comment": 53, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["i think the contractor shit Brix now", "Big big lawsuit coming.... Money falling from the sky. I'd say at least RM 100K?", "Pay in SGD some more sial. Someone's getting fired.", "i think the contractor shit Brix now\nPavilion is owned by YTL. They don't care. They're immortals in Malaysia.\nedit: maybe above is wrong. Pavilion is owned by Pavilion REIT. Majority shareholder is Desmond Lim Siew Choon. Apparently he's not linked to YTL but that might be wrong too.\nFYI, completely destroyed a 103 year old temple in Sentul. Sri Nagamman Aalayam temple in Kampung Railway. About 10 years ago, same gang kicked out families that had been living there in Kampung Railway since 1885. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jrEXuTRY75k\nMadani. lol.", "Pavilion is owned by TS Desmond Lim. No relations to YTL.", "It's Christmas, so shitting coal"], ["Can sue and earn angpau money for CNY liao"], ["Gravity did it"], ["https://www.valuepenguin.com/christmas-hazards-survey\nyes, only in malaysia. Pick one salah PMX, DAP or the old favorite salah BN. Can bring Najib or Rosmah too if that your particular flavor", "I just saw a news abt a fallen christmas tree crushed a woman to death in Belgium", "Pas favorite statement: \u201ctuhan bagi bala untuk org kafir.\u201d"], ["", "As per Rule 1, well-reasoned debate and criticism of religion is very welcome but one-liner talking points, jabs, borderline flaming etc. does not have such protection, and is bad for the community. Please treat this as a warning - if this continues we will be forced to take steps."], ["Ini semua salah Santa Claus"], ["PAS will say ini semua salah DAP and PMx"], ["I thought Pavilion had the nets in the middle for like jumpers and items."], ["The contractor is shitting bricks right now."], ["Remember when Singaporean Jocelyn Chia said our airplanes cannot land... Well our Christmas trees certainly do...\nBut they fell on the wrong Singaporean.", "Im saying it should have fallen on Jocelyn la."], ["X ada sembayang gut"], ["Eh in Malaysia also got snowfall lah. Go to Avenue K across KLCC."], ["When I was your age, Christmas shopping means fighting to the death for the latest gadgets, potentially catching the plague, and avoiding random objects falling from above, and worst of all, no seating ANYWHERE!\nWhat I plan to tell my kids, if I had one"], ["That tree looks small as shit,why is this sub being so dramatic", "Damn you really are a stupid mf. Have you seen how high it was hung up on", "damn ur stupid as hell", "looks small yes, but it surely looks heavy \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f"], ["Well it's time to change to cny theme now!"], ["So lucky.. easy money. Get a lawyer and try get a settlement"], ["Saman tetap saman."], ["Final Destination"], ["Oh, i went to pavi last thursday lmao"], ["i can't stop looking at that guy's semi-bald fade + ponytail combo"], ["Article on the incident:\nhttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hanging-christmas-tree-falls-on-singaporean-tourist-s-head-in-a-kuala-lumpur-mall"], ["well well I smell easy money"], ["Tbh, I kindda hope pokok krismas fell at me so I can sue and pretend badly injured. I\u2019m miskin and want duit \ud83e\udd7a"]]}
{"title": "Question about trains in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v4s61/question_about_trains_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello everyone it\u2018s my first time as a tourist in Malaysia, what a beautiful country! I\u2018m travelling with the wife and my cousin and his wife also.\nI have a question about trains: I booked a train from Ipoh to KL and it says \u201ePlatinum\u201c on the booking page. I also wanted to book a train from Penang to Ipoh but all the seats were booked already. Question is, is \u201ePlatinum\u201c a passenger class or is it a term for the whole train? I would really like to go to Ipoh by train. So is there a standard class that I can always just walk in or only reserved seats with \u201ePlatinum\u201c?\nIs Grab a viable option if there are no trains available? Do the drivers even go so far? We want to have a quick way because we don\u2018t want to spent much time in transportation. We are 4 persons.\nAppreciate any help of you guys! And sorry if this question was answered before.", "comments": [["Let me answer as a frequent ETS traveller. Because the other doesn't seem accurate in information. The Platinum class is actually the whole train, the class just means how many stops the train will go.\nPlatinum is the one with the least stops, which is the most \"express\". Gold will stop at more stations, with Silver stopping at the most. Platinum trains also have first class seats, at extra cost from standard Platinum, which are bigger with staff serving food (food is not free I think, never tried it). Gold trains don't have class separation in seats.\nFor Penang, there's only 1 Gold train a day and as you guessed for it being cheaper it is always full. Usually you'll need to book 2 weeks in advance. Platinum is usually possible to get tickets 1 - 2 days before or even on the same day except during peak travel seasons.\nI have never seen Silver trains, maybe they only exist on other lines or to other destinations.", "ETS Silver only exist on Ipoh-KL section, hence why you haven't seen it"], ["Platinum is a class, you could walk in and ask but that depends on luck (often booked)", "Thank you!"], ["There are Silver, Gold and Platinum with Platinum being the most expensive. It's a class term.\nYou can reserve all 3 types online, but if you only see Platinum, I'm guessing the other 2 types are sold out or just not available. What you see on the website should be more or less the same as tickets available at the counter.\nAs for Grab, it depends on your luck. What about taking buses to Ipoh?", "We looked up the busses but they did not fit in our schedule that well. Thank you so much for explaining!", "Please dodge the buses unless you're really tight on cash they're a horror with scheduling and breakdowns", "We will dodge them, budget is not the issue, we just all like trains very much. We\u2018ll try our luck at the train station and otherwise get a grab/teksi", "Alright safe travels!!", "Buses are fine as long as you stick with KKKL, Transnational and Aeroline. The rest aren't really reliable."], ["If you're gonna take a train from Penang, go to Penang Sentral at Butterworth. Take a KTM Komuter train from there all the way to Ipoh since it's the final stop for the train. No booking required just like you're taking a commuter type of train. I suggest you to download the KTMB Mobile app from the app store so you can check the train schedule from there."], ["From what I understand the main difference between platinum and gold is the train is pretty much direct to ipoh with almost no stops whereas gold has some stops in between.", "There's actually 7 stops on ETS Platinum between Ipoh and KL - Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kampar, Tg Malim, Sg Buloh, KL (Old Station), KL Sentral"]]}
{"title": "r/malaysia, how do you handle your 9 to 6 job lifestyle?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qfu9u/rmalaysia_how_do_you_handle_your_9_to_6_job/", "num_comment": 84, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm 24, been working for 5 months as an account assistant rm1800 wage cus training and probabation finishes next month, and it just seems like everyday is played on repeat over and over again and its making me so numb to life. Everyday go to work, then come back tired, i try to make time for basic exercises but slow improvement so far. Then on sat and sun I'm like too tired to do anything, just wanna rest and recharge.\nHow do you find time for gym, how do you find time for social life? Is it possible for jobs to have more flexible working hours other than 9 to 6? For example 7 to 4 or earlier?", "comments": [["Work 9-6 and half day on sat. Occasionally cook (3-4 times a week) and cook on weekends. Walk the dogs every morning and night before and after work. Average time on traffic = 2 hours daily.\nSocial life minimal, I'm ok with that. I am mostly too tired on weekends to social too. How do I manage? Idk, just push through. I don't wind down until chores is done around 10-11pm? I break household chores into smaller parts daily.\nAnd give myself a break on weekends by resting and limiting outdoors. If wanna catch up, just cook something and host my friends so I don't have to spend money and time elsewhere.\nMental health still ok. But looking for an exit if want to start a family. I definitely need something more flexible."], ["One key thing. Move as close as possible to your workplace.\nReduce commute time + save money on gas & tolls, equal to more money for your hobby or hang out.\nIf you can leave house at 830 am (assuming reach office 9 am), you realistically can squeeze in morning workout / run, making healthy breakfast at home without feeling rushed, thus making your feel better at the start of the day.\nSay you leave office at 6 pm, and reached home at 630 pm, you realistically can rest a bit at home, decompress, shower, (+ pray & what not for muslims), and still have time to meet up with friends, go dating, play games, go to gym, go to masjid, rest at home, watch netflix, even go shopping a bit.\nAll of above is possible if you're living close to workplace and single. If you're married with kids, good luck because even i myself haven't figured it out.\nI have done both, last year my commute was 1 hour going to work, 1.5 hour going back home. I got home, showered and tiktok until I fall asleep. Woke up feeling like shit, then rushed to work only to repeat that shit everyday.\nThis year my commute both ways is 20 minutes.", "Move as close as possible to your workplace.\nI wish I did this sooner. I used to get stuck in jams from KL to home averaging 2 hours (3 hrs was my record). I now live much closer to work and my commute has been reduced to 20-30 mins.\nOP, you have no idea how much mental energy commutes drain. Save yourself the braincells and just move closer. It'll change so much.", "One of the regrets of 2023, not moving closer sooner", "The rental though. And the increased cost of food and other expenses. Is it even worth it?", "Yes, it's worth it."], ["Find something you enjoy.\nI work as a doctor. The first two years were hell cause you just live in hospital. When you\u2019re oncall it\u2019s basically a 36 hour shift and you\u2019re lucky if you manage to sleep a few hours. I would still make time to meet friends after and on days off, cause that\u2019s what I enjoyed and kept me going. Trying different things and different restaurants. Everyone is different, but I think a key point is finding something that you enjoy. Monotony is a killer.", "Thank you for your service! Are you still running on the same hours now? I cannot imagine pulling off long shifts that often.", "Thank you! Yes unfortunately the oncall system is there even if you become a consultant, just that you might have less menial work and more mental work as you go up the ladder. Oncalls can be anywhere from 4 times to 8 times a month depending on how many staff you have at any one time."], ["I just want to add on: how you you can even handle overtime jobs, stuck in traffic otw to home, cook dinner, shower and still have to energy for further learning? I don\u2019t know how can people even do that.", "Maybe your job is just too mentally draining. My job is relatively simple so I still have enough energy to do something productive after work.", "H in engineering stands for happiness.", "I love how H is not present in this joke.", "hol up"], ["9 to 4. Skip evening rush hour. Continue another 1 hour at home, which has no specific time. Have a great and flexible boss though."], ["I adopted a mindset which I hope sticks with me for a long time. One must imagine sisyphus happy. Sisyphus is a guy who's punishment is to push a boulder to the top of the mountain only for it to roll back to the ground and he has to do this every day. Similar to us, we are bound to this lifestyle whether we like it or not.\nThat being said, I work from 8 to 530. Will reach home and have my dinner then I would do my workout using dumbbells, kettlebell and a pair of gymnastics ring. I try to run 3 times a week. All in all just try to find a way to slot in atleast 10 minutes workout and build from there. Weekends I usually socialise. I don't like to stay at home after being depressed during pkp"], ["My first full time job was like this when I worked in an office full of boomers whom I couldn\u2019t relate to and the work I did was unappealing.\nAdd on the 1.5hr jam to / from work and life really sucked. I felt like I didn\u2019t have time for anything - weekends were the only time I had to run errands and go to the gym but even then I felt so drained on weekends that I didn\u2019t wanna go out or do anything.\nOne small thing that helped a lot was bringing a change of clothes to the office, and going for a good long walk with my podcasts after work. I got to beat the jam and exercise.\nEventually I got another job much nearer to me where I really liked the environment and had really fun colleagues and from then on everything got much better.", "I would like to find another job, but i scared 5 months or less employers wont be interested"], ["I socialize at work. I know, Reddit likes to be anti-social in general, and socializing at work seems to be even more of a Bad ThingTM. But i truly do find joy in finding friends among my colleagues, and hanging out with your friends while getting paid to do your job is \ud83d\udc4c"], ["You should watch Carol and the End of the World. It\u2019s about being ok with the mundane ahah. I feel like we tend to chase the wild and crazy life/ or want an influencer lifestyle, but that becomes boring too. Start by being more present ^ and find what you enjoy about working an office job.\nFor me, having a job (although mine is not in accounting, it isn\u2019t my first passion) lets me have a routine so I don\u2019t slip into a depressive state and not do anything. Gives me purpose, even if it\u2019s just to support someone else\u2019s dream.\nI found peace in my choices by taking an interest in what I do and the small things I can personalise about my work experience.", "That is a good attitude to have. I think most people get easily influenced by the lifestyle on Instagram, which is highly curated and not practical."], ["Thats the neat part, you don\u2019t"], ["<image>"], [".... the basic after training better be at least 1k increase lol... daylight robbery\nand i try to speedrun the day lol just kinda mentally sustain through the 8 hours and rinse and repeat for the rest of your employment", "This is Malaysia, my friend. Unless he's working for an MNC, he would be lucky to break the 2k barrier as an assistant accountant"], ["8-5 i guess, commute is the killer tbh, find a job nearby and you'll have leftover energy."], ["I work from home starting at 7:30 to 16:30, only Tuesday & Wednesday go to office, the rest all wfh (flexibility).\nMy life used to be dull, tired lazy, but now I engage in running/jogging activities at night coz I'm a bit overweight. Making new friends along the way from the activity. Completed 13 half-marathon this year, my next self-challenge is try hiking mountains next year.\nSaya buat semua ini pun sebab member ajak, so ok2 la try la join..."], ["It would become routine once you get used to it. Office will become like your 2nd home."], ["By finding time, it all comes down to what you can min-max.\nWhether that means using the weekend to meal prep so you don't have to spend the work nights worrying about cooking or getting your chores done early in the morning, try your best to make time to get your requirements met, then you'll have time for other things.\nI currently balance corporate 9-6 working with a creative hobby of Minecraft video creation, and in between that, I find time to work out, socialize, and get necessary chores done. The only thing I sacrifice is sleep, but sleeping at 3 AM is sometimes countered by a short lunch and a nap during lunch break or the commute back home. It's not perfect, but I'm eating well, exercising, and not totally drained on weekends.\nThe most important is to make sure you get your necessary things met first, then you'll have time for other things in life. Discipline = Freedom. Also, having a creative outlet to combat a boring corporate job helps a lot, a little gaming also never hurts."], ["Housemanship doctor years, 16h of working/day (always more than that) only one day off per week. But at that time i had a lot of friends with me, we often have day off together and go out. Now i work at clinic 8hrs per day only, more relaxing. But i miss houseman years lol. Try to build more friendship and good friends. When you enjoy your working hours things arent so bad"], ["Because I got lucky.\nAt my work, it's a hybrid schedule to 2 days WFH, 3 days WFO.\nFor WFO, the hours are flexible as long as you get your job done and you don't abuse it. So I usually leave house at 8:30am because if I go earlier the jam is even worse. Then if my brain already checking out at the office, I go home early and resume working from home (see: \"as long as you get your job done\" portion).\nIt's a grind, but for me it's quite tolerable lah. I go to the gym on the weekends and on the mornings of my WFH days."], ["Grind for two years and live frugally\nAfter that you can move on to some better job"], ["It's not about how much time we have, it's about the willingness. You shouldn't feel this way if you have normal workload ,maybe try to work that out first? Besides, making friend at workplace will also helps your situation a lot."], ["Out of curiosity, how much will you earn once you complete your probation? Adverts for sales assistant is 3000 myr.\nWell you are on the same boat as me in UK and what I find is sleep better and on time which helps a lot in creating energy for other things", "My boss said this place not a place to earn much but to gain experience, but im feeling its going to be aroung 2.3k or 2.5k at best. Im doing accounting, but have a finance degree.", "Bro, to be honest you're having a finance degree and 1.8k salary is very very low. I'm just a diploma holder, even my first job i get paid 2.6k. Now I'm getting paid 4k+. I admit I do jump 2 companies in 2 years to get this salary. Also, you can try to find remote work. Remote work usually pays well and the working hour is more flexible + no need to suffer traffic jam and waking up earlier. My previous 2 jobs also worked in office until I realise I prefer to work at home, so now im working remotely. Another advantage is that you can find western company which usually pay much better than local company. IMO during 20s you should try different company and learn more about different industry unless you want to be professional in whatever that you are doing. After 20s then you start to settle down. Don't be afraid to jump if salary not good or boss is bad. Nobody will take care of you except yourself. The old thinking of staying loyal to a company is long gone.", "My advise is don't worry about work-life balance in your 20's. This is the single period in your career that will have the greatest impact on the rest of your career life.\nIf you're in the professional line, learn as much as possible, and get as many professional qualifications you can afford to. Climb the ladder as fast as possible. Be the rising star everyone's talking about.\nThe work-life balance comes easier after 35.", "Can you give me some advice please. In general, what should be some things i should learn that would make me wanted by most employers?\nAs for professional qualifications i dont think i have enough money to further my studies though. I only stop until a degree in finance", "It's hard to say lah. This is where \"previlige\" comes in. Some people just simply get these opportunities laid out for them, others need to work hard for it.\nI have to admit I'm one of those previliged ones. But I have also worked with other younger adults (some really excellent, others just average), and observed other people in my field who climbed faster than me.\nBe kind to everyone. They'll help you when you're in trouble. And even when you make a mistake at work, they'll just forget about it and don't talk about it.\nTalk to your supervisors and superiors often. This is a thin line to avoid being seen as a suck ass, but as long as you keep it professional and work-related you should be fine.\nVolunteer for any presentation or any lead role in a project. Being able to lead a team is a sure way for you to get promoted in any organisation.\nIn some fields like medicine, law, architecture, engineering, accounting, etc professional qualification is a major boost to your career. If you don't have funds for it, save up and go for it nonetheless.\nEasiest way is by talking to a successful figure in your industry. He or she can give you the best insight on what your industry needs and how you can deliver.\nRemember that people don't want you for who you are. They want you for what you can deliver. And the value of what you can deliver will reflect how much they will pay you for it."], ["Find something you enjoy doing on the weekend. As for me, I love to learn so the first few years working I did my master's degree on the weekend. Now planning to do PhD but still searching for the right title. Other than that can also be some hobbies like forming a football team with your friends and joining the weekend social league, joining a running event etc. Just find something to do outside of the work on the weekend. You'll be less demotivated on Monday to Friday when you had a great weekend and are looking forward to the next."], ["Work and better yourself to find a role in an industry youre passionate about. And then keep eyes open to get a job that gives you work life balance or WFH in said industry."], ["as a remote worker i just code on my bed"], ["9-6 is bad? Wait till you have to do 9-8.", "Ohh god", "Try 7-7. You wake up and it's dark and you go home and it's still dark.", "me with 8am-10pm", "I've done 8 to 9 before. Only is time to sleep"], ["Yeah you posted this in another sub. Like I mentioned, welcome to adulthood. Even if you change your timing, it just helps a bit. Yes it feels fresh in the beginning, but after that it\u2019s mundane routine.\nYou just need to find something to occupy your free time"], ["having a not so boring job?"], ["Been working nearly 5 years on a 9-5 job. Feel like it's soul sucking and tiring. We have like barely 3-4 hours per day for ourselves. I mean we can opt not to work but then no money cannot do anything in this world. \ud83d\ude05. Not sure if I can actually do this for another 30 years."], ["I mean most of us in the world are working that time range =D you just gotta get used to it."], ["wow I saw the same post on several subreddits.", "Yeah posted there too, just want to hear of people's opinions"], ["Cocaine and hookers my friend. And pushing yourself to not be a bitch helps too. Laying in bed cuz ur tired is a thing you need to fight against."], ["Which part of msia why so low de", "Selangor, petaling jaya"], ["i think is how you use the 5 to 9 that keeps you going, can be anything, can be gym, sports, going out, lepak with friends, working on a new skill, side hustle, youtube or anything. Gym and all try to find somewhere near your workplace, so after work can straight go gym and after gym the jam is gone, so you basically kill to birds with one stone, getting to gym and avoid jam ahhaha"], ["I was extremely stressed out when I was working 9 to 6. I now work remotely on flexible hours and it is so much better for my mental health. The thing is, my contract is ending in Feb, so I most likely have to return to 9 to 6."], ["7-8 am can do house chores, 6.30-7pm can workout at home. Night time can have total rest"], ["Accounting ehh.. Have you ever been needed to stay late? Because that's what some of my friends in accounting firm experienced. But I guess it depends on the company too"], ["I'm a government wagie working 8-5, based outside of Klang Valley.\nI'm lucky to be able to rent near my workplace at a reasonable price. So my daily commute is basically a 10-minute walk one way. So I have enough time to go to gym after work, hanging out with friends on weekends and consooming media.\nI guess the key is to get a place somewhere near your office. But I get that not everyone is fortunate enough."], ["My job become very fun because of my coworkers.\nI also have hobby outside of work that help me de-stress.\nLook for something u enjoy to help u push through."], ["I work 3 days at home and 2 days in the office so I\u2019ll try my best to hit the gym on those 3 days. You have to either wake up earlier to hit the gym before work or do it after work. Start slow and you\u2019ll get used to it, then you\u2019ll be more energetic and refreshed.\nFor flexible working hours, you have to check with your employer."], ["I work 8-5, and do a part-time hustle which takes about 3-4hrs, 4 days a week.\nMy main job is pretty stressful lmaooo and to come home and work is an oof, but I just cope by looking forward to the weekends and enjoying the little extra money my side hustle brings.\nThe sad truth is that you just get used to it until you can afford a better lifestyle. At least in your early 20s you can still struggle."], ["How do you survive with 1800 a month.Hows the rent situation?You live with family?I have so many questions.", "Yeah i live with my parents luckily. Dont have commitments, i give them rm250 monthly"], ["Hi OP ...\nAs someone from the accounting and finance sector.\nFrom what i gathered, you have a degree in accounting and finance and currently in the role of an accounts assistant. Personally i think especially for this sector it will be difficult to rise to managerial level without 1) professional qualification 2) overall understanding from the entire accounting perspective.\nNevertheless, if you feel like you have what it takes to grind harder for better rewards and a much faster career progression. Do consider entering audit firms where they will usually pay for your professional papers while bonding you for about 4 years. If you do get by this extremely tough phase of your life. Life will get much better than that.\nAs entering audit though scary, tough and in away may be somewhat of an exploitation, 1) pays well, 2) really equips you with what you need to rise to the next level (knowledge, time management, boss and team management, client management etc) 3) has a much better and faster and structured career progression 4) has prestige when moving to the next company 5) pays for your education 6) builds character ;) 7) great networking if you are in the big 4\nCons 1) be willing to work and expect to work all the time 2) even less time for yourself 3) holidays are not really holidays 4) meeting shitty bosses, clients or team mates\nBut honestly, its how you see this as everything in audit will only equip you with the necessary skills to climb the corporate ladder. So i guess the only downside you will be working like crazy that sleep os a luxury.\nBut hey if you get through 4 years you will enjoy a much different life.\nWork hard play hard.\nPs. Honestly i do not buy into the gain experience bullshit your boss told you. If his starting pay is 1.8k. You will end up around 3.5k. 3-4 years down the road and probably end around 4-5k ish and stuck there after 10 years(provided no drastic inflation. A big 4 auditor fresh graduate salary is 4k. So yeah...\nDo let me know if you need more insights of the industry as I am an ex-auditor and currently in commercial accounting and finance :)\nBut all in all, i still believe if you have the right attitude, being proactive, ambitious, responsible and eager to learn and grow you can suceed wherever you are.\nOr you could try going into, banking, advisory, consulting, investment banking etc. These are somewhat related to your degree and probably will give you a more challenging role with more benefits\nAll the best bro"], ["Get good at your job quickly. Learn how to do things fast quickly and accurately.\nBut, and this is the biggest tip, do not let anyone know how fast you can go. In this world, hard work is rewarded with more work."], ["At 24 you should be feeling energetic and full of hopes :("], ["The secret to exercise and gym after work is to do it before you reach home. Once you enter the house, if you're not already someone who loves exercise, it's a very small possibility that you will be leaving the house again to do it or doing it at home.\nTry to find a gym near your house or on the way home from work. Or better yet, near your work so that the jam will clear up by the time you're done at the gym. Bring an exercise bag everyday even if you don't plan to go, so that you can go anytime at your convenience. For example, I like to go 3 times a week at least, but I don't force myself to go on certain days, I just try to reach that quota. Having an exercise bag everyday helps so I can be flexible with it."], ["9-6 sounds great right now. I\u2019m working 12 hours a day mon-fri then an additional 4hrs on sat and sun. Life is great"], ["Welcome to the working world my friend. Its so easy to fall into this mindset/trap but if you manage your time and priorities properly, its going to be worth it. Always make time to work out! This is my daily routine on weekdays: 7 - 7.30: Wake up and checked my phone 7.30 - 8: Shower, moisturize, sunscreen, put on clothes, do my hair 8 - 8.25: Drive to work (I quit my previous company to move to a much smaller company but super near to my house and higher pay. Previously I'd spend an hour to get to work) 8.30 - 5.30 : Work work 6 - 6.30: Leave the office and drive to the gym to workout 7: 830 : Work out 9 - 930 : Reach home 10 - 12: Shower, watch youtube, call my girlfriend/play some video game. 12: Sleep\nThis has been my daily routine for the past 8 months since I moved to my current company. I rarely go out to socialize on weekdays as i really prioritize working out. I only go out with family/girlfriend/friends on weekends.\nAs for the flexible working hours, yeah some companies gives you the option to work earlier or later. Good luck dude!"], ["You just.. get used to it. Adulthood.. this is the your new reality. Treasure your after work hours if you can and exercise daily. I know it gets tiring at first but you'll feel much better over time. Sadly, I know some people who have no choice but have to work way till 8-9pm and really have no time for themselves."], ["im working from 8-6, mon to sat, go home eat then go to gym. finish gym around 9 go home shower and sleep. sunday, stay at home afternoon go play ball, night time play game then sleep. i've been doing these consistantly for 4 months straight and i can relate to you, everyday same thing like npc."], ["Ground at it, did 9 to 8 for many years, get burned out but promoted so income goes up.\nTake long holiday breaks of sometimes a 1 month between jobs or sabbatical for 3 months and long travel every 4 to 5 years of working - once I could afford it in my later twenties. Feel charged up because I was exposed to so much different cultures during that time, did yoga, meditated, slept well, then back to the grind rest grind rest cycle until burn out again.\nSave up and invest aggressively enough to buy your freedom in early 40ies (getting there). Find small hacks daily to make life more enjoyable - good food, small expensive milestone gifts for myself, always have a group of coworkers u like to work with, interesting podcasts to make the work commute more tolerable. Ask boss for flexi time, esp if in MNC GLC. I myself have given my staffs 7 to 4 and wfh days cos she has to jaga anak.\nAlways maintain your friendships and relationships during the weekend even if all u wanna do is iron your clothes and do yr laundry. Later in life, if u earn more, hire domestic help\nI guess that's how most ppl cope when locked down to 9 to 6. Its probably not ideal, but it's called cope for a reason"], ["time for gym - saturday morning\ntime for social life - socialize at work and then top it up on saturday night\nsunday is for lying down all day binging on netflix"], ["it's extremely important to find the energy within you to do something that you can look forward to. I like to do gym in the morning before work, because either you're physically exhausted and the day goes by faster, or your mind is sharper so you can excel at your work. Do not forsake social life, it'll get you by. It's hard at first, at a low wage, but you will get there. I started there too."], ["Depending on how flexible your company is. Mine has less than 20 employees so it\u2019s easier to manage. Some opt for 8-5, others 9-6. We also practice a hybrid working schedule. As long you do your work and have a good attitude, the boss is pretty lax.\nDo you have enough rest so you won\u2019t feel so drained the next day? Does your food intake help boost energy?"]]}
{"title": "Multi-racial Sabahan choir displays a unique blend of religious harmony", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qfmv6/multiracial_sabahan_choir_displays_a_unique_blend/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": [["Only when I moved to KL, I realised most Muslims don\u2019t even attend Christmas party or function. This is just so weird to me.", "Fellow sarawakian Chinese here. Totally agree. Me and my Malay friends got tegur on the street in KL for celebrating xmas whereas in Sarawak it\u2019s an annual ritual to get drunk with our Iban friends with mixture of tuak and cranberry juice. I refuse to say whether our Malay boys participate in said alcohol consumption but it was always a happy day all around.\nY so serious?"], ["Dont let PAS see this", "they will froth like a rabid dog. hashtag harrraaammmm"]]}
{"title": "Places for New Year Countdown with fireworks over the lake?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qf1o6/places_for_new_year_countdown_with_fireworks_over/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Saw websites recommending Taman Tasik Titiwangsa but not sure whether it is open during new year eve countdown since it usually opens until 10pm.\nAnyone know any place that is great for new year countdown with fireworks over a lake? Dying to take videos and photography of fireworks over a lake \ud83e\udd72. Would greatly appreciate any suggestions.", "comments": [["Real man chill at home sleeping"], ["desaparkcity", "Would not recommend since it'll be packed to the brim and there'll be traffic jams till kingdom come, but considering OP wants lakeside fireworks then options are rather limited.", "Nooooooooo don't tell them that", "even 10 years ago i felt it was too crowded to go, probably worse now", "Imma chill in maluri instead. Similar view, none of the traffic.", "My Maluri bro!!!\nProbably gonna head to the basketball court and feed mosquitoes there."], ["Putrajaya? No?"]]}
{"title": "Merry Christmas from Borneo. Notice my card is palmoilfree", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qeu71/merry_christmas_from_borneo_notice_my_card_is/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["this looks kinda creepy ngl", "could be AI"], ["where is the hornbill guy. is this the correct hornbill?"]]}
{"title": "Cops nab 171 foreigners protesting lack of jobs in Johor", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qeg42/cops_nab_171_foreigners_protesting_lack_of_jobs/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Kota Tinggi police chief Hussin Zamora says the Bangladeshis were marching to the Bayu Damai police station to file a report at the time.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Grab Mart Delivery Scam?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qe4bh/grab_mart_delivery_scam/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "So this just happen to me and it\u2019s not the first time. But now I decide to bring this forward and hopefully some action can be taken towards grab.\nI subscribe to grab unlimited which means I pay extra to have some rewards/discount.\nToday I place an order to lotus Mutiara damansara amounting rm123+rm5 delivery + rm3 shopper fee + rm2 packaging fee. I applied the promo rm15 grab pay day (min spend rm90) & rm10 CIMB card promo (min spend rm100). The promo is stackable( use both same time). So total charged (on hold) was rm108.\nI scheduled delivery so I place order around 11am plus and by 12.50 I receive a notification that few item is out of stock (exactly 4 items) so now the promo is removed because min is not met. No chance for customer to cancel the order or replace with something else. Balance available item received by 1.22pm\nOk fine whatever.\nSo I wanted the item so browse some other grocery store. To my surprise, all those 4 item is showing available in same lotus mutaira damansara . So first I thought maybe the shop simply haven\u2019t update? But I start feel doubtful. So I place order the exact same 4 item and successfully placed the order at 2pm.\nThen I thought of really out of stock the item will be cancel and won\u2019t be delivered? But nope, I receive the item by 3pm. So the item was not out of stock?\nSo did grab mislead customer with promo code and then give reason item is out of stock so promo code is not applicable and then cheat customer this way?\nI\u2019m thinking to lodge report to kpdn. Contact grab support but they are not helpful and refuse to acknowledge the misleading promo.\nWhat else can I do? Anyone experience this before?", "comments": [["Idk how to help your main problem but the first thing you should do is stop subscribing to grabunlimited. I only noticed after few months of subscribing there\u2019s not even much change in delivery price before and after. Felt lowkey like a scam", "Maybe depends on area? I end up getting free delivery because many shops around me. Kfc mcd usually free delivery. Compare to food panda still cheaper overall price. With 3 kids no choice but to rely on delivery platform.", "I\u2019m not sure but wi the mine there is a few free deliveries still without grabunlimited, but with grabunlimited the only difference for me is RM1 and is useless if I\u2019m paying 4.90 a month and only order grab maximum 3 times a month\nI\u2019d also recommend looking into shopeefood too cause they have a lot of vouchers as well", "Real man go to real shop and not using phone to buy stuff", "Don\u2019t know about that. I\u2019m a women.", "Like u both funny", "Never fails to amaze me on why people purposely take the time to go on the internet to say clown shit like this. You must be at least 12.", "", "It's worth it for the RM 10 and RM 15 off vouchers."], ["This happened to me when I still used grabfood. Ordered two items from a restaurant, used a voucher so it came to less than RM20. One of the items was out of stock so it was auto removed. The total became over RM20 because the voucher was removed as it didn't reach the min spend.\nI was not asked if it was ok to remove the item, if I was, I would've cancelled the entire order. I argued with support for over an hour because I wasn't informed or asked for permission, and ended up paying more for one item instead of two. They ended up giving me a voucher for RM7, the difference in price if I have had the other item, but tried to get me to settle for RM2 compensation at first. I kept arguing and cancelled my subscription after that. Haven't used grabfood since."], ["Same thing happened to me. I now use panda mart. Grabmart got 2 issue. Either the merchant is not regularly updating stock, or the person packing it is lazy and just put out of stock. Literally everytime I've ordered grab mart, multiple items is out of stock and I always lose the voucher. Grab us stupid."]]}
{"title": "Spider that mimics an ant", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qdh1r/spider_that_mimics_an_ant/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Spider-Ant, Spider-Ant, does what ever a Spider-Ant\u2026 does", "Can he swing from a web? Yes he can, he's a spider"]]}
{"title": "Experts call for fresh search of MH370 with new technology", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qdd4t/experts_call_for_fresh_search_of_mh370_with_new/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Pandangan Rafizi Ramli mengenai isu pekerja asing / PATI", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qdc3d/pandangan_rafizi_ramli_mengenai_isu_pekerja_asing/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Pandangan saya mengenai pekerja asing:\nIsu ini isu negara, bukan isu pendatang asing. Ia bermula dengan pergantungan kita kepada pekerja asing. Tanya majikan, majikan kata orang kita tak nak buat dah kerja dalam industri tertentu.\nSebahagiannya soal gaji, tapi dengan gaji minimum, gajinya lebih berdaya saing berbanding dulu. Yang berlaku sekarang adalah kesan dari berpuluh tahun yang lepas.\nBila pekerja asing dah ramai, orang kita pula pergi sewa-kan dan bagi lesen (dengan cara Ali Baba) untuk mereka buat perniagaan.\nSebab itu, langkah-langkah yang sedang berjalan sekarang ialah:\na) Reformasi pasaran kerja - gaji progresif, latihan dalam industri (AiI), memuktamadkan phasing down pekerja asing melalui levi pelbagai peringkat (MTL)\nb) Kementerian Ekonomi yang merangka Rancangan Malaysia akan memuktamadkan sasaran pengurangan pekerja asing secara berperingkat menjelang 2030 (dalam RM13)\nc) Akta Anti-Ali Baba akan membolehkan tindakan diambil kepada rakyat Malaysia yang meng-Ali Baba-kan lesen dll kepada pekerja asing tanpa menepati syarat-syarat.\nSemua ini perlukan keseimbangan supaya tidak ada kesan drastik kepada industri yang banyak bergantung kepada pekerja asing.\nTetapi seperti pesan saya kepada majikan dan industri - it is coming because we cannot afford to continue like this.\nIs this a signal that there will be more raid ??? \ud83e\udd14", "comments": [["That c part. Should blanket ban the ali baba thing. No syarat."], ["Bila pekerja asing dah ramai, orang kita pula pergi sewa-kan dan bagi lesen (dengan cara Ali Baba) untuk mereka buat perniagaan.\nThere's a local grocery store near where I live. Not part of a franchise or anything, just your honest to God grocery store selling basic shit. It's also manned with literally only Bangladeshi nationals, which naturally became a gathering spot for other Bangladeshi people. I don't mind this at all but I do mind when I find out that the \"owner\" is also a Bangladeshi citizen. Turns out he married a local Malay woman and became her wife's proxy to run that store.\nI won't blame him for taking advantage of a loop hole, I blame Malaysian's greed.", "Turns out he married a local Malay woman and became her wife's proxy to run that store.\nYou make it sound like Ali baba is a nefarious thing engaged by nasty PATI in Malaysia, but businesses all over the world do this in all countries. Malaysians do this themselves in every countries they are not allowed to own properties / be majority shareholders etc."], ["Be proactive not reactive.. very tired with all the excuses from goment."], ["Classic Rafizi. Shifting the blame while proposing something that sounds nice to hear, but the implementation.. Hmmm.\nThe problem starts with recruiting agencies promising jobs to too many foreign applicants, where they have to pay some fees for the permit to enter this country. Only when they arrive here that they realize there's no such jobs (or already have been taken by others). Cut the head of the snake, and the rest will just crumble and fade away."], ["\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 2 Januari 2024 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wd3az/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_2_januari_2024_pagi/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Just now at kelana jaya", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v4m0g/just_now_at_kelana_jaya/", "num_comment": 92, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Anyone know what's this", "comments": [["<image>\nsome fire near nxp", "Ohw I thought someone having early new year celebrations", "just fire, no work\u2026", "badum~", "New years Bon fire \u2026.. semangat satu Malaysia", "You took that picture yourself? Those buildings kinda look like the PPR near Sunway Setia Jaya", "yeah"], ["Yes we get it. You vape.", "Dude be flexing his vape skill fr fr", "Bro has the mouth of a sperm whale"], ["Thought it was some dude practising smoking/puffing tricks.", "Have to say that's a mighty impressive smoke ring!", "Someone is vaping, fire hazard style"], ["gender reveal, malay version", "Pronouns are Black?", "Nig/ga", "\"bapak ko hitam\" as the saying goes", "congratulations it's a fire!", "Chinese version would be white smoke from incense sticks?", "Sunat, yes?", "more like race reveal: congratulations, it's a Rohingya"], ["Red indians smoke signal", "Translation: send nudes", "No, send dudes... bro in a fight"], ["M. A. K. K. O. H. I. J. A. U.\n... I don't get the code."], ["Admiral Kuznetsov"], ["It's that blue caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland"], ["<image>"], ["OP can cross post to r/BeAmazed"], ["Snoop Dogg spotted"], ["Its a Native American smoke signal."], ["Looks like a transformer explosion smoke? Probably from a tnb power distribution."], ["Looks like a transformer explosion?"], ["That's a save point. Dont disturb the game's character please"], ["Actually passed by this, it was a fire at one of the factories."], ["Kelana jaya incident"], ["sekolah menengah bathroom:"], ["Seems like they haven't chosen a new Pope yet"], ["just passed it. smoke getting bigger and darker."], ["Hembusan naga yang sebenar"], ["something exploded"], ["High skilled Vaper"], [""], ["Smoke signal"], ["A Barrier is forming... Is this another Shibuya???"], ["U F O"], ["VAPE NATION"], ["Giant Vape"], ["Is that a prison?"], ["I asked for fireworks on NYE\u2026 not a literally fire\u2026"], ["A Garganta."], ["awal main recall\""], ["Bro flexing with his vaype"], ["Sorry i was vaping m(_ _)m"], ["A UFO but in smoke"], ["Someone finish their phone credit, need use smoke signal"], ["Attack of the titan. Smoking pot."], ["Sending signals...."], ["monster vape"], ["vape naish y'all"], ["A new pope has been elected."], ["Didn't know we had American Indians here."], ["Transformer letting out all the magic smoke."], ["someone vaping laa"], ["Damn his vaping is so damn good that bro can exhale a smoke signal."], ["Nah it\u2019s just Homelander grappling with some kind of stomach issue."], ["Vape mode baik punter!"], ["A rift in space and time"], [":26554:"], ["KL fire, penang fire."], ["jokes aside. ives seen a few videos like this not in Malaysia. can anyone explain what causes this phenom?"], ["I saw that too from Bangsar South"], ["Holy fire"], ["The world is coming to an end as we know it"], ["Wtf sempat lagi dia nak buat O"], ["seen from shah alam\n<image>"], ["Baru 1 januari 2024... \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["Prolly blown transformer, or I think it is\nKinda remember seeing a post somewhere with the ring like that"]]}
{"title": "Marry Christmas everybody!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qd5jx/marry_christmas_everybody/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["I think someone celebrated their wedding on Christmas day and decided to make the pun?", "This can mean only one thing - Invasion\nOr r/iamverysmart moment thinking theres no other possible reason"], ["A friend of mine received a very sweet homemade Christmas card from a child whom we met during one of our community service sessions. The child also mistakenly wrote \"Marry Christmas\" on the card, so we jokingly christened his gf at the time \"Christmas\" so that he'd marry Christmas. The gf also jokingly but happily accepted the new name, and started introducing herself as Christmas from then, changed her FB name and all that.\nHe did, indeed, marry Christmas a few years later, and she still calls herself Christmas until today.", "Tell them I said congrats for marrying Christmas \ud83c\udf81"], ["A guy name christmas : \ud83d\ude2f"], ["Exhibit the quality of Malaysian education."]]}
{"title": "Sarawak's reserve nearly RM40b now, says DPM Fadillah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qctqn/sarawaks_reserve_nearly_rm40b_now_says_dpm/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Other states cash reserve\nSelangor - RM 3.4b Oct 2022. Sabah - RM 6.7b May 2023. Penang - RM1.82b end-of 2020. Johor - RM2.663 2019.\nThese are the latest ones I can find", "I expected Selangor is higher but not. Penang seems to be good with their cash reserve"], ["more flagpoles then."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Pendatang\u2019 should be screened in schools, says Finas chairman", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qcjhu/pendatang_should_be_screened_in_schools_says/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["you dont even push lpf to release it to cinema now you want to ride the wave after public watching it", "The production does not release it in cinemas because they decide to not submit it to LPF, not because it dont pass LPF.\nIf dont even submit how to even push LPF? Not like they are buying the film.", "damn then it was a calculated move. they probably dont intend to submit it in the 1st place and successfully baited people perception of lpf stereotypes.\ni kneel:26558:"], ["FINAS chairman: \u2026 but after we edited it.", "Then it'll be a 5 minute movie of the family arriving at the house and Bobby playing football with Panda ..", "bobeee ar~~~#prayforbobee"], ["nobody: ...\nyasmin ahmad: what the shit?!"], ["Next movie title will be Keling...", "*Keling Yang Disebut Dalam Buku Sejarah Lama\nFTFY"], ["Pendatang, i like the title"], ["Your typical gatekeeper, a boomer."], ["Keep school for education, and nothing else please."], ["Lmfao"]]}
{"title": "I see so many Malaysian online against vaccination and covid19 in general. Is there really something genuinely wrong with the vaccine that I have yet to know?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qcctd/i_see_so_many_malaysian_online_against/", "num_comment": 258, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "A bit of context : I was reading Astro Awani telegram channel to catch up on a few days worth of news that I haven't read. Some of them are about vaccination and covid19, and many people seem to react badly to it.\nSome people are talking about the possibility of unknown side effects, which makes more sense, while others are just blurting things that sounds like conspiracies.", "comments": [["Hit them with the antivax ni budaya barat.", "Agenda Zionist? Mrk dah lama rancang, kita je yang lalai", "Yeah, that will 100% work, these people would just chomp up agenda barat/zionis", "Then why cant someone play Uno reverse - Zionist/AS/barat yang taknak kita vaksin, sbb takut makin ramai orang islam", "You definitely can", "\"Ini semua agenda Yahudi\" huhuhu. Sebut dalam nada perli.", "Haha at least no one is blaming DAP or cina or Kristian yet :p\n/s", "That's a red crit right there,nice build man", "This will break them, they can't sustain such intense mental gymnastics.", "Funnily enough I think this would work for some groups"], ["many elderly people I have met told me that they do not like the falling sick as consequence of the vaccine shot, and they would likely associate that sickness / reinforce the anti-vax misguided belief that the vaccine itself is more damaging than the covid disease.", "I don't think the elderly actually are antivax. Most of them just don't want to take the vaccine because it will make them sick and some of them got sick quite a long time due to vaccinations.\nLet face it, between get sick now (take the shot) or get sick later (if you got COVID in future) most the elderly will choose the second option. Plus they know that they are not in great health conditions to get sick even little.", "I think as an advice you can tell them, yes you could get sick from the shots but you have a high fatality/death risk from catching COVID without any vaccination. Just look at the mortality rate Italy went through (and the age topology of those that died).\nIt's only if you have adverse reaction risk (which could cause you to stop breathing or heart attack etc) that would make vacc a high risk for you...\nBut some also told me they rather that young people take it as they have a longer lifespan (or remaining life lol)", "Now this is well explained. My pops and mom had the same reason as well.", "", "Ain't gonna take advice from someone who says \"Depression isn't real, get the fuck up\"", "Source?"], ["My dad become an anti-COVID-vaxxer literally overnight by claiming the booster shot gave him diabetes. His proof? He took a blood test a few days after the jab and his blood sugar was shot up to 20 mmol/l.", "Tell you dad people get diabetes over time. The organ die slowly until it cannot handle sugar in blood. It won't die overnight. Blame diet and lifestyle instead of bogus info.\nSource: I am a doctor. If that is not enough then go read CPG Diabetes on moh.gov.my. Its free.", "To me it is just a mere coincidence that he got diagnosed with diabetes after getting the jab. Since there's no direct correlation of the two things from just a google search.", "I told my subordinates that we are lucky to have mandatory health check-ups once every 2 years, if we are a normal civilian maybe we don't know what the shit we have in our body. Recent history, one of my subordinate wife died. She is just 24 years old. Postmortem indicates she has heart problems. If I'm not in this job, I think i will come to the hospital if only i get severe sickness or if i have diabetes, i will drop unconscious and become so skinny just like my lil bro before he gets diagnosed with DM.", "If it's not on facebook, it's not true. /S obviously but probably gospel to these people", "Nahhhh...u r doctor, but the fact lots of people having minor/major trokesdue to vaccines as the side effects getting worse..I googled it from proper website and it's true", "\"Bodo la these people. Don't want listen to doctor take vaccine. Dah nak mati pandai datang hospital\". Me and my colleague frequently when stressed at work just say out loud something along those lines. The choice to us is simple. You can get the vaccine. After that maybe have fever, body pain or allergy for the 1/200000 lucky lotto winner. But you will prevent things like suffering from constant burning painful chest, gasping like org nazak for days or best of all death. Or you don't take vaccine and get ready for higher risk of severe covid (cat 4 or cat 5).\nI was working in covid ward during peak times in 2021 at SGH for a few months. We got patient list handwritten big2 on the wall usually around 30 patient per ward. Every morning come for work more than half of the list already change name because got new patient that gasping for air ady. And 7/10 of those always write there capital letter \"UNVACCINATED\". The other 2/10 taken vaccine (either dual dose or with booster) but got darah tinggi, kencing manis, cholesterol, jantung lemah or kidney rosak. But the worst of all those patient is mesti either mid 20s and legit fat like Snorlax, or old with many other chronic diseases.\nSeeing those people daily for months depan mata really hits on how stupid, ignorant and brainless people that suka2 promote to not take vaccine after reading things on fb, ws or random unverified website like a trend. Luckily after the vaccine widely enforced and the numbers reduce to fit in just one part of the ward.", "But don't you just love how they take themselves out of the gene pool?", "He already has DM, but he just didn\u2019t know it yet.", "Nearly the same story happened to my family, several of my relatives including my mom become anti-covid vaxxer after my eldest uncle got cancer (then passed away) after several weeks getting the booster jab got the disease.", "It could be a coincidence, but highly likely the vaccine is a catalyst rather than the cause. I too got diagnosed with cancer a few months after the 1st dose of covax. However, symptoms showed up a few weeks in (i dismissed them at first).\nDespite having to go through cancer treatments, I'd still take the vaccine in every single timeline.", "Ah yes the same logic parents had regarding the MMR vaccine in the UK.\n\"Your kid became autistic?\" - Interviewer\n\"Overnight, literally overnight.\"- Parents\nTho unfortunately, that's how our monkey brain works. If we get sick we might remember that one guy coughing a day or two ago, but not remember the guy coughing at you directly a few weeks prior as virus/bacteria can take days to weeks to incubate. And it's very unfortunate that Andrew Wackyfield the formerly disgraced doctor is one of the biggest cause of current era antivax views.\n*yes most of the shit I said closely parrots that one video. It's ingrained into my brain"], ["Whatsapp is not a reliable source, often full of conspiracy theory and nonsense.", "One of the main components of vaccines is dihydrogen monoxide and it has a 100% fatality rate, given enough time. /s\nEdit: I think the H2O joke is not popular here.", "You can tell how many Science stream students are here lol", "Tbf, no science student would actually use dihydrogen monoxide to call water. Hydrogen oxide is already sufficient info.", "lol yeah, I think I\u2019m the only who gets it?", "Hello, we do not welcome new accounts that participate primarily on the topics of race, religion, politics and controversial topics and go on a flaming spree like what you did in this thread, so I'm imposing permaban as per Rule 1."], ["As a pharmacy student who is going to be working in hospital in the future, I can tell u that its tiring trying to explain to your patients the benefits and side effects of vaccine. No medicine/vaccine in this world has no side effects. Point is to weigh between the benefits and side effects of medicines and vaccines. Hypothetically, if taking a vaccine means u will get temporary side effects like fever headache vomiting etc but can help u extend ur life as opposed to not taking the vaccine hence not getting any side effects but ur life is shorter. Which will you pick? In pharmacy we incorporate pharmacoeconomics into the decision making equation making it more complex. For eg for thr case of covid in Iran 2022, as a result of 10000 patients who suffered from covid, the country lost $45 million USD. U can find the exact source by typing it in the web. I have also found this article for my presentation. Its a staggering amount that people dont usually see", "tu lah. ppl either want a silver bullet/magic pill or nothing at all. if a medicine showed miraculous results, the price will come much later and insidiously, which is basically all those MLM supplements.\nSometimes, mental gymnastics works wonders on anti-vaxxers to remain in a state of denial.", "Yeah, even when covid vaccines was initially rushed out. I took a wait and see approach as I didn't want to risk any side effects that couldn't be found without a large scale test result/long term testing. But by the time delta came around I just said fuck it and took it. The worse case of a side effect wouldn't be the worse case of covid."], ["while others are just blurting things that sounds like conspiracies.\nEverything is a conspiracy when you're stupid enough.", "people are stupid", "The earth is flat, go touch grass. /s", "\"Want proof the earth is flat? Easy! Fly around the globe!\"\nIrony isn't their strong suit.", "Why are death rates skyrocketed in many countries, especially countries with high convid vaccination rates, after people started to get jabbed? Why are tons of people dying \"suddenly\" for no reason, completely healthy young people with no sicknesses? It's because the jabs are killing them. You can wake up or keep your head in the sand. The jab was part of the elite's plan to depopulate Earth and it has worked to a degree.", "Holy shit, I found the antivaxxer", "What makes you think the jabs specifically are killing them?", "Where is the case of people dying from vaccine? Where is the evidence?", "If the plan is to depopulate, I\u2019m strongly for it. We\u2019ve too many humans now.", "If the elite's plan is to depopulate, why go for the stupid long route. Use your brain for once."], ["Yeah... my mum is one of them, all because one of her friends friends got sick when they got the 1st jab, and now somehow any illness they got afterward is all the vaccine fault, even though its just illness they had before getting the vaccine and most of them are 50+ years old (joint pain, high blood pressure), then claim they didn't have it before the vaccine.\nOh and also those social media that spread conspiracies, wish them burn in hell.\nThankfully my mum at least got 2 jabs before the conspiracies got to her, been pushing her to get 3rd jab but she still refuses.", "Yeah, older parents are more susceptible to conspiracies. My mother told me a guy at pasar died of heart attack not long after taking the vaccine. But in reality that guy was a 65+ dude, maybe with history of smoking, alcohol and poor diet.", "Tell your mom that guy has been drinking water, so that must be part of his cause of death. After all, correlation is definitely causation.", "Nah, I don't disrespect my parents like that. But I did make her understand correlation and causation. It's our job to gently educate older parents, after all they grew up in age where news are the only reliable sources. And now there are 'news' all over social media and I can see why they are misguided.", "It's not about old age really. My workers young and old all believe whatever those religion riders spit out. And they blamed me for \"percaya bulat2\" whatever the medical authority has spoken about it. The irony is not lost to them.", "100% it\u2019s not about age. Purely whether they\u2019re willing to put in effort to do research. Also many people are get their information from unreliable sources.", "This. I don't understand why even though we don't share the same understanding/principles, we have to resort to insults/disrespect those who don't share the same understanding/principles like us.\nAs in your example, sure the parents might be wrong about vaccines, but at the same time, just because we're right about vaccine and we take them, that automatically makes us better than them, to the point where we can disrespect our elder and see them as below us?\nIf that's the case, I would rather not take the vaccine but still being humble and respectful, rather than taking the vaccine but look down on those people who don't take the vaccine.\nPerhaps, being rude/disrespectful is the \"unwanted side effects\" that the elder/older generations don't want to have.", "Yeah right. It is better to endanger yourself than being disrespectful. Says no one ever.", "Yeah... I bet a lot of people agree with your point with that attitude you have."], ["Problem with disinformation", "Mainstream media being any news that don\u2019t support your bias?"], ["Ah yes, people who don't believe in doctor yet go see doctor when they sick.", "They just need the MC man, you can't apply for sick leave without them. /S"], ["the china made sinovac one turns you into a communist /s"], ["Nothing wrong per se, but only Sinovac is available for the booster shot. This is a vaccine that targets the original strain of Covid instead of the currently evolved one.\nThere's no harm getting the booster shot, but some people question the real efficacy of booster shot especially for those who already got Covid once.", "Not an expert but read that mutations or not it doesn't really matter. Mutations are really rare (see how many mutations there are although there are hundreds of billions of cases to date) and usually mutations are just very slight variations off the parent strain. Evolution and mutations are actually very slow processes, and most mutations (especially if they're too drastic) end up not surviving. It's rare for a parent cell to mutate and end up with a viable child that's superior to the parent\nSo in that sense the original vaccine is still able to target mutated viruses, just that the efficacy may be slightly less but as long as there's some degree of protection for the vulnerable folks, it's better than nothing. The polio vaccine used today is more or less the same as the one used when it first came out", "Nothing wrong per se, but only Sinovac\nSo none of the clinics (public and private) carry booster shots besides sinovac?", "Public, yeah. Private one you'll have to ask if they stock other brands.", "Ah alright thanks!"], ["Anti vaxers believe the following :\nThe Vax is Haram, made of Haram components.\nThe Vax will reorganise the DNA structure of the body, believing that it will emotionally or physically change the person for the worse.\nThe Vax makes you sick/die quicker.\nThe Vax is fake, and is just another way/propoganda gomen.\nThe truth is, the Vax: A. Is a powerful sex drug that gives erections that lasts forever. B. Is a powerful aphrodisiac that attracts women and men to you. C. Has properties to keep you alive when exposed to the virus the Vax was designed to expose you to.\nForgive my sarcasm.", "Obviously, it's the farmed chicken that reorganises the dna structure, turning men into femboys.", "/s", "If u widen your exposure a bit you will find that many rabid Malaysian antivax are Christian fanatics highly influenced by Trump n the American evangelists. Granted, Muslims far outnumber Christians in Malaysia", "I was keeping to the theme of the question as close as I could.\nWhatever I know of trump is only from the media. Many don't like him, even though the majority of his country voted for him. Weird kan?\nAnyway, anti Vax... I've met them in msia, from all ages, races, religions and ages. They're generally nice peeps, and I wish them the best", "Trump lost both electoral votes and popular votes", "Absolutely right. The ex-president lost the electoral and popular vote.", "If vaccine can alter DNA so easily I wouldn\u2019t have to spend so much time learning and doing CRISPR in the lab \ud83e\udd72 sigh. non-science people trying to science.", "Haha, you are right! I hope anti vaxers can see the insanity of their claims as well.\nSigh. Sometimes.... Oh well, they made their choice.", "\u2764Covid vax is NOT HARAM, as confirmed by Mufti. Basically it's similar to eating babi, which is haram, but becomes permissible if not eating it harms you (such as famine). There's a difference between sarcasm, and plain ignorant but trying to sound witty - and failing at it.", "Hmm. I have no response to you. So I'll just say , ok."], ["If Covid vaccination were really dangerous, we would see an unprecedented amount of deaths but none of that has been happening. People are just scared of the initial pain from vaccinations, they don\u2019t see the long term benefits."], ["There\u2019s nothing wrong with vaccination. All I can say is science is hard to understand and more often than not antivaxxers\u2019 version of \u201cfacts\u201d come across as simpler to the general audience, and so they spread like wildfire on social media. It\u2019s how the brains of our general population work, can\u2019t blame them.", "There is a lot wrong with convid vaccination. Firstly, it's a common cold with a 99% survival rate. Secondly, the jab is dangerous and has many potential side effects, in worst case, death. Explain to me why many countries with the highest vaccination rates have experienced very high death rates after the roll out of convid vaccinations", "COVID-19 is/was hardly a common flu, it has a higher rate of death and hospitalization than flu. Back before vaccine roll out, none on the planet had any immunity to it which was the reason it spread so fast in the first place. The general population has some preexisting immunity to flu which explains why it doesn\u2019t extend far and wide every now and then. Also, COVID-19 causes far worse diseases than flu especially in certain groups like diabetics and those who are obese, and we now know that it could have lingering consequences in the patients after recovery, called long COVID. I had long COVID after I recovered and it was a painful experience, imagine a couple of months of sleepless nights, I basically couldn\u2019t function well for a good two months. The whole point of vaccines is to give your body preexisting immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and lower your chances of developing serious diseases. Sure, you\u2019re bound to get some side effects, but tell me how likely you\u2019ll develop severe side effects and die as a result as compared with COVID-19 which has a global death toll of millions? On your last bit of death rate, I\u2019m not sure which countries you\u2019re referring to, and if you could reproduce the stats from a reputable scientific journal, I\u2019d like to sit down and have a rational discussion with you. And no, please don\u2019t waste my time with some information quoted from non scholarly sources.", "Dude can't even spell convidcovid right, but... dO yOuR reSEarCh!", "don't waste your words on this troll. he's only here to instigate."], ["Name a more iconic duo than far right conservatives and being antivaxx"], ["Vaccination helps prevent the cure for the overpopulation of humanity.", "Unfortunately they didn't kill enough stupid people.", "Should have let nature selection do its job", "You do know that we are going towards population plateau right?"], ["Where were you during the first season of Covid? This isn't new."], ["There isn\u2019t."], ["I do know some people who are against vaccines because all of them originate from western countries", "sinovac, the one that changes your dna and makes you into a communist is from China though.\nok enough with the sarcastic snarky comments from me - to vax or not is a decision you have to make for yourself and perhaps your family so hopefully you\u2019d do some proper research beforehand. I don\u2019t like the anti vaxxers precisely because they go out and try to influence others based on their own bias or understanding and are often very vocal about it.\nbut to this point too, i\u2019m not sure if another shot of sinovac helps with the current wave so i\u2019m somewhat leaning no."], ["My personal opinion... is that the world has not seen such a new, large rollout of vaccines for EVERYONE. Most vaccines we receive are scheduled when we're infants and there's relatively little resistance and doubt in doctors in the past. We just accepted it as beneficial. Now covid plus fast travelling misinformation allows for supposedly independent adults to cast more doubt on vaccines, some valid but most are just plain ignorant.", "Yes there are some valid concern like the side effects and such. I can't wrap my head around people who are saying that the vaccine kills because it that were the case wouldn't we be in the middle of mass extinction right now?"], ["The west's civil disobedience influence. From vaccines having \"autism inducing substance\" to something about babi."], ["Natural selection. Don't educate them. Just let them die and/ or suffer."], ["If they were more honest about being little bitches that are scared of needles, I might even have some respect for them.", "NGL, I'm a little bitch that is scared of needles"], ["Tho i do like the idea that people who are antivax are actually scared of needles so they openly oppose it in hopes that more people will follow them", "I am greatly scared of needles, but it wasn't a legit excuse to see myself out of Covid shots. Just grin and bear it for a few seconds.", "I hate needles, but the needles for the jab are so fine. Cannot feel anything, except for that one doc who moved the needle while it was in my arm.\nAnti-vaxxers should have a lawatan sambil belajar trip to r/HermanCainAward", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/HermanCainAward using the top posts of the year!\n#1: The Covid Pandemic Summarized | 540 comments\n#2: Free of mRNA! | 501 comments\n#3: THIS IS MY \"SHOCKED\" FACE. | 710 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "Good bot"], ["Just to add to the conversation, if the latest boosters keep you out of the hospital or grave, then they did their job. Also, look at the HCA Reddit if you want to see full on craziness and self weeding out of the population. And I still don\u2019t have my mutant superpowers after the last mRNA booster. Hopefully the next one will give me powers."], ["Orang Melayu yang comment sedemikian sebagaimana yang dipaparkan diatas adalah antara golongan bodoh yang dimurka Allah SWT.\nThe vaccine was founded by a research done by a Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Karik\u00f3.\nThat is why Fadhu Kifayah is important. Yang bodoh semua tu dok buat vaccine nie jadi Fardhu Ain pulak."], ["Hey antivaxxers, can you come and enlighten our friend with your grand knowledge? This would be a really good time for you to prove how smart you all are.", "Yes, though I'm not an expert on the subject, but I'll try my best to answer your questions. And perhaps you could educate me on the vaccine as well.\nThat being said, what can I help you with? \ud83e\udd17\ud83e\udd17\ud83e\udd17", "Where did I say that I had any questions for you", "where did the 99% survival rate come from?", "I've seen you replying to many comments here. Please at least give us some source? Also what would you explain to people who have relatives that are literally dead due to covid 19 before receiving the vaccine??", "As if there's no respiratory illness death before covid. They just rebrand as COVID."], ["It's called a low education standard"], ["Nice, now we just wait for the unvaccinated to get weeded out by evolution.", "How would you know not \u201ca single healthy unvaxxed normal human\u201d has died from it? Just curious bc you seem sooooo confident about it lol", "Sure sure. No wonder Malaysia so backward and the ringgit is now basically a trash currrency", "Yesterday I used a 100 ringgit note to wipe my shit."], ["I don't know, people are just stupid"], ["Nutjob conspiracies"], ["Ni orang tranung panggil orang darat ulu."], ["Misinformation fueled by distrust towards the governing body = these people :)"], ["Agenda yahudi untuk musnahkan islam /s"], ["Dah ada penyakit chronic like DM, HPT, HPL, etc. Eating junk foods, taking traditional meds. Already had the disease, didn\u2019t bother to check, but after taking a jab, suddenly it\u2019s all vaccine fault LOL."], ["Havent we achieved the herd immunity yet?"], ["I would take it but I dislike the fact that the government make us sign the waivers."], ["People already getting sick before vaccine. After vaccination, they blame the vaccine for getting sick.\nThat's how I would put it"], ["Well, all I can say is Darwin's gonna Darwin. I guess it's better for the nation and humanity."], ["People on FB don't represent the population as a whole"], ["I got vaccinated fo 3 times, and I still get infected by covid, what's the point risking your health to some unknown vaccine where it doesn't help at all, after vaccinated my body felt even worse than before."], ["I'm not against vaccination, i had my shots already just that i don't like the thought of keep injecting foreign substance into my body."], ["mostly due to fear of side effects, my parents complain of being weak and easily tired since the vaccine. it affects them permanently and because of that, they become anti vax. I cant dismiss their fears as I am young and not in their shoes. everyone's body react differently"], ["My relative died after taking the shot in front of me literally then the doctor cover it up because they doesn't want to pay compensation. I don't mind if you guys want to vax, I rather not be a lab rat for that matter."], ["It\u2019s okay, let then be anti vax, lets see them suffer much more and die, better for our country as more idiots die because of their stupid beliefs. Clean the idiots, let the smart live and prosper.", "You\u2019re the fucking bot lmao \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8get that 29 day history newly made account outta here. I got that jab 3 times and im still standing. Your sheeples lost their voices, families, jobs, trust and lives not taking the jab. Eat my vaxed cock, let me rub it your fucking face, bot.", "Ah, using the basic \u201coh it didnt happen to me so it must be the same for other people\u201d card. The irony of calling me and idiot, when yourself are one. Tyranny? We\u2019re not in North Korea, my friend. That\u2019s good of you\u2019re self employed! But the money you get is still funded/provided by the people of the \u201ctyranny\u201d countries! Calling me a sheeple, when you trust everything from word of mouth and a very enclosed bubble of thought and experience. You call me a slave, but who\u2019s the one spreading news of anti-vax, with multiple accounts and spending time on it through a lot of comments? It\u2019s as of you\u2019re the slave of an idea, spread through hate and belief that you\u2019re better than everyone! You can talk the most amount of shit how im a sheeple, but you are merely a case, an empty fucking shell for people to use, abuse, and spent, because that\u2019s what you really are! Self-employed or not, time will tell who is right. Be a troll or whatever but hating online during Christmas? God you have nothing to look forward irl. Cope and seethe, cope and seethe, motherfucker."], ["Its those George Soros Microchip man! They want to vaccinate our hornie- sorry, holiest man so they can aerial bombard them from orbit with those space jewish lasers.", "I've seen people talking about microchips but thinking about it again wouldn't it be very expensive to even mass produce these?", "Ah see, therein lies your problem. You \"think\" therefore you see the problem with that reason. See, you have to turn off your brain to get them to room temperature IQ level. Then and only then you see, whatever you dont like, IS. ALL. BECAUSE. OF SOROS. Or the Jews. It will work either way."], ["My uncle died a week after taking the vaccine due to platelet die off. The diagnosis? He died of diabetes. That's the exact opposite of death due to diabetes. Disbetes caused massive increase in platelet causing hyperclotting. But he died of zero platelet. So either the doctors lied or were forced to lie.\nAfter that us relatives no longer trusted the covid vaccine. Muscle aches, nerve issues and headaches aside, our relatives actually died shortly after taking it. So no, we've learned our lesson.\nBefore you people call us antivax, please explain why we're antivax when we take all other vaccines, even this vaccine but when we don't want to take this sketchy covid vaccine again, we're suddenly antivax? My mom takes typhoid vaccine every 2 years, you know. We all took vaccine when we're young.", "I'm sorry for your loss.\nMain reason why covid vaccine is widely encouraged is because covid is contagious. With vaccines, it lessens the chances of hospitalisation and the pervasiveness of the virus . Closest analogy is seatbelt in the car , will it 100% protect you from dying in a car crash? No, but if you didn't wear it, will you be more likely to die in a car crash?and vice versa. And it's not sketchy, u can easily find peer reviewed medical articles on the google scholar."], ["Since the start of vaccination , there was 5 stroke cases in my office, almost back to back. 2 of the victims was on tip top health. I've worked for 12 years prior to vaccination and in that 12 years, there's only 3 cases. It may or may not be connected to vaccination, but one can't help to be suspicious.", "Seems to be norm everywhere else where the jab was mandatory.", "Hmm, definitely an interesting observation. Could be an unknown side effects but who knows."], ["No offense to the vaccine researcher but the final product is kinda rush and very new. If the result of the vaccine has been confirmed can decrease chance of getting the virus, they also need to acknowledge side effect that are also can potentially harm the user. I think this is few factor that lead to people refusing the vaccine. This is from my own experience. After vaccinated, even though i dont have covid i still feeling sick and nausea for a week."], ["Covid is a cure for ignorant people. Dont get in the way of natural selection. This is the way"], ["Zaman nabi xda mereka ambik vaksin - some pakcik"], ["I don't think there is anything wrong about the vaccine. It's kinda like a flu or pneumoccocal vaccine that can be taken once a year or two. As such I shall treat it as such, a flu shot you take once a year or two.\nAlso I got covid couple weeks back. Should be good against the new strain for a bit."], ["No hope talking to these kind of people."], ["My family and I have been staunchly pro-vax, but just last week while my mom was in the hospital some advisory doctor guy visited her and told her that new studies were showing that there were some issues with the mrna vax and told us to wait before our next dose... found it weird and was taken aback. I've been too lazy to do any more research about this recently, but for now I do still think the vaccine offers necessary short term benefits."], ["Just idiots with zero actual scientific knowledge and more of \"online research\" pseudoscience laced with intense pseudoreligious flavour.\nOenunggang at their best."], ["My doctor told me that the vaccine has far more side effects than the side effects listing published by the vaccine company"], ["people are not educated enough on this. If you ask a lot of people, they would equate vaccine = antibiotics , thus blaming vaccine for all sort of issues", "unironically, anti-vaxxers think antibiotics are a godsend and pop those like vitamins. Overusing antibiotics is smthg else that we need education on cuz overuse means they render antibiotics useless for the rest of us!\nOne can be selfish both ways like that.", "unironically, anti-vaxxers think antibiotics are a godsend and pop those like vitamins\nThat's one of the primary reasons we have antibiotic resistant bacs around."], ["Most people here dont understand there are always two sets of fact. On one side you have everyone here calling the opposite stupid. On the other side, there are doctors who do not believe in the vaccine but forced to take it after multiple warning letter from ministry of health due to their occupation. I personally have friend's family who passed away after vaccine where they are perfectly healthy before.\nIn the end of the day, respect everyone freedom of choice and pick your poison."], ["Vaccines itself is the virus which is why people got sick when got them. Different people have different antibodies which is why some got sick and some are worst. Permenant damage or death are not impossible. Antivax theories aren't all wrong. Some are exaggerated. Then come political play which suddenly become a big issues."], ["infected last time even after freshly vaccinated 1 months\nproven no high guarantee protection against future new variants\nbad past vaccination experience, possible to be sick for 1-2 days\npossible unknown side effects\nif kena from public your body will learn from the up-to-date variant instead\ngenerally risk > reward"], ["It depends. Elders around me like my grandpa refuse to accept more vaccinations, as they are in 70s-80s and already accept 2-3 vaccinations. They afraid that their bodies cannot tahan."], ["Takut kene cucuk ja senanye heh"], ["yes a lot, you won't hear it in the mainstream media, excess deaths from heart attacks and other conditions and they refuse to even investigate the cause"], ["Some backstory: I'm a Malaysian with a PhD from a major UK university, currently working in a world-class research institute overseas. I personally did experiments on live coronavirus during the first 1.5 years of the pandemic before graduating and I am currently in a lab that is actively doing coronavirus research although it's not my personal project. I know some people are going to say this is just shiok sendiri but I'm saying this to let people know this is an area I have professional background in.\nI wish I had time and energy to give a longer explanation but I'm so farking exhausted from trying to explain all this stuff multiple times during the first few waves of pandemic.\nThe tl;dr is:\nThe virus has mutated enough that the original vaccines are not fully effective any more.\nPlease encourage your elderly relatives to get the booster. Get it yourself if you can too.\nThe risk of serious side effects is something like 1 in 1 million or 1 in 100,000. The risk of bad shit happening to you if you actually get Covid is much higher.", "It's sad that some people are willing to believe random peculiar rumor rather than listening to professional people who actually know and understand about these things. Big or not, thank you for your contributions to the world."], ["I\u2019m gonna get flak I just know it because that\u2019s the nature of this sub anyway. \u201cBetter than you, I\u2019m always right, you\u2019re wrong\u201d mindset.\nAnyway here\u2019s my take;\nI got vaccinated. Twice. As required. I did no more than that. I was also among the people who cannot wait for the gomen to relax the mask requirement because it is getting out of hand. By that I mean, people are being overzealous of their protection from covid it\u2019s getting ridiculous. One of it is by putting in the face shield that is literally used for blood splatter and not for covid. But it\u2019s their choice sure idm that much. Since then, I never put on a mask, hate it to my core.\nOnto Covid itself, it has been 3-4 years since the outbreak and people have learned to live with it. Cases ok the rise but death remain stagnant. (Please correct me here if I\u2019m wrong). Mortality from covid can\u2019t even pinpoint if covid is the cause and not other health complications a patient is carrying. We listened to the gomen once, actually twice. And if we wanna live with covid then let people choose what they wanna put in their body. We listened to them yet the virus is still there. When will the vaccination stop? Until they figure out a way to reduce our longevity? Until we succumb to corporate greet and perpetually death cycle of eating garbage and getting obscure medication shots?\nVaccination mandate was tyrannical but something had to be done to control the unprecedented event. Now people know the affects and how to cope with it without the vaccine. Let people choose. Stop the panic by stop posting about the cases and death tolls.\nOpen your brain for once and question everything."], ["Personally won't be taking them anymore. I got COVID 2 times already. Also not helping is the fact that a lot more people have gotten heart disease. So yeah"], ["Lets just say , wait for a few years because rushed vac and forced injection sounds fishy af", "The vaccine was in development since SARS"], ["Ppl might say this as conspiracy but just earlier this year i lost 2 of my aunties to desease they never have before. All after the vaccine. Probably just coincidence, but who knows."], ["Funny testing lab rats preaching about the effectiveness of vaccines, it's so effective two years ago that it needs to be reintroduce again for the second times."], ["come on, the COVID jab and COVID itself was all by design, they had the weapon and the cure..... that fauci dude is so corrupt it's laughable"], ["Did you know so many people died/sick/something gone wrong after taking the vaccination??"], ["Just let them be lah.\nThe science behind it stated that it\u2019s optional anyway."], ["The bigger question you should ask is why these hypocrites in the comments are so pro covid vax but didn\u2019t take the boosters that \u201cwane after 6 months\u201d.", "It's not\"ovarian cancer vaccine\". There's no such thing. It's HPV vaccine. It helps prevent genital warts and CERVICAL cancer."], ["my family got sick after taking the 2nd dose. yeah, the side effect was actually pretty strong only Fews hours after taking the shot they already start to feel really sick."], ["bcoz they want to shoot you with Sinopharm which was monopolized by Pharmaniaga. They have a stockpile in their warehouse that cannot be moved, hence causing it to be written off as a lost."], ["My mom is 71, has existing hypertension and mild diabetes for a couple of years now. She signed up for the vaccine during the epidemic time and was given Pfizer. Yes she got a little sick for 2\u20103 days after the vaccination but that is normal bcos I experienced the same. Right after that she's all well and kicking with no side effects."], ["So many high and mighty users here just painting everyone with the \"antivax\" label even though they don't actually know what it means. Anyone who says anything other than \"yes please\" to the booster is automatically antivax to you lot. Most are just saying don't make it mandatory. Whoever wants to take it, go take it.\nAs with all medication, there are benefits and side effects. You do the math for yourself if it's worth taking. If you're a young healthy person, there is no real upside to taking the booster. You're just exposing yourself to the risk of vaccine side effects, whatever they may be, when your natural immunity levels would've probably done the job if you got covid now.\nWhatever the case, the point is freedom of choice. Having a mandate for the covid vaccine, of all things, is needlessly authoritarian. Just go get it if you want it, and mind your own business otherwise."], ["Let's not get into it. But without the vaccine, many more people would be dead by now... Yes the vaccine may be flawed but it was rushed through to approval for obvious reasons. Vaccines take years to test. We didn't have time."], ["These are the same people who believe there are microchips embedded in the vaccines so the government can track their every move."], ["For antivaxers every vaccinated person's death is caused by the vaccine, even if the person was already dying from cancer etc."], ["I hope those who never took the vaccine dont get lured into it.\nMalaysian doctors are either behind or silent on the aide effects. Msian news will never report that Biontech Vaccines causes many side effects and pther countries have banned it. Mrna vaccines in general are linked to many adverse effects.\nThe money went to prizes for taking vaccines and even upin ipin for the youth to also see the vaccine as a saviour.\nRemember the line two weeks to stop the curve. The lab leak theory is more than a theory. I conspire that the vaccine is deadly and if people keep injecting it they shorten their life span with every dose.\nMany Malaysians who took it believed in what HKM and the news were saying until they lost loved ones to the vaccine or either fell sick and became weaker.\nAt one time it was the pandemic of the vaccinated due to the adverse effects and do you notice how many young adults have passed due to heart complications after the vaccine roll out?\nEveryone who supports taking the vaccine, good. Their intentions were to help but be sure you sort out your wills before old age.\nI believe ajal(death) is written so regardless if one takes it or not, their time is written. I choose to return to the Creator without this substance in my veins.\nI have a method of dealing with sore throats and it is 99.8% reiable. Spray your throat with 2.5 acidic Kngen water from a Kangen Machine. This has worked every time i feel a slight itch or discomfort in my throat and not even strepsils or difflam can heal my throat as fast as the Kangen Water does."], ["lawsuit speak for itself", "The guy who sued was not credible. Alex Berenson was cited prominently by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Alex Berenson have no background in Medicine, he is a writer and a reporter.\nhttps://healthfeedback.org/authors/alex-berenson/\nNot to mention he argued for Vaccinated death rate is higher than unvaccinated death rate\nhttps://www.dshs.texas.gov/covid-19-coronavirus-disease-2019/covid-19-vaccine-information/covid-19-cases-deaths"], ["I understand my answer isn't for most people. But I thought OP was sincere with his enquiry. Most of what I said are measurable too. Just need to use your Google muscle."], ["Yes. If you know, you know. If you don't know, at this ooint, keep getting it and don't bother. Personal choice, right?"], ["Had swelling in my inner ear and couldn\u2019t hear properly for a week after taking the vaccine."], ["Simply not working, been getting 2x shot and booster still got covid recently....."], ["Not an antivax, but riddle me this... If vaccine is supposed to be effective, then why is that there are still a considerable amount of people out there, who has taken not only the vaccine (two dose of vaccine mind you) plus the booster shot, could still contract/get Covid?\nAh ha, checkmate vaccine rider.", "The vaccine reduces your risk of hospitalization, death and long covid. It doesn't prevent you from catching it.\nFor example, its effectiveness against long covid (PCC) was studied here, with a huge sample size:\nVaccine effectiveness against PCC for one dose, two doses, and three or more doses was 21%, 59%, and 73%, respectively.", "Dont try to logic with them. You'll be hit with - Alternate data that does not show causation - Mainstream media is lying - I didnt take the jab and didn't get sick so it must mean it's useless - I know people who took the jab and died without cause\nIt is easier to fool people than to convince that they have been fooled. No matter how much statistics or arguments we produce it will be reduced to one of the above responses.", "\"B-but... I've taken four shot already (2 vaccine dose + 2 booster dose) how many more vaccinations dose do I have to keep taking after this, before I can stop taking it?\"\nNot me specifically, but you know...", "Username checks out"], ["Not sure how true it is, but according to my friend who works in the funeral business (selling place to store the ashes), there's been a lot of deaths during and after the covid seasons, quite a few of them died abruptly without even contracting covid at all while having no medical records in the past."], ["It is a case where the cure is more deadly than the disease."], ["If I recall correctly, the proteins produced does not break down after 3 months of study."], ["zombie deer virus"], ["We were assured that the vaccines are completely safe, and in one of those public service on radio, it says that \"Even if there are side effects, it would only be a temporary little pain from the injection\", which turns out to be false. Also, the government promised no compensation in case it causes side effects (or death). That sounds like even they weren't confident enough. And then there's the logic that vaccines usually take LONG to develop. Also, western doctors came up with a petition against it. Those who were concerned about these were quick to be called 'Antivax', villified by local news, instead of having proper answers or justification regarding their concerns especially on the safety part. Making things worse, KJ literally threatened to make their lives miserable if they refuse to take the shot. When they finally gave up and took the 2 initial doses reluctantly, they announced about the additional booster doses, which was never spoken of before.\nThere was a lot of strange things happening back then. When the outbreak first happened, our leaders appears to be... not too worried. I'm not gonna drop names to avoid anyone accusing me of politic fanatic, but a minister said \"We are experienced in handling outbreaks\" when it was clear that it was a new kind of virus. Malaysia took no precaution to temporarily block any visitors from China, with one of our political figure saying that \"So where are we placing the Chinese tourists? Cow's barn?\" Also, when a mosque (I think Masjid Jamek, KL) asked for permission to ban Chinese tourists to visit, the same figure said \"This is not our policy\". The thing I found strangest of all is the fact that another mosque (Masjid Sri Petaling) held a 3-days long event without intercepted by the police. The event was annual, and it's done with permission and within the knowledge of authority. But nobody cared to stop it, which raises the question... was this meant to happen? To this day I haven't found a non-'conspiracy theory'-esque justification to it. Feel free to point me the right way. Hope some of these help with the question if not all.", "First line and I notice this is a load of vaccine hesitancy antivax agenda. Ain't gonna bother reading all that", "Look at whose karma is lower and has a recent cake day (too many of these here recently). :26554:\nEchoing u/Nickckng, ain't gonna take advice from a 'macho' edgelord who simps for Elon Musk.", "Please link to some academic journals proving the danger of the vaccines, I'd love to read up. A lot of this sounds like old grandma WhatsApp story only."], ["Aren\u2019t these the religious bangangs that are against vaccinations?"], ["I\u2019ve had my 4th jab (2nd booster) since last year. Surprised ppl still haven\u2019t have their 1st booster."], ["I have no doubt whatsoever that vaccines did cause sine death. After all, covid vaccines r mini versions so a very nasty covid virus. A subdued nasty virus is still nasty. But, if they're people can't even handle covid vaccines, chances r when they r ungectef they will be dead too"], ["The elders are mainly sick, and the vaccine would amplify their sickness in a way.\nJust my opinion. I'd like another booster tho."], ["my thrice vaccinated cousin has caught covid 4 times, not sure how diff it would be without vaccines, food for thought"], ["There is a research about this a couple of yrs back (I think the target group was sabahan). Mostly due to distrust w the gov and also how fussy the entire process is."], ["Dos penggalak gives you \u201csuper powers\u201d if you know what I mean"], ["So, mosque is the source of COVID-19 spreading if not vaccinated? \ud83e\udd14 Is that what they're saying? \ud83e\udd14"], ["Zionist is losing grounds in Gaza. So they use their global proxy to distract people."], ["We joke but the truth is this group of people are similar to the flat earthers. Seems ridiculous but they 100% believe in this and also drag along less knowledgeable people like the elderly. Probably half of them also may have been duped by those get rich quick scams but still die die say it's legit."], ["Man. Andrew Wakefield really screwed the human race ever since he kicked off that jab scare."], ["Dumbassery and lack of education in general."], ["If you not trust it just keep quit. We are Doc know that it true\nGive this champion a big jpa scholarship and a nice corner office"], ["Most Malaysian Monyets still think COVID jabs are vaccine, but if they don't prevent people from getting covid, it's not a vax to begin with.\nThese experimental injection are rubbish, the Pfizer mRNA Gene Therapy are actually very harmful.\nThose who took 3 or 4 jabs and aren't harmed by it only haven't gotten a high enough dosage."], ["Personally i believe that the vaccine does trigger undiagnosed medical issues. As provaxx as i am, if you are very old, you may want to just skip it. But of you choose to skip it. Please mask up, you are at risk"]]}
{"title": "Kepala/pale hotak/otak kau in English?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qc3nj/kepalapale_hotakotak_kau_in_english/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "How would you translate this phrase into grammatically accurate English? \"Your head?\" \"Your brain in your head?\" \"your head's brain?\" Doesn't have the same impact.", "comments": [["i think u should post this in r/bahasamelayu instead. Also i dont think there's a grammatically accurate translation that has tge same impact. Maybe you can try using other currently existing English phrases instead?", "Aight. I'll pop in a post there as well."], ["Possible translation or just simply \"are you stupid?\" or to be more crass \"were you born this stupid?\" as possible close meanings"], ["there is no direct equivalent, but I would use \u2018dickhead\u2019 or \u2018shitbrains\u2019 instead"], ["in the same context i would say \"my ass\". it's weird but it works."], ["Ale uto"], ["Don't think there is an exact and accurate English translation for it but I think \"fuck off\" should be the closest phrase contextually."], ["* OP I see your other post in r/bm as well"], ["Shit for brains. - Rude and direct\nYou cow - depends on contexts and people, can be used jokingly or serious\nYou silly goose. - Polite"], ["Airhead, fish head, bobble head"], ["There are a few. But some nobody uses it nowadays, cause it is too offensive to some.\nDid you lost/drop your brain?\nAre you re\u00d7\u00d7rded?\nDummy\nYou stupid?\nGot no brain ah?"], ["Your head is full of shit as of your father.", "This one doesn't translate well, but hits really hard and decapitates in one swing so I'll take it."]]}
{"title": "Dead Body Found Inside Parked Car at Kota Damansara Car Boot Sale", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qc1jw/dead_body_found_inside_parked_car_at_kota/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "In a video shared on TikTok, onlookers claimed that a copy of the deceased\u2019s IC was posted on the dashboard of the car along with a note that allegedly said, \u201cPlease call my brother or my sister.\u201d Some people claim that the incident appeared to be a suicide.", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["First time knowing about car boot sale at KD here"]]}
{"title": "Amanah delegates want \u2018takfiri\u2019 practice (accuse another muslim as kafir) to be eliminated", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qbrlj/amanah_delegates_want_takfiri_practice_accuse/", "num_comment": 42, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "", "comments": [["Amanah has more brain than pas", "They were part of the intellectual wing of PAS before Hadi became president."], ["you are the govnt now. what are you waiting for?", "Government popularity is too low silap langkah musnah kerajaan. Better lay low than act or else hello Langkah Sheraton.", "lol. wait till next term when PAS finally take over then only reform ok?"], ["do you mean like regulate it? make a law?"], ["Nons be like"], ["good luck... that's the entirety of pas politics plus actual kafir"], ["Better to be a kafir than a munafiq.", "Both are bad. Don\u2019t choose bad over bad, choose good \ud83e\udd1d", "At least kafirs are honest about their beliefs.", "Sometimes it\u2019s not only honesty that matters, but choosing the right thing always matters \ud83d\udc4d", "\"Right\" is subjective.", "Better to mind your own business than to jaga tepi kain orang la.", "Well, we live in a society, and should care for the society. That what Islam advocates. Only the methods of \u2018caring\u2019 by certain muslim are sometime wrong, doesn\u2019t mean the whole principle is wrong."], ["Stop with the censorship you all gonna be giving pas bullets for them to use in future"], ["Its a weird thing when a party that have alot of IKRAM membership proposed this. These guys takfir ppl like breakfast especialy againts sufist."], ["", "Erm maybe reread the title again?", "What does that have anything to do with doing away with the practice of branding others as kafir?", "because branding others as kafirs here is deemed as negative. I am pointing out that shouldn't be the case. Being acknowledged as kafir is something that should be celebrated.", "The others mentioned here are other Muslims. Of course it's gonna be deemed negative when you're dictating Muslims aren't Muslims.", "To answer your question literally, a Muslim being denounced as a non believer would be quite affronted and insulted. It's not about how good life is for those who never professed to the faith. Instead it's about a Muslim being publicly declared as being less than one, in spite of all they have done.\nIt's like you spent ten years studying, taking exams and doing housemanship to be a doctor and then someone publicly announces that you're not qualified to treat a fever. That person better have a whole of proof with which to back up his claim.", "I get where you're coming from but ultimately the term \"kafir\" has a perceived stigma among Muslims and even nons.\nI am trying to change the conversation - at least among the nons - that being branded a kafir shouldn't be an insult. It may be among muslim eyes but nons should be looking at the bigger picture and internally change their mental pic that being a kafir is a good thing.", "I don't know how you feel about being called kafir. Honestly, I don't feel anything.\nAnyway this digresses from what Amanah is proposing which is Muslim denouncing another Muslim as being not of the faith.", "ha ha yeah, preach brother.", "kafirs have better social lives\nYeah, that's why they have suicide rates 3 to 4 times that of Muslims (in Malaysia, that is) LMAO", "I see. Can the statistic of higher divorce rate and rape rate be associated with being Muslim then?..lol", "LOL why are you bringing up divorce as if it is as bad of a thing as suicide? That's a fucked up comparison\nAlso most rape cases occur when people are drunk, and we know how much of a \"Muslim\" thing that is", "do you have stats that shows the main cause for sexual violence, or are you just regurgitating the indoctrination from your agama classes. I have heard the same tired trope against alcohol since when I was in SMK.", "Please show statistics", "https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-15185-x#:~:text=The%20data%20showed%20the%20Chinese,as%20compared%20to%20other%20means.", "Semoga Allah SWT memberi hidayah kepada kamu untuk berubah", "Also no yearly animal ritual slaughter. Everyday I thank God I'm born a kapir", "Should we tell him the chicken he ate also being slaughtered beforehand?", "Straight chop neck to slaughter. Reading a mantra while slowly slicing the animals neck is barbaric.\nIf you are sentenced to death and given the choice of slowly slicing your neck or one swift chop, which would you go for?", "Bro, chicken also same process. That\u2019s how you get the halal cert.", "I don't eat halal chicken. Buy from non halal vendor in market. In fact my religion forbids from eating halal/kosher because of the slow slaughter", "lain macam dia ni , terlepas dari bolehland kot", "As per Rule 1, well-reasoned debate and criticism of religion is very welcome but jabs, borderline flaming etc. does not have such protection, and is bad for the community. Please treat this as a warning - if this continues we will be forced to take steps."]]}
{"title": "Teen gets greatest 'Malaysian' gift, thanks to grandma - 76-year-old Sandra Lee has spent the last 10 years of her life fighting for her grandson Edward Tan.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qbrji/teen_gets_greatest_malaysian_gift_thanks_to/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 25 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qbp26/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_25_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Water consumption", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qawki/water_consumption/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi guys,\nis it safe to drink a tap water in Malaysia?\nCan you pick your option?\nView Poll", "comments": [["Yes for the most part. Just install a basic carbon filter. If you still not confident, can boil it. Everything else will be overkill in most scenarios (especially in KV area)."], ["Depends on where you are. Penang Island actually has very good tap water, especially in northern Georgetown. Selangor also has decent tap water in most areas.\nPpl who say Malaysian tap water is bad, obviously have never travelled and tried hard water in other capitals like London or NY"], ["Regular tap water is for shower, laundry, dishwashing etc.\nSimple carbon filtered water for washing food and rice.\nBoiled filtered water for drinking."], ["Truth - water after treatment is safe to drink\nReality - the delivery architecture (i.e public distribution pipes, domestic plumbing, fixture ages, physical use/contamination) makes it possibly unsafe to drink once it arrives in a home\nSo always filter and boil to ensure potability. Even in \"first world\" countries like US there are places where the tap water is not safe for daily use (i.e. not suitable for washing or bathing or irrigation) or human consumption"], ["Filter and boiled, or boiled with visual check if the water is dirty with sediments. Sometimes water pipes are replaced or they undergo maintenance, so the water coming out of the tap may be temporarily dirty."], ["You think Malaysia is USA where they just drink tap water????!!!"], ["i dont know where youre coming from but we are not a tap water country LMAO"], ["Hi, not recommended to drink tap water directly in Malaysia. At the very least, boil it first."], ["Please don't drink our tap water."], ["This ain't America, dude.", "Here, real man drink water from river"], ["Third option, boiled unfiltered tap water."], ["tap water goes through water filter and boiled before consumption"], ["I buy glass-bottled spring water Acqua Panna for consumption. Tap water is for showering and cleaning."], ["boil it"], ["When i was a kid, i got kicked out of my house for a couple of hours and i drank a lot of tap water so that i get sick to make my mom regret kicking me out \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\nI was fine physically but mentally I still struggle with self harm to this day.\nConclusion, parents are way more dangerous than malaysian tap water \ud83d\ude02."], ["Drink tap water when I bath"], ["Drink filtered water since i was a kid. One day the water filter broke and we can only boil tap water for drinking. I cant drink it lol my tongue is too spoiled.\nWeird thing is i can drink the water from the tap. Just not the boiled one"]]}
{"title": "The \u201cNot your typical Ah Fook\u201d workshop", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v4fu8/the_not_your_typical_ah_fook_workshop/", "num_comment": 47, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Located in Seapark, PJ. I\u2019m fascinated this workshop has been a regular spot for luxury sports car repair and maintenance. By chance, you could sometimes find a Ferrari or Lamborghini at the repair bay. Although the workshop exterior looks old and ordinary they are well known by folks around here for ages.\nHas anyone had experience visiting this workshop for a repair? What\u2019s your feedback about this place.\nP.s. Both cars look like an Aston Martin. Correct me if I'm wrong. There are also 1-2 \u201cabandoned\u201d Bently parked outside last time but I believe they have been removed ever since the condo development (Ruby Seapark) in front.", "comments": [["both cars look like an Aston Martin\nActually left is an Aston Martin, specifically the DBS. Right is a 3rd gen Bentley Continental GT. I get your confusion.\nSome workshops are like this though not everyday. I know a guy who sends his Aston all the way to Sungai Buloh just because he knew the shop owner since he was in Naza then Aston Martin KL so he knows his way around the car.", "The first pic clearly shows the difference.", "Correct. If you\u2019re into cars, then clearly you can tell the difference between an Aston and a Bentley. I\u2019m just pointing out to those who can\u2019t. Considering the 3rd gen Continental is drastically different than the prev gens and Bentley took the Aston Martin DB9 and draw it on a tracing paper to design the 3rd gen Continental."], ["I'm quite fascinated on how these workshops can get the proper mechanics and possibly even tools to service these vehicles.", "The Best Ever Tool, The Technician.", "Sometimes workshops like this are family owned and passed down to generations. I know this one Wak in JB who worked for Cycle & Carriage in Germany and specialises in bodywork and paint before returning to Malaysia and opening up a shop here. His workshop doesn't look fancy but man, his workmanship is absolutely amazing.\nUnfortunately he moved his shop away from JB to Pontian due to his sick mother. But if there\u2019s any major repairs and restoration, I'm definitely sending my car to him.", "For the most part it's not very different from most cars.\nThe main difference is that these cars sometimes have software that require specialty reader to do their service.", "Have you not watched Mat Armstrong on YouTube?"], ["And in the shop row behind it you have the best duck rice", "From Penang. Picked up an M3 in KL. Stopped by for the best duck in Sunrise and happened to park here. First thought was.... Damn, this must be some fantastic workshop !! Look at all these cars!!!", "M3 ?!!Damn that's one hell of a car,M3 G80 i assume?or maybe m3 e92?", "Model 3?", "tbh that duck rice is overrated imo it\u2019s dry as fuck."], ["Looks can be deceiving. Shop might look run-down, but the technician/mechanic inside is better than the atas workshops or even service centers that charge you twice the price for mediocre workmanship. I've experienced this before."], ["You send your luxury car to this workshop so the mechanic won't fook up your car."], ["There's a workshop along Jalan Kuchai Lama that looks like absolutely run down, but is one of the official certified Porsche service center in Malaysia."], ["Most of these Ah Fooks worked at luxury car service centres before opening up their own. The clients who have known and trusted them from the original svc centres would \"support\" them by taking their cars to the new workshops. What more, they can get parts at cheaper prices as well, let alone labour charges."], ["It's Seapark, part of old PJ. It's not really surprising, many residents there are old money rich.\nJust swing by to Kampung Tunku beside it and you'll understand. It's called Kampung Tunku because of the many Tan Sri's and Tunkus who live / lived there. Taman Universiti, Taman Paramount, SS 2, Sekysen 22 and Seksyen 14 beside it as well, a lot of old money rich people."], ["Sometimes it\u2019s all about the r/kereta workshop familiarity. Yes workshop should have clean garage. But a rundown looking workshop isn\u2019t that bad too"], ["Also dumping ground for cars that people send to fix but no money to pay for the repairs"], ["I get my RS4 and S6 sedan serviced in a workshop near Assunta hospital/Campbell's factory\nPlace looks just like this picture\nThey at least didn't try to swap out stuff like parking sensors and my sports differential, steal my air compressor and coin purse; unlike Audi \"Damansara\" (near Ikea) and Glenmarie, whilst my car was still under warranty\nEff those guys\nEdit: the neighbor is a paint shop, and has some of the best lauk in PJ at their cafeteria", "What did they do to your parking sensor?", "Audi DAMANSARA stole my air compressor kit (for inflating flats), my parking sensors and a coin purse for tolls\nSince they didn't know who (plus i photograph my car during handover), they attempted to compensate by offering an umbrella, cap and 5w40 oil\nEff that, i demanded replacement, which they only did after 4 months\nPlus there was a dent on my passenger door"], ["Ah fook might be a bloody good mechanic, or better than those at the authorised service centre. If so, I 'd like to buy this Ah fook a beer."], ["that workshop always have sick cars, there was a 997 gt3 once when i ate at the food court behind it"], ["The shop beside used to be dai chow restaurant thong kee(not the cafe) 20 years ago. The best sweet sour pork ever. Sad they closed"], ["Why nobody mention about the opposite building(Use to be\"Ruby Theatre\")?. And as now I'm a middle age man, I realized the road is sure getting smaller around Sea Park."], ["Was at this same spot last month and spotted an Aston Martin and a Range Rover\n<image>"], ["I\u2019m fascinated how people find this fascinating.", "think it's more from the contrast between the luxury cars and the run down state of the mechanic workshop", "What are you expecting? Welcome to Malaysia", "typical kopitiam reply. nothing to add, only snark and edge lord comment.", "Oh my god you are so cool being edge lord in a online forum, can i suck your dick already?", "Wut?", "You sound quite experienced at that", "People who need to get out the house more often", "Look it\u2019s a car, let\u2019s take a photo (in Homer Simpson\u2019s voice)"], [":26555:"], ["Reminds me of the time we and a friend were driving down to beranang and passed by semenyih (the road with a ton of car repair shops). My friend mentioned how old one and run down of the work shops looked and looking further inside there were 2 R33s in there. Kind of gave that old school workshop vibe where looks were just bare necessities."], ["There's a saying, sometimes the best mechanics is the \"pomen bawah pokok\"."], ["This workshop is always full of luxury cars!"], ["Talked to the owner before they only work on luxury cars, normal cars they won't bother"], ["anyone has good recommended workshop for Audi?"], ["Some mechanics had experience in official service center, then quit to run his own service shop"], ["For them, it is just another car no matter Ferrari, Aston Martin or what \u2026. What broken can be\u2026 I like the can do attitude and wiling to learn", "Usually these mechanics used to work for those official service center of luxury brands, now open their own workshop\nYou don't service these kind of luxury cars without some prior training/exposure or have that level of rich customer base if you don't have some connection.\nLike some poster above said, the owners of these car have probably known the mechanic for awhile"]]}
{"title": "Need help to ID tortoise", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wcibr/need_help_to_id_tortoise/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi gang. Found this tortoise wandering the roadside. It is fortunate it did not get run over. Could someone assist to ID this species?", "comments": [["Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), the most common native turtle species we have here. And despite its tortoise-like appearance it is quite aquatic, spending quite a lot of time in the water. Despite being an adaptable species it is actually Endangered due to overcollection for wildlife trade."], ["Found this guy outside wandering next to the roadside. Luckily it was at night where less traffic. Anyone know the species?"], ["ikan kelisa", "Maybe Kancil or Kembara or Kenari or Rusa?", "ikan sepet eh silap sepat"], ["I think that's my boy Ariff"]]}
{"title": "Seasons Greetings all r/malaysia Politikus", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qapqv/seasons_greetings_all_rmalaysia_politikus/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Oh my the fur colour is perfect <3"], ["use the word \"politikus\"\nno actual tikus\nWow wtf that's false advertising - OP's cat"], ["UNI!"], ["UNI THE STRONGEST!"]]}
{"title": "Penang dolphins", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qaiy7/penang_dolphins/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Taken by my dad during his fishing trip.", "comments": [["Gonna get killed by uncivilized msian too \ud83d\ude05", "Don't do it! They taste like horse liver, apparently ie horrible"], ["In Penang for visiting porpoise"], ["Do do doo doo dooo~"], ["which area in penang...? huhuhu"], ["i wonder how they manage to survive in the polluted water"]]}
{"title": "Sotong", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qaise/sotong/", "num_comment": 67, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["one of them is Sotong Kurita I think", "That\u2019s octopus", "Asalkan bukan sotong penari"], ["Another good one is lamb, goat, and mutton. All kambing in Malay.\nAs a result people quite often mistakenly say they're eating lamb when it's actually goat.", "Biri biri\nKambing\nDaging kambing", "Daging.\nBeef or just meat.", "", "Bawang too", "bwg holland bawang merah, eshalot, daun bawang", "We don't call it bawang Holland\nI think it's bawang besar, bawang merah, bawang kecil, daun bawang and add on bawang putih just because", "Mutton is to goat as beef is to cow.", "In some parts of the world, yes. In other parts goat meat is simply called \"goat\" (a la chicken meat having same name as the animal), and the word mutton is used for sheep meat, like lamb is.\nBut since they all (the meats) translates to \"kambing\" in the end, the Malaysian dishes containing goat are usually mistranslated back to English as lamb."], ["Wait till you see how Sarawakians categorize prawns.\nOn top of my head, there's udang, payak, senek, bubok, nyiru.", "wait what??? it's all udang to me despite being swkian", "If memory serves, if it's from the sea, average size, udang (there's A, B, C sub categories).\nIf it is smaller size, there's senek. If it is waaay smaller and used to make cencalu', we're talking about bubok.\nAnother one from the sea, similar to udang, but called a nyiru. Nyiru has that sharp thorns behind it, which makes opening its shell a challenging chore.\nIf it not from the sea, average size but with clear stripes, it's payak.", "Dayak laut frfr", "Prawns? How bout canned food? Everything canned is sardin. Like sardin ketam, sardin babi, sardin ayam.", "Canned sardines, no lah.\nThough there is a brand with chili that my brother in law, who lives in Semenanjung, asks me to send over from Sarawak as he has a hard time finding them there."], ["`sotong panjang`\n`sotong kurita`\n`sotong cumi`", "Cuttlefish is 'sotong katak' IINM, while 'cumi' is for squid.", "Cumicumicumicumicumi"], ["U forgot one more sotong OP"], ["You forgot to add the human sotong", "u/ghostme80 favourite sotong", "Hahaha", "Hasilkan satu lukisan \"Human Sotong.\" (20 markah)", "u/uchuxraver"], ["fired = sotong goreng"], ["Huh I didn't even know cuttlefish and squid is different", "Fail engeris?", "I blame my vegetarian diet lol", "adooiii :26563:"], ["Sotong cumi\nSotong CIMB\nSotong katak"], ["they all have their real malay translation, but we still call them by one name."], ["Ada lagi 1 sotong tertinggal.... Sajat"], ["Oh you guys called them all sotong? In bahasa Indonesia we have Cumi-cumi (\ud83e\udd91squid) and Gurita (octopus\ud83d\udc19) but I don't really know for sure what cuttlefish are in Indonesian\nEdit : OOH, after Googling TIL, cuttlefish artinya Sotong atau Ikan nus, now I'm curious why in BM it's Sotong for three of them", "Malay pun guna sotong kurita untuk octopus.", "Gw kalo Cuttlefish selalu pake sotong atau cumi2 sih, ga pernah denger ikan nus lol. Pretty interesting how it's all \"sotong\" in BM."], ["Points at you* sotong"], ["sotong\nsotong kurita\nsotong katak"], ["Theres another sotong left out.."], ["And don\u2019t forget\nLaki yang lemah = sotong"], ["Cockroach: lipas Flying cockroach: babi", "Can confirm. Lost my shit :28915:"], ["Membe aku = sotong"], ["Repost detected"], ["<image>\nOnly legend know this", "Sutung? I mean sutun? Used to be name called by this. Humans are assholes \ud83e\udee5", "Hope u r manly now n forever", "\ud83e\udee4\ud83e\udee4\ud83e\udee4\ud83e\udee4\ud83e\udee4I ended up ghey\u2026 maybe that was what helped me to free myself and be accepting. But thank u daddie.", "Daddy"], ["Gays: sotong\nThere, fixed it\ud83e\udd23"], ["Our PM and his apprentice favourite."], ["Ketulhu = sotong"], ["Cumi Kurita Sotong katak\nYw OP."], ["Pusit\nKugita\nKulambutan /Kubotan"], ["In Malaysia they became Ministers"], ["Don't forget there is the human sotong."]]}
{"title": "Discipline among Malaysian students", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qagv7/discipline_among_malaysian_students/", "num_comment": 33, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Recently, there was a viral video where the teacher was slapping and pushing the student in front of everyone. From the video, I'm assuming it's the morning assembly.\nDo you guys think it's okay for teachers to do this to their students? Do punishments contribute to the overall development of students?\nWhat improvements or potential solutions should be imposed to our current discplinary system in schools?", "comments": [["No, i think it'll just throw them deeper into the pit. Honestly, the disciplinary system is quite complicated to get slightly working and a delicate balancing act to have them understand their actions and not straight up just say fuck you i don't care for this", "Agree with you. Can't completely stop physical punishments but there's a thin line before it turns to abuse"], ["Rotan/caning, whether you agree or not with that, exists within the school disciplinary system. Slapping someone doesn't. That's it really. It can never be justified. NUTP can help you, kerajaan might back you, tapi kalau you kalah in court, you tanggung.\nWhen I was young and started being a teacher, I did rotan my students ( and my kids even said please just rotan them, don't tell their parents), but now nah. I just couldn't give a fuck. Nak belajar sudah. Tak nak belajar sudah. I just want to retire in 20 more years in peace. Hopefully with enough pencen to live off by. Students come and go, and I don't aspire to be that teacher who all students remember yadda yadda anyway.\nThese days, kids don't do homework, I just write down names in my report. Kids being rude or disruptive, I just say \" ah ko anak X kan? Hmm padanlah\", \"wah menarik. Ok\" or \" puas dah?\" then ignore them. Surprisingly effective.\nMy new Principal always says \" Semua guru adalah guru disiplin\" these days and I hope he pass away uttering that instead of uttering syahadah, because he'll be the first one siding with the parents always angway."], ["Tbh it's not okay. Teachers should find other ways to educate students", "Any ideas? I can't think of anything else besides physical punishment", "collective punishment works really well", "I think it does to a certain extent lah. We did this back when I was in SBP and it only ended up making my classmates hate each other. No unity among us at all."], ["Obviously not okay, this fucks kids up - there are other ways to discipline students other than physical punishment. (plus doing it in front of everyone is extra humiliating)\nAssigning extra homework, talking to the parents to find out more (are the kids acting out because they are going through stuff), detention, time-outs/letting them stand at the back of a classroom, idk..?? Hell even asking kids to run extra rounds or something sounds better than whatever the teacher did here. I'm not in education so I don't know enough to give a well rounded response, but I do know that physically punishing kids definitely impacts kids development negatively. (a simple google scholar search brings up a ton of studies)\nGranted there are many kids who are extremely unruly (so you can't always just talk nicely to them and get them to listen), and teachers are often underpaid/overworked, but it's 2023 - we cannot possibly think that it is still fine to do this to kids. Do better folks.\nAs a kid back then I had 0 respect for adults who resorted to physically punishing a kid. Still 0 respect for them, as an adult.", "Agree with you but do all these methods actually work? These kids probably will just repeat it because they know they're not gonna get scolded/beaten. They know the worst that's gonna happen is run a few laps or stand in front of the class. I'm genuinely asking, not condemning your answer!", "Thing is, even if they get caned/slapped they'll likely still repeat it, and if anything it would make them behave worse. Throughout my school years, I never saw a student's behavior change for the better as a result of caning. The only success cases I saw were thanks to counseling (my school had a good discipline teacher, he was strict but also kind and understood that kids don't usually behave badly just for the fun of it).\nIn my opinion, the best approach is the combination of methods like standing in front of/outside the class and lari padang, along with having proper counselling facilities available to students. For illegal stuff like gang fights, smoking etc, it may actually be better to just involve the cops tbh.", "Thank you for the insightful response. Now that I think about it, you're right. I've never seen a student change due to corporal punishment.", "The way I see it is from a layperson's point of view: kids are people and have different temperaments, so if the teacher can find the best punishment/disciplinary method that fits best to the individual and their \"crime\" that might be the most effective. (which can be challenging, I admit - in large classes)\nImo the element of novelty could help too - personally I think if a teacher is less \"predictable\" in their disciplinary methods it might keep the kids on edge lol (for the lack of a better phrasing). If I *know* for a fact that the teacher is always going to do x and y when I act out, then yeah I am less likely to be scared.\n(my personal experience) I was caned a lot/scolded a lot in primary school (didn't do homework/mild vandalizing/cannot stop talking in class etc.). Sure it was at times physically painful and humiliating (had a teacher smack a workbook on my face and flung it down few floors in front of my class lmao), but it was never scary for me. So this form of punishment (because of my personality) simply made me angry/resentful/carry trauma/became very very very rebellious, and I found ways to circumvent it without truly learning consequences - e.g. I just copied homework from my friends because it was \"getting the job done\"/getting the teacher to stop, and I started reading during lessons to stop destroying tables because I was bored. But if a teacher had taken the time to talk to me and understood why I just refused to do homework (for me it was under-stimulation - everything was very boring), then I would probably have treated my work/school more seriously. Even if they didn't come up with a solution (e.g. giving me extra projects or something), for me, it was more important for me to be understood. Also of course it would have helped if they noticed I had ADHD and said something lol, but I understand that's not what a lot of educators are trained to do (esp. in Malaysian society).\nI know that disciplining \"based on the individual\" is a lot to ask for from educators because it's very resource intensive and teachers are often not compensated enough, but I really have to stress that simply resorting to physical punishment really damages kids in the long run. Sorry for the rambling, I feel really strongly about this haha. It's good that you started a discussion on this.", "I agree, discplining based on the individual and on the degree of their wrongdoing is much better than a generalised punishment. I also really like the idea the teacher being less predictable with their punishments. Thank you so much for the great response!", "If you were not motivated with your homework or your homework bored you, isn't that parents job to take care of it?", "The ideal scenario would be for educators and parents to work together when it comes to a child's development.\nThere's a lot of factors to it in my personal situation.\n1) I hid homework from my parents so they were kept in the dark (how bad things were) - I just wouldn't bring homework home lol and I had good grades and extra-curriculars (as in, top of the grade kind of good). So the teachers would reprimand/punish me at school but they would leave it at that. During parent-teacher meetings, they wouldn't really emphasize that I wasn't doing my homework to my parents. So while my parents knew I was chatty and not paying attention in class, there's not much they could have done, wrt homework, if they really didn't know much.\n2) My parents, like my teachers, did not know about ADHD and its symptoms, so they didn't really know how bad the boredom was.\n3) I was simply spending a lot more time in school, honestly. Iirc I had all sorts of random extra-curriculars and was often only home in the evenings.", "Then, what's your reason for vandalizing school property? Don't blame ADHD for this. I had ADHD too with good grades, but I wasn't disruptive. School was a torture for my short attention span,but never to a point I would be rebelling against my teachers because classroom was boring.", "Everyone's ADHD journey is different. Good for you for never being disruptive in class but I don't think it's up to you to dictate what everyone with ADHD should behave like.\nI vandalized school property because I was bored out of my mind and had poor impulse control, AND I was rebellious. To be specific, I drew on my wooden desk as the teachers were teaching in class because I was understimulated and acting out. I knew it was wrong, I was rebellious and having poor self control didn't help it. Eventually I obviously found other non school-rule breaking ways to deal with my boredom.\nAll I am saying is that physical punishment in school was not effective at stopping me from acting out, and that I wish teachers sought to understand me back then. I didn't share my experience as if it was a proud badge of mine, all I did was share that physical punishment worsened my rebellion and made me resentful, due to my personality.\nI don't know why you are reading so much into my comments and assuming so much about my life and are being so combative. I don't think I owe you any other explanation because none of it is relevant to this discussion. Have a good day.", "Teachers are not paid enough to be therapists. They didn't study to be therapists.They are there to teach and make you understand the subjects in school. That's it.", "I am aware and have also acknowledged that teachers are underpaid from my first long comment, and continued to do so in my 2nd comment. Regardless, I don't think \"not paid enough to be therapists\" excuses the way I was treated, and the way the student discussed in this post was treated. At no point in any of my responses did I say that I wanted my teachers to be my therapists - all I said was I wish I was understood, and that they would not resort to physical punishment. For me personally, I would have appreciated them just pulling me aside during recess to have a brief chat with me - any attempts would have been appreciated - but I did not get that. Even if they didn't bother to/was unable to understand, there were a ton of other ways they could have treated me.\nIt is unfortunate that teaching is an under-appreciated career and that teachers are working with limited resources, but just because it is somewhat of a norm in Malaysia for students to be physically punished in school doesn't make it okay. Physically punishing a student has been proven by many studies to negatively impact a child's development. (A simple google scholar search, like my initial comment mentioned, would be able to show that.) There's a reason why physically punishing a student is considered illegal in many countries. There are also plenty of disciplinary methods that don't use corporal punishment, as suggested in my earlier comments. A student could be acting out due to so many reasons - if physical punishment is the ONLY thing that a teacher can think of to attempt to deal with a disruptive student, frankly speaking, I just don't think they are very good at their job.\nAt the end of the day, it is my personal opinion that character development is also part of education, and teaching should not just be about the material. But, to each their own. I am just not okay with teachers who actively choose to incorporate physical punishment as a disciplinary method even if they are just teaching the student the subject material. For some students, school is their only escape from a terrible home life, I can only hope that school doesn't become their 2nd hell."], ["I have said this before and I will say it again. Violence begets violence. Have a report card day where parents are mandated to attend with their children where the teacher will list out offences.", "Parents sure will whack them at home", "Idiots use anger to resolve problems."], ["Nope it\u2019s not ok. The number of cases might be less in a private school or if the teacher is educated. Teachers and some students in this country are degenerates. Rempits, gangsters, lebais and holier than thou talibans will ruin this country. Let\u2019s see for the next 30 years", "How else do we discpline all these rempits and gangsters?"], ["Nope.\nGot through hazing, bullying and caning during school time. Never worked for me. I think it had an opposing effect on me and I became more rebellious.", "Same. If anything it just made me very angry towards everyone, unable to feel empathy for them and even more antisocial."], ["Nope, not at all.\nI believe no one has the right to do that, not even a parent. That's just bullying.", "Question what is the alternative or correct way To discipline a child then For a parent and a teacher?\nShame them?", "Understand the root cause of the behavior and target it. Understanding that a lot of the time, if the student is a repeat offender, they themselves might not be able to control their behavior themselves. But this requires teachers and parents to have a solid theory of mind, patience and actually try to understand their children. And for parents to sort out their own issues before they have children. Beating should be a very last resort and never done to children.\nBut eh. Probably too much work for teachers, they\u2019re too underpaid to do all this. admin would probably also punish them for going out of line. parents busy with work, parents don\u2019t care, etc, so it\u2019s not possible etc.\na formerly constantly punished problem child. My parents beat me a lot, teachers beat me a lot, shame me, I was constantly outside class being punished etc. turns out I have severe ADHD. Being punished constantly just made me really angry and want to inflict the anger on someone else.", "Exactly, if not punish them, then how else?", "I'm all for options. Talk to them, investigate and ask then why, \"nice\" method first. But if they refuse to listen and a repeat offender. Im not against rotan or let them taste the same medicine they do to other people as a last resort...", "A punishment should be used as a learning opportunity, not to inflict physical or mental harm. Do not strike when you are angry was the advice given by my teacher, the cool ones, not the emotionally volatile ones.", "you can punish/discipline them in so many different ways though... not just physically hitting them?? (i left a longer comment on the post)"]]}
{"title": "It's all about branding really", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qafc1/its_all_about_branding_really/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["B\u0336R\u0336I\u0336M\u0336 eMadani :26554::29091:"], ["Damn, I actually laughed at the meme"]]}
{"title": "Tenaga solar perlu diperluas segera, berpotensi jadi sumber penting elektrik negara - Pakar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qab55/tenaga_solar_perlu_diperluas_segera_berpotensi/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["I thought i read somewhere, its not practical because we only get a few month of usable sunlight.", "Is that in the context of Malaysia or in Europe? I heard different.", "Malaysia. I forgot where i read it. But malaysia only got about 7 month between april - october of usable sunlight for solar enegery. And our sunlight intensity is actually not that strong.\nThis 1 site explains it\nhttps://www.wapcar.my/news/malaysia-is-so-hot-why-can%E2%80%99t-we-have-a-solarpowered-ev-here%E2%80%99s-why-it-won%E2%80%99t-work-32428"], ["Why don't we just have it over the entire length of the highways? There are towns and cities near to the highways that the power can be supplied to. It's better than clearing swathes of land and putting solar panels on them.\nThink about it - we have close to 1,700km of highways at an average width of 12 meters.\n1,700,000 meter X 12 meter X 1.5kW/m2 = 30,600,000kW\nThat's 30.6GW of power, equivalent to 25 gas turbine power plants."]]}
{"title": "Audiolab peneraju penjagaan audiologi Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qa8l3/audiolab_peneraju_penjagaan_audiologi_malaysia/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Empowering corporate Malaysia to achieve national sustainability goals", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qa7r2/empowering_corporate_malaysia_to_achieve_national/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "The last panel is for you to think what to put \ud83e\udd2d", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qa7gj/the_last_panel_is_for_you_to_think_what_to_put/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "Merry Christmas kepada semua!!!", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["To the kolik: gi mampos"], ["Kihkih. Same devout Muslim that said women are not forced to wear hijab but flips the f out on sosmed when a female influencer bukak tudung :26554::26554::26554:"], ["Dia cuti tak hari ini? Haram wey"], ["Say : Did you just assume I'm Muslim?? This is why I love r/exmuslim"], ["Spam inbox dia dengan gambar Mrs santa"]]}
{"title": "PM hopes 2024 will bring more positive changes to the country", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vm07v/pm_hopes_2024_will_bring_more_positive_changes_to/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["In his vision, more islamic = more positive. hahaha"], ["Yea sure /s\nSST, LVG tax, petrol subsidy reduced", "The more the government saves on costs and raises revenue, the more money it has to distribute to the B40 and M40 income groups. Right now, a lot of the money spent on blanket subsidies go to either the really rich or smugglers. The top 10% of electricity users takes up 50% of electricity subsidy, while nearly half of the diesel consumption in Malaysia is smuggled out.\nIf you really are in the B40 or M40 income group, you would get even more cash transfers when the government significantly reduces its subsidy costs.", "Let's hope it's used wisely. Meanwhile business will take any chance they get to up rm0.5-1 every time"], ["I also hope 2024 will bring more positive change to the country by hoping there will be some reform by current government."], ["Susahkan rakyat saje"], ["\u201cMore\u201d"], ["Good luck, Madanon."], ["Hopefully 2024 brings 1 SGD = 4 MYR"], ["He should say something about dubai move"], ["positive for ??? testkit??? AIDS???"]]}
{"title": "Public Transport in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v3qaf/public_transport_in_kl/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I've been browsing threads here for quite some time, and it's interesting to note the varying opinions about the public transport system in KL. Many mention that KL is not very public transport-friendly and that having a car is essential for day-to-day life. I'm curious to hear more about your experiences. Have you personally taken the LRT, MRT, Bus, or ETS in KL? What were your thoughts and observations? Do you find public transportation convenient and reliable, or do you agree that having a car is necessary? How do you benchmark as a public transport-friendly city?", "comments": [["It is improving.\nPrior to moving overseas, my commute was completely by walking and by LRT (and I have friends who do that too) and going around in KL solely by public is very much possible. Any public transport system is time consuming when compared to driving, but the daily/monthly passes for citizens make it very much worth the hassle for me. I expect things will improve more once LRT3 and the MRT Circle Line are built, enhancing connectivity between lines.\nThey have a lot still to improve with respect to to bus lines and pedestrian walkability. Frequency wise, they are doing quite good even though Malaysians have unrealistic expectations of LRT operating at a 2-min frequency.\nTo compare it with capital cities of developed countries, we are still lagging behind but when looking at other developing/historically exploited countries, we are doing quite well.\nThe country I am currently living in, Japan, has some quirks too. People always talk about how good the public transportation in Japan, but once you get out of Tokyo and Osaka things start to go down. Some cities still require cars to get around properly, and with the whole population decline thing, rural train lines are actually going off one by one as they lack the ridership.\nWhat Malaysia needs to improve now, is the public transportation in cities besides KL and Penang. Kota Bharu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Alor Setar, Ipoh, Melaka, JB and Kuching all deserve a good system. It may not be full-on train lines, when a good bus system can actually do the job really well.", "Kuching desperately needs a good bus system. But no, for some reason they need a flagpole and that overdesigned Sungai Bintangor bridge.", "And they decided it is better to run a long-ass beta \"lab rat\" program to run some fake Autonomous Bus, and pump in a tons of money to have it powered by hydrogen."], ["The further you go into the CBD, the better it generally is. Generally, the trains are pretty great. They\u2019re frequent enough (could be better) and they are clean and efficient. The KTM is not meant to be rapid transit, so that is why it isn\u2019t frequent. It\u2019s commuter rail.\nThe ETS is meant for inter-city travel throughout the north. I have never taken it before so I can\u2019t say much about it.\nCertain journeys are convenient by train. Sunway Velocity, The Exchange, IKEA/MyTown, and Pavilion BB are on the same corridor. If you live in the city then sure you may not need a car, but even that is stretching it.\nThe problem lies in the buses and the overall city planning.\nKL has too little buses for a city its size. Despite numerous bus lanes, no driver has ever respected it, based on my experiences. The bus lanes are also limited to the inner city areas, and the outer suburbs (arguably areas that are most needing of bus services) do not have bus lanes whatsoever. Bus stops are not that well maintained. There are some nice ones with shelter, but a lot are just a pole. In Malaysia\u2019s hot and humid weather, it is so much more important that we have shelter. There isn\u2019t also much information on the bus stops. A lot have just nothing but a QR code to scan. A screen showing arrival times and routes would be nice. The stops also don\u2019t have much organisation, like codes or specific names. I\u2019d recommend a book called Better Buses, Better Cities to learn more about optimising public buses\nSo, the low number of buses, lack of respect for bus infrastructure and unprofessionalism causes low frequency and reliability.\nMalaysia is stuck deep in car-centricism. Transit-oriented development has been neglected. Most Malaysians are \u201chard-wired\u201d to want to drive cars, as cars (especially expensive cars) are seen as a status symbol. So, public transport has been regarded as \u201clower\u201d. This has caused development to prioritise driving instead of transit and walkability. As a result, even if the trains itself or buses are good, getting to them will be a huge problem, hence the first and last mile problem. There are a lot of other aspects to this problem that I won\u2019t cover in the interest of time.\nIn conclusion, I would say that KL public transport is good only if you only go to certain places. Out of these limited places, either just drive or wait 45+ minutes for a bus that may not even come. And even then, driving in KL is a nightmare."], ["I use the public transport in KL often and have used the ones in London (almost a year there), Tokyo, Beijing (almost a year there too), HK, Singapore and Shanghai.\nFor KL, It's ok, but can be better. On a scale of 1-5 it is a 3.5.\nIt's definitely modern and good but there lots of room for improvement.\nMaintenance - of the station facilities and the train itself. How many times have you seen screens not work or lights at the station not light up or escalator rosak? Don't even mention our bus stops some are just a physical pole by the road.\nFirst and last mile - to use the MRT/LRT people need to get to the stations. In most cities mentioned above either they have bus, shared bicycles or walkable/sheltered paths. Here lots of these paths are half gone or taken up by cars whose owner think that pedestrian walkways are free real estate. Otherwise the user has to share walking path with cars on the dangerous roads or worst- highways. Creating a less car centric and more pedestrian friendly urban design can really make people want to use the public transport more but they requires effort and cooperation with the city councils.\nReliability - I mean, no public transport system is perfect. Delays or malfunctioning trains occur in other places too but the frequency of it occuring in KL is too high for a relatively new system.\nEven the ticketing machines at stations sometimes rosak. The speed at the gate opens is also slow compared SG, Tokyo or HK (they use FeliCa NFC system), even though it's a few hundred millisecond, the perceived difference is there.\nFrequency - the train frequency is considered low even during rush hour if compared to most other nations. Also for some reason Prasana thought 4 car length was enough to transport ppl in KL when many countries use 6.\nOperating hour - not much complain but would be cool if they open from 5 to 1 daily for those super early workers or super OT employees or partygoers, not just events. Cadangan only.\nSafety/commuter civics - in SG they had volunteers in MRT to make sure idiots don't do stupid things. In China there are police officers doing bag check at every entrance and on the platform to ensure safety. In KL, the polis bantuan are sometimes there but sometimes not. Look at the women coach, no one enforce. Have ppl in the train and on the platform to keep watch.\nAll in all, it's there but not quite yet. Really hoping they complete the circle line asap. Even simple things like human centric design such as having the MRT arrival TV at the entrances (so commuters can decide to stroll or parkour up to the platform) can help make the journey better."], ["It's improving. The last mile is where the problem is. I need to drive 3km from my apartment to LRT or KTM. I guess stay anywhere 500m away from station will solve the problem but not everyone is so rich."], ["its ok, not good not terrible\nKL is quite public transport friendly, buses are terrible; greater kl is not that friendly\na huge part of why its a problem is cause our city planning is trash, people are stupid, and locals go holiday compare KL to Tokyo Greenline."], ["It's only good when you live somewhere with direct link to mrt/lrt Station and your destination is also direct link to any mrt/lrt station. Otherwise, a car is still very necessary unless you want to risk your life every few minutes trying to cross the road with no pedestrian crossing/lights"], ["I ride trains and buses to certain places including workplace. To get to the stations and stops, I have to walk under the sun and along busy street which makes it inconvenient and loud. I'm not complaining about the distance (10-15 minute walk) though as it's good for me to move around. The bus arrival time is almost always reliable with the help of Moovit app.\nConsidering where I live in is a concentrated residential area, I wish there are more locals taking public transport. Never seen the bus half full and most of the time, the passengers are foreigners. The route I am taking, there are at least 3 different bus lines and I have tried all of them. That shows how the bus facility is under appreciated.", "Agree!"], ["If you want to go to KLCC, forget about Persiaran KLCC station on the MRT Line 2. That will have you walking 10 min under the sun compared to LRT\u2019s direct connection to the mall.\nThis is one example of poor last mile connectivity. Not to mention most of Line 2\u2019s stops take you to places with lower footfall where ppl are better off driving anyway (eg: Equine Park, Jinjang, Kepong)"], ["lrt, mrt, good. monorail, mid. bus, horrible. ktm, deceased. (hopefully they will increase the frequency after track repairs)"], ["Not sure about KL in entirety but at least KLCC has amazing public transport, including mrt and lrt. But monorail can have higher frequency though"], ["A car is still essential. Outside of KLCC & Bukit Bintang area, train stations are quite far from each other, and we have poor infrastructure for pedestrians to navigate between them. LRT and MRT frequency is good for me. Bus IMO has the chicken and egg problem... people avoid it because of low frequency & still get stuck in traffic anyway, so we have less bus and bus lanes because of the lack of ridership.\nAt least things are getting better. It's unfortunate Ampang Park LRT doesn't directly connect to MRT, what a wasted opportunity. I haven't been to TRX yet though, looks neat."], ["Mrt helps a lot. But i would still say u cant survive in kl without car", "hahahaha I beg to defer :)\nThe truth is, in my entire life, I've never owned a car. :) I've lived in KL since my Uni and it's been 10+ years and I still live in KL without a car.", "Wahh i also live in kl during my uni time. That time also i cant survive la without car. Now i came back to work in kl also with car haha. I think there are still many places unreachable by public transport. But mostly improving. Sometimes i cannot tahan jam and cari parking then i\u2019ll use public transport"]]}
{"title": "Merry Christmas SEMUA ORANG!!!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18qa166/merry_christmas_semua_orang/", "num_comment": 165, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "I wonder what those people do, just ignore their phone?", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["<image>\nI just show them this", "Alhamdullah, DAP has infiltrated PAS.", "Ini semua salah DAP and PMX", "I can smell the Facebook comments from here.", "Can't find this on their page. Did they deleted it or it is fake? Hahaha", "Probably delete. Last check kena maki dengan geng sendiri\ud83d\uddff", "kahkahkah", "Not sincere.", "You can smell how hard they're trying to get sarawak's vote"], ["my malay majority workplace literally decorated the floor for christmas. just fyi people really dont give a fuck its nothing that serious", "Until one idiot decide to viral it and make it a huge issue.", "Exactly. Stop politicizing", "Like op ?", "", "Which is why I encourage more moderate Muslims to be more vocal. Step up and start saying \"it's OK!\"\nThere's no point if a non says it. Those Muslims that will cause problems will only listen to Muslims. And if they don't and continue down the path of radicalization, only denouncement from fellow Muslims can excise that tumor.\nDon't let PAS get all the limelight for the shit they spew. Spread some good cheer Muslim brethren by standing up for those who aren't.", "Hence the slow inevitable slide to radicalization. There really should be a body of moderate Muslims to counteract the growing alienation coming from a certain party. Too bad there are none. =/", "I'm an atheist but those secular times in the middle east Iran specifically were under authoratarian leaders as well.\nWestern puppet states. That led to the overthrowing of the shah in iran.\nI agree though that Malaysia should govern in a secular manner, just not in an authoritarian manner", "Hello abg puliss...", "Our PMX is one of that forces. So are we already f*cked up or not?", "Hard to say. It's still early but don't hold your breath.", "Many of you need to understand. Malaysia started out as a secular country. There are forces that is trying to change it. Yes it may not be a matter now, there is no guarantee in the future. Many countries in the middle east were also secular. Not anymore. Just Google images of people in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan from the past.\nI wonder what went wrong with Iraq and Afghanistan? Surely it's not because of this \"western values\" dropping on top of them. Hmmm. So hard.", "I've never seen a religious holiday that isn't festive and able to be enjoyed by everyone.", "Until someone tells them it\u2019s haram and they will pay dearly in the afterlife. Until then it\u2019s all good.", "Most City folks yeah but the rural/kampung citizens that bark the loudest getting triggered over a simple holiday greetings is the annoying bit"], ["I'm an atheist and i wish everyone with whatever they are celebrating =D", "Haha, merry whatever TF your celebrating.", "Siapa?"], ["My more religious Malay colleagues always say \u201cHappy holidays and merry Christmas to those who celebrate\u201d. It ain\u2019t that deep.", "You are confusing more religious with most religious. Your colleagues are basically the average Malay. But there are some extreme conservatives who believe even the act of saying it is acknowledging the existence of other religions and hence against Islam.", "And these people are they the majority?\nRemember the chinese uncle that kicked the pregnant melayu foodpanda rider or the chinese guy that kill another guy during a road rage in broad daylight?\nIf i were to take these example, and various other like it and start shoving it on everybody's face saying \"the chinese wants us all dead\".\nAnd if someone tries to correct me by telling how their chinese friend treats them nicely, and i were to respond by saying\n\"Oh, you are confusing chinese with chauvinist racist chinese. Your colleagues are basically the average chinese. But there are some extreme chauvinist who believe the act of killing melayu is something good.\"\nYou would be screaming racism at me.\nDo these extremist exist, yes they do. Among the melayu, cina, india, etc, every race and religion has its extremist group.\nBut trying to shove these group into peoples face as if they are the majority is a total bull.\nEven among the most religious not all agree with what you just mention.", "Great response sir", "You went against the narrative sir. This is not the place for this kind of thinking.", "No, I do not believe they are the majority.\nMaybe I wasn't clear, but when I said \"average\" I didn't mean normal (everyone's normal is different). When I said average, I meant the vast majority Malays are in this category of not having an issue. It is a minority group of conservative Malays that do (hence the use of the word some).\nI'd also like to add, I never called them (them being the religious conservatives) racist. I was just trying to give context as to why some conservative people shy away from wishing due to their religious beliefs. I think you have used some preconceived notions (of perhaps people on Reddit or Malaysians in general) to draw some conclusions from my statement that I never subscribed to.", "Well said. Tired of all these racist posts again and again generalising something the common Malays isn't, and shoving it in their face.", "Same people that think seing a cross or \"merry christmas\" on a cake instantly turn islam in their ic to christian", "I suggest you look for Dr MAZA's comments on this issue. He is the state Mufti for Perlis, hence the most religious person with authority to give views on what Muslims can / cannot do. Your prejudice comments just shows you've the one that is actually racist.", "I'm not saying what they do is right or wrong. I'm just saying there are people who have this belief. How does that make me racist?", "Of course there are people who believe it. Every race have extrimists. But they are in the minority. Why want to make it a big issue, as if it is the majority's believe?\nIMO, the way you worded it as if everyone that are religious have that believe, is totally wrong and pure racism mentality. Have you even watched Dr MAZA's comments on this issue before making those comments?"], ["Wishing all malaysian friend merry christmas", "\u201cJAKIM, open up!\u201d", "I just hit everyone with a happy holidays. cast a wide net. even that fella that believes in the sun and ocean will be covered.", "I think more like have a nice day since they don't celebrate it.", "I mean why would you wish muslims merry christmas since muslims are not celebrating it? That might be a provoking action to some people.", "The fact that it's provocative is the problem. It's like the opposite of Evangelical christians who get mad at happy holidays.\nSometimes I find it so funny how religious extremists are so alike but still hate each other just because god or holy book is different.", "I know right\u2026. Truly agreed", "Im working atm. Thanks I guess?", "Welcome bruv\ud83d\ude0a"], ["If your faith can be rattled by a few words, then ye who have little faith need to man the eff up and grow a pair."], ["When everyone is wishing everyone else Merry Christmas, that one Muslim guy wishes Happy Holidays", "Happy Holidays pun cannot ke?", "Boleh je, sape kata xleh?", "so it's ok to reply with happy holidays or wish people happy holidays kan?", "X paham bahasa inggeris atau bahasa melayu ke? Kan dh kata ok je. Xde org larang pun.", "bole ke /s", "So what's up with that one guy? Ok je kan? What's the funny part here?", "X lucu untuk ko maknanya ko x paham. Yg lain ok je upvote.", "r/PeterExplainsTheJoke", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/PeterExplainsTheJoke using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Help?? | 1838 comments\n#2: Peeeettteerr? | 1668 comments\n#3: Petah, what\u2019s going on? | 484 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "You'll be surprise that even in US there are people who got triggered when someone wishing them \"Merry Christmas\". And they are not even Muslim.\nThat's why nowadays many places in US only say \"Happy Holiday\" instead of \"Merry Christmas\".\nWoke culture is toxic.", "Yeah I've heard.That's why I tak faham kenapa kita nak beriya. Even there they are cool with Happy Holidays, because nowadays it's hardly a religious celebration as opposed to consumer holiday.", "Hari Raya then i wish malay happy holidays kah?", "Can.Cuti mah...a week lagi", "Im playing it safe. So that i don\u2019t have to explain anything if the issue arises. So just wish happy holiday", "When one needs to play it safe when wishing well of others....safe from what?", "From explaining myself to some who felt like i did something wrong. I mean look at how the whole thing about this thread is discussing about.", "Don't take it so seriously. We are just having some fun and making light of some totally trivial stuff", "You don\u2019t owe those people an explanation, they shouldn\u2019t leave their house if they can\u2019t handle it someone saying \u201chappy/merry whatever\u201d", "The sad part is \"happy holidays\" is a meaningless pleasantry.\ngo on holiday overseas\nHappy holidays\nretire\nHappy holidays\nstay home after successful surgery\nHappy holidays.\nEtc"], ["Merry Christmas is not a Christian specific phrase at all. It's literally means happy Christmas. The fear of a phrase this country has been indoctrinated is truly amazing.", "Merry Christmas to u too", "Omg that jump scare\n/s\ngotta give warning a bit", "Only going to get worse bro. Enjoy the freedom while it lasts.", "Christmas is short for Christ's mass, which is absolutely a Christian phrase regardless if it's celebrated secularly or religiously"], ["nah, aint no way lil bro gonna bait ppl to argue with this post, on christmas day"], ["It shouldn't matter, it's more of a seasonal holiday greetings than religious.", "I want seasons\nand i dont mean more year passes"], ["I'm a muslim and i wish my non muslim friends Merry Christmas although I don't celebrate it. There's no harm in that isn't there?"], ["Closed minded madness in the guise of a meme."], ["You're not a devout muslim if you dont wish someone back with similar wishes or better wishes\n\u201cAnd when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed, Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant\u201d\n[an-Nisaa\u2019 4:86].", "Not when it comes to greeting that involve shirk.\nHence why when someone greets with a shirk greeting (merry christmas), you respond with a neutral (happy holidays) or good (happy holidays, safe travels) response.\nRulings cannot be extrapolated from 1 verse or hadith shj", "There are a lot of views on it but the Mufti Wilayah has concluded that it\u2019s \u201charus\u201d with some conditions, as stated here:\nKenyataan Mufti Wilayah\nSetelah kami amati dan tekuni isu ini dengan berhemah, di samping membincangkan dengan pakar serta kembali kepada rujukan yang muktabar sebagaimana yang telah dilampirkan kesemuanya di atas, maka kami berpendapat hukum mengucapkan Merry Christmas, dan ucapan-ucapan lain yang bermaksud tahniah dan selamat, adalah harus dengan meraikan garis panduan yang telah kami nyatakan. Ini juga selari dengan keputusan Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-78 yang bersidang pada 12 Jun 2007\u2019: \u201cMemberi ucapan tahniah dan selamat atau mengirimkan ucapan melalui kad atau alat-alat telekomunikasi seperti e-mel atau sistem pesanan ringkas (SMS) dan sebagainya kepada orang bukan Muslim sempena dengan perayaan agama mereka adalah harus, dengan syarat ucapan itu tidak mengiktiraf, memuji atau memuliakan agama bukan Muslim serta tidak menggunakan sebarang simbol atau lambang keagamaan mereka dalam kiriman ucapan tersebut.\u201d\nYou can check out the full ruling here", "Yes, of course bersyarat. And the fact that the spectrum includes harus, makruh & haram shows clearly where it leans towards.", "If you don\u2019t want to say all those greetings, then you do you.\nI\u2019ll just follow the Mufti Wilayah\u2019s view and wish any non-Muslim friend of mine to have fun with their religious celebrations", "Konfiden je cedok ayat buat dalil greeting krismas, padahal literally kumpulan ayat ni cerita pasal tauhid. Memandangkan peryaan krismas ni bertentangan dgn tauhid soooo\u2026", "Kalau kau sambut maulid nabi samalah level kau sambut krismas, dua dua nya bidaah. Dan sebenarnya lagi berat bidaahnya kalau kau sambut maulid sebab itu dalam islam. Dalam islam semua ada niat, bukan lafaz niat solat atau niat puasa, itu pun biadaah, Tetapi niat dalam hati. Kalau niat kau sambut maulid sebab masa tu kau boleh mengingati rasullullah, maka ok lah. Tapi sekiranya niat kau kata maulid ni kena sambut sebab tuntutan agama yang nabi sarankan maka memanglah kau menempah neraka sebab nabi tak pernah suruh, tak pernah sambut dan sahabat, tabiin pun tak pernah sambut. Lagi pun 12 rabiul awal bukan tarikh kelahiran nabi tetapi tarikh kematian baginda. Sama juga dengan Krismas, kalau niat kau sebab duduk dalam masyarakat berbilang agama dan kaum, sama seperti zaman rasullah yang rata-ratanya orang mekah dan madinah adalah golongan kafir quraisy, nasrani dan yahudi sama-sama menyambut kegembiraan dan harmoni itu bukan salah. Tiada masalah akidah. Ramai alsatizah termasuklah PAS menggunakan ayat ini sebagai dalil untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Krismas. Masalah akidahnya akan timbul sekiranya kau percaya yang 25 Dec tu adalah tarikh kelahiran nabi isa kemudian sama -sama pergi ke gereja bersembahyang. Kebanyakkan orang yang sambut krismas ni pun tahu ini adalah perayaan yang dimulakan oleh pagan yang menyembah matahari, sama juga dengan maulid yang dimulakan oleh golongan syiah 200 tahun selepas nabi wafat, yang pada asalnya mereka menyambut Maulid Ali, maulid hussain, maulid hassan. wallahualam", "Bapak lah tarekat apa ni sambut krismas lagi baik dari maulid. 1st time dengar. Walaupun tiber je kaitkan dgn maulid, tapi since dh alang2 kaitkan dgn maulid tak pnh lagi selisih melayu dkt aeon dia ucap \u201cselamat maulidur rasul\u201d, atau cina ucap \u201chappy maulid\u201d sbb maulid bkn perayaan. Lebih kpd menghidupkan aktiviti2 agama dgn 1 tarikh yg ditetapkan oleh kerajaan.\nBanding krismas pulak zmn nabi bukan takda kristian, yahudi pun banyak kt madinah. Tapi tak pernah lagi dgr sirah umat islam berbalas ucapan merry krismas atau happy hanukah.", "kau jangan pusing apa yang aku tak cakap nanti sama pulak kau dengan ustaz -ustaz kau belajar agama yang pusing apa rasullulah tak cakap dia kata rasullulah cakap, buat dan akui. Itu yang jadi bidaah contoh doa makan, qunut subuh, sedekah alfatihah, buat tahlil, talkin etc,\nMaulid Nabi dan Krismas, dua duanya adalah sambutan hari lahir pada asalnya tapi keduanya bidaah sebab tarikhnya salah. Nabi Isa tak lahir pada 25 Dec, peristiwa itu berlaku bila pohon kurma digoyang dan buahnya masak. (Rujuk surah Maryam) Kurma tak masak ranum pada musim sejuk di kawasan mediteranean lagi satu kawasan tu bukan guna english untuk ucap Merry Christmas atau Happy Hanukah. Tiada lagi usul haram ucapkan Merry Christmas tahun ni, even PAS pun ucapkan juga. Aku heran kenapa kau pulak timbulkan isu ini dan aku pelik kau simpulkan yang perlu melayu melayu ni ucapkan selamat maulidur rasul atau cina kena ucapkan happy maulid, Kau dah kenapa?"], ["Merry Christmas!!! \ud83c\udf81\ud83c\udf84"], ["<image>\nThrowback to this"], ["If a mere wish can shaken your faith, then perhaps you need to reflect upon your own self."], ["You wish them Happy Hanukkah and watch their heads explode"], ["My malay friend end up drunk \ud83d\uddff"], ["Eh...it's not like ucap terus jadi Kristian en\nIn the end it's just a phrase, up to the recipient to ascertain the meaning"], ["It is allowed. So what's the issue here? Jangan shadid sangat macam terpaling alim sampai nak mengharamkan yg harus"], ["Soft af"], ["Meanwhile, me who really geared up to celebrate the New Year. Currently training my digestive system like Seimei Kikan."], ["\u201cA very happy birthday to a Jew.\u201d \u201cSame to you, a very happy birthday to a Jew.\u201d \u201cAnd a happy new year too.\u201d \u201cOf course, happy new year.\u201d \u201cHappy birthday to a Jew\u2026\u201d"], ["My Malay colleagues just celebrated Christmas exchange gifts a few days ago with us, no issue at all."], ["My Muslims colleagues and friends still attend Christmas parties and wish people Merry Christmas. They just don't participate in the Christian stuff."], ["Religion teaches you to respect others and to bring quality to the life of those around you. What is wrong with celebrating a special day for them with them? A day of celebrations is not going to turn anyone into another religion immediately unless the intent was already there. How fragile can something be that insecurities such as these exists? That coming from a person who was born muslim."], ["In the teachings, Islam recognizes Christ as a preceding prophet, and Christianity is acknowledged, albeit not considered \"authentic.\" It's important to note that Christianity has a historical existence.\nRefusing to acknowledge Christmas or Christianity is, in essence, rejecting the wisdom of the Prophet.", "Tell to PAS supporters", "PAS supporters no problem, problem is terrorist disguised as Ustaz", "dude, you are spitting fire out. gotta chill. but i agree.", "I've always wondered if I could say Selamat hari jadi Nabi Isa Masihi since it's technically correct", "Does it undermine Nabi's wisdom and act of selflessness?\n-Does it diminish Nabi's sagacity and deed of altruism?", "No...?", "Technically not correct either because no one knows the exact date he was born.", "Well yeah, but nevertheless it's still celebrated not as the actual date or literal birthday but just as the celebration of his birth, idk how else to phrase that in BM lol"], ["Devoted muslim so???? The world revolves around you??"], ["Weak"], ["A young Malay daiso cashier wished me the happiest Christmas :29091:"], ["<image>"], ["My Malay Muslim friend actually wished all his friends a Merry Christmas. And I've asked him if it's forbidden for Muslims to wish someone a Merry Christmas\nHe said they can wish other people a Merry Christmas, but they don't celebrate it"], ["Konfius and triggered his east coast genes"], ["And? Hahahah I\u2019m a Muslim too. This is not like pork lmao \ud83e\udd23 it\u2019s your heart and faith. Being tested? That\u2019s on you xD", "No no no.\nIts up to everyone else to respect my faith so I don't lose it! What if I commit apostasy if I see a cross or if I see someone exchanging presents! MANA BOLE?? Semua HARAM!!!\nPAS religious \"leader\""], ["Selamat hari krismas. Maaf zahir batin \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb"], ["why muslims so many issues and so many problems? you folks can't let others be happy can you?", "Only the B40 folks lah, poor & angry so lash out. The T20 and the royalties celebrating with their friends only, with a port on top of that."], ["Panasss! PANASSSS!!!!"], ["maybe you should get more muslim friends instead jumping to conclusions"], ["Devout muslim as iman setebal tisu? Tengok salib terus rasa nak makan babi? I don't know how these people called themselves devout muslim when these little things can make them question their faith.", "This is Malaysia, after all \ud83d\ude02"], ["Thank Obama no gods exist anyway and u can just enjoy each others traditions."], ["inb4 zealots told you there is no moderate nor extreme version, there is only one and true version."], ["Malaysian Christians after getting rain instead of snow:\n<image>", "It's hot, so of course the snow melted.\ud83d\ude0f"], ["I really don't understand what's so bad about it?\nIt's just wishing people something they celebrate. \"Copying others' culture that is related to their religious views\" Idk man... in no way am I suddenly worshipping Christ when I wish people Merry Christmas.\nI swear, most muslims in Malaysia be acting like Atheists when it comes to opposing other religions especially Christian"], ["I wished a mery xmas n happy long weekend in public wassap group of a training centre. Some idiot posted about a video in Amsterdam mall where they remind shoppers about Israel - Gaza conflict. I bet that guy never read or skipped news about crimes committed by muslim immigrants in Europe currently"], ["My friend made a great solution to this. Just say \"enjoy your christmas\" instead :) The message is communicated clearly while we have nothing to worry since we just wished people to enjoy their holiday"], ["Can just say \"Happy holiday to you and your familes. Wish you all the best\" \ud83d\ude09"], ["Devout Muslim means can't wish?", "Devout Muslim can wish, as it is permissible to do so according to muftis and Muslim scholars. Probably what OP meant by \u201cdevout\u201d is close-minded."], ["Boleh ucap Merry Christmas tetapi hanya untuk non muslim"], ["Leaving religions aside, the end of December has been celebrated for thousands of years. Before Christmas, it was Yule, Saturnelia and Apollo's sacrifice day.\nI say Happy Holidays to everyone without assuming religion or anything because it is a blessed time no matter how you see it."], ["I don't even wish people Hari Raya, what makes you think I'm going to do that with Christmas?"], ["Just ignore it lol.\nI typically tell my fellow Muslims not to as a lot of people don't realize it's Haram, but I do so in private.\nThere is no one size fits all answer, apply wisdom."], ["Merry Christmas to all. Season greetings to all you filthy animals"], ["just say happy holiday and wish them well."], ["Doesn't matter what religion you are. If it comes with a public holiday, everyone is welcome to celebrate"], ["For me, I say \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d to all the Muslim people who wish to me Merry Christmas."], ["I mean its fine kan?"], ["\"happy holidays\" i usually just say that. Nobody has died yet so i consider that a win."], ["Why what's wrong is it because Nabi Isa is not a prophet or what"], ["Ion get it"], ["Why? Just being presence amongst greetings of Christmas makes them less religious now huh?"], ["So what? Nobody said anything about merry making during Christmas is only for Christians. Trust me as an \"official\" Christian (meaning not so devout anymore), we don't mind you are having fun. Only sad people with biased views have problems with it. I make it a point to have fun, get together, have good food and spread good cheer during Raya as well."], ["Don't understand why is this being posted here. Just wish back or just say same to you, it's really no big deal like any other greetings, like good morning or good evening or happy birthday lol"], ["Happy Holiday \ud83e\udd2a"], ["My muslim friends just greet like usual we don't take things to heart , life is too short to have such petty feuds"], ["Be sure that as a not anymore christian, i'm happy to participante at every hollyday of any religion."]]}
{"title": "PADU: Who is responsible to protect your personal data?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wauwu/padu_who_is_responsible_to_protect_your_personal/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["When asked about the cost of development, Rafizi said there are two parts to it. He said the manpower cost is \u201cfree\u201d because it is built by civil servants who have spent the last 7 months developing it on top of their existing tasks\nNow i think this system is 100% fail project. Not only the deadline is short, but they also don't have dedicated team for it. Developing a new app on top of their existing task? Are they working overnight?", "7 months is hilariously short for a central database that attracted high attack vector. Not only that, 7 months are not enough from cyber security standpoint. This is not your DIY home server, this is all high value database that aggregating and storing sensitive citizens record. One breach and sayonara.\nAnd not to undermine our civil servants, but I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s to proud for when the system is \u201cbuilt by civil servants\u201d, but it rather raised my concerns further. Who are they? Are they cybersecurity experts? Are they hobbyists who just simply have fundamental coding experience? Are they experienced enough to mitigate attack surfaces? Will they have ability to do APT forensics if the system is breached?\nIf your infrastructure partner is AWS, Azure or similar, then I might have a little bit faith in you. But this? I can see it gets breached within 1 year time.\nEvery time I read articles about this system, they kept mention \u201cit\u2019s built by civil servants\u201d like it\u2019s a selling point. Hello, it\u2019s not."], ["Reject Digital ID"]]}
{"title": "Beauty spas that don't hard sell their packages", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q9y7t/beauty_spas_that_dont_hard_sell_their_packages/", "num_comment": 45, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I went to this beauty spa with my friend the other day to get a facial. We were there just to receive a one-time facial treatment from their Christmas promo and did not plan to subscribe to any packages. After arriving at the spa, we were brought to a consultation room where they tried to convince us to subscribe to their packages, which we politely declined and explained to them our reasons. It was until my friend said \"if you insist on us taking the package, I'm afraid we will have to stop here\" that they somehow stopped urging us to take the packages and allowed us to proceed with the treatment under the Christmas promo.\nWhen my friend asked me to go with her to the spa just to try out the Christmas promo, I told her that I malas nak kena decline the hard sell.\nI wonder if there are any beauty spas out there that don't hard sell their packages? Does every spa do this? I wonder about the beautician / spa owner POV on this? I know it's their marketing tactics but somehow, I think it's too much.", "comments": [["sell pun tak tau. they should have hard sell once the facial treatment is done, and if the experience is good the customer is more likely to listen.\nin pun belum start sudah mau hard sell in a separate room. Bodo.", "They are learning from commercial gyms.", "Right, it makes more sense to hard sell your packages after the treatment is done. I dont mind receiving recommendations before the treatment though. But not hard sell."], ["Nothing wrong with upselling but it\u2019s the method it\u2019s done that matters here. Already pushing packages even before the treatment begins? That\u2019s just unwise business practice. If the treatment is that good, the therapists are so skilful and it turns out to be an awesome experience, you can suggest the package after that in a gentle manner. It the customer enjoyed the experience so much, chances are they would consider signing on the package. If not then they would return in the future and probably respond better to signing up then. Hard selling just turns people away. Of course businesses need to survive but it\u2019s the way it\u2019s done that matters done. I\u2019ve personally signed up for packages willingly after receiving 5 star service.\nTo OP, some tips for you; you can tell the therapist that you will consider the package only after the treatment is done. Usually I will give the excuse that my skin is sensitive to new products so after the treatment, I want to monitor my skin over the next few days to see if there\u2019s any issues or breakouts. If it\u2019s all good then I\u2019ll consider the package the next time I come. Usually they leave me alone after I say that. Be firm and don\u2019t be a pushover, don\u2019t hesitate either. Make it seem as tho you go for facials every other day so you know the way things work.", "Agree and thank you for the tips!", "If they really pushie.. just say no"], ["Try the facebar. Their logo is a girl holding her face. They don\u2019t force their packages on you and I really enjoy their services.", "My wife goes to this and she enjoys it as well. +1"], ["I like Herbaline. I've been to a few branches. They never upsell.\nThe worst is skin renew. It's been over 10 years since I've gone. They used to call maybe once a month to sell stuff or offer packages. I l had to tell them off several times. Even now, once a year, I'll get some bday offer sms. Grrr...", "LOLOL herbaline for me is the worst liao. Used to go to Bukit Tinggi branch, everyday upsell me. Once the facial from RM100 add this and that suddenly become rm600. They also always catch u at the most vulnerable stage which is before starting extraction, they will flash the light and point out your flaws so they can hard sell you. Then if you don\u2019t, they very beh song to continue the facial \ud83e\udd23 I have tried two or three different spots after that. Managed to find a trustworthy beautician who now does facials at her own place, without any hard selling", "Wah! That's so annoying. Really feels scammy. I hate it when they try to cheat people like that. The problem is it's like a franchisee thing. So each branch will have their own business strategy.\nLucky you managed to find the perfect person for you. I feel the same with salon. Always hate when they suddenly try to push treatment or colour when all you want is a trim.", "100%! Herbaline the best, no packages no hard sell. But their treatments are kind basic, not much on machines etc, guess that's why they don't need to hard sell on packages to cover those beauty machines.\nMy latest signed package was with Zenth, bout 10k + 2k products. I've decided to cancel the package after 6 months of treatment, managed to take back 3k only, by right it was 5k+ then they said those free treatment etc need to be deducted too due to incomplete sessions, lol."], ["I can sorta guess this is Hanan Medispa.", "Bukan. Hehe", "Dang. I too have the same experience but now every time I go to Hanan I will always request to skip consultations. Screw that. I just want my face to be clean.", "Wait, we can request to skip the consultation part? #TIL", "At least with Hanan. Not sure about others. I frequent Hahan for their service. Especially the extraction during the facials. I can see all my pores after my session is done. PUAS!"], ["Be firm and don't let them pressure you into signing up for something you're unhappy with. First, ask to have the chat after the treatment. If you enjoyed the treatment and would like to go back, decide on how much you can pay and how many times. Most often than not, they would be desperate enough to agree if you don't budge. If they don't, then just tell them it's out of your price range and walk away."], ["Usually aspect to look out for is this\nWhether got competator nearby or not\nWhether its a franchise or whether its a corporate company", "Same goes for GYM"], ["Upsell ok , jgn downsell sudah"], ["Ma-Ri Aesthetic & Laser Studio!"], ["If they don\u2019t sell, they don\u2019t get to eat. Businesses are not charities. If you really like their service then you can consider paying for it. Otherwise, just pass.", "And customers are not philanthropists.", "U win +1", "Komen terbaik ... Customer have right to choose and deny any additional services which he or she thinks is not nessarily and expensive ...", "Yes businesses are not charities but so is consumer money not freely available for charities. Fuck they think all consumers born with 1 million in bank is it? They should focus on their service and products but before even demonstrating their service they have started hard sell. I hope these unethical business and their workers got mugged when they walk on the streets and never become m40 or t20 in their life n stay b40 forever.", "I don't get people that want to bitch and moan about upsell. We want people to have higher salaries better standard of living but no upsell? Have the balls to reject or be a cheapskate with anxiety and sit down and take it.", "How bout improving their service and knowledge instead of hoping at gullible consumer? Where their balls to get higher income by improving themselves?", "How would you know if they have expert knowledge/service or not? There is not enough information in this story to say either or.\nI am making a general statement- upselling is a part of business and complaining about it doesn't make sense if you also want higher wages for everyone. Either you accept it or reject. You so nicely assume the side of consumer when really there are so many dumbass consumers in Malaysia, like there are dumbass businesses. How to take anyone's side based on anecdotal evidence?", "Actually I\u2019m okay with recommendations, maybe they say like I think this package more beneficial for you but some beauticians will downright mock your looks and say that oh your skin still looks very bad, I can see this can see that, therefore u should upgrade your package but i have been with your place for a year using the cheaper package and suddenly only you say this? I think more than upselling, I hate the dishonesty in terms of upselling. You should recommend based on customers needs, and not put customer down when upselling.\nUsually now i will just upfront say I can\u2019t afford this, don\u2019t upsell to me lol unless i really like the place and beautician enough to splurge", "See that's different if they're insulting you. Upselling can mean a lot of things and look being upfront should be encouraged", "It seems that I need to provide more context for my post. It's not about having the balls to reject, my friend and I already rejected many times and made it clear that we were not looking for packages, yet they still insisted that I should take the packages by reducing my expenses on clothes la, foods la. Siap tanya berapa gaji I and how do I spend my salary. And then she kept saying, ok lah RM150 per month, you can afford it lah, takkan itu pon tak mampu. Kalau I tak mampu? So what? When we finally got to the treatment (the Christmas promo one), the same person kept entering the room and forcing me to subscribe. Can I please have my treatment in peace for the love of God? And I already made it clear many times that I just wanted the Christmas promo.", "Yup , learn to reject and say no if u think tht particular thing is useless , no point throwing tantrum afterwards just bcs you x dpt nk deny diorang earlier and now dh balik umah bengang kena conned dan tk bole nk buat apa2 ....\nNo offense to anyone ... srs", "Ya, we ended up not taking any packages with them :26563:. I originally posted about this to see if every spa does this and if anyone had experience with other spas that didnot hard sell.", "I can upsell but I don't like to be upsold.", "No one likes to be upsold but we all understand the hustle", "I don\u2019t mind receiving suggestions to try something different, more things etc. If it doesn\u2019t resonate, just politely reject and move on. I am very bad at saying no lol but those who don\u2019t like being upsold shouldn\u2019t go to Korea because they l always upsell!", "Upselling can mean anything like suggestions. But yes it seems most redditors have a problem even having a conversation to reject people"], ["If you got anything like that on promo/sale, expect to be upselled."], ["Lax Retreat. They will let you know about the latest promotions but will not hard sell, ever."], ["Glo Laser Centres used to be like this, never upsell and will not push once you decline. Went back recently for a session and wow, the upselling was utterly hardcore and it was done throughout the facial session. They talk and ask questions non-stop. Really a big turn off. Facials used to be relaxing and enjoyable, but now I wish to be done ASAP and leave."], ["Esme Acne Management Centre is pretty good! At Jaya One, PJ area. I always go there and each time they do not upsell at all"], ["Please avoid Shxkurx by all means. They are super hard sell and pushy, they once tried to sell me a package that costs RM30k. \"It's affordable if you pay with credit card instalment, could divide into 36 months\" they said :26554:"]]}
{"title": "Thank you for your service \ud83e\udee1", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q9rh5/thank_you_for_your_service/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Lotus\u2019s is the MVP"], ["Hail Muji, Kaison, S&J"], ["Muslims don\u2019t celebrate the Roman god of Saturn \ud83e\ude90.", "Yeah we dont celebrate..but why we cant make profit from it.?"]]}
{"title": "Baby, it\u2019s cool outside: Cold front to lower temperatures in peninsular Malaysia until January, say weather experts", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q9gfx/baby_its_cool_outside_cold_front_to_lower/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["cold meh? still feels hot as always"], ["Is it cool? Because my room's like a sauna these days."], ["lower temp? how low?\nhuhuhu"], ["Perlis has beeb very cold. Usually rn it's supposed to be hot,dry and 0 rain but it's been raining a lot....\nUsually by now, the Sunsets should be around 7:50PM but sunset here still 7:10PM. The season becomes late. Probably, in March we'll experience the Sunset at 7:50PM phenomena.\nPerlis Usually very hot in ther afternoon often over 41\u2070C but by night, it drops as low as 21\u2070C in the lowlands."]]}
{"title": "Water supply back to normal today, says Chow", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q9fyv/water_supply_back_to_normal_today_says_chow/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Macam betul kan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q97ku/macam_betul_kan/", "num_comment": 232, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["gaji 10k without any car; public and walking. Is the way go go", "I want to transition to this, but busses are so unreliable in Malaysia. Might get a foldable ebike to bring into trains", "Busses aren't that bad anymore actually, since RapidKL has live tracking now. The departure times shown in the Pulse app are also pretty reliable from experience (although the app itself isn't great UI-wise lol). The main thing that still needs improvement for me is the peak hour frequency of busses.", "Doesn't Rapid have straight Google Maps integration now?", "Best part is when the bus show up it\u2019s packed fuller than Japan rush hour subway\u2026", "is this a thing?", "Yes it is", "wow, the price", "Just like Toyota and Honda pricing. It's just wow XD", "Quite a bit cheaper than a car, though you\u2019re really close to a kapcai now", "ya, haha can run this on road? sometimes its kinda illegal", "Probably idk haven't looked into it", "If u live near public transport, no family commitments, that's fine", "So far, I\u2019m commuting to work via bus and MRT, much more convenient than my parents\u2019 house.\nBut when I have a kid, that will change.", "Respect.", "Unfortunately my office area has no train/bus nearby so mesti guna kereta rip", "If you have a lot of time to walk and sufficient deodorant to cover the stickiness after walking, then good for you.", "Gaji 10K, got company driver right?", "Nah, usually that's for C-suites and very senior people in larger companies, who would earn way more than 10k a month. Depending on industry, gaji 10k is maybe around 5-6 years exp, senior exec or junior manager level.\nI'm in IT, 5 years exp, currently team lead in a startup earning 11k, definitely no company car and driver haha (although for startups even CEO won't have a driver usually). I take LRT to work because I don't wanna deal with morning/evening traffic lol.", "My goodness. What the heck am I doing wrong in my career to earn B40 category salary?", "What line of work are you in? Some industries unfortunately pay less than others, due to supply and demand. IT salaries are pretty high in Malaysia for good experienced workers as there is a huge lack of good software devs here, and also a lot of startups willing to invest in any good talent they can get their hands on.", "Education, which is sad.\nI do agree with the lack of software developers here, hence the high pay.", "Hmm yeah, people in the education industry here (and many countries around the world) are pretty underpaid. For school teachers, they usually supplement their income by giving tuition, and for the more enterprising, eventually opening a tuition centre. I've heard international schools pay better, although I don't know how much more.\nOut of curiosity, are you teaching primary school, secondary school or university?", "University. Teaching foundation, diploma, degree students for almost 20 years now.\nI wholeheartedly love teaching but lately, my passion for it is dying because universities now are more driven by numbers (students, grades, passing/failure rates, ranking, grants, projects, publications).\nThe human part of education, where a life is changed for the better, is getting sidelined as the year goes on. Some of us still push for it but it seems to matter less now.", "Only the boss bosses in our bank have drivers even though most of us take home a few times more than 10k. We do get a very decent car and parking allowance though, but most of us take the MRT as our office is near a station.\nBottom line is it isn\u2019t about earnings, it\u2019s about company culture.", "Damn, I need to get my ass into the IT business lol.", "Nope, 10k won't get you a company driver. Try around 30-40k even for an MNC.", "CEO can get driver la. that's higher than 30k-40k a month. so no", "30-40k won't even get you a company driver, I know cuz I'm in that range LOL.", "LMAO my last salary in Malaysia (gross) was RM11K+ and I walk + take MRT to work. Only have 1 car", "Tabik spring to you, boss.", "Guy must have a lot in terms of saving.", "It's the well paid people in nice offices in nice locations that can afford to MRT/Grab comfortably.\nBuying a motor/car is for poor/middle class that can't afford to live and work where they want. \ud83e\udd37", "10K in MNC or relatively big company is just senior role or leader role. so no driver. The most senior position don't even have driver in my company", "Lmao no", "10K only got company phone je bro..", "lol and pay your driver 4k a month?", "\ud83d\ude0e", "Car is an asset", "Er, unless you are driving a limited run/historically significant car, nah.", "Unless your car value is increasing over year than its not a reliable asset. Also taking public doesnt mean you cant own a car so you actually able to preserve your car value more and longer if you use it less", "That is the way"], ["\"Biar papa asal bergaya.\" - Broke H"], ["Honda real desperate.\nAt first it was package for civil servants, then extended to private sector.\nIf anything, I wait a few months when there is a few City cars to buy because these people have defaulted on their loans.", "Nice, I'm planning to get a new car in 2-3 years time. So a discounted refurbished Honda sounds like a good choicem", "If cost is a major concern, the previous gen Vios/current Yaris is cheaper to buy and maintain. The City is kinda too pricey, especially the normal ICE versions.", "Thanks. I like to get my money's worth. Is it more spacious than city for the 2022-2023 models which I'll assume will be available in 3 years time as second hand refurbished.", "Having tried both, the old Vios would be oh so slightly smaller. The 360 cam on the Toyota is way better than Honda piddly camera setup tho.", "The current gen Yaris is more expensive than the City sedan though, and almost 10k more than the City Hatchback which is Honda's equivalent model (comparing lowest spec model for all).\nOf course, the Yaris has more in terms of features than the base City sedan/hatch, like touch screen audio with Android/Apple carplay, reverse cam and the full Toyota Safety Sense suite (Honda only has Honda Sensing on the higher models). However, if cost is the top concern then Honda's latest gen cars are more affordable. Maintenance cost is roughly similar too, although I can't comment on reliability as I've never owned a City (I have a 2016 Vios and it's reliable as hell though, not a single major issue in 7 years of ownership).", "My area got 4-5 yaris , same colour samo , mcm vios reliable , and its also rare ,\nNk vios tpi tk nk sedan , so opted for yaris instead ...", "Yaris and City Hatchback is the false hatchbacks.\nGo back to the Honda Jazz to GR Yaris. That one is a real hatchback.\nI miss having choices apart from a nicer Myvi.", "I want my cheap JDM k r/kereta but the best Malaysia can do is Axia.\nFuck Tun M", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/kereta using the top posts of all time!\n#1: How much should I pay to a mechanic to check if a secondhand car is worth buying?\n#2: Just swapped the location of the MAF sensor. | 9 comments\n#3: What is your Impression/Opinion on Subaru Forester? | 9 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "Yeap, because of him we don't get fun, sporty and reliable models for a decent price, ctr should only cost RM200k max, which is still attainable for a lot people.", "Apart from myvi , closes will be tht , but price differences is also high ... unlike other country where like in India and other region , they have polo and suzuki swift ... i know volkswagen is a headache like the engine after sales ... but ya at least got few choices ...", "Oh damn, that sounds good actually. Where do you find these cars?", "Is there any specific place to buy defaulted cars?"], ["Gaji 1.5k crying at corner", "Me only 1.7k:26563:"], ["I've driven both. Myvi after 10 years high maintenance due to wear n tear at bottom of car. City is very maneuverable w less stress physically n mentally", "my first gen manual myvi just got sold by me for the same reason, things staring to fallen apart, rattling sound everywhere, large noise when driving slow. i am surprised i got rm8k out from the car dealer.", "Wow. PM dealer?", "of course lah. it\u2019s after TEN years old leh.", "Wow really? I thought this r/kereta is very easy to maintain", "Then again after 10 years you should be motivated to change a new car. Spend some of what u earn for a decade is rational", "I currently have 300+HP car and a highway cruiser. To be honest, I don\u2019t have the motivation to change to a new car lol because I am not daring enough to go further. If anything I would spend more to get the next next next gen Axia in the future.\nIf I am really that loaded, and GT-R or Supra is still available, yeah I would get them. Otherwise I\u2019m really happy with my GT86 and w140, and my soon to come Axia Rahmah", "Just curious, does this bottom wear and tear prevalent on the new gen MyVis too?", "I think the issue goes the same to all smaller cars", "Ohh. Thanks for replying", "What about Myvi safety? I always witnessed accidents from Myvi", "Your safety on the road depends more on your own driving skills and style than the car", "True. But I hardly see any german cars get involved. I tend to think, Myvi doesn't have as much safety features. But that's back in 2010, I think now 2023 have alot of better safety tech in it. So alot of latest model, didn't see any involve in any major accidents", "Honestly any major accident would wreck a car. Unless it's a Volvo", "Have you been driving? It's always the Myvis or toyotas that get the most accidents", "My mom's vios still running fine after 12 years, whiley sister's myvi has a gearbox issue only after 6 years"], ["When your salary is 10k you most likely invest alot more in house than a car at this stage"], ["I really don\u2019t understand the appeal of Honda cars in Malaysia. Despite the old \u201dVTEC has kicked in yo!\u201d meme, I can appreciate the tuner side of the culture with cars like Integra DC2 and hatchback Civic Type-R. Other than that, their QC is becoming worse. Imagine buying a 150K Civic sedan and still have major issue with the steering rack. Fit & finish is also like Proton and Perodua.", "even German cars have consistent problems. 2nd series interior looks more like Saga than Civic, but double of civic\u2019s price. So maybe car prices are subjective.", "They hold their value well, great reliability and customer service.\nMy starter motor failed, and they found out that it's a design flaw and offer to replace mine for free.", "Because they are some the fastest cars you can buy for that price range with decent reliability, maybe that's the appeal, at least to me, I don't want to bother with German car maintenance cost, but I want a decently quick car with good handling and I don't trust proton, and no money to buy a lexus IS, so civic is the only choice. As long as it doesn't cost an arm and leg to fix some defects, I am fine with it", "Honda and Toyota are the holy grail for M40 here. Die die also want even if the spec is shit.", "To be fair, Honda/Toyota are the cheapest cars you can get here if you don't want P1/P2. They hold their value better than Nissan, are cheaper than Mazda and VW is a lot more expensive to maintain (and the Polo has recently been discontinued here).", "Because there is not a lot of better choices r/kereta, especially rural areas other than Toyota and Honda.", "Cheapest car that is not Proton or Perodua. 5 year old car still selling at RM55k+. Why not? Whats better?", "It's to show that you're in the middle class."], ["Gaji 10k = G-Shock Enjoyer\nGaji 3k = Rolex Enjoyer", "Gaji 30k = Casio pasar malam", "Gaji 100k = Homemade watch with rubber band strap", "I don't wear watch, where's my unlimited money?", "Ah! I see what you did there"], ["You describe me, I drove myvi and bought myself a DSL in PJ Damansara in the 2000s with 3k salary", "woi 3k in early 2000s is big bruh...", "yes, my house was 350k and it's now 1.4m, 4x appreciation.", "Ngl im jelly", "What's DSL?", "double storey link house", "I see. Thank you.", "Double story landed", "How is OP describing you? If anything you\u2019re the opposite. The picture depicts 3k salary driving Honda", "Bought the car with 3k salary in the 2000s, prob his/her salary already reached 10k by 2023 but still using the same old car"], ["I know this guy who is a senior partner in a consulting company and got clients from china, Hong Kong, and around ASEAN.\nHe has a Ferrari collection and at the level of owning limited edition Ferrari.\nBut when meeting his clients, he drives a MyVi.\nWhatever floats your penis I guess.", "It\u2019s a strategic move, I can see why he drives the Myvi to meet clients\nWhen you meet clients with massive egos you\u2019ll want to seem less successful than they are cause it\u2019s much easier to secure deals that way. If you roll up to a business deal in a 1.5mil car naturally their ego will get in the way"], ["Non of my 10k salary colleagues buy Myvi, the cheapest car is Vios"], ["3.5k income with myvi is the norm", "I make 3.7k and cant afford myvi", "If last time, yes. Now you can\u2019t even afford Myvi r/kereta with that."], ["I dont know about others, but the older I get, the less flashy I want to be. Kalau I kaya, I tak payah orang tau sebab I tak nak share \ud83e\udd23. Kalau I miskin, I tak mau orang tau sebab mereka takkan tolong pun, cuma mengata saje. Also as u get older, we have tasted nore, seen more, sama aje melain nak show off. The bigger your car or house, the nore you spend on petrol, maintenance, etc. So live simple is best"], ["Copium"], ["4-5k with axia/viva/kancil anyone?", "Yesssss..axia for meeee. I just need something to get me from a to b and axia is well enough for this job", "Small perodua gang\nViva all the way", "Oh god i'm still using 11 years old manual viva. Alternator need to replace every 5 years. Brake pump replace at year 10. Aircond keep failing dunno why...\nBut other than that it does the job perfectly.", "Axia+MRT combo for me", "Bezza gang unite!"], ["My City instalment is RM1.5k a month. Who would be stupid enough to pay 50% of their salary just for a car?", "People who see it as a status symbol (and there are a lot of them). I've been asked by multiple people why I still drive a 7yo Vios when I could afford a lower end BMW/Merc. When I ask them if they know how much those cars cost to maintain, they don't (many people just see purchase price and not cost of maintenance).\nFor people who live with parents, don't have loans and don't care about saving, driving City on 3k gaji is doable. An ex-colleague of mine was driving a Beemer on 5.5k gaji, he had no other expenses besides entertainment (living with parents, phone bill paid by employer).", "Oh I know a few people with that salary who have booked the s70. Many people are first or second gen to live in a city and experience prosperity and a slick lifestyle and have no guidance on how to spend their money."], ["gaji more than 3k, I drive the same car I bought during college, costed me rm7k and no payments, only servicing and minor repairs needed, dont \"live on budget\", live way under it and travel, who cares what others think lol, they live to pay for their depreciating car to keep \"image\"", "Damn what car is 7k"], ["Lol me in a picture. I broke the higher tax brackets recently but still drive a 12 year old MyVi. A car is just a liability on 4 wheels that take you from A to B."], ["Dia tidor, makan, berak dalam keta kot. Tak bayar bil2 lain. \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "https://thecarloo.com/ berak setel.\nShower probably use a portable shower kit and bucket kot.", "Hahaha didn't know this is a real thing. Nice one."], ["Bezza at 4k. People mistook me as their grab"], ["To look rich or to be financially healthy? Be a T20 outwardly or a T20 that looks like a B40?\nWhich 1 do you want? Have one million per year lifestyle but no saving each year or net one million saving each year but living a modest lifestyle?\nThis trade off seems like common sense but I tell you the truth, a lot of of people who dare to buy Honda don\u2019t even have 100k savings or even make 100k a year, that\u2019s sad.", "Lots of people live T20 lifestyles but they are not T20 financially lol\nIt\u2019s just the trend these days to dine at aesthetic overpriced ass cafes and pay for equally overpriced desserts after that. Fresh grads with entry level salary also fall into that social pressure to drive nice cars and buy their bf/gf nice gifts\nMy parents like to talk about how most people carry designer items and drive expensive cars but have zero savings and they are potentially in huge debt just to look rich"], ["Big no. I see many friends earn more than 8K drive nicer car, This is not true"], ["This is quite true with people around me. Many years ago, my ex drives a kenari with 5 years loan. Take home salary about 13k ><"], ["Can confirm. I'm pulling around 7-8k with a Myvi while some of my junior colleagues are driving Hondas and Mazdas. Whatever makes them happy I guess."], ["Lots of my colleagues, pilot and aircraft engineers, driving below 100k car. But house?. Thats the problem of others, judge people based on cars not their properties"], ["Gaji 3k, A Class boleh lepas loan , sila hubungi saja"], ["M40, always been a proton. Had a getz once which was full of problems. Happy to be in local car club. No pressure!"], ["By the time gaji hit 10k likely got 2-3 kids liao. So not kaya anymore but broke af. Hence why myvi lol\nThose no kids means they wiser with money.. Rather keep it to go for travel."], ["gaji RM50K naik LRT Masjid Jamek"], ["True lmao.... i mean, if you want it, and you can get a loan for it, go ahead but definitely not for me\ud83e\udd23\ni rather have a peaceful, headache free when its payday than have to bring out the calculator and start hoping you have some salary left for food."], ["Gaji 10k\nMyV 2nd hand cash\nFinancial freedom"], ["True. Bought that facelift Myvi in 2022 when my salary was net 2.5k. Now I am 7.5k net. The loan repayment gets easier with time as my earning increase and lifestyle remained. I am happy."], ["Gaji 5k but i still got this reliable ol Saga FLX that i bought for 2k 3 years ago\nItu pon bawak ke mrt je then naik train \ud83d\ude39"], ["3k bujang yg 10k dah anak3"], ["So fake.\nRM10k still driving 2nd gen MyVi at best.", "Yeah, bought a myvi as a junior, never bothered to change car as I climbed the ladder, just maintained the myvi well."], ["Salary RM10k go to work with honda ex5 pun okay. \ud83d\ude02"], ["Buying first car Vs buying 3rd car."], ["3k also hard lepas loan. 700-900 a month"], ["ya tapi dia ada berapa keretanya belum tahu lagi"], ["With Family\nWithout Family", "Happy cake day anon \ud83c\udf89"], ["I came from a very low profile family. My parents both salary more than 10k also they never spent so much money on car bcs value depreciates. I also initially never cared la bcs i think car is just something that brings u from point a to b. But unfortunately in my work line, all other collegues use more expensive car, as much as i dont want to be that fella who spends so much on cars, i did upgrade my car bcs of peer pressure lol"], ["as a son of a dad with 13k monthly salary. I agree (we have Axia and Toyota Rush)"], ["Biar papa asalkan bergaya"], ["korang gaji 2.5k pun bole beli por-shay, ambik loan je /j\nPlease DO NOT DO THIS, BE RESPONSIBLE WITH YOUR MONEY :(\nsome people fall into the trap of 2nd hand cars, especially older BMW which have reliability problems. Price look cheap like under 100k but after repair the cost all stack up like hell..."], ["Exactly hit the spot for me.\nGaji 3k\nBeli city\nPlate keta tender lagi.. Issh"], ["Why buy car when you can buy bilke.. no toll, plenty of parking, no jam, cheap roadtax insurance.. except for rain", "Instruction unclear, buys a Kawasaki", "Instruction unclear, buys a BMW Motorrad"], ["I have a cousin baru je angkat honda city. Baru sebulan angkat terlibat dengan accident. Kereta total loss dapat seribu lebih je. Hutang masih kena bayar. Kerja kilang je UPDATE: Second hand car", "doesnt honda's insurance allow you to claim the car's full value for total loss in the first year?", "Doesn't quite make sense for total loss to just compensate a few thousand no? There must be something we're not aware of here.", "1k for total loss doesn't make sense though, insurance usually pays out the agreed market value for total write off (which for new car should be close to the purchase price). There must be some other factor involved here.", "Either story is fake or you are just bad at storytelling or worse, you got scammed by the cousin for pity story. If it\u2019s not act of God, normally you get to claim full value.\nEdit: even second hand car, you will mooooostly get the amount of car you paid for instead of like, 1000. Unless it\u2019s a shitbox and overprice but that is like 10k. You can\u2019t even take loan for old shit box."], ["The 10k have myvi and also 2 other cars. Change my mind", "Me. A GT86, a highway cruiser w140, and soon an Axia Rahmah. Myvi is too costly for its standard"], ["Daily used car, Perodua. Weekends and holidays, Porsche. (Dream preference)"], ["Agree \u2026 it is stupid decision that will later on learn when your getting older \u2026. I brought a city full spec back in 2010 when my salary was 3k and still driving it till today after like 14 years later and never even thinking of changing cars even my salary is enough for me to change a new and bigger car \u2026.."], ["Ah yes typical city behaviour from city drivers"], ["Household income about 35k. We drive a Perodua Axia. Previous car: Proton Savvy."], ["Gaji 10 kereta second hand je. Hehehe"], ["If you hv 10k every month and put your life in myvi you\u2019re dumb.", "U do know that 10 k is small fry these days? I'm happy with my Myvi for now and my growing list of assets..Wait till I hit the 20k mark in a year or 2 and then it's Range Rover ftw", "Reconsider getting a Range Rover, they are notorious for having poor reliability. Had a acquaintance sold his 2022 Range Rover sport due to high maintenence cost relatively to subpar materials used in car.\nBut hey, if it's your dream car, no ones stopping you. Just giving my two cents as it's better to know whats coming with it.", "Bugger looks damn macho la.hahaha..but thanks alot for the input my friend.tbh,I like the car quite alot that I may not focus on the maintenence cost but the way u put it,im kinda worried about its reliability now..Im a person who prefers a vehicle which is a good servant and not a headache inducer", "Lmao you gonna make super bad financial decision for the Range Rover when it comes to r/kereta", "I dont think so, 10k is big even for a family of 5 unless money management failed", "Commitment differs between individuals man.right now, the main purpose of my 9-6 income is to grow my asset portfolio while occasionaly pumping $ into my farm business and other business ventures..Sure,I can afford something much better than a Myvi but dunnola,im satisfied with this car for now.i guess it would be because my whole life,a car has solely been a mode of transport from point A to point B and my Myvi has been a good girl to me her whole life.lol", "What do you mean?", "Too fast", "car is car", "Its just a car bro", "The car \ud83d\ude97"], ["Me. Wanting to grab an Axia rahmah. Honday and Toyotay are too fragile today compared to previous gen.\nAlso more sensor means more prone to sensor error. Wouldn\u2019t be surprised if car brakes itself due to sensor problem.\nMeanwhile I have 1 highway cruiser w140 and GT86 for spirited driving and project r/kereta. For work? You don\u2019t need a 0-100 in 3 seconds. You need small and nimble car to cut traffic. Also grab an audio setup and you are good to go.\nNo kids FTW."], ["Bukan macam tapi realiti."], ["what the difference beside the size?"], ["10k car is recently uncovered as a death trap."], ["this is probably me in the future\ud83e\udd23"], ["Actually its like this\nRm3k first job - buy city\nThe Rm10k ones , usually he have use the Myvi way before when he/she salary is lower than tht 10k , maybe after myvi he/she will upgrade ...\nBut they dont show tht\nAlso , gaji 3k , straight outta Uni's , kena Up skit or at least within the same reach with other frends...\nNo offense ..."], ["I have a couple of questions:\n1) how much is honda especially the one mentioned above.( Yeah btw I'm young and don't know much about cars especially having one)\n2) why not replace Honda with proton s70 I mean it's pretty good plus we can sapot local stuff.\n3) why when it comes to things like for example I heard someone said before that women want men with honda or just say that you have honda and then you'll have her.", "The cheapest City right now (latest gen) is about 85k for sedan, 79k for hatchback. This is lowest spec, it can go up to 100k+ for top spec.\nFor me personally, I won't consider S70 over Honda/Toyota until the car has been in Malaysia for at least 5 years, because I value long term reliability. There isn't enough data yet on how reliable the Geely models in Malaysia are once they pass the 5 year mark (X70 has only been here for 3 years), can't use Saga/Iriz/Persona as a benchmark as those are fully Malaysian made while the X series and S70 are rebadged Geelys.\nFor me, the best alternative to Vios/City is still the Myvi (or Bezza, but I cant stand the look of that car). It's technically Toyota parts since Daihatsu is owned by Toyota now, and pretty reliable + affordable to maintain.", "If you really wanna support local stuff, you shouldn\u2019t even consider Proton r/kereta, more so if it\u2019s Geely rebranded. There is nothing \u201clocal\u201d about Geely rebranded parts bin car.\nYou should go for P2. The design has Malaysian taste in it."], ["gk salah beli kereta, tapi ramai yang salah bila beli kereta"], ["Only for working class."], ["meanwhile i take saga. fun little thing. tho gears kinda finish at 160kmh. what can we do with a vvt 1.3 hmmmm"], ["Gaji 3k but buy 2nd hand Toyota :26555:"], ["When my gaji is 2.5k monthly drove modest 1994 Toyota Corolla for 20 years. Now gaji 18k monthly drive 2019 Kia Sportage. Thinking of Tesla 3 as company car to save on tax in near future."], ["Can anyone explain why this hype with honda? I dont have a car or drive so i dont get it"], ["Ada Honda ada amoi"], ["Biar papa, asal bergaya"], ["Not entirely accurate. Kalo beli put under company, they gonna get lexus or Alphard"], ["Gotta get it out of the system early. My first car out of uni was an Altezza RS200. I remember the day I picked it up I barely had any cash left to fill it up with petrol \ud83d\ude02\nFast forward 20 years and I'm comfortably pulling 5 figures a month and drive a 10-year old Serena with child seats and snack wrappers and crumbs strewn all over the floor \ud83d\ude05"], ["I personally know a person who earns 4k/day that drives a car from when they started working, current market is probably less than 20k (obvi fully paid, just occasional (low-cost) maintenances)"], ["Aku pkai kotak taik"], ["https://waupost.com/myvi-has-no-class-msian-mum-disapproves-of-daughters-bf-as-he-intends-to-buy-a-myvi/\nThe news back then, because it shows the guy doesn't have money... weird right?"], ["My sister with 0 ringgit salary just got a City for her 21st birthday \ud83d\ude02"], ["mak aku gaji 10K++ pakai Mazda, saya pakai Persona lama mak saya huhu"], ["Can RM3k salary really get their loan approved for a Honda?", "A class also can, don't ask me how, ask salesman", "Hahaha damn if 3k salary, buy A Class.. sure makan maggi everyday \ud83d\ude02", "If need to boikot eat what? Eat sand cheaper haha"]]}
{"title": "Gaya ni", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q96gw/gaya_ni/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["How to report fancy no on jpj app?", "E-Aduan JPJ > Nombor Plate beragam"], ["*Ustard", "Good one! ><"], ["Saya ustaz"], ["Sebab tu otak kosong"], ["Dude's gotta be a terrible ustaz with that much vanity if he is even an ustaz."]]}
{"title": "Some malaysian really awesome", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q95tg/some_malaysian_really_awesome/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Its extreme kiamsiap (cheapskate) behavior. Take off the head can save on the weight of the chicken. Taking out the fruit stems also the same idea.", "Oooh that\u2019s pretty smart. Embarrassed to say I actually think that\u2019s a good idea now.", "pretty unethical too. a lot of good ideas which are unethical leads to why we cant have nice things.\npizza hut used to have free flowing soup/salads.\nnot anymore.", "Can also say the shops are unethical for including the head as well though", "have you ever considered it as a shop owner?\ni have a chicken to sell you. i calculate my prices to include the entire chicken.\ni know some people prefer certain parts. i cut the chicken up then i price the individual parts which adds up to much more than if they were sold as an entire chicken.\nwhy? because it is very likely no one wants to buy the head and etc.\non a different business, if you buy a signboard. 4 x 8 feet. the price is usually the same as 3 x8 or 4x7 feet.\nwhy? boards are usually made of raw material at the size of 4x8. using less is a waste and when cut to smaller sizes, it's simply unsellable. is that unethical? nope. the seller has listed the price for you to see. they tell you exactly what you're getting and at what price.\ntearing off the head of a chicken is destruction of property as you technically dont own it until you purchase it.", "IKEA used to have a packing area with unlimited brown paper. Those really sturdy packing paper for glassware etc. But we know how things are with Malaysians...", "Man, I think even chap fun shop would probably scoop the soup and drink for you the way some aunties mass tapau the liquids.", "same with onions. people tend to rub off the outer layers to get their money's worth. i do understand with the onions/garlic tho.\ni've seen people peel chicken skin off too.", "Hey,... I think I know how to buy durian for an even cheaper price...."], ["To reduce the weight, maybe?"], ["People don't eat chicken head. But shops still count them in weighing when selling. No surprise here.", "It's still usable though, one can boil it to get the essence of chicken"], ["Take the head off and miss out on the opportunity to do this ?"], ["Its been a while since i last heard the insult \u2018koman\u2019 hahah"], ["What is this? The headless chicken experiment?"]]}
{"title": "Eh ok or not?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q95gl/eh_ok_or_not/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Brand name a wordplay of an established brand\nThe word 'viral'\nA lot of ice and sweetened creamer\nIt's hitting a lot of Malay food business bingo.", "It ain't viral till you put viral on the sign/lanyard amirite?"], ["for those who don\u2019t get it - it\u2019s a wordplay on Starbucks but in local Kedahan dialect Start Habaq which means Start Telling Others"], ["Boikot produk tiruan, suppot ori", "Rebranding"], ["IMO with Malay business 50/50 but Always go try mah they sell cheap but the quality is 50/50. If the seller knows what they're doing, their air bancuh will be the best tasting. Not too sweet not too cair.\nI always buy Thai Iced Tea from that one auntie near Taman Sena. Her Thai Iced Tea + Grass Jelly is always 100%. She sells in small batches and made to order."]]}
{"title": "Lobak PPR tenants have amassed RM1mil in rental arrears, says rep", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v2nb1/lobak_ppr_tenants_have_amassed_rm1mil_in_rental/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Chew Seh Yong says some tenants have not paid a sen in nearly 20 years.", "comments": [["The Seremban City Council has said it will seal units and tear up agreements with residents who refuse to pay.\ncity council will not gonna do this lmao. they never done anything in 20 years they wont do something new now:26554:", "If they do, it will be a political suicide lmao.", "Lol so true"], ["No action taken so don't need to pay lor similar to ptptn loans and iwk bill"], ["Hire the service of Abang-abang Ah Long, let them keep 25% of the collection. The problem will be solved in a short period of time. Hahaha...."], ["Give more subsidy to b40 , only choice"], ["Start clamping the cars. Only unclamped after dues are sufficiently paid."], ["It will be waived"], ["Damn, 20 years?"]]}
{"title": "What are some Malaysian urban legends that could turn into a horror game?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q93tl/what_are_some_malaysian_urban_legends_that_could/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Tbh I don't know what to put this so I just put it as culture. I know some ghosts and urban legends in Malaysia such as the puntianak and that yellow volkswagen car myth. I was wondering if there's any other urban legends that you wish it turns to a playable horror game or some analog horror videos?", "comments": [["Karak highway lmao, setting is that your car breaks down and you have to navigate to find reception or help from nearby cars. Walk a little bit and you see that there's a yellow Volkswagen beetle going past you. You see light in the distance where you think it's a house but as you walk, the light turns off and you're being chased by a Pontianak. Karak Highway is known as a place which is a crossing for spirits, so u could incorporate Bunians, Hantu Raya, Pontianak, Pocong, maybe some mountain spirits as well.\nPlus, would be a nice Easter egg where you pick up a phone where a person called saying that everyone had died in a car accident like that story where the radio announcer picked up a call which was similar during a late night broadcast. Maybe like a Home Sweet Home style gameplay where your character can only run and hide in either foliages or abandoned villages, don't think it would be fun if u could fight back against the ghosts like Dreadout or Fatal Frame, and along the way, u start to learn more about the highway and what it's supposed to be, it would definitely be eerie but also beautiful, cause there are several waterfalls near the highway that u can stumble across too.", "Instead of a horror it can be slice of life. Pontianak and pocong just fed up with these people crossing into their world"], ["Too bad it\u2019s a safety hazard because Highland Tower could make up for an intense horror exploration game like Devotion.", "Make the whole Genting Highlands as an exploration zone. Haunted rides, casinos, It's A Small World figures coming to life, backrooms-like hotel rooms, ghost cars zooming up and down the hill, anything goes.", "Happy cake day", "Honestly Genting Highlands becoming a backdrop for a horror game screams Bioshock 1 vibes.", "It needs to have a backstory, Genting is always so foggy. One day there was a very deep dark fog covered over Genting and all the people in there mysteriously dissapeared. They sent search and rescue team up the hill and they came back all empty handed. No one was found.\nSince then they've cordoned off the mountain, nobody goes up and nobody goes down. It's been declared a disaster zone.\nOn that fateful night, your wife and daughter had went up, but you had a work meeting and was only to meet up with them a day later.\n10 years has passed, you are a horrible mess, a drug fueled alcoholic, your life fell apart after you lost your family and never mentally recovered. You wanted to end your life, but decided to go up the mountain instead.", "Silent Hill:Genting", "Shiet.... Sounds damn good"], ["If you go into the jungle for hiking and other activities there are a whole bunch.\nSome people prohibit to calling each other's real names once they enter the forest. Supposedly some spirits may mimick the sound of the names to lure unwary hikers away from the path and get them lost in the jungle.\nSome people insist that before entering the jungle, one has to respectfully ask permission and be respectful while inside especially when going to the natural toilet.\nAt night you do not shine your lights up towards the tree canopy, unless you can handle what may be looking back down and which you have disturbed.\nIf you smell a nice fragrance from night flowers, don't comment about it, because the otherworldly owner of the fragrance may feel flattered and choose to show themselves to you... And you may not be able to handle it.\nAnd then you have the many stories of orang bunian and people in the forest vanishing and being transported into a hidden world.\nAlso, there is the stories of orang minyak and tall men..."], ["I can see it already. You are the first responder during a landslide, only to be thrown into a silent hill esque nightmare where you must navigate between helping the victims find peace to move on and the vengeful spirits who refuse to do so, who are rapidly contorting to become various Hantu that will threaten your colleagues.\nToo soon?"], ["We already have Malaysian game developers that specialize in horror, Kaigan Games Sdn. Bhd. The founder is two Malay brothers from Sungai Petani. They make this famous original horror game called Simulacra.\nIt's a story about how the player found a phone of a missing person and have to figure out a way to find her by contacting her old friends. I saw Markiplier play it once.\nThey also make a sequel. From what I can gather, people really dislike the sequel, and they don't seem to have made other original project that were not based on Simulacra.", "I really REALLY like Sara is Missing. Also from Kaigan Games"], ["I wish developers of Detention and Devotion dived into the lore of SEA\u2019s supernatural. Both those games are \\chef\u2019s kiss\\", "Both games are set in Taiwan, and Red Candle are a Taiwanese dev, maybe we should take the initiative and set up our own horror game studio.", "There's already an Indie game featuring SEA supernatural by a SG developer", "SG \ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd2e", "So what's that suppose to mean?", "It means I don\u2019t want anyone other than Red Candle Games, the developers of Detention and Devotion, to make them"], ["Schools horror because they were all Japanese barracks or hospitals or something.\nPicking up unknown strangers and ending up in cemetery.\nUlek mayang.\nWith the amount of malls we have im surprise we don't have a SCP-3008 (IKEA SCP, look it up) style tale yet.\nFyi if y'all like local horror there's an indie game series called paper ghost stories on steam. Love the aesthetic.", "Schools horror because they were all Japanese barracks or hospitals or something.\nPesta Bangkai Corpse Party versi Malaysia. /j", "Onz. Fyi if y'all like local horror there's an indie game series called paper ghost stories on steam. Love the aesthetic.", "Yeah, I didn't think of that. There are some malls that are very new have some very liminal and backrooms vibe to it."], ["There is this legend that when you climb Mount Kinabalu, you'll have to give yourselves nicknames before you go up that mountain. If in the fog during the trek you hear your real name, I don't care how close you are with the owner of that voice, never turn back, never answer and keep going.\nThat could be a good game for someone who's never known this concept before. He just goes to the voice in the fog and you get lost.", "Would be cool if the game use those text to speech voices to say the player's name", "I think this applies to all mountains. the rule is dont call people's real name and be respectful. dont yell here and there, insult the place whatsoever.\nMy primary school class teacher likes to go hiking. he told us that once, a couple is with their group and keep on complain about the mountain. The lady of the young couple soon got lost from the team. The guide then tell a man to pee at a tree and everybody else leave him alone. The young lady show up not long after. When everybody asked her where she had been, she said that she heard someone calling her she followed, and she got lost. But just then a small path appeared and she follow it up. Found the group then.\ni have no idea about the reliabilty of this story. It is a weird to me even till now", "How do these ghosts know your name? Do they have the latest facial recognition software? Even our police not that canggih leh.", "my teacher dont refer them as \"ghost\" but \"mountain spirit\". Suppose they cant become a nature spirit/ local deity if they dont have something up their sleeve"], ["Your Character: drug user Date: November Weather: rainy season Time: night Location: closed and sealed high school (actual school in real life in the one from Taman Desa) Mission: finding a reasonable spot to rest and take drugs due to dbkl or polis kacau and rainy season, wet everywhere. But something tells you that you\u2019re not alone in the premise.\nTheme: 1- backroom situation like it\u2019s room within a room within a room in a corridor situation ( like in our dreams) 2- hantu (classic I don\u2019t have to explain too much on this, not a game developer)\nStoryline: Can start from the your character is looking for a place to stay as a homeless drug user, went in here after feral dog chase, then something something happened.\nGood thing is that, drug user can use drugs (like village) for performance boost or even just stay awake and even human being like police can be used as bad guys because they don\u2019t trust the character\u2019s words and attempt to arrest him for drug possession etc.\nGhost part is easy I guess, Pontianak\u2026 some of the students fell into victims that haunted the shit out of the place.\nI think?"], ["Pocong\u2019s are terrifying too.", "I found pocong hilarious to me but it is terrifying as I heard many stories from my friends' experience. Probably most of it are sleep paralysis but still it is scary.", "Pocong are kinda funny when you see it in videos or photos since they look kinda... Goofy? But being serious, as someone who has had to deal with ghosts like pocong, kuntilanak and toyols even, it's pretty damn terrifying. The sleep paralysis is especially hell considering the body of the spirit is very heavy, almost suffocating. I saw them multiple times, and got sleep paralysis by a kunti, my mom got sleep paralysis by the pocong"], ["scenario: An ex-leader took billions of the nations' money for his own use. he's trying to avoid authorities. in the end He was not caught. horror or not?", "Would be horror if he has some mental disorder such as scizophrenia or having constant nightmares and became paranoid.", "In one scene you see him laughing. All the money around him. The next scene he wakes up in a deserted asylum...tanjung rambutan.\nWas it all a dream?\nHe walks around. Get your torchlight etc. You see some newspaper snippets about your life. Except instead of the typical PC reporting you get lambasted. \"shit leader\" \"master of corruption\" etc\nThen angry ghost come chase you. Except the ghost looks like his wife. Don't need special effects. Just the normal face already scary enough.\nI wanna see that famous Blair witch scene where the snot is coming out except that face belongs to Mr N"], ["Mona Fandey. A witchcraft incident that tangles entertainment and politics? Why not?!", "She also skinned and dismembered the menteri besar into 18 pieces and dumped the remains in an unfinished house. Pretty gruesome."], ["Virtual pet toyol"], ["i saw this chinese ghost hunting program somewhere. There is a wooden hut somewhere in a forest, on the mainland. It was occupied by a chinese man and his malay bride, who hid there during WW2. No one knows what happened to the couple, but the place is now haunted by a vengeful malay woman in chinese wedding garb. Satu Malaysia eh."], ["Still waiting for slender like horror game but with orang minyak"], ["check out u/daily_scrolls_516 ! They have a series of posts about tons of Malaysian folklore!", "Thanks for the mention! Was a hobby to sketch some of our local monsters and ghouls. Glad to help out OP if you want some references\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/hipaT95Ugo\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/9ajaDN1JXu\nKinda stopped after doing almost all the relevant ones hahaha"], ["Watch pembesar-pembesar C4 a woman and then have to run away to Australia until today.\nIn Australia, you see some pembesar taking a dump", "That one American dude: How about on an airplane food cart?", "More context: It was a Malaysian rapist that claim he's taking a dump to explain why he pull down his pants in front an Australian lady"], ["Penanggal"], ["Check out Ghostlore."], ["It's 2mins to maghrib. Kids are still at the playground.. Hantu tetek is approaching to steal the kids away. Problem is the kids are all playing hide and seek. U need to find them before the clock runs down. When time is over, hantu tetek does a jump scare on u"], ["1) Karak Highway 2) Highland Towers 3) Mona Fendi's house (or whatever's left of it), 4) Penjara Pudu, 5) Old japanese war sites i.e massgraves, battle sites 6) Mayang Ulik dance 7) Pagan sites 8) Literally any hospital morgue (if you prefer simplicity)\nI could go on, but my fingers are getting tired lmao..."], ["Mak cik pedas, Bobo dimana"], ["Hantu kum kum; knock knock who's there type\nUncle carry a sickle; he will cut head\nSound of a boy playing ball at 2,3 am; haunted buildings\nHantu Raya, a copy of yourself\nHantu Galah, 10 meter in height ghost\nLangsuir, big tree resident\nHantu penanggal, head pop up (only head) and fly away to feed (blood, etc) and then return and reattach to the body"], ["CNY is coming so... you play as a bachelor/bachelorette navigating your way through family gatherings and nosy elderly relatives. Two ways to execute this:\nTelltale Games Style\nDisco Elysium style or\nPersona dialogue style"]]}
{"title": "Underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q9189/underage_rohingya_girls_forced_into_abusive/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["According to the video, they are married to Rohingya men, aka illegal immigrants who work here, too."], ["some people getting riled up in the comments section\nkek"], ["This is going to be rude. Which state?", "News broke a few weeks ago. It's their family arranging marriage within their own communities. Something about getting them out of a refugee camp.", "Did you even watch the video?"], ["It's so sad to see that this is happening to them. On one hand we want to help them in the sake of humanitarianism, however how do we toe the fine line or helping others when many Malaysians are not taken care of as well.\nTruly a sad state of affairs.", "Make so much sense. Child trafficking enforcement does take away so much resources from local welfare distribution. Such a fine fine line.", "however how do we toe the fine line or helping others when many Malaysians are not taken care of as well.\nFunny how that conversation never pop-ups when the subject is Palestine. Some might claim that in Malaysia, some Muslims count more than others, but I think that is not true. I think the discrepancy here is that supporting the Palestinians, who are really far away, cost nothing. You just wave a flag and feel good. But helping the prosecuted Rohingya who are right here, takes real money and effort, not just flag waving.", "so?? go help them why tf u keep mentioning religion as if muslim is to blame? are u delulu or something?", "Typical redditor", "Who is this 'we'? This 'humanitarianism' can go ask money from the UN or other Rohingya-loving NGOs instead, not our gov. We have our own problems to deal with. Let those so-called human-rights-loving countries take them in. I don't want my tax money being paid to bela Rohingya. Now because of Najib's policy back then, Rohingyas think they own Malaysia."], ["These people doing whatever pleases them as if our country's law does not apply to them. Time to send them away?"], ["The twisted underbelly of a society is truly unraveling. At some point in the future, we\u2019ll understand why the Burmese wanted them out and they\u2019re unwanted by Bangladesh. Are they the Palestinians of SEA?"], ["Part and parcel of brotherhood"]]}
{"title": "Occupational therapy in Johor", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vxper/occupational_therapy_in_johor/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Hi everyone, does anyone know any good occupational therapy centres in Johor Bahru?\nThere are a few kids I know that can\u2019t read even at the age of 10-11. At this rate, they\u2019ll end up illiterate as adults even though they\u2019re attending international schools.\nThanks in advance!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Lisa Su, your turn\u2026", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q8qs1/lisa_su_your_turn/", "num_comment": 56, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["RM5 GPU lets goooo", "The late Salahuddin Ayub would be proud", "I'd settle for RTX4070 at RM2300", "Scalpers: best I can do is rm4070", "We need to find a way to make scalping illegal. This atas angin profit-taking is horrible for the average working people. No wonder in old japan merchants have status only slightly higher than criminals.", "Plot twist: each GPU purchase requires a MyKad. Each MyKad holder is entitled to only one Ramah GPU. Take that scalpers!", "RM5 RTX 4050"], ["Next we need intel rahmah program, I want cheap i7-14700kf for my pc\ud83d\ude0b", "i7-14700kf\nThen also need aircon rahmah to tame the heat coming out from it.", "AIO Rahmah or Noctua Madani :26554:", "I love noctua madani more:26561:", "Maybe only got budget for DeepCool/ID Cooling only. Those 2 brands the cooler ok what."], ["LOL my friend had also joked exactly about this too. :26554:", "Plot twist: OP is your friend!", "*sees OP's flair* You might be onto something here... :26562:", ""], ["Ain't AMD already making their CPU here tho?", "Assembly and packaging only iirc chipset still from TMSC (Taiwan) . Might be wrong then someone please correct me."], ["Not going to happen as long as ringgit continues to devalue"], ["Boikot bros, I don't feel so good...\nThe US chipmaker said the donation marked the largest humanitarian fundraiser in its 30-year corporate history.\nAs part of the fundraising effort, thousands of Nvidia employees from more than 30 countries donated a total of $5 million, which the company matched and doubled to $10 million under a special program introduced to help those impacted by the war.\nNvidia said the raised funds will be donated to nonprofit organizations in the region that were chosen by employees, including Asor Fund (JGive), American Friends of Magen David Adom, Doctors Without Borders, Friends of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (US) Global Humanitarian Assistance, the Jewish Agency for Israel, World Central Kitchen, and Zaka.\nNvidia also said it has donated hundreds of computers to families evacuated from the north and south of Israel, and provided thousands of hot meals out of its Yokne\u2019am office cafeteria.\nNvidia\u2019s R&D activities in Israel are already the firm\u2019s largest outside of the US. The firm employs more than 3,000 workers, or 12% of its global workforce in seven R&D centers, from Yokne\u2019am, the HQ of Mellanox, to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ra\u2019anana, and Beersheba in the south.\nAlongside its R&D operations, Nvidia also runs the Nvidia Inception Program for Startups, an accelerator that works with hundreds of early-stage companies, including 800 Israeli startups, and the Nvidia Developer Program, which allows free access to Nvidia\u2019s offerings for developers.\nValued at several hundred million dollars, Israel-1 \u2013 which Nvidia said would be one of the world\u2019s fastest AI supercomputers \u2013 started the first phase of its operations two months ahead of schedule, the chipmaker said in November.\nlol, Mekdi can, Nvidia cannot?"], ["Lower down the 4090 prices.....", "Nah, it's the total opposite now. Expect to see 5xxx series starting at USD2K.", "Oh well i guess ill just go 7900xtx/7900xt route lol if i ever upgrade in future\nIm.happy now with the 3060 i bough at rm900 open box lol", "Sweet find. Speaking of 7900 XTX, the price has never come down rm5050. ThunderMatch which sells one at that price, trolled everyone by upping the price to Rm5999 and discounting back to Rm5050 for Christmas day."], ["RTX 750ti rebranded(Rahmah Texel eXtreme), gomen bukak harga RM250.", "3rd gen I3 and GTX 750 is pretty good for Windows XP gaming."], ["Wonder how awful the GPU will be. Expecting RM1k RTX 3050 6GB", "Worse, because of our middle man layers to final retail price.\nThe 3050 was like RM1.5k+ when it came here first.", "The rest of the world is aggressively cutting prices a year after the cards launched but Malaysian sellers are still holding onto original RRP :26559:"], ["and.... nvidia just announced they giving big money to Israel. https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/14/nvidia_mellanox_israel_letter/", "Huang thanked employees who had opened their homes to families who had lost their own or had been forced to evacuate, and pledged to provide whatever support they may need.\n\"Nothing is more important than the safety of your family. Nvidians worldwide will rise to cover for our colleagues in Israel and pick up and offload whatever work you need. We are here for you,\"\nHumanitarian efforts towards their affected employees is quite different from \"giving big money to Israel\".", "Not even humanitarian; let alone politically driven. Hell, it was relatively old news, in terms of the current conflict escalation.\nThis was basically Nvidia giving money to the family of an engineer who was killed, as some form of death gratuity.", "Good. They gave to any Palestinian engineers?", "Not my place to say, my dude. I can only hope that they've been doing the same severance pay for all nationals behind the scenes, without any IDF-pushed newsletter PR post to them.", "Humanitarian efforts towards their affected employees\nSee my comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18q8qs1/lisa_su_your_turn/kexf3js/\nIt's far more thant that, they donated $15m USD to Israeli aid organisations such as:\nAsor Fund (JGive), American Friends of Magen David Adom,Friends of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (US) the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Zaka\nTheir own supercomputer that just launched is called Israel-1 lol."], ["Gamer is such a cringy term.", "What else you gonna put? \"Pemain permainan digital\"?", "Anything but gamer. According to research, people who identify themselves using the word gamer are more prone to sexist, racist behaviour.", "You got any word alternatives? Also that's a fucking hilarious reference post, it's from the vice lmao"], ["I just want founder edition available in Malaysia. \ud83d\ude29"], ["RTX 5090 at RM2k please", "Why stop there, landed house for RM50k \ud83d\ude02"], ["3060 rm 500 cukup rahmah latu"], ["mean while I am holding on my 1660Ti...\nwho need a new GPU when you just play 1080p/60hz."], ["big if true\n(guys just let me have my hopium)"], ["24 month installment plan \ud83d\ude0e"], ["Me still looking for cheap and secondhand RTX 3090 for AI related projects."], ["Shits gonna be like gt750 lmaooo"], ["Malaysia as the main engine for bitcoin lesgo!"]]}
{"title": "How long do you think this hill (and other similar hills in Ipoh) will be flatten and gone?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q8c1l/how_long_do_you_think_this_hill_and_other_similar/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": ".. eventually I think Ipoh will become just another flatland with environmental issues!", "comments": [["Gone within 10 years"], ["If you expect this to happen naturally by wind and rain errosion, give your self a million year at least."], ["I saw this when driving past recently (had not passed Ipoh in a long time) and it made me sad \ud83d\ude22. I give it 30 years"], ["", "In this case though, the limestone hills around Ipoh don't catch much water. Water retention in the Perak river valley is in their marshlands.", "Aaaw, babe. The people who fucked around would be spent their wealth and be dead by then. Mean while, and the next generation will get the honor to find out. \ud83d\ude0e\ud83e\udd2a", "Then when people say the issue is because of the clearance of hill, they might be arrested under sedition or \"national security\".", "who cares when money is no.1 ? you'll see those hunch back mountain gone in a sec"]]}
{"title": "Online shopping for international goods in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pyx53/online_shopping_for_international_goods_in/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "Heylo\nSo, I've been really curious about our experiences with international online shopping. Mainly buying stuff from overseas that you can't find here in Malaysia or don\u2019t normally ship to malaysia such as but not limited to designer bags.\nI'm reaching out because I want to understand more about what it's like for everyone else. Like, what kinds of products are you guys looking to buy from abroad? And what sort of challenges have you faced?\nI\u2019d love to hear your stories and get some insights. Have you found any neat tricks or tips to make international shopping easier? Or maybe there's a particular product you wish was easier to get here in Malaysia?\nLooking forward to hearing your thoughts and stories!", "comments": [["Ive bought some Chinese merchandise, some CDs from the west, plus some random stuff here and there. There isnt a significant difference only thing is the shipping time. Stuff from abroad comes by boat so it will take longer", "Oh nice, did you choose for it to be shipped by boat? or was it the only option?"]]}
{"title": "One day after Christmas", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q7oqu/one_day_after_christmas/", "num_comment": 51, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "CNY songs on air the day after Christmas", "comments": [["Kongsi Xmas", "Kongsi kongsi"], ["It\u2019s already happening. Some shop sneakily put CNY items with Christmas decorations", "Report says sales will shoot through the door this year", "I remember back in the days working for amway warehouse , i was recruited to work on night shift 10am to 10pm a week before Christmas. Very high order demand during Christmas, CNY & New Year. So basically packing all the products filling up 200+ lorry per night and I remember looking out the windows, fireworks were lighting the whole city while im doing all the packing.", "10am to 10pm, that's very long hours", "As a bangla\u2026 thats just celah gigi.", "Bro"], ["Merry Fa Cai\nLet the shopping spree begin", "Spend more"], ["Well today is Christmas, yesterday was Christmas Eve. Still, I love the CNY decorations, I think they look awesome.", "Happy Christmas to you and family", "Thanks man, you too!"], ["I thought today is Christmas?", "Today is Christmas, yesterday was just Christmas Eve", "Today still Christmas decorations, tomorrow will be cny decorations"], ["why are you using last week picture?:26554:", "This is last year", "not even last year, it was year of the pig aka 2019", "You so observant"], ["OP want stir shit?"], ["where is this?", "1Utama, those escalators are the clue.", "1U"], ["What is OP implying? And he is using last years\u2019 photo?\nRage bait again?", "I am saying shopping malls start to put up CNY decorations right after Christmas. I just using photo I found from Google, no indication of anything.\nAnd no rage bait.\nWhat is wrong with people?\nSikit sikit offended", "But TODAY is Christmas. It\u2019s not even AFTER Christmas. That\u2019s why you have to use last years photo.\nBut why? Why do you even post something not happening?", "Well it is happening, i saw my local DIY putting up CNY decorations for sale around 3pm+ yesterday. And the Christmas decorations were already completely off the shelves by then."], ["Today is Christmas", "Happy Christmas to you. Tomorrow it will be CNY decorations everywhere"], ["Gong Xi Christ Zhai", "Gong xi gong xi"], ["OP misleading people with the pic, clearly pic is not 1U currently, its a pic from 2019. Downvoted for being misleading, could have just described the situation of CNY songs being played but you chose to post a pic of CNY decoration as well, liar."], ["All the auntie uncle hold their breath from blasting dong dong qiang song now", "And blasting it around 6am"], ["Christmas? What Christmas? Go home. /s", "Happy Christmas"], ["k", "K"], ["Efficiency", "Profit"], ["Today is Christmas.", "Merry Christmas"], ["Merry New Year everyone!!"], ["Are you a time traveler?", "I already saw your post before this"], ["Let\u2019s increase price to 50% and put 20% discount \ud83d\ude0d Kiong Hee huat cai! \ud83d\ude0d", "Heng ong huat"], ["Personally,I feel it's a bad strategy.They can milk the Christmas mood and spirit and offer year end sales right up till 31st Dec since Christmas and New Year goes hand in hand..Furthermore,the general public are drawn more towards Christmas deco.CNY is one and a half months away,there's no need to rush"]]}
{"title": "Christmas at St John\u2019s Cathedral, KL\u2019s oldest Catholic church", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q7867/christmas_at_st_johns_cathedral_kls_oldest/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["I love air in church on Xmas morning, how's the crowd?"], ["blessed christmas everyone"]]}
{"title": "Rainforest retreats", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q6j5l/rainforest_retreats/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I came back to Malaysia for the holiday season and looking to spend a few days on a relaxing holiday. Can you recommend any rainforest retreats? I'm currently in Penang but open to traveling interstate.", "comments": [["Royal Belum Forest in Perak."], ["Not exactly rainforest , but it\u2019s nestled within greeneries. You should check out Adeline\u2019s villa @ gopeng. Amazing food & activities", "Outdated b&b. Budget accommodation standard overall"], ["Taman negara is another choice but it's a distance from where you are. Royal belum forest is closest.\nIf out door and remote areas you can check out some of our dams and lakes\nhttps://youtu.be/B1vLgUeBOx0?si=4Utc-EnG97KfQnqW\nhttps://youtu.be/GXSiPdj60PA?si=r98h58eEyR9shbJ2"], ["I had an amazing experience at the Gibbon retreat near Hulu Langat. The venue is broken up into little chalet/villas and you can spot and hear gibbons sing throughout the day.\nHighly recommended.", "Wow coincidentally I plan to book a night a Gibbon too this early Jan 24. Only that I'm unsure whether the place is suitable to stay with our two 5 years old kids. Ur suggestion?\nAs for OP, Last week I stay at Jimmy's Durian Orchard Karak. Not really inside forest since it is just beside the Karak highway. But its a nice small scale chalet with 5 rooms located in the owners durian farm.", "For the Gibbon Retreat, the ones I stayed in were on stilts, perched at the top, which was a great experience. No bugs at night, great view of the tree tops and gibbons, but bear in mind this is quite high up so if your kids are rowdy, might be a cause for concern.\nMy friends who stayed on ground-level chalets on the other hand would only hear the gibbons and had to battle a flurry of bugs towards the evening. But on ground level would be easier to manage esp if your kids are the mischievous type.", "Thank you for your suggestion. Yeah, I am interested with the tree top unit but a bit worried about the safety for the kids. And that tree top unit seems a preferred choice than the other units so need to find the available date that suitable with my plan."]]}
{"title": "Muh history books", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q6f61/muh_history_books/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["On the internet: \"What's wrong with calling Indians that? It's just a word from a book.\"\nIn real life: \"Hihi yes bro good to see you (I'm not gonna dare to say that word to your face cause I'm a big pussy who's only brave online\""], ["Ah yes, let us show these people that the stereotype of indians cant control their emotions and like to fight is untrue by telling everyone we are going to fight them over an ancient term.\nMeanwhile the indian guy who punched and took a selfie with the 7-11 cashier is still alive and breathing. Probably because my people doesnt drink (at least not the majority and the ones that do dont drink that much) which is why emotions and parangs dont fly often, at least not yet.\nIf you gonna throw punches over a word which isnt even a racial slur in the first place (it originated from an ancient kingdom), then i think its only right to do same.\nEdited some spelling mistake."]]}
{"title": "Originally Malaysian food?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v2j8z/originally_malaysian_food/", "num_comment": 48, "flairlabel": [], "header": "We're a melting pot of cultures, so nearly all of our food is from elsewhere. Rendang is from Indonesia, laksa is from Thailand, even our bak kut teh is southern Chinese. Yee Sang is either Malaysian or Singaporean but no one can definitively say which of the two.\nI'm not sure if kolok mee is a Malaysian-only dish, or is it brought from china.\nAt least Singapore got chilli crab.\nNasi lemak gua. Uniquely Malaysian \ud83d\ude02\nEDIT: Thank you for the list. I don't think less of Malaysian food just because our food is pinjam ke original ke apa. Its still good. just curious.", "comments": [["Rendang is from Indonesia, laksa is from Thailand, even our bak kut teh is southern Chinese.\nIt's new year eve, people are allowed to get high all day.", "You have the green light now go \ud83d\ude02"], ["Nasi Goreng USA and Chicken Chop comes to my mind, oh and Budu lol", "Can\u2019t say budu much, it can originate from thailand cause they have a similar fermented fish sauce called pla-ra and taste is similar to budu oops"], ["Nasi lemak is more Malay-cuisine food rather than Malaysian. There are a lot of Malays in Indonesia, especially in Riau and Sumatra who has also been eating nasi lemak for centuries.", "I thought Indonesia is Nasi Uduk? It's still santan based rice, but the spices used is different and the sides is also different.", "I agree. While a lot of people like to say that nasi uduk is Indonesia's nasi lemak, the two dishes are distinctly different. The spice blend and condiments are different, resulting in each having its own unique aroma and taste."], ["Bak kut teh is invented in Malaysia. So is pan mee - especially chili pan mee."], ["yee sang was invented by anthony loke father:29091:"], ["Malaysian western food, chicken chop is invented in Malaysia.\nIn fact, you can't find chicken chop in western countries"], ["Cambodia and Thailand have their version of nasi lemak but without sambal.\nKolo mee is just a variation of wanton mee.\nNasi talipot in Sabah and Nasi Kerabu?\nBKT is original Klang Crusine. Hokkien mee (big noodle in black caramel sauce) is original Malaysian no?\nHow is laksa Thai? I thought it was uniquely Malaysian."], ["Its crazy how Chicken Chop is the only modern day food from Malaysia that I known originated here (Plus we all first thought it was a western food right?)"], ["Dey Laksa is Perlisian lah. We made it first.", "Thailand used to control Perlis before they had to cede it to the British.", "Yes. We have unique identity. Not to Malaysian not too Thai"], ["I suggest you check out ikanmas.in for the origin stories of many Malaysian food. A lot of the iconic food we have today is the result of migrants recreating their hometown's food using locally available ingredients, and made for the local palate e.g. kek lapis, roti canai, pulut mangga, ipoh sar hor fun\nSometimes our version is superior to its original counterpart due to the intermingling of local cultures e.g. curry chee cheong fun, nyonya kuih, kam heong crab etc.\nAso in regards to rendang, it is the creation of Minangkabau people, but it is also created specifically for their frequent travels between Indonesia and Malaysia. So Malaysia played a part in its creation story."], ["There are no \"original\" Malaysian food. Malaysian cuisine is a mixture of regional cuisines, either from the \"Malay world\", China, India and the Middle East. Everything from roti canai (India), nasi lemak (regional), CKT (southern China), laksa (regional), satay (Indonesia), rojak (Indonesia) etc.", "We are the poster child of liminal countries. Traders, preachers, explorers, migrants all came from somewhere else, stay here awhile, and will be moving onto someplace else later."], ["BKT & Laksa is local, there are influences but its unique to the region\npan mee and its similar variants are quite unique to us.\nthere are quite a few more really, soong beef noodles, hokkien mee etcetc\ngoing by your logic no dish belongs anywhere, som tam would be laotian"], ["Geez where the heck is your homework from? By your logic, all food is from Africa because all humans are from Africa. The techniques, knowhow and philosophy are always from elsewhere but the resulting product and dish due to difference in produce, weather, influence and geography, is what makes them local and in this case, Malaysian.\nRendang: Yes more Indonesian than Malaysian but Rendang Tok is renowned from Perak. Typically Malaysian rendang is a lot less dry than Indonesian rendang.\nLaksa: Please enlighten me on what the Thai so called 'origin of laksa' is called? Similar to which one? Penang's tamarind asam laksa? Sarawak prawn and egg laksa? Melaka's coconut nyonya laksa? Yeah I don't think so.\nBak kut teh: Even if there is a precursor in southern China (the CCP may well have fabricated one just like they did for Yang Zhou fried rice, which is from HK), is it as significant to the people there as it is to the people in Klang? If you travel to the West and find BKT, will it be more similar to the Klang variant or Chinese variant? If it's the Klang variant then Malaysia will claim that, thank you very much.\nKolo mee: The style of dish is essentially Hakka mee and common everywhere, but the unique curly noodles (in contrast to Kampua mee) are locally manufactured and the red variant with char siu sauce is definitely local.\nFinally, to answer your question, here are some dishes off the top of my head:\nNasi lemak\nBak kut teh\nKL Hokkien char mee\nChicken chop\nChilli pan mee\nSalai masak lemak\nPongteh\nNyonya laksa\nAsam pedas\nLontong kering\nPatin tempoyak\nNasi kukus\nNasi dagang\nNasi kerabu\nLaksam\nKai si hor fun\nAsam laksa\nNasi kandar\nPasembur\nChar kuey teow\nPenang Hokkien prawn mee\nNasi daging air asam\nBihun sup daging\nTuaran mee\nPinasakan\nKolo mee\nSarawak laksa\nManok pansuh", "Hmm curious, what is you source to say Yang Zhou fried rice came from Hongkong, and not Yang Zhou, China?", "Ask and you shall receive. https://youtu.be/J3ahehPxJHE?si=gLVn_3xab-MiRa2N", "Huh.. that 1 minute video provided no proof whatsoever. It just claimed \"just go online and you will know that both (Yangzhao fried rice and Hokkien Fried rice), are Yue \u7ca4 dishes\".\nAnd HongKong does not own Yue, culture. Guangdong is also Yue, and on the mainland.\nNot even talking about the political status of the current HongKong, if it was created before British colonisation, wouldn't it still be counted as from China?", "Ooh wow I feel your butthurt. Proof? It\u2019s more than enough of an argument to persuade me, because it\u2019s just food buddy. It\u2019s not like killing citizens for protesting.", "Wow.. saying it is HK is an 'argument' for you.\nI was curious because the name LITERALLY says Yang Zhou fried rice.\nSure thing mate.. Oh by the way, paper, compass gun powder were all invented in HK too. It was invented in mainland China initially, but after a crackdown on protesters, the inventor magically changed to HK.\nOh and by the way Isaac Newton became Malaysian, since GB invaded and killed so many Indians, but is now also HK after May 13 incident.\n:).", "I was curious because the name LITERALLY says Yang Zhou fried rice.\nHokkien mee (be it KL, Singapore, or Penang) is not from Fujian. Ragu Genovese is made in Naples instead of Genoa. Baked Alaska is from New York City.\nConsider your curiosity quenched.", "Ohhh.... I will take those at face value.\nIn any case no proof that YangZhou Fried rice is from HK though, so I am going to disregard what you said and follow the general consensus that it was created by a magistrate of Yangzhou.", "Even if I give you the benefit of the doubt that it was created in Yangzhou, the argument that one would stir-fry sea cucumbers and scallops with fried rice, let alone have that popularised to the masses, is far-fetched. And there's no doubt the dish is popular. I'm just far more interested in the popularised version of the dish which I believe means more to the Cantonese and overseas Chinese, than the 'notarised' version does to the good people of Yangzhou.\nIt just sounds far more likely to me that it's an effort from the Chinese to compensate for their self-eroded traditions with a conveniently-named dish.", "I could not find the 'official CCP version', claiming that sea cucumbers are definitely needed.\nEven the most 'CCP friendly', news outlet, SCMP, just lists seafood, most of the time shrimp, but can be replaced if you want something fancier.\nUncle Rogers vid about it just looks like a fancy chef from a fancy restaurant using fancy ingredients, self claiming authenticity, akin to some fancy restaurant puting all sorts of expensive stuff in to wa tan hor, to make it fancy.\nAnd I too, believe that the authentic version, is likely much simpler. I also believe that it is much more likely that it originated somewhere in south china, like most if not all of HK's culture derives from, rather than it happening to be invented on HK island itself.\nI do not believe in your political commentary, in fact I believe otherwise, but that is not the point of the discussion anyway.\nI suppose, in myself, I still see no reason to believe it is from HK."], ["Laksa sarawak Nasi kerabu"], ["OP got his facts from a kopitiam conversation"], ["Ayam golek, Ayam masak merah, Ayam Titanium"], ["Pisang goreng cheese viral. Also no such thing as food that originates from Singapore."], ["Asking what is originally malaysian food is like asking for original american foods\nIt's ridiculous, since this nation is built off different cultures interacting with each other."], ["i don't know how much indonesian or derive from other nation can it be, but umbut masak lemak putih sounds and taste pretty traditional malay for me. also have you ever heard of ikan pekasam? paling-paling busuk nasi dagang pernah makan tak?\nOP really needs to touch grass further than his backyard"], ["Ayam percik, nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, nasi ulam, peknga"], ["there's no originality when it comes to food, if you dig deep enough, everyone copied something."]]}
{"title": "What\u2019s the #1 best Indian restaurant to go to in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q63dp/whats_the_1_best_indian_restaurant_to_go_to_in/", "num_comment": 28, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "I am an Indian who\u2019s travelling to Malaysia and I wanna try their Indian food but I\u2019m looking for the best Indian restaurant in Malaysia. Do let me know!", "comments": [["This is akin to asking what is the best indian restaurant in India.", "Uh", "Country is big with many different cities and different kinds of indian food.\nBetter questions would be\n\u201cWhere can I get the best Naan in Kuala Lumpur\u201d\n\u201cWhat are some of the best south indian breakfast spots in Penang?\u201d", "I\u2019m North Indian, and West Indian.", "Cool!", "From Mumbai, India.", "They mean you should specify what you're looking for. Tamil food, Kerala, Punjabi, mughlai, veg, non veg etc"], ["My favourite is Lankan Cafe in PJ though not sure if that is considered Indian. There's also Kanna curry house.", "You did not just recommend Sri Lankan food to an Indian \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "I\u2019m actually Indian Malaysian lmao cuz my grandfather is Malaysian rest is Indian and my family was Maharastrian and I speak Marathi, Malay, and Hindi and English", "My bad", "Thats my cousins store!", "Small world. Which one?", "Teebah! :)", "I'm confused haha", "Oh Lankan Cafe! I thought you asked for the owners name.", "Haha I see!"], ["I don't know about the number 1 indian restaurant as everyone has their own taste, you should head down to Brickfields as most of the restaurants nearby are indian orientated.\nLook for Nhava's and Aariya Bhavan(Vegetarian)\nThese two are amazing in my opinion."], ["Frangipaani in Bukit Damansara is among my favourites. Crazy good dhal", "Yes, I think Frangipaani is one of the best upscale Indian restaurants in KL."], ["In terms of taste, there are so many restaurants that put lots of ultra-processed and artificial flavorings to enhance the taste. This isn't just exclusive for Indian restaurants, by the way. Also, so many restaurants are unhygienic, but connoiseurs of taste don't care about these details.\nIn terms of health and hygiene, I think the best Indian restaurant, at least in Brickfields, is MTR, which is South Indian. I believe so because I don't get indigestion, bloatedness after eating their food, and the flavors are mild. By the way, I went there years ago, not sure if they are still operational."], ["Namaskar! Do you prefer trying dishes that have roots from South or North India?", "North and West Indian cuz I\u2019m from Mumbai, India born in Johor Bahru to a Marathi-Hindi family", "I assume you\u2019re looking for restaurants around Johor then? Or are you open to places in different states like Selangor/KL/Penang?", "Well, I have 2 apartments, one is in Mumbai, and one is in KL and I mainly live in KL.", "If you already live in KL, then you must have tried some places by now. What North Indian restaurants do you like going to here? I can give similar recommendations or something new to try that wouldn\u2019t deviate too much from your current preferences.\nWe have a larger presence of Indian food from the southern continent since there\u2019s where a majority of our Indo-Malaysian ancestors originated from (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sri Lanka). So if you\u2019re also interested in trying that then do let me know!"], ["Roti by Dtandoor at Jalan Damai, KL."], ["I\u2019m not sure about no.1 but the best i\u2019ve been to would be Betel Leaf in KL. My go to place whenever I do crave for Indian food!"]]}
{"title": "MH370 could be found in \u2018days\u2019: experts", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q57jy/mh370_could_be_found_in_days_experts/", "num_comment": 35, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["These experts need project money to find their new tours and trips."], ["Serious question : If the black box is found, is it still possible to extract the recordings from it? Despite being under the sea for a decade?", "Air France 447 survived 2 years so maybe?", "Won't be of much use as turned off - but would confirm suicide by Captain.", "Depends on the condition of the black box. If it\u2019s not corroded, why not", "nope", "Why not ? A solid state drive can last decades.", "if soaked in seawater doubt it can last more than a year", "It can tho. Silicone is resistance to seawater.", "Yeah but memory isn't made of silicone alone, there's also copper and gold.", "An solid state drive in its usable state is unable to be damage by sea water."], ["Gais, news.com.au is tabloid-level news portal in Australia. Don't believe it until confirmed by more reputable news sources.", "If the government dont take it serious.. dont bother"], ["I thought we already did, debris had been discovered since 2015. Considering almost 10 years of drift physics and the likely location it went down, whatever remained of the thing wasn\u2019t large enough to justify extraction."], ["Mh370 before gta 6 is wild"], ["Unless you fund it yourself or find someone incredibly wealthy among the bereaved i doubt anyone is interrested anymore.", "Im a sure some of the family members would be as they would want closure", "The chance of of 237 people having a multimillionaire as close relative arent that high. This is gonna cost beyond 10 million", "Multimillionaires arent that rare", "Sure but who going to foot the bill?", "I dont know.\nMy comment was in response to him saying no one would care", "Yes and I am asking you who's going to foot the bill?", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "I already said i dont know", "No no, he asked you how many feet long the bill is going to be?"], ["Needle in a haystack. The Captain cose his route carefully never expecting to be traced, but finding anything now is almost impossible.", "Correct me if Im wrong but wasnt the captain reported to be healthy and fine? Just mentioning this because it is kinda scary to think that if a Pilot really wants to harakiri he can do so undetected with no trace whatsoever. Undetected in the sense that he looks and acts normally the entire time right up to the time he performs the act."], ["\"Send me the bill\" says nobody. Maybe the orange fucker that's in jail can pay half of it with just his blood diamond"], ["10 years after fruitless search and suddenly this claim popping out? A bit hard to believe."], ["Remind me! 1 year", "I will be messaging you in 1 year on 2024-12-25 07:05:42 UTC to remind you of this link\n2 OTHERS CLICKED THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.\nParent commenter can delete this message to hide from others.\nInfo Custom Your Reminders Feedback"], ["Mystery of Oak island :26554:"], ["Pretty wild that next year would be decade since it went missing. The tragedy really came at the worst time possible. Najib and 1MDB was all the news and I couldn't help but think it affected the search efforts."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 25 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q4w70/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2023/12/24/chipmaker-nvidia-raises-us15m-for-israeli-non-profits-helping-war-hit-civilians/109102\nEmployee raised 5 million. Nvidia matches and double makes it a total of 15 million."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 02 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w81oo/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 25 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18q2m6g/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 85, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What do you get when you cross a shark and a cow?\nYour research funding permanently suspended", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["I'm thinking of buying a blender so I can finally make my own protein shakes. Can anybody recommend me one that's preferably under RM100?"], ["So i just broke up and now I'm working from home while living on my own around PJ, are there any meetups or events happening this weekens or so? Really wanna go out and make some new friends and socialise more", "there's a board game event this Friday. info here"], ["Do Sikhs in Malaysia speak Tamil?"], [""], ["Does anyone compile a list of mystery bodies that keep popping out in these few weeks? from the one under bathtub to the most recent one in an \"abandoned\" car"], ["What is the ride share service (Grab, Maxim etc) with the lowest fare in KL?"], ["Merry Christmas to all", "Merry Initial D Christmas to you"], ["Signed up for car insurance with Etiqa. If their chat support is an indication, I may have committed a very grievous mistake.\nAt least next year there's one insurance provider I can cross off my list.", "Like how?\nGive example \ud83e\udd14", "Their chat support times are atrocious.\nMaybe they ought to implement the \"you are at number X in the queue\", because as it is it feels like no one's home.\n(someone finally got back to me after 40 minutes)"], ["Looking for a song that is similar to my heart will go on and let it go.\nclean lyrics\neasy lyrics, even a toddler can sing along\nhigh notes\nExcept that I'm looking for something that is not overused to death.", "You raise me up\nA whole new world\nDefying gravity"], ["What do you think about Chinese parents (and other races too) who \"disown\" their child because they don't want traditional wedding.\nI got a friend and her partner don't want to do traditional wedding as it's so expensive. Rent hall + decoration + catering can easily reached RM100k and they really don't want to spend that money.\nSo both of them decided to \"rent\" another friends house which is huge and hire their own catering. Total cost like RM6000 only. They invited their parents but both side parents refused to come and say it's a \"disgrace\" and \"dishonor\" the families for having such \"low class\" wedding. Both side parents do not approve the wedding and will disown them if they proceeded with the wedding.\nGuess what ? The wedding goes on and we have a good time at the wedding party. They hired some arab guy who make one of the best kebab and some Indian Catering food to spice things up. And play video games almost whole nigh (both are gamers).\nDo you think the newly weds are being disrespectful to their parents ? Or the parents being unreasonable.", "the only disgrace is the cacat brain those parents have. let them enjoy their wedding in peace lol", "eh, there's always potential miscommucation speaking from my experience:\nCounsin's parents wanted them to do the proper \"tea drinking ceremony\" but they thought their parents wanted a \"traditional ceremony\";\nin truth they could probably reach a compromise by actually doing the \"fetch the bride + tea drinking\" while omiting the costly dinner;\nalso doesn't help that the bride refuse to wear traditional wedding dress (western or chinese) but instead opt to wear a dress (she said its way cheaper, but the parents think she's not taking this seriously);\nbut then sometimes irl communication is just messy", "Definitely parents being unreasonable. Like who want to waste that many money in a wedding in these economy", "Your friend parents can sponsor the rest of the Myr 99.4k if they want it grand\nNo sponsor = no talk\nSimple and easy", "Rent hall + decoration + catering can easily reached RM100k\nwtf? You can buy a brand new Honda with that.", "If parents offered to pay then what the heck, go with it. If out of the couples own pocket then fuck the parents. It isn\u2019t 1970 anymore, a house doesn\u2019t cost 15K", "Their parents refuse to pay for the wedding, else they would already agreed to it.", "Cut off the toxic parents"], ["I'm travelling to Langkawi this week! May I ask how is the weather there?"], ["You can be in the transit area within the airport, which does have some shops."], ["Genuinely tempted to subscribe to Netflix after watching the first episode of Blue Eye Samurai on Youtube."], ["Just put in my final overseas order for the year, to avoid the 10% sales tax that will be implemented on Jan 1. Eh, RM10 saved is still RM10 heh.", "Wdym 10% sales tax?", "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/17/new-10pc-tax-what-malaysians-need-to-know-when-buying-products-online-below-rm500-from-overseas/107907\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18jd5pa/10_sales_tax_on_online_goods_to_apply_from_jan_1/", "Noooooo...\nThanks Anwar."], ["Did an extensive cleaning of my home workstation. So much dust...."], ["Anyone have ever bought something physical over Amazon Japan? Eyeing over an artbook now.\nDoes the purchase really straightfroward cus it says it can ships to Malaysia?\nI used to buy something overseas but only digital medium. I am aware that I'm buying the artbook straight from the official publisher instead of third party seller."], ["Been reading about slow juicer, normal juicer etc etc.. but I just want something that I don't need the hassle of straining the fibre thingy after it being blended \ud83d\ude43\nDoes anyone have a preference that they can share? Nothing too big tho.. I can't afford to juiceboost everytime cause I live far away from it ._."], ["Went to TRX\nFeels very... sterile\nI don't think the billions spent here was worth it :(", "As a taxpayer, I want a refund \ud83d\udcb8", "explain \u2018sterile\u2019?", "I dunno,... all the fake marble I think."], ["anyone here has experience trying to find a job In Sabah? I have a mechanical engineering degree and experience in maintenance engineering.", "Find a job for oil and gas vendor?"], ["I wanna do Mani pedi but money be looking a bit tight since January is the most expensive month \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\udc2f"], ["Gonna take my 5yo to the dark side introduce my kid to games, starting with Mario. Any wisdom?", "Start with a desktop PC. They're easy to upgrade and useful for more than just games. Plus, the games are wayyyy cheaper. Bonus points for building the PC on your own \ud83d\udc4d\nFor cross-platform play, there's emulators. I think Mario is a nintendo exclusive\nBut whatever you do, keep the kid away from the shadowy realm of online and competitive gaming. It's a salt mine there.", "Mario is great.. promotes hand eye coordination and lots of healthy concepts like how money is cool but the journey matters more and growing up big and strong is a good thing. The older Super Mario 3 is probably what i suggest to start the child on. World and Wonder subsequently when they show proficiency. Then move onto the 3D spatial stuff when they're 8 or 9. Galaxy etc is great. Trains creativity and gets them filled with ideas for Minecraft. Roblox when they're 10 or 11 so they learn to get social online and can introduced Roblox streamers where they can learn advanced english and public speaking. Graduate into whatever bigger trending game is out there.. probably still Fortnite. Addendum, Katamari Damacy might be fine for a 5yo too . Instill the ocd to pick up things and generally want a neat clean empty room as they grow up.", "we directly skipped to Wonder lol. Had to save her every once in a while but judging from her squeals and laughs she\u2019s enjoying it enough \u2764\ufe0f thank you for the detailed step by step!!! I might regret this later \ud83d\ude02", "wonder is just too peak that they might find older versions lacking haha. in any case whatever brings them joy and sparks imagination is never a bad thing i think. if you're worried about addiction, it usually only happens when people are looking to escape something else, maybe a bad situation or negative feelings. should be fine if the child is able to healthily regulate emotions and communicate issues and you seem like caring responsible parents so I'm sure the kid's gonna turn out great! \ud83d\ude09", "That\u2019s a nice vote of confidence \ud83e\udd17 no pressure now. Thanks man! Hope you\u2019re well btw", "No pressure at all heheh.. and couldn't be better thank you!"], ["I had a lot of good things working in my favor over the last week so decided to go church for Xmas before the other shoe drops but overslept because the weekend really tired me out haizzz.\nGuess I'm forcing myself to go for new years service."], ["Merry Xmas to everyone except airasia for rescheduling my flight today. Thank god i decided to check my email before going out of the house.", "How many hours of notice was that? 12? 6?", "12 hours but they actually emailed last night at near midnight when I was already asleep \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21"], ["Can't believe I was really, really close to getting scammed by these scam calls despite managing to avoid most of them.", "context? what was the trick and why did you almost fall for it?", "I got a call from NSRC claiming my number was used for scams. Then he directed the call to IPK Pahang, where the \"sarjan\" claimed my identity was used to create bank account that's used in money laundering scheme. He said he'd deal with the case, even shared the \"progress\" of the investigation with me, and never even asked for my important banking details (other than asking what bank I use), that's why I didn't find him suspicious at the time.\nAnd then today, he straight up asked to transfer money. Did some googling, and found out NSRC would never call the public, and the supposed number of IPK Pahang has been reported a bunch of times for similar scams (checked the number on PDRM's semakmule too). So yeah, went to the balai to report (apparently they're not going to take a report unless I've actually been scammed?) and asked for advices, and blocked the numbers too.\nSure I didn't lose my money, but can't believe I'm dumb enough to almost fall for this shit.", "Meanwhile the clinic I went to for medical checkup marah me for not picking up the phone. I thought it was a scam call. Why the heck won't they SMS me, idk."], ["hi all, does anyone know how to create a worker's union in Malaysia? i am want to create a worker's union at my workplace but i am not sure where to start and what are the criteria. Hope for some advice. thanks", "Any reason u want to create union?", "U need to contact the Ministry of Human Resources. They have disclosed some guidance in their website.\nEach state has it representative. So try to find one and start from there."], ["How comfortable is Alor Setar without a car ir Grab? Just walking and public transport.", "The city center (Aman Sentral, Alor Setar Tower) maybe, but just about anywhere requires a vehicle. The prices aren't too bad, its like RM 80/day for a Viva. Budget about RM20-40 for fuel depending on how far you are going out of Alor Setar. A TNG card is also necessary for the toll roads going out of Alor Setar too.", "Thanks!"], ["Anyone here live around Pandan Kapital area (the mall at Pandan Indah) or is familiar with that area can give some advise on where to park at a cheap rate (or free) that is the nearest to that mall? Cuz there's a bunch of workers just walking around those streets and would ask you to pay Rm5 to park even if you're just stopping for few minutes to buy simple stuff or to tapau food at the coffee shops. I just avoid going to that area altogether because of that and was wondering if anyone knows a good spot there."], ["Debating if I want to open my work laptop to clear some work since there\u2019s some pending items \ud83e\udd14", "Esok je", "I pun rasa esok je la hahaha"], ["Me who currently not-so active nyets Redditor would like to say\nMerry Xmas to all nyets."], ["Happy xmas to people celebrating, as a Swede it's fascinating the amount of decorations Malaysia does with holidays, love it here!\nWhere's the \"best\" place to buy a used phone in KL/Selangor? Can online as well but kinda need one today or tomorrow"], ["Merry Xmas!"], ["Wishing all the people on the Daily Discussion Thread a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! It\u2019s already December 25 here in London. I need to get some sleep before the celebration starts!", "Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you too!\nHope you are well, it's been a while I read your stories.", "Thank you for being a dear friend and responding to my posts, ButterflyDifficult28! Hope you had a splendid Christmas with your family and friends, and wishing you ahead a blissful and prosperous 2024.\nThings are good here, especially considering the crazy year it was. I will write again here soon!"], ["as usual I'm hung over as heck from watching my favourite team lose/drop points.\nFeliz Navidad everyone"], ["If there is an afterlife, I hope it will be like this video.", "Can I be an orangutan instead? Just eat, sleep, nest, and mate. And drive a golf cart in some Arab dude's estate or something.", "Hopefully"], ["Merry Christmas!\nWould like just to ask was this a scam? When i was on holiday and went to hair quarters at KL pavillion for a perm which seemed to have alot of good reviews. Just as a general disclaimer, it might have been a genuine case of negligence as claimed by the hairdresser but either way they were not willing to reduce the price from what I paid. The sign outside only had one kind of perm and stated 550 for extra long hair. When seated I ask the staff again how much is it for the perm for me and he stated 550 but I was charged 882 in the end. (980 plus with 10% discount for 5 star review).\nThe hairdresser which is another guy, came and say he will use heat for my perm and i said ok.\nAt the end when the hairdresser billed the 900 plus i asked why was the price different as initally they told me 550. The guy just said ops sorry cause this perm uses heat. He started opening this book to want to show me the price list (the shop outside only states the perm was up to 550).\nFrom their whatsapp price list, max price for normal perm or fashion or korean perm is 550. It showed a settine perm for up to 980 but have never heard of this nor see it listed infront of the shop. From my past experience at other salons as well as just a simple google search, korean perm usually uses heat? I would also assume that only cold perm would not use heat. The price list also doesnt say heat perm?\nThere wasn't a single point in time where they communicated that it will be 980 ringgit nor did they say they will be doing this so called settine perm. I made a google review and it just disappeared the next day too.", "Google review disappeared? That\u2019s weird. Try posting again", "As soon as I hear that 10% discount for 5-star review I would\u2019ve noped out of there. If they\u2019re shady about that, I would wonder what else are they shady about.", "did they also include additional hair treatment, hair serum etc that might add up to the cost or the receipt purely stated one item ie the perm? if it\u2019s the latter, maybe you can try to file a complaint as suggested", "Try to complain at kdnkk I guess"], ["harini kerja and not only am i still not asleep sempat pulak nak mental breakdown but i still dowan to miss work tho rugii", "Well hopefully working on a public holiday gets you lucratively compensated"]]}
{"title": "Job contract for expat in Malaysia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pyvpi/job_contract_for_expat_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Hello! I've got a job offer in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and IT software developer, it is still on the begging, soon gonna talk with the company founder about details, company within etc. I've googled it, seems valid. Found some Glassdoor offers in Singapur for the same position, so I don't know if I can haggle the same offer as was there or I'll get less because of Malaysia. So I've got a couple of questions: 1.If the wage is lower, how typically expats get in an IT world in Malaysia (if there is someone here in similar situation). 2.I'll be moving from Europe, so I'm curious about the cost of living etc. The quality of healthcare and overall view of expats there. (I used to live in Mauritius for some time, people were cool and smiley and didn't have much trouble living there.) 3. How is situation with the annual leaves and sick leaves there? Is that even possible to align this with the Europe rules (mostly about annual leave) 4. How is the public transport? And also can the foreigner get the driving licence there? 5. How much the private healthcare costs? 6. How is overall living there? Like people, or accomodation? Is it common to have dishwasher in flat? (I really hate washing dishes by myself) 7. Should I consider more aspects moving to the Malaysia that I'm not aware of but you did by any chance? Thanks in advance and have the best new year's eve celeb \ud83c\udf86", "comments": [["Leaves - no, it won't be the same as Europe. In malaysia MNC, Annual leave is typically around 12-20 days a year. Sick leave 12-14 days. Hospitalization leave 60 days. No long service leave. No summer break.\nDishwasher is not common.\nA lot of areas in KL is covered by trains. But if you're outside of KL, get a car. Or use Grab (uber equivalent).", "Thanks pal, well I'll be sadge about the dishwasher :("], ["Get ready for the heat and humidity"]]}
{"title": "Kucing", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18py0k8/kucing/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Kenapa kau censored kucing?", "dia dari jepun"], ["Kacang"], ["kalau dipanggil tree people?"], ["..."]]}
{"title": "Merry Christmas everyone", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pxmhe/merry_christmas_everyone/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hope u guys are having a good holiday.. And for those who r working, know that ur sacrifice goes a long way (appreciated or unappreciated, u urself know ur own value)..let's not discrimate anyone but know that we r human and our blood is red.. That is all that matters.. Be kind.. Rewind..", "comments": [["My aunt kena covid, family xmas dinner had to postpone to 26th Dec :26563:\n2020 - safe\n2021 - safe\n2022 - safe\n2023 - not safe haiyaaa", "Dei. What your Aunt doing laa? :26557:", "entah, their immune system damn weak everytime also kena :26559:", ":28915:", "There is always next year!", "", "Me too! Got covid but still making a damn turkey", "Same here, fam. Just got it ytdy and thus will spend Xmas alone. Don\u2019t want to wear mask some more la, this sub says."], ["Merry christmas to you too mate. Hope 2024 is q better year for all of us."], ["Happy Yuletide.\nIm in the process of decorating an actual tree", "Just make sure it's really your tree and not MBSJ's okay Martin? OKAY? MARTIN? /jk", "I would laugh so hard if the lebais seethe and mald over me decorating a public park tree."], ["Merry Christmas \ud83c\udf84 May a better year be upon us."], ["It is a joyous season!\nMerry Christmas to my friends who are celebrating!"], ["merry xmas everyone"], ["Yeah bro.. Lovely to know someone cares.."]]}
{"title": "Merry Christmas", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pxahg/merry_christmas/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Merry Christmas and happy holiday to everyone \u263a\ufe0f\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf1f"], [""]]}
{"title": "Joyeux No\u00ebl", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18px4nx/joyeux_no\u00ebl/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Merry Christmas \u26c4 #Merry #Christmas #Snow", "comments": [["Snow in malaysia would ironically be a disaster here. Our infrastructure is not all all able to handle snow weight (Maybe the old KL train station)", "To be fair, any sudden, unfamiliar environmental change would result in a disaster to any countries.", "Snow in Malaysia - PANIK Weather will be cooler - KALM Tropical fruits like durian will not survive! - PANIK", "Sejuk gila - BERCEMAS", "Perhaps not snow. All I want is 25\u00b0C weather in Malaysia."], ["I wonder is it made of environmental friendly materials like potato starch that will naturally degrade by itself?", "Now this make me want to drop unpeeled potato on someone (to my friend)"], ["Dandruff", "dandruff guy hard at work"], ["Asbestos"], ["When was this?! Didn\u2019t know there\u2019s such a xmas decoration.", "Yesterday at Avenue K \ud83d\ude09"], ["Aight,who pissed in space without their pants?"], [""], ["Imagine when it snow, it become so cold that all the tap water are frozen.. Now cannot use toilet because water frozen. Bidet also broken.."]]}
{"title": "Penang to give priority to mega projects in 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v2gaf/penang_to_give_priority_to_mega_projects_in_2024/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Chief minister Chow Kon Yeow is confident Silicon Island will replicate the success of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, which brought economic renewal to Penang 50 years ago.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Genting Highland inverts around my hotel", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pwuvz/genting_highland_inverts_around_my_hotel/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["that snail looks so soo tiny \ud83d\ude06 also! how on earth you get em to stay on your hand?", "Many of the moths shown here were trapped in the pool water(you can see bits of the pool in pic 2), so I rescued many of them using my hand. The smol amber snail was approximately around 1cm only,so yeah,it is tiny"], ["A very fancy creature"], ["is it jam up there?", "For me no, cuz I came on 23rd and left on 24th Dec(date where all the jam starts)"], ["Gotta invert Genting Highlands more!"]]}
{"title": "How was everyone's experience in comic fiesta", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pwopt/how_was_everyones_experience_in_comic_fiesta/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": [], "header": "My experience was a hit and miss , due to my cosplay's wigg being too tight killing blood flow in my brain.\nThen dying after a few hours in .", "comments": [["-Queue management improve massively compare to last year\n-Cosplay as doctor from arknight but seem everyone cosed, like there are legit 20-30\n-Figurine anime , for me i look ecchi border line, some are very expensive some are okay.\n-Of course walked 20k step.\n-Tea stage day 1 and 2 was really good\n-ASCA \u00d7 spira spica from SACRA MUSIC Live Stage was phenomena, some say it has the vibe of CF 2018 2019, i didnt attend but majority say it is very vibes too hard\n-Food is very expensive, need bring a bit money and food quality i think suck, i always go bungkus kaw kaw eat or mcd eat or food court\n-Budget 500-1000 enough but if u are that hardcore people, 3000 ( some figurine cost 1-3k depend ) also some Gundam toy.\n-Internet still poor as fuck if weren't for klcc wifi. 5G wont help you.\n-friendly , very depend, just make sure u ask before taking photo.\n-Easy to make friend i think very subjective unless u have cosed the same cosplay or in the same category game.\n-A lot femboy , trap etc u know haha, cross dress but not my thing.\n-cosplay booth okay.\n-overall ratting : 8/10\n-will join again ? : yes as a enthusiasm weeb and regularly work out sometime and keep the anime fire spirit in malaysia", "friendly, very depend, just make sure u ask before taking photo.\nAlways ask if you're taking their photo. Someone in an anime sub talked about taking a picture of a cosplayer without her permission (they took her photo from the back, while she was in a crowd) and everyone else gave them earfuls.", "I collect figures too, do they sell rarer figures? Or it's mostly stuff you can find on amiami.", "Not sure about rarer figures sorry about that", "No problemo"], ["It's my first anime con and I enjoyed it very much. My most memorable moment is that I got a chance to attend meet-and-greet session with Aki Hamazi, the author of Bocchi the Rock.\n<image>", "I'm envious. Tried both days and no luck. The signing tickets are too few compared to last year's Made in Abyss.", "Yeah, it's really a highly anticipated event. iirc there's only 100 tickets for each day."], ["Feet hurt like hell. I need to buy a real great shoes next time I go. One of the few time I wish I have my own car, Grab was absolutely useless.", "Day 2 my brother's GF, my sister and I booked a Grab because bro queued early for Hamazi-sensei's Q&A and we arrived just fine. What happened in your case?", "Going to KLCC is easy, going back to hotel is very difficult.", "Patut ler. Traffic is a slog when everyone is going back to their accomodation."], ["My feet hurts but it\u2019s all worth it. I couldn\u2019t buy a lot merchandises due budget constraints and can\u2019t get close to few cosplayers I can take pictures but I had good day along with my sis. Getting there early is worth it as we don\u2019t have to deal with overcrowding people early on.\nI was being TF2 Spy wearing Bocchi, Anya, Amogus and Kiryu disguise masks.", "<image>", "<image>\nCaught you red-handed, bro.", "", "Mn, that was a lot of fun. Let's do it next year.", "thought your name was familiar. You're the tf2 sfm guy"], ["This was my second time attending an AMG convention. I was there from morning till night today, my legs and lower back are basically dead at this point.\nTho I much prefer smaller scale ones like Cos-mic, I had a really great time (My wallet will disagree). The crowd was insane however, both inside and out at the park, morning was fine but it was way too crowded in the afternoon that I had gotten very fed up being squeezed around in the artist sections.\nStill the overall experience was nice, with so many booths there that I circled around the entire day. I went alone though, so my social anxiety prevented me from approaching cosplayers for photos.\nAlso the concert was banger, sadly had to leave early due to the delay."], ["Honestly, this year was crazy pack. I think last year was not this pack. I'm also seeing a lot of character cosplay I'm not familiar with anymore. I must be getting old.", "They are mostly gaccha game characters I believe.", "as someone who used to attend cf more than 10 years ago. i am that wojak pointing meme when i saw ONE character i know \ud83d\ude02", "A solid 60% of cosplayers I saw was of Genshin and Honkai Star Rail. Make of that what you will", "Make sense, I don't play any of those games"], ["After reading this thread I now understand why there were so many cosplayers in KLCC yesterday...\nI just went to get a book from kinokuniya and checkout a shirt in Uniqlo and took hours LOL\nBut fun to see all the cosplayers, I wish I knew there was an event to see more.\nWhere can you get the information for the next time?", "Just follow Comic Fiesta on FB and other social.", "Afaik from what my friends told me cf is always the weekend before Christmas so it's very easy to plan for."], ["Cosplaying at a con as huge as CF and in a country as wet and humid as malaysia is always gonna be a challenge. My feet, shoulders and back hurt so much but I thoroughly enjoyed my time. Kudos to the staff for doing maintaining the crowd control to ensure the event went smoothly (even though I'm guilty of disobeying them too)"], ["It was my first time going to CF and I had fun. First time cosplaying too, crossdressed as a maid. I get it now when people say they have post-con depression, cuz damn I feel like shit, or maybe since its my first time I got way too excited."], ["Haven't went in 4 years, so I spent too way too much money this time around to make up for it. I also preordered the Hatsune Miku x Cinnamoroll nendroid from GSC because it's adorable!\nMost of the merch were definitely catered to Hoyo fans, but I'm still glad to see some independent artists thriving."], ["Only real complaint I have was the horrible queue to buy the viv:ID Cruise concert merch and redeem the physical ticket.\nWould've been nice to have that a day earlier or something like Nijigen's Niji Generation concert.", "Yeah, I was in the queue for almost an hour to get my tickets. kaki sengal sial."], ["My wife is a frieren fan so I went with her\u2026 Holy shit it was big, and I didn\u2019t see anything about my fav Akira so I\u2019m abit sad"], ["For everyone need to know\nThey said a CF staff caught a Lyney and Lynette coser going Down bad in the bathroom (YES SEGSS)\nin Hall 5 bathroom", "Chat is this real? I was there for the entire event and I have not heard any of this", "Look at my comment below", "HUH", "Look at my comment", "Some said it's misinformation from facebook tho so perhaps you might wanna check again\nEven rn I not fully sure"], ["Is that what I bumped into? Looked like so much fun. My 60+ parents was talking to everyone and taking pics, they loved it.", "it was, but abit tiring lah"], ["The wandering Slenderman here, event was cool but painful thanks to blisters.\nOh and that Lyney and Lynette thing happened.", "\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["I wonder are there any furries there during CF? Never been to CF before since I'm not a Klang Valley boy.", "Spotted a few fursuiters inside and outside the event halls.", "I frequently went to CF and other ACG events there are always a group of furries that come. Especially cf cuz its a pretty big event", "There was a small group of furries outside the venue and I saw a couple alone ones inside the place. Honestly I'm fucking impressed the furries are staying outside, they're literally getting cooked in those damn suits"], ["DUDE IDK IF ITS JUST ME FEELING OR OBSERVATION, but anime Conventions (small events too) in 2023 Malaysia hype is dying down, like the crowds are WAAAY LESSER. Like maybe its really the Lockdown that drive everyone crazy to watch anime, those never watch anime became crazy fan, especially in Big 3 like Chainsawman, JJK, Spy x Family.\nBut as soon as CF 2022 is over, everyone was kind of feel \"nothing new anymore\", maybe feel crowd control is AWWWFUL. However, I feel maybe many anime you see in CF are MAINSTREAM POPULAR, like merch is the same popular series. The only driver push factor is definitely HOLOLMEET and CONCERT and SPECIAL GUESTS (Other Country) and just Cosplay (as always)"], ["Bought a lot less than I expected bc the merch was definitely more gaccha game characters than not haha. Did buy some charms of my one piece favs and asked for pics of some cool cosplayers! I dressed very loosely inspired by Nana and somehow someone asked for my picture?? Wasn't prepared and didn't know how to pose lmao. Walked so much but didn't even finish all the halls. Kinda neat seeing all the crossplayers and boy maids, good on y'all!"], ["Afternoon pass helped alot with the crow, wish I had gotten the day 1 pass as well since there were so many booths there.\nAsca concert was...okay? Not a huge fun of how the seats ended randomly. But I guess its ups and downs for each CF.\nOverall, I would say I enjoyed it!"], ["This year was the first time I just hangout outside of CF in cosplay. 20k steps per day achieved now I'm dying. I see the crowd control is really good this year since they have two separate lines. But some complaints I heard was some artist alley got the really bad lighting banquet hall", "Yellow banquet lighting. Yeah, that was pretty terrible in a space where people display their works. Colour correction moment. Didn't help the banquet hall was small too."], ["As a 3rd gen of Love Liver looking for its merch, what can I say except... massively disappointed?\nNearly all of the merch are Genshin Impact or Hololive merch, like 90% of them. Official booths have little bit variety but doujin booth have nothing except those 2. Even mainstream series like One Punch Man, Konosuba, Rezero, Shingeki no Kyojin, One Piece, Kantai Collection got nearly none, what's more when it comes to even more niche series like Love Live, Idolm@ster, Umaru, To-Love Ru, Gochiusa, Yuru Yuri?\nEven during previous both February and July Nijigen fests, although looking for specific generation of Love Live is like searching a gem in cave, but at least they still have it. Comic Fiesta however? The whole franchise included I don't think there's even 2-digit amount of merch, let alone specific generation of franchise. My friend who was searching for Toaru merch found nothing, he went to fiesta and bought a headphone instead. They should have renamed it to \"Genshin and Hololive Collab Fiesta\" if those 2 are the only merch they have.\nIf you are not a fan of Genshin, Hololive or the cosplays and is looking for your favourite merch, don't bother coming to Comic Fiesta. You aren't gonna find anything. I should've just stayed home and continued playing Bloodborne.", "Kantai Collection mainstream? That's first for me. As far as I know, KC isn't exactly popular in Malaysia as merchs. Cosplays, sure, but that also depends on the characters. Shimakaze got a lot, others not so much. KC had long faded away before the pandemic even hit. Azur Lane cosplays didn't last long too even though it's remarkably popular (Yostar even had booth in Comic Fiesta once).\nComic Fiesta has always been focusing on the current trend rather than ensuring the selections being diverse. It also applies to the fans as well who are mostly regular anime enthusiasts following current trend rather than being the actual otakus who have vary interests. People sometime even rationalised that going to CF was purely for the events.\nNothing we can really do unless you start making merchs as well. It was also hard for me to find decent Blue Archive merchs as well (shoutout to that one booth who sells where anime characters are depicted in Malaysian style).", "In the previous Nijigen expos Kantai Collection have plentiful of merch especially figurines, which got me thinking Kantai Collection is pretty famous.\nThe only reason I joined this year's fiesta was because the same friend said he saw lots of 3rd gen Love Live merch last year fiesta, but apparently not for this year.\nWell, that sucks to hear. I guess I'll just be participating Nijigen and Animangaki next time. Thank you for telling me this, kindred sir. I'll be wishing you for better luck at finding Blue Archive merch.", "Nijigen got a lot of KC stuff? I missed Nijigen since I assume it's small (if CF no stuff, what about smaller events lol) :26559:\nAnimangaki I did go before and I actually like the vibe better. Also, it's at the Mines, which means bigger space. More unique booths were there as well compared to CF.\nAnyway, thanks, and I do wish you luck as well. Been a while since I last see a Love Live fan in Malaysia."], ["My brother said traffic was hell, there was crap parking, people disregarded safety measures, it was ALMOST not worth it. But he enjoyed himself. Go figure. This is him, guess who he's cos playing?\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Some of the fauna I Found during my trip to Port Dickson(mostly near my hotel)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pwobi/some_of_the_fauna_i_found_during_my_trip_to_port/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Cool that you have keen eyes to these small animals as they often escape our everyday attention"], ["Did you get to see Sg.Menyala Forest near the camp? I went there and saw the biggest ant that I had ever seen.", "I didn't, but I did went to Tanjung Tuan Forest. I assume the giant ant you saw was the giant forest ant (Dinomyrmex Gigas), which can also be found in many hills in Kuala Lumpur as well. They are the largest species of ants in Southeast Asia"], ["Which hotel is it? I cant believe that we still able to see these smoll creature around at Port Dickson", "Lexis Hibiscus. Many of these were hiding between the rocks on the beach"]]}
{"title": "4 different & common/urban monkey species of Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pwg0r/4_different_commonurban_monkey_species_of_malaysia/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["<image>\nYou forgot #5 monkeys"], ["You forgot the 5th type\n<image>"], ["Top 4 food stealers"], ["Dusky leaf monkey (photographed on Port Dickson)\nPig tailed macaque (photographed on Genting Highland)\nWhite-thigh surili (photographed on Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur)\nLong-tailed macaque (most abundant)(photographed on Bukit Kiara)", "looks cute.\nlooks dangerous\nlooks cute\ndefinitely dangerous, bites tourists and steals stuff\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1MyVUze8M", "I usually see monkey num 1 and 4 around Taiping lake garden around evening. Dusky monkey are chill. Those long tailed macaque on the other hand are menace to society. They are not afraid of people. I have seen them snatch food from people \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["I once had a fight with the fourth monkey. It wasn't really a fight, more like a screaming competition. That monkey tries to steal my friend's bag during school camping day. The monkey fails to take my friend's bag as I bloody screamed to it.", "If you eat at the mcd in Teluk cempedak expect these buggers to rob you of your food.\nEven snatched my baby's bottle from his hands one time.", "Yeah,this macaque species once stole a bread from my hand while I was trying to feed the fishes in TTDI", "I once used pepper spray to scare away the 4th monkeys, but they seem to be more scared of something being sprayed on them, instead of the irritating effects of pepper spray, because I didn't saw them cough, tearing up or wiping eyes after they were hit with pepper spray."], ["I love dusky leaf monkeys they're so adorable and shy. The macques are scary though"], ["No.2 is a nasty one"], ["No 1 looks cute with its googles"], ["Used to see type 1 monkeys sitting outta the window and staring at us silently, defo sending chill to the bone"], ["I'm disappointed that this is not a gag post where the last pic is some kind of meme person or whatever"], ["Loveee the first monkey, so cute"], ["No 1 monkey is very shy and friendly \u2026 I went to vacation once and saw them balcony \u2026 offer then some fruit like Logan \u2026 they just polite take from you and eat beside you\u2026 unlike monkey no 4 that snatch and run away"], ["First is my favorite"], ["You do not want to mess with no.2"], ["All monkey"]]}
{"title": "Traveling to Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w7syd/traveling_to_malaysia/", "num_comment": 46, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello malaysian people. I am going to be visiting your lovely country in late february from an (probably) unknown country, Estonia(northern europe) with my family, 2 adults, 3 children ages 5 to 17. We are starting to put together a plan on what to do, we have 13 days.\nRight now, the plan is to fly to Kuala Lumpur, and explore the city for a few days. After that, it\u2019s pretty open, but i think we wanna stay at 2 other places. Right now, we are thinking: 1)somewhere in Penang 2) somewhere in Langkawi 3) Ko Li Pe/ Koh Lipe (let me know which is right) islands that i\u2019m aware are part of Thailand. We can pick 2 or it will get too fast-paced as we only have 13 days.\nPlease give me advice what do you think we should do, any advice? What places we should visit or what to do. I will do more research but as people write in Estonia\u2019s subreddit as well to get travel advice and they get very good insider information from there, i thought to myself maybe the Malaysian community is as nice as well and will help us out. Thank you in advance and give me all your advice and tips&tricks. Can\u2019t wait to visit!", "comments": [["If the option is between Langkawi and Koh Lipe, I\u2019d assume the goal are the beaches. If so, skip Langkawi and head straight to Koh Lipe.", "skip langkawi unless you want a quiet place. there is nothing much to do there other than chill.", "Agreed. My langkawi vacation was the bomb due that i did absolutely nothing on the vacation. Just smartphone & weather.", "If you love nature get island hopping trips and the mangrove tour in Langkawi", "Koh Lipe is really chill too. Small island with no cars and you can walk the whole place in under an hour. Basically just skip Langkawi except for transiting there to go to Koh Lipe"], ["Some nice places I like that are not usually part of common itineraries.\nIn KL, visit the TTDI Park. It has a playground and lots of monkeys and a few monitor lizards. You and your kids may enjoy it.\nIn Penang, visit the Escape Penang theme park. It has the longest water slide in the world. I also like to visit the Balik Pulai region. There is the Balik Pulau paddy field and the town itself which has a different feel than Penang's Georgetown.\nFor Langkawi, there's not really any secret. All the nice and hidden spots are usually well covered in online itineraries. For me personally, I like the Tanjung Rhu resort as there is a sandbar that is revealed in low tide which can let you walk out quite far into the sea.\nThe beaches and water in Koh Lipe are far more beautiful than Langkawi, so perhaps just head straight there.\nOther tips\nUse the app Grab for ridesharing and deliveries if you are not renting a car.\nWhile a lot of people speak and understand English, make sure to speak in simple sentences. Instead of saying \"I would like a Coke please\" say \"Coke. One.\"", "Thank you! The theme park looks fun as hell. Do you reccomend renting a car for Penang? The distances from Georgetown to the theme park&Balik Pulai are about 25km..or could we do with public transportation.. i guess it depends how expensive it is to rent a car?\nAlso now that i\u2019ve been thinking, i think KL and Penang are a must. Haven\u2019t yet to research what it is there to do in Langkawi, but i think the plan to skip it and go straight to Koh Lipe is viable. If we were to do Koh Lipe, would you rather skip Penang or Langkawi?", "Not the commenter, but I would skip Langkawi for Penang easily. Car rental for 5 pax you can budget about RM 350-450 for decent sedan or SUV.", "Also on language- no harm in collecting a few phrases from a Bahasa Malaysia phrasebook or website. Conversational Malay is quite straight forward- there\u2019s a reason it was the lingua franca in the region for centuries. Numbers, one-word basic questions, and polite phrases like thank you, will get you a long way.", "Would recommend chenang beach in Langkawi for souvenirs shopping."], ["Make sure to fill out the digital arrival card 3 days before arrival. https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main", "thanks will do"], ["first timer, do the tourist route\nunless you want to spend for private beaches skip langkawi, its a slow island and more so these days.\nmelacca is another common choice"], ["If it\u2019s within your budget both in time and money wise, consider Sabah. Get on the river cruise to see the monkeys and fireflies native to the jungles of Borneo.\nIf you like islands, check out Mantanani and consider Semporna."], ["Will say just skip Koh Lipe and do another Thailand trip next time.\nKL to Penang, then Langkawi and end up KL for flight back home seems sensible.\nKuala Lumpur, 3 days. Stay near to KLCC. Explore the hustle and bustle of a city. Go to malls, central market, do a little shopping, try local food and enjoy the man-made attractions. It's a city, pretty much the same everywhere around the world.\nPenang, 5 days. Stay in Georgetown and enjoy the old colonial era charm. Attractions should be within walkable / bikeable distance. Take Grab (hired car) for daytrips to Penang Hill & Botanical Garden (same area) or to beaches in Tanjung Bungah / Batu Feringghi or even further to Teluk Bahang, National Park for more hike and beaches. Penang is well known to be a foodie city. Be sure to sample some of their best cuisine.\nLangkawi, 5 days. Langkawi is a big island and accessibility is poor. Getting a rented car is a must. Unless you plan to hole up in one of the many resorts there. I can't suggest which is the best area to stay. Luxury resorts are located just northwest of Langkawi airport. Cenang used to be good (and probably still is?) and have many affordable options. Kuah is a bustling town, nothing much but even cheaper hotels.\nThere is no airport in Koh Lipe, that means half day of travelling to somewhere just to take a flight. Langkawi has daily flights to Kuala Lumpur or Singapore for flight back home.\nSelamat Datang and enjoy your stay here.", "Yeah i think that\u2019s the best plan. It\u2019s just my mom said Koh Lipe is one of her dream destinations but looking at it it\u2019s very small so there\u2019s nothing else to really do other than enjoy the world-class beaches and what comes with it. And as we don\u2019t have much time i think the half day traveling with ferry and immigrations checks because of border crossing is probably food reason to leave it for another trip. It\u2019s just the paradise islands are kind of her thing.\nSince you seem very knowledgable do you mind giving me a quick insight about the prices? I know they can vary a hell of a lot, but generally in my capital Tallinn, in a normal not anything special restaurant the prices vary in the range of 12-18 euros per meal. So that\u2019s 60 to 90 ringgit. I imagine Kuala Lumpur is more expensive than Penang and Langkawi but could you give some ranges for prices over there? To just grab lunch or have a but of a nicer dinner somewhere?\nAlso about what does it cost to hire the Grab in Penang? Is it like a taxi for a one way cost or is it hired for a full day?\nLangkawi car rental i\u2019ll look up.\nThanks for the help brother", "Koh Lipe is only 90 minutes away from Langkawi. I think it's perfectly doable. You have 13 days. I think just go there. Immigration wouldn't take that long.\nI don't think you need to spend 5 days for each place. Maybe 3 days in KL, 3 days in Penang, the rest in Langkawi/Koh Lipe.\nFood is fairly cheap in Malaysia. Decent meal would cost RM20-30. This is like if you go to restaurants each time.\nUse grab to go everywhere. It's like Uber. But if you wanna go at your own pace, then maybe rent a car is better. There are plenty of car rentals at the airport.\nHave you thought about exploring East Malaysia, specifically Sabah? It's only 2.5 hours flight from KL.\nIslands in sabah are so beautiful, IMO better than Thai islands. Check out islands in Tawau like Boheydulang, Mabul, Mataking, Sipadan.\nHeck the islands near the state capital, Kota Kinabalu like Sapi, Mantanani, Manukan are also so beautiful. Corals everywhere. I can't find corals in Thai islands near Krabi/Phuket.", "Eating out varies in cost. Kuala Lumpur city centre or George Town, Penang will set you back RM 50 - 80 per person for a nice meal in a proper restaurant, without alcohol. Unfortunately, most of the cost comes from alcohol. Even a shitty house pour wine will set you back at ~RM30 / \u20ac6.00. A nice bottle will set you back ~RM200 / \u20ac40.00.\nIn Kuala Lumpur or Penang, just do one way trips using Grab. You can even do Grab Food to your hotel, to save you time. If you are staying in city centre, would just suggest not to travel via cars during peak hours, just use metro.\nLangkawi is the reverse. Food expensive (same as Kuala Lumpur), alcohol is cheap. Langkawi is a tax-free island.\nIf your stomach can handle it and you have a local to show you around, street food can be cheap and good. Best street food can be found in Penang.", "You can take a 2 hour ferry ride to koh lipe from langkawi. Hop on a flight to langkawi from kl in the morning, get to koh lipe by the afternoon. Skip Langkawi and enjoy Koh Lipe. So so so much nicer than Langkawi, with crystal clear waters, fairly quiet, absolutely zero cars, and very chill in general. The island itself is small, but you can take snorkelling tours and go on tours around the islands nearby"], ["Malacca and Penang would be good of you are into history.\nLangkawi is a good beach island with a feel of village/kampung. You should try it and go to restaurant cili kampung.\nAlso what do Estonian think of Dilbert cartoon?", "haha i think Dilbert isn\u2019t that popular in Estonia, so i don\u2019t think anything of it.\nDo you mean history in terms there are many historical sights to see? I mean we are a family with different interest, my little siblings wish to sit at a hotel by the pool or beach all day but the older ones like to see cool historical sights, see beatiful nature etc and be more active. Is it possible to do these half-half days in Penang as well where you explore Georgetown for half a day for example and the other half go to a beach? Ik it\u2019s complicated buy there basically needs to be a balance at all times or there will be crying kids or unsatisfied and bored adults", "Penang has some historical sites, but the more popular historical site would be in Malacca (Melaka).\nClose to Penang you can also visit Ipoh (should be on route from Kuala Lumpur-Penang)\nNature-wise, you can head to Taman Negara (National Park), but its on the southern side of Peninsular Malaysia.\nNot sure if the islands are back open during February, but look up Perhentian Islands, or Redang Island if youre interested in the beach.\nFebruary 10th is Chinese New Year (a.k.a lunar new year), so the traffic will be heavier than usual. However, you'll be able to see different kind of decorations, and festivals everywhere in Malaysia."], ["Penang > Langkawi. More to see, more to eat, culturally explosive for the senses. Skip langkawi if its your 1st time to Malaysia, especially if u are going to koh lipe (better beach, better water)", "Thanks for the advice. Will take into consideration!"], ["Estonians are fun people! I know a few myself \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude01\nIf you\u2019re planning to visit during the middleish of Feb, expect some festivals due to Chinese New Year (starts 10 Feb). Don\u2019t forget to get some digestive pills since the food here is not exactly clean if you want to try street foods. Also, don\u2019t drink the tap water. Tap water is not clean here and always make sure to have mineral/boiled/filtered water.\nIn KL, hit up the aquarium in KLCC for some family time, shopping in Pavilion for luxury goods and you can even visit and hit up some bars for drinks at night. Alcohol is wayy more expensive here compared to Estonia though so be mindful of that.\nYou can visit Chinatown (Petaling Street) to walk around but make sure to keep your valuables safe like your jewellery and such.\nI would say for Penang, you can visit the Escape Park for some thrill and fun with your family. Also, you can go over to the \u201cArmenian Street\u201d for some light shopping or souvenirs, Georgetown and even go for an ATV ride.", "Thanks for the tips and reccomendations.\nShould we take the digestive pills in a preventative measure all the way through the trip or after something already feels a bit wrong?\nIn terms of KL the aquarium seems really fun, excited to visit. There\u2019s so much to do we\u2019ll try to make the best of our time but we\u2019ll definitely have to come back. East and north Malaysia will still be completely undiscovered, but hey, we all have work and school and can\u2019t do these multible month long trips to explore the entire country.\nEstonia you could explore in a week-pretty much. At least do it so that you\u2019ve been to all parts of the country, but Malaysia is big and actually i\u2019m really impressed, it looks to be very developed. I knoe it varies by state, but you have close naighbours doing much worse economically so great jobs on that also. Eager to see all of it", "I would say when your stomach doesn\u2019t feel too good after eating some street foods. Restaurants food should be more hygienic but better be prepared.\nAlso, download Grab in advance if you could. It\u2019s Bolt in Estonia and a lot more convenient if you are not driving/have a designated driver. Alternatively, you can sit the MRT to travel around in the city. If you want to buy tickets for travelling from KL to Penang or vice versa, you can purchase bus tickets online but it\u2019s kinda tricky with our outdated websites and such.\nFeel free to pm me if you need help with anything. I will be more than happy to bring you guys around KL for some popular foods if I am still here by then"], ["February huh? I you can delay a bit until March, then it\u2019s Ramadhan (starts 12 March). You\u2019ll have a chance to experience Ramadhan Bazaar.\nIf you can\u2019t then the other reply have a good itinerary for you.\n3 days in KL\n5 days in Penang\nThe rest in Koh Lipe."], ["don't go to penang, lots of tourists trap and the people there are unbearable. trust me, I live there."], ["Instead of spending more time KL. I would suggest go to East malaysia and explore Semporna for like 3-4 days."], ["February? Come back in march\nFebruary a lot people celebrating chinese new year", "We arrive on 23th of february, should be fine by then?", "27th onwards, by that time not too many people so u can enjoy more"], ["Hi Op! Here\u2019s a Happy 2024 to you!\nI\u2019ve been to Tallinn as part of my honeymoon in 2019 and I loved it! Hope you have an equally good trip here\nJust 2 things to note and a few questions.\nNote, it will be hot here by end Feb, I know it\u2019s still fairly cold in Estonia at the time so do prepare for a 50% or more jump in temperature also, do expect mosquitoes and other bugs to be abundant. Of course shopping centres/ malls will be largely big free but other wise do expect insects\nA few questions, what does your family enjoy ?\nNature ? Sights ? Do you plan to do road trips and drive around ? There are some fairly interesting smaller towns to visit (Sitiawan, Ipoh) if you are driving. Or do you plan to stick to the bigger cities and use public transport?\nFood ? How\u2019s your food palate? One advantage of Malaysia is you can find fairly authentic samples of neighbouring foods here (Thai, Indonesian, Viet etc)\nExperiences ? Shows, tours etc ?", "Hello! Very surprising and cool to see that someone was in Estonia for their honeymoon. Cool!\nIn end February, Estonia will probably still be snowy and temperatures below 0\u00baC, so the temparature jump will be big, but that\u2019s what we\u2019re also after\ud83d\ude05. We\u2019ve been having a cold winter since November and we need an escape. In terms os mosquitos and bugs, we\u2019ve been to places like Thailand and Indonesia and we\u2019ve managed to be okay, it\u2019s not been that big of a problem. Is it worse in Malaysia compared to these countries? I mean they\u2019re your neighbours, how bad can it be?\nIn terms of what we like, my little siblings like to chill by the pool or beach all day. We like it too, but not the whole trip, so we basically force them to come with us and do sightseeing, hiking etc. We really love South-East Asia\u2019s natural beauty and hikes are a must for us, but i think we can find places to hike pretty much everywhere. In terms of food, i think we\u2019ll give everything at least a try. I suspect estonian and malaysian cousines to be as different as night and day, but again, we\u2019re used to it. It\u2019s just that again, the little kids are pretty picky and they need to have their usually pizza/french fries/pasta from time to time, which will also be okay in touristy places i suppose.\nThank you for being so welcoming, can\u2019t wait to visit"], ["I'd say for beaches, skip Langkawi. There's little to do there. If you're into diving we have loads of great places for diving too.\nPenang is a must!\nI hope you enjoy KL, pay Petaling Street and Pasar Seni a visit for sure :)"], ["I\u2019d spend the 13 days in northern and southern parts of Thailand, completely skip Malaysia.", "\u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f\ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd23"], ["A few other people are weighing in on Langkawi vs Koh Lipe and prices and such, so I\u2019ll just stick to tourist spots in KL\nKLCC is generally a must-see. There are guided tours up the Petronas twin towers as well, which can be good fun for a family. Alternatively, you can explore eating in the one of the restaurants up the towers- only Marini\u2019s on 57 is open at the moment, I think (open only for dinner) which is a high-end steakhouse but with a beautiful view of the city.\nPavilion KL is another shopping mall - KL is rife with them, but it\u2019s a nice one.\nI would check out the National Craft Complex, which isn\u2019t far from KLCC. There are huts featuring different local crafts that you and your family could participate in, eg Batik painting, pottery.\nNear Merdeka Square, there are some good parks- The KL Bird Park and Butterfly Park are both worth a visit. The Islamic Arts Museum is there too, which in my opinion, is better worth a visit than the National Museum. Merdeka Square itself is very pretty, historic, and a good picture location. If you dedicate a day in this are you could probably hit up several in the same locale.\nOther fun places to visit for shopping and the experience are Central Market, Brickfields (aka Little India), Petaling Street, Masjid India. Just be aware that if shopping, a lot of these places expect haggling as a matter of course- no need to go overboard, but unless it\u2019s explicitly stated on a sign somewhere \u201cno haggling, fixed price\u201d, no harm in asking for a better price/bulk discount.\nHopr you and your family have fun! Keep an ear out for drumming- you land during the tail end of the CNY Festive period (ends 25th Feb) so you may still catch a lion dance or two if you\u2019re speedy and run towards the source of the noise."], ["Get your vaccine shots in order and prepare deterrent against mosquitoes, there's a lot of way to get sick in Malaysia especially for people who aren't used to the climate\nALWAYS carry a water bottle with you or be ready to buy water always"], ["A lot of people have suggested good places to go. I'd like to add a bit to that:\nWhen in Penang especially, try Nasi Kandar (its rice with mix curry, plus chicken/fish/lamb. My fav restaurants in Penang wld be Hameediyah or Deen Maju). Nasi Kandar is served usually at a type of restaurant we call 'mamak' shops. Usually its 24hrs, staffed with predominantly Indian staff (Mamak is our term for Indian Muslims).\nAt restaurants esp local ones, don't call waiters/waitress 'Excuse Me'. Instead use Abang (older brother), Kakak (older sis), Adik (younger sibling) and if you're at mamak can call them anney (bro in law). Can also use boss. They will like that a lot and you may get better service haha!"], ["One of my favorite memories from when I visited langkawi was taking a small boat out to the caves and going through the caves, and also the cable car. However , this was more than 10 years ago"], ["I\u2019d give Langkawi a miss and maybe head to Pulai Tioman, lovely beaches, clear water and a great experience."], ["Day trip to Genting Highlands, another to Melaka & pass by Seremban, 1 night stay each in Johor ( 2 if you want to go Singapore ), Ipoh & Cameron Highlands, 2 nights in Penang, the rest of the week, if in KL, can go to Putrajaya for day trip or another night at Taman Negara or if you live the beach, East Coast Pulau Redang, Tioman or Perhentian are great too. If you go from one state to another within such short stay, it will be very tiring so you have to pick and choose, depending on whether you want city or country or beach or jungle or entertainment or nature, etc. Good luck & have an enjoyable stay!"]]}
{"title": "Merdeka 118 Mall- Set to open in 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pw59q/merdeka_118_mall_set_to_open_in_2024/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Another megamall ahahhaaha"], ["DBKL needs to implement a new policy on how many malls can be in the Greater KL area. Too many resources are being used for most likely possibly almost empty malls. We should have more parks, hangout spots, and open air markets that showcase local brands compared to the big name brands that many megamalls in KL have nowadays.", "But...but...but...parks don't earn money and tax payers are not paying enough tax! Macam mana boss?"], ["I want more parks! \ud83e\udd71", "Are you by any chance u/relaxWHC?", "NOOPEEE.", "Sounds like you know about their crusade for us to sit on the grass."], ["I feel like nothing can outbeat trx", "Hmm....What makes you think so?", "Trx is a really really really nice make with a lot of unique brands"], ["Compared to trx or pavilion or klcc, there\u2019s no direct metro station right?", "plaza rakyat LRT + merdeka MRT (should connect to both PNB118 and the 118 mall);\niirc there's also plans to connect it to maharajalela monorail near kampung attap", "isn\u2019t plaza rakyat pretty far though", "there's a connected covered walkway from plaza rakyat LRT (Sri petaling line) to merdeka MRT (kajang/kwasa line) -- since PNB118/118 mall is connected to the Merdeka MRT , then by extension plaza rakyat will be too"]]}
{"title": "Advice in helping someone depressed", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pw1uh/advice_in_helping_someone_depressed/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello fellow Malaysians, hope you can help a fellow brother out.\nMy wife recently lost a sibling earlier this month, and has been devastated by it. She barely sleeps, lacks appetite, and has generally adopted a bleak outlook on life. My heart breaks for her loss and I try my best to comfort and help her the best I can - listen to her/ grieve with her/ take it on myself to do all the chores/ errands etc.\nMost of my efforts are based on what I read online, but I\u2019m not sure how effective they have been as her demeanour hasn\u2019t changed much over the past few weeks. I\u2019ve never dealt with something similar myself so I feel it best to may be seek a professional who may be better placed to help her navigate through this trying time. However, my wife has been very reluctant to do so as she is concerned the psychiatrist will think she\u2019s crazy. My question is\nIs there a way to convince her to seek professional help?\nThe urgency to have someone professional assist us as soon as possible is because her depression is making her put off making very important decisions that will affect her wellbeing/ future: A. She found a lump on her body before her siblings passing, and she has put off seeking medical screening on it indefinitely B. She\u2019s up for a promotion overseas and the company requires a response by early January 2024.\nDo you think it is critical to solve for the depression first? Or is there a way to help/ convince her make decisions on item 2 as bad as the timing is?", "comments": [["Heya. Firstly, condolences to your wife and the family. It's always a difficult time to grieve for the loss of a loved one, and while I can see that while you're sharing her sadness and sorrows in your own loving and supportive ways, I can imagine it's not easy for you as well to see her going through such pain.\nBut as painful this grieving season is, it's a very normal process - and now I've no doubt that you'd be aware of this, but it's important to remember that different people go through this grief differently. The grief for some people may be more outwardly expressed, and inwardly processed for others. Some people may get through the intensive grieving period more quickly, while some may stay in it longer before integrating the loss into their life. Grief is only problematic when it lasts an unhealthily prolonged period (which as the loss your family experienced is quite recent, I'd think this is not a main concern), or when the grief is interrupting the daily life of the grieving person in an objectively unhealthy ways, for example, when the health and wellbeing of the grieving person is affected (which from your sharing I can see this is the main reason for your concern - and sounds rightly so). And indeed if someone is going through some problematic grief, they might find some help and support in the form of professional mental help.\nComing to the questions you're having about getting help for your wife -\nFirstly, I'd advise that the person your wife would be best seeing is a counsellor, rather than a psychiatrist. While both offer mental help and care, grief is a matter that a counsellor might give better help through therapy (instead of medication which a psychiatrist gives), especially at this stage.\nPerhaps even with this change in suggestion (for her to see a counsellor and not a psychiatrist), she may already be more receptive to your encouragement for her to see a professional for help. As counsellors are often seen as someone who offers support and encouragement for people going through difficult life events (which she is right now), as compared to psychiatrists whose job is to treat the mentally disordered, the suggestion to see a counsellor may be more readily considered.\nAs for how to encourage her to seek help, I can only advise you to do it patiently and lovingly. You can't - and indeed, shouldn't - force her to see a counsellor, that's not going to help. Do be aware not to make the suggestion into \"you're unwell and you should see a specialist to get well\" or something like this - not implying that you're doing this, but sometimes in our deep concern and eagerness for them to feel better, our love may come out as a condemnation to the person. Instead, you can share how you think seeing a counsellor is the way you show your love and support for her in her most difficult time.\nYou may also want to offer going to the therapy with her - it's not just a way to show your support and love, you may also indeed get to learn how you can go through this challenging time with her better.\nLastly, you may also want to start looking up some information on counselling services, so that you can find the ones that might give your wife the best help and support. One good place to start is our sub's mental health wiki, if you're unsure of where to find the information.\n(There is also a general section on \"How to help someone who is facing mental health issues\" on the wiki, which you might be interested to look.)\nHopefully this helps to get you started on getting some help and support for you and your wife! And do get in touch with me if you want to talk more on this, will be more than happy to help where I can.", "Thanks you and all for the advice and encouragement. These were all really helpful! I\u2019ll try my best!", "Best wishes for your wife and you too. Do feel free to get to me here anytime if you need more help on this!"], ["\"Honey, I love you, and I care deeply about you. I believe you are the best thing that has happened to me and I want you to feel better again. I am staying with you no matter what happens so could you please go to the doctors?\u201d and then just listen to what she has to say and reassure her again. Don't push her if she doesn't want to talk about it. Just let her know that you are not going anywhere and you are there for her. Focus on your own mental health too OP, take a walk or play with your pet or something, anything that can relieve your mental stress."], ["What a psychiatrist/psychologist/therapist does is to help patients with chemical imbalances or teach ways and tactics to help them to manage feelings of grief and loss and other tough emotions and thoughts, and ways to manage daily life chores that may become tough during depressed periods, like how to manage decisions and how to think and reframe situations etc. there's not really anyone diagnosed as straight up 'crazy' I think. Everyone goes through tough times that is hard to talk about, they are there to give that kind of help to feel better. Maybe this kind of explaination would help."], ["Keep things Simple and easy.\nEnjoy life or make life feel enjoyable.\nCompanion, having great stuff together. As simple as having a simple great meal etc. Sleep well, workout ( doing things requires energy/ game)."]]}
{"title": "DPM shared her harrowing experience of flight\u2019s failed landing in KB", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18punb3/dpm_shared_her_harrowing_experience_of_flights/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Deputy minister (demoted from minister previously ) trying to get attention of rakyat by posting personal story on Facebook \ud83d\ude04"]]}
{"title": "Hello, Malaysians! Sri Lankan here, and I was lucky enough to be able to see Comic Fiesta 2023!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pt7tn/hello_malaysians_sri_lankan_here_and_i_was_lucky/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello there! I'm a Sri Lankan and I've been in Malaysia on holiday for the past 3 days. It's honestly been an amazing experience, coming from a country that is relatively much smaller to the HUGE city that is Kuala Lumpur and it's been difficult for my mind to even process. I love how elegant all your systems are with the monorails and buses and whatnot, which are much more crude in Sri Lanka. The food, which I was expecting to not be as good as ours, was shockingly on par or even better! I got some chicken stir fry noodles from some store in the side of the street and it was honestly one of the best things I've ever eaten. All for 9 RM!!! Which brings me to my next point on how unbelievably cheap stuff is here! Even at shopping malls, clothes are sometimes less than half the price of Sri Lanka, and I was able to pick up some really nice stuff for the price it would take to buy half of a hoodie in SL, which blew my mind.\nAnd then of course, Comic Fiesta. I had no idea this was happening, and it was by pure chance that we happened to visit Malaysia on the days it was happening. I'm a rather big anime nerd, so on Saturday, I was very confused and plessantly surprised to see some cosplayers walking on the road. The next day, we happened to visit Suria KLCC and imagine my shock when suddenly there are hundreds upon hundreds of cosplayers casually walking through the mall! Coming from SL, where cosplay events are basically non existent and communities which enjoy things like genshin are very tiny, this again was absolutely mind blowing to me and I had an absolute blast going around and looking at all the amazing cosplay! I, being a rather shy person in general, didn't really take photos at first because I didn't have the confidence to go up to people and ask for permission, but after I mustered up the courage to do so, I walked around for about 2 hours just asking people who had cosplays of characters I liked for photos, and here are some of them! I cannot express how much it was impossible for me to prevent a grin on my face from ear to ear, and it was so amazing to see all these people gather together to celebrate what they love! And everyone was so nice too!!! It's such a cool community and I really want to come and see this again!\nTL;DR: Malaysia is really really cool, love the country and all of you too! Keep being amazing <3\n(P.S. if any of the cosplayers here want me to take their photo down, please let me know)\nhttps://preview.redd.it/5c7gln0g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8a33d73f07d2b85139d826d53286030bf2bc7f6\nhttps://preview.redd.it/sq917o0g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e91ffadb57a11d4fd0ea2ee10d04741359a8cbe\nhttps://preview.redd.it/6emofm0g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8726f4cac4738c9bd3670daf95c1a93f3e177bf0\nhttps://preview.redd.it/hpds8m0g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ede12030b4ef05e8fa7dd0161e9ea04ce0a155d1\nhttps://preview.redd.it/8kmdkn0g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3296e8e3b707882bea42544fa8cde9d8bece0c72\nhttps://preview.redd.it/xwnewg2g688c1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56d08bbf57762816b3a3c879dd16a33717890fac\nhttps://preview.redd.it/x9g60g2g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c94ea1edbbcdf877ccf3d0edf80b14a0f0521616\nhttps://preview.redd.it/3ivqbm2g688c1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef06622828cc71b5fb8bd850cf2e3b0dbb97ceda\nhttps://preview.redd.it/je0qri2g688c1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be84b5334d7f2bc4ea3c5f333892f2bb992a8e07\nhttps://preview.redd.it/dwkvnx6i688c1.jpg?width=774&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03586440970e8f08f8923f26c094339129fa9830", "comments": [["CF is a yearly event, hopefully you can find a ticket next year and go take a look inside the event. The queue is a big hurdle to get through, but its worth it!\nTry going on tiktok and search #cf2023.", "I don't think I'll be able to come back to Malaysia any time soon because we don't go abroad on holiday very often, but if I do I'll make sure to do that!! I'm thinking of maybe coming to KL for university in a few years, hopefully then \ud83d\ude4f", "I just brought my friend from abroad which like you don't get these events in their countries to CF and they had a blast", "Well if they're anything like me then I can imagine that! Good on you for showing them the light :p", "Hey OP visited your country so many times, I wanna say your people are beautiful and kind and so warming. Parents work there for a decade so its a second home.Weligama is beautiful, under appreciated gem of a place.", "Yep, Sri Lanka really is wonderful for going on trips. Spent basically my entire life going around to different places in the island and it still hasn't gotten boring, and we haven't even gone everywhere yet! We've never explicitly stayed in Weligama, but we stopped there once on the way somewhere else and the beach was really pretty, should visit it again with your recommendation :)", "Ah I've also been wondering, are there any dedicated forums or discord servers or something along those lines for discussion about CF?", "https://discord.gg/comicfiesta\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/CFCosplayGroup/", "Thank you so muchhhh"], ["Thanks for the comment & pics... Idk what to make of my country man... Some have implied it as a literal shithole at a landfill and then there are comments such as yours.\nMaybe it's good but not good enough", "To tell the truth, the reason why Malaysia seems so amazing is that as shocking some things are, it feels so familiar at the same time. After thinking about this, I feel like Malaysia is the dream of what Sri Lanka could have been, but was stolen after years of terrible politics, horrid misnanagement, civil war, and lack of proper education. Now, Sri Lanka is trapped in a downward spiral and idk if things will ever get to the point they are here. While yes, the mindset of always striving to improve is good, I think to a degree you should be happy with what you've got going on here. Though there's always going to be suffering regardless of wherever you are, I think especially compared to somewhere like SL, you guys really have something going on here. Just try to appreciate the small things in life, I think it makes it easier to stay happy :)"]]}
{"title": "What does this flag represent?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18prt8e/what_does_this_flag_represent/", "num_comment": 53, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi. I\u2019ve been curious since long ago. I\u2019ve seen these flags many times and they\u2019re always with different colours and some writings on them. Just curious, what do these flags represent and mean? Asking my fellow malaysians", "comments": [["They are Chinese temple flags, hung during temple festivals. They mimic ancient Chinese war flags. The \u4ee4 character in the circle means \"Command\". There should be the name of the temple and the name of the deity written on the flag.\nIn short, from my understanding, it signifies the deity, anthromophised as an ancient human emperor or marshall, using his authority to call his believers to attend certain festivals.\nIt is more about Chinese folk religion than a Taoist/Buddhist thing.\nMy knowledge on this regard is limited because while I'm Chinese, I grew up as a Christian and don't know a lot about the lore of these folk religion.", "I'm glad you know that this is more of a Chinese folk religion rather than a Taoist/Buddhist thing despite growing up as a Christian\nI'm Chinese and I grew up as a Theravada Buddhist, so even I'm not familiar with a lot of Chinese folk religion things. And I've met a lot of my Christian friends who mistake them for Buddhist things. I've explained to them that while I am Chinese, I do not practice such things because I am devouted Buddhist rather than a person who follows Chinese folk religion.", "I think Buddhist/Taoism and Chinese folk religion are so highly syncretised in Malaysia that most non-Chinese (or even many, if not most Chinese) couldn\u2019t tell them apart.\nFor example, my grandparents call themselves Buddhists but they would attend temple festivals and pray to many different gods. Both Buddha and Guangong are venerated on their household altar. It gets quite confusing for someone who doesn\u2019t practice the religion like myself.", "In a similar fashion, I'm a Chinese Christian, but my aunts, uncles and grandparents say they are Buddhist, yet they also have statues of Angkong and Buddha in their houses and use joss sticks during rituals and festivals even though they aren't a thing in Buddhism.", "Ah this may be confusing but the Buddha has become part of Chinese Folk Religion, and in this context He tends to be worshiped more as God of Wisdom and Peace.\nNow mainline Buddhist do growl at this but as Chinese Buddhist we have also taken Guan Gong from the Chinese pantheon and declared Him officially Sangharama Bodhissattva and also Mazu is officially considered to be none other than Lung Nu ( Dragon Girl ) from the Lotus Sutra \u2026 so I would say cross pollination does happen. We have secondary revelation, so do the Chinese folk religion and Taoism.\nSo what you see can appear confusing and some Chinese Buddhist ( and horrified Sri Lankan Buddhist ) do not like it, but then Sri Lankan Buddhist are then surprised to see a Chinese God ( Guan Gong ) flanking as protector on a Chinese Buddhist shrine in official Pure Land temples ( but in turn do not see their own secondary revelation in introducing Murugan/Skanda/Wei Tuo ) to the official Dharmapala of Buddhism when this deity is not mentioned in the Pali Canon or Agama as a guardian.\n( Yes, the Hindu Murugan and Chinese Wei Tuo is the same God. Wei Tuo came to the Chinese via Indian Buddhism who already by the 100CE long added Murugan/Skanda to the pantheon of Buddhist Dharmapala in India via secondary revelation)", "Eastern religions are syncretised. They don't have the same compartmentalisation of Abrahamic religions- which even distinguishes between different denominations and sects. You can call it eastern concepts vs western concepts of religion (despite all 3 Abrahamic religions being founded in Western Asia).", "Guan Gong can be part of Chinese Buddhism ( like orthodox Chinese Buddhism ). In this context He is called Sangharama Bodhissattva and this context is not even new, it is established since 500CE in the Sui Dynasty.\nThe entire context is based upon what in Chinese Buddhism we call secondary revelation. It started off in the early 4th century when some Buddhist monks began to be visited by an angry spirit who is angered with unjust death but seemingly liked to hang around when Buddhist teachings were taught. Then the Patriachs ( high monks ) and High Nuns who just happened to be gathered around for a completely unrelated meeting witnessed Guan Gong\u2019s spirit manifest. In that meeting, He was no longer angry ( probably after a century of hearing Buddhist teaching ) and asked to be guardian of Buddhism and specifically Buddhist monasteries, which the slightly shocked circle of monks and nuns assented to.\nSince then He is our Sangharama Bodhissattva.\nNote as Avalokitesvara became Kuan Yin for the Chinese, Guan Gong became Sangharama Bodhissattva for the Buddhist.\nUnlike Taoist who worships Guan Gong for justice, upright life, honor, protection and money making in an upright and legal way ( yes Chinese always worship Gods based upon money making, even Kuan Yin a wholly Buddhist deity has a money making aspect too!!! ), Chinese Buddhist honors Him more as a guardian of temples, shrines and homes of Buddhist ( whereas Wei Tuo is seen more as guardian of the Buddhist teachings, Buddhist and Buddhist practices ).\nGuan Gong is more a protector of place ( and Sangharama suggest ) while Wei Tuo is more protector of Buddhism, Buddhist practice and all acts of compassion, meditation and generosity.", "So I'm pretty old but when I was growing up in the 90s we had this dumbass oversimplified idea in textbooks that \"orang Cina beragama Buddha\". Has it been fixed since then?", "I am now a Theravada Buddhist but spent a great deal of time growing up with more orthodox Chinese Buddhist ( Pure Land and Ch\u2019an hybrid )\nI think a lot of non Buddhist and Buddhist alike don\u2019t seem to realise how different Chinese Buddhism is from religious Taoism but more importantly, how both religious Taoism and Chinese Buddhism is quite different to the Chinese folk religion.\nFor example, when I was a kid one of our shifu from our Buddhist temple would tell us that it is no point spending so much time praying to Tua Pek Kong when it is more fruitful to do good deeds, be compassionate, meditate, and recite the mantra to Amitabha Buddha and Guan Shih Yin Pusa (Avalokitesvara)\nI know this confused ( and offended ) to no end some of our casual Buddhist visitors because on the altar they see Guan Yin and also Guan Gong, both clearly part of Chinese Buddhism but also clearly part of the folk religion. They struggle to tell Chinese Buddhism apart from the folk religion ( and it is very obvious that the Orthodox Chinese Buddhist monks are trying to differentiate Chinese Buddhism from the folk religion )\nIt confused the hell out of me as well when I was younger as Kuan Yin and Guan Gong is also worshiped by the Taoist, yet Kuan Yin is clearly part of the Mahayana Buddhist orthodox core. I was also confused by why we call Him Guan Gong, yet in liturgy called Him Sangharama Bodhissattva. I was also very confused by why the Taoist shopkeepers worshiped Guan Gong for clearly justice and money making in an upright manner purpose, when in temple I was always taught that Sangharama Bodhissattva is more the protector of monasteries, shrines and places of Buddhist practices .. including the physical homes of those who practices Buddhism ( but has nothing to do with money making ), and the Bodhissattva of Overcoming Anger.\nImagine my shock and surprise ( but it did open me up to actually participating in Thaipusam ) when I realise that Wei Tuo Bodhissattva ( who is the other guardian Bodhissattva beside Guan Gong/Sangharama ) is none other than Murugan/Skanda our Tamil friends worship!!!\nI also had to tell a friend of mine I do not know who to do \u201cdotting\u201d ( kai guan ) for his Tua Pek Kong statue as Chinese Buddhist don\u2019t kai guan. The person insisted I must know when I had to keep telling him I do not know.", "That's so cool.", "Great info. So the mimicry of war flags, is it because these flags were put up since the war era? Or is there any other meaning? Really interested in this.\nAnd also, the temple festivals are they the same time for around the world? Or is it depending on the temples?"], ["it writes the temple's name, and birthday celebration of a god"], ["As a proud banana, i can tell u its not banana stuffs", "Maybe it's apple stuffs? Not quite sure"], ["Yeah im curious too. Seen them sometimes and wishing i knew what they mean", "In Xianxia universe, it would be called a soul flag where evil cultivator will harvest and store the souls on innocent people in the flag to be used at a later time. But here, it's like an announcement flag where they put the temple name and occasion/celebration or time where the event will happen. Flags are widely used culturally in China back in the days before we had telephone, they are used in military, government buildings, temples, officials place, etc", "Ohh i see. Thanks for the explanation!", "Need to be aware, Xianxia is a fictional genre.\nIt's like saying \"in the Marvel universe NASA means space military agency.\""], ["I see the word HAN. I see the word COMMAND."], ["That's when tokong have some event, they will put it up temporarily."], ["\u4ee4\u65d7\uff0ccommand flags. Basically announce the festival/birthday of chinese folklore deitys, different from buddhism and taoism"], ["Not buddisht, but mcm some diety punya birthday flag lol"], ["As a chinese myself, i think this flag is for like those temples."], ["Hai Neighbor! In staying in green block."], ["I think these are Chinese temple flags, maybe they fly these during events in the temple? I've seen different ones with different colours and characters, so I guess each temple has its own. IDK though, hope someone knows more..."], ["Freedom of expression", "I see human rights, I upvote", "Human rights ftw!"], ["Some light googling got me this. I think you'd have better luck on r/vexillology"], ["War flag to be exact since it has \"\u4ee4\" represents command"], ["Shaolin temple.."], ["celebration of some gods birthday. i saw it near my place too"], ["Appereantly"], ["Some sort of chinese temple flag, i see them all the time, some in black and gold or red and white"], ["Some Buddha's birthday celebration flag. From the character, it's for some living Buddha.", "not all of them are buddha, to call them deity suits more", "Aren't direct translation of \u6d3b\u4f5b living Buddha? From my understanding, Buddha means people who has reached enlightenment, where deity means God.", "not all of them have the alias \u6d3b\u4f5b.", "? I cant even make out half the characters. Pray tell, what did you read.", "It's a very famous flag design used by temples. So you don't really have to read to know what it is. There are names of the buddha/deity, one that I couldnt read too, but the word \"\u6d3b\u4f5b\" and \"\u5b9d\u8bde\" is visible. That confirms the flag is from some temple celebrating their living buddha/deity birthday.", "It's \u5242\u766b\u6d3b\u4f5b.\nIt's Taoist not Buddhist.\nSorry to burst your bubble bro.", "I'm not saying it's buddhist.\nIm saying it's living buddha\n<image>\nAnd it's \u6d4e. I think it is refering to 1 of \u6d4e\u516c's reincarnation"], ["Israel\nBoycott"], ["The clan of bing chilling."], ["It is a flag for the temple to denote the God and the command of the God. It is part of the Nine Emperor faith.\nIt is the birthday of the deity the temple worships."]]}
{"title": "How was your 2023?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18v131f/how_was_your_2023/", "num_comment": 15, "flairlabel": [], "header": "View Poll", "comments": [["2019 - depression\n2020 - covid, cat died\n2021 - was so taken advantage of, another cat went missing and never return\n2022 - horrible break up, got sick (separate event, not because of the break up)\n2023 - started off the year depressed, rn is still in limbo. It could have gone better, but it is definitely the best compared to past four years", "May the year gets better for you homie , mine was pretty bad as well this year hoping to get better treatment this coming year", "May we all have a good year ahead\ud83e\udd1e"], ["Great year, although it started rough this early on, but this year makes me grow a lot.\nLooking forward for 2024."], ["2023 is really best.\nStarted in martial arts and good enough to represent my school but didn't win, it's the participation that counts, everyone's a winner.\nRan SCMKL full marathon and finished below 4 hours first time.\nGained 6kg of muscles after weight loss of 18kg in 2022.\nAdded 100k into EPF self contribution and anticipate more than 6% dividends"], ["Started off bad and ended just OK. I lost my dad at the start of the year and had never lost anyone close to me before. Still grieving and decided that I would travel more because life is short you Know? I did more travelling than I had envisioned. Company also retrenched lots of staff in the middle of the year but thankfully I wasn\u2019t one of them.\nIf 2023 was a year of grief, I\u2019m hoping 2024 will be my year for recovery."], ["Quite a rollercoaster. Rough start, lost my cat at the end of last year. Went on a few months grieving period. Got another cat, then another cat got sick (not the new one), met the love of my life, and never felt happier. I explored and experienced so many things in the span of 8 months than I ever did in the years I've lived. Certain circumstances suck, but it all has led me here, i'm eternally grateful. Never knew loving someone and being loved could be just so.... warm. Here's to you baby. I know you'll read this :26561:\ud83e\udde1"], ["Had a rough start this year, but managed to make some changes that turn things around at the second half of the year. I changed my job, went on several trips, which is really what I enjoyed this year. But my social life is still dull as last year, really find it tough this year to vent out my feelings or meet someone new that can truly vibe with you."], ["Nothing really eventful, the most memorable event that happens to me this year is a tarantula spider crawl into my ear when I went off road jungle tracking. Oh man that hurt."], ["Got really no passion and bored at my work Got layoff Seeing dental RCT\nHope for the best next year."], ["Honestly one of the memorable years of my life. Finally got to see Muse last July."], ["2022 is still my best post-covid year"], ["It was the best year and also worst year of my life. Best because I got married this year (once in a lifetime) also my dad had cancer (discovered after my wedding) and passed in 2 months (first parent to go). So it\u2019s kinda like a strange year for me."], ["The year with the most active fighting game community participation and finally met with the folks behind FF14 & FF16 by Square Enix's CBU3 Yoshida-san & Koji Fox. A pretty good year personally.\n<image>"], ["Worst physical pain I\u2019ve ever been in so far but managed to finish my engineering degree despite it. Achieved my goal of learning new things and got more new friends from cosplay and car community. Barely kept my sanity of trying to forget my crush.\nYeah, not bad. Not bad."]]}
{"title": "Dr Dzul panned for creating undue public alarm over Covid-19", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18prjht/dr_dzul_panned_for_creating_undue_public_alarm/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The same tourism minister who thinks you need prove that smoking is bad for health. SMH.", "\"kenyataan saya telah disalah erti media dan diambil di luar konteks\""], ["I do feel the tourism minister is making a mountain out of a molehill like everything else that have come from him lately."], ["For health matters, it's preferable to see a rock as a bear than see a bear as a rock. Understandably, both are just advocating for the views of their own portfolios.", "Nah, it\u2019s not understandable. Do it in private. You\u2019re a fucking Cabinet member.\nAnwar needs to lay down the law. So, yeah, expect this to happen more often, just like the recent DAP-UMNO spat on public elections.\nThis govt desperately needs a joint manifesto.", "To be honest, this spat is out of interests of their own portfolio's stakeholders... and I'm kind of OK with that. They're not pushing for some weirdass unrelated agenda like race/religion, etc.... One's pushing for prudence and the other is pushing for not killing the vibes.... which are their jobs. We don't need everything to be hunky dory for the same coalition, especially when both have their merits and reasoning.", "Not asking for hunky dory utopias. But this isn\u2019t a solution to the problem. Tiong just saying \u201cI\u2019m not happy lah. Fix it!\u201d\nThe person angry is the one who needs to give precise suggestions.\nWhat does \u201crealistic\u201d precisely mean? Be a Cabinet member with precise suggestions, not a grumpy neighbor. Give hard, anonymized evidence on 1) what has happened, 2) why your stance is worth more (put a price on it; don\u2019t speak vaguely lah), and 3) what is the best, articulated, complete solution now.\nThen, I\u2019m happy for it to be in public. We\u2019re having a genuine policy discussion!\nOtherwise, this is a Form 6 MUET level debate. Covid isn\u2019t a new problem for ANY Ministry. You should have responses ready for any wave.", "That is true. The criticism can be more constructive than it is now for sure. We understand the impact, but having something to work with is better than nebulous statements."], ["Once the hospitals fill up, Tiong wouldnt be the one that has to handle it. He only cares about his numbers, stepping on other's foot while he's at it."], ["Tiong bising again. He\u2019s always had a history of being against whatever whichever health guy does for covid.\nAnd despite me being a non and partial to a drink or two, I\u2019d prefer if a minister shows more decorum and not get drunk in public, festivities or no festivities.", "dia bukan orang islam so dia boleh je minum mabuk dekat public, kenapa orang suka cari masalah, inilah sebab malaysia ni masih negara dunia ketiga :26554:"], ["Dr Dzul panned for creating undue public alarm over Covid-19\nPETALING JAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has been panned by colleague Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing for triggering unnecessary panic over Covid-19.\nTiong said to balance the country\u2019s economic and tourism recovery, the Health Ministry is urged to be more careful in giving out information pertinent to Covid-19 so that it does not incite public alarm.\nHe said this following Dzulkefly's special press conference held last week to address the rising Covid-19 caseloads, which Tiong claimed had affected Malaysia\u2019s tourism and economy, besides causing public alarm ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.\n\u201cHow nice would it be if we don\u2019t trigger unnecessary panic, such as by reporting daily Covid-19 cases, because it can create unreasonable fear.\n\u201cTrue, it is important to raise awareness and intensify prevention measures, but not until the level of overreacting and creating a situation of panic.\n\u201cThe Health Minister\u2019s serious attention towards the latest developments of the virus can be understood but I hope he can consider the effects on the country\u2019s economy, including fears that it will affect the influx of tourists into Malaysia.\n\u201cI\u2019m confident that the Health Minister can accurately assess the situation while avoiding unnecessary misunderstanding,\u201d he said in a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday (Dec 24).\nHe added that Malaysia should draw examples on how other countries were handling the outbreak and note the cautious approaches being taken.\n\u201cFor example, the announcement about the situation in the country by our Health Minister is almost the same as the statement by the Indonesian Health Minister.\n\u201cHowever, the Indonesian Minister stressed that the situation for the coming Christmas and New Year's season is not too worrying, in contrast to the announcement in Malaysia which is seen to cause public anxiety.\n\u201cComparing the statements of the health ministers of the two countries easily creates the impression that Malaysia is much more dangerous than Indonesia.\n\u201cThis may cause tourists to avoid visiting Malaysia and choose neighboring Indonesia, further causing economic losses to Malaysia,\u201d he said.\nTiong said that while Covid-19 is an important public health issue that cannot be \u201cswept under the carpet\u201d, there was no need to overreact and worsen the situation.\n\u201cIt\u2019s important for us to avoid creating fear and creating a negative perception of Malaysia, especially the tourism sector, as well as harming the national economy.\n\u201cI am making this appeal based on the concerns and complaints expressed by both the tourism industry and the public,\u201d he said.\nTiong added that he had also been informed that foreign tour operators have canceled their travel schedules to Malaysia due to concerns over the rising Covid-19 cases in the country.\nHe however said that many other countries have been affected by the latest wave of the virus with a corresponding surge in cases and there was therefore no need to \u201cexaggerate and mislead the public that the epidemic in Malaysia is very serious.\u201d\nTiong also said that he would be raising the concern in the Cabinet meeting to find a balanced solution that will ensure the virus is controlled without affecting the tourism sector.\nHe added that based on observations by experts, the new JN.1 Covid-19 strain is said to be able to evade the immune system and be more highly transmissible compared to other strains but do not cause more severe symptoms.\nIt also does not currently overburden the global health system, Tiong noted.\n\u201cI must remind that every step in the prevention and control of Covid-19 must be discussed comprehensively regarding its effects backed by the appropriate research and study besides avoiding hasty, immature actions that can affect stakeholders and be exploited by opportunist individuals, thus causing a loss to the country\u2019s economy,\u201d said Tiong."], ["the star doing the minister dirty, cmmon pick better picture lmao"]]}
{"title": "Three Rohingyas shot dead", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18prhmy/three_rohingyas_shot_dead/", "num_comment": 41, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["So all three of them are robbery suspects. Police saw their car and asked them to stop but they refused and fired shots at the cops. No cops were injured and all three of them are dead. One of them was part of a Rohingya group that had been involved in robberies and break-ins since 2011 and was jailed for two years in 2016.\nTwo of them were carrying the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards.", "No cops were injured and all three of them are dead\nWell, that ain't a bad day in the office", "When even Aceh refuses to take them in, you have to start to wonder who is the problem", "Yeah this Bs again, lots of Rohingyas are working in KL and you won\u2019t be able to differentiate them :)", "", "They weren't supposed to be here in the beginning", "Bunch of foreigners works illegally and doing fine, these just thugs.", "Okay? What is the point of explaining this experience? There are thousands of other refugees who are in the same situation yet for these bozos they get a backstory because they got shot? Are we supposed to emphatise with the poor refugees who resorted to robbery as opposed to the ones who tie the line? Yeah government should do something yeah they should have opportunities but this perspective shit is some of the most contrarian shit I've ever heard.", "They are illegals/UNHCR holders. And they had commited crimes in the past and they even get monthly rations,cash benefits from unchr. Cannot manage money, they do crime lah. Wahlao Deport all these kam siap", "You can't go to school, you can't work, you aren't allowed to do shit, you can't even open a business or you'll get raided\nNo shit? They are called illegal immigrants for a fucking reason", "Actually they do have schools. There are many ngos that cater to them and some of them have better opportunities than poor locals.", "Put in their shoe my ass. You go live with them lah. You cannot survive one day I tell you. These Rohingyas so aggresive wahlao. Target people walking alone. The problem not in government. They themselves cannot integrate. If they have unhcr, they can join sekolah biasa. Had one in my sister's school Mauridihul something. Straight 10A+.\nHave you ever seen Rohingyas? They will harass you. On FB, They tried to open and old aunty car. Lucky she locked edi then she hon at them. Then they run away. It's not a racism or anti Islam issue. Rohingyas themselves are issue. They are not supposed to be here in the first place but UNHCR saved them. You know how hard it is for businesses to even operate? Rohingyas open business everywhere with 0 license but never get taken down. You love Rohingyas kan you go adopt them lah. Later Malaysia become majority Rohingya you see. I rather live in a Malaysia under PAS than under Rohingyas.", "You get that right. Give them a chance for education at the very least. But also our education is money money mkney driven. Plus, only those who don't have any idea what to do will end up \"teaching\". Not all but many. I was in the education line and it's demoralising", "Syukur Malaysia masih aman /s"], ["Eh whats with the rohingya hate lately? Any community will have a few bad apples in them, we cant assume all of them like that.", "its how they view as and dont appreciate us. We gave them shelter, jobs and they talk badly about us, do crime and impart their bad culture on us. Its like what europe is facing with muslims.", "Hate to break it to you but we hate them for a long long time. Other countries don\u2019t want to accept them, so why on earth that our country wants to accept them? They come here to spew hate, do robbery and rape innocent people. So much so for taking care of those refuges.", "They come here to spew hate, do robbery and rape innocent people. So much so for taking care of those refuges.\nTo be fair only a minority. Ask any business owner in Malaysia - most of them are grateful they've an alternative source of cheap labour who are as hardworking as the Banglas", "You\u2019re only looking at business side of things. Who doesn\u2019t like cheap cheap labour? But consider the fact that even countries like Indonesia Myanmar Thailand doesn\u2019t want to accept them for reasons, so why on earth would we want people like this to enter our country to create potential threats to our citizens?", "True. Only long term solution is somehow the state sanctioned persecution against them is stopped. Sadly it doesn't benefit any countries to openly declare consequences against them if they don't stop, nor is the regime in Myanmar is as brutal as the Zionists in the sense they openly admit to bombing schools and hospitals (which would then cause international outrage and hopefully pressure, but not like they'll care about pressure as they'll just twist the narrative to suit theirs).\nHere's to hoping somehow the rohingyas will stop being persecuted"], ["So if they where jailed for 2 years in 2016, then why not expelled after that?", "That\u2019s the real question", "They used their fake unhcr card"], ["To think during the Najib times, politicians hold rallies to support them.", "Those Rohingyas should stay inside their homes", "What\u2019s wrong with supporting an oppressed people?", "they were oppressed for a reason. We did have camps for rohingyas but even those were shut down.\nIf the rohingya people are worth saving, why would a large % of them do crime and escape sorting areas of customs or not even comply with the authority? Sure malaysia isnt well off to take in refugees but we have helped before only to be spat on.", "What was the reason they were oppressed? Our camps for rohingyas were horrid because they were treated like dirt. And then you want to cry foul when they act out because they\u2019re treated badly? Have a bit of compassion", "might want to ask their country of origin. I dont support violence against another side but i see many times its either hindu vs islam or islam vs others. For example in india and myanmar, the gov is taking action against muslims, both with valid and invalid reasons. In the middle east, palestine is attacking israel and claiming victim, crying hard when israel manages to defend themselves and beat them down hard.\nArmenia is being attacked by a muslim nation, no one talks about it, no one protests and say \"help armenians\", we dont see armenian refugees either. No one calls out Azerbaijan and says \"this is not islam, stop the war\"\nIn all cases the muslims are losing hard and the muslims are the refugees doesnt matter if they started the conflict or not. Its only in muslim vs muslim that there are no refugees and no coverage.\nThe only exception in conflict that i see so far is just between ukraine and russia, and even that ukraine is able to push back a country like russia. When christians end up with violence against them the world stays silent, but any violence relating to muslims the world calls them victims doesnt matter if they are the ones who started it and support the violence.\nI see no one protesting myanmar saying \"this is not our religion/ways\" and even the myanmar muslims talk ill of us.", "Why do you need to ask their country of origin? A person is not defined by their country of origin. Everyone should be treated with compassion, if they act out, try and find the reason why and try to fix it. Not continue to antagonise just because they\u2019re different or they have a few bad apples.\nOn Armenia, it\u2019s really just the lack of media coverage. None of the big media outlets are covering this conflict that much other than the occasional article if any. Add to the fact that Armenia does not have many strong allies in the world because Azerbaijan has backing from Russia and the US. But yes, Azerbaijan should not be treating Armenian people that way. It\u2019s very unislamic.\nIt\u2019s similar with Israel\u2019s occupation of Palestine, nobody gave much news coverage of the things that Israel was doing to the people in Gaza and the West Bank until the Hamas attacks. Most people think (like you) this conflict started from Oct 7th when in fact Israel has been (i) putting on an illegal blockade to block any kind of support without their permission, (ii) increasing illegal settlements in the West Bank and pushing Palestinians out of their homes, and (iii) even detaining and arresting Palestinians without just cause or proper trial for the past decade or so. Really the same thing that Azerbaijan is doing to Armenia. Both oppressions should stop.\nAnd painting conflicts based on religion is very shallow. Every conflict has their own underlying reasons which goes way further than religion like natural resources and geopolitical power. If you\u2019re on the wrong side of that like Armenia, Palestine, Yemen etc, all they can do is try to gain support on the international stage", "On Armenia, it\u2019s really just the lack of media coverage. None of the big media outlets are covering this conflict that much other than the occasional article if any. Add to the fact that Armenia does not have many strong allies in the world because Azerbaijan has backing from Russia and the US. But yes, Azerbaijan should not be treating Armenian people that way. It\u2019s very unislamic.\nif islam truely was good, media coverage wouldnt be a factor. muslims would be on each other stopping one another from doing harm to others, which would also have included palestine. Even though to me the palestinian land is a lie if someone wrongs you it does not give you the right to wrong innocent people in return.\nAt one point i did help, but i deeply regret it. the issue about the illegal settlements in gaza and west bank were solved though there are things you do not know like palestinians staying in jewish homes not paying rent for decades for example. There are land that legally belong to the jews for them having purchased it legally from the arabs decades ago with documentation to prove it. This is what the media does not tell you.\nSo before hamas came to power, an israeli prime minister had a heart attack and a more behaving one came to power, and gone were the \"illegal settlements\". The jews were evacuated out of gaza regardless of legal claims to the land and buildings. Today a right wing gov is in power in israel, and hamas just gave them the support they needed by committing atrocities. When people around the world wave the palestinian flag, they validate hamas saying \"this is islam\". Besides hamas and isis base their manifestos on islam and follow islam. Who are you to prove otherwise? are you able to prove it given that they follow the hafs quran and sahih hadiths? Heck even in afganistan people drink camel urine (sahih al-bukhari) along with the treatment of women in education and work place following sunnahs.\nIsrael did not blockade gaza. Would you call trumps wall on the border of US and mexico a blockade? In truth it is called border control or immigration control. That wall isnt a blockade as israel had incidents of palestinians from gaza coming in to work but instead doing crime. If you read up on the palestinians released from israeli prisons in the hostage exchanged, they were jailed for crimes of murdering innocent people be they jews or not and they were proud of their crimes. You want such people around proud to murder non muslims or muslims that dont follow islam and dont jihad against non muslims? That wall is not a blockade, nations can control their borders how they see fit. The wall is to restrict movement of people between gaza and israel. Would you like it if extremists and criminals from southern thailand could have unfettered access to malaysia and not get caught with no border patrol, walls and immigration measures to improve our security and reduce crime? its the same for israel and gaza. Is our control of our northern border a blockade to thailand?\nSo to me yes a religion and culture do play a role in the upbringing of a group of people. I hate to admit it but thats what i see. What you are doing is claiming otherwise and turning a blind eye to the problem. I see religion and culture as the problem based on consistent results. If this isnt the case, show me any instance where an islamic community is more successful and better than the 1st world. Look at what the muslims get away with in europe that has now triggered the europeans to be anti islam, since they were once very open minded to now hate muslims. In the netherlands they now have an anti islamic gov, why do you think thats the case? Its not a simple xenophobia out of context situation.", "When I say media coverage, I mean being aware of the conflict itself. You ask any person on the street about Armenia-Azerbaijan and I bet you 9/10 times nobody will not know what you\u2019re talking about because the conflict does not have airtime in major news outlet. How do you expect people to have an opinion if they don\u2019t know about it.\nOn the Palestinian conflict, you are so horribly misinformed, it\u2019s giving me a headache.\nPalestinian living in land belonging to Jews? You mean the land they seized under Israel\u2019s heavily biased Absentee Property Laws that favours all their illegal settlements? You do know that those land seized are unlawful right? They are made into Israeli land after very dodgy practices of declaring the property or land vacant without proper checks and then are asked to fight in court in heavily biased Israeli courts. And this is just one of many ways they have to increase their illegal settlements. There\u2019s a reason why the UN and the rest of the world condemns these settlements. Somehow you feel yourself more well read than the rest of the world? Give me a break\u2026\nYou want to talk about the history of Gaza and Hamas, you go and research which PM helped Hamas get into power in Gaza. Let me give you and article to help you:\nFor years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it\u2019s blown up in our faces\nNetanyahu knows what he\u2019s doing, he wants Hamas there so he can stay in power. Israel right wing and Hamas need each other to fuel their hate filled politics.\nAnd what nonsense are you talking about the blockade. It\u2019s not about protecting their own borders. They have blocked air, sea and ground logistics, blocking essential goods from coming in to Gaza. It\u2019s meant to destroy them economically. Do we do that to Thailand under the guise of border control? No right? So I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\nI\u2019m not gonna go into religion because you\u2018ve obviously made up your mind on Muslims with how you\u2019re fully accepting all the Islamophobia propaganda.", "So why not you let them to live with you if that\u2019s the case?", "Why supporting them can't mean supporting that our govt deals with this problem more strategically and tactfully?\nEg if I support ceasefire between Zionist and Gaza, means I want them to come live in my home?", "We have enough problems on our own. We don\u2019t need another new set of problems. It\u2019s time for the government to tighten borders to limit immigration and stop illegal immigration for good.", "You've never been to the border with Thailand have you? Stopping illegal immigration for good is impossible.", "Then tell me how are you going to curb the influx of Rohingya immigrants into our country?", "To divert attention.", "I agree that they were definitely piggybacking on the tragedy to divert from their own shittiness but that\u2019s another issue altogether. Doesn\u2019t mean the cause itself isn\u2019t valid"]]}
{"title": "Merry Xmas 2023, monyets!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18prgn7/merry_xmas_2023_monyets/", "num_comment": 15, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["merry Christmas to all\nDon't mind me, just here to observe how positive this comment section may go", "dont be pessimistic dude\nmerry Christmas"], ["Instead of hot chocolate, we drink milo ais. (I know we are technically on the northern hemisphere but its hot as shit here)"], ["Merry Christmas to all you lovable nyets."], ["What AI you used"], ["Can download ah?", "can"], ["Christmas is haram", "damn, guess PAS just committed a huge sin in Islam then"], ["Merry Christmas u/stormy001, thanks for all the information you posted in r/Malaysia!"], ["Merry Christmas!"], ["yoo third picture so nice, if Ringgit with that design pretty sick"], ["Happy Holidays!"], ["Why is Santa smoking from an opium pipe?"]]}
{"title": "Three cops arrested on suspicion of stealing RM85k following raid in 'Mini Dhaka'", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pqzhr/three_cops_arrested_on_suspicion_of_stealing/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Great work... Been happening for decades like how one of the police stolen rm25 millions from 1MDB and only got demoted.\nThanks Madani for at last doing some shit abt these fkers", "When 'Indian gangsters' get arrested, their whole names, home address, family members all get pictured and listed together.\nI'd love to see that done also for these blue gangsters. But I understand, the journalists are terrified the blue gangsters will come to their houses.", "just see the recent case at ipoh \ud83d\ude02 how these dogs protect each others"], ["Gj madani", "Gj for the transparency"], ["so it was all just a smokescreen to cover the main objective, which was daylight robbery ala Ocean\u2019s 12"], ["\"lu mau kawtim ka?\""], ["Most policeman would rather not arrest illegal immigrants since they are very convenient sources to extort money from. Same thing why illegal gambling and massage parlors continue to exist.", "Madani lol"], ["1312 what an idiotic operation, just to fill in log book at year end, such incompetence from top to bottom"]]}
{"title": "Does anyone know what insect is this? Found it outside my house", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pq0av/does_anyone_know_what_insect_is_this_found_it/", "num_comment": 121, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Ah yes leaf grasshopper. Just grab it from the back (it's wing) and put it behind your friends or siblings\nGreat stuff", "You cheeky bugger! I had that happen to me once, and I still have a healthy fear of grasshoppers and katydids. Yihhh.", "What did Katy do?", "You sir, is a great prankster...salute", "bruh my sister karate chop that fucker..\nim not going through that shit again\nsidenote...she not even taking any self defense classes", "How would you describe the state of the katydid after the incident?", "Katydieded", "bad...really bad", "Well, I put a lizard on my sister's leg when she sleeps on the sofa.\nI'm not regretting that..", "Who needs enemies when you have friends and siblings like this? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Leaf", "With leg", "Can fly", "And breathe", "And lay eggs", "brutal", "Murderous", "And oh so scandalous"], ["Katydid with the scientific name Onomarchus uninotatus, I have seen at least one in a certain national park. That species prefers primary forests but does not mind living in tall secondary forests too.", "Katy did what?", "With, didn't you read?", "Katy did with who, now?", "Katydid Witherspoon", "Nice time to be a spoon", "Ah yes that word play never gets old I must admit ;)", "Katydon't"], ["I dont know what it is, but it should leave.", "It should make itself like a tree, and leave.", "It's already being a leaf"], ["katydid", "Katydidn't!", "Katy don't!", "what did katy do??", "Kissed a girl", "I kissed a girl and I liked it. The taste of her cherry chapstick. I kissed a girl just to try it. I hope my boyfriend don't mind it.", "I believe he doesn't. Infact he might say he doesn't believe it and will ask u to prove it by doing it again in front of him tho..", "Hmmm~i won't mind if my girl did that", "Your mom (I'm sorry)"], ["A katydid. I believe Malaysia has the largest species", "You are correct. Arachnacris corporalis is one of the largest katydids in the world. This one, Onomarchus uninotatus would be in the top ten list of largest Malaysian katydids though.", "Interesting to know!"], ["In malay we called it pelesit..or its just camo grasshopper"], ["Whaddya mean OP. Thats definitely a leaf"], ["Looks like Oceangate to me"], ["This insect resembles Mecopoda nipponensis, a member of the katydid family.", "While I agree it's a katydid, this specimen is an Onomarchus uninotatus instead of a Mecopoda sp. AlthoughMecopoda nipponensis doesn't live in Malaysia, we have Mecopoda elongata native to Malaysia albeit usually brown, though green morphs do occur.", "This is my first time hearing about it!\nThank you!\nIn Japan, Mecopoda nipponensis is an insect that also appears in nursery songs, and is nicknamed Gachagacha.", "You are welcome! Also TIL Mecopoda nipponensis is featured in cultural contexts, thanks for sharing this fact too!"], ["That's Metapod."], ["Katydid. Did what idfk. But she did something. And she won't get away"], ["Katydid. It's technically carnivorous so don't let it bite you that much.\nIt looks like a grasshopper on steroids + bigger. And badder."], ["r/insects"], ["Pelesit"], ["Idk but it's cool af"], ["Planet hopper."], ["Oh that's just a katydid. Keep them in your garden, they hunt smaller bugs."], ["Harbinger\nhttps://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Harbinger\n\"During its encounter with Shepard, Leviathan reveals that Harbinger was the first Reaper created, and that it was formed in the image of the Leviathans. The Catalyst directs the Reapers to harvest the galaxy of advanced life every 50,000 years, and each harvest ends with the birth of a new Reaper made in Harbinger's image.\"", "Final fantasy fan eh? Same green too"], ["Fun fact. That grasshopper is often associated with black magic if you live i rural area. If that grasshopper manage to get into your house in middle of night, someone send \"stuff\" to your house. Then if you chopped grasshopper head and found strings of human hair, \"uninvited guest\" is within your house area.", "Isn't those pure superstition or folklore? I have probed and dissected multiple dead katydid in various random spots near houses and not once did I find any human hair, and of which this idea can be debunked. Also katydids are beneficial insects, some even go about eating pests, while others consume unwanted weeds.", "a folklore i should say, because my parent used to tell me that when im was younger"], ["Saw plenty before, but lighter green colour. Dunno what it called"], ["", "Nope. That is not even anything to do with pelesit or whatsoever supernatural."], ["Bulbasaur isn't it?"], ["Ratatatata insect"], ["It\u2019s like a snail. It picks up a healthy leaf and carries it on its back."], ["Katydid!"], ["Your cousin"], ["I've seen this one too before"], ["That loud piece of shit..."], ["hmm.. mane? tak nampak pon"], ["the forbidden lady finger"], ["Katydid are predators"], ["Looks like a mosquito had sex with a leaf and this was the final product"], ["Chimera Ant"], ["Yep. It\u2019s a green bug."], ["Polong."], ["you living in cyberjaya border areas. Today morning i see the same insect infront of my house.\nTettigoniidae - Wikipedia it Katydid"], ["Ini Pelesit ke"], ["That's a insect glock."], ["sometimes peopledo blackmagic with these pelesit....serious talk here"], ["Daun-tang"], ["katydid. loud bugger."], ["That's grasshopper"], ["Prolly a katydid or smth idk"], ["Practice your aim by trying to throw stone at it"], ["That thing will make a loud noise like a bird from what i remembered"], ["Kidnap it and sell it to the highest bidder"], ["Leafbug probably"], ["anak haram"], ["It's a soul sucking critter that glows in the dark as it feeds off of your fear....\nAlso, I'm arachnophobic. But that's beside the point..."], ["Kuda belang"], ["It's not ur house anymore"], ["we call it belalang daun (leaf grasshopper) at my place"], ["It's called \"RUN FOR UR LIFE\"."], ["We call that belalang daun And that look huge \ud83d\ude2f"], ["John cena"], ["Just belalang lah"]]}
{"title": "Getting a maid in Klang Valley", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wv0b8/getting_a_maid_in_klang_valley/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I have no experience in hiring a maid. Wanted to hire a maid for daily cleaning (no cooking). Did some googling but i guess some real life advice from klang valley folks will be better. Is there any other options other than full time live in maid (particularly on cleaning dishes daily because my house does heavy cooking, like restaurant level) ? Indonesian or Philippines? How much is the cost nowadays? Any recommendations on which agency? And last but not least, any problems / issues faced?", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 02 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w55kv/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 171, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: When's the worst time to have a heart attack?\nDuring a game of charades.", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["hey, anyone knows what to do when ur rumawip application has been stuck for a couple of months? who should i contact in regards? i didnt go through any agents when i signed up for the project."], ["I failed jpj test but passed on part 2, question is can I postpone of retaking the test, because I am planning to go on a vacation. If so, how long am I able to delay it."], ["Another year another scammer on a dating app. I thought Tinder/Bumble was bad but holy crap does TanTan make the rest look like child\u2019s play.\nWorst part is this profile has a blue tick signalling it\u2019s verified.\nHow else am I suppose to meet new people then\u2026.", "Develop a radar - maybe not meet up with heavily dolled up/filtered faces or from a particular region."], ["It might take maybe 10+ years to rebuild a city but let's say that we could rebuild KL, what would you change?"], ["my house is so empty right now. most of the stuff already in the truck and will be unloaded tomorrow. things left are my pc, bed and pillow and my clothes for tomorrow.\nthe amount of habuk is just ridiculous.", "Congrats on moving. \ud83d\udc4d", "mekasih.\nnot yet though, still sleeping in the old house today. katil dan tilam baru pun tak beli lagi."], ["I was finishing up my matcha latte when a pigeon shat on my window and it was a huge green blob. I didn't whisk my matcha properly and the last bits looked exactly like the pigeon shit \ud83e\udd2e that's it, no more matcha for entire January", "It's a sign...."], ["The impossible happened. I just witnessed some random smoker actually extinguish and dispose of his cigarette in the proper trash bin! He actually did it! There is hope after all!"], ["Forgetting the ring thing for a moment, I'm back at his apartment and I realize I am happy. We cuddled after class.\nHe's working, I'm studying tonight. He handed me a bag of chocolate and he said, \"I was thinking of you, but I'm not sure if you like white or dark.\"\n\ud83e\udee0\nWe've been living together for 2 weeks and it's just pure domestic bliss. I cook, he cleans. Sometimes it's takeout. He always brings home pizza. Or we'd walk around the mall looking for eats. He works at night. I drive to school in the morning. Suddenly it's the new year. Life goes on.\nI am happy to be away from the bullshit of my Muslim Malay family \ud83e\udd21 Crying babies and 60-years-old babies complaining about dying alone \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21 what do the young foolish parents with cabbages babies have in common with decrepit dinosaurs grandparents?\nThey both still somehow believe in doomsday. \ud83e\udd21"], ["Padu feels like a really contrived way to introduce a caste system into Malaysia.", "I don't think its that complex, its just method to get people to submit their information and then say \"Nah! here is the reason you cannot get this.\"\nI imagine its another reason to fine people too. Filled in the wrong info and gotten the benefit? Now get a red love letter with Fine on it and pay back all you gotten and more for filling it wrongly.\nThere is a reason why no one willingly submits their income tax themselves. Just 1 wrong information will potentially cause you stress and bankrupt you.", "Just 1 wrong information will potentially cause you stress and bankrupt you.\nWhat? You can amend submissions. From what I hear the LHDN is pretty open to discussions to resolve issues. These are not reasons to not submit tax.", "Normally you wouldn't notice the error till it hits you. There has been multiple examples, from ticking the wrong checkbox, thinking that you are in that bracket cause of how your income, filling in the wrong amount of relief cause you think you qualify for that but actually not. These are the ones that gets you the love letters\nWe all submit tax, some people just want to be employed cause their employer will submit their tax for them, some who has extra income pay accountants to submit taxes. I rarely seen anyone who is submitting their tax for themselves, probably if they themselves are accountants?", "> filling in the wrong amount of relief cause you think you qualify for that but actually not. These are the ones that gets you the love letters\nEven the love letters are not fatal. https://www.hasil.gov.my/en/legislation/offences-fines-and-penalties/ there's a range (depending on the tax missed) with a limit. There are options too to pay by installments, or other resources like AKPK to check out before the final measure. If you 'go bankrupt' because of this, you were probably evading tax or not really running a profitable biz, not missing 1-2 inputs.\nsome people just want to be employed cause their employer will submit their tax for them\nThat's like the worst and most privileged reason to be employed. Most people work because they're not starting their own business and want to put food on their table.", "Not everyone is educated about this. Especially about AKPK.\nBankruptcy is quite easy to get. You need to pay a substantial amount but have no money. How? Many people are willing to go into debt so they dont get in trouble with the tax man. If they cant pay the debt, it snowballs.\nSome may disagree but its quite true for multiple people, they just dont want the stress of red tape. They are willing to work for a boss for longer hours than to have a 2nd career.", "We're already deviating from the topic. Coming back:\n> Just 1 wrong information will potentially cause you stress and bankrupt you.\nThis is just wrong.\n> Some may disagree but its quite true for multiple people, they just dont want the stress of red tape.\nLol, ask your employed colleagues (if you are actually working) - 'did you choose to work to avoid manually doing taxes?' I'd bet you get puzzled looks. It's such a weird take. If it was rephrased as starting a business by oneself or being self-employed instead of just the act of filing taxes, then that's more relatable.", "Its just my opinion based on what i have heard and experienced. Many stories from people around, being summoned by the office, submit 7 years of documents and proof of legit deductions, checking your spending or income like rent, loan etc. To find that you dont qualify for a certain deduction cause your kid is not considered a dependant anymore. Thus you will need to pay back that and get fined. Of course to make sure that you are submiting the correct document and form tables, you are going to need to spend on hiring an accountant so you dont miss out submiting the information. If that is not stress, i dont know.\nOf course , its not purely THE ONE reason why people may prefer to be employed, its just one of the reason why.", "You want to know the real caste system? How about being discriminate just by family name alone and the place you were born in.\nOtherwise, what\u2019s wrong with the poor receiving assistance? If you\u2019re ashamed to be poor don\u2019t register in the Padu system then.", "No, it sounds bad if you're anywhere rich or planning to rise up the social ladder. You'll be subjected to more unequal taxes and a lot of people are not going to give up their privileges willingly.", "Unfortunately most society around favor a progressive tax and targeted subsidy that revolves around income level. They themselves ask to be discriminated based on income level."], ["Eating Mamee Vegetarian noodles tonight. What is in their flavouring packet? It is so damn addictive.\nThe ingredients say :\"Salt, Monosodium Glutamate (E621), Disodium 5-Guanylate (E627), Disodium 5-Inosinate (E631) As Permitted Flavour Enhancers, Spices, Sugar, Contains Permitted Food Additives Of Plant & Synthetic Origin.\" But what kind of spices are inside it??????", "I just want to say, your username gave me a chuckle xD"], ["If you're in PJ and dont know what to eat for dinner, found this small list 10 months ago on some high quality food.\nAlternatively, some dessert places!", "Mostly mehh and overhyped places. Not worth driving there and queing up if you're not nearby."], ["I ordered a 12 month online membership on Shoppee on 30/12/2023 but somehow on 1/1/2024 the online membership got cancelled. I message the seller about the situation, it says he's active several minutes ago but still on vacation mode. Does that mean he read my message?Luckily I haven't released my money yet and extend shoppee guarentee. Does the fault on my side or the seller can't actually do anything during vacation mode?", "I would suggest that you cancel it. The guy probably sold the account to multiple people and it got banned."], ["JAL plane collided with another plane. Hope everyone is okay", "The A350's occupants reportedly all evacuated in time, but the same cannot be said about the Dash 8 unfortunately.\nFirst A350 hull-loss, and by extension the first one involving composite fuselage BTW."], ["Just thinking about buying inline skates for myself.\nMy feet can fit children's shoes ....... But it would probably be dangerous to wear children's size with my weight. My feet are tiny, but my weight is not.", "The listing of the children size skates said that it can withstand 100kg of weight, though..\nTempting. Very tempting.", "How much is it?", "About 50 ringgit."], ["Curious, does most corporate phone receptionist or customer service doesn't work anymore after 4pm? Even though there are still 1 hour left before 5pm?", "Never had this issue before, its normally that they get so much calls during that 1 hour that the phoneline is just dead from queue", "No, the phone line isn't busy, it just keep ringing until the automatic voice tells you the operator is not available. Others that doesn't use automatic voice, just has their phone keep ringing until the phone call drop.", "Ya thats the system. It stays ringing at the operator side, they will transfer to pickup when they finish a call. I used to just smile cry when i pickup calls non stop and see the lights still red. The only time when it auto rejects the call is when count is over than set. Basically if the max is 5 people waiting, the 6th cant get in. The 5 will just listen to beep boop or music till pickup. Not sure if its the same for others but this is what i experienced before"], ["hi anyone knows where can I buy oral b pro 1000 electric toothbrush in JB? and how much would it cost?"], ["Moving this post by u/droptheconjugatebase (the mod team has committed to do this for removals with a mental health component). The user has been informed this has been moved here, so please do add your replies below -\nFeeling behind in life - specifically law students\nHey all.\nBit of a situation. I was due to graduate last year but failed one of my last papers by a couple of marks, and have to re-sit the exam in February, or if I fail that, wait an entire year to re-do the subject. Gonna be light on the details since some of my friends are on here. This all delays my employment, obviously.\nI'm 24 and already getting questions from relatives as to why my studies is taking so long. Been feeling a deep depression since December til now, of feeling behind in life. I already delayed my studies by a year from switching courses. What are some mental tricks to get over this feeling. I know its all in my head.", "Same boat. All I can say is spend less time around family if they're not supportive.\nAnd financial support =x= emotional support.\nTake your time. Be alone. Hang out with older students. Get more perspective."], ["Anyone know where we can buy wood planks for some DIY projects? We want to build a stand to hold two cats cages. TIA", "You can buy it from Daiso Midvalley! There are a few sizes you can choose from.", "Oh didn\u2019t know they sell it there too. Thanks so much!", "shopee, nowadays alot wood sellers open shop there or can go find those big warehouse size roadside hardware store that sells big size items like those pipes/woods/metal rods", "thank you so much!!!"], ["<image>\nDone isi PADU", "Out of curiosity, what sort of information is required under \u201cincome\u201d ? Is it based on annual salary or monthly salary?", "Monthly salary + all other monthly earnings", "Hmmm, that slightly complicates things. Most employers give out increments in Feb/March, so if the PADU portal only lets users update information in the next phase, then depending how/when the information is used it may be inaccurate."], ["2nd person in a month reported dead from their head being pinched over mechanical door.\nfuck me thats scary", "Final destination style decapitation? \ud83d\ude31"], ["https://soyacincau.com/2024/01/02/padu-how-to-register-a-new-account-ekyc/\nIncase anyone make new post about this asking how to setup.\nAlso its https://padu.gov.my/"], ["Been reading this thread, and now I wonder: what are our dangerous neighbourhoods like? Anyone can story sikit?"], ["oh there\u2019s two \u2018Padu\u2019 - one belongs to the ministry of education and one is the newly launched rafizi brainchild."], ["i miss the end of the year already... my mood still in sloth due to family member sick +help sister to move out since last Wednesdays. I want holiday again, who's with me?"], ["Sitting here at the car service centre and waiting for my car to be serviced, I started contemplating my life. Every major decision that I have made that leads to where I am right now,\nI wonder what I will become if I make a different choice. The 'what if' question keeps lingering in my mind, compels me to imagine what kind of life the 'other' me are living in if he chooses the other choice. What kind of job is he doing? Did he get married early? Where will he be living right now should he decide to get adventurous? Most importantly will he be more happy with his life?\nWhile typing these message , I reach out to the free kopi that I got from the counter. It tastes bitter as hell..."], ["Went to Genting the week before new year. Should've just made it a day trip or something but my sister booked two nights. I thought maybe it was an opportunity to check out Skyworlds even if I had to deal with a terrible crowd, but instead it was a terrible fog and rain. Didn't bother going Skyworlds cause most of the rides probably not operating in that kind of weather.\nSkytropolis and Sky Avenue were kinda boring and depressing, not too different from going to any other mall. Found an arcade after wandering around all the way to Genting Grand, but it was pretty lousy. I really miss the old indoor theme park of the 90s genting. I really wonder where all those old arcade machines ended up. Some collector's place? Distributed to random ass malls? In some landfill? I remember finding a Star Gladiators sequel back then. Also all those old lightgun games and stupid ticket earning games. But well, arcades have been on a decline for a while already, even when I was in Tokyo in November the arcade places didn't seem that happening.", "genting arcade is not as good as they used to be. they are more like an afterthought, as those ring tossing and dart throwing and duck scooping games are much more lucretive. too bad the vr park closed down. the remaining vr attraction sucks. skytropolis is fine enough for kids. personally im mroe interested with attractions in ripley's believe it or not. havent give those a try."], ["Anyone able to register PADU ? Been trying for the past 1hr :26563:.", "No. I'm stuck at OTP.", "Same \ud83d\ude02", "are u using celcom?", "Yes using celcom \ud83d\ude02", "Try again now. Seems okay", "Thanks for the update."], ["I recovered last month for flu and cough for the year end only to start my first day at work with fever and a runny nose \ud83e\udd72"], ["Starting with a problem at works, such a nice way to start new year"], ["Trying to register PADU but didn't receive the OTP on time. haiya. Have been trying since 2pm"], ["Wow Tuesday noon in DT and only 69 comments (ayyyy)\nIs this a DT specific thing, a sub specific thing or a reddit specific thing? Back when I was more active here we would have hit the three figure mark by now.", "It's a DT specific thing. Why?\nBecause Reddit decided yet again to make unnecessary changes a year ago, which resulted in pinned posts being automatically collapsed within a community after a redditor made two visits to that community. Needless to say, this massively affects the visibility of pinned post.\nOur traffic stats show that the number of subscribers/visitors have returned to pre 3rd party app debacle.", "I think the numbers went down a lot ever since the 3rd party thing came about from reddit. Which is a shame, back during covid it would have easily been three figures like you said", "At one point we were consistently hitting 800 comments during MCO. A shame indeed.\nhardly recognise all the names here except for the resident one or two.", "Resident 3 checking in. I kepoci on other threads, so many nonsense I had to comment lol", "Quick, share ketiak pic to garner attention.", "After u became inactive, DT no longer meriah huhu"], ["I'm going to try watching Pride and Prejudice later today after being... influenced. Should I go for the modern one with keira knightley or the older one with colin firth?", "Have fun!", "Thanks aunty Cat! Will come back with a review haha", "BOTH. the one with keira knightley is a modern classic though. Loved the aesthetics", "There was a tumblr post that brought me to it, it went like:\n\"My future wife must be elegant and articulate and demuring and beautiful and respectful of her station and be an accomplished woman and-\"\n*Elizabeth stumbles in with mud covered boots and insults him straight to his face*\n\"Never mind, I want that one\"", "1995 BBC version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle! This is hands down the best adaptation of P&P.", "Thank you Herc! will give it a try!\nPS Why are you shitting bricks", "I'm sked of dad jokes wink wink"], ["Can I opt out of padu? I'm b40 and I don't trust this government (under any party) with my data. Since as long as I can remember, data leaks happen every year and they haven't done a thing about it.", "I honestly think what the govt is doing right now is data collection. Then based on that they can roughly estimate what can of subsidy to cut/continue.\nI haven't seen anything concrete on how the targeted subsidies are going to work. E-wallet payment? MySJ style QR?", "Curious if anyone in M40, T20 will register for it", "Most of us will probably holdoff first, esp since there\u2019s little information on how subsidies will be administered under PADU.\nMy speculation is that come June, the retail subsidies will be completely removed, and that you\u2019ll need to use/provide a PADU account in order to purchase things at the subsidised price. But until anything is confirmed, you are right that there is no reason/incentive for people to register at this point of time.", "actually me too, no confidence on goverment's competency to safeguard my data regardless of who's at the helm, I'll delay register until absolutely necessary"], ["Anyone travelled to Japan recently? Any idea of costs of travel recently? Thinking of bringing the kids in 2024, thinking whether 30-40k enough for a family of 4 for about 7-10 days", "Depends on how and where you want to travel. If 7-10 days purely around Tokyo or Osaka/Kyoto 30-40k is enough including flights and hotels.\nWhat costs a bomb in Japan is the Shinkansen rides, including the rail passes. Yes, some rail passes are value for money but it \"forces\" you to take the trip. There's a 5-day Kansai-Hiroshima pass that covers the Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima and costs ~RM500. A round trip between Hiroshima from Osaka already pays off the pass, but for a family of 4 that's already a cool ~RM2000. No doubt Hiroshima (with the Atomic Dome and Peace Musuem) is an interesting place to visit; and you can use the pass for other trains that are covered in the region but you could put that off and get local area passes that are way cheaper and economical.\nMy suggestion is try to pick one major city/region to visit and plan from there. Personally I don't recommend doing the \"traditional\" Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka as travelling between these cities costs a lot - with a pass or otherwise. You can either do Tokyo and the surrounding areas (Nikko, Fuji, Kawagoe, Enoshima, Kamakura etc) or Kyoto/Osaka with Nara, Uji, Kobe and Himeji. If you have time (and money) you can plop in Disneyland or Universal Studios as well. You can easily spend 7-10 days in either region.\nHope this helps!"], ["Got invited to an indian colleague\u2019s wedding this march! This is my first and would like to know how much is usually the \u2018ang pow\u2019 money for the newly weds? TIA!"], ["New job confirmed I'd be working there but only gives offer letter after I start working there. While still having my current job.", "Which company is this so we can avoid?", "A bit sus but not out of the ordinary. My first job was like that, I only received the offer letter on the first day.\n2nd company onwards, I received the offer letter before joining.", "no offer letter no job.", "Big sus there. Should get official offer letter well before starting your new job"], ["I found a ring in his bedroom. I was not snooping. Nope. The ring was not his size.\nI talked about our impending separation and that upset him. Instead of going to sleep like a normal person, he held me in his arms in the dark. When I woke up in the morning, he resumed the conversation and confronted me, asking why I believe I have to let him go. Apparently he didn't sleep at all and was just rumminating over my words.\nI said I wouldn't and just left the apartment.\nKinda confused but I have an exam tomorrow so it's a good excuse to not dwell on this."], ["if there is an MCU superhero power i would want it would be ant man\ni can buy a small condo and feel like i own a bangaloo", "really? not ironman? rich af? not doctor strange? ability to turn back time, open portal, or like, scarlet witch? literally create alternate realities?", "I'd like time-freezing powers please.", "ZA WAAAAAARUDOOOOOO", "watched too much JAV ni"], ["<image>\nWhat does this mean guys ? Its RHB Now and i want to bank-in money", "It means do you want to set up that particular payment as monthly payment;\nevery month same day transfer same amount to that particular account", "So its more like credit card installment but with flexible date?\nSo in case, i should check daily recurring then? But the date to end it max 3 days, cant set it to the same day i make payment.", "err, that's too much information to rely on random reddit user.\nI don't know too much about the details of your payment, so I'll refrain from commenting further. Much better if you actually ask someone you know offline or the bank's office."], ["Hey guys, just a quick one. My sister recently lost her Myve's spare key. It's the NFC type one. Is it possible to just clone the original key and keep it for spare key because an original replacement would cost Rm900. Thxx for the help", "You need to report the lost key or if your car ever gets stolen your insurance can dismiss your case.", "Thxx for the advice. Will get her to make the police report ASAP"], ["I find it funny I spend more time on Reddit at work on weekdays compared to when I'm at home or over the weekends.", "You should also berak on work, so you are paid to berak.:26554:", "The wise man poop on company time", "boss make a dollar i make a dime\nThat's why I browse reddit on company time", "Paid to browse Reddit on company time :26554:", "isnt that the only time we are allowed to reddit??", "The only time worth being on Reddit", "Same"], ["Can Waze fail to detect AES and alert you beforehand? I noticed while driving southbound on the NSE, passing by several AES locations, that some didn't appear in the app. Could it be that the AES units were offline?\nPreviously, the app would typically display AES locations a few kilometers before reaching them, providing an alert. However, it seems that this feature hasn't been working as reliably lately.", "much easier to pay attention to the yellow AES sign on the highway, the camera is setup after the third yellow AES sign", "Are these new AES location? Waze might not have been udpated yet.\nI still find roughly memorizing the AES location is better than relying on Waze. Also there are those large yellow \"Zon Operasi Kamera\" signboards 3 times before the actual camera.", "yep this. also the green signs for Zon Operasi Kamera are old AES that are no longer in use."], ["What time is the PADU launching?", "12.30 - 1pm\nhttps://twitter.com/EkonomiMalaysia/status/1741833916720500747\nhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCw53RybkAAqt64?format=jpg&name=large\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24BphCOdC7M", "Thanks!"], ["prime minister controlled by shamans\nopposition leader get stabbed in the neck\nman politic at what we thought a first world country was wild", "The president\u2019s wife is also like a korean rosmah", "prime minister controlled by shamans\nkorea is like kdrama max"], ["Jan 2nd and i already broke my ny resolution -.-", "What was it \ud83d\ude02", "No kepoh\u2026 but I\u2019m a curious cat \ud83d\ude14", "Is the kepoh worth it though?", "Not even\u2026 double regretti spaghetti \ud83d\ude14", "Very much a friend's episode where Chandler traded Ross's taco story for a shitty one \ud83d\ude02", "ross\u2019s taco story\nshitty\nWas that intentional \ud83d\ude02", ":pika-haha:"], ["I think we should go Thorium guys\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U434Sy9BGf8"], ["Selipar Adidas kena rembat semalam. Now just wear Asadi. Sad.", "Never spend more than rm20 for slippers.", "even asadi cost more than rm20 now"], ["2024 is the year I turn 30.\nTook stock of my life, and I think I'm doing okay. I have a job I love (though extremely difficult at times), been happily married for coming up to 6 years, and we're doing okay financially. Some aspects can be improved upon, but it is what it is."], ["Need help with my monitor please\ud83d\ude2d\n<image>\nAs you can see in the picture, when I scroll down and up, the white invincible thing is gone, but after a while it's back especially when I am watching videos. It's really affecting my watching experience. Does anyone know how to solve this issue or have the same problem as me?", "Check your settings if you have some sort of auto brightness / emulated HDR on ..\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fCH1bxS0wg&ab_channel=Britec09\nIt could also be settings on the monitor itself.", "From /r/monitors\n<image>", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/Monitors using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Once you go OLED, you never go back. | 303 comments\n#2: RTINGS issues statement on Dough Spectrum QHD 280hz | 91 comments\n#3: Decisions were made... | 35 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["I swear, my arms are more vascular irl. Somehow taking the picture kinda \"smooths\" it out.\nFirst working day of the year and I already woke up late for work lol."], ["Is walking path from Hang Tuah station to Merdeka MRT sheltered?", "It used to be partially sheltered - there was coverings along Jalan Hang Jebat for pedestrians but it wasn't all the way.\nI'm not sure about the situation now with the construction of the Merdeka 118 tower.", "pretty sure it's not. plaza rakyat to merdeka is tho", "I see, so I have to take KJ line from Hang Tuah to Plaza Rakyat, and from there to Merdeka ?\nWas thinking of skipping KJ line to get to Merdeka MRT, coming from Sri Petaling line", "huh? hang tuah to plaza rakyat is all at sri petaling line.\nif you want to get to merdeka mrt from stations before hang tuah (putra height to hang tuah) quickly i suggest you just get off at hang tuah and walk, since if you want to go plaza rakyat you need to go to opposite platform, since they are still reparing the lrt. also plaza rakyat tunnel to merdeka is quite far although its a connected tunnel."], ["So it's 2nd Jan and I'm curious about PADU\n..... and the website doesn't load lol", "Sorry but what\u2019s the PADU about? Just saw some tweets but still isn\u2019t very clear what\u2019s it about", "Data centralisation for a better targeted subsidy", "The portal will only be brought online after the launch ceremony this afternoon.", "Would we even be able to access the website as there would be a lot of people trying to register?", "That would probably be a seperate issue. Personally, I\u2019d wait till tonight/this weekend to check out the system. There\u2019s no particular rush to update at this point of time."], ["Anyone know how to handle bedbugs? I want to seek professional help, but everyone in my house is refusing to face the reality of it My father refuse to seek professional and instead spray paint thinner and pesticides on every surface imaginable, including table and bed. My mother refused to even entertain the idea of bedbugs and just complaints of my father complaint.", "Diatomaceous earth - 100% guaranteed will work. Some bedbugs have built up resistance against pesticides so that will not work.", "This lol, My apartment was covered in DE for a month. You want to use the nuclear option, you have to commit.\nNo bed bugs anymore.", "Yeah. I could roughly isolate the source of the bedbugs (bedroom - no surprises). I just scattered the DE in and around the bedframe, behind the bed and cupboards. And voila, after a few days no more bed bugs.", "DIY bedbug spray using natural ingredients is less hazardous and smells nicer.\nSpread out a smelly blanket over the bed and put flypaper traps under it.\nSeal the mattress inside an airtight mattress protector for 1 month+, then all you need to deal with are the bedbugs hiding in the bed frames and pillows.\nMove the bed away from the walls or furniture. If it has legs, use this. Replace baby powder with diatomaceous earth.\nI got rid of my bedbug problem the hard way; catching one bug at a time whenever I feel a bite.", "Thanks for the tips, but I need to deal with my narcissistic father who think his chemical can solve everything and my mother who actively want to keep the bedbugs first.", "Btw, my mother got bitten by bedbugs too but she say she rather keep them than doing anything if it causes suffering to my father. I'm not gonna see the bug gone soon"], ["Sometimes I am pissed off at the fact that I am sane and sound when I am not manic. I am sane, and I remember the insane and dysfunctional shit I did. Which brings me shame and guilt. \ud83d\ude2c Yay. \ud83d\ude2c How fun. \ud83d\ude2c\nAh, every person has a burden in their life or something. At least I'm not being bombed by missiles and snipers. I'm just a crazy person in a stable country. \ud83d\ude01", "It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me,\nEverybody agrees, everybody agreesssss \ud83d\udc0d\ud83d\udc0d\ud83d\udc0d", "Why do I have a conscience. It's not fun having a conscience.\nWhy can't I commit to being a crazy clown full-time."]]}
{"title": "PH should have media company to rival Media Prima, says Khalid", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppvuh/ph_should_have_media_company_to_rival_media_prima/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Inb4 CNN like in USA", "comments": [["I thought they already did. Its called Reddit and X.", "malaysiakini youtube pages:26554:", "More like zombies can't post anything coherent and claim FB posts as their proof."], ["Don't you have Bernama?", "Bernama is a state-owned media established by an Act of Parliament, it's subservient to the government of the day. If PH is thrown out from the seat of power, Bernama will not be under PH control anymore."], ["MalaysiaKini lean PH. But yes PH & BN are very weak with the media usage. PN definitely have the best marketing strat. They pay Tiktok Influencers, not only brainwash Voters but under 18 as well. They can be as bias as they want. They can claim salah baca/faham. If only PH & BN can read from PN......"], ["CPNews network"], ["First time I heard about Media Prima. Harakah daily is more popular"]]}
{"title": "Filem Kantonis Malaysia Rain Town terima sambutan positif di luar negara", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppsf7/filem_kantonis_malaysia_rain_town_terima_sambutan/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "The number of Covid-19 cases for the Dec 17-22 week increased to 22,413 compared to 17,307 in the previous week. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said this was a 29.5% increase.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pprq6/the_number_of_covid19_cases_for_the_dec_1722_week/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Looks like it's stabilising and coming down."]]}
{"title": "Happy New Year Monyets!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uzqpx/happy_new_year_monyets/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["What AI program this is?", "Likely some form of Stable Diffusion + ControlNet for the text"], ["More AI cringe", "Malaysia, well known for its\u2026 Japanese population?"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia sees surge of megamalls with more to come - Nikkei Asia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppers/malaysia_sees_surge_of_megamalls_with_more_to/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["r/deadmalls 20 years later gonna be full of content from Malaysia", "Not necessarily. Malaysia's malls are next level and can be architectural works of art in of themselves. Not random, tasteless malls in the American midwest. I think there's no avoiding we're quite a materialistic society.", "America replaced malls with online shopping, I doubt our online shopping will be as good as Amazon."], ["malaysia is really trying to recreate the great downfall of the great murica malls lmao", "Been to those malls while on a trip in the US back in the 90s. There were lots of video games, toys and music CDs plus breakfast cereals than my teenage Malaysian brain can handle. It's sad that all those stores are already gone now"], ["<image>\nBehold, the once hottest mall in Penang, Midlands One Stop mall. Malls are dead and dying.", "Well, you know\nMidlands Park -> Gurney Plaza\nIsland Plaza -> Gurney Paragon\nAll malls in Penang -> Sunshine Central"], ["One word: Unsustainable.\nTo the average Joe, malls are great for 'free air-cond', weatherproof experience and all but to potential tenants, cracks are beginning to show in the business model."], ["I\u2019d love to see more places like LINC or Publika. I guess they\u2019re technically malls but more geared towards dining & hanging out rather than shopping.", "Yes! Publika is such a chill place to hang out w friends and there's so many eateries around (albeit on the pricier side). Also there's an mph there which is so hard to find nowadays", "Honestly yeah, they're much more pleasant to be in than megamalls imo"], ["Most malls are one of the same but they increase the value of property around them. Build more malls, sell higher priced properties. I really wish influencers would stop encouraging people to buy properties for investment. We have enough high rises in Klang Valley and our demographics are aging. I think BNM should further lower the LTV borrowers are able to borrow for their third home and above.", "BNM should simply enforce the 90% LTV for homebuyers. Most are paying nil down payment due to cashbacks and rebates. The policy should be crystal clear, 90% of the net property transaction value."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["We need more malls-with-apartment complexes-attached-to-it, like the one in D'pulze Cyberjaya. It's awesome being able to do groceries, workout at the gym, visit the dentist, etc. all within walking distance.", "So the mall would only serve the residence above? How much do you as a resident spend to make the mall sustainable?", "Dpulze is actually 1 of the 2 thriving mall in cyberjaya. In fact I would go as far as to say it alone serves almost all the residents of cyberjaya. If you don't want to travel 20+ mins from cyberjaya to putrajaya for ioi city mall, or 30++ mins to ioi mall puchong and risk flooding, dpulze got you covered. The other one would be tamarind square, where people go to take graduation photos in the abandoned-looking empty shoplot open-air mall. Nobody talks about malakat mall.", "He said we need more malls-with-residences-above type of development.\nDpulze is successful, good. But that's because Cyberjaya don't have much mall to begin with.\nThat type of development doesn't always work, especially in mall saturated KL."], ["why tho? even the current mall only full when it come to festive season and most came for the food and not for the luxurious brand etc etc"], ["expensive car parks, no better than 1U"], ["Instead of building more malls, how about we increase the pay wages?"], ["I like putrajaya ioi city mall, spacious walks, no nonsense tax evasion stores, good variety of store price, organized by niche, clearly curated for quality, parking all along the building so you dont even need to walk so much if you have specific store/restaurant to go, and not vertical in design(fuck escalators and cramped vertical malls.\nOnly flaw is no public transport."], ["The developers gonna be in a world of pain. PUTS on malaysia REITS."], ["A lot of so called finance and economics expert commenting on this post, I\u2019m sure these doomer redditors are always right"], ["Need surge of mega parking or mega public transport as well lol."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Happy Christmas\u2019, PAS wishes Malaysian Christians", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppe6f/happy_christmas_pas_wishes_malaysian_christians/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "", "comments": [["On my bingo card, I had the slot PAS say it is Haram to wish Christmas not the other way around."], ["Mana bulih... itu haram..\n\u201cLain keadaan sekiranya ada jiran kita beragama Kristian, boleh ucap sebagai tanda menghormati mereka.\n\u201cNamun, tidak boleh suka-suka untuk ucap kepada mereka melalui status yang ditulis secara umum contoh di laman sosial Facebook, ia seolah-olah menunjukkan keredhaan kepada agama mereka.", "PAS: No, not like this...\nAlso PAS: Rules for thee not for meeeeee!"], ["Basic human gesture can be so political"], ["\u201cThe harmonious and festive celebration of various religious or cultural events in this country is a manifestation of our culture of gentleness, tolerance and mutual respect that has long been firmly established in our society,\u201d PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said in a statement.\nHAHAHA", "I howled so hard at this\nlebai at it again"], ["I imagined the heat of hellfire singeing off the fingertips as they typed those words on the keyboard"], ["I dare them put it on a cake"], ["Fuck Ur bullshit cunt. If not for the political climate u bitch ass motherfucker created. I would have heard \"Merry Christmas\" from Malay uncle aunty in the grocer market.\nNow days if I say Marry Christmas to malay auntie they would say \"eh Kita mana ada celebrate Christmas?\" Back to me. So fuck ur bullshit \"happy Christmas\" it is not accepted.\nAND I SAY THIS AS AN ATHEIST."], ["Wow. Hypocrite af."], ["Aint no way these wannabe talibans tried to issue a limpdick attempt at religious harmony AHAHAHA"], ["Thanks! Go to hell though."], ["There's so much hate in this sub."], ["Takoyaki Haram is at it again!"], ["'Happy Hanukkah', NSDAP wishes German Jews"], ["Every time I read similar messages the automatic reaction is a shrug \u2014 nice of them and replying with hostility is more a reflection on me than it is on them.\nLet's see how well they are going to adhere to the said message, the past decade or so hasn't really been inspiring confidence to say the very least."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia's semiconductor industry demands a more strategic outlook | East Asia Forum", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppdh8/malaysias_semiconductor_industry_demands_a_more/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["A poignant passage from this piece:\nThe semiconductor industry often complains that there is not enough talent in Malaysia. But Malaysia ultimately has a salary problem, not a talent problem. Many of Malaysia\u2019s skilled workers, such as engineers and technicians, pursue employment in Singapore where the pay is better. Low pay is a systemic issue that creates a vicious cycle of inadequate skilled job creation. Malaysia is a rare case in which the median monthly wage in manufacturing (RM2205) is lower than the median monthly wage (RM2424)."]]}
{"title": "How Malaysia is finding its way out of the middle-income trap - Nikkei Asia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppcpe/how_malaysia_is_finding_its_way_out_of_the/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["You simply can't because there is no and enough high-income and high quality jobs available. How do you create something which no body is capable to create ?\nYou don't see Microsoft, Google, Tesla, Tencent, Nvidia, Samsung, Amazon, TSMC setup R&D center here, some of them have traces of manufacturing hub here, but that's the difference - manufacturing vs. high-impact R&D.\nEven if they intended to, your policy make them favoring other nation -> Singapore.", "FDI by itself can not save any country from middle-income trap, but it is one of few first stepping stone to escape.\nWe already missed that chance post-80's when FDI flocked to us for our cheap labour, politically stabler (post-513) and the least red taped country in the SEA region.\nNow our next chance is to attract only high tech FDI, and this time really make the technology transfer actually happen to make our own offshoot high tech industry, not copycat but actually improved the tech as our own brand name, and not just sitting on our laurels as we did previously, and/or;\nDig into our stored wealth (in many deep pockets) into R&D our own high techs.\nWhy I said only high tech is precisely because we can't offer cheap labour anymore unless we import cheap foreign labours which defeat the purpose, we have many highly educated Malaysians but never enough commensurately paid and qualified jobs.", "Your point is true but a bit over simplified. Shopee just retrenched butt loads of its corporate staff in SG and guess where they shifted the jobs? Yup. KL. So there is a shift because we offer a highly skilled workforce but at ringgit prices.", "I think you don't understand what R&D is."], ["We missed the boat for 20 years from 2000s-2020s.\nWhat didn't makes sense, we are still I'm developing phase yet we stuck in mid income trap.\nUnless anything major happens to shake up our economy that will allowed for reforms, I won't see we getting out from the trap"], ["Exit the middle income trap to join the low income group"], ["A very good read."]]}
{"title": "Report: Daim\u2019s failure to comply led to Ilham Tower seizure", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ppadq/report_daims_failure_to_comply_led_to_ilham_tower/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Yea well, this is the 3rd time he had been investigated for something that happened more than 2 decades ago.\nI do think this is politically motivated. Daim is well known to be mahathir's piggy bank.", "Great vision, poor execution.\nMACC has really failed in many ways. NO THANKS to loser Azam Baki:\n\u2014 Bung acquitted\n\u2014 Najib acquitted (Audit Panel)\n\u2014 Shafee acquitted\n\u2014 Ku Nan acquitted\n\u2014 Zahid acquitted (VLN)\n\u2014 Shahir acquitted\n\u2014 Muhyiddin acquitted (power abuse)\nTerrirudin at AGC + Azam Baki at MACC + Anwar as PM = incompetent anti-corruption enforcement.\nDon\u2019t get your hopes up, friends. You\u2019ll likely be disappointed sooner or later."]]}
{"title": "No sugar supply disruption despite MSM's plans to export Gula Super to S'pore, says ministry's Johor branch", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pp9nh/no_sugar_supply_disruption_despite_msms_plans_to/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Electricity price hike in Malaysia from Jan 1, 2024 - charging EV at home to be up to 6% more expensive - paultan.org", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pp7jl/electricity_price_hike_in_malaysia_from_jan_1/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Mental Wellness Tuesday - Weekly Check-in", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w54v2/mental_wellness_tuesday_weekly_checkin/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi /r/Malaysia!\nHow is your day or week going so far? Feel free to use this thread to seek or share self-care ideas, tips for finding a therapist, or links to call/text a hotline. Please note that redditors are not mental wellness professionals and you should seek professional assistance if possible.\nRemember, be kind, always.\nAdditional resources:\n/r/MyHappyPill - mental wellness related subreddit for Malaysians\n/r/Malaysia's mental health wiki - /r/Malaysia's mental wellness repository\nMental wellness related subreddits\nMCO: Affordable mental health services", "comments": [["Sad. Idk. School started. Felt like I have no friends. The week before holidays, I was called to councelling. Some girls had bullied me. I was told by the counselor to \"man up\" and \"stop crying\" as I was a guy. I got councelled again because some of my then closest friends reported to the teachers I was gay. Today I went to school and only a few people talked to me all just basic convos. I've been bed rotting since like 3PM idk. I'd just scroll reddit and listen to music in my bed. I haven't eaten I don't know I don't feel like eating.\nMy siblings all are in Uni / overseas. The thought of me not being able to go into a good uni scares me. My eldest is in USA, the second eldest is in Taylor's. Will my parents disown me? I'm just a failure. Exams are next week but I have onlt studied a few subjects. I'm just hoping I get A+ for English and pass the rest. Spent most of my time alone not talking to people in class. Just did my own thing while others were busy with their friends.\nIdk I have already attempted twice. Once at school because of the bullying. But what can I do? I'm expected to \"Man up\" . Honestly, I plan to emigrate to Europe where I can start a new life. I'm ready to leave everything here. I've already contacted some LGBTQ org in Germany. Some of them are willing to \"Marry\" me once I hit 18 so that I will be able to get green card and get PR in Germany. Then maybe I'll start my life as a low wage worker there. I don't have much hope here even though I'm Bumiputera. I didn't grew up in a Bumiputera household despite my dad being one. It's a problem since at school, legally I am Muslim and must pray/join Islamic events. I don't eat Malay Food, I don't think I am Malay at all considering my pale skin and blonde hair. I'm always the odd ones out at school.\nI don't hang out with Chinese as I don't speak Mandarin, I don't hang out with Malays due to the issue before holidays. There's no Indians in my batch. It's like I'm just a nobody. People look diffrent than me. Maybe the jocks and athletes will call me and acknowledge me but other than that no social interaction. I'd rather rot in bed. Goodnight."], ["I lost the trust of the person closest to me, I lost good friends, I lost my unborn child which I buried with my own hand, We lost most of our savings because house got broken into, everyday waking up anxious.\nStill somehow I am hopeful for this year. I hope it will be a good year. Need to let go of the past. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.", "I'm very very sorry to hear. That was super difficult. I'm glad that you're able to keep going despite the hardship. You have admirable strength. Stay strong my friend."]]}
{"title": "MRSM\u2019s prestige drives parents to lie about income, says academic UM lecturer Saedah Siraj says parents, who are not from B40 households, are willing to do so as they recognise the good quality of education offered at these junior colleges.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pp6bn/mrsms_prestige_drives_parents_to_lie_about_income/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": [["..also the high success rate of soalan bocor."], ["He suggested that Mara could refer to the Padu integrated database in order to screen applications and that those found to have lied about their income levels be blacklisted.\nThis"]]}
{"title": "Why do people bash so much AirAsia but still fly them?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18posov/why_do_people_bash_so_much_airasia_but_still_fly/", "num_comment": 133, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Are you one of them? It\u2019s getting tiring to see the same spammy comments asking for refund.\nI agree they were an ass by cancelling & rescheduling flights during the initial stages after lockdown, I heard it was due to shortage in aircraft. They sold tickets in advance based on their forecast of getting the planes back up in which they failed to meet.\nBut I have to argue that other airlines are equally as bad with delays and cancellation, unfortunately AA gets all the shit because they have really high frequency flights per day as compared to the rest.\nAA has democratized flying for Malaysians and opened up many non-mainstream destinations. MyAirline tried to \u201cshake up\u201d the monopolization, Well , look what happened, rm22mil of refunds burned with zero accountability.\nLastly, it\u2019s amusing how ministers are dictating the prices airlines can charge during festive season. This never happened in any other countries. Correct me if I\u2019m wrong, I don\u2019t think airasia is funded by government too so I don\u2019t see why need to be charitable.\nHappy to hear your thoughts", "comments": [["Cuz it\u2019s cheap. It\u2019s the language of money", "Cash is king"], ["They're cheap, that's why. I don't have any issues with them tho..my whole experience have been ok so far.", "I\u2019m assuming you fly to sarawak? Any thoughts on the ticket prices to east Malaysia being exorbitant?", "To sarawak and also to other parts of malaysia.\nTo answer your second question, i do agree that the ticket price can be really expensive but this one is only happening during the festive/cuti sekolah seasons. (It is a demand vs supply thingy). However on normal days i think the ticket prices are okay.", "On normal days I still think quite expensive lols. Rm150+ for a single trip\ud83d\ude2d", "It's reasonable given the distance. Jet fuel isn't subsidized lol."], ["Been flying with MAS for quite a number of years (for business trip/expense paid for) and I've never had my flight rescheduled, delayed or any of that sort. Ever since I switched jobs and started to pay for my own tix, of course I went with AA cause they're cheap, and so far 3 out of 5 flights that I've been on has issues, delayed/check in not going thru/gate changes, it gets tiring", "I wrote an email MAS customer service voicing my disappointment in the having all 4 of my flights delayed with total time of 15 hours lost in a space of 3 weeks.\nI also pointed out AA flights that was schedule to fly out to the same destination around similar time was not delayed indicating that it is not a weather issue.\nI express my disappointment with these events as the reason i choose MAS over AA was for their good track record.\nI was given 20,000 enrich points as an apology.\nThat was roughly 6 years ago.", "Same situation with me, been flying with MAS until recently where I need to use AA. First time experience and I already hated it. I book the flight that supposed to take off at 3pm as that is the earliest flight I can get to KB and the other flight is 6pm. The flight ended up got delayed 3 times, first at 3.45pm, and then 3.20pm and then suddenly 5.45pm.", "Were these pre-Covid ? To be fair, MAS airline rebounded much quicker than AA due to their smaller fleet size. Given AA\u2019s fleet size and frequency, their on time performance were actually pretty impressive before the pandemic. I guess Covid really messed it up, having to ground their aircraft for 2 years. Aircraft are not meant to be kept on the ground. Leaving our car untouched for 2-3 weeks is quite detrimental, what more an aircraft. Before I start sounding like an AA ambassador, delays are usually due to bad weather and/or the airport operator (MAHB) messing things up. It\u2019s hardly the airline\u2019s fault.", "I notice that AA seems to have longer lines at the ticket counters compared to MAS when sending off family at the airport.", "The pandemic didn't just effect the grounded planes themselves.\nThe lay off in staff was another issue. A lot of pilots that got cut had gone on to get other jobs. Same with ground engineers.\nI remember been told AA had cut off 60% of their pilots during the pandemic. And as of a couple of months ago, I think they were only back to 75% capacity in terms of pilots and ground staff.", "These were a mix of both. I won't get into the whole aircraft being grounded for year and years because it's up to them to maintain it, I'm just a paying customer who wants my time to be respected\nFlying AA is basically a gamble, even my recent flight to Thailand I had problems flying to and fro, apparently my check in was not complete even though the app said so (I will blame this on myself as I should have double and triple check my boarding pass), and I had to reduce most of my Thailand plans because the 6pm flight home was cheaper than the 10pm flight, but in the end my flight got delayed to 11pm so I spent a half a day at the airport.\nIf money wasn't an issue, I'd literally never book AA", "I actually face the opposite. Have been getting delays with MAS while air asia is on time", "Yeah, my experience with AirAsia has been nothing but positive (so far).\nThe plane is immediately pushed back after the door is closed. They prioritise speed over service, so the time taken from gate closure to takeoff is much shorter than on MH/SQ.\nThis is just how budget airlines operate. By minimising the time spent at the gates, each plane can take more flights per day, allowing for budget ticket prices. But this means that when something crops up, delays are more likely as there is less buffer between flights.\nIf all goes smoothly, budget flights can be faster and thus more appropriate for short-haul business trips. In contrast, Singapore Airlines will prioritise service by giving out hot towels and snacks before pushback. In my opinion, this is better suited for leisure trips (or long-haul business trips where sufficient rest is essential).", "Yeah. In the airline industry myself (adjuster), your typical Budget airline operates on a basis where if the plane is on the ground, they are losing money. The goal is to maximise flying and not on the ground paying hanger fees, airport fees etc.\nI've had my fair share of hiccups on airasia but I know what the risk are when taking them. Always will tag on a third party travel insurance if i have a lot riding on my trip e.g a proper international flight where delays will cost me expensive hotel rescheduling and other holiday disruptions. I'd never take them if i need to do a precise flight for a meeting unless I fly a day before.", "MAS is facing an aircraft shortage only to be exarcebated with their ambitious but reckless scheduling"], ["My experience with Airasia is they run very tight all in the name of cost control. So you\u2019ll get flights that are on time in the morning and gets worse as the day\u2019s goes by.\nService-wise, Airasia is like riding a bus, but on air. And if you\u2019re riding with kids, woe on you.\nMy experience with MAS is they have a better product and you basically get what you pay for. But if you compare with other full service airlines, you\u2019ll know that MAS right now is a former version of themselves.\nThe airline industry in Malaysia has been plagued with sweetheart deals and corruption and you\u2019ll see the symptoms: KLIA train down for over a year, the airport looks dead and the services are subpar compared to other airports in the region.", "Just a note on the KLIA train.\nI heard the issue was the train manufacturer itself (some canadian one if im not mistaken) went bust years ago.\nThey were struggling sourcing parts for years already. It came to a point where something critical broke down and couldn't be fixed.\nThe another problem is that the train and train tracks were exclusive to that train (i forget the exact term to use here). What's the term like how the lighting cable is exclusive to apple?\nNow they are changing the whole train which requires changing the whole track as well.\nSo there's certainly an element of corruption here. Why did they select a B-tier manufacturer, why was there no foresight in selection of type of train used etc.", "What is the current sweetheart deals/corruption with MAS nowadays? The catering service?"], ["Coz we poor AF but need the cred and clout for insta pic.", "Like \"You wanna be a cool guy in town? Just talk shit about AA!\"", "I know right, so many of these hypocritical people.", "But they ARE shit tho. Even if nobody talks about it."], ["I've been flying scoot/firefly ever since AA rescheduled my flights 3 times in the past. I deliberately bought late night flights because I wanted to fly after work, but they rescheduled me to much much earlier flights and won't let me re-reschedule or even refund. Fuck AA", "Late night flights are the worst ! I would avoid if I can. The chances of getting delayed are extremely high due to the backlogs from the entire day. Anything before 5pm is relatively safe from any retimings"], ["Newsflash. Malaysians complaint about absolutely everything.", "and yet still use it. So hypocritical."], ["Also for some routes they are the only carrier that flies direct", "Yes that's the case for me. Previously they were the only ones flying Penang to Johor direct.\nAnd they have a number of unique flight routes like Johor to Vietnam."], ["u can fly from KL to korea for below 500, but somehow flight to kota kinabalu cost double that?\ni fly mostly MAS or Fireflyz nowadays. fuck AA", "Maybe because nobody wants to fly to korea during festive seasons. Supply and demand . Higher demand, lower supply , higher prices. Basic economics."], ["Because they have no clue that Malindo exists.", "You mean, Batik Air? Haha", "Yep. Still call them Malindo out of habit. But I still choose them over AA because of lower fares but they give 20kg luggage limit.", "I refrain from flying Batik Air only because of my fear of using the 737 Max (and now MAS has bought them also).\nhttps://www.lioness.co/post/the-boeing-737-max-is-still-flying-worldwide-despite-mounting-evidence-that-the-aircraft-is-unsafe#:\\~:text=8%20min-,The%20Boeing%20737%20MAX%20is%20still%20flying%20worldwide%E2%80%94despite%20mounting,have%20yet%20to%20be%20resolved.", "I flew with Batik Air for the first time HK-KUL, the flight was delayed for 2hr but got notify the day before. Half the price of MAS, still rm200-300 cheaper than AA with 20kg check in, great leg room better than Cathay definitely, arrival at KLIA; the only downside is older interior aka the seat pocket is falling apart. I overheard a few fellow Msian passengers complaining when we arrived at KLIA: shittiest flight ever, worse than AA, food finished la, no in-flight entertainment etc. I almost tempted to turn back and say to them, you get what you paid for and it was really VFM, else go pay double and fly something else."], ["I commute regularly between Singapore to KL, and AA is the cheapest option for me.", "Isn\u2019t commuting by bus cheaper ?", "you pay with your time", "Given that KLIA2 is located almost in negeri seremban, the travelling time to airport is quite time consuming. Plus minus the check in & boarding waiting time. I would say it\u2019s about the same", "No way. Bus ride to JB (without jam) is about 4-5 hours from klia2. That too if they don\u2019t make many stops.\nThe causeway jam is AT LEAST 1 hour. Closer to 2 hours now. On bad days people spend 4 hours clearing both immigration counters, that too with dedicated bus lanes on the causeway. But the cars\u2019 jam blocks the bus lanes.\nFlying is still faster.", "I disagree. Well it depends on time of day and whether it's a festive period. And of course what bus service.\nI use to bus to SG from KL once a month. And would always take the earliest bus or the last bus. 6am or 10pm. The bus from KL was only 10 mins from my house and then i'll just sleep all the way to Tuas check point. It averages about 4 hours 20mins. Quickest I've done the bus is 3.5 hours.\nThe time difference between flying and busing is pretty negligible BUT the biggest advantage IMO is that you can pretty much just rest the whole way on the bus. There's no rushing to the airport, walking past immigration to the gate, wasting time waiting to board, getting from Changi/KLIA to the city center. Of course this only applies to certain people where it's convenient to get to the bus departure area.", "Was this before covid? Coz after borders opened, the jams have been worse. Especially now that it\u2019s the holiday season. I live near the causeway and I know many people who commute to work in sg. It\u2019s easier to go by car lanes (in rideshares) than bus lanes now. The queues at the checkpoints are crazy now.\nActually, the best way to cross the border is via train (shuttle tebrau). Trains are on time, and no need to rush or have long wait times. But tickets at peak times are hard to get.", "Both before and after. But I\u2019ve only taken the bus maybe 5 times this year and drove twice. The only time tuas was slow was when I took the bus abit too close to Thaipusam. Note that I\u2019m specifically talking about Tuas only. It is more jammed but roughly around 12-8pm. I try to take buses outside those hours.", "Duty free"], ["Becos not paying premium but want servis mcm first class", "Malaysianlah", "What? Expecting a flight not to be rescheduled is now first class service? Stupid.", "Or expecting an accessible customer service LMAO. Go check their Air Asia website. They make it so hard for you to reach a human + ask for refund if your flight is delayed by hours++.", "Cannot afford to refund, surely cannot afford to hire customer service officers too :\u2019)", "Envy EU countries. If our govt had more balls to enforce customer protection laws, we'd be living the dream. Once had a UK flight delayed overnight - they housed us in a hotel(very decent with free breakfast buffet) and also with RM2000 compensation. No questions asked. Didn't have to beg for it."], ["Their seatbelt is loose as fuck too", "Because u skinny.", "Scoot says otherwise", "You\u2019re probably chubbier by Singaporean standards"], ["My experience with AirAsia just never something exceptional. It's either ok-ok, ngam with what you pay or straight bad. And it's 50-50, i tell you.\nThe ok-ok part is fine. You pay X amount, you got X service. Fine. The not fine one is they always rescheduled my flights, without any bloody compensation.\nLatest one, had to book a flight to and fro KL-Labuan for family matters. These flights were booked months ahead of time. Means, I had already planned my itinerary, flights and hotel. Voila, my return flight got rescheduled. Which subsequently kacau my hotel booking also. As per usual, AirAsia just send one email, sorry we have to reschedule. Once or twice, ok la. But many times, on repeat, kurang ajar edy.\nThe difference with MAS i find to be (on average) just around RM30-50. For the services MAS provide, and for the my mental health, i would gladly pay for that extra rm50. Not saying i will never board AirAsia again, but only if i have to.\nThe similarity between MAS and AirAsia is I cant tell how many times specifically they rescheduled flights. MAS because they rarely do it, AirAsia because they always do it.", "I think the difference in price for overseas flights is like 50% on MAS vs AirAsia. So I just bear with it and save the money.", "\"The difference with MAS i find to be (on average) just around RM30-50. For the services MAS provide, and for the my mental health, i would gladly pay for that extra rm50. Not saying i will never board AirAsia again, but only if i have to.\"\nI think this mainly applies to flights book well in advanced. If you book under 2 weeks in advance, MAS prices normally are much higher.\nI recently had to go from KL to KK for a sick relative that resulted in a funeral. Booked the departure flight a week in advance and already there was maybe a 150rm difference. Had to reschedule the return flight because the situation turned for the worst and MAS flgiht back was 880rm while airasia was 500rm.\nHowever I do not understand AA's pricing sometimes. I did a family holiday to Osaka back in Sept. Booked it in early June. AA's return was 1900 w/o luggages and seats. MAS was 2700rm. But i ended up flying Scoot via Sg because all in including seats and luggages + KL-SG flight was 1680rm."], ["AA has a de facto monopoly in the LCC space, to the extent it can dictate what sort of airport is to be built.\nPeople still fly with AA because there is no other alternative.\nGov already intervene in price of consumer goods, why not airlines.. esp monopolistic ones", "if they intervene too much and it starts becoming unprofitable the airline will either move base of operations away or shut down.\naccessible air travel is a very big boon to the country. for an airline not to be subsidized by the country quite a good thing.", "It's a sliding scale. It's not as if gov is making aa unprofitable.\nUncontrolled monopolies are a bad thing for consumers.", "for sure. though it's not really a monopoly. others have tried but failed, so it's not as if the government is not encouraging others to do so. even though it's incredibly unfeasible to do it in Malaysia.", "You have to read up on what is a monopoly\nhttps://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-monopoly-in-economics-definition-impact-on-consumers.html\nIt doesn't matter if others tried/failed or gov encourage/don't encourage. If you are practically the only player in the market, you are a monopoly.", "that's an extremely shallow and short sighted view on the situation. if the government is not encouraging and others are stopped from starting new companies to rival the current leader then it's a problem.\nyour \"practically the only player\" is not a real monopoly since there are other players. just not as large as airasia", "You missunderstood. Point was gov encouragement or discouragement of competition is not a factor of whether it's a monopoly or not. side argument is that if gov prop up competitor people will say it's crony/waste of public funds. Best way government can protect public interest is to regulate the monopoly company.\nYou don't have to be the only player to be a monopoly.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DOn_April_3%2C_2000%2C_Jackson%2Cof_Microsoft_as_its_remedy.?wprov=sfla1\nFor example. At that point, windows was not the only OS, i.e Linux and others."], ["No money no honey no MAS.", "Honey fly SQ"], ["Some serious AK apologist vibes here, whether intentional or not.\nI doubt other airlines are as bad with delays and cancellations. They\u2019re all smaller, and can therefore exercise better control over their fleet with respect to maintenance and crewing of planes. They\u2019re not profiting over bulk sales as much as AK, which means they don\u2019t have to stretch themselves as thin to cover so many flights sold.\nThe MYAirline \u201cshakeup\u201d failed partly due to the investors\u2019 shady origins, and AK undercutting competing route fares and absorbing the loss, while hoping the competition folds in the long term.\nAs for ceiling prices, it\u2019s to avoid price gouging, which is very very clearly what\u2019s being done over the holidays. There\u2019s making a profit, and there\u2019s bleeding your customers dry. I\u2019m happy for the gov to step in when capitalism starts running off the rails.\nAnyways. People bash Airasia, but as long as those tickets sell, Tony don\u2019t care. Where else you gonna buy tickets? rubs nipples", "Rub what? Nasty"], ["Because its cheap. and yes i would be that shallow and willingly choose uncomfortable flight if i can save a measly RM10. (for west/east Malaysia flight only). small delay doesn't concern me at all just for that RM10.\nif its international, depends, if airasia got offer and its like 50% cheaper i would still go for airasia. but 9/10 times i would go for any other airlines. btw Airasia X flight is suprising ok, and have enought legroom plus no delay (yes yes i know i am lucky on this)"], ["Because it is the cheapest if there are more low fare airlines exist , they wont gonna fly with Air Asia."], ["Benci tapi sayang gitchew.\nPretend so rich wanna fly but cheapskate fly budget airline ...."], ["im suppose to be on a flight from hk to kl tonight\u2026which is a xmas eve\u2026as im travelling from sz to hk via ferry\u2026 it seems they have a airasia\uff08ak\uff09counter at the hk ferry station but not air asia\uff08d7\uff09\u2026which meant i cant board the ferry in sz at all\uff01 in the end i had to burn my flight ticket\u2026 in the process its impossible for me to get a customer representative to address my problem\uff01 AI is making our lives miserable when we need human touch and not to mention they are taking human jobs"], ["Coz they can\u2019t afford better", "Oh yes , while it\u2019s free to complain"], ["For me, while AA is great due for cheaper price? I feel like buying tickets for their flights is like gambling, like playing a game of black jack and hope the luck is on your side."], ["I stopped using airasia. Firefly ftw"], ["Because it's either cheaper or they are the only direct flight carrier."], ["As the saying goes \"You get what you pay for\"\nI've flown them several times, and for the price, still decent. It's a basic experience and that's fine. If you don't want to pay for full service airline, then that's what you get."], ["I'm amused how flying used to be unaffordable for a lot of people.\nNow that lot get to fly - they complain. We are such ungrateful creatures."], ["As a frequent traveller (monthly balik kampung), I don't mind the frequent rescheduling too much. As long as it is on the same day mostly I am not that bothered.\nSometimes I welcome the rescheduling if AA. Why?because AA allows you to change the flight for free, even the unaffected flight - no other flight offers this. So I just buy cheapest tickets months in advance, cheap means I cannot get the times I want. When I get the rescheduling email, I just change it to the time I like originally!", "Hmm are you sure they allow you to reschedule for free ? Thought there is a charge to it ?", "If they reschedule it, you can change both to and fro flights for free."], ["What kinda dumb logic is this? Just because you complain about a product doesn't mean you can't continue using it. You some kinda bitter AK/D9 worker?", "Wouldn't that make you a hypocrite? Want to use and at the same time dislike it.", "Whatever you say kiddo. Not everything's black and white."], ["Both the vendor and customers have not understand unrealistic expectations of each other"], ["Because there are too many Cheapo and they like to take cheapo flight"], ["Just because we complain about Malaysia all the time we are not supposed to live in Malaysia? \u2620\ufe0f"], ["I don't, AirAsia and all products from Tony Fernado is banned from my selection, Bigpay, AirAsia ride, Tune hotel, anything that associated with Tony Fernando is not an option.\nAnymore questions ?", "Who is Tony Fernando?"], ["Nice try Tony Fern\u00e1ndez.", "It\u2019s Tony fernandes \ud83e\udd23 judging from his LinkedIn & instagram posts, there would be full of typos if it\u2019s the real Tony"], ["'I don\u2019t think airasia is funded by government too so I don\u2019t see why need to be charitable.' You are correct but beware, you may get a lot of entitled people downvoting this truth."], ["Tony is that you?", "Tony busy getting massage lah", "Meeting with shirt off and private messaur ... how cool is that"], ["Because beggars can't be choosers!"], ["Because we are poor , but we also deserve to complain ( idk I barely fly ever. I heard AirAsia is cheap af )."], ["Cos they're cheap, so they have to maximise the value, lower the costs. Try ask MAS go same price. Oh wait... gomen support no matter how. AA got no support, on its own to survive"], ["because they are hypocrites. Want to complain but still use. If want to use, don't complain. You use and then complain because you have no choice which means pay for the service, use it and deal with it like an adult."], ["Still better than Qantas"], ["Ini semua salah DAP and PMx... Sarcastically", "Vote lah PAS", "Yes.. PAS will bring malaysia to greater height and improve AA service by praying for divine intervention"], ["i mean... they knew they were gonna lose rm22m so they test it out first. its a start", "Sucks to be the customer . Imagine you reach airport only to find out the check in counter has disappear and no staff to be seen & you cannot fly"], ["Same reason why people complain about jnt and shopee, duh. Consumer right OP ever heard of it?"], ["It\u2019s the same anywhere in the world, they bash cheap airlines but they fly them the most because they don\u2019t want to be associated for being poor/cheap"], ["Cause money is the king"], ["It's a love-hate relationship"], ["Then shut up and take it, plebs."], ["Honestly, it\u2019s just because of the unbeatable low prices among all other airlines and many suggested scoot or jetstar but those do not have regular flights outbound from KUL"], ["They are cheap, you are ok with them until you get their infamous \"reschedule\" , then you will think fuck that I rather pay more."], ["those shiny red uniforms obviously\nthough the dresses of MAS and Batik are classy too"], ["They cancelled our flight home at the start of COVID. Impossible to find any service without going directly to KL airport. Argued with us and got confrontational as if we had cancelled their flight. Cherry on top was that they failed to send us a confirmation of cancellation so insurance rejected our claim.\nWe haven't flown them since 2020 and never will again"], ["I'm going to jinx it now but I must have flown AirAsia at least 15 times and never had a problem. Check in is quick, food is cheap and good variety."], ["Used to fly AA a lot but post covid the endless flight re-timings are impossible to deal with. You can book months in advance and still get one flight retimed multiple times and then delayed when you arrive."], ["coz the other option for me is MAS. Admittedly I am not a frequent flyer and AA is good enough.\ud83e\udd37"], ["You bash Malaysia too yet you still live here.....", "But\u2026 I don\u2019t even live here", "Either you are stupid and don't understand grammar and usage of words, or you are lying.\nSo which is it?", "How is this bashing Malaysia?", "When you don't understand the point......,\u261d\ufe0f"], ["Anything written after OP's but is useless splaining."], ["1) Fares are cheap 2) Wide network coverage 3) Greater frequency than other airlines in Malaysia especially compared to MAB which scaled back domestic frequencies in favour of the more profitable international market 4) The power of marketing"], ["i feel that all airlines will have their fair share of fuck ups & good. but we hear more about Airasia because\n1)A LOT of people actually fly with Airasia (they have a big market share)\n2)and because of point no.1 - once they have any fuck ups, people are gonna hear about it. people rarely will make any comment if their flights are on time 8 out of 10 times but will buat kecoh the minute 2 out of 10 times get delayed or re-scheduled."]]}
{"title": "GOOD muslim-friendly wantan mee", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wqrfo/good_muslimfriendly_wantan_mee/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "anybody knows where to get GOOD muslim-friendly/halal wantan mee anywhere in malaysia? tak kira udang ke ayam, as long as the noodles are springy and overall taste is good", "comments": [["Wantan mee without pork is like Nasi Lemak without sambal.\nAnyway, you can check out Restoran Jamal Mohamed.", "Someone said in another post about halal beer\nBruh if its no alcohol then its not beer\nnow i wonder if can halal stripclub exist?"], ["Sorry, there is none."], ["I also want to know :29091:\nIn b4 no pork no lard no good, crowd chimes in.", "As said above Restoran Jamal Mohamed near FAM Kelana Jaya.", "Because even the soup is made with pork in it,it will never taste the same or you might aswell just eat any dry mee since the saus is just black soy sauce."], ["Im chinese and my mom makes it at home too. its really easy to make its like cooking maggi but instead of adding the powder you add the black sauce. top it off with some greens and slice some chicken if youre so inclined and none would be the wiser"], ["A stall near the Petronas Station in Desa Sri Hartamas serves excellent wantan mee and nasi ayam. Don't know the name but I've had it many times. Edit: yes, it's halal. Owners are Malay."]]}
{"title": "Name a traditional kuih/snack that screams \"Malaysian\" to bring as souvenirs", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18poia8/name_a_traditional_kuihsnack_that_screams/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "As the title says, I want to find a few kuih to bring back to Japan for my colleagues\nIdeally, something that's able to be brought on airplanes and lasts longer than a day or two", "comments": [["kek lapis sarawak"], ["Kuih kapit.\nProblem is must hand carry it.\nKuih dodol is my go to if want to cramp into my luggage."], ["Kaya. I brought some on my last trip there and they loved it!"], ["Dont bring anything that isn't shelf stable. The tourist shops usually have the various dry chinese biscuits (like heong pneah), peanut candy, kerepek/kacang putih/murukku. Coffee/tea 3 in 1s also are easy to distribute."], ["Japanese stomachs are weaker than ours so buy from hygienic premises.\nSo, Kek Lapis if you can manage the non-refrigerated ones.\nAnd, if you're going from KL Sentral, stop at Nyonya Colors Nu Sentral. Their food there is at least clean. And you can choose any color of kuih."], ["serunding - i always bought this for travel, it can be eaten by itself, used as condiment or as a side dish to rice, noodle. light weight and has a long shelf life too."], ["I asked once and they (Japanese friends) referred to a Japanese guidebook on what to buy in Malaysia - inside it included things like popo crackers (yeah.... dunno why), boh flavoured teas, tausar peah, and cooking pastes. Weird selection but what do I know ..... seems that book is updated yearly so dunno whats the new things to buy"], ["Dodol"], ["Lot 100 Mango gummy. They love that shit.", "Koreans love it too!"], ["*Dodol\n*Kek pandan\n*Bahulu\n*Kuih Loyang\n*Kuih Bangkit\n*Tat Nanas"], ["I had this dilemma recently so I just decided to bring my favourite childhood snacks. You'd have a story to share on top of the food and you also don't have to be too pressured to bring \"the best\" from Malaysia."], ["Kek lapis. Lasts a lifetime, easy to cut and distribute. Just tell the shop you want something that's not too sweet. Trust me."], ["Durian moon cake perhaps? And kuih keria!!"], ["what about durian or green pea snacks? they can be bought in most grocery stores."], ["Durian dodol if you want to see their faces trying something strange", "\u201cif your pm can take it, so can you!\u201c", "That is so inappropriate I tell you. Imagine the pm puked in front of the reporters, it is going to embarrass everyone."], ["Find an ecoshop near you, they sell many childhood/classic snacks and jajan."], ["Kuih telingat K.... or peneram. sedap. rasa gula hangus tu\nupmhhh"], ["Kaya, locally made instant spices, like bakuteh and laksa, or chocolates with durian centres"], ["Why no one mention Karipap"], ["Bush rotan. More shelf stable. I'd suggest kuih loyang too, but they might crack in transit."], ["Pineapple tarts usually go down well (Working in UK but I have \u2018hopelessly\u2019 unadventurous colleagues\u2019) or coconut sweets?"], ["check for any restriction with immigration first\nif its all good, id say any kerepek (kerepek ubi sira, kerepek pisang, tempe, kerepek bawang) because they last a long time, just need extra baggage space. durian flavored confectionaries. guava chips. any of those proper branded jeruk/asam"]]}
{"title": "Celebrity Fitness Scam", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18po9i3/celebrity_fitness_scam/", "num_comment": 118, "flairlabel": [], "header": "3 days ago got scammed by the DPulze celebrity Fitness sales consultant saying we have to pay rm388 + RM174 for \u201cregistration\u201d and \u201cadmin\u201d which they will give 6 + 3 \u201cfree pt sessions\u201d. It\u2019s all a lie! The rm388 is exactly the price for the 6 PT sessions. When we confront the sales consultant again, surprise not surprise, he said yes it\u2019s the PT price and the manager wants to talk to us. With all the bad reviews here about the refund process, I wonder if we will get our money back.\nAny advice on getting the refund back? We saw on the website they have full refund policy within 14 days, what if they delayed our request? Can we do a report to consumer tribunal or police report?\nSo guys, AVOID THIS BRANCH AT ALL COST! Don\u2019t believe their \u201cpromotion\u201d! The machines are also not that well-maintained so go find other gym! So angry that this kind of unethical business still running, if we didn\u2019t check the price then we would\u2019ve just blindly got scammed to buy their PT sessions! So stupid!!", "comments": [["Send email to KPDN with all the chats, receipts, and names. Get the ball rolling today. GL f__k em up.\nhttps://eaduan.kpdn.gov.my/", "Thanks for the reply! But may I ask what does MCC stands for?", "edited my reply with the link. It's KPDN, not MCC. MCC is business vs business. Which I'm involved in.", "Alright, thanks a lot! Really appreciate it!", "Post back a new post once you get a result. I hate the way Gyms abuse folks who are simply trying to improve themselves.\nRemember to link this post, so we know you triumphed over evil :29091:", "Sure! Wish me luck \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffb", "Go get 'em Tiger :26555:", "good luck!", "Thanks \ud83e\udd79", "Also business vs business or individual vs business can straight do small claims tribunal online. Done it a few times, easy peasy lemon squeezy", "kasi 1 teh ais limau :29091:"], ["Avoid these gyms at all cost. (They are all under the same company) Celebrity fitness, Chi fitness, Fitness First Asia.\nPersonal experience I joined Chi for a very long time and has seen the gym from its glory time until the past years. The company is not willing to maintain their equipment and still increases price year after year. After multiple complains, their only feedback is \"thank you and we valued your feedback, we are in then midst of upgrading\". Which is all bullshit, they dont attend to do shit because we have complain on simple things like rust for years and no improvement ever was made. Best case scenario they just remove the equipment.", "Yeah i went to check around yesterday, the machines are not that well maintained and the staffs are actually not that friendly too", "Another recent one I went to was Swet. They do not even allow to view the facilities before they get you to sit down and sign up with all sorts of personal information taken", "They used to be good when they were called Clark Hatch.", "Sounds like its using it monopoly position to squeeze the customer."], ["Anywhere or anything without a clearly displayed price gets auto boycott by me.\nKueh seller road side no pricing, yes. F that shit too. Fb promo stuff but no price pm pm nonsense. F that shit.\nSupermarket no label things properly , no price checker? F that shit.", "Ikr we were quite dumb at that time thinking that the \u201cpromo\u201d is real. We saw in the website about the RM150 monthly fee but there\u2019s nothing stated about the \u201cregistration & admin\u201d fee.. well.. \ud83d\udc80"], ["tbh Celebrity Fitness is super predatory. I've been a member with them for ages bc of convenience, but...\nThey constantly try to upsell you\nFreezing your membership ain't easy\nCanceling your membership ain't easy\nEveryone pays a different rate depending on whether you signed up during an 'offer' period\nTheir equipment is mid", "Don't forget a rm70 walk in fee... Wtf man. Gold's gym walk in fee in Australia doesn't cost that much when converted to rm.", "I did signed up before which is 6 years ago so I thought \u201coh now they have this new fee\u201d but apparently that\u2019s a lie. Previously I hv quite a good experience with them that\u2019s why. But lately their reviews were quite bad due to the reasons you stated above, my bad for not reading the reviews prior \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "Dod you use credit card? If so might want to raise dispute through your bank.", "Yup i use credit card, alright i will try to raise dispute, thanks for the suggestion!", "Do make that your last resort though =D", "I see, alright~"], ["I literally sued my old gym for this thing.", "\ud83d\ude33 how did it went? Did you get your money back?"], ["What PT here means?", "Personal Training", "Sorry, it stands for private trainer/training", "Ah, alright, thank you. Never been to gym before, that's why I ask. Thanks for clarification.\nHopefully you'll get your money back.", "No worries, and thanks \ud83e\udd79"], ["Few years ago when I called them to cancel fitness first membership, they told me must give at least 1 month notice and must do it at the branch. Can't cancel on the same month. I lazy to go the branch and just stopped paying. Then the branch ppl started calling me every month said payment is overdued. I just told them I already cancelled it's you guys who refused to cancel. And finally the calls stopped.\nThen after awhile, I rejoined Fitness first. They never mentioned anything abt overdue pymts. But then I cancelled the membership again after awhile. Lol", "i just cancel my card instead, saves the hassle", "Haha yea. They couldn't auto debit my card hence keep calling me every month. These suckers refused to cancel and syiok sendiri", "We were thinking of this too, since we don\u2019t use that credit card much anyways", "I wanted to do this too, but I have to get the refund first. And another problem is they set the auto-debit to my credit card already, so was thinking how to stop them from charging it (like how they did to other people based on the google reviews)"], ["Raise e-Tribunal.\nI have helped my wife cancel her gym subscription this way. Else, the staff will play you till the end.", "I see! Is it Celebrity Fitness too? Or other gym?", "Fitness First"], ["Sorry, just want to clarify.\nYou went to celebrity fitness to sign up for their monthly membership and they gave you a promo for PT sessions.\nBasically, you will pay RM174 registration fee to start your monthly membership but they told you if you add on RM388 they will gift you a total of 9 PT sessions.\nRM388 is the usual price of 6 PT sessions so the promo is that you'll get 3 free PT sessions.\nIs that right?", "So basically me & my husband went together to sign up, at first he told us we need to pay RM199 registration fee and another RM199 administration fee. Then he offered RM338 after \u201cdiscount\u201d (388 is a typo in the post) + 6 \u201cfree PT sessions\u201d, he also said now they have promo which is free first month trial. So that\u2019s for me.\nThen, Since my husband also signing up together, he said he can give us RM174 after \u201cdiscount\u201d for the reg & admin fee, but the PT sessions will be only 3 sessions.\nThe issue is, when I checked, if we sign up online, we only need to pay the monthly membership fees which is RM150 per month. And \u201ccoincidentally\u201d the rm338 is equal to the 6 PT sessions package and RM174 is for 3 sessions. We never wanted the PT sessions in the first place, we just want the monthly membership. \ud83d\ude43", "Oh, okay, I understand now.\nSo, in reality there is no registration and or administration fee for Celebrity Fitness gyms. I also verified this on their website when I also tried to sign up online.\nSo basically, they were lying to you about needing to pay for this nonexistent admin and registration fee (RM199 + RM199 for 1 pax) . But because they cannot input something that doesn't exist in their system, they gave you this nonsense story about how they have a promo now and will reduce your registration/admin fee and also gift you free PT sessions.\nBut in reality the admin and registration fees that you paid for were basically for two PT sessions packages, 6 sessions and 3 sessions, that you never asked for.\nWow, this is scum of the earth type stuff. I would raise hell with them if they dont refund me by Tuesday and would make sure their HQ knows of the branch's conduct. I sincerely hope you get your money back ASAP.\nSorry, I got a bit confused earlier because the gyms I've joined always have a registration fee so I assumed it would also be the case of this celebrity fitness gym.", "Yes \ud83e\udd72at first I also thought it\u2019s normal to have registration fee but this is too much, somemore they\u2019re lying about it. Just hope this will get settled peacefully", "Damn.... 150/month is cheap! Ppl are paying near 200+/month nowadays I heard", "If we only paying for the rm150 as what it should be i got no issue with it, the problem now is what we paying is not what we asked for, and the amount is more than the membership fee \ud83d\ude05", "One club only? If it's more then u cancel ba... Not all CF is good unfortunately", "Yup we signed up for 1 club only, sadly this branch is really bad", "RM150 is for one gym location if I\u2019m not mistaken. RM235 is for all access to CF with a corporate discount. RM255 without corporate discount.\nFelt bad for OP for having a bad experience as I\u2019m sure not all CF location is like this. I signed up at 1U at the process was very pleasant. No admin/registration fees at all other than the membership fee.", "Yeah. Guess it really depends on individuals in every respective outlets", "Btw, the rm199 reg + RM199 admin is for 1 person", "Honestly im surprised youd even consider these prices for reg and admin.\nDoes this gym come with good facilities or something? Steam/sauna++ all inclusive?\nMaybe im too stingy haha.", "Tbh im surprised too haha, i only started being suspicious of it the next day cause it starts with the guy didn\u2019t give me the free merchandise (supposed to be a gym bag) then I continue to check the prices. So yeaa..\nThe gym includes the classes like yoga, spin, trx etc..", "Ah ok. If its free or low cost to sign up to those then worth jt lah. So long as you use haha.", "Yea the gym and classes i def will go but the PT is not something that I signed up for. Anyway will not be going to this gym anymore"], ["i stopped reading at celebrity fitness", "\ud83d\udc80"], ["Lol guess what, even my friend from Indo saying the celebrity fitness in Indonesia also scammed her money last time. \ud83d\udca9"], ["Welp this is somehow I don't need PT (2 cents)\nBut that charges seriously brah", "\ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udd72"], ["Celebrity fitness is a morally disastered company. They are too pushy to makr sales. I also experienced it."], ["It is normal for EVERY gym that you sign up to have admin and registration fee no matter which country you are in.\nHere is what is do when I\u2019m signing up for a new gym. I walk in to the gym that I like and I go in to have a view. If I am satisfied then I will hustle with them the price I want to pay(must be reasonable) and what I will pay and what I will not pay.\nIt all depends on the sales person, normally I would tell them that I do not want to pay registration fee and admin fee and I do not need PT even if they are free. And I want to pay \u201cx\u201d amount monthly. That\u2019s it and go figure it yourself if this works or not. If not then I\u2019ll just go to another gym.\nNormally they will come up with something that both satisfies their client and their own monthly target quota to hit.", "Yes but not for celebrity fitness, the fee that they mention for the reg & admin is outrageous and other people also confirmed that they actually don\u2019t have it", "Yes, that is what they mentioned. As I said in my post, just tell them that you do not want to pay registration and admin fee and see what they tell you. Usually they will come up with something and waive it off or have some discount.\nFrom my experience as an avid gym goer and been to different country, registration/admin fee is a very gray area. It is a way for them to make more money on their own and it can be discounted or waived. Normally they would state a ludicrous amount of money for that fee and I wouldn\u2019t make sense. Just tell them off straight .", "What to do, things already happens, and the amount that I paid is not even for that reg & admin fees, it\u2019s actually for the \u201cfree\u201d PT sessions. So they lied.. sighh"], ["Start collecting all the evidence, dates and summary. After 14 days, file a complaint to kpdn. We can withdraw the case once we get the refund in our account.\nI did the same against shopee and immediately shopee refunded me. Don't let them get away.", "We can only file complaint after 14 days? Can we file earlier? Cause their stated t&c one of it is everything can be fully refunded within 14 days..", "It is because the contract stated 14 days. The tricky part is, if the gym agreed to refund you during the 14 days, make sure they provide a date where the funds will be transfered to you.\nThe complaint to kpdk needs to show the gym management broke their side of contract hence you file a case against them.\nBest is to warn them if you have not received the refund by the stipulated date, you will file a case against them to kpdn.", "I see.. alright thanks for the advice! Really appreciate it :)"], ["last month i walk into a new celebrity near my area, the sales person tried too hard. i ask whats the membership per month and per year fees and they goes like \"what is ur goal\", \"what do u want\", \"what do feel about this/that\" bla bla bla\ni repeated like 3 times they she only tell me the membership price, then continue to bombard with packages/offers etc. yeah i will not be coming back anymore thanks to u", "Yea they really hard sell, if u still wanna go maybe make sure u just pay for the membership and no other extra \u201cfees\u201d"], ["Had a similar experience when I was 16 and they took advantage of my naivety. So they charged me like rm400 for one month and I had to cancel my whole bank account and made a new one because I could not cancel the membership at all", "Oh no! Sorry to hear that, it\u2019s so bad that they could do this to ppl without blinking an eye sighh"], ["I worked as a PT at Celebrity Fitness before and I already quit because I just want to stop scamming people. And yes, we were trained to do this \ud83d\ude05 I can\u2019t really blame the company but normally the branch manager is the responsible for this. Also the branch that I worked for is under the same \u201cBranch Manager\u201d for D\u2019Pulze which is CF Bukit Rimau.", "Damnn the manager called me today then i asked dod he know about the sales consultant lying, he said he don\u2019t know, well now I can confirm that\u2019s a lie too. Such a corrupted people"], ["Geez, what have people become? So desperate for sale? This would definitely ruin their own reputation.\nI was there 3-4 years ago for entire year, it wasn't like this.", "I was their member 6 yrs ago too and they were okay too. Lately it\u2019s quite bad looking at their google reviews too"], ["I was just about to try out CF. Good thing I found this post. Thanks for the warning!", "I mean you can try, based on the comments some branch may be okay, or u can just sign up online. Actually cf only advantage over other gym is their classes, if you\u2019re only looking for a gym i think there\u2019s other options around your area", "Their classes, meaning?"], ["Which branch is it?", "It\u2019s DPulze Cyberjaya"], ["Whenever I sign up for gyms I always tell them it's too expensive.\nThey always have things to cut from the upfront cost and recurring cost. Any promo you don't want just tell them you don't want it and be firm and they will start discounting. If you don't take the \"free\" classes also you can get a discount off the monthly cost that way.\nI brought the cost of fitness first membership down to 130~ from 150~ that way. It may differ by location but this has worked for me in fitness first paradigm and celebrity fitness quill city.\nI got the registration fee waived at celebrity fitness that way as well. Just remember their goal is to get you to sign up, so if all you want is to use the gym then you have to be firm about that and not fall for all their sales tactics to get you to pay more for things you probably won't use.", "I learned this the hard way \ud83e\udee0"], ["Come to Anytime Fitness I can give you promo", "All of you are the same . Licensed scammers", "Depends whether it is a corporate branch or franchise", "\ud83c\udf1a"], ["Then which gyms do you nyets suggest is good enough or are okay?", "As for me, im not sure anymore, i thought CF was okay but apparently no :\u2019)"], ["I had a very similar issue with Peak Fitness at G-Tower, been going there for years when it was called Elements Gym. As soon as I was renewing my membership under their new name I got fucked over. I stopped going to that gym immediately and didn't even get back my money.", "All these gyms are just\u2026 \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f"], ["What I dont like about this kind of gym, they will push the PT session sooo hard. It make me quit because everytime i go the PT guy will always approach and try to sell. Cant train in peace", "Last time they were not like that, not sure since when they became like this \ud83d\ude43"], ["How I cancelled my Celebrity fitness membership YET given 1 more month complimentary? Well complimentary coz in 2023 May to Sept my attendance 1 digit / month only. However, I used their shortened opening hours to my advantage.\nHow can Celebrity Fitness Jaya One closed at 9:30pm weekdays and 8:30pm weekends. Opening hours from Mar 2023 onwards delayed 1 hour later to 8am (9am Sunday).\nI complained their opening hours abnormal. Only way to resume my membership is Weekends open till 10pm. Straight away within 24 hours WE CANNOT DO THAT Due to lack of manpower - please find a 24 hour gym. Thank you!", "By the way I was paying RM145/month till Aug 2023", "Wow but if from my last experience, Jaya One branch is quite good so luckily your cancellation went smoothly haha"], ["If you are in ampang area come pump fitness a bit pricey but got all high end equipment, really good gym but broke boy like me cant too mahal sia", "Hahaha ampang too far for me la ><"], ["So on top of your rm338 registration fees with PT, how much was your monthly fee for 12 months?\nI was just there and wad offered a similar deal to yours with rm170 per month for 12 months. Online is rm150 i ask why different they say online price is not genuine and a lot of things not considered and hidden charge online, felt so weird having to hear them bad mouth their own online system..", "Mine is rm150 per month, and according to them, this price is promo for this month.. i saw another commenter also replied their monthly fee is RM150, so I don\u2019t think online is the not genuine one here \ud83c\udf1a", "Damn..where did you find out rm338 is for 6 pt? I am actually interested in pt, when checked online the only have 10 session packages and prices are starting from 1k above..", "We checked online when you try to sign up online, there is add on page, there will be 3 PT and 6 PT there"], ["I heard Babel is better and not so crowded"], ["They first signed me up for 5 months instead of 3 months that I asked for. Then proceeded to put the blame on me.\nWhen I asked to cancel at the end of the 5th month, they charged me a bs fee, paid around rm400 just to close the account.\nAfter closing the account, my card got charged again the next month, went into the gym and argued with them. The guy \u201cthreatened\u201d to charge me more because I was rude, after which he blamed that on the system and refunded the charge.\nVery predatory, if you can, just rent a place that has a gym.", "Wow i wonder what the manager will say tomorrow when I want the refund, that\u2019s so bad"], ["Sorry to hear they were dishonest in conducting business", "\ud83e\udd72"], ["Honestly that price itself for registration and admin fees should be raising alarm bells in your head already"], ["Compile all your evidence - their promotional offer website screen grab or flyer or a picture of their offer advertising bunting, website.. etc, their chat screen grab with you, your sign-up contract\u2026 that will help in your defence\nWrite to your bank and attached your evidence so they can stop your CC transaction\nGo make a police report if need be (if the bank needs)\nGo to the Consumer Tribunal to open a case report with Form 1 and pay RM5\nEnsure your filing is served to the gym coz they hv to file a defence\nWait for the hearing date and attend with all your evidence. Remember, the Consumer Tribunal will be pro-consumer BUT you have to make sure u present all the evidence that will help convince and sway the judge to award the claim to you and only states the points, clearly, precisely and cleanly when u r given the chance to speak. Stick to the evidence\u2026 the more the better.\nTIP: Try to think like the Gym\u2026 what can they possibly counter you? Read all their T&C, all their T&Cs u can find. And put yourself in their shoes. Be objective. Try to see it from their perspective so that you can better prepare your case and ready your points so they cannot counter you and win.\nI wish you luck. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc If the evidence is on your side, no reason why u cannot win."], ["I would recommend Fitness Forever in Gem In mall, once you get your refund and still looking for a good place. Better facilities and much better experience."]]}
{"title": "Columnist: From Christmas cakes to Kit Siang\u2019s non-Malay PM, too much politicking", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pnuot/columnist_from_christmas_cakes_to_kit_siangs/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["This newspaper columnist really bodoh and talking nonsense. Local council elections and appointment of PM are about politics govt, governance How to unpoliticise ? That is like calling for unpoliticisation of Parliament \ud83d\ude04Politics has to be thrashed out, discussed brainstormed debated in a democracy . Politics is unpoliticised in a dictatorship , autocracy but not in a democracy."]]}
{"title": "Only hell awaits if non-Muslims lead, Hadi says in piece calling for Islamic supremacy \u00a6 08 Jan 2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pnact/only_hell_awaits_if_nonmuslims_lead_hadi_says_in/", "num_comment": 161, "flairlabel": ["\ud83d\udd19Throwback Thursday"], "header": "By Zurairi AR, Tuesday, 08 Jan 2019.\nIn his piece, Hadi stressed that the country can only be saved with guidance from Allah, including a faith-based judiciary that is superior to man-made laws.\nHe also claimed that only an Islamic party deserves to inherit Quranic teachings to provide such guidance \u2014 a veiled reference to his own Islamist party \u2014 rather than party devoid of morals and faith to God and his Prophet.\nIn his dissection of the \"Rule of Law\u201d, Hadi had urged for Prophet Muhammad to be the role model of law-keeping, including forsaking revenge by pardoning those who repented.\n\"Don\u2019t ever take the infidelic West as an example, because the best of them will still end up in hell, since their kindness is without any faith to Allah and the End Times,\u201d he wrote.", "comments": [["This piece, almost 4 years ago, reminder to all of us to be smarter. Whichever side of the Islamist spectrum you align with :29091:", "Also anything can be twisted to be \"anti-Islam\".\nYour ketua kelas non-Muslim ? Hadi say cannot.", "The funny thing is he is basically saying his ancestors are in hell right now.", "He must have gone into hell and come back to tell us the tale. /s", "Actually, wanna know why the world\u2019s No.1 economy and the best universities and the world\u2019s deepest capital markets are in the USA? Separation of \u201cchurch\u201d and state. (Replace church with religion if you want)", "Separation of \u201cchurch\u201d and state\nTo be fair, the Republicans in the U.S. is trying their very best to change this right now.", "", "Disagree. They're both Abrahamic faiths. Just different branches, same bullshit.", "Still evil, religion is the root of all evil", "I would argue religion itself isnt, just when its given power and the followers use it as justification to be pieces of shit", "Go out and touch grass bro", "erhm no.", "Those religious Republican won\u2019t win", "Hadi also wants separation of church and state. In fact, he wants the removal of churches completely", "Hahaha no. First, capitalise on a world war by selling weapons and accepting high-value defectors and refugees like scientists and engineers. Then, join the war from the relative safety of being on a continent separated by 2 large oceans. Later, win the war after 4 years of uninterrupted scientific research breakthroughs and recruiting even more high-value defectors and refugees seeking to escape war crimes prosecution. Remake the post-war geopolitical landscape in your image, help create Israel in the process, and dominate the world economic scene for the next 4 decades.\nTadaaaaa.", "I wish we were like that too", "Maybe they work there\u2026 been messenger from Mr satan himself \u2026.", "Parti Agama Setan /s", "Zx'", "You kid but I expect them to one day mengharambekan the letter t and maths + and x because it looks like a cross.", "reminder to all of us to be smarter\nIf you'd think people would ever learn", "There's no return once become Pastard."], ["Good point. I don\u2019t see any of these Muslim refugees flocking to Muslim countries if these countries are so superior?", "Except they do migrate to Muslim countries as well. Muslims migrate to Muslim countries all the time. Its just that you westerners don\u2019t really give a fuck about those Muslim countries, that\u2019s why you think Muslims only migrate to western countries", "Most people who accuse Islamic countries don't take refugees they have 0 knowledge about these issues.\nTop Refugees hosting countries are Turkey, Iran, Germany and Pakistan, these atleast Host 2 million refugees,\nAnd if you count Migrants including expats Gulf countries by far have highest Migrant ratio compare to any country in the world.", "I know right. But I guess its just easier to say Muslim countries are backwater slums.", "Bro malaysia itself demonizes the rohingya muslims so hard, saudi arabia literally has a wealth gap and treats workers from bangladesh like slaves", "I know, but my point wasn't about whether the policies of Muslim countries towards muslims are better than the west or not. My point is about the fact Muslim also emigrate to Muslim countries, not just western countries. However, you're right. I really hate all the negative stereotypes that Malaysians have towards Rohingyans right now. I just don't understand where it comes from. My family has a Rohingyan working on the carpentry of my house, and nobody in the neighbourhood has any problem with him. Sad", "I guess you never heard of Bangladeshis then", "Yeah , to support your point , Muslims rather fall off planes when the impeding holy army arrives", "Because those buffoons can't live a free life in their own country.", "I mean your ancestors flocked to Malaysia(Muslim Majority place). Should\u2019ve just stayed in china.", "I think when the Chinese first started coming to Malaysia it was Hindu? Islam only came after that, then during the British time it was Christian(?). Islam was not the default for Malaysia, it also was a late comer to the region. It came in about the same time as the Dutch did I think and I remember some history books pointing out that the arrogance of the Dutch was a big help in the spread of Islam because they made Islam look good in comparison.", "\"It was in the 19th century, particularly during the British colonial period, that larger numbers of Chinese immigrants came to Malaysia.\nThe Chinese immigrants were attracted to Malaysia (then Malaya) for economic opportunities, primarily due to the demand for labor in tin mining and later rubber plantations. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a substantial influx of Chinese immigrants to the region.\nAs for the arrival of Islam in Malaysia, it predates the significant Chinese migration. Islam was introduced to the Malay Peninsula through trade contacts, and it is believed to have been established in the region as early as the 13th century. The process of Islamization continued over the centuries, and by the time of significant Chinese migration, Islam had already taken root in the Malay Peninsula.\"\nNobody has issues with chinese migrating to malaysia but when they make comments like \"Yeah I\u2019m sure countries led by non-Muslims is hell, that\u2019s why Muslims love flocking over there in droves so much\" with racial undertones. They should look at themselves first (The racist ones.).", "Thanks, the highlight of pre-British Chinese immigration in the history books was basically Zheng He's escort of a Chinese princess to be married to Malaccan royalty and that was the 17th century I think.\nBTW, I think you need to track back further on that statement, it was in response to a radical Islamic politician that said that any country not under Islamic rule is going to hell, so you could say that it was a Malaysian politician that fired the first racial overtone shot.\nI've found that bad manners almost always reciprocates bad manners so I really don't think we can take that statement as a standalone but rather something provoked. Same as I don't believe that you normally go around making racist remarks either but was something that was provoked out of you, right?", "wdym, the main religion that dominated this land before was Hindu Buddhist. only recently did the muslims come here"], ["Politics n religion shouldn't mix", "Muslims argue that politics should not be separated from religion. From what angle does it interpret."], ["Allah guidance not exclusive to you."], ["If Hadi and his gangs are heading to this place called \"heaven\", give me hell any day.\nIt's where all the interesting and less annoying people are anyways."], ["i wish god would summon him already.", "i wonder how his death would be. assasination attempt, perhaps?", "Hopefully not since a violent death regardless if he deserved it or not would make him a martyr. But the odds of him dying a natural death would take decades since spiteful people live long lives.", "yeah. Mahathir's a good example of this", "True. That was what happened in Memali as PAS regarded it as BN's oppression against PAS and led them to win back Kelantan when they were allies with Semangat 46.", "choking on fish bone lol. whatever the end of his life might be im sure his zealot gonna make it sound like he's a martyr", "\u201cJudgment is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting.\u201d\nDenzel Washington's character in the Equalizer.", "the best way to make someone be defeated is to have them fall off in popularity, no martydom, just \"hadi? who?\"\nThese fuckers want to be rembered as some valiant defender, deny them that.", "Don't be silly. Wish for him to be exposed for something like paedophilia or bribery.\nEh, wait, he's allowed to do that...", "with a lightning strike preferably."], ["Hadi is fucking cancer. And if you listen to him and follow him, I curse your entire short lineage with low iq and no money."], ["I've a better belief system.\nI don't discriminate people based on skin color, faith, the way they live their lives.\nMy belief system and faith doesn't promote hatred, beheading of innocent people, labeling non-believers as inferior and subject to punishment.\nWe value prosperity, peace, harmony and advancing the civilization to a multi planet species in case another extinction event hits planet Earth, we want to survive unlike the dinosaurs where they could only watch the asteroids showering them.\nYes, we value meritocracy and you are always welcome to join us regardless of skin color.", "To some people, your believe system is \"racist and discriminatory\" because it's fair.", "I said that before, some dumbass told me I insulted his faith lol.\nYour faith can be summarised in one sentence, don't be an asshole.\nIf everyone stopped being assholes, the world would not be full of shit.", "You see, when u say everyone is equal, you are indirectly saying their faith is not \"No.1\" means you are insulting their religion.", "My father is a religious person. Sometimes he and i would discuss about religion and one of us would wear the hat of a nihilist (usually him), which makes for a very interesting discussion. So, ill be taking the side of a nihilist and ask you if joining your belief system would help me with my tax?", "I think you take it the wrong way and completely misunderstood that being less religious or agnostic doesn't mean they are savages and have no moral principles. We simply value science more.\nFor tax, you should talk to your accountant or tax agent, but nothing is certain except death and taxes. Peace.", "I think you misunderstood me. Zakat = reduction in taxes, + being a muslim in this country puts someone at an advantage over a fraction of the population in this country. So, a nihilist would definitely pick to be a muslim."], ["Funny enough, showed some of the on going religion issue to my Muslim friends overseas and they all agreed that this isn\u2019t the way of Muslim as a religion. If they were to be in Malaysia and say this, Hadi and his gang would probably tell my friends that the Islam that they\u2019re practicing isn\u2019t the right way.\nAt the end of the day, it\u2019s not about religion, it\u2019s about race.", "You got that right Zino", "No wonder Arabs think they are the most righteous and pure Muslims when they see local Muslims act like jungle Muslims like Hadi and gang who think they are so self-righteous. I think those views from Arabs are justified. Ajar diorang sedar diri sikit."], ["i call on to all gods to expose this bigot for all to see his narrow yet empty minded vision."], ["Hadi ni bodoh ke? Just keep your mouth shut and you have a very good chance of winning the next GE since Anwar's government keeps shooting itself in the foot.\nBut you just have to say things that alienate people who might otherwise support you.", "He don't care because he only need muslim support.", "tbf he said this back in 2019 and had nothing to do with current govt but yeah I get what you mean :)", "If he wins, then that's it for Malaysia, sad but it is what it is", "He's won before, the problem was that he got sent away lol. But's the same bull crap no matter who you vote.\nUMNO Bersatu PAS PKR, they're just different brands but same bull crap.", "Yeah, all of these parties are all BS", "But you just have to say things that alienate people who might otherwise support you.\nLol I rather vote for Chin Peng than PAS. Fuck PAS and whoever that supports them.", "Erhm no. The far right is getting out of hand at the moment but i\u2019d stay away from rebel separatists tqvm.", "I don't see a difference tbh.", "I don\u2019t see anyone from PAS actually start an armed insurgency and start killing civvies and soldiers left right and center. Please, things aren\u2019t looking rosy but never lose perspective.", "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memali_Incident\nThey tried. They just suck at it. At least the last time they tried. They\u2019ll do it again, given the chance. Oh, and btw, Hadi has been cited as the chief instigator for the memali incident.\nEdit: spelling", "I don\u2019t see anyone from PAS actually start an armed insurgency and start killing civvies and soldiers left right and center.\nYeah no but they will, Hadi basically gave them the green light to do that with that statement.\nPlease, things aren\u2019t looking rosy but never lose perspective\nFor me PAS, UMNO, Bersatu, MCA, MIC are things that need to be banned and eradicated. Fuck race and religious politics.", "Agree with you that we could and should do away with race and religion based parties but that\u2019ll be a massive political undertaking and no one at the moment has the will nor clout, sadly.", "Yeah no it will never happen. The system is so fucked here that unless some external force invades and destroys the system completely, it won't happen.\nWhy do you think I said what I said, systematic change requires systematic overhaul. Those in power don't want that.", "Bro no chin peng might cause a second khmer rouge, Id rather stability above all.", "Lol you lot seem to think PAS will be nice and kind to us non Muslims if they had total control. Well I hate to tell you, they won't", "I never said they are better, i would say both a theocracy and a marxist lenninist group are both bad.\nIts never one or another, there is always another choice.", "Well if push comes to shove better anything than those dog hating turban paedos.", "Anything BUT those two, like those two are not good and are both comparably bad.\nOne wants to undermine democracy and get power by force, another wants to control society by a small group of \"holy men\"\nBoth ends up ppl being oppressed.", "You don't get the question still, there's no third option.\nOne or the others, I'm going with CP. To hell with PAS.", "Thankfully the world isnt filled with only two choices. There is ALWAYS another way. You shoudnt fall for false dichotomies.", "Well that's not the point, if you refuse to answer the question, then there's no point in discussing this.\nOne or the other, pick one. If you can't, don't bother.", "There's always Muda and PSM", "You two need to understand the question properly, don't keep trying to sidestep the question can or not?\nThere's no third option, left or right, pick one.\nIf you can't, then don't bother answering. Waste of time.", "PAS > Chin peng.\nAt least pas is not planning to chage democratic system. You vote CP, and that will be the last time you'll vote", "At least pas is not planning to chage democratic system.\nBruh, PAS would turn the country into fucking Afghanistan if they had their way.", "It's never in their agenda though, and they never seek to overturn the system. At least not verbally. Unlike pas, chin peng and the communist party does seek to hold power through democratic first, THEN turn malaysia into a communist country.\nWith pas, there is a great, near 100% chance that we would still have democratic system, except that we will have islamic based law that govern us. With chin peng, we have near 100% chance to become communist country.\nSo the choice here is actually between communism or democratic Islamic state. I'd choose later option myself.", "Well I disagree. At least in that world we're not going to be profiled by race or faith.\nI'm not convinced that PAS won't want to turn this country into an Islamic Republic failed state like Iran with Hadi as the Supreme Leader. Let me just tell you a Theocracy is far worse than the Communists. One of my colleagues is Iranian and she hates them to her core, told me the amount of bullshit they caused and how many of her relatives and friends are trapped in that hellhole wanting to escape. She told me it pains her watching her family struggle due to sanctions and the failed policies by these so called benevolent leaders.\nWe'll have to disagree there, CP is the lesser evil here imho. There's no greater pleasure for me in watching PAS rot.", "Both also bad actually. It's like comparing shits and turd. I just think that pas has less chance to become shit compares to chin peng. But yes, we can have different lesser evil.", "Iran was belligerent to the US and we are not. A PAS Malaysia wouldn't dare to incur the wrath of daddy USA. And we are not a geopolitically strategic threat to US hegemony unlike Persia aka Iran.", "Iran was belligerent to the US\nAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is the biggest joke of the day mate.", "Well they seized the US embassy after the revolution and was involved in Lebanon backing Hezbollah. What else did I miss.", "Oh so you're an expert in Middle East relations?", "Sejak bila hadi pandai tho? Nik Aziz must be rolling in his grave. Orang suruh ajar, bukan sesatkan lagi. Penunggang is penunggang", "PAS just wished Non-Muslim Happy Christmas so they are currently trying to pivot their image again hahaha", "PAS calls it pivot. Observers call it \"spinning round in circles\" lol. When you pivot hard 2 times, you make a circle!", "They can say whatever they want, but its all words and thier actions say otherwise.\nThey do not actually mean it, they say it through gritted teeth because the political climate isnt good for them be outward about it"], ["Jokes on you, we are all heading to hell if it even exists. Invitation to everyone including you Papa Hadi, no exceptions.", "If I\u2019m going to hell also not anyone business and most importantly don\u2019t you worry Hadi"], ["It's crazy how people think theocratic states (which often in reality are oligarchies with religious undertones) are a good idea when Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, etc aren't democratic and have a track record of human rights abuses relating to religious affairs.\nSaudi Arabia still holds hundreds of executions yearly with reasons mostly being \"betrayal to religion\" and \"disturbing the security of society\", Iran gunned down protestors who demanded the right not to wear a hijab and shut down the internet so word couldn't get out, Qatar still has the Kafala system which is basically modern slavery and was used to build the Qatar World Cup stadium, the Taliban have eradicated women's rights in Afghanistan. And to name a non-Islamic example, the Vatican is guilty of covering up the acts of many pedophiles in their ranks. All these countries are allowed to do these horrible things because they've staked a claim of having the God-given right to do them. This is just the iceberg of what all these countries do \"in the name of God\".\nFor the sake of preserving civilised and ethical religion, we need less theocracies. More protection of the right to practice religion, less overreach and control of civil governance from religious political powers. We need to realise that attaining power is all the same for every single one of these individuals, and for religious parties it's a matter of just saying \"Well God is on our side, so we're obviously the best option\".", "Might as well become an absolute monarchy"], ["Ini kita panggil non-muslimphobia, kimak."], ["Why this bawang not in Palestine fighting the war? Sure Allah will protect him."], ["Name a single good Islamic country to live in that didn\u2019t rely on oil wealth. I will wait.\nTurkey was on the right track, until the islamists came into power. Truly the Islamic governing experience.", "If Islamic countries didn't have oil...I really struggle to think how they would be relevant in the world.", "Jumpa di jannah nanti inshallah"], ["I rather be in Hell than suffer being a part of this cult."], ["Yakinnn, macamlah dia tahu siapa masuk syurga/neraka.", "Hanya puak Salafi dan Wahabi sahaja yang mensyurgakan dan menerakakan orang yang tak sependapat kerana syurga neraka di tangan Allah"], ["Is it possible the country is where it is with guidance from Allah?"], ["dumbass"], ["With each passing day the country inches closer to becoming an islamist state"], ["Afghan is the place to go then."], ["Why did pas in Kelantan buy Mercedes Benz for their government official cars? Hell awaits those who use kufar inventions and technologies."], ["Sure a country will prosper under the guidance of god but thats not islam or any religion for that matter as islam cant even fulfill the be good to others. Islamic countries are filled with corruption.", "That is a governance issue yet Islam will always be blamed. Go to Quora and there are more diverse perspectives about Islam there. Get out of your bubble.", "No, using Islam as a means of governance always run in the authoritarian problem. The same problem as the communists funnily enough. Like how commies will say that true communism hasn\u2019t been tried yet, using Islam as a means of governance is similarly a bad model in the modern world.\nThe problem probably lies with the nature of all religion rather than Islam. In the hands of the state, religion will always be used as a tool of oppression and subjugation. Maybe it\u2019s time the Islamic world separated religion from government. Like what most of the world have done at this point."], ["Why are we Malays cursed with Hadi Awang. Everything this man says almost always makes the racial sentiments in Malaysia worse"], ["Its already hell currently with the leading people."], ["Well... Look at his Kelate", "God fearing state with superior Islamic values, that's why it has the highest number of sexual crimes, with most of it involving children, and also highest number of drug abuse cases. Truly suci and examplary, nons in shambles"], ["If Everywhere is Haram land, then only go for umrah and Hajj and avoid all other \"unislamic countries\" \ud83d\ude44"], ["Religions in my opinion are mostly nonsense. Their ideologies cannot be proven to be true.They use religion to divide people, as if Allah is a divisive entity who has to divide humanity to survive. This Allah must be a human like. The Muslims stick to Mohammed who met God and the Christians stick to a person called Jesus who they claim is the Son of God.It has been over 2000 years and still no proof of Jesus, Mohammed or God. Hadi has been a long time Islamic supporter and he is a fanatic too. Let him be, his last years on earth, hope he meets his divisive Allah."], ["Legit.\nHe is the hell or be the one that creates that particular hell.\nDon't you guys realize?"], ["Dont need to look far, hell is already on earth. Especially where people like him made it possible."], ["Save the country from what again?"], ["Ask him to suck my d"], ["This is why we need schools to be secular spaces ( with optional suraus, chapels etc for students ), to send a clear message that nutjob spiritual favoritism like this has no place in the governance of a healthy Malaysian society."], ["Its not exactly heaven right now"], ["Hadi gotta stop capping"], ["Only hell if these people came to power"], ["Which hell? Muslim? Christian? Jewish? Jokes on you"], ["Hadi still live to these days cause Allah still giving him a chance to repent. Afraid not, he doesn\u2019t care. Dah tua pun still kuat fitnah org."], ["\"yew made it politikal\""], ["When you're doing all the finger pointing, your the devil yourself.. PS..there aren't any virgins waiting for you in Heaven."], ["So, vote for PH people!"], ["What wrong with hell... Grass is not greener on the other side"], ["come on man, it's Christmas tomorrow can we not do this?"], ["lol I thought your Allah and their God was referring to the same person? Family fight?\n\"DADDY DON'T LISTEN TO BIG BROTHER! I'M THE ONE THAT LOVES YOU MORE!!!\"\nlol."], ["Maybe hadi wants to organise malaysia porta parties la kot?"], ["Kit Siang and Hadi. Both and their followers are imbeciles."], ["Some people spend a lot of time with \u201cGod\u201d, be it from whichever faith, and have a stronger relationship because of that. These people are usually those who only speak of peace and love, of kindness and joy.\nSome people spend a lot of time with the Devil or the forces of evil, be it from whichever faith, and have developed a stronger relationship with the dark one. These people are usually those who only speak bad things. They take joy in conflict and suffering.\nSome people spend a lot of time on Reddit."], ["The text is right, the title misleading", "Do elaborate", "The text is bullshit because it shows that he places what god you worship over whether you're an actual good leader of the people.\nNo wonder Kelantan is so awfully governed under PAS. Air bersih pun takde", "Penang pula? Air pun takde.\nTrolololo. Sry Couldn't help it.", "Aiseh...", "At least we got cinema \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c"], ["Hadi W"], ["If let's say I am muslim. But then Bhuddism is a true religion does that mean I will go to hell as well since I do not follow Bhuddism religion ? Or let's say I am muslim but I don't say Jesus is a god but it appears christian is a true religion does that mean I will go to hell ?"], ["and I thought Muslims wont be sent to hell.\nnow he's telling us hell awaits if non-Muslims lead? Maybe PAS shouldn't use the Internet, their cars, electricity, and etc. since their hardwares and softwares were not invented by Muslim leading organizations."]]}
{"title": "YOURSAY | Why drag race into Jana Wibawa sub-contracting?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pmzyx/yoursay_why_drag_race_into_jana_wibawa/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Nobody expects Rafizi to be \u201cSanta Claus\u201d except to perform on his job", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pmsf8/nobody_expects_rafizi_to_be_santa_claus_except_to/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The last minister who thought he was SC and Choi San Yeh is now in jail."]]}
{"title": "Ramasamy: Sorry no cure after PMX utters insulting \u201cK****g\u201d word", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pmnps/ramasamy_sorry_no_cure_after_pmx_utters_insulting/", "num_comment": 85, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["For anyone doubting that Anwar was \u201cquoting a book\u201d:\nHe literally was. He was quoting Hikayat Hang Tuah, a Classical Malay piece of literature. In Hikayat Hang Tuah, there is literally one part about people going to \u201cbenua Keling\u201d.\nBefore Anwar said \u201cbahasa Keling\u201d, he mentioned Hang Tuah\u2019s mastery of Malay and multiple other languages like \u201cbahasa Jawa\u201d (Javanese) and \u201cbahasa Siam\u201d (Thai). After mentioning those two languages, he clarifies, \u201cdalam bahasa dulu\u201d (referring to the Classical Malay language of Hikayat Hang Tuah) and only then says \u201cbahasa Keling\u201d (what the language would\u2019ve been known as to Hang Tuah), following it up with \"bahasa Tamil\" to clarify what \"bahasa Keling\" referred to for Hang Tuah\nEdit:\nIn case anyone\u2019s interested in checking Hikayat Hang Tuah themselves for verification, here\u2019s a link to a Rumi transliteration of the classical work:\nhttps://anyflip.com/qaija/uwiq/basic\nKeep in mind that the work is in Classical Malay, so it might be a little difficult to understand its text if you\u2019re only familiar with modern Malay\nEdit 2:\nI made a major error in my recount of what Anwar said. He didn't say Hang Tuah didn't master languages other than Malay. He said the exact opposite thing, that Hang Tuah did master all those other languages, that is, Javanese, Thai and Tamil.\nThe errors have been corrected", "Keling wasnt just used to refer to the tamils it was used also to refer to the whole indian continent as in benua keling.\nWasnt bahasa keling that hang tuah learned refers to sanskrit?\nIf i recall it was sanskrit instead of tamil, or i might be mistaken.", "Yeah, classical Malay literature sometimes refers the Indian regions as \"Benua Keling\", and so does its people. Because mainly due to trade by Indians hailing from the historical Kalinga region, which the wrod said to be derived from.\nAnd this is also part of factor we have some Keling word uses publicly used like Masjid Kapitan Keling is literally a mosque founded by an Indian Muslim.\nAs an addition - Keling is what Northerners refers to the Indian communities and its barely a slur there (until recently, I guess) compared to other regions. Even if Anwar and Mahathir used it, I would just guessed their tongue got Northern slip because they are very used on using that word around.", "Additional info, State (and region) of Kalinga was on the eastern coast of India which is today the state of Odisha and surrounding are. Being in the east meaning closest to us Southeast Asia and because of that the whole of India not just Kalinga is refererred to as Banua Kaling.", "To add a little to your point about Northerners, \u201cKeling\u201d specifically refers to a Muslim Indian in Kedah, Penang and Perlis", "I see, I guess Anwar mistakenly called it that by analogy with how many of us just use \u201cbahasa Cina\u201d to refer to Mandarin and \u201cbahasa India\u201d to refer to Tamil", "Regardless of his intentions, he is the PM and should have known better than to say the word at all. That's the equivalent of Biden quoting Huckleberry Finn and saying the n word.", "Yes, whether or not the mention of that word was necessary can certainly be argued (I think that mention was unnecessary too tbh, and even if he still mentioned it, he should've clarified with more than just \"dalam bahasa dulu\"), but my comment does show that the people that are treating the \"quote taken from a book\" thing as just a made-up excuse are completely wrong"], ["Lol Anwar already walking on thin ice with Indian community.\na. Refuse to censure his pkr fella that called psm an estate party\nb. Poor Indian representation in cabinet\nc. Taruh the poor Indian girl in matrik\nNow this. Whether he is right or wrong, gotta admit the optics are bad. Am sure his popularity already waning among nons in general thanks to his efforts to appear not so liberal.", "Anwar: Whatcha gonna do about it? Vote for PAS? :26561:", "I'mma just undi rosak for the next term", "One undi rosak from non is one undi more for pas", "Indian population in Malaysian aren't high enough that even if they undi rosak it would meant nothing,", "It will snowball. Indians are not the only one who will dislike this statement and trajectory of the Anwar government. Just a matter of which new statement becomes the straw that breaks the back.", "hah i would\u2026just to bring the whole country down \ud83e\udd23", "Yeah, put these things together, it does not look good at all.", "Poor Indian representation in cabinet\nAnd Sivakumar ended up becoming a worse representation.", "The funny thing is his efforts to pander to a certain voter base have barely worked - those people will still vote for Pertikaian Nasional parties \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 And in the same breath he alienates the voter base he already has: nons and Malays who will never vote for PN.\nI mean I still wouldn\u2019t vote for PN \ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd22 but we don\u2019t have a strong enough \u201cthird force\u201d in this country. PSM actually works for the people but is logistically too small, and to make it big, it seems like something\u2019s gotta give. Of course, electoral politics are not the end all and be all of change, but I just dread having to think about the next general election Lol.\nDisappointed sial of all the PMs, PMX pulak yg selamba guna a racial slur in public (idgaf about intention at this point like the dude is beyond smart enough to know why non-Indians shouldn\u2019t use the word wtf)", "It's a bit hard to judge whether Anwar's pandering has actually worked or not though, the last state election was 3 very pro PN states and 3 very pro PH states.\nI could be wrong on this, but I suspect Anwar isn't really targeting the Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu voter base that much, as they are PN's biggest strongholds and it is near impossible to get them to vote PH. I believe he's actually trying to target the \"swing states\" like Perak, Pahang and Melaka where the seats were quite evenly split between PH+BN and PN last election, and also the rural seats in Selangor (a lot of the Selangor seats won by PN in the recent state election were on razor thin margins). We'll only know how well that worked next election.\nOnce again, I could be wrong on this but I believe this is the case as controlling those states plus the traditional PH and BN strongholds would be sufficient for a PH and BN alliance to win the next GE (I have a feeling they're going to stick together again as BN doesn't seem very fond of PN).", "you assume the rakyat as emotional 16 year olds.\nidgaf what he says if he is actively bringing in investments to the country, doing his job and his actions are not what 1 or 2 slip ups in speeches.\ni'm quite sure there are many who actually vote for the party that can do better, if PN seems like a better party to improve Malaysia, yeah sure let's go. Given their previous performance, we can see.", "This \u201clesser evil\u201d bipartisan rhetoric is kinda exhausting. I literally made a case against it in my previous comment and you\u2019re all like \u201chA TrY La VoTe PN tHeN\u201d. Please READ", "tumpang tanya, whats (c) bout?", "This one:\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nst.com.my/amp/news/nation/2023/08/939824/students-question-could-have-been-handled-more-tact-says-ph-candidate", "thank you for link"], ["Enough la. Some idiot could write a book about Malay and refer to them as malaysial/malangsia and in a few decades someone's gonna quote the book and people would say it's ok. No matter the origin of the word or what it used to mean, the word K is a slur nowadays so stop using them.", "The word keling wasnt made up. It was based on a real life kingdom of kalinga in india.\nIf there was a real life kingdom of malaysial/malangsia then i dont see why we would be upset.\nIts like if someone were to call me langkasuka or kalanthana. Why would i be upset?\nTheres even a kingdom in java called kalingga, which was named after the kalinga in india.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalingga_Kingdom\nI dont think the javanese would get upset if people call them kalingga.", "So let me get this straight. Based on a historical account of a word that was used to describe a kingdom long ago, the word itself which has been used as a derogatory term nowadays to refer to Malaysian of Indian descent is ok to use.\nLet's not kid ourselves. It is a derogatory term. I'm Malay, there's plenty of occasions where Malays that I know use the word to mock Malaysians of Indian descent."], ["He is just quoting from a book. /s"], ["What up with this rama guy and why he so butthurt bout PMX ? I thought rama is Dap guy?", "He was underpeforming and bringing heat onto DAP by supporting the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka so DAP dropped him.\nHe butthurt and now want to fight PH", "I think the Indian guy that got sack from the cabinet also underperforming right", "Something happened with some of the guys he brought in I think", "", "He was not chosen as candidate during last election. So butt hurt K tertindas\n/u/sharkatu\nIf you want to be racist, then at least have the teloq kejantanan to be full racist. Don't try to abbreviate and hide behind mama punya sarong and putar belit like UMNO PAS people.", "I'm sure you will get a ban warning after my lunch today.", "Where is the term \"So butt hurt K tertindas\" ? What page?", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Panas bontot no india minister this time around.\nDiversity over meritocracy rama hypocrisy", "Sivakumar: You're welcome."], ["Rama is very free to comment TCSS nowadays"], ["Why would he quote a book in that event? The mental gymnastics of redditors", "It\u2019s not mental gymnastics, Anwar was literally quoting Hikayat Hang Tuah. There was even a part of the Hikayat about people specifically going to \u201cbenua Keling\u201d (land of the Kelings).\nAnwar even clarified by saying \u201cdalam bahasa dulu\u201d (referring to the language of the hikayat, Classical Malay) before he said \u201cbahasa Keling\u201d\nEdit: Here\u2019s a link to a Rumi transliteration of Hikayat Hang Tuah for anyone interested.\nhttps://anyflip.com/qaija/uwiq/basic", "No one cares. It's not right to say that word in 2023 even if it's in some ancient storybook.", "I wasn\u2019t justifying him doing that. As I\u2019ve said in a different comment, I made my comment to show that he really was quoting a book, unlike what some people seem to believe, like anontalk here, who thinks that he made that all up"], ["Hot take, racist statements are going to mean something when you react. It's not going to mean anything when you don't react. With that being said, it's good to have thick skin nowadays and just mind your own business because there's people out there who would just say certain statements just to gauge a reaction and then exploit it.", "This exactly. None of my extended family care about the K word nor do they understand why its even offensive."], ["Ramasamy. Time to check into a mental institution, mate."], ["Living in this country we'll always be treated like this. This is a never ending cycle ya."], ["Can we not treat it like the N word pls.\nThe N word is frowned upon because it was the last thing an enslaved person or a free black person would hear before being murdered. The N word meant they were less than equal and less than human.\nIt does not carry the same word as the N word.", "Obviously Ramasamy does", "I don't give a fuck about that obsolete fucko thinks. Old people who still think their opinion about modern politics are weirdos.", "Coming from someone called Azlan, who gives you the right to decide whether if it\u2019s derogatory or not?", "You don't get right to decide that you're suffering is the same as black people. You were never enslaved or lynched or got shipoed over in a slave ship.\nThe are actually other now important issues that face Indian community. Pick those battles, the ones that actually can improve the Indian community lives like education opportunities.\nNow kindly get the fuck off.", "Ah, so we're in the Oppression Olympics now is that it? We're now competing to see who's suffered the most to earn immunity from derogatory terms? If you are the fucking Prime Minister of a multicultural country like Malaysia, the fucking bare minimum requirement should be sensitivity. But no, you decided to go full retard defense mode."], ["Still sour after being ratio-ed earlier by u/Fit_Treacle_6077 or what? Throwing the 'bootlicker' label around just because you couldn't refute something logically is just weak sauce.\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18p74nz/pmx_used_the_k_word_in_a_recent_speech_he_said_it/kemmvyi/?context=3\nEdit/Disclaimer: Since enlightened centrists tend to oversimplify and think an attack against their \"criticisms\" means I'm ok with offensive terms being thrown around: No, I'm not ok, it's outright distasteful and even if PMX wanted to use it in a non-offensive setting, he should at least be sensitive and clarify its usage on the very spot, and not after the event when there's a backlash.", "Hmm why do you need a fresh account every few months? Because you spend time on Reddit just for the sake of being offensive?", "Chances are they track through ip and other footprints too. And it's a hassle changing emails.", "If you prefer internet anonymity, dont comment at all and draw attention to yourself", "You, on the other hand..stalking profiles and digging thru comment history on a weekend lmao\nI read the exchange in another thread 5 hours ago mate, lmao, it's not even that long.\nThis post was posted 15 hours ago and it is in trending Hot now.\nWhy not refute him logically instead of throwing shades?", "Why so many Anwar bootlickers?\nImagine spending your weekend reading some online randos comment history on reddit and personally attacking it hahaa brooo\nThis is so pathetically ironic. Have a nice day lol.", "Agreed, paku dulang paku serpih.", "Well, I think you're a bit savage on people who would just love to have some innate superiority for some feeling of comfort. Lmao.", "jwteoh strikes again", "Who else but the man, the myth, the legend, jwteoh?", "Keep moving the goalposts lmao", "Haha bodo punya olang", "Personally I don\u2019t like Anwar\u2019s government. I can\u2019t speak for all people on this forum.\nHowever you should consider that people might be downvoting or upvoting you on the quality of your comments rather than their biases for a political group or individual.\nMalaysian political parties are all jokes to me as they are all terrible so far whether it be PAS, DAP, UMNO, PKR, GPS etc.\nThey are all political parties aiming at self benefits for the most part in my eyes.\nOther commentators may disagree with me and that\u2019s fine.", "Okay", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 because he\u2019s the chosen one, bootlickers will be blind to their leader\u2019s wrongdoings", "True, if it was PAStard leaders doing this same exact thing with the same exact excuse i bet they would slam them the heck out of this world"], ["So what do you want him to do Ramasamy? Step down?Those here would know that I\u2019m as critical of Anwar as anyone else but surely Ramasamy with his giant axe to grind is a bigger hypocrite!"], ["Butthurt about this kind of sohai thing. Pasal tulah susah nak maju."], ["Glass heart bitches"], ["Ima just go for a holiday trip for next election"], ["It is Anwar showing his true colours; he\u2019s not different from any other crook politicians."], ["PMX. Im gonna guess PM=prime minister. No idea what is the X is.", "Roman numeral that represents the number 10 as Anwar Ibrahim is the tenth prime minister."], ["Got K'd"], ["Oh. I thought kucing."], ["what actually happen. like what's the context as to why he had to tall about hang tuah all. please update as I'm not fully aware."]]}
{"title": "i\u2019m working on a book character who is malaysian. what are some pretty malaysian girl names?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18plthz/im_working_on_a_book_character_who_is_malaysian/", "num_comment": 177, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Rosmah Mansor", "\ud83d\udc80", "this is the only correct answer. If you include this character in the book, Malaysians will be talking about it and it will be all over every sns.", "Op, don't", "Came here to comment that", "That sounded wrong /jk", "Tbf she was pretty back then, otherwise how did she make Najib ditch a royal princess?", "Got that Gawk Gawk 3000", "The only acceptable answer.", "this is correct", "", "Babap nanti.... Eeeeeiihhh~"], ["Puteri Intan Payung Indah Zulaikha Odelia Ladaisya Absyari or in short, Pipi Zola", "Deserve more upvotes", "Take my upvote."], ["While it's nice to know you're including a Malaysian character in your book, it would help to do a bit of research about our multicultural, multi-ethnic country. It's akin to asking, \"What's a pretty American name?\" Without knowing their background, race, or religion, it would be hard to define.\nMalay names tend towards a mix of Arabic (e.g Khadijah, Aishah) and local (Siti, Aila), even some Western ones (Daniella, Sofia, Nadia). Malays don't have surnames, by the way. Their names would include binti (for ladies) to denote \"daughter of\". E.g. Siti Kadijah binti Muhammad Ali.\nChinese names can be either traditional Chinese (Mei Li) or English names, especially if they're Christian (such as Angeline, Dorothy). Most have both E.g. Angeline Lee Mei Li (Lee would be her surname).\nIndian names can also be either of Indian origin (Devi, Lakshmi, Gayatri) or again, English if they're Chrisitan. Examples could be Annalakshmi or Kuldip Singh Gil or Shanti Anne George.\nThen, there are the indigenous peoples who have practise various religions and cultures. Not to mention, several minorities; for example, did you know there's a Portuguese community in Malacca?\nI wish you well in your writing, and I hope this helps somewhat.", "i have been doing extensive research about malay culture. i just haven\u2019t been able to find a name that suits my character"], ["Well, if you're going traditional, there's Melur, Orked, Cempaka, Kamelia,Mawar, Melati..\nBasically flowers", "Bunga Tahi Ayam"], ["You have to specify the race of your character and religion and upbringing or even state. We have too many races here.", "why limit urself to race n religion? go all in n mix them all up\u2026 Lakshmi binti Chong Ai Ling anak Joseph", "Hahaha almost possible here but it's either binti or anak", "i\u2019m just exaggerating combining anak n binti/bin together", "Yea I know but it's quite possible to get quite close to the name u came up with hahaha", "hahaha my father n grandfather is an example\u2026chinese name anak smtg smtg", "my indian/bidayuh cousin married an iban/chinese girl but too bad my niece have such a normal name hahaha. Could've been a very diverse name", "This. We can't help you creating a character's name without specifying the race, religion, upbringing and state origin of your Malaysian character.", "Yeap, also include classic name or modern name \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["Hijau", "What a lovely lady. I'm sure she would make a good mother one day.", "her kid will fight someone at the playground some day", "Oh she will \ud83d\udc85\ud83c\udffb"], ["Are you Malaysian? You're getting mostly troll answers here because the sub skews adolescent.\nIf the character's ethnicity is unspecified, maybe something ambiguous like Maya or Amelia or Nadia.\nOtherwise, most names are broadly tied to certain religions/cultural backgrounds. For example, if your character is a non Muslim, any English name is fine (like Kelly) because lots of Malaysians have one. If your character is Muslim: Zahrah, Fatimah, Ain, Farah, Nurin, Aisyah, Farhana are pretty common.", "Surely a Malaysian would have the self awareness to be more specific... Like I like my own name but it's obviously a Malaysian Chinese name that also hints at my generation and background ( e.g. it's not in Pinyin, uses nonstandard canto romanization...)\n.. Heck even asking for a generic pretty \"Chinese\" name is problematic.", "do non-bumi use maya/ amelia/ nadia? (as in have you met one irl?). these sounded very bumi to me somehow hence not ambiguous cuz for me, they dont reflect the other 2 major races", "I know one non-bumi maya, a few amelias and nadias. All three names are not Malaysian origin. Nadia is Russian and Maya and Amelia are hebrew and used commonly outside of Malaysia.", "the 'not malaysian origin' got me smilin & wonderin are there in fact original malay names (cuz ive always thought malay words are from arabic/ sanskrit/ etc) \ud83d\ude06\ud83e\udd14 given the influence of hindu-buddha & islam on this land, i believe nadia is of arabic origin & maya is sanskrit. amelia im not sure cuz it sounds modern (not a name the classic malay would seem to have)", "All three names are very common in English-speaking countries.", "yes. but if my memory serves me right, ive never seen one for an indian or chinese here. to be specific, for a non mixed-race child. though maya is sanskrit, ive interestingly never met one/ none of my indian acquaintances have that name (i thought maya would be a common name)", "Amelia khor", "is that her real name though?", "I think amelia is not in the ic, but very few Chinese have their English name in their ic too", "I mean if she goes by that name, that's her real name. Names can be chosen at any time in your life. I've met both an Indian and Chinese Amelia before in my life too.", "not sure if its just me but i feel like a legal name has diff feels than a persona name. but yes, Amelia is a common name (as proven by peeps responses here) just that i myself never met any non-bumi Amelias", "Amelia Earhart was a very famous amelia. And as fame do to name, plenty babies get named similar.", "They are all common non-bumi names, I've meet at least 2 Amelia, some Nadia and Maya is very very common.", "Yes to Amelia is yes to every race, and less so Maya. Nadia as Malaysian is rarely non-Malay"], ["Murni. Orked. Suraya.", "Suraya? I see a man of culture.", "Is her first name cikgu?"], ["nur. simple but means a lot.", "This is funny because my first name is Nur yet the only time someone used it is when I studied abroad", "same, but mine is nurul. never been called that by any malaysian because it's such a common name, it's the middle name that would differ you from the other girls, but once abroad, people call you by your first name so there's that. i love it more than my middle name. it means 'the light'. what can be more beautiful than that :)", "I'm not Malay and somehow it never even crossed my mind that Nur/Nurul was an actual first name. Like, I thought it was a prefix of some sort with the 'middle name' being the actual first name. I guess that's how common it is. \ud83d\ude02", "indeed. to malays, it carries some sentiment of being a prefix than an actual name. same for Siti or the classic Che/ Cik", "ha, i wouldn't blame you. im gonna blame it on rampant arabization (is that even a word) during that era, all parents of that generation were fixed on putting nur/nurul/muhammad/mohd in their kids' names. parents of this gen are more chill about naming their kids.", "i think(, afa my language knowledge goes), Nur/ Nurul is not technically 'the light' but simply 'light'. however, youd have 'the' for your second name from the -ul of Nurul. this is like al-[something], which will be 'the [something]', i.e. al-kitab = the book. so your name will be some like, e.g. Nurul Hidayah = Light (of) The Guidance.", "true, i agree with you. i just wrote 'the' there because my english sucks hehe. nurul is the melayu version of arabic 'nour el', root word is 'nur/nour'. mine means 'cahaya mata'. malay idiom can be translated to 'the child', but i prefer the more radical, literal one 'the illuminated eye' hehe...", "cahaya mata! such a classic name! \u2764\ufe0f youre not far off actually. a child indeed is the cahaya of a parents mata, akin to the english 'apple of ones eye'. so yeah, 'the illuminated eye' can be some like 'the sparkle in your parents eye'. thats a lovely way to see it \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udcaf", "you're too sweet \ud83d\ude2c i was meaning to say my parents were into conspiracy theory and named me after the illuminati, ya know, the 'eye' thing hehehe (ofc im jk)", "HAHAHAAHAHA \ud83d\ude02 ok, itu baru betul radical \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["Wong ah lian"], ["JOHARI BINTI JOSTA\nwith her friends\nMOHAMMAD ABDUL\nKA KOK YIN\nPO RE NAF", "I understood the reference, but Johari is a male name. \ud83d\udc80", "JOHARIAH then..", "WDYM PO RE NAF?? SHOULD BE PO NA REF NO?? \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Nur Sajat"], ["Rosmah"], ["How about cempedak? I like cempedak.", "Prefer durian myself and it can be a variation of the name Dorian.", "Gambar Durian Kelabu \ud83d\udc80"], ["Pontianak harum sundal"], ["Mona Affendi", "OG Malaysian Woman Name :29091:"], ["What race in particular? Malay, Chinese, Indian?"], ["I have a friend named Puteri Medina Adelia, and I think her name is really pretty."], ["Kak Ros"], ["Senja, Bulan"], ["If u looking for malay name, traditional or old name are quite nice, Seri, Melur, Melati, Cempaka, Mawar, Dahlia.\nModern name mostly now don\u2019t have any meanings but also nice to pronounce, Sara, Aina, Anisa, Balqis, etc.\nFor Chinese, imo I think these name so pretty: Mei, Daiyu, Xiu, Ai, Fang, Min, Zhu, Bao\nWhile for Indian girls, also imo these name also pretty: Anju, Aanya, Anjali, Vidya, Zahira, Viti, Sarika, Meera\nWell this is only my opinions. \ud83e\udd71", "Finally someone giving a proper answer !! I like the name Amelia or Norah too"], ["What is the personality of your character? Her background and ethnicity? We can give better recommendations with more information."], ["I heard Mahsuri was pretty"], ["What race is the character & what cultural background does she have? Race is such a big part of being Malaysian, we won't really be able to suggest anything specific without knowing more."], ["Classic name like flowers and others : mawar, orked, chinta, maya, siti, laila, suraya, fatimah, ros, bunga"], ["Siti"], ["Alya"], ["rosmah"], ["Mona Fendi"], ["Ah Lian"], ["Depends on the background of the character and the setting of the book. Is it in modern times or some time set in the past? Is she of malay, chinese, indian or iban descent? Where is her family from? Malaysia born and raised or an expat?"], ["What's her personality, at least? Or race, lol. Since we have many races here."], ["Chi Bai \ud83e\udd13"], ["Almost all the Farah I know are pretty \ud83d\ude2d"], ["PuiYi"], ["Jamaliah Jamban"], ["Minah."], ["Rosmah. It's like rose but on a much grander scale."], ["Typical chinese name: - shin yee/sinyee/sinyi - kah mun/kah man/carmen\nChinese who has a nickname: - all the English name you can think of - English nouns such as apple, pineapple, strawberry\nSuper rare malay name: - my friend's name which i cant reveal here because one google search and the results will only be her\nTypical malay name: - siti\nTypical indian name: - priya/prisha/visha - selvi\nGood malaysian girl name: - malaysia (I'm not kidding about this one people do name their kid after our country)"], ["Siti kasim"], ["OP. Post this into r/Bolehland. You'll get a LOT more answers :26555::26555::26555:"], ["Rosmah, Azalina, Rafidah"], ["Big Mama"], ["Xxxnursation"], ["Mona Fandey is a classic name"], ["Datuk Vida"], ["Cikgu Suraya"], ["Circlejerk with the ethnicity here. Indians and chinese are Invaders if he wanted to know one of those names he would habe specified that.", "Inb4 \"but Sabah and Sarawak\". But sure yes I'm sure 75% of the problems Malaysia is a tug of war over Malaysian=Malay vs Malaysian=bangsar bubble muhibah."], ["hate to be \u201cthat guy\u201d but this is cultural appropriation.\nYou can write if you want, but PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALLAH study the culture of the Malay people or from the state which ur character is from, if you know any states that is.\nAlso worth noting, study traditions and the like. I might buy your book, but if I see something like \u201cFathima had a crispy bacon\u201d I\u2019ll rage.\nThat being said, good luck! :D", "How is this cultural appropriation? We don't even know what kind of character OP is planning to write.", "I mean characters tend to be ethnic-neutral\u2026 so making a character from a place IRL is kinda a big deal"], ["Mona Mawar Kasturi Chempaka"], ["Go look at old buku sastera. There are some beautiful names that can be taken from old Malay."], ["Alia? Am not sure if its Malay but sounds pretty nice"], ["botai"], ["Makcik Zik"], ["Vida"], ["Nadia"], ["Puteri Intan Payung Indah Zulaikha Odelia Ladasyia Absyari"], ["Aileen Elena"], ["Amoi, if chinese."], ["I always think Suraya sounds very sweet."], ["Pretty? Indah"], ["Nur"], ["Siti Sarah"], ["Timah"], ["izyan"], ["Indah, Cinta, Damai"], ["Michelle yeoh"], ["Cempaka\nKenanga\nMawar"], ["Definitely, Sofea Jane.\nMay not be the most classic malay names out there but it was the one that came first to my mind when I saw your question."], ["Safura"], ["makkau he jauh"], ["Hana.\nCould be a malay, or Chinese (Hannah)."], ["Maznah ke tu?"], ["Adiratna means a noble pearl."], ["Sofia, natasha, i cant think more"], ["Jelita"], ["fatimah"], ["Be mindful of sensitivity from certain group of extremist. Fatimah etc."], ["You should be specific. What race are you thinking of?"], ["Alia is always the basic."], ["Is this girl of a specific Malaysian race?"], ["My girlfriend\u2019s name is Alaya, I\u2019m told it\u2019s common enough without it being too obvious. I call her Malai (not sure why just sorta happened and it appears to be a Thai name \u2026 we have no association with Thailand). She is 25% Indian-Malay, 25% Brazilian, and 50% American/British. So make of that what you will :). She grew up between KL, London, and the US \u2026"], ["How abt stripper names like crystal, serenity, etc? :)"], ["Anggun. Kasih. Cinta. Jelita. Juwita."], ["Joyah"], ["Tumpung, Lihing and Tuak are nice"], ["Intan, Puteri, Yati"], ["Miraaaaa"], ["In all seriousness you can't just expect a \"pretty Malaysian girl name\" without giving any background at all. It kinda brings up questions about how seriously you're taking it.\nEspecially for a multiethnic country like Malaysia. Like, does it even make sense to ask for a pretty \"American\" girl name? What answer do you expect? The least you can do is offer at least a sketch of her cultural and ethnic background. And no, \"Malaysian\" doesn't cut it.\nI suppose we can suggest \"Sarah\". Works for Americans, Malaysian Christians, Malay Muslims, people with English names..."], ["Fiona. For some reason damn lot of pretty Fiona"], ["Amelina"], ["There's a whole bunch of Malaysian names. But r u going for more Malay, Indian Chinese or other races?"], ["Maryam"], ["I like Hanna"], ["Sabariah"], ["I also have an idea for a book/movie where the character is an AI female (like Ultron) named MAYA because in Malay alam Maya means cyber/internet"], ["Fateen/Fathin/Fatin"], ["Mona Fendy Mina Rempit Awek mantap"], ["Fatin or Izzati"], ["Dayang, Melur, Intan, Seri, Siti, Ratu, Juwita."], ["muhahahahahaha.....(Nurul)\nnuhaahahah ( Diluar Nurul)"], ["I wanted to put my ex\u2019s name but I really shouldn\u2019t \ud83e\udd72\nI really need to learn to move on", "pick me"]]}
{"title": "Visiting Malaysia during Ramadan?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w2dvm/visiting_malaysia_during_ramadan/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello\nMe and two friends are looking at a trip to Malaysia during Ramadan, and we are non muslims, not interested in anything with ramadan.\nWe are interested in having a good time, scuba diving, enjoying the beaches, nature and wildlife, and of course also to enjoy a beer in the evening and perhaps a party or two. We are 30 yr olds.\nHow will Ramadan affect our trip? Will Hostels be empty? Will bars and restaurants be closed? Will activities be restricted?\nAny insight would be greatly appreciated, before we evaluate if we go forward with this.\nThank you", "comments": [["Hello! Eateries & bars will be open during Ramadan so no worries there. I don\u2019t think hostels are ever empty and no, activities won\u2019t be restricted whatsoever!"], ["Probably the best time to visit as well. During day time restaurants, malls and tourist attractions are definitely less pack than usual"], ["As a muslim, I think this is the best time for you to come. Lots of muslim are busy doing ramadhan things n prepare for eid, so u have less crowd at your intended place to go, eg camping site."], ["Will Hostels be empty? Will bars and restaurants be closed?\n> In the city? never. You might want to check on hotel prices as it might be cheap for you. Hostel can be hit and miss at times.\nscuba diving, enjoying the beaches, nature and wildlife\n> Rural areas tends to be Muslim majority. Some areas still have non-muslim resident so there is a possibility you can find Chinese eateries but they follow specific opening hours. In towns you should be able to easily find KFC/ McDonalds as last resort - in general food options should be there in towns. It really depends where you have this activities. You better check in advance if the operators are fasting.", "If you're going diving, I suggest staying at Legend on Redang Island. There's a non-halal restaurant about 200m down the beach."], ["Plenty of places still open, its not as bad as the Middle East where its legit trickier to find open restaurants during fasting hours - Malaysia has a larger number of non-muslims (30%+) so establishments run by non muslims are still operating as usual. That or happy eating fast food."], ["In the major urban/tourist areas you won\u2019t have a problem, if you venture out into the more rural areas, you might find some places that are closed. Malaysia made up of more than just Muslims, so there are plenty of non-Muslims who don\u2019t celebrate Ramadan and non-Muslim restaurant owners. Best places to find scuba diving is on the east coast (Perhentian Islands, Redang, etc) or east Borneo."], ["Definitely business as usual in ramadan. For scuba diving and nature activities maybe consider going to Sabah and Sarawak since they have larger proportions of non-muslims therefore the tourist activities would less likely to be affected"], ["muslim restaurants can be closed and popular break fast places (KFC) can be full after 5pm\nyou have ramadan markets, but careful with them if the food looks old , dont bother"], ["On diving, most dive resorts will have food provided as usual, but do check on dive site quality during you planned visit as the Vis will vary with the season"], ["Great time to visit actually"], ["There's definitely less crowds during ramadan except when muslims break their fast (around 6-7 pm) which you will likely see muslim restaurants packed to the brim. Some muslim based restaurants might be open a bit later than usual though but everything else shoul be operating as normal."], ["No, no, and no. Just expect to travel as usual. But if you intended to try some Malay food, perhaps you have to wait till around 4pm+"], ["I actually have a question regarding this too.\nwill they assume you're Muslim if you have tanned skin? how can you avoid being accused of not fasting? just avoid eating out straight up?"]]}
{"title": "Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18plhz9/kuala_lumpur_malaysia_1998/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "", "comments": [["Before expensive hipster cafe"], ["Pudu bus station...so crowded...\ntoday, its so ghostly"], ["Transnational long time didnt ride"], ["Time before football kits"], ["I\u2019m pretty sure now these are the outskirts of KL, my dad used to be in a UNI here before 1998 and he always told me which building he had memorises in when passing by the outskirt buildings"], ["Curious, does anyone have any stories about the Y2K phenomenon in MY?", "Every system was patched before 2000, so, theres nothing to talk about.", "I do. But it's not that interesting.\nMy mum said that her hospital director made a meeting until midnight before year 2000. Each Head of Department she said need to present what is their future plan for their department when there is no electricity and all other 'disasters' after Y2K.\nWell nothing happened, and her hospital director said, \"Bukan selalu nak berkampung kat hospital sampai tengah malam\"\nBro made everyone stay until midnight for nothing \ud83d\udc80", "We IT people did our job. /YW."], ["Ah 1998\u2026 The year of Sukom and reformasi"], ["Sebulan sekali aku datang Puduraya hantar akak aku naik bas balik sekolah dia. This part of KL in the late 90s was the shit man"], ["Not single handphone...wonderful times"], ["Rindu zaman melayu pakai bikini tengah jalan, now semua arabization. Pity all the Malay kenot wear bikini tengah jalan.\nSemua Salah DAP."], [":26561:"], ["Shows how far has KL changed since then when even some parts of central KL looks gritty and ghetto like 25 years ago. I clukd argue pedestrian infrastructure has somewhat improved since then."], ["Peak post 1997 asian financial crisis vibe"], ["Do cricket players have to deal with accidentally hitting the ball out of the field and onto the road/people's backyard/window?"]]}
{"title": "Buying from Malaysia to Singapore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uzkre/buying_from_malaysia_to_singapore/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello kawan-kawan Malaysia, Selamat Tahun Baru!\nThere is a perfume that I wanna buy because the scent is amazing, but their pop-up store is in Kedah, and I can't travel to Kedah at the moment. I researched and came across a service called Zlock, and I'm thinking to use it and then pick it up in Johor via one of Zlock's lockers. The perfume store has a Shopee presence, and I've a pretty flexible work schedule and can go in Johor whenever.\nDoes anyone have any experience using Zlock? Are there other locker services available in JB?\nI also came across MBE PUDO (Pick Up, Drop-Off, Return Services) - not sure how it works yet, if anyone has experience with it, pls let me know too!\nThank you!", "comments": []}
{"title": "MIC deputy president expresses gratitude for PM's apology, highlights caution on racial sensitivities", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pl1pk/mic_deputy_president_expresses_gratitude_for_pms/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "\"The video clip of Anwar referring to the Tamil language as 'Bahasa Keling' circulated widely, sparking a strong reaction among the Malaysian Indian community.\"", "comments": [["I don't think Anwar was being racist when he said \"Bahasa Keling\". He was quoting a book after all.\nHe however should know that a lot of Indians are not entirely satisfied with him. The PKR guy calling a PSM candidate \"estate\", the Indian school girl berated by PMX on a live speech for daring to question bumi- quota, no ethnic Tamil ministers, and now this fiasco.\nI won't be surprised if Anwar himself told MIC to make this statement. And MIC being the subservient dogs they are did so.", "Hmm. MIC having any election or tussle ? Usually these attention-seeking slips are on purpose. E.g. Live video streamer accidentally nip-slips or Oops breaks a valuable (fake) handphone :26563:"], ["Wah last person I expect to reply"], ["MIC change color very fast", "what does this even bermaksud? :26559:"], ["Lalang gang."], ["All politicians are whores and we pay them to get fucked."]]}
{"title": "Cleanliness in public spaces", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pknsx/cleanliness_in_public_spaces/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is probably more of general SEA thing but I\u2019m really struggling to understand this one. I see so many little restaurants, food stalls and shops that are absolutely filthy and I don\u2019t understand why?\nLike food stalls with grimy signs and generally just untidy and unclean.\nI feel like it would take very little effort to to present a more clean and tidy place of business, and I also feel like it must definitely make these places more appealing and increase business\nAnd on the flip side, people in general are super clean and personal hygiene standards generally seem very high.\nHow do SEA people feel when visiting Europe that\u2019s the polar opposite in being absolutely obsessed with cleanliness in food service?", "comments": [["Welcome to SEA I guess. Where as long as there's no consequences(food poisoning etc...), ntg will be taken", "I think SEA cities are still much cleaner than Indian cities.\nThe main roads (e.g. those in touristy areas) may be similar in cleanliness. But there\u2019s a stark difference once you look into the alleyways and side streets.\nI\u2019ve been to Hanoi and Batam, and I remember there was barely any litter along the side streets. It\u2019s pretty clean. There\u2019s just a lot of motorcycles and overhead cables, so the side streets may look a little messy.", "I've watched videos of street food in India. Fakkk", "Not 100% true. Maybe in places such as Yangon or Manila but don't forget Singapore is in SEA as well. There are also European cities that are substandard in food cleanliness, especially in Eastern & Southern Europe."], ["To be fair, Western Europe and especially London is not that clean either in communal public spaces. But the 'public' toilets are really clean which is expected as it cost 1 Euro.\nSome of the London's alleys and streets are filthly and reek of piss, especially during and after evening with all the drunk people.\nWhile restaurant generally have high standards of cleanliness, it was offset by their unwelcoming atmosphere (compared to SEA), it was most prominent in Paris.\nTo add: I really do admire Japanese's sense of duty in taking care of their surrounding and jobs, giving their emaculate cleanliness of public and private spaces.", "Unwelcoming atmosphere in London? You sure you going to western restaurants or asian ones? Think most restaurants in UK are as welcoming as Malaysia? Been living here 10 years now"], ["Truth be told... I never really got that Europe is the \"polar opposite\" in being absolutely obsessed with cleanliness in food service vibe tho lol i've been to several european cities on different occasions and as beautiful as they were, this wasn't something that was a standout to me lol"], ["I just ignore the filthy places and eat at cleaner establishments. They're out there, en masse, believe it or not."], ["\"i dont understand why\"\nmunicipal govnt enforcers doesn't do their rounds. all there is there to it", "That's for public spaces.\nBut commercial spaces are dirty too. Probably because bosses and middle management don't do their rounds, and generally don't care about cleanliness (probably have a wife taking care of the cleaning at home). And employees with no pride in their work.\nAnd this isn't true of all SEA btw. Most of Singapore is extremely clean, it is amazing.", "And to add on, there are very few European cities as clean as Singapore. Maybe only Bern, Copenhagen or Oslo. Cities such as Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid? Definitely not. OP is just making a racist generalisation of Southeast Asia.", "you mean the public spaces in commercial area like stairs and lift areas?\nIts like the chinese \"its not my responsibility, building's responsibility\" in china that leads to facilities not working. In japan everyone takes part in cleaning their streets.", "I mean just take an R&R. Some of the F&B establishments are commercially owend.\nRegardless of the cleanliness of the food (which has some degree of govt enforcement) what about the seats, the sinks, the floor, the glass windows, the tables ? All it takes is cleaning and maintenance SOPs which are enforced by management.\nWhether it's a franchise like KFC or an individual stall, they all have no pride in having spick and span facilities... which then leads the public to think 'Yucks this is already dirty, I won't make an extra effort to keep it clean'.", "most people arent aware of the cleaning tools available. I use attachments to my hammer drill and it cleans very fast, though tires my wrist fast too. Similarly you could let robot vacuums roam after closing.", "to be fair if you fine people for littering and strictly enforce it, cities would have the potential to be much cleaner", "you don't need enforcers to clean your own surroundings. how about having pride of just serving customers in a clean comfortable environment.", "False", "I worked food stalls. They do monthly round. We have a book for them to sign when they do the round. Not just one, sometimes three, majlis daerah, jab kesihatan, forgot 1 more.\nAnswer to op\u2019s question, we dont hv time to clean thoroughly. We open at 8 and close at 5. Workers only 4. Cant take more or you wont have your rm7 meal.", "if there was a quick and easier way to clean things that arent the municipal's responsibility, would you? what exactly do you need to clean that you dont have time to?\nI recently tried a few tools and was quite impressed however the only question with power tools is how strong your wrist is.", "Yes i would. We spend around 30 minutes to clean mainly the floor, tables & chairs, counters, and windows. But kitchen there\u2019s so much i dont even go there, kitchen staff\u2019s duty.\nWe just use manual tool like mop and cloth, overtime the floor wont white anymore. Probably should spend money on some power tools too.", "there are robot cleaners that vacuum and mop the floor automatically, deploy overnight with no one around then morning you only need to clean what it cant. works for main area after everything is packed with no one around. I've seen putrajaya hospital use large ones but since hospital is open 24/7 they still need staff to clean the floor, robot only reduces their work load. This is for a large one, there are smaller cheaper ones that would work better for your use case.\nFor surfaces i use a hammer drill but in drill mode. A good one isnt cheap but worth it as you can use many things with it you never realised as it has many attachments you can get, and even in cleaning there are loads, however the way to use this isnt to do table by table but process by process. Mine is cordless though. For example you use brush with soap on tables then swap to cloth attachment and wipe. Each table should take a few seconds with each attachment.\nHaving the right tools for the job is what makes it quick and easy, but malaysia lacks the innovative thinking needed to realise things can be improved significantly because no one wants to spend money to save money. You need at minimum an entry level drill, not a DIY level one. Makita is only mid/pro level for example and there are some local brands i would rank as entry level at best, cheaper but still more expensive than it should be. specs can be important as mine is rated at 45nm and i use the low speed mode for cleaning. What didnt work with the usual window wiper took me a few seconds to clean with a brush attachment. which was some fruit remains stuck to the window making it difficult to see.\nNot just drills but many power tools have all sorts of attachments, so if you dont do dedicated cleaning but want to save money and do other work with it like repair then this is a better option. For me i have to repair the damages my friend made to rental place so even a good drill was cheaper than what the landlord quoted. The difference between entry level and DIY is huge though for power tool even at the same price so some research is needed first or you can just yolo and buy one of the american brands with more money like milwaukee, dewalt and a red colour brand. black and decker is DIY level with entry price tag, and it also applies to any other power tool they have. The difference can be a few seconds to a few minutes to complete a task other than drilling.", "They do. Been in many of their \"meetings\". But end up my belly is full of kuih and sugar water. That's all"], ["how do SEA people feel when visiting Europe\nOld Church after church after church. Pompous people who can\u2019t accept the world has mostly passed them by and subpar food", "Haha I meant in terms of hygiene. But fair point \ud83d\ude05", "I wouldn\u2019t say Europe is hygienic either. I\u2019ve been to my fair share of dubious looking eateries in Italy, Spain, Paris, Eastern Europe. Even some of the markets in Scandinavia don\u2019t look very hygienic at places. The difference is the stomach upset isn\u2019t worth the quality of food served.", "fr even just after a few of em the churches begin to blend together (esp. if i'm a layperson with little knowledge of the art styles etc.)", "Most countries can only wish the world would have mostly passed them by as you think it has Europe. Also, if you\u2019re going for the caricature, SE Asia could be described as not-so-old temple after temple after temple, and boring gigantic mall-after-mall-after mall. I\u2019ll take the European version that comes with a much richer cultural life, and far better public services, worker rights protection and benefits, thank you very much. And I say this as someone who actually likes Malaysia a lot, it\u2019s a great country that is seriously underrated as a tourist destination compared to some of its neighbours.", "You do you buddy.", "It\u2019s not \u201cme\u201d, it\u2019s the way it is buddy.", "Sure buddy. As long as you\u2019re happy, we\u2019re happy", "Ok buddy."], ["people lack the sense of responsibility, knowledge and our municipals dont do rounds often enough."], ["it's due to tidak apa attitude and inattention to details. as long as it works, Okla - who cares about a little thing like cleanliness.\nbarbaric attitude tbh."], ["Compared to others, I think MY is pretty decent in cleanliness. That being said tho, a LOT of us litters."], ["A big one is because the public don't act.\nA big part of our culture is being no confratational, especially if it is something that doesn't give us too much trouble. So eateries get away with it all the time.\nIt's not like the authorities doesn't act. Eateries do get closed once in a while from random raids by the city hall. But without the public tip off all they can do is just random raids.\nAnd then there is also the political pressure not to appear too aggressive on these raids because it disproportionately affects the more vulnerable micro business owners.\nOther than this, littering is still a big problem here. Stordrains get choked and people wonder why their house gets flooded \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f."], ["I don't think so.. probably OP is just wondering how it feels to compare a clean city with a grimy city. It's not a function of how rich the country is or which continent it's on - if you compare us to Thailand you'll know what I mean.\nGoing to a clean city is a culture shock, because you start wondering why Malaysians can't have nice things/higher standards too \ud83d\ude00."], ["This is like the 2nd or 3rd post in the past 3 days I've seen where it's (what seems to be) a tourist shaming Malaysia in a lazy text post.\nWhat the fuck is happening to reddit", "Ah boo. I\u2019m just saying we could come here and teach you, again. Like we did before.", "", "And what is that"], ["Singapore is in Southeast Asia and is nothing like what you described. Southeast Asia is not a hivemind and you're making a broad generalisation. Malaysian cities are much more cleaner than say Filipino or Vietnamese cities, and many European countries are just as filthy if not more than countries in Southeast Asia. Over the years, I've been to Paris, Berlin and Naples, and your claim of being absolutely obsessed with cleanliness is laughably inaccurate.", "Well I\u2019m not claiming everywhere in Europe is clean, but to my experience I\u2019d say specifically within food service the difference is enormous.\nLike yesterday I saw loads of people crowding around a foodstall that I just don\u2019t see how it wouldn\u2019t be shut down in mere hours if it were in Germany or Sweden. Like I\u2019m sure the food preparing surfaces were clean but the stall was grimy.\nI know Singapore is super clean, and I\u2019d venture that Malaysia is far cleaner than Thailand. But there just seems to less of concern in general with keeping things clean and tidy. My point is This juxtaposed against personal grooming and hygiene that seems to be more important here than many if not most places in the west. I just find that to be a strange disconnect and I don\u2019t quite understand it."], ["Malaysians in general aren't that clean anyway, please just be honest with yourself before you flame me. Trash is all over the streets for a reason.", "What?? You just met a wrong crowd"]]}
{"title": "How to report? Many people walk here everyday to access Lrt Awam Besar + There's a primary school nearby. Near Sultan Mamak.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p9ufj/how_to_report_many_people_walk_here_everyday_to/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "somebody finna fall lmao, there's even an umbrella\nthis is only one of the many issues the sidewalk contains including this is only one of the many issues the sidewalk contains including uneven steps as seen above and random trash littered around the ground making pedestrians needing to walk around. Another longkang in front was also broken but some dude's solution is to put a bag filled with trash to 'block'.\nhttps://preview.redd.it/lcletpltq28c1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=060b7556097c587bc946467d260596d831b2c272", "comments": [["Local muniple. If they failed to act, find who ever gotten elected there. They will be happily point at the hole with newscrew.", "", "Local ADUN pointing at holes in the road\nMalaysia style local democracy."], ["This one if a person play the phone while walking sure kena."], ["Since this is located inside KL, then you need to report to DBKL.\nUse these website to lodge your report, preferably both:\nhttps://pcb.spab.gov.my/eApps/sdmscasepool/SdmsCasePool/add.do\nIn the Agensi selection, slect Jabatan Persekutuan, then Jabatan Perdana Menteri, then Jabatan Wilayah Persekutuan, then DBKL, then Jabatan Kerja Awam.\nhttp://adukl.dbkl.gov.my/eApps/sdmscasepool/SdmsCasePool/add.do\nFor this website, just key in your complaint and details."], ["It\u2019s also pretty annoying how short the width of the sidewalk is\u2026.you would think that public sidewalks are the responsibility of JPJ considering it\u2019s right next to the public vehicle roads but no\u2026. It\u2019s actually the land/building owner\u2019s responsibility to build the sidewalks that then gets handed over to the municipality to takeover.\nIf JPJ was responsible for the building and maintenance of sidewalks like they do vehicle roads there would be a lot more standardisation atleast"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 24 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pg6bi/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Day trip from Singapore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pe3ej/day_trip_from_singapore/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I\u2019m taking a trip in May of 2024 to Vietnam and Singapore for school. I want to extend my trip at the end of my visit to Singapore and visit Malaysia. I understand it isn\u2019t ideal, but I only have one extra day and my flight is out of Singapore. I\u2019ve seen a few bus tours out of Singapore that go to Kuala Lumpur and Malacca City which look interesting. I\u2019m interested in culture, food, temples, nature, etc. I\u2019m not here to get a massage or go to an aquarium. If anyone had any suggestions, which would you recommend we visit for a single day?", "comments": [["Day trip to Malacca from Singapore? That's going to be a long day for you."], ["Unless you're already spending plenty of time in Singapore, I would consider spending the extra day there.\nIf you're sure you really do want to make the day trip to Malaysia, Malacca is fine.\nIf you can fly from Vietnam to KL and then take a few days traveling over land down to Singapore, that would be better."], ["If you\u2019re heading out from Singapore, and only for a day, I\u2019d suggest going to Johor Bahru in that case. Saves you a bit of time with the travelling.\nTry out different food (maybe two different meals + local snacks in between).\nIf you\u2019re into culture, temples, and nature, one day is probably too short for what you can see."], ["Melaka from Singapore is gonna be a hella tiring day trip, especially given the immigration queue. Give yourself 2 days min. If you\u2019re that short on time just explore JB."]]}
{"title": "I am Coming as a student to Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pe1pz/i_am_coming_as_a_student_to_malaysia/", "num_comment": 29, "flairlabel": [], "header": "The university I am going to is in Johor how are the people in that Region? Are they open minded? Should I prepare for racism and prejudice? Since I am black I have to know about the region Also what are the local areas in Johor that I need to know of", "comments": [["Be prepared for some, but usually johor isnt as crazy.\nYou wont find outright bigotry, just the occasional sus remarks or assumptions."], ["Black people are very rare even in asia. Expect couple of long stares going your way and some might get intimidated. But usually a quick smile and a nod will relieve the tension. Overall everyone means well, people don't openly talk about their feelings even if they do. You should be good. Have a nice stay, dont forget to try the food :D\nThe only times i see someone being racist is from other tourists lol.\nQuick tip, learning a few phrases in malay will make you more approachable and might even get you a discount lol.", "", "hah?"], ["there's like 5 africans in my campus (not johor) and they seem to be living peacefully. i've seen them play sports with local students on occasion. most people just keep to themselves."], ["I'm looking at your previous reply that you're studying in UTM. Good choice there.\nUTM has quite a number of foreign student. Being an African, yeah people might stare but if you give 'em a smile they would be smiling back to you.\nMingle with local Malaysians at your Uni as well, learn some passable Malay language & you're good to go!\nWelcome to Malaysia!"], ["Be sure to go with the flow of how the country is, please respect how people are and try to keep to yourself,\nIn my old University, we had an African/Black student who kept trying to pick up girls and even the teachers themselves, there was even one time where he tried this shit in the middle of a lecture, it\u2019s funny now but it was just creepy then. Then talking about how hot/sexy the students were and such, etc\nJust a small anecdote, I\u2019m not claiming that you\u2019re like that but it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry. Other than that, hope you enjoy your stay!"], ["Some might stare on u\nBut just remember, being good, should be no problem..\nThey stare because they admire you..\u2764\ufe0f"], ["I miss johor. I had my intern for 2 months there. Im from ipoh btw. At first it was so scary goinf to someplace far away from home. But the people there are so nice and open minded. Everyone is respectful of each other. Im a non bumi but find myself mingling around with bumis easily. They seem to be more racially respectful compared to my hometown here."], ["Most people are okay. You\u2019ll be fine."], ["People may call you a negro but usually there's no harms intended. It's just how people call black people here and most are clueless about the history."], ["Typical stereotypes are do not shower much (stinky), potential to commit crime and loud at night. As long as you do not emit that kind of vibe, no problem i guess. Had a lot friends from botswana and ghana during my uni days. Fun to hang around them."], ["Yeah bro uni student in johor here, nah so far me and my friends haven't seen any racist incidents involving blacks, but do be prepared for some stares. Also, for local areas I can only help if I know the name/general location of your uni as Johor is extremely large.", "I am studying in UTM", "Hello, UTMian here. I think in general most of us here don't mind what race you are. In the campus, most students are quite open minded I'd say. Don't be so nervous about prejudice, just try to have fun and be yourself then you should be fine."], ["this summer, a student is coming. To johor. (movie trailer)/s\nif you are black you will definitely experience racism, even places who wont allow you to enter for their services. This restricts where you can go.\nI had a black friend and have seen the racism first hand. Its both justified and unjustified because his people tend to get involved in organised and disorganised crime due to their culture. He was different but i could not do anything to help him since he refused to listen and went mental and messed up stuff.\nYour university wont have any problems for services but outside can be, just to let you know to be prepared."], ["Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nBan for 1 day for repeating offence."], ["There's plenty of black people in UTM. Hundreds if not a thousand.", "That's a horrible way of describing indian people bro"], ["Johor is quite a big state. Which part of Johor is your Uni situated?\nUnis are normally a melting pot of people from everywhere...be it local Malaysians or foreign students...Racism, if any, is always a personal experience...at least not widespread in a Uni context (I hope). If you're studying around the area of Johor Bahru, the residents here are quite used to foreigners, it being a big city with quite a few international universities/educational institutions as well as just an hour away from Singapore (barring the traffic jams at Causeway \ud83e\udd2d\ud83d\ude06)\nSo don't fret or worry too much...Johoreans are generally welcoming \ud83d\ude0a"], ["Malaysians are nice, none will treat you badly with no prior reason.\nUtm in johor has alot of black students so you won't be an outliner don't worry\nDm me if you need anything there", "Stranger danger"], ["There was rarely any black people here, so don't be surprised if you get some funny stares. Most of them don't mean harm. Like me, they've never actually seen a black person up close. I doubt the racism will be anything too bad in Johor, but you may encounter some. If you do, try to ignore it. Malaysia is a country of variety and most people are accepting of other races or ethnicities. Good luck!"]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 24 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pdoso/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 70, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What does it take to become a doctor?\nFor starters, you need to have a lot of patients.", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Merry Christmas everyone!"], ["Comic fiesta 2023 is a way better than 2022's in so many aspects. There's better queue management, more efficient crowd management, and the booths are spaced out so there were more space to walk around unlike last year where I had to leave early cause legit cannot breathe with so many people packed like canned sardines. This year I got to browse art booths leisurely, not die at the queue, enjoy the stages and panels, and interact with the exhibition stalls! I went out and re-entered several times with no hassle at all. Great improvement fr", "the committee is a lot more organized and seasoned now. they've been listening and learning. it also helps that they have the budget to rent an extra set of halls this year hence."], ["Hello, only today I found out from my brother, after he checked my bank statements, that I received a few times of payment of RM 20 and similar amounts from this Principal Asset Management Berhad.\nAccording to my brother, which he also does auditing for a school, he said it would only be possible for me to receive these payments if I have some investments, which I don't, so just curious the same as him, anyone can provide an answer ? Either way we'll be going to Maybank to find out tomorrow. But whilst still here, would appreciate if anyone can chip in.", "Do you have any investments on Touch n Go GO+? It's managed by Principal."], ["I've seen google and grab reviews saying that Village Park nasi lemak is too overrated. Ya lah, it's overrated, but at least give the places that you prefer. Aiyoo... You want to give criticism but don't gatekeep your sedap2 places lah.\nAside from nasi lemak bumbung, can anyone suggest me more places to try the best commercialized nasi lemak (in your opinion)?", "People can say what they want but Village Park is consistently good EVERY time I go there unlike other nasi lemak haunts. Where else can you ALWAYS get piping hot fried chicken (thigh portion) with awesome sambal and properly santan-ed nasi? And price is still damn reasonable to boot.", "Mamalee near village Part in Damansara Uptown. i have always preferred the Nasi Lemak Salted Egg here\nor Say Yes cafe in the same vicinity that is considerably delicious also. They serve nasi lemak ayam rempah and nasi lemak ayam rendang. both are good"], ["Merdeka 118. Why the fuck do we need so many shopping malls for....can't we use the resources or efforts in introducing more libraries or parks?...."], ["Cheapest ride share (Grab, Maxim etc) service in KL?"], ["Just got an early Christmas present - Covid positive! At least the symptoms are not as severe as the first time."], ["download speed test question:\nmaxis said updated my line to 100mbps, using any test meter a few times the best result i gotten is 70mbps, is that normal?", "Are you using wifi? if yes, different wifi frequency will put a cap on your speed.\nElse, contact their customer service to they'll probably fix it.", "oh good point, thanks man"], ["TIL that UOB will block Steam transactions; you have to call them and tell them it's legit before they'll unblock it.\nHaih. I understand why they did it, but still a bit annoyed.", "So did Maybank. I had to make a coupla calls as well.", "and maybank block blizzard transactions"], ["How to use rapid penang? Like the time and place of the station? Am I supposed to wait and drop off the station or I can wait and drop off anywhere?"], ["Can you guys recommend a place to eat ikan bakar at KL? Preferably somewhere that serves ulam as well.\nA bit out of the loop with Malay cuisines.", "Look up Ikan Bakar Jalan Bellamy. Favourite haunt for oldies as well."], ["\"i really wanted it to be him so bad\" followed by a series of fear and insecurities that \"i can never be good enough for him anyway\"\ni have done a lot of brave things this year and my next goal is to break this irrational fear in me and open up to people i admire\nit can be a 2024 resolution but i am starting now slowly \ud83e\udd1e", "Good luck. Mental shit are always the hardest to untangle, but the most rewarding."], ["Hi my fellow brothers and sisters can anyone confirm that I can use TNG card to pay for kl express ride from KLIA>KL Sentral , or do I have to buy online and generate QR code (RM49)"], ["Currently deciding to make my own ais kopi/ kopi bing inside thermos instead of buying it from the truck, was wondering how people make theirs? Any recommendations on what kopi to buy too that isn't too expensive?", "Drip is the easiest and almost fool-proof option for me. Can buy single-serve drip bag but not sure which brand to suggest. Got my supply from vietnam from my last trip but forgot the brand. but any robusta blend should be good"], ["i have maggi packets with expiry date 31 may 2023. any chance they're still good? lol", "Honestly I ate a lot of expired maggi before because I was unbothered to check the expiry date. It was just fine.", "Only one way to find out. But yeah I wouldn\u2019t try it lol", "confirm if it says expire date or best before date\nif best before do the visual/smell/small taste test.\nbut personally if can just buy new one la to be safe"], ["Anyone on prep here? How much does it cost per bottle I\u2019m wondering if getting it from gov clinic is worth it. There\u2019s no latest news about projek perintis prep.\nIn Malaysia do we practice prep on demand? The 2-1-1 methods?", "here is a good place to start\nhttps://mypreplocator.com/bm/\nit shows places to get prep and you can find the nearest one to get the prep prices, the process to get a prep prescription, and how to use prep correctly\nklinik kesihatan usually offers rm1? but some can offer rm90 or rm190, depending on the location", "Thanks. There\u2019s no price stated so gonna have to give them a call.\nFor KK can I go to any KK or is there specific KK? For the prep project, they said gov gives prep for free but latest news was a year ago.", "yes, you can go to any KK (unless they stated otherwise haha)\nyes you should call them. so far my experience with any clinics to get prep are very positive \ud83d\ude01", "Gotcha. Thanks man"], ["Comic fiesta macam banyak weird drama going on and I pergi pun like cannot find many of my old friends.\nMy friends on the other hand be like \"drama? First time cf ar you?\" LOL.", "Bruh you can't just say \"there's drama\" without spilling the tea \ud83d\ude0f", "Haha it's all on fb ma"], ["iphone users. any suggestion for a good workout bluetooth earphone ?\nAm using airpods 2 for daily use. but fast movements cause it to drop out of my ear. Not suitable for exercising.", "bone conduction earphone:\nbest waterproof, no worry about sweat ruining your electronics\nno ear obstruction, can hear surrounding sounds", "Really? AirPods 2 has worked fine for me in terms of working out."], ["another week, another msia shit post. yes."], ["Is it okay to carry raw pork to public transpo in KL?", "As with any meat, please make sure no smell or no liquid/blood leaking. Use big ziplock bags and multiple layers of wrapping.", "Dey, what sort of daily conundrum nyets have\nJust make sure you cover it properly so there's no smell and blood or whatever meat juice isn't leaking. Should be fine. You know those reusable bags, yeah use that. That's what I use for my weekly market trips and pack all my meat in it."], ["When I total in the specifics - for example, RM2k windshield coverage, passenger liability, extreme weather (very important!), pretty much all providers give me the same number - approximately RM2.5k\nSo I guess tomorrow, I'll sign up with Maybank. Anyone knows what the voucher looks like?", "You mean Etiqa? Don\u2019t forget to download their app, very nice UI and easy to reference your coverage."], ["Aright bros since it is the end of the year and Big Malls \u2122 are having \"\"\"sales\"\"\", I've been thinking about buying some shoes.\nI need sports shoes to replace my no-name brand shoes that I have been using since 2016. Mainly will be using these for gym and occasionally for jogging and other recreational activities.\nI'm also contemplating to buy work shoes/formal shoes. I \"work\" in hospital if that matters.\nBudget for each about RM500-600.\nAny recommendation?", "Hoka Bondis for running. Like running on clouds", "Personally I use Nike and Under Armour. Nike because their high end sneakers are the bomb and UA makes good \"trainers\". On the other hand I find Asics are bit too stiff. Once either one wears out I plan to switch to Hoka. I run long distance a lot so padding, comfort and durability are important to me.\nIf you're using one casually, just go to JD Sports/Sports Direct etc and see what shoes fancy your eyes and meets the price. RM500-600 is a big range and you can definitely get something decent.\nFor formal shoes I go for Clarks. Expensive, but I haven't bought a new work shoe for about 3-4 years (even during covid I was still going in and out of office)."], ["Is buying phone from carousell safe?\nI'm looking to buy a new (second hand) phone before going home and have seen some with VERY good prices compared to at home. Are some prices/sellers \"too good to be true\" ?\nI'm looking at Google Pixel 7 as an example, one seller with \"Like new\" condition for only RM1500 meanwhile some others are 1750, 1900 etc. Very different prices.\nThere's also a \"certified\" tab, is that better/safer? Also seems to be decent prices but these types of phone \"stalls\" kind of intimidate me as in you never know if there's problems with battery or something inside...\nOr is there a better place to buy used phone?", "I bought 2nd hand iPhone there. I\u2019m lucky the owner took care of his phone.\nJust go with market price it\u2019s better. If it\u2019s really cheap compared to other listing, there must be a catch. Physical damage, cracked screen, or sth.\nAnd only deal by meet-up only. Do thorough inspection and testing. You can find checklists online on what to look for"], ["Is it me or non home made cookies nowadays are too sweet? Are they even use sugar anymore? Cookies nowadays like chipsmore have this weird sharp overwhelming sweetness, hate it, home made cookies don't have the same kind of sweetness even when using sugar instead of honey."], ["", "Not exactly nearby but i love visiting Stickerrific/Jaya One. You might have to drive a bit for another 15 mins?", "oh stickers? what kind of- my dotter loves decorating her suitcase from our travels but wants something to represent KL.", "You could go to Churn for ice cream after that. Since parking in Damansara is generally a headache, I\u2019d suggest parking in Starling Mall and just walking to Nasi Lemak/Churn.\nAlso, if you are alright with an additiinal 5-10 mins travel,there\u2019s 1 Utama for shopping, and ss2 for durian."], ["just returned after my visit from kl. some rant but i hate how easy it is to get a vape here. every store almost has it and people are proudly using it in public.\nin kelantan, the one who sold them is tinted black so people couldn't see inside and it did work. There were a couple of stalls that specifically sold them but those are unregulated and i hope they die.\nit's not good to show this shit so open to the public. children will be curious and asked what it is.", "Glad you left. Leave Klang valley alone.", "lmao you mad? i know they probably need ic to buy one but there are so many stores selling them one will slip through for some quick extra profit.\nI've only said bad things about selling vape, which in general is a bad thing to do regardless of age. it's just the teenagers are most susceptible to bad influence with lack of control.\nother than that, Kl was absolutely a great experience. People have a very good attitude, they apologize when we bummed and tunduk bile nk lalu depan aku bile rushing. Food is expensive, but that's to be expected.\nMy previous comment about eWallet is not a critique, but just rather a culture shock East vs West Malaysia. I've never had any need to use one, and seeing so many people do use it is a very different experience.\nin conclusion, fuck you for thinking every place of yours so fucking perfect. kelantan is underfunded and pas is shit, but I don't choose what happen here."], ["My sibling had a reverse culture shock phase when they came back from abroad where they kept going \"Malaysia bad\" and \"Malay bad\", it lasted for about six years.\nRecently, they shared to me what they saw at starbucks : A Cina uncle who kept scrolling TikTok, and the content of his FYP is young beautiful tudung women \u2153 his age.\nSo I asked them what's so surprising about an old man desiring young women.\nThey said, \" ... Tapi ... Cina ... \" Which made me laugh. I hope that will shed off the last bit of their reverse culture shock and stop putting non-Malay people on a pedestal."], ["another day, another malaysia bashing post made it to the front page of /r/malaysia. this time, an entitled tourist who doesnt have basic problem solving skills, cant read signs, cannot ask others, try to navigate the tough journey of taking bus to a popular tourist state, and concludes it with \"oh my, what would i do? looks like i have to take a grab!\" \ud83d\ude44 (\"what should i do with the extra time? might as well complain on reddit!)\nand a bunch of people who most likely never took a bus ever in their life enthusiastic-ly apologize to op.", "To be fair the bus sucks, drivers are maniacs who spend the whole time playing on their phone and ETS is always booked out weeks in advance even if off-peak season. Go see Thailand or Vietnam, you can nearly always book a intercity train on the day of departure.\nA tourist is not going to be happy ending up at TBS, yet that is where most buses go with no one ever telling them otherwise.\nGomen always saying how they will fix the balik kampung traffic during holidays and once never think to add more trains taking thousands of cars off the road. If it is booked out weeks ahead, not even during holidays, then clearly there is a lot of demand.\nPeople should expect better services, even the drivers who never take the train as it benefits them the most.", "The phrase \u201con behalf of malaysians I apologise\u201d gives me the ick", "yea like wtf. who tf are you to speak on behalf of Malaysians.", "Could write a long rant on Reddit but didn't bother doing some basic research about the different races in Malaysia and in fact, even doubled down.", "yeah that op is a pompous asshole. \ud83d\ude44 got time to argue, cannot figure out simple things!", "Ya the ETS one was me last year trying to buy tickets for raya the month before lmao. I know that was stupid of me tho, not gonna advertise my stupidity even further by ranting on reddit", "Oh hate all those \"if this was X country etc\"\nCmon people Malaysia ain't perfect, we can definitely do with a lot of better things but in the meantime get used to it - or push on for change", "yeah. if you find tbs confusing and cannot even do simple tasks like going to melaka by bus... you don't deserve to go out of your country. \ud83d\ude44 it literally couldn't be any easier. for the ets one, well suck it up. its a peak season. use brain!"]]}
{"title": "I am a recent victim of hit and run from an uninsured driver. Is there a way to avoid foefeiting my NCD?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18pacbs/i_am_a_recent_victim_of_hit_and_run_from_an/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I know pretty much the consensus here is that you won't be left with much avenue if you got hit by an uninsured vehicle, but i read this comment from a fellow redditor saying that if the IO can specify that it is not my fault then i will not lose my NCD. So has anyone gone through a similiar situation like me and managed to avoid NCD forfeit?\nIt seems a bit a foolish and counter intuitive if anyone can just hit you and make you lose your NCD. The NCD was there to encourage good behavior on the road but this kind of incident makes it seems that it is much more worthy to not just buy insurance. At least if you hit people you will get only few hundred ringgits of saman. Buying an insurance would already cost you rm1000+.", "comments": [["IF you're sure you're not at fault, it's possible to not lose your NCD, provided that the incident must be proven via police report"], ["If you have the other vehicle\u2019s registration number and you are not at fault, you can file for a \u201cno fault damage claim\u201d with your insurer which should let you you retain your NCD. You\u2019ll need to file a police report and get the IO\u2019s determination of fault to support your claim/submission as part of the process.\nhttps://bjak.my/blog/no-claim-discount-ncd-drive-safely-and-save-more/", "So who pays... The other party no insurance to pay right? Our insurance would cover us without resetting the ncd?", "Yea. The article doesn't seem clear on who pays. They provided 3 different scenario and in the hit-and-run scenario, they mentioned that if we can get the plate number then we would keep our NCD. But what if we didn't managed to capture the plate number of if the car don't have insurance?"], ["Hmm, so whats the solution if they have no insurance? You can't even bring them to court to claim damages if they are at fault?", "Technically you can, but they have to pay cash moni", "i think can. but probably civil? not sure. the fella have to go court because uninsured, probably no roadtax as well. even if win most people do not have enough money to pay the damages.", "Thanks. Not sure how these things usually work out.", "Last time there was a thread on lowyat about how one guy tried to go through civil process to claim damages from an uninsured driver. I read it and it was really not worth the pursue. Too much money, time and effort lost. The guy on lowyat did it on a matter of principle.\nThis feels like a major loophole in our traffic law. Honestly shouldn't it be the government that is held responsible if we're hit by an uninsured drive? If we drive in a car without a road tax and an insurance, we will be fined if caught. So if there's an uninsured driver on the loose somewhere then clearly it means the government fails to enforce the law and we the people had to bear the consequences\nEDIT: This is the lowyat thread", "yup, it's very difficult not worth the effort.\nauthorities should impose a very high fine and jail time on this. imagine if the accident injured the driver or worse took a life.", "In an accident where you are not at fault, you have 3 options: (1) claim from own insurance (2) claim from other side\u2019s insurance, or (3) claim from the other side directly/settle.\nIf other side doesn\u2019t have insurance, then option 2 is no go. But you can still claim from your own insurance proided you submit the proper documentation. Your insurer will pay you and then settle recovery on thier own (theres a reason why insurance companies have a of panel law firms on stabdby for these matters)", "But you can still claim from your own insurance proided you submit the proper documentation. Your insurer will pay you and then settle recovery on thier own\nSo if i go this route, does this mean i will keep my NCD?", "Like I mentioned in my other comment, yes, you should still be able to keep your NCD provided (1) the accident was not your fault and (2) you can submit the relevant documents as evidence. Otherwise, every Tom, Dick and Harry will just take this route whenever there is an accident and get away scott free.", "Have you gone through this yourself or know someone who does?"]]}
{"title": "Where are all the smart and aspiring people in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p9b4p/where_are_all_the_smart_and_aspiring_people_in/", "num_comment": 196, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I feel a bit bummed out today hence this post. I'm watching \"buying groceries in first-world countries\" thinking they had it great there where everything is cheap and affordable. You can get a full meal for 10, even 5 usd including meat and dairy products and that's crazy to me. In here, everything's averaging from 13 to 25 myr for a basic meal and if you went for something a little fancier you blew a hole in your wallet.\nI know it's because of their strong currency - higher purchasing power and Malaysia mostly importing stuff and all but still, I don't know why we can't have nice things here until now. Where are all the smart ambitious people and entrepreneurs with bright ideas to help stabilize things, offer solutions, or bring something new to the table that benefits all?\nIt seems to me like most people who worked so hard, do so only to get out of their current state or those who made it at the end don't bother to look back and realize where they are coming from. Or maybe they stopped trying, realizing it's not worth it in the end. And I'm not talking about helping by charity or donation. I've always hated that idea anyway because that's not a real solution.\nMy belief has always been if you are in some way educated then you have this hidden/underlying responsibility to make things right for everyone around you since you are at least one step closer than a starving child or a homeless person. And those rules would apply to the next person with a bigger position hence bigger responsibility. I'm sorry if this is cringe or if I blew this out of proportion, just wanted to say my two cents before going to sleep.\nEdit: I'm sorry if you came across this post during your festive time. Please don't take this seriously and enjoy your holiday. Merry Christmas", "comments": [["Worked so hard the whole lifetime to change the country for 1% better, the politicians easily make it 200% worse in one day.", "True, you can invent something very good and new and can be the next big thing.\nThen all it takes is for some VVIP demand you to give them a share of your company or else cannot get lesen.", "Yep, still to this day.", "\ud83d\udcad Every Malaysian works toward a common goal to move the country forward... but in fact not everyone will be treated the same \ud83e\udd14", "Like how the top brains in finance and economics, through generations of leadership, managed KWSP to help the people of Malaysia to have saved billions for retirement, then some ass politicians decided to smash the piggy bank just for the \u201cstability\u201d of their back door government.", "yea \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "Be a politician then,problem solved.", "Yeah right\u2026 except smart people usually aren\u2019t the most popular ones, and popular dudes are generally dumb. Democracy somehow shoves all of us down the drain.", "I always wonder about that why \"smart\" people can't be popular when they are \"smart\" but \"dumb\" people can be popular because they are \"dumb\" or they actually aren't as \"smart\" or as \" dumb\" that we think they are.", "Truth hurts: there are more dumb people than smart people in this world. Smart people aren\u2019t exactly the best at persuading people, and dumb ones get a head start because they already have their opinions aligned with the majority.", "I don't think it's about being smart or dumb. Politicians are way smarter than you think they are, I think it's just a classic case of being unkind and vindictive, which is in large supply in Malaysia", "I think it's just a classic case of being unkind and vindictive, which is in large supply in Malaysia\nIt just humanity got nothing to do with nation or not.", "What truth,the truth that being smart mean nothing if you don't use that \"smart\" to change or benefit society in anyway. You might as well be \"dumb\" if you \"smart\" amount to nothing at all.", "So if I\u2019m smart I owe it to the society? That sounds suspiciously communist hmmmm", "You can always live alone in the middle of nowhere and do everything by yourself. If you are \"smart\" that is. If you aren't then contribute to said society like everyone else.", "At least smart enough to know that contribution is a matter of personal choice.", "Until it isn't,life will have it due. Human don't live in a vacuum."], ["Don\u2019t try to find them, be them yourself", "That's my belief as stated. But living in my 20's right now, just cant help but wondering the current state", "They are everywhere we just don\u2019t notice them as we all live in our own bubbles.\nI personally know a ton of scientist who long list of international awards who are Malaysian or reside in Malaysia.\nPeople don\u2019t realise it but they are ton of great people in the country.", "Yeah the requirement for them to be acknowledged is Asian level of expectation.\nMana baik if They only do good and thriving in Malaysia? If they want to be acknowledged they need to become famous in Japan/USA/United Kingdom or any better country.\nOh and when they become famous there, they already not Malaysian.", "Going to shine in. They wouldn\u2019t be recognise either.\nSpeaking from personal experience of a relative. Most scientists in general for example are not recognised media wise in the western world even if they were given among the highest of awards.\nIt\u2019s a myth usually portrayed that they will be or they won\u2019t be. You can also look up why there has been people wondering why scientists aren\u2019t as recognised anymore as they were in the past.\nAnyway \u201cbetter country\u201d is far fetched. We all do good in different ways, similar with bad.\nWe also need to take into account the global north and south issue and how marketing and colonialism for the most part has enabled generational development gaps etc.", "Yeah better country was being put into context of what Malaysian redditor tend to think.\nJust our country is really progressing at a fast pace and also not slow either. Tho we just always get put and compared to country like Japan, Australia, Singapore and Canada.\nAnd correction abit, the famous would be for celebrities/Entrepreneurs, not really scientists my bad (tho that deviate from the \"smart\" we talked about).", "Oh within that context I agree :)", "Unpopular opinion: you haven't live long enough, and haven't travel far enough to understand why they (those people who came from Malaysia but chose not to come back) do what they choose to do.\nPerhaps, they also once have a wishful thinking like you, but sometimes along the way, something happens, change their way of thinking, and here we are now, who know?\nTldr: there's a reason brain drain exist. And this is probably one of them."], ["It would be a perfect system if we are living in a perfect world. The truth is, not all think for everyone else.\nThere\u2019s no incentives in helping the nation. Where it\u2019s plagued by race privileges, corruption, politics that just turn off any thoughts about helping the poor. There will be a group that taking your idea seriously and it\u2019s in action, but they are not being noticed because it\u2019s ridiculously fucked."], ["Unfortunately many of the smart Malaysians are seen as a threat instead of a benefit to the country. Hence their departure from Malaysia is seen as a good thing.", "Wow, this really sums it up. The nons are seen as a threat - really it's that simple.", "Woah the smart, liberal, nonreligious Malays are also seen as a threat,bro , not just the nons", "That's true, but they're tolerated.", "Athiest malays who want the right to religious freedom and a secular education would be tolerated?", "\u261d\ufe0f", "Lol only non or non religious malay are smart everyone else isnt what a load of bs.", "Nobody said anything about being smart but I can understand why you would make that correlation.", "Yeah,yeah nobody said anything about anything they just hide behind it.", "Tbh you have a point. There is no monopoly on intelligence .", "Isn\u2019t it the opposite? The government wants to avoid brain drain so that\u2019s why they have things like returning expert programs.", "Returning expert programme is to reverse the brain drain, not avoid. Brain drain has been happening for years if not decades.\nPlus, what about job prospects? Malaysian employers don\u2019t respond well to globalization. They don\u2019t want to pay the salaries of skilled workers. Our wages have stagnated for a decade now.", "My point being that brain drain is not something the government actively wants happening.", "it's just lip service"], ["Probably left. Why bother study/work so hard just to not get appreciated or appropriate rewards? Does not matter the person's background.", "Almost me. I do wanna return to Malaysia one day but before that, it's still unbelievable how low our salaries are. I really do hope I can somehow 'fix' some aspects of Malaysia. Wishful thinking? Yeah but who knows.", "Probably because too many employees are just taking the piss. I don't know about the offices but the locals in the malls and other public places are on their phones way too often and the service they offer was often not good.\nCompanies need to balance the cost and outcome.", "I once waited for a cashier to finish her convo with a friend using whatsapp voice chat. It's not a \"eh i gotta get back to work.. bye bye\" message. It was one where they joked back and forth a few times before she finally finished scanning my item (yes item) and processed my payment", "Where are you at now, and what are you doing?", "In the UK rn, studying for a CompSci degree.\nThings are not pretty and awesome as you would've thought here these days (getting worse every day) but it's definitely a better place compared to Malaysia.\nI love the new perspectives that I got around here and there's a lot we can learn and emulate. Not all 'west' is bad.", "Oh this question was not for me. Edited."], ["Where are they? Buried by conglomerates, politicians and gangsters... Or they became one of them", "\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["I don't mind coming home to build the country. I just don't want to be treated like a second class citizen because of my ethnicity.\nVery hard to stomach a pay cut and be treated unequally. You really have to be self less and see it as the core part of who you are", "One of my family members is bumi and even he wouldn't come back. No point doing so if he's forced into a belief he doesn't sincerely agree with, and the state won't recognise his marriage with his wife simply due to religion.\nMany people here want to protect the \"purity\" of a religion, or race, but they will have to accept that doing so will drive away very academically accomplished Malaysians who are forced to find life elsewhere."], ["People need to remain dumb to be easier to control, all of us.", "Act dumb , be smart"], ["Buku bertemu ruas. All those smart ambitious people you\u2019re talking about, at some point they will have to rub shoulders with the powerful and corrupt to get ahead. You\u2019d be surprised at how barebones the Malaysian market really is, and basic needs (infra, eggs, chicken feed, rice, sugar) are controlled by the elite few. It\u2019s a fine tuned equilibrium that has to protect itself from new entrants at all costs.\nRent seekers will always try to stick their fingers in every pie somehow. If you\u2019re non Bumi, sooner or later they will force you to sell your shares to someone who didn\u2019t put a single effort into building your business.\nNevermind that starting your own business is actually really, really hard. Those who actually want to contribute to society? Doing honest work? They can be doing it for 5-10 years without any sign of success. Even if they do succeed, some big corporation is surely gonna scoop them up (acquisition) and turn their business to shit.", "This, and they wonder why Malaysian economy stagnates for the common people despite the gdp growing", "\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udcaf", "How do they force non bumi to sell shares of their company?", "Recent example https://www.mof.gov.my/portal/en/news/press-citations/freight-forwarders-given-till-december-2022-to-meet-bumiputera-equity-requirement-tengku-zafrul", "At least the company is getting free advertisement. They want bumi to be majority, but does bumi have any money to invest..."], ["We do have the smart and aspiring people, it just they can't promote themselves because of \"kena kecam\" and stupidity get the most views than smart and intelligent point of views.", "Also, not all of them care to be in the spotlight. Some just do their thing day in and day out without the need for external validation.", "Facts. Preach brother.\nOne thing for sure, they definitely don't spend their time asking strangers for solutions on Reddit, lmao."], ["I don't want to invoke common bugbears like \"the government\" or \"corruption\" because those factors are too easy to blame and all conversation gets shut down afterwards.\nRather, here's what I think are two structural factors that make Malaysia really really fucked.\n1. The Malaysian market is too small and too fragmented\nThere are about 33.6 million of us - not many amongst nations. Being a multicultural country, we have really really different tastes, which means it's difficult for any person/company to cater to all Malaysians.\nSiti Nurhaliza had little penetration with Malaysians of Chinese descent. Meanwhile, most Malaysians of Malay or Indian descent would probably have trouble recalling the work of two or three Malaysian Chinese singers.\nOur food tastes might overlap a little, but there are still significant differences between the tastes of the various communities. The Chinese have a less sweet palate than the Malays and Indians. Meanwhile, a lot of Chinese food is off limits to the Malay segment due to religious sensibilities.\nDue to the small and fragmented market, any company who wants to grow to a sizable scale must think of exporting from day one. And that's very hard to do because it means competing with indigenous companies elsewhere who have a much better knowledge of local conditions than you do.\nUnlike Facebook/Google/Netflix (to name a few), which had the massive US market to incubate them before bringing their businesses globally, Malaysian companies do not have it so easy.\n2. Malaysians are poor\nYes, luxury malls like Pavilion and TRX are packed for the holiday right now, but don't let that fool you.\nBy and large, Malaysians are really, really poor.\nSure, I'm not talking \"poor\" in the sense of \"no access to food\". I'm talking poor in the sense that 97% of us cannot afford to retire.\nLook deeper at the retail market and you'll realise that a lot of companies are struggling.\nEven Daiso, who pioneered the \"RM5 per item\" business, is struggling now because of Eco-Shop's \"RM2.40 per item\" business model.\nMercato, B.I.G., and The Food Merchant have either exited the market or are slowing. Value brands like TF Value Mart and NSK are growing in their place.\nAnd what I see in the broader market is reflected in my own extended family.\nI don't know a single older person in my family who can say, \"I'm comfortable with my finances. At this final stage of my life, let me focus on my hobbies and think about the legacy I will leave for my children.\"\nNo, every single person is worried about whether they have enough to last them till the day they die.\nIn fact, when my dad was in his deathbed, he was worried not about his cancer but whether undergoing treatment meant there would be not enough left money for his widow to survive.\nTo sum up, how are these favourable conditions for creativity and entrepreneurship to thrive?\nMost of us, including much of the T20, are too occupied with basic questions of survival to even think about \"growth\".", "we have really different tastes\nThis. Many Malaysians don't know that they are living in their bubbles- and some of them are diametrically opposite of each other.\n-There are Malaysians who think that this is a mini-China/Indiabut with a Malay majority who leave them to their devices.\n-There are Malaysians who think this is an Malay Muslim Islamic state.\n-Then there are Malaysians who think we are a mini Singapore/UK/Australia.\nNotice I didn't put any race elements in there. We are all in our bubbles and sometimes we can be ignorant about it.\nThe sad truth that we a not a nation, but a country with a few nations living in it. The Malay Muslim \"fear\" & Islamisation are just reactions from a community due to this because they were oppressed, sometimes by their own people, and while we can laugh at it, the fear is valid, which politicians have weaponised very effectively.", "Then there are Malaysians who think we are a mini Singapore/UK/Australia.\nI live in Australia. How do these people come to such nonsensical conclusions?", "I'm in NZ. Which part of Australia are you from?\nI was talking about the Bangsar Bubble. They're mostly in Bangsar, Damansara, Mont Kiara/Hartamas, PJ, Subang and a few more pockets here and there in the Klang Valley, usually English speaking. These people think that the entire Malaysia is like them, and that if Malaysia \"follow Singapore's policies\" (that's what a friend said in FB) Malaysia would be great. Cannot facepalm more than that.", "Which part of Australia are you from?\nPerth", "The smartest answer here. Small population, fragmented population, young nation. these are your reasons. Also, there ARE a lot of smart and aspiring people in Malaysia, how else do you see so many luxury cars around, people lining up in front of luxury stores. It's just that the smart and aspiring people don't fit your mold of thinking so you are blind to them. Also, they would be too busy grabbing all the loot to waste time being some public figure or role model, nothing much to say because the way the country economy works is very grey, so nobody is going to speak about it. Just earn your loot and let all the unfortunate ones vent their frustrations with conspiracy theories, false sense of supremacy, holier than thou to distract from their own garbage state of life.", "I very much agree. Our currency is too weak for our current malaysia. It doesnt help that our gov is busy keeping it weak.", "Trying to add points to @uml20,\nWe have less cyclic economic policy. Produce -> manufacturing -> service -> knowledge -> produce again -> continue. We have abandoned food production for a long time so we have less cheaper raw materials. Everything estate is sawit, sawit, sawit. Not much chicken, beef, and pork. And mining only create values from petroleum. I cannot recall any high value products we make from gold, tin, and steel.\nPower dynamics of Malaysian work relationships. We have strong power dynamics which making innovation at work and economy harder. Boss is always right, subordinates always wrong. I know some of you and some my peers had good and open-to-ideas bosses, but me, not lucky. And I've worked with bosses who hire people dumber than him/her so he/she don't need to retrain subordinate to be stupid.", "Easily most best answer here"], ["Busy saving themselves"], ["Therein lies the weakness of a parliamentary democratic system I think. While having an equal representation based on geographic constituencies have its pros, it also inadvertently causes policies to be skewed towards that with the majority of seats, even if the majority of the population may not be there.\nIn the case of Malaysia, that \"majority\" happens to be the more conservative bloc. Another interesting feature is that they also tend to not be wealthy or B40 constituencies. Therefore politicians would be more inclined towards drawing up policies that pander to these two groups. I'm pretty sure a sizable population in Malaysia are smart, aspiring, perhaps even cosmopolitan and worldly people. But they are also often concentrated and packed into cities, which are usually represented by one or two seats. It doesn't make economic sense to win the hearts of 2-3 million city folk in a couple seats if several seats in the middle of nowhere with 5,000 people can be won with far less effort.\nSo when you have policies that favour the conservative (often running counter with a desire for change) and poor (alienating middle class - city folk), it tends to drive these smart and aspiring people to look for greener pastures elsewhere. And for those that stayed, they won't have even have that representation they will need to enact change."], ["There are many reasons to the low currency. First, we can blame gov't for many things. Singapore used to be a poor country when they left Malaysia, yet their country has became so much developed economy that their currency value is 3 times more than Malaysia. They have less land, less natural resources, yet the living standard is so much higher. If the country wasn't putting religion first, wasn't governed by corrupted politician, then the country will go the other way.\nsecond reason, which is the direct answer to your question. Why cost of living so expensive? This is a tough fact. Malaysia is not competitive in economic production. Look at agricultural production for example, farmers can't even produce large volumes of food at low cost, and cannot achieve economic of scale, because they said \"fertilizer are too expensive\" as they are imported. Small-scale farmers could not achieve economic of scale. Without economic of scale, they can't compete with lower priced imported goods. What have the government done to increase economic of scale and competitiveness? They provide \"subsidies\" and set market prices. What concrete steps have they done that actually produce long term impact and real results to the farmers?\nMany years ago, I saw this TV interview about a kid, 15 years old at that time, still in school. But he was very rich and successful, because of his \"part time job\". In US, there are a lot of cow breeder, and this kid simply go and collect all the cow shit. Then he sell these shit as fertilizer to farmers. That's it. How expensive is cow shit? he can probably get them for free when he provide such clean up services. But fertilizing soil has a price. Why can't we have enough fertilizer at low price when there are so many chicken and cow farms? Why this country are so non-competitive, I really don't understand why they are so mediocre.\nLet me ask you this. If this country couldn't produce the most basic needs of goods at low, competitive price. What type of economy is this? What economic strength does Malaysia have? If economic strength of Malaysia is cheaper manufacturing labour, are they cheaper than India? China? Vietnam? etc competing countries?\nI try not to be a downer, but honestly, I don't see any bright future with Malaysia. There are smart and aspiring people, but they are suppressed in this country because of race, language, and religion. yeah, we can say there are examples of successful people who came from different race, speak languages, and different religion. But really, compare to countries who have higher degree of freedom, people would be able to succeed and achieve more."], ["Ex Malaysian here. Graduated from top 10 uni worldwide, over 10 years work exp in south neighbour.\nWhat you are lamenting is called brain drain.\nOver the 10 years I've went through several key moments where I considered returning to help build the nation. Mahathir winning the GE was a pivotal moment but the writing was on the wall.\nAs many have mentioned here, the key reasons:\nA racially biased government - Affirmative action policies that have been in place favoring majority race across all aspects (education, business, housing) means other races are always, always second class citizens. Raykat treat each other well socially in urban areas but ruling party up till last few years have always played race card to incite and divide fellow Malaysians. this leads me to:\nReligious opiate for the masses - Religion is the catch all solution for any debate, policy, drama, decision made in country. To be fair, nobody can truly escape religion as it's a human condition (look at USA bible belt, and the current world conflicts, Malaysia is not the first). But religion being so easily weaponized makes it hard to push for and provide any real change. Concerts? Haram. Movies? Haram. Hang Tuah chinese?? remove from all textbooks. Anything reflective of religion? Haram and Jihad. I grew up in the era where kampung kids would openly yell \"balik Cina! balik India!\" as they cycled by me. daily. Normally, proper education and critical thinking imparted to society can combat and remedy these. Which brings me to-\nHostility towards logical thinking and education - look at how previous governments used to release press statements and tell me that the government is logical. Science syllabus was changed to english (good) then back to melayu because its nationalism. How to understand and publish papers when entire global international community functions in english and mandarin primarily? Teachers are one of lowest paid jobs and thankless, and many teachers nowadays come from middle to last class former-students. Who then impart their thinking and values to the next gen. which brings me to-\nEntitlement - this is a direct result of poor education. The current generation gets most of their news from state controlled tv or social media. in social media, everyone lingers in their own online bubble/echo chamber and all their beliefs are reinforced in their mind. Thus, radical thinking becomes more radical, resulting in \"because i am born, i have birthrights\". All races suffer from this.\nBecause of 1, 2, 3, and 4, I find myself asking:\nWhat needs to change in order for me to come back and flourish? economic and health, livelihood and opportunities?\nWhen I have a family, how will the situation be for them growing up? what prospects will they have?\nWill the country be geared towards long term success?\nUnfortunately, the answer for me was no. Current gov is making all the right steps but runs risk of religion reverting things back in next GE. not to mention it will take a long time before things get better."], ["Smart ones are leaving. We have a brain drain issue in Malaysia", "Brain drain is overstated. We actually suffer from an overeducated population with low job availability for the most part compared to brain drain.\n~> I personally contribute to the \u201cbrain drain\u201d by working in a green tech company overseas. Simply because we don\u2019t have jobs for the industry I am in.", "Same thing happened to my colleague's brother. A recipient of government scholarship to further study in western country. After complete studying, started to work in that country. Want to comeback to Malaysia but as you mentioned, there are no jobs for the industry he was currently in.", "Aye, it\u2019s more common than people realised. Frankly it\u2019s due to us having policy failures for the past decade.\nI feel the past 2-3 terms of governance failed to build up key industries due to internal political issues. I do wish they could have focused much more on that to help resolve the brain drain issue in general.", "Uncompetitive salary is one of the major reasons for brain drain.\nCanada suffers the same brain drain to USA because USA pays more for tech/medical/finance. Same like Malaysians going to Singapore.", "It is a factor tho I wouldn\u2019t say the largest.\nSome industries are way more pay competitive in Malaysia vs Singapore.\nIt comes down to industry.\nSingapore has also has been suffering from a huge brain drain to NA & Oceania.\nIt\u2019s also about long term pay increment for some and short term pay increment for others.", "This. I'm tired of the brain drain argument when even our neighbours Singapore are facing brain drain. Most Malaysians wouldn't mind coming back and work, but there is no high skilled jobs for them and the pay is incomparable to their skill set.", "Pretty much. Also Malaysia does take in immigrants to also fulfil our job demand.\nIt\u2019s just the cycle of opportunity, job availability and pay per performance.", "I don\u2019t think you can call our mediocre, quota filling graduates as educated.", "Sadly that actually goes against the data and the many Malaysians who are actually talented because of your preconceived bias.\nEg: we rank among the highest in economic complexity and skilled workers.\nCan the education system be improved? 100% but to say it\u2019s creating subpar graduates is a lie.\nPersonal experience: did my bachelors in Malaysia. got a scholarship to go to one of top 50 unis in the world for my master (overseas).\nGraduated with high grades and work in an industry where my skill are heavily in demand.\nIf I was subpar I wouldn\u2019t have made to where I was.\nI frankly believe they are smarter Malaysians out there.", "I think he means by subpar as in those ipta grads who got into them the first place by the bumi quota system. Its happening whether ppl wanna admit it or not. Just the other day another patient in gov hospital died of a heart attack which was misdiagnosed as heartburn. Literally a simple proper history taking couldve prevented it. Subpar graduates from ipta and ipts. Due to this goddamned social contract bullshit. Ipta pushes talented nons to ipts. Ipts wants money so they lower standards and let delusional non capable students in.\nSource:currently med student in my final years. Ive seen it all around malaysia. Y5 students who dont even know how to take a comprehensive history of a patient. I can only speak on this part but not the other industries like engineering etc.", "I think affirmative action and parts of the social contract is important and I agree with you about the subpar graduates (some field etc)and the issues with hospitals in Malaysia to an extent.\nThey are good and bad doctors, frankly it\u2019s quite terrible how we have let our medical quality drop overall.\nThanks for the input btw, I appreciate the conversation at hand.", "No worries mate. Its good to have civil discussions. Another thing for you to think about which not many people know off. Theres even discrimination in the higher leagues. To become a surgeon you need to take a masters pathway. Theres pathways in UITM which only allow muslims to take it. Disgusting criteria if you ask me. Why base healthcare with race. So idiotic. Another thing is that those non capable students im talking about are mara scholars. All they need to do is pass and get allowance and pay 10% of fees. Utter bullshit. Its not even based on merit. Too easy to get MARA nowadays. Speaking from experience those mara students in priv unis are the ones who are mediocre or worse than shit. They have the idc as long as i pass attitude and just go thru it without a sense of integrity to the sacred and noble job of being a doctor. Its fucking sad to see ukwim? Another type are those non bumis who are so shit in work ethic capability but their parents force them in or they want to go in due to \u201cglamour\u201d as they meet the minimum 5B spm requirement to enter med and be called a \u201cfuture doctor\u201d. Nowadays medicine is truly in a shit place. Yes we have undersupply of doctors and lack of funding from the government woth the contract issues etc. but i do not want these people to enter service as they may end up costing lives. Id rather we be undersupplied but with good staff.", "I do agree with affirmation action for all groups (will obviously have variance) while I am not aware of the UITM pathways (I assume they are certain education path only Muslims can take eg: Islamic judge etc), however as we are talking about healthcare only specific niches that may involve religion is: Mental Health, Policy making, and Islamic medical sciences (this is a basically your regular medical field with ethics involving Islamic scripture - eg: does Islam allow the development of failed fetuses for science experiments)\nHowever I don\u2019t disagree with you that it might have happened and I agree with you it is bad if it happened.\nThey are niches where healthcare does require race. There is an interesting topic of \u201cwhiteness\u201d and medicine as most of medicine are developed for white people and our health sciences as well leading to medicines that are efficient for other groups or heal the recommendations harmful to other groups (eg: milk consumption)\nI think diversifying the field (while unlikely to be equal) but to an acceptable proportional level for medical advancement would be great. Sadly I do think remnants of colonial inequality and more over the topic Malay nationalism has both hampered any progress for the poor and middle class bumi to progress as without affirmative action they will not realistically be able to advance and with over the top affirmative action we will alienate other groups.\nTho bumi as a whole is such a huge and diverse term with genetics groups and cultural distinguishable into over 100 ethnic indigenous groups in Malaysia alone makes it a daunting task to figure out the right solution for many aspects.\nI hope Malaysia in the future can address all ethnic issues and social issues at least on the economic front to help make a fairer society for all.\nI do believe it will need to come with a formal acceptance of our colonial past, specific adjustments to provide correct justice etc.\nPeople forget different bumis have had it far worst than others and lack behind as a result.", "Of course in certain niche areas like islamic judge or counsellors in hospitals you do need islamic people or people from their own respective religions to counsel their own maybe regarding a healthcare decision and religion conflict. For example some religions in christianity cant receive blood transfusions etc. but in terms of objective skill such as surgery where anyone regardless of race can do well its supposed to be based on meritocracy. The only reason the malays dont do well nowadays is due to them always depending on handouts from the government, complacent mindset and just overall laziness. Thats how i view the medical field now. And in terms of education, they will always say they want to move forward but retain the damned social contract there. I feel if they reallllyy want to help poor people like they mentioned (anwar) he shld make it quota for b40s. Otherwise the rich bumis get richer and the poor nons get poorer. Anyways thats my 2 cents and i doubt ill be alive by the time they change even if they decide to change. Its just sad to see it this way. Even the usa gives equal opportunities to blacks in the medical field. Politics is wouldnt say equal but sure as hell better than us here", "Ps want to apologise for terrible grammar above time zones are killing me with when I reply (not living Malaysia currently, I\u2019ll fix it when I have the time to do so).\nI fully agree with you about the specialised roles and non-specialised roles\nAlso I do agree with to an extent about the rest. Tho I feel the handout part is a myth in some aspect, I feel it\u2019s a generalisation without really observing how our data has shown the community overall has been uplifted due to programs related to it.\nI believe bumi should receive affirmative action as compensation for the tolls put on them which led to generational problem however that should move towards a transition of universal care regardless of religion or race.\nI feel the only real ways Bumi will accept a change like that is by having a Muslim Bumi assert the Islamic creed of equality in the biases of the constitution of Medina and Equality set fourth in Islamic belief while also assuring the cultural, Islamic and brief compensation period moving forward will be affirmed.\nMalaysia will also need to probably go into a process seen with many countries of \u201cMalaysianisation\u201d in which Bumi Culture is now integrated into all Malaysians to an extent (even Malays should integrate with orang asal etc) and for Malaysia to begin promoting other ethnic cultures as well in its own unique form.\nUnironically this is how most golden ages come about."], ["Where are all the smart ambitious people and entrepreneurs with bright ideas to help stabilize things, offer solutions, or bring something new to the table that benefits all?\nOnly the government can fix this\nMy belief has always been if you are in some way educated then you have this hidden/underlying responsibility to make things right for everyone around you since you are at least one step closer than a starving child or a homeless person.\nThe unfortunate truth is, the average Malaysian cannot be trusted to pick competent politicians. They are not able to think long term. So what are the minority \"ambitious\" people supposed to do?\nI'm sorry if this is cringe or if I blew this out of proportion, just wanted to say my two cents before going to sleep.\nYes it is very cringe and you are blowing this out of proportion. Focus on yourself and increasing your earning potential.", "You don't think the whole \"focus on yourself\" is one of the main reasons why the majority of voters and workers of this country are so fucking selfish they can't vote for the future or think of a way where workers are actually paid according to our worth.? I hope this doesn't sound too condescending but I'm a 24 year old soon to be 25 I've seen people my age who work hard getting fuck over regardless and completely okay with it because they thought 'well At least malay people are incharge' or 'if i just work hard maybe I'll get promoted even though i worked here ever since i was 18 years old'. We keep saying 'humans are social creatures' i think this quote also applies to our economy and survival but since individualism pretty much rot the people of this country so much they think giving up 30 years of your life just to buy a house is normal.", "You don't think the whole \"focus on yourself\" is one of the main reasons why the majority of voters and workers of this country are so fucking selfish they can't vote for the future or think of a way where workers are actually paid according to our worth?\nThere is a difference between \"focus on yourself\" and being selfish. Raise yourself up, not weigh others or the whole community down. One can improve himself and earn that T20 salary without being a shit person. Think about what is fair to everyone and not just yourself. Have empathy to understand how you'd feel like in another person's position. Then you'll always make the right move. Even on a smaller social level, pay your taxes, don't litter, don't double park, etc.\nI've seen people my age who work hard getting fuck over regardless and completely okay with it because they thought 'well At least malay people are incharge' or 'if i just work hard maybe I'll get promoted even though i worked here ever since i was 18 years old'.\nThat is just called being a pushover. One should know their worth. If they are confident in their performance, then why are they subjecting themselves to that kind of situation. They need to take control of their life. Not saying it is easy, but if not them, who else?\nWe keep saying 'humans are social creatures' i think this quote also applies to our economy and survival but since individualism pretty much rot the people of this country so much they think giving up 30 years of your life just to buy a house is normal.\nThis is normal pretty much everywhere. Majority of T20s need to take a 30 year loan. The only people that don't are probably within the T5 to T1 range. Not everyone comes from money. Why would you think otherwise?"], ["Lmao no way an adult who's ever experienced an honest days work wrote this"], ["Well, we certainly aren't spending most of our time on Reddit wondering where all the Cool Smart Aspiring Malaysians are, because we are already doing Cool Smart Aspiring Malaysian Things with Other Cool Smart Aspiring Malaysians.\nMaybe start by not waiting around wondering where we are ( many of us are too busy to self - advertise ) and, and instead, thinking of how you can be the change you want to see, yourself, in your own way?\nLike attracts like."], ["How can you help people that didnt even want to help themselves ?\nI know were not talking about charity or donation . But be real , even if there\u2019s better policy or way of doing stuff out there , people will always find excuses for it.\nI used to visit a town with a fishing village around it , you know how government give out subsidies and all kind of help to fishermen etc.\nStumble upon bunch of them that complain how they always live in poverty and got no help blablabla. But when I told them about all the subsidies they just says ; \u201crenyah , leceh nak apply , kena ada lesen ..\u201d the list just goes on and on. But they still got time to lepak at kedai kopi and talk about politic all day.\nThere just some people that didnt wanted to be help."], ["Yes, this is a cringe thread. I will try to keep my annoyance, eye-rolling and general exasperation to a minimum.\nNow, I have no idea where you can buy \"meat and dairy products\" for USD10. Go to /r/unitedkingdom or /r/canada and read about how food bank usage is reaching an all-time high. Maybe it's cheaper in the US (after all, California alone produces metric fucktons of food), but they have their own problems. Try getting an ambulance to a hospital there, for example, and see where your \"USD10\" gets you.\nMoving on: are there any smart and aspiring people in Malaysia? Of course. Unless if you want to imply we're all dumb?\n\"But where are they?\", cries the Debbie Downers in this sub. I dunno, where were you looking at?\nIf you're expecting a bevy of Nobel laureates and Fields Medal winners, then yes, you're not going to find much of them I'm afraid. But that doesn't mean we don't have an educated populace. Your ordinary researchers working at the various institutions, private and public - aren't they smart? Your entrepreneurs running various small and medium enterprises - are they not aspiring?\nWe are not a perfect country, by any stretch of imagination. We have social, economic, military, etc. problems that need to be solved. But why would you think we're struck in some kind of stasis where nothing ever improves? When I was a teen, everyone have to use cash, taxis require bargaining to prevent extortionate rates, and election results usually boils down to \"how big is BN's supermajority?\"\nBut what do I know, OP. Maybe unlike you, I'm just a dum dum with an inordinate amount of optimism and/or crankiness. Clearly you're too good for this country \ud83d\ude44\nI said I'll keep eye-rolling to a minimum, not \"won't use it at all\"", "Also just to give another perspective. In Canada, most people are heavily taxed for their income. Someone who makes 6 figure income (100k) is just making about around 4000-5000 per month and most Canadians don't even make that amount. I realized over yesterday when I told my friend who works in Malaysia that my take home per month after tax is just 4k (Statistically I make more money than at least 50% of Canadians) and she thinks that's too low because she makes close to 5-6k per month. My sister makes close to 8k in KL as an accountant.\nSalaries in Malaysia look overinflated compared to Canada. Of course, it's then reflected in cost of living in both countries. Except I find Canada to be more unlivable than Malaysia in terms of cost of living.", "+1 to taxes. At some point you'll get taxed 60% in UK (though more closer to 46% after that range)", "Exactly, the more i read, the cringier it becomes.\nWhat is OP eating with ranging to 25 to a basic meal? Does basic meal now means dinner plate in KFC, or nasi lemak with fried chicken whole leg + fancy juice?\nAnd it also seems there's a greener on the other side perception. Maybe it is, but every country has it's own sh*t, it's just whether you are ok with it's shortcomings or not. If we're comparing to the big brothers, we would lose out in a number of aspects, but if we look within, we've actually came a long way, and we're actually not that bad at all.\nOP, if next time you feel the supremacy of other countries, i recommend you watch some yt on foreigner's view of malaysia, from westerners or our closer asian neighbours, it will have you see Malaysia from different eyes. It's not all about the money/currency.", "Well said. I am a Malaysian living and working in Australia and the cost of living here is insanely ridiculous compared to Malaysia, and the taxes are high too. Someone else here mentioned about learning about the perspectives of foreigners who are living in Malaysia. I think every Redditer here should do that. Then you will realise that Malaysia overall is not a bad country compared to USA etc ( Most foreigners in Malaysia that I know of love Malaysia because of the kind locals, lower cost of living and medical cost and a decent living standard) And these foreigners are from USA, Europe, Australia, Japan and Korea.", "Yeah. OP has very little life experience and exposure to make such sweeping generalisations, but already so pessimistic at such a young age. This does bode well for OP, but at least OP is seeking out information to rectify and fix the mindset.\nI support you, OP.", "for prices of item, you can get 2L of milk for \u00a31.90 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/253737115\n1kg of chicken thigh for \u00a32.29 https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/birchwood-british-chicken-thighs/p5202289\nrice is about \u00a32/kg\ngenerally, basic food prices isn't that high (might even be cheaper if we consider meal/hour)", "I have no idea where you can buy \"meat and dairy products\" for USD10\nAustralia:\n1kg leg of lamb RM 24\n1kg of cheese RM 30\nBoneless Pork per kg RM 24\nBeef per kg RM 42\nAmerica is cheaper for meats from what I understand also.", "I think felinomancy is not just talking about meat or dairy. He/she just use them as example. OP stated that a full meal which includes meat and dairy is between USD 5 to 10.", "Me reading this eating my USD4.50 chicken rice in SG"], ["Complaining in Reddit"], ["They live under the rader. No choice, u gotta ask."], ["Just an FYI, the whole \u201cfull meal for 10, even 5 usd\u201d is not really accurate. The US is big, if you live anywhere that is city-ish, you can\u2019t get those prices (source: I\u2019m a US permanent resident who has lived in different states, and still have ties in Malaysia to come back often-ish). I haven\u2019t seen a \u201cfull meal for USD 5, even cheap McDonald\u2019s cost more. Malaysia actually has better value of food for the money, even if it is priced much higher now. The thing is, Malaysians have been paying such low prices for food for a long time, that when the prices corrected itself to pay food vendors their proper worth, it became sticker shock. The problem, IMHO, is how we operate politically as a nation and the wealth gap. If you\u2019re an entrepreneur, you can\u2019t get anywhere unless you have an \u201cin\u201d, basically relationships with people making decisions. It\u2019s not about merits. It\u2019s not about your idea and the impact you would have on the economy. It\u2019s about how willing you are to play the game where people pretend that favors aren\u2019t given but they totally are. The wealthy don\u2019t have any incentive to make the country better as a whole when their interests are so entrenched in keeping things the way they are. Until there\u2019s significant changes in rewarding people based on merit, combat misogyny and patriarchy (so that women can succeed too) and concerted efforts to bridge the wealth gap by those in power, things are not going to get better."], ["They're definitely not on Reddit"], ["Overseas, busy reaping the rewards that they deserve"], ["Either you live long to see yourself a hero, or you become the villain"], ["Even if you have a good idea or are itherwise driven to succeed, Malaysia\u2019s environment is not conducive for business. Red tape and corruption limit prospective investments into a business (which you would need in order to scale up), and even if you do manage to succeed, Malaysian society in general seem to be full of rent seekers - it could even be argued that this type of post is a symptom of such a mindset.\nWith these types of comditions, why start a business here when there are better prospects elsewhere?"], ["So sad to see so many jaded comments to your post.\nI dont think the economic pinch that the working class is facing is unique to Malaysia. It's a product of the capitalist system. Rich gets richer, every person for themselves.\nEveryone has the responsibility to the do best they can. Not just the talented or what not. This is how the rising tide can raise all boats"], ["The smart educated ones don't lurk in social media to boast their achievements. That's why we don't see them often.\nEdit: They're on Researchgate with their peers"], ["They have probably left. Probably got disillusioned with the facade of a better and honest politician who turned out to be the same crook as the previous one.\nMy wife was one of those idealistic individual who believed in a better Malaysia even tho she is not a Bumi.\nStudied overseas, got a good paying job. Held on to her Malaysian citizenship. Queued for hours to renew passport instead of paying kopi money to cut the q that kind.\nCame back for the GE. Only for Mahathir to screw Malaysians.\nCame back for the GE again. Only for Anwar to screw Malaysians this time.\nI think the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back was the green wave of PAS and generally the rise of extremism. She knew this time no way back already.\nLast year she finally renounced her citizenship! So happy for her."], ["They are everywhere, who do u think create all the factories, F&b, franchises, multi nationals Malaysian companies....\nA lot is made in Malaysia u know, sure I can say it wasn't enough yet and lots of thing could be improved. But honestly, the uncle sitting in the mrt could very well be one of the CEO in Malaysia home brand packaged herbal tea brand. (True story btw)."], ["For me at least, it's just too complicated trying to maintain balance of a country, I rather do my own thing, same goes for my entire family. Only idiots would think it's easy to run the country, doing this, that, if don't then point fingers and blame all the goverment and politicians. They won't step back and think, because they never done it their whole life.\nIn order for the country to be fully stable, everyone needs to be intellectual and understanding of every government decision as to why they did it, instead of complaining. Only then, we might actually become a fully developed country one day."], ["All the rich tycoons in malaysia are earning profits from this consumption sector in malaysia. As a general rule of thumb, elites dont care.\nThe bright talented people have left malaysia for countries like singapore because they are aware that there are better opportunities elsewhere. And mostly these are minorities.\nWhat is left are mediocre minorities and all the malays. The malays in political power are mostly focused on maintaining their power, and thus most of their efforts are being put to maintain popularity of the masses - eg boycotting israel, bringing up rights of malays etc - which could be better focused on correcting the wrongs in the economy.\nAs a singaporean, i feel malaysia is in a deep mess that structurally requires an overhaul in how thinfs are run at the top."], ["Don\u2019t look at Korea then. Those people pay 100s of 1000s for each meal (\u0183u\u0131\u0265\u0287ou su\u0250\u01dd\u026f s\u01dd\u0131\u0279\u0287uno\u0254 \u0287u\u01dd\u0279\u01dd\u025f\u025f\u0131p u\u0131 s\u01dd\u0254\u0131\u0279d l\u0250u\u0131\u026fou \u0183u\u0131\u0279\u0250d\u026fo\u0254)", "\u0183u\u0131\u0265\u0287ou su\u0250\u01dd\u026f s\u01dd\u0131\u0279\u0287uno\u0254 \u0287u\u01dd\u0279\u01dd\u025f\u025f\u0131p u\u0131 s\u01dd\u0254\u0131\u0279d l\u0250u\u0131\u026fou \u0183u\u0131\u0279\u0250d\u026fo\u0254\nWhat we should look at is the meal/hour on minimum wages after tax.\nAccording to https://joinhorizons.com/countries/malaysia/hiring-employees/minimum-wage/, the minimum wage is RM 7.21 pre tax, and I dont think it's common to find a meal for <RM10. That's like 1.5-2 hours of work per meal (cooking is cheaper).", "Yes, that indicator is much better. As for minimal wage, I think better to look at average per state or another measure, because <10% of Malaysians earn minimum wage. I live in Prague, and good quality food here is 3-5x times the price in Kuala Lumpur, while the salaries are definitely not 3-5x , not even double. I was surprised at how \u201ceasy\u201d it is to eat out all the time, I mean even side-of-road food is pretty good (nutritious) and soooo cheap"], ["why does this read like a boomer's post in KLBAC?\n\"Spotted a rare breed today: book reading kids!\"\nI think you should strengthen some new social ties. Living costs aren't great but that doesn't mean there aren't aspiring or smart people around. Question the system that has suppressed them instead."], ["If you want to reference other country vs Malaysia, you should put them into 2 categories. The one who colonize others vs colonized country.\nNo reason to compare Malaysia who just get independents for 66 years vs colonizer who existed and plundered other country for hundreds of years.\nAlso no reason to compare Malaysia with US. US is the best geographical country in the world. It is huge, border by 2 great sea and have weak neighbors on land border. It can self sustain on food and recently they dig more oil in their own country using fracking. No country in this world check all these boxes.\nMalaysia is a brand new country. Only 66 Years old. If you want to compare, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Philippine, etc, make more sense. They too colonized by other country, similar size and independence less than 100 years.\nThe country that successful - Taiwan, S.korea, Singapore all have several common trait\nThey have high threats to national sovereignty. Taiwan is threaten by China, S.Korea is still in war with N.Korea and they have to be careful on both Japan and China. Singapore is just an island without any natural resource nor defense back when they kick out from Malaysia. I believe this make their people more competitive and social aware. Religion & Race issue is not important when your country can get invaded anytime.\nThey focus greatly in education. Skilled worker can do high value added job, earn more salary, and can spend more money. If you got a lot of them, your country income also go up.\nTheir government have strong intervention on the economy. Many of their government backed company grow really big and compete in international market.\nYour smart and aspiring individual won't become Bill Gate in Malaysia. We don't have enough investor here. We also don't have the support for smart specialist student, they have to further their study in foreign country, then find their job in those country as well.", "Yeah, your category makes sense. Malaysia is just 66, just a child i guess.", "60 years ago everyone was happy living and dancing in the jungle. Now everyone are unhappy and trying to survive in mundane 9 to 6 job."], ["Brazilian here. My bet is that Malaysia suffers from roughly the same issue as Brazil: being outside of imperiocapitalist core :("], ["Our culture is to blame others and not take responsibility. Even if you try to do good, you get dragged down by envious, wretched people. Every problem they have is either the government's fault, or your fault."], ["Because all of them left the country. I used to be like you, but I realised my pay and effort is not in equilibrium, that is why I do the bare minimum now, they can't do shit too, field is scarce of talent for now because of the brain drain, so life is not that bad if you're not super ambitious"], ["Singapore? Any fella worth their grain of salt would move overseas where the exchange rate matches their efforts.\nThose who stay behind either have family responsibilities or just don't have the courage to leave their nest. This isn't an insult, but an observation.\nThose who say Malaysia is some sort of better place, hujan emas hujan batu, grass is greener yadayada, don't kid yourself."], ["One of the main problem with democracy is that people who are decent and smart do not want to get into politics.\nWhile the opportunist and cock suckers do everything they can to secure political power.\nHence this situation we're in. Mind you Malaysia is doing okay-ish, but we definitely could be alot better."], ["give PMX some time. I'm sure he'll deliver his promise to \"make Malaysia greater again\". He's the best finance minister after all \ud83d\ude0f", ""], ["The smart ones leave the country for a better life.\nDon't get me wrong, this country has its charms but it has as many downsides as it does up. A lot of effort is needed to marginally improve the country but those improvements can be easily undone in one night. There are also too many underlying problems that will probably never be resolved. The smart ones recognise that fact and leave the country to pursue betterment in all aspects of their life."], ["maybe there are two answers. 1 Smart and creative people left Malaysia since ages ago and many more are leaving. sadly\n2 Many smart and aspiring people CAN afford luxury things themselves so...."], ["full meal for 5 usd in a first world country? where??\nAverage quick service meal in the states for me was 15-18usd. Sit down? 30+ 15% tip + tax = $37.\nGroceries expenses have increased 80% for me since 2020.\ni have ate super tasty lunch in malaysia for 8rm though. You\u2019d get the cheapest mcChicken for that in the states and nothing more.\nThere are upsides and downsides to every country. For example: KL\u2019s public transit system is better than the one in my city, which is the capital of the US.\nUS salaries are high, prices even higher. The strong currency makes it very advantageous to travel abroad though. I can\u2019t afford domestic travel due to us pricing for hotels and meals but travel internationally a lot."], ["Those with brains AND the ability either were forced to leave, left voluntarily, or are working for the idiots that control all the strings in this country."], ["Probably left the country.\nIs the grass indeed greener? Yes."], ["All of them migrated lol."], ["There are a lot of smart people out there, but smart + reformative is rare, they're smart enough to realise that it will take a long time to change a country"], ["We can only take care of ourselves. One way is to earn in USD or SGD and spend in MYR. That is what I did. Maybe we will improve someday but I don't see it in my lifetime."], ["the smart people that you are looking for has become the current govnt\ngrass is always greener on the other side\non average across this country chap fan is cheaper than your food pricing suggested and have proper balanced nutritional values\nexplain \"nice things\". what kind of nice things that you want? something quantitative perhaps? or is it just man look at this nice stuff the show on youtube for content clicks and i wish i get it over here."], ["Bro, rm7 can get you a whole meal. And our petrol price is like one of the cheapest in the whole world. But of course flies look for feces while bees look for honey."], ["Doom and gloom aside, i think you\u2019re underestimating the level of smart people in Msia. And the level of entrepreneurship (out of necessity) is darn high."], ["The underlying problem is racism and institutionalised apartheid system against the minority. Until you remove that, then the problem will persist. Good luck in convincing the majority they don\u2019t need the clutches anymore.\nI\u2019m not smart. I don\u2019t see hope in this country so I left. As simple as that."], ["Sadly smart and aspiring people dont usually get a place in public uni. I was so depressed I didnt get a place in USM for pharmacy but I got a full scholarship for pharmacy in a private uni (im a non bumi). Wheres the logic behind this (STPM grad 2019).\nIf they dont appreciatw me, why shud I appreciate them? I am thankful for the scholarship, because without it I would never know how much I can achieve. I plan to go singapore after I suffer 2 years compulsory hosp training in malaysia\nWhy would I work in Malaysia if my starting pay is rm3-4k but in singapore they offer sgd4000 as starting pay? All the smart and aspiring people knows this, u cant blame them for leaving the country\nOur country malaysia is beautiful, run by \ud83d\ude4a. Its like the idiom a sheep leading a group of lions will always lose to a lion leading a group of sheeps. Its the same concept. Unfortunately, we are a group of lions being led by a sheep", "u/Kuniiko I understand where you're coming from. As a pharmacist in Malaysia, it's likely you'll end up behind the counter at one of the chains - Caring, Guardian, Watsons, Big - unless/until you have the capital to start your own, in which case the role is still very much of a \"community healer.\" Besides, unless the government legislates the separation of prescription and dispensing roles, the doctors will always have the upper hand, and pharmacists end up having to dedicate so much of their shelf space to non-medical goods just to make the numbers work.\nThat's fine if that's what you absolutely want, but there are so many other opportunities to explore outside the country.\nI hope you'll find what you're looking for in Singapore, if not, elsewhere. All the best!"], ["All ran over to Singapore"], ["Imagine there is Elon Musk in Malaysia, trying to change the world, then government demand you to give most part of your country to bumi holder before you can go on stock market\nIf I was Elon I would leave"], ["They gave up"], ["A pack of wolves will come down and devour any aspiring tiger"], ["Food is cheaper here than in most parts of the world, thanks to numerous government subsidy programs.\nMalaysia has many brilliant and ambitious people, who are outside your network.\nWhere are they? The question should be, \"Where do you spend your time?\" because it sounds like you need a change of scenery and attitude.\nYour belief?\nWhat have you been doing?\nGo ahead, inspire us."], ["Inb4 \"terpaling tertindas\""], ["Systemic racism and inability to separate state and religion is pushing all the smart people out of the country."], ["I\u2019m planning to leave lol"], ["it depends. right now im in kl"], ["The smart ones have already emigrated my friend."], ["We leave as soon as we're able to."], ["In Singapore"], ["Off the top of my head Jimmy choo Zang toi Michelle yeoh James wan Penny Wong Irene Fernandez Yi ren ng Nicol David Phaik Yong cheah Betty sim Kim Lee Masliza Mahmod"], ["Where's that? In NZ a restaurant meal is NZD18 minimum. Groceries are at least NZD30 with the cheapest meat. Most people cook at home because of this. The difference is that minimum wage is high NZD23/hour and even the poorest workers will not starve or not be able to rent (biggest expense) unless one has illnesses that make them unable to work."], ["Singapore."], ["We aren't lack of smart and aspiring people, they were just outnumbered by the politicians and lawmakers, and the people in power."], ["Writing as a Singaporean, the benefits of population density is immense.\nSingapore has 1/4 of the population but only needs to build a small fraction of the tarmac roads, lay a small fraction of the copper wire and water pipes compared to Malaysia.\nJust the annual maintenance of the NS highway is a massive cost that Singapore doesn't need to bear.\nCompared to other South East Asian countries, a much larger proportion of the Malaysian population lives in concrete houses with power, plumbing, etc. Access to two lane roads, etc.\nI also think the 1MDB embezzling, while it feels like magic numbers or paper loss, has a non trivial effect on your government's ability to deal with the currency value falls.\nThat leads to the answer to your question: they are in Singapore or other countries. The Grab boss is Malaysian and set up here in Singapore. The pull and push factors are mentioned by others.\nWhile you might not care, Malaysia probably still an envy of a lot of people in the region."], ["Lots of them are here in Singapore. Every second medical professional, accountant, engineer, etc you think were Singaporean, but when you speak to them a bit they would say they were ex Malaysian.\nThe concept of Malaysians leaving to work elsewhere is not dissimilar to people working in the corporate world. When a higher paying opportunity arises, some people leave and some will stay."], ["Brain drain"], ["Trust me when I say this. Our policymakers are actually great at what they\u2019re doing and we have myriads of ideas to make things better.\nBut weak policy implementations and/or misaligned political incentives(eg good policies that benefits rakyat long term at the cost of short term, hence political backlash), to mention a few, hampered these initiatives.\nAlso given the complexity of modern world, it\u2019s difficult to get these so called \u201cheroes\u201d as you eventually just end up as a cog in a big machine"], ["The most ambitious entrepreneurs go to Wall Street, the greatest engineer go to Silicon Valley, the best actor go to hollywood, the most motivated scientist go to NASA.\nThere is very little reason these people don\u2019t do this, and this is also how the US become such a powerhouse in such a short timeframe. Not just a Malaysian problem"], ["its just down to mindset. no one asks \"how can i do this better?\". everyone just want the same old slave labour method to get things done rather than to be innovative. Even our own gov is a problem too.\nFor example, compare our farmers to european and american farmers, yes even their farmers struggle but compare how many farmers per acre and what tools they have access to. The big problem is that because we dont make good decent tools we have to buy our tools from the 1st world at their prices with our salaries. Even the average malaysian suffers here like with phone and computer prices. Heck we pay more than americans that its cheaper for me to import than buy locally for the same item made in china shipped to US then shipped to malaysia rather than shipped from china to malaysia and bought here. Thats how much of a disgrace we are.\nAside from the bad mindset the gov also taxes badly. In the 1st world groceries are not taxed, so this help reduce prices even at restaurants but eating out is taxed because it isnt a necessity. Items that are necessities dont get taxed and even with a huge VAT on computers, your average poor 1st world isnt rocking an intel atom based CPU but rather at least an i3 or full core pentium, even a ryzen meanwhile our average malaysian rocks an intel atom based CPU because thats all they can afford and at high prices (rm 900 for a refurbished dual core intel atom thinkpad, how quaint). but to the west they can grab a laptop for $300 which is like rm 300 to us but with an i3 at least or low end ryzen new.\nLots of problems that we have and the way we think we dont question \"is this going to improve things, help or work?\" Its a miracle the other guy isnt smart enough to understand all this."], ["I'm one of them\nBut opt to stay down\nThere's too much to do\nTo many issues\nWill only teach to those who want.."], ["A simple anwser: they're overseas, they know malaysia isn't worth helping or investing in."], ["Skill issue. Git gud son."], ["Wait till when the carbon tax hits"], ["I have this video I really love that attempts to categorize and quantify this kind of thing. Basically, there are levels of awareness to life, and the video author introduces 9 levels based on his own reading and understanding: https://youtu.be/kse87ocS0Uo?si=iZQe033zePwa8kJ3\nThe video author argues that first world countries are generally stuck at level 6, and it's why there so much toxicity on places like Twitter. Not to say people of higher levels don't exists, but they don't form a large enough number to hit critical mass, and can't make sweeping changes. It'll take time before the whole country can advance a level, if at all.\nIn my view, the population of Malaysia is around level 3~4, and that can't be helped since we are such a young country with access to proper education for not even a country.\nSolution? We just need to keep working at it, maybe if you want things to go faster, we need to artificially form the \"critical mass\" by forming interest groups and communities, create documentation and learning material, and sacrifice raising our personal quality of life and spend it on educating the masses. Most likely you may achieve something notable, but you wouldn't live long to see it. Yeah... Not many would do that, they basically need to be modern martyrs of strong faith.\nFunny thing is, it's not entirely a good thing once we past level 4. We go through level 5 which is pretty good, but then hit level 6 again and find problems like what first world countries are facing.\nThere's a lot of disclaimers about misconceptions people might have about these levels. I suggest people just go watch it. I also watched it recently and I find it quite insightful.\nPerhaps a more systemic way to do this would be to honestly take control of the nation's education, but it'll definitely be met with a ton of resistance. I think the best choice is to start small by maybe becoming someone of notable status, announce incentives to learn under your wing, and see how it goes from there. Even this is very difficult unfortunately", "Cool video. Thanks for sharing\nSo level 9 is kind of going for the ride of life?", "I think level 8 is going for the ride of life. Level 9 is realizing that there are different ways to go through the ride of life, and be able to compare and contrasting the pros and cons between them", "Would you think that's something like self realization?", "I think self realization happens much lower, around level 5-6. From that I understand, level 6 is the ability to understand that there is more than 1 way to live and compare and contract between them. Level 7 is the ability to understand that your view of different cultures is affected by your own circumstances, and have the ability to be emphatic to others views, and maybe find a way where everyone can be happy. Level 8 is the ability to see how different ways of living develops over time, while level 9 is the ability to again understand that your own circumstances affect how you view things, and be able to identify other ways to view things and compare between them.\nI can't say I fully understand all the levels either, I recommend researching to get a better understanding", "okay, I vaguely get it, thanks for the explanation \ud83d\ude03"], ["we dont have bad purchasing power, our purchasing power relative to asia is quite good and contrary to popular belief purchasing power has little to do with currency.\nMalaysia did not go though mass corporatization. we hate change , businesses are run in the 80s. SG/SK/TWN/JP all had spells of forceful corporatization and a lot of suffering to achieve it.\nin fact our love for things to be the same spreads into other things, ie: startups and new ideas, people refuse to finance as people refuse to understand new things.\nwe are fragmented, you need to sell to 3 main markets and sub markets, then you need to deal with multiple states, organizations."], ["Pretty good, some of the comments here really makes me think, direct to their points. Not so much of overlappings.\nAppreciated the interactions this post-comments provided.\nThere's no 1 switch \"good\" or \"bad\" and ever ending that's it. To see there's attentions here and there.\nMight not have sufficiency to push me into actions, but the mentality sharing is favourable. (The sign, of \"cringe\" is gone and now actually looking at \"detail matters\" of the subject)\n(Mostly I just upvote beneficial comment to my mentality, and that's all I did here, focusing on constructivity)\nAt least i don't undermine mentality shaping and try lesser mentality shaming and more mentality building, right? Maybe? Perhaps?"], ["many smart ones probably moved to Singapore to work"], ["The ones that want to do real change often get shut down and shoved out by those that can't monopolize the change or benefit from it.\nMy story is more or less the same, I had the chance to do some real change by setting a standard across agencies but after getting burnt out and well wished off, I'd rather go overseas and be the head of a snake than a dragons shit."], ["All the malaysians I knew at University of any race or religious background stayed here or elsewhere and never went back to Malaysia.All very bright people.I dont see why they would considering how much better prospects are everywhere else is compared to their home country.I suppose its the sh**e ones that are still there,or people who just were not lucky."], ["Keep this mindset for another 20 years OP, join a political party that aligns closest to your ideals, and we will vote for you to implement policies that will allow these changes to happen. Good luck, and good life."], ["The \u201csmart and aspiring\u201d are being exploited by the \u201cdevious and aspiring\u201d people. Then they give up.\nAs for the places where you can get \u201ccheap and affordable\u201d \u201cfull meal\u201d (the latter in quotation is assumed to be a nutritious and balanced meal)\u2026their food productions are primarily in country. As opposed to here, where local production is mismanaged (e.g. 600mil \u201clost\u201d in rice production recently, loss of cattle and dairy production in Puchong with property development\u2026then the \u201cfeedlot\u201d \u201cmisappropriation \u201c)."], ["Left Msia because of exact what you wrote. Currently in Australia and its not all greener over here but majority is greener. Comparing dollars to dollars, I spend less on food, vehicles and housing. Rm3k vs Aud3k a month is huge, without even converting exchange rates. Work life balance is almost the best, with time with the family.\nBut yea not all are a bed of roses, malls close early, no late night food other than a few 24hrs McD, and taxes are slightly higher(depending of beakers).\nOh yea the main question not answered, haha i honestly gave up trying...after trying for more than 10 years. There's always that thought at the back of the mind pushing me to keep trying but it's ever so weak now."]]}
{"title": "MP compares Nurul Izzah to Benazir Bhutto, proposes she leads PKR in GE16", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18w06ir/mp_compares_nurul_izzah_to_benazir_bhutto/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Hassan Karim says the party vice-president is \u2018prime minister material\u2019.", "comments": [["Yes. Benazir Bhutto Pak Hang", "Lol.. bhutto jokes I have been waiting for..."], ["Not sure if he was being a sycophant or sarcastic here. Surely, Anwar and Izzah aren't as bad as Zulfikar-Benazir or Sukarno-Megawati yeah?\nShould've given a more valid comparison smh", "like who, Yingluck Shinawatra? /s"], ["Nepo baby who singlehandedly lost the seat her family felt they had a divine right to is somehow being touted as a PM candidate. Meme levels of political commentary lol.", "You know what's funny about that is she's still acting like the MP at Permatang Pauh simply because a lot of people there asking for her help because they don't know where the PN MP's office lol.\nThere was a case earlier this year that she helped getting some new bikes for a group of neighbours where their bikes had been burned.\nThe PN MP came and offered a prayer.\nA prayer.", "PN would say the prayers worked then. They got their bikes. Mission accomplished!", "To them, that was the best thing they could have given to their malay voters.", "R\u00e9sum\u00e9 [1]:\nAhli Parlimen Permatang Pauh\nCEO Yayasan Darul Hadis Al Filfilaniyyah\nBekas Eksekutif Zakat Pulau Pinang\nPendakwah\nExco Dewan Pemuda Pas Negeri Pulau Pinang\nExco Dewan Pemuda Pas Kawasan Permatang Pauh\nAhli Jawatankuasa Lajnah Keahlian Ulamak Pelapis\nPenasihat Majlis Ilmu Pulau Pinang\nPenasihat Sekolah Rendah Intergrasi Teras Islam (SRITI) Darul Hadis\nAhli Lembaga Pengarah Maahad Tahfiz Kejai\nChildren [2]:\n11\n[1] https://pru.sinarharian.com.my/calon/5097/muhammad-fawwaz-mohamad-jan\n[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Fawwaz_Mohamad_Jan\nTrivia: he is age 40, which means he has been actively building his family in the last 10 years.", "last time i mentioned nurul izzah as YB who didnt do they job i got downvoted to hell.", "dah kalah baru nak promote buat kerja supaya fans boleh justify lmao:26554:", "...and yet they still voted for PN in the state elections.", "It means that MP is actually doing a good job. No propaganda.", "An effective MP is one who both walks the talk and talks the walk. Need to do both.", "They prefer someone boleh baca doa hahaha", "Any proof or source for this? Because this is what joceline tan have to say about the PN\u2019s assemblyman in permatang pauh constituency.\n\u201cThat was until he was called out by Seberang Jaya assemblyman Izhar Shah Arif Shah, a first-time assemblyman who has shown that voters made the right decision in choosing him.\nThe Bersatu Youth Chief in Permatang Pauh has set up a hotline and crisis management centre involving the residents associations, mosque/surau groups and the Village Development and Security Commission to help monitor and manage the impending water cut.\nHe is also trying to rent two private sector water tankers as a backup to the state tankers.\n\u201cThe Hindus in my constituency will be celebrating Ponggal on Jan 15. I want to make sure they have water to clean their house and prepare for their new year.\n\u201cI also want to propose that the water tankers be equipped with GPS tracking so that their schedule and location can be shared for residents to know when to start waiting. It is pitiful to see long lines of people waiting in the night for the tankers,\u201d said Izhar Shah.\nWater, said Izhar Shah, is a security issue and more measures need to be put in place.\u201d", "I mean..\nThose are two different people\nOne is a celebrity preacher\nThe other is actually a son of an ex-ADUN from that same place.", "Two different people lah", "Excellent job she start doing grassroots work after losing. During her MP days, busy ceramah here fireside chat there. And tbh, this supposed PM candidate, where do I find her views on the economy? Policy recommendations? Where does she stand on possible reintroduction of GST? Views on M'sia-China relations?", "She and her team at Permatang Pauh is always at work. Lagi2 during her days as MP.\nThat's why till now people still comes at her khidmat masyarakat office and asks for help. Rakyat nak cari MP Fawwaz pun office tak tau kat mana, klu jumpa pun dia tak boleh buat apa2 lol.\nAlso why you're mad? PKR never tauted her as PM candidate. The timbalan is Rafizi. The next in line would be him not Izzah.", "Who said I'm mad lol. I'm more amused at the analyst who made this claim. And also not very impressed w NI generally. No doubt she very nice, likeable, but seems to have minimal substance"], ["I don't think Izzah wants people to compare her to the politician who was assassinated by the Islamist."], ["I actually think nurul is the 1 running mof right now. Anwar just sign off whatver nurul gives him.\nI believe nurul was actually the 1 anwar wants to be minister of finance. But he knows full well it wont go well politically. So, he just puts himself as mof, but the one actually running it in the shadows is nurul.", "Don\u2019t mind you shitting on politicians but what is your source? If no source then you 2x5 saja with whatever PAS is spewing", "Which part of \"I think\" do you not understand?", "Your \u2018I think\u2019 might be valuable to conspiracy theorists but having discussions based on facts would be more helpful in understanding the situation better.", "Wrll, she is part of the special advisory body in mof which would \"advise\" the minister on mof matters.", "She's there for the salary/allowances.\nIn all the years she has been active, I haven't heard her speak on policy. Let alone financial policy. So no, I don't think she is capable of running MOF. If she is running MOF we are fucked.\nShe is good at making promises about Radiohead though. Zero follow through.", "I dont think so. If thats the case, she should just remain as anwar's economic advisor.\nOfficially, she joined the advisory board due to the invitation of Hassan Marican, officially the head of the board. But lets be real here, go google who are the board members. They are all prominent figures in the business world. Theres really no reason for marican to invite nurul who is just a former MP.\nIm sure anwar puts her there for a reason.", "Yes. There is no reason for her to be invited. Anwar put her there because she is his daughter.", "i would say something like: \"she was there so she dont fall to irrelevancy due to the seat she lost\"\nsaying she just there for the paycheck is kindda sad:26554:", "She doesn't have a job outside being an MP", "Your assumption is completely inaccurate.", "I actually think nurul is the 1 running mof right now. Anwar just sign off whatver nurul gives him.\nHuh, yet radiohead concert still looks to be even further away /s", "Anwar had been wanting to be the Prime Minister for 24 years. And decades before that, he was piecing together his reform ideas since his student activist days. He\u2019s not a lame-duck or a puppet minister.\nIf you\u2019ve watched any of his speeches, there would be pregnant pauses and some mumbling because he was still putting together his thoughts into words while he was speaking or thinking of a better word to use. Anwar isn\u2019t like some past Prime Ministers that just recited the text written for them word by word. If Anwar is very hands-on with something minor as his speeches, do you think he will let other people do the major decisions on his behalf?\nYou\u2019re overestimating the Advisory Committee to the Finance Minister\u2019s (ACFIN) powers, the committee that Izzah serves as its co-head secretariat. ACFIN is basically a body that does research and gives recommendations on strategic changes to fiscal policies and the Treasury, like a consulting firm. And ultimately, Anwar makes the decision on whether to implement the recommendations. Without giving more details, I can tell you that not everything that ACFIN had advised the MoF to do was approved by Anwar.\n(Bonus) I didn\u2019t want to point out earlier the fallacy in your prior conspiracy theory that it was the DAP that is running the government, but I really have to call you out because you have this insistence that Anwar is a puppet minister. You said the DAP was in control, yet you said it sent its lower-ranked politicians to make noise in public about things the DAP didn\u2019t get. So, if the DAP was running the government, why isn\u2019t it getting to do whatever it wants?\nI really hope that you can start to accept other people\u2019s arguments and explanations whenever you make wild assumptions online. The purpose of a discourse is to learn from each other, not to turn it into an ego-stroking contest and a chance to spread falsehoods.", "1) sorry, cant accept this argument as its more of words from a blind supporter. Im sure as many can agree with me, anwar has no idea where to bring this country. Those past 2 decades are only him wanting to be PM. Theres no reform idea.\n2) actually, anwar had used to just talking whatever he wants, wether its truth or even lies. As shown in his early days as PM, there were some instances that what he said does not go well with the facts. As an opposition this can be just overlooked, but as a PM, there will be peoples double checking whatever he says. And at times what he says backfired on him. I believe he learned that mistake so now he has to be careful with what he says.\n3) people who works in the gov or even have dealt with government, would know, influence can overcome position. Yes, anwar will be the 1 that approves things, but if he trusts his daughter, he would just accept whatever nurul says. Anwar is holding the PM position and already have lots on his plate as is. You think he got time to go through things that happen in mof? Thats why he needs someone he trusts there.\n4) I wouldnt say anwar is a puppet minister. But I see him as someone that would do anything to stay in power.", "", "Ah, no wonder that number 1 statement has a strong blind supporter vibe. Hahaha.\nAnd you actually expect me to believe what you say?", "Suka hati kau lah nak percaya apa-apa. Tak affect pun kerja aku.", "You do know your job depends entirely on peoples perception of your boss right?", "Kalau orang degil macam kau taknak percaya pape pun, kitorang buat pape pun takde guna. Kalau kau cybertrooper lagi takde masa aku nak layan kau.", "Then dont entertain me. No one is forcing you. I gave my opinion, and it got you triggered.\nIm not the problem here bro.", "I\u2019m not triggered. I was trying to make a clarification on your conspiracy theories. I already said I was done, and then you challenged me saying I didn\u2019t do my job well."], ["Ale uto..."]]}
{"title": "Advice on moving to Kuala Lumpur from US", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uym8f/advice_on_moving_to_kuala_lumpur_from_us/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello, i've been thinking about moving to malaysia for some time. My company has a singapore division i might be able to join and its remote. Currently I bring in 70k/year usd and was wondering if I move will be getting the equivalent of 70kusd for sgd so 92k sgd? Would I have to do taxes for both singapore and malaysia? 92ksgh is 320087.83rm which is 18k rm a month after taxes. I used the income tax calculator for that.(correct me if its wrong). I saw a few condomoniums in KL but as a foreigner am I allowed to purchase lets say a condomonium that cost 560k rm? How much is health insurance? How much would food cost for single person and ill probably eat out weekends. How much is internet? How much would it cost to lease lets say a new mercedes c class and how much would insurance be on that? Also another thing, how long would I be able to stay in malaysia as a US citizen? What would I need to do to get permanet residency?", "comments": [["Digital Nomad Visa https://wise.com/my/blog/digital-nomad-visa-malaysia", "is there any way to get money into a malaysian bank from singapore and it converts without any fees?", "Try Maybank or CIMB Bank. These two are Malaysian banks with branches in Singapore.", "Thank you! can you give me any insight if 18k rm a month is good to live by myself, i dont buy many luxury things, i do want a condo in high rise, and a nice car. I guess those two would be my biggest expense.", "That\u2019s enough money to afford fine dining everyday.", "is leasing car a thing in malaysia?", "You can consider getting a second hand myvi for 20-30k.\nAs for your taxes, correct me if I am wrong, you have to pay American income tax regardless where you are. Your employer is Singaporeans and if you on digital nomad visa you should be exempted from paying income tax here (https://visaguide.world/digital-nomad-visa/malaysia/#:~:text=for%20each%20dependent.-,Paying%20Taxes%20as%20a%20Digital%20Nomad%20in%20Malaysia,or%20clients%20based%20in%20Malaysia.&text=Other%20income%20is%20taxed%20at%20a%20rate%20of%2030%25.)", "Yea so basically each check singapore will deposit in my malay bank itll get taxed and I used the income tax calculator to see how much i'd get monthly", "Living cost: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Kuala-Lumpur\nInsurance: Not sure. Consult with an insurance agent for medical insurance, I think coverage of 100-180k per year is decent. Ideally no co-pay.\nMerc: The repair cost could take the whole month of your salary. Check on mudah.my, carsome.com.my for second hand. Brand new is north of 200k myr.\nPR: it is a mystery. Even after marrying a local spouse, PR is not given.\nHow long can you stay: refer to digital nomad visa. I think that is the only visa you are qualified for. The workaround is to engage with employer of record services like remote.com. I am not sure how you would be taxed in this case.", "Op said nice car"], ["Check out the newly revised MM2H program.\nOne more thing, the road to PR is not an easy one ... citizenship is almost nil."], ["foreigner can only buy above 1m houses, some houses were marked up from 800k just to be sold to foreigners", "oh woww, what if i just want to rent apartment? Can i do that or is there a certain price point i can only rent at", "where is your preferred location and size?", "Kuala Lumpur, mainly towards the city. 2 bedroom. I want something that looks modern and luxury", "Won't be a prob if you're just renting a place. You are still gonna be bound to a lease/tenant agreement so read that before you sign it."], ["Many units around klcc walking distance, be prepared to pay rm3k for premium", "Thats alright if im bringing in 18k rm right?", "if you want to enjoy your stay long term, you should live like those expats. They rent a low density gated guarded area with landed property to park your car at front door, can keep large dogs, store your bicycles and stuffs, you don't have neighbours who are drinking, dancing and slamming doors at midnight.", "Honestly i'd rather want to be living among locals and hopefully getting married to one if allah wills it. And Im not doing it just for citizenship I know people make jokes about getting married just for citizenship", "You can\u2019t get Malaysian citizenship, fyi. You just can\u2019t.", "I think I got terms wrong I meant permanent residency is allowed through marriage"], ["Malaysian tax is territorial. Any income earned in malaysia is taxable. Unsure how US tax work when you earn in Singapore.\nYou can easily live in malaysia with USD2k monthly including rent. Don't think of buying until you're OK with the place. Car is not necessary if you live in KL. Rent is higher but won't exceed USD1k. Or you can rent outskirts of KL basically in Selangor area near LRT or MRT.\nJB is good if you want near singapore. Or try Penang where you can go \u26f1\ufe0f\nInternet at home about RM 100 to 150 depends on package. Mobile Internet too.\nIt's better to buy global health insurance coverage from Singapore. Can't remember which.\nForget citizenship"]]}
{"title": "TnG Kenny Rogers RM20 voucher for real?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p8lf1/tng_kenny_rogers_rm20_voucher_for_real/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Soo i just found out that you can exchange TnG points for vouchers?? But the thing is with 200 pts the average you're gonna get is RM 2 cashback with other brands like zus coffee. How the hell is Kenny Rogers voucher so generous?? (I mean I'm not complaining :D)I've already read the TNC of the voucher but just wanted to make sure.", "comments": [["Because they are probably the least profitable franchise under Berjaya.", "I ate in a Kenny Rogers ard 5 yrs ago - muffins kinda dry. I prefer The Chicken Rice Shop for my halal fowl :29091:"], ["Cer tgk terma dia. Kdang2 ltk limit spend rm40"], ["Because they really need customers I guess"]]}
{"title": "Anyone have similar stories on items that they found useful during disaster/emergency? Thanks #prepping #emergencykit #bugoutbag", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p85gx/anyone_have_similar_stories_on_items_that_they/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": [["If you can make one, go for it. The amount of times my bag has helped me out (not saved yet thank god) is innumerable. And yeah based on me experiences, in case of flood you can't be waddling around with 5 bags, just one backpack with the essentials is sufficient. A word of warning, make sure you are used to the gear if you get a bag, specially if you opt for any pre made bags", "Thanks for the 5 bags vs 1 backpack idea. Any item you used alot during the flood?", "I can't give first hand experience as I was always a responder, haven't been involved as a victim but it it was me, definitely a large use of lights, powerbanks, waterproof containers ,poncho if rain, spare clothes, and definitely my boots and gloves. Don't forget med supplies, and water filtering methods", "Thanks for sharing great infos with everyone here, ngl, I packed alot of redundancies", "No probs bros, at least someone understands preparedness bcoz my family thinks I'm CrAzY. Plus, if you're in a flood prone area I would also suggest getting a good radio, and if you can get a amateur radio license even better lah. No need the higher class ones, Class C also good enough to allow you to legally own and transmit some cheap sets, like Quansheng UVK5. That way, you can still try to contact help even when the cell network is down. Also, these kinds of HTs usually have a FM radio feature built in, so you can listen to music and unwind or listen to Bernama FM 93.9, maybe some useful info there. Local radio stations also suggested. Lastly, pimp your radio out if you can, get the extended battery and maybe a better antenna.", ">get a amateur radio license\n>Class C also good enough\n>allow you to legally own and transmit some cheap sets\n>like Quansheng UVK5\n>contact help even when the cell network is down.\n>FM radio feature built in \n>listen to Bernama FM 93.9, maybe some useful info \n>there pimp your radio\n>extended battery and maybe a better antenna\nThanks, you shared some really good suggestions here that malaysians can consider for emergency preparations.\n-------------------------\nInfo for other readers:\nDifferences between Class A, B and C\nAmateur Radio User Discussion in Lowyat's Forum\nExcerpt story of communication problem during disaster (source, 2023)\n\u201cWe need help. We are in Kampung Landasan Subang. There are 30 of us. We are trapped\u201d.\n\u201cWater levels are rising. One family is stranded. Already called rescue team but no answer. We are in Taman Sagumpas, Mentakab, Pahang\u201d.\nTaking the heart-wrenching SOS messages as examples of panicking victims, CMIWS director Suhaimee Saahar said in their haste, the victims had omitted important information such as their exact location, making it hard for rescuers to reach them.\n\u201cWhat they want is to just convey a message like \u2018I found him. Bring the stretcher\u2019, followed by response and action to the location given,\u201d said Mohd Ashwar.\nUnder the 2000 Communications and Multimedia Technical Standards Regulations, any non-authorised person found guilty of interfering with reserved frequencies is liable to a fine not exceeding RM300,000 or jailed not more than three years or both. \nBut the public is free to tap into the citizen band (CB) frequency that can be accessed by walkie-talkies.\nA battery-operated walkie-talkie, or a personal two-way radio system (PRS), is another easy and low-cost method of communication the public can use to let the rescue and relief agencies know their location and the conditions they are in. \nUnlike radio ham that required licensing for both operator and equipment, CB users do not need to obtain a licence from MCMC to operate as long as their walkie-talkie or devices are certified by MCMC for use in this spectrum.\nDuring the recent floods, he said the two-way radio community was actively engaged in emergencies and evacuations."], ["Panadol", "paracetamol!", "Yes, would be great. I used alot of the Panadol flavored Soluble. And I used alot of Vicks VaporRubs and minyak kapak."], ["Basic med kit.\nPlaster, burn aid, 10x10 gauze, panadol, charcoal pill, antiseptic. Im very urban so i don't have anti mozzie stuff. You can expand the things you carry to include rolls, israeli bandages and what not, but the above small kit has 100 % been used. Fits in a palm sized medkit. When I was more active, I had one that was a molle pull pouch, carried more stuff there.\nAlso my key chain has a small +/- screwdriver. Useful.", "Thanks for the basic medkit list but actually practical. I'm going to update my packs.\nI'm reluctant with buying prepacked medkits as most of the stuff seems like generic brands. I figured buying brands that I'm used with, but it ends up swelling my medkit bag.\nThe reasons were;\nSome people I know said if we're traveling; for example South Asian countries, their med hardly works. They recommend bringing our own Malaysian meds even if there are same brands over there.\nOther example, if I'm having prolonged coughing episodes, Strepsils Triple Action and Kelapa Laut Africa do helps with relieve, but Hurix made the it worse, and hospital coughing syrup only case terrible drowsiness with no relieve. Hurix works fine with my other family member, which is why they recommended it to me, but it seems isn't suitable for me.\nThat aside, would you recommend having 1 small sized really basic medkit, or having 1 large sized medkit for disaster prepping for backpacking travels?\nLots of western prepper swears by Vaseline, would that be a necessity for someone prepping in Malaysia?", "Don't buy repacks unless you need the convenience.\nPart of learning how to use ur medkit is buying each individual item and thus you know exactly what (and where) each item is and why it's there. Im not trained or anything, but I just like to know n 'master' small things like this.\nOther example, if I'm having prolonged coughing episodes\nSame. Lingering cough n phelm. Its been 3 weeks since I recovered. We all react differently to different solutions, I malas with all that. Pei Pa Kuo(the old one) seems to work for me.\nThat aside, would you recommend having 1 small sized really basic medkit, or having 1 large sized medkit for disaster prepping for backpacking travels?\nBoth. I had the small one with plastic tweezer n nitrile gloves for airport/International travel.\nI had a medium home one filled to the brim with pharmacy stuff and leftover charcoal pills(occasional fake MC builds up lol). Currently its in a nice 1ft x 1ft sq mooncake metal case. Been contemplating making it look like the TF2 medkit\nAnd one larger one in my car. Its... A plastic soft pack I got that fits more stuff. I should probably get it refreshed, that shits old lol. It has a.... (i think its called) dressing ready kit, where a bunch of sterile things is in one plastic bag which I never used but thought was pretty nifty.\nThey idea is to have a small one light n easy to bring. Part of the EDC. Get (crawl?) to car for more serious stuff, while waiting for ambulance if needed. If you can't make it to the car, ur likely fucked beyond what most people can help and shouldn't move. That's the theory anyway.\nHome kit is mostly meds cos i hide in my bed to recover.\nLots of western prepper swears by Vaseline, would that be a necessity for someone prepping in Malaysia?\nWell, whats your use case?"], ["There are 2 types of emergencies. One where you get into a bind and need to get out of it, and another where you need to ride out a disaster.\nIts easier to be prepared if you get into a bind but long term disaster preparation costs quite a lot.", "Having one that helps getting outta bind would seriously help. Would you share your experience in packing a small get-home-bag pack? Any super minimalistic cheap bugdet pack idea using commonly bought items? Any stories being in situation that needs you to use the pack?\nI'm thinking into putting a really small half-assed budget items for the get-home-bag thats only referencing abit of 5Cs Survival kit.\nI already have a backpack with lotsa stuff packed at home, referencing the 10Cs of Survival but I figured that I might need something in the car. It might not even get used at all though, since I already have my own small EDC pouch with some of the 5Cs items.\nThe list:\na cheap lighter with some cargo tape wrapped around it\na broken multitool that I already have; the knife, woodsaw and plier still works (the multitool is nextool huohou but the scissor is broken (it cant open/cut properly) hence I'm considering it as half-assed budget item as I'm not gonna replace for a new one, and I'm not getting the generic brands as they bend easily)\na stainless steel mug with handle RM10+/- (similar to the one people usually use to put used cooking oil)\nfew metres of cheap nylon rope from MrDiy\na small RM3+ penlight from MrDiy\n(still in consideration) been thinking about getting the cheap Lotus's 5L dry bag to pack all of these after watching these vids [1][2][3], but have been putting it off for awhile now\n(still in consideration) and maybe things like one or two thick trashbag and antimos scented repellent gel\n(still in consideration) been thinking of putting one or two snacks like Cloud9 or something for calories, but I'm worried of car roaches or the micro red ants biting through the packaging", "you're missing the important essentials. Some of these essentials are also go to for when you need to handle other stuff when not at home, say needing to fix something at work.\nfirst yes a knife and some tapes are helpful. duct tape and aluminium tape here. electrical tape is small and handy.\nPliers with screwdriver bits (i tried finding this but is impossible. my mum got a metal one free long ago that folds so neatly packed).\nLarge screw drivers of both flathead and philips (very useful when your battery shorts and melts itself against the bonnet and you need to pry it open)\npowerbank starter (i use the case to store tools). Dont get the tyre pump that comes with it, it sucks.\n12V tyre pump\n12V socket adapter for powerbank (lets you use the powerbank starter with tyre pump)\ntyre filler (on a puncture, you squire a bottle or 2 into your tyre, it solidifies so you can drive a bit instead of a flat. used for non repairable punctures)\npuncture repair kit (never used it but if other tyre options not available, useful).\nLED flashlights (i have a couple decent compact ones in the car. One a bright regular flashlight, the other has 2 types. A flashing red light is also useful)\nFor longer journeys, a massive 150Wh powerbank\nMy biggest issues has been battery/alternator or tyres. Having the tools to fix a minor issue saves a lot of money from needing a tow especially if you're out late night. One time all the gas stations tyre pumps in a large area were vandalised, and having my own in the car really helped. It pains me when gas stations have fancy expensive restaurants but cant even maintain their own essentials. Not even a caged pump was invulnerable.\nFor some cars that would run into electrical issues, having additional mixtures of automative fuses help. You see mechanical problems are hard to fix on the road, as usually you'd need a part. For instance taking an engine apart should be done in shop and not on the road. Minor mechanical things can be dealt with, some would suggest a socket set. I have an almost 200 part socket set in a neat case which i could carry around if i wanted to but the biggest help is always a light. You can do electrical repairs and minor mechanical ones like oil changes or replacing caps on the road.\nObviously you cant get a new tyre on the road. people sometimes forget to add air to their spare tyres.\nSo for me the no 1 use case of emergency kits are:\n- tyres and using the powerbank starter (to start the engine of either mine or someone elses whos stranded)\nEverything else is minor and the tools i mentioned help. That large flathead screwdriver is worth having for a large strong rod to get something unstuck. While WD 40 and anti rust are also helpful stuff, sometimes the item is physical like a welded piece of metal. Sometimes its a person looking to do you harm.\nwater displacement fluids to keep your mirrors clear of water are useful too.\nsnacks dont last long. get ship based emergency rations, they last 15 years sealed. They;re basically shortcake/biscuit like high calorie rations that last you 3 days per packet. If you're only travelling city thats not needed, as carrying water is always important too.\ni keep the power banks and flashlights in glove box, the other tools with my spare tyre. Ofcourse random sockets/ratchets could be stored alongside too instead of a proper many bit socket set. In some cases its better to be able to safely camp in your car overnight if you get stranded till you can get help the next day, this is where having a large powerbank helps for your flashlights, fans or even phone especially in the case where your engine is useless. The powerbank starter can also power electronics a little bit say power windows but even car fans take a bit of power that a usb fan would be better. a big powerbank can recharge the jump starter as well.", "Thanks, I reread your recommendations several times, they're really great for vehicle emergency kit. Especially the idea using large screw driver to pry as the battery shorts and melts everything. Having a large powerbank for kickstart is important too.\n> While WD 40 and anti rust are also helpful stuff> Sometimes its a person looking to do you harm.\n- First time I've heard of using WD40 as pepper spray people\n> One time all the gas stations tyre pumps in a large area were vandalised\n- All the gas stations in the area had their tire pumps vandalized?\nThat's really sounded like a premeditated crime.\n> snacks dont last long. get ship based emergency rations, they last 15 years sealed.\n- snacks dont last long, but usually not because of emergency lmao. This a problem of mine, but sometimes I need to have bites in the car. It helps with mood swings. That's why I opted for a cheap ass snack. The 15 years long shelf life emergency ration is really a good idea for emergency kit.\n>Pliers with screwdriver bits (i tried finding this but is impossible. my mum got a metal one free long ago that folds so neatly packed).\n- Leatherman wave+ have the basic bits, and additional bit kit.- Victorinox as well, but not so many bits.\n- Both leatherman and victorinox are expensive, but I've seen so many amazon reviews saying they last decades.\n- For a budget one would be ganzo multitools, and the bit kits came in together with almost all of their pliers multitool.\n- more info: stress tests of the bit kits for the leatherman, ganzo, victorinox etc", "> While WD 40 and anti rust are also helpful stuff> Sometimes its a person looking to do you harm.\n- First time I've heard of using WD40 as pepper spray people\nlol no, use the large screwdriver as a shank instead.\nthe biggest problem are tyres, and the powerbank starters are only small powerbanks but their cases are useful as tool storage for your random assortment of tools. Dealing with tyre problems are the biggest use of emergency kits. Thats why having a big powerbank is helpful and lets you have the option of a non self powered tyre pump that you plug in to the car's 12V socket. Mine is almost as fast as the gas station tyre pump but at least i have the option to power it from powerbank through an adapter (only the jump starter powerbank can do this with its 12V out). You'll only need to do this if you have an alternator failure and need to deal with a puncture to get underway.\nThe screwdriver bits dont matter, having a tool that accepts the bits are, because i have so many screwdriver bits but whats important is that they dont rust, not how long they last from use. Even my bosch drill kit rusts so i lost my respect for bosch, and they werent cheap either. I know bosch has 2 lines, consumer and pro but if their interchangeable bits cant last i dont think the brand does anymore and a lot of people are saying the same thing too that brands that were famous in the 90s are terrible now as they dropped their quality.\nSo dont need to pay for branded stuff, so any decent set of foldable pliers that can accept screwdriver bits will do.\nYou can also stick a voltmeter onto the car's 12V socket, this is useful to know whats going on with your alternator and battery, but you'll also need to understand how to read it."]]}
{"title": "PMX used the K word in a recent speech. He said it was a direct reference from a book", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p74nz/pmx_used_the_k_word_in_a_recent_speech_he_said_it/", "num_comment": 134, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Imagine everything is the same, just change from anwar to jibby. Confirm this sub will have a feast.", "what happen if sanusi does it:26554:", "Time for covid Sheraton Move 2.0!", "I don't think Anwar was being racist when he said \"Bahasa Keling\". He was quoting a book after all.\nHe however should know that a lot of Indians are not entirely satisfied with him. The PKR guy calling a that PSM candidate \"estate\", the Indian school girl berated by PMX on a live speech for daring to question bumi-quota, no ethnic Tamil ministers, and now this fiasco.\nAs if that's not bad enough, the racists that already called Indians keling will now be emboldened to use the term since Indians' top choice for PM just used that word openly, so surely the term isn't racist kan.\nOptics shape narrative. And if there is any BN or PN tik tok propagandist worth their salt saw all this, it'll be easy to pancing votes from Indians.", "This. Racists will be like \"but PM said it and justified it. Why can't I?\"", "His Indian supporters deserve it tbh. So taksub for what? The warning signs were all there, from the start from his days in UMNO and even later after how he treated Hindraf when they came to his house (there's a vid on YT). Dah kena berapa kali pun tak serik.\nPeruntukan for Indians now it's far lower than it's been under jibby.", "Malaysia has been under UMNO since merdeka. What makes you think it\u2019s gonna be different under DSAI from Jibby or Tun M?\nRemember DSAI answer when asked about meritocracy reform by an university student\u2026 You should able to catch a glimpse of his general stance."], ["wonder if other communities would take it as well if anwar used a similar slur for the chinese/malays.", "what word would be used for Malays? Miggers?", "Org melayu bila kecam dri KL be like:", "The only one outrage that I hear was meleis from twitter", "closest is being called a mat by a non-malay in sg. but thats sg la and pretty much it", "The slur for Malay is B40"], ["It seems like a term used in an old book before the word evolved to become something derogatory. After all, we have places named Masjid Kapitan Keling, Tanjung Keling etc", "To add to your point, \u201ckeling\u201d is still used in the Kedah, Penang and Perlis dialects of Malay to refer to Indian Muslims specifically.\nSource: Kamus Dewan\n\u201cKeling III\u201d: 3. Kd, Pn orang India yg beragama Islam;", "Some of the older generation Chinese still use them as well. Literally translated as \"person from Keling\".", "Interesting, isn't it supposed to be - mamak ?", "In KL Malay, yes, but in the Kedah-Penang-Perlis dialect of Malay, the usual term for an Indian Muslim is \u201cKeling\u201d (without any negative connotation).\nAccording to my Kedahan father, Mamak stalls are still called \u201cKedai Mamak\u201d though", "From penang. Can say that it\u2019s true although not sure how currently as I\u2019m studying and residing in KL and the word is not very appropriate here", "That's understandable. Some words may have different meanings or connotations in different dialects of a language, so it makes sense to change your choice of words in a different area (dialect-wise) to avoid potentially offending anyone.\nOne common different word of this kind is the choice of word for \"to bury someone\" (after they've passed away) in Malay. From KL to Johor, the usual term for that is \"kebumi\", but this sounds disrespectful in Terengganu where the preferred term is \"tanam\". In Kedah on the other hand, both of those words sound disrespectful, and they prefer to say \"simpan\" instead.\nNote that while KL-ites and Johoreans saying \"kebumi\" to mean \"to bury\" sounds rude to Kedahans and Terengganuans, Terengganuans saying \"tanam\" and Kedahans \"simpan\" sound rude back to KL-ites and Johoreans.\nSimilarly, Kedahans saying \"simpan\" sounds rude to Terengganuans and Terengganuans saying \"tanam\" sounds rude back to Kedahans.", "Damn thats cool. Didnt know about that. I think penang (island) people usually use kebumi. At least i use kebumi ah usually. Thanks babe very cool \ud83d\udc8b", "No problem baby \ud83d\udc8b\n(It's interesting that Penangites use \"kebumi\" instead when Kedahans and Penangites share very similar (or maybe even identical) accents. Thanks for that note)", "Oh okay apparently maybe just my circle. I asked my mom and she said kedah and penang people usually use simpan also wtffffff i never heard wehh \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 in any way thanks babee \ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc8b learnt new thing today \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc8b", "Oh, I see \ud83d\ude02"], ["Nothing wrong to me, it seems. It's just a reference to a book, spoken with no malice", "he was careful with his words and emphasized \"ISTILAH\" before using keling. even had a pause there. if you're a hater of course you're gonna hate him regardless.\nbut for me i dont see any illwill, he even added TAMIL.\nON TOP OF THAT\nhe asked for forgiveness and did not side step. many others wouldnt even apologize.", "\u201cSaya telah disalahertikan\u201d\n\u201cUcapan saya itu dipetik di luar konteks\u201d\n\u201cTak timbul isu ini\u201d\n\u201cJangan probok2\u201d", "Are you Indian ? If not, it's really not for you to decide.", "Nothing wrong to me, it seems. It's just a reference to a book, spoken with no malice\nWhat book? Which edition? What page?", "Found this from twitter, it's by dewan pustaka as well\n<image>", "So this type of behavior is okay then? Approved by Dewan Pustaka. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2urrs8", "Not sure from what part of my original sentence you somehow mental gymnastics it into thinking the behavior you posted was okay.", "The part where you said \"it's by dewan pustaka as well\". You're trying to say it is okay to say klng.", "What book? Which edition? What page?\nYou ask which book it is referenced from, I gave you the reference and mentioned dewan pustaka to say it's from a creditable source and not some random no name author that Anwar is referencing.\nNot really sure why you are so hard on pushing the narrative that I am promoting that it is \"okay\" to use \"k/ng\" as a derogatory word to bully the indian etnic.\nI sincerely hope you are just trolling around, if not, I kindly ask you to improve your English comprehension.", "Not really sure why you are so hard on pushing the narrative that I am promoting that it is \"okay\" to use \"k/ng\" as a derogatory word to bully the indian etnic.\nMaybe it is because you keep showing the word, but don't spend even 1s to say that this word is evil and hurtful. Seems like you trying hard to justify and protect those who keep using it. Like Anwar, again used the word today on TV even though everyone told him it is hurtful.", "You really need to work on your English comprehension . . . . .\nThough from your intense wording, I can tell you probably suffered from this kind of bullying for you to be this aggravated by it. I can only apologize what you have to been through.\nThe word itself is not evil (atleast in this context) , the people that use them can turn them into word with derogatory intention", "This guy and his intense words is like this one time an Indian fella who simply crossed the road without even looking. I had to emergency brake so that I don't hit him. Instead of being thankful he's not lying on the ground due to his own ignorance, he started swinging his arms geaturing to fight me. Thankfully for him, his girlfriend pulled him away so that he didn't have to follow through with his empty threats.\nShould've had a dash cam to record how ridiculous he looked, frail skinny guy trying to act gangsta."], ["<image>\nI don't like this guy. But then again facts are facts. How this word became a slur is still a mystery..", "There's no mystery to it. It became a slur when the non-Indians use it as an insult when the Indians make a mistake or a blunder. This convo had happened right in front me, between my two of Malay classmates.\nClassmate A: Tengok B,kelas dah mula. Muthu( fake name) masih lagi duduk lepak kat pondok itu.\nClassmate B: Yalah, k*ling betul, bodoh!\nClassmate A: Laughs\nWhen they realized I was listening, they said:Oh, bukan kau, ReddSnow. You baik orangnya.\nThat was the first time I learnt that k*ling is a insult. Note this word is used by classmates to make colorist remarks.", "How this word became a slur is still a mystery..\nWhat is mysterious about it? You think this word is being used in sekolah kebangsaan like this by bullies and even teachers when they want to hurt Indian students as a word of praise? This is the experience most Indians have in Malaysia with this word. Tell me again, how is it mysterious to you? https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2urrs8\nI look forward to your explanation of your mystery.", "they trying to become murica shyt here", "they? you mean Malays? https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2urrs8", "out of all the institution and you bring up hindraf. wont trust anything from them", "Bullies hate people standing up for themselves. They want Indians to just keep quiet and take the shit they are handed. Like the poor boy in that video.", "wonder how K word that was used widely before I was born till I was in my 40s is now degrading.", "I would hazard to guess that from age 0 to 40 you didnt have Indian friends who could have taught you better", "I learnt from the internet that k word is degrading recently", "\"blah blah woke blah I am very enlightened\"", "I have many indian friends and they weren't this woke. I suspect the emergence of woke society who are offended by imaginary enemies", "Yes, I'm sure that if/when you went to your Indian friends' homes, and sprinkled this word generously and liberally into casual conversation with their parents/grandparents (before) or spouses/children (now), they were overjoyed and gave you high fives.\nI give up..orang cuba ajar, masih degil. Still nak defend. Apa boleh buat?", "I don't think that guy has the balls to do it in real life."], ["Seems to me that the phrase was not used in a derogatory or malicious manner , making a mountain out of a molehill. Someone please correct me if I\u2019m wrong.", "", "Thing is the word is an actual word used in Malay to refer to language of people descent of southern Indian origin.\nThe word is still used actively as a none racial word. It\u2019s way overblown frankly.\nIt\u2019s similarly to how originally the term Pakis in Malaysia referred to Pakistani who used to sell Pakis.\nIt is a slurred used in the UK.", "It is offensive to a sub section of the minority and is not widely used as a slur.\nYes,I agree with you it is used as a slur. I am stating it\u2019s not used as much as most slurs and actually is regularly used as non-slur.\nThe difference with say the N word is that is entire purpose is to be offensive is not used in any other way.\nSimilarly how \u201cAbo\u201d - short for aboriginal is an unofficial word that is used as a slur.\nNegro is still used actively in different languages eg: Spanish because quite literally its official meaning isn\u2019t a slur and used heavily as a non-slur.", "Correct me if I'm wrong. But didn't he apologise?"], ["In case anyone missed it, Anwar made a respond to this\nMy take :\nIt's a genuine quotation to a book and he emphasize it quite alot.\nHe have to also acknowledge that he unintentionally might have opened a door to racist to use the word keling. Anwar intention is to genuinely quote a book, racist intention? Not so much."], ["It is offensive, and could just have easily been avoided if he said Tamil. Was there a need to quote from the book? I think everyone would get it if you just said Tamil. But...if you watch the video he says dalam istilah dulu and does air quotes. Could've avoided it knowing how sensitive the Indian support is post ramasamy leaving dap and the fiasco with his pkr ppl calling the psm candidate estate.\nAlso it's a false equivalence to compare it to the N word because Indians do not identify with the K word, nor do they claim sole ownership to it nor do they call each other that behind closed doors.", "I agree with you though if I\u2019m not mistaken the nation of Kalinga were not Tamil. So saying Tamil is not accurate", "Context really matters here. I understand how his statement can easily be twisted in this age of click bait.\nBut it is just Anwar\u2019s scholarly side being on display here. He is after all a Malay Literature graduate hence well verse in classical texts such as Hikayat Hang Tuah.\nOf course he has the ability and will directly quote the text in its original form. No malicious intent at all IMO."], ["Can we please not become america and make the k word an absolute biggest sin ever even in context such as this like they did with the n word?", "When i was a kid. My dad's indian colleague said that keling was never an insult. Only people during the 2000's act like it is", "If someone shouts keling at me in a very threatening manner it\u2019s hard not to take it as an insult. Can\u2019t say people are just acting like it is when there are many who actually use it as such.", "Anecdotal evidence at best.", "You\u2019re not going to get statistics from this type of issue. Also I don\u2019t see you saying the same thing to the person I replied to.\nPeople are so unable to accept that something might just be racist for some reason.", "False, I\u2019m saying to everyone under this comment chain. The reason I\u2019m commenting it here is because it\u2019s the lowest I could find on mobile and I\u2019m sure the top level comment can read it as well, based on my understanding of how reddit comment chain works. Never quickly judge other people intention.", "I went to school in the 90s. It was already a racial slur back then", "Agreed, it was already a racial slur back in the 90s. The idiot calling people a strawberry is unironically being a strawberry himself for not being able to accept different opinions online.", "Stop being a strawberry then.", "Dude i am not even Indian. I am just correcting your statement. It didn\u2019t turn into a racial slur post 2000, it happened way before that", "Everything offensive to strawberries...So stop being a strawberry", "Your father\u2019s friend is not a representation of all Indians. And when someone tries to clarify their point, try comprehending it instead of resorting to stupid insults. So fucking childish.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "It was.", "What make people thought it was offensive exactly? Im just afraid sooner or later the word \"mamak\" or \"amoi\" or \"mat\" are labelled offensive.", "Back when i was a kid, my cousin from Perak would always used \u201ckeling\u201d referencing Indians and I\u2019ve never find it insulting at all until one malay auntie scolded her for saying that in a shop\u2026. What\u2019s the meaning of keling anyways\u2026? Is it a harsh word in Tamil or what?", "I hear it was because Indians (women i guess) had ankle bracelets/ bangles and they'd make \"kling kling\" kinda noises. Could be a joke but it's not too far fetched i think", "I think you are wrong, the actual meaning is about the skin complexion, the k word refer to darker than black in terms of shades."], ["I believe the term keling =. Someone from kalinga. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_(historical_region)\nWhat I'm mystified is not that its slur. I know it's a slur. The Chinese like to add kuai to it.\nBut my question is how it ended up becoming a mainstream slur. Its like saying someone is a Chera, chola or pandia.\nThat said knowing people will get triggered by it and still using it is just dumb on the part of pmx. As if nothing else to talk about."], ["Kalinga?", "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_(historical_region)"], ["Well, well, if the timing is so right that he kena backdoor (again) by Opposition Party next year, he can just happily step down as PM to avoid all these controversies he started himself by ignoring sensitivities. Also, let Opposition handle Covid pandemic..."], ["I don't read books therefore I've never been exposed to the words therefore I am smarter than the PM. Thus vote me for PM."], ["Nampak sangat korang x banyak membaca"], ["Like many said here lets not be like the americans. Intention of the use is more important than any. No malicious then why noisy?\nThose black promote the N word so much using it amongs themselves that kids will not know its derogatory. And when a non black kid use it with no malicious intention bcuz he learnt it online or from tv, they get condemned and cancelled.\nWhile people who is obviously racist whom learn to just avoid the word n play it smart probably gets praised.\nCome on dont be stupid like them."], ["If the community finds it offensive, it is a slur that has to be discarded. Why is PMX normalising the term as if he speaks for the community?"], ["Simple je racist takyah nak tipu do bosan aku DEGAN melayu aku melayu Pon dah bosan"], ["It is PH, so sudah dimaafkan dan disucikan.\nTry other people, this sub sudah naik gila."], ["the better word is kaki spin. not all but u know ur selves. anddd just personally too many bad experiences. from neighbours to staff to clients. yeah trust is wayy down."], ["Is there any Indians redditor here?\nIs it really wrong if he just quoting Hikayat Hang Tuah? Even in context he's not using it as racial slur. Then, why not you guys also angry when there's literally a place called Tanjung Keling?\nDo I think Anwar should be more careful? YES but some of you guys really over react bruh", "<image>\nApparently she was in the audience during Anwar\u2019s speech", "I kinda get it when people criticize Anwar for some other things but Anwar literally said \u201cdalam istilah dulu\u201d. I wonder what she was focusing on during Anwar\u2019s speech. :26563:\n(Not to mention that \u201cKeling\u201d is still used in certain dialects of Malay (including Anwar\u2019s own Penang dialect) to mean \u201cIndian Muslim\u201d, what we in \u201cKL Malay\u201d would say is a \u201cMamak\u201d)", "What a woke wannabe", "Things must be very good if this is what she choose to complain about.... /s"], ["But lots of Indian on Twitter feel hurt..don't know if they're snowflake or just don't want to understand the context", "More like going woke"], ["Why Keling is offensive? I only thought some thing can be offensive if you let it offend you. Educate me please.", "You're an antivaxxer, you're beyond being educated."], ["Actually kan why is Keling is a slur? I never said it since ramai kata it\u2019s a slur. Same goes to Indon is also a slur", "Just the fact that it is used in a derogatory and in a sort of \"punching down\" manner is enough to make it a slur", "Yeah, the same thing can be seen in how \u201cIndon\u201d suddenly came to be viewed as offensive by Indonesians despite the fact that before that term became offensive, that term had long been used as an abbreviation of \u201cIndonesia\u201d in Indonesian news articles, literature and many other sources.\nMalaysians still mostly see \u201cIndon\u201d as a neutral word with neither negative nor positive connotations, but because of some recent-ish Malaysia-Indonesia \u201cinternet war\u201d where Malaysians would argue with Indonesians while calling them \u201cIndon\u201d and some false rumours spread about (like one that falsely says that \u201cIndon\u201d means \u201cpelacur\u201d in Malay), Indonesians started seeing that word in a different light", "Why I got donwvote? Aku tanya jer, semoga setiap kali pakai stocking terpijak air", "Mate if you are this offended over downvotes then you are a strawberry.", "I\u2019m so smoll and petite. If I fart, I might get blown to the sky. Pls don\u2019t hurt me \ud83e\udd7a"], ["Wait till those people find MASJID KAPITAN KELING"], ["Please say it to your Indian friends if you have any, which I highly doubt. They will educate you how not to be a raging racist"], ["Dia mmg sengaja nk sebut tu hahahaha"], ["Why this must be posted here? Kecoh gila OP", "What's wrong with posting a clip of the Malaysian Prime Minister's speech on /r/malaysia?"], ["I fail to understand how \"keling\" ended up becoming a deragotary term.\nMy guess would be because of a misinformation, since i've heard that some people say the word originated from the sound of bells that were used to sell slave.\nBut this is untrue, the word came or originated from the indian kalinga kingdom. There was also a kalingga kingdom in java which was named based on the indian kalinga.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalingga_Kingdom", "It was used to insult Mahathir during the '87 umno presidential election and the subsequent '88 umno crisis.\nBack then there are few categories of malays; Melayu jati/sejati, Melayu DKA (darah keturunan arab) and Melayu DKK (darah keturunan keling)\nSince Mahathir is a DKK and his name is Mahathir a/l Iskandar Kutty, the keling word was weaponized for the political rhetoric that \"Mahathir is not malay enough to lead umno\". By the early 90s, the word effectively became a slur to the general indian race.\nIt's crazy how quick it took to change the meaning of a word 180.", "Go find an Indian friend instead of referring to Wikipedia.", "I have indian friend tho not that many since i grew up in labuan and now reside in kelantan, not many indians in both place.\nI have also seen indians talking about these. And what i can conclude is that, the ones that actually knows the truth about the origin of the word dont seem to be affected by it. And the ones that actually are affected by it is because they believe in the misinformation of the word origins.\nThere are places named after that word and even honorary title given to the indian community that was named after the word.\nIm sure you've heard of kapitan cina, a title given to the head of chinese community, but did you know there was also a kapitan keling given to the head of indian community in old malaya.", "The actual meaning doesn't mean shit when people use it to degrade Indians.\n\"dasar darah KELING\" \"perangai KELING\" \"bau macam KELING\"\nWhen a malay got angry with an Indian guess which word comes out first? do they think about THE ACTUAL MEANING when they say it? Hmm? Maybe they think about places or the honorary title. Yeah?\nIt's really that simple. I do not care about your \"Facts\" when in reality it's different.\nThis is not another internet argument you can win with your \"facts\". You are not going to change my mind either.\nHave a good day.", "And if i were to change the word keling with tamil, somehow that sentence would be better?\n\"dasar tamil\" , \"perangai macam tamil\" , \"bau macam tamil\"\nYou dont understand the difference between a racial slur and a word used to describe a certain race.\nLet me give you an example, \"chinks\" is a slur to describe asian, because of their slanted eyes.\nIncase you didnt know the term \"chink\" means a narrow opening, typically one that admits light (a chink in the curtains).\nBut calling the korean for example, as goryeo or hanguk is not a deragotary term.\nThe same as keling is not a slur, its what the southeast asian, not just melayu but also javanese, khmer, etc used to refer to india.\nIts the same way we used to call greeks as yunani or iranian as parsi or white people in general as mat salleh.\nDo mexicans get upset if people call them aztecs?\nPlus the term keling is still being used in indonesia, philippines and cambodia, i think thailand and vietnam too but im not sure.\nAre you going to get upset too if an indonesian or cambodian use that term?\nI still dont get how \"perangai macam keling\", is worser than \"perangai macam tamil\", its the same sentence just different term.\nIf people wants to degrade you they would still degrade you. Honestly i think these type of issue only exist because there is no such equal term for the melayu.\nIm sure if the melayu has its own \"keling\" equalvalent then indians would have used that as many and maybe even more than we use the term keling. And i dont think they would be shy from using it too.\nSome even tried to create a new word \"meleis\" but unfortunately unlike the indian the melayu arent that sensitive.\nNow that term has became a meme term, now the melayu is using it more than the indian and chinese.", "My indian friend said because of the sound of the ankle bells. Not bells to sell slave, but cosmetic ankle bracelet with bells. I forgot what other reasons indians back then wore this ankle bracelet but surely not because of selling indians as slaves.", "Regardless its still wrong and a form of misinformation.\nDoes your indian friend knows that before islam came, we were also once hindu-buddha?\nAnkle bracelets bells are also worn in some of our cultural dance. If im not mistaken mak yong has ankle bells.\nAlso some melayu still wears those little gelang kaki berloceng. Its a custom to give female babies wear some form of gold.\nUsually parents would let them wear ankle bracelets with little bells. These tradition is probably originated from our hindu-buddha times.", "Some Indian wanna be black American. They need they own n word I guess"], ["\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["Nothing wrong here"], ["Msians shrugs"], ["Anyone know what is the original meaning of that word?"]]}
{"title": "PM confident 'tebuk atap' episode of changing administration through back-door manoeuvre will not happen", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p6nfu/pm_confident_tebuk_atap_episode_of_changing/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Scholarships after A-Levels?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p626f/scholarships_after_alevels/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm currently studying A-Levels, going to take my AS exams this coming May 2024. After that, I plan to go to university in the US/UK. Are there any fully funded scholarships (think Yayasan Khazanah, Bank Negara etc for SPM level) that are available for overseas studies? Bonds are not a point of concern, neither is a list of approved scholarships. It seems like there is a lack of scholarships in this area (all i could find were Bank Negara and YTI Premier), so any help/guidance would be really appreciated!\n*edited to mention: Background: Non-Bumi, not in B40.", "comments": [["not bumi is fine (you only cant apply for MARA), but not B40 is abit tough. Are you T20 or M40?\nTry looking into CIMB and MayBank. Also, search for it after you get your A Level results, more will pop up"], ["My friend got into Cambridge's engineering for a full scholarship. I'd say focus on your grades first and prioritise getting into top schools."]]}
{"title": "Use of K-word only reference from book, not meant to insult Indians, says Anwar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p5odj/use_of_kword_only_reference_from_book_not_meant/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Damaged done \ud83d\ude0f", "comments": [["He need to learn that most populations aren\u2019t well read."], ["It is not easy to become the Prime Minister"], ["What more do you want Anwar to do? He apologized!"], ["I'm not Malaysian. So I realized that you guys have some racism/chauvinism problem over there.", "Racism is literally embedded in our Constitution, my dude."], ["wonder how K word that was used widely before I was born till I was in my 40s is now degrading."], ["Kekeng"], ["Ramasamy has entered the chat.", "If only haha"], ["No more Tanjung Keling then..."], ["It's funny because Tun M felt insulted lmao"]]}
{"title": "Just found this out", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p5egi/just_found_this_out/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Recently watched a classic show called Mind Your Language on YouTube. Then found that the chinese actress is a Malaysian. Found her wiki and lo and behold, she's the narrator in Dark Souls", "comments": [["Yes... Today we all learned"], ["oh that komunis girl? ahahahaha best show ever. but now kenot make such jokes", "The supreme leader Mao thanks you", "Signed book by Chairman Mao. Sign by me."], ["TIL she played the cleaner in johnny english.. My english teacher showed my class the mind your language sitcom. Fun fact, the guy who played Taro, the japanese guy, was chinese."], ["Yup, in fact, when she's ad-libbing Chinese in Mind Your Language, she uses Penang Hokkien instead of Mandarin! LOL"], ["She\u2019s able to run away from family at 16 and managed to get into college. Something which is impossible these days.", "Helps when your dad is a palm oil millionaire in the 60s"], ["Yup. She's also the narrator for God of War game series"], ["The big mansion on Jalan Larut in Penang which used to house the iconic KFC (now closed) belongs to her family."], ["Sepu? Sepupu."], ["Yes, indeed.", "The darksign brands the undead."], ["When I watched her in MYL, I just recalled her role in Johnny English."], ["Omg I watched the MYE episodes with my high school teacher back in the day.... Didn't know she's the dark souls person!!!"], ["Malaysia has a severe case of the \"brain-drain\" so im not entirely suprised", "Unless ure a tuan rumah (by that I mean ada kabel) by kabel I mean usually it's saudara mara"], ["She was in one of my favourite TV shows and in one of my favourite games. Damn. Respect."], ["Mind of Your Language is a classic gem of British comedy, I love it!"], ["Who?", "The actress that featured in a relatively famous London (since it is produced by LWT, the ITV franchise holder for London on the weekend) comedy call Mind Your Language (I am very sure that the writers of Oh My English watch that show when they were young and basically copy paste the premise), the actor in particular play a Chinese Communist (as in full on Maoist) girl in a class full of foreigner who wants to learn English...(yeah, the characters in the tv series are so dependent on stereotypical ethnic tropes to the point of being offensive by the 80s standards and thus cancelled as a result.)\nP/s: Please reread the picture that the OP closely....unless you meant to comment as a way to show displeasure at people that are acting basically \"orang kita, doneclaimed\""], ["What's next, Henry gold is a sarawakian?", "Tbf, he was born in sarawak and his mother is a native sarawakian. But he won't be qualified as a \"bumiputera\" under malaysian constitution tho."], ["Yes indeed"], ["Love her with dat chairman Mao shit"], ["Yeah, the moment I watched she appeared in Johnny English 2, I immediately thought that I've seen her before, it was during the time I dwelve into English comedy classics."]]}
{"title": "Hi. Is anyone travelling out of Langkawi tomorrow morning (24 Dec) through Batik Air flight to KL? I was stupid enough to not know the minimum 48 hour rule for taking duty free alcohol out of Langkawi, and purchased a bottle at duty free. If anyone is able to help me with a solution please!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p5dxa/hi_is_anyone_travelling_out_of_langkawi_tomorrow/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Drink it up bro, or just ask if you can pay customs", "As in just pay the tax for it", "Glad you clarified that. Lol", "I would have offer a different kind of payment if not for the clarification..."], ["Just flew out from Langkawi to kl last week. The security in Langkawi airport did not even bother to check, we were carrying more than a liter each. Once we arrived in kl, the customs did not check too. My suggestion would be just to risk it & only pay if you got caught (remember to act dumb like you didn\u2019t know)", "Thanks buddy! Helpful. I'm assuming you put the liquor in checked in luggage?", "Well, we did at first, so we asked the staff at the counter to paste a \u201cfragile\u201d sticker outside the luggage to which she asked us what\u2019s inside ? We told her alcohol then she said we\u2019re not allowed to check in liquor, all have to be hand carried. Out of curiosity, I asked her how would they know if there is alcohol in my luggage ? She couldn\u2019t answer. Anyway we didn\u2019t wanna make a fuss, so we hand carried it. At the security check in LGK airport We had about 2litres each. No questions asked when our bags went thru the scanner . When we arrived in klia, after baggage collection, we have to scan all baggages (only luggage and not backpacks) thru a screening machine again for customs check. If you don\u2019t wanna get flagged , Just make sure your luggage isn\u2019t packed too sus with like 6-10 bottles lined up like you\u2019re about to sell these alcohol somewhere else. If you have many bottles - Another tip is just distribute it around and to carry some in your backpack.", "Thanks! Helpful", "I think it depends on your luck too, depending on the staff on duty. All the best & do keep us updated ! Curious to know what happened too", "Check your airline Batik Air. I rmb malaysian airline saying you can have liquor on checked in luggages."], ["Like someone else said, just check it in and buat tak tahu. If they catch, then pay the duty."], ["Cheers bro, you have some drinking to get started!"], ["Slurp ahhh"], ["The worst you could have, if they ever find out, is paying the tax. Don't think they would confiscate outright."], ["They usually don't care if you're carrying just one."], ["To the comments so far - So, that's about 16+ large pegs of some fairly decent whiskey, to be had in about 8-9 hours, and then catch a flight. Sounds like I might just end up paying customs. Unless, someone's in Langkawi, and wants to join and share the burden on kidneys!!"], ["On a serious note, if no one's up for my offer of sharing the bottle overnight, could someone please clarify if I'm allowed to pay the duty and take the bottle?", "Depends on the custom officer. When a similar thing happened to me (taking 2L when the limit is 1L), the custom agent basically gave me the option on what I wanted to do. He told me that for the whisky I had, the duty should be over RM200. I told him I only had RM100 in cash, and he agreed for me to pay that much.\nSo basically, you can negotiate (and can probably pay less than RM100 depending on how daring you want to be / how the custom officer is)."], ["Can someone explain this rule?", "The 48-hour rule in Langkawi is to prevent visitors from bringing back duty-free items to the mainland, mainly focusing on alcohol. It would be an exploit to those visitors that just doing day trip to Langkawi and bring back more than they are allowed to. This would mean our government is missing out tax collection on those items."], ["To close this thread, they did not care! Took it in cabin bag. No questions asked."]]}
{"title": "How well/poor funded are our Local Universities ?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p3mqu/how_wellpoor_funded_are_our_local_universities/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Was enjoying my breakfast at a kopitiam this morning, and was approached by a few UM (Uni of Malaya) students for funds to support their upcoming event. I have no issue in giving, as I believe in planting in good seeds for the future generation.\nHowever, i suddenly had thoughts of how well/poorly funded our local Unis are, given there are funded by our government and the amount of alumni they have produced, surely many have done pretty well in life to give back to the unis? Wondering if there are any recent graduates that can share some insights?", "comments": [["Event organised by students body mostly has to foot the bill by themselves. Yes, you can apply allocation from the University's faculty or student affairs department, but at most it will not be more than RM200 or RM500.\nAlso if the nature of your event is just for entertainment (eg: year end dinner/tour trip to tourist hotspots) and not for the purpose of education (eg: gotong-royong/sports competition/entrepreneurship event/educational events for school kids), you cannot apply for the allocation.\nBased on my experience when organising event in a public uni in the southern part of Klang Valley.\nEdit: Btw, in my uni's rules book, you are not allowed to go door-to-door to seek donation unless you get permission from some higher-up. The reason is it will be very annoying to residents around the campus if there's multiple students bodies constantly knocking your door to ask for donations from time to time all year round.\nAlso there are issues of transparency too if donation is allowed to be the main funding of your event.", "the event i saw today was for an annual cultural event (didnt bother with the details). Uni should be a place to ferment ideas and open up the students mind :)"], ["surely many have done pretty well in life to give back to the unis\nAre there actually that many people who join their uni alumni club? I assumed only those who've joined the student body representative would be bothered.", "Coming from other Unis, yes, their alumnis are active and well-funded. A lot of the graduates have benefited from the Uni and have a yearning to return something back to the Uni. A classic example is Lei Jun (Xiaomi founder) who donated a huge amount of CASH (cash as in cold hard cash and not just promises or benefits-in-kinds) as he was awarded a scholarship during his uni days."], ["Funding for club events != funding for universities.\nWhen I was in MMU, the place is more or less profitable. But beyond the annual budget allocation we have to get the money ourselves, especially if we want to go to the overseas competitions."], ["For student events a lot of red tape to go throough before they can access the uni's wallets. For entertainment/fun purposes it is more likely they are self funded or sponsored by NGO's or corporates. The uni itself is rich for sure."], ["", "Shouldn't uni be under \"Higher Education Ministry is allocated RM16.3 billion\"?"], ["like anything in malaysia funding is terrible\ninfact the only well funded thing iirc is real estate", "And the pocket of crownies who have deep links with gomen"], ["No"], ["im a UM student. UM's government funding is really ass. Just look at our buildings and you'll understand what i mean.\nIts the case for other public unis too, only we look the worst because we are the oldest uni. Some of our buildings are almost a century old and get barely any maintenance. What makes you think the uni will fund our 100 different clubs?\nOur clubs usually get funding from sponsors. For example, most/all clubs have a PR team that begs companies to sponsor their events. Tech clubs will go to tech companies and startups. Engineering clubs will go to chemical and oil n gas companies. Its normal.\nThat's why if you're rich, always go private. UM is really only good for the name and connections. If you dont give a shit, just go private, much better experience. But im bias, so I'll always suggest UM over private. As stupid as it is, employers (especially MNCs) love to look at unis if ur a fresh grad, since they receive thousands of applicants for a couple of positions and need to filter the resumes out"], ["i would say it varies but please ITM i dont want to see cisco only labs, dont waste your budget there. include mikrotik and regular servers too to improve the exposure and course at the same time reducing the cost.\nSome are focused and some arent. the focused ones seem to be well funded because they have better budget focus, not more budget. They also tend to be smaller.\nso its an it depends. some include practice alongside and some dont. for example UITM has hospitals within their universities so practice and teaching are together which saves costs as you have real patients paying and students while some universities have to deal with a lot of admin due to their size but dont have the best facilities available due to their inefficient expenditure.\nquality wise as usual depends on doc. I know some docs who work in UITM hospitals and do a good job. education quality also depends if talking about staff. half the universities have very good technical facilities, then its just down to the teachers."]]}
{"title": "Middle Ground: Chinese Malaysians and Banana Malaysians", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p3h5q/middle_ground_chinese_malaysians_and_banana/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["I haven't watch this video yet.\nFor me, most of the time, the Chinese educated ones (especially, not from KL / Selangor) are the ones that has a beef with \"Bananas\".\nMost of us are fine living our lives, then come certain self-righteous Cainis come and tell me what to do.\nThese ppl may have good intentions but need to work on their approach.", "My exact same feeling. Also remember previously another banana vs non-banana discussion here.. a non-banana say bananas are very straight forward and say what they mean and don't give face... which is why they don't like bananas.. (is that a bad thing really? or a bit of insecurity on their side?)", "As a chinese banana I can say that the fact that non banana says things like \"don't give face\" or this face that face is what actually makes me dislike communicating with non bananas\nTo be clear I'm cool with hanging and talking to non bananas but once they bring up certain things that I find not good/downright annoying in chinese culture like the whole \"face\" thing that's when it annoys me\nIt actually makes me wanna be more confrontational/do the opposite of what they want instead ironically", "Exactly my thought... if they start hounding on me, why should I protect their fragility or prevent their self-deprecating tendencies?", "I noticed they actually have fragility and insecurities like you said, but instead of keeping it to themselves or work on it they will project it to others by saying and doing these things.\nSame thing with traditional parents, the type where whatever they say or do is right cause they are the parent. It's to jaga muka or they don't want to show embarrassment for being wrong"], ["I don't believe that language divides or defines the Chinese diaspora anymore. It's really more a case of how much one embraces or rejects the Confucianistic values that have defined Chinese culture for thousands of years. Also there's the element of a class war mixed in somewhat. Historically the most progressive and forward looking Chinese were people who received elite foreign educations. Sun Yat Sen was a foreign educated doctor who spoke excellent English. The original political elites who founded Malaya's Chinese based political parties were mostly English speaking Straits Chinese. IMHO, the factionalism that defined 80s and 90s era Malaysian Chinese politics can be framed as a struggle between the old (English speaking) elite and the politically ascending nouveau riche/ working class Chinese speakers. English vs Chinese speaking is an artifact of the class wars within the Chinese community.", "I'm quite sure the joke about how bananas in average are simply richer has some truths in it."], ["Best is to know both lah and don\u2019t end up super cina or super banana. I don\u2019t see what\u2019s the harm of being able to communicate in both languages, at most you\u2019ll probably be suckier in one. Quite sad to see those banana Malaysian Chinese cannot speak or write mandarin , and BM also sux, can only speak English & not like the English super good also."], ["I'm fine with either. But I get worried whenever they praise Winnie the Pooh too much... I get that they are proud of their Source. But stop supporting the 9 Dash Line. It's not ASEAN or even :29091:n at all!"], ["My opinion: why not both, I am capable of switching between different mindsets and I can be the bridge of eastern and western culture. As I grew older and met some prominent people who are the English educated Chinese, all of them very regret of not learning Chinese when they are young. I am proud to be a MALAYSIAN CHINESE.", "same"], ["English subs available.", "Gotta upvote"], ["Ah yes the age old fight at my uni"], ["Bananas always pretend to be the morally uprighteous ones against the \"racist, backward, unpatriotic chinese speakers\".\nWhen in reality bananas just direct their racism toward their own race.", "Not racism, more like prejudice or discrimination"]]}
{"title": "Potentially moving to Malaysia in the next few years.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uyh3j/potentially_moving_to_malaysia_in_the_next_few/", "num_comment": 63, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello, hope this post is allowed. Looked at the rules and didn\u2019t see anything against it and looked at the previous posts and the wiki section but didn\u2019t see anything that really answered my questions. Had a few questions/discussion topics I was hoping somebody/ies might people able to answer/shed some light on.\nWe are looking to semi-retire and move to Malaysia (or potentially other similar countries) and wanted to get some additional info about areas that might fit us and about life there.\n1) What areas would be best for us? We like very urban areas, wife is from Tokyo, we would like to be able to not need a car and just be able to walk to everything. My wife is a bit bougee so it would be nice to be in a higher end area, but not a deal breaker. Would also love to be at or very near a beach. Would love to know best cities and/or neighborhoods?\n2) Weather, Looks like the weather is pretty decent although a little higher then would be perfect. Is there a good place if I would prefer 25c weather?\n3) Real estate, we would be looking at buying and wanted to know if that is generally a good idea. Initially looking at condos but read that they are not a great investment, would a house on land be better? Does property appreciate in Malaysia? Would it be better just to rent?\n4) Language, I only speak English and my wife speaks English and Japanese, obviously we would work to learn the language, but it seems English is very common as well. Would we be able to get buy with English well? Are some cities more or less friendly to English?\nAny other important insights would be appreciated as well!", "comments": [["Check out Mont Kiara, Desa Park City and KLCC areas of you want convenience and bougie living in Kuala Lumpur. You can try Penang too, but I'm not too familiar.\n25c is going to be pretty tough unless you're in Genting, Frasers Hill, Camerons. We're in the tropics and it's 30c and up during the day.\nProperty is pretty expensive now, but there's a bit of a glut, so there's room for negotiation.\nYou can get away with English in most developed areas.", "Thanks appreciate it. Seems Mont Kiara keeps coming up. Are you familiar with Johor Bahru?", "Ex expats here. Look up TTDI. Way greener, quieter and friendlier than the expensive and concrete sprawl that Mont Kiara is.", "Will do appreciate it!", "I am 100pc with you. TTDI is the bomb. MRT, extremely cosmopolitan, good shop mix, market, bank, supermarket. Good connectivity to nearby malls.", "Mont Kiara is very cosmopolitan and expat friendly. Too dense for my liking, but might fit your needs.\nI work in Singapore, but have not been tempted to visit JB (one train away). Haven't been there in 15 years.\nI hear its developing quickly, with train access directly to Singapore. Might be worth a look if proximity to sg excites you. Worth a look, but not enough to sway a long term decision tbh...", "Mont Kiara pops up alot as that is the traditional expat / japanese community.\nAnd seems like you and your wife prefers urban, ya probably makes sense MK fits the bill.\nTTDI will give a more suburb feeling BUT has the convenience of living in a city. It will be alot less crowded. But to get around TTDI a car is probably needed. (Although most malaysian will claim a car is needed anyway)\nAnd malaysia road is not designed to be safe for cyclist. :)\nCaveat: I like to get some meals at TTDI, but i'm not familiar with it like a local.", "Thanks we will look at that too! I don\u2019t mind a bit more suburban if we are very close to an urban area. Plus a lot of the videos I watch, I can see why people say you need a car everywhere, it doesn\u2019t look super walkable even in the central areas.", "I survived the 1st 5 working years in KL (from 2014 to 2018 before i got married) without a car. Relied on walking around and the LRT. It's not impossible but life as a single person is probably not a benchmark. Hahaha.", "Mont Kiara is nice and walkable but you can't get by out there without a car you'll just be locked in, it's an isolated expat suburb cut off from other parts of the city and public transport like the MRT. Johor Bahru was weirder than we initially thought, it's experiencing a boom these days with lots of new construction projects and a new rail shuttle to Singapore is being built, that being said it is definitely not pedestrian friendly and a bit of a small town feel to it. Penang is beautiful plenty of greenery and nice weather beaches etc, but not much in the way of public transport except for the main north-south bus. We always end up circling back to KL. Central parts of KL are the best in terms of public transportation and have some of the most walkable neighborhoods in Malaysia, also the most developed and overall access to conveniences within walking distance or a short MRT ride. You won't need a car just make sure your housing is walking distance to an MRT/LRT or monorail station, preferably with a covered walkway. Rent first, try the neighborhoods, then decide if you should buy.", "Appreciate it, good to know they a building a rail in Johor Bahru to Singapore. The videos show it as a two hour trek and if we moved there we would probably go pretty often.", "If you want a bougie place in Johor Bahru, I recommend the Iskandar Puteri/Nusajaya area, like Medini, Eko Botanic, Horizon Hills. A lot of expat in that area.", "Iskandar puteri especially. I live at econest and I swear that entire place feels like only expats inhabit it", "Thanks for the info!"], ["Difficult to not have a car in Malaysia, wherever you are, as public transport isn\u2019t like in Singapore or other countries. 25C would be difficult too, only in highland areas which are mostly tourist spots. English isn\u2019t a problem in the biggest cities of KL, PJ, Ipoh or Georgetown. Penang island sounds like it would tick off a lot of your requirements, condo prices aren\u2019t rising so much now due to oversupply, and it\u2019s near the beach area, although a car would be necessary. Also a big expat community, and is quite urban.", "Thanks appreciate it! Definitely don\u2019t mind having a car just like that urban lifestyle. Yeah I was hoping for 25C but I guess only potentially possible in a few more remote areas. Do most places have central AC?", "Most buildings / malls / restaurants / etc have AC. Apartments and houses? depends, but in the areas people are recommending to you, probably", "Appreciate it!"], ["What areas would be best for us? We like very urban areas, wife is from Tokyo, we would like to be able to not need a car and just be able to walk to everything. My wife is a bit bougee so it would be nice to be in a higher end area, but not a deal breaker. Would also love to be at or very near a beach. Would love to know best cities and/or neighborhoods?\nThere is a large Japanese/Korean expat community in Mont Kiara and Hartamas (both in Kuala Lumpur). Being mostly poised for expats, things are close by and a car is not needed. But you will be 100% living in that bubble.\nIf you want beach, you can look at Penang island, which I assume has also a decent Japanese expat crowd. But I am not that familiar.\nWeather, Looks like the weather is pretty decent although a little higher then would be perfect. Is there a good place if I would prefer 25c weather?\nLOL not gonna happen. Only highlands or places closer to jungles have this kind of temperature. Both are contradictory to your wants of an urban setting.\nReal estate, we would be looking at buying and wanted to know if that is generally a good idea. Initially looking at condos but read that they are not a great investment, would a house on land be better? Does property appreciate in Malaysia? Would it be better just to rent?\nLanded houses appreciate better. However will they keep appreciating? I don't know. However it is hard to find a landed house in KL (Mont Kiara or Hartamas) that are walking distance to many things. If you stay at Mont Kiara, then condos are the name of the game. Malaysia is a CAR society. It is hot and humid, and our public transport is not great.\nThere are also minimum purchase prices for foreigners. For example, you cannot buy a house lower than RM1mil (though many condos and landed houses in Mont Kiara are probably higher than RM1mil, so it might not be a problem).\nLanguage, I only speak English and my wife speaks English and Japanese, obviously we would work to learn the language, but it seems English is very common as well. Would we be able to get buy with English well? Are some cities more or less friendly to English?\nYes you'd get by with English in the Klang Valley area of Malaysia\nLastly, check out the MM2H program. Good luck.", "Thanks! Lots of great info and I will definitely check out MM2H. Appreciate the insight!", "You'd really need to check the visa and financial requirements under MM2H carefully, it is RM40,000 per month income and RM1 million fixed deposit.", "Yeah I was reading about it and probably not what I would want to do. Looks like the money you put in has to stay in there as well. You can use some money to buy a house but you still have a minimum account level."], ["Get an affordable car, Malaysia has lots of nature to explore. Only accessible by car."], ["Mount Kiara has a Japanese community, so it would be great for your wife."], ["Since your wife is Japanese and likes being boogie. You can consult our resident Japanese rockstar GACKT. He runs a consultancy here that assists people (especially Japanese) who want to move to Malaysia.\nhttps://businessreport.ctoscredit.com.my/oneoffreport_api/single-report/malaysia-company/1162313V/GACKT-IKEDA-ASIA-BRIDGE-PARTNERZ-SDN-BHD-\nNote: PM for the phone number. Not gonna share it here. The fanboys and fangirls might go crazy."], ["you know whay would be a nice challenge? move to klang, i suggest along the KAPAR road, around the 2nd mile mark, a good mix of malay, chinese and indians. schools are bad, good malls are in the next city over, its a port town so its unnecessarily hot and humid, and the people are somewhat mental. good cheap food still available. and you can also experince rohingya, bangladeshi and indonesian culture while you're at it. and if you dont mind driving to the botanic city nearby, you gonna experince borneo too, that place is practically kuching and kk combined."], ["25\u00b0C, urban, near a beach - sounds like Hong Kong to me, not Malaysia", "Maybe so but certainly not a similar cost of living. HK is about the same as where I live in CA", "HK housing is even more crazier than SF bay area."], ["", "Awesome, I definitely appreciate it. Maybe we will be neighbors one day!"], ["You may want to search on YouTube some videos on people relocating to malaysia for retirement. And reach out to Japanese club here for some input from those staying here.\nPenang is a favourite among Japanese.", "Yeah been watching a lot, appreciate it. I will see if she will reach out to them!"], ["How are you planning to move/stay in Malaysia? What visa are you going to use.", "Still looking into that, was originally just looking at using our passport and coming in as a tourist and leaving for a couple days or getting a work visa. May look into the mm2h program as well. Any other suggestions?", "we are applying for digital nomad visas.. also because we work remote anyway. abit hard for us (mid 30s to 40) to commit now which country we want, our plans are to travel and stay in different countries and see which ones we like best."], ["Urban, bougie, high end. Condo's around the KLCC park. Specifically those that just on its grounds. 24 concierge service, walkable, lrt, drinks at KLCC, grocers at KLCC etc", "Thanks will look more into it!"], ["Japanese? If you wanna stay in KL just go to Mont Kiara haha there's lots of expats there especially Japanese", "Oh if you are looking into JB, I think Puteri Harbour is the area for Expats", "Appreciate it, will look into that as well!", "Seems to be a common suggestion lol thanks!"], ["KL - desa park city. Penang - straits quay area.", "Thanks"], ["If you\u2019re on Facebook, there\u2019s a bunch of expat groups with retirees.", "I am not but my wife is. I will have her start checking!"], ["Firstly, not many major cities in Malaysia are on the coast, so urban and beach would be tricky. Having said that, Penang and Kota Kinabalu (KK) are quite popular cities to retire. I've read that Penang is especially invested in medical tourism.\nIn KL, Ampang used to be the expat neighbourhood and still remains the area where most of the embassies are located. It's also close to the city centre and the Twin Towers. Nowadays, the Mont Kiara, Hartamas, and Publika areas have the greatest concentration of expats. You could buy a condominium under the MM2H scheme and be able to walk about to shops, cafes and restaurants pretty close by. Very large Japanese and Korean communities, too, with their own shops and restaurants. Bangsar is another popular area but not as concentrated as Mont Kiara.\nAir-conditioning is your friend here, sorry to say. However, we do occasionally have cool mornings. The weather is pretty consistent all year round. It's either hot and sunny, or hot and rainy.\nAs it is with most countries, property appreciation depends on the location. Both types of property are available, and again, depending on your preference, you could easily purchase either under MM2H.\nEnglish is very widespread here, moreso than some of our neighbouring countries. As mentioned by others, you could easily find the Japanese community here. Most expats also have their own communities. Pubs are everywhere (if you're into that sort of thing), and you'll find lots of fans gathered whenever there are big football matches on.\nAll in all, I may be biased saying so, but from what my own expat friends have told me, Malaysia is one of the best options for retirement. In terms of location (easy to travel to other countries in SEA), expenses (cheaper than most), food (tons of choices), safety (crime, while it exists, isn't widely prevalent), stability (don't mind the politicians, locals rarely if ever riot), infrastructure (public transport isn't as widespread but it works but roads get you everywhere), activities (name it and it's available - golf, yoga, sports, even skiing) and food (did I mention food already because Malaysians live to eat, not eat to live). I wish you all the best. Gambatte and good luck!", "Thanks! I have definitely seen the same things you mentioned, that is why it is at the top of a short list of places to move to!"], ["Sorry but did you look up anything at all regarding Malaysia before making this post? The weather is almost NEVER 25\u00b0 lol", "Lol yes that is why I asked. Hoping there was some magical coastal city with cooler weather!", "Seriously still shell shocked from that perfect 25C comment lmao\nWait until they burn in the midyear 40C weather"], ["Try to check out several Japanese expat in Malaysia Youtubers contents.\nJust type Malaysian Japanese on YT search.\nCheck also the revised MM2H program too"], ["Mont Kiara hands down. Or mid valley. Your wife will love The gardens mall. It\u2019s like Beverly Hills.\nMont Kiara - Besides being expat friendly and having a good population of Japanese and Korean; the QOL, restaurants, shops etc are much more like the ones you will find in developed countries.\nMid valley - for rich or expats with a good amount of money. Shops at the gardens mall are Cartier, LV, Hermes etc. But it\u2019s also connected to mid valley mall which is more down to earth with regular shops.\nMalaysia is still far from being a developed country but there\u2019s spots that are.\nMid valley, Mont Kiara, Pavillion KL. These are the only places that has the western feel. TTDI still feels like underdeveloped.", "Thanks, appreciate it!"], ["Google mid valley and the gardens mall. There\u2019s condos nearby that is accessible by a sky bridge. And you can use grab (Malaysias Uber) from places to places"], ["I\u2019m an expat living in Penang. Penang is nice and urban, but it would be difficult to find something bougee where you can also walk to everything. Getting a Grab or buying a scooter is an option (I have a car). Beaches in Penang are not great (polluted water, lots of jellyfish). Hot and humid, you won\u2019t find 25C. Almost everyone speaks English here. I\u2019ve been here 3 years and don\u2019t frequently have an issue communicating with anyone. I would rent first and then buy if you decide to go that route.", "Yeah I think renting and finding the right area would be a good start"], ["If you want all of the above then Singapore might be a better fit. The only downside is the cost of living which is extremely high.", "Yeah cost of living would defeat the purpose for the move"], ["Penang is the best choice... less moral police.", "Oh I didn\u2019t even know that was a thing in Malaysia!"], ["Seems like you did your research and is ready to move to Malaysia. For area suggestions either Klang Valley (specifically areas around PJ that have more English centric locals which includes places like SS, PJU, PJS, Kota Damansara, Mont Kiara, Sri Hartamas, Bukit Damansara etc) or Penang (island side). Megah Rise is great tbh, if you want to experience authentic Malaysian lifestyle that is also friendly to English speakers. It is in the middle of most places you would usually go and a good mix of new + old businesses and buildings.\nI'm not familiar with Johor, no comment. But East Malaysia is also a big thumbs up. Much less politics and much better racial harmony. Kota Kinabalu I believe is more English friendly compared to Kuching, but both are much better than other places for English speakers than other cities I didn't mention.\nI would say maybe not Bukit Jalil, OUG etc as those area caters to people that are more from China and Taiwan. And any other cities to be honest, usually it's hard to survived without any Malay or Chinese. So pretty much it's around specific parts of the Klang Valley or Penang Island.\nBut just a note, Malaysia doesn't like giving residence to foreigners. Basically you're free to move here and live here, but don't expect to ever get any sort of permenant residence in return. Even foreign spouses have a hard time getting a permenant residence, but at least it is possible for foreign spouses married to local citizens. Unless you have a spare million MYR to deposit into Bank Negara under the MM2H scheme.", "Thanks appreciate the input!"]]}
{"title": "Malaysian visitors add RM267mil to Hatyai economy during festive season", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vykua/malaysian_visitors_add_rm267mil_to_hatyai_economy/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "S\u2019wak premier\u2019s assurance to rebuff attempts to overthrow Unity Govt gratifies PM", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p3ava/swak_premiers_assurance_to_rebuff_attempts_to/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["PMX should not take Abang Jo assurance of support seriously . Cos we know Abang Jo is inexperienced fickle minded and can flip flip U turn switch support anytime. For eg. right after GE15, he quickly throw support like fanboy behind Muhyiddin as PM https://www.malaymail.com/amp/news/malaysia/2022/11/20/abang-johari-gps-agrees-to-form-govt-with-perikatan-bn-grs/40891 After later on, in highly embarrassing U l-turn, he switch to support Anwar as PM\ud83e\udd23", ""]]}
{"title": "Anwar: Incoming Agong Sultan Ibrahim knows Constitution, merely concerned that corruption is systemic", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p38l7/anwar_incoming_agong_sultan_ibrahim_knows/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["interesting times ahead. interesting indeed grabs popcorn"], ["\"You ask everyone in KL, everyone knows who is among the most corrupt in our country. Nobody dares to touch them. It reflects on the failure of the entire system.\"\nI bet Anwar intentionally said this to target those people."], ["Abis la ko PMX, kena salai :26554::26554:", "nope , the other side more scarw\ud83d\ude1b"], ["Must develop that ghost town despite its location far away"], ["So clearly a signal Azam Baki has failed over the past 3+ years as Chief.\nAnwar will likely fail to choose wisely again, as we saw with his terrible AG pick."], ["I\u2019ll just leave this here\u2026."], ["Better not look in the mirror"]]}
{"title": "Have critical friends outside of your inner circles, Anwar tells Cabinet members", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p36aq/have_critical_friends_outside_of_your_inner/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Might as well quote King Samivellu,\nTak da kabel kami bina kabel yang baru!\nDidn't expect the cabinet need the exact same life advice we were given growing up ..."], ["Translation: Make more cronies", "And valuable \"cable networks\"\nFuck normies and peasants like us", "Reading comprehension is a lost art huh"], ["Friends like Vincent Tan, Syed Mokthar, Tony Fernandes, etc...", "Looks like Fahmi already working hard. Look at 00:38 in this video, literally in his ear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZfkR4XvIJY"], ["Wow, PMX heaping praise on his buddy Zahid, the kingmaker who made him PM. Not surprising , PMX did not praise any PKR ministers. It is obvious that PKR ministers were the worst performers \ud83d\ude01"], ["have critical friends outside of your inner circles that are still within your circle of influence. right?"]]}
{"title": "Cukop Jumloh lore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p2kkj/cukop_jumloh_lore/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["They all look creepy af", "Im not creepy\ud83d\udc80"], ["In tiktok theres alot of PN people keep saying PM gonna change. I honestly dont understand what they trying to achieve. I mean, even if they want to spread false news, at least drag it out a bit. Start last week, say new PM gonna be sworn in by friday. Thats to short. Not enough time to create the momentum.\nNow friday had passed, people will just make fun of them.", "Well that their tactics for decades brainwash remain the same, so you can understand why their followers are so devoted even they did nothing to improve their state or country.", "They are a lot of people keep trying and moving the goal posts until the hope of getting it right one day. Same like the TikTok I\u2019ve seen where Kevin Feige will be getting fired for low cinema revenues, for a long time now\u2026"], ["Found this guy at kenduri kawin"], ["Maaf bang, nk kta sub ni mmg byk kaki politik, takleh tgk over. Mmg org palau ah klau ad pas"], ["The rightmost dude looks like azwan ali tho, without makeup"], ["Muka semua ada mirip. Adik beradik ka?", "Yang pakai baju warna biru tu ayah saya", "Yang tengah hanya seorang stranger"]]}
{"title": "Tech startup", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p27fp/tech_startup/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Anybody got experience building a startup? Do place for the office should be prioritise? I love Ipoh and Kuala Terengganu. Cozy place to do work just a good internet connection. What say others?", "comments": [["The 3 most important factors, besides the product or service, for a tech startup are:\nFunding\nPeople (Employees, Co-Founders, Industry Networking)\nPublicity / Buzz / Hype\nAnd if you make it through the first few stages, I\u2019ll add in Scalability.\nOnce you go outside the major cities, funding should be okay if your product / service is good and gains traction.\nThe people circle is where you will start struggling. To build something half decent, you will always need people, the best of the best aren\u2019t going to be moving to KT to work. The same goes for #3, unless you have a one in a million product, you need #2 networking and then the media buzz to start building your profile into the late stage funding rounds.\nI\u2019ve started 2 companies, one is running after 13 years even after I left and did relatively well while the other struggled (Covid factor). What I\u2019ve learnt is that you need 3 + 2 or more variable factors to make it work.\nGood luck."], ["Premium addresses matter only in regulated sectors. Save every penny and work remotely till you can afford rent."], ["You mean just to get the company up and running? Or to build a viable bussiness?"], ["I built one of the largest IoT companies in India starting in 2013. Started from one room in a back alley with 2 developers. We excelled in marketing - gathering customer feedback and converting into a product.\nWhat you need is the following - 1 - a clear vision (where you want to go with your venture) 2 - a roadmap to achieve the vision (broken into short term milestones), and 3 - a do it now attitude to bring it to a closure. Start and finish, learn and repeat.\nLocation doesn\u2019t matter these days so far your sales is always present in front of the customer. Be sales first, be revenue first. Everything else follows.", "We should following bro. Where are you located now? India or Malaysia?"], ["I am now based in Malaysia working on my next \ud83d\ude42"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia eases rules for retirement residency visa but piecemeal announcement has wealthy foreigners holding off", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p1znc/malaysia_eases_rules_for_retirement_residency/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Why release the program piecemeal? It just serves to frustrate people and invites criticism when maybe none is warranted."]]}
{"title": "Penang\u2019s water security under scrutiny as supply disruptions jar consumers", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p1ybz/penangs_water_security_under_scrutiny_as_supply/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Sarawak needs at least 1,500 more teachers, in addition to 1,108 announced, says state education minister", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p1xoa/sarawak_needs_at_least_1500_more_teachers_in/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["When you have such a big land and many remote villages, this is the problem.\nHowever, Sarawak is very rich now; I think their state budget allocation for 2024 is over 10 times that of Selangor. As a result, they're offering generous bonuses to their public servants.\nLet's see if many teachers from Peninsular would be interested to serve in remote Sarawak villages, in favor of the bonuses.", "most of the time it is not about money. people just want to be closer to their friends and families and facilities that they need or desire.\nbut if they complain or decline, these teachers got labelled ungrateful and unpatriotic.\nI feel very sorry for them truly.", "You'd be surprised, sometjmes even the Sarawakian doctors and teachers don't want to be posted to Swak", "I don't believe it's not about the money. It's just not enough money for the hassle of being away from home. If their salary is RM1 mil annually, I don't believe there wouldn't be enough people who are willing to do it.", "kerajaan langit mana nak bayar gaji cikgu sekolah RM83,000 sebulan?", "Impossible? Agree. Just saying it's definitely about the money. Just that there's not enough money for them to move now."]]}
{"title": "PM Anwar: Mastery of Bahasa Melayu must be upheld", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p1whw/pm_anwar_mastery_of_bahasa_melayu_must_be_upheld/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [[""], ["Is bahasa wicet BM ?"]]}
{"title": "Towards 2024: What Malaysians want", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vlwc5/towards_2024_what_malaysians_want/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s key court cases in 2023: From Zahid\u2019s DNAA and Syed Saddiq\u2019s conviction, to vernacular schools and \u2018enticing women\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uxrgh/malaysias_key_court_cases_in_2023_from_zahids/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Zahid's DNAA is clear case that Malaysia justice system going down the drain. That politicians in power can do whatever it takes to stay in power. They can use AG/ power of prosecution to turn black to white , turn guilty to innocent \ud83d\ude06"]]}
{"title": "Happy Chinese New Year \ud83e\udde7", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p14t2/happy_chinese_new_year/", "num_comment": 65, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Christmas not even over yet \ud83d\ude02", "comments": [["Gong Xmas", "LOL hahaha"], ["That escalated quickly, phew..\nSome shopping malls I've seen decorated both Christmas and CNY which becomes \"merry fa cai\""], ["Merry new year, where ang pao, no ang pao? I kick yo butt out of here", "Ang pao and present pls", "No, me broke I have only 1 billion in zimbabwe dollars", "I have satu juta rupiah", "I'm not Chinese, but can I receive Ang Pao too?", "No \ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21", "Boo... If you have no have no Ang Pao, just say so la..."], ["Enter market and you\u2019ll see Chinese owned shop blasting CNY songs while selling Christmas decos lol"], ["It shows you who the owner is..."], ["Merry Fa Cai \ud83c\udf84 Gong Xi Christmas \ud83e\udde7"], ["Jingle gong jingle gong jingle dong dong chiang"], ["Cny is in February. Hahaha"], ["Tak menyempat nokk \ud83d\ude2d"], ["Chinese New Year n Santa Claus r Red, coincidence?", "We all know comrade santa is a commie all along"], ["Merry New Year!!"], ["I feel Diwali always under celebrated. Always in a rush. Immediately after Halloween and immediately becore Christmas. In fact, I think we shouldnt even glorify Halloween. No glory should be for death and ghouls and spook"], ["Same thing happened with Diwali", "Unfortunately people don't really care about Diwali in this country.", "Lmao true. Minority festival. That\u2019s okay"], ["Bruh"], ["Never change at all. \ud83d\ude02 always when Xmas around, some how Chinese new year deco is up in advance \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02"], ["You guys are early"], ["After this, Raya also will happen near cny and Christmas"], ["MALAYSIA ITS TOO EARLY"], ["2 weeks back went for lunch at a Chinese restaurant. They're already playing CNY songs."], ["Exactly my thoughts!"], ["I absolutely hate cny , all the hellish toture of your relatives asking did you get your dick sucked yet and you're forced to entertain them", "Go for cny vacation"], ["Kalau sambut Christmas eh, diorang dapat duit raya jugak tak? Kalau culture kat Malaysia", "From what I've seen, all dapat. CNY, Raya, Deepavali and Christmas."], ["Hmm idk but .. racist ... Yeah racist shop owner .."], ["Gerenti no Christians coming out and scream for blood", "oof"], ["Halal or not?", "Yes"], ["Merry Chintmas i guess ><"], ["More holiday creeps ahead. First Christmas, then CNY?"], ["Next years CNY is rather late but they're so impatient lol"], ["This is the universal sign that this shop will start charging Lunar New Year price edi"], ["Just another day in Malaysia."], ["Huat Huat Huat"], ["Happy 2025"], ["Is Santa gonna give out ang paos to us?"], ["Just wait until Raya and CNY converges."], ["You can know what race boss of the place when seeing the decorations"], ["Early DLC expansion pack arrived"], ["Gong Xi Krismas"], ["Merry Chinese Christmas New Year"], ["Oh god .. i prefer christmas"], ["Calm down la Christmas isn't over yet y'all Dy behu behu wan decorate"], ["Merry Fa Chai"], ["\"Can you believe it guys? [CHINESE NEW YEAR]! just a week away! woohoo. I am so happy about this information. [CHINESE NEW YEAR]. Just a week away! Oh wow. Can you believe it! [CHINESE NEW YEAR]!\""]]}
{"title": "Restore Labuan\u2019s full duty-free status, Putrajaya told", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vyjny/restore_labuans_full_dutyfree_status_putrajaya/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "The Labuan Chinese Chamber of Commerce says the island needs to boost its facilities to woo visitors.", "comments": []}
{"title": "What is this car", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p0s8m/what_is_this_car/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Probably those student project, internal design competition or concept cars... Like the Hailak Exora..\n<image>", "Me: I want Ford Ranger\nMum: We have Ford Ranger at home!\nFord Ranger at home:", "Actually, this design was unveiled in 2015 and most likely earlier. The 2015 ford ranger looks nothing like this Proton.\nBut the 2022 ford ranger looks a lot like it.", "This could have been a successor to the Arena imo.", "it'd be quite popular in east MY if Proton make pickup trucks again", "If it's a real body on frame truck then it might work really well."], ["Did some research on google and found out:\nhttps://prodas.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/proton-smart-car-innotech/\napparently it's some kind of project that merged 3(?) vehicles into one, making it a proton sagarenavvy. It looks like a revived arena but also looks kinda fucked up at the same time. But I gotta say it's quite innovative.", "2010 damn"], ["Mayne proton innotech base on car plate"], ["Savvy with a kit. Prototype Savvy? So a Savvy with an intact CVT?"], ["Front juara , center savvy , back is like arena back kinda"], ["Not very good"], ["This maybe the same 'Proton Merpati' from a 16 July 2020 Pickles salvage auction.\nhttps://youtu.be/PqG-BksEqu8?si=5ouS83KHA_44qec5&t=891"], ["Down syndrome"], ["wow its a real sized cardboard car \ud83d\ude2e cant imagine the effort put into buildin it \ud83d\udcaa"], ["Potong"], ["Proton Meow Meow"], ["Cardboard car"]]}
{"title": "Need advice for staying in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p0rbk/need_advice_for_staying_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I am looking forward to (not confirmed yet) spending around 5-6 months in Malaysia for my student exchange program. it will be in UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia). Though Im really excited but there are a few concerns as I have never travelled alone.\nFirstly, any kind of general advice is appreciated! I know very little about traveling alone and living in malaysia.\nSome specific things that are in my mind rn are: 1) Food (i can cook so i need to know average costs for 1 person, and what options do I have and what to expect, what to avoid, what to go for etc, everything should be halal though)\n2) Travel (recently saw a post about someone complaining about bus/train system, so need a bit more insight on it and maybe some tips and tricks, average prices of travel etc)\n3) Accommodation (are hotels a good option? renting a place out? should be economical and any tips on finding a good place, what to look for when getting a place, average rent etc) ( I also found some rentals online, some had electricity bill included some didnt so wanted to know how much of a difference does it make?)\n4) Language + weather + general safety related stuff (things to avoid)\n5) Must visit/ or things I should try\n6) going out at night, how long can i stay outside before it gets unsafe etc\napart from these any advice you have to give is highly appreciated! Thanks in advance!", "comments": [["This is some of my bits. Other people can point out anything wrong with my info. Cover any stuff that I don't cover etc.\nFood:\nHalal issues: food served by muslim owners/muslim roadside stall are most probably halal. Most food franchies/restaurant that have JAKIM logo on their wall/shown are halal, certified by Malaysian Islamic Body; JAKIM.\nHalal issues: Some use logo tactics like Islamic Council Halal etc, are not majorly recognized by most Islamic scholars here. Food products from stores with JAKIMs halal logo and JAKIM's recognized foreign bodies should be okay. Places that shows 'no pork/alcohol', I wouldn't put trust on it, because even some muslims aren't very particulate on thoroughly check and eye confirmed whether its certified halal with compliance of islamic slaughtering guidelines, let alone non-muslims. However, one can't be to OCD on these thing I suppose.\nIf you're eating at UPM's student eateries, the student foods is usually cheap, MYR10 would be enough inclusive drink (my old info might be wrong). Currently, there are government initiative to introduce Rahmah food (RM5) to help the poor. Haven't touch grass there for awhile, so might be wrong again. There are some food courts stalls around UPM neighborhood and around 10-20mins drive near UPM that opens even until after midnight.\nIf you're cooking, a whole chicken would be little less than RM20 (RM11/kg) from the wet market, beef are a little less than RM40/kg. Eggs are about RM15-18 per 30s, rice is about RM40-50 for 10kg pack.\nLocals people use gas stove with LPG tank (RM38 - 16.5kg), there are many doorstep delivery service on LPG tanks. And rarely, one would find some student use butane stove, or in extreme cases, cook with rice cooker if they're staying in uni's dorms.\nMost muslim foreigners that I know liked malaysia mainly because there are halal foods are everywhere in lotsa varieties, well known fastfoods restaurants are halal as they have JAKIM logo on their wall, many varieties food from other nations if one can't adjust your tongue here and most importantly you can easily go out and find proper hot meals even after midnight, all year around.\nI personally think 5-6 months are very short, and with workloads of course works, constant group work discussion outside, late returns, and convenient of variety halal foods from different nations to try, I wonder if you'll even cook daily.\nFor monthly food expense, it largely depends on your situation.\nJust for references, Malaysia have the MARA Student Loan (eligible only for bumis; malay/sabah/sarawak), which provides Monthly Living Allowance for students that applied from them. Their monthly allowance rate ranges (2020s info) from RM650-RM900 depending on graduate program level. (Basically USD140~195/monthly)\nWhile that amount seems just enough for Malaysian students to cover their basic living necessities, some even find it not enough and have to get by via other means.\nMost poor students would typically resorted to getting rice cooker and electric water kettle if they're living in dorms, while those who rents outside with several friends to reduce expense; would typically get gas stove with LPG.\nYou may use it as a yardstick for your food budget, though I don't recommend following it to the dots.\nSome places have 'pasar malam' (night street food stall vendors) on weekly basis, they also have some cheaply different kind of foods.\nTravel:\nIf one are just going here and forth around UPM, a scooter/motorbike would be nice, because most motorcycle aren't very much restricted to parking, cheap fuel, and 'lane splitting' are infamously common here. If you're planning on lotsa long distance travel, especially for many, many field work research, perhaps get a cheap car 2nd hand.\nIMO, for me, best would be a scooter, and rental a car when needed. 2nd-hand scooter 2010s would be around RM3k+, while cheap car rentals for axias/myvi would be never above RM100/day.\nDuring rush hour, any transportation on roads are unreliable, except for motorcycles; while things on rails would be left you with 2nd or 3rd train arrival because insufficient space car after queuing. When it rains, it is worse.\nIf getting car/motorcycle isn't an option due to license problem, consider getting electric bike/scooter, though places one can go are pretty limited. Costs around RM1k-2k for a proper brand (don't gamble with cheap ones as most comes from china and there are rise of battery combustion cases there)\nHighways/public transport requires TouchNGo (similar to debit card, rechargable with $$$ via many stores cashiers, ATMs, petrol stations and rail stations.\nIf you're traveling but no transport, use Grab, its something like Uber/Lyft, but for very common in malaysia (download via googleplay)\nAccommodations:\nMost people would share rentals with housemates. Local muslims are syafi'e school of thought. Having a muslim housemate would be nice. They're quite versed in street smarts around UPM and the out-eateries that are worth your money.\nIt would be greatly help if you have at least a motorcycle, so you have larger rental place choices. Cheapest place would be low-cost flats, with rental shared between mates. Expect no security in low-cost flats. If you have car, get a landed house or gated condo, or else you'll be parking anywhere with any side road space, that have little to none security.\nRental deposits are commonly 2 months deposit with 1 month water+electricity utilities.\nWater bills should be cheap, unless there are sinking funds for high rise buildings for maybe RM100-RM200 total, and electric bills largely dependent on aircond consumption. If no aircond, shouldn't even be more than RM100, even with a refrigerator, washing machine, 32\" LCD TV, a microwave and internet wifi router for 4 people.\nMobile internet connection around UPM should be 4G, with prices around RM35~RM150+ monthly without contracts (termination fees). But expect data limits & speedcaps.\nLand-based internet cables subscriptions usually have 24 months contracts, with no data limit and no speedcaps. About 300Mbps to 1Gbps. Early termination fee for TM-Unifi cable (largest coverage) is the payment remainder of 24 months, while Time cable requires RM500 penalty.\nLaundry: there are 24/7 coins washing machine/dryer everywhere, there are laundry services per kg, or you can handwash and hang outside on clothes line or laundry rack.\nIf you're in muslim community/residental area, you can expect adhan being called out with their loudspeaker during the prayer time.\nIn all honesty, 5-6 months are very short, and since most landlords prefers yearly basis tenants, so I wonder if UPM would provide any accommodations, especially for exchange students programs.\nLanguage, weather, general security:\nMost people can speak english, even basic broken english. And Bahasa Malaysia.\nWeather is about initial 30s\u00b0C , on rainy days its early 20s \u00b0C, being hot and humid. Its either not raining or rain, and sometimes shallow flood due to bad city planning. Most men wear short sleeves as one could easily sweats during midday. The Most of the indoors offices have air-conditioner.\nGeneral security; possession knife/weapons in public places as self-defense by civilians are prohibited by laws, except (maaybe) if you just bought kitchen knife while still wrapped and going home etc. I bought kitchen knifes and never been caught. Someone brought knife to a stadium and got caught. That kind of situation. Firearms are only for certain uniform authority bodies.\nIf you meet street beggars, instead of giving money, give food. Many, many malaysian are guilty for falling for this too. While there are genuine beggars, most of them are opportunist scammer. By giving food instead, you're clear of any manipulative guilty trips they're playing, you're helping by discouraging their scamming movement.\nMust visit: Not sure.\nMust try: Malaysian foods.\nGoing out at night:\nAvoid walking in the street at night even after 8pm if the place are void of people. No problem if its even after 1am if there are lotsa people, though be cautious, especially if its crowded.\nIf you have to go out, have a car or motorcycle, though I'm not sure the regard on foreigners, as some police like to stop them, spouting nonsense that you'll be dragged to the station. If you're on motorcycle, get a full face helmet with rainbow/dark visor so you can avoid being easily identified as foreigners.\nStudents are infamously known to hang out til late morning, doing overnighters etc. Lotsa fast food restaurants open 24/7, as students usually use them as place to do work-group discussion, especially if there are mixings. These places are also usually used by many all-nighter students during exam weeks mainly due to good lighting, cleanliness, convenient of refreshments.\nSome indian muslim eateries (mamak) are 24/7, convenient stores like 7Elevens, KK Marts etc.\nLotsa cinema have movies that ends after midnight so.. yeah.", "omfg thankyou so much, i\u2019ll read everything! is it cool if i ask follow up questions either here or in dm?", "can you tell me a bit more about the Touch&go thing? do I have to get a card for the MRT/LRT? unfortunately getting an electric bike or scooter or car is not possible for me. so the only options I have is public transport.", "It's advisable to get a Touch n Go card. Yes, you can buy ticket (in the form of a plastic token) at the MRT/LRT station each time you want to travel by train, but it will be tedious and slightly more expensive than using the Touch n Go card.\nAlso many public buses under RapidKL or MRT Corp do not take cash and only accept Touch n Go card.", "Yea, thanks for correcting me, there's a plastic token coin", "Touch and Go card have no purchase restriction I think. Its mainly a card with cash balance. Can buy at convenient stores, petrol station etc (source) (source)\nYea, you need to get Touch and Go card for MRT/LRT and Bus rides (source)\nIf its public transportation, maybe install Grab (similar to Uber/Lyft)", "As everybody said, don't take advice from strangers on reddit, I *might* be just someone with computer keyboard with old info, so do your own research as well.\n- Rail transports are mainly LRT, Komuter, MRT, KTM Intercity/ETS, KLIA transit/express, KL City monorails. There are also BRT and Bus services.\nKlSentral information guide\nRoute map of interconnected LRT/Komuter/MRT/KLIA Transit etc\nSome stations are interconnected, (e.g: drop off from KLIA transit line at Putrajaya Sentral station, get on their MRT line to get to UPM MRT station) (please check updated/correct info yourself)\nRapidKL price calculator and the Concession card (elderly/disabled/student)\nUPM's MRT station and the feeder bus\nUPM MRT to KLIA\n- Publicly shared electric scooter (please check for updated/correct info yourself)\nI never used these, since I had my own personal transport, but I'll just tell the surface idea until someone with better knowledge knows it. This is mainly old news (2019s) though.\nSome campuses in Malaysia have the micro mobility initiatives of electric scooter sharing kind. But the booms was in earliest 2020s, and I'm not sure if they're still available, since publicly item are commonly very ruggedly treated.\nUsually these scooter-sharing have QR codes that can be scanned by their apps, and charged with $$$.\nAnd they're banned on public roads and highways due to safety issues.\n(perhaps redundant info since its from early 2020s) In University Malaya, they have Uniride (green colored pedal-less electric bikes), In some places they have electric scooters like. In UPM, they have Tryke, in some places they have Beam.\nIn 2023 UPM news, a student bought a pre-loved scooter, because of the transportation issues inside UPM.\nShe chose an electric scooter over the bus to class because she would not have to squeeze and compete with other students in a crowded bus, especially during peak hours.\n\"If the bus is full, I will have to wait for the next bus to come and it is time-consuming.\""], ["First, I would advise you not to take any advice from reddit. If you have no other option, maybe take it with a fistful of salt. This one included.", "100% agree, not a pinch, but a fistful. Heck, a whole pack of 1kg salt are not be so exaggerated as well."], ["LRT/MRT shouldn't be a problem, at least in the morning or late evening. UPM has an MRT station nearby. Otherwise, you should check with UPM on public transport or whether they provide shuttle bus service\nYou might look into coliving spaces like Komune Living in Cheras or Bangsar South, see how much the monthly fees are. Also, again, contact UPM if they have any hostels or living spaces nearby.\nBut again, I'm with the other redditor, take the above advice with a lot of salt. The above is just based on my experience, as I'm not a UPM alumni."], ["All suggestion above would depend on how much you're comfortable spending a month.", "not looking for anything too fancy, but things shouldnt be as cheap that i cant even bear"]]}
{"title": "Digital Driving License", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18p063n/digital_driving_license/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Last month I went to the JPJ in PJ to get my P driving license after passing my driving test. I was then told that licenses are now all digital and that I\u2019d need to download the MyJPJ app and I\u2019ll get my license through the app (which I did). However, my friend who got his license around the same time as me got a physical license. Keep in mind I asked the JPJ officer specifically if I could have the physical license but he said that it\u2019s not possible, only digital licenses are offered now. How come my friend was able to get a physical drivers license?", "comments": [["Depends on location probably. The place you were at must've ran out of cards", "Interesting, do you think when I renew my license in 2 years I\u2019ll be able to get a card instead ?", "No, Digital ID thing is 2024 and onwards, currently the JpJ is only want to finish their stock if have have lar ..if don't have you go digital"], ["Pp"]]}
{"title": "High-speed rail project to resume, says Anwar | The Malaysian Insight", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ozw9s/highspeed_rail_project_to_resume_says_anwar_the/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Till the next election, it will be cancelled again.", ".. hopefully we don't have to pay Singapore compensation if the deals falter again."], ["Revival of forrest city soon?"], ["Didn't we just pay a hefty penalty for terminating the project? Now we want to restart it?", "Yes, at that time of transaction, the exact amount is S$102,815,576 (RM320,270,519). MYR 320mil.\n[1] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/malaysia-singapore-compensation-high-speed-rail-289151", "To be honest, I think the penalty is nothing too crazy.\nFor reference, the future Cross-Island MRT Line in Singapore is estimated to cost S$40.7 billion (MYR 143 bn).", "It still money need to pay by us for nothing.", "Singapore paid that much to buy up the land needed. It was in the contract that the other party settle costs if pulling out.\nYou can't enter into a deal, make your partner spend a lot of money and then say, \"oh sorry, changed mind, no deal anymore kthnxbai\". That's not how it works."], ["Awesome. Just make sure it's financially sustainable.", "More tax collection in 2025 onward :26557:"], ["is Bandar Malaysia still a thing?\nit's probably going to be a new alignment, right?", "is Bandar Malaysia still a thing?\nYes it is.\n<image>\n(Source: Belanjawan 2024 speech book)", "Probably one way they could make this financially viable to make more Bandar Malaysia like cities all along the way. And also Bandar Malaysia\u2019s revival itself. But I have a feeling the path they\u2019ll choose is the integration with ERL rail. They\u2019ll either buy out the concession or opt them in to use the line and upgrade it. Probably like this would be the best way to save costs but make it really useful. A bypass of klia that connects to ERL but using the same tracks but KLIA included in the alignment along with express and local routes"], ["Great! Very excited for the HSR in our region. After experiencing what Taiwan and Indo HSR had to offer, it will be a very efficient way to travel domestically and even internationally."], ["Alright let\u2019s cut to the chase. When is it gonna be cancelled yet again?", "", "So, GE16. Alright"], [":26563:"], ["Kah2, in the end we just give free money to SG for canceling project before. What a joke", "SG here.\nI can assure you that we lost money from your side pulling out.\nWe had to do land acquisition, do preliminary site works, etc.\nWhatever compensation that your side paid doesn't fully cover what we had to spend on."]]}
{"title": "Is it illegal to make RC submarines in malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oztgi/is_it_illegal_to_make_rc_submarines_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I have gained an interest in RC submersibles but i don't want to get in legal trouble.", "comments": [["let me know if it works well after you've built one, my uncle got some fresh produce that needs importing from thailand."], ["Life sized ones or toy ones?", "There's life sized ones?????", "Yea they're pretty good for launching nukes from so I'd assume they're illegal x", "There are hobbyist RC life-sized nuke-capable models?\n... I should change hobbies.", "Toy ones, i dont think a nuclear submarine is legal"], ["why would you get into legal trouble?", "There are air drone laws, so i thought there would be some about sea drones too"], ["There is some law for flying a drone but i couldn't find any for RC submarine, or ship for that matter", "Hmmm, okay"], ["Well what are your intentions with the submarine and what frequency are you using to control it?", "Idk about frequency yet because i haven't started working on it yet, I'm just wondering what the requirements are to legally build a remote control submarine.\nThe intention is to create a submarine large enough to contain an FPV camera in the interior that uses a headset, like ones on RC planes, i basically just wanna make an immersive submarine experience.", "For frequency if you're using basic 433Mhz you'll be fine, but if you're using long range LoRa you might want to check with MCMC.\nI don't know the legal requirements for submersibles, you might want to check with others.", "Okay thanks", "I guess if he is using a commercial sub then the controller should be certified my MCMC then no worries about freq."], ["Can radio waves transmit from land to underwater and vice versa?"]]}
{"title": "SoyaCincau Awards 2023: The best telco this year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ozfqv/soyacincau_awards_2023_the_best_telco_this_year/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Welp. I guess I'll be shifting to UMobile postpaid."], ["umobile probably \u201csponsored\u201d soyacincau the most"]]}
{"title": "Walking in Penang", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oyeb7/walking_in_penang/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": [], "header": "George Town despite being very focused on walking tourism is one of the least walkable cities I ever visited.\nBasically zero pedestrians crossings, narrow or non existent sidewalks and insanely aggressive drivers.\nNot that any asked for it but there\u2019s my hot take.", "comments": [["Welcome to Penang!"], ["It's only walkable in some areas in the historic part of old Georgetown. You're better off driving if you wanna get around.", "Driving & Walking in penang island have the same arrival time. Been driving there like 3 times. I give up. Gonna walk or just use public transportation next time."], ["Pengangites: walkable? Since when?\n<image>"], ["Aha penang drivers are a national meme at this point. Shitty drivers thinking they're lewis hamilton without realising they have the coordination of a 2 year old trying to shove square cubes into a triangle hole depository toy.\nPs: johor, you're just as bad", "Most on point comment in this thread", "Both of the states' drivers do have common things about driving: they are living in two extreme polar opposite of driving, Like they are either too slow and stubborn, or they're too fast on the road and drive like a maniac who just got race license."], ["It depends on the locals. If majority of the people in Penang prefer to drive, the local government is not going to build walking infrastructure just for tourists.", "I think it\u2019s only matter of painting on some stripes and erecting lights\u2026 and even places where people will obviously be walking, like crossing from one end of the shopping mall to the other people will be driving 60 kmh and not slowing down at all..\nIt\u2019s just dumb and pointlessly dangerous.", "It boils down to culture and enforcement. The road culture is a bit different. Priority is given to vehicles rather pedestrians. Narrow streets and ubiquitous of private vehicles may have started this culture. Pedestrians are expected to give way to vehicles. Many feel safer to drive/ride than walk. I know it is counter-intuitive but it has become the way of life."], ["Nobody walks in Penang. Our legs are not meant for walking. Sincerely, from a Penangite.", "Came here to say this! hahaha.", "What are they for if not for walking", "Pushing the gas it seems(not the breaks).", "Bingo!", "Screaming"], ["We have historical buildings and roads. We give u the experience of how our elders lives and walked around"], ["I've been living in Penang for almost 3 years. Before that, I lived in Tokyo. I go walking in George Town every weekend. I consider it to be mostly walkable in that most roads aren't busy and you can get anywhere in less than 30 minutes. Sure, improvements could be made and it's not as convenient as Tokyo, but it's also nowhere near as bad as most of the US, which is one of the most unwalkable places I've ever been. If you think George Town is bad, you will hate most of the rest of the world.", "I haven\u2019t been to the US but compare it to any European city and there\u2019s a stark difference. Sure, Europe might not be the most fair comparison but just to illustrate what the opposite looks like.\nThe small streets in the old city aren\u2019t to bad.. but like just coming of the ferry where there\u2019s bound to be loads of foot traffic more or less the first thing you need to do is to full yeet over a busy road with no crossing. Even compared to BKK and KL it\u2019s crazy how little concession there are given to pedestrians.\n(Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love Penang, it\u2019s a wonderful place but I also love walking )", "I agree with what you said about Europe not being a fair comparison: European cities are probably the most pedestrian/cyclist friendly cities in the world so bear that in mind when you travel. With a few exceptions like Tokyo, HK, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Singapore, etc. you won't find many cities in Asia (or Australia or the Americas) that are what you're used to in terms of walkability. Something to be thankful for when you're back home.", "Yeah. But I would love to see it get to the level of BKK or KL, again just basic concessions like pedestrian crossings which definitely aren\u2019t a huge investment.", "", "I\u2019m just telling you what the other end of the spectrum looks like. I\u2019d much rather compare it to KL and BKK wich are both very car centric cities but at the same time hugely more walkable than Penang.", "Where were you in in the US? I\u2019ve lived there without a car in different cities for years, although granted those were close to college towns with nice big sidewalks in most places, and not-unusable public transport. And then cities like NYC/Chicago/Boston are fine for walking in my experience. Never lived in a sprawling suburb, but I\u2019ve been to some and know they\u2019re mostly unlivable without a car - you\u2019d have to drive miles just to get groceries\nI\u2019ve lived in Penang most of my life, or at least close to the industrial portion of the island. Currently even the tiny sidewalks are starting to disappear to make way for wider roads \ud83e\udee0 And our busses get stuck in jam along with the increasing number of cars. I can walk around Georgetown and my small neighborhood\u2026 but it\u2019s getting very packed - I remember having to squeeeeeze among people and vehicles the last time I walked around the jetty area.", "USA is around 30000 times bigger than Penang. Don\u2019t compare apples with dog shit"], ["sorry bub, we aint encouraging you to walk, we are encouraging you to JAYWALKING"], ["Railway Paradox"], ["Now you know why Penangites need vehicles"], ["You'll walk it! And you'll like it..."], ["Penang, especially Georgetown is basically still running on old infrastructure. It wasn't build on the idea of proper city planning and development and by the people that are foresight, it never and still totally fail to solve the transportation issue (MRT/LRT whatever the plan they have it the past since 1957) and the pedestrian walkway (some improvement, but compared to KL it pales in comparison, when KL people still shitting on the MRT/LRT that enjoyed by them).\nIt is a joke.", "I feel like KL has gotten better since I visited last 5 years ago. Just in terms of pedestrian crossings and clearly marked crosswalks.", "Indeed, KL has improvement. Occasionally, we heard complaints, but KL at least got the infrastructure and running the MRT/LRT and better pedestrian crossings/walkways than Penang, miles or light years ahead.\nLet's put in this way, the entire country except KL in terms of public transportation, subway/LRT/MRT and connectivity, is a joke.", "Tbf lrt IS incoming to Penang\u2026 god knows when they gonna be building it tho", "Penang state government wanted it to happen, no doubt [1]; however, as of now it is still under research stage, see below [3].\nMass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has opened a tender for the appointment of a consultant to conduct a study on the Penang light rail transit (LRT) project. - as of \"Tuesday, November 21st, 2023\" [2]\nAnd..\n\u201cThe project is in the research stage and the research is expected to be completed early next year,\u201d he said when replying to a question by Gooi Hsiao-Leung (PKR-Bukit Tengah) on the project. - as of \"23 November 2023\" [3]\nThe problem is the funding and the state-owned enterprise Prasarana, and all the stakeholders that comes from the ruling government. And if there's a change in federal government, the new leadership that opposed to the idea of seeing a better Penang, and the direction changed once again, the project will again staled and potentially defunct if the federal government suddenly stopped the funding.\n[1] https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/980727/penang-bullish-about-lrt-projects-implementation\n[2] https://themalaysianreserve.com/2023/11/21/mrt-corps-study-on-penang-lrt-set-to-be-completed-in-early-2024/\n[3] https://www.penangpropertytalk.com/2023/11/penang-lrt-project-is-on-track/"], ["Time to give PAS a chance"], ["Have you visited other cities in Malaysia already?"], ["Despite how unwalkable it is, it is still better than the rest of Msia"], ["We want more MNC factories, not more tourists driving our prices up for almost everything. Non-walkable city, aggressive driving, always grumpy, the hot weather is just a bonus (srsly, i don't think i've ever seen a smiling, walking tourist in Penang, under that insanely hot weather)...that's our strategy. jk.\nI can actually see our driving are improving, or at least rush hour traffic people are more accommodating to let cars coming out of small roads/hospitals/apartments to merge into the major road esp in bumper to bumper traffic. I no longer see ANY cars occupying the emergency lane during traffic jam on the flyover near the Masjid Negeri. We've definitely improved our driving skills/manners over the years, still got much room for improvement, but we're slowly making the effort. I've received a few \"thank you signals aka blinking the emergency lights as a sign of thanks\" for letting cars in. You don't see that even back in 2019."]]}
{"title": "Anyone experience dating scammers in Malaysia ?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oycer/anyone_experience_dating_scammers_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 45, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I have downloaded quite a few app like CMB, tantan\u2026 and I have already met like 6-7 which is frustrating.\nAnd they usually have common behaviour and tactics\nCommon behaviour are: They are very easy to talk to , almost too easy and they can always get the conversation going.\nCommon tactic number 1: After getting comfortable with you, they will suddenly ask you if you are busy and available to help them. They will then ask you to help to pass a \u201c message\u201d to someone or a customer and they reason they cannot do it themselves is they have reached their \u201climit\u201d or whatever that means.\nCommon tactic number 2: This they also get comfortable with you , and they will usually end the conversation by saying they are playing some \u201cgames\u201d after you probe them a while , they will finally reveal its a financial game, and they have been earning a lot of money following their footsteps on their \u201c uncle or dad\u201d and then they will try to teach you and play with them.\nI\u2019m sharing this post to see if anyone have similar experiences and for those who haven\u2019t experienced beware of this tactics . Thanks", "comments": [["Ask to meet and they'll stop", "they'll probably ask you to pay some money prior to meet up, or even if they actually came out and meet up with you they'll suggest you to go to some shady restaurants or bars etc and scam your money from there by ordering some very expensive shit", "Never pay before meeting. Only meet in public. Go dutch on your first date.", "Exactly. They usually hv 1001 excuses on why can't meet up. Besides it's easy to get their number", "There's another scam where you meet up and she insists on going to the restaurant of her choice. Then she ordered some RM 5k wine. Apparently the restaurant pakat with her and sends 2 macho guys asking for your payment."], ["One told me she's looking for sex partner and arranged a meet up time, which is 1 week later. Told me to prepare by buying STD self test kits so we can both enjoy without worry later. One day before the meet up, ask me if I hv bought it. I took random screenshot of the STD test kids online and showed her. She said not what she wants, she only trusts a certain brand. Gave me a website link and told me to buy from there. Website flagged by Google. End of story.", "Wow this is quite creative for a phishing scam"], ["For some reason... They all want to type in Chinese.\nThe topic will go to financial investment/crypto or to family/money struggles.\nThey will always ask where you are before telling you where they are, which won't be close. If you say KL, they are in Penang (or Sabah, or neighboring country).\nIf ask for video call, phone problem... Hint for money for a new phone. Their IG is generally less then 3 months old. Their friends/followers will be predominantly guys.\nI very free, drag the convo out sometimes.\nCurrently I filter by asking if they can converse in English or Malay. Stops quite a few, I seem to attract HK/TW scammers this year for some reason...", "Is mostly Chinese scammers in Canada. I just write \u4e60\u5305\u5b50\u7ef4\u5c3c\u718a, then they stop lol", "What does that mean?", "Xi baozi, Winnie th\u00e9 Pooh. At least in Canada it works very perfectly. Those scammers from China will usually rage \ud83d\ude02", "Xi Baozi Winnie the Pooh?", "Yes \ud83d\udc4d very effective", "What does the earlier part mean?"], ["Tactic number 3: say you're cute or hot and immediately want to video call", "Video call is pre recorded and they talk with the most generic and vague script"], ["Anything Online is Free Real Estate for scammers, until proper regulations."], ["I had a friend who met a girl like tactic number 2 where the girl asks my friend to join a game that is casino related and promised high return. Not only that the girl also asked him to find friends to join too (me and my friends obviously knew it is a scam so we ignored him anyways). He even tried to borrow money from us because the girl told him to invest more.Fast forward 2 months later the girl ghosted him."], ["Once. But I donno if I should call it a scammer. She wanted me as her downline for MLM. But she gave me false hope for several months."], ["Usually they will respond to u in Chinese and that's when I stop replying because 99.9% it's scam\nBut I hardly get matches also \ud83e\udd72"], ["I've met many scammers of this sort on Tantan. They are exceptionally friendly. They'll tell you when they get off work, have dinner and before going to bed. Most of them either work as a HR admin or as a nails beautician (\u7f8e\u7532).\nOnce I got the same dinner photo from the second girl as the first girl, that was a great highlight in my Tantan journey and the moment I realise they're all working under the same syndicate. I've seen the same white dog from two different girls too. So I decided to show her I have the same dog too, that girl was livid after that, truly fascinating. One last thing, they will show you they're driving a Mercedes car, maybe as a way to lead you into their money game.\nI have not had the chance to meet any of these scammers yet, they're always coming out with new reasons to say they're not free.\nThey \"money game\" they lead you into is always introduced by their uncle. It involves investing money in something and expect to get back your deposit within half an hour plus the commission. Another kind is they will ask you to help them buy soemthing from a special link on shopee because they've hit their \"limit\".", "Yeah same . I met a lot of this girl on CMB. They usually are admin / nails/ or those wfh. It\u2019s frustrating, I will knew their punchline when they say they \u201c need some help\u201d it\u2019s a waste of time. And when you called them out they get angry or act innocent."], ["Met one on Bumble who tried to con me out of money by convincing me to gamble online, and said she has a \"make money quick\" plan which requires a 4-figure upfront deposit. LMAO.\nI immediately went ballistic on her."], ["Dammm and then there\u2019s me who can\u2019t even get matches with scammers ( or anybody )"], ["Yes! A few times...\nI've experienced something similar: they send me a link and say they need my help to verify something or other. My spideysense went berserk and so I said \"Sorry, no\". He then went mad and cursed at me non-stop!!! I had to block him immediately.\nThere were one or two other cases as well but less intense. I just blocked them immediately and moved on. I just didn't feel safe.", "What app were you using ?", "I have experienced scammers both on Tinder and Grindr.", "Write \u4e60\u5305\u5b50, you are good to go and see him rage more \ud83d\ude02"], ["One thing I like to do recently is, I chat with them abit. Then I show them this movie poster asked if they watched it. Tell them it's a great movie and I learnt alot. \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude01 They'll get the msg and very quick they'll ignore you\n<image>", "What is this movie about?", "It's a very popular China movie that talked abt online scams. I'm sure all Chinese hv heard of this movie. It's quite recent"], ["On the topic of scammers, I want to confess. I met a company where this lady taught me she is in the business of selling gift cards. She says this is done by talking to lots of random people on Wechat in Mandarin. And there would be a day shift and a night shift rotation. The working hours is almost 10 hours as I can recall and it's all hours spent talking to random strangers.\nI saw a 50,000 yen transaction from their digital account. She also inform me there will be an individual target and a group target but I cannot help but wonder if that \"target\" was an amount of money scam from \"customers\"? It has me wondering is it a similar scam to what indian scammers would get old American retirees to withdraw money and insert into gift cards then later gift the cards with money to those indian scammers?\nThe people running this suspicious company were a bunch of Chinaman and some Malaysian Chinese collaborators. If anyone advertises to you to sell gift cards to online strangers, please beware it may be a scam. It sounds like a China pig butchering scheme.", "You should report this to police tbh, this is huge network web or something.", "I will consider making an anonymous report.", "To be honest with you, after i left them my phone number i start receiving phone calls from fake \"bank staff\"."], ["They even fake orgasm. Those scammers!"], ["You cari amoi only of course will masuk jerat le.\nYou try to date out and see;eurasian, indian, malay, mat salleh etc the chances are lower that it's a scam bot.", "Bruh. The love scams that always appear on the news are always about some middle aged lady getting scammed by a fake eurasian/mat salleh."], ["You managed to get to the \"get comfortable\" stage? Lucky.\nI think mine are just poorly-written bots."], ["Couldn\u2019t be me lmao"], ["I think the most common scam guys tend to come across on dating apps would be girls who invite you to do video call, which then leads to beating your meat full frontal on camera, even worse if your face is visible. Then they\u2019ll message you saying they now have that video of you recorded and it you don\u2019t send them xxxx amount of money, they\u2019ll leak that video all over. Tale as old as time. Lesson here is, don\u2019t wank on camera. And even if you do for the love of God, don\u2019t show your face. In fact, try to keep things offline if possible."], ["usually ask for voice or video call via telegram/WeChat"]]}
{"title": "Who are the most famous users in this sub?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uxhpa/who_are_the_most_famous_users_in_this_sub/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This thread from 6 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/ucSKHNGHBo", "comments": [["the cat guy I guess", "Baron cat?", "Feliomancy I think"], ["Irfan /s"], ["Unker, stormy001, feliomancy, amon_meiz, etc."], ["Haramboi(femboy who took picture with mahathir)"], ["Ask AI"], ["yolo"], ["Me Local calendar the Perlis dude. Also pdrm don't check my comments nanti masuk kem agama islam :)"], ["Fish guy"], ["Probably kuasasiswa, but don't think he posts /is active here anymore."], ["Elizabeth Tan(my wife) uses Reddit but not this sub imo", "What a coincidence! Najib Razak(also my wife) uses Reddit also and lurks this sub"], ["Joe"], ["big respect to stormy and ghostme from me!\nedit: u/stormy001 and u/ghostme80"], ["Martin Leong was famous for a few days.\nStill can't believe they thought they can get away with it."]]}
{"title": "Any fiction writer in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oy73f/any_fiction_writer_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 20, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm thinking of starting a side gig writing fiction - not sure about the genre yet.\nAnyone manage to monetize their work successfully?\nI won't say I have the greatest grammar or vocabulary; would that be problem in your experience?", "comments": [["From what I've seen in my circle of friends, whilst you may be able to monetise immediately, you may not see the money you'd like to see for the time you will put into it. That said, the only way to grow both your writing proficiency and income is through it is by starting. Use an alias if you'd like to hide your past mistakes from your reader's eyes in the future even. Be prepared to do a lot of marketing for yourself as you come close to finishing your book too as publishing houses aren't your best friend at the start of your endeavours.", "Solid advice. Thanks!", "Write in the right genre"], ["I bet you can find most here\nUtusan Malaysia\nhttps://www.utusan.com.my Utusan Malaysia", "Burn"], ["NowadYs the model is start on one of the fic sites, start patreon And once u hit it out there, pub to amazon", "listen to this guy op. he's the real deal", "I'm sure this sounds easier than it is. But thanks for the tips!"], ["u/malaysianlah is our in-house side gig fiction author. give this nyets some of your wisdom", "Is this the guy who is writing on the side while working as an engineer or something similar?\nI remember seeing someone here who's like that before"], ["Google Malaysia writing groups, Malaysia literary events, Malaysian literary organizations for leads\nGo to the actual watering holes where creative people are, lah.\nYou'll get (mostly! Not always!) uninspired pessimism from uninformed people (in regards to creative success)or mediocre/inexperienced creatives here.", "Malaysia writing groups\nDo you know any online group? I'm introverted to point of borderline social-incapable.", "Perfect! Most creatives, especially writers, are like you, more or less, before we find our happy creative tribe.\nI suggest taking short term online writing class for beginners where you don't need to meet up face to face , but mostly local so you can connect and network in real life and expand your opportunities, education and experience.\nExamples of Malaysian beginner writing classes would be those conducted by locals or are Malaysia based.\nThere are online international creative writing classes internationally too, so if you want to build up your writing and confidence go for it.\nYou may consider yourself socially incompetent (for now) but usually writers are curious enough to have good online sleuthing and research skills.\nI suggest Google the following local literature related events on social media, and exploring the social media accounts of people who follow them, support them and organize them (these are mostly english but support other Malaysian languages as well):\nReadings at Seksan KL Georgetown Literature festival KL Artbook Festival NanoWrimo Malaysia Any Zine festival Malaysia Comic Art Festival KL Gerakbudaya\nOff the top of my head.", "Thank you so much for such an information-packed reply.", "Happy to help"], ["It is ok, I don't have the greatest grammar myself.", "What do you write about?", "Mostly psychological horror with an overlap of fantasy, I write that kind of stories because I like that kind of stories, romance are popular, have tried to write one myself, but I just can't"], ["Not a fiction writer. But I thought of starting a fiction/IP business a few years ago.. but didn't really have the capital or time to pursue it."]]}
{"title": "What\u2019s the plan to improve Pisa score, academic asks Fadhlina", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oy6c5/whats_the_plan_to_improve_pisa_score_academic/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Nothing at all cause gomen wanna keep ppl dumb"], ["Oh no she's gonna cry again. Stop. /s", "The solution to everything is: minggu solidarity palestine.\nThen cry in cabinet. Then blame DAP."], ["Should we lean on Pisa given the towering costs needed to upright education?", "I don't think the solution is that straight, even if they have the inclination to do so.", "We need to ensure there's a solid foundation to anchor our education structure before building it."], ["Jawapannya di sini: \u201cIni salah Pizza. Kenapa tak include religious subjects? Jikalau ada Mesia konfem buat top best Pizza in dunya.\u201d"], ["wat is Pisa? Hamas cosplay more important /s"], ["This incompetent \u201csleeping\u201d Education Minister must be replaced before the Pisa score drops below her IQ score \ud83d\ude06"], ["Introducr UPSR back. UPSR is important especially with Gen Alpha. If not become likes USA. They just pass the class with no goal.", "https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fsingapore-tops-latest-pisa-for-math-science-reading-v0-kkkbyzlxyu7c1.png%3Fwidth%3D950%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3De9a11df56f5506b51a4001844ffb8291c51c3a34\nYou mock USA but they are way ahead of us in all categories, they are pretty high up there in terms of reading and science. What makes you think UPSR is the solution? If you compare exam questions asked in PSLE and UPSR, you would agree with me that our syllabus is quite lacking.", "I didn't even mock USA. Go tell it to those Ulamas. I've seen first hand how most of the new generation of Americans are. They are so embroiled in Gender studies. Lots of failing schools. Just go look at the data provided by those cities own council. Failing schools, students who can't read or write.\nPISA test is held at a few selected schools upon a few selected students. The US's Commonly used language as first language is already English(although US doesn't have an official language, Eng serves as the language used)\nThe US itself is a big country with lots of schools. There's gonna be smarter students and less academic achieving student. Detroit,Atlanta,NYC,NY, lots of students have a very small reading,maths,listening ability. Even 7TH graders are more off like a 4TH grader.\nIn my opinion. Be realistic and pragmatist. We are labelled as corruptors by Ulamas. What can we do? Cannot do shit in this country."], ["Dont worry, with our government school's bigger land than a country like Vatican sure will come out with the world best talents ever"], ["Add more religion into the education system.", "Hope that's sarcasm"], ["Imam Al-Nawawi's 40 Hadith"], ["stop giving a fuck a PISA score. The only thing that thing measure is what thing country willing to do to game the system.", "For top 10countries, Probably\nBut for the middling countries, they probably don't game the scores a lot, so a widespread drop actually does mean a drop in proficiency", "PISA can't be memorised like some of our subjects taught. The questions involves thinking and understanding.\nThat's why it is used as a global indicator.", "Someone think that infallible test exist mean the cheater already won.", "I think it\u2019s an ok measuring stick to determine the problem solving capability for students since it measures their maths, science and reading proficiency.\nI would guess that the COVID-19 pandemic might have had some terrible impacts on the student\u2019s learning so if the next PISA score for Malaysia returns back to the usual Malaysia average then it\u2019s fine la. The next assessment will probably happen under the current MoE tenure so she\u2019ll have to take responsibility la if we regress further."], ["Clueless minister......"]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Hindu community perception of Cultured Meat", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vxq4w/malaysian_hindu_community_perception_of_cultured/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Hello i\u2019m an undergraduate student, i plan for my research project to be centred around the Malaysian Hindu community\u2019s perception and acceptance of cultured meat. And if i were to do a survey what is the appropriate channel or place i should be spreading my survey to ensure a good amount of participants to represent a good portion of the population \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79 please help guide me thanks a bunch xx", "comments": [["", "Well im doing this research to study the acceptance of cultured meat in malaysia before bringing in cultured meat into the malaysian market. Since religion is a big part of malaysia i decided to study both the muslim and hindu community\u2019s views but i already have the muslim part covered for the survey. Right now im trying to find the best way to get my survey to reach a good amount of audience and hopefully get enough data for my research. I specifically want it to be tied to religion.", "Thank u for responding!"], ["I don't believe we are opposed to consuming cultured meat. A lot of us do eat mock meat made of soy and stuff so I'd say cultured meat would probably be perceived similarly and accepted by the hindus.", "Thank you for responding ! Do u know any places or forums i can spread my survey once im done finalising it to get a good amount of hindu participants? Or should i post here aswell?", "No clue bro, sorry", "Most hindus, won\u2019t mind. Many do consume beef and chicken readily. The ones you have to ask are the \u201cvegetarian Hindus\u201d. And they will not consume it because it\u2019s meat. Most likely.", "Vegetarian Hindus do consume meat made from soy beans. Vegans are a different story though."], ["What\u2019s cultured meat?", "Cultured meat is basically lab-grown meat. Instead of raising and slaughtering animals, scientists use cells from animals to grow muscle tissue in a controlled environment. It's a more sustainable and ethical way to produce meat without the need for traditional farming.", "Really? It\u2019s a thing already? I tot it was still sci-fi and it was very expensive to produce , not to mention, that it becomes a soft blob because , of the atrophy, and unable to mimic the density produced by muscle fibrils?"], ["I'm a Hindu and I don't oppose cultured meat consumption.", "Thank u sm for responding! If i were to post my survey link in this subreddit would u be willing to participate"]]}
{"title": "Gotta say, as a tourist, I'm pretty disappointed in the transport options here.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ox9pj/gotta_say_as_a_tourist_im_pretty_disappointed_in/", "num_comment": 228, "flairlabel": [], "header": "So the goal was to go to Malacca from KL this morning. It's a one night stay so our travel time is limited. Tried to research trainx first because I love an effiecient train system.\nHere's the first issue: The info online is contradictory and confusing. Generally very difficult to get a clear and simple breakdown of travel options and the company websites... feel like they were made in 2003? Just a confusing mess wirh bad search functions.\nSo - seems like train just isnt practical as none go direct and we'd have to transfer and ultimately go by bus.\nOk, we'll just take the bus for the whole trip.\nIssue number 2: The bus system is just as difficult to research. Again, the online search was confusing but we saw on a few sites a claim that it was possible to just show up at TBS and hop on a bus. Sounds easy and cheap, let's do it.\nIssue 3: The LTR/monorails ALSO have confusing info online, and top it off the info is wholly inacurate. Using the fare calculator, we saw that it would cost less than 3 rm to travel from Masid Jamek to TBS and it would take only 20 min. Sounds fantastic. We go to the station, the price is about 5 rm and we cant go direct to Putra heights (or something like that, the LTR station next to TBS), we have to transfsr so the trip will take longer. 5rm x 2 = 10 and the cost of grab by comparisin is 16. We chose grab as it was much faster and more convenient.\nIssue 4: TBS is a mad house the size of an airport and it generally felt like we left a developed nation and travelled back in time: most ticket counters are closed so lines to buy tickets are about a 30 min wait. We wait... at the ticket counter we learn the next bus is in 5 hours. We are only going to malacca for one night... ok lets buy our return ticket for tomorrow and then... Grab again = 200 rm. Not terrible although nearly 10x more expensive...\nI'm not trying to say Grab is even that great, compared to grab in Vietnam, Malay grab kinda sucks. But that's a different rant.\nSo now I'm sitting in traffic on a 3 hour trip that should only be 2 and lucky enough to pay 200 for it.\nJust a lot if baaaad info online. And it seems like the public transit infrastructure was forgotten(?) as it's so outdated compared to the rest of KL which feels very modern.\nEDIT: Should I tip my grab driver? its a looong trip and I feel bad for the guy.", "comments": [["melaka from kl on one of the busiest weekends in malaysia\nthats bravery", "Why is it one of the biggest weekends in Malaysia?", "Chinese Winter solstice festival + Xmas + long weekend.", "cuti sekolah", "And toll is free", "Chinese winter solstice is not such a big deal for most Malaysian Chinese. Many of us don\u2019t even remember it\u2019s a thing until their mom serves Tang Yuan after dinner. I mean, I only started celebrating winter solstice AFTER I left Malaysia.", "Didn't think Christmas would be a big thing in Malaysia\nBut the Chinese winter festival makes sense", "It doesn't matter which race/religion holiday, everyone is going to balik kampung during that period.", "any holiday is good holiday. also we have a somewhat substaintial christian population", "Had to look this up, google says 6% Christian? Way more than I expected.\nI thought all the mall decorations were for aunties who like taking photos with them \ud83d\ude02\nAnd yeah, solstice really isn't a thing.", "It's the holiday that make it a big thing and it's on the end of the year, people are clearing their leave", "The better keyword is holiday.\nGot holiday all is well.\nRaya? Holiday. Chinese New Year? Holiday. Deepavali? Holiday. King's birthday? Holiday. Win football? Holiday.", "no, Christmas isn't a big thing really\nits just that Malaysians of all cultures just enjoy long weekends and would go \"balik kampung\"\nduring Chinese New Year, even Malays go back to their hometowns", "Christmas is big. I'd put it almost on par with CNY and Raya holidays. It's also a year end holiday where many people go for vacation and it's a major shopping event. No, Christmas has little to do with the Christian faith in Malaysia. In terms of the commercial value of the Christmas and New Year holidays, I feel it's value eclipse even that of the Raya festival. I'd put it on par with CNY and 11.11 sale.", "It's all holidays for us, nobody really celebrates it like the west other than the Christians, it's more like a day off for the rest of us to feast, drink, shop and party or simply just rest at home.", "Non-Christians celebrate Christmas by going jalan-jalan, shopping, and balik kampung too.", "Malaysia is a diverse, multi culturally where people speak each other in a pidgin language comprising of over 80 languages due to serving as the international trading post between east Asia and the rest of the world since ancient m times and was colonised by European colonial powers for 500 years and in is the melting pot of Asia.\nOf course we would have holidays in Christmas too.", "school holidays and people dont celebrate xmas like they celebrate hari raya/cny in family houses. parent takes the chance to bring the kids to somewhere different and melaka is one of the top choice with how affordable it was in comparison to other choices", "True. My husband's kampung is in Melaka. We avoid it like a plague on festive holidays. Better jalan2 KL"], ["Download Moovit app for intracity bus times\nDownload Google Maps for general route planning (shortest distance)\nDownload Transit app for train-route planning\nDownload RedBus app to download and view intercity bus tickets. Alternatively can use TBS app, more options but more obscure UI.\nIt is possible you had difficulty getting tickets due to proximity to holiday period. I agree with your critiques it\u2019s a PITA to have an integrated source of info; but with an agglomeration of apps it\u2019s doable", "Upvoting just for Moovit alone.", "This is great advice, thank you!", "Download Moovit app for intracity bus times\nthis does not work as shown....tried many times that bus doesn't arrive at the time it says it will arrive...lol.", "don't blame moovit, blame the bus companies,\nnormally if moovit doesn't show the live location, the bus companies' official app won't show it too, and we all know how schedules in malaysia work"], ["Fun Sabahan anecdote:\nAt Perdana Park in KK one night and saw two tourists trying to talk to the security guards. Turns out they wanted to know where the catch the bus, but the guards were trying to tell them that there is no bus.\nThen they thought about taking a Grab back to the hotel, but there was a festival nearby and there were no Grabs to be had. Honestly, these tourists hadn't even gotten a local simcard or roaming option for their foreign simcards, so they didn't have mobile data through which to call a Grab. They kept going on about 'just tell us where the bus stop is'.\nFriends, there is no bus stop. There is no bus. There is no train. There is\nno tram. There may be a Grab, but these days they will cancel once the traffic gets bad, and the traffic is always bad.\nAnd yes, I took them back to their hotel myself, even though it meant squashing my kids into a corner of the back seat.", "Kudos. The quintessential Malaysian hospitality. Also, public transportation is non-existent in Sabah. It's either Grab , hitchhiking or walking to your destination. Go figure lol", "I'm travelling right now and man. Wish Malaysia was walkable.\nWish KK was more like any other city really. As a sabahan"], ["As a Vietnamese currently living in KL your comparison of Viet Grab and Msia Grab makes the whole rant pretty amusing to me. Because how on earth you survived travelling in Vietnam but can't make it in Malaysia? Malaysia is one of the easiest country to travel in Southeast Asia already, due to the facts that English is widely used and the infrastructure is kinda developed.", "I don't understand either. Traveled in MY for over 6 months, was all easy as could be. Vietnam was more challenging, but not that bad.", "I can't make it? A few issues at the start of the trip means I can't make it? And yes, Viet infrastructure is... bad isn't the right word. Horrifying might be better. I can say that not as a tourist but as soneone who has lived there for nearly a decade. It's especially scary since the viet gov claims to spend the majority of its annual budget on the roads and yet they just get worse and worse.", "Grab is way better in Vietnam. Cars always arrive in under 3 minutes. In Vietnam roads are hectic but traffic is always moving. In Malaysia you might have to wait 20-30 minutes then sit in traffic jams. You can also Grab a bike in Vietnam if you want to love through traffic. Beam is awesome in KL tho.", "\"always arrive in under 3 mins\", \"traffic is always moving\"... I'm not sure we're even talking about the same Vietnam, because mine where I had lived for two decades it looked like this https://laodong.vn/photo/duong-pho-un-tac-kinh-hoang-tai-dien-tro-lai-o-ha-noi-834839.ldo Never ever seen this level of traffic jam in KL. At least with a bike you can still weave your way out of Cheras or PJ during rush hours. In Vietnam even pedestrians are stuck in traffic jams.", "My experience is mostly in HCMC but also Da Nang. I travel to many Southeast Asian countries every month. Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Grab will mostly arrive in under 5 minutes, Malaysia (KL) never under 10 minutes. In KL I am referring to KLCC, Bukit bintang areas and nearby central areas.\nEdit: haha that photo looks hectic, never been stuck in something like that."], ["I'm a foreigner who lived in KL for years, and I don't get your issue with TBS, to be honest. And you're trying to travel to Mallaca on one of the busiest weekends of the month. Wrong timing princess", "yeah, feel like most of the people apologizing here don't even know how to take the bus. its so simple and literally couldn't be any easier. buy ticket online. scan to go in. if lost, ask someone in tbs. thats it. what kind of tourist doesn't have basic problem solving skill like that?", "Forreal man. . . If OP is one of those cheap backpackers, he can even take the damn LRT straight to TBS if he doesn't want Grab.", "American spotted. LOL\nEnding a statement in \"princess\" never gets old. lol", "I'm actually African hahaha. But I lived a couple of years in the US, so good guess nonetheless lol", "haha, you've learned our ways...\nGood on you."], ["Welcome to Malaysia", "Couldn\u2019t say it any better\u2026"], ["The issue of public transit in Malaysia being KL-centric is well known, such that some people say of the Ministry of Transportation as have forgotten that people exist outside of KL & Penang, and that the Ministry (which is traditionally held by a Chinese for whatever reason) neglects development for Malays outside of the Klang Valley (which is a racial sentiment)\nBus information in English is not that well written, and yes, there is a need to offer more for tourists just like how Japan & Korea are doing compared to 10 years ago when there was barely any English\nTo address your points:\nYes, people don't go to Melaka by train unless you're going to Tampin, which is unfortunate, but I expect that to change slowly in 10 years or so\nYes, technically you can just show up at TBS but most people book the tickets online as they can be sold out in peak season\nI am not sure why you wanted to go to Putra Heights, when the stop you were looking to get to the Terminal Bus Bersepadu (TBS) is by Bandar Tasik Selatan (BTS), while going through Putra Heights is almost like if you were going from East London to West London but you stop by Oxford on the way\nI am not sure why you mention TBS as being like travelling back in time, when bus stations in Japan are almost similar\nYes, the ticketing counter issue is well-known and the authorities (ehem, where is Anthony Loke?) said it is to be fixed but nothing is being done yet\nI am sorry for you that your Melaka trip went bad in terms of transportation and I admit Malaysia has a long way to go in terms of public transit, but the discussion on the Internet (which is mostly urbanites from KL & Penang) can lean heavily towards rail infrastructure when busses are also a key part in it, especially long distance busses (which are common even in well developed countries)\nSince you mention that you love an efficient train system, I would recommend you read the blog \"The Man in Seat 61\" who also did a few write-ups regarding Malaysian trains.\nHope you enjoy your remaining stay here.", "I made the same trip from Masjid Jamek to TBS earlier this week & I think they were talking about taking the LRT towards Putra Heights, where you have to swap over to the other side of the tracks at Hang Tuah to get the train in the right direction. Though yes, once that\u2019s done the train stops at BTS and you can just walk to the bus station.", "Rather than the transport system being KL centric, the whole MALAYSIA is KL centric. 94% of all the taxes collected go, guess where? That leaves only 6% for all the states. And people wonder why only KL is developed. This system was inherited from the British and not locally evolved to suit the country. If it evolved naturally from a Congress of all the states, I suspect we'd end up with something like the US tax system rather than the one we have now (i.e there is a split between State taxes and Federal taxes so at least the states have some money to develop).", "Agreed, it is hyper-focused on Penang, KL & JB\nLet's also not forget the decades-long neglect of previously Opposition states done by the BN governments (one of them of which, Anwar was the MOF)\nThat's why I very much support any effort to industrialize Kedah & Terengganu even though they are PAS states, and while the development is picking up, public transit needs to be ramped up by making Alor Setar/Kulim & Kuala Terengganu as new hubs\nAnyway, the more urban the Malays are the less Islamist they become", "Why do you add Penang as well? I thought the transportation in Penang is also no good. No public transport system and Jam more of the time.", "At least Penang has the North South highway, a lot of the other states are not as fortunate. And guess what is the situation in Sabah and Sarawak with water in between?", "Before industrialization, first the tax system needs to be rebalanced, only when the states start getting their own money can they industrialize without needing to \"beg\" for money from KL/Putrajaya. Otherwise once someone in the \"capital\" thinks he can use the money, it gets used up and nothing goes back to the states. And EVERYONE thinks they can use more money, so it really becomes a financial black hole.\nDon't even get me started on what KL thinks is a good use of everyone's money. \"Tallest building in the world!\" contests, \"national\" cars, sovereign wealth funds etc, all pride projects. Just get over the damn pride. Once you developed enough the pride will come naturally from a job well done, forcing it is just \"insecurity\" not \"pride\". Not to mention all these contests have a time limit. How many people in the world even still remember that the Petronas Towers were the \"tallest in the world\"? Then lost to Taiwan's Taipei 101, which resulted in Exchange 106, which then lost to someone else I can't remember, which resulted in Medaka 118, which lost to Dubai.... you get the picture. All these pride projects all have a limited lifespan and are really not worth doing. And especially not worth sacrificing the development of the States of Malaysia for.", "Sorry what do the national car projects have to do with KL? There isn't a single car assembly plant in KL.\nAnd also, what's wrong with sovereign wealth funds? Just curious as Malaysia's generally perform well and loads of other countries have them too.", "....\nThat was an example of wastefulness, not a benefit. It's an example of what happens when governments think they have \"spare\" cash.\nSWFs are ok in general but if you want to compare it with something like Singapore's, there are 2 major differences.\n1- Singapore's SWFs have a very clearly defined goal and mandates. Malaysia's does not. This bleeds into people not knowing what the money really is for, hence the purchase of yachts and jewellery with the 1MDB and even the moving of a military airbase (Sungei Besi -> Sendayan).\nPS: I also know of Khazanah, one of the companies I worked for was bought over by it. And let me say that the company had a new CFO (Chief Financial Officer) come in once for a month then quit. That was how bad their finances were. Khazanah is not as profitable as it tries to portray.\n2- Singapore had no choice but to develop their SWFs because their development is saturated, they have almost hit the top of the development curve, so they have no choice but to invest in other countries. Malaysia is different, a lot of the states are still \"fallow\" and are in need of development funds which if you checked, tend to generate the biggest growth and income by percentage. So rather than follow the other countries, Malaysia should have leaned heavier into state development. It had a better option that Singapore lacked.", "I agree with the sentiment but:\nPenang gets under 3% of the revenue it generates for the federal government. For 9% of the population we get basically nothing back.\nThe reason it is developed is due to the state government raising money elsewhere.\nTo pretend that Penang gets funding from the gomen is ridiculous. We get nothing, and even when we try do things ourselves it gets blocked, still waiting 4 years now for them to approve a basic water taxi service from Butterworth to Georgetown. 4 years!\nThis has nothing to do with the environment, MB's in PJ stall for years on projects to improve the state because it's DAP heartland and then they sign off in a few weeks on projects elsewhere. How many LRT lines have been built in KL while Penang is still waiting approval for their self-funded Transport Master Plan submitted in 2012?\nthe figure was only 2.85% of the revenue generated by Penang\nhttps://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/06/20/reps-complain-of-unfair-federal-funds-for-selangor-penang/\nThe federal government should not decide allocations to the states, it should be per person. It is disgusting and all these people outside of KL fall for 3R issues instead of seeing how much is being taken from them and voting appropriately.\nDon't lump us in with KL, they steal from every state, including Selangor.", "This is why kl (and maybe Penang and jb) should have independant administration and their own local elections.", "They have their own admin, the Menteri Besar or Chief Minister, same function different name. The big problem is they have no money to do their own projects. That is why I say the resource allocation is important. The admin is already there, they just have no power because no money.", "I mean a metropolitan government", "94% of all the taxes collected go, guess where? That leaves only 6% for all the states.  -- plainly wrong. or do you consider federal government is KL?", "It was the seat of government until Putrajaya. The point still stands, the money goes into the Federal Territory and never comes back out. And the 94% was a figure from OEDC which they also highlighted the uneven distribution.", "So the federal government spends 94% budget on federal territories is that what you\u2019re saying? Because that\u2019s also wrong", "Anthony Loke is good and all going onsite for MRT etc but until now I have never seen an MOT tried transport options outside of Klang Valley. Like maybe try taking a bus or train to Northern and East Coast states or heck even Sabah and Sarawak. Wonder why...", "Wow. A fantastic response, thank you so much, really helps me understand the situation more clearly.", "to be fair, it is your first time and info in English is sporadic\nmy first time riding the express bus in Japan, I was nervous as well but i had a Japanese colleague that helped me and starting from there i learnt on my own\nyou should definitely rent a car though", "Ministry of Transportation as have forgotten that people exist outside of KL & Penang\nPublic transport\nPenang\nlol"], ["tbh the fact that you can post here and rant about your bad experience, you should've just posted here to ask for advice. Like hey, we know our country transportation isn't that advanced yet. We're totally willing to share tips.", "I plan a similar trip early january. Happy to get your tips :D", "don't downplay the crappy information regarding the express bus system....it is a fact that the information network of the express bus system is terrible.", "no, no. Not at all. I, too, am a victim of shitty bus systems. That's why i suggested OP and many other tourists and visitors should ask for tips from locals who live and deal with these situations lmaoo", "It\u2019s Reddit, it can take anywhere from 5min to 5 months to get an answer. And that\u2019s assuming the post isn\u2019t automodded or deleted for whatever reason.", "I 100% agree that I should have asked first."], ["Why don't you rent a car for outside KL.\nI'm a tourist and rented a car at klia airport when I landed. Drove up to ipoh and back down within 2 days.\nGrab pretty good in KL same as bangkok. Not too sure how many grab taxi drivers are there outside of KL.", "Would be a good choice if I had an IDL but sadly I don't... The roads do seem very well maintained here so I can imagine renting a car would be fantastic for exploring outside KL.", "There is no such thing as IDL. There is only IDP. It\u2019s a permit, not a license. You still need your own country license accompanying this IDP to make it valid. There is a real distinction here.", "What's the real distinction? Seems minor to me.", "Dont need a idl to rent a car in malaysia.. but thats besides the point.. our general information is bad and even as a malaysia.. navigating and finding correct information on government related processes is extremely confusing..\nFor people saying its the busiest weekend.. albeit true.. larger and denser countries are able to accommodate more traffic much better than malaysia so we do need to do better..\nAnyways.. pretty much all our processes suck and verbal information gets you much further.. thankfully most of us are fluent in english so just ask anyone and we should be able to help you out.."], ["I guess we ought to state in our tourism pamphlets etc. a special note of advice to never travel to Malaysia during festive seasons. Yup it's a nightmare to jalan jalan during these times. Places like TBS never have any problem catering for your travel needs all year long apart from these times."], ["We just booked a grab? Arrived in 5 mins, drove us there and stopped a long the way for toilet break. We tipped them and all was fine. Getting around Malaysia was incredibly easy in comparison to some countries.", "How much did you pay? How much did you tip? And yes, it is better than many but that doesn't mean it's flawless.", "Cannot remember how much we paid but we were shocked at the price being quite reasonable. I think we gave 100MYR tip for Malacca.\nWe also got a grab from Malacca to Ipoh which is even further. Much better sitting in an aircon car going door to door at the time you want.", "Look at Moneybags here", "No, not at all. The UK is just ridiculously expensive in comparison.", "Amen", "So I'm paying 200 to travel from Kl to malacca. You think 100 is a reasonable tip?", "Well in the UK, a journey of that length in a private car with a driver would be more like 1,500MYR. I think 300MYR all in, including a tip is very reasonably priced to me. Also this was split between 2 of us. It can cost 300MYR for me to get to other side of City in my country. I appreciate this might not reflect the same to others from different countries.", "You make good points. I think I might ask the driver to name a price.", "Yeah, you are looking at it wrong. I paid \u00a3130 to spend a night in a shithole hotel in Barmouth. Do you think spending Rm750 (the equivalent) I would be happy with a shithole hotel that should cost Rm100 at most?\nI mean it\u2019s your money and if you are happy to spend it like that I\u2019m sure the drivers won\u2019t mind. But it\u2019s not an option for most people and it\u2019s not really helpful for people who may be travelling on a budget.\nI mean let\u2019s be honest. We all know the easiest answer is a Taxi, but there is a reason we catch buses or trains.", "I didn\u2019t mean to be unhelpful and offensive. I agree totally with you in that I\u2019m never happy when I pay an expensive price for a service or hotel which isn\u2019t that great. I just meant, that in comparison to my country - the cost of the grab was very reasonable to me and 100 MYR tip is what I thought was acceptable at the time. The driver seemed happy and we were happy with the service. I\u2019m only sharing my experience."], ["I\u2019m sorry about your experience and our transport system is indeed subpar in most places\u2026but to just make assumptions about Christmas not being widely celebrated here is just whack to me - it is still one of the major holiday seasons in this country, along with Hari Raya and Chinese New Year. I find it really hard to believe that you didn\u2019t come across that info while doing your research.\nIf you\u2019re still going to be moving around this weekend then best be prepared to Grab, it\u2019s gonna be pretty hectic and crowded everywhere."], ["... Kinda bad time to go that far with public transport for now. Its a long weekend holidays, people book tickets weeks ago. Tho, i do understand your frustration. TBS was so big and disorganized for its size with a lot of busses companies didn't have proper ticket management. One of the reason i hate to take busses for long trip. There are apps you can use to buy bus ticket online called Red Bus. So far, this apps were better than most others\nOn side note, There's a line straight from masjid jamek to putra height tho? The Kelana Jaya line from gombak to putra height with masjid jamek as one of the interconnecting station. Maybe you got into the wrong lrt line/station cause there actually 3 LRT line connecting there.\nYou can give tips to the grab driver if you want, its not compulsory but sometimes i too just give some tips if the traffic was bad or they had to take different route.\nAnyway, best of luck guys\ud83d\udc4d"], ["You are trying to go to a major tourist City in the busiest weekend of the year and are annoyed counters are closed and there aren't seats available?\nI totally understand that the website is ancient and info might be confusing,(cos we have moved to app based) but I smell entitlement of a foreign tourist about a developing country ...and btw.. English isn't even official language here.\nIt's the school holidays, it's corporate extended break etc", "op is a big overdramatic princess. \"tbs is a madhouse airport\" like for real? It's just a huge square box with 2 floors. There are literally signs everywhere. thousands of people figure it out everyday with no problem or need to take a grab."], ["3 hours trip to melaka? Lucky u. Went on national day eve, move 8pm from KL, took 4 hours to reach \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\nAlso queued up for 2 hours for chicken rice ball in melaka before.\n2-3 hours is nothing. Usually stuck in friday traffic+ heavy rain from KL- Damansara 2-3 hours as well."], ["Sorry, on behalf of my country, for disappointing you with terrible public transportation service.\nThe best way to go to Malacca, from KL, is through TBS. And the best way to take a bus is by applying online (I use TBS-BTS). Later you can scan the QR code at the gate. To go to TBS can be a challenge for first-timers. Best is to take LRT or KTM from KL Sentral to BTS, then walk to TBS.\nThe bus would stop you at Melaka Sentral, which is quite close to the old town of Melaka. From there, take a Grab to your hotel. Try to stay within walking distance to the Melaka river walk, as that could connect you to most tourist destinations within the old town.", "Yes, I think my biggest problem is just being a first timer. I will say the country has been wonderful to explore so far. Great food, architecture, museums and parks. It's a lovely place.", "Dia macam tak ada lah entirely salah public transport kita, but dia pun ada points. >_<", "", "He does have a point that our mass transport capabilities are lacking", "ur a knob for this comment.. he's entitled to his opinion (in this case a valid one).", "And I\u2019m entitled to mine.", "and yours going to be invalid.", "Happy Cake Day", "How is that comment in anyway nationalistic? Wtf", "Because he can't take a critique that had no malice or any \"entitlement\" as he calls. If you knee jerk when a tourist has a negative comment then... yeah, you're being a tad nationalistic.", "I understand your frustration with the transport system, but it's important to recognize that every country faces distinct challenges. While Malaysia may have areas for improvement, it's unfair to expect a developing nation's infrastructure to mirror that of a developed one. Did you really expect a south East Asian nation to have public transport equal to a European nation? What country are you comparing Malaysias infrastructure to? You critique something that Malaysians already know to be true, they have heard it all before and most likely made the same criticisms themselves. This is where the frustrated comment came from, it was anything but nationalism. To be Nationalistic is to have strong sense of loyalty, pride, or devotion to one's nation or country. It often involves an emphasis on national identity, culture, and interests, sometimes to the extent of prioritizing them over others. I don\u2019t think any Malaysian is going to feel that way about their public transport system\u2026", "Yeah I get that hearing the foreigner complain about familiar issues can be irritating. I saw his comments as being a bit defensive and overly sensitive, e.g.using words like entitlement.\nOf course all countries have their own challenges. I do think its fair to criticize without too much comparison. I mean, yes some developed nations have better infrastructure. But some dont (the US is a prime example).\nAs this is my first trip to Malay, I didn't know that people are tired of hearing this comment.\nBut I would argue that getting defensive when a tourist comolains about something most agree is an issue is a reaction thats easy to see as nationalistic.", "It\u2019s not. I\u2019m not Malaysian. But when I am the same when I hear people make the same complaints about well known and accepted problems in my own nation for example. And I\u2019m anything but nationalistic", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat.\nNo name-calling here please, thanks.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat.\nYou can disagree with OP, but don't resort to name-calling because that will almost always make the other person defensive (as proven by OP's reply)."], ["your planning is bad, and Malaysia being \"English\" gives foreigners a false sense of easiness.\ndirect busses are the best choices but tickets are often prebooked. simply turning up is down to luck, and being the hottest travel seasons of the year, your luck is bound to be out.\nyour train choice is weird, probably you got confused with the lines.\nonline information is often inaccurate cause we dont care to update them like japan.\nalso keep in mind that the reason public transport is trash outside KL is cause of the population and how things are. the whole melaka has a population of 1 million people, in most countries its \"rural\" lol"], ["this sounds like a you issue to be honest. its so easy to go from tbs to melaka and if you cant figure that out you really have no business travelling around. geezus. i dont know why the people here are apologizing. all op can do is just open his mouth and ask."], ["I'm a foreigner and I visited Malacca this week. We just knew we had to take the bus, but had no idea where to buy the ticket (we thought we would buy it inside the bus haha).\nWe took a Grab to TBS, and the driver told us to buy a ticket inside. We found a ticket counter within minutes, an assistant helped us with the booking and we were out in less than 20 minutes.\nHonestly, I found TBS to be pretty organised once you understand what to do. It's hectic, sure. You have buses leaving every minute. However, even for someone like me who had done almost 0 research, it was comfortable.\nPS: I don't get why you felt Grab isn't great. I've been using it for a week now and I've had smooth experiences throughout.", "I think the TBS experience hinges on many things. As for grab, I'm spoiled by Viet grab which is instant. Here I wait 10 minutes for someone to even accept then usually 15 min for pick up. This means anything less than a 30-40 min isnt worth waiting for grab. Fine by me but my asian GF absolute hates direct sunlight and resfuses to walk more than 15 min outside... which is what caused me to seek public transport and ultimately led to this entire rant.", "Hmm, I guess it depends on location then. My hotel's close to the centre of the city, so I would get a booking pretty quickly. However, the pick up time was always > 10 mins ( too many turns and one ways to reach my hotel ig).", "Not just location. I am in the center as well. Time of day is big factor as well. So we took a grab to a nice restaurant for a late dinner (9pm) then ordered a grab to return to the hotel. Except no one picked us up. Waited 20 minutes then chose to walk the 30 minutes back.\nThey need a lot more drivers and I suspect the gjg salary just aint cutting it in their economy."], ["That's your problem. Thing is, you didn't even researched properly. Malaysia ofcourse have its shortcomings with transportation system, but we came 2nd just behind Singapore in all of Southeast Asia.\nYou're doing not a rookie mistake, because you've certainly travelled before. A sane person in Malaysia WOULDN'T make a last minute buying a ticket during FESTIVE season especially to tourism hotspot like Malacca. End of December basically a week with corporate leaves, public holidays, new year, Christmas, schoolbreak so people notably will planned their transportation in advance via public transport atleast 2-3 weeks in advance.\nMy best advice, stick to GRAB. Tipped your driver too.", "Wet fart."], ["Gotta say, as a local, I'm disappointed in our public transportation."], ["Hol up, help me understand you.\nDid you just went Karen mode whining about another country\u2019s public transportation system and other issues when\u2026 uhm\u2026. that\u2019s just how it is?\nUhm\u2026.. I\u2019m sorry on behalf of all Malaysians? Should I get down on my knees and start jerking you off so that your Karen ego can feel a little bit better? Maybe do your research before you travel? Lol. Hmm.. let me visit the Sahara Desert and b1tch about the Uber, the camels, the temperature and the effing donkeys too.\nGodamn people, and other sohais that echo along with it. Stop b1tching or do smth about it. Diu Nia seng.", "Call me at 1800-free-hj", "Try posting again without all the passive aggressiveness and the unneeded uhms and hmms. It makes the post a lot more digestible.", "Dont listen to this grumpy old overly patriotic cunt. Even locals are frustrated with the system.", "This grumpy old cocksucker is also very frustrated with the system, but ain\u2019t bitching about it and definitely ain\u2019t whining about other country when they don\u2019t live up to my expectations.\nNow, you\u2019re also frustrated right? What have you done about it? Should I ask your keyboard?:)", "Typical weak pathetic cunt of a spoon fed response, can't handle criticism of his country, don't use reddit or get on the Internet, may as well bend over suck your own weak little cock off you third world pond scum", "Right. You done nothing about it, that\u2019s what I thought. :) Type harder. \ud83d\udc76", "Are you feeling so weak and defeated to the point of repeating sentences and using emoji?", "Palms are sweaty", "Sheesh. Calm down.", "Here comes the Karen\u2019s ultimate weapon, the gas on the left hand and the light on the right. Nice try bud.", "Haha k."], ["I love LOVE Malaysia, was the first foreign country I've ever visited 18 years ago and in my top 5 destinations. I was there last year and took a bus to Malacca. I booked it beforehand but still had to wait in the longest queue.\nGetting around KL is also difficult, the MRT is very limited. I would say one of the most difficult cities to get around in. If you use Grab I would often have to wait 30mins as a minimum. Very different to Vietnam or Bangkok when you can get a Grab every time in less than 5 minutes. Was so amazed every time.\nIt's something I just accept and factor in my day. Even with that frustration, I love Malaysia so much that it doesn't deter me from visiting.", "Ah I see we have very similar experiences. Here's ny take on what KL does really well: Parks and Museums. I will be talking about the Islamic Art Museum for years after this trip and I'm not even religious, just found the place to be so well designed and informative for ignorant tourists like myself. The bird park was exceptional as well.\nOh and the food is soooo much better than VN food (my GF disagrees but shes Viet and doesnt understand good food haha) - fairly similar to Thai (of course)"], ["It's a rant lol wtf ppl giving advices. If a whitey went around drive rental car with no license, no police give a damn (unless start DUI and murdering ppl). Only applicable to whities XD"], ["Gotta say, as a local, I\u2019m also pretty disappointed in the transport options here as well"], ["Yep. Being a tourist sucks. But an adventurer, that\u2019s a story worth telling. So suck it up."], ["I\u2019m sorry, but im just annoyed how entitled you are..\nI give it to u, that sometime info online could be wrong.. yes they can improve their website but you complaining about TBS is straight from the\u201di am an entitled ass\u201d play book.\nI dunno where you\u2019re from but here, there\u2019s a long holiday for school kids that coincides with Christmas. Hence that is why there\u2019s lots of counters closed in TBS and lots of people waiting for the bus to back to their hometown.\nMaybe just maybe do some research first especially on local holidays trend and not expect every county on earth suit your \u201cwimps\u201d just cause you there.\nHappy Holiday \ud83d\ude44", "I dunno where you\u2019re from but here, there\u2019s a long holiday for school kids that coincides with Christmas. Hence that is why there\u2019s lots of counters closed in TBS\u2026\nSorry, that doesn\u2019t make any sense to me at all. So in the holiday period, when more people travel and need the service, people working in the travel industry (ticket counters) take a holiday? That\u2019s the first time I hear such a thing.\nOther than that, I disagree with OP that walking into TBS is like going back in time. I found it modern, clean and generally rather good as a bus station. Public transportation between TBS and central KL could be improved for sure, though.", "TBS is as good as central transport station as I have found anywhere.", "You should probably address your comment to OP, since I said as much.", "I was agreeing with you. I\u2019ll give you an upvote as well.", "No problem, I was just worried that my comment sounded much more critical than I intended.", "Erm. People booked tickets in advance if they want to balik kampung during holidays.", "Well, yeah, among other things because they don\u2019t want to face the longer queue due to fewer counters than usual being open.", "It\u2019s the opposite. Most people nowadays book online so they don\u2019t need more counters. When was the last time you went to airport to book flight ticket? Same thing with bus and train ticket.", "Apparently enough people still need the counters for big queues to form when too many are closed.", "Then people should book it online lol.\nIt\u2019s just once click away. And it\u2019s only packed during holidays because most counters are closed.", "Many older people don\u2019t know how to or don\u2019t want to deal with the online booking process. Plus they can be confused by the variety of schedules, companies and routes and may need advice from a human being. And there are often temporary bugs and other problems that affect all apps from time to time. There should always be enough counters to absorb the needs of customers who still want or need the \u201ctraditional\u201d purchase process.", "Also as you can clearly see, I said I did A LOT of reasearch but the majority of info was just not accurate.", "Which country is not packed during holiday season? The fact you chose to travel during Christmas should have prepared you for the inevitable traffic. People booked tickets months in advance if they want to travel across states during holidays.", "Its a muslim country! How is this not a reasable mistake to make? And YES I did check before my trip if Malays care about christmas and according to google, Christmas is not celebrated here.", "Malaysia is NOT a Muslim country, we are Muslim majority and we also practice Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Are you saying people in Indonesia, Japan or China don\u2019t celebrate Christmas just because they don\u2019t practice Christianity? If you travel to Malaysia during early February, you will also encounter the same problem because we also celebrate Lunar New Year eventhough majority of the people here are Muslims.\nYou can easily google \u201cis Christmas a public holiday in Malaysia?\u201d or \u201cHow\u2019s the traffic conditions during Christmas in Malaysia\u201d and you will get your answer.\nIt seems like you don\u2019t travel much during major holidays and you lack the basic research skill.\nAnd Malaysia is not made up of just Malays, we have Chinese and Indians. This is the first thing will show up on Wikipedia if you google Malaysia demographics.\nFurthermore, if you indeed travel in KL for the past few days, shouldn\u2019t the Christmas decorations around the city and in the mall tip you off that the people celebrate Christmas here?", "Whats funny is I literally just said that I did google about christmas. You should try it too.\nYou write a lot for someone that doesnt read very well.", "<image>\nThis is literally the first result when I google \u201cis Christmas a holiday in Malaysia\u201d\nDon\u2019t blame your inadequacy on others. You literally chose the one of busiest season to travel and blame the public transport system because you couldn\u2019t get a ticket.\nPeople booked the tickets MONTHS in advance. If you chose to travel to Melaka last week, it\u2019s a breeze.", "Again, we are not all Malays! What the fuck! Malaysia is multicultural. I\u2019m a Malaysian Chinese, not Malay. Geez. You can\u2019t even have the decency to learn the culture of Malaysia by addressing people\u2019s ethnicity correctly.\nIf this is your so called research, it\u2019s superficial at best. And when people are telling you multiple times that Malaysia is made up of different races, you need to stop and listen.", "You sound like Americans who blab about their Irish or Italian heritage.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat.", "Didnt realize christmas was a national holiday in a muslim country. And yeah, I can see why you might say I'm entitled but I'm not demanding better treatment, I'm just comnenting mainly for the benefit of other travellers. Bad reviews are typically more useful and important than good ones as they tend to be more detailed.", "We are a Muslim majority country yes, but we are also multicultural and celebrate all major international holidays. You've arrived at the peak of the holiday season with schools closed and many companies also offering extended breaks to their staff for the new year. It's a shame that your experience is marred by this, hopefully with some of the bus advice here you will be able to still have a good time. Just be prepared that locals will have planned their bus and train journeys months in advance, so you may find seats to be limited. Enjoy the rest of your trip!", "Listen, I\u2019m annoyed cause this is a yearly thing at this sub.. foreigners complaint about KL / Malaysia public transport during our holidays period.\nYes you may have done your research on transportation here but not the local customs and such. It\u2019s the same all over the world, any big holidays trains / bus gonna be over booked. Counters are closed .. It\u2019s not malaysia thing.", "Ok well I'm learning as I go. I susoect you've never travelled abroad as you would know that reseaeching everything is time consuming and the internet is flooded with bad ads especially nowadays. So we learn as we go. Again, my rant isn't for you to defend your country or culture (both of which are lovely in my foreign POV) - it's to highlight difficulties that others might want to avoid.", "Point taken .. happy holidays.", "How does complaining about the TBS make OP an entitled ass?"], ["Yup. Kl is more modern sadly. Spot on OP.\nBut hey welcome to malaysia. Where its hot and humid. But the food and culture is good :)"], ["I suppose you stay near masjid jamek. There is a problem with the current LRT. So under normal circumstances you can go directly from MJ to BTS. But right now you cant. It's still the same line, you just have to switch platform when you reach one of the station called Hang Tuah. And the platform switching is just switching from one side to another.\nThis problem should be solved sometime early next year. It has caused alot of problems for malaysians as well.\nI am not sure how you were told rm5 per person for the trip. It should be rm3.10 best on fare calculator. Maybe my fellow malaysians can help give some input.\nIt's school holiday and long weekend. So ya, tickets are sold out.", "Good to know, thank you."], ["<image>"], ["What were you thinking, travelling on the peak period?"], ["This is not Japan. Don't expect good train system outside Klang Valley. KTM is basically unusable.", "I tried KTM for the first time recently to head to Ipoh! KTM is actually pretty decent ! It cruises at a decent speed and best of all you get to skip all the traffic during peak season. Ticket price was reasonable too, cheaper than tol", "You try to take local line and see lah. Try go to Batu Caves. Good luck."], ["I remember asking people where the metro station was and they were all just making that confused meme face, because I didn't use the exact-right acronym for the closest line.", "Yeah, because its not called metro station here. And we have mrt, lrt, monorail, ktm and erl. You need to be specific because each line has different station point", "That's the entire point of my comment."], ["Did you not do any background reading before you got here? Our public transport systems are infamously shit and us Malaysians complain about it daily.\nDisappointed in the quality of tourists visiting Malaysia sigh \ud83d\ude02", "I used to think Malaysian public transport is shit , but after recent experiences I beg to differ. I think the MRT, LRT and KTM is actually nicely done. KTM interstate (kl to Ipoh) is actually really convenient and you get to skip all the traffic. As for mrt/LRT, it\u2019s actually convenient and reliable if both your travel points are within the vicinity of the area (eg , travelling from TTDI to maybe somewhere like TRX where driving , traffic and parking are a hassle)"], ["I actually find our system better and more efficient than the Europeans one, and need I say, American's...\nWe are also more app based than website based. There's an app where you can book any train and bus ticket, so... you just didn't do your research when you come here.", "Better than Europe? Hard disagree. Better than America? Forget the developed world, US infrastructure is worse than most of the developing world... although I can say the US is at least better than Vietnam... haha", "Well I hard disagree on your hard disagreeing then.\nYou may have your point, I have mine."], ["Public transport is deliberately crippled to ensure our 2 useless national car brands can sell to this tiny 33 million population country lol", "And I strongly suspect it's also to impoverish the rakyat since the early days of the country to ensure that we serfs remain in our allotted place from cradle to grave. A way to limit social mobility and to ensure the ruling class's continued supremacy."], ["Yes"], ["Imagine how disappointed we are on a daily basis"], ["I suggest you rent a car , cheapest one there is, and drive yourself"], ["Only Malaysians can complain about our public transport. If any foreigner does it..."], ["I love public transport in malaysia\u2026 everything is straight forward. So yeah"], ["Copy this to the Minister of Transport and Ministry of Tourism."], ["As a tourist, you'll also realize that, in the true spirit of motorized conveyance, everything in this country is built around them with absolutely no considerations given to pedestrians or bicycles whatsoever."], ["I was born in it.... moulded by it.. .\nBy really, though, download apps. They're a life saver."], ["Drive car is alot better than anything here.", "It will be more shitty if take public transport, all the changing bus, changing station, and still stuck in same traffic jam..."], ["Malaysia has the best transport options in Asia!", "You've never been to Japan, Taiwan, or China I take it?", "Malaysia transport options are better than them", "Ok so yeah, you've never visited them.", "Malaysia transport options are the best in Asia"], ["For the future, you could try booking your bus ticket from grab itself, that's what I usually do. You can see the availability and the timings from there, no need to waste a trip to TBS. And if your grab ride is a long trip, maybe tip the driver a little since grab takes 20% or so of the ride fare."], ["Can you please email the tourism and transport ministry and let them know. For real. They live in an alternate reality."], ["I\u2019ve been using Rome2rio plus 12goAsia and I\u2019ve had no issues getting around. I\u2019m sure there are better ways but it\u2019s worked out fine for me."], ["For all the digitisation initiatives in Malaysia it still sucks that simple things like information on bus and train services on their website is still shit.\nAnd I don't doubt some of them are still showing things from 2003.", "This was my only issue with KL as a tourist. I generally use public transport as much as I can and the info provided online is almost all wrong or outdated. The bus stops are almost always marked wrong and the bus routes shown on google maps are all incorrect with the bus actually going elsewhere. Rapidkl definitely has all the hardware it needs to be an excellent transit service but please update your google map data for everyone's sake.\nBy comparison, I found Penang's public transit excellent. Most of the tourist spots are connected via buses and the bus stops and bus numbers are all accurate and exactly as you see on google maps. It was great to use and I travelled the entire island using buses with no issues at all."], ["Comparatively speaking years ago it was a nightmare TBS is quite efficient I booked bus tickets online got there showed them the booking on my phone and scanned the tickets at a gate then sat down and waited. With regards to it being a mad house any station on this planet is busy. You just need to research better. Also if your so disturbed by the whole experience get a flight then. Ps the tickets were hella cheap RM 70 for me and four others."], ["I genuinely wish the ministry gives more attention to our public transportation outside of KL area too! There are so many nice states that don't get as much attention due to transportation issues, s your disappointment are reasonable imo.\nThat being said, it's holiday season in Malaysia, so usually, it's not this bad, haha. It's also a muslim majority country, not a muslim country, thus, a significant number of us celebrate Christmas too! (Plus end of year holiday, chinese winter holiday etc etc, we got lots of holidays and everyone celebrates everything and anything regardless of religion, race and ethnicity, lol.\nHave a nice trip in Malacca!"], ["This one of signs Malaysia needs to invest more & more in Transportation system in whole Malaysia not just KL or Johor or Penang..\nProblem in Malaysia is that population steadily increasing in addition of increased tourist influx but public transportation is dilapidating.\nSame goes with road and transport access"], ["Not gonna attack or side with you since I've read the comment section. I'll keep my personal opinion to myself. But, just wanna reiterate and let you know some points since you're unaware:\nOfficially, we celebrate almost all major holidays. Our public & gazetted holidays are twice as much than the western countries. Because most major holidays are important to us and while some might not celebrate it personally, we do celebrate it as a community.\nBuses aren't that reliable especially around major holidays. Doesn't make sense and a little ridiculous, it sucks but that's how it's been unfortunately. How accurate the online schedule is really a hit and miss.\nIslam is the official religion of the federation, and we are Muslim-majority as all ethnic Malays are presumed Muslims, but no, we're not a Muslim country.  Constitutionally, we're a secular state. It gets complicated from here but let's get the basic straight.\nYou're visiting during our school break, equivalent to your summer break. Plus it's nearing Xmas. The only public transportation I'd trust is the MRT, but you're travelling out of KL. I wouldn't go near Monorail & KTM unless absolutely necessary. Once you're travelling outside of Klang Valley, public transportation will be quite a challenge unless one is a public transportation pro here.\nP/s: A little weirded out with hearing Malaysia being referred to/shortformed as just Malay since the word specifically refers to the ethnic Malay race and/or Malay language, not a country so it's not making sense in my local brain haha.", "Great reiteration and clarification. This comment sums up the whole post and comment section. Thank you."], ["malaysia don\u2019t pay enough to programmers lol."], ["Minister of Transport tidur lol"], ["I'd agree that Malaysia's transport system isn't as great and wholesome as other countries. Not entirely sure why would you go to Melaka only for a night because Melaka got quite a few places to see! And my experience with Grab, between Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, I don't feel much of a difference but that's only my experience. But please the country is Malaysia, I doubt you'd like someone to name your home country in half."], ["Spent a few months in Malaysia and for some reason Melacca seemed the hardest city town to get to from KL with public transport. I heard there used to be a train to there a long time back but it stopped. I was lucky to go with my local friend at the time, but the traffic was crazy as it was the weekend. Just any weekend traffic is crazy it seems. Loved Melacca and my local friend was a Malaysian historian who knew a lot. We spent two days. Other than that, I did wait for busses in PJ on many occasions and never arrived. But trains were amazing, I stayed in the little lovely town of Taiping and it was connected everywhere very easily especially by trains."], ["Just use Grab and you\u2019re set. All other public transport is a total waste of time"], ["just ride moto easy"], ["I notice from the press releases that the Ampang/Sri Petaling line disruption which had affected service most of this year, is NOT publicized on the RapidKL website. This should be front and centre of the website. Google Maps which uses data provided by RapidKL suggests you can get from Masjid Jamek in a single trip when this is absolutely not true. Today there is a forced transfer at Hang Tuah due to lack of turnback facilities elsewhere and this scheme is set to continue until track repair works are done next year.\nI think the lack of bus information is sort of explainable because they are all run by smaller private companies. But the LRT is fully owned by government. They had so much time to update this information and yet they didn't. To me it is quite unprofessional and sadly it will affect locals, and also tourists. It tells you that the priority of government agencies here is. It is never to save your time, but just do the minimum they can to get something to work and call it a day. As a result, one thing I noticed in Malaysia is that people are very skeptical about official information being correct. People would much rather ask their friends or family how to do something, or at least.phone in, even if there are seemingly clear instructions published on the internet, for fear that the information is totally bogus. Maybe it will change in future but it's kind of the culture here by now.\nSo basically you now have some insider knowledge on Malaysia, which is that locals can provide you better advice compared to official sources. Hope your trip goes ok and you enjoy it!"]]}
{"title": "Covid-19: JN.1 sudah mula tersebar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ox1g6/covid19_jn1_sudah_mula_tersebar/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Is Malaysia\u2019s \u201cGreen Wave\u201d More a Tsunami of Discontent?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18owzjk/is_malaysias_green_wave_more_a_tsunami_of/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Written by Khairy Jamaluddin\nDidn't realize that Kelantan is a beacon of economic progress.", "Didnt realize people can't criticize the government .", "What a reacharound lol.\nHe can criticize the government, at the same time I can criticize his criticism of the government. I'm not asking the Gestapo to arrest Khairy, chill out."], ["U know how before tsunami, sea water is pulled out to sea... Basically all common sense, iq and rationale all kena pull out to sea and a tsunami of stupidity came back and hit them...."]]}
{"title": "No need for public transport drivers to check status of foreign passengers, says Immigration DG", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18owj1l/no_need_for_public_transport_drivers_to_check/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["thats gonna cause fistfights, riots and delays. not wise."]]}
{"title": "Boost for public transport in Putrajaya with MRT launch", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18owhoi/boost_for_public_transport_in_putrajaya_with_mrt/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 23 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18owhep/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_23_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Travel with family from JB to Singapore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18owg1d/travel_with_family_from_jb_to_singapore/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "As the title says, what is the best way to go from JB to Singapore with family? Is there any rental car that i can drop/return in Singapore (one-way)?", "comments": [["book the train if possible. it\u2019ll save you a lot of time and it\u2019s fairly inexpensive."], ["Search on carousel for transport to Singapore. Ubhave a few choices like starex."], ["KTMB Shuttle Tebrau. RM5 per person, dedicated immigration counters just for train passengers so you never have to wait too long to get through"], ["SGMYTAXI , they can pick you up and drop you off. Just book with them"]]}
{"title": "How is every 10th car I see in cities a luxury brand, albeit entry level?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uwqxa/how_is_every_10th_car_i_see_in_cities_a_luxury/", "num_comment": 188, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m curious about the number of luxury cars on the road. 1 in every 10 cars in the klang valley? I heard many can\u2019t really afford it. Is that true?\nI earn upwards of 20k a month but it\u2019s hard for me to imagine paying for instalments for say a 150k car and so I stuck with my first car through the years. I know business owners and upper management peeps who own them but they are either earning high 6 to low 9 figures annually.", "comments": [["Different priorities. You can even look around some low cost flats and spot a few BMWs and Mercs.\nAlso if a couple only needs 1 car, it may make sense to finance a nicer car together, even if they couldn't afford it individually.", "Actually I did the math and I did this - financed a nicer (but not extravagant) car with my wife, one that\u2019s more comfortable and safer for my family to travel in. For 2nd car (mostly short trips to lrt/mrt) we kept a 6yo fully paid off Myvi.", "That's the sweet spot for me. 1 nice car and 1 fully-paid car with cheap maintenance for short trips.", "Second hand BMW and Merc are actually fairly cheap as they're hard and expensive to repair. BUT if you're good with wrench, you can get it running right at reasonable cost. I've seen enough people that do this and I'm impressed.", "BUT if you're good with wrench, you can get it running right at reasonable cost.\nI categorically refuse to believe that.... Those mid-luxury cars are FULL of electronic systems that require the authorized-reseller connective tools, to re-calibrate all the systems after you alter anything.\nMinor controversy a few years back when you couldn't even change the battery without going through the adjustment. They walked it back, but the more complicated repair are definitely soft locked.\nUnless you mean 1995 BMW or older but...no one will think you're driving a luxury car if it's a 30yo stock model. That's the sort of thing I see only certain people do, thinking they impress, but mostly it's just sad.", "I would argue that parts get cheaper, ecus softwares are available in bigger workshops too.\nI have a 2012 conti car and I changed a set of sensors 6 years back and it cost me 1k. I changed the same sensor again last year and it was only 400. I randomly checked prices of suspensions, disc rotors etc. they are all decently priced.", "BimmerLink and BimmerCode exists. Pair that with a cheap Bluetooth obd2 and you\u2019re set.\nSource: I maintained 3 second hand BMWs ranging from 2009 - 2020", "It really depends what you consider second hand, if you're talking about the previous generation, the high end ones are cheap sure but the entry level ones don't depreciate as fast. Pretty sure OP isn't talking about seeing 10-12 year old luxury cars on the road", "Or just swap a JZ engine and that r/kereta will run forever", "This is true. I've seen many expensive cars in PPRs that I've been to."], ["Yes there's lots of rich people in KL. Truth be told though, a lot of those people are earning less than 20k a month but will still buy these cars as a status symbol. Rather look rich than actually be rich \u00af_(\u30c4)_/\u00af", "So true. My friend\u2019s dad runs a SME company and struggling to make a profit. Yet, he\u2019s going around in the new BMW 7 Series with a driver acting as if he\u2019s some hotshot CEO.\nFinancially he\u2019s in the shit and always owes the bank 3-6 months of car instalment, house instalment etc.", "3-6 months of car instalment, house instalment etc\nO___O\nAnd I get my stomach in knots if I forgot to pay my instalments by the first week of the month.", "Yeah my friend regularly finds me to rant/share his frustrations with his dad\u2019s lifestyle choices. The amount of letters that show up at his house from the bank is astounding. There was a point where the house was days from being auctioned off by the bank.\nHis dad used the house as a collateral for the company. That\u2019s no way to run a business.", "if I forgot to pay my instalments by the first week\n2 sorts of people in life,\n-those who go to thailand on a fueltank with 1 bar left.\n-those who refuel at 3 bars when they head to their uncle, 2 towns away.", "Meanwhile, me, who refuels at 3/4s tank when I want to go to Seremban from KL \ud83d\udc40", "That good practice. I feel RM30 is the minimum amount to pump in your tank if going Seremban from KL", "Right? I understand there is good debt in business but unsure how this type of situation is liveable", "It's a company car. Company can get deep in debt and go bungkus, owner will just start another company and buy a new 7-series.\nAt the end of the day, it was the bank who issued the loan to a failing company. Until and unless banks exercise more responsibilities when issuing out loans, they will have to continue to take the risks with it.", "Old mindset of having a certain image if you wanna climb up in your career and/or business, and that especially incudes a car to be seen in. We seem to be going forward (or at least many would like to think so} but are still stuck with the mindset. If anything it's even way worse nowadays.", "Yeah status symbol and maruah. Stay in the slum but at least they know you have bnw/merc", "Biar papa asal bergaya, so they say.", "So true. Another thing is a lot of young people these days, probably because of the influence of Steve Jobs (gotta say this man had a lasting impact on the impressionable souls years after his passing), have this unrealistic dream of being successful means you have to be your own boss and start your own business, never realizing they don\u2019t have the talent, grit, resources, and network for it, and they own certain luxury items like a fancy car just to pass themselves off as \u201csuccessful\u201d smh.", "Wait till you go to cheras or kinrara.\nPlenty of RM 150K 3R2B apartments with X5, E-class in the parking lot (sometimes both of those belonging to 1 unit)\nOr those minuscule terrace homes with no grass, but a S-class hybrid ,which is too long for the carport, so they have to put styrofoam bumpers on their gate coupled with a long, rubber coated chain so it doesn't scratch their bumpers, since it can't fully close", "A car is an asset.. Worth the investment.. The bihher the better", "How is something that depreciates a good asset?", "Your forgot the /s", "Rather look like you have riches just so you can get some bitches"], ["BMW and Mercedes have their own financing packages now - you're basically leasing the car for the 1st 3 years at a low monthly payment with the option to pay a lump sum at year 4 to own the car outright.\nCan't pay the lump sum or don't want to?\nNo problem, just switch to a new model and start a new 3 year cycle!\nThink the lowest payment is below 2k a month, which means if you're earning 6k or 7k, you could get one of these cars.\nNot advisable, of course! Tapi gaya mesti ada ...", "Ahh, the good old PCP it seems like what you are describing"], ["You\u2019ll be surprised how cheap the second hand market can be for luxury cars nowadays depending on the year and brand as well. For example, 2016 BMW 330e is just over RM 60k, similar price for a 2016 Audi A3 just under RM 60k. Of course , have to factor in maintenance and running costs.", "Interesting, where do people normally go for 2nd hand cars?", "Good place to get an idea of the price is carsome, mytukar as those are slightly on the higher side but at least they\u2019re consistent with pricing and comes with warranty.\nThen once you find a car you actually like, I recommend heading to Facebook and look in those specific car groups to get an idea of the direct owner selling price. Usually you get it around 5-7k cheaper or more from carsome price.", "Adding on to this, BMW has their own \"certified pre-owned\" sales programme called Premium Selection. Similar to Carsome/Mytukar, the cars sold have been inspected (by a BMW dealer) and you get a warranty from the dealer (1 year i think) if the factory warranty has expired.\nToyota has a similar programme which I believe includes Lexus cars as well. Idk if other luxury brands like Merc or Audi have this.", "Pretty sure Mercedes also have these certified pre-owned program, seen some of these units before at MBM Kinrara & Hap Seng Star beside it", "Thanks for the tip I\u2019d love to have a great car. Will think of this when the time is right", "If you want some reassurance I\u2019d recommend looking at something like BMW Premium Selection since they\u2019re actually inspected by BMW dealers and have a one year warranty. Otherwise, there\u2019s always recond dealers (look for reputable ones and bring your own mechanic for inspection).", "The 2016 330e has a lot of battery issues and is no longer covered by BMW's battery warranty that's why it's going for so cheap. A friend of mine has the 2016 330e version and the electric motor gave way, he couldn't even get it fixed by a third party and eventually had to fix it from BMW. It costed him about 23k.", "i have a question here, what if i drive the car without using the EV features which purely run by petrol? can i take out the eletric motor?", "I think the air-conditioning runs via the electric motor so that probably won't work.", "i see, so the electic motor was in good condition during puspakom inspection\uff1f", "Both my friends who had 330e purchased new. One was 2016, other was 2018. The 2018 one the battery was only holding 5km of range before he decided to sell it.", "Wow EV r/kereta motor actually fails? Who wouldn\u2019t know \ud83d\ude33", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/kereta using the top posts of all time!\n#1: How much should I pay to a mechanic to check if a secondhand car is worth buying?\n#2: Just swapped the location of the MAF sensor. | 9 comments\n#3: What is your Impression/Opinion on Subaru Forester? | 9 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "That ain\u2019t a EV tho. 330e a PHEV.", "Oh yeah shit I forgot. Lmaooooo shame on me.", "Yes correct. Add cost of car and original battery replacement still below 100k style ma hahaha", "Except you gotta fork out that much cash. You can't take loan based on repair.", "The 330e is basically a 320i with batteries stuck up its ass, once that battery pack fails its basically just a really heavy 320i :26563:\nHonestly, just buy the 320i instead. No need headache the battery", "That is not true. 320i that gen is 1.5 or 1.6 turbo. The 330e was 2.0 turbo", "F30 2016 320i was 2.0 turbo\nThe one you thinking of is the 318i which was a 1.5 3cyl turbo, it was some 30k cheaper than the 320i at the time", "Huh my bad, for some reason I always thought it was 1.5 turbo.", "I don't blame you considering the numbers that used to denote the engine capacity means jack shit these days to BMW/Merc lol\nBut in any case the 330e is a bit of silly car as there are too many compromises vs its similar-engined non PHEV sibling. Smaller boot space, smaller fuel tank, and the extra 200+kg in weight ruins the handling. That plus 20k to replace the battery is why its so cheap in used market compared to the 320i", "One thing many forget is a 8yr old 300k car will still have 300k car maintenance costs."], ["While there is a group of biar papa asal bergaya, there Is also a group whereby they earn really good money. Like you yourself earn 20k a month. If I were you, I would buy a nice car for myself also. I mean I have driving around in a proton so why not indulge abit when I'm earning 20k in a monthhhhhh", "IKR. Work hard earn lots of money but not spend, in the end when we die (early) all of it goes to our kids who fight among themselves for inheritance.", "Yeah save2 pun no point jugak. Indulge a little", "what wrong in proton? i earned 15k nett still using proton preve haha, good handling and have many modifications option lol", "Nothing is wrong with a proton but imo if I'm earning good money, I will upgrade my car", "If you really wanted to flex your 15k get an inspira lol. Preve susah oh tukar cvt", "i notice that the transmission problem la before bought it. haha, just fix it with spare money. i bought it with cash around 20 k so got money to spare for maintenance purposes. better than buy new axia in my mind haha. you got car that same class with civic.", "CVT problem.\nFor Geely rebranded. It\u2019s a parts bin r/kereta", "the geely one is new s50 car proton, right?", "X50/x70/x90/s70\nSemua parts bin r/kereta Geely. Why provide spare parts when you can combine all to become a full car for sale?\nAlso you can delay months after months in car workshop and by the time the car comes out of the workshop, car warranty is over. Win win for Geely", "20k ain\u2019t that much if you planning to have kids. Not to mention, if not planning for kids, with 20k you just barely managed to comfortably own the latest 330i with 10% DP and 9 year loan. Still not an easy spend."], ["Some of them do sales or are agents. Insurance agents, property agents etc. (i heard) it helps them convey trust or reassurance to their clients rather than showing up in an old proton waja. Another reason is some of them may be car enthusiasts and like the handling a sporty BMW.\nWell some of my friends too get a used Merc / bmw. From 120k - 150k you can get a really good used 3 series / c class. Basically the psychology is \"why get a civic when for a little more i could get a 3yr old c class\"\nBut for those who do not require luxury cars, i find it a lil unnecessary to sink alot of cash into a depreciating asset. So yeah an ativa would do for me haha. That sums it up i guess", "Spending a little more to get a 2nd hand car makes sense. And on image, yes I do sometimes feel the pressure to own one in my circle as they are mostly execs and business owners and I\u2019m the odd one out.", "You could get a 2009 BMW 323i for around 24K during covid! Not sure how the prices are now. Generally, the expensive thing isn't the car, it's the maintenance and replacement parts.", "Actually german cars still quite affordable, my parents bought a 2010 c200k back in 2014. Until now it only needed regular servicing and even with the occasional pricey fixes id say after 9 years of ownership its not much more than a crv. Unless you fix it with original new parts \ud83e\udd23", "The Ativa is a great car for its price, runs and handles well too. Love the extra height."], ["What we see with our naked eyes might not entirely reflect the truth or reality.", "What superpower I want: To have Superman laser eyes and everytime I look at a person, I can see their full financial status. And judge silently those influencers who bergaya on the outside, but actually very poor in reality.", "Sounds like you'd like to be Bullshit Man", "YES!!! But with Balance Sheet! So, I'll be the BS Man!", "Yes, this question was sparked by a Reddit comment I read. A friend of the Redditor was in finance and told them that many actually can\u2019t afford luxury cars they own. So I wanted to see if there is more insider knowledge around.", "If they bought new, might have those leasing programs where the monthly payments are quite low at beginning\nIf bought used, well loan calculators are available and used car loan interest rate typically high 3% to about 4.5% (age of car, tenure & loan amount will affect interest rate). You can roughly calculate how much someone is paying for their luxury car\nUsually they can afford the instalment (barely), but will eat grass the moment anything goes wrong with the car and warranty cannot claim."], ["You can afford a 150k car. Why not? What's stopping you? What's your relationship with money? Try reading The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.\n\"If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.\u201d - Montesquieu\nShared by Morgan Housel.", "Will look it up, I suppose my relationship could be defined by upbringing as I wasn\u2019t from a very rich family. Growing up my parents would boycott a stall/food for 20 years due to price increase sometimes and use the same car for 20 years and that made them affluent.", "Nothing wrong with using the same car for 20 years - if it doesn't impact what you want to achieve in your life. Just because you can afford nice things doesn't mean that you have to. But enjoy life a little. No harm in buying a nice car if you can afford it (i.e. you can still sleep well at night if the economy goes to shit). Anyway, this is more personal finance stuff.\nAnd yes, it is crazy how Malaysians are buying luxury cars and queueing up at luxury stores. It makes me wonder - are times really tough? Doesn't seem like it. But it's also confirmation bias - a psychology bias.\nWe tend to look out for things we pay attention to. People have the \"need\" to show off their wealth in cities. The games played in urban living are different. Status games. Whoever has the biggest house or car wins the status game. If you're not playing the same game, don't bother.", "I think your upbringing and personal experience will serve you well. Having the extra cash for house loan, occasionally having a good meal is more important. plus emergency fund. Car ownership to many is an emotional thing. It's easy to be caught up and compared when meeting up.\nLike many have said here, some flash due to pressure and some are company paid. Let's not forget con man also flash a lot.. they need to drive up to you and show off his 911 as a result of his \"hard work and successful investment\".\nThieves don't drive proton to rob nowadays.. alphard is the preferred ride. Just be comfortable and sensible with your choice.", "Different people just have different preference. Know what you want and spend on what makes you happy. Some people likes cars. Some dont.\nBut I personally think malaysians spend too much on cars. I mean some people are really not car enthusiasist but most probably arent. Somehow the slightly affluent ones has this mindset of... buy a new car every x years just because...\nHaving 9 year car loan option helps put those car on the road as well. Also i feel most malaysian are ok to take some money out to \"support\" the car. Just ingrained in us."], ["What job you're doing man? Hope I get one too.\nAnyway seriously, I know some people who earn around 7-8k and still get a luxury car. They go into debt and borrow around all the time. All cause they just wanna show off. Not to mention they don't have to pay rent cause living with parents, don't have to pay for food cause living with parents and so on. New phone, great car, pretty girlfriend, all sorts of branded stuff. Bank empty and friends hate em cause they haven't returned the money yet. Modern living on the edge style.", "Some people might not need to pay for housing so that 1-2k rent put straight into car, just like how you see those multimillion dollar houses but cars inside only 1st gen vios and myvi.", "See this is why I\u2019m very puzzled. I went through a lot to get where I am but every time I go out on the road, I asked myself is every 10 person earning 50k/mo. I\u2019m in upper management in an mnc currently but it was been a hard few years. Lost my job twice in startups due to closing shop"], ["I have been analyzing this phenomenon for a long time.\nHere's another factor no one has mentioned. You're approaching this from the total cost angle. There's another angle to take: monthly payment and cashflow.\nThe truth is cars are expensive and not affordable in Malaysia, even myvi is not cheap. That is why we take out loans and focus on the affordability of monthly payments. Because otherwise most of us can't even afford myvi or City.\nIt's just like housing. Most of us have to take out a home loan to afford buying a house.\nSince we're focusing on monthly payment. Is it really that big of a difference between 800 and 1500 per month? How about you stretch out the tenure? You'll be able enjoy nicer things NOW.\nThat said, there are definitely some people who can afford to buy these cars with cash.", "I feel that even with monthly payments it\u2019s quite expensive to devote any more than 10% for a swankier vehicle. Unless of course it generates more income like those who need it for image.", "I don't disagree with you. Heck I feel Axia is expensive. 30 plus k one year loan is 2 to 3k plus installment per month. That's crazy.", "Another thing to consider is that a car doesn\u2019t immediately lose all its value immediately. It might seem obvious since everyone knows about depreciation, but until recently I noticed I was thinking of car ownership cost as (sticker price + depreciation) when it really is just (depreciation) alone. When you buy a new 330i for 320k today, you don\u2019t pay 320k, you pay the monthly installment and initial down payment, then when you sell the car off you get some residual value towards your new car."], ["Don't be such a tight ass la...earning 20k a month makes u top tier in salary bracket and spending 10% of it on a car is very acceptable. 150k car monthly payment is 2k..OK what if u like to be comfortable in a nice car. If that's not your thing then just let other people be. A big no no is just spending beyond your means and having a hard time keeping up with instalments. Then asking for trouble...."], ["Let me tell you this.\nIf you start to find a particular car type or colour, that car will start to pop up more frequently in your view.\nWhat car on the road is irrelevant. There are luxury cars driven by bankrupt owners. Irrelevant."], ["1/10 is 10% if you account that it\u2019s KL, then maybe they\u2019re like 1%, so.. about right? Anyway you do often see some entry ones, but seeing a 7 series or sports car on the road is normally quite rare even in kl"], ["", "I earn upwards of 20k a month", "Just your typical reddit/lowyat person I guess lol. I might as well post why is every 5th person on malaysian reddit seem to earn more than 10k/month.", "Right? Damn. Seems like every or so thread related to financials or money in Malaysia, I see redditors that are bringing in 5 figures per month...", "Kesian right. Make a setori just to say they earn 20k:26563:"], ["Business owners or upper management peeps prolly driving company car. I think a lot of normies like us didn't realise that living a luxurious lifestyle out of our own pocket is kinda dumb. T20 peeps don't need to fork out their own cash for comfort and privileges, they got it for free.", "You\u2019re referring to T10 or T5. T20 in KL starts at RM16,640 HOUSEHOLD income.\nIf you\u2019ve been promoted to the point where you have a company car it\u2019s not really \u201cfor free\u201d\u2026", "Exactly this. People grossly generalizing the T20 as some luxurious elite are so mistaken. T20 is nothing nowadays, and even the T10 is easy to attain. The true elites are not on the spectrum as they aren\u2019t salaried and they\u2019re business owners or simply not reporting taxes and income themselves but via company or proxy.", "T20 has never been a luxurious lifestyle in any country, in most countries the narrative is of the 99% against the 1%, I have no idea who's bright idea it was to have the class divide be B40, M40 in T20 like all 3 groups don't have more in common with each other than the 1%.", "Probably the top 1%\u2019s idea \ud83d\ude2c", "Business owners and top execs at large companies don't usually drive entry level luxury cars though, from experience they usually go for E-class or 5 series tier at minimum. A lot of people driving entry level luxury cars are actually in their late 20s, earning around 7-8k or maybe 10k a month, living with parents and the cars are bought on long term loans (7 to 9 years).\nI'm in my late 20s and I know 3 people my age driving luxury cars. One is from a super rich family and his dad bought him a Porsche for his 30th birthday (his dad paid full cash for a Bentley last year, that's how rich they are lol). For the other 2, both of them live with their parents, had their parents gift them a downpayment for the car and took pretty long loans to lower the monthly repayment.", "Exactly. My friend who is a MD recently changed to a Range Rover because he prefers a SUV to drive his kids and parents around. The car is all paid for by his company. He also has a driver for personal matters like sending his kids to school, delivering documents and even getting groceries. The company also pays for their rent as the whole family needs to relocate from another state to KL.\nEven my bf drives a company car and his boss is hinting that they will be upgrading his car to a better model in 2024."], ["For the sake of brevity we\u2019ll only look at financial situation of the individual and forego the reason of purchase. I think generally these purchasers can be categorised as below:\n1) people who have low disposable income but stretches for it.\n2) people on company\u2019s dime. Obviously if your company gives you a certain budget for your car you\u2019ll want to maximise the value.\n3) people who have high disposable income but spends almost every dime (in my very limited exposure I\u2019ve seen a lot of people in this category).\n4) people who can actually afford it, which means they have the full cash for it (whether they pay in cash or takes a loan is immaterial) & this does not affect their current lifestyle at all. In terms of percentage this group is ridiculously small, probably top 1% income earners (note, not net worth, net worth means nothing if you can\u2019t generate enough income for your expenses).\nAnd here\u2019s how you get 1 luxury vehicle in every 10 cars on the road \ud83d\ude2c", "This also puts it in an interesting perspective. If only 1% can afford it and 10% of cars are luxury, it means that only 10% of the car owners we see can truly afford it. Of course some people brought up the 2nd hand market which could make the percentage higher, so it will be interesting to know how much % of luxury cars in Malaysia are bought secondhand."], ["In the KV, a lot of people are either of high income, or work in jobs that entail long hours on the road and require one to project a certain outward image of \"success\", like sales and marketing. Also maintenance and support services are more easily available compared to outside KV. So a combination of push and pull factors are at play here. So that's why you are more likely to see more exotics or harder-to-maintain 2nd hand luxury makes in KV. Biar papa asal gaya."], ["cheap fuel. we talk later when petrol is 3.50 a liter in 3rd quater next year.", "As in they have better fuel efficiency? I\u2019m not good with cars", "fuel efficiency can only carry you up to a point. You never going to beat someone driving bezza or myvi in mileage. 60 ringgit now can get you a full tank in bezza. This would be 100++ when fuel no longer subsidized. People paying 100 plus for a full tank would be paying 200 plus when the changes comes. This people is going to wrecked by fuel prices."], ["Op stated earning rm20k monthly but still doesn't know how to use excel at an executive level.\nAlso, if you earn rm20k per month, you should know how easy it is to pay for a rm150k.\nHigh level sus bro.", "Nothin about excel here bro. Also opportunity cost and weak ringgit does not make it easy.", "You do know your post history is open to public right?\nAlso, idk why you want to lie about earning rm20k per month la, what's the point?\nYou do know if you legit buy a rm150k car you only need to pay rm2k per month with only a 10% down payment right? That's like 10% only.\nSo don't go around bullshitting people please.", "Yes and if you\u2019re any smarter you\u2019d know I earn much more than 20k a month based on my post history. Just that 20k is a good milestone for Malaysians"], ["Yeah earning 20K a month wouldn't give you much options for new luxury vehicles except the entry level ones. Since if you do the basic calc of monthly salary\u00d712=value of the car you can afford, you'd only be able to get a C segment at best, unless you buy 2nd hand\nAnyways to answer your ques, there's a lot of business people in KL (Business owners, insurance agents and ofc now the forex/crypto traders) so it's a status symbol for them more than anything"], ["OP earns 20+k a month but can't imagine paying instalment for a 150k car? Oh, I seeeee.....\nDo you have 4 wives and 20 children to feed?", "Nope but I have until recently a student loan in usd. I\u2019ll admit it wasn\u2019t a good move to settle down here after studying overseas"], ["Yeah, 10% luxury car in KV is about right. I expected more tbh. Esp those lower income ones are either taking bus or rides motorcycles.\nI strongly believe Malaysia has a bimodal wealth distribution. Those who are working class and those who are SME owners/RE agents etc."], ["biar papa asalkan bergaya kan \ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0"], ["The wealth in the country is more concentrated in the Klang Valley, so it's only natural that you'll see more luxury marques.\nAnyways, I was indirectly involved in the marketing of a luxury car brand at some point in my career a number of years ago. The personal monthly income level they targeted for their prospective buyers started as low as RM6k+, because there's supposed to be a market of young, up-and-coming people in the workforce who will live by the skin of their teeth and max out their DSR on a 9-year loan just for the sake of a nicer car. It feels almost predatory, but our financial system permits it."], ["A 150k car is maybe 1.5k, 1.6k a month, depending on the number of years of loan you take out. You can easily afford it. You earn 20k a month. Not sure why you say you \"can't imagine paying for it\". It's well within the recommended range of debt for you. So you either have monetary commitments elsewhere, or you simply view cars as nothing more than a way to go from A to B and don't really see the point of driving a better car I guess. Different people, different pleasures."], ["If you follow some of the post in r/MalaysianPF, you'll find many people asking if they should buy an expensive model as long as they can afford the installment. Just recently someone with only 100K annual wants to buy a 190K car. Those 9 year loans make really make it seems \"affordable\". To us, it may sound crazy but to them, they just want to feel good driving it."], ["I know someone with the same income as you who drives a Merc and a BMW for his wife.\nHis savings? lol.."], ["Sounds like a weird \u2018I earn xxx but i am smart enough to not chase luxury\u2019 flex.", "'Appearing smart enough to not chase' \ud83d\ude09"], ["I mean it really depends on your circle. My friends are mostly investment bankers, doctors, lawyers and they all drive expensive cars. And I know CEOs have their car all paid for by their company with personal driver.\nI also stay in MK so I see a lot of BMW and Mercedes in this area. Recently I saw a guy sent their kid to school in an Aston Martin.\nEven someone who earns less than half of your salary might be thinking of getting an entry level BMW. It\u2019s all depends on their priorities.", "My friends are mostly investment bankers, doctors, lawyers and they all drive expensive cars. And I know CEOs have their car all paid for by their company with personal driver.\nMy man. What car do you drive ? You are probably the T1 percent in this sub.", "There's a lot of us T5-10's lurking in the sub, T1 is a bit of a stretch though. Also side note, just cause a car is expensive doesn't mean it's necessarily comfortable. I've had my fair share of sitting in mid to high 6 figure cars and some of them are quite uncomfortable due to their suspension systems etc.", "Sadly I\u2019m not considered as T5-T10. Also yeah it depends on the car type.\nYou buy hyper car or super r/kereta the suspension definitely not on S class/Rolls Royce/ Maybach level.\nMy w140 ride comfort is something I love on a highway compared to GT86", "Well MK of all places I understand - or basically every private school in the country"], ["it's mostly 2nd hand"], ["Darn maybe GLCs are the way to go. I do have friends in semi-GLCs if ya know what I mean earning what you mentioned. I believe I can afford it but the opportunity cost is hard to stomach"], ["What level do you have to be at to earn 20k a month? Senior management?", "I\u2019m a young executive at a medium sized mnc", "Executive can earn 20k in KL? You\u2019re not even a manager? Amazing", "Executive as in this definition (director level): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-executive-manager-ahmed-abdul-qader?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via\nPeople thought I was bsing because apparently in Malaysia executive means junior"], ["Diff people have diff priorities.\nI stayed in a fully paid 5million house with a 150K car & a 15yrs old mazda. I am not really a car guy, I probably drive until it cannot be fix lol\nSomeone I know drive a new BMW X6 with a 1mil house on loan.\nor a couple with 5K income each drive a vellfire stayed in a 400k house.\nThen there someone, drive a camry, he is a factory owner."], ["I mentioned this in another thread. There is a mindset where people ignore the logic of things and get the most expensive car to show they are well off.... Behind the curtains they might be nose deep in debt. Don't you wonder why credit card offer credit transfer?\nBut admittedly, Some are actually rich as f."], ["Better be talking 20k USD per month otherwise that's barely middle class", "I\u2019d say not even middle class when it compares to US/Europe/UK. Junior exec for professionals like engineers lawyers etc. The ringgit is going to the dogs"], ["low 9 figures? 100million?\n100million i wouldnt be buying a entry level luxury brand..."], ["nice to see from outside but when dig through financially most are a mess. many have T20 earnings like this youtube video - earn 40K but spend 38K - B40 mindset:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e2FK8tzYAQ\nDont bother to be envious about them. I'm not :)"], ["If you are earning 20k a month without kids, a luxury car is serviceable. But of course your other expenses will suffer. Priorities"], ["It's funny because I can be considered upper middle class (aka I'm not struggling at least), I'm driving a car from the 2000s, even my dream car cost around like what 50k at most and it's a also from the early 2000s that I'll probably spend a pretty penny \"modernizing\" it, but yeah"], ["There are many hidden wealth in Malaysia, as much as 21% of the economy. Used to be about 30% not long ago.\nSome of those people who are earning 7 to 8k but driving a luxury car may actually be earning much more, who knows?\n\"Malaysia\u2019s shadow economy currently accounts for 21% of the gross domestic product (GDP) or an estimated RM330bil, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.\"\nhttps://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/10/18/the-shadow-economy-is-shrinking-due-to-tin-and-e-invoice#:~:text=KUALA%20LUMPUR%3A%20Malaysia's%20shadow%20economy,says%20Datuk%20Seri%20Ahmad%20Maslan."], ["20k a month wow.....but I bet most of the owner you saw are in huge debt....brought just to show off"], ["Lots of rich & pretend rich ppl in MY"], ["True, I realised KL has more luxury cars than most advanced European cities, I guess probably they couldn't be bothered due to the parking situation unlike here, we've got dedicated parking lots in condos and landed housing, and -1 generation germans are not that expensive and maintenance is considerably cheap if you know the right places.", "Most European cities have way more narrow roads than us I think, which is why hatchbacks are the way there. Compare that to USA where even 200hp cars with 6s 0-60mph times are considered slow lol", "I visited KL recently and was shocked at the amount of LV bags I saw at malls. When I was living in the US I never see such things at all too."], ["Are you the same guy that made the post about why there are so many rich people in TRX?"], ["I guess the OP meant brand new cars? In general, luxury brands can be kept for over 10yrs with the right upkeep and maintenance. Hence, there bound to be people buying second hand luxury brand cars (I'm one of them!)", "I was asking in general, but yes I missed out the second hand market as a major contributor. Not going to lie, I\u2019m human too and do sometimes go \u201cwow that merc looks rad\u201d and wish I could drive something like that. Mind sharing where you get 2nd hand deals and your rules of thumb? How has maintenance been?", "The trick is to look for cars that are 3-5 years old. That's when the depreciation hit the hardest. For example, a BMW 330i back in 2019 was 330k brand new, today you can get it for around 190k.\nI just ordered a fully specced 2019 718 Cayman GTS for 480k, which would've costed around RM800k when brand new.\nAs for maintenence, as long as you stay within the entry level models and know a good mechanic, they're pretty affordable.\nFor example, a C200 service at the service center will cost you about RM2k, whereas at an independent work shop it'll be around RM800.\nContrary to popular belief, as long as you maintain the car well and on time, Merc and Beemers are pretty reliable. Never had issues with mine.", "Bruh, been eyeing some used BMW's 2016- 2017 era, how's the maintainance cost tho I can't imagine those brands break down more than the usual japanese brands. I feel like it's copium by most people who are afraid of owning one, scaring others or convincing themselfs(friends and family). Mostly worried about that, of course, im willing to do some work myself as a hobby.\nDon't really have friends and people around that owned Beemers before. As a car enthusiasts i think its time to dip my toe in some fun", "Which model are you looking at?\nThey are reliably but when they break, they indeed cost more to replace.", "Thanks for the tip! Maybe I\u2019ll revisit this end of 2024", "You can always shoot me a DM if you need advice looking for a car \ud83d\ude04", "Well Porsche is on the reliable side when it comes to exotic. (if well maintained)\nBut I still personally prefer to stick to JP car as they are generally more reliable & way cheaper parts.", "In the end of the day it's just a car. Just drive whatever that makes you happy."], ["My sister earns 23k a month and is driving a 10 year old Honda jazz. My cousins family that both earns a combined 10k blew their savings on a used Vellfire because someone called them poor. Materialism is strong in Malaysia, but its probably because of how judgemental and critical everyone is.", "There are better cars to buy than to blow their money on a Vellfire."], ["Some are from wealthy families, some have the financial capability, some are mlm/insurance/property trying to lure people to join them."], ["Hey OP, I'm in the same boat as you, worked hard to get to the same figures and realised it ain't shit, maybe a camry. Still driving my 14 year old camry, find car expenses not worth it at all. Did some calculation and feel that at 40k is when you can comfortably drive a luxury car + maintenance, depreciation and all the jazz. Anyone who disagrees is the AhBeng that drives luxury but eat maggi mee, all face and no brain.", "Exactly my sentiments. I feel that we barely earn what junior engineers earn in Europe/US/UK."], ["Second hand car , vehicle has been mortgaged / stolen, it is the new meta now"], ["For me as an engineer, I don\u2019t really need face so I\u2019m going to buy a new Axia Rahmah E r/kereta as a beater. I already have a highway cruiser w140 with a spirited driving GT86 anyway lolz", "momo here is living the gearhead life. Stay tuned for his FD rx-7.", "Lmao no way. Cant afford to pay cash", "Ahem, donation.\nWhen you get it, be sure to play only Eurobeat on the stereo \ud83c\udfb6", "Hahahaha sure\ud83d\ude02"], ["You gotta go out of KL buddy. And not as tourist my mingle with them. KL isn\u2019t a representative of what the whole of Malaysia looks like. True Malaysians living the Malaysia dream are those out of the city.", "Malaysian dream? What\u2019s that like?", "Eating maggi mee until the next paycheck after splurging on expensive items", "The context of my question was limited to cities. Not Malaysia in general.", "Dude if you go to kota bharu, it's just like KL in terms of luxury car ratio. Ok maybe a little less but it's mind boggling also given the background of small town.", "Lol in Kuching it's all Land Cruisers, , Veilfires pickups and Mercs. Most of them are >150k too"], ["Luxury cars are getting cheaper to own but ofc the caveat is that they are cheaper because they are used. For instance, a 2022 BMW 7 series retailed for around 600k to 700k but now when you check their premium selection site, you can get one for around 400k. The depreciation is mad for those and better yet, the gurantee given by BMW themselves makes it a better deal. Cars that are priced at rm2++k drop to sometimes less than 100k or just above so easier to own but remember the achillies heel of all these luxury cars (bar maybe only Lexus) is that the maintenance cost is gonna eat into your income a lot."], ["What do you do for a living?"], ["Real car enthusiast countries don't buy base models. M, S and R stickers are for suckers. You know what's up when N line from Hyundai isn't available in Malaysia but there is an N trim. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83d\ude05", "Feels bad mang. We used to get high end r/kereta trim but now even the new Camry reuses engine."], ["Beemer and masidi aren\u2019t THAT luxurious of a brand that you need more than 20k a month to own.\nThe entry models you see berlambak on the road are tin kosong models, much less equipped than the Japanese counterparts (i.e a top spec Accord/Camry/Mazda6 has so much more features and is better quality than the entry level big 3 German cars).\nYou\u2019re doing the right thing by not YOLOing into a car for the sake of superfluous status though. But at the same time there exists people that prefers a nice car over a big savings account. Different strokes for different folks."], ["there are many who earn 1m or even 2m/month, what not so common are billionaires", "But those are much smaller percentage, not like 1 in 10 cars like OP is talking about. Lower T20 group earns about 13K per month only. 1m or more per year is like top 1% in Malaysia. Not super rare but it is not like so common like you try to described."], ["Some are probably working at a high position, where the car is provided for him or her by the company. But there are a lot of wealthy people as well. Of course there are people who live above their means as well. So ya, it is pretty hard to gauge what is what."], ["Just so you know, many people finance those cars are 60-70% only. Most likely they sold their old valued cars and top up some cash. Monthly instalment for them could be as low as 1.5k-1.8k. Just like a honda civic. And when they sold their old car, can transfer NCD for insurance at 55%, save cost some more.\nIf you want one of those, you got to start somewhere i guess, if you're interested in cars then why not?"], ["second hand , sambung bayar, company benefit, clearance discount\nfor example 1k car benefit then you top up 2k, do that with clearance discount and you can get a BMW easily"], ["Low 9 figures? Like 100m+ a year? I didn't know there were such rich people in Malaysia...", "There are some businesses that are nondescript but take in that much profit. And people who own those maintain a low profile. However I only know 1-2 such people."]]}
{"title": "'Little Dhaka' bagai dilanggar garuda - Demikian gambaran suasana di sekitar Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin atau Jalan Silang yang diberi jolokan \u2018Little Dhaka\u2019 lengang sehari selepas operasi bersepadu dan serbuan besar-besaran membanteras pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) kelmarin.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ow8o5/little_dhaka_bagai_dilanggar_garuda_demikian/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["kena isi buku log tahunan la tu, kalau tak habis, tahun depan dapat peruntukan kurang \ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c\ud83d\ude2c"], ["I know a lot of Little Jakarta and Little Acheh. what about these?"], ["Klu dorang buat kerja sepanjang tahun, little dhaka takkan wujud..\nKenalah \"show\" sket pdrm buat kerja.."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Kartel makanan ayam\u2019, 5 syarikat kena denda RM415 juta | Free Malaysia Today (FMT)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ow43t/kartel_makanan_ayam_5_syarikat_kena_denda_rm415/", "num_comment": 30, "flairlabel": [], "header": "There really is \"cartel\" supplier in Malaysia. I thought it was a myth", "comments": [["Wait till you find out we have 1 company that monopolised cement that is used to build all the building and infra around us", "YTL?", "Yeah immediately thought about that, they literally have they company name as \"YTL Cement\"", "Yes it's fucked it even indirectly affected the bagged cement price that people used for renovation", "theres ytl and theres cima", "There\u2019s also only 1 company monopolized inspecting vehicles, 1 company that monopolized collecting toll fees and used on most major public transport", "As long as the quality and price remains good, i don't really mind. Don't want to suffer tofu dreg constructions just because the officials and developers decide they want more money in their pocket so they forgo good cement.", "Tofu dreg construction exist regardless of the absence of bad cement dealer.", "It would be harder to cover up when there is only one supplier and an audit proves no purchase to that supplier was made.", "Accurate/Inaccurate to a degree. Bad cement doesn't need to be purchased upfront, they can still skimp on the so called good cement when doing mixing. Purchasing good materials is just one factor, using them is another factor.", "We also have kartel beras", "Really? What about Lafarge, Hume, Tasek, Cemix, Evermix ? What did they sell?", "lafarge sell cement directly here?"], ["What do you mean? The Malaysian economy is controlled by monopolies and cartels.", "Yep, it's the main reason why our COL is on par with that of developed countries in many aspects in spite of the tens of billions spent on subsidies every year.", "Are you sure, a lot of tourists and expats from developed countries think otherwise. Also don't forget Singaporean like to shop in Malaysia bcz the price here is cheaper than theirs.", "What currencies are the tourists and expats earning?", "Don't convert the currency, but think in terms of 1 to 1 ratio, a person earning RM3k spending in KL compared to a person earning SGD3k spending in SG. In most cases, the person earning and spending SGD in SG will easily have 1.5x more savings than his MYR earning counterpart despite both having similar frugal lifestyles.\nAnd I'm not talking about buying iPhones or the latest gadgets. Basic necessities like food is so much cheaper in SG than it is in KL. You can get nasi campur or chicken rice for less than SGD5 while it would cost at least RM8 in KL. Not to mention that the portion is bigger there. Yes, rent is expensive in SG recently, but it is just as expensive in KL especially if you want to stay anywhere near a train station.", "COL?", "Cost of Living?", "And triads. This is something that is rarely discussed in the media, and has a chokehold in the economy and politics."], ["Kartel Daging how?", "Ya what ever happened to the halal meat fiasco involving meat cartel?"], ["I think in most countries, monopoly is not illegal, but anti-competitive or consumer practices are."], ["It's always the chinese", "That's kinda racist bro", "Just a bit of banter", "its always kelantanese"], ["so.....who will get the money when most of the damaged is done to the customer base. gomen will pocketed it again then? never to be seen the light again I presume or benefit the rakyat in anyway?~"]]}
{"title": "Abortion Help Post :(", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ovi6f/abortion_help_post/", "num_comment": 116, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Hi. This is a burner account. I'm a scared girl, going through a pregnancy scare since my cycle has been late for 1, entering 2 month if I don't get it in a few days.\nI have done several tests, and all of them are negative, so that helps the anxiety, but there's information everywhere on how it might not detect the hormone produced for pregnancy. So now I'm back on panic mode.\nThe top 2 suggestions I have found were to get the abortion pills set, and to consult with an actual clinic. But I have no information on where to get the pill, or if they are truly authentic, and the medical procedure seems to be on the pricier side.\nThe last post in here that I have found is a year ago, and there weren't much updated information. I would really appreciate some advice, desperately, either where to get the pills or the best option for a clinic. Thank you :(\nEdit: Thank you so much everyone for all the messages and comments, words of encouragement helps tremendously, I really do need it <3 Thank you.\nEdit #2: Once again thank you so much! There's so many notifications I'm trying to read all the comments and DMs from you guys. Also to add since some asked; 1. Yes protection always, even had day after pills on some occasions when I was feeling iffy. 2. I will go have a checkup as advised by next week, as in Monday onwards. Knock on wood. 3. I'm 21, started a new job as of the recent 2-3 months and yes have been stressed out by it. So there's the possibility that it's a missed cycle due to stress/other reasons as advised. 4. Why immediately go to the worst case scenario and ask for termination advise? Because I would prefer having options, if it does happen. I am also sure some others are facing similar problems with me, but there's no updated information, so I wanted to start a new thread on it.\nLast edit: Holy sht! I actually finally got my period. I think, I finally got the reassurance I needed, and I finally was able to sleep, after reading the kind comments I felt better mentally so I think it helps ease the stress I have held for weeks. Thank you all. Perhaps the hormones also worsened my paranoia this morning while I was writing the post. God bless all of you. I will keep this post up, and I will keep all the recommendations. If you or anyone is facing the same problem, please do DM me and I will pass on all the info that I have. Thank you again everyone. \u2764\ufe0f", "comments": [["See an Obgyn. They can do an ultrasound scan to look for a gestational sac.", "Thank you, I will go to a clinic in the next week. Will also update it here once I have it done, surely no one cares but just for the sake of updating.", "For what\u2019s it\u2019s worth, modern pregnancy tests are very very accurate so it\u2019s more likely you\u2019re not pregnant. However best to get it checked out", "Hi! Oh my!!! I wrote the post in the morning, currently it's midnight and I got my period. I guess I don't need to worry anymore. But I still will go to a clinic to get checked for possible PCOS or any other issue. \u2764\ufe0f I feel like a huge burden is finally lifted up my shoulder now.", "Thats great! Happy for you. Either way, bookmark how you can order abortion pills online just in case", "Dont have to go that far, GP in those small clinics also can help check for pregnancy. You just need to find those with ultrasound written outside them. You should start with that first to confirm its not pregnancy and maybe it\u2019s something else.", "Ya good option also. Lots of experienced GPs out there as well.", "What nonsense, if it doesn\u2019t show up in the pregnancy tests, it will 100 million % not show up when scanning for the gestational sac.\nEdit: Facts being downvoted?!? Way to go r/Malaysia!", "That\u2019s only one of the reasons to see an Obgyn. Besides doing an ultrasound scan which will be the first thing they will do, they can take serum beta HCG levels amidst other hormone levels to work up for causes of missed period. What nonsense? So confident? You\u2019re a Doctor? Coz I am.", "What kind of a shit doctor are you? If the HCG levels are not high enough to be seen on a home pregnancy test kit, there is absolutely ZERO chance it'd be at the stage where you can see a gestational sac. ZERO.", "Are you absolutely sure she is using the pregnancy test properly over a comment on the internet? If you were a doctor you would know there\u2019s many variables that can\u2019t be excluded over internet posts.\nActually I\u2019m glad you stopped by to grace us with your distinguished wisdom acquired after ?a brief Wikipedia session. This is also the reason why we don\u2019t advise people to post asking for medical advice on Reddit, and if they do, the default good answer will be to see a doctor in person. If not \u201clearned individuals\u201d will show up and talk out of their ass. Great example right here.", "You're getting dowmvoted because you're rude af", "This.", "reasons to see an Obgyn. Besides doing an ultrasound scan which will be the first thing they will do, they can take serum beta HCG levels amidst other hormone levels to work up for causes of\nPregnancy test kits rely on hormonal levels in the urine, which are not always accurate. Ultrasound scans literally reveal a new human growing inside of you. At 6 weeks, its the size of a full stop.\nYou should take a cue from your username and go learn some more.", "Pregnancy test kits are not always accurate early on. No doubt. But by the time there is a gestational sac, the Beta HCG levels will be so high there will be a clear T line on the test kit.", "??? Thats so misinformed", "It is impossible to see a gestational sac on an ultrasound scan if a non-faulty, properly administered home pregnancy test kit is used. Show me proof of my \"misinformation\".", "So you\u2019re absolutely sure that she used a non faulty properly administered home pregnancy test kit?", "Bro, it\u2019s OP\u2019s life and body, just let them check if they need the affirmation, what\u2019s so wrong with that? We are here to help them if they need it some more\nWhy you come in all pessimistic and grumpy for what? You acting like you know them irl \u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f", "An ultrasound is the gold standard confirmatory level."], ["Go for a checkup, my ex missed her period for more than a year due to hormonal problems, tried modern medicine, Chinese medicine but it just somehow came back one day, right after resigning from her job, guess stress is part of it as well? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "It can be. 3 times already I've had this experience where my period missed for 3 months. All 3 was related to stress - end of year exams twice and a burnout.", "Yes, I actually recently started a new job, and it has been stressing me out a fair bit. I've considered it to be part of the possible reason on the lateness. Just the possibility of being pregnant still makes me anxious. But thank you for sharing, it eases my worry, I am hoping that it's just a funny moment I can look back on.", "Can confirm stress make my period come earlier and also later too. Sometimes almost two months late.", "Why are you driving without putting on your safety belts in the first place...? Remember next time to be save rather than gets into unnecessary trouble by putting on the safety belts every time you're driving.!!!", "What to do? Everybody open leg too easily", "This girl is scared and doesn\u2019t need your comment right now. Don\u2019t you think she already knows?", "Yea, my wife used to work in a toxic work environment, that time her period also became very irregular. Not to mention, she become even more stressed when her period did not arrive on time causing it to be even later.\nAfter quitting and finding a new job, her cycle goes back to the regular schedule.", "Stress and not eating enough can definitely fuck up your cycle.\nSource: Me."], ["Hey gurl, your health comes first, always. Please no dodgy Shopee pills. Sent you a DM!"], ["Just go clinic with ultrasound. No gestational sac means not pregnant. No need for all the panic and pills"], ["If your tests are negative, please do not jump to abortion, whether pills or whatever. Go to a gynae, tell them you're worried because your period is late. That's it, no judgement."], ["If you were two months pregnant (4+ weeks) you would MOST DEFINITELY get a positive pregnancy test and have symptoms by now. A missed period doesn\u2019t automatically mean pregnancy. You could have a hormonal imbalance, PCOS, or thyroid dysfunction and that\u2019s why your period hasn\u2019t come. Regardless, Please be smart, wise and love yourself enough to go a clinic and get checked out. Make sure to get a scan and blood work and while you\u2019re at it, ask to get on birth control ASAP (either the pill or an IUD) and tell your dude to man up and wear a condom too (and avoid STDs while you\u2019re at it). It takes two to tango. And if your guy doesn\u2019t want to wear one, then walk out. It\u2019s not worth it for a full 5 seconds of pleasure. Please educate yourself on safe-sex practices \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe if you\u2019re not ready to have a baby, then do everything you can to avoid a pregnancy. Put yourself first, sister.", "Thank you! I will be having a check up soon. Rest assured, my BF is very responsible, always making sure we're safe and on top of all if I'm okay. But I just don't want to worry him too :')"], ["Missed periods can just be that, missed periods. Don\u2019t worry :) You can go to a clinic and ask that the doctor do an ultrasound to eliminate possibility of pregnancy. No need to go to an OBGYN unless you do have one that you trust."], ["Pregnancy tests are nearly 100% accurate, and is generally detectable 2 weeks (more or less) after you had unprotected sex.\nGiven that's it's been more than a month and entering 2, I can almost assure you you're most likely not pregnant. It's like what others have said, you may have hormonal imbalance causing your delay.\nYou may have PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome). What I can suggest is for you to take a morning after pill to induce a period. Go to a pharmacy and ask for 1 Escapelle.\nAlso, definitely see a gynecologist if you're super worried. They will be able to help you out.\nGoing forward, please practice safe sex by taking appropriate contraception (whether condoms or pills or IUD or implant).", "You don\u2019t specifically need Escapelle. You can ask for generic versions of morning after pills, and some come in a two-pill form that causes less intense side effects."], ["Don't buy pills online. Seriously.\nGo see a gynae - get ultrasound done.\nIf you're not pregnant - congratulations. See my comments below.\n3.a. Please use double contraceptives - get on the pill/IUD/Depo Provera/Implanon and also use condoms (condoms also protect from most STDs). No contraceptive is 100% failproof which is why you should use two methods.\n3.b. If you don't want to be on daily contraceptives because you're not having sex regularly, at least use condoms AND take morning after pills such as Postinor- you can buy them over the counter. Do note that most, if not all, morning after pills can only be taken twice a month.\n3c. Carry condoms every time you go on a date so if things get hot and heavy you'll always be prepared. Don't rely on your date/partner to be prepared. You must protect yourself - so put your health and safety first. Which leads me to point 3.d below.\n3d. Get tested for STDs if you had unsafe sex. If you're in Klang Valley you can get tested for free at NGOs such as KLASS in Sentul/Setapak.\nOP, DM me if you need more info/someone to talk to. I've been in your situation before.\nAll the best!", "I disagree with 3b. If you\u2019re using condoms and the condom doesnt break, please don\u2019t take the morning after pill - it wreaks havoc on your body and it\u2019s only needed if you have had unprotected intercourse.", "Every hormonal contraceptive has side effects.", "Are you speaking about the pill or morning after? The combined pill is designed for daily use, but the morning after pill is not and is not designed to be used regularly. It can be very unpleasant, and is not needed if you\u2019re using one form of contraception.", "Yes. Don\u2019t do 3b."], ["Girl, your period could be just late\u2026 hormone changes, stress all adds to it.\nDon\u2019t be hasty ! The pregnancy test is negative. Belief that. Pregnancy test nowdays can detect early pregnancy.."], ["Check w a gynae. I missed my period for half a year due to overexercising (used to do super long distance run). Then one day I decided my body cant do it anymore, I scaled back, then I got my period. Very low body fat in women is not good and mess with hormonal cycle. If youve been losing weight recently from stress, this can be a major trigger for why your period skip"], ["Sexually active? Use a condom please. Or take the OCP and regularise your cycle.", "Yep. Lots of STDs out there too. Pregnancy is the least of your worries.\nUse protection for good health, and never let anyone convince you otherwise until you are in a long term and committed relationship."], ["Go to those clinics with ultrasound. Don\u2019t worry. Just checking only."], ["https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/8OBDm94QOm"], ["Get the test done in a proper clinic/hospital. Please dont use random abortion solution. Also if multiple test are showing negative it's prob pretty accurate but i'd still do a proper checkup for peace of mind. My ex's pregnancy was detected in 3 days with the kit."], ["Hi there are a lot of causes to period delays. I suggest u check with ur doc regarding this. Assuming u did not perform any coitus (which I assume u did), u can try checking if u have PCOS. Or if ur taking any supplements like evening primrose oil which will make your hormones fluctuate. Best time to check it is in the morning because the HcG levels are high.\nFor abortion, they will usually use Misoprostol. But its banned in Malaysia. Im not sure where else u can perform the operation unless its under the radar la. It also has its side effects but not significant until you cry for help. Just normal stomachaches and bleeding from aboral and vaginal areas.\nAnd please please dont ever buy pills online. I cannot stress this enough for my patients. I have some patients coming to the pharmacy giving me a plastic bag of white pills claiming that it can cure diabetes etc etc, ended up the patient had swelling of lips and severe allergic reaction. We had to call ambulance and it went downhill from there. I plead u to never ever buy pills online (but for ur case it will not be possible as you cant find misoprostol anywhere except away from public\u2019s eyes). There are multiple ways to check if ur pills are \u201clegit\u201d and authorized by the Malaysian government but this is out of the topic\nSource : Im a pharmacist"], ["Consider going to the clinic for an ultrasound. Ik you're scared but it's better than risking your life. I hope everything goes well for you dear \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffb"], ["By the time you miss a period, the pregnancy tests would be reliable. It would be weird if you\u2019re about to miss your second period and still get a negative pregnancy test if you\u2019re pregnant."], ["Hi! I\u2019m a registered nurse in the US\u2026.if your cycle has been late for an entire month, a pregnancy test would almost certainly show up positive. It\u2019s less likely to catch the hormone level if you\u2019re super early, so before your missed period or in the first few days after the first day you missed it. However, if you\u2019re that late, it wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea to see a doctor anyway, as there could be many reasons for a missed period.", "Oh my, this actually really really helps to ease my worry. But yes, I will make sure to see a doctor, for my own mental peace. Thank you."], ["Semoga tuhan permudahkan urusan awak, stay strong"], ["https://www.reddit.com/r/Bolehland/s/4SjRwiEAmj"], ["I\u2019ve actually encountered a lot of patients (and colleagues) with similar concerns. Just get an ultrasound scan and a blood test called beta-HCG. If both of these tests come back negative, you have absolutely nothing to worry about."], ["I had a pregnancy scare as well as my period was late for close to 2 months. Turns out it was due to stress that my period came late and I guess being worried about a potential pregnancy made it worse \u2620\ufe0f best thing you can do is go see a doctor to confirm it."], ["Hey girl, just go to a GP they can do a simple scan to see if you\u2019re pregnant. No need to go all the way to see an O&G imo unless you really want reassurance from an expert."], ["My ex longest skip was 8 months and she kept mess with me that she's pregnant. She's always stressed out plus possibly some kidney problems. Took pregnancy test and all came out negative as well.\nBest wishes to OP, and a moment of silence for female's hormonals imbalance.", "Thank you, hopefully all is well for me too."], ["How old are you BTW? I've had many many missed periods none of them from pregnancy, your period gets affected by many many things, stress is a big one. Being stressed about potentially being pregnant doesn't help either.\nGet a proper scan if you are really worried at a doctor or obgyn.\nAlso, pregnancy tests can be wrong, yes, but if you've done repeated tests and it's all negative, it's highly unlikely they're all wrong. That kind of situation is highly unlikely.\nAlso", "Yes. Also weight\u2026 I believe that low body weight can mess with cycles.\nFind a good doctor to talk to.", "Hi there, I'm 21. I started a new job, been there for 2-3months now and yes have been stressed out a bit by it", "Okay then it's very probably stress.\nGood to know as well that pregnancy tests are not as accurate (or so ppl say) under two weeks since sex, because your pregnancy hormones are not high yet. After two weeks it's generally the more accurate point. So if you've taken multiple tests and at least one is more than two weeks since, and they're all negative, it's unlikely you need to worry about pregnancy.\nIf you want to be safe, ofc, as everyone has said the best way is to go to a doc for an ultrascan. If you're worried about doctors judging, at least in Klang valley, there's a bunch. The more urban, the more understanding they tend to be.\nIs this your first time with a skipped period or delayed? Do you have a trend of periods being late esp during exam season, assignment, etc? If yes then this is quite normal! You need to judge your periods, based on what is normal for you.\nIf it is a trend, and you can afford it, might as well get a proper check to know for sure what you are dealing with."], ["Stress, change of lifestyles, and change of diet also could cause the delay of the cycle. Happened to my wife in August this year. It was almost like Jesus going to be reborn again, either that or she be cheating on me. But yeah, she wasn\u2019t preggy."], ["Pm'd"], ["My girlfriend also had a similar experience recently, she panicked that her period is late for a month and keep on wanting a reassurance from me (she keep asking whether my ya know what got inside her or no) . It was stressful for me also since i feel bad for her and the consequences that i have to deal with if she is really pregnant. Turns out apparently, it was an irregular period LOL. Thats my experience with it with my girlfriend so i hope that it is also the same for you \ud83e\udd7a"], ["It could also just be stress/hormones that\u2019s delaying your period. Go for a checkup and if that\u2019s the case, the doctor will give you some pills to induce your period.\nSource: went 8 months without getting my period \u270c\ud83c\udffb (yes the doctor nagged me kaw2 before giving me the meds)"], ["https://www.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/18nc3mr/ma_experience_in_singapore/"], ["Marry first then fuck", "Not all married couples also want to conceive a child :) Marriage shouldn't bound you to a responsibility of keeping a pregnancy", "If you have been sold this idea, then sadly you have been deceived.\nWe all have different personalities, and that includes what we like, or dislike, under the sheets. Getting to know your partners sexual interests is as important as getting to know what they are like with money, at conversations, how they cook, clean or take care of pets/kids.\nIf you marry someone without ever sleeping with them, you may be in for a very rude shock. If you are incompatible in the bedroom, then your life will be hell.\nMarry someone whom you love deeply and with whom you have shared everything \u2026 and I do mean everything.\nPS: it also means that most people you date should have at least some experience in the area.", "Get pregnant without marriage and then what?abortion?throw the baby in garbage like in the news?leave it in front of church? Masjid?come on man\u2026", "1) use protection 99% effective 2) use birth control pills 99.9% effective 3) abortion (it\u2019s a standard medical procedure)\nAll 3 are far superior options to a failed marriage"], ["Got my period messed up due to stress and shit.\nBut I got it back when my \"pillow\" is around. So me being dramatic be like:\n\"This is all your fault for not being around much. You should sleep next to me everyday!\"\n\ud83e\udd23"], ["just pray and it will go away xoxo"], ["Dont get the pill. Go to a clinic, they will test your blood for hcg levels. More accurate than urine."], ["a box of condoms are not so expensive you know"], ["Ppl will not get pregnant without intercourse\u2026 unless \ud83c\udfad"], ["Do you have any good reasons to do abortions? If it's trying to avoid responsibility, I advise you think twice before doing that. With actions always comes consequences whether you believe it or not", "Realizing one is not capable of raising a baby and deciding on abortion is called taking responsibility. She can decide what she wants to do with her own body.", "Let ppl be.\nStay out of other ppl\u2019s business.", "I am not mentally stable enough, nor do I think I am old enough to bear such a big responsibility. I understand the consequences and had precautions. I am just a scared young person, reaching out for possible help.\nI also believe other than the 2 personal reasons I provided, someone wanting abortion just because it's their preference to not conceive a child is a good enough reason. I hope it helps you to understand on why people seek help, and to help eliminate the concept of abortion=avoiding responsibility for you.", "Girl, you do you. I think your reasons are valid and fears are valid. I believe you had gone through some solid advice on how to seek help. You are brave and you're doing a good and responsible thing to understand you're not ready. It's more guts than any of us here.", "Choice is yours, I can only advise. Be prepared to bare any consequences", "I don\u2019t see corrupt politicians suffering consequences", "An embryo does not have personhood and is entirely dependent on the decisions of the mother. She has the right to decide whether it continues or is terminated.", "Yeah the consequence is an unwanted baby isn't forced to be born into this messed up world", "You can downvote me. But instead of recommending a clinic, I think is wise to advise why decisions like these should be made with caution", "There is no caution. You dont want a kid, get an abortion. Its that simple. Its not even alive yet", "What possible consequence are you so worried about? People don't view human conception and abortion the same way as you.", "I think it is wiser to let someone that don't want to have a child get an abortion."], ["Just like others have suggested, get a clinic to check.\nand a word of advise, those abortion pill set will make you go through living hell, extreme bleeding, and might even affect your future health, so take it as a last resort. Cost around 600 MYR average"], ["OP, how old are you?", "hi, I am currently only 21. quite the panic at this age, i think..", "I think that based on the comments, you could be delayed but not pregnant. Do you have an OBGYN? Best to go and see get tested.\nThat being said, having sex has real consequences. Some of the best protection is still not 100%.\nThis is something to think about going forward....", "Unfortunately I do not have one, but for sure I will have one moving forward haha. I am planning to go have a check up by next week, as in monday onwards. And yes, I do understand the consequence that it has. I appreciate the reminder.", "Also what is your budget?", "OP where do you stay? I can recommend some good obgyn if I roughly know your area", "respectfully you sound like a cop \ud83e\udd23", "Gg la, I was gonna recommend her my obgyn if she stays somewhere near me / has budget \ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0\ud83e\udee0"], ["Chill girl. If you've tested negative, it probably is. Just go to the clinic and check to be sure.\nIt may be stress or hormonal. If it's two of the above, then taking herbal tea like saffron or rose bud tea will help. It's not uncommon for girls to miss their period due to these reasons.\nAlso, to give yourself a peace of mind, always use protection next time. It will save you a lot of stress and worrying, especially if you're not ready to be a parent yet"], ["Malaysia abortion help is very less talked about but the website includes where to get help, price range, procedures and so forth. Hope this can help more ppl in the future!"], ["Looks like you've gotten the answers you need. Take care!"], ["Women's Aid Organization, Sisters in Islam can help."], ["You can order abortion pills from Women on Web"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia Government has been caught using AI art and ChatGPT to develop the PADU website \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vxk3l/malaysia_government_has_been_caught_using_ai_art/", "num_comment": 130, "flairlabel": [], "header": "In response to this, they have removed the countdown timer this afternoon \ud83d\ude02", "comments": [["There's nothing wrong tbh, just a landing page", "Could've used official government illustrations/graphics or commissioned an artist to draw up the landing page instead of using AI. Plus there's graphic designers that work in almost every Bahagian Korporat of ministries \u2013 use them", "And what make you so sure that it wasn\u2019t the graphic designers that work in almost every bahagian korporat of ministries that used AI for the art?", "Ikr, random uncle at ministry couldnt come up with good ai art, still need an artist to prompt, filter, choose, pick, edit a good art.", "it's a bit like the IT \"what do we even pay you for\" meme.", "Good point if not what's the purpose of cramming so many offspring in the govt. flats so that they can work in the civil service.", "Ive realised that lots of Immigration department staff uses Gmail as well. Over here in Australia, they have their own email domains. Really odd.", "as far i know, some ministry use official google account under mygovuc / MAMPU...\nevery staff have 1TB google drive", "Correct. Every civil servant has, or is supposed to have their own govt email. Depends on whether the IT department is doing their job to register them, or ease them into it", "Well if the contractor gets paid\u2026.\nSee where I\u2019m going here?", "If even the landing site is done in this manner, I wouldn't be surprised the rest of the codes behind PADU, aka our National Digital ID are mostly templates provided from another company of a foreign country.\nBe mindful that the rest of the world are also currently developing \"their own\" Digital ID for their country, and it will most likely be linked together among nations mainly for CBDC. Here's a map from Atlantic Council.\n<image>\nRafizi boasted PADU is 100% in-house, but is it really true? If they just use some template provided by some foreign entity, it will be even worst than just data leak to scammers, it would be a national security issue.\nIt will be easy for some foreign entity to use that data to inject specific messages to their target demographic to instigate mass protest, topple government etc.\nAnd CBDC will have its own host of issue as mentioned in this article by FMT.", "That is an opinion piece from a writer that isn\u2019t very economically inclined, nor has any public policy experience. His other rather wonky articles (I recall one on promoting crypto iirc) show this.\nIt would be extremely stupid for backend codes to be pulled from a third country - if you look at how other similar national infrastructure has been set up - such as payments/ RPP/ RENTAS etc, you will find that these systems are usually built in house by govt or quasi-govt utilities (bc of liability issues or statutory limitations). It is more likely than not that this template will be followed, and I would be more surprised if codes were indeed copied from third countries.", "His other rather wonky articles (I recall one on promoting crypto iirc) show this.\nsurprise surprise cryptobro hates CBDC.", "PADU is not MyDID though it will use the latter.", "our current politicians are basically WEF puppets. They are trying to turn our country into a surveillance state like China.", "I would think the monyets in this sub will be able to figure this out by now, and think of the ways PADU can be weaponised against the people.\nYou and I are the minority, but in Facebook we have more people calling out on the totalitarian aspect of PADU."], ["The art might be created using AI but there's no indication in the screenshot that the countdown timer was made with chatGPT. Who knows if they write it themselves or copied the code somewhere.\nBut the code is kinda bad:\nvar everywhere\ninnerHTML for containing numbers+string is also bad. The numbers should've been converted to string before concatenated.\nFor clarification, i don't blame them if their boss ask for a countdown timer script at the last minute.", "nothing wrong with using var. Not every browser is ES6 compliant.\ngomen websites should cater to as much people as possible.", "ES6 is 8 years old now.\nlet is widely available in major browsers: https://caniuse.com/let\nFor really old browsers we can use polyfill.", "Don't underestimate the amount of boomers still using IE. There's a reason why even Singapore government websites still support that browser.\nand polyfills cannot magically convert let/const to var. What you're looking for is a transpiler. And even if they are using a transpiler, the end result would look like what we're looking at here now.", "Some of our internal pages are still on ASP"], ["More context please?\nUhh, what's exactly wrong with the countdown timer? and so what if it is by ChatGPT?\nWhy reinvent the wheel when we developers source common algorithms from StackOverflow/ChatGPT and improve our productivity?", "Ya. More context like how much did they pay for this.", "There's nothing wrong with using ChatGPT, but directly copying and pasting content from ChatGPT without reviewing and editing, they even include original comments, indicates a lack of prior programming knowledge or skills. Remember, first impression is important.\nMoreover, this website will handle highly sensitive citizen data such as ID numbers, names, addresses, etc. How can we ensure the rest of the site will be able to store these information securely? :26554:", "Nothing wrong with their code comments. Simple & straight to the point.", "Imagine removing code comments just because u dont want it to look like chatgpt code and come back later having no clue wtf code is doing \ud83d\udc80", "imagining reviewing code without comments", "but directly copying and pasting content from ChatGPT without reviewing and editing, they even include original comments, indicates a lack of prior programming knowledge or skills\nDoesn't even matter mate. It's a countdown timer, it's not a critical module. They can rip off from any source as long as it works.\nRemember, first impression is important.\nNo, the front end UI/UX is the one that's important and not the F12 inspect element. No common user will ever care about code comments. Seriously.\nMoreover, this website will handle highly sensitive citizen data such as ID numbers, names, addresses, etc. How can we ensure the rest of the site will be able to store these information securely?\nJust because some countdown timer in the front end got \"exposed\" to be amateurish doesn't mean it'll pose a security issue. Until there's actual proof that these mentioned critical modules that handles personal/financial data are developed by copy pasting ChatGPT codes, we'll cross the bridge when we get there.\nSource: I'm a Systems Architect/Programmer and I definitely know what I'm talking about.", "I agree with you boss.\nPeople like this contribute nothing.", "That\u2019s what I thought. There\u2019s nothing actually wrong using a freely available tool to code a simple module. I can\u2019t even see the problem with the countdown timer lolz", "Do you still shit on wikipedia for \"not having authentic\" sources?", "Brother it\u2019s a countdown timer, even I used gpt for it just due to laziness", "They prefer to have a human counting them down, they will then call it great job for the hard work", "That's why you have code review/VAPT. If you copy problematic code, a reviewer should flag it out before it's approved and merged to master"], ["I did my internship in a software development company few months ago and developers had start using ChatGPT to assist them in coding but mostly for inspection and finding out mistakes", "pretty much faster than googling but need doublecheck .. can't simply c&p .. the purist said : \"we need create our own code\" .. I say total bs. how much time waste just create a fully function website also debugging. my company already turn to GitHub copilot for faster man-days. more time on developer to do other thing tho", "This lol.\nAin\u2019t being a smart and good programmer all about finding the fastest ways to finish the task lol. Writing code from scratch is great if you got the talent and skill but it\u2019s even better if you have the talent to know what to copy paste and know that it will work and save lots of time etc.", "if you are beginner, yeah you need to write from scratch bcs you need to understand what the functions do .. i even force my new junior not rely on chatgpt.. in the long way you need to be efficient with your time.. i didn't have whole day to write a code.. i got another stuff to do .. like browsing reddit /s .. having copilot can make my day more efficient."], ["Most programmers have been using it now, otherwise how to get future jobs requiring 2 years min experience in AI tools??\nMore important is whether this system, processes, integrations and gov policies can work well to achieve its intended outcomes."], ["It's normal to use github copilot to develop websites or do any sorts of programming nowadays."], ["Are you a programmer or developer? Because majority of developers nowadays do use ChatGPT to assist in code writing.\nYou're a making a sensational post out of fucking nothing especially on a non-critical trivial module/feature of the site.\nI know this because I recently did the same for my Java Assignment as a ICT Diploma Holder.", "As a software developer currently working in the industry, I would be genuinely surprised if any big companies do not have code assist software for the software engineers.", "My developers are actively encouraged to use it. If they\u2019re not, then they are not being fully productive.", "i work for a bank and we don't use it for security reasons.\ngomens should have the same concerns as well.", "Yeah I would imagine banking industry is highly sensitive so unless your company built it in house, definitely understandable that they do not want to risk using it.\nBut for non high sensitive industries, I think the major code completion AI providers are able to sandbox the particular model for your company and/or do not train the main model with your data (and only use it to finetune the customized model for your company) if the company bought enterprise edition instead of personal accounts for everyone.\nSource: Google Cloud Vertex AI\nOpenAI: You own and control your business data in ChatGPT Enterprise. We do not train on your business data or conversations, and our models don\u2019t learn from your usage.", "You're a making a sensational post out of fucking nothing especially on a non-critical trivial module/feature of the site.\nBecause empty cans make the most noise."], ["Looks like a countdown timer code. Theres absolutely zero issue with using ChatGPT code. If it works properly, then its good. Your point for this post?"], ["?????? there is nothing wrong here.\ntf are people bitching about", "twittard and maybe OP wantes gov to hire 'local' graphic designer.\napalah, use AI pun salah", "Anti-AI art sentiments leaching into other uses of AI. Now anything remotely AI is bad. Code with AI? You're now in the same category as AI art. \ud83e\udd26"], ["Bro really expects the government to create the countdown algorithm within their own language that runs on their own engine that built within their own specialized browser"], ["Bro, stop inventing new wheels; just use tools that have already been developed.\nI don't see any issue here.", "They are a couple issues: a lot of art generation ai programs have been caught illegally using thousands of artist art as datasets and at time generates the actual image made by the original artist themselves.\nMidjourney for example is facing massive lawsuits for illegally using data sets without permission en masses.", "This is a problem the companies developing the Gen AI tools need to be transparent about and deal with. As a user, there is nothing wrong using it. If you are planning to hold your ethical ground, it only positions yourself in a more vulnerable position compared to others who chose to use it (ie more efficient workflow at a cheaper price)."], ["as someone who currently learning to code, I leave so many comments in my code because if I want to debug, refresh my memory on wtf I am doing before, or help co-workers/future employees understand it. nothing wrong with that, it's just good practice. I feel like this is also like standard thing to do. also for this kind of stuff just use dateFns"], ["efficient."], ["Chatgpt please write Rancangan Malaysia ke-13 \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "Bina kereta terbang Malaysia", "Please correct grammar mistakes in our Perlembagaan \ud83d\udc7d", "ChatGPT : shit not even i can fix your country"], ["whats wrong using AI that will definitely replace something in the future.... better start now than being left behind later.... only criticism, plz do QC."], ["Menjimatkan perbelanjaan negara. Respek kerajaan madani"], ["Work smart. Not hard."], ["There is nothing wrong with using available resources"], ["They seriously on vanilla JS?", "I made a meme of you.\n<image>\nDisclaimer: I have a computer science degree but know nothing about web development or programming.", "Nooo, i i need overbloated js framework to make a simple countdown", "They seriously on vanilla JS\nSubcon > subcon > subcon > some poor intern", "Govt say PADU is developed in-house. No contractors.", "Damn, now that's new.", "Thats how they manage to do it in 6 months", "they claimed this one fully penjawat awams work", "Then ChatGPT", "well vanilla JS is the best tool for this simple landing page", "Correct, sometimes simple problems just need simple tools.", "TIL", "Vanilla JS is best and timeless when done right.", "Tbf that's only true after ES5 became mainstream.\nPrior to that jQuery is the GOAT.", "What\u2019s wrong with vanilla js? What would you have used?", "could be a transpiler, we'll never know."], ["whats PADU website about? as in what form of financial management specifically?", "Digital ID"], ["AI is a tool, nothing wrong from using it."], ["I don't necessarily think that the comments in the code is an proof of code generation software but rather a possibility. The engineer might just have the habit to comment their code, although I think this comment is Abit unnecessary since it's very obvious what the code is doing to other engineers."], ["For programmer doenst matter chatgpt or what. We all copy paste from stackoverflow anyways"], ["There was no AI in the JavaScript code. Y\u2019all be tricking non devs. Lol"], ["This is one of the \"I am tech savvy and know some coding knowledge but not professional enough but I still judge like I know what I am talking about\" ey?"], ["See what they paid the contractor lah. They want to pay less and save money, then the contractor don't do custom work."], ["just another day in twitterjaya\nterpaling cari something for engagement\ni mean your web development project already using framework, youre insane to built from scratch with the limited resources and time at your disposal. might as well use AI to optimise whats necessary. people bayar you janji site function.\nnot limited to comp science. graphic designers already experimenting with text to image tools."], ["AI is meant to improve productivity. What\u2019s wrong with that? As long as the content within is vetted and accurate to their message/ purpose."], ["Copying and pasting codes from Stackoverflow. Okay.\nCopying and pasting codes from ChatGPT that trains a lot of it's stuff from Stackoverflow. Nooooo.\nSeriously dude, apart from the AI generated images, there seems to be nothing wrong with the code. And if the comments actually helps any programmer going through the codes later, then what is the issue here? So yeah, the comments looks generated, so what?\nA lot of companies do provide their developers to Copilot and other AI tool nowadays. It's mainly used for starting and you still have to refine, a lot, and test, a lot."], ["Does anyone not use AI at work nowadays? If I see someone doing it old school I think twice about promoting them, they probably can't adapt to the present era."], ["What's wrong with using AI Art here? It's just simple landing page background which can be some generic Malaysia themed picture. In my opinion it is in situations like this where AI art should be used."], ["Bro act like using GPT is a crime in programming like bruh ppl been using it for a while now. It's a matter of how you utilize it I bet most ppl don't just prompt \"Please write me a code for gov website\" then c&p and hope for the best."], ["Seeing the lowest common denominators here thinking there\u2019s nothing wrong with AI art really demonstrates the lack of comprehension on the matter, and in worst cases, a lack of empathy and appreciation for the arts and artists, both local and abroad. Fuckin shame on the lot of you lah. Cibai betul.", "is the art used stolen? if no, why does it matter?", "Gen AI art by definition is stolen art because even its initial dataset relies on scraped content from all across the internet, including art made by artists local and abroad who have not given their consent to have their work used as such and not given any share of profits or royalties. If that doesn\u2019t bother you, keep in mind that LAION, one of the primary datasets used by things like Midjourney, have deadass been found to use child abuse photos in their training\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/20/ai-child-pornography-abuse-photos-laion/", "Your initial argument is not strong (put aside the child porn aspect). All art is additive and incremental. If you were to get a human artist to draw the skyline of Malaysia I doubt they are going to come up with a totally unique art style that has never been done before. So what's the difference between an AI doing it and a human artist? You aren't gonna question the human artist about what sources he has pulled from are you?", "Seeth harder"], ["Haha\u2026Ez money for the kabel IT company", "Who's gonna tell him?"], ["That stupid looking ai generated background. these fucks got paid to use ai. probably img2img real art too. Dumbass probably copy pasted prompts too. Are we out of real artist in this country? Why go with AI? I think any fresh graduate can do better. You don't even have to pay them much.\n<image>", "We already have local artists who practically specialise in making paintings like these like Loka Made, and yet wanna use AI art like the lazy fat fucks that they are. Did they even notice the broken-up flag on the left? Normies are normies lah but holy fuck blind also can see the mistakes, artifacting and all around weaponized retardation slathered across this drivel. Absolutely fucking embarrassing.", "", "You know the government is lazy when they don't even bother to draw their own flag correctly", "Kan? Like bro, it\u2019s the first thing that caught my eye cos it looks like a ripped-up flag. And they want that on a gov website??", "This AI generated is quite ok\nI disagree. And you want an actual artist who can produce 100x better quality to touch up some AI generated image? It will take more effort to fix it than to create it from scratch.", "What I meant was artist can refer to AI (but better don\u2019t la) and redraw the whole thing to enhance and correct the small small mistakes. Still I\u2019m agree your point that just don\u2019t malas and draw it by human, especially government have more resources than we do and they should be an example to promote Malaysian style creative talent work. \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\nIf I might wrong, I am truly apologize to you.", "This is so true... There are so many talented artists in MY and they decided to use AI", "Where the hell did the promptard brigade come from to downvote you to hell on this, and what are they implying? That local artists and talents are not worth paying for an official piece of art representing the country and its people? People wanna complain about brain drain, then don\u2019t wanna acknowledge local talent being hired and paid for fair work. Fuck off lah."], ["the same website that we will collectively use to update our financial data was developed by chat gpt?:26554:", "This makes you think twice about giving your data to the government."], ["nothing wrong tbh. as long as they just didn't copy paste directly...its all good."], ["What's wrong with using AI? Is it working as intended?"], ["Yes sure why not"], ["More AI cringe"], ["This is normal. Just a skeleton block of code"], ["As an artist, i love knowing my country barely cares about us enough to hire an actual human /s"], ["Uhhh how is this a problem???"], ["I have NO idea what I'm looking at. But kudos, I suppose? XDDD"], ["Wow, the replies in reddit and twitter are both so different it amuses me.", "what's on twitter?"], ["So? Before ChatGPT a lot of programmers just copy and paste code from Stackoverflow lol."], ["Nothing wrong or is it wrong? \ud83e\udd14 It\u2019s a widely available tool so just use it. I\u2019m kinda happy in knowing inside the government some people are still reliable and competent hahaha. Not all just makan gaji buta"], ["Senang dan cepat oi"], ["Kementerian apa?"], ["What's wrong with using technology?"], ["As a professional Software Engineer, I see no issue with the code. Previously, copying and pasting from Stack Overflow was considered the cardinal sin, now, it's from ChatGPT. People always like to belittle others to make themselves feel superior."]]}
{"title": "Looking beyond the Tamil sub-ethnicity in latest Malaysian cabinet reshuffle", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ovzvy/looking_beyond_the_tamil_subethnicity_in_latest/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The reason why majority Indians (Tamils) don't feel they're not represented in cabinet despite Gobind being there is because there's a schism between Tamils (south indians) and Punjabis (north indians). Vast majority of punjabis don't list their race as indians and would rather mark it down as \"lain-lain\". A lot of tamils see this as not wanting to be associated with us and maybe looking down on us. Not to mention the whole fair skin vs dark skin rhetoric and the perceived better treatment received by fair skinned folks.\nAlso doesn't help that PH/DAP diehard fanboys shout to high heavens about meritocracy then keep quiet when people like Lim Guan Eng's sister get cabinet position by virtue of family name.\nIndians can suck a dick apparently because meritocracy means no good Indian(Tamil) minister is available. Haih whatever la meritocracy or race quota as long the Indian poverty rate alongside the national rate is brought down I'll be satisfied. Unlike the two majorities, most of us can't afford to be racist. It's bad for business.", "", "And then everything goes back to racially based politic. Again.\nThe problem is with the politician and racially based voting pattern.", "Also doesn't help that PH/DAP diehard fanboys shout to high heavens about meritocracy then keep quiet when people like Lim Guan Eng's sister get cabinet position by virtue of family name.\nFully understand the nepotism criticism but it is not fair to say DAP supporters have been quiet on the meritocracy part when it comes to LGE's sister. In a recent interview with Ong Kian Meng, ex assistant to LGE when he was the finance minister, Ong openly invited viewers to draw conclusion themselves on her appointment when quizzed by the interviewer.\nDAP has been very generous in giving representation to the Indians, here i am including both tamils and Punjabi as very little non-indians are aware of the non-indian status of Punjabi in Malaysia. Sivakumar was made a minister even though he wasn't particularly high profile. The position is for him to lose, and he was rightfully dropped due to corruption scandal. His \"indian\" slot has been filled by another indian. Ram Karpal decided to resign to avoid the bad optics of brothers serving in the same cabinet, and Ram's slot has been filled by another Indian, this time Kula, even though his last stint as minister was widely perceived as unremarkable and he is the long term political enemy of future DAP SecGen, present deputy SecGen Nga Kor Ming.\nOng Kian Meng in the same interview has explained the complexity of cake division. Racial representation in one thing, gender representation is one thing, geographical representation is another factor, etc. LGE's sister actually ticks a lot of boxes - female, Penang, and of course LGE's sister.\nDAP was already underrepresented in the cabinet lineup. Asking DAP to achieve perfect balance of representation is nigh impossible. To DAP, they have already nearly pulled this off. Got females, got ethnic minorities, got borneo states representation. The real failure of DAP is their inability to put in a Malay representative, even just as deputy minister. Their few Malay politicians are just still too green yet."], ["Indian is race. Tamil is ethnicity (correct term is ethno-linguistic group). Chettiar, Paraiyar or Gounder can be considered as sub-ethnicity (it is also caste-specific).\nSorry if all of this is too complicated for non-Indians. Even the latest political drama about no Tamil representation is also a bit disappointing.", "Indian is a nationality. Pretty sure South Asian is the race.", "In Malaysian documents, Indian is a race.", "Yeah, that\u2019s unfortunate. Even Chinese is not an ethnicity as well. It should be Han.", "I mean yes, Tamil, han whatsoever are ethnic groups, But most importantly ethnic subgroups that originate from India/China, so they just list you down as indian/Chinese for easier identification."]]}
{"title": "Religious Affairs Minister: Respect court's decision abolishing law on enticement of married woman", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ovlqm/religious_affairs_minister_respect_courts/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Jadi Awek yg dah Nikah has protectionism?"]]}
{"title": "Polis Tahan Pasangan Kekasih, Disyaki Beri Bayi 16 Bulan Dadah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ovgpu/polis_tahan_pasangan_kekasih_disyaki_beri_bayi_16/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Why are some people so vile?", "Because akhir zaman"], ["They can afford to have a baby and drugs? This couple must be loaded", "Can\u2019t afford bail though"], ["I don't think they intentionally gave their kid meth. Most likely is nursing mother smoked then drug in system then susu the kid. I might be wrong though cos ppl nowadays are f up. And I do think ppl like them need to get their pp cut off (male) and ovaries removed (female)...."], ["What punishment to you think fits the crime committed here by the parents?", "Sterilization.", "Death"], ["Tak faham, kenapa nak bagi dadah kat baby? Mende dahla mahal."], ["Apa Salah parents?"]]}
{"title": "A Perfect Natural Circle!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ouggq/a_perfect_natural_circle/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Beautiful scenery at Sahom Valley Resort : Agro & Eco Park , Perak. View from Sahom Valley Resort: Agro & Eco Prak Lake.\ncuti-cuti malaysia", "comments": [["How about mosquitoes at this beautiful place \ud83e\udd9f? dengue is a great punishment for Malaysian \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\ude04", "This place is actually quite pests-free because of all the frogs. Unfortunately, these frogs mean a lot of loud noises at night..", "It means that they're on duty"], ["I think this can be made into a postcard for tourists."], ["It's the Circle of Life!", "True \ud83d\udc4d \ud83e\udd23"], ["Is this place expensive to stay a night in?"], ["Sell it to a travel website"], ["Beautiful"]]}
{"title": "DBKL will revoke licences of traders who rent out premises to foreigners - Dr Zaliha", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ou9ec/dbkl_will_revoke_licences_of_traders_who_rent_out/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["They have been saying this forever, in the end nothing done because some bastard DBKL officer is on the take"]]}
{"title": "Master Roshi is ready..", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ou67k/master_roshi_is_ready/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["nose bleed in progress"], ["Ready for what?", "Flipping Burma."]]}
{"title": "Tax the rich to fund healthcare for the poor, says ex-MP", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uwmlv/tax_the_rich_to_fund_healthcare_for_the_poor_says/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "PSM chief Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj says wealth is captured by the very rich, while the average factory worker\u2019s wages have increased by only 1.4 times since 1970.", "comments": [["OK. Now define what is considered 'rich'", "Anyone richer than me is rich, anyone as rich as me is poor. Anyone poorer than me doesnt exist since Im the poorest.\n/s also not /s", "Those professionals that earn MYR20k lah of course, not those MEGAH Holdings CEOs, because cannot touch cronies. /s\nJoke aide, did he not know that we technically already are? like 30%, I think this is just a populist clamoring trying to gain support via people emotion instead of their brain.", "People who are rich are just those who accumulated significantly more wealth that he average person, although a factory worker would probably be considered below average. A rich person in Malaysia would probably be asset rich.\nI\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s easy to define it in Malaysia seeing how the middle class is basically below poverty relative to developed world standards of living.", "People who are rich are just those who accumulated significantly more wealth that he average person\nLOL I know this. I'm looking for an actual percentile. Top 20? Top 10? Top 5? Top 1?", "I mean you asked rich, that would be anyone who\u2019s top 30%. As in someone who has the means to accumulate wealth although you wouldn\u2019t be rich enough to be a factory owner. It only takes rm2million + in assets to be in the top 1% and many have that net worth but are by no means living it up especially if you consider that they have debt and family.\nI know it sounds obvious but that\u2019s a disjointed idea of how wealth is distributed among the population. Since you could be an engineer for petronas and still be living paycheck to paycheck since your credit would be good enough to hold down a lot of debt compared to someone who makes 5k as a freenlancer. One guy is going to be categorically richer under a capitalist framework in 10 years compared to the other.\nA factory owner like the post is describing is considered \u201cvery rich\u201d, thats below the 1% already. We\u2019re talking about 0.x or even 0.0X%. A factory owner needs a rolling expense of millions and there are probably less that a few thousand Malaysians that even exists that can afford that.", "People who own entire offices and corporations.\nThat or like T level"], ["Salary 10k live in KL have 3 kids Salary 5k save 2k in kampong Tax the guy with 10k because he is rich? Betul ka ni?"], ["Who this sohai think is footing the bill to begin with?", "exactly. they can only tax people with income that is in the taxable bracket. as if they can go taxing the poor fellas to fund their own healthcare. talking rubbish this politician."], ["Always salah rich people.\nnever salah corrupt people.\nwhen you ask to tax rich, M40/T20 kena.\nCorrupt people got more money to corrupt. B40 get nothing, the cycle repeat.\nUnless we reduce corruption by 80-90% I will never agree with taxing the rich.", "Tu lah\nT20 gaji 10k je\nM40 gaji 6k\nUnder all these \"tax the rich\" schemes, this country would probably be one of the first countries where having lower salary is preferable"], ["Wqtch the zoo negara we call the parlimen accuse this of being some socialist agenda"], ["U tax too much, they move their money out. Equlibrium needs to be reached"], ["Dia sembang kencang macam ni memang best sebab belum jadi gov.\nLet's say PSM became government in the future, the dialogue/excuses will all be similar to the predecessor. (e.g kita tak mampu, or nanti investor lari, or saya janji tu tahun 2023)\nPenat dah kena tipu dengan politician. You want to survive as a normal citizen? You need to do it yourself.", "Hahaha betul la tu nothing new pun. PMX banyak kali kempen ceni"], ["If the poor has bad eating habits that contributes to health problems, then why should the rich pay for it. Look at the diabetes statistics, its crazy high and not okay.", "It could be that bad and low quality food are much cheaper than their healthier counterpart.", "It\u2019s exactly this amof", "So if someone speeding on highway and crash the car, we proceed to blame the government for not building wider road or blame others for driving too slow?\nEating bad is an option, its you decide to eat fried oily foods instead of more healthier option like stir fry or steam, its you decide to drink high sugary drinks instead of plain water, its you to decide not to exercise.\nTake myself as example. On work days I do OMAD (one meal a day) and 16hours fasting when not working. I exercise 3-5 times a week, half an hour each time. My BMI is around 19-19.5. Sure its the cheap low quality foods problem and not a personal commitment issue. Before you pointing the finger, look at your hands 3 fingers are pointing at yourself.", "Eating bad is an option, its you decide to eat fried oily foods instead of more healthier option like stir fry or steam, its you decide to drink high sugary drinks instead of plain water, its you to decide not to exercise.\nEven if they want to just cook at home, the cost of good produce is still much more expensive than the less quality produce. Basically, whether you're eating out or cooking at home, it's generally much more expensive for poor people to do so in ways that keep them healthy\nOn work days I do OMAD (one meal a day) and 16hours fasting when not working. I exercise 3-5 times a week, half an hour each time. My BMI is around 19-19.5\nEven if they do this, they can't really afford to break their fast with sufficiently healthy and nutritious meal each time.\nSo yeah, B40 do need assistances in affording healthy food", "You are deliberately jumping from one topic to another.\nIts personal choice to pick a good diet and personal responsibility to maintain good health. This will reduce cost of public healthcare. Or are you telling me the diabetic statistic is a hoax? Or you didnt know diabetic will bring diseases?\nIm not sure what your smoking in this afternoon. I gave an example of picking more healthier cook style and opt for no sugary drinks. You jumping to good quality food is expensive. Then need food assistance for the poor. Might as well say free organic high quality food for the poor.\nAlso for your last point, if you were fasting say OMAD, you are putting 3 meals budget into 1 meal, and this alone will make sure you can afford to break fast with much better option. And two here is not US where fast foods are dirt price, fast food price is much expensive than say economic rice. You can get a rice, a big portion of meat and vege. Then home cooked boiled eggs and fruits, with the cost of less than a KFC snack plate. Or you expect people to break their fast with organic fruits? Caviar? Maybe Godiva chocolate for dessert? What nonsense", "Eating bad is an option, its you decide to eat fried oily foods instead of more healthier option like stir fry or steam, its you decide to drink high sugary drinks instead of plain water, its you to decide not to exercise.\nEven if they want to just cook at home, the cost of good produce is still much more expensive than the less quality produce. Basically, whether you're eating out or cooking at home, it's generally much more expensive for poor people to do so in ways that keep them healthy\nBruh it's how the food is cook is the problem. How is it more expensive for poor people when oil use to boil fry food is more expensive than steam (water)/ stir fry (use less oil)/ or invest in good air fryer around rm100. And consuming less sugar is definitely not more expensive for poor people.\nTo be clear, you don't need to buy \"good produce\" you just need to buy and eat more \"produce\". And food/ingredients price is all about where you buy it. Don't go in upscale area. They'll charge you more. But just going down flea market or off middle class area. You'll find veg/fruit at a more reasonable price.", "Thier choices is starve or eat anything you can afford.\nYou speak like this because youre sheltered enough to not care about this. Even I woudnt go as low as to shit on people even if they did cause thier own issues. You fix nothing by shitting on them.", "I bet my goldfish he also blames poor people for being lazy and not \"pulling themselves up by strapboots\""], ["Hello,Mr ex-mp?? It's the apa-ada-malu corruption and year in-year out leakage that is the ROOT of this problem."], ["Yay let\u2019s squeeze the people who are paying income tax more /s\nedit: https://www.nst.com.my/amp/business/2023/02/882012/inculcating-culture-paying-taxes-malaysians\n\u2026 It was reported that Malaysia only has slightly more than 1.3 million individual taxpayers out of a population of more than 33.5 million, representing a mere 4.0 per cent of the whole population."], ["Now get people to agree what rich is."], ["Same like bn or ph script XD"], ["We not doing that currently?"], ["Many of the veritably rich people in Malaysia may not have monthly salaries, yet they derive a steady income from rent as they are asset-rich. Khazanah Research Institute recently proposed to the government to introduce a vacancy tax (report here), which is a tax on rented properties that are untenanted.\nThe intended outcome of the tax is \u201cto address the issue of wasted resources such as vacant and unsold units in addition to discourage speculation among both citizens and foreign buyers.\u201d Personally, I think a vacant tax is the best way to tax the wealthy that are not even part of the T20 income group, which has been heavily squeezed by high taxes and living costs. A capital gains tax on listed stocks may still hurt the T20 and M40 groups as the people in these income groups put some of their savings into the market.", "I agree that vacant homes contribute nothing. Taxes should be exponential so ppl cant just hoard houses they can never live in all of them or maintain."], ["They are already taxing the rich. Question is where the money go?\nWhat we want is the rich to come malaysia to spend and invest. Don't chase them away to singapore where the effective tax is lower."], ["Tax the rich? Nah won't work on most those who worship capitalisms, they will just go elsewhere. Instead give them a huge tax cut if they pay their low wages worker a decent/higher salary, than just 1500 minimum wages."]]}
{"title": "Nik Nazmi: Relevant department taking immediate action to expedite Sewerage Pipe Network project", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18otww3/nik_nazmi_relevant_department_taking_immediate/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Floods may hit several districts in Kelantan on Sunday: DID", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18otpjo/floods_may_hit_several_districts_in_kelantan_on/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["\ud83d\ude4f"], ["Who laknat who again?"]]}
{"title": "Heavy traffic for the holidays", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18otnes/heavy_traffic_for_the_holidays/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["thank you, Captain Obvious. such great journalism", "It also reports on the initiatives taken by PLUS to ease traffic for these few days. At least read it before dissing it lah... it's not just saying \"holiday, traffic jam\".", "You expect him to read?", "then the title of the piece should be written as:\nPLUS Vows to Ease School Holiday Traffic\nHolidaygoers Advised to Take Heed of PLUS Initiatives\nEfforts Tripled by PLUS to Ease School Holiday Traffic\nSchool Holiday Traffic Opportunity for PLUS to Innovate Solutions\nTraffic Woes a Thing of the Past for PLUS with New Initiatives", "These titles are unironically more click-worthy than the actual title."]]}
{"title": "Unique licence plate", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ob6ex/unique_licence_plate/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m from SG, never once seen a plate like this on the roads. How does one acquire this? And is it of value?", "comments": [["There is special plate and the price is slightly expensive than standard plate, sometimes it is for an event or NGO or special occasion. Sometimes our university also has special plate for their alumni member.", "Slightly is an understatement lol"], ["commemorative vanity plates, usually more expensive than the normal plate."]]}
{"title": "KKM Smoking Fine", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vw9bt/kkm_smoking_fine/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello all. Just wanna ask if anyone here has ever been given a summons by KKM before for smoking in Zon Laragan Merokok?\nBasically my dumbass decided to vape and kena tangkap by the abang KKM.\nAnybody know what the procedure is? Do I still have to go to court after paying the fine?", "comments": [["I got kena once back in 2016 before for smoking at a non smoking place. Was my mistake for not realising that couldn\u2019t smoke there, got caught by KKM and was fined. They told me to pay at the nearest pejabat kesihatan and if pay within 2 weeks got 50% discount. After pay fine, do keep the receipt because after one year I got a letter from KKM saying that I did no payment. Went to the office again and they tak update it actually and shown them the receipt and then it\u2019s updated", "No kidding???\nCan you share what the receipt look like? I'm morbidly curios. Pls redact your personal info.", "Unfortunately I can\u2019t as those receipts got lost when I shifted actually. Sorry.", ":26557:", "Thanks!"], ["never knew they can charge someone for vaping cs the akta only mention about hasil tembakau"]]}
{"title": "Amanah wing calls for professional social work system", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18os8i2/amanah_wing_calls_for_professional_social_work/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Delegates at the women\u2019s wing convention unanimously approve a motion urging the government to table the Social Work Profession Bill.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Fake notice of penalties on transport operators going around", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18os66s/fake_notice_of_penalties_on_transport_operators/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "The immigration department dismisses a notice circulating on social media about penalties for not making identity checks on foreign passengers.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Body of infant girl found dumped in bin at shopping mall", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18os5ih/body_of_infant_girl_found_dumped_in_bin_at/", "num_comment": 150, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "A note with a plea for help and seeking forgiveness, was left next to the body.", "comments": [["That is a very sad news to read today \ud83d\ude2d"], ["it disappoints me to read some of yall's takes.\nsex ed isnt gonna make teens more horny. proper sex ed, and not just a seminar on why abstinence must be practiced, is very important.\na horny teen will always be horny, especially ones in a relationship.\ninstead of telling them \"dont do it because bad\", we should properly inform them of the risks, the options for contraceptives and healthcare resources that are relevant and not scaring them with the \"contraceptives are not guaranteed so its better to not do it\". thats incredibly unhelpful.\nyou either admit that you want everyone to practice your belief or you admit that malaysia is actually properly multicultural and multi-belief."], ["We need sex education in school."], ["Who's to say that the girl had the baby from concensual or non consensual sex? Either way, best not to pass judgement from so little info. This is a sad news indeed.", "consensual or not, doesnt give you the right to kill another person", "perhaps if abortion and sex education was widely available in malaysia baby dumping wouldn\u2019t be this often", "abortion would be murder my friend", "If the fetus is not viable, then it's not. It's subservient to the wishes of the mother, and does not have the rights of a person.", "Is a 2 year old viable and if so, is the mother able to kill it as her wishes", "Yes, a 2 year old is viable.\nA 2 month old fetus in a mother's stomach is not.\nSo early abortion is the best choice.", "not sure what the definition of \"viablity\" we are using here, but either way 3 month old inside or , 3 year old outside would still be not okay to murder the child, because the child is using your resources.", "Not really. A baby outside the body is an individual that can be taken care of by anyone. A fetus relies exclusively on the mother, almost as if it's a body part. If a person opts to remove their own body part, it is a terrible thing, but it is still their choice and they should not be punished for that. Sometimes, amputations are necessary.", "yes but the baby outside, if the baby is currently under someones care, if that someone just say fuck it let it starve and die it would be negligence man slaughter.\nalmost as if its a body part..., except its not, its a baby/human/ seperate being. And the childs fundemental right to life isnt really anyone elses. Really bad argument.", "Cool mate ...dont need to try to shove your beliefs onto others.", "Have you brought any substance or any interesting thing to say on any discussion ever. If you're 100% set on murdering babies then go ahead bud. Sorry for saying killing babies is bad.", "even when the mother might die due to having complications during child birth?\neven when the mother is a 13 year old who was violated?\na 13 year old girl undergoing childbirth is way too stressful, you really want to let her go through that rather than an abortion?", "Mentioned in another comment, pregnancy complications aside( as in prob ok to save the mother)\nNext will be a \"stressful\" childbirth doesnt give the right to end anothers life.\nJust because ur stressed doesnt mean u can murder", "stressful here is referring to how much childbirth strains the body and not referring to the girl being mildly or even moderately mentally strained.\na 13 year old girl should never be subjected to the strain of childbirth.", "Ok so at what point of this arbitrary stress of childbirth we decide, X amount of stress on the body we determine it is moral to murder the child, Y amount of stress on the body is not enough to murder the child. And stress and birth complications are two things, later would be ok", "im guessing that since you think that women who undergo childbirth are fine after, you also think that a 13 year old girl would have the same outcome.\nissue here is that a 13 year old girl is still undergoing puberty. being able to be pregnant isn't the end of the women's puberty, its just a portion of it.\npostpartum depression and postpartum ptsd are very real conditions caused by someone undergoing childbirth, and is seen in adult women. imagine a child that hasn't even grown up completely yet, was violated and forced to carry her assaulter's mark, only to go through that ordeal that would completely fuck up her mind while straining her body. is abortion still murder at that point? you really would rather ruin the lives of 2 individuals? a mother that isn't and shouldn't even be old enough to be one and a child that no one wants?\nat what arbitrary point is it teasing, bullying or targeted harassment? at what arbitrary point is it asking your kid to do chores or child slavery.\nto even want to quantise \"stress\" is lacking in critical thinking and completely ignores the situation at hand.\nobviously an irresponsible adult getting abortions every month is morally reprehensible and unhealthy, so obviously a limit must be placed on this person.\nthing is, cases like ^ are outliers. a majority of abortions were taken due to rape cases, complications and accidents.\nso accidents too?\nlets paint a situation: a couple of horny 16-17 year olds decided to have unsafe sex due to lack of sexual education.\nis it seriously that much better for society to go: \"well, you fucked up now you get to go through 9 months of pregnancy while still in school, good luck!\" ?\ndo you seriously think its better to let the child be birthed and sent off to an orphanage while the mother has to go through that pregnancy during school?\nis it better to think of the welfare of a yet to be established individual compared to one thats already been established? are you seriously gonna ruin a teen's social life just because of a dumb mistake that no one told them about? you realise that this would in turn ruin the child's life too?\nnext scenario: a grown 24-28 year old couple living together due to financial issues needing them to share rent, decided to have a fun night only to be met with faulty contraception. the \"sometimes it dont work\" scenario.\nsure, they are capable of going through this pregnancy. its not taboo, they are an established couple with blessings from their families.\nbut what if they are in a serious financial issue. both parents desperately want the child yet unable to support them whatsoever.\nwealth is the biggest indicator of life expectancy. is it really better to have the child, raise them up in a financial struggle. would it really be wise to have parents who are suffering from the stress of finances to have children?\ns/n: an orphanage is a horrible idea. the parents would feel absolutely guilty for not being able to take care of the child while the child would resent their biological parents for abandoning them.\nthese cases, the government should be the one to step in and aid. but thats my idealistic welfare system, in our current world, it really is better to abort them rather than have them live in this capitalistic hellhole where money means everything.\nyou can see how a lot of my arguments focuses more on the established individuals rather than the one that isn't even one to begin with and this should be the norm. the hypothetical individual shouldn't be higher in priority than the established ones.\nlook, i get it. a life is worth living and all that. but there must be some critical thinking here.\na child with a shit family due to shit circumstances would wish ill of the world.\na child is such a huge responsibility and its seriously so fucking irresponsible to let them live knowing that you absolutely cannot support them whatsoever. we have the treatments, the education and the tools necessary to make more responsible, more educated and more prepared and generally better parents and yet the pro-life mindset acts like we live in the 1400s where only a small percent of children make it to adulthood.\ni beg of you to rethink the values of pro-life.", "at what arbitrary point is it teasing, bullying or targeted harassment? at what arbitrary point is it asking your kid to do chores or child slavery.\nto even want to quantise \"stress\" is lacking in critical thinking and completely ignores the situation at hand.\nnot sure why u would ask me, when my position doesnt include any abitrary points, yours does. well mine kinda does its up to 20 weeks, where consciousness probably begins.\nto quantifise stress is to determine the morality of your position where stress (non life threatening) and depression allows for murder, is no depression but stress okay?, is average stress of average pregnancy with slight depression okay?\ninfact the depression isnt even here yet, youre killing the baby based on something that hasnt even happened. omfg why do people use this argument, like im gona kill that guy because i think he will be a school shooter in the future, hasnt happened yet tho. wtf", "to clarify, im pro choice up until 20 weeks, which is the consciousness argument.\nsince you think that women who undergo childbirth are fine after\ncan you quote me on this or are you making shit up?\ni understand that pregnnacy puts stress on the body, depression and etc, and my point is - at what point/amount or stress or amount of depression does it make it morally permissable to murder another human. ( life-threatening would be one, any others? guess the % of life-t abortions.)\nare you seriously gonna ruin a teen's social life just because of a dumb mistake that no one told them about?\ncareful, possibility of social life allows you to murder someone? i think you better edit that out\nnow, whos mistake was it the teen who made the choice consciously, or the innocent child whos about to be murdered, who should be punished\nan irresponsible adult getting abortions every month is morally reprehensible and unhealthy, so obviously a limit must be placed on this person.\nso alot of abortions is not okay, whats the line of when its okay to murder humans, 3 abortions is ok? 4 is ok? oh now u reached 5, 5 is not okay. you make 0 sense here.\nor how about the clear distinction murdering >0 humans is not okay.\n   you really would rather ruin the lives of 2 individuals?\nyour opinion on if the lives would be ruined, doesnt allow you to take someones fundamental right to life.\ndo you seriously think its better to let the child be birthed and sent off to an orphanage while the mother has to go through that pregnancy during school?\n??? is the child birthed or mother still pregnant. what?\nget it. a life is worth living and all that. but there must be some critical thinking here. a child with a shit family due to shit circumstances would wish ill of the world\nnon critical thinking is thinking u can decide for the child if it lives or dies because u think he has shit circumstances. is it good for kids in africa let say, to think they should just die because of their circumstances are shit", "Better abortion than leaving an infant to die a slow and painful death in a dumpster.", "false dilemma fallacy, are the only choices the baby sucked out of a tube and throwing it in the trash, or are there other alternatives lmao.", "From the post the baby is alive, judging by the wrapping of the towel and the notes, before the eventual death. Look, i dont like abortion either, its cruel and its evil. But a quick death is better than a slow and painful death.", "jesus christ u still dont get it, ok going to give you a small philosophy class here ok, google \"false dilemma fallacy\", It is the fallacy of presenting only two choices, outcomes, or sides to an argument as the only possibilities, when more are available.\nyou are suggesting there are only 2 choices, baby suck out of tube or kobe it in the trash. but in reality there are other more humane choices such as orphanage, welfare services and such, that doesnt involve murder.", "Ah yes, the more humane choices, orphanage and welfare services.", "More humane than baby dismembered and sucked out a tube or kobe in trash can? Id say so yea. You dont think so? Enlighten me bud", "Well the fucking fetus didn\u2019t have any choice did it?", "Abortion is legal here though.", "homosexuals are also illegal in msia, doesnt make it wrong. legality =/ = morality", "Morality is debatable. Some would argue for it's wrong completely and some would say it's okay if it's detriment to health of the mother.", "", "And how is that my problem? Why do you feel the need to tell it to me.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "does that make most men murderer,since they kept ejaculatin every week", "LOL. Tell me you don\u2019t do your own thinking without telling me you don\u2019t do your own thinking.", "Ad hominem (it\u2019s two words) would be calling you stupid. I\u2019m simply pointing out that you are repeating sound bites instead of doing any critical thinking.\nIt\u2019s not like there\u2019s any point to trying to have an intellectual debate with someone who makes unsubstantiated claims like \u201cabortion is murder.\u201d Isn\u2019t it funny that the only people who say these things, base them on modern day religious teaching? There are no secular philosophical reasons for making such a statement.\nI may have \u201catheist\u201d in my name, but only one of us is following their beliefs blindly. The other is applying just a bit of critical thinking.", "Damn you got me on the spelling there congrats bud.\nWhy would you assume im religious, I'm actually an atheist if that may suprise you.\nI just think fetus after sometime becomes baby = becomes smol human, then abortion after period of time = murder human. Not hard concept to understand this argument.\nAgain all irrelevant to any argument im making. IF theyre unsubstantiated you are welcome to counter them, you can't because you have no idea what youre talking about.", "Wow an atheist that subscribes to theist beliefs. I\u2019m not sure stupid really covers it.\nAnd at which week does a fetus become viable outside the womb? Because I\u2019d agree that abortion after that week is no bueno. But that\u2019s not what you said. You said abortion is murder. Even abortion before week N?\nQuick go Google the answer, because this is literally the first time you\u2019ve had to think about it despite dOiNg AlL yOuR oWn ThInKiNg. I\u2019m not saying your parents are ashamed of you. Just that they probably don\u2019t know the dumb shit you say on the internet", "So am I open to other ideas or do I follow theist beliefts blindly, and what the fuck is theist beliefs lmao? so if theist beliefs is killing baby = murder, then atheist beliefts is killing baby = not murder?\nMy opinion is the no abortion after 20 weeks which is the consciousness argument, not viability to human argumen.\nand yes if the baby is outside of the womb considered fetal viable, it would still be negligence manslaughter for lack of care. You really are a stereotypical reddit atheist, glad ive met one its amazing.", "Yes, what she did wasn't right regarding the baby dumping. I agree. I wasn't talking about that though. There were comments talking about wearing condoms, implying that it was 100% intentional choice to have sex without condoms. It could be. It could also be not.", "It\u2019s still possible to conceive even while using condoms or the pill. They are not 100% guaranteed to protect from pregnancy. Poor sex education to think otherwise.", "its still better than nothing.\nabstinence will never work. just telling teens who are raging on hormones \"no because i said so\" is never helpful in any circumstances. at least with proper sex ed, they can make an informed decision.\nbetter informed than not.", "People be thinking you can just dump babies and commit murder with the \u2018it wasn\u2019t consensual and now it\u2019s not convenient\u2019 excuse wtf bro", "Wtf is wrong with you? Imagine someone pins you down and violates your dignity, you have to go through the hardship of pregnancy, the body destroying act that is child birth, and after all that you aren't able to take care of the child and you had to make the clearly painful choice to let the child die. In all that desperation and suffering and pain, the thing that people online care about is that you abandoned the baby?\nYou clearly dont have the ability to have this happen to you and so you could never imagine it. Maybe if it happened to someone you knew then you'll finally learn empathy.", "Clear example of appeal to emotion fallacy, stating how bad rape is irrelevant to the argument. no one is undermining how bad rape is.\nLife threatening pregnancy complications aside, the inconvenience of raising a baby doesn't make it right for a mother to kill it. Imagine a mother just makes an arbitrary decision of oh I'm not able to take care of my 3 year old child, just going to make the \"painful choice\" to let it die because of inconvenience. That would be murder.\nAlso, even if unconsensual, you are punishing an innocent third party which is the child's fundemental right to life. Empathy is also empathizing to the child who was murdered.\nwe don't even know any context of if the mother consent or not, what suffering desperation and pain, how did you immediately jump to that conclusion", "Dude just stop. \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\nI get that you want to say abortion equals murder. Instead of trying to push your tunnel vision to prove your relevancy, take a look from different perspectives. People are giving you examples of situations to challenge your view that this issue is not as simple as you make it out to be. There are various ways for this to happen, and not everyone shares the same beliefs and circumstances.\nYou won't solve a problem unless you understand it first, and the essence of ethical behaviors revolves around the study of how individuals and societies make decisions. Your principles of right and wrong won't matter to other people who don't share the same ethical values, especially to those with a different upbringing background.\nInsisting on a narrow perspective won't get us anywhere. It would be constructive for you to acknowledge the complexity of the issue first, then we can go to the next steps.", "Comment chain nuked and a 2-day ban imposed on both u/atheistdadinmy and u/3n20charc as a timeout for the long string of slapfighting comments.\nFurther comments in the same vein will result in a longer or a permaban.", "So what about after any baby is born, do you know how inconvenient it is to have to care for an infant.\nI guess by your logic we can go ahead and murder it but it\u2019s okay since you can feel really bad about it.\nMurder is murder I don\u2019t really care about empathy here, have empathy for the innocent child that was killed.\nPregnancy doesn\u2019t have to \u2018body destroying\u2019 btw. Yes there can be complications but if we go by that thinking then no human will ever be born. Modern medicine helps smoothen things and rather than talk about the physical aspects (most women are incredibly resilient and they\u2019re bodies will bounce back otherwise no one will have more than one kid) let\u2019s talk about the emotional aspects of pregnancy. And how to best support pregnant mothers no matter what whilst they are going through this \u2018painful\u2019 process. Don\u2019t treat them like victims women are strong. Maybe if society was less judgmental girls in this situation wouldn\u2019t have to be so ashamed that they resort to murder.", "A life full of experiences, hopes, and dreams over a life that has just begun. Simple. And if we had easily available abortion care, it would be a life over a fetus. Even simpler.\nAnd you clearly don't know anything about pregnancy. Even with modern medicine, it still destroyes women's bodies. Women are just expected to deal with it in silence. Your body will never be the same after pregnancy.", "I don\u2019t think you\u2019re in any position to be lecturing anyone about pregnancy when you\u2019re clearly okay with murdering an innocent child.\nIf pregnancy destroys a women\u2019s body so much and it\u2019s never the same after then why have kids?? If they\u2019re dealing with it in silence they\u2019ve married the wrong partner.", "I think you need to learn a thing or two then. Grow up and stop getting your info from Andrew Tate."], ["What happened to letak bayi depan rumah orang or rumah anak yatim?????????????? Poor the innocent children.", "Just know because the lack of papers the baby would become stateless.", "Better than dead?", "Worse", "Kalau bagi ke rumah anak yatim or baby hatch akan dapat kenegaraan lah, don\u2019t worry"], ["It doesn't say whether the infant died before or after being left in the bin. That changes a lot.\nPlus we don't know why the mother was scared to be discovered. Maybe scared of some punishment by her family. There's no punishment for zina in Malaysia so that's not the issue. Her age and social situation might provide insight, it'll be very different if she's 12 or 22.\nMore info needed.", "No \u201clegal\u201d punishment but there are other punishments unfortunately", "Sadly you speak the truth."], ["Holy shit. The virtue signalling in the comments here is wild."], ["Maybe abortion should be cheap and hassle-free."], ["Ffs, if you don't want a kid first step is to use protection. They are fucking cheaper than child support. But having failed that, they then failed at being a decent human being by dumping their child in a dumpster. Why? If you want to abandon them, at least leave them at firestation or mosque or church, somewhere where people can find them and take care of them. Its not good, but its better than dumping them like trash. And they have the audacity to leave an apology note. Lady, its a bit late to ask for apology when you done something so heinous.", "I agree with the rest of ur comment, bc she could've put the baby in a orphanage or smth so that at least the baby will be able to live out there life...but it's not that simple as u said to just use protection... she may have been raped or been forced into un-protected sex. You know how pushy and fragile men's ego are when they're declined sex. More info is needed before hating, the mother could've been 13 or 23 or 33 :(", "What makes you think she has a choice to use protection or not ? You don\u2019t know shit but you sure make up for that with talking shit", "Maybe she didn't have a choice in using protection or having sex, but it still does not make up for the fact she dumped her child in the bin and left them to die. Two wrongs dont make a right idiot.", "You also don\u2019t know that"], ["With a note asking for help and forgiveness?\nThat's like some rando gutting someone who wasn't doing anything and then just placing a note saying sorry.\nUse protection people. Sex with out condom expecting to get a Flat Screen TV is it?", "She might not have had the choice of contraception."], ["What makes me really sad is thinking that perhaps the woman/girl who gave birth to the child might actually have tried to take care of it, but... infants can be really fragile. Something like jaundice or even just a simple flu might have killed the baby, especially if the mother was young and didn't know what to do. We already know that incestual rape is unfortunately fairly common in Malaysia; she might have been too scared to go to the hospital to give birth which is such a frightening and painful experience for fear of worse repercussions from someone who might be abusing her.\nShe could have simply disposed of the infant's body in any ulu place - let's be honest there's a million such places in Malaysia to bury/hide/dump such a small corpse - but she chose to place it somewhere she knew someone would definitely find it. Not to mention actually writing a note - to me it's clear she did care for her child, but for whatever reason couldn't care for it leading to this tragic end."], ["Condom is cheaper, remember that before y'all decide to fuck", "There's so little info regarding the post and yet yall are telling them to use protection when she could've been forced into unprotected sex or raped", "Celibacy is cheaper :29091::29091::29091:", "Celibacy is cheaper but temptations/being horny is way harder to resist."], ["Even the USA does not do this"], ["Cause of death? I hope it was painless or natural cot death. Would be even more heart breaking if the girl was strangled or drowned to death."], ["I'm just a prom night dumpster baby", "And I understood that reference"]]}
{"title": "Menara Ilham operates as usual", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18orkvq/menara_ilham_operates_as_usual/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Of course it's gonna operates as usual, the MACC or the Ilham Tower original owner isn't gonna suddenly kicks all tenants out overnight just because the ownership transfer to MACC."], ["Every staff in the building: \"Alaaa, ingatkan dapat cuti.\""]]}
{"title": "85% of households in Peninsular Malaysia will not be affected by electricity tariff adjustments", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oqyb7/85_of_households_in_peninsular_malaysia_will_not/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["nah ambik kau\n<image>"], ["Maybe not directly, but extra non-domestic surcharge can indirectly cause price hikes."], ["Sureeee..."]]}
{"title": "PADU: Mungkin ramai tercicir, tak semua rakyat ada akses isi data dalam talian", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uvuk9/padu_mungkin_ramai_tercicir_tak_semua_rakyat_ada/", "num_comment": 56, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Not yet started already got problem - not everyone got internet to fill up PADU - Governments agency should help in acquiring the information - MPs should do their part too\n\"Kita harus ingat tidak semua rakyat mempunyai akses kepada pendaftaran secara dalam talian, terutama masyarakat terpencil di luar bandar dan mungkin gelandangan di bandar raya yang tidak mampu memiliki telefon pintar.\n\"Seharusnya agensi kerajaan turun padang seperti satu masa dulu Jabatan Penerangan masuk ke kawasan terpencil untuk memberikan penerangan dan membantu proses pendaftaran.\n\"Ia juga boleh dilakukan oleh parti politik yang pastinya mempunyai pangkalan data pengundi masing-masing, apatah lagi wakil rakyat kawasan mesti turun padang seperti ketika tempoh berkempen dahulu,\" katanya kepada BH, hari ini", "comments": [["not everyone got internet (skill) to fill up PADU\nThe elderly already not doing to well when all the bills are digital and tax filing is online only, then drop this on them lagi?"], ["I don't understand. previously don't have existing data ke for BR1M etc. can't import database ke. E-wallet ask to update LHDN. can't import to PADU? mySalam auto send sms to activate, why the need for new database. if it's new and improved but require full manual key in is it really improved though. punya lah banyak data. data orang mati etc update je lah terus.", "PADU basically combines all these databases into one central one. According to Rafizi, this will make it easier for cross-agency policy work because currently there's a lot of bureaucracy involved in getting data from other agencies. The registration on 2nd January is just to verify whether the information that the government has is up to date/correct.", "the problem is also the data , who own it. unless a mechanism digital id if any of requesr must be honor by user each time somebody access then i agree . If auto expand to e wallet without our permission how ?", "Interesting point. Well I guess the ownership is still with the government, same as it is right now.\nBest answer I can give you rn", "his word nothing to me , the best is to open something like graphql what this x department can expose . He brag only gov staff do it without vendor but reality sync upon thousand of gov department not easy as seem .His mindset still think like old his invoke .", "The data is already there. You are just required to check and update if needed. Please read and understand first before bashing on something. Besides, its the government you're talking about, are you so sure the data is correct if they import it?"], ["PH and assuming everyone is a city dweller, what else is new", "Though I understand internet has not penetrated ALL parts of Malaysia (e.g. Veveonah situations) there seems to be juxtaposition.\nWe say rural folk are influenced by tik-tok, facebook, whatsapp fowards. How do they access this without internet? More and more are running online businesses and taking orders via whatsapp.\nThe first result on Google (whether you trust the source or not) says that internet penetration rate in Malaysia is 96.8%. Smartphone penetration according to MCMC in 2021 was 94.8%\nI mean, they can use all these social media services. Is the assumption they are too uneducated or lazy to use their internet access to do something else? Serious question.\nGovernments agency should help in acquiring the information\nMy understanding is, that PADU have already done that. The point is now for rakyat to confirm if the data is correct.", "You're missing the part where the people who doesn't have smartphones are likely to be the people who needs the subsidies the most. (barring woke only use Nokia phone for communication people).\n5.2% of the population(100-94.8) still means 1.8 million people.\nThat's what \"tercicir\" means in this context", "To clarify, I'm gonna admit I have no idea how the whole PADU database works, but neither does everyone else.\nAgain, I assume this is just a way to confirm your data.The data is already collected. If for some reason the government thinks you are T20 and you believe you are B40, then this is the way to update the database.\nPADU would only have information on people if they actually owned property, vehicles, EPF, tax filings, etc. If PADU has no information on these people, it would be safe to say they just fall within the B40 and subsidies are provided.\nThat is how it should be done anyway.", "I agree, It should be done that way\nBut even emadani have stupid hung ups like \"tak pernah declare LHDN tak dapat\" , which makes me very reluctant to bersangka baik with PADU's subsidy implementation\nBased on the past, it's more likely they'll just get no subsidy if PADU has no information", "PADU is going to be a political football when it launches no doubt. But really, what other ways are there to do it? If we want to reduce subsidy burden on the government and we can't remove subsidies for all, then there is no choice.\nHonestly people need to play their part as well. Malaysians are too often mollycoddled when it comes to these things. Reminds me of when there were complaints about RapidKL busses switching to TnG only and people didn't bother to read the notices, then got angry when their old parents couldn't use the bus \ud83e\udd26", "Census is the other way, like it or not the PADU system should be supplimentary to the census bureau. What the current government is doing is linking subsidy solely to PADU only. This is what the point of contention.\nOf course people would get angry. You give out a system where not only a failure to give out the proper time and education to inform your citizens on how to use that system, that is a failure on your part.\nIf you have the time and money for a self jerking party at bukit jalil then you should have the time and money to properly implement the sytem for your most vulnerable.\nBeing a democratic government, means you have to be prepare for the most vulnerable and weakest of your society. But hey its their fault isnt it for not doing \"their\" part. What is the point of paying the civil service if they cant peform their civil service.", "Census is anonymous...", "That is why I said supplimentary. No one system is fool proof. But if the government could make national policies based on those census they could also use them for this as well.\nAnd no the census isnt exactly anonymus they are taken based on your home address. The Identification Card have your home address. The government have all this decentralised info at their disposal but yet unwilling to cross check them. Yet PADU could be that, but hey apparently it is too much of hassle for them might as well pass it on to other people, typical government bureaucracy.", "The government have all this decentralised info at their disposal but yet unwilling to cross check them. Yet PADU could be that\nBro. PADU is exactly that.....", "And its kampung folks fault that they didn't have the amenities like the city folks /s", "They faults lar cause they vote PAS ,PN /s", "kampung folks\nThere are \"new villages\" and they tend to go with DAP/PH.", "Rapiji is what a redditor looks like when he tries politics.\nLooks good on paper, poor execution", "Shhhh later you got attack by those PH supporters"], ["And the demographic who needed the subsidies the most are probably the least likely demographic to be able to access, understand, fill up the necessary info correctly all electronically. Yes, this gov is a step-up from the previous one, but I can't help but to think they're constantly living in an elite, out-of-touch bubble from the common people on the ground. Smh.", "Why are we talking down and doubting the capabilities of these demographic like they are a bunch caveman? Have you met this people that you conjure up in your imagination? Do they wear leopard skin like Fred Flinstone?"], ["Hope this really transparent enough for all rakyat. Not another u turn policy."], ["I think most of the points described by the author are non-issues. PADU just essentially combines all the information that the government agencies already have on you, and registering for the platform is so that you can verify/update your personal data. Doesn't really affect you if you're currently eligible for welfare benefits (like STR / e-Madani). And for the rural areas, if I'm not mistaken DOSM/Economy Ministry has already done some \"turun padang\" test runs to increase awareness about PADU. Seems like more work needs to be done on that bit since people still don't understand what PADU is...\nI'm more concerned that PADU will be prone to lots of cyber attacks since it'll become the central data reservoir of the Federal Government. Looking at our cybersecurity track record, that doesn't seem promising.\nEdit: Apologies, I think PADU has an algorithm that can flag your profile if your information doesn't add up. For example, if you're eligible for STR under LHDN, but have several personal luxury vehicles under your name with JPJ. Not sure how it works, but I can understand the other commenter's scepticism and concern with PADU/MyDigitalID."], ["Most of the project is jumping the gun.\nFor example, sibuk nak buat pengkalan data, tapi access to the Internet and country coverage are still below par. PDPA pun tak fully enforced.\nSibuk nak bawak masuk Tesla for sustainability, tapi jalan raya kat Malaysia Masih macam sampah\nSibuk nak buat High Speed Railway to attract tourist, tapi pedestrian accessibility still teruk.\nDia umpama Tepung takde, tapi dah sibuk nak bina kedai roti/bakery.", "Sad statement i read today\nThis whole country is a sham", "tapi access to the Internet and country coverage are still below par.\nhttps://www.statista.com/statistics/227082/countries-with-the-highest-internet-penetration-rate/\nMalaysia is at 97.4%. Singapore is at 96.9%. What subpar are ypu talking about?"], ["DOSM akan bukak kaunter di setiap daerah untuk bantu rakyat isi PADU", "Macam mana kerajaan buat pun kalau rakyat malas, tak jadi jugak, sama macam banci penduduk ramai ja tak isi", "kau malas kau rugi. you cant help people who dont want to help themself \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["I dont understand with people saying the wont fill PADU. It will be used no matter what, but do you want updated information or what ever the fuck the 100+ government agencies have on you now."], ["Maybe there would be some outreach program to help rural folks with low digital literacy to do so. We're going to have to wait and see.", "But the times that been given is 3 months brah..ain't no way also I'm afraid of this people go in and get your information like do we believe the government servants???", "3 months is a long time in the hands of a group of committed people. For now I am going to remain optimistic.\nAnyway, do remember that your participation in PADU is entirely voluntary so it's really your choice to register or not.", "How is it voluntary when Rafizi said if you dont participate dont blame us if you don't get subsidy???", "Well, you have a choice\n/s"], ["My opinion on their endgame: With enough data you can translate it to information that you can utilize to manipulate people. AKA like what CCP is doing. So of course lah that is the price that they are willing to sacrifice. This is one dystopian bullshit."], ["tak minat aku nak isi. Maaf ye, nak suruh aku undi BN/PH ok. Tapi nak isi PADU ni, fuck off ye rafizi.", "But then you may not get subsidi wor", "downgraded to bezza long time ago. i'm willing to pay i what used to pay to fuel up my perdana 120 a week just to keep my name out of the database.", "Your name and other information (education, monthly salary, etc.) have been in government databases from the time of your birth to the present.", "i dont have to volunteer more. They should what they already have on me."], ["What is PADU? do I have to do it?"], ["Skill issue baby"], ["Reject Digital ID aka PADU.\nDo not let the government to have an easy tool to further control people.", "But... But... But... Later no subsidy wor, me no rich like u", "I'm glad more people in Facebook has speak out against this dictatorship tool.", "That is why should not have targeted subsidy. Just float the petrol with some level of subsidy like what Najib did previously. All this new db and implementation is just new way for them create contract for new bunch of cronies. What makes t20 not so eligible for subsidies when this people are t1 asking you all to pay their high salary + allowances + the subsidy?", "Sadly people will not going to realize it, we most likely will be down voted here even.", "The monyets in this sub has \"Govern Me Harder\" mentality."], ["https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/amp/category/nation/2022/11/08/invoke-staff-will-get-shares-when-company-is-listed-says-rafizi/"]]}
{"title": "Photos: Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt hold chic wedding banquet in Pangkor Island", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oqvqw/photos_michelle_yeoh_jean_todt_hold_chic_wedding/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Where in Pangkor? I am from near there and never seen such a place or such a beach. Is this like some place only friends of Najib can go?", "There's a small island called Pangkor Laut beside the main island, and it's privately owned by a 5-star resort.", "wtf\nmalaysia's epstein island for the rich?\nwhy PAS silent about that?", "How can you be from nearby and never have heard of Pangkor Laut Resort? It's been around for AGES now.\nAnd no, it's not an Epstein island for the rich, they have special deals at discounted rates for Malaysian citizens who want to stay. It's not cheap, but anyone can save for a holiday and go.\nJesus Christ, dude. How does this even relate to PAS.", "Pangkor is not Pangkor Laut. Malaysians are not even allowed to kayak near to that private island.\nPAS screams about Penang and how Penang is not Malaysian. I'm pointing out they are silent about this private island.", "Politicians, kan.", "Inb4 the comment you're replying to manage to trigger a bunch of socmed influencers who've been to Pangkor Laut to be so butthurt, it started a new TikTok trend where ppl who've holidayed there b4 defends PL and we start a new discourse on it. Cos we srsly need to move on from the BM/Green Wave topic. Sien already."], ["Why would Michelle marry an old white dude."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 23 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oq3q8/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["At this point I think this thread is pointless."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 23 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18onjg7/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 83, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: I\u2019ve been reading everyone's comments on DT for 4 years now and I would like to say just one thing.\nJust one thing", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["I wish I have the brain power to hack a flight company's DBMS and give myself unlimited free flights.\nI don't even want glamorous vacations, I just want to visit my cats in Kedah often."], ["Where can I get a first aid kit that I could just keep inside my backpack and bring with me wherever I go?"], ["Surprise surprise, CIMB Clicks is down.. again! Anyone here from the octopus bank in the know why the hell the system is so shitty?\nEdit: this time it\u2019s worse it seems. Can\u2019t transfer money out, can\u2019t use debit card, can\u2019t even withdraw cash using ATM machine. What the hell happened CIMB?", "At time of writing, the website is working fine for me. But!\nit's usually down around midnight. I assumed it's some sort of system maintenance\nyour credit card entries tend to \"disappear\" up until around 6am or so", "Its cuti so, some big brain probably turned off the server, and no one check because everyone balik kampung already?", "Weirdest thing to me is not a single coverage by any news/tech portal anywhere. Even CIMB themselves didn\u2019t make a mention..", "yeah and still cannot login even today"], ["alor star, you guys are alright. next stop n9"], ["Do you have recommendations for skin specialist, except Dr Ting clinic in KL?\nI have horrible hormonal acne, and I\u2019d like to be treated by skin specialist who can prescript Accutane."], ["anyone know how or where do i get rid of engine oil? sent car to SC and they give the leftover bottle", "i thought they will dispose them all?"], ["Is there any r-rated kuala lumpur reddit thread?", "Y'know, for a long time I feel that there ought to be a NSFW Malaysia sub, to create a safe space for people to talk about sex.\nBut I'm sure such a sub would soon devolve into people posting revenge porn, so...", "There are already Malay tudung 3gp subreddits, so ....", "i might be blind but i dont see any sources here", "Why would I link it and make Dosa kering here LOL", "chill jakim"], ["Any recommendation for a good brand water heater? The current one that we use is not hot enough"], ["Hey guys!\nI'm living in KL for the next 5 weeks (so far I love it) and the food is really great! Also, the people are so friendly and warm (just like the climate \ud83d\ude05).\nI am looking for high protein meals (chicken/beef) but aren't super high in calories. I live in Bukit Bintang. If you have any tips on either Grab Restaurants or restaurants in my vicinity please write them down here! \ud83d\ude4f\nThanks guys!", "Since you\u2019re in Bukit Bintang I think you can get Shawarmas there. Just ask for extra chicken."], ["<image>\nMUST BUY!!!! You save exactly 0 cents", "put them in the chiller and you can sell it for about double the price"], ["Is Godzilla -1 not coming out here?", "usually 1/2 year wait for japanese movie"], ["A bit of a vent.\nDoes anyone here don't like to return home? For example now I'm living in college dorms and attending Uni, but everytime the holiday seasons come my mom wants me to go back home. I really don't feel like going back home for some reason it just feels tiring and unnecessary. I just want my peace and quiet but if I go home with my family it's a lot of blabbering and I really don't wanna talk to anyone. However I do feel obligated to go home and see my moms face to get berkat or whatever. Maybe I'm taking this family thing for granted?\nMy home life is not bad, it's quite normal actually. But I don't feel that sense of wanting to balik kampung...\nI feel like I'm one of the rare cases because most people I know always go balik kampung when there is cuti.\nConclusion: I'm probably burnt out af from studies and I don't really wanna interact with anyone...", "You really are a rare case. Back when I was in asrama/kolej most of the ones who stayed back couldn\u2019t afford to go home. I did it a coupla times, and it was fun having the whole dang school/uni to yourself(and three other ppl), but home\u2019s better overall.\nIf your parents are happy with just a call, sure, stay back. If not, I personally think the discontent will eat away at you, whether you realize it or not.", "yeah you are not alone and yes you are taking things for granted. its the least you can do for your mum.", "Nah it's okay, some people go through that stage, I've been there as well, nowadays I wish to see them more rather than feeling obligated doing so. Perhaps one day you will as well."], ["get invited to one of those task groups, usually i just block and move on, but i remembered not long ago someone here say they just took the money before they left, so i was like why not. completed a few small tasks and got rm15 transferred to me. LMAO.\nthe task came in groups of 3, you have to complete the set to get rm15 at the end. and the 2nd one ends with those \"transfer money to us and get cashback plus refund!\" i was like sure, this is probably where I called it quit. but then i ignored it and kept doing the free task, and to my surprise they transferred another 15 lmao... just gonna keep going until they get sick of me and kick me out. here i am sipping my free starbucks doing basically nothing.\nbefore some moral jackass comes and comments that they are basically just distributing victims money, hey, i am not the one scamming okay? take it to the four eye frog jackass doin nothing in the cabinet.", "LMAO indeed if they were transferring to you from any of their mule accounts they are controlling, did you realise to a certain extent that you are 'cuci'-ing their illegal proceeds?\nWell of course, unless PDRM bothers with tracking down every single money trail coming out from the mule account rather than only shutting down mule accounts arising from suspicious incoming transaction, I guess you can enjoy sipping your Starbuck for now.\nEdit: oops, just realise your last paragraph after commenting, moral or not, if the fund is tracked, it's criminal. Try using that excuse in your defence lol.", "Why don't you go and bust their operation genius? oh wait. you are just another keyboard warrior \ud83e\udd71"], ["Anyone here into the local Pokemon TCG scene? I've started collecting card but I also kinda wanna build decks and play with other people too.", "There's a shop in damansara jaya which is your best bet. Cards and hobbies also can but the dj shop is the best afaik."], ["Was watching RLL video and then see this sus illlusion\n<image>\nI thought I just shared it here then ahahhahahahahaha"], ["Ridiculous, I've bought an item thru Lazada and somehow it's outsourced to Flash Express, and now it's stuck at Klang for some reason.\nTried calling Flash, no one angkat, so I've already called Lazada, they at least angkat and will look into the matter & push delivery.\nBut anyway, anyone here have the same Flash Express story?"], ["Is it me or too many Johor people are a bit too proud of them being from Johor?", "Mana ada. I\u2019m from Johor and extremely humble. Some even say the humblest even.", "Yea but to be fair, male Malay Johoreans are hot tho", "Johor and Kelantan specifically.\nThey're not as intelligent and humble compared to us Penangites.", "I am johorean. Don't put as in the same basket as kelantanese.", "Oh please, you guys are just Kelantanese that speaks proper Malay \ud83d\ude02", "Way different. We are not extremist muslim like them. More progressive.", "", "Apa salah sambal kicap. It is the best for fried banana, tofu and tempe", "Found the johorian", "Half johor. The other half is Melaka so don\u2019t half mess with me"], ["What would you bring to a sick father of a friend? A fruit basket?", "in hospital? powerbank and kain pelikat if malay", "That's a nice gesture. Should be okay. Can ask your friend if the dad has any fruits preference too"], ["Yeah yeah. It's comic fiesta day isnt it. Go have some fucking fun.\nImagine being on a holiday and you see others have some fun but you can't do anything and stuck at home.\nThe funniest thing I've ever heard from this friday is imam said spend our good times on holidays with family with activities. I BARELY have an activity here.\nLook at people doing activities, I hate them for having fun. I wanna go to WORK. I wanna have mountain of paperwork slammed on my table and get told to finish it in 2 hours.\nI wanna get called in by boss and get berated. I wanna punch a fax machine. That kind of work.", "You don't want to go to Comic Fiesta because you hate them for having fun.\nI can't go to CF because good god, the line last year was atrociously long, and I have to go back in the same line that morning after one short toilet break outside the con?! I'm not risking this year til they have sort everything out in '24.\nI'm staying back just to have a quiet weekend with some games I just bought on Steam during the winter sale.", "The lime wasn't too bad for me. Like 8 onwards I've been seeing posts of doom and gloom but when I reached there around 11 I was able to walk right in.", "What about lunch breaks?\nDo you have to go through same line again after eating outside the con?", "if i want the merch ill contact their social and ask if they can do postage. most of them does", "Thanks, but I'm not a merch guy. Only reason I go there is to find out any studios or art schools that provide either jobs or animation courses, as well as meeting with some talents setting up booth there.", "Line is just as long as last year, to the point I think CF should look into renting some high tech entrance technology to make the entry more bearable.\nPlus, no tickets selling on the spot is a bit of a downer for me who originally couldn't care less about this year's CF, as one of my favourite HK comic artists announced that they're gonna be at CF just four days before the event. (Not that it matters much, as I didn't care too much about not being able to get into CF anyway. Plus, just learned one of my relatives passed away recently and I'll be paying my respects tomorrow.)", "Thanks for replying!!\nHow about going out for toilet breaks? The toilets in the cons last year were just ridiculously small & crowded so I had to out elsewhere. When I tried getting getting in through one of the exit, volunteer told me to go the same long line as I was in been that morning, even with a ticket visibly on my wrist. I gave up, at least went to the artist alley, then cabut to have lunch. Half a day wasted.\nSorry for long rant, but do you have the same issue with going outside for lunch or toilet and getting in this year?", "Unfortunately, like I said, I can't even get a ticket at Kinokuniya today (hence merely my opinion on the long line), so sorry pal, you gonna have to ask someone else of their impressions this year.\nBut that said, based on the same long line today (the crew is lucky that there's no rain during the initial 2 hours of the event opening) 50/50 it might be the same issues this time around.", "What's stopping you? \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc44\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f", "Being in Kuantan + not like we have any plans on holiday anyway + self imposed \"curfew\"", "What, no jobs in Kuantan? \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc44\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f"], ["On the KTM now. Sorry but have to ask why the windows are all cracked? Otherwise the infrastructure in KL is exceptional.", "As those KTM train have routes that go through kampung school, it's possible there are kids who throw rocks at the ktm for fun.\nNot really hazardous tho cause the panel is more than one layer, only the outer layer is cracked.\nStill not a great look through, and its something that the KTMB could've done better with. It's been there for a very long time, and KTMB has no interest in fixing them.", "why fix when the next time them kids feel bored it gets broken again. should go after the perpetrators or their parents first."], ["How strict are Malaysian drink driving laws compared to other countries?"], ["I don't want to be those annoying neighbour who prohibit student rental; but damn they are testing my patience. Hard to sleep when they are still making noises at 2-3 am, also they love to rev their motorcycle to high heaven even when they are just idling."], ["Oi Chow Kon Yeow it was meant to be a 24 hours disruption, 19th December 4pm until now. You're about 3 days off.\nAt least I could have bought more if it wasn't for your wrongful estimation, I drink 15 litres of water a day leh brother."], ["P driver here, just now when parking i accidentally hit front of car into a curb when parking, made a god awful fucking crash noise that made me think my whole bumper was destroyed. When I check, my car was...fine? Looked fine, tyres looked fine too, should i be worried?\nEdit: Just remembered, just now also got one uncle next to me outside his car and I don't think he really noticed there was any loud noise? After I stopped I saw him and he looked pretty unbothered lol. Ahhhhh but as a P driver I'm pretty anxious because why tf does hitting a curb at parking speed cause such a loud crash noise\ud83d\ude2d", "bumper is somewhat flexible, it'll bounce back to original shape if it's not too bad, check for scrapped paints if you're trying to find out where you hit", "oh, i think there was some scraped paint at the lower part of the bumper. this is so new to me haha", "The clip holding your bumper might snap though, aad that is unfixable unless you use those ugly DIY clip\nDon't worry though because bumper is not expensive part. You can replace whole thing without breaking your bank.", "Probably it's just your underbody scraping the curb. The bumper is fibreglass anyways - you might have \"dented\" it while scraping the curb but it flexed back to its original form.\nNo worries if everything looks fine.", "honestly i had no idea it could flex back into its shape. I've always assumed it couldn't since i do see some neighbours with a fucked up bumper", "It all depends on how hard the bumper took a hit, the angle etc. Try and gently press against it the next time you're at your car - it's quite flexible especially near the edges", "Is the car bumper rubber?\nProbably nothing happened except for screws", "uh, I don't think so. It's an old 2010 proton saga."], ["So angry. So so angry.\nNo, I won't run into traffic. I will stay alive to vote for the worst candidates possible.\nY'all deserve this.\nWolololololo~"], ["are selangor smart bus, grab & maxim active today?"]]}
{"title": "rip", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18olhkf/rip/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I wonder how toxic the lobby at KL Tower was during this time"], ["What the hell happened to the restaurant \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"]]}
{"title": "Man divorces wife after she loses breast to cancer", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ohcuu/man_divorces_wife_after_she_loses_breast_to_cancer/", "num_comment": 49, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Better this outcome than living a life full of lies.\nAlso\ninstead suggested that I seek traditional treatment.\nYes let's treat a stage four breast cancer the traditional way. What could possibly go wrong? Wife did the right thing. Hopefully she will spend the rest of her life with the people who care about her.", "Yes let's treat a stage four breast cancer the traditional way. What could possibly go wrong?\nNot directly related to this, but I have a friend whom is \"against\" western treatment of cancer, because from his own anecdotal experience of his father that the treatment made his father worse. I want to say to people that yes chemo is rough and TV/Movies seem to always remind us of that too..\nHowever it is also often only showing the worse parts (Because tv)\nhttps://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/10-tips-to-survive-chemotherapy.html\nPeople only focus on the bad outcomes of chemo and never consider the fact that there are also many people that get through it and come out better.\nOne of my aunt, she had frequent blood in her bowels and went to a \"traditional doctor\" who kept saying she had \"heat poison\" and kept giving her pointless shaman medicine. (yeah that's what I call TCM) . As it got worse, finally went to a proper doctor and was found that she had colon cancer. By then it was too late to do anything.\nSo yeah people you want to go for your traditional cures that's fine.. if it helps even as a placebo to make you feel better go for it.. but please please please get it checked by real doctors with the equipment and technology to do so. The guy feeling your pulse is not going to to be able to diagnose cancer.", "I\u2019m from a cantonese family, I can assure you that cantonese have a mindset that everything is caused by \u201cheat poison\u201d (\u70ed\u6c14\uff09 and our favourite thing is herbal tea (\u51c9\u8336, literal translation is something like cool tea). Guess why? Because the \u201ccool tea\u201d can neutralise the \u201cheat poison\u201d\nOh, you\u2019re coughing? Must be because you shower too late when it\u2019s cold. Oh and also, don\u2019t eat so much fried food because it\u2019s \u201chot\u201d food and you shouldn\u2019t eat that when you\u2019re coughing because apparently the cough is caused by both heat and cold at the same time.\nOh, you\u2019re sneezing? Don\u2019t go to warm places and suddenly to aircon place, this sudden hot and cold makes you sneeze. No shit, I sneeze because of dust particles and whatnot, not because of sudden hot and cold.\n\u201cChiropractic and acupuncture are not pseudoscience, they\u2019re real! If they\u2019re fake, those chiropractors and acupuncturists would have closed down long ago, but they\u2019re still open and making money now, so it\u2019s proof that they\u2019re real!\u201d", "Err, it's fine if you don't trust traditional remedies, but at least do some reading and check on the science behind some of it.\nSpicy food can trigger coughs, due to the spice irritants.\nSneezing and runny nose can occur when changing temperature zones, and no, it's not due to dust.", "When did I said spicy food? I said fried foods, because I am always told fried and deep fried food are \u201cheat\u201d or \u201chot\u201d (hot here doesn\u2019t mean spicy) in nature, \u70ed\u6c14, which means if you eat too much you\u2019ll get the \u201cheat poison\u201d\nAlso, sneezing is primarily due to irritation by foreign particles. But like you said, cold breeze can, emphasize on CAN, make you sneeze, but not the ONLY reason. Maybe I didn\u2019t say it clearly, but often when I sneeze, my family member would ask, \u201cIs it that cold here?\u201d or something like that, but often time it might be just irritation in the nose.", "often time it might be just irritation in the nose.\nOr allergic reaction due to the sudden temperature change, but yes, that's what I was sort of saying. I just got the apparently impression that you were dismissing it outright.", "Sorry but there is no science behind a lot of Chinese remedies. The whole 'heaty/cooling' logic is completely arbitrary. We are talking about the food being heart.\nYes spicy food can trigger cough due to the capsaicin present. Capsaicin is literally an irritatant produced by the pepper plant to prevent it from being eaten. But we humans just like eating it. The chemical process is known and well studied. It has nothing to do with 'heaty-ness'\nSneezing an runny nose occurs during cold temperatures because the blood vessels in the nose dilate which causes more liquid to flow out. This is a physiological process to warm the air that we breathe. Nothing to do with Chinese medicine.\nPlease don't use well known scientific explanations to justify the use of traditional remedies. If alternative medicine works, it would just be called medicine.", "Sorry if I misled and triggered you. I was just responding to the apparent dismissal of the behavioral/lifestyle advice simply because it was given in the context of traditional advice.", "Lmao I'm from a chinese/Cantonese family and they always tell me the same thing!", "Everybody\u2019s a freaking shaman XD .\ud83d\ude06 I guess it\u2019s stuff Cantonese deal with .", "Really!! I'm from the South Indian. We, too, have these kind of pratices like always saying you body has become hot \ud83d\udd25 or extra heat, because you have been eating too much chicken or non vegetarian foods, staying under air con for longer time, fried food etc etc\nTo minimize the heat we need to intake more watery foods or fruits like tender coconut, yogurt etc etc these are good for body but the reason we need to intake is not for our body has become heat.", "My aunt got a limp on her breast , early stages doctor said might be cancer. Went x-ray. She went to Tung Shin Hospital, they use both eastern and western diagnosis method. Was given herbs, not grass type . There are 2 types of many said shaman medicine. One is herbs and is grassy types. Real tcm will use both depending on situation. Anyway her lump went from small to gone. My lower back pain, not from accident, also cured from tcm .\nTcm is very much depend on the doctor experience and the recipe. We must use both eastern and western because if it cures you, it's good medicine ,no need to label this as shaman and that as high tech. By the way, human survival was partly because of shamans existence. The herbs they use were studied seriously in today's high tech method.\nLastly , whether or not you got cured is depend also on luck , meeting the right doctor, getting the right medicine, meeting the right ' nobleman' in Chinese they called gui ren. Don't tell me there's no mishap in western doctors, there are many cases that shut down because they caused death and there's a law to protect doctors ( western I mean ) from this too. That tells you there's no guarantee to anything.\nI am criticizing, just sharing ,hope you don't get upset. Peace and love .\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude42\u2764\ufe0f", "What life of lies? What did he expect when he got married?\nWomen (and men) are attractive till they are about 40. After that, skin gets wrinkled and soggy, sexual urge goes down. Some in modern day spend so much of time and money to look youthful, also spend on viagra, but all that is a sheer waste of human life over something that is running away from them.\nTo summarize my essay, when you get married to someone, make sure you're willing to clean their shit when they're old and disabled. Otherwise don't get married, period. Marrying because someone is attractive or good at sex will only cause misery down the road.", "I think the OP is saying that better to know what a shit bag this man is NOW then later.", "This guy gets it. Looks will fade, whether there's illness or not.\nIf you have a choice in the matter, then only stay in a relationship with someone you actually like. No, (just) liking their body/face doesn't count - those things can help to start a relationship (wow, I want to know that pretty gal/guy a little better), but if you and your partner don't actually like each other, then your relationship is doomed no matter how good looking the both of you are."], ["Man deserves hell"], ["", "lol no need say anything. Just Terengganu"], ["Men \u2615", "r/Malaysia Sub Try Not To Shit On Islam For An Hour Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)!!", "Wahhh wahhh keep crying", "Not a Muslim thing .. it\u2019s a man thing.\nThere\u2019s a study done in the US, Women are 6 times more likely to end up separate/ divorced if they are diagnosed with cancer.\nIt\u2019s so prevalent that hospitals made a brochure about it and give it to their female patients to prepare for this outcome.", "As per Rule 1, well-reasoned debate and criticism of religion is very welcome but one-liner talking points, jabs, borderline flaming etc. does not have such protection, and is bad for the community. Please treat this as a warning - if this continues we will be forced to take steps.", "Its okay to shit on a whole gender, half of the fucking earth but oh no not a religion \ud83d\ude42\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb really love the hypocrisy especially with the mods youre all so lovely", "Boobs and vagene"], ["I guess that answers the question, is he an ass man or a tits man", "Perfect, the man already proves he's got no balls\nC'mon, leaving your wife after cancer trauma? Also proves he's a giant D*CK", "I am smiling because some idiots here think you are serious with that.\nWell done, that was a great comment! You win the internet today!", "I wouldn\u2019t go as far to say it was a great comment. Prolly 6/10 on the witty scale.", "I\u2019d give myself a 6 too. But it was low effort, took 3 seconds to think up my response \ud83e\udd2a", "Ok for three seconds work, I upgrade to 8/10 then", "I am joking/not serious about 95.5% of the time on Reddit, since its... Reddit. Lol.", "You can\u2019t really lose your ass now can you? Unless there\u2019s butt cancer which I\u2019ve never heard of.", "Anal cancer? Bone cancer?\nYou can get cancer anywhere on your body.\nhttps://metro.co.uk/2018/05/24/cancer-survivor-loses-bum-tumour-removal-cant-take-surgery-7574254/", "Cancer is just the overdrive of cells in your body, so technically anywhere can get cancer."], ["Lahanat punya bekas suami."], ["Hes a dick", "Doubtful, the wife is a she so he's a breast.\n:P"], ["This will not be allowed in civil law marriages but what\u2019s the point being together when it\u2019s obvious that the man doesn\u2019t love the wife"], ["I accidentally read as loses to breast cancer. You can't divorce a deceased, screw this guy. Then I read it correctly, still, screw this guy."], ["Do you swear to love and hold this woman, until death does you part?\nYes I do*\n*Terms and conditions apply. See annex 1 for list.\n-What marriages should be like realistically. lol."], ["What an asshole. Hope the wife finds happiness and health"], ["What an asshole. I wouldn't leave a strong woman like her. I'd just marry another", "Bruh", "Two strong hearted wives preferably one with their boobs intact"], ["Typical...most boys up that 2 states only think of 2 things, sex and 72 virgin sex"], ["My man just want to motorboat"], ["Pantai timur, what do you expect? A lot of so called \u201cmoslem\u201d but in fact are sexual predators, pedo, penunggang etc."]]}
{"title": "We really should be more hyping the fact that our National team is about to play in a major international tournament in a few days", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vwvj0/we_really_should_be_more_hyping_the_fact_that_our/", "num_comment": 55, "flairlabel": ["Sports"], "header": "Regardless of what your opinion is on our National team\u2019s quality and how well they\u2019ll do in the tournament, we need to go all out and support them. If not, who will??", "comments": [["Back when DUNHILL used to sponsor Selangor, there were match schedules EVERYWHERE at all the mamak and kopitiam selling cigarettes\nDUNHILL used to plonk M-League on local TV all the time, with lots of adverts in the newspapers, local magazines and tv1\nThese new sponsors don't do squat\nEvery single time Malaysia attempts to bypass mediocrity, they just revel in the moment instead of planning for the future\nWe had the BEST F1 back in the 90s, with hotels, bars, clubs all chiming in. You had F1 cars in hotels, clubs. F1 drivers partying in KL. Merchandise sold in Bukit Bintang. But towards the latter years, no one bothered to promote anything"], ["This is the second Asian Cup after expanding to 24 teams from 16 teams, with 6 groups of 4.\nTop 2 of each group will progress to the Round of 16.\nThe best 4 3rd-place teams will also join the 12 teams above.\nMalaysia is in the same group as Jordan, Bahrain and South Korea. We play those 3 in that order.\nCan basically forget about getting anything from South Korea, just hope Son Heung-min don't score more than 1. Though our coach Kim Pan-gon (KPG) used to be youth coach for South Korea himself, so that might count for something.\nUnder KPG our FIFA ranking has actually gone up due to us qualifying for the Asian Cup for the first time since 1980 (2007 doesn't count since we were joint hosts).\nFor a football minnow nation like us, we should be aiming for at least 1 of these 3 objectives:\nScore at least 1 goal overall. And if we are to lose, try not to concede more than 3 goals per match.\nGet at least 1 point (i.e. 1 draw, even a 0-0 counts towards that. We got 0pts in 2007)\nTry to finish 3rd and hope we're good enough as one of the 4 best 3rd-place teams, to give us another match in the knockout rounds (though nobody dare to hope for more afterwards)\nWill probably catch the highlights for the matches (if we don't get thrashed too badly), but as others have said, this isn't exactly the WC, and many of us are still more interested in higher quality competitions like the English Premier League and UEFA Champions League.\nIt will take Malaysia progressing from the group stage in order to heighten awareness for this tournament."], ["because the result will speak for themselves. keep winning and the hype will come naturally. sabah football team did just that.", "Sabah has been really impressive last year, especially in AFC Cup. Hope they remain as title (or more realistically 2nd place) challengers for the next few seasons", "Yeah I followed Cheah Liek Khou closely before the recent Paralympics and his noteriety was niche right until his performance in that badminton match. Soon enough I saw him racking a SHIT ton of supporters and followers overnight after he won."], ["FAM macam biasa la. Patut ada tournament jersey, but they\u2019ll be using the same old one. Cam bangang.", "man fuck nike we really should use local brand like thailand", "Fam just dont care", "Not much of a sport guy, but do we have our own athletic/sports company that can be kit sponsor?"], ["Yeah we should. Asian Cup is the highest achievable spot for us imo."], ["Just air it on RTM for free like the ol day", "sekarang dah takde kat rtm ke?", "most of the time arena took the airing right"], ["tbh as a football fan, I can't wait!! I'll go crazy if Arif Aiman blazes past Kim Min-jae and the Korean defense.\nI just don't have the funds to fly to Qatar......", "blazes past Kim Min-jae and the Korean defense\nand then the ball trickles out for a goal-kick, because our players' ball control suck.\nStill cannot forget one such incident so many years ago, where our senior players play like school kicks, with flying kicks when challenging for 50-50 waist high balls.\nWe look amateurish because we were all brought up on a diet of Premier League, La Liga, etc."], ["This year's edition is gonna be great. Many Asian teams play exciting footy"], ["I don't watch football for quite some time. I'm also not aware who the twitter poster is.\nBtw, are they still hiring foreigners to play for the local team?", "The vast majority of the \"foreigners\" in the local team are born from Chinese mothers and foreign fathers", "Are you sure \"vast majority\" is the right term? Sure some maybe came from the parent you described, but I wouldn't say the majority. I've seen literal caucasian or African european descent play for our local team before.", "You can look lol\nEven the whitiest white or the blackest black in that team claims they have a chinese/sarawakian mother\nOf course la, can claim anything.. but since no proof, who knows", "Lol what. Not gonna spend time to verify their claim."], ["ill be blunt\n- winning the tournament doesn't book a slot to world cup\n- the match where HM beat kyrgyzstan was for wc qualification round, hence the louder noise\n- even without malaysia participation, do you watch Asian Cup?\ncomparing with world cup hype is like between apple and oranges. euro or copa america would make much sense, as its the same level of major competition within region.\nthat said, i believe the squad will do its best to gain as much international experience as they can. real test is on the WC quals which involves 4-5 phases depending on achievements. although you can say Asian Cup would be a testament on the actual level of our national team."], ["Don\u2019t have much expectation for them. But go go Harimau Malaya\u2764\ufe0f"], ["Me, not a football fan, I don't get the excitement, but would be happy to sit down and watch our boys play, anytime."], ["Tournament tak start lagi nak hype apa. Dekat seminggu nanti baru la start borak", "I mean the tournament is just two weeks away and its the first time malaysia is playing the tournament after around 40 years so yeah we should be excited as hell. Dalam thread tu sendiri ada cakap asian cup ni macam euro or copa america so betul juga post tu.", "Takde content lagi kot nak sembang. Boleh sembang pun prediction siapa lepas grp stage, formation apa nak main. Nanti lepas arif aiman kitai kim min jae atau dion cools parap heung min son baru aa rancak borak", "Tak perlukan sangat pun \u2018content\u2019 probably just more ads here and there pasal national team kita dah memadai. Mana ada nampak ads pasal asian cup ni dekat mana mana. Mamak pun tak gantung poster. Lagi lagi for those yang tak follow closely mana nak kenal players kita sekarang. Takut ada yang ingat fakri saarani masih main je", "Betul juga tu. Tv mmg tak byk iklan tapi kalau podcast local bola byk dah start sembang sejak disember rasanya. Org yg tgk bola je yg tau rasanya", "Ya tu maksud saya boss. Kalau memang yang follow bola memang dah tahu tapi no general ads macam billboard tepi jalan for example. Orang follow bola shouldnt be the target audience"], ["Tengok JDT penuh stadium, tengok Piala Asia? it is more emptier than Times Square's malls LOL."], ["We really should be more hyping...\nNah.. zero hype for me. Don't even watch world cup or any football league.", "Then youre not the target audience la der"], ["We should just focus on sports we're good at like Badminton, Hockey and Takraw. Be like Indian and Pakistan, they focus more on crickets than football.\nMalaysian football is a waste of investment. No big European club will pay Malaysian club millions for our players", "a \"waste of investment\" is always a sustained commitment away from being a gold mine.\nLook at JDT, the most dominant team in Malaysia; I don't really like the team that much because they seem to always win, but kudos to TMJ - the sustained commitment he made towards that team, means that:\nthey go out of their way to build world-class facilities (e.g. new stadium and modern training centre) for the players,\nthey hire well-known proven coaches from overseas (e.g. Esteban Solari who was assistant coach for Argentina youth national team),\nthey bring in well-known high quality foreign players (e.g. Mauricio, Forestieri - they have played actively in Top 5 European leagues before coming to JDT)\nthey naturalize foreign players who come here to play long term (e.g. Sumareh),\nthey recruit good players with Malaysian ties to come play for club and country (e.g. Corbin-Ong),\nand build strategic partnerships with European teams (Dortmund) to further improve their team.\nIn the end, both the club and the national team improve tremendously as a result of good players, coaches, facilities and methodologies, and other teams are inspired to follow suit and play catch-up with JDT, who are praised as pioneers and visionaries.\nNow JDT is highly regarded as one of the best teams in Southeast Asia, and have enjoyed great success in local and regional competitions.\nAs for the million dollar player thing, thanks to these investments in coaching and training, JDT has uncovered many great talent from within the country, most notably Arif Aiman who is gaining attention from big Asian clubs in Japan, Korea...... etc due to his performances in regional competitions.\nSo why not make that commitment? Don't avoid it because no one has ever done it before and you're scared of failing, do it to show them how they can do it themselves.", "All the effort just to be the #130 team in the world? Why be number 130th in football when we can be top 10 in hockey, badminton, takraw or other sports we actually good at? We shouldn't overspend on football development but let it progress naturally", "We are #130 but we are punching well above our weight class at times. Compared to where we were a few years ago being 160th and below, this is a massive improvement.\nfor me \"natural progress\" is basically another term for \"leaving it to rot\". Modern sports is about the money; without substantial, long-term investment and dedication, you cannot expect huge improvements like what we saw with the national team.", "Even with the wealth that the Saudis have, they'll never be as good as other poorer nation like Morocco, Algiers and Senegal. We lose financially against richer nation. We also lose talent wise against poorer nations. The best solution is to let the sports grow naturally. If it were meant to rot, so be it.", "Look at Japan, their national football team is going nowhere before 1990. But they succeeded due to good spending, proper planning. Football in Malaysia is still on entry level. More money have to spend for the development. We as fans could contribute by supporting local football teams first. (Entered three games last season for Liga Super)", "One of the most popular, if not THE most popular and competitive internationally, we were riddled with incompetency and corruption. Our youth were actually world class level but can't transition into senior due to mismanagement (You can check their accomplishment). We were stagnant and deteriorating, we were at #178 in the ranking and we push through and get our shit together to climb up to #130 in the world, winning majority of our match last year against county that is higher ranked than us and as much as I am neutral towards JDT, goddamn they know how to run a football team, becoming a standard, role model and blueprint for our local football team.\nAny analyst would see that we are in an upward trajectory and its just so happen to correlate when our local football quality go up, players fees were settled, corruption were lessen, money were invested, JDT became the shining example of a football club in the whole ASEAN and you want us to stop? Correlation is not causation but what? Coincidences? Japan became a powerhouse in Asia and even surprise Europe due to its 100-Year plan and that's them, Japan and you don't want us to at least have some plan?\nGo \"naturally\"? I guess if the river is full of shit and garbage, might as well let it resolve itself naturally rather than provide awareness campaign, gov funding and action to clean it, community and youth support, proper education and proper maintenance. How people like you actually vote and think how the real world works? Pray and hope for miracles? Just because its not your priority alone, its not in everyone interest? Its all about you? How about others? The majority? Go the easy way out? Back down at the slightest of inconvenience? Just because we can't be the best in the world we should not try? You prefer inaction rather than action? How do you vote? How do you live? How do you dream? How do you achieve something in your life?", "How people like you actually vote and think how the real world works? Pray and hope for miracles? Just because its not your priority alone, its not in everyone interest? Its all about you? How about others? The majority? Go the easy way out? Back down at the slightest of inconvenience? Just because we can't be the best in the world we should not try? You prefer inaction rather than action? How do you vote? How do you live? How do you dream? How do you achieve something in your life?\nI don't vote for FAM in General Election.", ":26563:", "dude .. nampak sangat you didnt watch how much effort from 150th to 130 that we gained after 4-5 years ... now we can give a good fight on arab countries.. on hockey and badminton i didn see any arabs compete too much .. takraw every game i see we got ayam by our neighbours", "Real question how long can we financially sustain this model. R", "any sports literally you can't coup the profit.. you seen track cycling, are we getting any profit from that?? if you ask kj how much he waste on track cycling, he won't answer it.. bcs too much.. even Manchester city didn't get too much profit from winning EPL 3 times", "You're comparing sports that contribute silver and bronze in Olympic with 130th place in the world. Any Malaysian would picked Azizulhasni Awang over naturalized Malaysian football player", "So this is just what you wanna learn from Soviet Union or China? They get lots of medals from sports that are not popular in the world. It\u2019s ridiculous when we think of overspending on certain sports. Let\u2019s be honest football is no 1 sports in the world and the popularity of it is simply overwhelming.\nWell for me sports is not medal oriented but more on the cultural side. We should promote more badminton, hockey and takraw. But look at the fan base, pretty sure football and badminton are top tier in Malaysia.", "Even without Johor big expenditure, football would still remain popular or number 1 sports in Malaysia.", "I feel like TMJ\u2019s investment is short sighted. If I have the money he had, I would\u2019ve invested in the Super League as a whole, not just one team. Make the Super League more competitive throughout. Built world-class facilities for all the teams, make all teams able to compete. Once the league is recognized as a good league, the money and players will naturally come in. Investing all in JDT feels like playing FM with unlimited money mod. Sure, you get to build the best team and win all the trophies, but thats it. Roman Abromovich can get away with it because EPL is already an established league, the Malaysian Super League isn\u2019t.", "many teams in super legue didnt want to invest on young talent,, heck basic thing like field .. they dont care .. i saw luton have better field than 80% team on super legue"], ["Unpopular take, I care more about Sabah FC than Malaysia National Team, I more passionate about Sabah beat JDT for once which is never than Sabah compete against other foreign club or Malaysia Team win anything. I don't hate my country tho, I just care more about my state club."], ["What do you expect? Duit untuk marketing sudah dimakan. You want to market this, do it yourself la. Post here, post on other social media. As usual, rakyat have to do the job for the gov instead of the other way round.", "astro swoop in for airing right"], ["Nowadays it seems There'd be more support if it was the Palestine national team."], ["I haven't been keeping up with Malaysian football for a while now, especially since the whole naturalization thing started. Plus, with almost all the players being from JDT. Even if they win the World Cup, I no longer feel proud or any connection with the current Malaysian team. It's like there's a disconnect."]]}
{"title": "What to wear?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ofvuj/what_to_wear/", "num_comment": 65, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hiii! I'm a teenage girl from the Philippines who'll be going to Malaysia in a few days. I'm not Muslim and it shows in my outfits \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab I wear a lot of sleeveless stuff and shorts and I am currently going insane trying to put together some more modest outfits for the trip \ud83d\ude2c My question is: do I really have to stress it if I'm staying (mostly) in Kuala Lumpur? I heard that they aren't too strict on dress codes in most sites that aren't religious and I just wanna know if that's true \ud83e\udd79 Thank you so much in advance omg\nPS: Whether or not it's fine, I'm wearing my least revealing outfits out of respect. I just wanna know if a little belly and shoulders is acceptable for my mental health HAHAHA", "comments": [["everywhere else you can show belly, shoulder, thigh, cleavage. you go temple, can't show shoulder, thigh, belly, cleavage. both Hindu or Buddhist. you go mosque, cover hair and long sarong, cover calves. national mosque prepare sarong for tourist. other mosques do not. small temples do not. but malls in Malaysia are really cold, so cardigans might be necessary if you are thin.", "seconding on the mall thing. i think some tourists might be taken off guard by the difference in the indoors and outdoors temp, seeing most of them like wearing shorts and revealing clothes (understandable, Malaysia's hot af a lot of the time). sweating in one instance, freezing the next.", "This is the most specific I've seen, thanks! Since you sound like an experienced local hsfghsfgh, can I ask if the Elephant Sanctuary in Kuala Gandah has a dress code? Or just what's best to wear in the area? We might be going there!", "Just wear comfy clothes, even if it's shorts cuz you might get wet if you decide to play with the elephants! There isn't a dress code there to my knowledge.", "Ahhh I'm so excited to see the elephants \ud83d\ude0d Thanks \ud83d\udc95", "This, follow this. Definitely this.", "I\u2019m in hoodie and jeans in the mall! Good job I packed some from our New Zealand winters", "My god mate you brought some winter level clothes for our malls? Or did you accidentally stumble into i-City"], ["Unless you enter a government building then you should be fine.", "Oh yes I saw something about that when I searched on Google. I'll just stay away from gov offices then haha thanks!", "usually they just don't let you in. nothing serious."], ["Hi first and foremost welcome to Malaysia and hope you\u2019ll have a pleasant stay.\nDon\u2019t fret about outfits if you\u2019re mainly in KL, as long as you\u2019re not strutting around in booty shorts and a bikini top you\u2019re ok.", "Looking at the tourist sites and knowing I can be comfy in my clothes, I'm sure I'll have fun \ud83d\udc95 Thank you!", "I've seen tourists in bikini tops and booty shorts in Bukit Bintang so honestly, our tourist girlie here will be fine dressing however she likes if she's right in the city centre.", "Bukit Bintang, maybe but with our current \u201cnurse uniform is too sexy\u201d climate it\u2019s just better to be safe and avoid unnecessary encounters, especially for a teenage Filipina that may or may not look like a certain race."], ["You\u2019ll be fine with sleeveless and shorts.\nBring some long pants or nicer stuff if you\u2019re going somewhere fancy.", "Definitelyyy thanks!"], ["As long as you\u2019re not walking around naked in public, you\u2019re fine.", "That's the broadest rule I've seen haha noted with thanks!"], ["You can wear shorts but not short shorts \ud83d\ude42 And T-Shirt and shorts would be a good combo because most youngsters are wearing them here anyways.", "I'm not quite sure what is considered short in Malaysia, but short to me is half your butt cheek is out and I definitely don't dress like that at 15 no hsfghsfghsfgh thanksss for the advice \ud83d\udc95", "hey OP, I'm malaysian and have been wearing short shorts for a long time. like just enough to cover my butt haha. a lot of malaysian younger girls do as well, so far I haven't encountered any issues, neither have my friends. you can also show belly, wear a sports bra as a top, etc with no worries in the city. unless you're a muslim malay, you most likely wont have any issues at all with your clothing. have a safe trip to KL!", "hahhaa oh no no. pls dont show the bootay i mean shorts as in regular lengths to bermuda lengths so no butts in sight. I mean i won\u2019t lie there are girls wear daisy dukes here but if you wanna be respectful and still wear shorts because of the climate, then I would suggest so", "Yuppp being respectful is what I'm going on about \ud83d\ude42 Noted with thankss"], ["Watch some recent YouTube videos of vloggers and observe what others are wearing in the background. That should get you a good idea on what is acceptable.\nSearch specifically for areas, cities, attractions that you intend to visit too.\nYou may find out Malaysia can be quite tolerant.", "Ohhh I didn't think of that! So far no one else did either hsfghsfghsfgh thanks that's super smart", "Yep. You will only need to pay more attention when entering religious places of worship, basic courtesy and respect in your dressing will be sufficient (regardless of religion)."], ["Just relax, and enjoy yourself. Locals who thinks you dress inappropriately are pretentious as hell. These are the worst perverts. Just ignore them and be vigilant. They ask folks to dress appropriate because they don't have self control", "Yeah someone told me about heaven residents \ud83d\ude43 I'll do what I want then thankss \ud83d\udc95"], ["As long as you're not walking around in a bikini, it's fine tbh. The only thing you'd need to consider is bringing one long article of clothing like pants/a skirt if you plan on visiting places of worship/ museums/ government institutions."], ["You don't need to be paranoid about, as long as you're are not naked, or wear bikini in a shopping mall, you are absolutely fine.\nEven if you wish to visit those popular tourist mosque (eg: Masjid Jamek/National Mosque/Putrajaya Pink Mosque), they will provide robe for you to cover up.\nFor other places of worship like the Hindu temple of Batu Caves or Chinese temple, the dress code is even more relaxed or basically non existent. If there's rules on attire displayed on the entrance, then follow it; If no rules or notice was displayed on the entrance, then there's no dress code.\nOutside of places of worship, free to dress whatever you like. No one is stopping you.", "Ohhh thank you for telling me about the mosques! I was most worried about that \ud83e\udd79 I'm not in Malaysia yet but I already love it haha", "The temple of Batu Caves do has a dress code to cover up your legs. They will sell/rent you a piece of cloth to cover up if you do not fit the standard (last time when I went the price is RM1). But I advice you to wear long trousers or jeans since the stairs are quite steep and there are monkeys everywhere, it's easier to move in pants."], ["You'll be fine. Most people in the cities don't care. Heaps of people wearing the same as the West. But you will see a lot of women in Hijabs too ofc.\nYou will not be allowed into a government building, church, mosque or temple ofc. So bring a long skirt and a cardigan. Can buy them here too."], ["If u actually asking then u will be fine\nEnjoy your time here !"], ["Every body just thinks we're some Islamic fundamentalist country. Wonder why", "Well I can't speak for other people, but what they teach us here in the Philippines about Malaysia is mostly Islam Islam Islam. Just wanted to be respectful of the religion, no malice or other intentions \ud83d\ude42", "No I'm agreeing with you, that's what I'm saying. Unfortunately we are turning into an Islamic hell hole but some aspects remain untarnished for now.", "Hope for the better I guess, especially as a multi-cultural state"], ["Just don\u2019t dress like an anal prostitute and you should be fine \ud83d\ude1c Best is always long leggings and long sleeves", "Erm ok \ud83d\ude2d Thanks", "U know what I mean right ?", "I guess yeah hahahaha"], ["haha it\u2019s funny how the world perceives us. i wear shorts almost everytime i go out, it\u2019s no problem."], ["Beware of religious people and perverts since we have not just Malaysians here in KL and everyone pretty much look alike.\nAs long as you don't over expose that hawt cleavage and butt cheek you will be good to have a pleasant trip here.", "Ahh the stares and the pervs \ud83d\ude16 Unavoidable most everywhere. Thanks for the heads up \ud83e\udd79"], ["If urgent with hospital/police station, you don\u2019t have to go back and change your attire. Record down if the SecUriTY wont let you go in. Anyway hope you don\u2019t have go to this two places, just in case. Have fun!"], ["these days you can search 'kl walk' on youtube n see what people wear"], ["It's fine! Many Chinese girls including myself wear revealing clothes and no one really says anything about it. So it should be fine, just avoid going to government places as they usually don't allow revealing clothes like shorts or sleeveless shirts. As long as it's not a bikini or a stripper outfit no one really says much"], ["I guess many have given a covered detail of the outfit. Just be vigilant and be careful. We may have the nicest people around but there's always rotting idiots camouflaged as one of the nice ones"], ["KL is quite progressive, so you should be fine. In fact, you'll probably be shocked at how lax people's clothes are here. However, you should be more worried about perverts.\nAnd sorry if i sound racist, but its not the locals you should be worried about. My chinese friends tend to wear less revealing clothes in places with many immigrants (i.e. KLCC on public holidays) because they stare a lot", "Why wouldnt they stare if cloth like that Its a free viewing", "why should you stare? Legit no reason to, unless ur a horny loser"], ["Malaysia is a multiracial country although majority is Muslim. So don't worry too much about outfit, you can still wear your sleeveless and look around Kuala Lumpur.\nI'm from Kuala Lumpur too, so welcome!"], ["Considering you already have multiple answer by people saying wear whatever ( essentially ) Ill tell you what to wear to government buildings. Basically long sleeved shirt and long sleeved pants. Dont show belly and dont show cleavage. Basically what you'd think off if you say modest clothing. You dont have to wear a head scarf. This is a just in case you have to go to government buldings doe", "Also no tshirts, sweatpants, yoga pants. Basically professional clothing. It seems like you're 15 I think, if thats the case just let your parents handle the government stuff if you do have to go there. Why bother thinking bout it if \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab"], ["To be sure we need to see some pics. Just for research purposes"], ["", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Heaven residents? Hmm I've never heard that term before \ud83d\ude05 But yeah, that was something else I was concerned about. Maybe on paper it's fine, I won't get shooed away or whatever, but locals might feel otherwise \ud83d\ude29 Oh well, as you said, can't do anything about it", "Heaven residents = borderline extremist Muslims", "Ahhh well I guess they're unavoidable in a predominantly Muslim state. I'll do as I please as long as I won't get dress coded by law hsfghsfgh thanks \ud83d\udc95", "You can wear shorts but just telling you about heaven residents. Preach water drink wine. Ifykyk"]]}
{"title": "My job is not to play Santa Claus, Rafizi tells critics", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oehnd/my_job_is_not_to_play_santa_claus_rafizi_tells/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Ho ho ho", "Hoe hoe hoe"], ["In a way what he said is true. But the problem is before winning, so much talk gebang giving high hopes to the people.\nWhatever it is, lets just see if what he is doing plays out. If not, not only gebang but also failed his job."], ["He is still not fired is cos Anwar has him where he wants as sitting duck Economy Minister with limited role limited oversight while Anwar can marginalised him and sideline him out of important economy finance matters. That will reduce checkmate Rafizi influence as PKR Deputy President and stop his factjon from having any ideas of Rafizi taking over as PKR#1 \ud83d\ude04 So Anwar is in no hurry to replace Rafizi cos the longer Rafizi says as Economy Minister, the further his political standing worsens", "naw. its so rafizi takes the heat on economy problem:26554:"], ["He's right because he's a clown, not Santa"], ["Talk the talk, now walk the talk lah, tulah cakap besar waktu pilihan raya dulu, kan dah panas\ud83e\udd23"], ["Pls shut up and do your work instead of big mouth all the Time?\nMake some policies to the public cmon..."]]}
{"title": "New electricity tariff on Jan 1, but 85% of domestic consumers not affected", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oe611/new_electricity_tariff_on_jan_1_but_85_of/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "The Energy Commission says the government has decided to maintain a rebate of 2 sen per kWh for users with a monthly electricity consumption below 600kWh.", "comments": [["Yeah right."], ["Good."]]}
{"title": "\"We have 'Sonic the Hedgehog' at home\". The 'Sonic the Hedgehog' at home:", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18odtfr/we_have_sonic_the_hedgehog_at_home_the_sonic_the/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-led-study-reveals-five-new-species-soft-furred-hedgehogs-southeast\nH. dorsalis hails from the mountains of Northern Borneo and features a conspicuous dark stripe that begins atop its head and bisects its back before fading around mid-body. It is about the same size as H. macarong.\nH. maxi is also on the larger end of the new species of soft-furred hedgehogs at 14 centimeters (5.5 inches). The species is found in mountainous regions on the Malay Peninsula and in Sumatra. H. peguensis is smaller, measuring 13 centimeters (5.1 inches), and is found in numerous countries in mainland Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. Its fur is a bit more yellow colored than that of the other new species, Hawkins said."], ["Perlu laju!", "Saya kena cari kesemua cincin"], ["Sonic Sang Landak", "Hedgehogs are not landaks. Landaks are porcupines and are in the order Rodentias. Hedgehogs are Erinaceidaes.\nThese guys are probably a type of Gymnures, aka moonrats. So, in our native tongue, they are most likely known as 'tikus ambang bulan'. But I'm not sure of their exact local name since these are in the group Hylomys.", "Good to know \ud83d\udc4d", "While porcupine and hedgehog might not be in the same category, the naming however is similar. Hedgehog is still considered as \"landak\".\nHedgehog are called Landak Susu.\nLandak susu (hedgehog) adalah mamalia berduri dalam subkeluarga Erinaceinae dalam keluarga eulipotaiplan Erinaceidae.\nhttps://ms.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landak_susu", "Calling Landak susu or Landak kecil the same as landak is like saying jerung paus is also a paus. If the person I've replied to had said sonic si landak kecil, I've might had accepted his translation.\nHaving said that, the reason hedgehog is called a landak kecil in bm is because European hedgehog has spikes on its back like our porcupine.\nOn the other hand, our supposedly southeast Asian soft furred hedgehogs don't have that features. So, still calling it landak would be wrong.\nAnd We really shouldn't name animals from different biological order the same name. It's my pet peeve where in bm we use the same name for similarly same animals.\nBadak for example. Badak air is dan even type ungulate, which is closer to boars while Badak sumbu is an odd toed ungulate which is closer to a horse. They don't even look like the fucking same thing and we don't even have hippos here to call it as Badak.", "So, in our native tongue, they are most likely known as 'tikus ambang bulan'.\nIm not saying its similar, im just stating that we dont call hedgehog as moonrats (tikus ambang bulan).\nAll im saying is that in our language the \"term\" or \"name\" for both hedgehog and porcupine is landak, not that both are the same species, just the name that we call them.\nIf you want to be specific then,\nPorcupine = Landak Raya\nHedgehog = Landak Susu\nThere are many names in our language that doesnt actually means what it means, one example would be kerbau pendek, a term for pig.\nBack then there isnt any scientific classification, people just name things based on visual interpretation.\nTo be fair if i've seen a badak sumbu (rhino), and then travel away and saw a hippo, i too would just call the hippo as badak air.", "All types of landaks are porcupine, not just landak raya. Landak raya is malayan porcupine.\nHope that helps \u263a\ufe0f", "All types of animals with spike are called \"landak\".\nDefinisi : sj binatang yg kulitnya berduri\nhttps://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=landak&d=394756&\nI think you are confused between the actual species of the animal and the name given to them by the locals.\nIf elephant had spike, chances are we would be calling them \"landak bergading\" or \"landak berbelalai\".\nNot that it means elephant is porcupine, it just that in our language an animal with spike is call landak.\nSo, while all \"landak\" has spike, not all spiked animal are \"landak\".\nEdited to add,\nI must add i admire your passion for animals, when i was a kid one of my ambition is to became a veterinar, sadly life had other plans for me. But its good to see a fellow animal lover.", "Yikes\nSejenis =/= semua jenis", "I mean thats how we get badak air...\nBecause the term \"badak\" is used to refer to a big bodied (gempal) like animal. Even thought both rhino and hippo are not in the same species, both are called \"badak\".\nRhino has a horn (sumbu) so badak sumbu and hippo lives in water hence badak air.\nYou can yikes all you want, but it is what it is. And dont let go of your frustation on me, because i didnt named them that way.", "HIPPOBOT 9000 v 3.1 FOUND A HIPPO. 1,176,727,163 COMMENTS SEARCHED. 24,695 HIPPOS FOUND. YOUR COMMENT CONTAINS THE WORD HIPPO.", "HIPPOBOT 9000 v 3.1 FOUND A HIPPO. 1,173,270,011 COMMENTS SEARCHED. 24,600 HIPPOS FOUND. YOUR COMMENT CONTAINS THE WORD HIPPO."], ["Sanic"], ["I would kill for him"], ["Like how SpongeBob was discovered in Borneo in 2011"]]}
{"title": "average Malaysian cat (found in Putrajaya Lake)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uvtva/average_malaysian_cat_found_in_putrajaya_lake/", "num_comment": 24, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["OP GIVE BACK MY SECONDS IN WATCHING THIS VID !!!! KANASAI I THOUGHT A CAT WOULD ATTACK THE LIZARD !!"], ["Silly OP, that's a dog.", "Nah, it's crocodile"], ["average cat ... I knew they had nine lives but damn they can also shape shift nowadays?"], ["Ppsssp, ppsssspp, ppsssspp....", "What? PSP emulator ppsspp?! :26554::26561::29091::26558:"], ["I know 2 turtles in the Putrajaya lake. Their names are Georgie and Sarah and they usually accompany me when I'm questioning my existence. I usually feed them bread but since I have work, I can't spend time with them like I used to. Send my regards to them please :)"], ["Asian water monitor"], ["My parents always warned me and my siblings to never touch the water in the Putrajaya Lake\n\u201dTakut ada buaya\u201d\nWell, uh. no crocodiles, but i don\u2019t think i\u2019ll be touching the water"], ["that is fuking lizard... what cat???"], ["mkh... \ud83e\udd23"], ["I think the cat has autism."], [""], ["That is a huge dog"], ["Cute cat"], ["Is this the oyen that people have been talking about?"], ["Damn I didn't know cats had long tongues."], ["That is not very el gato of you"], ["Cute biawak"], ["This cat is the main reason why you guys don't have otters"], ["Water buffalo pun tak tau ke? Kesian city dweller"]]}
{"title": "Electricity tariff hike for 1 2 million households from Jan 1", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18odl5x/electricity_tariff_hike_for_1_2_million/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The dumb part is, it doesn\u2019t net off from the solar usage. For example I use 1600kWh but my solar produces 1200kWh. The mother fuckers will charge me the 1600kWh including the reduction of the subsidy and THEN only net off my solar production. Mother fucker", "Need to 'help' gov spent some budget mah."], ["so ev car sales killed just as it\u2019s catching popularity?"], ["video set to private."]]}
{"title": "K-pop Cameo in Malaysian movie \u201cPENDATANG\u201d", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18od2pv/kpop_cameo_in_malaysian_movie_pendatang/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Video clip from Muyhiddin's time posted in the other sub. Is it legit?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18od0gc/video_clip_from_muyhiddins_time_posted_in_the/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["\ud83d\udd19Throwback Thursday"], "header": "", "comments": [["It\u2019s old video during covid. People recycle this video as spoof since lebai pas won\u2019t keep shut about replacing pmx today.", "Ah. so it's fake after all?", "It is a real video. That really happened during covid era when he asked for pre recorded statements instead of live.", ""], ["meanwhile anwar just chilling https://twitter.com/luxentX/status/1648231472296521734"], ["You this happened. I remember watching this last time."], ["from here https://www.reddit.com/r/Bolehland/s/FrXJpcQ5eP"], ["Yes"], ["10/10 legit"], ["It is the same tactic that used by crypto scammers streaming stolen and doctored contents of Elon Musk, Xi, Biden, with clickbait thumbnails.\nPAS resorted to run a scam ring...to deceive people."], ["If u had to ask, steer off the internet op\nU might get scammed easily"], ["The video itself is legit but the title is a spoof."], ["Penang Harian have Pahang coat of arms as logo?"]]}
{"title": "\u201cWhere\u2019s Mommy?\u201d \u2013 Single Mum in JB Goes Missing After BF Picks Her up to Go to Laundry", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ocxg5/wheres_mommy_single_mum_in_jb_goes_missing_after/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["May she be blessed"]]}
{"title": "drew 8 Malaysian political parties flags", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oceaa/drew_8_malaysian_political_parties_flags/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["I FORGOT! this was recommended by u/amare47 in r/vexillology"]]}
{"title": "Fusionex to shutter following court order", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oca7x/fusionex_to_shutter_following_court_order/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Never thought an IT vendor can go out of business in this digital age, but here we are"], ["They were one of our vendors at my workplace. The sudden news was quite shocking. Kesian the staff that have to deal with this during the holiday season somemore."], ["isn't this company notorious for working their employees to the bones? i remember reading their Glassdoor review and it was... not good to say the least.\ni remember reading that that company tends to bind their bonus payout to the employees continued service to the company (IIRC, it was 6 months where you could not resign unless you forfeit your bonus), and the company tend to force their employees to sign an ever expanding list of non-compete clauses preventing them for working for other companies after leaving that one.\nthe first and last time i went there for an interview at 8pm or 9pm ish (yes, you read that right, PM), there were still a lot of employees there working at that hour.", "Completely agree. Once upon a time i interviewed there at 7pm. I asked the interviewer why no one was going home cause it's after office hours. He said they are all waiting for company dinner. Like.... Why would they need to eat dinner in the company...wtf.. Run far far"], ["\u00bfWhat happened?", "Here you lazy shit\n\u201cinadequate handover of records and information by the previous management\u201d", "That\u2019s preliminary corporate speak. I will wait a bit more for truths to come out.", "\ud83e\udd37 doesnt change the truth"], ["Dengar nama pun dah red flag. Standard china men company."], ["Lowkey shocking cause I intern at Fusionex b4 during my diploma in 2020."], ["Went there for a Business Analyst role interview back in mid 2010s. Had a successfull interview with the VP but the second interview was kinda weird. The interviewer was very rude. I walked out, the HR called back. I said I have lost interest.\nOne week later, I got a job with a salary doubled the one i asked in Fusionex. Weeks later, I met some ex-staffs, and they shared that the environment in Fusinex is toxic.\nif you are reading this, dont give up if you got rejected in countless interviews, keep improving and dont stop trying."]]}
{"title": "Non-bumi, let's hear you out!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wtohr/nonbumi_lets_hear_you_out/", "num_comment": 45, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I have quite a handful of Malaysian Chinese friends from my time studying abroad. I come to find them proudly defensive of being a Malaysian, and their identity.\nBut honestly, no other country in the world discriminate their citizens so explicitly. This whole bumiputera nonsense, according privilege and advantage purely just cause of 'race' appears ridiculous to me. Effectively, Non-bumi are second class citizens, like how black Americans in the past were!! Worse, it appears that there is no intention to change at all...\nSo to all Non-bumi out there, why are you proud and defending a country that treats you outright as a 2nd class citizen??", "comments": [["Because we're in this together. Bumi and non bumis. All victims of the politicians that's been utilizing racial superiority as a mean to divide and conquer. I'm proud that despite the powers that be, we as a people survived. In some ways it's getting worse today, but in many ways progress is also happening.\nI hope and can only dream one day we overcome this and see true unity beyond rights and equality. I don't dream of a day where there are no rights for bumi. I only dream of a day where bumi don't feel they need the rights. Where the pie is big enough for everyone to move up the Maslow's hierarchy, beyond trying to survive. Progress and expansion is the key to unity, not fighting over who has the last scrap. When the stakes are lowered, true change can happen."], ["Because this is my country?", "+1. Been living overseas for 15+ years and malaysia still feels like home every time I come back. Very proud to call myself Malaysian.", "But not your earth/bumi lol"], ["Probably because in the day to day life, we don't feel it directly. In most of the daily interactions, there isn't that 2nd class feeling.\nIn the end I grew up here. My life experiences are from here. And despite all the shit we see on socmed, Malaysia is a beautiful place that we know so well about."], ["Because I would rather be proudly identified as Malaysian overseas than to be known as a PRC Chinese. Also, I love our country, other than all the political/extremist nonsense that we are all also fed up with."], ["I have Chinese Malaysian relatives living in KL and Sabah. They hardly consider themselves as second class citizens, being very successful in their respective communities, financially and socially. I myself don\u2019t live in Malaysia but as I see it, Chinese people will always find a way to succeed, no matter how shitty the conditions are.", "If you're successful, you unlock the tier 0 class citizen.\nIf you are rich, race doesn't matter. You don't need handouts/safety net.\nIf you're a poor non-bumi, tough luck, you only have yourself.", "Never doubt their ability to succeed, but it's the unfair playing ground, the only place that writes into constitution that I will always be second class.\nIt would for sure frustrate me even as I succeed (assuming I ever do \ud83d\ude22)", "Of course it\u2019s unfair, it\u2019s a totally rigged system. \ud83d\ude06", "how is it unfair? the percentage of poor bumis are bigger than poor non bumis", "Treating everyone the same under the law is what I call fairness."], ["But honestly, no other country in the world discriminate their citizens so explicitly.\nAre you sure? What are countries made off? People right? As long as people exist, discrimination exist.\nWhat are you even smoking rn lol.", "Word. Explicitly.\nBumipitera policy is literally in the constitution. I am confident to say no other country drafts constitutions like this. And before you start questioning constitution, it is the basis, founding stone of any country."], ["It is not binary.\nI like some aspects of the country and dislike some.\nSo I defend things that were done right and critique the things that were done wrong.", "Understand that it's very much on a spectrum. There are many things to love and hate in a system.\nBut I find it ridiculous to write it into code (literally the constitution) to say Non-bumi are barred from xxx, yyy, zzz.\nFor e.g. Born Chinese, you shall never be prime minister, no matter how capable. You may never get into university even though you have a better grades than a bumi. You are... Second class, suck it up...", "I might get voted down for this but when I explained this to non Malaysians, the first comment was like \"isn't that apartheid?\""], ["Because I was born here. Like it or not, this is my home."], ["Don't really see myself as 2nd class citizen.\nI just did my thing and doing well in my career.\nMaybe is much clearer in government sector and handling of big projects."], ["If you think you're a second class citizens, over and over and over again... then you are one."], ["The land and water. The food and drinks. The culture and society. Our family and friends. Our childhood and memories. Any of these can be the reason to love your country.", "From what I hear... The land and water have been sold off to cronies or corruption... While there food, there isn't really drinks (iykyk)...\nYes childhood and memories, you do grow up there. But in a system that puts you second class?\nYou can love the country, , but are you proud of what it is?"], ["We are better off finding profitable activities than to self pity and argue why cannot be with orang kita."], ["After studying and working abroad for many years, what I feel has been that people tend to get lonely after a certain amount of time being away from their family. To mitigate that, they usually create their own Malaysian community and they reminisce about what they think was good about Malaysia e.g. good food, large space, driving etc. So, to say that non-Bumi are proud of their country are generally not true, because the reason that drove majority of those people away was the blatantly unfair public university quota."], ["Home is home.", "Correct. Even taking the example of blacks in America, with segregation and all, they still volunteered and fought in WW2. Hate the player (racist law and politicians), don\u2019t hate the game(country)", "Curious, are you a bumi or Non-bumi?"], ["Because the Malays takes care of me and treats me very well, so I don't care.", "If they really do, they should give you equal chances. Not reject you from universities, housing, top roles etc.\nWhat you are saying... That is Stockholm syndrome right there.", "Chinese people also can be fairly racist, something to take note of, they do lot of rental discrimination also lot of rich chinese tycoons will fund chinese entrepreneurs", "Stop the vernacular school and assimiliate\u2026 only then the Malays wont feel like you guys are different from them", "Ever cared to understand why we keep vernacular schools active? Compare the quality between a SJK and a SK."], ["Actually, they will mock you if you claim yourself as malaysian as non bumi, not all are happy with a non bumi claim themselves as Malaysians , probably felt their land is getting \"colonised\". For having such past experience i will never claim myself as a malaysian infront of them, god know if they ask just to mock you.", "Haha. Funny \ud83e\udd23", "And how so??", "Melodramatic humor", "Doing what i just said , their next word is usually \"victim mind\" because you can't be the victim when you claim they are the victim first for some reason"], ["South africa is not inferior to United States while China is to Malaysia. If we lose our Tanah Melayu to mainland China (like how Taiwan and Hongkong are) the bumiputeras are more likely to be oppressed. Stop comparing white supremacy to hak bumiputera. Learn sejarah again!"], ["I\u2019m not proud at all. I\u2019m just here to extract as much value as I can and fuck off", "For this one purpose, I hope you are bumi, but then if you are bumi, you will never fuck off. Life's too good \ud83d\ude02", "I\u2019m Chinese"], ["Said huh? I love my country still. Hope things will turn for the better."], ["You\u2019re probably talking to privilege Chinese Malaysians (who can afford to study abroad). Privileged people are likely not very affected by Bumiputera policies so yeah"]]}
{"title": "PADU would be available to update starting 2 January 2024.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vwque/padu_would_be_available_to_update_starting_2/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["No thank you, I don't want to support them turning the country into surveillance state."]]}
{"title": "Don\u2019t play up political sentiments, Anwar tells preachers", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oc7bv/dont_play_up_political_sentiments_anwar_tells/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["\"Anwar was referring to an incident involving a preacher who reportedly misinterpreted Anwar\u2019s statement regarding Surah Al-Kahfi of the Quran and the seven \u201cAshabul Kahfi\u201d (men of the cave) that he mentioned during the Prime Minister\u2019s Department monthly gathering last week.\"\nDear Anwar, perhaps you should have thought carefully before bringing religion into politics.", "PMX: I can do it, but you cannot."], ["Macam ni PMX have to tell once a week kut"], ["dude...u're the one that started it as well..well maybe not started it but part of it"], ["Dude, that's our jobs, what else we can do and pay the bills ? Our profession is based on decades of cultivation and empowerment of the government to spread hatreds. What else do we do if not stir shits up ?\nYour predecessors wrote and approve those cheques worth of billions, remember ? C'mon...don't be shy, my dude, our man. If you disagree, simply terminate those funding from the public/tax payers money."]]}
{"title": "URGENT: Anyone knows how to call mental hospital for emergency cases?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oc1gp/urgent_anyone_knows_how_to_call_mental_hospital/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Without disclosing too much information, I need resources to hospitalise a family member who is a danger to himself and his family because of his mental condition.\nI am in Sabah, if that helps.", "comments": [["If you're looking for help in getting someone admitted into a hospital for psychological related issues, the hospitals in Malaysia do have policies on involuntary admission for patients with mental disorders.\nI'd suggest making a direct call to the nearest hospital for specific advice.", "They said we needed a referral letter. We tried calling a mental hospital but no answer.", "Ah, it does seem like a referral letter (recommendation) from a qualified medical practitioner is needed if one is making an application for involuntary admission.\nDo you have any way of obtaining one?\nAlternatively, do you have the option of bringing your relative in question to a hospital? If you do, you could try bringing them to a hospital in person, and if you're bringing them to the emergency department, I'd assume the hospital can treat this as a normal emergency case and proceed accordingly (including assessing the need to have the patient admitted to the hospital).", "How about voluntary admission?\nWe called the main hospital in Sabah and they said they're just going to talk him down and send him home \ud83d\udc80", "Voluntary admission means that, if the patient is deemed to be required for admission, the patient himself can make the decision, and give consent, to be admitted to the hospital - i.e. the patient is an adult and in a mental state where he is suitable to make decision and give consent.\nDoesn't mean that he will certainly be admitted to the hospital, though. The recommendation and decision for admission is on the medical officer who assesses the patient, and the recommendation will only be made if the patient meets the conditions where hospitalisation is needed.\nAs far as I'm aware, the doctor can only make the decision to recommend hospitalisation after they have seen the patient in person. So it'd be quite surprising if the doctor is deciding to refuse admitting a patient before seeing the person. Again, not all psychiatric patients or mental health cases will end up being hospitalised. But the decision to admit or not will be after the doctor has seen the patient and made the necessary assessment.\nSo the best bet for you is to bring your relative to the hospital and get seen by a doctor in person (whether it is through the normal procedure or as an emergency). If you're not an immediate family member, you'll need to have one of the immediate family members with you when you're at the hospital - they'll be the person to give consent to the treatment.\nHope this helps!"], ["999 for any emergency. Need to describe how he self harm to call operator", "Yeah. My family had this case once. We called 999 and a police patrol came to assess the situation. They will then call the relevant parties to give aid while they try to diffuse the situation"], ["Hi. I am a Sabahan under treatment at Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang. Usually when I relapse (suicidal) I come straight to the \"klinik psikiatri\". This works if you go during the day (8 am - 5 pm). They will have you see a doctor and they will consult the patient and see if they need to be hospitalized. If all else fails, just go to a hospital and go straight to the emergency section of the hospital. They will have a psychiatrist evaluate their condition. I once overdosed on my medication and went to the ER."]]}
{"title": "Drunk Indians Youngsters Blasting Music, loud exhaust car and motorbike at housing area", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uhb3r/drunk_indians_youngsters_blasting_music_loud/", "num_comment": 36, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi, I have been having issue where a group of (20-30) Indians, mostly motor rides, hanging out at a dark area behind shop lots blasting music using their car, drinking and cursing loudly. This has been going on for about 2 years. The same bike were also seen exchanging packets in the morning and afternoon with secondary school students during noon and evenings (they don't gather when this happens, just meet on each other's bike and exchange \"stuff\") and leave. Quite obvious for people who live around here. Police were informed (multiple times since a year ago) via phone and VSP (with images and videos) but obviously its not effective since its still continuing until today. Funnily, they will leave few mins after police call has been made. Hard to be coincidence??\nHas anybody have similar experience. Are cops in our country that unreliable or am I going about this the wrong way?", "comments": [["get a sniper rifle and sort it out /s\nsounds like drug dealers and they have someone on the inside to inform them. most likely someone working at the call center and probably in other places as well. so they take the reports and dont pass them on.\nLocal police could be bribed as well.", "Sounds like it, amazed by how these teenage or uneducated people in their 20s can have so much influence", "its not them, its the others around them. Alone they are useless.", "why not spy where they get their supplies, who they push the powder?", "Requires more effort many aren't trained to do and is much riskier than using a sniper rifle. Of course this needs to be extended to cops who accept bribes. Corrupt cops dying and if they can't catch the killer will force the cops to not be corrupt", "Yea, i agree with SystemErrorMessage, what we can do even if we know.? At the same time, sniper? haha, i don't mind them dying natural death (sounds like quite soon from health issues, gang fights and accidents) if it does not affect our peace or create even more of them during the wait.\nMeanwhile, hey there fellow Klangfella!..:)"], ["If this is true then record a video and name and shame them also report them.", "I do have recordings of them, sent to cops via VSP, i did get a respond from them saying \"Operasi will target this area\" or something like that, but that's all.\nWondering if I should go up to Bukit Aman to submit the findings for any action to actually take place.", "need long lens camera and shoot from far, else you will be hunted down"], ["It happened in my previous condo as well. The JMB did make several police reports but they keep coming despite getting warming from the police.\nI'm glad I have moved to a quieter neighbourhood."], ["I moved out of my previous neighbourhood because of incidents similar to this. Those '......' buy lots of beer at neighbourhood shops, parked cars nearby, play loud music, drink beer and dance with themselves on the road, throw and break bottles on the road.\nNow my new area in PJ is usually peaceful and quiet but sometimes the '......' come here too.", "Yea, sounds almost exactly the same. Saw them around 99 and local indian grocery shops which i know for sure sells \"questionable stuffs wrapped in old news papers\". Thanks for you comment KlangBaru but moving may not be an option", "There is always another better choice, win 70% lose 30% is still win"], ["Just move elsewhere.", "Yeah man just move to the only place that isn\u2019t infested with obnoxious Assholes such as the moon"], ["I used to have this problem in my old neighborhood. They get drunk, play loud music, urinated everywhere and even rape stray cats at night.\nThe solution is moved to majority Malay or Chinese neighborhood.", "rape stray cats\nWat", "Never underestimate the effect of todi"], ["Solution: roll in with a modified Honda cub and blast the hottest new music hits louder than they ever could. Once you have asserted yourself as their leader, lead them into the promised land, never to be seen again. Your neighbours will thank you for your sacrifice.", "don't be vodoh to stoop very low to their level"], ["Solution: Move to a better neighborhood. My neighborhood has only 1 Indian family (a civilized one) and 0 Malay family.", "it's more expensive to live in better neighbourhood but it's worth every sen", "this is the best possible solution"], ["Make a police report , or go talk to them and tell them you will make a police report aswell.", "Well the second suggestion, while technically a correct and diplomatic method, is also the one thats gonna get OP beaten up.", "Literally tak pernah kena belasah kot", "I got similar issue in my neighbourhood. They are well known for beating up people. I am fortunate enough when I confront them about the loud music they slow it down. I think showing respect and give some leeway work. I said that I have a small kid quite sensitive to loud music and I'm tired all day working, my request if they can slow down after 12 pm will be awesome. Amazingly this work wonders.", "OP got silat harimau, won't get beaten", "Lmao don\u2019t take this advice. Don\u2019t talk to them \ud83d\ude02", "Second option maybe they respect if you wear like Jemaah Tablighg or Jehovah", "Just make sure you are stern and tell them you are a resident, and if they don\u2019t believe you or seem to question, point towards your house and tell them your house number to clear any doubts. Another tip , when talking don\u2019t be too respectful or they might think you are a pushover. Drop the K-word frequently in the convo since our PM and Malays on twitter have deemed it fine to use since its a correct term and will make you seem like a history buff, that will gain you more respect \u270a.\nDon\u2019t forget to question their alcohol consumption and their level of intoxication by asking a simple screening question \u201cMabuk ka??\u201d\nJust follow this to the T and you will be fine. Do report back. If you can. Bon chance.", "Instructions incomplete, body dismembered :)"], ["Lol the amount of racists fucks in the comments."], ["Make a tiktok video"], ["Be a shame if you knew where the bike was kept and it ended up missing or returned to the original owner"]]}
{"title": "Calm before the storm & all hell breaks loose this weekend at K.L.C.C", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18obxtu/calm_before_the_storm_all_hell_breaks_loose_this/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Such a peaceful walk road, hopefully it doesn't suddenly crowded by all people to take funny pictures this weekend \ud83d\ude04", "Convention has started, millions must selfie"], ["Context?", "Tomorrow comic fiesta at klcc", "And the Christmas long weekend. It's gonna be hell lol", "oh boy oh boy, gonna wait for this year news of cf gone wrong."], ["Why OP in the bush?", "Asking the right questions here"], [""], ["Good luck everyone and have fun! Please wear mask and be cautious. Rona is on the rise again and I hope everyone stay safe"], ["my cosplay this year lol"], ["i hope it wont start raining soon", "It's raining now XD", "yup.. ran indoors"], ["Be safe everyone"], ["Can't wait to see FWMC"], ["Welcome to Malaysia"], ["Someone asked me what the hell was going when I was trying to get into queue. Had to explain that there is a yearly convention."], ["I cant fkin feel my leg adter that que man.\nI give em tho its VERY organized and planned this year compare to what i heard last year"], ["I mean if u dont like many people then is ok la, just dont go there when many people\nDont say like \"all hell break loose\" lol\nbasic respect, u dont like the stuff that some other people like, dont need to call it hell and stuff", "Calm down, it's a common expression. It just means things become chaotic.", "It's a playful exaggeration by calling it 'All hell break loose'. OP could be attending the event anyways as non CF go-ers would probably not have known about what's happening tomorrow anyways.\nDon't sweat it"], ["I used to run here at least 5 rounds everyday"]]}
{"title": "Happy Winter Solstice to all Monyets!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18obpl3/happy_winter_solstice_to_all_monyets/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["What is this WhatsApp group good morning photos?"], [":29091:"], ["We have winter in Malaysia???"]]}
{"title": "Exploited and unprotected: Life as a gig worker", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ob522/exploited_and_unprotected_life_as_a_gig_worker/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Malaysia's booming gig economy leaves workers vulnerable with no benefits and susceptible to exploitation, writes Yosuke Uchiyama", "comments": []}
{"title": "Travelling into the void! Hutan Percha-Alor Gajah route, right after Felda Hutan Percha", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ob1vq/travelling_into_the_void_hutan_perchaalor_gajah/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["How did it go from a light pole every few meters to nothing at all? Lmaoo", "Usual sight for rural population particularly those that borders forest area. Quite eerie isn't it? Especially when you have evening rain because all the water vapor will hang just above the road surface at night creating spooky ghost like apparition", "For added context (since I know that road even more than the back of my hand)...the stretch that has light poles besides it is actually a relatively newly rebuilt stretch of road, since the road was slightly diverted into a temporary alignment to the east of the road(hence there relatively wide cutting/clearance, while they are putting a bridge over the (also realigned) ELECTRIFIED DOUBLE RAIL tracks(the OP went through the aforementioned bridge at around 5 second from the start of the video)...so the light poles were installed as part of the rail electrification project, while previously, the whole road was dark (as usual with most rural state roads, especially those that has 3 digit numbers)with the exception around the junctions...\nTLDR: Thank god for KTM or the whole road is dark....check the Google street views along the roads that cross the KTM electrified tracks and you would see a few of these anomalies along those stretch rural roads....I don't know if the same would also apply to the roads also affected by expressway/dual carriageway construction..."], ["Err, isn't that technically the Hutan Percha-Gemencheh stretch (M131 Jalan Menggong) rather than the aforementioned Hutan Percha-Pulau Sebang-Alor Gajah (M10 Jalan Simpang Ampat)? Yeah, I think I saw someone doing 140 at that particular stretch....Considering you are turning left (while 95% of the road users usually turn right heading towards Segamat), I am presume you are a local (as in someone who is from the Mengggong-Hutan Percha or Keru area) is it?\nP/s: I myself is part of the 95% (going to and from Gemas) and next week I am using that road so thanks for the video since I am spotting a newly patchup pothole there at timestamp 2:00.", "Yeah, that one. I thought the end of the road was still in Hutan Percha. Also, I live in Johol, but I use the route to get to Melaka because of less traffic", "Huh, I wanted to comment that it would be better for you to turn right and heading toward Gemencheh in order to go to Johol from the junction rather than turning left and using the Ulu Yoh road,\nbut I forgot that Johol itself is rather spread out across a big area...and IIRC the Gemencheh-Johol stretch itself would be as dark as the road in the video above {and the relatively well lit route you pick meant that you will turning off the Kuala Pilah-Tampin main road just before the start of the most treacherously (and tiring especially if you are driving that Wira) bendy stretch that is Dangi-Senaling stretch}, so the route you have chosen is mostly good...\nP/s: The terminology of the road itself was confusing, not helped by the fact that MPAG (yes the local municipal council, not the state JKR) was at one point was the one that apparently maintained/signed the road as shown by the decrepit road name signs seemed to suggest.... It is technically still at Hutan Percha until the border, while the area at the N9 side is really not well defined since there really isn't a village (and thus Gemencheh, the name of the mukim for the area is used, with MPAG said name it Hutan Percha-Gemas road, even though while the plurality of the road user would used the road to at the very least stop would at Gemas, the junction is still at least 15km away from even the Gemas mukim border."], ["OP, for your safety, please use your r/kereta high beam to lit the whole road. Off high beam only when you see opposite car light.\nEdit: oh wait OP was using high beam. Why it\u2019s not bright one", "That's literally high beam", "Yeah I was about to edit my comment. LOL I realised you used high beam but why the high beam macam not effective one", "Motorbike?", "A Wira, actually", "Maybe it's because of the camera but your high beam seems pretty low. How was it in real life?", "Exactly like this", "Is your right hand headlight functional? The beam seems to be heavy on the left hand side.", "Yeah, my mom thought the same too. I'm considering replacing the headlight after I repaint my car", "In most cases, you just need to replace the bulb. Depending on bulb type, it may cost under RM20 and can be done easily without service charge"], ["Bro please get a new set of headlights and adjust the beam properly. I cant even see the far side of the road with your high beam on. Its like aiming your flashlight at your feet while trekking through the forest.\nGet one of those Philips Vision Plus, probably around rm60 and you're good to go."], ["Bro post Fear to Fathom gameplay clip and think that we not gonna know smh xD"], ["ITS MIDNIGHT RACING TIME BEBE!"], ["Was waiting for a ghost to appear... So disappointed \ud83d\ude1e", "Same. But I heard there are ghosts along this stretch"], ["I'd imagine the night sky view over there."], ["Yoru ni kakeru~"]]}
{"title": "Stats Dept: Malaysia's inflation rate continues to slow down, falling to 1.5pc in November", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ob1dy/stats_dept_malaysias_inflation_rate_continues_to/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["While I can accept that the pace of inflation is lower today than it was a year ago, 1.5% Y-o-Y change is simply too low!\nFood prices have increased at least 10% across the board since a year ago. Groceries and personal care items have also increased in price.\nOn top of price increases, there is an increased prevalence of shrinkflation (e.g. Fab detergent powder from 2.1kg to 2.0kg to now 1.9kg, or deodorant spray cans from 150ml to 135ml), or skimpflation (e.g. food that has 3 medium sized prawns before, now have 2 smaller prawns).\nWhat's your take on the inflation rate around us?"], ["People read inflation rate falling but thinking \"wHy f0od pRicEs sTilL sO bLoOdY eXpEnsiVe?\" Because falling inflation does not mean deflation, it only means prices go up slower. From RM10 to RM10.10 as opposed to RM6 to RM10 previously. Of course la food still expensive, sebab your gaji still ciput."], ["The number is YoY, so the base is November 2022 when inflation was probably peaking. Compared to that time, price of chicken has fallen down while everything else has stabilised.\nNon essential goods have probably gone down in price, as reduced demand is forcing retailers to resort to discounts to attract customers and reduce their stocks which have been stockpiling.\n1.5pc is low but if taken on a 2Year basis, still reasonable I feel since we are coming from a high base. If the trend continues, Bank Negara can cut rates in the next session to bring the number back to to a reasonable level."], ["Not feeling it"]]}
{"title": "Tony Pua: Free flights to Singapore cheaper than annual interest for HSR", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ob1by/tony_pua_free_flights_to_singapore_cheaper_than/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["No mention of benefits to environment, equity, accessibility, jobs, etc. Very narrow-minded, one-dimensional assessment from this retired politician.\nAlso can our politicians stop suggesting ways to directly subsidize airlines lol.", "I think he's just trying to make a point that the interest value is high."], ["Same energy as why buy 1 iphone (use 5 years) when you can buy 10 cheap android phones (use 50 years)"]]}
{"title": "KL Tower revolving restaurant shut down after court order - Atmosphere 360 was ordered by the High Court to vacate their rented unit in KL Tower before Jan 4, 2024.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oaxwm/kl_tower_revolving_restaurant_shut_down_after/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Their food sucked."], ["Where am I going to bring my very real not imagined amoi for dating now?", "Mookata.\nIts the in thing within amoi circle.", "My gf says ariga.. thank you. She says thank you.\n<image>"], ["Why?", "Debt spinning out of control?\nTowering costs of overhead?\nElevated risk of safety incident?\nIssue revolves around its business model?", "r/angryupvote", "Didn\u2019t know you were a father of four", "How do you sleep at night, knowing you made this pun?", "I thought it\u2019s another corruption case after the ilham tower.", "Based on FMT's news article: ownership of the KL Tower was sold from Telekom Malaysia to Hydroshoppe. Prior to the sale, TM supposedlly promised the restaurant that they will be granted a 3 year extension to thier lease (expiring 30 June 2023). However after the sale Hydroshoppe told the restaurant that the lease will not be extended, and that the restaurant must vacate by the end of the year. Restaurant proceeded to sued for the invalidation of the lease, whilst Hydroshoppe counter-sued for the restaurant to vacate the premises.", "No atmosphere."]]}
{"title": "Drew the flags of Malaysian states by memory", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oavpy/drew_the_flags_of_malaysian_states_by_memory/", "num_comment": 37, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Why you drew pemadam", "wdym by pemadam tho?", "Eraser, dont u guys used to play some eraser flipping games using erasers printed with either pokemon or state/country flag on top back to ur school days", "OHHH THOSE PEMADAM I rmb those", "Yess", "BRO! DON'T MAKE ME FEEL ANCIENT CAUSE I IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTOOD THE REFERENCE!", "haha"], ["The Kelantan one is *chef's kiss, a masterpiece.", "here\u2019s a secret, i did an animation of transitioning Malaysian flags and i forgotten negeri sembilan \u2026", "Your Penang is slightly penis.", "well idk\n<image>", "Yours is penisier than the original one."], ["Perlis Ukraine flag easiest to remember. Raja Atas Rakyat Bawah. Pahang confusing I forgot If Black atas or white atas.\nPerlis easiest. Ukraine but Upside down.", "Perlis trueee, Pahang also so truuu like I literally was drawing the flag map of Malaysia states I accidentally coloured the top of pahang black, I have learnt from mistakes", "Pahang putih atas hitam bawah, \"baik menang duduk atas jahat kalah duduk bawah\" that's how I childishly remember it"], ["The Penang tree has a nice cock", "why u gotta say it like that \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\ude2d", "\ud83d\ude08\ud83d\ude08\ud83d\ude08\n<image>", "good eye"], ["Good job OP.. Now for WP", "wilayah persekutuan?"], ["if your interested for more come and vote in my profile\n<image>"], ["Panainye"], ["Aren\u2019t Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu all green background and white circle in the middle.", "I think you thought about the Malaysian Islamic Party https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Islamic_Party\nparticularly in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, & Kedah.", "You must be fun at party", "?", "Please stay conservative. I don\u2019t want to get surprised they get smarter all of sudden. Keep them low."], ["<image>\npretty good memory sketch tbh, at least OP did better than official Ghee County's official prideful flag", "tbh liberian country flags are literal ms paint drawings", "literally me when commissioned to draw/graphic design by a cheapskate that want more but underpaid"], ["Where is KL.. and Putrajaya", "Next time i will do KL, putrajaya and labuan (p.s. they are federal territories thats why i didnt do them)", "<image>", "blud forgot about Labuan"]]}
{"title": "How to publish a book", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vw288/how_to_publish_a_book/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Since I was 12, I really enjoy to read fantasy novel especially Japanese light novel. I always dream that there's one day I will be able to create my own story and publish it. I want to see people enjoy reading my fantasy book like the first time I read it.\nI already got a story. My target audience is teenager and children. I'm trying to find a suitable way to publish my book in Malaysia. Please help me \ud83d\ude4f", "comments": [["I do remember one of nyets asked how to publish a book, but I think that nyets already deleted the account. (I still keep the copy book that nyets gave me, which is the title is 'The porcelain princess & other fairytales' by Natalie Fu)\nLast time I gave the advice few years ago was, try ask nearby local library."], ["All kind of comes down to which route you wanna go? Traditional publishing or self publishing? Assuming you already have a finished manuscript.\nTrad publishing is a bit harder to get into than self, mainly because there are a lot of gates to pass through. If you're targeting international markets, you probably will have to try and pitch your manuscripts to agents, who will in turn try and sell it to publishers (i.e. Penguin, HarperCollins etc.). In this case, typically everything from the editing, to promotion, book covers etc. will be taken care of by the publisher, and I believe the agent's fees comes from your advance. Until you get picked up by a publisher, I believe you don't pay a cent.\nThen there's the middle ground, which is still sort of trad publishing. Approaching an indie publisher directly. You don't really need to engage an agent, and the publisher will still work on editing, book covers with you, but you will be expected to do some of the promo on your own through your socmed etc. Their reach won't be as good. Local publishers I feel also fall into this category, like https://fixi.com.my/. I believe you can actually engage them directly to send your manuscripts to them.\nSelf publishing is where you are responsible for the writing, editing, book cover and even promotion. This is where you put in the most money, but typically if you're consistent, your income can be decent. There are fewer barriers to entry, but since most folks typically do judge books by their cover, then paying for good artwork and even editing is almost a must. You can then upload to places like Amazon.\nStay away from vanity presses who promise you publishing for a fee. They just aim to make the money off your desire to see the book published physically (thus why they're called vaniity presses)."], ["There was another nyet that published and sold e book. I've purchased it. Maybe you can give that a try?", "Ohh, thank u for that suggestion"]]}
{"title": "Need help with purchasing stuff", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oajj3/need_help_with_purchasing_stuff/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "First and foremost,I do apologise if the flair is not accurate to what im going to ask. I dont know what the correct flair to select so i choose the closest i can think of.\nOk. for context, i currently in search for new laptop because i broke my old one (i accidentally spill water on it and now it dead because cannot be repaired anymore). I study in game design & development in UPSI so i need laptop capable enough to run those game development software & stuff. As i searching around socmed & internet i come to this one telegram group through Facebook called \"Pajak Gadai Mey\" (see the 1st picture for the group description).\nAnd i saw they selling a laptop that had the specifications that i can use. But they sell it for like RM950 which for that kind of laptop is too good to be true. (See 2nd picture for the laptop in question).\nI did ask a bit about the laptop because i concerned that this could be a scam. Then the seller sent me the shop's location: Langkawi Boulevard, G-30, Jalan Mahawangsa 1, Kuah, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. (See pictures 3 for the quick convo i had with the seller).\nI thought the seller located at KL, which i can go easily and meet face to face so i can confirm myself this is scam or not. But the seller is located at Langkawi which i dont have the luxury to go to. Soo umm to the Malaysian redditor who care enough to read till the end, any thoughts?\nOr even better if anyone had buy from this seller, or close enough with the location to see if seller telling truth or this is scam?\nBecause im a student and money is not a things i can easily got. If this is true, it gonna save me a lot than forking out RM3k - RM4k for new laptop.\nThanks for reading & responding.", "comments": [["Bruh that's obviously a scam."], ["there you go dont be lazy to do some background research, and you dont have to physically be there to prove anything, we live in an internet era. IF ITS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN IT IS.\n<image>", ":29091:"], ["Only retards deal over some where without buyer protection"], ["Scam. No need to elaborate, too obvious."], ["Can't really say but that's hella suspicious offer"], ["Scam.la, if it's too good to be true, it most likely is. Can also check the business address on Google.\nAnother method for buying second hand tech is ask them to take a video with the device + a unique instruction ( a watch or newspaper with the current date and time). Usually only legit sellers comply."], ["Scam bro, COD Without \"deposit booking\""], ["too good to be true, it's a scam"], ["3050 for 950? Bro ain\u2019t no way lol", "We can only buy the graphic card for that price, let alone a whole laptop lmao."], ["Dude, I'm not being racist whatsoever, plus I don't give a damn if anyone wants to call me that, but looking at the written \"dialect\" is already enough to know that it's a freaking scam...\nIf you think it's too good to be true, you're goddamn right it is...", "Yeah true, I aldy know it from the first photo. We can see the dialect not fully in Malay. \ud83d\ude02", "It's not the language, it's the dialect or the slang that gives me the scammers vibe..."], ["Report spam n leave, the end"], ["Who the hell in this world can sell higher price but want to sell cheaper, sell cheaper vs lelong is totally not relevant. Yea as you said too good to be true.\nPlease purchase from reputable platform such as Carousel that can see seller review and years of active in the platform.\nHonestly such questions totally no need to ask one. As you cant COD when such cheap price and you cant even believe then dont waste time.\nStay safe."], ["Broken English or broken Malay language is always a clear sign of scams."], ["No wonder people get scammed left right and centre."], ["If you still go through with this then it\u2019s not even a scam anymore, it\u2019s just being gullibly stupid"], ["The address corresponds to a Ar-Rahnu gold pawnshop, and the language these people use screams konoha to me.\nIn any case, confirm 100% scammer as the price is definitely too good to be true."], ["Rtx 3050 is kinda new card, no shit the newly second hand whole laptop priced RM950. 144hz brand new 5-7K, 4K will only get you 60hz brand new. The cpu too.\nKL got refurbish or second hand shops, go visit the one operated for many years.\nCOD + plugged in to verify all genuine hardware is a MUST.\nThis is a deal that you are looking to save 5-10% max, with 99% of chance of losing RM950. Nearby reputable physical shops are always your best friends."], ["Thats scam bro"]]}
{"title": "Married couple found dead in Seremban condo", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wq69x/married_couple_found_dead_in_seremban_condo/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "\u201cUsing Maths & Science to improve mastery of Malay language akin to putting the cart before the horse\u201d", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18oadqn/using_maths_science_to_improve_mastery_of_malay/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Don't question fadhlina, later she get mad and cry, then slam the table again.", "Really ? crybaby throw tantrum diva ? Didn\u2019t know that. Any video or article on it? \ud83e\udd23", "You never follow news? Solidarity week and Wee Ka Siong questioning her regarding the shortage of teachers in SJKC.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9nMpKic4gs\nhttps://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/28/education-ministers-tone-surprised-me-says-dr-wee", "Haha yes was not following news. I just read she also cried when slammed after introducing Palestine Solidarity Week. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/02/education-minister-tears-up-while-defending-palestine-solidarity-week https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/01/fadhlina-grilled-over-guidelines Nonsense . Nothing better to do get young students involved in global politics, war conflicts"], ["I usually don\u2019t agree with mosquito party MCA but I agree on this. Why is this very important Education Ministry given to this first time newbie clueless minister Fadhlina ? She is minister because politically she is PKR Women chief ? Ministers should be appointed because of ability not political position", "She got appointed because she's loyal to anwar, not because of her ability. The same reason why she didn't get shuffled out.", "What a world we live in.", "We don't do that here. We want loyal macais, not smart macais", "Loyal macais might get you this, smart macais might get you assmin, life never lets you win."], ["Maths & Science in BM completely unless you plan to do public U all the way. Even then, anyone with a brain cell will choose to use English.\nThen the Malays wonder why they can't compete with non Malays when its comes to job finding.", "From what I've heard, some of the top public u are using English for stem nowadays lol", "i thought most public U uses english wtf", "Don't have standardized policy. That's the problem.", "I remember one of my interns type his university assignments and report all in BM which surprised me alot. I was like no wonder he was struggling when we told him to type work reports in english.", "Yeap, once they come out to the real world, its no longer controlled by the government.", "Wait, BM isn\u2019t just English with different spelling? :26554:"], ["whichever language that helps kids do better in the subjects, just use it lah. so sick of this issue!", "While I agree with that sentiment, it's a known fact STEM graduates without English fundamental skills simply can't compete in the international level. If they can learn to translate the terms later on, why not just let them learn the subject in English in the first place, less time wasting. We have little use for BM STEM here, if there is, they just slide in some English terms in their sentences anyway.\nSure you can say they can thrive here in Malaysia, see how much research funds government pour into this field. You could also say money isn't everything but money is a huge motivation, it can solve many problems, the researchers ain't going to feed themselves with dreams.\nYou really need to think far enough, education isn't as simple as you think. A change of syllabus can have long term effects."], ["how many u-turns they want to make on this?"], ["I agree, hence why Maths and Science should be in BM, but Arts, physical education, history, morals and religion should be taught in English.", "Origin of species pun kena banned in BM, yet want to make BM the language for maths and science teaching? Lol", "Yes.", "Lovely"], ["Pasal ape trolly and kuda ni?"], ["My maths & science was in Malay, we coped with it although we didn't prefer it. As humans we adapted"]]}
{"title": "Vehicle servicing may cost more", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9y6l/vehicle_servicing_may_cost_more/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "PETALING JAYA: It could be more expensive to have your car serviced from next year, with the service tax likely seeing an increase from 6% to 8%.\nVehicle repairs and maintenance do not fall under the exempted categories under the higher tax regime which will be implemented from March 1.\nHowever, there has been no official confirmation on the matter.\nThe Federation of Motor and Credit Companies Association of Malaysia (FMCCAM) will also be requesting the government to consider waiving the extra 2% hike on service tax for small workshops and those who drive second-hand cars.", "comments": [["Ultimately everything will just cost more"], ["r/kereta parts will also increase due to 10% LVG tax. Feelsbadman.jog"], ["This what happens when you have no GST. All sorts of different taxes (different rates too) that could be just harmonised under a GST."]]}
{"title": "DNB to go under Digital Ministry, CyberSecurity Malaysia under PM", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9wvi/dnb_to_go_under_digital_ministry_cybersecurity/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Shouldn't cybersecurity specialists lead CSM?"], ["PMX best leet hacker by none\nnobody can hack PMX"], ["So PMX not trust Gobind or Fahmi in handling Cyber security?"], ["highest executitve"], ["AI ctrl cybersecurity"], ["Don't worry A.I. pmx had high security \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc4d"]]}
{"title": "5 companies fined RM415mil for forming \u2018chicken feed cartel\u2019 - The chicken feed producers were said to have agreed to raise their rates, leading to higher chicken prices.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9ujk/5_companies_fined_rm415mil_for_forming_chicken/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["83m for each company? Or certain company gets higher penalty?"]]}
{"title": "Question to JAKIM: Can cakes bearing \u2018Happy Deepavali\u2019, \u2018Gong Xi Fa Cai\u2019 or \u2018Selamat Hari Gawai Dayak\u2019 be put on display?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9rg3/question_to_jakim_can_cakes_bearing_happy/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["There's no JAKIM ban on \"Merry Christmas\" greetings on cakes.", "Sure , but the fact that this is even a question on people's minds is troubling. How is this not a problem in other Islamic countries. What's so special about the Islam in Malaysia?", "How is this not a problem in other Islamic countries.\nThey ban other cultures and limit immigration.\nWhat's so special about the Islam in Malaysia?\nWe have a significant portion of the population that is not Muslim and recognises other non Muslim holiday as public holidays", "Hmmmm that's not true, like completely false. The UAE for example has a large migrant non Muslim population and you don't see this fundamentalist nonsense there.", "Key word \u201cmigrants\u201d. We don\u2019t have migrants, we have locals which have much louder voices.", "That strengthens my case even further. They needn\u2019t care about the migrants but even there the Muslims there don\u2019t act retarded.", "I vaguely remember that zakar naik started that, and the islam communities agrees and followed up. Whether jakim also followed or not, I can't remember.\nBut i do remember reading about that last week, and greetings on cake is allowed to take home, but not on display cake for halal cake shop.", "Cos Islamophobia. Order is simple, no non-halal ingredients and halal supply chain. Then non-experts start speculating and victim mentality start over-reacting, we ended up with this mess that was a non-issue from the start.", "They start speculating when there is NO clarity and when 70% of populace is butt hurt."], ["Typical Malaysian media trying to stir shit because they don't have anything else hot to report on.", "Exactly. I don't really read many news articles nowadays anyway"], ["Taliban. You mean Taliban."], ["Useless redundant Jakim ninjas. Some more PMX giving them bigger budget allocation. Are Auditor General , MACC making sure that big funds given to them are properly accounted for and not abused?", "A bunch of foolish half-cooked decision makers with their short-sighted vision which then swept everything under the rug like it\u2019s nothing biggie"], ["The medias milking issues from 2020", "Desperately want that sweet sweet minimum wage, it seems.\nAnything for a paycheck."], ["Full name is Department of Islamic Development Malaysia.\nNo wonder keep on reminiscing the Islamic Golden Age, agency like this tak boleh pakai punya."], ["Ask JAKIM one festival st a time. Otherwise they have nothing better to do."], ["Cannot put lah, many weak minds here need can die if don't have many layers of protection barriers against their imaginary kafir enemies"]]}
{"title": "Kuala Lumpur featured in the latest Jujutsu Kaisen episode", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9qpz/kuala_lumpur_featured_in_the_latest_jujutsu/", "num_comment": 204, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["JJK singlehandedly bringing Malaysia back into the Top 10 most visited countries", "That's the importance of having your country featured in pop culture like movies, anime and music. It's why places like New York, London, Paris are always popular cause pop culture made it alluring\nAll the more annoying that our local censorship board and general conservative govt/society doesn't encourage these things", "Don't forget, entrapment and Catherine zeta-jones' sexy ass. Sean Connery too.", "...what?", "You heard the fella, Sean Connery's sexy ass!", "Sean Connery's Shexshy Ash", "thatsh right", "Sean Connery's sexy ass!!", "Sean Connery's Sassy Mass?", "Can see Petronas Twin Towers while running in Melaka", "fyi they are going to put nanami statue in kuantan", "indeed! stream \"pendatang\" on youtube! let's support malaysian cinema~", "Malaysia has been mentioned many times in American TV series - The Blacklist. I remember an episode with a \"minister\" makes a cameo as a spy or assassin, but the face and the name aren't even Malaysian (Turkish-liked name, and Pakistani face) \ud83d\uddff\ud83d\uddff", "Malaysia has also been mentioned several times in the video game - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. Heck, there's even a level titled \"Chapter 03: The Malaysia Job\", even though Nathan and co. never visited the country directly.", "Mission Impossible Rogue Nation briefly too", "Hitman 2: Silent Assassin feature a chapter in KLCC", "Zoolander\nTotally Spies", "I remember Zoolander getting banned in Malaysia \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 guess who was the deputy at that time? \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\nI don't remember Totally Spies though but dang it I miss that cartoon"], ["The hotel they are staying in is Mandarin Oriental apparently\nhttps://twitter.com/bestmangapost/status/1737860073282818421?t=EedeOUpDbz0es9WpzoyTPw&s=19", "The thirst is real lmao", "The layout looks more like Trader\u2019s Hotel though\u2026\nSource: I stayed in a room with the exact same layout, but with Twin Tower view.", "oh they're here for CF huh.", "T20 alert /s", "Trader's hotel view are bit farther, bit to the left and don't have that low view because of trees I think . Source: I also stayed in Trader's Hotel with twin tower view as well last week lol\n<image>", "<image>\nAlmost the same view from my room.", "Traders Hotel as well?", "Yup.", "This thread is certified 100% T20", "See the reddit post..it is 100% mandarin oriental", "It has been a few years, so I guess the layout has changed. Either way, I still say it looks very similar, 100% confirmed or not.", "Now, to just wait for Mandarin Oriental to reserve a Twin-Tower view room for cutouts of Mei Mei and her lil\u2019- you know what? Let\u2019s stop here and just be happy they\u2019ve showcased Malaysia!\nMALAYSIA BOLEH!!!", "That hotel's stocks gonna go up", "I used to work there lol, a coincidence \ud83d\ude02", "I knew it", "Im pretty sure their already found it even before got animated"], ["She was having this conversation with Megah Holdings.\n<image>\nNext meeting place: CF2023, KL Convention Centre", "hahaha next level play", "When it comes to money, Mei-Mei don't play."], ["<image>", "Nichijou!"], ["JJK casually called out two Malaysian cities made me want to watch the damn show.", "season 1 is quite calm till you reach season 2", "Season 3/4 is gonna be a roller coaster lmao", "\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "You should"], ["Any idea why author keep referencing Malaysia in their work?", "Author would like to retire here?", "Pahang govt should offer him honourary residency in Kuantan.", "Kinda makes sense since a lot of old Japanese people love to retire in Malaysia.", "Yup, met one a few months ago who was operating a ramen stall here in Kepong, idk why he picked Kepong but at least now there's some authentic ramen from an actual native here", "\ud83d\ude2e\nKepong where?", "The kopitiam in front of JPJ/next to mr diy, it's just a regular stall", "Met quite a few Japanese that say they love malaysia and wanna just chill here forever when i went japan. Went 3 times in different years and many of them said similar things", "Oh hey... a little unrelated here, but I didn't know you're a fellow Monyet too. \ud83d\udc40", "Oh hihi, haha do you follow my works?", "I know you've posted your animations (and comments) on the NIKKE subreddit.\nAnd you also had been commissioned (not sure if that is the right term) by the NIKKE team for an official animation for SEA, YOU, AGAIN (if I'm not mistaken).", "Yaya hehe. And recently did a commision for genshin impact / hoyoverse for their hoyofair event. So happy to get gigs from Nikke and Hoyoverse!", "Nice! I don't play any Hoyo games but keep up the good work!", "Author is secretly Malaysian", "Gege loves to visit Malaysia & it better to use places that u know for manga reference than other places u never even visit.", "I assume gege is the authors's name? Thanks for the insight.", "Yeah, Gege Akutami.", "'tah.", "Japanese love Malaysia", "Yes but they also like Hawaii, Taiwan , Thailand , france etc.", "This and the first time Malaysia was referenced are meant to be directly compared to each other; that's probably why"], ["so can we start calling our country 'negara jujutsu' from now on?", "Ok la tu negara jiran dah panggil konoha", "saya dari negara jiran. it's either konoha or wakanda XD", "kenapa kita konoha? and the other names too?", "Coconut jutsushiki et al\nWe've been negara jujutsu for some time now"], ["Where did they order their version of Petronas towers? Wish.com?", "Given the animators situation, a frame that only appear for a few second is the least of their worries now.", "Ah, right, I forgot, Mappa.", "Probably copyrighted, like most of the buildings in New York.", "Probably not, never saw Petronas or any of the construction company that built Petronas Towers sued someone for drawing or selling photos/videos of Petronas Twin Towers.", "Nope. Roland Emmerich dropped the towers on London's Tower Bridge, and Doc didn't even sue him.", "Maybe they want to avoid any trademark claim since it is a national landmark or any laws that they are not familiar with. Actually a common practice when animating landmarks"], ["PAS: WTF want laga sihir tengok ilmu 2 biji Kelapa lebih hebat atau 2.5 satoru /s", "Me and my friends were joking about this too. They have King of Course, we have Raja Bomoh. Domain expansion, Coconut plantation \ud83d\ude01"], ["Looks like Bukit Bintang will follow the path of Shibuya soon\u2026\nAnd what's with the Tesco Value Twin Towers design?", "Mappa issue, btw I'm curious if the incident happened in Bukit Bintang by Malaysian Jujutsu sorcerers/curses user instead of Shibuya Tokyo", "A good chunk of Klang Valley would be a wasteland like what happened to Tokyo after Shibuya.", "A good chuck of Klang valley metropolitan area? You mean the aftermath of \"bukit Bintang\" incident or the culling game?\nNow that would be horrifying if this happened in real life (Tokyo, kuala lumpur, NYC or even jakarta if happened) because the refugees and another impact that I can't stop thinking, the incident and after that could fuel a new wave of Curse", "Thank goodness we're not in that timeline."], ["Simp for Mei Mei"], ["Weabo tourism."], ["Wow, twin tower are so square.", "Animator got no time, credits to them btw"], ["I don't watch JJK, but next time when I go to Japan and meet fellow local weebs in anime concerts and conventions, I can just tell them I come from the country that Nanami wants to retire in, rather than having to constantly say \"I'm from the country next door to Singapore, and its not Thailand or Indonesia\". lol"], ["I'm curious why it was changed from the courthouse in the manga to the KLCC instead.", "Maybe because people recognize KLCC more than the courthouse?"], ["Never watched Jujutsu Kaisen before, which character is that? They looked kinda hot", "She\u2019s the one that fucks her sibling in the that particular episode I think. Her name is Mei Mei", "<image>\nDomain Expansion", "She DID WHAT?!", "incest is wincest for her apparently and also her brother simp her like crazy", "\ud83c\udfb6 Sweet Home Kuala Lumpur \ud83c\udfb6", "Understandable", "Damn sounds wild lmao", "Oreimoooo!!", "Just joking, they did not fuck.\nI think .\nAt least in the anime they're just implying to sleep together like a wholesome sibling.\nI really do hope that's the case.\nRight?\nI didn't read the manga so i wouldn't know.", "..... Sure", "her brother is almost on the verge of orgasm when she ask if he would like to be her sacrifice so I think f with her would be the reward for him, idk let those in r/Jujutsufolk cooking that idea", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/Jujutsufolk using the top posts of all time!\n#1: Chat is this real!? | 700 comments\n#2: you can't convince me that he didn't enjoy it | 352 comments\n#3: The truth behind the Zenin curse | 494 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "Who sleeps with their brother naked bro??\n<image>", "Well some people just sleep naked, I do it too sometimes. Doesn't mean they fuck. I hope.\n...\nOk fck now im horny bye gotta whack my staff now.", "Youre in denial hahahah", "I didn't even think about it when i first saw this scene all I did is turn off my brain and go \"hmmm booba very cool\"", "This will be censored.", "step-sibling\niykyk", "it's okay shes still hot", "Remember yuji is the main character \ud83d\ude02"], ["Soon our government will ban JJK because it involves with some Japanese cursed spirits."], ["theyre just fuckin phoning it home at this point"], ["Suria -> Purnama?"], ["Why the twin towers look like 2 hands displaying middle finger?"], ["Fun fact: Mei Mei's favourite food is bak kut teh and Ui Ui's favourite food is goreng pisang"], ["But coincidence tomorrow is comic festia"], ["I don't know about you but the establishing shot of KLCC looks like something generated from gen. 1 Midjourney", "Agreed this looks strangely ai generated. I mean I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if anime studios in Japan began to utilise AI for TV animes like this to cut cost and production time. I\u2019m not particularly fond of it as an artist myself but if it helps reducing the stress of the underpaid staff then so be it. Until they\u2019re properly paid for their hard work unfortunately I cant really complain.", "They used a photocopied image of Kuala Lumpur in the manga", "Still better than using Parable Confusion."], ["So uhh, no one gonna talks about the bed part?"], ["Me when Malaysia gets mentioned in an anime: WOOO!!!! YEAHHH BABYYYYY!!!!!!"], ["The best part is, she came to kl just to commit incest with her little brother \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["I keep getting JJK spoiled by Malaysians sharing these lmao."], ["We also have the best domain expansion users in Malaysia. Raja bomoh, the coconut shaker."], ["In japan they have sukuna, in malaysia we have Raja Bomoh\n<image>"], ["PANGGIL PDRM AND TANGKAP MINAH TU!!!!"], ["There\u2019s a move to promote Kuantan too as it was mentioned in that anime."], ["Imagine MAIS serbu masuk"], ["Please put a spoiler warning."], ["Malaysian will lose thier mind:26561:"], ["Jjk really twerking hard at Malaysia"], ["Sweet home Kualabama Lumpur."], ["Soo we gonna ignore what mei mei did orrr"], ["Kuala Lumpur is actually a perfect setting because there is a shit ton of curse energy in the city......must be a gold mine for the sorcerers"], ["eh monyet. where is the spoiler tag"], ["Do we pay them to do this? Why suddenly tho?", "nah. this author likes bolehland. the original manga actually do have these 2 reference", "It's in the manga too so it's clearly the author's intention to put Malaysia in there."], ["The mangaka really love Malaysia"], ["That neighbouring country otw to claim this place as their own kekw"], ["Just curious, why do Malaysians feel the need to post whenever malaysia is included in any form of media? Do residents of any other countries do this?", "Lol clearly you have never seen other 3rd world countries mention in media or famous streamer, Indonesian and south american love the little attention", "Yeah I guess I haven't. Thanks for clarifying that other small countries do this as well", "im curious too. whats up with that?\nive seen a couple of crime YT channels mentioned bout msia... no big deal."], ["Looks fake as hell"], ["Inferiority complex of Malaysians are amazing. Losing their shit every time its mentioned in media.", "Projecting much? Lol", "Shut up porn account", "What the fuck does inferiority complex had anything to do with this? Retard", "I dont understand someone elses points! He must be a retard!!!!"], ["Second last ep no?"], ["Holy shit, malaysia mentioned\nAnwar, quick! Get the camera"], ["wait for it the konoha will claim it", "Nuh uh, we got the raid silat fight reference 2yrs ago in shibuya arc \ud83d\ude02", "any link boss ? . .", "this and this"], [":26561: i live in europe n i love malaysia!"], ["In manga it was actually 2 years ish ago"], ["Nanami Kento kuantan shrine is where I wanna be"], ["Temu Petronas Towers"], ["lol, which episode is this?"], ["Can JJK fans give context why they're here? I'm curious."], ["JJK putting Malaysia on the map is so random to me, out of all animes."], ["Did somebody just make that Suria KLCC shopping mall look like some kinda hospital with a crescent moon symbol on it?"], ["Anime Jepun, lokasi Malaysia.... TERBAIK!!!! \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d"], ["Monyets when Malaysia mentioned:"], ["Malaysians whenever their country is mentioned in a foreign movie:"], ["subs on crunchyroll said: \"Me? I'm in KL\". I had no fuckin idea where she was talking about lol"], ["i'm from indo, i remember when i was a kid, i visited Malaysia Genting, it was so fun and the view is so beautiful, i saw a lot of F1 cars and entered casino later (idk what is casino since i'm just a child) but a guy came to me and kicked me out from the casino because i was not old enough to enter, i told him i like those glimmering lights lol"], ["Incest in kl"], ["My friend who's in kk right now for comic fiesta"], ["Now... Rename KLCC as KLMM... Owai"], ["I guess the creator pretty much don't want sinkie or indon? XD"], ["The way they rebrand Suria KLCC logo to moon say much about Gege Akutami"], ["We don't talk about Mei Mei...", "Except the Malaysian one haha."], ["We not gon talk about what she and ui ui did in kl?"], ["my only concern is how did she get from shibuya to kl in just a span of 1-2 hour"], ["Although I hadn't watch JJK which I am going to as I am THAT old and my daughters are carrying my legacy, mentions of Malaysia is kinda hit-or-miss kinda thing in animes. I think recently most Japanese loves Malaysia because they love the slowpaced lifestyle compared it to Japan, which is work oriented culture. It's nice though being mentioned in an anime and of course some of you says makes us stands out more in mainstream. Heck most foreigners now like to visit KL, and some chose Malaysia as their home, a luxury in a budget kinda thing."], ["Appreciate the exposure but honestly with all the reference photos available, thats a pretty shitty KLCC twin towers though."], ["The character nanamin mentioned another province and I started searching it up because it looked beautiful in the anime it was called kuatan"], ["Is she not a pedo? I don't think we want that kind of representation"], ["so are we really going to build Nanami's memorial park?"]]}
{"title": "Corporate job in hospitality industry", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9q1k/corporate_job_in_hospitality_industry/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "To all my Malaysian brothers and sisters, anyone here have actually worked in corporate specifically in the finance and accounting dept of any big hotel chain (Shangri-la, Hilton, Marriott etc) in Malaysia? Do you have a good/bad experience working there and why? What is the working culture like? Does work-life balance exist? Do they offer good pay and are there a lot of good benefits? How fast can you climb the corporate ladder?\nI'm thinking of transitioning into this sector but I have seen a lot of job review on Glassdoor and indeed saying that they are underpaid and overworked. I understand if this happened to FnB team since most hotels have all-day dining and the kitchen crew might get burned out. But does this apply to corporate positions as well? I'd very much appreciate opinions and experiences from ex-employees too!", "comments": [["underpaid and overworked\nYes for any hotel establishment especially if you aspire to climb the ladder. If you work for any 24hr famous establishment, expect your phone to be buzzing often\nworking culture, experience, work-life balance\nHonestly it\u2019s a hit or miss. I enjoyed working in one department in a hotel and hated another in the same hotel. Another time it\u2019s the reverse\nMalaysia\u2019s hospitality industry has so much potential, but operations staff\u2019s professionalism and skill level isn\u2019t quite there yet for the brand they represent, imo", "Well I guess every dept has its own culture. It's like a landmine, you choose and step into the wrong dept, you're gone. What area of hospitality are you in?", "Worked in hotel and standalone restaurants before. Both FoH and BoH\nCall me xenophobic or whatever but I honestly think Malaysia\u2019s hotel industry can thrive if they hire locals exclusively. But then again the job itself has to be attractive to locals"]]}
{"title": "PSM member injured during farmers eviction to be charged", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9n13/psm_member_injured_during_farmers_eviction_to_be/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["\u201cWhen we tried to stop them and said not to enter, they pushed through and caused Chong to get injured,\u201d he told FMT.\nhttps://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/amp/category/nation/2023/10/24/psm-activist-hurt-after-allegedly-shoved-by-lands-and-mines-officer/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17032439058654&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.freemalaysiatoday.com%2Fcategory%2Fnation%2F2023%2F10%2F24%2Fpsm-activist-hurt-after-allegedly-shoved-by-lands-and-mines-officer%2F\nSeems like a clear cut obstruction case", "Why is your quote nowhere in the above article?\nWhat are you quoting from? Links should be provided.", "Sorry updated", "Ah, thank you. I appreciate that."]]}
{"title": "Business as usual at office tower linked to Malaysian ex-minister after anti-graft agency seizure", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9lo0/business_as_usual_at_office_tower_linked_to/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["the probe was linked to the leak of the \u201cPandora Papers\u201d\nSays it all"]]}
{"title": "Thank for free bus", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vw1zy/thank_for_free_bus/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Happy trip in KL with GoKL bus ... free bus", "comments": [["\ud83d\udc13"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 31 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uvq5n/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_31_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "is this a scam?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o9a01/is_this_a_scam/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": [], "header": "can anyone tell me what this is?", "comments": [["Report to MCMC"], ["Yeah it's scam penah dapat tak tolak pun block je jangan layan", "okok"], ["This is predatory subscription practice. You should report to MCMC about this."], ["OTP scam. By replying, you may send OTP to them instead", "How would that work?", "There are a few types of OTP, which differs for other countries. One that sends you number, send you link to click or requires you to reply. As long as they can catch one of the reply from your end and convert it into an authorisation message, they can bypass authentication process", "still not sure how it would work but since a lot of people have said the telco can cancel subs, I'll keep it in mind and use that option."], ["It happens when you click on some ads on a website\nThen it automatically loads up a subscription,\nThe subscriptions is actually legit\nCall your Telco and ask them to disable all past and future subscription"], ["depends. if its taking your money like you prepaid sim or bank report it. if no then block. had uncle that subscribe to gay chat app service and panicking why his prepaid balance is being deducted weekly."], ["Just call maxis and ask them to cancel"], ["During the Sony Ericson era. This very common. They auto sub from somewhere then potong your credit.\nUsually send STOP ALL can unsub"], ["More like a spam , I just block those"], ["You cannot ignore the sms, they will deduct rm3 every week/month from your maxis bill. Call maxis up immediatly to unsubscribe.\nI ignored them thought if i sms back to stop, then they will charge my sms. Buy then i saw the maxis bill, they charged me every month! Called up maxis, maxis operator told me i had to unsubacribe or they keep charging. Maxis operated unsubscribed for me. I complained saying i never subacribed in the 1st place, they say i must have clicked somewhere. Im thinking they might be Maxis trying to earn extra from us.", "damn okok"]]}
{"title": "\u2018Booze ban in KL bad for business\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o93zt/booze_ban_in_kl_bad_for_business/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Even Dubai allows alcohol consumption in private and licensed public places. While others move forward, we're moving backwards.", "Dubai as an orgasm material for the majority here is outdated.\nNow they want to be the Saudis."], ["Alcohol is meant for non Muslims. A blanket ban on alcohol is an insecure move.\nThis is like me forcing my family members to be vegans because I am a vegan.", "Sorry to be pedantic, but the actual simile is your family forcing you to be vegans because they're vegans.\nFits well with the majority + tuan rumah theme.", "your family forcing you to be vegans because they're vegans and have been systematically brainwashed into being vegans from birth by their parents but also think seeing you enjoying meat will somehow turn them into meat lovers."], ["Talking business to PAS is like teaching your dog how to do advanced calculus. It will never ever work :26554:", "sir/madam, don't insult dogs please.", "Dogs aren't as stupid", "dogs are holy, don't compare with those humans"], ["That's a more logical way to think besides the outright banning.", "It is, someone apparently is aware of prohibition era in USA."], ["Guys calm down. Its pas. When did they ever make sense? This is just to incite reaction and stay relevant."]]}
{"title": "PAS not our enemy, welcome to join govt, says Amanah\u2019s Adly", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o8yjp/pas_not_our_enemy_welcome_to_join_govt_says/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "The Amanah vice-president says the party is more interested in serving the people\u2019s needs than pursuing political interests.", "comments": [["You mean serving their Islamic Follower and Ban literally everything which aren't their interest?", "Anwar did more in 1 year than PAS did in 33 months\nPH in all their wisdom even went so far as to provoke PAS to make them even more islam(see PKR asking PAS why they didn't ban the Thai concert in a temple)", "That damned \"malaysia is progressive islamic nation\".", "I mean they did none of that when they were in government anyway. So let's just put them in government for them to do nothing again. Ez."], ["Don't think having Pastard in govt is a good idea. All they do is blame Dap."], ["Maybe they should be your fucking opposition:\nhttps://says.com/my/news/muhyiddin-claims-jews-christians-are-working-together-with-ph-to-christianise-malaysia\nMaybe they espouse a very dangerous, terrorist-type mentality.\nWhy do I bother? PMX agrees with AMANAH, 100%."], ["Sorry bossku.. lebih suka tebuk atap."], ["We don't need radical bigoted islamist in the government unless you want them to ban every single thing that makes this country a multicultural and multi faith country"]]}
{"title": "Orang Barat ni merapu apa? If we did eradicate the cinas, why am I employed under one?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o8wv7/orang_barat_ni_merapu_apa_if_we_did_eradicate_the/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": ["Satire"], "header": "", "comments": [["seriously, what happened that weekend?", "Ethnic Chinese become Malaysian. How dare them \ud83d\ude21", "Pendatang became penduduk.\nSo cina became less than 2% because all became malaysian.\nNow became 20% because they are reidentified by \"THE NATIVE\" as cina again.\nThe math tallied.\n/bigbrain"], ["The fuck actually happened? 32% to 2% is a really really huge drop, meaning there would have been way more Indians than Chinese. Smells like BS", "It is. Probably, Israeli Zionist Hasbara pro-genocide propaganda is angry about our government's decisions.", "That is some fucking tongue twister 3000 shit. It hurt my brain."], ["Well 10 bucks on it's just another American who doesn't know what she's yapping about."], ["Hasbara working full force? Like did they confused Indonesia with Malaysia?"], ["lol israel i working fulltime."], ["Wtf is this BS? No way Chinese population went that low especially when Singapore is still within Malaysia"], ["Because in fairness the cinas have bred up to 20% again. Dude cant you read??"], ["Who let this bitch cook? Sila bertanggungjawab"], ["Yeah even if she is using correct stats which she is far off, stats without context means absolute nothing. Percentage wise yes the chinese population has decreased to ~20% from ~30% but thats mainly because malay breed more. Population numbers for all races except for others has never drop down once since the independence (source)"], ["Is this related to 13May ?", "If it's 13 May, then the loss would be for both Malays and Chinese. This propaganda is misleading regardless.", "Even if it, timeline doesnt add up, plus the casualty percentage aint that high.\nMember confuse Malaysia ngn Indonesia kot lmao", "Statistically 13may would have been a drop in the bucket, not even 0.05%(and that's even assuming all the deathd are Chinese)"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s inflation rate falls to 1.5% in November", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o8oha/malaysias_inflation_rate_falls_to_15_in_november/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Hmmm need more time to feel about this"], ["Not feeling it"], ["inilah dia kesan ekonomi madani yang mendahulukan kepentingan rakyat. sememangnya rafizi (ekonomi) & bang non (kewangan) adalah gabungan unggul dalam memacu ekonomi negara:29091:"], ["Next year will be ( )."]]}
{"title": "Isteri kerja \u2018gomen\u2019 gaji RM8K pandang suami sebelah mata, selalu ugut nak naik mahkamah... Tergamak gelar \u2018biawak hidup\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o78zv/isteri_kerja_gomen_gaji_rm8k_pandang_suami/", "num_comment": 108, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["He really need to keep the receipts\nA family friend was sued by his daughters for not membayar nafkah after his divorce from their mother, but man keep all the receipts and won the lawsuit.", "wow! how the mother 'influenced' the children...\nWhatever pun, both sides need to keep receipts if anything happens.", "So, did the girls sue their mother after finding out she pocketed the child support money?", "This also one of the classic story I heard", "how to pay nafkah anak-anak and keeping the records?\ncreate WISE (not affiliated/promote), get the physical card. pass the card, transfer money in there.\nyou keep the app, you can see when the money spent."], ["I was raised in a family where my mom made more money than my dad. My mom always ungkit, ungkit, ungkit my dad never contributed anything just because my dad always don\u2019t have money. She claimed my dad never gave her sufficient nafkah.\nAfter my dad died, the house kinda defunct itself. My dad might not have money but he poured, poured and poured his energy, time and efforts into the family.\nI was sick? Dad brought me to the clinic. I got hospitalized? Dad came to visit me everyday even I didn\u2019t asked him to. I got into an accident? He sprung himself trying to help my situation. I wanted to travel alone to take a paper in another state. He insisted to accompany me. Yes, I passed.\nSure, money can help you get out from a lot of difficult situations but it\u2019ll never replace conviction, devotion, genuine love and empathy.", "your dad is 100% like my dad, he's a low ranking policeman, while my mother is a teacher . (salary differences there)\nI was involved in accident, my father came to help. in school I was bullied my dad came handled those bullies. I was hospitalised for few days due to my naughtiness as a child, my dad visit me everyday and bought me majalah Dewan Pelajar so I have something at the hospital.\ni wanted an electric guitar, my dad managed to source a used beat up electric for me.. for cheap.\nThank you dad.\nWhen he died, in a difficult situation my mom always ' kalau la ayah awak masih ada..)", "Bless your Dad, may his kindness and devotion as Father inspire you to become a great person.", "Good story", "Bawling my eyes out .", "After my dad died, the house kinda defunct itself. My dad might not have money but he poured, poured and poured his energy, time and efforts into the family.\nI'm glad you realize how your father lives his life. Never focus on Money, instead focus what really important, Life is Short.\nThe same thing will happen, even though my father's salary is significantly more than my mother's. My wage is five times that of my wife, and the same things happen, resulting in a divorce.", "the exact kind of answer im looking for", "thats how \"money vs loves\".. great story", "Sorry for your loss .I loss my dad and sister . Due to sickness. So I understand your pain."], ["Rich husband. - Its usual la\nRich wife - suami biawak hidup! Telur takde!", "Double standard of life that are conveniently ignored by some people. \ud83d\ude14"], ["Marriage in the modern world is difficult because of the never-ending comparing.", "Late stage of capitalism and feminism.\nFeminism is all good until you bring that back into home and put it on table loudly.", "And social media"], ["If the gender is reversed...?", "every single social media will talk about this. the husband personal information will be disclosed in less then a week. pro bono lawyer will offer their services to the wife to fight the husband in court", "The wife will also have an affair with the lawyer.", "This is the Drama storyline, bro :26561:", "bro delete all this thread or disney will copy and pasted in their next marvel movie", "With how bad their Marvel & Star Wars movies & shows quality nowadays, even if they copy it, they'll gonna f**k it up.", "Im just waiting disney making a 'drama jam 7\" at this point tbh. would be funny af seeing how far they have fallen", "But the lawyer is a hetero male disguised as a female, (enter whatever backstory) . The both fell for each other. But the wife is confused, I'm not a lesbian, she told herself.", "laugh in religious court favoritism", "Classic Result: End up divorcing, losing custody of the child, and having to pay alimony for ex wife every month.\nEx-wife will be featured in a magazine as a Strong Woman of the Month\nTitle: Stop Domestic Abuse", "We should normalise calling out toxic femininity. This here behaviour is it", "What do you mean? Like a husband who earns a lot calling his stay at home wife useless and deadbeat the the level of psychological detriment?\nThat's domestic abuse. This is also domestic abuse regardless of gender.\nWhat's your point?", "So what's a female version of biawak hidup called then?", "There is no female version of biawak hidup in a local context, because generally throughout most of global human history the objective reality was that the infant survival imperative/difficulty of pregnancy+childbirth+breastfeeding+raising kids common sense necessitated that the stronger men providing sustenance to a woman so that she in turn may attend to nourishing and caring for the family/and helping to keep the community together.\nEven if the woman was childless or bad at housework, there were few opportunities for earning and independent income , alone, safely, without danger of assault or violence or abduction , which is a reality even now.\nChivalry in the past dictated that an educated man in those times would understand that even a \"useless\"woman is a \"helpless\" woman, deserves his kindness and should never be considered a \"biawak hidup\" , because as woman, she and her children are more vulnerable to danger from men and the world in pursuit of being a provider like him.\n(Not saying successful single mom stories didn't happen or it is impossible, but not without many many risks to herself and her young offspring ).\nI believe regardless of gender and who is pulling in the bigger income, a couple working as a team should show love , appreciation , understanding ,kindness, honor and respect to one another.\nThe one who earns less or stays home or \"seemingly doesn't pull their weight\" should not be looked down on. Respectful communication matters."], ["this why sekufu is a thing. either way, an imbalanced dynamic would always disrupt a relationship", "Never ending battle. What if it's started with the husband had a higher salary then went stagnant for a few years while the wife salary kept on increasing. File for divorce each time the wives salaries exceeded the husbands?", "Glad that's not what happened to my parents. Dad was pretty loaded with his business till he got attacked with mini stroke. Now both happily living pencen life already", "Same also . They will complain men dont give time for them .. got money also problem , not got also problem", "\u2615"], ["La.. bkan susah sama2 and senang sama2 ke\nKata nak adil equality", "Old Saying \"Bagai Kacang lupakan kulit\"", "Bagai foreskin lupakan kontol /s", "My man spitting fire here \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude31", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udc80", "Equal . No hantaran . Not even in islamic . Mas kahwin . Need to inform people you marriage - fb got , twitter got , tik tok got. No need big feast", "Ya la ... Virtual live wedding reception. The platform should be built for the future \"covid-like\" events. Lots of filters to be taken with the newlywed and those who join online. Food will be distributed in coupon form/Grab food voucher", "some tiktok said 450k need for marriage . kinda nonsense . If celebrities may seem larvish but sponsor . We peasant , do peasants way .Focus on house payment more important."], ["Something I have discussed with my therapist. No relationship is ever equal.\nYou can be the same age, have the same education, make the same money, and still not be equal. There are other things at play-- emotional intelligence, etc.\nThe only important thing is that you want to understand and grow for each other. Breaking up is OK if the incompatibility is insurmountable, but you don't have to hurt someone to move on."], ["Being a man in 2023 and beyond gonna be even harder because of unrealistic and bs influence from social media. Stop using social media folks,it rot the mind.", "Just don't start if you are still sheltered pls. It's for your sanity", "No, Especially if you're sheltered.", "I dun really know much about socmed, I just know it's bad. I dun know any intricacies of it as I never started. From young I alr thought it rots your mind", "Yeap, young mind, consuming socmed thinking reality is like this. Skewed view of how world looks like. Brain rot.\nIf you're sheltered? Double brain rot. No point of irl reference."], ["Husband should put a hidden mic on himself. Collect enough evidence then ask a lawyer if a divorce would be messy."], ["\u2615\ufe0f"], ["But what gomen position pays RM8k?", "Late stage cikgu can reach 8k wi5h elaun, doctor starts at 5k min basic, can go up to 10k in 10 years ish. Pedalaman stations get 10% of basic at least. Hardcore pedalamans get 1k at least.", "I can attest to the pedalaman one. Kinda my dream tbh, to get 1k elaun for not leaving my housing area.", "Hard-core pendalaman got 1.5k \ud83d\ude1a", "It used to be 3k a few years back. Wqs a dream of mine to go to Mabul, lol.", "Damnnn... my lazy ass would love having that kind of money. My sister got it, but it doesn't mean much cause she likes to go out, and one way going out was 300-700 if she doesn't find someone to share the speedboat with.", "and one way going out was 300-700 if she doesn't find someone to share the speedboat with.\nKapit? Wait, Kapit now got road. Where ah?", "Aaa.. Sungai Passin. I heard got road if u pass Daro, but she doesn't have a car so she either uses the ferry thingy or the speedboat.\nBut she got transferred earlier this year so dunno la how they are rn.", "I have a cousin who is also a teacher. He teaches in a rural village somewhere in Sri Aman division. Had to travel by boat to get there.\nThe number of students are so few that sometimes they put everyone in one class, no matter what Year they are in. Imagine that classroom scene from anime Non Non Biyori.", "Homebodies will make insane bank in p3. I'll be content with going out like once every month for supplies and just chill at home the rest of the time, lol. And depending on the local community, you get free food once in a while.", "Plenty.", "Thanks", "Plenty. You think gomen worker got paid peanut or something.", "Age 40 48 grade and they always complain not enough"], ["Bombastic sideeyes"], ["As a single source income in my family, i think it doesn't matter who earns more. Doesn't matter how much i make, if my housewife wife doesn't take care of the house and kids my life would be hell too"], ["Marrisge is an equal partnership of unequal efforts"], ["And this is why I want to remain single", "handsome?", "Single and handsome = sayangnya\u2026\nSingle and hodoh = memang patut pun", "Should be\nSingle and Good Attitude = Sayang\nSingle and Bad Attitude = Memang Patut Pun\nAs outlook does not last forever in the end we will die and old too", "Nak sedapkan hati sendiri ke ni? \ud83e\udd14", "Hati tu tak payah la sedap sudah jadi fossil dah:26554:", "I mean \"hand-some\"", "Three-Some?", "Four-some?\ud83d\ude0f", "\ud83e\udee3"], ["betul la uncle rosyam kata tu"], ["Guess it's one of the burdens men have to carry. That's what makes us men i think. There's lots of talk about these issues."], ["Remember last time theres a podcast with Rosyam Noor and he talks about wife with higher income will end up becoming egoistic? A lot of idiots condemned him. Well...."], ["Woman."], ["women hav 8k. \"i dont need no man\" men hav 8k. \"i can support my family\""], ["Lmao plenty of whataboutism ITT"], ["This applies to both genders. If you don\u2019t make at least RM 10k, do not get married.", "Lol imagine the kind of malaysia we'd have if this is enforced", "Hahahaha,any country will cease to exist within a generation if everyone follow this logic.", "10k per person, or both combined? like that looks like i am not suited to get married already la friend.", "RM 10k per person."], ["", "Or dont marry a horrible person. If your wife stays simply because of looks and performance. Thats a depressing marriage"], ["To be honest I look down on men who can\u2019t earn money even though worked for many years. If you\u2019ve worked for 10 years and your salary is still 3k then the problem is probably you.", "To be honest I look down on men\nEither you look down on people from both genders who meet the criteria....\nOr..\nYou just don't look down on people", "I look down on your existence for having a stupid take like that.", "I can agree with you on that. Just wondering, should men look down on women who can still be considered as incompetent drivers even after driving for so many years?", "boringggg, you seem insufferable"]]}
{"title": "A Dead Body Found Hanging at Incomplete LRT Station in Klang, PDRM Investigates", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o74n7/a_dead_body_found_hanging_at_incomplete_lrt/", "num_comment": 68, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["What's with lots of murderings lately", "It's Klang", "Its for the greater good", "The greater good", "\"FOR TAU\"\nMy units, seconds before getting destroyed by a horde of Orks", "Yarp", "Have u seen them swans?", "Sneak peak of the new gta v dlc"], ["Not only murdering cases keep increasing in Malaysia, but it's mostly happen in Klang. Wth is going on at Klang?", "\"Klang is not for human live one\"\nThat's why when I joked about KL annexing all the surrounding areas to form a state, I told Selangorians that they can keep Klang :26554:", "Truly the Florida of Malaysia", "i read someone else saying it\u2019s the detroit of malaysia and i think that fits better\u2026lol", "Not Florida, that is Kedah. If Selangor is California, then Klang is Compton.", "KLang. Take KLang thanks.", "in fact, lets give Klang the Singapore treatment and give em independence. they can figure it out themselves", "\"Klang is not for human live one\"\nIs the most populous area...", "By district or city/municipal council, klang is not the most populous area. Don't get it confused with klang valley, which is a collection of cities/districts surrounding putrajaya and kl.\nBy district, it'll be Petaling district by far. By city/municipal council, it's either kajang or pj.", "I think Subang jaya is huge, that entire place is like a whole residential zone. lol", "I live in subang myself, it is not exactly huge when compared to cities like pj or shah alam. But very densely populated. As of 2020 MBSJ census (when it was granted city status), the population is slightly above 700k iirc. In the same year, petaling jaya's population is more than 900k.\nThen again, it's kinda hard to get reliable stats on population by cities compared to districts and/or electoral constituencies.", "Klang is a busy port city with alot of trades, incoming ships and alot of opportunities for making money, so there will be underworld kinda of things \ud83e\udee3 This been happening more than 100 years", "So it's an open world pvp area?", "It's Malaysia's very own GTA. We need a game titled GTA: Klang Valley", "There's more population in kv than anywhere else in Malaysia and body are harder to hide. Compared to the other state.", "It's statistically the most unsafe city in Malaysia, literally our version of Detroit.", "Why single out Detroit when Memphis, Tennessee is the most dangerous city in the US?", "Detroit is the most popular one. Theres a meme about it.", "", "Hang Tuah is from the area.", "More people more crime,more dense the population the higher the frequencies.", "Sibu also have one"], ["Is this hanging arrangement even possible? I always thought your legs have to be off the ground", "The strangulation device (probably a metal wire or rope) is still tensing her airway since her body is druped as her legs are not supporting the body, so the body is still hanging", "Seated hanging is a thing. The late great Robin Williams committed suicide like that. Also Kate Spade did the same, I think. And if you watch the show The Wire, there's one scene where a murder victim is made to look like he committed suicide by hanging (seated)"], ["Err I didn't expect the article to have uncensored photos of the victim hanging.", "Just WoB being their sensationalist/insensitive selves.", "\u201cYooo check out this dead body!!! Bruhhh!! Also here\u2019s some penis enlargement pills ad. Next up, read up on this top 10 celebrity sex life!!\u201d\n~ WOB", "theres no gore and the identity is hidden, its within general guidelines.\non lyn theres a vid showing the face. i can tell u she just seems like shes asleep. i have no idea who she is. but theres no real value of seeing unless just to cure your curiosity"], ["if someone from Klang asks you to hang out with them, just say no."], ["Regular Friday in klang", "Can't have shit in Klang."], ["Klang trying to one up any other cities that has murder cases of recent late"], ["Klang not for human live one.", "Kan? :26554::26554::26554:", "live\nBut how can they be live? :26562:"], ["What does this have to do with 'cultural'? NSFW tag man... Don't feel good seeing dead body on my feed.", "It doesn't show the face\nIt's not really apparent"], ["Murder spree"], ["Wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that place becomes haunted"], ["Guys, stop, nothing is pointing to a murder. Look at the pictures, she could have just stood. To me it look more like a suicide than a murder.", "Yeah I also wanted to point out that there will be a spike in suicide rate in the coming christmas and new years. That\u2019s just how it is. If you know any loved ones that are alone, it\u2019s a good time to invite them out."], ["So that LRT station soon will have a ghost movie coming out?"], ["Potential paranormal activity place"], ["Don't mess with loan sharks"], ["Straight out of a damn horror movie"], ["Asian mexico"], ["could be mental illness or murder case"], ["well this is unnerving"], ["rohingya lady"], ["When some one took \"lets Hang out\" too serious. R.I.P"], ["There's many real news outlet out there. please don't use this shitty world of buzz.\nunless TS is a wob simp"], ["Worse than USA now", "Nahhhhh", "Yep. As per population density"]]}
{"title": "Convert gets leave to challenge shariah court\u2019s refusal to hear appeal", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o7391/convert_gets_leave_to_challenge_shariah_courts/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "High Court judge Shahnaz Sulaiman says the case is not \u2018frivolous\u2019 or \u2018vexatious\u2019.", "comments": [["Wouldn\u2019t this be a huge landmark case for converts?", "Then go to shariah court, then the judge rule against loh. This just the appeal only"]]}
{"title": "Perak Islamic enforcers say Teluk Intan restaurant not certified halal after status questioned by Facebook users", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o6rsi/perak_islamic_enforcers_say_teluk_intan/", "num_comment": 85, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Meanwhile roadside stall, warong auto halal", "Auto halal as long as it's owned by a Malay /s", "Why /s when it's true???", "In my experience of business, everyone has the capacity to cut corners and ignore certification/specification requirements. No group of people is exempted.", "That's the truth."], ["Not this shit again. Tak paham aku, kalau was was tak payah pegi la. Sushi mentai tak sure halal ke tak, aku terus tak pegi. Apa yg susah", "Diorang ni semua buta2 ikut ada halal ke x. Kalau xde halal, gerenti haram. Bodoh nak mampus. Kalau ikut logik macam ni, warung2 tepi jalan x boleh makan la tapi berlambak je orang Melayu makan, sebabnya orang Melayu punya owner.\nLepastu diorang sibuk claim kata orang2 yg makan benda xde logo halal ni tak belajar agama padahal dalam Islam ni ada konsep was was. Kalau x rasa yakin, xyah makan. Kalau rasa yakin, boleh makan. Ikut cerdik akal sendiri la.", "Orang islam boleh guna akal berfikir? Tapi ustaz kata otak tak perfect kena ikut quran hadith sebab kita akan berfikir macam macam /s", "Dengki is the reason", "Tak dpt pergi nnti maruah tercabar pulak. Mana boleh.", "Til why sushi mentai usj9 disappeared after MCO, Ada halal problem. Used to be crowded and need to queue", "Xleh biar saudara dikonpius oleh kedai x halal ni... Dpt kumpul pahala selamat saudara drpd dicemari gitu...\nOwai"], ["The mak cik who sell near my house lorong also not halal? Wow I can't believe I'm supporting a Yahudi agenda service.\ncough", "Kamu remaking beriani ahh"], ["Abang Ameen again. This guy is leading the with hunt recently", "Yeah he's a piece of shit. Doesn't surprise me that he used to be involved in politics. I hate how he's using the ReLiGiOn excuse to push what is basically thinly veiled racism at this point."], ["But nasi lemak stall tepi jalan also no halal cert.", "No average makcik can source 100% of its ingredients from halal companies. Can you really find halal cert belacan? Sure but in bulk.", "Exactly. But you don\u2019t see them authorities commenting anything regarding roadside stalls or warungs. \ud83e\udd14"], ["Many shops don't serve pork and lard, but can't afford halal certification. Don't unfairly penalize hawkers."], ["Are your home kitchens halal certified?"], ["\u201cMuslims are obliged to ensure that all food and drinks are clean and halal because they are our flesh and blood. The most important thing is to make sure that the restaurant or eating place has SPHM because the halal sign indicates the operation and food ingredients in a premises meet the requirements.\u201d\nthe road side stalls / warongs / home cooked food - (open house, kenduri etc) also don't have halal cert\u2026\nBased on cleanliness it self, most of this tepi jalan stalls / warongs would have failed miserably", "Remember the complaints about getting rotten food at the Ramadan bazaars? Nobody came out and shout gerai ko xhalal at those vendors. There was even a case where there were maggots on a sotong dish eww", "Mempersoal melei stall operators? We don't do that here", "I remembered I have a mini debate with someone, he said all eateries with no halal cert must display \"Non-Halal\" logo big-big so won't confuse Muslims.\nThen I said those Nasi lemak roadside must do the same right ? He straight quiet...", "The most important thing is to make sure that the restaurant or eating place has SPHM because the halal sig\nlooool, will leave this here:\nThe meat being smuggled included horse, kangaroo and even pork meat which were mixed and sold as halal certified beef.[1][2] The cartel bribed senior officials from a number of Malaysian government agencies.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_halal_meat_scandal_in_Malaysia", "Based on cleanliness it self, most of this tepi jalan stalls / warongs would have failed miserably\nMost malaysia consider road side stall is clean. So what the problem here.\nIf you don't think it's clean enough, don't eat there.\nSame as if I don't convince some restaurant serve halal food I won't eat there.\nvery simple things", "Most Malaysians know road side stall is NOT clean. We just makan anyway xD", "aku ni selalu je makan dengan tikus besar, siap kencing dalam milo ais aku. biarkan tikus jangan termakan daging babi dan minum air liur anjing. /s", "Consider and proof are not the same thing bro. You could see fly flying around the kuih and yet you could consider as clean according to each person's standard of cleanness but it's a fact that fly flying around is not clean", "Yeah nah, I wouldn't want tyre particles in thr food I eat."], ["Someone didn't meet the kpi ka? This is clearly a marketing ploy to push for application and payment for a halal cert", "No it is the BMF gang way of sabotaging"], ["Just build a giant mosque and never come out if religion is the only thing that matters."], ["Pergi overseas boleh pulak masuk cafe Yg serve beer and wine and Makan lunch. Alasan Mcm Mcm. Mai balik Malaysia berjuang halal like end of the world"], ["Whats the big deal? if the restaurant never stated it was halal....whats the hooha?", "Because no chop halal means not islamic proven, according to kampung illiterates.", "No chop and yet they still go buy nasi lemak from all the mak cik pak cik stalls\nHypocrites", "Them : Boikot time", "Mind you its not just a 'kampung' thing, many urban Malays also think along these lines", "yesss many still blame kampung but the urban ones", "This is true, doesn't matter if its no pork no lard, no halal cert means no go", "To each his or her own, at the core of it if ada timbul rasa was-was and the store cannot put that to rest, then better if tak pergi.", "Malaysians go overboard with Halal. They also mistrust foreign Halal certs even if they are recognised by JAKIM.\nThere are also stories of Malaysians tourists refusing to even eat at halal restaurants abroad so they brought cooking appliances and ingredients with them. \ud83d\udc80"], ["Meanwhile in Sabah and Sarawak, eateries display \u201cno pork, no lard\u201d and muslims eat there freely with no issues.\nKeep it up my east Malaysia brothers and sisters. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb"], ["Tbh people who stay and eat there for the past 30 years knows about it. It's jointly operated by Cina + Malay across 2 generations. Cina do the money collection and orders while Malay do the food preparations.\nIt's ok until an outsider decided to think coexistence is an issue."], ["rumah nenek moyang kau xde sijil halal ke?"], ["It's kinda stupid. If you know it's not halal, why bother to go there in the first place?", "Cause melayu", "\u2018Nak MerASA\u2019 their typical stupid response. The world must conform to their personal beliefs. Entitled. Because if it was a hindu, they see beef, they just move on and life goes on.", "Because its not really 'not halal!, just no halal cert. But seems like this one kind of does use non halal items, i might be wrong."], ["Facebook user, Abang Ameen\nDamn that Facebook page filled with \"cayanun xleh caya, no lard Muslim friendly nk tipu Muslim\" comments.\nI wonder if Marlboro got halal logo or not lol."], ["\"clean\" they say. While I'm looking at a bangla shredding cabbage at the road side for the burger stall that the majority frequent.", "Btw the term Bangla is considered derogatory", "even bangladeshi call themselves bangla", "They got the B-pass bro just like how blacks have N-pass", "Even you call yourself Beruk Anjing", "Oh? That's new to me. I met many bangla people and they all referring themselves as such. Bangla just sounds the same as cina, malay, Indian, dayak, whatever, to me.\n....... Unless u think by simply existing as that race is derogatory.", "No, it isn\u2019t.", "Bangla is what they call themselves. Ask them."], ["Is this exclusively a malaysian problem? Muslims in other countries are able to dine at a restaurants with pork and alcohol so long as they order food free of pork.", "Haven't you heard? JAKIM > all. Other countries' halal certs are subservient to the almighty JAKIM Halal cert. Muslim-run restaurant in London? Definitely not Halal, got no JAKIM cert!"], ["Now, careful when viral. Always the \"is this halal\" guys cropping later"], ["Halal certification should be taken as a guarantee and most of the time it should be up to your judgement. I mean your Muslim neighbor/friend's kitchen aren't halal certified either. And chances they wouldn't pass the halal standard if judged according to the cert requirement."], ["Should also boycott malays restaurant that doesnt have halal certs as even malays restaurant use non halal indegrient like the Seri Petaling claypot rice seller.", "malays restaurant use non halal indegrient like the Seri Petaling claypot rice seller.\nThat couple are Indonesian. There are video from influencer the other day showing they been using that ingredient since selling at Chinese own restaurant where they open small stall inside it."], ["Might as well have a gold six-pointed star license for Non-halal business owners."], ["Why do we care so much mai god"], ["", "Oh wow, the Islamist PM is doing Islamist snake things? Who could've expected this??? \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\ude31"], ["Halal ni tak wajib. Terpulanglah kepada peniaga yang nak mohon. Bila dah dapat sijil halal, kena ikutlah peraturannya dan diberi kebenaran untuk pamer logo halal.\nPerbahasaan halal : sama ada gambar, logo halal atau \"Melayu Boleh Makan\", ayat suci, perkataan \"bismillah\" sekiranya peniaga pamerkan, juga perlu dapat sijil halal.\nBerita ni kiranya normal lah, pihak berkuasa cuma jawab pertanyaan..."], ["Oh please not this nonsense issue again"], ["One day a wish for a fully non halal state, free from halalness. Would be a paradise on earth."], ["Wonder if theyll ban places from using the phrase Muslim friendly. Been noticing that more on my last trip back home"], ["Guys while you all are gossiping, i wan to tell you guys that this desert shop punye cendol, luohanguo, and rojak is sedap. Ok bye\nPs: this shop is just behind the place i use to live"], ["Maybe they got applied for halal certification but thr process only take a long time only"], ["Halal cert is sirim for food."], ["Is there a database to check a places halal status?"], ["These updog establishments are a tricky one to have an opinion on", "updog\nEh, apatu \"updog\"?", "Nothing much bro. What\u2019s up with you too?\nEh wait", "hehehehehe\nSee, this is why being multilingual is a win", "Ah so similar to like almost the whole of Malaysia then ya. Agreed"], ["people like to indulge idiots online istg, nasi kandar Babi post barely got any engagement until twitter butt hurt decided to get their tits twisted. idiots like these need to be ignored because they basked in any kind of interaction, positive or negative."], ["It shows that even Islamic enforcers are being controlled by group of religious mobs. What's next, Kedai sembelih babi kena tutup pasal tak ada sijil halal?"], ["Happens when you listen to sohai people on the internet."]]}
{"title": "Is this true ? After we scrap GST", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o6jv9/is_this_true_after_we_scrap_gst/", "num_comment": 74, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "I thought SST is 6% where got 16% ? Also why does the luxury goods got tax 5-10% ??? While low value got fix at 10% ???? MAHALDANI", "comments": [["turn back to sst always a backwards way of doing things, the dumbest ever just to win a vote and populist voice, they can just reduce GST from 6% to a lower %, but promise voting (getting power) is more important than the future of a country"], ["well, dont want GST this is what you get really\ngovernment needs money to run (we arleady have not enough) so money has to come from somewhere", "But.. But... But... I thought some say can use Petronas money to settle problem in the country", "well most malaysian economic logic is terrible, and petronas wont be enough to solve our issues", "As if Petronas has a lot of money nowadays", "So where's all the oil money.", "oil & gas business is very capital intensive. petronas is seriously like magic already can provide so much dividends to malaysia.", "Stop using Petronas money for everything. The money belongs to the staff working"], ["lol, i remember when GST was first abolished and SST started, there was a post here showing the \u201csavings\u201d OP got for his food bill and it was something along the lines of a few cents. post was upvoted big time and everyone patted themselves on the back.\nin the end of they day, there are ever only 100 cents in a dollar. money has to come from somewhere."], ["GST was victim of politics by opposition then.. they made GST associated to ah jib gov bad doing when in reality it's good, better and fairer tax regime.\nTrust the politician to screw things up. So many of my friends said bagus hapus GST.. GST implemented all over the world.. if it's that bad it wouldn't last this long as an effective and fair tax collection method."], ["Concern trolling"], ["Yeap. The country got about 44 billion annually from gst. Sst only manage to get about 20 billion. So, we pretty much lost 24 billion annually after gst was removed. Most of our long term plans drafted during najib time was based on gst income.\nSo, the gov need to find ways to cover back that 20 billion loss.", "But shouldn't it's better better to increase SST or bring back GST than making new taxes that charge more that GST 6% ?", "GST is better because it almost prevent leaks, as the GST is pre-paid by the manufacturers. Now everyone from the manufacturers to wholesalers to retailers are incentivized to make sure the products reach and paid by the consumers.\nWhether the SST or GST charge more is a non-issue as tax rates are adjustable.", "Can you expand more on this?", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax", "You think changing taxes like switch off on the lights? Hahaha.\nThing is, when changing taxes, there will definitely be a big spike in inflation. And it would take years for things to be stable back. When we changed from gst to sst, things were not yet stable. And then covid hit, further create problem with inflation.\nIf gst is to be re introduced now, inflation will go woooosh up up up. Need to wait for things to stable down before changing back to gst. The gov already have the intention to do so, but waiting for the right time.", "But then doesn't rakyat paying more tax plus if they reintroduce back GST ? I meant buying from foreign shop seller already got you max 10% ??? Plus if at app they charge you GST than it's fking 16% tax ???\nI meant my calculations may off cause I'm not economy, accounting but that would be what in most rakyat mind that we paying more than what GST before ?", "It can end with either 2 ways\n1) they remove all these taxes and lump it all into gst.\n2) maintain these taxes and claim they manage to increase gov revenue due to good management.", "Usually, taxes on goods/services aren't charged twice. For example, local digital services would charge sst while digital services tax is for foreign service providers.\nThe argument that gst is more expensive than sst for consumers is the fact that gst is a multi-stage tax, while sst is only charged at manufacturing stage or consumption of goods/services.\nTax on LVG for online sellers is suggested because as per SST rules, imported items below minimal value of RM500 are exempted.\nAll in all, these new taxes and rates might seem like everything gets more expensive because of the tax. When in fact, the govt is just trying to cover all the loopholes left due to the SST tax regime.", "But when you look at the rate of inflation during the the year of GST introduction, there was actually deflation ffor that and the next year, only readjusting in 2017 before going negativr again when GST was pulled in 2018\nhttps://www.macrotrends.net/countries/MYS/malaysia/inflation-rate-cpi", "Inflation only takes account raw materials. They dont take processed/cooked food into their calculation. Raw materials did indeed went down as they are exampted from gst which is why you see a deflation pattern. But processed food like sardin, maggie, nuggets and the likes and also at restaurants we see a jump in inflation.\nWhich is why the famous quote by ahmad maslan if expensive cook at home. And his infamous nasi goreng tanpa gst.", "Generally inflation is calculated by using consumer price index, which does take into account processed foods generally purchased by an average household though.\nPerhaps goods at restaurants would not be taken into account, but if their raw materials were exempted from GST why would we see a jump?\nOfc the CPI is an average, which could impact different segments of the population differently. (ie. If generally m40 products go down in pricing equally to generally B40 products going up, you might still have a bad situation as those less able to pay are forced to pay more )", "Bringing back GST would be political suicide.", "Making new tax that is numerical higher than GST plus cut down on subsidy is not political suicide?", "Well, the name \"GST\" carries all sorts of negative connotations. Maybe they can just gall it \"VAT\" (same thing) and set it at 5%. Which is already lower than our neighbours.\nPlus, GST is broader as it covers most goods essentially. Though, in many jurisdictions, essentials would have a lower tax rate or are not taxed at all."], ["IMO, yes PH fucked up in 2018. The first PH govt Abolished GST which brought inflation and investors left due to 1MDB,GST abolish. It was a scary time for FDI. Had gst just been lowered, it coulda been better. Then Sheraton lah etc. Politicians win, rakyat lose."], ["what they say: gst to sst will make price cheaper\nwhat happen:\n<image>\nnow got new tax somemore. but you guys stay tuned for rafizi podcast when he will explain all this is a better way for malaysians since gst is considered regresif kind of tax system:26554:\ud83d\udc4c", "Same thing when they say implement GST will make the price cheaper.\nFool us once, shame on you, fool us twice shame on us. Fool us for the third time, guess we will never learn our lesson."], ["Uhm gst is included in everything is listed on the right , removing gst makes government lose income which means yeah gst take more than sst , but that doesn't mean its a good thing , if this is one of those post that want to imply sst tax us more than gst , it would work on certain party supporters maybe.", "The argument is GST makes taxes simple. Now the government has to whip up different taxation regimes to claw back revenue.", "Yep, it\u2019s a much more consistent method to tax."], ["I mean you want jib jib and gst out at 2018 right?", "Well the reason why i want jibby out is cause how opposition that time said they can do better job but after PH took over under Tun M not long his reign fall now under PMX it seem like, mathematical us Rakyat paying more tax than before GST plus want to cut subsidy some more, haishh.."], ["Item too expensive = tax\nItem too cheap = tax\nItem too big = tax\nYou selling stuff? = Tax\nYou buying stuff? = Tax\nHello just use back GST and just have 1 tax amount for everything please, ini Banyak extra dei"], ["Malaysian doesn't know how blessed we are. Go to other country and see how much is their tax and how much they pay for petrol", "Yep. Our neighbours pay 10-11% in VAT.\nOur 5% GST dah cause people to naik angin.", "Yet the gomen need to subsidise this and that to keep voters happy", "Isn't that cause our RM suck ass? If you compare them directly"], ["should have remove all these tax, go ahead cut fuel subsidy instead.", "Er.... They are going to do that, i think next year they will unveil plan on who got fuel subsidy and who not so yea, next year got a lot of challenges", "Analysts \"expect\" subsidy cuts, rafizi said something about fuel subsidies which is very true. But it's all still speculation. We don't know whether the govt have enough balls for subsidy cuts yet, especially with the waning approval rate.\nImho, targeted subsidies are a logical approach. Especially for petroleum products, which is about 45b ringgit (more than 80% of expenditure on subsidies). How would they do it? Nobody knows. Is it necessary? Definitely."], ["And the so called best Chief Minister we ever had LGE increased our dependency on oil."], ["True but not entirely fair, cos this seems to imply that should GST be retained, the other taxes won\u2019t exist. The only comparable one is GST vs the extra 2% hike in SST. Even so, we won\u2019t know for sure that should Najib stayed as PM, the new taxes wouldn\u2019t have been introduced, unless someone finds Dr Strange to show us a multiverse where Najib wasn\u2019t voted out in 2018."], ["By the way here's another 100 B\u0336R\u0336I\u0336M\u0336 Madani gula gula for you guys. The kerajaan is always perihatin :29091::29091::29091::29091:", "Kennot claim oh", "Rich lo"], ["Even with all those taxes, GST still taxes us more as a whole", "Elaborate, please. Me dumb dumb no understand.", "Tax companies more, not consumer, BUT as always companies will push it to customer by increasing their price. We will see price increase for processed products. Raw materials do not get taxed.\nSo lets say a tin of sardine. We only see it as 1 tin. But in the eyes of gst, just that 1 tin consist of 3 things. Manufacturing the tin, printing it and finally the process of making the sardin. Companies normally buy these stuff from factories that produce them which is why the 3 will be taxed separately. Sst only tax the final product which is that 1 tin of sardin. If they employ a different company for transporting the goods, that also will be taxed under gst.\nThats why, when gst was introduced, we see processed food price increased alot.", "But in the eyes of gst, just that 1 tin consist of 3 things. Manufacturing the tin, printing it and finally the process of making the sardin. Companies normally buy these stuff from factories that produce them which is why the 3 will be taxed separately.\nUnder GST, manufacturers will get their GST money back as a rebate after selling the product. The purpose of GST is to reduce money laundering by monitoring each step of production.", "I remember hearing back then about how the government actually fucked this up by just pocketing the money and taking forever (or not at all) paying back the rebate. not sure how true it is tho.", "Not exactly true. It's just that only businesses with over rm500k yearly sales can claim. If you make more than that and the input gst you pay is more than output gst you receive, then you can claim refund on the difference.b", "no i'm pretty sure it wasnt that like there was a bunch of headlines about how the government had several billions worth of GST money they were supposed to pay back but didn't\nEDIT : I did some googling and found it\nhttps://theedgemalaysia.com/article/customs-delayed-gst-refund-process-bn-govt-lacked-money", "Ah my bad, i guess you're talking about the PAC report on the GST refund delays. According to GST act, gst collections are supposed to be deposited into a trust account first to accommodate refunds. Then only can it be transferred into revenue account.\nBut what happened was, it was directly deposited into govt's consolidated revenue account which caused delay to refund claims. Iirc, the tax arrears was settled in 2020.", "If that thing is to create the finished product. Like sardine tin for example, every gst paid to create the sardine and the souce will be claimed back.\nIts like this. Sardin sdn bhd produce the sardin in tin. They only manufacture the sardin and the sauce. So, from process A to B to create the sardin and souce if any gst is paid, they can claim back. BUT, the tin they buy from Ah Tin sdn Bhd. And then sent it to print at Abu print Sdn Bhd. The tin and print is not part of making the sardin and souce, so it is considered as seperate. So cant claim.", "Ah Tin and Abu Print can claim from govt when they sell to Sardin SB. Then Sardin SB can claim when they sell to shops.", "Yes, but sardin sdn bhd cant claim the gst they paid when they bought from ah tin and abu print. Ah tin and abu print do not pay gst because they are sellers. Only buyer pay gst. The gst paid by sardin sdn bhd to ah tin and abu print will be considered as cost for sardin sdn bhd and will be included in the final price of their finished product. And customer will also pay gst when they buy the tinned sardin produced by sardin sdn bhd.\nThis is the reason processed food price went up alot when gst was introduced.", "That's totally wrong. Of course the GST paid by sardin sdb bhd for the tin and the print could be claimed. All GST paid as part of company spending could be claimed. Even if they paid GST for parking, that could be claimed.", "But why does even after SST is bring back the goods still retain their GST price? And now increase abit in name of had too cause now got SST?? If the price goods now isn't paid to gov, who got the money?", "Bro, you just born yesterday? Once price goes up, they wont go down. Simple economics, if with that price people still buy, why want to reduce it. The only thing that can affect price is supply and demand. If supply is high, demand low = price go down. Supply low, demand high = price go up. Google supply demand graph and you will see more clearly how prices move.\nIn other words, to force a company to reduce their price is to stop buying the product.", "So meaning companies got the exyra cash now?????!! Damm the rich get richer the poor get fucked", "Every company motto is reduce cost, maximize profit. That is the foundation of every business. In simple terms, to get as much money as they can from you at their lowest expense.", "A lot of businesses work like this:\nwe increase the price and see if there's any drop in revenue\nif revenue drop we drop back the prices\nif revenue increase then we keep the new price. Less work for more money.\nAll this happens without govt intervention.", "How so ?", "Because GST taxes everything we consume. Out of all those other taxes, only SST has the biggest scope and even then it\u2019s not as big.\nBased on budget 2024, the expected increase from all those tax measures is only about 4b plus. Still way off to bridge the huge gap that GST has over SST."], ["Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer\nRich = gomen\nPoor = rakyat", "Govt doesn't get rich dude. It's your politicians. Money that goes into your politicians pocket is not to the govt. Malaysia wouldnt be still a shit hole if the govt has money"], ["Dah la2 rasua ke corrupt ke government mmg mkn duit bnyk dripde rkyr Msia\nskrg nk cari scheme baru untuk cover they azz for notorious reasons je, bet2l kite mmg dept tpi cerita x baru. Semkin lme dept ni semkin teruk x recover pun"], ["PAS should've lead. they probably were confident enough in their majority that they would not have as terrible of an effect if they implement gst"], ["As a tax enthusiast, yes, gov always find way to find money"], ["True"], ["Gst for the win"], ["UBAH! INI KALI LAH!"]]}
{"title": "regarding my last post, you guys saved my life", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uelcg/regarding_my_last_post_you_guys_saved_my_life/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "You can go ahead and check my profile if you want to know the whole story, but a few days ago I made a post in hope of seeking advice from fellow Malaysians, I was kicked out of my family's toxic household at 18, homeless for 2 days with 6 ringgit to my name. I was desperate, starving and I felt hopeless and lost.\nA few people messaged me directly to offer help hours after I made the post, supported me through it all mentally and financially, I was able to live on the streets and the homeless shelter for a couple days until I was safe. Somebody even paid for a night stay in a hotel for me. I never would've thought a bunch of internet strangers would help me through one of my toughest moments. I want to thank this subreddit and Malaysians, for having a good and loving sense of community, it restored my faith in humanity completely when I was in rock bottom. To those that helped me I can't thank you enough.\nAlthough mentally I'm still struggling with things, I am now safe, I'm with my uncle and we're on our way to Perlis, hopefully I can start over again and get my life straightened out. I feel positive about this and I couldn't get through this without the help of the very nice people I've ever met online. I will try my hardest to make the best out of it. Terima KASIH!!!!!\nspecifically, thank you Ryan and Rach L, I will never forget you guys \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\nupdate: Came back to a lot of wonderful messages and dms from a lot of people\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc we've arrived safely and my relatives are being nice and helpful as well. I can't stress this enough, I appreciate you all so much for being so supportive and it definitely has made me feel better and uplifted. you guys are awesome", "comments": [["Me too. Glad you had help. Bless the people who helped you too!!!"], ["Just read your post and i cant even imagine how devastating your situation is. Stay strong OP!", "Thank you to all of you for your supportive messages \ud83d\udc99 I will"], ["For context; OP's post that was redirected to the Daily Thread 4 days ago:\nNeed help. Homeless, hungry, don't know what to do\nPosting here cause I don't know where else to ask Malaysians for advice,\nFor the record i'm 18, my household has always been toxic. My mother especially, has always been very (verbally) abusive towards me and my siblings and would berate us for every little thing. It only got worse when my dad passed away a year ago, the verbal abuse didn't stop, mom would yell and scream at us when she's stressed about things at her work. It came to the point where I've accepted that this will be my everyday life. I understand that she's going through something, so does everyone in our family, but she refuses to accept the fact, and seek help so she takes it out on us instead. I just don't know why.\n2 days ago, I don't know what set her off exactly but she was even worse than usual. She got off from work early and she saw me still sleeping (it was 2pm, and I have insomnia, prescribed with alprazolam which causes me to be put in deep sleep) and woke me up by pouring water at me, yelling and telling me to wake up. She told me how i'm useless for the family and that she doesn't want to waste her money to take care of me anymore. She threw my wallet at me and gave me 10 minutes to get out of the house, and told me not to come back. I felt defeated, I didn't say anything, I just did what she told me to. I get how she feels that way.\nI'm wandering around KL Cheras now, with only 6 ringgit in my wallet. I haven't eaten since yesterday, my data will run out in 2 days, and I only had 2 hours of sleep earlier in front of an abandoned shop until I got kicked out by someone. I managed to get into contact with some of my close relatives from my dad's side of the family that are willing to take me with them for a while, only problem is they're in Perlis and could only get to me by Friday. I don't know where I should go till then. I'm just too hungry and have no energy left. Currently sitting at one of the bus stops here. My mom blocked my phone number from Whatsapp so I can't contact her. I can't go back home. I know it sounds silly, but mentally I feel so much safer here than how I would be back there, and I'm not so sure if she would've let me anyways. I don't know where to start. What do I do?"], ["Monyet together strong"], ["Faith in humanity r/Malaysia restored"], ["Please update us in the comments when you reached Perlis safely!"], ["Nice, I wasn't here when you posted the earlier post, but I'm glad the community helped you where it matters and that you're safe now!\nHopefully, your future is fulfilling for you!"], ["Bless the people who helped you."], ["You keep your chin up, this chapter is closed and better things will come by. Bad times never last but you have to remember to never give up on yourself, the people whom treat you kindly never gave up on you. Cheers mate."], ["How old are your siblings?"], ["this is heartwarming. Glad you're doing better"], ["I missed your first post but it's good to know that you're safe with your uncle. Hopefully your siblings can get out of the situation ASAP as well. all the best for your start over, OP."], ["redditor save the day, malaysia improved."], ["Hope you have a new start OP :26558:"], ["All the best OP!"], ["Glad that you're safe now. Hope things works out for you. Stay strong"], ["Good luck ! Fight hard to make a life worth living , grid and determination are key."], ["Update us OP ! Wish you all the best"], ["Sorry missed your first post. Sincerely wish you all the best and do let us know if you need more help. And thanks to the community here as well."], ["May god bless you"], ["Owh I missed the first post. Glad it works out for you"], ["hope everything's going to be better for u anon."], ["Hey. If you need someone to talk to or if you need any help, hit me up."], ["There is still good in this world. So glad you are ok.."], ["I had quite same issue as you. But I'm the problem so my mother ask me to get out. But I'm not as bad since I was working and got car. Had to stay in cheap hotel for 2 weeks I think. Then I rent a room.\nNow I think back, i should go and find other relatives for help for place to stay. Cheaper and easier. This will be lesson learn to everyone. ALWAYS FIND YOUR RELATIVES. and either way give help to them if can.\nI think here in Malaysia we are very considerate people. Not like in Europe or US. So please, please find your relatives and stay with them. Do not go homeless. Important to take care of yourself."]]}
{"title": "ICYMI: Plan to buy things online? Take note that low-value goods (under RM500) shipped from overseas will be imposed a 10% sales tax effective today, 1st January 2024.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vvejj/icymi_plan_to_buy_things_online_take_note_that/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "https://soyacincau.com/2023/12/18/malaysia-low-value-goods-10-pct-tax-online-shopping-shipped-overseas/", "comments": [["I pay the 10% during the purchase right?", "Yup", "But what if I buy it from an online store abroad, instead of something like Lazada / Shopee ?\nI will have to pay when the parcel arrives at kastam ?", "iirc, you do need to pay for that 10% any items that being imported from other country to Malaysia will be charged with that 10% tax."]]}
{"title": "Do you think another MCO is coming?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o6clu/do_you_think_another_mco_is_coming/", "num_comment": 35, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "Do you think after NY a new MCO will be imposed or international boarders will be closed for foreigners? Now government says it\u2019s ruled out, but who knows\u2026", "comments": [["No\nDr Dzulkefly actually opposed MCO even back in 2020, so chances of it happening again is low", "But are there any chances that quarantine inside the country will be ruled out, but boarders will be closed anyway?", "No, the scamdemic is just a global psyops test and done its part. If there is another global lockdown it won't be COVID. Locking down locally for one country will just make the government look like a joke and people will change them immediately.", "It's impossible to have another MCO. The world cannot take another lot lockdown economically unless COVID evolve into zombie infection like resident evil. Also the symptoms are milder and we have vaccines nowadays, it'll be treated like an ordinary flu moving forward.\nTake SARS for example, people used to die in droves too, but eventually it became normal and today we don't lockdown because of SARS anymore. The opportunity is one in a lifetime for those who managed to profit out of it, no need to look back cause it's not going to happen anymore, just like 2008 sub prime crisis is not going to happen in our lifetime anymore.", "SARS had a mortality rate up to 50% compared to about 1.5% for COVID. SARS was almost always symptomatic while COVID infection can be asymptomatic but infectious. SARS was less contagious (r0 0.19-1.08) while COVID is much more contagious (r0 0.4-5.7) was therefore easier to contain and eradicate. SARS never became endemic because it was effectively controlled and eradicated while COVID containment didn't work and has become endemic. Most people have been vaccinated and disease is mild in most people, so lockdown again is quite unnecessary. Our economy will collapse with another strict lockdown. We should practice masking in crowded places and if we are sick. Also practice hand hygiene and self isolate if we are sick. It just common sense and shows concern and care for people who have weak immune system.", "as much as i want to see his word biting his own ass, lockdown probably wont happen. we kindda have herd immunity and vaccine is kindda available."], ["Depends on how many infection and how many died ? And No, no MCO hopefully cause the economy can't take it toll if that happened again"], ["I\u2019m a believer of science, right now, it\u2019s not necessary at all. Vaccines, the mutation lifecycle of the virus, and the understanding of the virus itself means it\u2019s not necessary. Economically, we know it\u2019s not sustainable too.\nThe first lockdown was necessary scientifically because it was new, without vaccine and it was version 1.0 that was potent.\nRight now I\u2019m at home with Covid and it feels like a mild flu, with a bit of fatigue. Sure, others might feel it more but statistically the science doesn\u2019t point towards any lockdown. When I used to live in a winter country, every winter, everyone would fall sick and there were people who died from it too. They go along, get a flu shot, and live with it.\nCovid will be here for the next 25 to 35 years. This is what the new normal meant. It mutates, have a kick about in the human genome, we find ways to fight it, weaken it, contain it, some pharma bros make loads of money, two life cycles later humans are immuned to it or it turns into yet another strain of the human flu.\nThe question isn\u2019t if there should be a lockdown, it\u2019s whether we are all willing to embrace a new normal, where we adopt better hygiene protocols, certain health protocols, and eventually we\u2019ll have some kind of administer at home booster for when you get Covid or you are part of a cluster. That\u2019s life.\nEdit: There are lots of good scientific information these days about Covid and a few different researches ran simulations on Covid and it showed that most likely it will be around for long, weaken without causing death to almost everyone and if anything, vaccine research would improve exponentially very, very soon with AI machines running the data. Lockdowns and restrictions would be kneejerk reactions that\u2019s disproportionate to the potency of the virus right now."], ["Never. MCO destroyed the economy."], ["Ask another question:\nIs everyone ready for another MCO? Do we need another MCO?"], ["Hurhurhur no. Unless the government wants to ensure RM10 = USD1."], ["Imo the cons far outweigh the pros at this juncture for the government to consider MCO, another MCO would be devastating for the B40"], ["I want happen"], ["Don't know. It is a good question and probably better to be prepared slightly. If the numbers rise, some steps may have to be taken. Although with any luck, this might be a less dangerous variant. But even then, be safe and wear masks and take precautions.", "Shhh...you just angered this whole sub again! I've nvr facepalmed so hard at how ppl invalidated a recent OP who brought it (masks) up when he himself just recently recovered from Covid (again) at the time of writing."], ["My family kinda bet it will around Hari Raya..:26562:"], ["I think it's unlikely. Suspect the general public won't fancy the idea. Some didn't even bother masking up. But, I could be wrong since I am not an expert."], ["I think restricting foreign travellers who brought in the virus is a good idea. Close the borders! But another lockdown would be disruptive, even though personally I want another lockdown to just stay at home and have nothing to do outside and clear out my backlogs of chores, reading and TV drama.", "if you could suggest us some new ebook sites (rip PDFDrive/Z-lib), that'd be great. Also, streaming sites are getting worse with offerings.", "I don't know any e-book sites \ud83d\ude05 I just have a bunch of traditional physical books that I bought or gifted by friends pre-MCO that I didn't touch since MCO. I can't find back the motivation to read, only doomscrolling all day.", "Bro, COVID is everywhere. There's COVID in every country in the world. It also never went away in Malaysia."], ["I honestly dont think so, i literally just sold my pc yesterday"], ["Time for another EPF withdrawal. Thanks government for free money, my own money."], ["Nah"], ["Nope not unless hospitals are swamped. I don't think people would even be able to survive another one."], ["it\u2019ll never happen for this version covid because it\u2019s not deadly. if it kills 50% of those infected, then yes, but until now, a government is like a business \u2014 if most people (aka human capital) are okay, there is not reason to restrict day-to-day life (commerce and the market.\nthere\u2019s never going to be another lockdown unless the virus becomes extremely deadly."], ["It's been manageable so far in SG, despite the bigger spike in cases.\nI believe the world will ride out JN.1, which is the dominant strain (winter season) right now. It appears to be more contagious than the previous 2 strains (EG.5 during summer, HV.1 during autumn) but, so far, doesn't seem to pose a bigger threat than the said predecessors from earlier in 2023.\nTouch wood, the infectiousness is merely similar to the seasonal flu which happens every year-end. The inference being, everyone becomes more susceptible due to the colder temperatures & drier air, which affect natural protection against all respiratory germs while making the viruses linger longer on exposed surfaces.\nIf so, we'll just have to wait for the next strain, & see what the virus mutates into.\nThe usual exceptions are, of course, the aged & the immunocompromised, plus the possibility of long Covid for those infected."], ["Nope. They will take it serious but won't initiate MCO."], ["Look at the rest of the world, who is imposing an MCO? That's it nobody. The ship has sailed."], ["Nah, probably not. We have the vaccines n stuff now so it's not really a threat anymore"], ["Not really going to happens unless the death rate is hike up to 100 deaths daily.\nMaybe Chinese New year may put some caution to rakyat."], ["Not needed at the moment. Field hospital can be set up relatively quickly if needed. We are more well prepared and understand the disease and treatment better now.\nThe story of the original strain when it first hit my city: banker travel back from Italy, ending with 2 whole families dead within weeks. If that doesn\u2019t scare you to put a quick halt of spread I don\u2019t know what to say.", "your family got ended not by the virus but by the hospital malpractice"]]}
{"title": "Domestic Trade Ministry lists 14 controlled items for Christmas season", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o662v/domestic_trade_ministry_lists_14_controlled_items/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Lima pengeluar makanan ayam didenda RM415 juta", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o60n1/lima_pengeluar_makanan_ayam_didenda_rm415_juta/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Lima syarikat pengeluar makanan haiwan ternakan dikenakan penalti bernilai RM415.5 juta selepas didapati bersalah menetap dan menyeragamkan secara bersama harga produk mereka, bagi ayam untuk pasaran tempatan.\nSyarikat itu ialah Dindings Poultry Development Centre Sdn Bhd (Dinding); FFM Berhad (FFM); Gold Coin Feedmills (M) Sdn Bhd (Gold Coin); Leong Hup Feedmill (M) Sdn Bhd (Leong Hup); PK Agro-Industrial Products (M) Sdn Bhd (PK Agro).\nLima syarikat pengeluar makanan haiwan ternakan itu dianggarkan menguasai sehingga 70 peratus pasaran makanan ternakan ayam di negara ini.\nDinding dikenakan penalti bernilai RM70.02 juta, FFM (RM42.69 juta); Gold Coin (RM97.51 juta); Leong Hup (RM157.47 juta) dan PK Agro (RM47.8 juta).", "comments": [["Holy shit that's nearly half a billion.\nWe sure do love our chickens.", "It\u2019s the most common or affordable meat in Malaysia. Plus it\u2019s subsidised.\nPagi makan nasi lemak ayam goreng, nasi kandar kari ayam tengah hari, makan malam grilled chicken chop, last last lewat malam maggi ayam goreng mamak."], ["but its too late, what they did already caused the chicken prices to go up. food vendors and operators already mark up their food kawkaw, and will not reduce no matter chicken price come down or not. consumers suffer lo", "Consumers can force the market by reduce or stop patronising the eateries.\nCook at home if it is too expensive.\nEither save time eating out because of too busy; or save money cook at home because eating out is too expensive.", "raw food usually not that expensive.\nit is eating outside that is expensive, I dont know why people keep complaining food price towards farmers only but completely ignore restaurant is the one that is most cut throat sector.", "Price of chicken have already dropped significantly (rm15.99 to rm8.99?) but food prices never adjust downwards", "exactly. should boikot those blood suckers"], ["I've not seen anyone actually pay their MyCC fine. Have you?"], ["Evidence 101 of a cartel in our chicken industry."], [""], ["And who gets all these millions? The people who spent it on the chickens or the chickens in the coop?"], ["Yang ni monopoli kuat takda pulak korang nak bising.\nTNGO monopoli, fuyo reaction.\nSyed Mokhtar Al Bukahri\u2026..macam-macam tomahan.", "Erm, aku rasa ko x faham maksub monopoli.", "Kau ingat aku bodoh ke!? Time aku kecik aku banyak kali menang monopoli tau. Jangan cabar aku!"], ["\"boss, bole kawtim tak?\""]]}
{"title": "LOOKING FOR OLD MERDEKA(?) AD", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o3nkg/looking_for_old_merdeka_ad/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Yesterday my Syrian friend asked me why does the locals address strangers as family members. You know, \"Akak, abang, uncle, aunty\". On paper, sure it's a sign of respect, right? BUT somehow his question reminded me of this old ad, I'm pretty sure I saw it on TV once.\nThere's this white boy and a Malay boy, walking together at the pasar. The Malay boy kept on addressing the hawkers as his family members \"Akak, abang, aunty, uncle\", and the white boy is of course confused. The white boy asked why and the Malay boy said \"because in Malaysia, we are one happy family!\"\nSomebody help me! I've been trying to look for the ad since yesterday and I couldn't find it! I'm really not sure if it's by Petronas for Merdeka or what. Could be tourism as well. I'm really really not sure. SOMEBODY HELP I DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP LAST NIGHT TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE AD!!!!", "comments": [["I remember too and had been using different keywords to find it since I read your post 5 hours ago but also couldnt find it. Will keep looking."]]}
{"title": "Top 10 busiest international flight routes in 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o4gct/top_10_busiest_international_flight_routes_in_2023/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Kevin responds...", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o4ghi/kevin_responds/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "Kevin Teoh Chee Sing drama continues.\nPart 1 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18l07k0/thought\\_id\\_help\\_give\\_a\\_shoutout\\_anyone\\_in\\_the/", "comments": [["It was funny the first time, now that everyone knows its an ad its like... idc.", "im kinda invested. who are they, what is going on... even if it is an ad.", "It\u2019s an ad for the pizza store. There are only 2 fake characters in this story.", "The first one is an ad for office space the second one as you said", "Here's a hint, make a sub fill it with your vapid shit and attract the other vapid redditors who think foam snow is real and viral ads are good content and gtfo with this crap. At the very least don't whine about being attacked for posting blatantly false misinformation. Seriously what is wrong with people man.", "Invest in something better. Being invested in it isn't an excuse to spam this sub with your investment."], ["To the boss that approved this idea.. good job!\nSuggested something similar to my old-school-cina-brain boss last time, he asked me to stop wasting time think funny thing, continue cold calling and begging for customers"], ["r/HailCorporate"], ["This post is retained but the one regarding chicken cartel is removed - the priorities \ud83e\udd0c"]]}
{"title": "What are some subscriptions you pay for in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o4g8p/what_are_some_subscriptions_you_pay_for_in/", "num_comment": 85, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "For me it\u2019s:\nSpotify: RM4.15/ month iCloud: RM3.90/ month Google One: RM8.50/ month Netflix: RM13.50/ month Digi: RM20/ month\nTotal RM50 monthly \ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude2d", "comments": [["Survey disguised as a question"], ["Commitments:\nnetflix: 10\nspotify: 15\nyoutube prem: 17.90\ndisney plus: 54/3mnts\nunifi: 289.54\ncar (jan 2028): 664\npc installment (nov 2024): 371\nmobile (dec 2024): 190\nstudent loan (2050): 500\ngroceries: ~400\ntotal/mth: RM 2475.44\nM33 single, living with parents still, giga sadge life D;", "Bro if you using Android phone just cancel Spotify, YouTube premium, it's unnecessary to pay when the modded apps are available for free", "You are the only person I know on this whole planet to subscribe to YouTube Premium.", "I subscribe it too..", "LMAO", "Compared to what it costs in the US, RM17.90 is cheap for me", "It's not about the price. RM17.90 is pretty affordable for most people but it is the value. I fail to see the advantages of subscribing to YouTube Premium.", "The biggest advantage to YT Premium is no more ads.", "You can have that by using the Brave browser. I have been using adblockers on Chrome and now Brave browser to avoid ads on YouTube. This is the main reason why YouTube Premium doesn't sell for me.", "I use YT over a phone, a tab, an iPad, and Firestick. Much easier to pay for Premium and have adfree access over any device than whatever brave browser you need to install. I'm also paying for my auntie and she's happy that she doesn't have to listen to ads when she's listening to her opera too.", "what?? i pay less than 6 ringgit a month???", "Can reduce on mobile..no need expensive package due to you probably have WiFi in house already..\nUse XOX prepaid instead... Only RM 10/mth\nCan downgrade the unifi too 100mbps is good enough", "phone plan package, planning to reduce it once I finished paying the contract", "", "Disney+ has natgeo section"], ["Patreon (5.00) for content of course \ud83d\ude0f", "for culture", "supporting a friend ;)", "GaelForce Audios cough cough", "RM5.00 or USD$5.00?", "Rm"], ["I subscribe to Maybank hire purchase, 970 per month. Fml", "What car?", "Vios"], ["Digi RM40.", "I\u2019m below 24 so I get the subsidised one only rm20 a month \ud83d\ude19", "How much quota?", "20gb + 1gb hotspot + unlimited social media + unlimited calls", "Oh, ok I didn't miss much"], ["Spotify - 10 Tvb - 20 Disney +, Prime, HBO go - on rotation. 30 Netflix - 50"], ["Ff14 sometimes, genshin welkin(idk if this counts as subscription)"], ["YouTube Premium @ RM17.90/month - I technically only want the music to replace Spotify, but it's inseparable from YouTube so why not?\nMullvad VPN @ 5 euros/month - I don't like being snooped on\nI also used to play WoW for USD15/month. Hmm. Maybe I should pick it up again.", "Any reason why not surfshark? I use that and it\u2019s pretty cheap", "No reason; I just researched the one with the right balance of price, speed, privacy and ethics and Mullvad came out top.", "Since you\u2019re already using vpn, why not sub YouTube from another country? I sub from Argentina for RM3 per month", "I could, it just feels like it's such a hassle. I have a (uncorroborated) feeling that Google already knows where I live, so if I suddenly subscribed from Argentina they might go \"aw hell no\" \ud83d\ude05\nI mean, wouldn't it be weird that my IP is only Argentine when I'm subscribing, and at all other times I'm in Selangor?\nBut mostly it's just laziness."], ["Spotify family RM23.90 monthly\nNetflix standard RM45 monthly\nDisney+ Hotstar RM54.90 every 3 months\nThe Star ePaper RM150 annually\nMicrosoft 365 ~RM200 every 15 months\nI consider my phone and Internet as bills and not subscriptions.", "The only reoccurring bill payment I currently have is phone bills hahaha! So lumped it together with subscriptions.", "Is Disney worth it?", "I like Star Wars and the occasional Marvel contents so I'm in the target market. And many parents would have no choice because their kids would want to watch Disney and Pixar contents. But otherwise, hard sell admittedly. Also we don't get the actual Disney+ like in the States, but a localised version called Disney+ Hotstar, so there are some local contents. But this also means no feature parity with Disney+. Heck, it just got multiple profile selection few days ago.\nStill, though, just around 220 a year is quite a good deal for people like me.", "Dude wanna share microsoft 365 account?", "Naah, I'm out of shares."], ["OnlyFa...ahem Youtube Premium RM17.90/mth Spotify RM15.90/mth Netflix RM55/mth Playstation Plus RM460/yr Microsoft 365 RM219/yr", "No family plan for Spotify/ YouTube premium?", "nope, I am the only one in my family using these online services.", "Is YT music not good enough that u still subs spotify?", "I subcribe YT premium mostly for the ad free feature. The YT music's algorithm is meh, and it don't support as many platform as spotify does e.g. ps5, watch OS. Plus, YT music UI really need some improvement."], ["Spotify and chatgpt plus. About 130/month.\nStudent/part time programmer so its worth it.", "I\u2019m a data scientist and damn ChatGPT saved my life. Defs worth it \ud83d\udc4d"], ["Youtube Premium @ RM17.90 monthly\nMicrosoft 365 Family @ RM359.00 yearly", "You can buy Microsoft 365 from local retailers instead. They sell for around 200 and it will still add 15 months to your subscription.", "Damn it! Should have done more research about it..", "Or you could just use Microsoft 365 the online trial version infinitely, just saying", "It would be headache to manage all the accounts trial rotation", "All of it is at once, no need to rotate between applications\nhere check it out if this could fulfill your needs\nWell technically you won't OWN the programs, but you should be able to USE it for free"], ["Paul Cassidy OF,Matt Convard OF,Matt Rife OF.\nYeah ik gay cornstars. Total RM78.90 / Month. Paul cassidy have tier. I sub the Gay tier.", "Damn that\u2019s a huge amount. But heck as long as our money brings us joy \ud83d\ude0c"], ["Youtube premium (33.9), spotify family (24.9), icloud cheapest (3.9)\n= 62.7", "I wanted to switch to YouTube music cause it\u2019s more worth it. But I couldn\u2019t give up Spotify \ud83e\udd72"], ["Youtube premium at 17.90 (I could listen to podcast w/o ads on my phone or listen to music at YT Music and my children can watch YT Kids on our TV). I've been meaning to change to Durioo+ but too pricey.\nCelcom at 90 + 200 (unlimited data for home fibre and I also paid for my line & my mom's line also unlimited data)", "Durioo+ is expensive plus not enough content."], ["Youtube Premium (33.90 for 6 pax) and Netflix"], ["cat food. i am now in charge of 3 cats. cost me around 300 monthly.\nstrays get the balance food that they dont finish. considering to send the female strays for neutering when theyre older.\nalso if anyone wants to sponsor cat food for the strays i m willing to accept.", "I have a dog as well. We feed her rice and chicken. Vet says it\u2019s healthier cause no sodium + whatever else is added into dog food. It\u2019s cheaper too perhaps you can consider it just that it\u2019s more effort to cook", "You can also buy unwanted parts like chicken butt, organs etc which may be cheaper", "thats true. just that i m taking care of them myself, kinda got forced into the situation where they became my responsibility. cooking, grocery shopping etc can take up time and effort, so my best compromise was just getting cat food directly. it might sound like an excuse and i can tell you directly i m lazy. but i ensure that at the very least my 3 cats are fed well before handing out the leftovers to the strays.", "No judgement! Love that you\u2019re feeding strays as well \ud83e\udd70 whatever fits our lifestyle honestly. My mom cooks it. If it were up to me, I work full time soo wouldn\u2019t have the time to do it either."], ["Arr arr arr arr arr arr arr"], ["YouTube Premium Family, some Patreons of YouTubers I watch, some YouTube memberships, Discord Nitro\nI'm personally not responsible for paying for Spotify but we also have Spotify Premium Familly."], ["Spotify family : rm3.9/month\nNetflix family : rm8/month\nYoutube premium family : rm7/month\nAdobe illustrator (ipad) : rm60/month\nNintendo switch online family : rm5/month\nOthers subscription : uh when needed"], ["Genshin welkin: rm20\nUmobile: rm38\nPatreon: rm75\nMedical card: rm140\nSanford guide: rm100/year"], ["Myself personally:\niCloud RM 3.90\nApple Music RM 16.90\nRealDebrid RM 45.00 every 3 months"], ["phone plan rm20? wtfff", "If you\u2019re below 24, there are prepaid plan subsidised by the government.\nFor rm20 I\u2019m getting 20gb + 1gb hotspot + unlimited social media + unlimited calls.\nReally great deal honestly and young people should take advantage of this. But many I know are put off cuz \u201cprepaid seems shitty\u201d."], ["Spotify: RM15.90/month\nNetlfix: RM45/month\nPrime: RM 12/month (sharing with friend)\niCloud: RM3.90/month\nMaxis: RM165/month (got shared line)\nGrab/Shopee Paylater: every month maybe RM50-100", "Don\u2019t use spaylater. There are hidden fees."], ["YouTube Premium (MYR 17.9) - benci tengok iklan. ReVanced is not available on PC.", "Ublock origin + sponsor blocked"], ["Youtube premium family plan. Other streaming come with unipi subs+netflix full hd. Also pay for prime rm25. So got saving a lot also. Hahaha. Oh vpn for accessing other country content.\nWill stop spotify since i use youtube music more. Will end on jan 2024."], ["Spotify Rm15, Prime Rm19.40, Netflix rm40+, Hbo rm40+, Patreon usd20, youtube rm17.90."], ["Alldebrid for RM15.00 and 1TB seedbox for RM20"], ["Its crazy how ppl here still use YT premium. I literally just use Revanced Extanded or just YT revanced. Why wasting money on YT when you can use modded one for free"], ["Spotify:15\nMaxis: 129\nicloud:3.90\nGoogle One: 9\nWar Thunder: idfk anymore\ud83d\ude14"], ["YouTube Premium 11/month iCloud and google storage is tempting but I have to keep paying every month which is ridiculous."]]}
{"title": "Amanah will steer clear of PAS\u2019s populist strategies, says Mujahid", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o41h8/amanah_will_steer_clear_of_pass_populist/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Amanah vice-president Mujahid Yusof slams Islamic party for trying to convey that it alone champions Islam in the country, even as it resorts to slander.", "comments": [["Amanah's in a precarious position"], ["so whats amanah strategy?\nwhatever pkr/dap tells us to do lmao:26554:", "Actually taking care of their constituency or state seats hopefully."]]}
{"title": "Praises pour in for crowdfunded movie \u2018Pendatang\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o3rug/praises_pour_in_for_crowdfunded_movie_pendatang/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The Streisand Effect in action, baby."], ["will that particular group complain \u201ceh completely wrong representation of who\u2019s the pendatang!? know your place don\u2019t provoke\u201d?", "Either that or, \"ko tgk, ini lah yg cina babi akan buat bila mereka berkuasa\""]]}
{"title": "What date is today ah?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vl6aa/what_date_is_today_ah/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Can't wait till 3A/3April/2023A", "4 April 2024, 4:44AM, be like 3A/3A/2023A, 3A:3A3AAM"], ["Not sure of the format. but i geddit :29091:"], ["Peterrr helppp i dont get ittt", "Chinese word for 4 is bad luck.", "Wasnt it death?", "It is, that's why is bad luck or bad omen", "Thanks", "It is death, that'd be why in chinese hotel you will not find level 4, there are only level 3 and 3A for the 4th floor"], ["Drake Hotline Bling Meme", "*starts playing the Arabic remix"], ["32/12/2023"], ["Was wondering what does it mean... lampi betul hahahaha. Happy new year everyone!"], ["Chinese Sci-fi\nin the far far future of 3A3A3A3A, Human falls to google who then falls to tiktok who then fall to Bing, truly a fate worse then death"], ["2024 babyyyy, hasta la muerte", "I meannn Japan is currently having an earthquake", "They have earthquakes on a yearly if not monthly basis my guy."], ["2023A is the lawak tandas of this year NYE celebration", "it's funny"], ["I hope by 203A3A, I have a kid who's finished high school with flying colors.... but I'm getting waaay ahead of myself\nAnyway, Selamat Tahun Baru, semua\u2764\ufe0f"], ["curious, did the same meme ran for 2013A?"], ["4/4/2024...", "3A/3A/2023A"], ["I gotta say, being afraid of puns is pretty much a solid reason to never judge others' beliefs.", "Agreed. Likewise, being afraid of crosses is also a solid reason to never judge others' beliefs, or concert, or wishing merry Christmas, or national language being used in forbidden stuff", "being afraid of crosses is dumb\ud83e\udd23\nnice strawmanning", "It\u2019s not a pun rofl. It\u2019s a Mandarin and dialect homophone, the word for the number four just sounds eerily similar to the word for death.\nIt\u2019s also not that big a deal, it\u2019s just avoided as light superstition especially for the older generation. Outside of that I wouldn\u2019t describe Chinese people as \u201cafraid\u201d of it in many other circumstances.\nPlease try and get it right before being smug", "the word for the number four just sounds eerily similar to the word for death.\nWhat do you think a pun is?", "A pun is fundamentally a joke dude. I dont think developers are deliberately creating floor 13A in their multi-million apartment projects off the back of endorsing the punchline of a pun.\nAlso there\u2019s no sentence here to create a pun, it\u2019s just the \u201chomophone\u201d of the letter four. When was the last time you\u2019ve heard a pun consisting of 1 word? Doesn\u2019t make sense even if you go out of your way to misunderstand it\nCome on, at least google it if you\u2019re not clear", "\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u8981\u642c\u5230\u6b7b\u697c\u53bb\nDoes this work?", "It\u2019s not a pun ??? ROFL\nUnbelievably hilarious try though, it\u2019s a good laugh \ud83d\ude02", "\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u8981\u642c\u5230\u6b7b\u697c\u53bb and\n\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u8981\u642c\u5230\u56db\u697c\u53bb\nGet it? I think it's pretty good! \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "Hey man I\u2019ll just leave these here for your reference so you can work on it in your own time. Good luck\npun\nafraid\nhomophone\nsuperstition", "Hey appreciate it! Hope you had pun!", "This is particularly funny because you conceptually understand how puns work because you just made one but still refuse to admit that, outside of a joke, you can\u2019t make and sustain a point to serve your ego."], ["Mengarut."], ["2023 called and asked for the joke back.\nGuys, it's already stale, 4 isn't something we Chinese get fussed that much lah, 3A or 4 is just a preference. We deal with it instead of protesting and screaming agenda Yahudi.", "I thought it wasn't a big deal as well until people started having level 3A and 13A in buildings. That much work is a big deal.", "You know I've seen a big tauke demand they paint a wall red because he wanted it despite ruining the facade?", "what's your point?", "Things like these are usually the decision from one fella. Tauke no like, so change.\nBut most of us can deal with it, the reason why they put 3A is because they want to make sure the 4th floor sells out. That's all.", "so people might not buy if the floor was labeled as 4th?", "Some people won't.", "OK then it's not the tauke's decision. He's just listening to the market.\nIt seems to be a big deal to some people, and a big deal enough for the tauke to go through all that trouble.", "Both lah, tauke can be annoying AF with unreasonable demands, and also having 3A means 4th floor can be easier to sell.\nBut, I'd be happy to bet money you'll see Chinese living in 4th floor anyway. Some of us mind, some of us don't", "fair enough", "Haha cina scare 4:26561:", "Haha Yahudi coming to take your rights. /s"], ["lol. Happy New Year, Happy 2024 ! Let's Go !!!"], ["I remember joking that i will respond to a scene with a 444 patch on my arm, lets just say I got the desired reaction form my cina friends"], ["Only in China"], ["1/1/2023 Part2"], ["LMAO i'm chinese but it took me a solid 5 seconds to get it... happy new year!"], ["I\u2019ve been here for a day and I think I already get it. What\u2019s with adding an A to everything instead of just counting normally?"]]}
{"title": "Need help with questionnaires!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uundu/need_help_with_questionnaires/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi everyone, I am an IB student from Kolej Mara Banting. I am conducting a study about sharenting syndrome among Malaysians. Sharenting is a word derived from 'Share' and 'Parenting'. It's an act when parents overshare/ share personal information about their children that will affect their children's wellbeing.\nThere are two main objectives, which are the level of anxiety among adolescents involved in sharenting, and the level of awareness about sharenting among parents. With that, I need your help especially adolescents age 10-12 and 16-17, and parents age 25-34. It would be great if you could share these questionnaires to your siblings, peers or friends! \u263a\ufe0f\nAdolescent: https://forms.gle/cmCrMGKQaPdHQ8FV6\nParents: https://forms.gle/BScwcdFWv9j7AQLy8\n(Do let me know if questionnaires are not allowed in this subreddit, I will take it down immediately \ud83d\ude04)", "comments": [["I\u2019ll fill out the form. I\u2019m actually just done with A levels at a private college here - just wondering how the IB works in MARA/gov colleges and if there is a specific pathway one can go through to enroll in the course (is there a quota of sorts?)", "Hi there, thank you for your time! The IB programme here is pretty much the same as other IB schools. However, there aren't many subjects being offered here because there are no teachers available to teach. The subjects here are quite limited (there are no Group 6 or the Arts here so we mostly took 2 science subjects for science students, and 2 social science subjects for social science students). There are around 300 students here and all of us are sponsorship students (almost 95% here are MARA scholars and a few of them are under JPA). We applied under MARA YTP programme using SPM results and went through an interview session. Oh, and they only accept bumiputera here. Thank you again for filling out the form, have a nice day ahead! \ud83d\ude38", "I see, interesting. Good luck with the survey!"], ["Tbh whoever shares their kids pictures I will unfollow. I don't care about your family n offspring"]]}
{"title": "Is Malaysia still a \u2018poster-child\u2019 for multiculturalism?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o3jpz/is_malaysia_still_a_posterchild_for/", "num_comment": 205, "flairlabel": [], "header": "The discriminatory policies, unbalanced rights, and special privileges for the majority ethnic group say otherwise.", "comments": [["Malaysia truly Asia was a good tagline, but we treat (white) foreigners way better than our own countrymen. We bend over backwards to accommodate some guests, but can\u2019t even extend the same courtesy to our neighbours.", "", "Malaysians fellating every mid white guy that decides to be a vlogger in Malaysia intensifies", "Korean food bloggers also get fellated pretty hard", "Then incoming, \u2018mat salleh dok msia 2 hari pun bOleH caKaP baHaSA, tapi bangsa C masih tak tahu ckp\u2019 /s", "It's OK bro...the whitey said apa khabar...auto men and women jizzed", "So are you \"not like the others\" or how good is your sloppy toppy?", "Yet another guy surprised that money makes people compromise with things they'd rather not deal with....\nEver wonder why your boss pays you a salary?\nThe answer may shock you.", "I sense an irony in the Force lol.\nIt sounds like a million bosses paying their employees that they would rather not know too well. lol.", "Yup. I don't remember which asian country, but they tried to dispute the tagline and if we still as it is we probably gonna lose the tagline", "we treat (white) foreigners way better than our own countrymen.\nAs a white guy, press X to doubt. Million things you can do legally that I never will. And that includes things like opening a bank account or changing job (at my level I have people for that, but that's not due to my race.).\nI mean yeh you treat white tourists better than viet tourists: little known fact, the west is slightly richer than vietnam so money-making merchants will tend to be more polite to the guy with more money.\nA chinese billionaire will also be better treated than a middle class white dude. It's ...all so strange... It's like...\"racism\"...but based on money...\nVery mysterious.", "Fuck off retard. You motherfuckers are treated as gods because of your skin color regardless of your economic status. And the only reason we're having such a mindset is because of the fact you fucks coming over here and turning our country this way with your dividing and conquering the country and treating us like shit for decades. If you think not being able to open a bank account feels discriminatory, you can go suck a dick", "lmao, most chill monyet, did a mat salleh steal your girlfriend or something lol?\nYou motherfuckers are treated as gods because of your skin color regardless of your economic status\nNo, above poster is right, go read any comment section of a begpacker article, no one is treating them like gods, in fact the opposite, they want them deported, it's clearly economic.\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/10qmg1a/begpackers_who_allegedly_beg_for_weeks_6/\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/10zh68h/these_fuckers_started_to_use_our_mrt_stations_as/\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/y9g3vh/begpackers_draw_scorn_of_city_residents/\nturning our country this way\nThe British left 70 years ago dude, at what point do we start blaming ourselves for how the country is?", "Totally. This sub has got such a chip on its shoulderabout 'orang putih'", "I think you mistaken Malaysian with Singapore", "No, I don't think so. Same DNA after all.", "Didn't realize we also have SPGs and SPBs too", "depend on which foreigner lol"], ["Multiculturalracism"], ["I'm not sure if it ever has been, despite all the initial 'multi-ethnic society' branding. I've visited places with a more diverse melting pot of cultures that don't try to shove their multiculturalism into their marketing.", "The difference is between other countries and Malaysia is by the second and third generation everyone assimilated to a certain common culture\nBut in Malaysia you can have people who have people who have lived in the same land for 5+ generations but still have very different diversities of values, language, cultural norms etc etc", "The difference is between other countries and Malaysia is by the second and third generation everyone assimilated to a certain common culture\nAssimilation within 2-3 generations without bloodshed is a myth\nCompare the Kelantanese and the Johor Malays. Both are Malays but practice very different dialects and have quite varied cultural norms.\nThere will always be differences. But if we keep dividing ourselves by our differences I bet you we will only become more and more particular about those differences.", "You are comparing two local ethnic while assimilation here is meant for the foreign ethnic.\nA more valid comparison is between the peranakan cina in terengganu and the cina in kl and penang.\nThe chinese in kelantan, terengganu, melaka, kedah, have successfully assimilated with the local culture without losing their \"base\" heritage.\nThey are still chinese and not melayu, and their religion is still buddha not islam.\nIts a similar situation in indonesia, the chinese in java has assimilated into the javanese culture, in sumatera with the melayu/palembang/batak, and sulawesi with the bugis/manado, etc.", "A more valid comparison is between the peranakan cina in terengganu and the cina in kl and penang.\nYou're comparing communities with different base entry dates.\nThe peranakan have been here for centuries and have intermarried with the local community over generations.\nThe more recent influx just preceding merdeka don't have the benefit of intermarriage (different marriage laws), unified neutral and competitive schooling systems or multiple generations of gradual integration.\nDEB has done its damage.\nThe chinese in kelantan, terengganu, melaka, kedah, have successfully assimilated with the local culture without losing their \"base\" heritage.\nWhat you're describing is closer to integration. Not assimilation. Assimilation is where you shed your base heritage and form a homogeneous whole.\nAlso not true.\nAlso Chinese population Kelantan 2.5% Terengganu 5% Melaka 20% Kedah 12%\nMelaka is quite similar to KL in terms of integration/assimilation. I don't know on what basis you just lumped them here.\nKedah Chinese used to be quite integrated. But nowadays, it's different. You'll see neighborhoods in kedah are now increasingly less diverse. You can thank DEB again.\nTerengganu and kelantan are few in number. You'll need to ask them to blink if they're ok.\nIts a similar situation in indonesia, the chinese in java has assimilated into the javanese culture, in sumatera with the melayu/palembang/batak, and sulawesi with the bugis/manado, etc.\nAnd there was intense bloodshed before this happened. In Indonesia.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366\nTouting Indonesia as the gold standard speaks volumes about the type of nation building you have in mind.\nUltimately,there's no forcing unity. It must come from a shared vision for a greater nation. But we've lost that. We even have people who want to stamp out all that is different and unique for homogeneity.", "I think a more correct statement is \"vernacular school system had done its damage\".\nBase date entry and intermarriage doesnt matter that much. What about others that migrate here during colonial times or after merdeka that has successfully integrated with the local community?\nMelaka is somewhat in the middle ground of 50/50. Theres a high number of peranakan not just chinese but also the indian ceti and serani. And at the same time also has major \"china\" chinese population.\nDespite already being 2nd or 3rd generation these chinese still insist on being part of china instead of integrating with the locals.\nTerengganu and kelantan are few in number. You'll need to ask them to blink if they're ok.\nYeah because the for hundreds of years they have been enslaved, tortured, killed, extort, and many other atrocities being comitted and yet magically they are still alive and living harmoniously.\nEven during the darkest moment like 13th mei there was no riot or any bloodshed occur in both Kelantan and Terengganu.\nI never said indonesia is the gold standard but they are the closest which is why i use them as reference.\nLike it or not assimilating or integrating with the local majority is a must for a nation to move forward as one. If it cant happen peacefully then chances are it would happen throught bloodshed.\nNot just in indonesia but also thailand, philippines, vietnam, china, etc.\nTrue unity cant be forced, but without it there is no way for a nation to succeed.\nThere is no \"aku , kau\" just \"kita\".", "And there was intense bloodshed before this happened. In Indonesia.\nNot in Java. Here's a letter from Hongkong from the colonial era and here's the earliest (while being Chinese-aimed) newspaper we know of to include a version of the present national Anthem. The only Chinese-related riot I can think of in Java that predates this was the Chinezenmoord. In fairness you'd even find Mat Sallehs slipping sentences (or in this case singing) in Malay and Javanese in those days so make of that what you will lol.\nOn Sumatra and Borneo (and to, as seen here, at times similar complaints to the Malaysian internet) otoh you actually still find people speaking Chinese (and non-Chinese people not speaking a form of Malay natively themselves to begin with). Afaik this leaves Indonesian plaing a role more similar to English than Malay in Malaysia, so ig not a one-to-one example to copy over there in any case.", "Yes, it's difficult to assimilate properly when you are literally classified as second or third-class citizens, isn't it? Is that what you're trying to say? What use is learning the language when it doesn't even guarantee your enrollment in a public university? Or worse, straight-As students getting rejected because of the BS bumi \"quotas\". Why contribute to a society that literally uses your hard-earned money to take care of a bunch of religious extremists who want to strip away your rights?\nI'm sure you have a very reasonable excuse for this?", "Chill out, I agree with you\nBut I\u2019m just trying to point out the differences in how it works in others and us", "I ain't even mad, I'm just pointing out the flaws in your statement. Heard this argument so many times, but none can give me a good answer when I question them back.", "I\u2019m not here to debate about who is a second class citizen or not so all the best", "No one is debating who's the second-class citizen here, that's literally already a known fact. You are arguing that the nons don't assimilate properly because of whatever reason you're trying to portray here. I'm telling you that when you have systematic racist policies coming from the top-down, this has to be the only reasonable reaction one could expect, no?", "chill bro. Use sarcastic comment better.\nExample: Every Malaysian who speak BM well can get Bumi status.", "There\u2019s inequality even amongst bumis.", "Every bumis who speak BM well can get a spouse. /s", "Chillax", "Yes, it's difficult to assimilate properly when you are literally classified as second or third-class citizens, isn't it?\nI mean that is what happen when most people tend to forgot history, that is what happen when the founding parties were more inclined with their own ethnic line and keen to preserve it.\nWhy do people think many of our neighbours dont have the same major problem we have? Because they didnt care, the \"minorities\" would stick to the national identity or die trying.\nThat is what happen to the southern phillipines, that is what happen to southern thailand, that is what happen to indonesia, that is what happen to singapore.\nIf people dont want the bumi policy to still be implemented then they should tow the line of national identity that is dictated by the majority. But the forefathers didnt want that, and now they moan why they should be malaysian when they are treated as \"second class\" citizens.\nThere is no apparently give and take, you assume that their hard earned money is used to take away their rights. Why do you even think religious extremist happen anyway? Just like your argument that why they should assimilate when they got nothing in return would just give cause to the extremists to grow, in excuse of them not assimilating. Its a circular problem.\nI mean just look at the national language issue, either you do or you dont even then it get politicise. The bumis arent the only ones with \"woe is me\" syndrome.", "I mean that is what happen when most people tend to forgot history, that is what happen when the founding parties were more inclined with their own ethnic line and keen to preserve it.\nSuggesting that ethnic strife is a result of forgetting history or ethnic groups clinging to their identity is veering dangerously close to excusing policies akin to apartheid. Are you sure that's the message you're trying to convey?\nWhy do people think many of our neighbours dont have the same major problem we have? Because they didnt care, the \"minorities\" would stick to the national identity or die trying.\nDidn't care? Now you're straight up talking from your behind. The claim that our neighbors don\u2019t face major ethnic problems due to minority assimilation is blatantly wrong. I mean dude you don't even have to look that far, Thailand's Malay-Muslim insurgency - ongoing since the 50s and increasingly violent in the last two decades. The Malays up north are straight up bombing and killing people because they want to preserve their cultural identity and autonomy. So your argument really has zero weight here.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency#Background_of_the_insurgency\nIf people dont want the bumi policy to still be implemented then they should tow the line of national identity that is dictated by the majority. But the forefathers didnt want that, and now they moan why they should be malaysian when they are treated as \"second class\" citizens.\nThe whole idea that people should just forget their identity and blend in with the majority to avoid unfair treatment is absurd. The idea that minorities should simply fall in line with a majority-dictated national identity is even more ridiculous, especially in a multicultural society like Malaysia. Blaming the forefathers for not assimilating is a reductive view, you're simply ignoring the genuine grievances about unequal treatment and rights, which are legitimate issues in any society striving for fairness and equality.\nThere is no apparently give and take, you assume that their hard earned money is used to take away their rights. Why do you even think religious extremist happen anyway? Just like your argument that why they should assimilate when they got nothing in return would just give cause to the extremists to grow, in excuse of them not assimilating. Its a circular problem.\nWhy extremism happen, that's for another discussion. I'm talking about people who perceive their financial contributions as being funneled into policies and practices they find unjust, a real sense of disenfranchisement and the feeling that one's contributions are not leading to equitable societal benefits. We're discussing assimilating a multicultural society like Malaysia, characterizing the entire situation as a circular problem oversimplifies the dynamics at play. The real challenge lies in creating a society where diverse identities can coexist, where differences are respected, and where policies are fair and inclusive. Ignoring these nuances and framing the issue as a simple cause-and-effect scenario, as you did, shows that you're merely an apologist for the bumi policies.\nI mean just look at the national language issue, either you do or you dont even then it get politicise. The bumis arent the only ones with \"woe is me\" syndrome.\nLearning the language or culture means nothing if you\u2019re still going to be sidelined by discriminatory policies like the bumi quotas. It's like being in a rigged game where the rules change based on who you are, not what you achieve.", "Suggesting that ethnic strife is a result of forgetting history or ethnic groups clinging to their identity is veering dangerously close to excusing policies akin to apartheid. Are you sure that's the message you're trying to convey?\nBecause that is what is happening. This accusation of the bumis as if they are the sole reason for the state of the country is unbecoming.\nHow is it excusing policies? I am stating that the policy inacted by the founding parties of malaya which consists of major representation of the three races that causes the problem we have today. Your tone of only accusing the bumis is what makes it a point of forgetting history.\nThe only message I got from your reply is \"bumi is bad\", while I am merely stating the state of the current situation is at play because the actions taken by all the races in the pasts. The decision to toe with racial line, highlighting that is is a matter of not simply the malay are the cause of all their suffering.\nBut then again the \"woe is me\" crowd seems to not only infected the bumi community but also others as well. At least the bumi acknowledge the fact that their actions brought this state of affairs.\nI mean dude you don't even have to look that far, Thailand's Malay-Muslim insurgency - ongoing since the 50s and increasingly violent in the last two decades.\nThat is what I meant that they didnt care, they forcefully assimilate the minorities that led to violence of forced assimilation.\nThe Malays up north are straight up bombing and killing people because they want to preserve their cultural identity and autonomy. So your argument really has zero weight here\nIt does hold weight, your argue that let me rephrase \"why should we assimilate if we are treated as second class citizens\". Because the other side of the coin is what happen to the phillipines, to thailand and to indonesia.\nThat is why I say you forego history to why thinks the way it is right now. Is it the best outcome? Of course not, but it is the best that could be established now.\nJust like how our history tackle the racial issue by talking and using diplomacy, I highlighted this fact because you seem to gloss over that. That assimilation, is something that our neighbours does while we didnt.\nThe whole idea that people should just forget their identity and blend in with the majority to avoid unfair treatment is absurd.\nNo if that is the case we would have follow our neighbours ways. But we did not, nobody is telling you to forget their identity. But that is the problem isnt it? You just want your cake and eat it too.\nespecially in a multicultural society like Malaysia. Blaming the forefathers for not assimilating is a reductive view, you're simply ignoring the genuine grievances about unequal treatment and rights, which are legitimate issues in any society striving for fairness and equality.\nI am not blaming the forefather for not assimilating, I want to bring forth that the non bumis forget why the forefathers reach the agreement in the first place and how those agreement is affecting the current setting we see ourselves at right now.\nYou argue about genuine grievance of unequal treatement and rights but ignore the genuine grievance unequal economic and standard of living that bumis have is very conveying. Ignoring that fact while uplifting the former is reductive in view as well doesnt it?\nThere is a reason why during the early stage of the pre independent malaya there was grivance of territory simply becoming a chinese colony. Records had shown that before ww2, especially that the ratio of chinese to malay in malaya was nearly 50%. There is a reason why this fear exist, being a stranger in their own land and that fear persist to this day. Especially with the seemingly lack of assimilation cultivate this view even more.\nI'm talking about people who perceive their financial contributions as being funneled into policies and practices they find unjust, a real sense of disenfranchisement and the feeling that one's contributions are not leading to equitable societal benefits\nAt this point I do agree. The policy inacted does perpatuate this sentiment. But the policy itself is the product of toeing the racial line. Which further perpatuate those feeling which further perpatuate the policies inacted.\nThe real challenge lies in creating a society where diverse identities can coexist, where differences are respected, and where policies are fair and inclusive. Ignoring these nuances and framing the issue as a simple cause-and-effect scenario, as you did, shows that you're merely an apologist for the bumi policies.\nAn apologist? No I am acknowledging this history, while you gloss it to simply focus on the \"present\" but ignoring why the bumis feel the way they are. You say I ignore nunaces, but you deny why the bumis perspective of the matter doesnt help your cause. When I stated the reason for the bumi policies you accuses me of being an apologist. How is that ignoring nuances, your statement literally ignore nuances.\nYou want the bumis to relent, learn why they put it in the first place. But you dont do that. You want to fight for your cause but you dont want to learn your opponents. In the end the problem still persists because your argument is merely one sided.\nLearning the language or culture means nothing if you\u2019re still going to be sidelined by discriminatory policies like the bumi quotas. It's like being in a rigged game where the rules change based on who you are, not what you achieve\nAnd that is why your argument is a lost cause. You want the discriminatory policies to be repealed but dont want to see the reason why it happen. To solve that you need to also solve the reasons to why the policy is implimented in the first place. But you dont, you just want what best for you. And that is folks is what is happening in this country. Everyone just wants the best for themselves and that is the reason why things wouldnt change.\nYou want to simply blame the bumis for this problem is simply in your words \"reductive in view\". That is why I pointed out that nobody is wanting to give and take anymore, no more using diplomacy.\nIt takes two to tango, at least I know the bumi policy has far reaching consequences. In fact even the malays know this, but why do they have to care? How do you want to have a fair and equal malaysia when things like the national language is mocked. You want the bumis to care about your woes but refuse the same is \"reductive in view\".", "It's funny how you keep mentioning who are to blame for bumi policies, like it's some kind of valid excuse for ongoing disparities. The issue is never about blaming bumis; it's about addressing systemic inequalities that have persisted and evolved over time. Remembering history shouldn't mean accepting unequal policies indefinitely.\nThe only message I got from your reply is \"bumi is bad\"\nOh wow, now you're putting words in my mouth to support your own argument? How mature of you? I criticized two things in my replies, Bumi \"POLICIES\" & Religion Extremist. Please point out exactly where did I mention bumi is bad or any meaning like that.\nThat is what I meant that they didnt care, they forcefully assimilate the minorities that led to violence of forced assimilation.\nThe violence and unrest in Southern Thailand are not because minorities didn't care to assimilate; it's precisely because they were forced into a national identity that didn't respect their cultural and religious distinctiveness. You get it now?\nNo if that is the case we would have follow our neighbours ways. But we did not, nobody is telling you to forget their identity. But that is the problem isnt it? You just want your cake and eat it too.\nYou outright stated, \"If people don't want the bumi policy, they should toe the majority's line on national identity.\" Now, are you backtracking? And let's get this straight \u2013 asking for fairness and justice is now seen as wanting a slice of the pie? What an implication! Are you insinuating that Malaysia was solely built by the Malays? What am I missing here? Are you actually suggesting that non-bumis don\u2019t deserve their share? And make up your mind: did the non-bumis control the economy to such an extent that bumis were left at a disadvantage, necessitating government intervention with policies to level the playing field, or did the non-bumis contribute so insignificantly that they don't warrant a share of the pie? Your stance is riddled with contradictions.\nThat is why I say you forego history to why thinks the way it is right now. Is it the best outcome? Of course not, but it is the best that could be established now.\nMaintaining the status quo can only benefit one group, guess who? Acknowledging the historical context of the bumi policy is essential, but it doesn't mean the policy should remain unchallenged if it perpetuates inequality. The goal should be to evolve these policies in a way that reflects current societal needs and ensures fairness for all, not just maintain them because they were agreed upon in the past.\nYou argue about genuine grievance of unequal treatement and rights but ignore the genuine grievance unequal economic and standard of living that bumis have is very conveying. Ignoring that fact while uplifting the former is reductive in view as well doesnt it?\nIt's a false dichotomy to suggest that addressing the grievances of non-bumis necessarily means ignoring the challenges faced by bumis. This is what is wrong with you, in your mind it's a zero-sum game, it's either the bumis or the nons.\nThe goal in a just society should be to uplift all communities without perpetuating racial biases or discrimination. Why should we suppress the minorities if we want to uplift the bumis? Suggesting that policies favoring bumis are justified because of their economic disadvantage ignores the fact that not all bumis are economically disadvantaged and not all non-bumis are economically advantaged. And unless the Malays are mentally challenged at birth, I really don't see a reason why race plays a part in an uplifting program at all. Your argument is way too weak and myopic.\nAn apologist? No I am acknowledging this history, while you gloss it to simply focus on the \"present\" but ignoring why the bumis feel the way they are. You say I ignore nunaces, but you deny why the bumis perspective of the matter doesnt help your cause. When I stated the reason for the bumi policies you accuses me of being an apologist. How is that ignoring nuances, your statement literally ignore nuances.\nAcknowledging history is important, but using it as a crutch to support current unequal policies is where your problem lies. It's not about glossing over the past or ignoring the perspective of bumis. Clinging to historical justifications for policies that continue to perpetuate inequality today is not acknowledging history; it's being trapped by it.\nYour stance imply that critique of bumi policies amounts to ignoring bumi perspectives or their historical grievances. This is a false narrative. Recognizing the historical context doesn't mean we should accept ongoing inequalities as unchangeable. It\u2019s entirely possible to understand and empathize with the historical struggles of bumis, yet still advocate for reforming policies that no longer serve a fair and equitable purpose.\nYou accuse others of ignoring nuances, yet your argument does exactly that by failing to recognize the need for these policies to evolve. It\u2019s not about being an apologist or not; it\u2019s about whether you're willing to look critically at the present implications of past decisions. Just because a policy had a certain rationale in the past doesn\u2019t mean it remains valid or fair in the current context.\nYou want to simply blame the bumis for this problem is simply in your words \"reductive in view\". That is why I pointed out that nobody is wanting to give and take anymore, no more using diplomacy.\nIt seems like you have trouble making the distinction between criticizing bumi policies and blaming the bumi community. The focus of the critique is on the policies, not the people. The argument isn't about assigning blame to the bumi community as a whole; it's about challenging the fairness and current relevance of certain policies that happen to be labeled as 'bumi policies.'\nAnd that is why your argument is a lost cause. You want...\nThe argument isn't about ignoring the reasons behind bumi policies; it's about recognizing that clinging to outdated policies in the name of history is holding Malaysia back. It's not a lost cause to demand fairness and equity. This isn't about blaming bumis; it's about challenging a system that perpetuates inequality. Advocating for change is part of a healthy democracy, not a refusal to give and take. A fair and equal Malaysia needs policies that reflect its diverse reality, not just the interests of one group. It's about creating a society where everyone's rights and contributions are valued, not just those of a select few.\nIt's evident that your perspective is a direct result of years of political manipulation that it made you so obtuse that you failed to see the issue at hand, when challenges to the bumiputera policies are mistakenly seen as attacks on the Bumi/Malay community, a narrative you seem to have bought into. This is a narrow viewpoint and fails to recognize the difference between questioning a policy and targeting a community. It's sad that you have such a myopic understanding of what's essentially a broader issue of fairness and equality in policy-making.", "You accuse others of ignoring nuances, yet your argument does exactly that by failing to recognize the need for these policies to evolve. It\u2019s not about being an apologist or not; it\u2019s about whether you're willing to look critically at the present implications of past decisions. Just because a policy had a certain rationale in the past doesn\u2019t mean it remains valid or fair in the current context.\nNo, I do see the policy the need to evolve. That is why kept on banging about diplomacy. That is why I kept on saying that for it to be repealed something of worth should be implimented as well. But you dont seem to address that, you just want it to be repealed and that is that. What does the bumis get in return for appealing the policy?\nJust look at the Jawi issue. If you cant recognise the problem with that, then what is the point of them relenting? To them it is not a win-win situation.\n\"Just because a policy had a certain rationale in the past doesn\u2019t mean it remains valid or fair in the current context.\" But it does help to formulate a path to go foward. But you are ven refusing to acknowledge that ratiomale in tbe first place so how do you want it to be valid and fair, when you are ignoring the other side of the coin.\nYour stance imply that critique of bumi policies amounts to ignoring bumi perspectives or their historical grievances. This is a false narrative. Recognizing the historical context doesn't mean we should accept ongoing inequalities as unchangeable. It\u2019s entirely possible to understand and empathize with the historical struggles of bumis, yet still advocate for reforming policies that no longer serve a fair and equitable purpose.\nI do apologise if that is what my stance seem to be thought of. But that is not the case, critique it all you want, I want it to better as well. But you are ignoring the bumi perspective and their historical grievances, you are not recognising the historical context and that is the problem.\nYou keep on parroting reforming policies and being fair, while ignoring the context, how can it be fair? You want to address the non bumis woe but ignoring the bumis perpsective on the matter. How would the bumis accept that? You want it be equitable to the non bumis, that is a fair point. But to what way are you addresing the bumis side of the problem. The challenges isnt as simple as number on a piece of paper.", "It's funny how you keep mentioning who are to blame for bumi policies, like it's some kind of valid excuse for ongoing disparities.\nOh really? Now you are putting words in my mouth. I stated why the bumi policy was implemented. You ignore the why. That is why I pointed it out.\nThe issue is never about blaming bumis; it's about addressing systemic inequalities that have persisted and evolved over time. Remembering history shouldn't mean accepting unequal policies indefinitely.\nReally? Because you are only addressing the only one side of the spectrum. That is what I am arguing against you. Remembering history shouldnt mean accepting unequal policy. But you ignore history to why it was implemented in the first place. Does not addressing the root cause of the friction of the bumi place. As such you are only making excuses for non bumi and not getting the reason why the policy was implemented.\nAs I had stated again and again you want to reverse the bumi policy? Learn why the bumi implemented it in the first place. But you dont, that is why I argue you wouldnt achieve much by being one sided.\nBumi \"POLICIES\" & Religion Extremist. Please point out exactly where did I mention bumi is bad or any meaning like that.\nI mean being treated as third class citizens? Really now? I dont rememver not allowing the non bumi to vote, nor restricting their citizenship. But hey you didnt mentioan it right, just explicitly implying towards it.\nThe violence and unrest in Southern Thailand are not because minorities didn't care to assimilate; it's precisely because they were forced into a national identity that didn't respect their cultural and religious distinctiveness. You get it now?\nIt is not because the minorities didnt care to assimilate, it is because the government doesnt care about the minority. That is the reason why they are force to being assimilate in the first place. But hey third class citizens right?\nYou outright stated, \"If people don't want the bumi policy, they should toe the majority's line on national identity.\" Now, are you backtracking?\nNo I didnt, read it as the whole context. In the same reply I touched upon how neighbouring countries uses it as a a way for forced assimilation. We didnt, we used diplomacy. Give and take, but people seems to not want that. As such that is why the course of action in that context would be consider as toeing the majority line on national identity.\nAnd make up your mind: did the non-bumis control the economy to such an extent that bumis were left at a disadvantage, necessitating government intervention with policies to level the playing field, or did the non-bumis contribute so insignificantly that they don't warrant a share of the pie? Your stance is riddled with contradictions\nYes, you forget that the country has only been independent for less than 65 years and that matter of fact wouldnt just be a bygone thing. The non bumis household income in 1976 was twice that of the malays, the household poverty was twice of that the chinese and less of that of indian household. The same decade also shows that while 70% of the land use is owned by foreign entity, the ones owned by asian are the rest. Of that the chinese owns twice the amount, in comparison to the malay.\nThis is due to the system in place, the dual economic system that rely on the malays to do the traditional work of farming, fishing etc.\nMy stance is lnt riddle in contradiction. My stance is to bring forth the attentiom that you are ignoring. Unlike you I do want to change for a better Malaysia. But to do that I am not ignoring the plight of one side while upholding the other. The only reason why I am even playing devils advocate here is because you ate exclusively championing the plight of the non bumis while simultaneously ignoring, even being ignorant of the problem face by the bumis.\nMaintaining the status quo can only benefit one group, guess who? Acknowledging the historical context of the bumi policy is essential, but it doesn't mean the policy should remain unchallenged if it perpetuates inequality. The goal should be to evolve these policies in a way that reflects current societal needs and ensures fairness for all, not just maintain them because they were agreed upon in the past.\nI never argue for the maintainence of the statu quo. I didn lt even criticise you for challenging the policy. I criticise your lack of nunace that comes from the bumis side of the problem.\nI even again and again stated that the policy effect creates this circular motion of consequences. But you seem to ignore that. I had stated again and again that if you want to remove the bumi policy, you need to know why the policy was implemented in the first place.\nTackle that problem as well. Because currently you are not and that would not solve any problem and the same policy would be perpatuated again and again.\nIt's a false dichotomy to suggest that addressing the grievances of non-bumis necessarily means ignoring the challenges faced by bumis. This is what is wrong with you, in your mind it's a zero-sum game, it's either the bumis or the nons.\nBecause that is what you are doing. You are adrresing the grievance of the non bumi by ignoring the challenges of the bumis. That is why pointed out, for the bumi policy to be repealed something must ve given. You dont see that, in yiur mind there is nothing to give. Becausr you are blinded by the problem faced by the non bumi, while ignoring the bumis.\nI am not the one who is advocating for bumis or non bumis, you are. You arent tackling the problem from a malaysian perspective. You are trying to tackle it from a non bumi perpective. That is the zero sum game.\nIf the stance you take is to also help the bumis, your ignorance to the demographical, cultural, historical, and economical background of the bumis. It doesnt translate as such.\nWhy should we suppress the minorities if we want to uplift the bumis? Suggesting that policies favoring bumis are justified because of their economic disadvantage ignores the fact that not all bumis are economically disadvantaged and not all non-bumis are economically advantaged.\nI am not justifying the policy. I am giving context to it. That is where you dont seem to wrap around the nuances. Why do you think the policy was implemented in the first place? Why did it favor the malays? Why does the major parties toes the racial line? You dont seem to want to see this part of the of the ordeal. Not acknowledging this fact is what damned your cause, you want to repeal the policy but refuse to see the why, the reason, the politics, the context in which the policy was implemented for. What you think people start something willly nilly?\nIf it was as simple as that, the policy would be repealed as it was planned in the first place. But you only want to see only one side and to that good luck.\nAnd unless the Malays are mentally challenged at birth, I really don't see a reason why race plays a part in an uplifting program at all. Your argument is way too weak and myopic.\nAnd that is where why I see you are simply doing this for yourselves. The fact you dont see the reason why race play a part. Shows that you dont understand the history, you are just parroting feel good words.\nMy argument isnt weak, you just refuse to see that the bumis also has reasons for the policy. But hey, to not acknowledge your opppnents grievances is the sure way to solving this aint it?", "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Think about it. I'm done with you. Hava a nice day.", "When you feel like you are the only one who is having problems it is everybody elses fault. I would bid you the same but I would know it wouldnt fit your own narrative.", "It seems like you have trouble making the distinction between criticizing bumi policies and blaming the bumi community. The focus of the critique is on the policies, not the people. The argument isn't about assigning blame to the bumi community as a whole; it's about challenging the fairness and current relevance of certain policies that happen to be labeled as 'bumi policies.'\nI am not even assigning blame. I have put out again and again on why the policy was implemented. That policy was agreed upon by the major representative party of that time. If that is what you consider as assigning blame, then you dont want to learn of historical context.\nChallenge the policy, not once has I denounce your point concerning the bumi policy. Not once. I pointed out, that in your crusade to criticise the bumi policy, without knowing the reason behind it, would not solve the problem. You repealed the policy then you solve the non bumi grievance, but what happen to the bumis grievances then? Your sole focus on only the non bumi is what I am calling you out on.\nIt's evident that your perspective is a direct result of years of political manipulation that it made you so obtuse that you failed to see the issue at hand, when challenges to the bumiputera policies are mistakenly seen as attacks on the Bumi/Malay community, a narrative you seem to have bought into. This is a narrow viewpoint and fails to recognize the difference between questioning a policy and targeting a community. It's sad that you have such a myopic understanding of what's essentially a broader issue of fairness and equality in policy-making\nThe fact that you degrade the views that is seen by the bumis as simply \"political manipulation\", is astounding. But hey you want a fair and equitable system, you need to learn to put yourself into another shoes. Not simply demeaning the other point as non-issues.\nAgain how can you make a fair system if you dont know the grievance of your own opponents, their history, their background, their fears. You accuses of me being short sighted, yet I am not the one who is belittling the views express by an opponent as \"political manipulation\", and apparently I am the one that cant make the distinction. But apparently airing the viewsand grievances of your opponents is just myopic.", "I had a Chinese-Malay guy telling me, completely unironically, that the UK shouldn't allow immigrants from the Middle East because they don't integrate properly.\nHe got a little quiet when I asked him how many generations ago his family moved here and if they spoke BM at home.", "I'm confused.How does integration has got to do with language spoken at home?", "It's a bit of an artificial divide that splits between \"we speak X language, you speak Y language, we are different people\". TBH it's only as big a problem as you want to make it out to be. For example, in Singapore, it really doesn't matter since everyone has to learn a \"mother language\" so the 3 different languages are seen more as different \"course subjects\" like people taking science vs economics, not a big deal.\nFast forward to the Ukraine civil war (before the Russian invasion) where people were going \"We speak Russian so we are not Ukrainian!\" and Civil War ensues. They made it a big deal so it became a big problem to them.\nThis language thing is only as big as you want to make it, but it can go pretty big if you want it to!", "Chinese Malaysians, along with Indians, Ibans, Bidayuhs, etc are integrated citizens of Malaysia and they belong in this country. Comparing a fourth generation Malaysian Chinese to say, a Moroccan immigrant in France on the subject of immigration is basically comparing apples to oranges.\nAlso we minorities have kept our fluency in our mother tongues in tact and we're way more fluent in them than say in the US or UK where people actively want people, especially minorites to speak English. But that doesn't mean we're not fluent in Bahasa Malaysia, we still speak it and we pride ourselves in our diversity.\nWhether what that guy said was right or wrong can be debated but calling him a hypocrite is your fucking problem and you can stick it right up your white ass.", "Unfortunately that sentiment is rather normalised in Western Europe :/"], ["Never was , its just propaganda", "Not really, we are probably the best at it currently."], ["Nobody in Malaysia believes in multiculturalism. Outside of Malaysia, its just propaganda and foreigners don't know much about Malaysia in the first place.", "Exactly. In foreign universities Malaysians get so upset when you bring up examples of racism in the classroom discussions and they all deny it til they're blue in their face but after class they all go back to their respective kelab UMNO, DAP n pas n collect their allowances n attend their \"not for your people\" jamuan free...", "Multiculturism can't exist when segregation is the norm."], ["Root of the problem: Too much Islamisation and \u201cUs versus Them\u201d being engrained in a large percentage of a certain race from young. Hence the kami jaga kami shenanigans.", "20 Millions, 64% of the Malaysian population were Muslims. This is their ancestral land and NOT YOURS. Now you\u2019re talking about their religion and at the same time want the equal rights. Get a life somewhere else lol", "Aah geez guys, I made the muslim extremist mad. Alright2 back to Tong San I go.", "Lol \u2620\ufe0f\ud83e\udd23. Ignore that fella only, sounds like a ketuanaan keris waver"], ["Look discrimination happens everywhere.\nWhat makes malaysia truly unique is that the discrimination is systemic, publicly funded and sanctioned by the government against the minorities for the last 50 years.\nAt least in overseas they pretend to try to fix it; here it\u2019s too sensitive to even discuss it.\nSome folks always go like yea Singaporean hates Indians too. Last I check they don\u2019t have quota system against Indian. Or how Americans still discriminate against blacks but last I check it\u2019s illegal to ask for race and gender in job application form in US.", "Meh, have you lived there ? It\u2019s not a mistake that graduates from universities in Singapore is predominantly Chinese.\nIn 2020,\nA whopping 80.5% graduates are Chinese, 10% are Indians and 4.1% are Malay.\nThey just hide it better la.. don\u2019t fool yourself", "<image>\nCompared to malaysia. Dont hide it at all.", "True.. I agree education should be accessible at all levels despite race.\nMy points remains, to the Singapore fanboys / girls they are racist too.. ure fooling yourself with the comparison \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "Rental discrimination does happen there with all the stereotypes and stuff.", "80.5% graduates are Chinese, 10% are Indians and 4.1% are Malay.\nRead slowly. Especially the part on \"At least in overseas they pretend to try to fix it ...\" whereas here it's written in black and white that discrimination is legal.\nFor those looking for source on parent commenter's stat, this paper appears to be it. I highly recommend reading the entire paper on how they are identifying the problem and propose fixes going forward. And then look back at us Malaysia.\nMalays\u2019 proportion of Diploma & Professional Qualification was the highest at 16.9% compared to 15.2% Chinese and 15% Indians in 2020.\nAnother promising picture is the field of study Malay university graduates are in \u2013 a significant number of them are in new technology/sciences...https://karyawan.sg/2020-census-a-community-perspective/", ".... isn't that just the normal population distribution? I'll be more surprised if Singapore had a 80% Malay graduate rate, like \"Where are all these extra Malays coming from? Or did the Chinese suddenly boycott the University education system?\".\nWith 80% Chinese, won't it be logical that 80% of the graduates are also Chinese?", "Alright, put the same logic to Malaysia la.\nBumis are the largest by ethnicity around 62% and yet in 2019, here is the statistics by race for graduates in malaysia\nBumis - 3.4 million Chinese -1.3 million Indians -368 thousands\nFor argument sakes, let assume these are the total graduates in malaysia.\nIn percentage form -\nBumi- 67% Chinese 26% Indians - 7%\nAnd yet, people keep glorifying Singapore when there\u2019s an obvious disparity between education access across race more than Malaysia . Puhless .. hypocrites I tell you.", "Then you should be claiming that Bumi quotas don't really change a thing rather than randomly accuse Singapore of being racist. You're working in the wrong direction, instead of justifying Malaysia's fair stance, you rather pull both parties down by claiming that both are racist on a basis of a normal population distribution. Which also kind of crashes in logic.\n\"The graduation distribution closely follows the population distribution. We must be somehow suppressing someone.\" -logic failure.", "its everywhere... China is even worse.. only money matters.. almost like agreeable anywhere those china mentality", "Whataboutism", "China is fairer because only money matters so if you work hard you get it, if not you leave to make another boss (or yourself) richer. It's literally pure play capitalism.. worked there for awhile and you get low fix pay but almost unlimited bonus based on your output\nHere we have this stupid pakat mentality. In govt, one dominates, in private the other. Anything other than the big two can go fly kites.", "Can't they understand that it's sensitive because it requires discussion, and possibly requires a consensus made to make it a less sensitive issue?"], ["We treat Palestinians better than the nons.", "Pakistanis too, until they started tackling your bini so they can start opening businesses (a minor problem in outskirts in Selangor)", "only kisah bile politically convenient\nafter that toss out the window", "Same here in Sarawak and also in Sabah.", "Islam... Oh Islam....\nThats the answer for those who believe such things...", "Shitty people will still be shitty even without the religion as an excuse", "I blame the Holy Shit religion for that! Every time something bad happens, you'll see that one of their believers is involved.\nCar crash -> \"Holy Shit!\"\nPlane crash -> \"Holy Shit!\"\nSkateboard accident-> \"Holy Shit!\"\nSee? Every time something bad happens, there is always one of their believers around! Coincidence? You tell me!\n:P\nlol\nPS: Just in case people don't get it, it's a joke where an exclamation is taken as a statement of religious belief.", "Nothing to do with Islam. Your the reason why Malaysia has problems l", "I am the problem.\nI want all Malaysians to be treated the same regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation.\nIndeed I am the problem. Because I won't bow down to certain people saying certain things.", "Yes you are, because you made assumptions and commit hypocrisy against the very statement you just gave.", "Islam oh Islam....such is the drive for PAS\nIslamic party Malaysia...number one in all our hearts\nSomething something all other races and religions should die...la la la\nSung to the tune of the great hit - Death to the Infidel", "Generic party made of uneducated anti Islamist gathering in the name of Islam saying some dumb shit.\nIt\u2019s not like other parties in Malaysia don\u2019t do the same with their own voter base.\nEast Malaysia DAP calls anyone who doesn\u2019t vote for them as race traitors, PKR sides easily with the corrupt, UMNO uses its race rhetoric all the time.\nInstead of being an ignorant racist, maybe attempt to live up to your own statement.\nWe don\u2019t need to go into the world rhetoric in history of every ideology doing terrible stuff today and in the past.", "And how do I live up to it if I don't speak out against such atrocities?\nKeep quiet and diam? Let it wash over us?\nPray tell, how should we live up to become true Malaysians? Where we see each other as brothers not islam/non or races?\nTell, pray tell, since you called me a hypocrite and ignorant. Share your thoughts since you know it all.", "Speaking up doesn\u2019t mean becoming another ignorant racist in themselves.\nYou can always find more logical and sensible stand points.\nYou will never remove the brotherhood people share in an ideology. Religion and race will always have some level of play to the human mental state in different ways.\nYou want to do better? Ask why isn\u2019t pas living up to their stated Islamist values online with the constitution of Medina and larp whabbist and racial politics.\nAsk why dap states to not be racist but drops racial statements all the time from genuine post of \u201crace traitors\u201d etc\nAsk why UMNO supposedly the savior of the poor man involved in big money politics?\nAsk why PKR became UMNO?\nThey all have legitimate reason it\u2019s you can stand up for moderate values rather than adopting one general uninformed mainstream racial take.\nExtend further and look at human rights hypocrisy and how no nation truly has it implemented.\nSystematic racism exist in Denmark (Greenland folks)\nSwedish far right rising due to compromises with moderates right.\nThe world has problems and it allows terrible people to rise due to generalisation and ignorance.\nYou want to make Malaysia more humanist? Appeal to the Islamist humanist policies.\nYou want to make Malaysia less racially problematic improve minority integration into the country and condemn racial states by parties that engage in demonising the majority or the minority.", "Oh wise one. You have spoken.\nTruly your words are amazing.\nPlease mods let's sticky it.\nSome of what you say is true. But really you don't have an answer yourself. It reads like a thesis on \"everyone is bad, so be better yourself, just don't ask me specifics\"\nYou want to make Malaysia more humanist? Appeal to the Islamist humanist policies\nIndeed. Islam oh Islam let it continue to expand into the lives all non believers.\nDeath to the nons!", "must be a bitter non. malaysia doesn\u2019t even grant palestinian refugees right to work, yet you have the audacity to say this. wallow in your own sense of deprivation."], ["It's never been. Multiculturalism has always been either a tourism slogan or a campaigning slogan, in order for people to have a nice warm fuzzy feeling on the inside that they're doing something right. Look beyond the surface level, peek into the details, and you'll find things are very different.\nMulticulturalism implies, and requires, an ability to accept practices that are not ours, even when we do not understand or align with it. And while our people, for the most part, get along, how many stories have you seen recently that fall under the theme of lack of tolerance?\nThis is an ongoing irony of Malaysia: cakap satu, buat lain. Politikus will talk a lot about multiculturalism but at the same time will fabricate issues to generate anti-multiculturalism drama for political gain. Cakap satu, buat lain. Our tourism slogans talk about welcoming people to a diverse culture but when minorities here speak up, so often we hear \"tak suka, berambus\". Cakap satu, buat lain.\nAnd people are very comfortable not confronting that doublespeak because it allows them to avoid uncomfortable conversations about their own doublespeak. And as long as this is the case, Malaysia is heading down a dangerous path."], ["Far from it.\nThe ethnic minorities are Pendatang, remember ? A few former prime ministers of the country have been very vocal about it, repeatedly labeling the Malaysian-chinese, Malaysian-indians pendatang, and budget under the Sabri's administration is a testament.\nThe poster of multiculturalism is purely advertising, sealing investment deals for the ruling party, tourism, and as disguise to con the foreigners.", "Talked to my friend about this just a few days ago. Went to Kuala Lumpur and was feeling proud of how my motherland has developed until I realized that ppl here don't see me as \"locals\"... maybe yes but not truly, not from their heart\nthey'll still treat me as a pendatang when it comes to limited-spots-for-benefits given by the government...."], ["Since when Malaysia was EVER a poster child for multiculturalism. It is conservative AF with all the Muslim rights. Man. Was a gaslight thread", "It was right up to the 80s when Mamak + Anwar islamation of the civil service and education prog took hold.", "It always has been. Even now we are still the best in it compared to other countries.", "*Laugh* from Singapore.", "Singapore is not as diverse and far from being multiculturalism compared to Malaysian. Quite literally lacks diversity as a whole, Singapore has less diversity than the US.\nSingapore has its own issues and will continue to have them as well.\nMuslims rights has never really been the issue it\u2019s been the failure of long term integration of immigrant groups and the ability to full enforce Islamic rights along with national code along the constitution of Medina.\nI don\u2019t have to go far to look at issues at East Malaysia where DAP actively makes racially motivated statements such as \u201crace traitor\u201d on their official social media or go to West Malaysia and look at PAS going in ethnic lines.\nMalaysia is pretty centristic.\nNot right enough and not left enough depending on person.\nYour bubble isn\u2019t the reality of Malaysia luckily enough.", "Comment chain nuked due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat and devolved into slapfighting instead.\nu/PurposeExtra9144 and u/Fit_Treacle_6077, consider this an official warning as we don't welcome this on the sub. Comments in the similar vein may result in a ban or a permaban."], ["Malaysia was indeed multicultural before. It was beautiful. This is back in the 80s and 90s. (That\u2019s the time I was growing up, so probably it was the same before as well) After that it decided it wanted to be Islamic and fast forward to today, it\u2019s trying really hard to be truly Islamic and erase everything beautiful about it.\nAt least when we fail, we can look to Singapore and see how culturally diverse they are over there.", "Singapore isn\u2019t as culturally diverse nor as great at it.\nMalaysia has to deal with over 100 indigenous groups all different from each other, dozens of minorities groups.\nIslamic policies had never been the issue, it\u2019s only the issue when people like you pretend it is.\nIt\u2019s always been a long set of problems from social inequality, failure to recognise colonial problems, lack of integration between the large number of different groups including other bumis etc.", "Trading \"semua salah DAP\" with \"semua salah British\" is progress. I can get along with that.", "The British caused irreplaceable damage to Malaysia.\nDAP is just another PAS for its own audience.\nBoth terrible.\nWhen you have DAP in Sabah and Sarawak posting on their official media calling Chinese or mixed people \u201crace traitors\u201d for voting other parties, you definitely have issues. The same with PAS.\nThis is a stupid argument to make, they both do ton of damage but people are stuck in their own bubble.", "Then call it what is it. The British have done irreparable damage, and the continued policy of Malaysia to hold the nonBumis in second-class status is doing irreparable damage. What's so hard about that?", "\u201cSecond class\u201d - gotta tell my father who is not Malaysian has never felt that way he should feel that way from now on.\nFurthermore, bumi putera policy is affirmative action and has repaired a portion of the problem.\nIt\u2019s a great program used across the world, what you should be fighting for its immigrant backgrounds to integrate into the local community, accept the cultural and Islamic rights of Malaysia, push for economic universal care while officially recognising the plights of all groups and maintaining the Bumi Putera rights until a proper transition and time period has been met.", "Ok. If you say so. \ud83d\ude09", "Oh 100%, but hey stay ignorant.", "Sure. I\u2019d love to. \ud83d\ude09", "Good and hopefully racist like you won\u2019t breed anymore.\nIf you can\u2019t see the diversity in Malaysia and ignore it to only Malay, India and Chinese. Stay ignorant.\nWhen we have half a million Arabs, Millions of Orang Asal of different ethnicities, hundred thousand Pakistanis etc and yet ignore their existence is insane.", "Omg. You don\u2019t give up do you. How old are you?", "You\u2019re doing the same. Keep it up"], ["the poster-child for multi culturalism should be Australia or Canada. Malaysia is heading towards an Arabic mono culture instead", "Brother have you lived in Australia or Canada? They are far worst than us.\nAboriginal Australia deal with so much shit it\u2019s insane, same with indigenous Canadians.\nTons of immigrants are heavily discriminated in Australia and Canada but deal with it due to higher pay etc.\nThis is a huge talking point in their countries.\nYou have regularly Nazi marches calling for the deaths of aboriginals etc in Australia.\nYou have regularly attacks on minorities in Canada.\nDon\u2019t live in a bubble.", "nope. I have lived in NZ and they are the friendliest people imaginable. My brother and sister love living in Australia and US respectively. also see the top 10 migrants to Australia for the past 20 years\n<image>", "I live in Australia. You might ignorant about what happens here and in New Zealand but we have Nazi marches quite regularly in Australia.\nIt\u2019s not hard to find cases and many counter protest happen at regular intervals in Melbourne central.\nAlso Australia etc the Anglo world has had huge immigration push again due to global north and south issue.\nNew Zealand itself has had lots of issues and is one reason my M\u0101ori and White friends have began immigrating to Australia due to a less problematic area in some states.\nM\u0101ori issue has been a large part of New Zealand recent politics and has seen the rise of many M\u0101ori politician highlighting their discrimination being faced etc.\nDid not include the Christchurch shooting - even tho it should have been listed.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Zealandia\nhttps://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/23/who-is-julian-batchellor-stop-co-governance-new-zealand-far-right-speaker-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-no-campaign\nhttps://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/18/queensland-muslims-ask-for-police-protection-over-new-zealand-far-right-activists-pro-israel-protest\nhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67621800.amp\nhttps://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/30/racial-slurs-shouted-during-invasion-of-te-pati-maori-candidates-home/\nhttps://www.justice.govt.nz/about/news-and-media/news/maori-highly-victimised-by-crime-survey-finds/\nA simple search will bring you a large list of issues in New Zealand.\nAustralia is more amplified and is trying to make changes judicially to fix some issues but will probably not be able to do so in a large meaningful way for a while.\nLiving in a bubble does not reflect the issues a society faces.\nMy immigrant father from a \u201cdiscriminated\u201d group in Malaysia has never faced any issue and think Malaysia is extremely friendly and nice.\nHowever this does not equate to the reality of what some Malaysians face.", "Spoken like someone who's only visited Australia/ Canada for holidays..."], ["Actually no. Most people in other countries I've visited have asked me about the discriminatory policies - so it's common knowledge that Malaysia's a terrible place for Nons.", "It isn\u2019t lol. You realised you probably been to all the countries that have that same policy right?\nAustralia, New Zealand, UK, America, Sweden, China, Taiwan etc all have the same policy.", "Guys, he's going to show us Australia, New Zealand, UK, America, Sweden, China and Taiwan's constitutional right to affirmative action for a majority race!\nI'm sitting here ready to have my mind blown.", "Those countries do not take into account whether the group is a minority or a majority but looked at the perceived injustice committed to those groups.\nFor example, all Irish people are in the UK are entitled to affirmative action, this has also been the Scottish and Walesh people who were subjected to the brutality of the English.\nThe UK has also passed large amount of incentive for female population regardless of size.\nIt backwards to believe only a minority of people should receive help.\nNo educated person would agree with that stance.\nTyranny of a majority and minority works both ways", "Everything sounds right, except that in Malaysia it is the already-privileged, already-holding-the-reins of economic and political and demographic power Bumis who still benefit from affirmative action.\nNo one else does this. Malaysia is special. Very. Special.", "Expect this is not true the majority of Bumi are not in that position and even when grouped they are still not in that position of privilege this goes against every statistics out there aside from demographics which looked into is a messy due to over 100 distinct indigenous groups alone in Malaysia.\nAgain your fighting for the wrong cause when you could be fighting for better equality as a whole and a fair transition along with integration of immigrant background groups, acceptance of culture and Islamic rights of Malaysia, push for better social class care and a slow transition to a universal standard after the grievances of indigenous people can be met while introducing programs for the poor.", "The UK does not have any sort of affirmative action for Irish, Welsh or Scottish people.", "Why would you confidently say that without checking for a second?\nhttps://academic.oup.com/ojls/article-abstract/24/3/363/1570636?redirectedFrom=PDF\nhttps://www.lawscot.org.uk/media/372057/23112021-scottish-governments-use-of-made-affirmative-procedure-002-003.pdf\nhttps://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/what-is-wales-doing-to-eliminate-racial-discrimination/\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/positive-action-in-the-workplace-guidance-for-employers/positive-action-in-the-workplace\nThe UK also employees something called Positive Discrimination :)\nThe UK employees more limited affirmation action for Wales & Scotland tho did consider quota education policy for Wales before trying to instead fund everyone there as to avoid backlash from English voters etc.\nThe UK also has many policies for its \u201ccolonial\u201d states it still occupies.\nReally is the UK has already integrated its white population into a capacity that allows them to excel due to long periods of colonial wealth.\nOnly exemption is the Irish which they have introduced programs for a regularly give higher budget to.o.", "I\u2019m from the UK. There isn\u2019t affirmative or \u201cpositive\u201d discrimination for the Scottish, Welsh and Irish people. Though the exception to that is probably Irish Catholics in Northern Ireland. This doesn\u2019t apply outside of NI.\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments might have schemes aimed towards Asians or black peoples, not for ethnic Scots/Welsh people.\nThe UK doesn\u2019t occupy Scotland, Wales or NI. They are not colonial entities.", "Irish people has it, tho so those other territories.\nAs for Welsh and Scotland they depended on a few factors.\nQuite literally linked you different forms of affirmative action.\nTho British \u201coversea\u201d territories also have affirmative action.\nAgain as white British did not really experience much levels of segregation aside from the Irish there wasn\u2019t much requirement to provide them with affirmative action.\nAlso as for another country eg: Sweden it applies to white European Sami peoples.\nPoint is that it has always been used for groups facing injustice in the case of the Uk it primarily focuses on Irish and non-white minorities.\nWhile for Malaysia the majority Bumi were affected hence why they need affirmative action.", "I've actually read the papers and you'll have to pick out the parts that actually look like Malaysia's \"affirmative action for an ethnic group with economic, demographic and political power\".\nCould you quote from them?", "I gave examples of affirmative action there however here is an example of a direct quote:\nReligious focus here is more towards the catholic Irish who were prosecuted.\nhttps://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/24/labour-backs-positive-discrimination-to-close-racial-gap-in-policing\nHere is an exact quote:\nIn Northern Ireland which used a form of positive discrimination, Catholic representation massively increased from 8% in 2001 to 30% in 2011.\nhttps://www.equalityni.org/AffirmativeAction\nIreland dabbled into quota university but received enough funding to avoid it.\nThe way the UK frames affirmative action and the lack of openness about it under the guise of multiculturalism is why many people aside from the White English conservatives have been not really focused on it a lot.\nThey are only jobs for certain ethnic groups: tho they predominantly apply only to immigrant racial groups who were apart of the British empire pre decolonisation and are British citizens.\nThey also changes the naming scheme for those jobs in 2021 after backlash by White ethnic groups in the UK and minorities may have been avoiding them due to how it was marketed.\nhttps://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/writing-about-ethnicity/", "I'll make it simple. You've put out many examples of affirmative action, but none of them benefit a group that has all 3:\nEconomic power \u2611\nStrong demographic representation \u2611\nPolitical power \u2611\nReligious focus here is more towards the catholic Irish who were prosecuted.\nhttps://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/24/labour-backs-positive-discrimination-to-close-racial-gap-in-policing\nHere is an exact quote:\nIn Northern Ireland which used a form of positive discrimination, Catholic representation massively increased from 8% in 2001 to 30% in 2011.\nIn Nothern Ireland, they're trying to solve an ACTIVE problem where the Catholics are under-represented. Your source says so itself.\nStrong demographic representation \u2610\nThey are only jobs for certain ethnic groups: tho they predominantly apply only to immigrant racial groups who were apart of the British empire pre decolonisation and are British citizens.\nThey also changes the naming scheme for those jobs in 2021 after backlash by White ethnic groups in the UK and minorities may have been avoiding them due to how it was marketed.\nhttps://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/writing-about-ethnicity/\nWait, how does this prove that anyone is benefitting from affirmative action and already has:\nEconomic power \u2610\nStrong demographic representation \u2610\nPolitical power \u2610\nWestern governments look at historical injustices, then they identify a group that lacks at least one of the three. Their affirmative action aims to solve an ACTIVE problem. You are fixated on the idea that they see \"Historical injustice \u2611\" and start affirmative action policies.\nMalaysia is special because it justifies its pro-Bumi affirmative action policy solely on \"Historical injustice \u2611\".", "Going to add the British is only one of the many examples. Yea they are under representation for the majority 48% Catholic Irish population.\nYou basically answered yourself:\nBumi do not have economic power as a whole land even then Bumi is a large unfair group lumped together to be considered.\nNorthern Irish catholic are the demographic majority and politically a major force.\nAffirmative action is done in different ways, we are one of the unique nations where the majority were oppressed."], ["As a Malaysian, I wish our government policies or political rhetoric could truly live up to the ideals of a multicultural country that we wish to embody. But the recent rise in right wing populist political rhetoric by a certain political coalition in Malaysia proves to be a strong hurdle towards that ideal"], ["Only as a marketing gimmick to lure tourists. Every local knows that we have serious unresolved issues, and laws were made in a way that prevents these issues from getting discussed in any meaningful way, or resolved in a just manner."], ["It is if you're classed an \"expat \"and not a \"migrant\".", "TBH I've been noticing a lot of migrants using the ex-pat term, even Filipinos and educated Bangladeshis. Yea I know it applies to them, too, I'm a MUET Band 5 cert. holder, but don't kid yourself. We all know in Malaysia, ex-pats = white. Local semantics."], [".....\nWait, Malaysia was a poster child for multi-culturalism? When did that happen? In the 1960s? lol.\nMalaysia is more a poster child for \"Melayu Satu! Chinese and Indians know your place under us!\" than any form of multi-culturalism."], ["Beyond what I come across on the Internet daily, my everyday life remains colorful. People are respectful, mindful of boundaries and caring for others. Each day I find myself learning new things about different cultures. The people I know take pride in their backgrounds. Good foods, vibrant environment. So, I still believe it is. Occasionally, there will be some people who seem dissatisfied with anything and everything, but that's just the way it goes I guess."], ["Yes, if you try to get out from reddit and see the world for yourself"], ["Heart says yes! Mind says no.\nReverse is true for (some) visitors here. But mixed bag really."], ["I studied in Malaysia in for 5 years.\nI am from Maldives, so I have a South Asian ethnicity and look very much South Asian. (brown skin tone, etc). What I noticed is that people were extremely racist towards us UNTIL they find out we're from Maldives, then they're extra nice. This was the case whenever we dealt with Chinese-Malays and even Malays. Always found it weird.\nI personally attributed that to racism in the culture against the Indian Malays, because why else would they react like that?", "Because you're Muslim, duh"], ["Malaysia truly for bumiputera"], ["No, we\u2019ve become the cautionary tale of screwing everything up. Especially compared to every neighbour, we\u2019ve lost on every front."], ["Not anymore. If you're talking about multiculturalism, look towards Australia and Canada."], ["Been traveling in KL for the past week, and I'm still searching for that Indian with an afro...."], ["go to any mall \u2014 do you see multicultural group of friends these days? hardly. but got la those english speaking types..."], ["To be fair almost no other country in the world has multicultural things going on. Italians, koreans, chinese, and so on. Only here.", "America, Canada and Britain are actually pretty diverse.", "Tbf, multiethnic doesn't necessarily equate to being multicultural.", "What is the difference between the two, and why does Malaysia qualify to be considered as multi-cultural?", "Chinese new year public holiday", "It is somewhat like the melting pot vs salad bowl and/or assimilation vs integration argument. They look the same, people might argue that they're similar but imo they're somewhat different. Ethnic focused more on the race or ancestry, although people might argue that it's tied to culture.\nWe don't \"kill\" the culture. Malaysian would most likely identify themselves as chinese, malay, indian, iban etc first. And we can say for sure that our way of living are very different than each other. In fact, we celebrate our multicultural identity. Just look at all the festivals, cuisine, chinatown, little india, the \"unofficial\" mini karachi, rohingya enclave in selayang etc.\nCompared roughly with the US, at least they tried to assimilate everyone into the American identity despite the multiracial background. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister UK might be of Indian descent, but he's firstly a British. We might add that he's British-indian or something, but british first and foremost.\nRacism exist everywhere whether we like it or not, whether we refuse to recognize it or not. Sadly, our govt failed in cementing the Malaysian identity among us. Heck, we can't even agree on a single language to communicate.\nI might be rambling incoherently, but I hope you get the gist of it.", "Such an exaggeration. Those places certainly don't kill their culture. I'd like you to go to the US, and tell the latinos or chinese, or indians that they've lost their culture. You probably won't get out of it unscathed.\nJust because they have a national identity doesn't mean their culture was killed. Not every place went through what the Indonesians did.\nEven Malaysians, when leaving the country, identify as Malaysians first. I don't know what race you are, but just imagine a malaysian chinese studying in the UK, are you gonna say you're just \"chinese\" and risk being confused as a mainland chinese? I seriously doubt it.", "I don't think that's right. Rishi Sunak is still a Hindu, for instance and is married to an Indian woman. The Scottish First Minister is a practicing Muslim. The Muslim Council in Britain says it has over 1200 masjids. None of this seems like assimilation to me, more like integration.", "And they still have racism issues too.", "At least its technically against the law instead of being institutionalised like in Malaysia", "That\u2019s true. Would prefer Malaysia to be the same.", "The difference is by the second and third generation everyone assimilated to a certain common culture\nBut in Malaysia you can have people who have people who have lived in the same land for 5+ generations but still have very different diversities of values, language, cultural norms etc etc", "Isnt that being multicultural?", "With mass migrations since the 19th century, most countries in the world are multicultural, with some exceptions where there is little immigration to that particular place, e.g. Korea.\nChina has been multicultural ever since its expansion from the plains, and claimed to be multi-cultural ever since the Qing dynasty, and after the revolution, the fist flag they used had colors representing the significant ethnic groups.\nItaly and Korea did not form globe-spanning empires, but unlike Korea, Italy does have immigration from typically poorer countries from Europe."], ["yes, we are banglasia now"], ["While I\u2019m here sitting next to this pool in this nice hotel with my kids and their cousins\u2026let me try to break this down coming from a 44-yr old man who hailed from a kampung up north and now living in Selangor.\nThe article lament the old days where people respect each other, visited each other during festivities and eat each other\u2019s food.\nWell, back in the day the respect comes from knowing each other first and then loving each other. We know that you only eat halal food and you don\u2019t eat beef and that when you have family members who just passed away recently, you don\u2019t celebrate CNY too big.\nNowadays, beighbours don\u2019t even know their neighbours name and if the neighbours parked the car wrongly, one just post the picture on the resident association WhatsApp group and started complaining to all 400+ people in the said WhatsApp group to move the car as it\u2019s blocking this guests that one has for one\u2019s party/kenduri that one never invite the neighbour in the first place. True story by the way.\nIn the cities, most of us only ever want things for ourselves, we are selfish people as humans generally are.\nThe dude himself said \u201cOf course, some might argue that it is my fault for being disengaged from my neighbours. Perhaps, the generation ahead of me felt the need to connect more, and live harmoniously together, instead of being in silos.\u201d\nHe\u2019s so big and mighty felt like there\u2019s no need to engage and connect and move harmoniously together.\nBut he still laments his parents living harmoniously together? Then make noise about his Muslims guests worrying about their food.\nDude, you are the one who\u2019s suppose to be forthcoming and inform them that the food are halal.\nYou feel that you interacted with ease\u2026but do you ever ask them how they really feel. Dude, you need to make more effort to know your friends and family dude.\nCommunity starts with ourselves. Starts with own family. How much we teach our family to respect each other and in turn respect those around us which include neighbours.\nYou yourselves just give the obligatory nod you neighbours and you expect people to be good to you. Oh such a mighty stupid arrogant fool you.\nYou only see fault in other people\u2019s and yet not yours?\nLet me point things out for you a bit so you see the stupidity of yourselves.\nYous spoke about Rishi Sunak\u2026but you failed to mention that he dresses like an English, he speaks like an Englishmen, he lives his daily lives like an Englishmen. Why don\u2019t you advocate people of other ethnic to speak the official language of Malaysia to gain the respect of and votes of Malaysia?\nYou spoke about Singapore head of state Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Singapore being more finesse by appointing this person.\nWhy didn\u2019t you talk about that the position is largely ceremonial with almost no executive power except for a few things? The real power has been in Chinese ethnic hands who are also of the ethnic majority there? Not to mention the only party who\u2019s been in power since independence. And who is know to be very undemocratic where they would quash any for of oppositions with all their might.\nUntil we have eradicated people like you, who only sees the fault in others, until people like you who doesn\u2019t care about their neighbours wilt away, until we have people like you who think of themselves as high and mighty and have no wrong extinct, then we will have a truly multicultural nation where we respect and help each other.\nTill then, we will just be just like this somewhat racist trainer for greedy corporates who somehow thinks of himself as the model person of the nation but instead, just a guy who doesn\u2019t even care about his neighbours much less about the country and is actually a snake oil salesman for over 20 years.", "As much as I dislike the tone of your message, I'll concede that some of your criticisms do carry merit.", "Thank you for the kind (sort of) words, reading through the whole thing, and giving your honest opinion of it.\nI try to make it that kind of tone on purpose and with passion.\nI really despise people who barks of unity in a community when even at the simplest form of community (neighbourhood) he failed to do the very thing he wants others to do at national level.\nI have only one word for it, hypocrites. The worst of people indeed these hypocrites, especially as a professional trainer.", "Admittedly I honestly feel Malays are the nicest people. Just not in politics.\nSay your car breaks down in the middle of a road, and people come to help you in pushing it to the side. 7-10 times its usually Malay or Indians.\nChinese people usually have a self centered kind of mindset, this I shamefully confess.", "100% that most Malaysians are all nice people no matter the race.\nMy Chinese neighbour Miss Ng (was also my science teacher in school back in the day) never failed to share food during moon cake festival and during CNY. Come to our house during Hari raya and give duit raya.\nAnd currently Mr Lim my next door neighbour whom I always leave my house key whenever I balik kampung never failed to report every few days that house are all good and I got a few packages he helped received.\nNo matter what race, we are mostly nice people. As you said, it\u2019s the politics that divide us. So it\u2019s up to us to brings people closer and don\u2019t let the politician further divides us. Or worse, feed onto what the politician gives us to further divide us.\nI make it a point to buy my current house where I know I have Chinese / Indian neighbour next door and across. We need to start doing it first before we can expect others to do it.\nSend my kids to go to a farther achool (20 mins further than the closest one) where there are more Chinese and Indian pupils so they can learn to mingle with one another closer and share the highs and lows together and forge deeper bonds.\nI\u2019m blessed with a life where I can choose to do so and I only pray that others can do so or even more so we can forge deeper bonds across races. That\u2019s the only way to move forward. WE have to start first and hopefully one day our kids or grand kids can see it finally happen.\nThat kind of article (written by the trainer) is the kind of politics talk that divides us. I can forgive uneducated or ignorance folks in kampung as they don\u2019t have the means to learn and whatnot. But to have a fully educated urban man do it is what pains me.", "Fully educated urbanites who are yet uncivilised in conduct\ud83d\ude24 yeah we get that a lot"], ["Its not uncommon tho, few examples\nChina with Uighur\nChina with Hong Kong\nUS with native American\nUS with colored people\nNot that it isn't right but its not uncommon but we absolutely should be better but step by step even US have Barrack Obama after 200++ of independence and after that only white dude got elected anyway\nBtw our neighbors too - Indonesia with their Chinese community - Philippines with their Muslim community", "China with Uighur (and tibet) is not an ethnic/cultural issue. It is an issue with dictatorship and imperialism. China actually treats ethnic minorities very well (as long as they dont aspire independenxe as CCP did try to practise socialism). The ethnic minorities are given privileges (quota, autonomous regions, liberal children policy) Hong Kong, Taiwan are being / will be brutalized for their independence aspiration despite being the same ethnic / culture s China"], ["I mean, kinda since Malaysia is the only one who loosely fits the bill. With the collapse of Austria-hungary and Yugoslavia, I say Malaysia is one of the only developing country actively striving for multicultural (with mixed results of course).\nWhile other countries have said they are multicultural, in paper that is not the truth. Countries such as China, Russia and Indonesia have different ethnicities but all will be ultimately assimilated. Western countries are guilty of such policies too. Malaysia is the only country where different race groups live so differently, that they sometimes can't even understand each other. Now, that's truly Asia"], ["How can discriminated people dominated top 10 richest people in the country.", "That's the same as asking how can Palestinians be discriminated in Israel/Gaza when so many Hamas leaders are rich", "How would you feel when you\u2019re suffering and someone tells you your uncle\u2019s uncle\u2019s uncle\u2019s friend\u2019s brother is rich so you should be fine too and don\u2019t need any help?\nThe law is not fair, we give different privileges based on our race that is the fact. Stop pointing finger elsewhere and pretend this is any less.", "they've been suffering so much that they know only money matters, so that's why that generation of Chinese are capable of doing so?\nI mean, give us the same rights same benefits? We could be just as lazy as \"your people\", see that eh?"], ["Don\u2019t even understand these non-bumis rants. Malaysia wasn\u2019t an apartheid state. Non-bumis mostly are richer than bumis. But still menyalak macam terpaling tersakiti. Talking crap about Islam and being racist against Bumis community. You think the equal rights will happen anytime soon?\nDid we shutdown your business? Destroy your temple? Destroy your culture?\nThe reason most of bumis are against this equal right is because we don\u2019t feel the \u201crespect\u201d. We feel threatened.\nThis is OUR ancestral land. If you wanna that rights, show that you can respect first.", "Did we shutdown your business? Destroy your temple? Destroy your culture?\nI'll just say this and you don't have to respond, because I won't even bother to:\nWhen I was running my business, I have Malay neighbors who came into my shop and told my customers to leave \"because the proprietor is not Malay\". So yes, you might not know, but there are people who have been trying to shutdown our businesses. To say nothing about the Raub durian case and other issues. And the cries to shut down vernacular schools, how is that not an attempt to erode our culture?"], ["So far, I have zero confidence about the possibility of achieving unity between Bumiputera and Non-Bumiputera particularly Chinese groups. I believe the Indian community displays a strong sense of semangat kewarganegaraan due to high participation in the Malaysian Armed Forces and other public service branch.\nFor example, when the government wants to promote Bahasa Malaysia, most of tongsan group just like in this reddit express opposition. They are often critical, undermining and questioning the government's effort.\nWe can unite if non-bumis agreed to the discontinuation of vernacular schools. (Unfortunately, these tongsan community will never allow it. terpaling tersakiti.)\nWe can unite if non-bumis agreed to memartabatkan Bahasa Malaysia. (Unfortunately, these tongsan group still thinks that they're in Singapore).\nWe can unite if non-bumis have a \"spirit\" like us, a commitment to safeguarding our ancestral land. (Unfortunately, it won't happen).\nI'm sure that the Bumis group would be open to embracing the concept of equality once those criteria are fulfilled. Takkan tiba-tiba nak dapat that equality kan? kahkah", "I believe the Indian community displays a strong sense of semangat kewarganegaraan due to high participation in the Malaysian Armed Forces and other public service branch.\nMy parent was in the army too. It's the amount of racism that he felt that compelled him to forbid his offsprings from joining.\nFor example, when the government wants to promote Bahasa Malaysia, most of tongsan group just like in this reddit express opposition. They are often critical, undermining and questioning the government's effort.\nWe can unite if non-bumis agreed to memartabatkan Bahasa Malaysia. (Unfortunately, these tongsan group still thinks that they're in Singapore).\nMost Chinese won't object to memartabatkan BM. Tp when you want to advocate for the use of BM to the point where it becomes impractical, refusing the use of English when necessary for example, that's where the disagreements come in.\nIn fact, I believe I can speak on behalf of most nons that we don't even care who's PM. As far as I'm concerned, that was a stupid comment by Lim Kit Siang. Melayu ke, cina ke India ke. Just be effective. Jgn la hypocrite, jgn la fail to tunai janji, and jgn la fail to save the country. But look at what's happening after so many years?\nAnd we don't even care about Singapore. It's the sense of not being wanted here that makes us look across the Causeway. Your \"tongsan group\" is not helping either. It strikes the same condensding tone as \"pendatang\". Put that in your pipe and smoke it.\nWe can unite if non-bumis agreed to the discontinuation of vernacular schools. (Unfortunately, these tongsan community will never allow it. terpaling tersakiti.)\nVernacular schools are protected by Article 152 of the Constitution too. And since politics can arguably be seen as a form of give-and-take, what is your \"give\" when you wanna \"take\" away our schools? The main issue is not whether nons agree to divest with vernacular schools or not. It's if we surrender this today, what else would we be expected to surrender next time? Will this open a floodgate that will see our heritage being washed away?\nAfter watching Keluar Sekejap, especially the episode where the former minister of Agama Islam appeared, I feel that DAP should tone down their liberalism. There needs to be a balance of theocracy and secularism in Malaysia. We are not UK or US. We are singular. But the other side doesn't seem to want to contend with just a balance too, eh? It seems more like a wave to engulf the country whole and knock us back into the Agricultural Age with all the archaic values and mindset by heading towards full theocracy. Which is the same with that Hudud issue. On paper, it sounds like it doesn't concern us nons. But is it really so? It's impractical and naive to think it won't.\nWe can unite if non-bumis have a \"spirit\" like us, a commitment to safeguarding our ancestral land. (Unfortunately, it won't happen).\nPretty sure those MPs will be on the first flight away before war ever reach our shores. Why dont you ask them first?", "Hey good point over there. Thanks for the clarification... Tongsan really an offensive word because I had bad experience. Rasa geram sometimes the way non-bumis treated us in the company... Kenaikan pangkat, chinese first. Salary? Chinese got higher than us. So dendam and kepercayaan semakin terhakis. But I hope it'll get better over time.\nThe abolishment of vernacular schools doesn't necessarily disrupt your heritage ler. We just want to enhance our sekolah kebangsaan and give students a deeper understanding of various cultures. Masalah sekarang kalau tempat majority malay dan sekolah tu takde chinese/indian.. diorang tend to jadi racist shit. Same goes to SJKC/SJKT.\nTalking about politics, my concern is that certain DAP MPs frequently criticize Muslim beliefs. This is the significant contributing factor to the unease among the Malays towards DAP which is predominantly Chinese. Contohnya majority Malays Muslim tak suka PAS, tapi DAP supporter (mostly dalam this sub) hina PAS tanpa sedar bahawa dia hina certain things related to Islam. Seriously ni buat aku tak puas hati.\nBut thanks anyway.. semoga ada sinar about those equal rights.", "Kenaikan pangkat, chinese first. Salary? Chinese got higher than us. So dendam and kepercayaan semakin terhakis. But I hope it'll get better over time.\nI admit that there are companies that favour Chinese for promotion. Even in my father's workplace, my father is actively trying to promote his former subordinates who are Malay and Indians. He vouches for them and he gets marked as a pariah of sorts in the company. Still, there are some who believes that my father is being fair.\nOn another note, that's what I encourage my Indian and Malay friends to learn Chinese. Let's not forget that one advantage Malaysians have in the job market is our ability to converse in diverse languages. Besides, from a business standpoint, there is so much that those who can speak and read Chinese could learn about. In the scenario you mentioned, learn Chinese. Prove them wrong. Show them.\nThe abolishment of vernacular schools doesn't necessarily disrupt your heritage ler. We just want to enhance our sekolah kebangsaan and give students a deeper understanding of various cultures. Masalah sekarang kalau tempat majority malay dan sekolah tu takde chinese/indian.. diorang tend to jadi racist shit. Same goes to SJKC/SJKT.\nWhich brings us to this topic. The call for the abolishment of vernacular schools could be seen as an attempt to extinct the Chinese culture, at least this is what some believe. You know what's not helping? The fact that some roads are being changed to Malay names. Roads that were formerly named after Chinese. I remember one was a police officer who fought against the communists. Somewhere in Perak, IIRC, and the descendants had to ask the public for help.\nLike I mentioned in my previous comment, what we're afraid, is that some extreme quarters might use this as a stepping stone to further erode Chinese culture. But if everyone is worried about vernacular schools, then why don't we just close all sekolah kebangsaan, send every kid into vernacular schools so that they can learn more languages, and make it a compulsory policy that the medium of instruction must be in bahasa Malaysia? At least from the SMJK that I came from, we spoke Bahasa Malaysia and I remember that we have Malay and Indian classmates too. There was this Indian guy in my class who was the star of the school for being able to moonwalk.\nThen there's the issue of UEC, which is actually a non-issue to me. Yg nk recognise UEC ni hanya dari private school cina, which is completely different from vernacular schools. Vernacular schools ni pakai syllabus pendidikan kebangsaan, tp skh private ni biasanya pakai syllabus Taiwan. Biasa org Kaya je yg hantar anak pergi situ. Klu yg miskin mcm I ni, we don't even care about UEC. Dong zong ni sound more like Batu api je to me. But there might be an argument in its favor that by not recognising UEC, this might - just maybe - contribute to the brain drain that is now plaguing our country.\nTalking about politics, my concern is that certain DAP MPs frequently criticize Muslim beliefs. This is the significant contributing factor to the unease among the Malays towards DAP which is predominantly Chinese. Contohnya majority Malays Muslim tak suka PAS, tapi DAP supporter (mostly dalam this sub) hina PAS tanpa sedar bahawa dia hina certain things related to Islam. Seriously ni buat aku tak puas hati.\nThis I confess to feeling that DAP MPs should lower their heads and just focus on producing results. Yg pandangan liberalisme tu mungkin sebaik baik nya tone down ckit, like I mentioned before. Kita bkn Europe, bkn UK, bkn US. Just like our constitutional monarchy. If we are having both a monarchy and a parliament, then IMHO I don't believe - at least after watching that keluar Sekejap episode - that going full liberalism will work in Malaysia. Being polarised won't work on this soil, therefore it needs to be a spectrum, or better still, a balance.", "Okay totally agreed with you. Maafkan I if I buat you tersinggung with my words. Thank you \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc", "No problem man. It's dialogue like this that we can resolve misunderstanding and differences."], ["poster-Atuk is more like it"], ["No"], ["FBI most wanted poster?"], ["More like poster child for segregation"]]}
{"title": "MGNews: Lebih 100 PATI Dicekup Dalam Operasi Di Brickfields", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vulbc/mgnews_lebih_100_pati_dicekup_dalam_operasi_di/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Looks like the authorities are going to run more ops in the near future."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s economic fortunes hinge on China\u2019s success \u2026 or failure - However, experts disagree on the trajectory of growth for the Chinese economy in 2024.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o3bzl/malaysias_economic_fortunes_hinge_on_chinas/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Bimbang AI tidak hormati budaya Malaysia - DALAM beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, penggunaan kecerdasan buatan (AI) untuk menjana imej telah berkembang dengan pesat dan negara Malaysia tidak terkecuali.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o3a9q/bimbang_ai_tidak_hormati_budaya_malaysia_dalam/", "num_comment": 16, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Hmm, \ud83e\uddd0 read like a generic text generated from ai chat gpt. Is it really written by a human author with a brain? Doubtful.", "Using AI to write an article about why AI is bad.\n5head move"], ["Now go back to your cave, DR. IRMA SYARLINA CHE ILIAS.\nThis is why we can't progress as society, too fragile to handle anything."], ["Worry that AI don't respect the Malaysia cultures?\nIs the author so dumb to not realize that the AI is part of the tool we used in our daily life?\nNow you want AI, the robot and the tool to respect the cultures?", "There's valid criticism there, remember how Google Photos categorised black faces as gorillas in 2015? Current AI is reliant on its training datasets, as in GIGO. Or how colour film were optimised for light skin colour, as in unconscious bias.\nAlthough I suspect the writer is thinking more of 'malaysian islamic' culture than actual Malay or Malaysian culture when she wrote this.", "The author has some valid points but i think you are right. The question then will be at what point does political correctness or something as nebulous as \"cultural sensitivity\" transition from being an acceptable constraint variable to a detrimental or absurd nuisance. Will we for example, end up with the AI refusing to create an image of a bikini girl when it detects the prompt engineer is a muslim or Malaysian? Or will it automatically generate a bikini girl with a hijab attached? If i prompt dallE to create an image of a young blue haired female wizard wearing a pointy hat in anime style, will it draw something approximating my beloved Roxy-chan or will I end up with a hijabi just because the AI detected my Malaysian IP? Or will dallE just tell me, that prompt is \"not halal\" because there are elements of idolatry? It may seem I'm trivialising this but I'm not. There ought to be clear guidelines of course, but we need to be realistic too.", "https://www.404media.co/laion-datasets-removed-stanford-csam-child-abuse/\nThe model is a massive part of the AI-ecosystem, used by Stable Diffusion and other major generative AI products. The removal follows discoveries made by Stanford researchers, who found thousands instances of suspected child sexual abuse material in the dataset."], ["Sikit sikit terancam\nBalik gua je"], ["AI will just generate whatever; we the human needs to filter"], ["Rencana ini baca macam sesuatu yang dihasilkan oleh AI. Gaya penulisan terlalu generik."], ["Anwar Ibrahim tak hormat budaya malaysia:26557:"], ["the author smoke weed or what with this article?"], ["Must be jumping into one of local AI image communities and suddenly making a shallow statement."], ["Don't worry, KL would become the hub for the Pan-Asian Deep Learning Conference in the near future. I know, cos I saw it mentioned in JT's song, Filthy mv."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia and Singapore put guard up as COVID cases surge", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o38l2/malaysia_and_singapore_put_guard_up_as_covid/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Mindef submits documents linked to probe on alleged bid-rigging by seven companies", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o375b/mindef_submits_documents_linked_to_probe_on/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Bursa reprimands Serba Dinamik and 10 directors, fines board members", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o36cm/bursa_reprimands_serba_dinamik_and_10_directors/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["kena bayar denda sahaja ke?"]]}
{"title": "120000 households in Penang southwest district told to save water", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2xwr/120000_households_in_penang_southwest_district/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["unfavourable weather and high tides delayed it\nCheck forecasts before maintenance?"]]}
{"title": "Twentyfold increase in Covid-19 cases in Johor, says Health Exco", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2wpm/twentyfold_increase_in_covid19_cases_in_johor/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Still underreported. Beware."], ["If we look at previous trends, december cases will spike up. And will continue to increase untill mid the next year. But this time around, it seems admission and icu are already high even so we just started the increase trend. We have yet reached the peak but the admission and icu is already alarming."]]}
{"title": "Only Sinovac Vaccine Available In Malaysia, MOH Omits Recommendation For Third Covid Booster Shot", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2v38/only_sinovac_vaccine_available_in_malaysia_moh/", "num_comment": 37, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Why the f they keep buying this vaccine? You'd think the state of covid outbreak in China would've proven its ineffectiveness.", "License is with Pharmaniaga, iirc. That's why it's still available.", "Sinovac uses the same delivery tech as all the other vaccines you've had since you were a baby. Pfizer is MRNA, of which was the first human approved for COVID.\nI'd rather take Sinovac than version 1.0 of Pfizer.", "That\u2019s like saying because panadol is around longer than chemotherapy, you trust it more to cure cancer. An ineffective drug is ineffective, regardless of age.", "Sucks for you that's a poor analogy of the situation.\nMy kid got Sinovac with no adverse effects and she's never got COVID. I wanted to wait for it but took AZ instead. I had COVID before the vaccine was available but I haven't gotten it since.", "I took Sinovac and I got covid.", "I took AZ and got covid too.", "Are we going back to 2020 debates about covid all over again? Omg, I'm getting whiplash.", "Same goes to Bivalent crap, just as ineffective but more harmful.", "Lay off the reddit propaganda lol. China's covid deaths were extremely low, certainly much lower per capita than many western countries like America.", "It's Malaysia's own MOH study in 2021 which shows sinovac was less effective than Pfizer. Is that reddit propaganda too?", "Sup lil pink"], ["https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/06/13/malaysia-to-receive-2-7-million-covid-bivalent-jabs-to-replace-expiring-stock --> deheck happened about this?", "my guess, songlap~~~"], ["anyone knows where could i get an updated pfizer vaccine shot?", "Private Healthcare maybe?", "also interested in this.", "Singapore. There\u2019s an option to pay for the vaccine for non residents or something.", "Malaysians residing in their home country who wish to get the new XBB.1.5 mRNA vaccine can book an appointment in Singapore and pay for their jab under Singapore\u2019s private vaccination programme. Moderna\u2019s XBB.1.5 vaccine is priced at SG$158 (RM553) per dose (inclusive of GST).\nI don't think i can afford that ='(", "Better don't waste tax payer money on these expensive rubbish. Drug addicts can find loan sharks.", "The article says you gotta go to Singapore to get moderna.", "under Singapore\u2019s private vaccination programme. Moderna\u2019s XBB.1.5 vaccine is priced at SG$158 (RM553) per dose (inclusive of GST).\nGuess im too poor for the vax"], ["Lolno, I have 2 Pfizer and 1 Moderna doses.\nNo way I'm taking an inferior vaccine. Get the updated Pfizer or Moderna shots and then we'll talk.", "Does Malaysia have Novavax?"], ["Been waiting forever for bivalent vaccine I guess at this point it's just a pipe dream someone's been smoking"], ["as someone who works in a company under the same umbrella as Pharmaniaga... fuck off Pharma"], ["Hell to the no. I ain\u2019t taking Sinovac."], ["Took the vax, not even a fever when I got hit with Delta"], ["I can't use Sinovac, that thing hit me like a truck.", "Sinovac doesn't hit me like truck but definitely hit me harder compare to Pfizer but when I finally got hit by Covid...shit that was rough. 3 freaking day of head splitting pain...like super pain literally crippled me from doing anything other than sleep it off. Follow by whole week of fever, bad cough especially at night,lost of taste+ smell and sore throat....take me like 10 days to recover.", "I just passed out in front of my supervisor. Luckily she knows I have the jab before I come to the shift.", "Dang boys! You take it to another level.", "Well, it helps when her family has the same symptoms when they get the vaccines."], ["not gonna bother\nMy 2 shots of pfizer is enough."], ["nope lol."], ["No."], ["Vaccine cartel: (clenches fist) (hissing sounds)"]]}
{"title": "Took this from George Town yesterday, is it normal or some accident?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uukpv/took_this_from_george_town_yesterday_is_it_normal/", "num_comment": 55, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "I'm a tourist and would appreciate if anyone can explain. Thanks.", "comments": [["Factory fire according to a response to a post I made over in r/Penang . I could see the cloud of smoke from my condo.", "Atp i believe that every negeri has their own subreddit lmao.", "Your comment made me check how true this is. Interestingly almost all states have their own subreddit except Kedah, Perlis, N9, Pahang and Johor (Johor Bahru sub does exist but not the entirety of Johor for some reasons). If including WP then the only one not on the list is Putrajaya. The only state sub to have more than 10k followers is r/Penang at 60k+ followers, a huge difference from the average.", "Make sense penang have lots of users. Expats and chinese seems the majority that uses reddit.", "All the negeri you list im surprised the most that Kelantan has its own sub. I thought kelatanese dont use reddit.", "I got excited, then discovered that r/Perak is dead :(", "me too! i got excited then realized it's the same for JB's sub.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/penang using the top posts of the year!\n#1: All time favorite on the island | 15 comments\n#2: Tourist family. My wife and infant got screamed at in Penang Town Hall by a very angry man. What happened?\n#3: Travel Mistake 101 in Penang.\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "Mainly because JB people doesnt wanna be associated with other part. They see themselves as high n mighty", "Dafuq", "Im out here spreading misinformations", "What is blud on about\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "Bluds yappin", "", "What u mean by \"even r/sabah\"?? U semenanjing ppl think we all tree dwellers ah?\n- sent from cLayphone 15BC", "Chemical factory/warehouse fire."], ["Kebakaran dekat2 BKE. Area Permatang Pauh"], ["Snoop dog having a party", "Haram. Snoop Sausage."], ["This biasa. Is Aladin", "But is it Alladeen or is it Alladeen?", "Its aladeen"], ["Looks like a fire unfortunately."], ["Sorry man, I had way too many durians after lunch"], ["That was me. Entering the atmosphere"], ["Normal. Happens there every day."], ["Bhopal incident memories intensifies"], ["Return the slabbb....", "What\u2019s your offer!?"], ["Someone having bbq party, follow the cloud to good food"], ["How could that be normal lmao", "I haven't seen a factory chimney for ages so I'm not sure \ud83d\ude02"], ["a nuke just got dropped"], ["Retribution from PAS"], ["You watched Spiderman : far from home? Same guy"], ["OP's mom farted."], ["Trinity test"], ["That is a volcano eruption"], ["Mb bro, farted a bit"], ["I believe one chemical/manufacturing factory catches fire, not great, not terrible."], ["It really depends on where. In some places, accident is normal."], ["Dragon ball ada 7 biji semuanya\u2026"], ["\ud83d\udc7d"], ["<image>\nSquare Enix is cooking on FF13 Remaster."], ["<image>\nSaw this as well when I was going over the bridge. Thought I was seeing things."], ["Cool picture, notwithstanding the situation that caused it."], ["Bro, that's the Idea of Evil... What exactly were you doing this weekend?"], ["Last day for 2023 insurance claims"], ["U have 3 wishes, use wisely"], ["it was vapecon"]]}
{"title": "500,000 stunted kids below 5 is no joke, senator tells govt - Dr RA Lingeswaran says if this is not tackled, the situation will lead to an \u2018education poverty\u2019 phenomenon.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2tqr/500000_stunted_kids_below_5_is_no_joke_senator/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Food is abundant\nThe money to buy the food tho?", "Untuk beli banyak jam Rolex dan Mercs sebagai tauladan kpd pengikut2 utk selalu kerja keras dan tabahkan imam, amin :26554:"], ["Time to increase minimum wage."], ["I personally observed a mother of five reprimanded her kid when the kid wanted to go for a second serving during a Hari Raya open house. The kid was skinny af - not sure if stunted.\nI'd say the pressure from rising cost of living is definitely in the picture. It is not just food, increasing cost in other places will reduce the amount of share for food."]]}
{"title": "Puchong landslide victims lose their cool", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2rxa/puchong_landslide_victims_lose_their_cool/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["4 car? yet no insurance? still asking for handout ya?", "I personally know some of the victims, insurance won't pay due to the circumstances (act of god).", "Isn't that what insurance is for?", "They don't cover floods or landslides.", "Not if you choose not to cover Act of God"], ["Are they really eligible for compensation?"], ["angry at what?"], ["Losing cool is normal when facing loss of asset values and uncertain solutions.\nI understand the area was a tin mine, so obviously the ground stability should be rechecked as a start."]]}
{"title": "The two new podcast episode by Ong Kian Ming and Tony Pua is interesting to listen to, would recommend more people to check it out.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vuhgi/the_two_new_podcast_episode_by_ong_kian_ming_and/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["I kena con by TS.\nThe Are We Ok? Podcast is primarily between Ong Kian Ming and the Mr Money TV guy, Peter Yong. Tony is just in the two last episodes.\nIn any case, AWO's reach would be limited by its English and DAP fans circle. KS still has the way bigger reach for using BM. DAP if you want to outreach, use BM more.\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6JzzwMmT2fl51wK4pgfqGH?si=6105e3ede27e4e8a"], ["Genuine question,\nWho are these people, and why should I listen to what they have to say?", "The botak on the left is Former bangi MPs Ong Kian Ming ( you may have seen him appear on Keluar sekejap and other podcast) , the one on the right is former Damansara/petaling Jaya MP Tony Pua.\nBoth prominent Malaysian politicians who have garnered considerable attention for their outspokenness and expertise in specific areas. Tony Pua is probably lesser known and unpopular for suggesting PH to give conditional partnership with muhyiddin at the time when muhyiddin was losing his power ( He go into more detail about the rationality of his opinion). In the past, he was very well known for being able to make 1MDB crisis digestible for people who are unfamiliar with the issue and it's seriousness.\nBoth are technocrats in their own right and have the experience and qualification behind their backs. So listening to them talk about politicies is often very interesting.", "ong kian ming is ex-mp who is more invested in urban based need and policies\ntony pua is DAP's Rafizi (formulas):26554:", "Maybe because that's how politics works?"], ["Here are the links\nEpisode 3, talks about why GST Wont Work, the recovery1MDB\u2019s Money, Petrol Subsidy, the jawi issues\nEpisode 4, talks about what happen during sheraton Move, working with Tun M, Removing Toll discussion, the Flaws of Manifesto", "sum it up for us", "Not really sure why my comment is getting downvoted.\nI did summarize what was mentioned in each episodes, There is a shorter video version if you all interested. (Episode 3, episode 4)", "sum it up for us\nOK, here goes. Blah blah blah *yawn* blah blah blah."], ["Why would you post as a meme? I thought you were trolling", "Because, it just so happen to be meme monday so I thought this might promote the podcast. Guess my bad"]]}
{"title": "Malaysians who made their mark in the international film industry in 2023 (VIDEO)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2r36/malaysians_who_made_their_mark_in_the/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Mercedes-Benz Malaysia, Metro Travel & Tours and NZ Wheels have taken a bold step towards sustainability by unveiling an electric vehicle (EV) charging station at Shangri-La KL.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o2lzb/mercedesbenz_malaysia_metro_travel_tours_and_nz/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["This further cements my belief this ev thing is just a rich man's phase/toy. All these new charging stations being unveiled are mostly in malls and expensive hotels. Places the t20 frequent. Ev station in kampungs? Schools? Dialysis centers? Nah no roi"]]}
{"title": "Does PATI (Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin) affect our economy ? If so , How?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18o264j/does_pati_pendatang_asing_tanpa_izin_affect_our/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "I\u2019ve seen too many PATIs have been increasigly high in our country since I was born 22 years ago. It\u2019s quite concerning that too much of them occupying our country without having to pay taxes , send money to their countries and whatsoever, It is like a fortune for them. So I have a question, thus they live in fortune cost our High Living expenditures as a Malaysian.", "comments": [["PATI is around 2-3m based on latest estimates, and even then only 4-500k in City centres\nDo they affect an increase in GDP? Yes, through slave labour\nDo they take up tax money from us? Yes\nIs it significant? Probably not, these people are scared to go for government help\nThe note about foreigners giving money back to their country also includes the legal immigrants."], ["My friend is opening shop in KL. There were many PATI approaching us to offer all sort of jobs. For 50-80 per day. While local contractor offers 140-160 per day. Eg: cleaner, painter, general job in general etc.\nSo more or less it does take some of the local jobs.\nThey are persistent as well. Some waited outside the compound to offer job to sweep the compound."], ["Agreed with the comments, define \"seen too many\". PATIs by their \"illegal\" nature already take up the lowest denominator jobs with low salaries that are depressed further by their status such as manual labour and low-end blue collar work.\nOverall, while PATIs cause a depression of wages in the labour market, it's also because of loose regulation of labour law and corrupt enforcement that allows this depression to happen.\nLegalizing, enforcing and taxing are some of the best ways to overcome this issue. There's no reason why we should need to allow PATIs if we already legalize the labour and tax it accordingly. As it is, the framework to get non-Msian spouses working in Malaysia is astoundingly bad. Source: I have inlaws that are non-Malaysian who continually face issues with getting work visa approvals even though they are married to my family.", "define \"seen too many\".\n1100++ arrested and this is in our Nations capital. All the shops were unlicensed, selling smuggled goods, selling uncertified medication. Its worse in the small towns, bordering big plantations. entire settlements\nI agree with all your other points, especially the path to PR for foreign spouses. (have 2 foreign SIL)"], ["Yes, cause people abuse their labour, pay them below minimum and they got no choice. That\u2019s makes them not hire actual Malaysian workers"], ["Define \u201cseen too many\u201d. Where?\nAffect economy in what way? These people are modern day slaves who build your fancy new malls, highways, work in factories and all sorts of jobs Malaysians won\u2019t do.\nSeems like these things have a pretty positive affect on the economy?", "Technically it depresses wages in the respective sector but that's also because employers abuse and exploit PATIs. MEF arguments about PATI and increasing employee wages is 100% the time hogwash and bullshit.", "Define \u201cseen too many\u201d. Where?\n1100++ were arrested\nUndocumented migrants use up subsidized petrol/sugar/oil etc. use other services like hospitals causing congestion for Malaysians. They dont pay tax, and they remit the bulk of money earned back to home countries.\nWe are talking about undocumented migrants here, not migrants with work permit working for Malaysian companies", "So in a country of 34 million, 1100 is seeing \u201ctoo many\u201d. That\u2019s like 1.3% of bukit jalil stadium seats.", "it was a 4-5 hour operation on just ONE street in our capital. If they were so blatant and brave in the open in our nations capital...what do you think the situation is in other parts of our country?", "Dude there's 2 million of them even by the governments records, which are an underestimate.", "This is gold \ud83d\ude02\u2728", "They send out out currency back home does affecting economy\nGot post in here bout some foreigners try to kidnap a lil girl\nThe Lahad Datu incident that kill our armed forces\nmarried without registration thus they kid become stateless\nkedai aceh, kedai bangla, kedai Pakistan selling their medicinal products here without KKM approval\nKL become mini dhaka when Malaysian go holiday\ncultural differences\nSelayang Market", "Apart from selling illegal medicines and the birthing of children that become stateless, everything else you wrote is just baseless.\nLahad Datu wasn\u2019t PATIs, it was band of bandits led by the \u201cSultan of Sulu\u201d who wanted to wrongfully claim Sabah. If anything it\u2019s a territorial dispute.\nRemitting currency is affecting the economy in what way? And by how much. Would like to see your data on this. Because these people still have to spend the peanuts they earn on food and other amenities in our own currency.\nThey work at Selayang market- so?\nThey opened a little Dhaka- so? Chinatown or little India is ok?\ncultural differences. Why don\u2019t you call our expats from the west on this. They\u2019re culturally different.", "They opened a little Dhaka- so? Chinatown or little India is ok?\nare you comparing PATI illegal townships with MALAYSIANS???", "China Town and Litttle India ??? Hey bruh, we have Indian and Chinese lol", "Dude is suggesting nons are pendatangs. you didn't notice that? He's saying non = illegal Bangla.", "Yea, my point is you\u2019re ok with these but you\u2019re not ok with a people who work here to create their own community. Wtf you want them to do? Stay on the construction site and work all day?", "Well If I were to work in other country, I don\u2019t think it is a necessities for me to Create A Whole Town just to reminds me of Malaysia. Plus if I do, I would do it legally.", "What\u2019s not legal about little Dhaka? If they\u2019re paying rent on the buildings they stay in.", "Some of them Don\u2019t pay rent yk, They broke into Left and old building and live inside", "So if the buildings are abandoned, what\u2019s the problem?", "Are you really suggesting its ok for illegal migrants to move in to empty buildings? So...if your neighbor moves out, and 30 rohngya move in cos its \"abandoned\" its ok?\nThen your next neighbor cannot tahan..move out also...then another 30 come, and your street slowly becomes shithole", "If they\u2019re paying rent on the buildings they stay in.\nUndocumented Foreigners are not allowed to run busineses and do not have business lesen/permit. Thats the law. All my busineses must pay DBKL banner, advert, business lesen....why do they get away without doing any of that?\nAll my goods sold are SIRIM certified and come from legit suppliers who pay tax. The jalan silang traders sell smuggled goods and uncertified medicines", "That's the neat thing. They don't.", "Well to the master race both Chinese and Indians are foreigners so I guess it makes sense? Just saying.", "They come here to work after finish GTFO don't make community, they come here they shouldn't even got opportunity to build shop cause come here as workers not boses if you look at their passport come as construction but instead works as pam attendant,at clothes shop so basically they don't give shit bout our law more so the unauthorized vehicle they have if got incident you can't claim their insurance cause they don't have so you basically f depends on the damage", "The core labor issue is that they are depressing wages.", "I am pretty sure like most of them even have a family here, (not sure if they are registered or not), Me myself, work in a healthcare, we just treat them as they are, we are not obligated to report them. Yes, Partially I do agree with the part they help build our nation, our malls etc. What about those who doesn\u2019t, nowadays some of them have their own buisness yk, like recently in the news, \u201cMini Dhaka\u201d, they even treat our country like their own. They serve their own people, in our country and how does that benefits our economy. And don\u2019t you think too many of them is not the cause our malaysians dont have the oppurtunity to do the job, because their employer rather paid them at lowe rate as compare to malaysians. That\u2019s another topic to discuss", "These guys make peanuts. Don\u2019t forget by sending money isn\u2019t that easy. There are also fees they need to pay when they send money home.\nPlus, to your second point- are people ready for the incredible price increase in goods and services when locals work in construction or other difficult jobs? I dont think so\u2026", "Eh Bangla"], ["truth is no one knows\nthe slave labor we get from them is the candy that folks like, at the same time the slave labor we get stifles the low end development market to push us into truely developed status."], ["It is well documented/researched that immigrant workers almost always have a net positive impact to the economy. They are low cost n highly productive- they actually lower overall living expenses due to their slave labour. The problem is they are a direct competitor to the econimically most vulnerable locals, and they introduce abrupt changes in the socio-cultural landscape, which causes instabilities. We have democracy n collectively we make a decision on how much I stability can we accept.\nIn the past, when border control wasn't a thing, Malays, Chinese, Indians came to Malaysia freely, the latter 2 often at the invitation of the rulers. Everyone was equally legal/illegal. In the modern world, we have defined border n immigration laws, so now we can have PATI.", "t is well documented/researched that immigrant workers almost always have a net positive impact to the economy\nDOCUMENTED immigrant workers, not PATI\nIn the past you could also own slaves, the past has no bearing to modern immigration laws and country states.", "PATI too"], ["You have been observing since you were born???"], ["I just think gov should start creating a new tax for sending money overseas using those international money transfer services.", "We don\u2019t mind any change in the taxes for us. Jangan tiba-tiba cecah separuh gaji cukup. :26554:", "Should Singapore also do this to Malaysians sending mobey back?", "Most malaysians dont even stay in singapore. Why need send money back", "Of course not most. But a substantial amount work in Singapore and send money back. Some even commute from MY to SG daily for work. Especially those from Johor."], ["So are these so called PATI working in high skill job that requires higher salary like doctors and engineers? Or are these low wage job like table servers and street cleaners?\nIf it is low wage job, these taxes are peanuts compared to how your government officials has stolen and spent your taxes.", "Bruh. That is called expat"], ["Aku suka membaca. Setiap orang ada pendapat masing-masing. So far semua comment orang yang matang. Aku cuma tak sabar nak tunggu mana yang betul2 tak puas hati nanti. \ud83e\udd21"]]}
{"title": "Close Call - Attempted child abduction stopped by passers-by.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nziqr/close_call_attempted_child_abduction_stopped_by/", "num_comment": 168, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The guy doesn't look Malaysian. Any news on who is he and from where? Once my daughter and I were waiting for something in Cyberjaya and 2 guys almost tried to open the door of my car (passenger door). It was locked and I immediately moved the car so these guys just disappeared.", "You read Malay?\nhttps://beritaperak.com/warga-nepal-acu-pisau-cuba-larikan-kanak-kanak-perempuan-3-tahun-ditahan-polis/", "So it wasn't kidnapping at first. He was hungry but shouldn't fucking use kids and weapons..", "He could have just shoplifted food from a kedai runcit. What a dumb criminal.", "Aint that simple\nObviously the man cant think straight anymore at that point", "I agree. As someone who had been in that situation a few years back, I feel for the guy but obviously he shouldn't have done that. I hope he gets help.", "i hope he dies in prison", "Life will teach him, and will teach you as well.", "I very like this statement. But a bit of a twist. For me,\nLife is a test, Time is a teacher.\nThe longer you live, the better you will be in time. Once you quit (suicide), it means you're taking short/easier route to end you life.\nI respect people like you that keep going on in life even though it's cruel and hard but also i even more respect people that's been close to suicide but overcome themselves to stay alive.\nNo matter how hard the test is, life has to go on. Everyone in this test, and so we all.", "I'm cool with that too.", "perhaps you need lessons in real life as well... not from disney movies.", "my statement stands and you will understand when it hits you.", "Expecting someone to be hit with misfortune of that level just because you want to prove a point is quite telling of your character.", "and pray tell what would that be?", "If you needed suffering to hit you just so you can learn how you think your suffering necessitates the suffering of others, here's an operator:\nIt's a shitty lesson. Learn the empathy from the suffering if you must, but if you use it to justify the suffering of others, you're better off back in the hole where you came from.", "my statement stands and you will understand once you finish spm, get a job and have a family.", "Yeah it clearly hasn't hit you yet otherwise you wouldn't have said dumb stuff like that.", "What you said doesn't make sense. So if you have a family and you are in desperate need to feed them, with no money, and you get caught just like this man did, you still don't empathize with him?", "I guess you're from Tiktok Social Media?", "It's undeniable that he's at fault but he was just desperate for food", "Agree, what a despicable man there are many ways to get his meal kidnapping kids is a big NONO\nbut...\nnow he also got what he wanted, free meal for years in prison\nfunded by tax payers money, I really wish punishment for kidnapping kids far heavier.", "It's so easy for us in privileged positions and good mental health to condemn those who are not in the same position. You may think that you would behave differently in that position, and you probably would, but you also have had the benefit of a different upbringing, genetics, and living environment.\nOur policies should not be punitive for the sake of vengeance but rather to protect the public, reforming those who can be reformed, and keeping those who cannot be reformed away from the public (how to do this is a separate matter)\nWe need to evolve. Move away from vengeful mindsets and focus on reforming criminal behavior while also protecting the public at large.", "As much as I hate to say this, but I agree with some of your point.", "My first response to this, from a westerner\u2019s perspective , was to beat him to death , dismember and hang him from a pole to show others what happens when you attempt to violate innocent people. Then I read your post and realized the errors in my thoughts. You are absolutely right. Vengeance does not solve the problem, it only perpetuates the cycle of suffering. Attacking the root causes of such actions; poverty, mental health, access to resources, etc is the answer. Thank you so much for cleansing my mind and reminding me of the path of the righteous man \ud83e\udd70", "Haha, not my intent to be a mind cleanser, just offering my two cents. The more I learn about human behaviour the less convinced I am that we should be so quick to judge other people's actions.", "Guess what i'll do you one better. The privileged position you are referring to applies to you as well. It is easy for you to side the offender because it simply didn't happen to you or your child. No reasonable human would pat a kidnapper on the back and thank them for attempting to kidnap their offspring.", "Please re-read what I said carefully. I did not say anything about siding with the offender or patting them on the back. I intentionally chose the phrase \"us in privileged positions\" because I don't want to exclude myself from being capable of falling into this mindset.\nI agree that as a third party it's easy to talk about the objective morality of the situation, but just because someone who would be affected by the crime feels anger and desires vengeance doesn't mean we should code our laws to appease such emotions.\nI was responding to hackenclaw's lament with the tax payer's money being used to feed the perpetrator. My position is that we should reconsider the way we think about criminal justice. I think it should be reform focused rather than punishment focused. Perhaps having some form of punishment as a deterrent is still necessary (maybe, I'm not sure) but I think if we put efforts into reforming criminals so that they can be reintegrated into society, it would be tax dollars well spent.", "True\nMental illness is real", "Give him the rotan experience hehehe", "i hope they deport him", "where? Not like his home country can lock him up.", "What punishment do you recommend?", "If he had asked/begged for money, he would probably get it.", "hard to say but he had been starving for days according to the article.", "It\u2019s shitty that he put the 3 year old in danger but hunger could drive a person crazy. That I can sympathize with.", "Those who have gone through prolonged hunger or difficult times in their life would understand.", "You mentioned that you have survived through that. Clearly we don\u2019t do enough to take care of each other in this country. I\u2019m glad you made it and hope you\u2019re in a much better place now OP.", "I am in a much better place, thanks! And I did get help actually, but sometimes when it rains, it pours.\nIt's cliche, but the best thing about coming out of that hole is the lesson.", "Glad to hear that OP. Your positive attitude must have played a big part in getting yourself back up. Now onwards and upwards :)", "If that's the lesson you've learned, please, go back in the hole. What's \"cliche\" is that you think you could trivialise the harm done on an innocent simply because they came from extreme suffering.\nMaybe they should have let him kidnap the child, get some money from the family, and then let the child go and everyone would be happy, no?\nWelcome to the real world where nobody is that foolish to do exactly that.", "Does the end justify the means? Must one suffer as much as you only to learn that ending suffering necessitates the suffering of others, or worse, innocents? If the rest world does not suffer, what are they to you? Not humans?\nIf you needed to experience extreme suffering just to understand this, then your hunger isn't big enough for the rest of the world, buddy. If you think your suffering permits you to certain preferable ends, please by all means, TRY and TAKE THE LIFE of an innocent, and see if justice decided to give you a special pleading, just because you're hungry.", "anaknya ditinggalkan bersendirian < as much as im glad the guy gets caught and few satisfying kicks and punch were landed, couldnt we hang on to the 3 year old defenseless kid to do what you need to do?", "Cyberjaya seems like a safe suburban town but is full of creeps. As a woman, the number of times I have been followed by weird men while in Cyber\u2026you won\u2019t believe it.\nI\u2019m not a xenophobic person, but you can already guess the nationality of the people who followed me.", "Either Rohingya or Bangla", "Wait. They tried to open your car and take your daughter away? Wtf", "Yes.", "Recently?", "A few months ago, some time in May.", "The guy doesn\u2019t look Nepali.", "IIRC there's no one single look for Nepalese. Yes, they would generally look closer to Southeast Asian but not all of them.", "Most of them look more like Indians. Only in the high mountains, they are Buddhist and look more Tibetan, but that's a small percentage of the population. Most Nepalese are Hindu and live in the lowlands, culturally quite close to northern India. Nepali is written in Devanagari and related to Hindi. Lower population density and more laid back.", "Palestinian", "Hope u get all the love u need someday", "Or maybe Jewish"], ["Happenend very close to my house, Jeniang, Kedah.\nThe whatsapp copypasta :\n\"JENIANG 26/11/23 7.30 PAGI\nKes kejadian warga Nepal hendak menculik anak kecil yg berada di dlm raga motor umur 3 tahun dan sempat di Lihat bapa mangsa,perlaku menggunakan pisau yg dibawa oleh nya.\nKt kedai syed roti canai. Sama2 beringat. Saya post utk peringatan kita semua. Alhamdulillah anak selamat. Penculik dibawa ke BALAI.\nSekian berita terkini.\"\n<image>", "War be upon him", "Padan muka, curse be upon you!", "Shouldnt we be praying for him", "Yes we should, but I don\u2019t want.", "Tbh, so effing tired of some Immigrants. Ik I'm non Malay but if you wanna come here, have some manners and attitude. Come her commit crime we deport you lah wahlao. Don't pray\u00b2 lah. Lots Business owner and local ppl affected by Immigrants. Thankfully Malay ppl just learn about Immigration wahlao took so damn long."], ["We have a serious immigration problem that is going to get out of control in this country. Plain and simple.\nYou take a drive around central KL during the weekend, around Central Market area and you will feel like you are in a refugee ghetto. Just migrant workers all over the place...all.over.the.place. Then you have shoplots run by migrant workers. I literally saw one guy selling cow meat...outside the shoplot...the mean on top of newspaper..on the ground..just out in the open..flies everywhere...what the fuck man??????\nYou go to certain districts within KL / Selangor area...same feeling...whole communities of people who are not Malaysia. You go to Cyberjaya area and you see a big African community there. I know personally a few girls who were harassed seriously by guys from this community. (Not implying all of them are like this so save me the oMG rACisT BS...but these 'few bad apples' thing is starting to add up)\nIt is a nationwide problem...How are they getting in??? Are we monitoring and following up and booting out over stayers????? What is our bloody immigration department doing??\nI hoped for stricter reforms and a complete overhaul of the systems currently, which is inefficient, lazy and only take action when something is di-viralkan on social media.\nYet all I see is current administration praising them, giving bonus to them....pathetic.", "The deeper cause of the problem is we have an unsatiatable appetite for cheap labour, and nothing is cheaper than illegal foreigners, just a few steps away from owning actual slaves.\nThen there is abuse of illegal foreigners by the authorities, such as \"asking\" for bribe.\nWe are just the poor man version of the rich Arab states.", "Same same in the US lah. It\u2019s a global problem between the have and have nots. Just different immigrant nationality here. I\u2019ve heard similar reports from Europe, especially England and France.", "Not just That DBKL does fucking nothing. A few years back, I read that an Retired Teacher had her stall seized by DBKL because her license expired 1 month. She was of Indian Descent. She was 67 and could've just forgotten it. Meanwhile Rohingyas be making fire in the middle of Petaling Street and in front of Clothing stores, DBKL does FUCKING nothing. Local populations and businesses are hurt by it. Dbkl is fucking bullcrap cannot fix infrastructure. Need local Elections", "To be honest previously, It doesn\u2019t bother me the fact that foreign workers work as a cashier until one point where I\u2019ve had experiences where they often make the wrong order for my food and charges me some more expensive one instead of what I want\u2026.. cashiers and other services workers should be locals and I find it more comfortable if I\u2019m dealing with local 7E\u2019s cashier instead of foreigners\u2026. Im not trying to be racist but I think it\u2019s better that way\u2026.", "Go on FB search Rohingya, what do you find? Rogol,Cabul,Intai. Not just in KL but even one case in Kelantan. Out of all places. Crimes commited by Rohingya. Then they harass you for not donating. DBKL does fucking nothing. We need to deport them. UNHCR don't pay us. We waste taxpayer. If KL have local elections, ima fucking do a Progressive anti Immigration party called GoKL. Rohingya just most of them can't fit into Malaysian/Civil culture. They come here have kids 8 kids then cry in UNHCR. Fucking UNHCR. Ik some will say oh some Malays have 8 kids lah. They're citizens and most are in Kelantan, not KL. Haiyya. KL problem tall KL lah not Kota Bharu", "Malaysia Boleh.."], ["Street justice may not be pretty, but in this case, I'm glad it happened.", "Malaysians should learn from Indonesians about street justice.. 1 kampong will come out and beat that dude.. Then baru hand over to Polis", "should learn from south american FAVELAS", "South America Use guns, mana siuk.. Hand to hand combat is better", "Rwanda then? A parang party for all occasions."], ["sheeeshhh thought it was the JB one, but this is different case.. stay safe out there.."], ["My pity meter went -100 for the guy"], ["Source:\nhttps://beritaperak.com/warga-nepal-acu-pisau-cuba-larikan-kanak-kanak-perempuan-3-tahun-ditahan-polis/"], ["Beautiful! Fucking hit him again!"], ["Some Malaysian seeing this as punching/kicking opportunity. Just tie the damn guy and call police. No need to resort to such violence.", "While it isn't wise to beat up someone doing something illegal, but this is kidnapping. Can you imagine what happens when a kid gets kidnapped? Sold, disfigured, cut open, sell organs, cut off limbs to make him into a beggar, sold as slave, prostituting and many more. You think someone can swallow down that anger? Kidnappers should all be hanged. Beating them up doesn't even cover a grain of what they did.\nThat said, it seems like this case isn't kidnapping, but with a knife threatening for money cause of starvation.", "While I agree with the anger and I do believe that life is wasted on people like this. A society that punishes through brutality will never be rid of brutality.", "I don't know who's that man beating up the other one. But if it's the father. It is justified too. Imagine your daughter getting a knife held on the throat.\nI don't like violence as well. But damn if I don't gouge their eyes out if anyone harms my family. I don't like it, but I do understand the sentiments of it.\nBelieve is one thing, but to act is another. Brutality will never get rid of brutality, that is very true. It's a never ending cycle no matter what you choose cause it is just harsh.", "While I agree with your sentiment, brutality will never cease to exist in any society. Humans have been hardwired to use violence as a means of survival for millennia. It is almost impossible to reverse an impulse so deeply ingrained inside our DNA on a societal scale.", "I don't feel that excuses beating a person tied up/held down. Isn't it the same thing then, taking advantage of someone?\nSecured and rendered safe. What's the justification to hit someone vulnerable... They definitely deserve it but you are spotless and holy? If everyone got what they deserved, reddit would be empty.\nYou think someone can swallow down that anger?\nWhile I can understand the helmet guy punching (adrenalin happens) and all the hits before 20th second, it was the one later that bothers me.\nBut the the opportunistic side kick from the other dude to the head (56th second) looked like an asshole seeing an opportunity to lash out either their anger issues, bully issues or racist issues, and took advantage of the 'socially acceptable' situation to harm another. That was the one that I frowned upon. At about 25th second you can see him standing there watching. Again at about 48th second hes chilling... But abit later he kicks him... Just because. No one else is hitting the criminal, and he kicks and just walks off, there is no purpose other then self gratification on someone vulnerable. It wasn't an emotional moment or while subduing the criminal or in response to an escape or something.\nBut maybe im wrong cos im not following this story, can you justify that kick?", "Agreed\u2026. If it\u2019s once or twice would be fine\u2026 getting kicked and punched multiple times while being held tight is seriously too much\u2026. Let the police do their job\u2026.", "Thing is, everyone calmed down already... Then the kick happened. TF.", "Of course it's wrong to hit. It is always wrong. The thing is, when it comes to such matters such as this, you can't tell anymore. I'm not justifying him, but I do not care as well. Because the matter is that the one getting hit did something unforgivable. Maybe he was desperate and lost his mind due to hunger, but nevertheless to threaten to harm a kid at knife point, he was just asking for it. He was lucky those people didn't mob him up and killed him. Again, that is definitely wrong, but what is to say when the same thing happens to your family and friends, or maybe even yourself?\nYou can't justify something complex on paper. Only thing is, there's the law. The law allows you to fight back and protect yourself during such moments, but not when you attack a tied up person. But attacking that way, most judges will forgive that and let it go. At most, that kicking person will get a fine, because the attack was not intended to kill. If there's a kill intention, then it is a whole other case and up to the judges to do their work.", "Of course it's wrong to hit. It is always wrong\nWhy your positions always so extreme. There are obviously right times to hit someone.\nIf there's a kill intention, then it is a whole other case and up to the\nIntent only changes the type of charges. People unintentionally kill someone. See USA police knee on neck scandal. If that flying kick hit the nose, causing a bleed n broken bones into the lungs... Intent or not that dudes gonna get in trouble. Even the whiplash, from a kick to the forehead, could be serious.\nbut what is to say when the same thing happens to your family and friends, or maybe even yourself?\nDid that guy who was hanging about an involved party to the crime? Cos that's totally understandable. Afaik, and i could be wrong, he was just a random person who saw someone held down and decided to do a flying kick. I already said, the earlier bearings are totally justifiable and understandable... The one in question is that one later at about 50th second.", "You're judging based on your assumptions. And I mine. And for me, crap people that do crap stuff deserve it until proven otherwise.\nWhile you, you have a pretty world mind. So perhaps you think of equal fairness or a peaceful solution. That itself isn't bad at all.\nI'm not extreme at all. Those who are extreme are those who did that rubbish stuff. All I do is just keep to myself and harm nobody unless provoked.", "And for me, crap people that do crap stuff deserve it until proven otherwise.\nI don't disagree. But the part we disagree is to what extend. So say this guy kidnaps the girl (idgaf hes starving or not) and they hold him down and start cutting his fingers off one by one. Is that ok? How about just 1 finger? Maybe 10 fingers insufficient, we cut other things out too? Police can pickup the parts later when they come to arrest. Where is the line?\nI don't think either is wrong per se, but we live in a society with certain rules. Some got leeway can close one eye la, but some things... Shouldn't.", "What you said didn't happen. What happened was he gave the nut a few kicks. What you said under the law is intentional mutilation. What he did was intentional harm. Under the law there are several categories on it, beatings, severe harm, attempted murder, murder, unintentional murder and so on. And it is up to the judge to set which, but in this case it is obvious. And you know what is the usual price for it? 1-7 day lokap, fine or both. There's only one case on the news during this year that I've read about is that the assaulter got a fine of RM500 for beating up a robber till unconscious with a stick.\nIf you think he shouldn't, it's all fine. I won't touch the guy if he is not bothering me. But I sure as hell will cheer on the father to whoop up his ass.", "What you said didn't happen.\nAhh which part? I may have seen wrongly.\nWhat happened was he gave the nut a few kicks.\nIm talking about the one singular kick. Pls give a timestamp, mine as mentioned is around 50th second.\nBut I sure as hell will cheer on the father to whoop up his ass.\nLike I said, doesn't look like the father, which would be understandable. Or hes a really chilled father who apparently acts like a bystander as mentioned in the other timestamp above.", "agree. i can understand if the fella is violent & resisting arrest, then u use violence to subdue him. but he's restrained oredi, let polis do their thing", "Let him experience malaysian hospitality first hand", "Done woke", "Kidnapping children?? I think the idiot above should be beaten to a pulp.", "How many of the kickers actually saw the kidnapping and not just heard orang kata?", "Mob justice ain't it, chief. Lynching someone to death (or near it) isn't justice at all, just unbridled rage to satisfy an urge to be violent towards someone. Mob justice is especially bad when those who participate in it have no context as to why they're doing the thing they're doing.", "PDRM does not hesitate to arrest more than one suspect if the suspect is beaten to a pulp. This happened so many times when a civilian caught a robber.\nBeating a suspect doesn't give you a medal. You're just making it worse.", "Agree that we shouldn\u2019t default go for physical violence once the culprit has been subdued. How do the new arrivals know that those who are there are telling the truth and not a mistaken identity? It\u2019s dangerous that someone could just randomly accuse someone on the street, get physical and a mob could just gang on the perceived target without further verification.\nJust pin down the suspect (without suffocating them and any potential lethal acts) and let the authority investigate the truth.", "When it happens near you, you will be pumped with adrenaline and you're gonna release it to the perpetrator. It's necessary until the perpetrator is secured and tied.", "I would beat the shit out of a child abductor if i had the chance", "The amount of punch and kicking in the video really justify imo.", "Sometimes they need that extra find out", "bleeding heart ppl like you are the reason why mandatory death penalty is abolished", "Mob aggression and even worse public lynching will almost always happens regardless of the country. Unchecked violence will attract more people to do the same as they felt there are no consequences and the feeling they had done some justice for the victim"], ["Malaysia allowed citizen's arrest, but I got to admit the public can be brutal sometimes.\nThere is a green monster inside all of us.", "nah, you are the one who was inside of a green monster /j", "Kinda sus comment", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Hantar dia balik ban dia masuk sini.", "From Palestine"], ["Please interrogate him, he should know whos behind him", "Sori i no speak bahasa malaysia /s \ud83e\udd23"], ["I'd always refrain my self to say this,\nMalaysia dah tak selamat.\nEspecially there is alot of immigrant that the police cannot control.", "https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/safest-countries-in-the-world According to this, it says Malaysia is the 14th most safest country in the world. Couldn't find any other reliable source so feel free to prove me wrong but dang, even I was surprised that we are supposedly this safe.", "1 isolated case\nOP: Malaysia dah tak selamat\n\ud83d\ude44", "OP? Excuse me?", "Eh, sorry. OP of the comment :26559:", "Racist gonna be racist. Ironically, this was said by a person from a country built by immigrants.", "Just to clarify here, when u/flyden1 said OP, he meant the comment above him, not the one who posted this video.\nBut yeah, flyden's point still stands"], ["Isnt this a repost?"], ["OP read the article la, he was doing it for food. It wasn't an attempted child abduction as what OP claim", "\ud83e\udd26"], ["\u201ctali takdak ah\u201d ffs, go and find one laa. wtf."], ["The best things about Malaysia is, when there is BAD PEOPLE. We just fuckin demolish them, no matter who tf they are, we don't even know each other yet still works together to beat the shit out of them together.", "Sure or not? Take out bad people? Bet they themselves are bad people sometimes. I was harassed by a bunch of motorcyclist cause one of those bastard fell in front of my car, and 20 of these bastards stopped, block me and accused me of running him down and that jackass starts extorting money from me. Get a grip... Malaysia...", "If this was Sarawak, kena pancung sudah that dude.. Everyone will parade his head.. Other people that tries to abduct a child again will think twice.. Also the nationality that abduct the child will be hunted down"], ["This is why we reject PATI!"], ["Kasi patah semua gigi dia!"], ["I'd pay to be one of the crowd that kick that asshole's ass. Dudu chose the wrong neighbourhood to abduct a helpless child."], ["The Abang with the Cigarette in his mouth while Kicking that dude \ud83d\udda4 Bravo!!!! Love him. Even with his cigarette, he saved the day!"], ["He\u2019s a Palestinian", "Nepali hidutva", "No he is Muslim Palestenian", "Nope. he is nepali hindutva.", "if he's a palestinian then i am a Martian"], ["Looks some sort of an arab! I\u2019m just gonna throw this out there, but this guy looks pedo as F!", "I believe he is Nepali and not arab?"], ["brownies all the same"], ["I don't think he had a plan. He's been starving for days according to the article.\nhttps://beritaperak.com/warga-nepal-acu-pisau-cuba-larikan-kanak-kanak-perempuan-3-tahun-ditahan-polis/", "He plan to eat the child.. Cannibal"], ["Worse than USA now"], ["Passerby almost killed the man tbh\u2026", "Who cares, if the man succeeded abducted the child, the child would be dead", "You are absolutely right"], ["If the government ain't gonna help them by bringing them here then don't help at all. Bring them in then just leave them be? Then what? They start doing stupid shit , crimes and what not. Then what about us normal folk? Should we feel bad for them? Maybe, but their problem isn't our responsibility. We are a small country, and people here aren't even that well off to begin with. So why are we the ones that have to deal with the consequences? I'm sorry but please stop bringing them in here."], ["Mercedes F1 fan with a cheap shot. That tracks."], ["Get rekt"], ["Someone's mom actually called apunene to catch"], ["He well deserved all that kick from the people tbh"], [":26554:"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 22 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nyklh/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["Private citizens are doing more to foster ASEAN relations than the governments. All the governments talk about are getting stuff from China and USA and Europe, while it's the people that are visiting and vacationing in ASEAN, building business and trade networks, and making friends. Meanwhile, the top officials are vacationing in London, Paris and Geneva."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 22 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nvttt/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What do fish smoke to get high?\nSea weed", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["A question, for the parking at the KLCC Convention Centre, if I'm reading it right. For the weekend, the maximum I would be charge is RM17 right? Meaning, only pay RM17 no matter if I park from morning till night. For safety reasons, I prefer to park there for the event since I'll be bringing my sibling.\n<image>", "should be maximum of RM17 per day if I'm not mistaken."], ["What didn't kill you will make you stronger\nOr make you cringe still 11 years later \ud83d\ude2c\nAAAAAAAAAAHHHH HAZUKASHII HAZUKASHII HAZUKASHII \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2b\ud83e\udd2e"], ["Anyone having a sad year end? Ending a 3 month attachment in Japan, naturally I am super sad. Esp when I have nothing to look forward to at home. Complicated by the fact that a certain someone is involved as well \ud83d\ude02 selamat tinggal senpai \ud83d\udc94\ud83d\udc94\ud83d\udc94", "Did senpai notice you?", "Hell yea. I know because no man has ever paid me an ounce of attention hahaha"], ["A customer gave my cleaning crew some snacks. They ask me to read the ingredient and see if it's halal or not.\nI gave it a look, and saw Japanese letters staring back at me.\n\"... Kacang je kak, tapi was was lah. Lebih baik bagi xxx je. Dia Christian mah\"."], ["just got my first covid. what medicine shud i take? i've been popping panadol like candy.", "It's recommended to get some Paxlovid - to reduce the overall symptoms and effects.", "can i buy this in pharmacy?", "Not sure, but I think you can get them from gov clinics", "Get some throat relieve spray if your have throat itchiness. Less throat discomfort = less coughing = less virus spread and less strain on your body.", "im not coughing but i have bad sore throat. eating lots of strepsils now.", "Pretty much that if your symptoms is just the common cold - unless you're having breathing difficulties get yourself to a hospital", "no cold but i have bad fever. a while cold a while hot and constant headache and nauseous", "Sounds like typical Day 2 symptoms. Continue taking your Panadol, drink loads of water and hang in there! Usually it'll subside by Day 3. Day 4 onwards less headache but you'll feel tired", "you're right. im in my third day now. it's slightly better. sorethroat seems to be worse."], ["https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2023/12/993377/eighty-three-human-skeletal-remains-found-drain-sibu \ud83d\ude28"], ["saw a short clip from tiktok, a movie, dunno wether malaysian/indonesian, regarding human sacrifice ritual from an ethnic group from borneo. in the scene, the people sacrifice a boy by putting him under the pillar, and next they are going to sacrifice a teenage girl. anyone knows the movie title?"], ["my plane has like 20 people who check in but haven't board the plane. one by one of them come and a good amount of them is hip fashionable muslimah with Starbucks on hand.\nits one of the busiest weekends on airport and you guys want to lepak Starbucks untill last minute then greeted by mass of people in xray counter and immigration. now 1 every 3 of them was like \"soriii orang banyak betul uwu'.\ni feel stupid coming on time if i can just make \"teehee\" face and the airplane still wait for you.", "Guess the queue at the buy 2 free 2 promo must be crazy.", "How long did the plane wait? Aren't they supposed to fly ob schedule despite late passengers?", "id say 15-20 min. the airplane even finished refueling. in kk airport airasia does not really follow schedule. if thr plane arrive then you just gonna get boarding after the passenger comes out doesn't matter if it was early\nnow the plane that come last night is not the usual airbus a321 but the bigger faster a330. what happened probably that we are boarding ahead of schedule.\nhowever my point stands. you should be at the gate before boarding time and seeing the same demographic come one by one when every one is ready can be tiring", "That's why - something doesn't add up. Planes don't wait for people especially those dilly dallying"], ["Flew from Kl to Kk for work in the morning ... Currently boarding from KK to KL . Dying pliz halp", "Frequent flyer!"], ["Found two kitties at work.\ntax + bonus of me getting shoketh"], ["And so I am officially on holiday break starting this moment \ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf89\nTomorrow the toll is going to be free, right? Recommend something to do in KL/Selangor. I'm thinking of visiting one of those food places I've seen on Insta, but I'm always up for additional recommendations."], ["https://paultan.org/2023/12/22/bikers-riding-motorcycles-with-noisy-exhausts-made-to-replace-exhaust-at-the-police-station/\nSarifudin added police would also be cracking down on a worrying trend amongst rempit, or motorcycle hooligans, to remove the rear brake on their bikes. \u201cThey do this to reduce weight on the motorcycle and attain higher speeds,\u201d he said.\nEvery high speed brake is a front wheelie, also won't just slimming down the rider's body would be a lot more effective?"], ["That scene when Coop watch back the recording after get back in the Endurance, makes me cry every damn time.", "Same bro. Watched it three times on IMAX"], ["usually when i eat prawn i have no issue. but the frozen prawn i bought made my mouth itch when i cook it (maggi, boiled) is there a way to remove that itch cause? vinegar soak? the prawns are supposedly good quality hhh", "allergies can develop and disappear anytime."], ["3rd day with no water, and 4 days of disrupted water supply in January. Wtf is going on with Penang?", "Waiting for water too. I want to shower.", "https://shopee.com.my/Camping-Electric-Shower-Pump-USB-Rechargeable-3-Water-Output-Mode-IPX7-Waterproof-Outdoor-Fishing-Pantai-i.3924837.20779230799?sp_atk=7aabbf01-9889-468b-9209-85655cc932b3&xptdk=7aabbf01-9889-468b-9209-85655cc932b3", "At least they tell you ahead to prepare.\nAir Selangor would have sudden water cut for many districts at once one too many times."], ["Famous last words by me before cf:\n\"Aiya just butcher the wig only ma. How hard can that be?\"\nVery hard omni, very hard...", "One punch man ez cosplay", "wig?", "Yeah for cosplay lol"], ["Anyone knows if my piercings are okay for an L license picture ? Will be taking the picture tomorrow, for the record, my hair will be black tomorrow and my septum (nose) piercing will not be shown. I\u2019m only worried about my bridge and lip piercings, the lady that catered to me while I was registering said that it was only my hair colour that was the issue. What do you guys think ?"], ["anyone here have used alliance bank's virtual credit card? i heard that you can get temporary credit card number as a security measure, so even if the number gets stolen, your money will be safe."], ["Me and my American date and I saw each other again yesterday. He got a haircut in my absence. After lunch in the mall, the first thing he did when we got back was to lie flat on his belly, spread his arms on the bed, and tell me to do the same, but on top of him. We were stacked on the bed like two blood bags in a blood bank. \"This is the closest you can physically get with anybody,\" he stated.\nIt was a new position to me, but I liked it all enough that we stayed like that for a long time, talking. I let my weight sink into his body, sharing our warmth in the cold bedroom. \"It was a long day,\" I said and sighed, blowing air to the rosy back of his neck. \"I needed this.\"\nDid you know there's a loneliness epidemic among gay/bisexual men? The older we get, the further we drift apart from people we know. They start getting married, having children, etc. He confessed to me that this time of the year\u2013 Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's\u2013 is hard on him. He's a digital nomad. He hasn't been home in New York since 2018.\nHe's beautiful. He's Italian-Irish, so he has these pale blue eyes framed by striking dark lashes and eyebrows. One look was all it took to stun me... He's messy. He scatters his things around the tiny apartment. He doesn't care about laundry. He reminded me a lot of myself. We had too many things in common. He grew up with a father who wasn't kind enough. He didn't have friends at school. He's left-handed. He's drifting from country to country without a final destination. We read and write.\nI think I've asked him more times than what was appropriate whether he was okay. We'd sit on the couch and he'd rest his head on my shoulder and I'd run my fingers through that head of salt-and-pepper hair. I thought and worried for him the same way I worry for myself-- Honey, will we make it in this life? Honey, don't kill yourself.\nHe knows I have a long-term boyfriend. And I never ask him about his other encounters. He even let me go on his phone but I rejected it. I didn't need that. But we toyed with the idea of a future together. We both agreed that neither of us was in a position to care for a serious partner. But I was reminded by what a fellow countryman of his said, Steven. Steven said that I should try dating short-distance instead of only meeting men when I travel overseas. So this was it. I was doing what he told me to do. And it felt good.\nI said to the American, I think I could do this tomorrow, next week, and for the rest fifteen years. I'd get a job and we both would try to fend for ourselves and build a home together. New York's expensive, I said. How about North Carolina? He joked once, saying we could get married in Vegas. I asked him what his ring size was. He said, \"Fuck if I know.\" I am a size 11, and we compared our hands and I said probably 15.\nI revealed to him that when I turned 25, it finally hit me, and I understood and slowly accepted that I am not immortal. One day everyone I love will be gone, and then I'll be gone. We don't have forever. At first, this concept was depressing, and then it was humbling. It's true what they say about men-- one day they wake up and everything's different. They finally realize how silly they've been. But I feel like I keep waking up, you know?\nBeing with him felt like home. We both agreed that I was going through infatuation and that the strong feelings would tarnish and fade, but he also said it was okay to be infatuated. Everything was okay. But I think I know now what I want in life. A domestic life. I'm ready to sacrifice and give up all the sugar daddies, the wanderlust, the alcohol and drugs... To make a trade, trading excitement for familiarity. Yes, there are no guarantees. I asked him if there was ever a thing in this life that didn't have an ending, and he said no. But we can try. Can't we? He said I'd make a good husband.\nWe were in bed later that night watching American talk shows, it was funny and playful. Part of his culture. Then I read the news and he went on Duolingo to keep his streak and I must have dozed off because I woke up with him wrapped around me so tight, our limbs entangled in a mess, clothes strewn across the bedroom floor, and I was glad, I was so glad to be alive and not be alone, and to have him, this beautiful man, this kind man, this friend. I immediately went to class and took my walk of shame, his apartment was nearby. We kissed goodbye and I said I'll be back.\n\"What we have is the opposite of a nine-to-five,\" he said.\n\"You're my other nine-to-five,\" I said and chuckled."], ["What are some malaysian food/kuih that's easy to make? I'm currently in Taiwan and I want to make something for the people at the hostel I'm staying at for christmas later", "Pisang goreng/jemput2, roti jala, cucur are some easy ones.", "If you can find bananas, then banana fritters.\nFlour, water, a bit of sugar, dip the half bananas in them, fry.", "Cheesekut!", "cucur bom.", "Onde onde. Tepung, air, garam, gula melaka.\nKalau ada pewarna hijau and kelapa lagi nice, Christmas theme with the salji.\nOr if no have even pewarna, the white onde onde resemble snowball too."], ["local Chinese DJs and influencers are shilling for some random name-brand smartwatch on FB all of a sudden lol", "DW2.0", "nah, it's just a regular unknown brand with seemingly unlimited marketing budget", "Yes, Daniel Wellington fits the description."], ["Was roaming around when my friend from India asked me a random question that made me realised how rude we are.\n\"Oh you Malaysians can smoke anywhere even in public?\"\n\"Urm not really.\" (while we are looking at one guy puffing some smokes out of his car window - with his kids at the back seat)\n\"In India we can't smoke in public because it will give a bad example to the kids. We will get fines for it and in certain places it is way strict than the others.\"\nAnd all the flashback went amok - how annoyed I was witnessing and breathing in the \"fragrance\" at places where \"DILARANG MEROKOK\" was clearly visible, kids were sitting not that far away etc...and how peaceful it was when I saw no smokers ruin my day when I was in India a few months back."], ["I've done my research, and it looks like for all the car insurance providers my final bill will be around RM2.5k this time.\nSo with that in mind, any of y'all want to recommend me which company? Maybe the one you have in mind is nicer, or more ethical, or have a hidden cat pic in their logo or whatever.", "I go with etiqa solely for their drive less save more incentive.", "It's that expensive because it's new. Eventually the NCD will offset the cost as the value of the car goes down over the years.\nAs for insurance, as long as it covers the necessities including special perils, 24/7 auto assistance, windscreen, any of it will do.", "Any will do - I find one with unlimited towing, 24/7 assistance + don't forget the other small stuff (flood coverage, windscreen etc)"], ["I bought Risk of Rain 2, Dusk, Prey and Severed Steel this steam sale. I got an roguelike addiction\nthe souls like came from 200+ hours of elden ring"], ["Back in my days you want to raise capital for your business, you need a sweetheart government contract, a 50 page deck, a spreadsheet with detail assumptions & you still need to pledge your firstborn as collateral.\nThese days you just join a gameshow.\nFolks have turn it from an exam into a popularity contest.\nI'm loving it", "Is that game show a copycat version of shark tank? Didn't know until you mentioned it.", "Probably, but I think conceptually it's way better\nThat show is tied to mystarter, which is a licensed ECF platform\nSo you are not asking for the hosts's money per se, you trying to raise money from the public\nIn an ECF campaign, publicity is everything\nThis gameshow is free publicity, even if you loose", "everybody's trying to be The Apprentice-era Donald Trump so bad"], ["Happy winter solstice festival!\n<image>"], ["I feel not many people are talking about this e-invoice which will be implemented fully by end of next year. Government is basically tracking every transaction happening in the country. Even my company housing rental have to get the landlord IC and upload to the system who I paying my rental to.", "How do we hide our money from the tax people", "E invoicing kicks in for small enterprises much later. There is a stepped implementation, first for the top 100m rvenue companies", "talking about this e-invoice\nNot enough of us are finance/accounts people.\nAt least the government got the one benefit from the GST system out of this, the traceability."], ["Idk if this belongs in the pf subreddit but,\nI havent paid zakat pendapatan for 2021 & 2022, so i plan to pay them this year lumpsum. Anyone knows if i bayar zakat pendapatan for 2023 + 2022 + 2021, can i still claim during 2023 tax filing? Or can i claim for 2023 only?"], ["Using an alt for this.\nAny 'experienced' Redditors here? Wonder if anyone would know of a 2star hotel in PJ that has 3 hour bookings.\nMy bf coming down for Christmas but both of us have family over so we were just thinking of getting a room to spend time together for a bit. I get that its during Christmas time so it might be difficult.", "Booking.com has hourly stay if you know what you're doing.", "Most 2 star hotels / budget hotel has 3 hour booking. Just walk in and ask.\nYou can also download the Flow app to book for short period stay but they are showing me 5 star hotels.", "99 hotel at ss2?"], ["Watched a few episodes of fleabag and I love it. The main character is very relatable to me. She is a broke, toxic woman with PTSD trying to navigate life. There are times when I want to hug her and there are many times I want to punch her. She feels like a person (although a horrible person), not a \"strong brave female character\" that Disney movies like to have nowadays.", "Maybe the last good thing Phoebe waller bridges acted in before destroying Indiana Jones and being the latest girl boss hollywood stereotype", "why does hollywood keep producing those weird girlboss characters? it's not like anyone over the age of 5 liked them."], ["GODDANGG woke up and finally the steam sale arrived. so many games, too bad i lost my RM200 yesterday :(", "mw Baldur's Gate 3 is still RM200", "also me when yet another year of bandai namco not putting any dark souls game on sale", "", "not on Winter sale. i regret not getting the rm60 for ds3 deluxe in 2021. didn't make the same mistake on elden ring though, got it 30% off", "Wanted to get GoW and UC4 on steam until I saw it's sale on Epic too. Same price with added 33% discount. Onky downside is there's no trophy /achievement on Epic.", "I already have so many AAA so other than Prey, I'm picking up severed steel, Dusk and Risk or Rain ( maybe Mass Effect LE instead? it's on the lowest discount ever )\nbtw if you haven't known yet you can use SteamDB so you can get the best possible deal, you go to the sales tab"], ["Bakers cottage tuna croissant sandwich is one of the best deals out there right now. RM 4.50 with generous ratio of tuna to croissant", "Bakers Cottage the real OG bakery. Still dope for me."]]}
{"title": "Top 10 busiest international flight routes in 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nqyqd/top_10_busiest_international_flight_routes_in_2023/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Missing HAN-SGN and DWB-DOH.", "International", "DWB-DOH is international though\nHAN-SGN is also........ i n t e r n a t i o n a l if you ask any (South) Vietnamese HA HA HA\nEdit:\nAdded (South)\nHAN-SGN ~26 scheduled flights a day and they use the wide bodies - B777, B787, A359, etc."]]}
{"title": "AirAsia Malaysia CEO Riad to Leave Role After Almost 6 Years", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18usojc/airasia_malaysia_ceo_riad_to_leave_role_after/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["<image>"]]}
{"title": "M'sian singer, 26, allegedly killed by admirer, 44, who drove her home after restaurant stabbing", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nos9x/msian_singer_26_allegedly_killed_by_admirer_44/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Anyways it's a sad story."], ["according to chinese news more fact reveal that she have a child and a boyfriend...", "", "How did she scam him?", "no one can say for sure, but as a guy, i know how some girls can exploit a guy. treat them nice. act manja.\nif a guy likes you, whether you're married or not, they can become super simps. treating you meals. gifts. etc.\nif scam doesnt seem an appropriate word, exploit would be better.", "Some real incel views you have there.", "lol it is how it is. incel or not. anyone remember bout the rm 460 burger girl?\nyou dont remember?\nlol get of your high horse.\ni am close friends with many girls. many choose to hide their relationship status to new people. on surface level its their right and their privacy. but some take a step further. getting them to treat them expensive meals etc.\nheck this even happens in dating apps. theres even a term coined up. \"foodiecall\".\non top of that some girls are actually PAID to scam dates by getting their dates to bring them to an overpriced bar that serves by the bottle. TWO of my friends fell for this.\ni m all up for respecting women but there are objective ugly truths about the way things are in real life.\nnot all men are saints. not all women are either. for you to call out a truth as an incel view, i guess i triggered you lol.", "For me it\u2019s tinder, she sets date at a club. I tried to open bottles in order to get a table inside. Turns out she\u2019s one of the club ambassador lol", "U n my friends bro. I feel you", "How that incel views when this is a fact. If men/women like a women of a dude, they gonna treat the other better. Making it easier to exploit if you willing to.\nI have seen it happen on both gender.", "Focusing on the fact that some guys go overboard to impress women, and how women don tend to refuse, instead on focusing on the woman that has been STABBED. That's some real incel shit.", "We just state general fact. Its you who insult people with incel this incel that.\nMaybe u should cool down a bit.", "I just read yesterday the story summary into\nShe work as singer in johor bar somewhere and got 1 fan admire her for 2 years and somehow along the way happen and the man decide to stab her, i leave the imagination up to you.\nPlus having bf and child make it confirmed that she is desperate for money.", "You left out the info that she have rejected the man multiple time in these 2 years and only agree to meet him recently, maybe because she is going to get married and want to sort things out? I think it is a dumb move tho, these type of guy always is the violence type that can't accept rejection.\nAnyway you guys jump immediately to assume the worst of the women, seems super bias. Can't help but notice that recently r/malaysia and r/bolehland is full of misogynistic posts and comments."], ["Just a regular Monday in Klang", "Alot of stabbing cases there? (Genuine question)", "No idea. It\u2019s a meme that Klang is the ghetto of Malaysia"], ["I'll be honest, the title trip me up a little. Its as if a stabbing at a restaurant happen, the admirer then drove her home to safety, THEN he killed her.\nJust me? Or maybe because its 2am right now. I should go to sleep.", "It's because the case is a bit weird\nDude brought her to dinner\nStabbed her\nThen drove her (body) home", "Lunch. Her eye lash appointment was at 2. Lunch with him at 1", "The guy tried to suicide by stabbing himself too but failed.", "To me, I think he stabbed her in the restaurant, then drove her home with her fully agreeing to it."], ["Oshi no Ko Malaysia version.\nToo soon?", "weebs try to be normal challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)", "Yikes \ud83d\udc80", "Too soon, man", "you don't have to compare a real life killing with a fucking anime you twat", "This anime actually takes reference to real life scenario.\n\u201cLife imitates art far more than art imitates life\u201d - Oscar Wilde", "and everything still doesn't need to be compared to anime.", "Queue Mephisto ED", "r/oshinoko", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/OshiNoKo using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Ai meeting Akane (by: \u3075\u306b\u30fb\u71219) | 186 comments\n#2: Kana or Akane (by: Feca) | 260 comments\n#3: Literally the same | 172 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["Why msia is all bad news....", "Bad news catches your attention. Good news doesn't generate enough click.", "fear mongering works better than good news, because good news equals nothing to worry about", "Because there is always bad news, the thing that made it difference is how much the story were told"], ["Live near the place, tempat tu memang agak jenayah sikit, samalah area Bukit Tinggi 2"], ["Sounds the girl has been leading the guy on for 2 years while the guy lies about his job. The girl also in a relationship with another guy.\nThe murderer is definitely going to pay for his crimes but this girl isn't some saint either.", "Blame not the victim for the crime against them, blame the criminal who did the deed. This is the exact same mentality as blaming rape victim for how they dressed or act that got them raped instead of blaming the rapist for raping.\nMurder is still murder.", "Blame not the victim for the crime against them, blame the criminal who did the deed. This is the exact same mentality as blaming rape victim for how they dressed or act that got them raped instead of blaming the rapist for raping.\nThe girl is not some innocent rape victim. She lead the guy on for 2 years despite having a bf. Learn to understand the differences and don't make apple to oranges comparison.\nMurder is still murder.\nDuh? Who said murder not murder. Another brainless statement coming out from Mr Preacher.", "Eh. Hard to say leh. From what I heard from gals who experienced these kind of things (minus the murder) is that sometimes they think they are just friends, oblivious that the other party is interested in them romantically - until the guy confesses or some shit. The guys dunno what to do, but ikut perasaan, so they just hang around the girl, being friends, hoping for a chance down the line. If this girl is having lunch with him and even informed the bf about it, could be they memang friends. Or at least she thinks they were.\nNot saying this is the case here. But kinda disingenuous to say the girl is leading the dude on when we donno the full story.\nEdit: another reason. Girls are quite intuitive, so this gal might know the guy is into her, but genuinely enjoys the friendship, just that she had to set boundaries. But the guy tahan je, still thinking there\u2019s a chance. Tak tau la, issue here is very complex.", "I just quoting from the article. If you got other sources, then please share. I don't want to speculate.", "What was the guy\u2019s job? Sad ending tbh. I read that the girl is about to get married next year with current bf after taking their wedding photos this year.", "Fruit seller.", "Just so you know. I don\u2019t think you\u2019re wrong. The members of this subreddit can be dumbasses sometimes. I kinda stopped reasoning with the redditors here and it made my life much better.", "Reasoning with strangers? Imagine that."], ["Admirer can't admire anymore", "Unfortunately, admirer probably believes if he can't have her, nobody can"], ["Singer stabbed by admirer, then drove the body home."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s anti-graft agency cracks down on former finance minister Daim, seizes his flagship property Ilham Tower", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nopee/malaysias_antigraft_agency_cracks_down_on_former/", "num_comment": 29, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Dark Bang Non story arc incoming", "lmao, US have Dark Brandon, we have Dark Bangnon"], ["So symbolic, seizing his erection"], ["Probably will end up nothing. Dont so high hope. But still got a bit hope for incoming Agong that promises to clean corruption.", "He\u2019s Mahathir\u2019s man - probably fair game now since Mahathir has trouble protecting himself now", "He's Mahathir's money man - expect M to lash out sooner or later\ud83e\udd2d", "Agong recommendation will take many years to implement. PMX especially doesn\u2019t bother to do anything fast, except discharge people.\nTransparently corrupt.", "When MACC arrest someone, people like you say, \"it's politically motivated, MACC is not independent\". When MACC is slow to arrest someone, then you say, \"PMX doesn't bother to do anything fast\".\nMACC and AG are independent - the fact that he doesn't interfere with their work is good. Charges take time to investigate. You think all these corrupt people leave the evidence all over the shop like Najib and Rosmah?", "MACC and AG are independent - the fact that he doesn't interfere with their work is good. Charges take time to investigate. You think all these corrupt people leave the evidence all over the shop like Najib and Rosmah?\nMACC has never been independent. Let's not be so naive. No need reply until you've read this thoroughly:\nMalaysia's Anti-Corruption Watchdog May be Too Far Gone to Fix\n//\nAnwar literally interferes with MACC and he's proud of it. A PM's role, by law, with MACC is to appoint a Chief Commissioner. That's it. Done. Habis. Go home and manage your Cabinet.\nPM orders MACC, Bank Negara to probe monetary losses due to corruption\nPM Anwar issues ultimatum to \u2018political leader\u2019 to return allegedly stolen property, money or face investigation\nNone of this interference is new. Did you just move to Malaysia? Why didn't MACC investigate Najib & Rosmah before GE14? Apa sebab itu?\nFear of ruling politicians = not actually fucking independent", "U mcm spin doctor. Catch ppl also wrong.. Don't catch also wrong. Continue to spin and be in your own world.", "How is this confusing?\nMACC only catches corrupt people when it\u2019s convenient. Itu salah.\nMACC ignores scandals when it\u2019s convenient. Itu pun salah.", "That's not interference. Referring a suspect or suspicious matter to the MACC, Police, or AGC, is just like anyone (including me or you) making a report to such authorities. They will do their investigations independently, and will then decide whether to go further or not, without the influence of whoever reported the matter, even if it was referred to them by the PM.", "You didn't read the article, did you? If you won't bother to listen to whistleblowers inside MACC, but instead believe politicians, what's the point?\nEmbarrassing. Ada pemberi maklumat, tp rakyat masih ikut2 politicians.\n//\nAnwar is not filing an MACC report: Anwar is giving an order. Filing an MACC report need not ever open any investigation.\nOrder != filing a report\nAnyone can fucking file a report. MACC can sit back and do nothing. Anwar is literally attempting to interfere with MACC by giving an order.\nWhat can the order do? Well, Anwar can simply pressure or dismiss the Chief Commissioner. Why would they listen? Oh, yeah, Anwar appoints them.\nUnbelievably naive.", "Common people file reports. The PM can \"instruct\" MACC to look into matters i.e. open an investigation. But im quite sure at most, the PM gets a report on the investigation, but doesn't make the call whether is a case, and whether to prosecute further.\nYou probably have a poor understanding of the concept of being \"independent\".", "That's already interference, but you seem to have a child's understanding of public institutions.\nMACC officers are public servants. No politician should be giving them any orders.\nHopefully, you're nowhere near a Government agency lmao. Hilarious to see you slowly backtrack as you need to cover for PMX (and Najib, Muhyiddin, Mahathir, etc. that all did the same).", "What rubbish are you talking? Everybody answers to somebody in government. The MACC are independent, but within the statutes of the law.\nDemonstrated by PMX many times. He can call the AGC to account for their decisions, but he cannot force AGC to prosecute or stop pursuing a case. He can ask AGC to look into a matter, but the AGC is well within its power to not pursue the case if there is no case to be made after their investigations.", "This ignorance is astounding. Please don\u2019t delete your comments.\nNo, public servants only answer to other public servants. Everything else is chit chat.\nSpeaking is also not the same as an order. PMX ordered specific investigations. That\u2019s interference. That\u2019s simply not allowed. MACC cannot ever act on an order from a politician. It\u2019s outside their legal jurisdiction. Public institutions are bound by their founding Act.\nI can also speak to the AGC. I can\u2019t order the AGC. Especially to take any action.\nI appreciate all the nonsense, /u/rmp20002000, for its hilarity, but please don\u2019t vote. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 Looking at your apparently previous comments, I don\u2019t need to worry.\nI hope you can find a classmate to argue with, but this is enough nonsense for me. Godspeed and good luck: you\u2019ll need it."], ["Later, invited to go drink teh & eat kuih at macc...."], ["About damn time Anwar does something useful."], ["baru sekarang nak buat. Lambat la lagi bila masuk kajang baru start buat."], ["Daim is 1 of mahathir's big sponsors. I think this is politically motivated.", "Politically motivated or not, at least they are going after this whale. Daim is definitely not clean."], ["I seriously doubt anything happening. Want investigate this guy for corruption would have done so decades ago. Now wayang abit and solve behind the scene.", "Unless he is the one funding PN (rumours lah)."], ["Politically motivated?"], ["Boleh Kasi settle mia."], [""], ["Daim and Mahathir appointed Vincent Tan to run Sports Toto. Vincent Tan also did a share swap with Daim's Raleigh, which was loss making. So, I think Daim and Mahathir owns a chunk of Berjaya Toto via nominees. Daim also uses local Private Equity funds as nominees to invest in mid cap companies."]]}
{"title": "Discussion - Pendatang Movie", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nojjx/discussion_pendatang_movie/", "num_comment": 57, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Full movie is available on Youtube https://youtu.be/yI50AwTDpiU\nSYNOPSIS\nIt is a dystopian thriller set in Malaysia where the different races are not allowed to mix, by force of draconian law.\nThe story starts when a Chinese family moves into their new \"allocated\" house and discovers a small Malay girl hiding there. Should they just \u2018get rid\u2019 of her and put her in mortal danger, or risk their own safety and lives by trying to smuggle her back to \u201cthe Malay area\u201d?", "comments": [["This is good quality film making with minimal obstacles, given that it was crowd funded & the film premiered on Youtube. It will be a different story if the film producers were to seek funding using traditional pathways.\nThat is because the film's subject matter will be \"frowned upon\" by the authorities. Even if the film were to be approved and screened, I can imagine Lembaga Penapisan Filem ( Film Censorship Board ) having a field day snipping here and there. This is the kind of nanny state the government has become; \"censored, blocked, prohibited etc, so as not to provoke racial tensions or to keep the harmony between races, etc\".\nGood film making that has introspective qualities needs to be made so that, in a post mortem, society as a whole can reflect on it's current state.\nMany of the story elements within the film has relevance to Malaysian history; 513 ( May 13th ) and the racially segregated areas that harks back to the New Villages established during the Communist Insurgency; kinda like the Hunger Games setting with the segregated Districts. The film also posits a future where the Federation of Malaysia is no more; with Sabah & Sarawak leaving.\nWithin the film's world, it will be the rich, greedy & corrupt individuals that will take advantage of the situation to profit, just to secure their personal interests. While those who were already on the extreme end ( like the Defense Force soldiers ), will exploit the situation to harm & kill people not aligned with the law. Those caught in the middle will be the ones to suffer because they desire peace with the other races.\nThe entire movie leaves me with the feeling that the future looks bleak for a Malaysia that is literally segregated according to race. The reality is, we have it very good; due to what our forefathers have built Pre-Merdeka and Post-Merdeka. We just take it for granted, assuming everything is all fine.\nBut there will always be bad extremist actors in society who claim \"they are the victim\" or \"its us against them\" in order to say \"we are better than them\"; and as a result, the supporters who agree will rally around these extremists and their voices will just grow louder.\nTo stop that, Malaysians need to go out and get to know one another. Leave the comfort zone of the insular community bubble and mix with the other races. Only as Malaysians, together, will our society progress to greater heights.", "But there will always be bad extremist actors in society who claim \"they are the victim\" or \"its us against them\" in order to say \"we are better than them\"; and as a result, the supporters who agree will rally around these extremists and their voices will just grow louder.\nSo should I be pro status quo or anti bumi rights?", "Whatever benefits you."], ["This is the type of movie that we need, dare to be different. Not those trash that is currently on TV, filtered and vetted by useless old fucks."], ["I like it there are so many remarks on malaysia corruption and subtle racism.The most obvious is \"I work for our race but yet do business with the other side\"..\nThe story on the other hand is a bit bland and kinda full of plot holes. But I kinda like that without the malay girl,stories would had goes as in the movie. This goes to show, the malay girl won't get them in trouble because the authorities there already power tripping and will use any reason to oppress them.\nOverall a good show and it definitely generate a lot of buzz based on how interesting the premise is. I like how this movie portrays this \"what if malaysia really reaches to a max racial tension and we all forced to live according to own races\".", "The father even said \"I'll send you to the Indian!\"", "I thought this is supposed to be dystopian fiction?"], ["Fahmi and the crooked now calling for emergency meeting, formulating the take down and censorship to execute tmr morning.", "It is quite possible, he might make a press conference and summon Youtube executive in Malaysia to takedown and censor the movie if the normal process didn't work (which someone probably already use the Youtube standard report tool to report the movie at this point).", "Later he'll say it's not him who did it\n(Tapi his goons? Who knows)", "why censor? I don't see any sex or violence ?", "Maybe by reason of \"prejudicial to racial harmony\""], ["I go bonkers with the ending. Not gonna touch on cinematography, props, special effects so on. For 300k it decent one. I watch it with live commentary, it hilarious. Some jokes does lighten up the sensitive issues\nBut storyline wise, it does hit the soft spot in me. My closest circle very multiracial so I can't help to take it personal. Watching it as a malay, I do acknowledge with the bumiputera privilege. Keep waiting for Indian scene, and finally at the end\nThis film meant to spark discussion on sensitive issue ie races. Just like Mentega Terbang that touch on religion. We'll see if malaysia ready for this kind of conversation. For sure gonna get some backlash."], ["Just saw the movie. It's good. Really grip me from start to finish. But i got a very very strong feeling that it will be taken down. Those snowflakes are gonna make a big fuss about it. Fingers crossed it won't come to that.", "Yeah I'm expecting the same.", "Can they?"], ["One of the most interesting movies, but I was quarter done with the movie.\nJust waiting for Fahmi to cry about it and zhaf pixels review this movie, with the thumbnail says it sucks and he actually says it sucks. Typical zhaf.", "Who the hell is zhaf pixels?", "Movie reviewer, most often his clickbait thumbnails say the movie is bad\nI just don't like him at all as a movie reviewer"], ["the movie we deserve but instead keep getting shitty michael bay wannabes or doctored historicals. Hope the streisand effect help boost this movie's viewership up"], ["The topic and message of the movie is interesting. They try to make subtle hints of their view on the current situation. So, this will spark some discussion.\nBut, the storyline is kind of mehh. I think the writer and director is more focused on delivering their message rather than the story."], ["It\u2019s an interesting story but I wish they told more about the traffic accident that caused the segregation? Or did I miss it."], ["Putting my thoughts in point forms.\n[1] I love a good dystopian story (Love, Death & Robots, I Am Legend, Last of Us, etc), and this really got me excited. I love the premise of the story, it struck a chord in both being my favourite genre and also being very relatable as a Malaysian. The sprinkles of casual racism undertones are something foreigners would not understand without knowing the context.\n[2] The premise of the story is great, and the first 20-30 minutes building up was really great. But it still suffers from a common Malaysian movie problem - right about the time the bald female soldier found the Chinese kids were playing with a Malay girl, the storytelling kinda went downhill. Parts of the rest of the story felt a bit forced in order to progress the story, like how little reaction the family shows every time someone dies before their eyes, and how the secret meeting ended with the Malay boss somehow managed to pick a heavier weapon up without being shot by a guy who never seemed to hesitate to pull the trigger any time. Immersion broke at certain points.\n[3] Someone in the YouTube comments pointed out how weird people were willing to die for furniture. I agree and thought it'd have been more believable if they'd kill for more essential things like food or medicine. Recall the lockdowns and imagine yourself, what would be the most valuable commodities when there's rationing?\n[4] I wonder how the story could've been told if the Malay girl had more lines. The more scenes went by without a word from her, the more I felt uncomfortable with her presence as if she was nothing more than a vehicle to move the story. She's a little girl after all, how could she understand that she shouldn't speak to anyone who isn't Malay or understand about the segregation? I wish her character was given more depth, for example she could also have been used to tell a little more about what is happening with the Malays without showing them.\n[5] This is less about the movie, more about Malaysians - it's rather unfortunate (but expected) that certain groups of Malays were jumping up and down, making up racist conclusions before the movie was even available for public viewing. This really only shows who they are and how possible the reality in the movie is. However, I could see this changing some Malays' minds if they try to watch it, but I'm not sure if it could with conservative/racist Chinese. I feel they are equally incapable of appreciating the moral of the story like their Malay counterparts.\nWhile I agree with others who pointed about politics and corruption, I'm leaving them out as those weren't my primary thoughts while watching.\nEdit: I noticed some complaining about the ending. It's human nature to seek resolution in things, but movies like this really don't need it. To me it's perfect - invokes uncertainty, fear, and questions about humanity."], ["This film demonstrates that if we exhibit excessive racial tendencies, there will be parties who exploit us and subjugate us.\nWhen we fight amongst ourselves, those in power benefit. :26559:\nIt's an old tactic, but it works like a charm. It's no surprise that West termed it divide and conquer."], ["A solid 7/10 for me. The acting is superb, especially the boy and the antagonist.\nIt's a shame that this movie does not make it into our cinema."], ["The scary part is, this might be us in 10 years' time if things continue like this. But with the roles reversed in the movie of course.", "I've a theory that the director reverse the roles on purpose, to tell the story and let the viewers to imagine this very aspect. Something like the movie Life of Pi. (I didn't google the director and how the movie is developed, so take it with a bucket of salt)", "In a Madani Malaysia ? I thought thats the reason you guys voted, for this particular dystopia to not happen ?", "Well we voted yes, didn't we? /s\n(If you didn't get the reference, go watch the movie)", "They vote to fight corruption and put corrupt UMNO in jail. Wait a minute.."], ["7/10. The acting is believable and tbh, a number of scenes that would guarantee LPF\u2019s ire. No sugarcoating of the issue at hand, which I appreciate. There\u2019s only hints of what triggered the dystopian era of Pendatang that warrants a whole prequel (and more crowdfunding \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb). Someone here gave some criticism of the film, but hey, we\u2019ll take what we can get.\nNo spoilers, but \u201cIf you think this has a happy ending, you weren\u2019t paying attention\u201d, contrary to most local films (and as much as you\u2019d hope for it here!)."], ["film feels unfinished and left me blue balled. nice concept yeah. it's like watching one punch man season 2"], ["The sad reality is that this will very likely be Malaysia\u2019s future if we continue down the current path. This is basically PAS\u2019s wet dream to command and conquer the nons. \ud83d\ude06"], ["I have Malaysian Tamil friends who called Bangladeshi 'pendatang' one time - I thought that was ironic. It's all relative, I guess.", "Ironic how ? Is it coz the majority already biasa with calling the minority pendatang ?", "Because some of them arrived here like two generations ago.", "And ? Their offsprings are born and raised here, work at the same place and pay the same taxes, still wanna call them pendatang ?", "And those pendatang Bangladeshis are paying taxes, working at the same place and their children will be born and raised here as well. So maybe don't call anybody 'pendatang'?", "You dont get the point do you ? You says it's \"ironic\" implying that a Pendatang is calling another person Pendatang padahal Malaysian Indians are born and raised here as a Malaysian citizen. Are those Bangladeshi born and raised here ? If not what's wrong with calling them pendatang ? Even government also called foreigners pendatang, hence the term \"Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin\", of course those with permit will be Pendatang Asing Dengan Izin. It's fine to call a foreigner pendatang, but it's not cool when you use that term to refer to another fellow Malaysian", "You realize when a Bumi calls a Non as pendatang, they are using it as a slur to put them down as a race and not as an individual?\nEdit:\nLet me add more to drive this home - the reason the term 'Pendatang' is offensive is not simply because it is factually wrong - obviously when a Bumi does that, they were referring to the Nons' parents or grandparents who were technically pendatang - it's the way to put them down as a race - that slur is not targeting individuals the way you think.\nSo the irony is using the same slur to other people when the exact same slur can be used against your own grandparents.\nMore edit:\nYou can also see the example of the n-word on Black people. That word is not technically referring to today's Black people as they are no longer slaves - however, it was historically used in a derogatory way by white people during the era of slavery and segregation in the United States to belittle and dehumanize Black people."], ["downloaded and will watch it on the plane tomorrow night. i dont think its gonna be too spicy so i wont hold my breath:26554:", "There are casual racism thrown about in the film, the ones we hear everyday. What I like is the tension that starts right at the beginning. Its there and simmering at the surface, But once it goes brutal, it really does go brutal.", "I think the casual racism is what hits close to home. I have family members who talk about why Malaysia is a good country, why Malaysians are good people, but continue to shit on Malays and Chinese as if they're vermin\nIt's the casual racism that leads to disunity"], ["I applaud the team that put this together. It casts a spotlight on our inherent race divide, observable on a daily basis, but often tough to do anything about."], ["To be honest, hoping that this got sequel with superb character, more budget and Worldbuilding."], ["So basically a Malaysian-Chinese version of \"bajrangi bhaijaan\"?\nThe film where salman khan who played as a honest (lurus bendul) hindu man found a little mute pakistani girl in india, and eventually after finding out that she is a muslim from pakistan struggles to bring her back.\nAll while the authority tried to stop him and even arrest him thinking that he is a spy/traitor?\nI havent watch the film, but why does it always be cina & melayu?\nWhy cant it be cina & india or dayak & india or even semai & cina?\nYeah i get it, melayu = majority = easy target.\nBut i hope to see a much broader view, racism also happen amongs minority. Its not like there is no tension between the chinese and indian and other minorities.\nAlso the premise is not logical, so in a dystopian future where the Melayu became so extreme that they began segregating the other races, and give them houses and even prepared an area exclusively for these people....\nInstead of just chase them out of the country?\nSo right now in our current time the chinese already has their own school, businesses, and while they are no \"chinese area\" there are houses/condos that the resident is almost exclusively 60% chinese.\nAnd in a \"dystopian\" version of Malaysia, they now have their own \"area\"?\nLike a full on state/daerah only for chinese?\nLike Penang? Or forest city?", "Maybe you should watch the movie first?"], ["In terms of message and storyline, I like it. But in terms of the way they tell the story, this is incomplete (the reason that led to segregation, the ending etc.). You can have an open-ended ending, but this is too sudden and I feel like it should have a few more seconds at the end showing a \"climax\" or scene that makes the audience feel curious and want to know more/guess the future of the characters as well as the story.\nOr are they making Pendatang 2 in the future?\nDisclaimer (huh?): Just my thought as someone who loves to watch Netflix"], ["I liked it I also liked how they presented the Cinas as voting for apartheid rather than taking the easy option and blaming extremist Malays. That worked well to reduce the partisan sentiments. They avoided a bumi v non storyline which was impressive. The title makes it pretty clear where the criticism is aimed and also why this would never pass govt censorship"], ["Could be better, the cinematography and editing is superb, the acting is pretty nice, other than the asthma kid. But the writing is so insanely subpar, big waste imo."]]}
{"title": "Do you all think that these bullshit property agents and nonsense Airbnb management team contribute to the fall in property prices?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vua0s/do_you_all_think_that_these_bullshit_property/", "num_comment": 39, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["fall in property prices?:26554:", "Correction: not price, but value", "What is value if not market price", "Value is whatever the seller think it is. Market price is what the actual price PAID for it.\nFor example, a house owner think his house is value at RM 1 million / rent should be rm 8k per month. But no buyer/taker. House sit empty until bank foreclosure.", "I see where you\u2019re coming from, but realistically value ought to be marked-to-market to the market price \u2026 unless the owner is actually living in the house and has an opportunity cost of moving that is greater than the market price, for example the house may be sold at 800k, but the cost of moving out/ new house renovation/ settling in etc. has a personal utility worth 200k to the owner, then the owner\u2019s value can differ reasonably from the market\u2019s value. Otherwise I think it\u2019s quite delulu for an owner to have a \u201cvalue\u201d in their mind that is not the market value, if they are not staying in/ actively using that piece of real estate.", "People are not always realistic or reasonable.", "I ain't complaining if property price fell, young people these days need to be able to afford a place to live"], ["Over supply and low demand causes values to drop. Prices artificially increased because agents kept pushing the prices up to increase their commissions. Now the market is correcting itself."], ["I genuinely hope property prices fall much, much more. Right now it is still very expensive in klang valley.", "Unlikely to see major fall in landed housing but the prices have been stagnant for years. You would've made more in fd compared to whatever capital appreciation + rental you gained", "Compared to where? Timor Leste? Compare our property price index vs avg monthly income (property affordability index) Malaysia is still considered very cheap. But if you look at MK or KLCC area then it skews the bell curve", "Very cheap compared to our local salaries?\nYou're nuts", "Honestly he's not entirely wrong. If you compare to other similarly developed city (e.g. Bangkok) we have much better ratio. I was still able to find 450k 718ft condo in PJ area pre-covid.", "Very cheap? It's either too far that it's a freaking time expense or consumes more than minimum wages salary. And I'm considered a Malaysian M40, or Selangor B40."], ["Translation: RM8000+ of pocket money every month for an influencer property in central bukit bintang", "Pocket money\u2026\u2026 sugar baby izit :26562:", "That girl shakes her ass and gets 40k per post"], ["AirBnB actually is bad for local businesses. Businesses such as restaurant, laundry shops, bakery and grocery shops rely heavily on citizens live surroundings.\nKuala Lumpur is a good example for this, AirBnB condos obviously mainly for tourists to staying in. While you think: it\u2019s good cause at least got tourists stay in and contribute to Malaysia economy, yes it is but local businesses are closing down because there are no citizen needs, instead there are more and more souvenir shops, fast foods and etc.\nAlso, the property pricing too. For example in KL, without affordability for majority of citizens, the house will eventually owned by the rich/ the one who can afford. Those people will rent it out as AirBnB to earn profit. This also cause ur an decentralization and people will choose to live in far away from where they work, and stuck in traffic for hours everyday.\nAlso, it heavily affects the hotel industry. AirBnB is cheaper option, so tourist will choose it. Hotel are designated for tourists, and condo are for citizens to live in. Imagine what if one hotel had shut down, how many employees would be affected?\nFuck AirBnb and go to live in hotel room.", "Honestly building a property just for Airbnb purposes is plain stupid and greedy. I previously stayed in one by Exsim and it was horrible. The property literally got into a pretty bad condition after a year of opening (pest, mold, non existent management). Many of the Airbnb guests are not that civilized and the \u201chousekeeping team\u201d they hire barely know what cleaning is about.", "Government have the power to restrict or limit the AirBnB operations in Malaysia. Nga Kor Ming really just try hard looking at clean toilet but ignore the housing issues. There is a condo built entirely for AirBnB??? The housekeeping team also overwork la, not well organized also and less salary.\nStill the AirBnB issues are still not demanding enough for a tiny attention tho (even politicians are likely to have rented their 20th or 30th property with AirBnB also), since it\u2019s unreachable for citizens everyday life but it can deep rooted affect the community and the city.\nWhen it comes to benefit of politicians, citizens suffer.", "States have power to regulate it themselves.\nSee penang", "depending on the amount of people, airbnb is cheaper if you have super large groups. But for solo/duo travellers, a 2-3 star hotel is cheaper. Nowadays abnb is priced like 4-5 star hotels but without the 4 star services", "For us an airbnb is still cheaper than a hotel for a 2 person 1 week trip. The convenience of a kitchen to cook bfast (i cant eat out for bfast every morning, its gross) and a washing machine so we dont need to carry too many clothes is great.\nI rather pay for a 2br airbnb @RM250 than a 1r hotel for RM150.\nThe airbnb management companies tho are fucking ridiculous. So many just leave it all to cleaning staff to manage. The admin team is never present in the building.\nGovt need to step in and regulate. Should always have an overnight team contactable. Should have a government agency to be able to send in formal complaints and concerns. Etc etc", "Yes they only know how to check in and check out. I\u2019ve seen how those cleaning crew clean the place. They just make it look clean but it\u2019s actually dirty af.", "I literally write a list for them to check that fridge and washing machine works, drying rack or hangers, check rooms dont smell of dirty mop water. Etc etc.\nI treat them all as if they are being run by dumbass 14 year olds, because it seems so.\nThey only know how to hire a good photographer apparently. I dno how they arent more embarrassed by doing a bad job.\nI dont blame the cleaning crews as much, usually underpaid af and they dont get managed in any reasonable ways. Its the owners/admin staff who are shitheads imo.", "ahhh that's true. It's a matter of convenience and amenities. Last time I got a breakfast included 1br 3* hotel for RM150+/night(metro hotel KL). Tbh the washing part is not really a deal breaker for me since doby washing machine is pretty much everywhere (if you really need to wash) and I'd do lots of things to cut costs.\nLet's say in the case of 1 week trip, with a RM50~RM100 difference it will be a RM350~RM700 difference after 7 days. And this RM350-RM700 difference I can allocate to other food budgets to eat better. But I understand where you're coming from. Different folks have different needs."], ["oh this must be referring to the Exsim project Branniganz Suites beside sungai wang. The land is super prime, I believe it's around rm2000/sqft", "Oh it\u2019s from Exsim? Oh then the whole building is going to be an Airbnb place. Avoid this at all cost.", "Yeaaa definitely abnb/shortterm/rentals. Tbh the room sizes are too small(495sqft - 678sqft) to be suitable for family stay, so it'd be obvious that it's geared towards tourist and renting"], ["i think it is the opposite. They contribute to the property speculation and hence higher prices that what the average median income group couldn't afford."], ["8k+ allowance whaaat", "Contact this lady if interested", "Typically set up as buy this property under our management (monthly installment RMx000) rental income (monthly RMy000) you get the 'allowance' which is the difference + service charge. Oh, and you are 'allowed' to stay free for some number of days per year, like 10-20 days.\nDo people actually buy these apartments from these service apartment companies because i get a new iklan so often."], ["probably wont fall unless management fees go up or some ownership tax comes to being\na lot of boomers just holding on to their dear depreciations lol", "You can learn more about Georgism, which suggests implementing of Land Value Tax (single tax)based on the idea that taxing according to land value ensures every citizen equally benefits from its appreciation.\nIt combat inequality, as it tax more whoever own land, but based on the value. This tax then benefit all of people. Sounds good right? Politicians own a lot of land so\u2026\ud83e\udd28", "We do have some form of that actually,\nits less so the policy, more so that all policies have pain and malaysians dont like pain."], ["I think they cause the value to go up. Cause when you join them then you will be looking for property which increase demand.", "Then what\u2019s the reason behind Tropicana selling W hotel for a lower expected value?"], ["All these greedy nonsensical cutthroat deepstate agents just want their family to own all the property while at the same time getting rid of all that is human about owning your own house that you can call your own."]]}
{"title": "MACC seizes Ilham Tower belonging to Daim Zainuddin", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18noeou/macc_seizes_ilham_tower_belonging_to_daim/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Good"], ["Politically motivated?", "Duh.", "Love to see him in jail, the problem is that politically motivated investigations and prosecutions are the most likely to fail.\nIf you wait so damn long to investigate, it\u2019s going to be quite hard to prosecute."]]}
{"title": "Spouse Visa Dilemmas (KL vs Sarawak)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nnjnq/spouse_visa_dilemmas_kl_vs_sarawak/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "As we're getting closer to moving back to Malaysia, we're collecting documents and everything to ensure a smooth procedure, but we're hitting a roadblock.\nMy family lives in Sarawak and thus my sponsor is there, plus there are barely any queue compare to the long one in KL, I could technically get an appointment next week if I wanted to. But I was told there are a ton of restrictions.\nMy partner won't be able to work in Sarawak and that we can't move back to KL easily. I'm not Sarawakian but I can apply to be one since one of my parent is a Sarawakian citizen. But is it worth the trouble that if my wife wants to work in Sarawak, she has to go through massive amount of hoops to work? Not only that, I intend to also work in KL eventually when I settled down.\nMeanwhile KL would be more straight forward but I can't get any appointment as we haven't decided on our date to return. Not only that, I heard KL/Putrajaya are more fussy and if something is amiss or if I have a cranky officer, we have to redo everything and I'm afraid it'll delay our process more and that we can't get an appointment so soon (wife's tourist visa has limited days).\nIt's funny to think that Malaysia still has such a distinction between West and East Malaysia, that I thought the spouse visa and its process would be similar all across the board. Well, anyway, I feel anxious and uneasy about applying in KL if we have trouble even making an appointment, I just looked at the STO system and I can't find any available ones at all except for Putrajaya and that is only in late March.\nWhat should I do?", "comments": [["Are you Malaysian? If you are not, then yes it'll be tough.", "I'm Malaysian but my wife is a foreigner.", "OK, even if it's the case, it's tough. Sorry I couldn't help."], ["i don\u2019t think you can apply to be sarawakian as an adult, even if one of your parent is. even if it\u2019s possible, it would be very, very difficult.\nsource: am a sarawakian through a parent but wasn\u2019t born there and never lived there", "I was told that it would be possible but I kept that option available just in case my wife requires me to be a Sarawakian to apply for the spouse programme.\nBut I don't know if that would mean it'll be better for me to apply for KL instead..."], ["Have a friend who is Sarawakian and had four children with someone who was from Peninsular Malaysia, and she gave birth there. She\u2019s fighting hard to give them Sarawakian citizenship but it\u2019s been years and she\u2019s yet to be successful."], ["You need to apply LTVSP according to where you will residing. When applying LTVSP is a clear requirement to state where both of you be residing. (house rental agreemenr/house SnP, pictures, even a handdrawn map will be required by the officers in Kuching).\nEven IF you manage to be a Sarawakian, and you would want to be her sponsor to stay you will need to have a Sarawak based job to do so OR have a sponsor from your family that fulfills the same criteria.\nJust abide by the law and apply where you will be residing. I understand the queue in KL is months so you would need to plan months ahead.\nCheck for appointments everyday after midnight."]]}
{"title": "Approximately 82% Intake Into Gov Universities Are Bumiputeras", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nn5bb/approximately_82_intake_into_gov_universities_are/", "num_comment": 209, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["i mean, considering that 90% of matriculation are bumis, and almost all foundations are 100% bumis, this seems somewhat logical. Besides, more half of IPTA students are enrolled in UiTM, so that's another factor", "I think that prompts the discussion of whether it\u2019s right to enforce that foundation programs in public universities are exclusive to bumis.", "its a tough question tbh. I feel like its unfair to have bumi only foundations because it makes it easier for some people compared to others, just because of race alone. But at the same time, I can understand why that's the case. In UM, even with all these things, bumis still tend to be a minority, which says a lot", "I didn\u2019t know bumis are minority in UM", "i know, i was shocked too. The only bumis here are basically UM's asasi students. 90% of matrics students here are chinese", "What I'm interested to know is what the stats are if UiTM is excluded. Meaning what the racial composition is like for regular public uni.", "Shh. We don't discuss about logic here.", "What logic?\nMatrikulasi has clear racial quota for 90% malays.\nMatrikulasi also takes the highest priority when allocating for public U.\nhence you get 80%+ racial quota in the public U.\nThere's your racial quota logic.", "Apparently you haven't read all comments here especially the comments I'm replying. Smh", "which comment are you referring to?", "Im not sure if UiTM is even included in the stats.\n\"Kemasukan pelajar warganegara bagi program yang terbuka kepada semua....\"", "maybe, but i doubt it. They probably just said that to look good or something", "it really depends. Im in UM, and bumis are funnily the minority here"], ["I wonder what's the figure if UiTM is excluded, as that alone is 1/3 of all enrollment. Are the remaining IPTAs more balanced?", "Well, I'm currently in UMS and it's certainly more balanced although obviously there is still majority bumiputera.", "It makes sense for UMS to have more Bumi and it should be drastically more Bumi due to the demographics of Sabah LoL", "Hence why i said obviously. The point is tho, the number overall is high since there's UiTM. The other public unis don't have that high of a percentage based on what I observe.", "Using your assumption, you can calc it out\n18:82 ratio becomes 18:49 ratio, or around 27% nons.\nWhich sounds bout right along the demographics ratio.. roughly 30% nons", "Adding to this is the impression that many non-bumi who never applied to begin with thinking that they won't ever get it.\nMy SPM year only five of us out of roughly 100 non-bumi students enrolled for Form 6.", "Same here. To be honest, there were a lot of people in my class who were good enough to get into public (even with the limited quota) if they had decided to take form 6 and go down that path but decided not to. Actually, the issue nowadays is with not being able to get into top 5 unis rather than not getting in at all. I have a relative who teaches at unimas and there are a surprising number of non-bumi students with relatively low stpm cgpa in her class."], ["Giving opportunities to idiots that score less than 3As in SPM while talents suffered", "3As is too generous.\nI knew someone from my secondary school who got into IPTA with only 1A.", "One of my classmates never read a page of any school book or did any homework. He came to school to be a bully and socialize/smoke. Obviously he scored horribly in SPM and when collecting his cert still proudly announced that he wanted to become a pilot. Given how the system is set up I think he eventually did - and now unsuspecting passengers are likely flown by someone who did not even make an effort to learn high school math.", "Honestly, I think it's a waste.\nWhen interview, it will come out.\nIf not capable, no matter how, won't last long", "Don't underestimate cables and generosity of GLC and public service. Quota system is there to take them in even they failed.", "Can just hire them even without degree. Skip all the trouble", "To be honest with u\u2026. All of my classmates scored at least 5As in Spm to be enrolled in my class in Uitm\u2026. Me myself i scored 7As but yeah, you do you\u2026."], ["In other news, water is wet.", "Fire is hot", "Human died if they are killed", "LMAO. Long time I haven\u2019t heard this"], ["Where's meritocracy?", "Meritocracy doesn't exist here since 1957. Anymore questions ?", "Not like upper corporate or MNC rushing to hire these gomen unis, many of them are doing grab and whatnot..", "GLCs are tasked to hire them. They have a quota to fulfil in hiring them as proteges every year.", "How many prot\u00e9g\u00e9s so you think GLC can absorb? You know we have hundreds of thousands of graduates from public uni accumulated over a couple of years and people don't exactly resign en masse to make way for them every year right? Why do you think so many of them menganggur and do odd jobs? Why so many grab riders exist?", "Proteges are not meant to replace existing work staff. The GLCs are given a task to give them a headstart in their career by giving them a job for a period of time, whether they get accepted as permanent staff or not is up to their capabilities and attitude. The point is, these people get spoon-feed all the way up to that point. My experience with these grads are usually a miss, sometimes you get very good ones, most of the times you get lousy ones who expects everything to be spoonfed to them.", "Why don't MNCs hire from public universities?", "Nowadays gomen uni grant students based on race and skin colour instead of merits, so if you are a boss, do you want to hire staff with unknown qualities or because of merit? Hiring from gomen uni is like gambling with odds against you, I'm not saying hiring elsewhere is guaranteed to be good, but the odds are much better than public uni which has guaranteed 80% odds against you... Even genting don't have odds that bad against you...", "Lol ouch.", "<image>"], ["lol. new to Malaysia?", "I always find it amusing when I read replies to comments like yours. Instead of proving other people wrong, they insist on reinforcing the public notion that they're fucking inept by resorting to ad hominem attacks and patronizing others for objecting to systemic racism.\nThe fact that they elect to be complacent, complain and blame others for their socioeconomic hardships instead of attempting to improve themselves tells you that the nation will never progress.", "i tell u this. as long as Perkara 153 is in our Perlembagaan, racial hatred will never stop.\nchinese, indians, and everyone Malaysian should have the same right as every Bumiputera. nobody should be discriminated by their skin colour. Even in ISLAM they teach this. u think our founding fathers care? they just signed shit with British, shit that would benefit them, and them only.\nour country is indeed racist as fuck and it would never change for at least another 40 years, or 2 whole generations.\nyour thoughts?", "That's true, unfortunately. Racial discrimination is a fundamental part of the founding of this country ; the very essence of the nation's identity. When you have a system that revolves around prejudice as the backbone of your society, it's not far fetched to assume that the minorities (including the Bumiputera Christians in Sabah & Sarawak) will always take the back seat.\nBy no means am I complaining about the reality, I'm merely pointing out what is evident. Of course, they'll deny this and attack me by employing red herring fallacies just so the narrative fits their agenda - as always and as expected.\nThere is no logical argument with the likes of them because their piss-poor justification will lose credibility & validity every single time, as evinced by the deleted remark in response to yours. Those who question injustice will always be labelled as racist/ungrateful/undeserving citizens.\nThis topic is a conversation that they're unprepared for ; a contention that they'll never have an answer to.", "Honestly bad take.\nThere is legit reason why these policies exist and these policies exist in almost every developed nation.\nThe rare difference is that in Malaysia the minority tended to have it better than the majority leading to the policies being more visible.\nAffirmative action is great and addresses the colonial injustice committed. The fact we also don\u2019t realise that Bumi are made out of a large community of over 100+ indigenous ethnicity who faced their own issues and have different levels of injustice committed against them is another problem.\nBy ignoring to give them their deserved compensation we fail to bring justice.\nFor Malaysia to progress affirmative action needs to continue and reform to eliminate rich bumi who can continue to benefit and provide an additional support for poor people of all races without hampering bumi rights.\nMany bumi also do not get access to affirmative action in full due to complications involving administrative issue making it difficult for many to truly be uplifted.\nDemographics wise bumi are about 70%+ of the population making it make sense they make a large majority of the intakes.\nConsidering they are the largest group that is the poorest the affirmative action is doing the right thing.\nYes Islam teaches equality, it also teaches justice. Affirmative action is a form of justice and other groups affected extremely negatively by colonial issue should also receive affirmative action.\nAffirmative action works and here are example of countries with the same policy as Malaysia: Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Indonesia, Japan (beginning), Singapore (beginning), Russia, China, India, Taiwan, Denmark, Finland,Romania, Serbia, Brazil (beginning) and Iran.\nRegardless if it\u2019s the minority or majority it\u2019s justice that needs to be provided to them and should always be.", "Woah. Which book i should start reading to learn about this stuff.", "People that try hard to improve themselves end up in foreign countries.\nAs long as the constitution is racist, Malaysia will keep leaking talents", "You realise they will go to countries with the same policies but ignore it there?\nIt\u2019s a global south vs north issue that affects talent leaving nothing to really do with the affirmative action.\nEg: me studying overseas and getting a job that pays way higher. Issue was never about Malaysia laws etc neither local laws (same policies), it\u2019s always been about pay and development in the majority of cases.\nHence global south and north issue is one of the biggest talking points in recent times.", "Provokasi saja bangsa ni, tambah\u00b2 dalam sub ni", "", "Sudah migrate pun. See u later", "Good riddance.", "Ofcourse you'd say good riddance. You. Cannot. Compete.", "Son, I have lived and worked in Japan since you were still suckling milk. I came back because I love this country more. Competing with you guys is a piece of cake.\nThe only reason I got downvoted to oblivion just because I typed \u201cgood riddance\u201d is because you all thought people would beg you to come back LMAO. Guess what? Nobody cares. Nothing of value was lost when you left.", "dreaming that you got isekai'd doesn't count bruh", "You must be a senior exec sitting and typing on Reddit during the day.", "We have to migrate because you're too incompetent to compete on merit?", "Dah migrate boss. Manyak kawan bumi pun yang migrate sama ke Australia", "Australia has the same laws as Malaysia. It\u2019s always been about pay never about the affirmative action lol", "Australians have a constitutional item that gives a majority race affirmative action? Upvoted, good sir. Tell us all about it.", "Australia has passed legal laws recognising indigenous Australian and providing them with affirmative action.\nAustralia doesn\u2019t care whether the victims are majority or minority of the population but implement affirmative action based on the injustice done against the group.\nWomen who compromise the large majority of the population has also in the past few decades received large amount of affirmative action.\nAustralia has also began passing increasing amount of laws and only failed a recent referendum (older age demographics) in making it a national constitutional law that any law passed must be approved by the indigenous community.\nThe fact that young voters and more educated voters have began en mass voting for it is a huge step forward for a country that until the 1990s had state enforced kidnappings of aboriginal children.", "So... Laws to help a minority indigenous population that has worse outcomes in terms of health, education, economics? Thank you.\nAnd women, who disproportionately occupy lower paying jobs in Australia? Benefits for economic inequality, I can get behind that.\nBut you were about to tell us about a majority race in Australia that holds political and economic power AND still has affirmative action policies that benefit them? I'm waiting.", "Australia again never cared about the majority or minority as I said it has always been about injustice faced in different communities.\nThe fact that affirmative action has greatly helped the indigenous people of Malaysia who depending on ethnic group were enslaved or segregated etc and faced many issues etc by allowing them to move towards the middle income group is a testament to its success.\nYou are mad because you can\u2019t accept the reality that some ethnic groups benefited from colonial policies that caused affirmative action in the first place.\nRather than wanting to fight for affirmative action and fight for the introduction of universal care for poor people and integration of immigrant based communities to indigenous culture etc you wish to fight for the opposite which is far from any progress.\nInjustice is solved by justice and because you see that justice as unfair does not mean it is unfair."], ["I'm curious. Where will most non-bumi go if this route is not possible to continue with study? What's their options?", "MLM, real estate, insurance agent. Been popping up like crazy recently", "Sell VCDs", "For poor non bumi who cannot afford tuisyen fees for uni? They work. Save up enough money or get sponsored by their companies is the alternate route.", "damn. that is sad. is it really always the case? no help at all from the government?", "if you can get PTPTN, sure, go private, otherwise no", "Is it even possible to fail to get PTPTN loan?\nI feel like if even PTPTN doesn't give you loan, you are really not cut out for uni.", "PTPTN was approved based on household income, if you live in Selangor/KL, RM4k isn\u2019t really enough for 3-4 kids, but PTPTN will only loan you 75% tuition fees, so you still have to pay for the remaining 25%, plus you have to take into account food and accommodation too, or worse, if you\u2019re from little kampung with no money, so what if you get 100% loan, you don\u2019t have money to feed yourself even", "But that's just the person getting less amount because their parents are more well-to-do. Your chance of getting a PTPTN loan is still 100% (at least I've never heard people failing to get one).\nUltimately if someone realize they can't afford to go uni, 99% of the time the fault lies in their parents' financial planning. Gov is already covering 75% of your 4-year study loan; you just have to suck it up and go work part-time.", "yes what I meant by getting a PTPTN, is getting enough loan to cover your expenses, not literally JUST getting approved. Is it really the parents\u2019 fault for being poor?", "not literally JUST getting approved\nWould be good if you edit in this disclaimer in your initial comment then.\nIs it really the parents\u2019 fault for being poor?\nBeing poor isn't a fault. But you don't get to blame the government when your kids can't go to uni. Tertiary education is already ridiculously cheap here.\nEither raise your kid so they can excel without a degree (e.g. sales, vocational stuff, etc) or start preparing the education fund when they're young.", "guess that\u2019s not the case for the Malays when you can literally get in Matrikulasi with 2As", "Get fucked", "Balik tongsan /s", "UTAR.", "If they're gunning for popular courses, then they'll either need to be super good or go private.\nOtherwise public uni is fine. Did my science comp degree in UPM and there's so many potatoes that there's a good chance good students will get a spot.", "Top scorers would opt for scholarship, go aboard never look back, give alot of contributions to otber countries and get called pengkhianat by Malaysians or some go with IPTS with a scholarship, then braindrain continues to happen\nThose who doesn't score but have money goes to IPTS\nThose who doesn't score, doesn't have money, well, reality is harsh.", "It's way harder to secure a scholarship than you think. Brain drain is a real problem, but it's not really caused by other countries handing out scholarships. A bigger factor is people migrating abroad after they've graduated and worked for some time in search of better pay etc.", "Brain drain is a tad overstated in some areas. Malaysia kinda suffers from overeducated population as they aren\u2019t enough jobs.", "Private mostly. If you are really good, right across the border there is NUS and NTU. SG government very smart about this. They offer grants and 0% interest loans to get you to go. Brain drain is obviously the result of this.", "20-30 years ago, the parent will give them a couple of hundred Ringgit. Then they go SG find jobs on their own", "Private education. Parents use retirement savings to pay or borrow from relatives or banks. Kids take part time jobs to support themselves.", "rough. that's rough."], ["Affirmative action... on steroids"], ["UiTM skews the demographics. That alone is hundreds of thousands of students in 1 intake"], ["Maybe should show number of applications and success rate as well for better picture"], ["I've heard one time Anwar explained it while he visited somewhere to talk with mahasiswa.\nThis argument has been put forward before why Malaysia does it this way.\nTo put it simply why intakes to public IPTA isn't based on meritocracy:\nThe disparity between access to quality education based on geography of living conditions.\nMeaning: Family orang cina generally mostly kaya (middle class at least) (daripada org kampung melayu b40), boleh afford tuisyen sendiri, duduk bandar, boleh afford pergi ipts.\nThe argument that if government ipta uses meritocracy untuk pengambilan students. Lagi jauh jurang living class antara orang cina kaya pandai dengan orang melayu miskin bodoh. All ipta will be flooded with cina that has parents who invested their kids with personal tuisyens and education resources. The 60% population majority Malays kampung miskin will inevitably lagi ketinggalan never to be getting tertiary education.\nNote: Apologies if I come across as using rough language everyone \ud83d\ude4f This is just my deduction. Please educate me if I'm wrong (which I know I am)", "This was the accepted condition of the NEP, to uplift the Malays over the overwhelming economic of the Chinese.\nThe NEP somewhat did its job but were done half-arsedly. The problem is it is badly managed by the politically motivated out of greed and malicious intent.\nGreed is self explainatory.\nAs for the malicious intention, they don't want the Malays to get too smart but just enough to get jobs in all the incoming FDI and GLC/GLI. Precisely because of lacking critical thinking based education (a prerequisite to being smarter), the Malays are often seen as less capable than the Chinese. I am NOT saying that the Chinese are better critical thinkers, they are more or less the same, it is just that they work harder (a culturally inherent trait), something most Malays (culturally) don't have.\nYou just can't create a new culture in a single generation under the care of the previous generation. Reason why Mahathir created his Look East Policy, towards Japan, as a nation that rised from the ashes after their defeat in WW2. Mahathir wanted the Malays as productive as the Japanese, and he failed.\nReason why the NEP still continued today, where the government just throw money at it to eek out a miniscule return. Not just the Malays still can't compete internationally, they are kept ignorant to keep voting for the same \"Malays\" political parties. The best proof is why any Malaysian government keep using \"helping\" the Rakyat at every opportunity, instead of just doing their job as the servant of the Rakyat?", "poor Chinese still exist. if majority cina are poor and living in rural kampung, they won't reserve places for cina like they do for their own people. whatever politicians say is just bullshit excuses \ud83d\ude02. nothing should be based on race. if he wanna help poor people then help all poor malaysians. not poor malays only.", "There's its good and bad though, the good part is what like you mentioned, wealth disparity, which is a major issue before 1980s\nThen it's bad, it produces a culture where those who benefitted from a system giving free handouts will not strive to improve themselves. A generation or 2 is already enough to make a culture of hardworking/more competitive generation, but it's already been 2 generations since our independence day. In short, it's more suitable as a short term solution rather than a long term solution. It isn't sustainable in the long run. Even my bumi teacher admits it in class where alot of Malays are awfully lazy despite being helped alot by gov while nons have to work so hard without being helped at all.\nHonestly, if it really want to be a win-win situation, gov could lessen the quota/NEP, not completely removing NEP immediately but slowly transition into a meritocracy system, maybe use 20-30 years or so like how Sabah and Sarawak transition from Engkish official language to Malay official language after Malaysia was formed, slowly removing it, but you know our politicians would capitalise it and scream gov taking away Malay rights.", "This arguement falls apart when you realise that poverty is not limited to race. Poor Chinese exists, Rich Malay exists, there is no justification for preferential treatment, especially in education.", "Anwar is a moron. And we are bigger ones for voting for him.\nWhat's you explanation for the Indians then? They're all wealthy and done need uni seats?", "Nah. That's not rough languages. That's the truth.\nBut most cinapek don't want to listen to this. They wanna claim rasis and this statement derails that narrative, because how can u claim rasis when you're economically better off than the other party you're claiming against? It's like white people claiming blacks are taking over all the good university placements through affirmative actions (even tho majority of blacks live in dangerous ghettoes).\nThen the good enlightened cinapeks who actually accepts this would get labeled as traitors to cina.\nSo this statement gets dropped by the wayside and they can still claim rasis.\nThen there's the idiot Meleis who doesn't wanna accept reality and would also get offended by this statement. Bruh, majority of us ARE poor and ignorant. Get over it. Just coz YOU'RE NOT poor and ignorant doesn't mean the rest of Meleis are as lucky as you.", "I think the real victim here is B40 Chinese, they are the minority of a minority. IMO Gov should focus on giving chances to miskin family from all ethnic than just one.", "As non who born to single family household with low income, fml?", "My family is poor so they cannotafford to send me to private university. So my only hope is i get a placement in public university. I did get 9 As for SPM and i didnt get shit, my malay classsmate get 2-3As get placement in matriculations and diploma offers. If this is not racist, what is?\nI would understand if my malay classmate is significantly much poorer than i am, but that was not the case.", "What you said is actually true. Still, I think that maybe we should try to move towards some kind of 'B40 priority' rather than bumiputera priority which is in place now to avoid excluding poor Chinese and ensure that T20 Malays don't benefit off what is meant to help the lower rungs of society."], ["Sabah & Sarawak are also bumi."], ["Okay, bumi.."], ["\"Bumiputera\" = 80% Malay + 2% Bumi", "Pull that one out of your ass isn\u2019t? SS (less than 30% malay) enrollment alone already 8%. How come bumi only 2%?", "Can you help.me understand where did you get this stats?", "Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) statistic, Department of Statistic Malaysia (DoSM).", "Thanks, do you happen to have a link on hand?", "Not right now. I can help you google it if you want."], ["bring back quotas:26559:"], ["Vote for me , today i win, tomorrow free education for everyone!"], ["Still short of another 18% for true meritocracy. /s"], ["Answer? Racism."], ["This is apartheid.", "It is not lol. It\u2019s affirmative action, apartheid has a different meaning but sadly you don\u2019t know the difference do you?\nAlso I am guessing you\u2019re going to accuse all these countries of apartheid for having the same law?:\nAustralia, New Zealand, America, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, India, China, Iran, Russia, France, Indonesia, Romanian and many more?"], ["When I was in matriculation, it had over 80% bumi. Out of those 250+ bumis, 1 is Kelabit, and 1 is orang asli. I'm not sure about the composition of other matriculation colleges but I'd assume it is similar. Now, we know almost all of them will be accepted into IPTA with their preferred courses so we can look at the numbers from there."], ["No affirmative action, just admit based on merit", "you sure? bumi with 4As can get in matriks, while non-bumi with 10As has to go private", "I think (s)he meant that should be the right way forward"], ["in other words, 82% intake of kataks going into a very large tempurung.", "Careful your own racism is showing there.", "is it racism or facts?", "I mean that's a bit over. You're suggesting all are, but we both know that isn't true"], ["Still crying for low unemployment rate"], ["Is this apartheid?"], ["I mean as a non Bumi, would you rather study in government uni or Taylor or UTAR or Inti?\nPart of it is due to quota, but local unis with the possible exception of UM aren\u2019t exactly popular.", "Non-bumis should at least have the option of fair admission into IPTAs, especially since IPTAs are heavily subsided by the gov and are a fraction of the cost of studying private. A lot of non-bumis cannot afford to fund tertiary education in private unis.", "I am out of touch since it\u2019s been years. But tuition loans should still be an option right?", "Ptptn yes\nBut what I hear is they offer far least than my year.\nMax 75% only. A lot dumbfk didn't pay back the loan that they borrowed", "A loan is a loan, and from what I've seen, a lot of people are extremely skeptical of taking 60k+ loans when the job market for college grads is barely better than it is for SPM leavers.", "Not everyone has the funds to go to a private university.", "Im fairly certain most less privileged nons would prefer going to IPTA and not graduate with so much debt.", "Fair. I am probably speaking from a position of privilege. And its been years.", "I was having a similar thought as well. If nons don't prefer gomen schools because of quality, maybe they don't prefer public unis as well, hence the lower percentage.", "Government.\nTop gov unis crush top private unis anyday.", "Not sure which rock u are living under but totally not true at all. When u take grab next time, ask them if they have a degree and where is it from.", "Look at any available public ranking dumbass and get back to me"], ["Out of 70% bumis"], ["Or rather, if there\u2019s affirmative action needed, then based it on NEED", "We should refer to how other unis operate. Need based and merit based are certainly not mutually exclusive.\nWe could put like 50/50 as a baseline for example"], ["Bumiputeras are smart people eh?"], ["this is our country to begin with, thats why"], ["67% of Malaysians are Bumi but I'm wondering if the youth/birth rate of non-Bumi is comparable to Bumis or more to East Asians"], ["I can kinda see which races prevail in this post", "Considering there aren't that many to begin with, we could figure it out by the process of elimination"], ["Everyone is jumping to conclusion here. I think we really need more figures and data before we can say anything. One thing that nobody is looking at is age group by demographics. If the ratio of Bumi:Non-bumi for the age group 15-20 (university students) is 80:20, then the figures OP shared make sense.\nAsides that, there are also other factors like Non-bumis preferring to go to IPTS (which also has to be validated before drawing that conclusion).\nJust playing the devil's advocate here.", "It leaves a discussion out of the question, are we supporting population/quota based approach, or are we doing merit/result based approached?\nThe impression is the former where you have 10+As non (hated this term btw) not getting their second choice but 1+As bumi get first choice (even in the same subject)\nWe can also do a hybrid of merit and needs (income and stuff since the argument is the poor will get poorer unless there's support for education), but is Malaysia ready for this kind of discussions?\nIt is quite telling from the fact that one has promised again and again for the recognition of Chinese Independent School (once again, a weird occurrence if we look globally, but certainly high in quality comparatively).", "Assuming that intelligence level follows more or the less the same distribution between different races, the IPTA intakes should be more looking more at underlying population distribution.\nE.g., let's say due to higher fertility rate of bumis, population aged 17-25 (university students) are 80% Bumis, 20% non bumis. Then assuming a similar underlying distribution of intelligence, 10% of these people will get straight A's in their STPM or equivalent pre-uni exams. In the end, the underlying population % will be the one determining the university entrance rate for said race, as in the above example, straight A's students will still be 80% Bumis and 20% non bumis.\nWhile I agree that the quota system for matriculation is highly unfair for non-bumis, there is however no quota for university acceptance, hence my argument that we should not jump to conclusion that university acceptance is based on racial/population quotas. That is why I'm offering an alternative explanation behind the 82% bumi intake for university.\nUnless there is conclusive proof that universities are also conducting racial quotas, they should be given the benefit of doubt and presumption of innocence.", "Hmm, this is reasonable with the assumption.\nAssuming that intelligence level follows more or the less the same distribution between different races\nI suppose we might have data for this somewhere? There's always the stigna that the nons have a larger amount of people on the higher end of spectrum, but I wonder how true is it?\nI suppose seeing the distribution of grades per race should show a good picture."], ["To defend this, all of them must be so fucking good in co-curriculum. /s"], ["What's a Bumiputera?", "To explain it simply, Malays.", "iban, bidayuh, dan lain2 felt left out...", "They're second grade Bumiputera. Suppressed by the true princes.", "Bumiputera is a term used to represent a racial category that includes: 1. The constitutional Malay race, 2. The natives of Sabah and Sarawak, and 3. Natives of Peninsular Malaysia, provided they are recognized by state governments.\nThe significance of this categorization lies in the fact that Bumiputera have roots dating back thousands of years in this land.\nDuring the formation of Malaya and later Malaysia, the Bumiputera sought to have their special position guaranteed, despite newcomers being recognized as legal citizens of the new country. This special position is upheld as a responsibility of the Agong, as guaranteed by the Constitution.", "You could use the word 'indigenous' but who is and isn't is very subjective. many races in Sarawak and Sabah can clearly claim to be on that land for a very long time. There used to be many ethnic groups that were Muslim but the British simplified them all into one 'Malay' group and that continues to this day for convenience.", "Malays are not indigenous", "That was my point. Only Iban and other Sarawak/Sabah races can claim to be indigenous. But the term implies 'indigenous'.", "I am Tunku Mahkota Bumi..", "What???", "U must not be malaysian. Bumi is earth, putera is prince. Bumiputera literally means prince of the earth. It is used to describe the local malay and indigenous race in malaysia.\nTunku mahkota means crown prince.. therefore im (jokingly) claiming to be even higher than bumiputera.. ok fine it's not that funny. Forget it.", "Earth Prince.\nThe nobles of the land."], ["Makes sense lol"], ["Malaysian chinese dont care. They come to singapore and earn 5x more than bumi graduates in kerajaan.", "You're missing the ones that could not or chose not to. It does highlight the brain drain of the country however, and personally I don't think the country is on the trajectory to fix it", "brain drain of the country\nThat a good thing. It is time for Malaysia to stop being depended to non-indigenous Malaysian or ended like south africa and formosan", "I don't know if we're on the same page, but brain drain refers to Malaysia moving abroad for work.\nIt might or might not include all the races in Malaysia."], ["Good. After graduating it's the other way around. Those \u201cminority\u201d and \u201cterpaling tersakiti\u201d easier to get a job due to mandarin-only speaker.\nFailed multiculturalism and yet wants the equality lol.", "Nobody wants to work in chinaman company nowadays, even the chinese. I love seeing ads with mandarin only, big red flag to avoid", "Mandarin only speaker is a job requirement , mean anyone have the skill set can apply the job\nSuddenly butthurt when job hunting does not have any racial advantages anymore\ud83e\udd23\nIf you want the mandarin speaking job, go learn it and gain the skill set , it is a skill anyone can learn unlike race is born with it and nothing can be done", "We understand well your \u201cterpaling tersakiti\u201d attitude. Mandarin-speaker means Chinese only most of the time and will be prioritised.\nDon\u2019t pretend it\u2026 we all knew very well your culture.", "Hah, at least at Sarawak, when we meant mandarin speaking is truly mandarin speaking\nA lot of my Sarawak bumi friend can speak fluent mandarin, and they never have this problem before", "It's a question of is it a skill or a birthright? There's a reason most modern economies are democracy after all.\nIf you want to claim something by birthright, you're born 800 years too late"], ["i dont think race applies here anymore, for one the culture and education differs for different programmes, same for whats offered. Another is, how many of those students come through links (i.e. ministers) and how many are sponsored (sponsors get their spots ensured so if you get sponsored like mara, jpa, etc 100% certain local uni is going to accept you based on the scholarship allocating you).\nThen you need to consider other factors. in some universities bumiputera is the minority, like sunway, also one thing to note is racism goes both ways. I once knew a malay who was very skilled, helped other students too and should've one the top student award at sunway but was given to a chinese student (teachers said he should've won but their policy,....).\nAlso significant effort is put into educating orang asli, so while one tries to claim malays get in much easier with lower results, its far far easier for orang asli now. I never see any bashing against non malay bumiputera. Yes we should bash the people who get benefits through corruption rather than effort but scholarships despite their biased are still only offered to the best bumiputera students.\nThe key thing to remember is that this is gov university, which is gov funded and therefore allocation is through early planning so your best chance of going in is through government programmes and sponsorships. This doesnt include universities even foreign ones in malaysia. Just because gov university is more than 80% bumiputera, things significantly change once you include all universities in malaysia. This looks like nitpicking statistics to point out systematic racism where it doesnt exist.", "its funny, even with that wall of text you still can't fluff away the fact that public uni racial quota exists.", "Checked out as soon as I saw the name because I knew there'd be a wall of text that says many words but signifies nothing.", "it goes both ways, racism exists in private universities as well.\nIf you want to talk about the quota first talk about non bumiputera applying to the programmes in the first place. These arent your regular degree universities.", "first talk about non bumiputera applying to the programmes in the first place\nOk what's there to talk about?", "The difference is that private u racism, if gets called out, will never get defended.\nUnlike gov u, where so many people will go out of their way to defend it.", "oh sure try calling out racism in sunway U, good luck. my bro never got the recognition he deserved and the teachers know it too.", "People love to gloss over this fact. How many actually applied to go into public unis", "Enough to make the news that straight As are not getting accepted into public U.", "I think there's only like a handful of this story every year compared to the total number so probably not a good statistic to base this on. True story: I'm a bumi with straight As, also didn't get my pick of public uni with my desired course. Not saying there isn't a racial quota obviously but I think we are not getting the whole picture which is how many applied in the first place vs how many got accepted. Also I think the public uni system is F'd in the first place so probably best to just go to private uni via scholarship or PTPTN. Unless you're aiming for medicine, then tough luck :(", "You're right that public uni system is f'd, hence why serious reform is required. In the process of sidelining nons straight As, it is also bound to harm some Malays too. At the end of the day, all public U really need is meritocracy, and allow the best minds in our country to flourish in our public U, especially those that are not so fortunate or resourceful. Most importantly our best minds can stay and help develop our country, in reality that's what local U is about.\nCurrently because of the f uped system, we're producing oversupplied, unusable, unhire-able graduates. At the same time we're sending our best minds overseas to help other countries. It's a one two punch that is regressing our country rapidly.\nIt's not just about the future of nons, its also the future of our country.\nYou can argue otherwise, but you're not changing the reality on the ground. You're not going to bend how karma works.", "local and gov U are not the same. The statistics are biased here since people's applications and paths tend to not favour gov programmes like matriculation.\nThats why i mentioned we need to see the whole picture by looking at the % of races in all uni rather than just gov and why this post is very misleading because someone is trying to make issue of race where the problem is the gov planning to make the university more appealing and relevant.\nSo its not about going to local/gov U for local labour force, its just the programmes offered differ and usually isnt really wanted as much. It doesnt help that the malaysian mindset means local employers dont want to look at gov U over reasons of \"bias\" saying \"they were racist towards me\" instead of looking at what is actually happening. I can say even private U is racist, and this also based on experience in terms of the racism being far worse. Sure some U got quota but private U will pick awards based on race rather than achievements. True story though for sunway U.", "i got heavily downvoted for mention that this isnt the whole story but malaysian redditors want to keep saying \"gov is systematically racist\" im bumi and did not get any of the so called assistance or allocations and i was into CS way before they were.", "Enough to cause NTU and NUS from Singapore to snatch top scorers here."], ["Holy shit"], ["Seriously thinking we should have a minority only scholarship. Study In Nottingham uk is only \u00a39.7k per year, very similar to Malaysia private university."], [":29091:"], ["However, how many will fail..."], ["When nep was introduced, they said its to balance the representative of each races, not only it didnt get scrapped after objective achieved, now its use as tool to cancel the livinghood of others.\nIts already ridiculous enough when u purposely reserved 50% 'quota' with sole reason of race instead or useful purpose. Now its more than 80. And yet everyday they reign hell to others that dont kowtow to their bullshit. Its like they take pride in forcing other migrate, why does this sound like a middle east country name start with 'i'."], ["Kulit-fication, instead of qualification, rules in Bolehland!\nWhat's new? Welcome to Malaise-yeah.\nGlad I've converted my citizenship long ago.\nJust looking at the USD/MYR trend:\nOn 2 Sep 1997: USD1 = MYR2.9415\nOn 1 Sep 2023: USD1 = MYR4.641\nA depreciation of 58% in 26 years.\nSource: Bank Negara Malaysia data\nThe slide is even worse compared to our neighbours. The MYR has depreciated 67% against the SGD, and 62% against the THB over the same 26-year period. Congratulations!", "Sorry to hijack, but what's your path of emigration and conversion of generation wealth away from Malaysia :?", "This country installed a quota system against me, whereas another country gave me a scholarship.", "How did you get on the path :?"], ["I comfort myself in thinking that 80% bumis who scored a spot in university without actually working for it have a rude awakening the moment they graduate since as an employee I would much rather take a candidate who actually worked hard for it. Why do u think with all the policies to help them for the last 60 years, they are still lacking behind?"]]}
{"title": "Shipment of Perodua and Toyota cars in Malaysia to be suspended following latest Daihatsu safety test irregularity fiasco", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nmytc/shipment_of_perodua_and_toyota_cars_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Our \"national\" brands are just OEM for other brands and then abusing the import tax loophole to sell cheap. All the while we have to subsidize this bullshit.", "What import tax loophole?", "Non-Perodua and non-Proton cars have massive taxes on them.", "Actually... when you travel to other ASEAN countries you'd find that our cars are similarly priced..", "I wouldn\u2019t know. All I remember is that cars in the US are way cheaper. I recall a Camaro is about 30k USD back around 2009.", "Yeah US and EU have super cheap cars. BMW for 40k Euro in DE.", "Again what is the LOOPHOLE? That's just normal import tax. Everything import from overseas have some kind of tax. Not unique Malaysia. It's standard practice for every nation.\nThe whole point is to avoid being 100% dependent on importing a key sector and encouraged investors to build in Malaysia instead.\nFor example, china allow raw materials import with low tax. But highly tax finish goods import.\nWhereas us, import finish goods and their manufacturing job is now a small fraction than before. No good stable job for the uneducated. A net negative for the bottom citizen.", "IMO tax shouldn't caused an item price raise by three times its original price, China overall tax rate is ridiculous as well.", "Standard practice but some countries (like ours) have a massive tax on the cars. The loophole OP is saying is how these Malay cars are glorified rebadges that don\u2019t have the tax on them because they\u2019re Malaysian."], ["Honda power of dreams", "I read this in the Honda ad voice.", "\"Geoffrey Nicholson's voice\u201c"], ["List of models suspended\nPerodua Global Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Rawang 1. Perodua Axia 2. Perodua Ativa 3. Perodua Bezza\nPerodua Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Rawang 1. Perodua Aruz 2. Perodua Alza 3. Perodua Myvi 4. Toyota Rush\nAssembly Services Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam 1. Toyota Vios\n2. Toyota Yaris\nStatement from Perodua CEO\nWe are doing a detailed assessment on the matter and are currently in discussion with Malaysian authorities as to the impact of this development to our vehicles.\nWe sincerely apologise to our valued customers and the general public for any alarm this announcement may bring. Our intent is to reach out and assure our valued customers.\nWe will share the outcome of this discussion with the public in due course."], ["So how far back does the problem extend to? Are 2022 models affected?", "Since Axia 1st model bruh.", "Oh shit"], ["Toyota take big L"], ["Toyota fans in shambles.\nIs there a looming recall?", "A looming recall of all Perodua models is definitely quite unfeasible to think of. Just the Axias, Bezzas, Myvis, Ativas and Alzas would already account for close to 50% of Malaysia's automotive market.\nBut with shipments suspended, it means the waiting time for people who want a new Perodua or Toyota is going to become longer (possibly exceed 6 months)"], ["Just bought the new Yaris in November :( damn.\nAnyone know what will happen? I guess there will be a recall and some time of car left in service center for them to rectify it?"], ["I just ordered Myvi\u2026GG", "Buy saga, much cheaper and safer."]]}
{"title": "MCO era is the best, but these lady have best computer desk, her laptop powered by pushing the foot treadle ;)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nm3px/mco_era_is_the_best_but_these_lady_have_best/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Kids these days dont know the fun of playing that foot thing. Try make the sewing machine spin as fast as possible. Hahahaha", "Young me seeing it like a steam train wheel, Choo choo", "tht foot thing is actually very relaxing", "The sound it makes rhyme well with the rattan sound on the buttock."], ["Aren't those the sewing machine table? I recognise that 2 little drawers, because my grandma probably has the same one long ago", "It is the good ol heavy wooden sewing machine table. I still got that thing. Such childhood memories.\n...Although those sew machine tables are really small space for comp setups."], ["I guess I'm lucky enough to still be WFH post MCO and able to watch my setup grew and upgraded\nI love my life", "Same here, MNC is the best \ud83d\ude0e"], ["Why i saw accounting stuff"], ["Employer too cheap to buy RM80 desk?", "Those sewing machines now worth quite abit, its better to sell it off and get more than just one desk."], ["https://news.acer.com/acer-unveils-the-ekinekt-bike-desk-to-empower-active-and-sustainable-lifestyles --> the pic defo the budget version."]]}
{"title": "MRT3: Land acquisition process to start in stages next year, says Anthony Loke", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nlkyd/mrt3_land_acquisition_process_to_start_in_stages/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["yay! mrt3 going ahead!"], ["The gov should consider changing the land rule that land below 30m (or some number that make sense) belongs to the gov. They can build tunnels or whatever that is needed for mrt."]]}
{"title": "Airbnb gave a millennial couple $100,000 to build a wacky house in Malaysia. So they did.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uslu9/airbnb_gave_a_millennial_couple_100000_to_build_a/", "num_comment": 26, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["that visible AC compressor ruining the look lol"], ["RM450,000 and this is what came of it lol.", "30% of it probably goes to the platform tbh", "You spelled \"taxes\" wrong", "You spelled \u201cpocket\u201d wrong"], ["This cost 100k USD? Gosh I really wish we could get a price breakdown for shit like this.", "Seems like the homeowners had to fork out 10k USD to finish the project. According to them from the website, they said that they will still build it, but the funds from AirBnB just helped expedite the process.\nThey also planned to build two more in the future.", "That include the fish farm and the fish and etc attach to the house. They need to build the fish farm to build the house. Plus the cost of labour of building something on sea. Finally you think fibreglass is cheap or something?", "Typical Malaysian project lah\u2026 masuk poket\u2026..", "Before saying \"Typical Project\" malaysian, jenis masuk pocket.. maybe you can just checkout this overall project around the world. Some of them are even stupid than our coconut floating house. And talk about typical malaysian masuk pocket ? Meh. You should find better argument.", "There have been so many dumb commenters here who don't actually know how much investment has to go into building something that meets the requirements set by the government. If only they actually read the article.\nAs this is a floating platform, of course it has to meet up to the requirements. What if it floats away? What if it takes in water. All of this has to be taken to account to ensure that nothing goes wrong.", "I'm getting downvoted for stating the obvious."], ["Hmm i thought the hse had to be wacky...wasnt evvisioning this."], ["looks like a kelapa shell stripped of its hard outer shell and but upside down, with holes cut in it.", "I tot that's what they're going for?"], ["at least put the ac on the back lah:26563:"], ["There\u2019s already something similar built in Melaka with better structure\u2026and multiple units. I\u2019m gonna sound like a hater but this looks like a fail to me.", "You're indeed a heater"], ["Could have built 2 to keep Rajah Bomoh happy"], ["How much masuk pocket ?"], ["Airbnb should give it to a Chinese couple instead lmao"], ["Embarrassing \ud83d\ude48"], ["The materials and build quality looks cheap. Do they get to pocket the rest ?", "They had to use an extra 10k of their own funds to finish the project, so no. Read first before judging."], ["I saw this. Looks really like floating trash"], ["It floats"]]}
{"title": "Nik Nazmi denies corruption allegations in flood mitigation projects", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nl87f/nik_nazmi_denies_corruption_allegations_in_flood/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Problem with the idiots on the other side is they saw the headlines of Anwar canceling 7b(out of 15)\nAnd now they think previous government only budgeted 7b"], ["Who's the corrupt one?"]]}
{"title": "Clinics vs hospital healthcare", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nl832/clinics_vs_hospital_healthcare/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Is it just me or is there a noticeable difference in healthcare quality when going to a clinic and hospital?\nI have eczema, and everytime i go to a licensed dermatologist at a clinic they always give some random steroid cream in a white container with a sticker on top. Doesnt matter what clinic it is, they always use the same white container and they wont evn tell u what cream is it. At hospitals tho they actually give u the cream in its actual tube. And spend more time addressing ur concerns.\nIt feels so insane cuz some of the clinic dermatologists I've gone to also work at hospitals on certain days, and i cant imagine getting that lvl of healthcare in a hospital\nOverall clinics feel super not worth it nowadays. Long waits, subpar healthcare, and the price difference not even thay big. Anyone else feels like this?\nEdit: all the hospitals and clinics were private\nEdit2: not sure what qualifications you even need to open clinics in my. Been to this one in tangkak that declared i was allergic to eggs after shaking my arm, then gave me inhouse drops to take and cure it..... what???? At an actual hospital, they said they could cure allergies through gradual exposure to it, but they also said you had to sit around and wait after the injection to make sure you don't go into anaphylactic shock, and the injections would increase gradually in concentration . Tangkak clinic really tripping if they sending ppl home with one eyedropper bottle of shock inducing treatment, except it wasnt because its just saline water.\nNeedless to say, that experience left me completely untrusting of clinics. Seems like anyone can just open one and start giving bullshit treatments. Also i did stop consuming eggs for half a year at the behest of my parents. Saw no difference, then gave up and had scrambled eggs. Also saw no difference", "comments": [["Government or private? Either of the clinics or hospitals.", "Both private", "I see. Private hospitals have to maintain a higher standard of care. It's to fulfil part of their accreditation. The pharmacy cannot dispense opened containers or tubes, hence they keep creams in their original packaging with the brand and active ingredients visible.\nFor private clinics, some dermatologists have their special blends where they mix different creams to a formulation they feel works. They also tend to purchase some creams in bulk, for example aqueous cream in 500gram or 1 kg tubs to save cost. Clinics have a smaller margin compared to hospitals."], ["I feel like there are 2 types of clinics. The one that want you to keep coming back and the ones that make sure you dont come back."], ["I had a really bad flare ups of eczema that lasted 2 years. It only resolved when I stopped using the steroid creams, but you have to be objective and discuss with your doctor. If you want to do an allergy test, do a proper one where they take your blood, I did it in Prince Court Medical Centre."], ["you can just ask for a prescription and get the medication on your own at pharmacies if you dont like the clinic practice of dispensing medication you dont know.\na person's immune status can change according to environment and time. so either you are not really sure on what you are allergic to or the allergy might have change.\nstress management is a big part of managing eczema, dont ignore that part."], ["What else are they supposed to give you? Eczema is a life long condition is flares that come and go. Steroid is what works for the flares. Expect them to do a skin graft? Even that won\u2019t work"], ["I heard that pharma companies gives special incentives to pharmacies or any medical establishments if they are able to sell a certain amount for certain duration.\nSo, since these incentives exist, my guess is that hospitals probably get special deals on medicines. They probably got those meds cheaper which is why they have no problem giving the whole package.\nSpecialist clinics probably dont get these deals due to lower stock turnaround. So, as to make their clinics affordable, they repack certain meds into smaller containers. OR they just want you to return to their clinic to get the same meds. Because if you know the meds name and brand, you can just buy it at some pharmacy when its finished."], ["I think it's more on the individual clinics. I went to a dermatological clinic once, and he prescribed me the ointments, etc. in their original bottles and tubes."]]}
{"title": "4,000 shipping containers stranded at Port Klang after docking ban", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nkvqy/4000_shipping_containers_stranded_at_port_klang/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Transport minister Loke Siew Fook says Israel-based shipping company ZIM must liaise with other companies to remove the containers.", "comments": [["Proof that we have always had a relationship with Israel."], ["Malaysian business reputation just gone down the drain. Business confirm sure prefer singapore", "Not really. What Malaysia did was supporting Palestine. Good act always prevail in the long run.", "And are shipping companies responsible for the conflict in the region? How is this supporting Palestine? Plus the Israeli ships can easily just go to Singapore. Meaningless and wasteful gesture.", "Search up 'Embargo'", "You have to be in a position of strength and have leverage to do an embargo.", "Terror is strength.", "Not really, nowhere does it requires so.\nA bumfuck country in the middle of nowhere could embargo the US, but would it be effective at distrupting their trade? Not at all, but the main purpose of demonstrating a nation's resolve, sending a political signal, retaliating for another country\u2019s actions, compelling a country to change its behaviour still stands.\nIt's a political move.", "Fair enough", "What good act?"], ["\"Israel-based shipping company ZIM must liaise with other companies to remove the containers.\"\nNaw, they just call up their insurer and write off the goods. Hope you enjoy sorting out the containers worth of rotten stuff.\nSpeaking of sending business to Singapore, can we support Palestine like they do and send cargo plane's worth of humanitarian aid to Gaza instead?"], ["Dumbest decision made by the current government littery every sector is suffering now because of this."], ["I hope we have think things thoroughly when we ban others.\nAre we prepared when other countries retaliate by banning Malaysians and our companies?"]]}
{"title": "There is something significantly lacking in r/malaysia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nki5j/there_is_something_significantly_lacking_in/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "There is something significantly lacking in r/malaysia, or at least, based on my anecdotal experience, that is the prevalence of counter-counter (yes, twice the counter) culture.\nThis could very well be based on the age demographics here, and the people I noticed here usually speak about anything about countering the status quo, but rarely defending the status quo, as if doing the latter seemed to be \"less cool\" than the former. To be fair, those who defend the status quo are probably not on Reddit (or they're in r/bolehland maybe) and would likely be too busy touching more grass than any of us, but it would be refreshing to at least see proper contrarians in r/malaysia once in a while.\nIn before people are just thinking this is an old man complaining about his grand kids' rebellious nature.", "comments": [["I think the reason \"status quo good\" threads are rare is because by definition, if you're comfortable with the way things are, there's no reason for you to make a thread about it. You don't complain about things that you enjoy.", "Or better, complain about the complainers. Do we not have many Malaysians who do this, at least, in a more, tactful, level-headed way? Contrarians, do we not have them?", "Comfortable enough that you don't have to be bothered enough by complainers to complain about them :26554:", "Well, due to the nature of how complainers exist, I guess Malaysia must be really that laid back that we are chill like that.", "Or better, complain about the complainers. Do we not have many Malaysians who do this\nI do that. When if I feel a \"Malaysia/Malay/Islam bad\" post/thread rubs me the wrong way, I'd often pipe up and point out that it's wrong, annoying, or both. Of course the bitchiness of the tone depends on how I'm feeling at that moment."], ["Grass, lackin grass"], ["The cons of Reddit, I suppose. That up and down arrows can snowball outta control quite fast. You can call it regulated online community engagement or whatever but the fact that we're using Reddit clearly shows that we care about those points, so....."], ["Bro out here with the whack questions again I see. Some electric boogaloo type stuff going on right here \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18nilfd/a_few_questions_for_native_malaysians_who_cannot/", "What I can say is dude is unhinged in a kind of hinged way. Doing some mental gymnastics to fish for things that he wants to hear.", "What I can say is dude is unhinged in a kind of hinged way.\nTranslation: I wanted to find dirt on this guy, but damn it he made so much sense I'm conflicted.", "Browsed through the thread and he sounds like someone simply fishing for affirmation on his racist views.\nAs a Chinese myself I'd say Chinese people who are predominantly Chinese speaking, can't speak Malay and probably have poor English would not be here. They would be in XiaoHongShu, DouYin, WeiBo, BiliBili or whatever, he's clearly asking in the wrong place. Also, there are non-Malays who have perfectly fine BM but with their own Cina apek accents, but I have the suspicious feeling people like him will consider it as not BM at all.\nEdit: looking at his reply below and elsewhere, this is truly one unhinged person.", "Wow. So all the banana Chinese are dead to you it seems. Here I am, including the bananas in the context and you call me a racist immediately you pretended bananas don't exist.\nIt'll be funny to guess what you think I really am to consider \"what a BM is\", as if I'm a Dewan Pustaka purist or something.", "Fella like forgot to take his meds"], ["Can't imagine the kind of people who would defend the status quo in r/malaysia.\nEven Malay urbanites are against the status quo in the line of bumiputera rights good, JAKIM and forced tudung bad.\nTrue green army would be camping in TikTok / Facebook.\nThe leftovers would be downvoted to hell the moment they comment.\nWhy even bother.", "It's simple. People don't care about the greater good, especially if the greater good involves justifying certain immediate, but equally or perhaps even worse suffering for the sake of achieving that greater good. Many think if there is no justice, there shouldn't be any peace for anyone, but when you start seeing people fighting for peace, voila, you're seeing people also fighting for the status quo, not because they really do think about the status quo, but because they do not believe the greater good should nor must be necessitated with permissible sufferings."], ["OP. Any tl;dr? Your flavour text is conpusing.\ninb4, some counter 3 thing", "I'll counter your counter!", "", "<image>"], ["its reddit\nwe have a lot of complaint posts, waaaay more than anything else\ntheres a difference between defending status quo and bitching which the latter is what most people do"], ["Some people will cry about literally anything. God forbid you do some critical thinking and look in a mirror to see why conservatism is unpopular and \u201cuncool.\u201d Please tell me what is so cool about being closed minded and intolerant and averse to change?\nHumans that have no adaptability might as well be monkeys. Why learn to use tools or language or fire? Go back to the jungle and embrace your roots, Mr counter-counter culture.", "Please tell me what is so cool about being closed minded and intolerant and averse to change?\nThat's because you also failed to ask a better question, if something must be as \"uncool\" or \"bad\" for being something, why would people go ahead and do it anyway? You probably lack the nuance to understand that the group of conservatives are also literally thinking about the same thing about liberals, where negative values such as \"naive\" and \"reactionary\" are used to degrade those who aren't also conservatives.\nWhen you can finally put yourself in the shoes of both groups, you'll realise the \"bad\" stuff we all associate to groups aren't exactly an obvious endeavour, because each group values different things more to be in the realm of what's considered to be \"good\" or \"bad\", nobody wakes up on their bed and literally just want to do something that is \"wrong\", they do whatever they believe to be \"right\".\nSekian, an ex-conservative and an ex-liberal, and thanks to leftist in America, it's getting even harder to be a centrist. Here in Malaysia, there is a good reason to be a liberal, but I don't see them any different than those who participated in protests only to come back with a social brag that they are \"doing something right\", all without the wisdom of ever just \"talking to people\" in general.\nBe more like Daryl Davis than Greta Thurnberg. You don't just fight the power, you understand why they hold on to it and why it exists, all the way down to the evolutionary imperative of apophenia.", "Damn you really struggle to keep more than 2 concepts in your head at a time, eh? Why do people vandalize or litter? Is it maybe that some people just make bad decisions without thinking about the greater good? Not everyone deserves a platform to spout their ignorance.\nPlease tell me what is so cool about being closed minded and intolerant and averse to change?\nStill waiting for an answer for this. Concrete, concise reasons, only. Unless you have nothing to say and want to waffle on until people forget it was asked in the first place.\nI have no difficulty empathizing with conservatives, so your point is absolutely moot. You talk in sound bites and mention polarizing people, but you say absolutely nothing of substance. If you\u2019re a troll, 2/10: Weak. If you really hold these beliefs, try actually making a point instead of rambling on about nothing. Or better yet, go cure your obvious ignorance with some real world experiences.", "Concrete, concise reasons, only.\nTo dumb it down for you, it's because they realised that there are good reasons amongst the bad ones you see in them. Similarly to you, they too, can't see the good reasons why you do the things you do, while wondering if you are only merely an idiot who wanted to do \"bad things\".\nIf you still didn't understand that, then congratulations, you are the \"conservatives\" in their eyes in the same way they are to you, thanks to your utter lack of empathy, because just like you don't believe there's ever an ounce of goodness in them, they too, believe the same about non-conservatives like you.\nNow, let's address the criticism you have, shall we?\nDamn you really struggle to keep more than 2 concepts in your head at a time, eh?\nNot a hard thing to do if you have empathy. If you have only empathy for people who think like you, then you're narcissists.\nWhy do people vandalize or litter? Is it maybe that some people just make bad decisions without thinking about the greater good? Not everyone deserves a platform to spout their ignorance.\nOr is it because some people consider certain ends of the greater good do not justify the means? If this is the extent of your moral philosophy, then you are clearly a utilitarian psychopath.\nI have no difficulty empathizing with conservatives, so your point is absolutely moot.\nYou? Empathy from a psychopath? Please. You can't even muster the reason nor the strength for the least amount of introspection, judging from your replies.\nYou talk in sound bites and mention polarizing people, but you say absolutely nothing of substance.\nIf you really hold these beliefs, try actually making a point instead of rambling on about nothing.\nYou can just say you don't understand, or better, don't even care to understand. \"How can conservatives ever think they're the good guys?\", you think, thinking that they must be objectively evil in your head, while lying to yourself to think that you \"empathise\" them.\nOr better yet, go cure your obvious ignorance with some real world experiences.\nJudging from what I've seen, it is you who clearly lack the empathy and understand even the why behind why the groups you confide in and oppose with. I come from an experience by literally being both sides of the coin, so you're not really talking to me.\nYou are talking to your future self, you dungu.", "Yikes. This is so stupid I don\u2019t even need to respond. Anyone with a secondary school level of reading comprehension can see how misguided and illogical you are.", "Then it's clearly your own hatred of an entire group of people that stopped you from learning about them.", "Not even close. You have no idea what you\u2019re talking about or what my background is and yet you keep making these ridiculous, baseless assumptions. \ud83d\ude02Doesn\u2019t bode well for your powers of deduction or reasoning, I\u2019m afraid."], ["you want to see more contrarian posting? be the change you want to see.\nme for example i like to see rafizi content so i post something about him and comment on rafizi posting to keep it moving:26554:."], ["From how I see it, I sees various arguments were made in this sub against issues, both support or against it.\nTake bm or no bm issue, for example.\nEven if we talks about monarchs, the views are not as single streamed anymore, mostly due to what last agong did during politic emergency.\nIm not sure what \"counter-counter culture\" is suppose to be, but isn't that just goes back to \"pro or against culture\"? One that we engaged everyday here?", "One of the reason why I do this is due to the lack of specific details of the differences people tend to tell you that they have.\n\"Different people, different lives.\" And they end it there. What people don't really tell you are the details of those differences.", "Do you have any example? I have no idea what you are trying to say here.\nAre you complaining about the lack of voice defending status quo? Or are you complaining about people NOT explaining their argument?", "In short, there aren't enough centrists, methinks.", "Isn\u2019t this group as centrist as it is? It doesn\u2019t take woke stuff, such as pronouns, LGBT (a tiny minority trumps it loud) and heck, even the term \u201cneurodiversity\u201d is considered politically correct!\nIf you want contrarians, just check out any thread about corporal punishment cuz many Redditors here are still continuing that cycle or intend to."], [".....\n........\nNo.\n:26554:"], ["Be the change you want to see. Defend the status quo. The govt cares for its people. The Opposition acts as a healthy check and balance. Our religious leader are wise and compassionate. Cops are here to protect us.\nAlso counter-counter culture is a stupid term. It's like \"reverse racism\". Just say you want conservatives, which is the actual term you're looking for.", "That depends. If you can only see certain groups as objectively evil, then your use of \"reverse racism\" is as uninformed as the Jussie Smollett hoaxes about white people.\nCounter-counter culture at least give you a better perspective which you clearly don't want to see, because you clearly are in the \"good guy\" gang.", "Sigh.\nReverse racism is a stupid term, because it refers to something that already exists, which is called... racism. It's just that some people like to use it because (a) they don't give a damn about racism against minorities, and (b) they want a convenient dog whistle to decry the only type of racism they feel is \"worthy\" of attention.\nSimilarly, your usage of counter-counter culture is a stupid term, because it refers to something that already exists, which is... conservatism. You're just trying to make it happen as... I dunno, maybe you think that the term conservative is not particularly sexy or well thought of at the moment.\nAs a very wise lady once said:", "because (a) they don't give a damn about racism against minorities, and (b) they want a convenient dog whistle\nOr (C), they genuinely are countering the culture people thought they were countering. If you can only see them as \"conservatives\", then you clearly do not spend enough camaraderie on both sides of the false dichotomy.\nDon't have to make the term \"happen\". If you understand it well enough, which at this point I don't think you do due to you incredibly myopic your views are, then it wouldn't be a problem.", "Or (C), they genuinely are countering the culture people thought they were countering. If you can only see them as \"conservatives\", then you clearly do not spend enough camaraderie on both sides of the false dichotomy.\nDon't have to make the term \"happen\". If you understand it well enough, which at this point I don't think you do due to you incredibly myopic your views are, then it wouldn't be a problem.\nFirstly, you're quoting the wrong part of my response.\nSecondly... ok, I'll bite then. If I'm myopic as you say I am, then kindly enlighten me. What is \"counterculture\" in the way you're using it? What is \"Counter-counterculture\" in the way you're using it? Could you please illustrate, with say around 3 examples of both?\nI'll be honest, I'm really quite interested in your response to the above, and I think it'll help to really illustrate where you're coming from to myself and to others (eg those who have pointed out that your posts and comments have been vague and confusing)", "Simple. If people from the Turks start saying something, you have people from Ben Shapiro saying something. And when people oppose Ben Shapiro saying something, centrists like certain atheists would suddenly jump in to give credit to Ben Shapiro on how certain aspects of religion make sense despite being an atheist. Then you get the now semi-converted Bill Maher, who is now seemingly is leaning towards the right (after many years of speaking for the left) when he really is a centrist.\nConsidering how conservative Malaysia is, liberalism makes sense, until it doesn't, especially when it starts demonising the conservatives for being objectively evil. This is how I see the \"counter-culture\" in r/malaysia, and that is, for simply being liberal. The counter-counter culture is supposed to bring the Overton window back to a more moderate state, where people don't end up using the end \"greater good\" to justify any means that they think they must be doing.", "I've read the above 3 times now, and it's again vague to the point of uselessness. Turkish people \"say something\"? And then Shapiro \"says something\" also? Says what???\nI asked for definitions and examples to understand you better, and instead I get....this?\nYour second paragraph is useless without the definitions and explanations, as again it's be nice to understand specifically what you mean by culture/ counterculture / conter- counterculture.\nAgain, please provide a definition and some examples, because some details are needed to make sense of this.", "Ah, local person to the end. In that case, just take the story of Daryl Davis instead.\nInstead of just being the ones who oppose racism, those who belong to groups that are associated with racism, literally seek out and understand what makes them tick. You will soon realise that \"racism\" is merely an unfortunate by product of a group struggling to survive, and the having the meta-cognitive ability to \"not be racist\" would be considered as a \"mental-luxury\" to these people, simply because they didn't allow themselves to be exposed to it in the first place, for the sake of something good they believe they already have, i.e. the sense of camaraderie and the familiarity among themselves.\nThis is why when people ask dumb questions like, \"Why not just not be racist?\", is like literally trying to teach a fish how to climb a tree, they have yet to understand the need for them to evolve to have legs to even walk on land in the first place, or to even have the concept of tree-climbing.\nImagine telling a fish, \"Why can't you accept cows as the same as you are? We are all carbon-based life forms!\"\nYou and I understand things different because we're lucky enough to be educated and be exposed to different types of people. But what these other communities, these other people that we sometimes call them racist, have certain perks who don't get as well. It's not always a black and white world.", "Ah, local person to the end.\nWhat the hell does this mean? Dude, do you not realise just how condescending as fuck you come off as?\nRegardless of the above, and your whole \"I just discovered a dictionary of five dollar words\" 2nd paragraph, I'll remind you again, and for the last time until I actually get a relevant response:\nAgain, please provide definitions of culture/ counterculture / counter- counterculture, and maybe 3 examples of the latter two as again it'd be nice to understand specifically what you mean\nHappy to continue this once you're able to do that. Until then, HtH, HaND.", "How about no? If you can't even muster an effort to try to understand the answers I try to give twice for now, then the problem lies with you."], ["nah,keep all this buble separate liek bangsar\nso i could go to all this med and add more oil to each tribe...."], ["The vote down, for voicing different opinion is kinda a let down in r/Malaysia,\nVote down should not be used as a disagreeing a post, Especially when the post is adding more valid discussion.", "People are going to vote down if they wanted to, can't stop them.", "That one of the factor people refused to defend an argument and follow popular opinions.", "I too, once wished for a community where everyone is level-headed, until I realised that I would perhaps want to at least know if people \"like it or not\", instead of just an empty vacuum whenever they do not participate."], ["YES"], ["need to promote peaceful, inclusive societies for sustainable development"], ["contrarions, old people, and people who defend the status quo (any status quo) are generally not welcomed by the hive mind in this sub."]]}
{"title": "Ipoh to Cameron Highlands by motorbike/scooter safe?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vtufw/ipoh_to_cameron_highlands_by_motorbikescooter_safe/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello everyone,\nwe are wondering if it\u2018s safe to go from Ipoh to the Cameron Highlands by rented bikes and I can\u2018t really find infos online.\nIs the road condition good and the traffic ok? Asking mainly because the wife doesn\u2018t like mad traffic at all. But I reckon it\u2018s the best way to see a lot of stuff in the highlands instead of going on a guided tour.\nThank you for your answers!", "comments": [["if it rains heavily, not so"], ["The roads aren't bad for most part. It's pretty regular road until you reach Cameron, then the roads get a tad bit worse at some places. The traffic can be terrible depending on when you go as it is a favourite get away spot for many Malaysians.\nGenerally if you can, go on a non-holiday week day and gtfo on Saturday at latest."], ["It\u2019s possible. But it will rain and you will probably freeze when wet on the mountain. If it doesn\u2019t there is a possibility that those rented bikes are gonna overheat. The traffic is not too bad on some days better than others but I would not recommend going on that trip without the right gear and preparation. But in case u still wanna go you should book in the Smokehouse it\u2019s an amazing place to stay on the Cameron\u2019s. Have fun and enjoy Malaysia."], ["Yes, it's safe. You'd need something with a bit more grunt to get up the hills though, so most rental scooters below 155 cc are not suitable unless riding solo.\nIf you need more info please DM."], ["Can anyone recommend a good private driver for the day?"]]}
{"title": "High Court orders Shafee to pay RM5.5 million in tax arrears", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nkahy/high_court_orders_shafee_to_pay_rm55_million_in/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Pua: Free flights to Singapore cheaper than annual interest for HSR", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18njzu2/pua_free_flights_to_singapore_cheaper_than_annual/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Silly, you don't build the HSR to move people out, you build it to get people and their money IN!!!"], ["Induced demand: ....\n(For context, Taiwan saw 400% increase in HSR ridership in a decade. Madrid-Barcelona HSR saw 500% increase in ridership in 10 years.)"], ["Headline sponsored by AirAsia."], ["Another clown. One of the reasons why DAP never had any progressive economic policies.\nEverything is about cut costs, save money. How about investment for the future?\nI remember this fella telling Parliament \u201cAmerika Syarikat tak ada GST\u201d to justify the reintroduction of SST. How did that turn out \ud83e\udd21"], ["Geng mudin and jemin"]]}
{"title": "this subs ranking in Reddit asia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18njavt/this_subs_ranking_in_reddit_asia/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["whats the measurement for ranking? members?", "Amount of shitposting :26554::29091:", "r/bolehland should win then.", "Nobody beats the pinoy when you are a shithousery.. even india sub with more sub lose", "No nation can beat pinoy and Indian in cyberspace, especially pinoy in game \ud83c\udfae", "Yup, that's where we are in the bell curve, right in the middle", "To be fair India sub had to be split to two", "India partitioned yet again. Curious do you know why?", "From what I've heard and I'm simplifying here, it's for political reasons. The mods in r/India are more liberal and Congress centric, which makes some of the members especially the BJP supporters are unhappy with the mods running that subreddit due to their political biases. This makes them to spin-off into another subreddit.", "It takes TWO India subs, to not win.", "That sub full of nerdie immature kiddos who still watch cartoons. Lol", "Dicks", "Is it not apparent from the picture that isnt the case???\nShitposts :26554:", "Engagement."], ["Singapore ahead of us :sob:", "I prefer Malaysia subreddit. More interesting (read: crazy)", "So, that is to say, Singapore subreddit is bland & less exciting?", "If you want unhinged Singapore stuff, maybe you can try r/singaporehappenings", "lol! I know I got that. I still enjoy Malaysia one and also r/Bolehland. Got strange news like \u201ccannot write Merry Christmas on cakes because not Halal\u201d. Also, \u201cMalaysia PM must be Malay, write it in the constitution\u201d - first I am surprised, it\u2019s not law already? Two, what are you guys afraid of?", "Well obviously we are better la (at being utterly deranged). The country larger, more people with less access to education.", "Oops \ud83d\ude4a", "Well our topics are much more diverse, but r/Singapore not bad also almost every week some funny sex offenders news", "If you want unhinged Singapore stuff\n/r/SingaporeRaw", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/singaporehappenings using the top posts of all time!\n#1: Indian Housewarming ritual, i think very rare to see in SG. | 652 comments\n#2: No need to call Police already \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 | 154 comments\n#3: Residents applaud as SCDF officers rescue woman, 74, from parapet of Bukit Batok block | 108 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "And r/singaporeraw", "Or r/SingaporeRaw", "Put it this way, r/sg currently has a pretty ridiculous complete ban on any post even remotely related to Palestine and Israel.\nThis includes articles from the national paper, and government speeches in parliament. All are locked.", "That's what we have done here though. We have a megathread to contain them.", "There's no mega thread in r/sg it's just a ban", "Oh wow. Well it had little to do with singapore anyway, so I can somehow understand why they did that. Unlike malaysia, where the government is so invested in the issue.", "I can empathise with the mods because it's just a troublesome topic to moderate.\nBut the issue actually is quite topical for Singapore. Close ties to Israel historically, but now the government has clearly changed position to be less Israeli leaning and more in line with wider international condemnation.\nThere's literally statements coming out of government ministers in the news (which is majority owned by the state), and there's just no way to comment about it on r/sg.", "And less cili padi", "We have way higher sohais per population", "Ahead in currency too", "blames dap\n/s"], ["Oh thank God for the red arrow. I really couldn't tell where r/malaysia is without it.", "That's because education ranking is lower."], ["Our sub used to have way less members compared to r/Singapore , like a couple of hundred thousand less. The amount of members has grown significantly in just a few years.", "I remember when we celebrated having 20k members. Singapore had around 140k members at that point.", "Whyyy? Did we do a AMA? or Undi18?", "If memory serves me right, people started pouring in during the 2018 GE.", "I think 2018 GE, people flooded here just to get news and information lol", "before 2018 GE I think this sub had less than 8k members", "And it\u2019s still a couple hundred thousand less now in the pic?\nEdit: 3, not just a couple"], ["Smh cant pass thru all of them"], ["Why we are always below Singapore in everything ? \ud83d\ude22", "\"Don't worry we have skyscrapers taller than ones they have in Singapore \ud83d\ude0e\"", "Because we have something to prove, they haven\u2019t"], ["Dang gotta get on the Philippines train"], ["Fair"], ["India sleeping? They literally have all the people there", "Reddit isn\u2019t really popular"], ["Ranked in....? Please don't be what I think it is..."], ["Damn, India has two :26559:", "one is more \"liberal\" (r/India) and the other is more conservative (r/indiaspeaks) (aka it's Hindu nationalist to some degree)", "It's not really liberal it's just different"], ["Redditors assemble"], ["Pinoy pride!"], ["Wow we didn't shitpost enough you mean", "Well you can blame that on rule 3, rule 5 and rule 7\nPlus this sub desperately encourages people posting on daily threads anyway", "Oh ya... The daily threads................"]]}
{"title": "\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14 Ok", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nj7r3/ok/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "\ud83e\udd14", "comments": [["Bincangkan agak-agak berapa harga nom plat itu", "0\nParticipant car of the Islamic Development Bank conference", "0\nXbox kid username. xXxfartsnifferxXx"], ["remind me of G-Dragon IG tag"], ["Shame not being on Aston Martin DB....\nOh wait there ain't no DB10", "There is a DB10, but it's specially-built for a film.", "Yeah I knew about that, was referring to mass produced models. \ud83d\ude02"]]}
{"title": "PAS: DAP wants local council election to set up more gambling, massage and alcohol shops", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nj2e6/pas_dap_wants_local_council_election_to_set_up/", "num_comment": 78, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Here we go again. The usual old bollocks narrative"], ["Which PAS-tard want to go all tomatofaced in parliment like that \"PhD\" Siti Fistula this time?", "Lmao fistula"], ["So? Bukanya paksa pergi beli nombor ekor pun.", "Don't you know they will get converted to Christianity if they ever see a cross?", "No wonder they failed maths.", "Maths, common sense and much more sadly, And they're gaining support!", "\"Cikgu tak boleh pangkah kat jawapan saya, nanti saya jadi Kristian.\"\n\"Siapa yang kata?\"\n\"Mak saya yang kata. Nenek saya yang kata. Atuk saya yang kata.\"\n\"Bapa kata apa?\"\n\"Bapa kata kalau nampak pangkah, saya akan jadi Buddhist atau Hindu.\"\n\"Iman kau itu lemah sangat ke kalau nampak pangkah saja boleh tukar agama.\"\n\"Ya.\"\n\"Siapa yang kata?\"\n\"Ustaz kat masjid yang kata.\"", "Fr, these Pastards are paranoid mereka akan hilang deposit undi that the Muslims will mass murtad to the other side if they see other religious symbols or even step a tiny toe onto a floor of a church or temple.\nMore than that, they care more about losing Muslim followers in numbers than actually addressing why it might happen.\nGeng serbanistan ni je tak faham Muslim boleh murtad en mass hanya sebab hipokrasi ketua2 dan menteri2 yg menunggang agama utk control undi mereka.", "This is what some unironically believe to be honest.", "Sabah Christian billboard would like to say hi to this comment.", "Honestly this is what pissed me whenever I want to play chess during school... They keep damaging the pieces with this reason"], ["God, at this point, they should just say that all non-Muslims shouldn't be an MP and turn Malaysia into an unelected Taliban country already, the anti-democracy mental gymnastics they're pulling...", "they should just say that all non-Muslims shouldn't be an MP\nThey did insinuate, and it's their main selling point to their target audience.\nHadi: Other races are challenging Muslim's political power: https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2023/08/939467/voting-mandatory-if-other-races-are-challenging-muslims-political-power\nHadi: Non-Muslims must be grateful for \u2018being given a place\u2019 here, should just let Malays continue leading country: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/07/hadi-non-muslims-must-be-grateful-for-being-given-a-place-here-should-just-let-malays-continue-leading-country/73042\nHadi: Only Islam can rule, others must be 'pak turut': https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/357628\nPAS politicians insinuated that their rivals are the enemies of Allah: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/27/pas-man-says-sorry-after-calling-on-allah-to-defend-kedah-from-enemies-video/76640", "So, basically peak hypocrisy while vehemently criticising Israel Zionism, they themselves are also spouting the same racial/religious superiority BS.", "Here's a good read on Hypocrisy and Fascism: https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/hypocrisy-and-fascism-2018-08-12", "Fascism requires an imaginary enemy that is both ridiculously powerful that can take away your belongings while being so weak that as long as you give us power we can stop THEM.\nGuess who\u2019s this imaginary enemy?", "Got one Malay artist (can't remember the name) said that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis should have wipe out the Jews. She immediately lost contract with the music label (not sure which one) that she was signed with. She even have the guts to say she does not care if she lost the contract as she is said she proud to be anti-Jews and stood by her words.", "Well most of the Zionist is the migrants brought by surprise surprise the British.", "I would love to give this to Hadi's facebook page and waiting for his reply: Ini agenda DAP Komunis Zionist.", "Man they are clearly asking for UN sanctions and global isolation if they dare to pull such act unless they pull an Israel or Saudi style PR to absolve from their crimes", "We already have 9 kings for that, who the hell wanna have these low birth PAS plebs.", "that's the goal"], ["The Fitnahs getting better day by day, while getting further away from God day by day."], ["Also PAS when in government: Increase cabutan judi from 8 to 22. Lol"], ["Idk. Making fun of Pas is like making fun of OKU nowadays.", "I'm ok with making fun of bad faith actors OKU.", "One time when I was trying to say the R word, I blurted out \"Pastard\" instead. They are that OKU that a new word is created after them."], ["Why do i feel like there\u2019s an uprise in misuse/overuse of the word \u2018legit\u2019 recently. Or am i missing some new slang.", "there\u2019s an uprise in misuse/overuse of the word \u2018legit\u2019 recently.\nPeople suffering from Dunning Kruger effect usually abuses words they don't understand.", "Im surprised there\u2019s a name for it"], ["Option A: Inform the rakyat about what I can do.\nOption B: Inform the rakyat about what I somehow magically know someone else will do even though there's 0 evidence to back it up.\nPAS: Saya pilih B, Halim."], ["Siapa yang bertanggungjawab untuk memastikan bahawa umat Islam yang alim tak masuk tempat dosa macam ni? Aku tanya, siapa yang bertanggungjawab?\nSebab PAS memang tak bertanggungjawab. Ustaz pun tak bertanggungjawab. Ibubapa umat Islam tak nak bertanggungjawab langsung. Jadi kita mahu DAP bertanggungjawab untuk kita punya orang.\nWe can't take care of our own, guys, make the kafirs do it instead!", "It's the non Muslims fault for not upholding Muslim values. /s"], ["The thing is that kedai judi haram is everywhere rn, not only in Selangor.", "The worst thing is that they are not referring to kedai judi haram. These are lawful businesses. They just want none of it. Like how they banned 4d shops in Kedah", "Feel like they're just catering to the masses. But with DAP as scapegoat.", "I actually love how they think when they get rid of licensed 4d shops, the underground 4d shops would gone as well", "Its never about the getting rid of 4d shop, its only about being terpaling islam and defacing DAP at the same time. It not only consolidated their own voters, its also making on the fence conservative new voters leaning their side.\nIf they actually serious on getting rid of them, they would change the law in the parliament during their time", "If it's a gimmick, then I would say it's a quite a successful gimmick from them. Their job is made easier when they have a large pool of loyal voters, so what they are doing is they're trying to rope the on the fence conservatives in, like what you said.", "Yeah, on the surface they might ban these premises and rail against them, but you never know whether they're making untung from the underground side.\nBesides, one Penasihat Agama was found berdakwah in a night club yoinks ago, so maybe a few of these serbanistans might also berdakwah in underground gambling establishments:26554:", "I remember that vid of the penasihat agama having a good time with some thots in the club. Lol funny shit.", "The funnier shit are certain imams who are defending his gelagat at the club. They could've threw him under the bus, but maybe they can't cos boss penasihat tu either bayar banyak or ugut mereka.", "Typical walaun behavior i guess."], ["PAS only knows how to slander and mislead, any major developments to improve their state? Goose eggs."], ["Apa salah judi, arak & urut?", "Pada masa yang sama?", "Don\u2019t tempt me with a good time. That sounds amazing"], ["so sad that since you were born, parents took care of you, then teachers and lecturers to grow your mind and when you become adult, become absolute incoherent trash. shame all the knowledge wasted on you, could have been given those opportunities to the have-nots so they can be a better educated and contributing people. instead of daily war mongering idiots. say that islam is a religion of tolerance but hypocritical fruitcakes."], ["Source: Trust me bro, I\u2019m PAStard."], ["they continue to do that, they just chasing hard working malaysia who could have contributed to malaysia to Singapore and US.\nGrab got snatch up by Singapore. you have Ronnie Cheng doing so well in US. Then you wonder why the exchange rate is 3.5 and 4.6 when we have vastly more resources than our neighbor who have to buy water from us.\nand to an extend, that exactly what they wanted. but not seeing the big picture. they just losing talent and monopolies like grab, then have to complain about boycotting them."], ["Fitnah masuk neraka"], ["This is exactly why intelligent nons won\u2019t vote PAS."], ["Sue PAS for defamation", "PAS had lost countless defamation suits. It takes several years to reach a verdict. By then, damage has been done.\nI suspect the cost of payment has also been factored into their propaganda budget. That\u2019s why they couldn\u2019t be bothered by the threat of lawsuits."], ["While I get why 4d is considered gambling since it's a game of chance, I can never understand why it's treated like it's some sort of casino.\nLike, something must be very wrong in your life for you to lose all your money in 4d."], ["PAS wants local council election to pass law that is legal to fk your own kids"], ["Sounds cool, they should do it."], [":29091:"], ["wasnt it moo that made it easier to set up gambling shops? i remember reading on it"], ["Pas opportunities to open more Majlis!", "More pervertic Ustazs"], ["Never complaint bila bayar tax? Lol"], ["The problem is, I always remember every bulan puasa these are the regular people coming to buy \"black packages\" in broad daylight. And one of them are the executive people in majlis agama"], ["Wonder what educated muslim think about PAS\u2026"], ["gambling is a money sink, why not gamble with businesses instead? If you gotta lose that money, at least do it productively. in gambling the house always wins.\nvery rarely do i see people go to gambling establishments for private person to person gambling.\nthe lottery is a weird discussion though and usually the only time in western countries where they run is if the profits are proven to go somewhere productive or that the entire pot is given - costs (yes umno has actually used lottery to fund themselves before).\nNothing wrong with alcohol and massage shops, just dont compare public indecency laws that should be enforced against sharia law."], ["Mf was born recently and already know how to join a political party to talk shit to other party(s)"], ["Least retarded PAS statement"], ["Always play the Blame part.. as if they are like totally Holy and have done nothing wrong... but yet the states under PAS party territory are the worst in contributing tax and have done nothing/no improvement for the public in terms of improvement of infrastructure and public transport as if they just don't feel like doing anything to help out at all.\nDriving from KL to places like Terengganu and other spots which are under the PAS state government, is like driving from the modern era back to the 80s. You want to see people using water buffalo to ploy the farm, lots of bikes and not many cars, and pumping petrol but can't use credit cards (ie. some need to walk into the counter to pay using a credit card, but the pumping machine itself doesn't have a credit card machine) a very layback, outskirt, slow pace life. No need to travel far, just drive from KL to states under the PAS government, and you will have a feel for it."], ["I get gambling and alcohol but what's wrong with massage parlours lol"], ["u/jwteoh come do ur thing"], ["With this kind of politics and narratives, it's no wonder they would run the country to the ground just like Afghanistan."], ["Takpe...tutup kedai judi ...bukak telegram cari. Megawin888 Awekvcs.. Bukan.twitter...cari awek ds.."], ["To open gambling shop, u need license. And the number of license is fixed. And has been like that for years.\nProof that PISS should never hold any power in govt. Local law pun xtau."], ["Local council elections needed as real ppl who live there can bring change. Look at Kangar. Google the store Kangar then change to 2014. 2014 had Lintasan,Trees. Then they remove because MPK(Appointed by UMNO) said so without any consensus. FUCK YOU UMNO DESTORYED MY FUCKING CITY. now under PN, they fired the MPK and hired a new guy who isn't a politician and now Kangar got Upgrade,pavement fixed,even fixed the old trees,added more greenery and green spaces. Just go to Google maps. Fuck you UMNO for fucking ruining Kangar. Kangar Lama and China town became Roadised under UMNO. Kangar used to be walkable in the 2010's. Fuck you UMNO. Will never fucking vote UMNO.", "I even wrote a fucking letter to then UMNO MPK proposing to him to fix the Pasar Malam Lot and add pathways because there was a long grassfield near the drain at Taman Sena but nothing happened. Now under new Independent MPK, look what happen. I just gave idea to them theu Telegram now look Taman Sena, under construction. They fixed the old toilet awam,added pathways, Kangar Lama now got pedestrianised. China Town have limited car entry time for non residents.\nOf course PN is fucking winning. They hire real people in Perlis where BN have been syok sendiri for the past fucking 61 Years.\nNow Business wise, you can do any business. Under PN, Perlis is better. Fuck you UMNO."], ["Sarahan DAPigs - lobai berserban"]]}
{"title": "On the cat walk: how to follow in a tiger\u2019s footsteps in the forests of Malaysia | Wildlife", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uslev/on_the_cat_walk_how_to_follow_in_a_tigers/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "[Viral] Dato' Seri Vida's daughter opened up about just spending RM1.19 million in a month", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nizo8/viral_dato_seri_vidas_daughter_opened_up_about/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Hypebeast style content, Malaysia edition"], ["Im not jealous at all \ud83e\udd72"]]}
{"title": "Sufism in malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nirqz/sufism_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi\nI hope this is the right place to ask it. If I break any community rules, then i am sorry and its not my intention.\nBut I have heard that sufism is quite popular in Malaysia. That a lot of malays practice sufism. I just want to know if thats true and what the official standpoint is on sufism.\nJust to be clear. I am completely neutral about it. I am neither negative nor positive towards sufism. I am just curious.\nThanks", "comments": [["if by sufism you mean tariqat then yeah there are a few here, but they are not as hardcore as in other places. they are quite mainstream and less obvious."], ["If you want the official stand, it differs by states. Some states are tolerant of sufism as long as they dont go as far as being weirdos that worship graves and whatnot, some are really strict that many tarekats are declared deviant.\nGeneral perspective is quite varying, but in general they are pretty tolerant too. As long as they are not too pushy or doing suspiciously weird things in open, people barely want to care about them. Not like sufism is too widespread in public to take note of, they usually have their own circle."], ["Maybe I'm just not hanging around the right circles or family members, but I've almost never heard about Sufism being talked about here. The number of people I've heard discuss this I can probably count on one hand and wouldn't outright declare it's something they practise."], ["Only time I've ever heard about Sufism in Malaysia was when my ustazah (religion teacher) told my class about someone making room temperature water turn into boiling water with a mere verbal command.\nI don't know what to think of that", "making room temperature water turn into boiling water with a mere verbal command\nPfft. I can also do that. I always tell my wife to do that and it gets done."], ["I'd say it is allowed everywhere except Perlis,\neven In Sabah when i used to work there first Person introduce themselves to me in masjid end up trying to get me joining Tariqat if thats what you mean by sufism.\nBest to avoid them."]]}
{"title": "A few questions for native Malaysians who cannot speak the Malay language.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nilfd/a_few_questions_for_native_malaysians_who_cannot/", "num_comment": 108, "flairlabel": ["Language"], "header": "Let's do things a little differently. Instead of the usual question where you were put in the spot to somehow justify your \"essence\" of being a Malaysian despite not being able to speak the Malay language, here's a different question instead, and I am expecting an honest answer:\n\"What do you think of the very same native Malaysians who can converse in the same languages as you do, be it English, Mandarin, or Tamil, but unlike you, could also use the Malay language as well? What do you think made them learn to use it in a way that you, on the other hand, could not?\nExactly what are they doing that you think would be different than what you couldn't have done?\nIndeed, if everyone is different, and you too, are different, then exactly how would you elaborate on \"how different\" you must be? What does it entail? (Note: I am asking in this way in order to prevent simplistic answers such as [I am different], as it would be too vague)\"", "comments": [["This sounds like an angry parent/teacher trying to make an underperforming student feel bad about themselves.\nI don't think you'll be able to find responses from the people you're trying to address here. You'll probably find people trying to answer on their behalf, though.", "I m from the malaysians should be able to speak malay fluently gang and i agree to this. Its kinda passive aggressive. I do believe malaysians that intentionally dont want to improve their grasp of malay language should be ashamed and feel bad but at the same time i dont see it necessary to put them under the spotlight", "Putting them in the \"spotlight\" would be better than the \"spotlight\" most people put them in to uncomfortably defend themselves. Better to learn what they think by \"removing them\" from the need to defend themselves by having them to think about others instead is what I am trying to do.", "so OP is trying to get non-malay speaking locals to ask themselves -\n'what went wrong with me that i can't speak malay when majority ppl can?'\nsuch a passive-aggressive way of telling non-malay speakers you're not malaysian. borderline breaking rule bigotry/hate speech here mods", "In these past few months, you wonder masih ada mods ke takda.", "This sounds like an angry parent/teacher trying to make an underperforming student feel bad about themselves.\nThe purpose of the exercise is to get them out of the defensive position from the need to justify their own \"Malaysian-ness\", and to get them to participate in coming up with their hypotheses about other people instead.\nSince people are generally more reluctant or dismissive to be caught defending themselves, I thought it would be better to ask them what THEY think about others instead, with hopes that perhaps with their own discovery of assumptions, they could form their very own insights as to why they are the way they must be.", "That's quite a reach, to be honest. You realise how passive-aggressive the questions sound, right? It's basically like going, \"Hey, incompetent person! What do you think of other people who are more competent than you?\"\nI don't really see how they would not be defensive from this.", "Only if you want to see it in that mono-frame. Not only do I not think they're incompetent, you also now place the ball in their court, where they get to make all kinds of assumptions about others, instead of being stuck defending themselves.\nFor all we know, their answers could very well just be \"well, maybe because they're luckier than I am\", which wouldn't necessarily be a bad answer in itself, and all the perks of not being put in the spot to defend nor justify themselves.\nYou cannot expect them to terasa every time I'm not serving chilli.\nAnd no, \"other people\" are not having \"similar levels of incompetence\", but more along the lines of \"hey, your friend is like you, what makes him decided to speak Malay?\"", "Well. I guess one man's suspiciously accusatory line of questioning is another man's...chilli?\nEither way, good luck getting the answers you're looking for, my dude. I just get the feeling this isn't the place you'll find them.", "I just get the feeling this isn't the place you'll find them.\nThen it's only too sad the same cynical attitude of Reddit has got us Malaysians too, that we're too preoccupied thinking everyone must have an agenda."], ["OP be like", "You can't smoke grass without touching more different grasses outside buddy. Especially if you haven't touched the blue ones.", "", "Lol, if being THIS high is the same as being able to parse through certain logical cognitive faculties in your brain, please stop watching any Rick and Morty (if you follow the meme)."], ["I\u2019m Malaysian Chinese , got A+ for SPM Malay and can speak Malay (fluently but not with native slang).\nThe reason I can speak BM: - Having good quality education (SJKC and SMK cluster school) - Started teaching math tuition to Malay students during uni, hence forcing me to use Malay.\nReasons why I think many nons \u201crefuse\u201d to learn: - Lack of use case for BM (not used within private companies, can get by with basic BM in Malaysia for casual convo like ordering food) - Prioritisation of English, Mandarin and Tamil, which are significantly more useful in a world setting. - Also, you\u2019re biased when looking at nons that can speak Malay fluently. Chances are they can\u2019t speak their mother tongue, which make sense cause it\u2019s so hard to master 3 languages.\nI also have a hot take on why it\u2019s hard to learn Malay as a non Muslim: ENTERTAINMENT. Malay culture is so intertwined with Islam, making entertainment content way too conservative. We lack interesting Malay movies, music, drama entertainment growing up. Many people pick up languages through entertainment.\nBincangkan!", "Upin and Ipin! My kids learnt more BM from this cartoon than from school!", "Yep. I did watch some Malay entertainment growing up. The ones I recall are Upin & Ipin, geng bas sekolah. Those on Astro Ceria hahaha", "Bola Kampung hit me real hard reading ur comment", "My kids learnt more BM from this cartoon than from school!\nLol. Mine was Doraemon, Ksatria Baja Hitam, and Space Cop Gaban.\nAnd of course (badly?) translated Slam Dunk and Dragonball comics.", "Suria Perkasa HITAM!!", "wtf, when did they change the name? It was Ksatria Baja Hitam when I was growing up.", "Baja hitam ftw!", "im the non who can speak fluent malay but cant speak my mother tongue. It's kinda embarrassing tbh, but dignity-wise, I rather be able to speak malay than mandarin. Career-wise though, the answer is a no-brainer", "Tbh, aku setuju. Malaysia terlalu conservative. Kita tak ada lah nak budaya barat but kalau boleh tak semestinya cerita Malaysian kena berkait dgn agama. Huhu :(", "I dont think all Malaysia movies are correlating with Islam\u2026. Some of it are more about the malaysia\u2019s culture and way of living as well\u2026. To those people who are always correlating malay with Islam are narrow minded\u2026. Malaysian are more than just being a muslim\u2026", "Kan :D", "I\u2019m talking about Malay entertainment industry specifically. Not Malaysian. There\u2019s so much censorship. Do something a bit controversial or revealing, it\u2019s banned. Tell me that\u2019s not tied to Islam laws.", "I would bincangkan if you're the target group I am seeking answers from.", "Sure but idk what sort of answers you\u2019re expecting.\nEveryone will essentially tell you: people like me can speak Malay cuz we had the opportunity to use it on a daily basis (which is true)", "It is very obvious what he is fishing for, to have a reason to shame somebody else and then he can go back to create 1000th thread about Malaysia using fake Japanese", "Exactly lmao like what is he trying to achieve from his question? Ask anyone in the world why can\u2019t they speak a language and you\u2019ll literally get the same answer from everyone.", "The target group is those who were born in Malaysia but could not speak Malay. Since you speak the language...I don't know, am I not being clear already?", "That target group you're trying to shame - what percentage of the population do you think it is? First, My view is that it's very small. Second, the non Malays today can speak and write much better Malay than the Malays themselves.\nThe question you should be asking is why the quality of written Malay among the Malays so poor nowadays?", "I have a person asking me the same question as well, and I've already given my best answer, Let me do the same to yours.\nFirst of all, why must it be shameful? Who told you that being unable to speak Malay in this country must be shameful?\nSecond, why does it matter how big or small it is? If it is small, does it mean it does not matter?\nThe question you should be asking is why the quality of written Malay among the Malays so poor nowadays?\nPerhaps, but this isn't a purist kind of questioning either.", "Yes if it\u2019s small it doesn\u2019t matter. That\u2019s how the real world works.", "You're lucky the rest of the human race has set of eyes to see something that clearly exists. Yours on the other hand, is literally blind to the smaller and finer things in life.", "Maybe you should focus on your English first before worrying about the non Malays being able to speak a language that has no place in the world.", "Just say you're too uneducated to understand, then maybe someone would help you dumb it down.", "Intereating movie and drama yeah i agree on that, most of the movie are just hantu and gangster, and drama are just soap opera love story.\nThe last drama that really got me hooked was Nur, and movie is probably mamat khalid's hantu kak limah.\nBut music?\nThat i have to disagree, we have the 90's rock, m.nasir's song (the ones he sang, and the ones where he write for other artists), hip-hop scene is decent like altimet and 5forty2, even today we have aina abdul, ernie zakri, and many more.\nBut in all seriousness, our industry isnt that big. Plus with the segregation of melayu, chinese, and indian media like drama, films, and music, just make our industry smaller.\nRemember when there was only 1 industry, and how we got francisca peter, alleycats, etc.\nNow its 3 industry in a nation of only 30 million, even indon with 200 million only has 1 industry..."], ["You\u2019re just looking for one specific answer that you\u2019ve conjured up in your head at this point. People have provided their own takes on why they don\u2019t use BM or learn it and your first reaction is to go \u201cWell, achshually \ud83e\udd13\u261d\ufe0f\u201d\nWhat do you even want at this point bro? People try to give answer to what you want and then you kena going on and on about how specific you want their response to be\nTake your pseudo intelligence BS out of here and stop trying to incite a debate that you want a very specific answer to, you\u2019re not gonna get it", "People have provided their own takes on why they don\u2019t use BM or learn it and your first reaction is to go \u201cWell, achshually \ud83e\udd13\u261d\ufe0f\u201d\nThat's because you're not looking hard enough. The ones I stop replying to are the ones I agree with. Hah, didn't expect that right? The survivorship bias of having a reply to a comment is the only one that gets picked up by our brains, and people don't even realise that there is also a reason why some comments are not responded with.\nWhat do you even want at this point bro? People try to give answer to what you want and then you kena going on and on about how specific you want their response to be\nBaca the top part."], ["Personally I think the demographic that you're looking for is going to be extremely rare, but I'll bite as I think I used to fit the criteria that you're looking for as I was barely able to speak or write in BM until I learned it as an adult.\nPeople that learned to speak BM simply had the opportunity and access to the language itself. They went through education where they got to learn language formally, and many of them were in an environment where they are able to gain proficiency and mastery of the language itself.\nI barely went through primary education due to personal circumstances, and I was studying in a SJKC, given the nature of SJKC where BM is only used during BM classes, I never had the chance to develop proficiency at school as it wasn't emphasized.\nThen I went to a SMK where BM was far more commonly used, however the lack of proper BM foundation that I had back in primary school led to the situation where I wasn't comfortable to interact with my Malay peers in BM, it didn't help that racism was very widespread and I was severely ostracized and bullied being one of the few Chinese in the class.\nI probably could've gained some proficiency had I gone through the entire education journey in SMK, but I dropped out from school after Form 1, then I never went through any sort of formal education well until adulthood.\nMy only source of information and knowledge was from the Internet, and the media that I consumed were all in English, my English proficiency was lackluster in the beginning too, but as I immersed myself in it over the years, I was able to be fluent, this comes at the price that my mastery in other languages(Mandarin/Malay) were stuck at the level of a very underperforming primary SJKC student.\nOnce I became and adult and decided to go back to pursue formal education, I forced myself to learn BM properly, that's the beginning of how I started to improve my BM in college, although my command of it was still very poor.\nThings started to change when I landed a job in a company where I was the only non-Malay, I was given the opportunity to immerse myself in BM as that's what being used by my colleagues for casual interactions. Now my command of BM is actually pretty decent and even have a bit of the native Malay accent after working there for almost a year.\nNow I hope that answered your question!", "I had a worker who is a Chinese can speak like native malay after 3 months of working in m'lay only company. Of course interaction is needed lah, but that is the reason why I still think improve interaction between races is the only way to solve this \"bad in bm\" issue: break the wall between races, break the barrier in language.", "Ah, that opens up a lot. I've only heard from 3rd party sources, but it is refreshing to hear it directly from the ones who experience this. Thanks!", "So do you find it anymore different than what me and others have given?", "Yep, with a few insights here and there. You always hear people say, \"Aiya, people's lives different mah\", what you don't hear are the actual story of those differences.", "Such as?", "You always hear people say, \"Aiya, people's lives different mah\", what you don't hear are the actual story of those differences.\nThe answers presented here and yours are a few of them."], ["Wait...is this addressed to people who can't speak a single word of Malay, or those who can but can't speak with native Malay accent?\nBecause to be honest, I've never really met a single person in my life who can't speak Malay. Most of them can speak to a certain degree. So there's broken Malay, those who can't speak Bahasa pasar and people who speak with different accents..but I've never really interacted with anyone who has claimed that they can't speak Malay. Maybe it's prevalent among kids from international schools...but that has to be a small minority"], ["<image>\nHe can be a fire fighter, teacher, doctor, soldier, astronaut etc. What do you think made him learn to use it in a way that you, on the other hand, could not?", "If you think about it, it is really not that hard nor deep of a question. If you were to ask me, the answer is simple:\nI am not interested nor motivated to be any of those things. Now, are the answers the same for the others as well?", "And that bothers you because you can't keep making Malaysia keep using fake Japanese thread?", "And I wish I was getting paid for every presumptuous reason people make about why I do the things I do.\nI could be making money directly for every BS said about me, but one can only dream."], ["Many people can suap with their hand.\nI dont.\nIs it easy to learn? Yes.\nDo I have friends who suap with friends, yes.\nHave I learn it?\nNo.\nWhere am I going on with this? I don't know. I just know that I don't want to judge someone's loyalty based on what language they know or don't know. I also not free enough to question someone who don't want to learn bm.\nIf they are not loyal, they are not worth my time and they will leave malaysia soon.\nIf they are loyal, then knowing bm or not doesnt even matter one bit in my eye.\nThat said, I will defend the importance of bm in malaysia, which. Again, is not important to those who don't want to stay in malaysia. And they aren't worth my time to argue with..", "your eye doesn't represent the many eyes that view the same things\nso don't bother telling your one sided view that you may want to silently persuade others...\nit is just don't work anymore\nIf they are loyal, then knowing bm or not doesnt even matter one bit in my eye.", "Every view are one sided, and argument are just clashes of said 1 sided view until an understanding can be reach, or both sides still maintaining their 1 sided view with knowledge of the other's side view.\nBesides, my 1 sided view are not applying onto other people, as I have mentioned that is my own opinion, one that I didn't and couldn't force onto anyone.\nUnlike the opposite view.\nIf you aren't bothered to engage in an argument, why are you replying then? What is the point of your comment except to show your intolerant to other people's opinion.", "just asking ... those idea you said , is something not common on popular believe .. its intriguing :26554:", "Sound more than just asking but if you said so..", "your eye doesn't represent the many eyes that view the same things\nThat's understandable. But what exactly is \"different\" with that eye? More importantly, if they are also like you, then what must be \"different\" here? A more verbose explanation and elaboration of this very \"difference\" would be appreciated.", "means , its just we all have a different opinion", "Yeah fishes have different opinions too about climbing a tree, but at least we figured out it;s because they can't even live outside of water to climb a tree. You see how easy it is?", "huh? fish??"], ["me, trying to understand OP\u2019s question:", "It's quite simple. Instead of me asking, \"Do you know what you did that is wrong?\"\nIt's more along the lines of:\n\"Why do you think others think you must be doing something wrong, even though you sincerely believed you haven't? What do you think they must be thinking in their heads? If they must be wrong, what are they specifically wrong about?\""], ["\"native Malaysians who cannot speak the Malay language\"\nSeriously, for all the guys who keep asking about this demographic, my question is simple:\nHow many people is this? 1 in ten? 1 in ten thousand? 1 in a million?\nSo much time and words on a demographic that's never been quantified, or anecdotally even seen. At most I know and I;ve heard of people who can't speak Malay well, or decline to speak it, but cannot speak it? That's a rare beast indeed.\nI ask OP - what is the numbers of this populace? Have you run across them? Have you asked the questions above to them?", "I have not once saw a malaysian who cannot speak malay. My mum who never had proper education can speak broken malay. Argued with malay before too. All the lu taklak betul, lu salah dulu. Haiya tak mau macam ni and what not.\nI did saw a lot chinese who aren't willing to speak bm or rather, refuses to communicate with malays just because they have bad crasp of bm.\nMy friend on the other hand, swore that he has met plenty of UEC chinese who couldn't speak bm. I'm not sure that is true or they are just refusing to lose face and speak bm. That wedged him firmly In \"chinese must know bm\" cmp.", "At your own convenience, do try to extend the courtesy of the same questions to them if you can.", "I will but of all the UEC students I have met, all of them have no problem speaking with malay. Bm speaking languge class is a VERY lucrative business among the chinese.\nSource: my wife from UEC and I'm okish close with her batch.", "what is the numbers of this populace? Have you run across them?\nDon't know, and failed to see the relevance.\nHave you asked the questions above to them?\nWhich is the very purpose of the question raised as the topic? I thought I was literally doing the very thing you asked.", "Don't know, and failed to see the relevance.\nLet me introduce you to a concept known as JAQ-ing Off. The link goes into more detail, but essentially it's a type of troll when someone asks a loaded or a disingenuous question as a method of getting a baseless claim through.\nSo the relevance is, I'm trying to understand if you're asking this in good faith, or are you a troll.\nSo again, is this actually a demographic that is prevalent? Is it something that you have run across in your life so frequently that you feel the need to explore?\nSince your response to both is no, then again my dude, what is the point here? Especially considering that you've framed your question in a particularly accusatory form (which is the loaded part of your question).", "So the relevance is, I'm trying to understand if you're asking this in good faith, or are you a troll.\nThis usually only happens when people feel that they are being challenged, as opposed to being an actual, reliable tool to actually determine if someone is merely doing all of this in bad faith. Allow me to answer your questions to prove to you why.\nSo again, is this actually a demographic that is prevalent?\nThe honest answer would be a simple \"I don't know\", but if I am getting to what you're REALLY asking, the answer would be, \"I can only suspect that it must be too small of a number\". This is why I answered the way I did earlier because I could not see the relevance of how small of a number must somehow dictate an absolute feeling (or worse, dogma) of insignificance. So if there aren't enough people to cause problems, it must be then, \"not a problem\"? Surely you notice a fallacy right there to outright dismiss the existence of something on the mere small number of its 'prevalence', as you have put it.\nWhich answer would be considered for you to be the actual number where it would be \"sufficient\"? Similar to the answer above, the mistake of your framing is that if something must be small, not only it shouldn't be given an F, but it should therefore, not be given an F by me as well.\nWhich answer would be considered for you to be the actual number where it would be \"sufficient\"? Similar to the answer above, the mistake of your framing is that if something must be small, not only it shouldn't be given an F, but it should therefore, not be given an F by me as well.\nThe mistake you have made here is to assume something should never even be brought up if it was deemed insignificant, despite the fact of its objective existence.\nthen again my dude, what is the point here?\nThis might be weird to most people, but in case you didn't know, there are people who are driven solely by curiosity. Not everything is an agenda.\nEspecially considering that you've framed your question in a particularly accusatory form (which is the loaded part of your question).\nOnly if you decided to view it within such myopic frame of references. You are literally GIVING back the POWER to those who are usually caught defending their own positions to justify their \"Malaysian-ness\" solely for not being able to speak a specific language.", "Only if you decided to view it within such myopic frame of references.\nYour own phrasings here:\nWhat do you think made them learn to use it in a way that you, on the other hand, could not?\nWhy do you think others think you must be doing something wrong, even though you sincerely believed you haven't?\nWould it be fair to say that those who are perhaps stuck in a non-Malay, insular environment would likely not be able to speak the language?\nNone of this are objective phrasings. They are accusations of, in turn, incompetence, arrogance, and being separate. Additionally, your method of throwing out paragraphs in response to simple queries certainly seems questionable.\nNone of us are owed any presumption of good faith. Sometimes first impressions are all you get online. Your opening to this query, and the responses you've provided here honestly leads me to the conclusion that you've crystalised your views, and are simply trying to look for justification after the fact.\nAll the best. HtH, HaND.", "Those questions are perfectly legit if you're not trying to put the victim on the spot. If you can only myopically see negative outcomes and values from these, then I submit to you that is only the fault of your own cynicism by literally subjecting them to the dogmatic view that they must be doing something wrong, as opposed to giving them the freedom to approach the issue by literally getting them to participate in the space.\nAnd as previously mentioned, none of these are rhetorical, and I am actually seeking an answer.\nAnd you need to stop thinking that they must be doing something wrong, and I sincerely believe this is why you think these questions are there to just \"expose\" them."], ["So here\u2019s my perspective as a cina.\nGrowing up, I have zero reasons to use BM, except BM classes during SMK.\nDuring secondary , I hang out with Malay, Indians, and Chinese, and we basically spoke English out of convenience for all 3 races.\nFast forward to university, English all the way.\nI even forgot how to speak Chinese, when I go to work , i can still understand Chinese but it\u2019s so much of a delay in my brain as I\u2019m so used to English.\nSo, I think it\u2019s just the placement that life puts you in.\nIf someone is in a place where they can utilize the BM language, then they will excel in it.\nCan\u2019t blame people not speaking BM when they don\u2019t have place to practice or used them. Heck even the mamak shop also speak English.\nEdit : also, online gaming , dota 2 and csgo, gotta trash talk in English.", "That's your reason for not learning the language. In case you haven't already realised, the way I asked the question is different.\nI wasn't asking \"why you don't learn it\", I was asking, \"why do you think people like you decided to learn it, unlike you?\"\nThis means, instead of asking you to \"explain yourself\", I was asking you to \"explain others\" to see if you could come up with something.", "I did learn BM\u2026 I just don\u2019t have any where to practice it.\nEven the mak cik at pasar malam speak English with me\u2026..\nAs stated , I couldn\u2019t converse the same, because I wasn\u2019t in the time and place to use it.\nTak kan if my mom speaks to me in Chinese I reply her in BM rite ?\nTak kan at work, my boss speaks to me in English I reply in BM rite ?\nIf one grows up in a mono-language area, they will be bound to speak that language.\nI have Chinese friends who speaks really good Malay, because they either worked for a Malay company, or grew up in a BM centric area where everyone speaks BM.", "You might have missed my question the first time. As previously explained, I wasn't asking you to \"explain yourself\". I was asking you to \"explain others\", do you understand the question?\nTo clarify, I am not asking you to justify why you are not learning/using it. I am asking you about why the others who are, in many ways, who are like you, but are able to speak the language? What exactly THEY are doing that is different from yours?", "I think his last paragraph answers your question.\nMaybe you yourself not understand your own question?", "Nope, I missed it because I was too overwhelmed with the initial self-defence in the first few lines. You can also see that he has explained it again on the next post.", "Like I\u2019ve answered, time and place to use it.\nPeople like me, or cina like me, who have the time and place to use it, be it because they live in the area which are predominantly speaking BM, or they work in a place that speaks predominately BM.", "Would it be fair to say that those who are perhaps stuck in a non-Malay, insular environment would likely not be able to speak the language?", "It\u2019s more likely they would speak broken malay, atleast some malay knowledge is needed to survive even if broken it\u2019s pretty hard to find people who don\u2019t completely know how to speak malay"], ["The more I see these posts , the more I refuse to speak it", "And you wonder why people just don't \"know things\". Of course they don't, cos' nobody told them."], ["The way I see it, it's mostly come down to your environment and who you interact with. I have friends, colleagues and clients who are Malay, that alone is more than enough impetus and opportunities to utilize BM.", "Would it be fair to say those who are stuck in non-Malay, insular environments would then, have the perfect reason (or imperfect, depending whom you ask), to not be ever able to speak the language?", "non-Malay, insular environments\nWell I wouldn't necessarily describe it like that, I don't think my environment can be described as wholly \"Malay\", rather I would describe as \"the Malaysia experience\", where you have to interact with other races as well.\nSimply just try to \"diversify\" your interaction a little, and things would happen naturally, at least in my experience.\nFor context I am Malaysian Chinese, btw.", "In that case, allow me to ask this rather crude question: How prevalent it is for any Malaysians to ever be stuck in an environment where they would somehow feel that they didn't need to interact with other races, hence perhaps, giving them a good reason to not ever use, or ever be bothered by it?", "I can't answer this is, sorry.\nI can't remember a time where I don't interact with other races.\nI think you have to ask someone else for this.", "That is because the question isn't directed at you, but to Malaysians in general.", "Well it does seems you are directing this question to a certain subset of Malaysian.\nAlso I think such questions can only be answered in a form of a survey, tbh.", "Maybe, or if I bother to just do interviews with people in the streets."], ["I have passed my Bahasa Malaysia SPM subject (it was emphasized to be Bahasa Malaysia, not Bahasa Melayu back in the 80s and 90s). I can understand BM newspaper if I even want to read it. I can understand BM blog posts if I want to read it. I can translate some BM words to Eng/Chi.\nI can't speak fluent pasar BM with Malays. I don't need to use it in my daily life. Am I a Malaysian? Yes 100%.\nJapanese speaks Japanese. Spanish speaks Spanish. Yes I know. As long as someone has Japanese/Spanish/Malaysian citizenship, they are Japanese/Spanish/Malaysian. During the Australian citizen exam, the Australian government will cater for your language needs. You want to answer the questions in Chinese/Vietnamese/French/German? Sure they will provide an interpreter for you.\nMalaysian Citizenship is not based on about how pasar your BM is. If Malaysia wants every citizen to speak pasar Malay to be considered a Malaysian, put it as SPM subject and we'll confirm score higher marks.\nWe have met our SPM criteria. I am still a Malaysian regardless of how much I want to interact with you people and learn your pasar rojak language with not much usage in the grand scheme of things."], ["Malaysian Chinese here, currently study in sekolah menengah and most of our malay is sort of ok but still not fluent enough to hold a more than 5 minute only malay convo, what I'm seeing is those who have a more diverse/or malay majority environment will be better at malay since they are immersed in the language\nI got lucky compare to my peers since dad always let me interact with indian and malay sometimes foreigner kids since young therefore having better grasp at both malay and english compare to my peers who lived their lives almost only chinese(other than travel or order food)"], ["Eh, why your peer can score more a/earn more than u ah?\nWhy can't you do things differently to get the closer result as them?", "Simple. Because I didn't care as much. Are the answers the same for the others?", "That could be one of the reasons\nBut it's a vague and simple answer. Can you elaborate?"], ["I just don't care, I'm privileged enough not to need to use and learn it compared to my peers.", "Lies. People who don't care don't go to reddit.", "Lol this is the answer you wanted", "What language r u typing in?"], ["Most rtarded redditor this OP is and that itself is an accomplishment"], ["What do I think of those I know who are from various backgrounds (apart from Orang Melayu), and can speak much better colloquial Malay than me? Instead of what I think, they think that they are still 2nd class citizens; they think about the shitty wages, increasing Islamization of this country, poor public infrastructure, unending corruption, leaving this country."]]}
{"title": "So many malls in KL, how does it contribute to our economy?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nho7j/so_many_malls_in_kl_how_does_it_contribute_to_our/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Jobs. A lot a lot of jobs.", "somehow I understood the reference"], ["Malls provide space for shops.\nShops provide goods and/or services in exchange for money.\nMoney moving around contributes to the economy.\nq.e.d malls contribute to the economy.", "Shops need workers so they create jobs", "malls also create a ton of jobs on their own. building maintenance, cleaners, admins, sales and marketing, security, etc.", "Don't forget the tax!"], ["not everybody go window shopping tho....", "No shopping for me since I dont own any windows", "thn you should own a mac", "Gotta have em Apple to keep the Doc away", "doc be like..."], ["Im more curious why are there so many of them and somehow each of them are equally packed", "free aircond", "nah, i think the ones that you visited are the more famous ones. Half of berjaya times square mall is dead, the same goes with KL gateway mall and so on....", "Can you name some more dead malls in KL? I love visiting the not crowded malls in KL. So far quill city mall and cheras sentral have been my go to malls.", "Gurney Mall Keramat, Endah Parade, One Shamelin, Scott Garden"], ["I love it.\nUnlike some other countries with nice weather, they can walkaround outside at park, places etc. For us in Malaysia, the hot weather is a big no no, so walking inside a mall is perhaps the best choice, especially with my family.\nI love it."], ["Money laundering"], ["Economy is improved when the money is highly liquid. Let's say A buys sex from B for RM 10, B buys food from C for RM 10, C buys accounting services from A for RM 10. The same money brings benefits to 3 different people. This is better than a stagnant economy where A keeps his RM 19 n B goes hungry n C cannot solve his accounting needs. So, anything that generates economic transactions/ activities is good for the economy. Malls are a form of market and marked are good for the economy because markets put people together n induvr them to trade with each others"], ["They are brainwashing tools of the elite to make you aspire towards purchasing branded goods at inflated prices that your broke ass can't afford so you use BNPL and keep working obediently for your salary to make the monthly payments for your sneakers.\nMalls are the Malaysian equivalent of Roman gladiator fights - bread and circuses keep the plebeian classes happy.\nEdit: forgot the /s", "thank god all these b20 know what up n go there just to waste elite ekon"], ["I feel like most of the boost comes from the construction and reno. The big boss of these companies benefit"], ["Yes, people are actually spending money."], ["Hmmm, everytime I go to a mall I normally spend about rm500-700 per trip. It's not much, compared to some of the super big spenders, but pretty sure some of that helps profits and salaries."], ["Are you seriously asking this question?"]]}
{"title": "\u2018Sebarang panggilan mengaku pegawai NSRC adalah penipuan\u2019 \u2013 Bukit Aman", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nik4q/sebarang_panggilan_mengaku_pegawai_nsrc_adalah/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "NSRC = National Scam Response Centre", "comments": [["Got this exact scam call yesterday. Just told them \"emak kau punya bhangsat la\" line disconnected immediately", "Yes.\nThe process,\nWe are gov anti scam organisation, Your phone number WhatsApp Telegram have been hacked and abused in scamming thousands of victims.\nWe are going to freeze your bank account.\nCall from a mobile phone number, 01X-XXXXXXX.\n**For potential vulnerable victims out there,\nYou can try to verify the office number source via official websites. You may assume all unknown mobile numbers are scams.", "Not \"mak kau hijau\"?"], ["<image>"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia set to lose 2.3m hectares due to deforestation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vtmks/malaysia_set_to_lose_23m_hectares_due_to/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Working as a foreign nurse in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ni1rs/working_as_a_foreign_nurse_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Anyone knows any foreigners that worked as a nurse in Malaysia ? Or any experience working in the medical sector as a foreigner. Couldn't really find much information on the job market for foreign nurses in Malaysia except that the goverment is encouraging hiring of them till next year.\nI'm asking because my girlfriend is a nurse but working in Europe. Was wondering if she were to come to Malaysia, would she be able to land a job as a nurse or it would be super tough.", "comments": [["its going to be super tough and nurses get paid like trash over yere", "Is that for private or public hospitals ?", "both"], ["Low pay with heavy workload, try Singapore"]]}
{"title": "Car almost had an accident due to confusing road direction near Kajang.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nhqfg/car_almost_had_an_accident_due_to_confusing_road/", "num_comment": 166, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["My P ass would cry at this road", "Everyone will cry, and picture what would happen if the light went out.", "I live in kajang, even with my mum pointing it for me I nearly went the wrong way. I hate this road with a passion", "I blame the design of that road & the dark environment, diverging diamond interchange can be make a little more fool proof.\nYou need a little curve on the exit to the point it is so obvious that you need to turn. And the road sign need to be lit up with LED signs.", "Where in Kajang is this?", "Near Kajang Exit PLUS Highway", "There\u2019s one very important sign that\u2019s missing here. THIS.\nIt\u2019s mandatory in many countries.", "the sign is present in both directions", "Oh, I see it now.", "Not really sign problem, the driver is confused becuase oncoming switched from the usual right to left. There are a few roads like this around PJ/KL too", "I\u2019d cry too \ud83d\ude2d"], ["<image>\nIts a diverging diamond interchange as pointed out by a commenter.", "This will work in countries where people are educated to both look and think when driving.\nBoth are very well missing in many kampung drivers.", "Meanwhile city driver. Bapak aku punya jalan", "Just confusion with extra steps.", "Here's why it's not", "True, this can works because of the road space and it flows nicely so people won't be confused. In OP's video, the road (bridge) is narrow and did not flow as nice as your example. I also had been on this bridge before (first time, at night) and luckily I'm using Gmaps and if I didn't, I might be like in situation like in OP's video", "am I the only one who don't get confused the F out on SPUI/Diverging diamond? We have a lot of those in newer highways, & modified diamonds due for better traffic flow. But my bet is the car driver was a uncommon highway users that got confused the F out, as assumptions every diamond interchange is the same diamond interchange.\nAnd don't get me started on people who break and waiting going to the left @ LDP/Federal Highway/LDP Penang Bridge interchange.", "For the uninitiated, first timer, it would be confusing, I guess. It goes smoothly once you've learned it.", "Yeah. An observation on road signs is a good move too. JPJ tests already tell you to keep an eye out on every signs on a junction for better understanding.", "Follow the signs and arrows.", "The problem is the fact that unlike most of the other DDI in Malaysia (which are newly built interchanges, the one in Kajang is a retrofit (and not even a proper retrofit for that matter...) the point where they changed sides should.l have been brought further in a way that the only way it could go to the wrong side is by making slight inconvenient left hand turn", "Whoever come up with this shit should get in a car accident", "This dumbass commentor above me should time travel back to Bandar Baru Bangi and live with that traffic light.\nI study here, I used to call it the \"15 minutes traffic lights\". With this change, it's barely 5 minutes. It's genius and follows how the US does it.", "They got confused because they just blindly depend on muscle memory instead of using their eyes and brain to read the ample signboards placed at DDI to avoid confusion in the first place", "The roadway design is supposed to guide you into doing the right thing, even without reading the signs.\nApparently, it didn't work in this case.", "Diverging diamond works if you have a lot of that instead of just two or three areas.", "iirc the roads were channeled differently too back then right?", "I lived nearby, it helps a lot of the congestion here. Before, this intersection they can only go one lane at a time, after, two lanes at a time. Definitely better.\nBut I think the car in the video muscle memoried this intersection.", "good for locals + very dangerous for visitors = still count as bad design", "It's not dangerous if drivers would open their fucking eyes and follow directions.", "it\u2019s proven to be better", "Whoever got confused must not pay attention while driving. There\u2019s road markings to tell you which lane to go. It\u2019s not that hard", "Better tell the French and Americans then!", "It minimized the congestion, but for those who are unfamiliar will easily get confused.", "like penang bridge @ federal hwy?", "Penang Bridge FH, Sungai Dua Penang IC, The lowest diamond interchange in Damansara Perdana, That Kajang interchange, and I think nearly half of Setia Alam highway diamond interchange.", "Missing some key road lines i think", "tbh this design is freakin stupid. a proper road network planning will not end up using this rule", "Why cant just make it straight. I don\u2019t like such tiba2 USA direction\ud83d\ude44", "Would a roundabout be safer and just as effective?"], ["Here's how this design actually helps reduce congestion and reduce the opportunities for accidents.", "TIL, thanks!"], ["Looks like a diverging diamond interchange, no one was taught about how to navigate this."], ["Not just any car, a Lexus LC500 lol"], ["if youre at a confusing road then drive slowly..", "Or maybe use grab, because they definitely lack the brain power to follow simple road signs"], ["Oh this. The bangi flyover. And yes, whoever planned the road to be like that probably his mother dropped him hard and hit his head when he was a baby.", "It's called a diverging diamond interchange and it's supposed to reduce congestion and reduce the opportunities for accidents. However, it does take time for the population to learn about it and it should be included in driving school. It's proven to be effective across Europe and now the US.", "For anything worth, the intersection from Kajang side has decreased. So other than the awkward turning, its a boon.", "Interesting. So I guess in this case, the opposite driver wasn't paying attention and probably panicked then?\nWhen/where is this interchange style was first implemented here in MY in case you know?", "First introduced decades ago in PJ at the cable bridge flyover", "The problem is, I dont think theres any other roads in malaysia that use this. Yes, people can get used to it, if they often use that road. But those that used it for the 1st time will get confused. I was also 1 of those that almost got into a head on accident when they just changed it. I cursed 9 generation who made it like that.", "Setia Alam 2 main flyover junction uses this now. It drastically reduce the traffic jam. Love this concept but it can be confusing if its your first time and at night.", "Oh so that's what it was. I don't find it that confusing. Just follow the goddamn arrows.", "Got lots of roads la using. The main thing is as a driver you always need to be aware and follow signs. There are signs clearly denoting where to go. If you drive menonong mmg la jadi camni.", "When i said head on, it was not me. I was in the correct lane. The other driver the 1 that was wrong and drove straight towards me, just like what happened in the video.\nThe problem is, that road was not initially designed like that. It was just a normal flyover. They just changed it few years back. Which caused the confusion.", "Yea wasn\u2019t referring to you specifically. The driver in the video clearly wasn\u2019t paying attention to the signs, the lines on the road, the direction of other drivers etc. I\u2019ve seen so many drivers these days with phones on their dashboard literally playing videos\u2026 it\u2019s no wonder these things happen. Don\u2019t blame the infrastructure.", "The design is meant to adapt old flyovers for better traffic flow .. there is no new flyover that have this lol", "Wrong. We\u2019ve had that on the flyover at Federal Highway \u00d7 LDP ages ago.", "You need to blame yourself .. really .. never driven in PJ or Puchong or Klang? Its already been for few years already mate", "Puchong Utama has one and nobody has any issue, Sunway intersection for Federal too, just read the signs and look at the fucking road markings", "It is confusing at first. But it improves the waiting time. We locals used to spend around 5 minutes for a single red light. Now the red light is barely 1 minute.", "Exactly! It looks stupid at first but god the wait time now is soooo much better", "You clearly have not played Sim City or Cities Skylines and it shows", "I think you the one that need to get your head checked\u2026 the diverging diamond is already used in PJ and Puchong for number of years already to reduce traffic.. you just out of boondocks?", "Nope. It has significantly made traffic move faster. It's reduced a lot of traffic. The area isn't well lit though. And that at night is troublesome.", "There are too many styupid decisions that waste money and create problems, but no one is going to take responsibility. Malaysian is too easy going with the takapa lah attitude.", "In reality it was your mother who dropped you when you were a baby. The interchange significantly cuts down traffic and wait time, and has had very few incidents since it first started.", "And how do you know had very few incidents? I had used that road a couple of times and had seen even in daylight a car almost accidentally entered the wrong lane and then reversed.\nThere are people here that said such intersection does exist. Sure, the 1 at setia alam is wide and was built with that kind of intersection. The angle of the road exiting the ramp is already designed for that kind of intersection. The 1 at federal from suway the road is wide and the ramp is not that steep. This bangi 1 to me is not suitable for that type of intersection. Because the flyover is just small and was not initially designed for this kind intersection.\nI believe its a catastrophe waiting to happen.", "People are stupid and accidents happen even on regular roads. People have driven wrong way on clearly marked highways in broad daylight. People don't use the right lanes in roundabouts. People go through red lights even though clearly red. People drive drunk even when they know of the risks. And many more. What's your excuse for those?\nThis kind of thinking is the same as Americans not liking roundabouts because they're not familiar with it.\nI literally use that intersection everyday, at least twice a day every day. Incidents have been extremely rare, let alone accidents.\nIf the intersection is so bad as you say, then there would've been protests/uproars considering it's a very high traffic area. But there hasn't aside from few complaints like yours.", "Maybe stupid people who can't follow the road signs and marking should just not drive entirely. Why need to dumb down proven road designs for stupid people? Avg people also need to suffer because of stupid people."], ["I pass by this everyday, only a moron would make such a mistake, just follow the damn arrows", "Exactly. People here complain about traffic. Give them a solution and still complain. For first timers, just follow other drivers. Even if you\u2019re in front of the line, you can see where cars in the other junctions move to so you\u2019d have an idea. Don\u2019t play on your phone and have situational awareness.", "you don't even have to do that just follow the arrows man \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d some people need their license revoked", "FR. i also used to drive here daily and am a bit on autopilot sometimes, but just need to lalu once and it clicked. I don\u2019t get the comments saying we\u2019re not educated for this \u2014 why is that needed? Don\u2019t turn off your brain when driving pls!", "yeah, also if you started driving here years ago u remember how hellish the traffic was when it was a normal intersection. I love this design", "aku pun wonder. dia tak nampak eh line atas jalan? \ud83e\udd14 (though in his defense [by me], tak sure maybe line faded or etc)", "sorry for my limited bahasa knowledge but I assume you're saying he couldn't tell the correct way?\nIt's actually almost impossible to Miss the right way unless you're speeding ( you shouldn't, there's literally traffic lights ) or you're drunk. There is a map in red about how to use the intersection at the traffic light and the arrows on the side and on the road itself is pretty clear.", "yep. he as in the opposite incoming car. cuz from the camera, the owner seems to follow the arrows on the road correctly. & agreed that the incoming car seems to be speeding too (or going a bit faster than cam owner). oh! didnt notice the map you mentioned, lemme go rewatch didnt see a map (maybe outta frame) but sure hell theres obvious no entry signs (from cam owners side but im expectin there should be some too from incoming cars side). thank God nothin happened though", "yup, more like a dumbass driver who speeds and don\u2019t bother to see signboards or follow lines and arrows.", "Dude don't judge the driver like that..this road used to be regular way before it changed to diamond..maybe that person's last drive here is before the change..and it's night summore\nYour every day road may be once in a blue moon for some people", "Again, there are SEVERAL signs. One giant one before you even go into the intersection. It doesn\u2019t matter how many times you\u2019ve taken a road. Driver is clearly not paying attention and going quite fast some more. No one is to blame but the driver here.", "you pass by everyday so in ur mind u already know to navigate ma. normal for you doesn't mean normal for everybody else. outside visitor never know which junction are like this and will only follow muscle memory end up getting shocked. this is hazard for sure", "if you can't follow the arrows and signs on the road then you're the only hazard in this situation", "There are roadsigns and arrows pointing the correct directions, if they can't follow instructions, they shouldn't be driving.", "u first time driving here totally no confuse issit? not even slightly?", "If you encounter confusing signboard and instructions, drive slowly and follow the said signboard and instructions.", "i'm not local like u but what im saying is this design is flawed, non-intuitive. a bad design is a bad design. adding roadmark n signboards itself wouldnt change this fact and certainly won't make it became safer. that's what i am emphasizing. if you think this is safe then it's fine. i only believe safety improvement can be made.", "Someone have posted this in the replies somewhere. There is no problem with the design, the only problem is with the drivers that don't pay attention.\nhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?si=HfThQcJiD1fgm3sj&t=362&v=A0sM6xVAY-A&feature=youtu.be", "Who\u2019s in the wrong?", "the opposite car, as you see towards the end of the video another car uses the road correctly too"], ["Video explaining diverging diamond https://youtu.be/A0sM6xVAY-A?si=gvyO1E-Ubj3hX5kc"], ["Confusing for people who don't pay attention on the road. There's a big ass signboard showing the designated lanes as you climb the flyover and they literally put indicators, small bumpers, bariers on the side to guide your lane. You literally have to go out of your way to drive on the other side.", "Exactly this. You can't miss it if you LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING.", "IMO they could do more with the signage and they should change the positioning of the traffic lights to make it much more obvious where you should be going. They also used much bigger barriers when the interchange was first converted. Those barriers were the temporary kind, but they should've replaced them with ones that were similar in size."], ["<image>\nI can see the issue is that the median didn't extend enough to prevent car from \"accidentally\" going to the wrong way. Seems to me there's enough space to extend the median (cyan line) as shown in the pic if done properly, if refer to the pics in wikipedia:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diverging_diamond_interchange\n!Also big yellow median to alert drivers at the LDP interchange: https://www.google.com/maps/@3.0843387,101.613145,3a,75y,126.42h,83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0snZ8I4KlrXxiCJpXMouUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu"], ["Just bad cornering practice. Eating into people\u2019s lane."], ["So that car that came in was in the wrong if we just follow the arrows right?"], ["When the update breaks TM:PE :26557:"], ["Back then when im first time lalu this road, also went the opposite way. Thank god it's 3am at the morning, no on was there. Realize it when i used that road again, but this time its 12pm"], ["Like I'm sure there's enough stats and data on their side (hopefully lah) that they thought this is the best way to solve congestion issue here but oh god I would totally drive on the wrong side if I'm driving here for the first time."], ["If it's confusing, should drive a bit slower to understand the route.\nBut they just drive faster"], ["If I\u2019m not miskaen, there are signs prior this intersection and arrows pointing to right direction. Maybe because new driver at night, so not that focused on signs and assume normal road. In daylight its quite clear."], ["that looks like a poorly designed Diverging Diamond Interchange."], ["Ah yes the diverging diamond intersection. Every beginner driver's worst nightmare. An intersection you do not wanna auto pilot on."], ["The change was recent like last year or two and people who didn't visit this area for a while will be confused as that example."], ["trust me the best will be a roundabout. but with a diverging diamond. we can push more cars trough with traffic lights focussed only on 2 roads. trust me i play cities skyline. this shit works. but this one abit too smol to work smoothly cos cars need to make sharp turns.", "Hahaha ganas mat pakai cities skyline", "kene ada kredibility XD", "Kena bawak burden of proof haha \ud83e\udd23"], ["Tak fokus tu, terang2 ada papan tanda dan marking putih (tak luntur lagi) kereta nampak canggih pun masih pening.\nFyi, saya selalu guna jalan ni, sebelum laluan ni diubahsuai, trafik jam sangat teruk lepas ubahsuai trafik sangat lancar dan menjimatkan, nasib baik dua-dua tak pemandu ok."], ["Malaysian drivers do not have the IQ to handle this."], ["As a foreigner, the roads in Malaysia are very weird and confusing. I refuse to drive in this country due to a few close calls.", "If you can't follow instructions, then you shouldn't be driving."], ["I use this road everyday and still get confused"], ["The diamond road isn't a common thing in Malaysia. It's so rare most drivers won't see 2 of them. Users who never use it will often get confused.\nCause it isn't the first time the arrows on the road are fk up. If anyone who has traveled to KL from Seremban 2 will remember that awful crisscross arrows that overlap each other and confuse people to no end. There are many such fk up arrows too, such as old Pasir Gudang road, Batu Pahat, Melaka near the beach, Seremban especially.\nSo the first instinct of the driver is to stick to what is right for them. Not saying the road isn't effective, but it isn't widespread that it is known to all."], ["Wow. Road design like a game."], ["Blaring signs everywhere though not really confusing if you take signs seriously all the time"], ["With the video, i too feel confused with the road"], ["This looks like something that belongs to r/HostileArchitecture"], ["I don't even understand what's the purpose of this design and what are they trying to achieve. There are absolutely no reasons why it needs to be this complicated to begin with.\nNot even in city skyline we need this much creativity.", "this intersection before this was implemented was hell, waiting 7 minutes for the right to turn green every time, now it's down to 2 minutes maximum.", "It\u2019s proven to be effective.\nAlso dumbass drivers exists even on normal roads.", "Diverging diamond interchange takes less space than a clover interchange and also costs less\nBut still shouldn't exist outside CS", "First time I heard of this. With just video alone I wouldn't know wtf is this design at all. Good to hear some proper jargon here that can lead me to some positive google search.", "Imagine thinking you know more about traffic management by playing a game instead of actual university courses."], ["As bad as the roundabout in pj ss3"], ["Below the old subway bridge also hell confusing....why not keep everything to their lanes? Which kepala otak came up with this tahi lembu design", "It's a well known design for reducing congestion, if the driver can't follow simple instructions, then it's the driver that is the tahi lembu."], ["What the heck? Who designed this road? This is worse than that tide control bullshit.", "You clearly have no idea about traffic management", "Of course, and I don\u2019t care. It's confusing as shit. And considering our 'experts' inability to make accurate signs and indicators, I wouldn't trust that arrow on the ground. If you're a learned person making amenities for the public, it's your responsibility to make something that layman public can use easily instead of shok sendiri.\nKISS. Keep it simple, stupid. Left is go forward. Right is go backward. Stick to that and that alone. Instead of making roads that converge on one spot, make an overpass or underpass or provide alternative routes. Don't do this confusing bullshit.", "Clearly you're too angry to drive. Don't.", "Thank you, stranger on the net for giving me a free remote psychoanalysis evaluation from the comfort of your armchair. Truly appreciate you taking the time and effort to tap into the astral network for me."], ["Salah Apple Maps"], ["The first few times i used this road my heart rate was pumping like crazy thinking if i got the correct lane or not"], ["This intersection seems to go viral from time to time"], ["I think there is one similar bridge lane in some place in Puchong (I went there once only) and it confused me at first, but luckily it was in the morning and there were a lot of cars"], ["YOU LITERALLY HAVE ONE JOB meme comes to mind"], ["Tesla self driving engineer be like don't like that bro"], ["Fucking diverging diamond man. It's an effective design, but only to those who knows how it works. Had an experience exactly like yours at Puchong"], ["this road is one of a kind in terms of the way it was built. Might be confusing for first timers. its the road heading towards bandar baru bangi. i pass by there every week to play pingpong at a sports arena not far from that area. i hope that people slow down if they aren't so sure about where they are going."], ["Why the heck does this road still exists"], ["Almost a waste of a fine LC500"], ["This kind of junction is called the Diverging Diamond. Its actually really common in western countries. Its the drivers who are not used to this new type of junction and over-speeding thats causing the issue.", "Well it's not common here, not much point in talking what other countries do.", "There\u2019s a point to implementing this kind of traffic junctions. It elevates traffic flow and allows the junction to accommodate higher volumes of traffic"], ["nah man that\u2019s a Lexus LC500 that\u2019s a rich man toy"], ["go to pj, i think on ss2 junction near housing area, more complicated junction"], ["WALAO, apa ni jalan?"], ["Is it ok if we publicly shame whoever thought this design is smart?"], ["I remembered it being a T junction until circa 2021. Why was it changed. Congestion ?"], ["Sadly Malaysian roads not properly planned and designed... Lots of copy ideas but not properly studied."], ["Ye ke? Been using this road many times no issue one. This road people know this road. Skill issue one la. Where got many accident here"], ["Is this the one near SG Ramal? It was quite confusing as previously the road direction was different, and I seldom use this route, thankfully there were cars ahead of me so I just follow them"]]}
{"title": "Lebih 1,000 penguatkuasa serbu \u2018mini Dhaka\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nho48/lebih_1000_penguatkuasa_serbu_mini_dhaka/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["1000 people? whos in there? rajnikanth movie antagonist?", "They apparently detained 1,100 illegal immigrants today", "Massive brawl or mass 1v1?", "Free for all brawl"], ["Rakyat Malaysia perlu lahirkan lebih banyak anak untuk menambah populasi rakyat negara ini supaya kita bolehlah kurangkan kebergantungan kepada warga asing.", "ini bukan masalah anak yang kurang, tapi disebabkan\n- generasi muda yang malas (sehingga aunty myanmmar pun tegur secara terbuka)\n- orang asing lebih rajin dan murah\n- korupsi di imigresen dan kawalan sempadan + sempadan kawal lemah di kedah/ kelantan / perak / sabah senang diceroboh)\n- Ringgit Malaysia semakin lemah sehingga anak MY yang rajin dan berupaya sudah pergi Singapura dan negara lain", "Setuju ngan yg lain tapi brain drain tu mcm tak relevan dalam konteks PATI ni", "betul tapi maksud saya adalah realiti SGD vs MYR :\ncuba bayangkan\n- cuci pinggan / buang sampah / kerja labor / grab di Singapura dalam SGD, balik MY lebih kaya dari M40\n- cuci pinggan / buang sampah / kerja labor di Malaysia dalam MYR, B40 selama-lamanya kalau tidak berusaha belajar ilmu baru atau naikan pangkat", "Ah, I see what you mean. Yang rela buat kerja\u00b2 labour ni semuanya better and prefer pergi Singapura drpd kerja kat sini.", "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahha"]]}
{"title": "Teen sexual crimes spike in Kelantan, raising concerns", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nhkw1/teen_sexual_crimes_spike_in_kelantan_raising/", "num_comment": 71, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Spike because the cases got reported or last month of the year, police last minute process the case for kpi?", "Gonna be honest\nIt's the yearly \"Kelantan makin teruk\" when it spiked from 90s to 110s (ie 20ish %) while ignoring the total case by country is in the thousands\nIs it bad for Kelantan(or any other states) to have a rise in cases? Yes\nIs the majority of Redditors pretending such cases didn't happen in their own states? Also yes\nTruth to be told, the only reason we keep hearing about Kelantan is because for some reason, every year, only Kelantan Police Chief are worrying about this issue.\nOther states police don't dare make statement on this", "You can count me out from your statement.\nThe main reason why I will pick on Kelantan criminal case raising is that PAS playing the religious sentiment. Coldplay consert is maksiat, pawagam is maksiat, kedai Judi is maksiat, no shari'a law means maksiat. Then look at kelantan so holy (solat jumaat, every shop need to closed, no migle between man & women) without these maksiat and still criminal case raising, now who to blame.\nI can gave another example. Pas say banjir at Penang & Selangor because DAP, then when banjir at kelantan dugaan tuhan. Please don't make a echo chamber of yourself\nEdit To summarize : Kelantan is claimed to be the holiest place in Malaysia. Other state are terjerumus in the sea of maksiat. Now result prove otherwise because criminal case raising. So I laugh at kelantan.", "PAS more worried about pressing issues facing the rakyat...such as \"Baju pramugari udara MAS terlalu ketat dan seksi dan menjolok mata\"", "Blame the hypocrisy? 100%, please do\nPAS are penunggangs through and through\nI just wanted to point out every year this same thread comes out due one and only one reason.. it's because Kelantan police Chief are the only state to make a statement on this issue", "No. It\u2019s not. Bukit Aman frequently made this remarks about Kelantan. I have been following similar news. There was another similar news back in August 2023 where Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan mentioned \u201cKelantan has one of the highest number of sexual crime cases in the country\u201d. Quoted by NST.\n\u201cEighty percent of the sexual crimes in Kelantan involved children\u201d.\nWhere as how many percent of sexual crimes in Kelantan vs Malaysia as a whole wasn\u2019t disclosed. Selangor has the highest as of November 2023 which is 2498 cases.\nInvolving children, quoted from an August 2023, D11 unit principle assistant director Siri Kamsiah Hassan said 60% of sexual crimes reported involved children in Malaysia while data for Kelantan is 80%.\nThe data is bits and pieces everywhere. Even Department of Statistics Malaysia Portal does not paint a comprehensive picture. Ie. Race/states/ages are intentionally left out.\nAnother funny thing is: Berita Harian article on the same conference omitted out the Kelantan high crime rate bit.\nMalaysia Boleh.", "Self-censorship huh from Berita Harian to avoid the wrath of the Kelate crowd", "Not pretending that these things don't happen in other states, but statistical-wise Kelantan stands apart from others.\nTo put it simply, if Selangor was to have the same ratio of population to sexual assault cases as Kelantan's , it would have to double it's population.", "No?\n91/2m is only a bit lower than 336/7m(2022 numbers)\nWhere is this \"double\" like the other guy coming from\nSorry like I said, you guys are pretending(or faking data) to fit your own opinions", "If you want accurate data, it\u2019s not 91/2, it\u2019s 91/1.8 and it\u2019s not 336/7, it\u2019s 336/7.2. Half a million difference is a lot.\nAnd with this year new cases, 116/1.8 is literally ~20% jump. It doesn\u2019t matter if Kedah has the highest per capita, it\u2019s still led by PN, specifically PAS. For states that only have roughly 2 millions people, it\u2019s bad.\nIf you compared total number separated by party affiliation, just with Kedah and Kelantan alone, they are still the highest per capita. Almost 30% more than Selangor and Johor for a population of almost 12 millions people.\nThe number speaks for itself. You don\u2019t have to defend them.", "", "^ Contoh terkemuka of people not knowing the actual stat", "Do you have a source for that?", "https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/letters/2022/04/02/sexual-crimes-against-children-up-by-42-wanita-mca-urges-enhancement-of-child-protection\nThis is MCA complaining about the spike from 2020-2021\nUnless there is another announcement of \"kes turun in 2022-2023\" I'm gonna assume the numbers are similar enough", "Child sexual crimes rise 9.5 per cent in Malaysia\nIn terms of sexual crimes by state, Selangor recorded the highest sexual crime involving victims 18 years and below with a total of 338 cases in 2022, followed by Johor (150) and Kedah (149).\nI found another article that shows Selangor has the highest number of cases of sexual crimes against children. However, Selangor has a population of 7.2 millions. Kelantan has a population of 1.8 millions but the number of sexual crime is almost half of Selangor.\nPopulation wise, Kelantan is definitely more rampant for such a small state.", "Just random tidbit\n91(since we're using 2022 numbers, I'm getting it from OP article) is not almost half of 338 xd\nJust from stats alone it seems to be on par with the %?", "So it increases from 91 to 116 in 2023.\nNope. Percentage is still higher in Kelantan by capita in 2022. In fact by crimes per capita, Kelantan is the highest out of all states in 2022. In 2023, Kelantan still remains undefeated.", "116(2023) is still not almost half of 336(2022) unless you fail maths\nHaving 34% of the crimes while being only 25% of population is bad but not \"omg almost half\"\nAnd no, Kedah actually had a higher Sexual crime per capita in 2022.\nThat said, people who's not failing maths knows not to use 2022 numbers of one state to compare to 2023 numbers of another state\nLike I said, you guys likes to pretend data fits to your opinion"], ["Damned DAPs...\n/s", "Crime increased in Kelantan due to Lim Kit Siang\u2019s PM remark :26554:", "Everyone suddenly horny after hearing that a non Malay can be a PM...", "Got to conceive the next Malay PM! Quantity counts!", "I am putting $5USD on the table that at least 1% out of 69.9% of the demographics suddenly experiencing acute spontaneous ejaculation and penile spams that they had to do it, the majority of them resided in Kelantan which naturally falls into the category.", "Or non malay cannot speak bahasa..either one or both"], ["Boikot seks."], ["It must be the lack of religion.", "Hypocris-", "Yes."], ["Not surprised,Kelate has some fucked up people even if they preach themselves as a religious state.", "It more like degenerates pretending to be good people. A lot of them are fucking terrible human beings that easily get power trips so damn hard. They pretend to be good and hide under religion but inside, it's just rotten.\nI live here and I hate every single one of them.", "Used to have a kelantanese neighbour and she was what i call the mistress of con. Owning people money and leaving garbage everywhere. Husband was also a dick.", "Always seem like there's nothing to like about Kelantanese. I've repeatedly heard other Malays telling me they don't like them either.", "Other Malays always say they are \"rasis dengan orang Kelantan\" especially among West Coast Malays", "Aren't you working as a pharmacist in tanah merah or Kuala Krai bro.. Must be miserable day in day out surrounded by ppl you dislike. Any chance can get transfer?", "No way to transfer. I just keep it to myself.", "Sounds like munafiquns", "Kelantan a religious state ? LMAO"], ["Kelantan, where everybody is too pious or pretending to be, and sexual repression is at an all-time high."], ["Buat sibuk DBKL lesen arak, lesen judi, lesen masaj dulu"], ["How did DAP get away with this\n/s"], ["But, but... what about all these people who are holier than the holiest? Surely they must be doing something about it... maybe praying harder might help! /s"], ["More Islam should do the trick"], ["Practice Anal Sex", "Bruh \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "wait till you find out what DAP means in porn lingo...", "Party And Sex"], ["If the news is true.....I think.many people will not be surprised by it.", "Well I'm surprised..... By why they even raise concern? It's kelante."], ["no sepupupupu there, 99% bumi, PAS controlled, no alcohol in 711, all halal...hmm..wonder why...maybe got secret DAP"], ["Negeri K slander, I\u2019ll be there, no matter what"], ["Salahan media-media yang asyik membuat laporan menyebabkan statistik di Kelantan semakin tinggi."], ["Salah dap lge yahudi"], ["What is concerning is that the prepatrators of these crimes are not identified by age.\nSo there is a very real posibility that these are not just merely acts of teens experimenting with sex or even teenager on teenager sexual assault. There might be adult people committing sexual acts on teenagers, which is all the more horrendous because these people should have known better about matters of consent and maturity."], ["SEBAB TU SAYA HALALKAN BERKAHWIN SEBELUM UMUR 12. - Hadi /s"], ["Pretty ironic that one of the most religious states in malaysia has one of the highest sexual assault cases"], ["Quite terrible"], ["from a MP that allows it ok???"], ["AYO"], ["It\u2019s in the books."], ["Like always, media does everything they can to make kelantan look bad :26563:"], ["Sedak abe sedak, tubik masuk tubik masuk"], ["\"How can we blame this on anything but our sex education?\""], ["Ini semua salah DAP!! Mereka semakin berani!!! /s"], ["PAS Shariah Compliant"], ["Nothing much to do there isit?"], ["Clearly because of DAP, the Chinese running the economy and the non Malays not speaking Malay.\nAnd the Yahudis."], ["the more you make it taboo, the more you want it"], ["that's what you get when you have so much repression in the society."], ["Most repressed state in Malaysia, what u think is gonna happen?"], ["Well, well, well."]]}
{"title": "Not all DBKL car parks are free, says city hall - DBKL says surveillance will be stepped up in concentrated areas of parking touts, after car owner complains of a scratch on her car after refusing to pay.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18urum4/not_all_dbkl_car_parks_are_free_says_city_hall/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["When I read this, am I the only one who feels DBKL is a really corrupt scammy government agency. DBKL got millons from assessment fees and licenses and permits that businesses pay. Why the fuck are they subcontracting parking space management, I notice to \"an unnamed private company\"? Why can't they just be professional and apply the same consistent rules to parking everywhere? Instead now it is exposed how DBKL is mandi tahi together with kutu parking. Ain al Tahi should be the name of that area.\n\u201cThis car park is under the control of DBKL, and fees are applicable during office hours until 5pm. In addition, DBKL has contracted a private company to manage eight parking spaces as valet services after office hours,\u201d the statement said.", "This happen when city councils are appointed by the government of the day, instead of locally elected by locals.\nWhile general and state election remains a lost cause, at the very least Malaysians need to take back charge of their own city councils, and elect their own mayors.\nThen again, if the general and state elections is any indication, local elections are very likely a shit show also.", "Well, the effectiveness of local elections is one thing, but it's even admittedly tougher to get people to do it anyway even if it's a damn basic function of democracy because some idiots want to make it about race so now no one can have democracy on a more closer level"], ["It\u2019s about freaking time"], ["As usual, DBKL has been sleeping on the job. Not surprised in any way."]]}
{"title": "Premier: Sarawak\u2019s own airline expected to be up and running earliest by Q2 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nhai8/premier_sarawaks_own_airline_expected_to_be_up/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Loke: Free Prasarana train, bus rides for the disabled in Klang Valley starting February", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nha53/loke_free_prasarana_train_bus_rides_for_the/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "KAJANG (Dec 21): All OKU card holders will enjoy free public transportation services under Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana) from Feb 1 next year, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.\nLoke said the initiative involves all mass rapid transit (MRT), light rail transit (LRT), monorail and Prasarana bus services in the Klang Valley.\nHe said Prasarana was given one month to prepare and coordinate the ticketing system, including giving special concession cards to persons with disabilities (PwD).\n\"PwD users only need to show their OKU card, issued by JKM (Social Welfare Department), and apply for the (special) card.\n\"Prasarana agreed to provide free rides for PwDs, although it has a financial impact on Prasarana, but this is part of their CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative,\" he told a press conference at Stadium Kajang MRT station here on Thursday.\nCurrently, OKU cardholders only enjoy a 50% discount for public transport.\nEarlier, Loke launched the women\u2019s coach pilot project for the MRT Kajang line at Bandar Tun Hussien Onn MRT station in Cheras.\nHe said the pilot project was aimed at improving comfort and ensuring the safety of female passengers, as well as preventing them from becoming victims of sexual harassment.\nSince the MRT women\u2019s coach for the Kajang line was launched in September, he said complaints regarding the issue of sexual harassment showed a downward trend from eight cases in the first quarter of this year to only three cases in the fourth quarter (as of last month), even though the number of passengers increased.\nAccordingly, he said the pilot project would be expanded to the Putrajaya line.", "comments": [["Loke for PM :29091::29091::29091:"]]}
{"title": "Umno won\u2019t accept everything DAP says, PAS man told", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nh4yv/umno_wont_accept_everything_dap_says_pas_man_told/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Umno may not, but zahid? Zahid krik krik about this issue."], ["I hope so. Constructive criticism is best for the coalition."], ["Good lar not like MIC, MCA, Gelakan when with BN"], ["Ya, should just accept the good one"], ["Ambil yang jernih, buang yang keruh\nBruce Lee"]]}
{"title": "All contra lanes at Johor land checkpoints open for Christmas and New Year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nh0vb/all_contra_lanes_at_johor_land_checkpoints_open/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Free toll on 23 and 26 December", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ngw6i/free_toll_on_23_and_26_december/", "num_comment": 48, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Speaking of congestion, KLCC on Christmas Eve gonna get hellish soon on top with CF event.", "What is CF?", "Comic Fiesta, should be", "Celebrity Fitness", "We have so many public transportation options now to go Klcc ,no excuses for this", "The traffic is not the transportation, but human traffic at both KLCCs and the park area", "Ah yes, the 1km long entrance queue from last year", "Shudders"], ["Why is it only 23rd and 26th? Not 23 to 26?", "23rd : balik kampung\n26th: snap to reality, go back to work u slave.\n/s", "Half of the people in my office is gonna balik kampung tomorrow and getting back to work after new year only.", "Yea, once again another baffling decision by the govt... Imagine if you can't take leave on those days, then you go back a day later... BAM! Toll for you!", "Jimat kos, bang@kak.", "Ya loh!!! ?\u20ac<]?+"], ["Maybe it is true, we celebrate xmas harder than western countries :D", "We celebrate any kind of holiday (except PAS)"], ["I\u2019m curious how much does government have to pay for this? Or none?", "about RM 20 million per day (source)", "SHEEEEEEEEEEEESH", "And my mum were \u201csurprised\u201dwhen I said government shouldn\u2019t spend more money because our economy is performimg really bad."], ["Does it start from 23/12 12:01 am?", "Yup\n<image>"], ["I\u2019m leaving the country on the 22nd and coming back on the 27th \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22"], ["As someone who just caught Covid pretty bad for the first time at a relative's majlis, I emplore and remind my fellow nyets to not let their guards down at events and gatherings. If can, do mask up, especially those who are flu-ish and if you're around the elderly. You can save a lot of people a lot of suffering.", "Yep and wash hands and dont forget to stay up to date with vaccine boosters."], ["Noice"], ["Should I balik kampung after work on 22 or hold on until morning 23.\nDecision2", "After work confirm\n23 is gonna be hell on highway", "From where to where", "Bangi to melaka", "Perak to Penang, am also contemplating", "After work go balik kampung, before exit the toll, go lepak tepi tol tunggu ngam2 pukul 12", "Go back on 22, if Hari Raya or CNY is any evidence. You're going to be stuck on the highway cause some dumbass was going to miss their exit but break from right most lane and start slowly crossing to the left most lane causing all the cars to slow down.\nStuffers in 6 hour drive from Melaka to KL"], ["I disagree with this move.\nFirstly, only a small percentage of tolled road users are Christians who celebrate Christmas, and the majority of Christians live is East Malaysia, where there are no tolled roads. So, saying that this move is in conjunction with Christmas contradicts the fact that most of the people who will benefit from this do not celebrate Christmas, and most people who celebrate Christmas will not benefit from this.\nSecondly, this will encourage people to travel on those two days, thus increasing road congestion on the two days, wasting people's time and money and increasing the chances of road accidents.", "First, not only Christians can enjoy the holiday. Others will take the chance of any long weekend to balik kampung.\nSecond, gov need to increase toll price by 10x so no people will travel thus no road congestions /s", "First, not only Christians can enjoy the holiday. Others will take the chance of any long weekend to balik kampung.\nSo why not also have it on the New Year weekend? It's a long weekend, same as this weekend. I'm sure many will also want to balik kampung next weekend.", "Raya got free toll, cny also and Deepavali.\nLater dont do free toll for Christmas, say gov dont care about christians.", "But like I said, majority of Christians will not get the benefit of free toll.", "Country already no money and still government wants to spend more?", "Politics. This is not to get support, but lets face it, many people are angry due to rise in cost of living. These small candies are just to help cool things down a bit. Gov have no choice but to do it. If they dont, the anger may reach a critical point and will direct that anger towards the government.\nSo from time to time, need give out candies so that anger dont continue to go up.", "Bro, can't we have nice things?", "You realise that this is not free, don't you? The government will be paying millions of ringgit in compensation to the toll concessionaires.", "Good.", "Don\u2019t even argue with them, you can\u2019t win anyways", "Guys, chill, he forgot his /s", "Tons of non-Christians celebrate the commercial side of the holiday", "Oh come on let the minorities have some fun"], ["Just in time for cf yeeeee"]]}
{"title": "Did the ADUN in your place send water tanks?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nguie/did_the_adun_in_your_place_send_water_tanks/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Penang is facing severe water disruption since 19th Dec Mon. What was supposed to be a 24 hr repair works have been going on until now. With no end in sight, we need to name and shame incompetent leaders who have started oulling out their invisible man costume. Now, make no mistake, I am in no way blaming the PBA staff and workers as it is defo a hard work (underwater repair requires diving skills among the many others) but the leaders , specifically ADUNs /EXCO who have not shown any support to their community in this time of need . Let\u2019s name and shame!", "comments": [["still exist? even sabahan adun dont even give you water tank and toilet anymore"]]}
{"title": "Tony Pua\u2019s take on learning Jawi in school", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vtlvc/tony_puas_take_on_learning_jawi_in_school/", "num_comment": 228, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Khat issue was probably DAP\u2019s worst managed PR crisis. Got called both race traitors and anti-Malay throughout the whole thing while MCA, Dong Zong, and Mandarin newspapers just continued fanning the fire\nDAP had its share of gaffes in 2023 but, credit to Anthony, are all better managed than that.", "I always tell people that MCA was behind all this- and got the Mandarin papers & Dong Zong to be in cahoots with them. They made hell load of noise during PH1.0 rule.\nProof? After the Sheraton Move, all the noise from MCA stopped. DZ said that the matter has \"been settled internally\". UMNO, PAS & Bersatu (kononnya terpaling Melayu Islam) pun didn't bother to put it back in the textbooks.\nSo the terpaling Cina MCA and terpaling Meu UMNO & PAS played mind games with us just to sabotage DAP and PH. Incredible political chess move by them. Damn bloody smart.", "I can\u2019t stand with Dong Zong. Look at the textbook of UEC, bunch of outdated materials.\nWe could expect this as MCA need to get the attention from DAP. They need to do that for survival. Plus LGE fumes with the TARUC fund.\nLuckily LGE is no longer Sec general for DAP. He really should retire after his pathetic performance in Ministry of Finance. But look at current politics in Penang, CKW is really got attacked by him and his fellow.", "LGE fumes with the TARUC fund.\nTbh, what LGE propose was actually right, by right a educational institution should not be control by a political party. He say time and time again, that the intention was the allocated fund will be managed by the University board of trustee rather than MCA board.\nIn the end, the fund was still given regardless no? But the narrative that Guan Eng did not give money to TARUMT still persist to this day.", "Can we say that MCA's main support base are Chinese chauvinists and traditionalists contrary to what people think are DAP's support base", "Yeah but I think both have chauvinists and traditionalist Chinese. Just that the English-speaking base which once dominated MCA in the early 3-4 decades shrunk so much it became very small. Early MCA leaders like Tan Cheng Lock, Tan Siew Sin etc were all British educated and English speaking."], ["I dont know if this in an unpopular opinion or not but honestly, the whole Jawi fiasco and the people who are against it is so stupid. Jawi is just a writing form just like Latin and Kanji. My dad took some Jawi lessons at school and we're still Indian Hindus cause me and my family aren't insecure to our religion. I personally had some of my Malay friends thought me and my friends to write Jawi as a past time and we in return teach them Tamil and Chinese scriptures. There's nothing wrong learning Jawi as it is just another way to write Malay and it has nothing to do with religion. However, that being said, I feel our education system should focus on bigger issues such as the use AI in homework and projects, the lack of students entering science stream, the outdated exam formats we have and many more.", "As a non-Muslim bumiputera (who has a casual interest in learning languages) I feel the same way too.\nI think the reason why so many people were against it was largely due to misunderstanding and ignorance of what Jawi actually is, and its value as part of not only Malaysian but Nusantara heritage. A lot of people think that Jawi = Arabic language/Islam/etc, but it is in fact just the Malay language written in a modified Arabic script. It's just like writing Malay in other scripts, e.g. katakana or hangul.\nThe more important question is how the syllabus should be handled. This should be made clear to everyone, especially those who are less familiar with what Jawi really is.", "The 1967 National Language Act really messed up the institution of Jawi. Before 1967, a lot of Malay documents and press are written in Jawi. My grandaunt's wedding invitation from 1958 was also written in Jawi. If you ask who made Jawi irrelevent, blame it on the government of that time.", "However, that being said, I feel our education system should focus on bigger issues such as the use AI in homework and projects, the lack of students entering science stream, the outdated exam formats we have and many more.\nExactly", "Wait exams format are outdated? I dont agree. Its just a small aspect of exams but I think KBAT/HOTS question is one of the best exam system out there. The fact that there is no right or wrong answer, and it gives you the most point.", "Maybe I should've worded it correctly. What I meant to say is that our education system is only exam focus and not concentrating on other areas like practical educations as well as teachers teaching students how to answer the paper instead of learning something at school. I have already forgotten certain things I learned in SPM already.", "...There's nothing wrong learning Jawi...\n...I feel our education system should focus on bigger issues...\nYou think the issue is stupid but you've basically surmised why people don't see the point of adding it to our education system.\nThe only benefit this'll have is for nons to (somehow) become more buddy buddy with the Muslims; go find another way to achieve that mate.", "I almost never used cursive writing. Was I forced to do it? Yes. Do I hate that I was forced to do it? Not really. Do you also think extracurricular activities are a waste of time? Jawi is a significant part of our nation's history whether people like it or not.", "But the question you've brought up is this: why do you word it like that? Why is it Muslims Vs non-muslims? Why can't you learn about them more? And don't bring about the whataboutism of \"they don't bother to learn about me so why should I bother learning about them\" because that just perpetuates the problem. Shouldn't the buck stop somewhere? And as many people have pointed out, Jawi is not about islam. It's about national identity. It's just another way to write the Malay language. This just brings about the innate sentiment you hold that the Malay language has no value, hence Jawi has no value.", "Yes, you're correct in that I don't see the value in BM / Jawi. They say BM will make us closer, then Bahasa Whatsapp / WeChat says hi.\nWe don't need more Moral / Sivik classes; have mandatory subjects be actually necessary and shove all the rest into electives.\nIf Jawi is our national identity then we've obviously let go of it in the last few decades. How can it be our national identity when a sizeable chunk of the population can't read it?\nEdit: You mention about the bucks have to stop somewhere; we already have it, it's called BM. Everyone has to learn it regardless if you're in SK / SJK / International. The buck STOPPED, but for w/e fucking reason we decided to shift the buck further.", "There is another reason to object to the teaching of Jawi in school during BM lessons that the pro people never answered. They just harped on that learning Jawi would not make one convert to Islam, and that is correct. Learning Jawi would not make our children \"confused\" and become Muslims.\nIt is true that jawi is just another script for Malay that has been abandoned years ago in favour of Rumi just as Jawi became the script for writing in Malay from an earlier Indian based script (that I cannot recall the name of). The issue is mainly that it is a useless skill in the context of the mastery and usage of modern BM. The time spent learning jawi could be better spent on other aspects of learning to master BM for day to day usage. If as some proponents ague that learning jawi and khat will make pupils/students appreciate the beauty of BM more, then by all means teach that in Sejarah, Art or some other subject without taking the precious teaching time away from learning contemporary BM. Jawi can also be taught at the tertiary level for the students of antiquity or other subjects requiring the reading of historical Malay texts written in Jawi. To the rest of the world, knowledge of Jawi is just as useful a knowledge as Latin is in everyday life.", "Why the fuck should we learn something that is not beneficial when we have our fair share of useless subjects in school already. Teach students what they need to know instead of this nonsense.", "Why do you think that 3 pages of jawi can apparently teach you the point where you can fluently write Jawi. It's essentially just \"btw those jawi word in our bank notes meant this and that\" THATS IT. It's not an entire chapter dedicated to forcing to be fluent in learning the language.", "The 3 pages means new textbooks. Somebody is going to make some money now. :-)", "Ahh yes, apparently the ministry of education decided that every single school must rebuy the year 4 textbook that is completely same in every aspect but with extra three pages.\nSomeone is making rational argument :26554:", "It's fun, pretty, part of the nation's heritage and can help with picking up Arabic. If you had to optimise what kids learn in school, probably can remove art, music (lower median salary) or kemahiran hidup (can hire/buy services) or history (they're not living in the past!).\nLest we forget it's for them to become more well-rounded humans, not just productive cogs.", "Jawi does not equal Arabic. An arab visiting Malaysia would not be able to understand street signs with Jawi script. Arabic and Malay are different languages. This is similar to how an English speaker would still be unable to undertand German signs eventhough both languages uses the same script (mostly)", "I said it helps with picking up Arabic, not that one would know Arabic. If you know your destination's name, identifying what a sign text would sound like does help. (To use your example, you look at a sign, even if you don't know German, you know it's 'Berlin' because you know your ABCs)", "And Munchen too.", "Saying that a writing system of a national language that is in a significant part of Malaysia's history and still used today as \"nonsense\" is exactly why some rural Malays have distrust against a particular group of people", "If they make it as an optional class or after school event, it might be a better solution.\nLike after school 1 hour to learn basic Jawi, all race from all religion can join.\nI as a non-Muslim and non-Malay will join the class lol.", "The reason to learn it is mostly because it's still being used. Not all malays are fluent in reading jawi either. The main point to learn is to at least have a basic knowledge to read it. I also don't think there are such things as useless knowledge. Learning jawi for me is just like learning idiom or pantun or formal writing format or art or kawad kaki. Not everyone really uses all the knowledge that we learn at school but it will be useful at some point either directly or indirectly. I also don't think it's that difficult, put 1 chapter about introduction and basics of jawi in buku teks BM darjah 5 and settle. Move on and forget about it.", "Can't reply to the other comment but jawi is obsolete and has been replaced by rumi. At best, it's basically like calligraphy so I don't see the point of it. To learn a language, you need consistent use of it. Learning it simply from the textbook is not going to work. I remember back then they had sign language in the BM textbook and nobody can remember them after a month because it's not used again.", "Jawi is not a language.", "Jawi is not obsolete. It is still being used in certain official documents. Legal documents written in Jawi are valid for usage in official matters without having to be translated or transliterated.", "Agree 100%. Politicians only need local or 3R issue to goreng. Main reasons they dont mingle with outside world to know how backward we are.", "this 10000%", "Yes we should be teaching them how to sell insurance to our peers how to be successful in MLM!\n/s"], ["there are a lot of invested parties in malaysia, nons and malays alike whose goal is to keep people separated.", "Pecah dan perintah, the only people benefited are the one up there, while the others fighting with each other like a moron.", "tag MCA", "MCA whole purpose is to have Chinese dependant on them to solve issues that should be systematically resolved, but that would render their whole existence moot.", "Better to keep it separated if people equal unity with cultural genocide.\nMaking the whole population Muslim is not unity.", "Found the Chinese uncle", "And you thought that is an insult.\nWhat a pity creature.", ""], ["There is no issue learning JAWI, as long the government can guaranteed Jawi is not linked to Islam and there is no restriction on JAWI usage.\nLike if I want to translate the entire Bible, Torah, or other religion holy book to Jawi, there should be no issue.\nOr if I want to put Jawi in non-Halal stuff like beer and BKT, there should be no issue.\nOr If I want create a banner in Christmas in Jawi should be no issue.", "Imo, the missing voices after she raton move is mainly due to increased awareness and knowledge of what jawi/khat is. I'm not sure about you but I definately learned more about those through other people than dap. So in the end I think there are less people making noice about that issue when they realised that it is not going to impact them as negatively as they initially thought.", "Kinda agree actually.\nThe reason to learn it is mostly because it's still being used. Not all malays are fluent in reading jawi either but the main point to learn is to at least have a basic knowledge to read it. I also don't think there are such things as useless knowledge. Learning jawi for me is just like learning idiom or pantun or formal writing format or art or kawad kaki. Not everyone really uses all the knowledge that we learn at school but it will be useful at some point either directly or indirectly. I also don't think it's that difficult, put 1 chapter about the introduction and basics of jawi in buku teks BM darjah 5 and settle. Move on and forget about it.", "This just further evidence how ignorant you are. Jawi is not even Muslimc stuff for god sake lol. You cannot even read the holy book Quran with it. Muslim people in other country will not understand it. Now read this - Jawi is just a way to write words in BM but using different character.. instead of roman characters they are using characters inspired by arabic\u2026 like how people in this country does before British came and change it to Roman. It just part of the country history.", "There are many people confused weather Jawi is Islamic or not, and thus like I said, a official government statement saying Jawi is not Islamic should settle it.", "Might as well just say DAP controls Melayu /s", "Alteady explain rationally. People like you tend to be ignorant. Masuk kanan keluar kiri.", "as long the government can guaranteed Jawi is not linked to Islam and there is no restriction on JAWI usage.\nJust shows how ignorant you are.", "I know Jawi is not related to Islam , but a guarantee from the government that Jawi is not Islamic and there will be no restriction on Jawi usage (e.g. If English can be used, Jawi also can) will stop all the confusion and help promote the writing style.", "Jawi = Bahasa Melayu. 3 muka surat untuk pengenalan. Dah banyak kali kerajaan terangkan dekat orang awam. Ahli Parlimen DAP pun dah terangkan secara rasional. Pembelajaran jawi tak bersamaan pembelajaran islam. Macam Tony Pua cakap apa masalah dia? Komuniti Cina dan India tak faham bahasa Melayu ke?", "Thus, I can use Jawi in non-Islamic context without any issue right ?", "Like what promoting beer? Pork shop? Have you been to Kelantan, Terrenganu and Brunei?", "Ya basically can be used for everything.\nGlad to hear there are no issue at those places =)", "Subtle very subtle\u2026", "Don't really get what you mean."], ["It was definitely a period that shows irrationality among PH voterbase is not that different with the irrationality within other coalitions voterbase.\nThe same way we laugh at certain groups of people thinking a simple \"Merry Christmas\" can christianized them. We ourself thought that somehow 3 pages that just mentioned what those little jawi word in our bank notes, jata negara etc meant in textbook could \"islamized\" us.\nThe issue should have been discuss from a standpoint that if the 3 pages could serves as an entryhole to future extremist implementing even more than just 3 pages. But instead irrationality takes hold and this simple issue got enlarged ridiculously.\nedit 1: u/UsernameGenerik , not sure if its your video, but it should have also included the later 30sec that talk about the magical dissappearance of the issue suddenly when XX move happen. The ones pouring the fire over and over magically disappeared.\nHere at 1:19:36 if you all interested to continue watching"], ["Chinese here. I do think learning it is great. Heck, to learn new stuff is always welcomed. But, it's better for education to focus more on improving what we have, not to let us lag behind other countries year after year. The addition of Jawi is nice, even better if the actual improvement is focused for our overall system.\nEdit : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/06/drop-in-pisa-scores-worldwide\nLink showing our lag in the education matter. It's bad. We've fallen each year since 2016 if you look deeper into the thing.", "I think it's great to learn new language but if the education system is failing then it pretty much like adding fuel into fire.", "It needs an overhaul. The system failed cause they tune down the difficulty year after year to accommodate the scores. eg; how many pass the exams per year. We are now ranked way below average worldwide. We are on average 3 years behind in comparison to Singapore. Meaning budak sekolah kita dajah 4 sama dengan dajah 1 di Singapore. Malu tak? Don't need to be like Singapore cause they are really kinda nuts, but at least we need it to be better to not lead to the situation now. A 3 year gap is a jaw dropping situation.", "And also it quite surprising that even Vietnam managed to beat us hell even ukraine a country in middle of a war can still perform better than us.", "They put effort into it. Not Nampak budak gagal, kita buatkan senang supaya nampak cantik. Tapi minta ku ajar betul betul tu susah sangat. Ubah score kan senang je.\nTo hit their quota to look good, they did this. Vietnam and Ukraine education have the foresight to look further ahead. We Malaysians are labeled as dumb kids. Ehh ace student from Malaysia? Pfft, must be a joke.\nThe statistics show. So now if you get a degree, it's normal to get out done by others from other countries applying for the same job. Or to say, entering higher education schools like masters or whatnot. And your salary will definitely be lower too, cause you're labeled as meh.", "except its not a language. just a different writing system. i can read it better than most people but its only been \"useful\" when this subreddit has those posts about ads from the 90s talking about guinness beer being advertised in Jawi", "Yupe, you are correct. I should have known better.", "Jawi is just letters, its not a language. You wont understand arabic, you wont learn Islam.\nI think you probably can learn it a month or so. I don't know the correct term, but jawi is just like katakana, meaning it doesnt have vowels accept maybe for \"A\" and \"I\"\nMy point, the fear of jawi was from the lack or understanding, due to PH failure to properly explain / market it. Its just fancy latters so we seem I dont think it will effect our PISA or whatever.", "Its PH total failure because not only MCA and Dong Zong purposely misrepresent the problem, but the newspaper editors are also writing sensational \"history\" lessons on the language as well.", "Saya cina share the same views. No issue on Jawi. Just another language. Should make it as available as bahasa cina and bahasa tamil", "Not exactly new language. Its another form of writing for Bahasa Malaysia. Kinda like Romanise hanyu pinyin and hanzi. So learning it should be under BM class rather than under Islamic religious class.", "Some dude argued with me last time saying studying how the history of this language comes to be is a waste of time and should focus on learning the language instead.", "As many mentioned here, Jawi is a form of script/writing, not a new language. It's like arabic but with some additional letters to support Malay language. I guess PH failed big time when they can't even explain that to the masses.", "But jawi can unite us like captain america in the avengers end game movie and everything will eventually become fine after that \\s", "The reason to learn it is mostly because it's still being used. Not all malays are fluent in reading jawi either but the main point to learn is to at least have a basic knowledge to read it. I also don't think there are such things as useless knowledge. Learning jawi for me is just like learning idiom or pantun or formal writing format or art or kawad kaki. Not everyone really uses all the knowledge that we learn at school but it will be useful at some point either directly or indirectly. I also don't think it's that difficult, put 1 chapter about the introduction and basics of jawi in buku teks BM darjah 5 and settle. Move on and forget about it."], ["\"If my son goes to school and come back a muslim\" I- what \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"], ["I will tell that uncle don't worry I learn english and I don't turn myself into believing Jesus.", "Jesus is Jewish but I get your point", "What Jew mean"], ["wow tony pua sums up the issue from Malay's perspective really well. learning jawi is learning malay language, it doesn't have anything to do with Arabic language or Muslim at all.", "Why should we waste our time to learn something useless is my issue on it", "Language and written script is heavily intertwined with culture and the history of the people that uses it. Losing the ability to understand and read the Jawi script means abandoning a majority of our history that was written in Jawi, which is a lot. Couple that with Malaysians piss poor regard and care to properly catalogue and accept their own history means the death of our identity as Malaysian.\nCalling it useless learn is mighty ignorant and single-minded.", "It is part of Bahasa Melayu, which is our national language. It is still used in many official documents, display, logos, etc. Saying it is useless is like saying Malay language is useless. Which is okay if you are not Malaysia citizen....", "Move on and forget about it\nThere you go, what's the point then... I ain't going to use it in my day to day life.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks", "In that case just park it under BM subject. We don't need another subject just for Jawi.", "Jawi is in BM textbook\u2026 not another subject\u2026", "It is planned to be part of BM subject in the first place. A small topic in fact, as intro to the script."], ["They would give every stick and stone they found to show us they are racist without telling us they are racist.", "Most Chinese Malaysian and Indian Malaysian are conservative in nature."], ["2018 PH gov biggest weakness is their PR. Absolutely horrendous. The Jawi issues and the black shoes issues shouldn\u2019t get as big as it got but they failed to communicate to the people.", "Agree \ud83d\udcaf. And also adding to this, there is two team in pkr which also lead to langkah sheraton. Geramnya aku bila ingat. Penat tau bersorak, berdiri sampai ke malam kat pintu istana masa tu."], ["You\u2019re not a true non-muslim if mere jawi could falter your faith", "You are also not a true Muslim if mere jawi could falter your faith or confuse you.\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/08/22/pas-mp-backs-call-to-ban-jawi-script-on-products-by-non-muslims/1783204", "I will assume you\u2019re not aware of the issue underlying this statement, so let me share. The reason why some Muslims are cynical of non-Muslim businesses using Jawi on their products, mainly food, is because it tries to give an impression that the product is Islamic or Halal when in some cases, it may not be.\nYou will see this in some food products in stores where there\u2019s a Halal logo but looks sketchy, and when you look it up on Jakim\u2019s website, turns out they don\u2019t have Halal certification but used Jawi or such design tricks to reel in Muslim consumers. That\u2019s deceptive, especially if you consider how crucial Halal is to Muslim consumers.\nEducate yourself, or at least be more sensitive to why there are actual logical reasons behind certain statements or actions.", "Based on what you said, the value of Jawi is reduced if we cannot used it at certain place and this will discourage people from actually learning Jawi.\nI assume when you said deceptive part is when people put halal logo when their product is not halal ? I agreed with you , it's illegal and government should take action.\nHowever if I am a non Muslim and my product have halal cert, I should be allowed to put Jawi in my product alongside with the official halal logo.\nOr\nIf my product is non-halal, I should be able to put Jawi in my product without any kind of statement or logo saying it's halal.", "I never implied anything of sort of it being reduced? Don\u2019t put words in my mouth. I said that there are valid concerns about it being used deceptively. If your company applied and received a Halal certification, there is no problem.\nHere\u2019s the distinction: But if you don\u2019t have a Halal certification and intently use Jawi as a way to draw in Muslim customers (assuming the non Muslim population doesn\u2019t read nor understand Jawi given current context), then aren\u2019t you just being deceptive?\nDon\u2019t set up a straw man argument, bro.", "Since Jawi is not related to Islam, there is no issue right ? It may promote usage of Jawi among non-Muslim as well if one of their favorite product is in Jawi. We need to start somewhere right ?", "You just sum up why people are against jawi because of craziness like this. Is it a religious language or not?\nHow can jawi trick Muslims to eat non halal food when it's just a language?", "The only thing urban folks have faith in is money.", "You havr my vote.\ud83e\udd23 Cerita ebiet liew pg sabah uslam kan org kampung, tak lama lepas tu masing\u00b2 murtad.. So many trigered in both situation while the main objective for both party is money.. (donation )", "You forgot to add on power", "Not true", "The irony. This reddit always lambasted Malay muslim community\u2019s ignorance but when it comes to their own race/kind tutup mata pekak telinga."], ["As a Chinese Malaysian,\nuntil our community can deal with our collective ego and accept that being more \"Malaysian\" doesn't make us any less \"Chinese\", we're gonna have to deal with shitty, corrupt politicians (\u00e0 la the MCA) who are more interested in exploiting our identity crisis for personal gain.\nI would much rather be a Malaysian Chinese person than a Chinese Malaysian person, personally.", "The whole point of jawi is to encourage people to speak bm and preserve it. Not to convert. Wholly agreed with your last point. Cheers"], ["The problem is you made it a national syllabus, and jawi is not something only the minorities know. The majority knows what it is.\nYou made it in your manifesto to preserve the cultures and languages of the minorities. Why did you not do that? Where is the recognition for uec? Where is your effort to preserve vernacular schools?\nEven the Sarawak gov was doing better than you. Why would you give blow jobs to the most racist people when they refuse that?", "The problem is you made it a national syllabus, and jawi is not something only the minorities know. The majority knows what it is.\nIt's three page of Jawi that essentially say what those jawi words in your bank notes mean, I do not believe you can teach someone to be proficient at basic Jawi and test them in exams with just 3 pages. I do not believe having a simple \" hey this is what the jawi on your bank notes mean\" = give blow jobs to the most racist people.\nCould it be used as entry hole to expand in future? Maybe, that should be the point to discuss not the fucking apparently 3 pages of jawi can islamized us somehow the same way saying merry christmas will christianize someone.\nYou made it in your manifesto to preserve the cultures and languages of the minorities. Why did you not do that? Where is the recognition for uec? Where is your effort to preserve vernacular schools?\nAs much as I think UEC should be recognized, you seriously want it to be introduced in a time where there are open demonstration against ICERD and reminder that PH was in government for only 22 months and within those 22 month there is even a certain Atuk inside. Vernacular schools still exists even to this day, what are you on about.", "Other than mere accusation, you decide to make no argument here. Get out.", "No problem I dont like here I get out. You? You dont like why you do not get out?", "I feel perfectly fine here. Did I say I do not like it here?\nBlocked because too chicken to use main account. Pui", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Theoretically, jawi (a.k.a. arabic letters) is not islam, but jawi came to this land together with islam. there is a symbiotic relationship between jawi and islam.\nof course, many will say that jawi is intrinsically 'malay culture'...but what is 'malay culture'? For the past 70 years, the status quo and the government has purposely intertwined malay culture and islamic culture, so much so that only an expert in history can properly distinguished between malay culture and islamic culture....heck, even in this country, a malay is legally defined as someone who is a muslim.\nso, why is it surprising that non-muslims in this country, particularly those younger than 50 years old, see jawi as part of islam or an 'islamic thing'? why is it surprising to see non-muslims get anxious when the government that was supposed to promote ALL cultures suddenly push this 'islamic thing' , when almost nobody was asking for it?\nTony Pua get laugh all he wants but i am sure he is well aware of the decades of indoctrination that has been happening in this country to cause huge distrust between muslims vs non-muslims ...and malays vs non-malays"], ["If its just another form of writing malay, and not some ploy to push islam onto everyone then i see no reason why not.\nBut imo, why the fuck do we need to learn a harder form of malay when rumi is literally better and easily understood?\nLets no end up with a situation like japan where those poor students need to learn THREE alphabets."], ["Funny seeing when the cinas kutuk meleis takut salib etc but they themselves are the same prejudice when it comes to jawi lmao"], ["The internet crowd can argue on the lack of utility but the people on the streets opposed this based on racial-religious lines and ignorance. You can't defend that."], ["I think the timing to introduce this is at a really wrong timing where people prioritize livelihood, future of their kids (improve existing education system, reduce burden of the educators and student, by removing the unnecessary not ADDing it) and most important stability of the government (not even 1 year at that time?)\nwhats the point of introducing this? whats the point of learning it? will it help / increase workforce efficiency or competitiveness?\nyou can do this when our country is good enough you know, nothing good to do, ok go ahead but optional.:29091::29091:\nsorry, for bad english. my point is still on the timing / unnecessary to introduce to our future generation.", "I mean if you don't love your own culture, who's gonna take care of it? The British museum??\nEven developed country still have things they need to improve and tweak. If you think there is going to be a period of time when the whole country is sooo perfect and developed that then only we are ready to bring one page of Jawi learning in school, then boy, do I have some bad news for you."], ["There's really no issue with learning jawi, but what was the reason behind the idea? Is it to teach students something new or start islamifying schools? If it was the former then it wouldn't be a problem, but everyone knows its the latter.\nWhy not focus on improving what we already have? Many students in rural areas are really struggling esp with English and stem subjects. Adding a new subject isn't going to do anything for anyone. Hopefully moe wakes up and improves the whole education system as a whole.", "I also don't think there are such things as useless knowledge.\nThat's true! Having an introduction to jawi in a chapter is not a problem and can even give students something new to learn. To me it's only a problem when they're forcing us to learn jawi as it's own independent subject.", "Then why learn mandarin ? Try to chinafying people or what ?", "No one is forcing students to learn mandarin, mandarin is only taught in SJKC and as an elective subject, same with Tamil and other languages (elective subjects in sec school like Japanese German etc)", "It's for the sake of preserving the Chinese culture and the practicality of getting more desirable in the job market. Put that in your pipe and smoke it."], ["where is this from?", "Ong Kian Ming\u2019s new podcast. Link"], ["What the name of this podcast.", "Are We OK?"], ["Sauce?"], ["I always support this 2 guys. No matter what other say about this 2 guy. Tony he really work and serve people under his consistency which i personally witness. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb"], ["Glad they spoke about this. Truly, the jawi debacle was the moment I became apathetic towards the PH government. The petty and arrogant rejection shown towards a harmless piece of Malay culture had validated the words of my PAS and UMNO supporting friends that I was \"anjing DAP\" for voting PH."], ["Malaysian Chinese is really conservative. Look at the community\u2019s comment, they won\u2019t accept it by stating as \u2018brainwashed\u2019. What to do when majority of them against it? Political party is just representing the voice of their voters."], ["I don't understand why Jawi is linked to Islam is a problem. Like, yes Jawi is a product of Islam blending in to fit the people of Nusantara but its\nJUST A WRITING SYSTEM.\nSure, Jawi nowadays are mostly found in religious education books but back in the past Jawi is the standard writing system. Jawi is NOT a liturgical alphabet reserved only for religious purposes. Newspapers to code of law to ad signboards all uses Jawi as the main medium for Malay language. Had the colonialization never came and Za'ba never revolutionized Malay roman spelling, I'm sure Malaysia right now uses a Malay Jawi system. Plus, Malay isn't a\nAlso the idea of your children converting to Islam because of learning and using Jawi is absurd. It's like saying learning Aksara Jawa for Javanese or Baybayin for Tagalog will convert you to Hindu-Buddhism.\nThis whole issue is just people fearing of being open minded. This is a stupid issue"], ["I personally have no problem with Jawi being part of our education system. But I would rather learn real arabic than jawi. It's more useful in the real world."], ["Jawi calligraphy first became an issue in July when the government said it would introduce khat lessons in all Malaysian schools, including \u201cvernacular\u201d schools where lessons are taught in Tamil or Mandarin.\nAlthough the government later reversed the decision, the proposed change provoked complaints about the \u201cIslamisation\u201d of education in the Muslim-majority country where identity politics often shape policy.\nSeni khat merupakan seni yang amat disanjungi di antara seni-seni Islam yang lain kerana ia merupakan salah satu cara utama mengekalkan keaslian kandungan ayat-ayat suci al-Qur'an selain melalui hafalan para huffaz (penghafal Al-Quran). https://ms.m.wikipedia.org \u203a wiki Seni khat Islam - Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu, ensiklopedia bebas\nSo, seems to be the government manage to blur the line after they failed with backlash in trying to introduce khat into vernacular curriculum. From the already lack of trust in the government after all those ketuanan from bn, chinese do felt being sold by the representative in ph when this kind of things happen. Boiling the frog tactic? Who knows?", "What is the issue of teaching jawi in vernacular schools ? It is part of Bahasa Melayu, which is our national language. It is not a separate subject, and there is no religious teaching or anything within it also.", "The issue has fuelled tension among educationists, school officials and the public after the government announced a plan to introduce jawi script at the basic level for Primary Four vernacular school pupils beginning next year.\nHowever, originally the Ministry of Education (MoE) had intended to introduce the khat (jawi calligraphy) however vehemently objected by various education groups.\nDong Zong secretary-general Ng Chai Heng explained that minority communities have no issues of learning the jawi scripture as it had already been introduced within history lessons within a multicultural context.\nHowever, Ng explained that the introduction of khat, which is stated in school history books is one of the representations of Islam, has drawn fear from parents of Islamisation within the classrooms.\nfrom malay mail article\nThere is a misunderstanding happening, which as cina, I do had the misunderstand of jawi and arabic as in those text used in quran once.\nWith these misunderstood in mind, having a first intro to jawi was like opening to islamization, today 3pages of jawi, tomorrow intro to mengaji, future pendidikan islam will be made compulsory.\nedited: based on my personal experience with malaysia education, I had reason to believe it might happened.\nBack when I learn spm sejarah, I recall of a few chapter about tamadun islam and how the prophet are great, story of its doing etc.\nalso the story of palembang prince become melacca king, many paragraph on how malacca flourish, and suddenly collapse when portugis came. The collapse part only had really few sentences covering. Only when I grew up, I learned the empty part left out in sejarah for obvious reason, how the sultan treated the foreign trader which lead to rebellion etc.", "So basically give them an inch and they will take a mile"], ["Are we going to pretend most of us didn\u2019t take some form of pendidikan moral or read and analyse some atrocious garbage that the government determined was literature but was actually Grade A garbage?\nThe education system is not and never will be a zero sum process. You wanna introduce Jawi, then do it but don\u2019t be condescending and insulting in the process by literally have falling PISA scores year on year while being upset over the lack of basic Jawi. At some level, you or anyone else in Malaysia still have to live a fulfilling life and learning Jawi at an elementary(or even advanced) level isn\u2019t going to be more useful that outright improving school programs for science and professions streams.\nTony Pua knows this and still has the entitled attitude to say he\u2019s got regrets.", "whole bunch of words, and I still understand your point."], ["Its honestly so stupid. The reaction by everyone is one of the worst I seen.\nI got so many comments by my chinese colleagues why need to learn jawi, its too hard and trying to turn malaysia into arab state. No reason for them to learn. Tried my best to inform its one of the easiest alphabet to learn cause it almost mirror latin alphabet as in u just need to connect the alphabet to form a sound. Not to mention its not really learning but just informing as it was just 1 page.\nI also got comments from my malay colleagues they felt chinese don't want to try to understand them and their culture despite us coexisting. It really deepen the divide between majority and chinese bubble.", "While I'm against the illogical \"jawi = arab\" argument, how good is your malay colleague's mandarin? Because if they think studying it is the only way non can understand malay, did malay studied mandarin or Chinese pantun to understand chinese?", "Not good at all.\nMy counter arguement is that majority citizen tolerate the widespread usage of chinese characters in everyday life even though chinese is minority. Few jawi scripts and people act like its taliban nation.", "It's stupid that 1 side are so defensive that they keep refusing to learn, and another are so offensive that they keep insisting to teach. I still blame this on the lack of clear national identity, which isn't a problem anymore as pmx did announced that we are an islamic nation."], ["Ugh no thanks. Jawi can stay in the past, just use romawi. Hated jawi in school, it might also be the reason why I hate Arabic language class.", "You mean rumi?", "I guess"], ["People were afraid it\u2019s opening floodgates and the slow start of Islamisation that\u2019s already increasing in prevalence in this country. Apart from that, I don\u2019t think anyone else has a problem with it", "How does learning how to read and write a script that was used by Malays to write Malay text (not Arab) before the introduction of Latin script equate to islamization??\nOne day, some dickhead is gonna say opening any new Chinese vernacular school is increasing the rate of Sinicization in the country. And they be using China actual sinicization of their minorites policies as example."], ["saya dari sekolah cina pun sokong. Its just writing lol."], ["I had to take Jawi when I was in school. The problem was there was no explanation what is Jawi or why we are learning it. It looked like Arabic and sounded like Arabic so the perception was that we were being brain washed.", "Yup learnt it, passed tests on it and promptly forgot it.", "Yup. And now i still struggle reading it."], ["Your core supporters dont want anything that have any, even the smallest thing that is linked to islam. They want to push it away as far as possible.", "You are gaslighting.\nIt started out as khat ie Islamic calligraphy, caused a shitstorm then changed to jawi ie malay in Arabic script.\nEnd of the day Mahathir played both sides as he knew he would rile up 'us vs them' to discredit DAP.\nPut yourself on the other side, will you for the sake of unity allow your child to recite the catechism or sutra just one paragraph aja bukan banyak", "\"No cross in my neighborhood but I want your kids to embrace Islam\" /s", "Correct.", "Makes sense if you ask the person queuing behind you move away a few steps after rubbing his penis on your pants for decades once you find some room, right?", "It's always the majority forcing the non to comply without even consulting our opinion. The problem isnt with learning jawi, but it was forced upon us without even bother to ask for our opinion. Not a single discussion was held.\nIf encouraging unity is the main reason behind pushing this, why not the majority take up learning the non's language instead? Be it mandarin or tamil, it will goes a much longer way of promoting unity and interaction between races instead of this jawi that's pratically useless irl", "DAP was supposed to represent you guys. And based on what tony said, they had no problem with it. And the deputy education at that time was from DAP.", "So am I in principle, I have no problem with learning jawi. I have problem with the circumstances that lead this to happen.\nSo you have no problem with majority praticing the \"tyranny of majority\" and forcing whatever they see fit without consulting the minority?", "Im actually the type that respects the will of the majority. Depends on the situation, I may voice out my view and try to convince others, but if the majority doesnt accept it, then thats that. No hard feelings.\nI dont expect people to follow whatever i say or give whatever i want. And bitch around when people dont accept what i say.\nActually, in all honesty, im actually like that at 1 point in my life. Everything is me me me. But as time goes, I see it more of me being childish."], ["Pointless in learning a language if it is not use much in the real world other than in Islam. Hence why people protest. Bether to go learn Japanese or Korean that many companies would want to hire later in the future.", "This just further evidence how ignorant you are. Jawi is not even Muslimc or Islamic stuff for god sake lol. You cannot even read the holy book Quran with it. Muslim people in other country will not understand it. Now read this - Jawi is just a way to write words in BM but using different character.. instead of roman characters they are using characters inspired by arabic\u2026 like how people in this country does before British came and change it to Roman. It just part of the country history.", "Ok apologies didn't know it's different than the Quran text. Still my argument is valid in terms of utility in the job market.", "It's 3 page text in the Malay language class.\nPJK also no utility in the job market unless everyone grew up being a footballer. But we still dedicate 2 periods a week for PJK.\nIt's a non issue that just shows to the Malay community how unwilling some section of the minorities are in learning a script that has been part and parcel of Malay culture since about 700 years ago.\nhttps://ms.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Bersurat_Terengganu", "Pointless in learning a language if it is not use much in the real world other than in Islam. Hence why people protest.\nBut people aren't protesting due to the lack of utility. Hence your point is moot.", "I'm working in MNCs now where ppl who know japanese with the same job get extra allowance of RM1000.. Korean should be around there too. Due to me knowing mandarin I got extra allowance of RM400 supporting China in some finance related job. Hence why I'm saying this. Tell me a job where knowing Jawi gets you paid like this?\nPeople say the human mind is limitless. I believe there's always a limit somewhere. Kids already burdened by so many subjects in school no need to pressure them by adding another language with little benefits.", "https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/YHKhiYqffA\nPlus, Jawi is just a script, more supplementary like 0.5 hr a week for maybe 1-3 years, rather than a whole subject by itself.\nAn acquaintance is making good money designing boards with Jawi calligraphy. But both his and your examples are more of the exception than the norm."], ["Idk why people are against learning. I would love to take it as a casual subject and would love it if no exams will be needed or assessment is done in a \"pbs\" manner. In my eyes it's same as learning Japanese or french. ps: Im an Indian dude who went to tamil vernacular school Plus imagine the bragging rights to say I know another something extra lol", "Thumbs up"], ["I still stand firmly where I stood. NO JAWI!"], ["And how many Chinese manufacturers are putting jawi on the product labels? Hypocrites.."], ["Dude, I tried learning SO hard every fucking class, but every attempt was scuttled by those Malay boys playing up during the lessons (you could tell even the imam wanted to strangle them). Talk about an own goal \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f - you accuse people of not appreciating your budaya, but then you sabotage the lesson.\nAll these years later, all I have is a shitty Aliph, B'aa, T'aa..."], ["Let student made the choices of languages they want to learn... no need to enforce."], ["This whole thread just shows how racist and close-minded are some Chinese Malaysian and Indian Malaysians are."], ["If the main reason is to promote unity, isn't it better for bumi to learn other non's language instead of jawi?", "No one said the main reason is unity - it's a Malaysian heritage.", "if that's the case isn't Mandarin and Tamil part of Malaysin heritage too?", "Jawi script came first, if you really have to compare. And again, Jawi is a script, not a different language.", "Brahmi (and variants) came first.", "https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/GvKJCZ8eQN", "Why should this become a competition of who came first if we're celebrating diversity?", "It's not who is first as if it's a competition - it's what was used for a better part of Malaysian history. That was the point if you missed it."], ["I mean, Jawi is pretty much cursive Malay. I fail to see the problem learning it."], ["\"if my son goes to school and come back as muslim\"\nLOL cam bodo.\nsame vibe as \"tengok salib tak boleh mengucap\"\ndua2 bodo mudah keliru geng.", "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/07/27/subtle-religious-conversion-of-orang-asli-children-still-going-on-in-school/1775255"], ["I say no to Jawi in school. Better use the time wasted on jawi to learn more rumi BM.\nRegardless, this is an excellent episode that goes into details of policies"], ["I'm not well verse in this topic so feel free to bash away\nFew page of jawi/khat introduction is fine, imo. My problem with it is: why? Instead of jawi/khat, why not include bahasa pasar or even kelate slang? Isnt that a better way to increase unity between races, according to the bahasa purist nationalist? Why add jawi into the mix?\nIs jawi/khat malay culture, or malaysia culture? If we admit that jawi is malaysia culture, will it be used on the non, that we are not malaysian enough for not being good in jawi/khat, like how bm is weaponised?\nCan dap proof that said decision was not a move to buy malay votes? Can dap proof that they are not politicking education? Was that agenda always in their country development plan even during their time as opposition?\nYes I despise dz and cinapek that exxagerate the influence of jawi/khat onto the non's culture. They are naive and ill informed, big part of the blame goes to you guys who didn't communicate beforehand. Still, Them being a dick doesn't mean that this decision is not an opportunist decision to cement their position within the malay community. You like the so much, you go kiss their ass lo. Why blame us pula? Use knee as brain also can foresee the reaction your core voters will give lah. We are not obliged to give you undying support. Sorry we are not pas voters.", "Everyday I am convinced that multiculturalism is more a liability than advantage. Every subject no matter how small and non-issue would always go back to the question of race and religion.", "That's because multiculturalism is seen as liability by the government. The public doesn't trust the government's effort in promoting multiculturalism anymore, when the only culture that they have keep pushing onto us are malay culture only. The constant effort in \"malayfication\" and emphasiz ING on malay's right is total opposite of what multiculturalism is.", "Brings back to my point how big a liability multiculturalism is. A move by a government to integrate a minority into larger society will always sees as \u201cmalayfication\u201d and whatnot. And a move by a government to promote non native and foreign cultures will always filled with skeptisicm by majority. Then why should we hang on to this so called \u201cmulticulturalism\u201d?", "Multiculturalism works if the system is fair and actually promotes it. So instead of saying multiculturalism is a liability, I'd say a government tht pretends is the liability. Multiculturalism is to have a common identity for all races (malaysian) instead of focusing on a group identity (malay). Indonesia is such country. What malaysia is doing, is what ccp is doing to Tibet and Hong Kong.", "First of all what common identity do we all have?\nSecond, your examples of saying Malaysia\u2019s policy on minority is as bad as ccp shows your lack of depth of global politics and misconstrued idea of ccp repressive communism with china characteristic policy. Bear in mind the word halal is not allowed on shops in mainland china due to the ccp stands on arabic words as not \u201cchinese\u201d. This is akin to Malaysia gov prohibits any chinese character not being displayed on any shops. Last time I checked in every mall in Malaysia the usage of chinese is freely use in every bloody shop.\nThirdly, comparing malaysia\u2019s mere effort to make chinese and indians into bangsa malaysia to indonesia bangsa indonesia is overwhelmingly ridiculous. There was no common identity amongst the indonesians except bahasa indonesia and bhineka tunggal ika. A collective effort from all natives indonesians from acheh to papua to cultivate a common identity by the bases of bahasa due to how significant it can be in nation building. Chinese Malaysian and indians Malaysian cant even put an effort let alone participate in the usage of bahasa malaysia in every day use.\nAs a matter of fact malaysian gov has been too lenient to Chinese Malaysian and indian Malaysian than any country in this world.", "Malaysia should be the common identity, not MALAYsia.\nI'm not saying ccp is eroding minority's right. I'm saying ccp's sinicization effort on it's districts, such as replacing traditional mandarin with simplified mandarin in china. Their attempt to replace local culture with their own, in the name of assimilation, is exactly what the government is doing to the non malay in malaysia. Assimilation is exact opposite of multiculturalism, and we know multiculturalism works because indonesia is one such country: everyone embrace an identity that isn't bias toward a specific majority.\nThis is akin to Malaysia gov prohibits any chinese character not being displayed on any shops.\nThis is akin to Malaysia government who take priority of their own culture over others. No?\nAre malaysia government trying to mould non malay into malaysia, or into malay?\nI guess in the end it all comes down with what malaysia identity is to you. Is it MALAYSIA, os is it MALAYsia.", "Not answering my question. Let me answer for you. We dont. We practice different cultures and religion. Speak almost unintelligible language. I dont see the need for the natives to accomomate to your community. So does your community towards mine.\nAgain you are showing your lack of knowledge in global politics. ccp gov\u2019s move to change to simplified chinese is to increase literacy amongst chinese citizens albeit it is rather a political move by mzd. I dont think comparing malaysia vis a vis china as a political framework analysis is the right comparison here. China has been an empire(and currently is)throughout its history and never been fully subjugated by western powers (fully debatable on 100 years of humiliation) but nonetheless a country like fiji, mauritius and other african countries like sierra leone zambia malawi should be a comparable analysis.\nYour point on indonesia just solidifies my argument on multiculturalism is more of a liability and you have been playing around the grey area of integration and assimilation. It is pointless to illuminate either one since your definition of multiculturalism is flawed. Pointing out on indonesian nationalism whilst adamant on Malaysia version \u201cmulticulturalism\u201d as repressive since it promotes Malay culture as a unifying factor is counterproductive to your argument on indonesia grounds. This Shows that you observe only through a single lens wile expousing the Malays should give way to accomodate more to foreign culture. The irony.\nIt is and always will be MALAYsia. No more accommodating and give way to foreign cultures like we did and suffered from western powers before. I strongly believe the ordinary natives of Malaysia will take the helm from every aspect of our nation life from economics to politics.", "I did answered your question. Its just that the answer is not what you are looking for, that's why you dont recognise it as my answer.\nMalaysia should be and can be a common identity for all races who resides in Malaysia, similar with how Indonesian did it. Malaysia should represent geological identity (Malaya peninsular + Sabah sarawak, which is the correct interpreteation) and shouldnt represent cultural identity (MALAYsia as in land of the Malays, which is the nationalist's interpretation). This is why Jawi/khat, which is a malay heritage, shouldnt be tie with Malaysia culture as a whole and force it upon everyone else. one dont have to be malay to be a malaysian, is all i'm trying to say. should we learn more about our brothers? of course. should it be classified as malaysia culture, as you have done right now? no. malay culture is just part of malaysia culture, not the other way around. that is why I have responded with this comment previously : \"Malaysia should be the common identity, not MALAYsia.\"\nI have no idea how you cannot see that ccp trying to replace traditional character + cantonese in hongkong (an established culture in hongkong) with simplified character + mandarin is not a move of assimilation. ccp is trying to assimilate hongkies into more mainland chinese like, isnt that a fact? china is an empire, so does malaysia. i dont understand why we cannot use ccp as an example to show how assimilation simply means overlapping one's culture onto another.\nIndonesian didn't assimilate. they all integrated as indonesian. Malaysia on the other hand, has never stopped trying to assimilate non malay as malay simply because they think that the land and country is theirs. the difference here is that all races in indonesian thinks that they belong, while in malaysia only 1 race thinks that they belong, and other are guests who should be more like them if they wish to stay. There are no grey area, only your inability to acknowledge the clear differences.\n> Pointing out on indonesian nationalism whilst adamant on Malaysia version \u201cmulticulturalism\u201d as repressive since it promotes Malay culture as a unifying factor\nim not sure what you are trying to say. I've said that malaysia should focus on multiculturalism and should move away from focusing on 1 race's culture. What we are doing now, is not \"multiculturalism\", it's assimilation. that is totally opposite of what indonesian is, which is why i have used it to highlight the problem with malaysia's assimilation policies. I have not once asked malays to embrace foreign culture. I have been saying that all races should embrace their own culture, but not impose those onto other races forcefully.\nThe irony here is how you think malay shouldnt embrace foreign culture, while totally ok with other culture to embrace malay culture.\n> It is and always will be MALAYsia\nTell that to the sabahan sarawakian. MALAYsia is a stupid concept that alienate every race other than the malays, including aborigines resides in Malaya peninsular and borneo. MALAYA federation is malay's, i can give you that. but MALAYSIA is not malay's. its a federation of states that consist of malay and non malay owned lands. it has nothing to do with foreign or local power.", "Your last sentence pretty much sums up why most Sarawakian and now more Sabahan are quite wary of the malays."], ["Hello, friends. It's not only Malays who use Jawi. The Cham minority in Vietnam and Cambodia also use Jawi, which includes some additional letters, such as Pa etc... I can confirm that if you know Jawi, you'll likely understand Arabic letters as well (good benefit right. Ya habibi). Using Jawi doesn't necessarily mean you must be Muslim. Historically, successful kingdoms like Ayutthaya and Champa used Jawi too. If minority groups in Arab countries, including Jews, can speak and write Arabic, then why can't politically influential minorities do the same? Take example of a famous youtuber Xiaomanyc, who is from the USA, speaking Chinese and earning considerable respect from locals for preserving their language. Similarly, if you embrace Malay language, Jawi and their culture, the Malay people will respect you as well. But hey the arrogant keep coming ..."], ["Stay salty about it, Pony Tua. You were never able to perform like Anthony and Gobind anyway."], ["Tony Pua and Ong Kian Ming are your typical Oxbridge smug self serving asshats. And yes I've met a bunch of them. These people think they are superior and everyone are just dumb little chess pieces to be manipulated."], ["Of course there is no issue in the introduction of learning Jawi. The issue is when to introduce. You expect the society to suddenly accept Jawi? It is like introducing EVs right now, and how our society reacts? F-ing FUD.\nThe pace is important. Take it gradually. Before you decide to launch it from your own perspective. \"Oh they are just gonna be fine\" instead the mindset should be \"what if they are not fine?\" That \"what if\" is gonna cause you everything", "It's 3 pages in the BM textbook. I teach it to my 90% Christian students. They definitely were fine with it. They started trying to read jawi writing in banknotes and what not. It was definitely an overreaction.\nAll this armchair internet opinions about taking it step by step looks pretty funny tbh. How much more gradually can you go?", "What your \"definitely fine with it\" represent the best my above context - you present to a group of people, they are okay with does not mean others is okay as well. Most of our society (or voters) is B40 which is simple minded people, they don't learn progressively, they live in comfort zone, they are happy if they can live day-to-day - and this is applied to all races.\nInstead of lunging directly into the syllabus, why not start with Jawi curriculum like what they had in university? At the same time, hire some Chinese or Indian influencer (B40 loves influencer anyway) to do some prep talk --- about how interesting Jawi can be. Do something indirectly before launching it officially (direct). And f the PR they had -- mentioning vernacular school -- just make it general term - vernacular school, why let the people felt that it was targeted to them purposedly?\nJust to add on: People will only starts to learn if they feeling the necessary. Why not adding bit by bit of Jawi into government official context? Starts with things that physically can be seen (door, poster, wall, website etc) with translation of BM together, give the familiarity to those unfamiliars first instead shove it down directly to the throat."], ["I think the issue with this is that there is a bunch of problems waiting to be addressed. Ppl has unusually high expectations on PH but PH has addressed nothing except for trivial matters, such as this. This is still the case with this term of PH. Years after years and same story 'UMNO aldy 60 yrs why can't give PH few more years.' This is not a competition to see who is more incompetent."], ["Jawi is just another writing form etched within our country's history without any religious undertone\nThat said, I personally haven't met people that could write in it, it does seem interesting though"], ["Bro just flexing his rm50 smh /j"], ["10/10 campaigning. Blame your supporter."], ["Oh dia ni yg kalah fitnah dulu tu kan? Yang kena bayar RM350,000 tu"], ["Oh boo fucking hoo. These tactics are what dap used to slowly chip down MCA. Now when they're at the seat of power they can't take it.\nCry me a river."], ["Maybe it's time that Malaysia brings in overseas talent from progressive Muslim countries (Palestinians/Lebanese/Syrians, including from the \"stan\" countries from the former Soviet Union) who are more culturally attuned to the Malaysian culture and who can help grow the Malaysian economy/society with entrepreneurship and hard work. Malaysia has great potential and it's time to change the tune.\nTired of the antics from the \"Middle Kingdom\" escapees who refuse to integrate/assimilate and insist that without them, the Malaysian economy will tank. Their casual racism, anti-social behaviour, entitlement, superiority complex, etc, rankles all.\nLet their brain drain continue. Replace them with them with better DNA from abroad.", "Louder."], ["How about rukun negara? Imo the cultural significance of Jawi, e.g. Learning about what's written on your bank notes mean much more than. \"kepercayaan kepada tuhan\""], ["Heh, what to do. Everyone should have a voice, right?"], ["I can read jawi but can't write. I always get F during school."], ["Full podcast\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_3tV2v71E"], ["Terlalu banyak duri dalam daging"]]}
{"title": "Wheel of Fortune: Car plate edition", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ngtad/wheel_of_fortune_car_plate_edition/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["ITAP"], "header": "", "comments": [["The answer is ASS 34 69"], ["Seen on the streets in Johor. How this person\u2019s license plate got to this state is beyond my understanding.", "Looking at the type of plate, likely the numbers and alphabets are glued on, and glue don\u2019t do well in humidity like in, cough, Malaysia.\nWhat is beyond me is whether the driver even noticed the numbers have fallen off, or even if polis noticed it.", "That's why I've said we must go back to pressed metal plates (besi timbul)."], ["I would like to buy a vowel please"], ["\"Saya putar, Halim.\""]]}
{"title": "Women-only MRT coaches have led to fewer harassment complaints, says Loke", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ngqel/womenonly_mrt_coaches_have_led_to_fewer/", "num_comment": 55, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["My only issue with the woman coach is that the coach right in front of the escalator should be unisex coach.\nI almost go into to the wrong coach when rushing for MRT", "imaging you OKU, senior men, you have to walk extra distance to get into the right coach. lol\nIMO woman coach should be at one end of the train, not in the middle. Whoever come up woman coach in the middle of the train is an idiot.\nHow I should I cross into another coach without enter woman section? Teleport over kah?", "Yeah, imagine there's another seat at the end of the train, but between you and the seat, it's the woman coach"], ["lol. Men here are really not empathetic at all. Imagine your mother or sister were groped by strangers. Then you would change your tune.\nFYI, during peak hours, the women carriages are full too. It\u2019s not like the carriage is empty with few people in it. Also, the number of female ridership increases after the implementation of only-female-coaches.", "I think most men would be fine if women actually take the women carriages instead of hogging both side.\nWomen got freedom to choose the carriage but not men in this scenario. In peak hour, of course men will get pissed off. I don't experience this problem since i take LRT.", "Dude. If women can enter your carriage, it means that your carriage is still empty. It\u2019s not like the women carriage is empty while you guys are full. And trust me, they will definitely go to women carriage when public carriage is packed.\nI don't experience this problem since i take LRT.\nI know because like I mentioned above, women carriage is as packed as public carriage during peak hours. You don\u2019t even read before replying.\nImagine getting angry over stuffs when you don\u2019t even take the train.", "Before diving into another rabbit hole, let me be clear: I support women's carriage. Now that I've clarified, let me start.\nYes, the women's carriage is full during the peak hours, which is good.\nHowever, I've noticed that during some non-peak hours, there women's carriage is not as occupied as the other 2 mix carriages beside it. It gets pretty crowded on the mix carriages, and yet some women still chose to board on the mix-sex carriage. Why can't they move to the women's carriage if they can see that it's more crowded on the mix carriage? (genuine question)\nAgain, to avoid misunderstandings, I support women's carriage.", "It really depends person to person. What happened if the wife is going out with the family and she doesn\u2019t want to get on another separate carriage? Or they are fine with mix carriage because it\u2019s still not full albeit crowded. Even during non-peaked hours, I can see that women carriage is relatively full. It\u2019s only a concern when I can\u2019t get on the train because mix carriage if full while women carriage is not. But it never happens.", "Er, you don't think women take last or 1st carriage because it is nearer to stairs or escalators? Or women taking normal carriage because they think female carriage is unnecessary to them? Or or or...\nYou getting emotional for what lol. Sensitive af.", "Who is getting emotional? Stop projecting.\nMy female colleagues literally only get on female carriage because they were harassed before. They also feel safer. And many are doing the same as proven by the carriage is ALWAYS full during peak hours and the female riderships have INCREASED since the introduction of all women carriages.\nDude, what you need to do is go to the LRT station and observe yourself. Don\u2019t simply create scenarios out of thin air when you don\u2019t even take the train. \ud83d\ude02\nI\u2019m done here. Peace out", "I like how you lack critical thinking lol. I basically said some don't take it bcs simply they dont care or for convenience sake. You think people lining up could predict the future whether if the female couch is full or nah so they take the normal coach instead? You speak with zero common sense lol. Ppl line up before going into coach, not rush in like kindergarden student. Then how you explain if female lining up for normal coach? Bruh moment. You definitely never took one lol.\nYou wording definitely sounds like you being emotional lmao.", "Aiyo. Now I know you don\u2019t take train at all. You talk about critical thinking skill but it seems like you don\u2019t possess one. They know the train will be full because they take it EVERYDAY at the SAME time. If I get off from work at 530pm, the train will be full so most women automatically go to the women carriage. They can judge by the amount of people at the station just by looking before even reaching the train terminal. If you need to queue up to pass the auto gate, it\u2019s confirmed to be full. You don\u2019t have to be a psychic to know that.\nThat\u2019s why I said, go to LRT to look at it yourself. Don\u2019t simply talk cock here. I take the train sometimes so I know better than a person who think he\u2019s a know-it-all.\nIf you think my simple rebuttal seems emotional to you, you are just too immature and get riled easily by people who disagree with you.", "\"Sometimes\", yep i aldr knew it.\nDefinitely getting emotional when you reply even tho you said you done lmao.\nI rest my case. Haha.", "I would stop replying if I were you, dude keeps going on and on about peak hours like yes, peak hour trains are all full, regardless of carriage.\nBut when questioned about women who board the mixed carriage when the women one isn't full during non-peak hours, he just goes on to say it's down to the person like yea that doesn't really answer the original question that you posted.", "That's my way of proving someone is emotional, they just start spewing nonsensical stuff, hearsay, vulgar words and self injecting confidence sentences to make themselves look bigger, like a red panda attempt to drive away their predator lmao", "Look, if men don't complain, what's the point?", "", "Damn, you literally created an imaginary scenario as a rebuttal \ud83d\udc80"], ["Makes no sense. Our laws and enforcement of laws should be used to handle harassment, not women only MRT coaches. I don't think I have seen this kind of logic in other countries as well especially those with advanced train systems like Singapore, Japan or China.\nJust seems like another policy rolled out in Malaysia without much afterthought."], ["No issue with female only coach. But why is it in the middle? If I walk through it to get to the opposite coaches, I get stared at and sometimes told me to get out"], ["How dare they do this to us. As a man, I am outraged. Women are taking up valuable space which I, a MALE, could be using to seat my enormous balls. This is an offense against the patriarchy.\nThe least they could do is give us some horses.", "lololol", "Stop laughing, FEMINISTS. You are violating my male rights.", "Ken is that you?", "Anywhere else I'd be a ten..."], ["That's good news"], ["From 8 cases to 3 cases and making the MRT less efficient during peak hour for millions of people. That's not very smart, that's why even Singapore doesn't do this.", "Care to explain (with statistics) how it has become less efficient?", "I don't have statistics but basically you're limiting the amount of passengers on the female coach (since male passengers are not allowed on) and thus each train can hold less passengers, making it less efficient (from a purely passenger capacity perspective), since the sex ratios on a train are not always 50:50. I'm not sure if the statistics reflect this but you can just go check the ridership data (which is available online) and find if there's any change in ridership beyind the date when female were implemented\nEdit: Ok I got the statistics and this shows the above premise is false.\n<image>\nData from data.gov.my\nWe can see that ridership has been on an upwards trend ever since the female coaches were implemented.\nGod bless data collection\nOf course, the above situation I just explained is still valid with the assumption that MRT trains are operating at 100% ridership capacity.", "Then you should cross out your comment. People might read the first paragraph and took it as truth.", "And that's why I asked for actual stats. Because the data showed a higher percentage of women taking the MRT compared to men. So unless there's evidence to show the women's coach is SIGNIFICANTLY under utilised, this is a good SHORT TERM move until there can be more coaches procured.", "Upvoted for being honest with data", "What a terrible way to show statistics, use of public transport has always been on the rise post COVID, obviously since the implementation which is in mid 2023 would result in the rise of passengers, long term it wouldn't be efficient as the rise of passengers reaches its carrying capacity.", "So what is your solution to women getting harassed and that having women coach atleast helped even in small cases? If you don\u2019t have one then your point is useless.", "Setting this up it's just \"\u6362\u6c64\u4e0d\u6362\u836f\". None of the public transport in SG has women coach. They only set places for the needs. You know why? Cameras are EVERYWHERE.", "Pretty sure we have cameras alright; whether they actually work, and how long are they keeping the footage however...", "Comparing SG is kinda hard. SG is a small country the size of KL, with 100x the financial capacity.", "Hmmmm if based on area size KL actually smaller though.", "But the LRT & MRT system is the whole of Selangor.", "Haha what? Didn\u2019t know Kuala Selangor has MRT", "Don\u2019t base it on KL when mrt and lrt spreads throughout Selangor. Selangor is 8000km, Singapore is less than 800km. It\u2019s. Not even half the size.", "Entire country in SG has cctv everywhere, criminals cant run. You can escape in MY because there's no cctv everywhere. You can murder someone inside a home and cops can still find you.", "Surprisingly PDRM are good at solving crimes."], ["Let's just hope the ladies take advantage of the female coaches and not clog up the other coaches. Let's not have another KTM, 3 coaches where the middle coach is only for the ladies type of congestion. I vividly remembered that I missed 3 ktm trains during peak hours back at 2012 when it's 45 minutes between trains. When the 4th train arrives, I felt so defeated that I went and get a taxi instead."], ["kalau lelaki raba lelaki macam mana pulak?", "Raba la lelaki tu balik apa susah.", "Tak boleh buat apa, tu semua salah DAP.", "Buat lah kes besar besar macam previously the lady reported the flasher. Solution lain lah nanti."], ["It can be in tandem - both a short-term and long-term solution. It's not binary.", "Tbf, we already have an All-girl school / Universities even before this.", "There's a reason why you don't see this in socially advanced countries like in Europe, unlike in the Middle East or neighboring Indonesia.\nWhich why a lot of people don't understand, that the harassment reports are a symptom of an underlying problem, implementing women coaches doesn't address the root problem.\nIt solves the symptom temporarily and introduces more segregation. Malaysia is already quite bad in race segregation and religious segregation, adding in gender segregation is another Pandora's box to Malaysia's mountain of social problems.\nYou know which country tried gender segregation and race segregation? 1950s USA. And well, does Malaysia want to regress socially back to 1950s USA?", "Cant, Malaysia is more concerned about gay people and non-muslim having fun. Fuck the women and children apparently."], ["they should upgrade with a door detector that scan ic then detect is female. or wishful thinking."], ["Hoorayyyy, big L for men! I h8 them. (I\u2019m a boy too :3)"]]}
{"title": "Ex-Prasarana CEO says reviving KL-Singapore HSR now challenging due to economic climate", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ngh65/exprasarana_ceo_says_reviving_klsingapore_hsr_now/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Will there ever be a good economic climate ? With every passing year, the price tag will keep increasing due to inflation.\nIf the past was different and the north south expressway was never built, I wonder if it would be possible to build it today or if a million excuses would be used to justify why it's too expensive and impractical and to just continue to use the federal highways.\nAlso people like to conveniently forget that the HSR has domestic stops in between and isn't a 2 stop line of just KL and SG, yes Singapore will benefit but Malaysia will benefit as well. Imagine being able to work in KL and stay in Seremban avoiding the KL jams and high housing prices, people in Japan and Taiwan already do such commutes by taking their HSR lines 1 or 2 stops out from the main cities daily."], ["Political climate is more challenging", "The good thing about the BN hegemony was long term things gets done\nWith current politics though... PH is gung-ho about cancelling past government projects without any replacement.(and uturn reviving them later)", "It\u2019s nothing to do with BN and more to do with political stability. We\u2019ve had 4 different governments since 2018, of course nothing long term doesn\u2019t get done.", "Betul la what i said,\nJust saying the (insert any party name) hegemony is the epitome of political stability.."], ["Too many cronies involved in the project and Singapore side don't want to work with these cronies."], ["\"challenging due to economic climate\"\nYeah, Selangor will build another highway along entire Klang River very soon in challanging economic climate.\nIt seems like this ex-CEO just want to earn himself way to shareholder in SKL."], ["HSR is too expensive for local to use, and there is no way tax payer will foot the bill to subsidise Singaporean to ride HSR.\nWe need better rail service between two cities and the many cities in between, but not expensive HSR type.", "Name one country that build HSR that has lower GDP per capita than Malaysia...\nYour answer will be zero while mine has answer, but I will keep it as a secret because enemy don't deserve secret.", "Indonesia?", "Indonesia", "Name one country that build HSR that has lower GDP per capita than Malaysia..\nIndonesia then aka Whoosh."], ["Prasarana is in the red and we want to add more train debt?", "Instead we should all invest in very profitable highway concessionary right?"]]}
{"title": "Mrs World Malaysia 2023 to showcase largest wau costume at Las Vegas pageant next year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ures8/mrs_world_malaysia_2023_to_showcase_largest_wau/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Hope she gets to wau the people there!"]]}
{"title": "Report: Kuala Lumpur-Singapore Changi route is world's busiest in air travel", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ng4u8/report_kuala_lumpursingapore_changi_route_is/", "num_comment": 41, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["HSR or even just an simple electrified rail link is definitely needed to reduce the green house gas contribution. Similar to what's happening in France and Italy.", "Tony Fernandes definitely gonna lobby hard against any of such initiatives.", "It's not that straight-forward, initial investment is carbon negative as rail infrastructure needs to be built. You need to chop down or tunnel through anything in the way and also produce the steel needed to create the track and rolling stock.", "True. My statement is simplified. All that concrete usage gonna bump the GHG during construction.\nAlso electric commuter planes might more commercially viable. Especially if they operate Subang-Selatar route. Heck even Ipoh-Selatar might be viable", "Ets+rts should be happening soon", "Why we need HSR when we already got ETS coming up soon? Wouldnt that be redundant?\nI think the money use for HSR should be use to build public transport outside Klang valley. Other part of Malaysia need public transport too.", "My opinion, but a shorter route to KL while connecting unserved cuties, passing by Muar, Melaka, KLIA. Hence improving connectivity as well.\nDoesn't have to be 400kph and above. Even European normal intercity speed of 240 kph is sufficient."], ["Try Firefly via Subang (KL) to Seletar (SG), honestly such a convenient experience - 30 minutes to gate at Subang, 20 minutes from plane to Grab stand in Seletar, and both relatively closer to town centre than KLIA/ Changi\nEdit: This was with check-in baggage!"], ["Looks like this is going to launch another round of jaguh kampung on why HSR is not needed", "They certainly didn\u2019t take too long to crawl out and join Pony Tua \ud83e\udd23\nPeople likely said the same about PLUS before it was built, yet PLUS is \u201cindispensable\u201d to them today as if FT1 didn\u2019t exist LMAO"], ["This makes it even more imperative, at least from a \"green\"ish standpoint, to build a HSR between Singapore and KL.\nBut it also means that lots of vested interests stand to lose lots of money if an HSR is ever built.", "*Tony Fernandez screeches in his corner", "Despite the 'wow' numbers, it doesn't sustain a HSR.\nConsider the Tokkaido Shinkansen has DAILY ridership of 462,000. That means the HSR between Tokyo Osaka carries the KL-SG traffic in 10 days.\nOperationally, we must remember that Malaysia is only paying for Malaysia's side of the cost, and just our side alone is RM80-100b. This mean ticket fares, as essentially halved as well, because a portion of the revenue is shared with Singapore. Is 50% of the ridership of HSR enough to justify the cost of RM80-100b? Even with all the extended non-direct financial benefits?\nAlso, the HSR opco will not be sustainable too.\nIn fact, the HSR opco will go through shit like Eurostar, that needed financial support from both Paris and London :\nBy the end of 2022, Eurostar had debts of \u20ac964m, following French bailouts and commercial loans.[49] Ridership levels returned to around 8 million in 2022, however this figure was still 3 million below 2019 levels.[49] Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Eurostar has not served the Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International stations in the UK, or Calais Frethun in France, and has withdrawn its Disneyland Paris and Avignon services, as part of plans to focus on the most profitable routes.[50][49]\nEven Eurostar, with 8 million ridership between London and Paris, needed financial support. Can 4.9m ridership support KLSGHSR?", "I think the more \"invisible\" advantages out weight the running costs", "Yes but who\u2019s paying for it? It\u2019s such a shame. I would have loved for the HSR to be built. Traveling from SG to see my family in KL couldve be a monthly thing", "It would be for most of us. I would be able to go home monthly if price was right.", "exactly, some people think HSR is maintenance free.\nWe already got ETS coming up, no need HSR. extra 140km/h isnt worth spending billions again on another redundant rail", "I saw a tweet the route need 4x current numbers to break even.", "Invite the airlines to be investors in the HSR."], ["From Tony Pua\nSo KL-Singapore Changi is the world's busiest air route. That's 4.9 million seats.\nAssuming a generous RM400/seat, that's worth just under RM2 billion per annum in flight tickets.\nWait a minute, there are still many people pushing to revive the High Speed Rail (HSR) between KL and Singapore as the alternative.\nIf the Govt is to fund it, the last I checked, it amounted to RM80 billion (more or less) including land acquisition cost etc., but excluding interest.\nAt an interest rate of 5%, the HSR project will cost the govt RM4bn in interest alone every year!\n(Whether the demand will even exceed the operational costs is another matter altogether).\nSo the simple conclusion is, at RM4bn of interest cost for HSR, the Govt might as well just pay for all flights between KL and Singapore for FREE, and still save RM2bn!\nIf only Malaysians get it free, then we will save even more! Or instead, offer more free flights!\nRegardless of the configurations, the above example gives the clearest reality check of why the HSR between KL and Singapore just doesn't make any financial sense for Malaysia.\n<image>", "That is some shitty math. This dude is embarrassing, he uses the total revenue without considering the costs and environmental costs of flights.\nMight as well say don't build airport, use the money saved from operating planes and airports to pay for bus ticket fares. Everyone get free bus rides and the govt still save money. Stupid logic.\nAnd even if they don't build the HSR, the govt will never pay for \"free\" flights.\nIf they built the HSR (which will use private funding too obviously), we actually will have a low cost and highly efficient mode of transport to travel throughout peninsular Malaysia.", "low cost\nHsr =/= low cost", "This weekend tickets for Batik Airlines return flights to Singapore is >1000 RM. Malaysia airlines is 1500-2000 RM.\nHSR is going to pretty low cost compared to that.", "Yeah you're comparing XMAS tickets to regular priced tickets.\nAlso, RM50 that HSR's gonna have seasonal pricing too :P", "Not really.... Have you taken HSR in Taiwan/Japan. HSR should have pretty standard pricing. HSR supply can be a lot more elastic than flights, and can scale up to one train every 10 minutes. 1 train already has the capacity of at least 2 of the standard planes plying this route. High supply will guarantee to bring prices down, basic economics.\nIn Taiwan, after HSR came live, almost all the domestic flights in the country came to a halt because HSR was so efficient and low cost in getting people around. And Taiwan has even less population than Malaysia alone.", "Yes the taiwan hsr sith 57million ridership (10x our kl sg traffic) that needed taiwanese govt bailout", "Funny that you think Malaysia and Singapore won't hit that number easily when Malaysia + Singapore population is 39 million combined, while Taiwan only has 23 million people.\nYou're discounting all the interstates domestic travel within Malaysia and only counting existing flights. Clearly the demand is much higher given how much airlines can jack up the price for this route.\nInvestment in public infrastructure is always good for the economy in the long term.\nSure, you can save that little bit of money, which will go to politician crony companies or subsidize some shit. But 10 years later, nothing changes, economy still stagnant, things get more expensive and your subsidies can buy lesser goods.\nOr we can build the HSR, improve the economy, give more opportunities to our people to make more money instead of depending on government subsidies. Think long term.", "And hsr is the best opportunity for budget constrained msia when we have so many low lying fruits to solve like fixing our strugging traffic condition, our water infra, our rotting healthcare infrastructure, our shitting education system. Yes, totally monyet dihutan disusukan, bayi kat rumah mati kelaparan.\nHsr maybe a \"good\" project, but it is top shelf stuff. We have lower shelf shit to solve", "HSR is only part of the solution that a comprehensive transport roadmap should entail.\nTraffic planning, infrastructure improvement/expansion, last-mile integration, employee benefits, and telecommuting are all part of a master plan as to how we fix low-lying fruit.\nThat's why you have ministers in place to lead policy-creation to improve transport, health, infrastructure and education. I've mentioned before but governments provide essential services and public infrastructure that are not meant to be profit-making in and of themselves, the profit comes by enabling economic sectors, from taxation of business/sales as people travel (work/tourism/travel), the expansion of business and homes into under-developed towns/cities and revitalization of core city districts close to transport networks.\nIn that sense, P2P airlines only work to serve the points that airlines are willing to fly to. Sure, you could fly from Melaka to Seletar and vice-versa but it wouldn't be profitable but a HSR that goes KL-Tanjong Pagar within 1.2 hours with a 5min stop in Melaka would make so much more sense since the train is a fixed rail that would stop along the way anyway if it was planned as such.", "you talk like ETS didnt exist.\nETS replace the role of HSR. We dont need HSR when we are building ETS to south.", "Obviously he is biased", "Obviously he is dumb. If only HSR stop at KL and does not take into account further economical benefits including train to BKK. If HSR takes the same time a end to end plane trip then sure.", "Anything is a waste of money for this guy LOL\nIn the end, what happened to LRT3 and MRT2?", "This Tony guy kinda failed in economics"], ["Ugh I h8 them"], ["Only 4.9m?"]]}
{"title": "The disabled can ride for free on Prasarana trains and buses from Feb 1", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nfzt9/the_disabled_can_ride_for_free_on_prasarana/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "NST Leader: Taming the congestion beast", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nfi1o/nst_leader_taming_the_congestion_beast/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Oh that\u2019s easy! Just add one more lane bro! Just one more! Its gonna fix traffic bro i swear."]]}
{"title": "The world's 20 most visited cities, 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nf9y6/the_worlds_20_most_visited_cities_2023/", "num_comment": 68, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["How many of these are Singaporeans going to Malaysia and Malaysians going to Singapore?", "I think most stats remove long term pass holders. Malaysians and Singaporeans going back and forth are still tourists spending, even though it\u2019s just a car ride away.", "Its Kuala Lumpur .. not JB or Malaysia.. so it is tourist statistics", "It\u2019s Kuala Lumpur not Malaysia or JB", "The news [1, 4] is total BS to claim in 2023 and recycled from 2019. The study is on 2019, the original study didn't make the distinction [2] and the study was conducted by Mastercard in 2019 [2, 3].\nRead below quoted from the original study, it is highly likely included all Singaporeans and vice versa; whereas all domestic workers and daily border-crossers from JB to SG are included, as long as they stayed overnight [3].\n\"The Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index ranks 200 cities based on third-party research and proprietary analysis in terms of the number of their total international overnight visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these same visitors in the destination cities in 2018, and gives visitor and expenditure growth forecasts.\"\n\"Public data is used in deriving the international overnight visitor arrivals and their cross-border spending in each of the 200 destination cities. Forecasts are based upon the weighted average of the national level tourism forecasts and the actual 2019 monthly data at the destination level, which is available to the latest month before release.\"\n[1] https://travelness.com/most-visited-cities-in-the-world\n[2] https://www.mastercard.com/news/insights/2019/global-destination-cities-index-2019/\n[3] https://www.mastercard.com/news/media/wexffu4b/gdci-global-report-final-1.pdf\n[4] https://seasia.co/2023/12/20/its-official-malaysia-is-the-most-visited-country-in-southeast-asia-in-2023", "lol. Have you seen some malls on the weekend? All SG plates.", "Even in KL?", "that one in JB bro. KL doesn't come close when it comes to the number of SG cars.", "Also, cross-border working between Brunei and Sarawak/Sabah", "You don\u2019t see the statistics for Miri so safe to say it wasn\u2019t counted", "The peak was 1.2 million M'sians visiting SG for sightseeing in 2019, according to official tourism stats. That's out of total 19.1 million international visitors, so the percentage is merely 6%. Those employed in SG aren't counted since immigration will detect them to have work passes.\nBefore the pandemic, the Big 5 inbound markets were from China (3.6m), Indonesia (3.1m), India (1.4m), M'sia (1.2m) & Australia (1.1m) .", "Why does it matter? Every other countries have neighbours too. If their neighbours don\u2019t want to go into their country then that means there\u2019s something wrong with them.", "Why not more Malaysian visited Singapore"], ["Congratulations \u2764\ufe0f. Hopefully it will be \ud83d\udd1d5."], ["Half of the top 6 in ASEAN", "Including the \"city\" of Bali apparently."], ["Ngl, \"Malaysia truly Asia\" is such a successful campaign.", "At the expense of the minorities, we remember when the people in power shouting \"Pendatang\", \"Squatter\" to the Malaysian ethnic minorities. The ethnic majority use the minority when they needed to claim the diversity and selling the multicultural, but in reality, the racism is rooted in the majority of them.\nOpen your senses to absorb Kuala Lumpur\u2019s lively energy!\nThanks to its multicultural mix of Malay, Chinese, and Indian community, the city is home to mosques and temples that stand out from gleaming skyscrapers.\nThis celebration of historical and modern also shows itself in the contrasting high-fashion shopping malls and vibrant street markets.\nSpend your holiday scouting out designer brands and hunting down the best hawker stalls for the best of two worlds.", "Lmao. Do you really need to turn everything into your problem? Get a life dude.", "My life has been great so far. I am just pointing out a fact.", "Stay woke"], ["Lived in 2, been to 15. \ud83e\uddf3", "Lived in 2\nMY and SG?", "Bkk and KL (and KK which ought to be on this list!)", "And all of the west European cities are overrated except you like scams or the smell of piss in every street", "I disagree, sure super touristy places are generally places best to avoid, but the cool thing about large cities is that they all have special places where cool people do cool things."], ["Bangkok huh, I wonder why.. hmmm", "Speaking of high numbers...", "Lady boy", "The power of weed and happy-ending."], ["Most of the cities in the top spots like Bangkok and KL are there due to the fact that their airports are both regional hubs and affordable gateways into SE Asia for Western tourists."], ["Lots of people in that thread do not believe Kl is so popular among tourists.", "Very true. Politicians and people aside, I can confidently say KL is undoubtedly among the best cities I've ever been too. Especially when compared to many many cities on whatever international tourism guide."], ["Just wondering, has it factored out those only drop by KLIA for transit? Or are the tourist who stay and spend in KL?", "That won't help most of the cities on the list since most of them are transit hub in their respective region.", "Am curious too. Airasia is a hub for budget travel in the region, there will be many transiting through KLIA usually", "Not to mention half of the people visiting Malaysia are from Singapore, it could be same person making multiple visits.", "As long as they spend money here", "IIRC, yeah this is the reason why we rank so high."], ["Damn it, we lose to Singapore again. LIKE WHY THEY ARE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING", "We'd come more often, but HSR dah tak jadi.", "High speed train tu ke? Nak :(", "Frankly speaking, the consensus down here is that HSR would have benefitted Malaysia far more than it would have benefitted Singapore.\nYes, RM 100 billion is no small potatoes. But consider the large tourist receipts, not just from Singaporeans, but also from tourists to Singapore. Imagine all the Mat Salleh tourists flying into Singapore, taking day trips to KL. KL could have gotten a good slice of Singapore's tourism pie.\nImagine MNCs realising that they could set up shop cheaply in KL, and attracting talent from SG. Foreign Direct Investment into Malaysia would have risen dramatically.\nDuring the construction phase itself, imagine all the local Msian companies getting the contracts to build the line. Not just the big construction firms - think of all the ancillary subcontractors, transportation, catering, accommodation... employment would have risen dramatically.\nAnd yeah,lots of Singaporeans like me would come more often. We'll pump our Singdollars into your economy feasting on nasi kandar, shopping at Midvalley Megamall, and having fun at Genting....\nBut alas, it was not meant to be.", "The day tun m cancelled the project was when I was wholeheartedly agreed that this old man has lost his touch and I'm entirely disappointed with the govt. Heck, even a non-hsr railway would work.\nTo go a little bit further, we could've extended it into Thailand. I do understand that a railway to Thailand would be much more difficult due to the insurgencies and such tho. But the least we can do is a damn railway connecting KL to SG. The benefits would undoubtedly outweigh the drawbacks.", "From a political viewpoint I can understand why HSR was cancelled. It was Najib's pet project, after all. Anything he touched would be haram, especially when it comes with a RM100 billion price tag.\nBut from a pragmatic viewpoint, this was one thing that Najib got right. You need to break a few eggs to get a nice telur dadar. RM 100 billion in sunk costs now would translate to much more in revenue in the future.\nRight now down here whenever we hear about proposals to restart the HSR, we'll be like 'Do they even know that flip flopping like roti canai will cost even more than RM 100 billion?'", "If it's just because of that, they would've cancelled TRX or Merdeka tower. Imho, it's more that railway would serve less as a vanity project compared to skyscrapers. We're somewhat obsessed with building towers, malls and such although we already have an abundance of commercial space.\nPlus, having it related with another country might be a factor too. Any megaproject would be subject to corruption or misconduct. It took us about 20 years to put the HSR into discussion. Then it's cancelled simply due to arrogance and shortsightedness.", "meh,itll be like beijing ghost town", "Please take the nasi kandar, but not our nasi lemak", "I had nasi kandar at Penang recently.\nDeens Maju beats Hameediyah. But that's just me.", "That\u2019s why I was so mad when they cancelled it, and then few days ago when tony pua compared it to the fucking free flight ticket. Like, I know that guy is dumb but holy shit.", "Siapa downvote aku, dia kepam."], ["Every evening can see alot of India tourist buses making jam worse at KLCC"], ["The hell why does anyone wants to visit Singapore or Paris?? One is a dead rock, the other is a shithole.\nPJ better anyday.", "Singapore is good for those who want an Asian experience with the comforts of a developed country.", "Hahaha! What comfort of developed country?? It's just like Malaysia, but more expensive!!", "It's little like MY, tho I do like MY better in many ways.\nThe people are different, the food is different, it's cleaner and more expensive. Plus there's basically no nature there in comparison.", "For that price...I go Japan better...or South Korea. Why want to go Singapore???", "Not denying that, both of those are better imo. Just saying that the 2 aren't very much alike.", "Wrong. Klang better than all three.", "Perlis definitely the only place that matters in Malaysia", "Agree from a Singaporean point of view, don\u2019t know why people wants to see that merlion especially Japanese", "Of course is to use their mouth to collect water sprouting out from Merlion", "I live in Japan and I remember I had this conversation before. Seems like they don't think Merlion is any interesting, but that's the only thing they could think of when Singapore is mentioned so when they go to Singapore it's like waste not to finally see the Merlion lol"], ["Bangkok eh? Tourists love them femboys"], ["Thisbis based on airport travellers Singapore or KL are hubs for South Asia so many nmdidnt even leave the airport, this is crap... Nobody would go to KL for holidays \ud83d\ude05"], ["Visited by Banglas is it?"], ["I contributed to Bangkok stats \ud83d\udeac"]]}
{"title": "Guilty or not guilty, that\u2019s the poser", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nf7ww/guilty_or_not_guilty_thats_the_poser/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Huh. The court can decline a guilty plea. TIL."], ["I once knew the accused almost 15 years ago. He was a perfectly normal guy and the captain of the basketball team.\nI suspect the dude is actually crazy now since his Twitter feed kinda went off the deep end. (It seems to have been cleaned up quite recently)\nOf course it's hard to say what's happened since though"]]}
{"title": "Court orders Shafee to pay more than RM5.5mil in income tax arrears", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nex1z/court_orders_shafee_to_pay_more_than_rm55mil_in/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Waiting for LHDN to withdraw, just like AGC did to all of Shafee's criminal charges this month. Shafee is now 100% innocent of crimes, according to Anwar's AGC.\nI bet Shafee will not pay one sen of this income tax, as Madani has a very lax approach to political criminals. LHDN will likely follow...\nOn Oct 28, 2022, Muhammad Shafee was acquitted and discharged on two counts of receiving proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM9.5mil from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and two charges of making incorrect statements to the LHDN.\nThe prosecution initially appealed against the court's decision, but withdrew it on Dec 5. This resulted in the acquittal of Muhammad Shafee in all four cases. - Bernama"], ["He owed RM9.4 million, but is only ordered to pay RM5.5 mil?", "Same like PDRM saman la.. wait long enough get 50% discount."], ["That's not good enough, he should be made to pay arrears + penalty."], ["Will need to track his money trails"]]}
{"title": "Covid-19: Majikan diminta terima sijil HSO, galak individu bergejala kerja dari rumah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ne6tj/covid19_majikan_diminta_terima_sijil_hso_galak/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Employees shouldn't need an app to proof they need sick leave in the first place, and if they ran out of sick leave, just deduct their salary if they need more time at home."], ["im done."]]}
{"title": "depressed spm candidate", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wtanr/depressed_spm_candidate/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Well as the title goes, im sitting for spm soon and i felt depressed. While this is the most crucial period for us spm candidates to prepare ourselves for spm, i simply could not bring myself to do my revision and improve myself. I tried talking to mental health services online, but quickly quit because i was scared of revealing my personal infos. I didnt dare to talk to my parents about it, since they didnt believe that teenagers would feel depressed and whatnot. They blamed the internet for my \"laziness\" so i didnt open up to them anymore. My friends are aware of my depression, but i didnt wanna bother them because well, spm is nearing. I dont trust my school counselor too, since they are close to my subject teachers and they probably gossip about me. I once was called for counseling session because i wasnt performing well for my trial 1. After the counseling session, my teachers were kinda making sarcastic comments about how us younger generation is too soft and how back in the their time there's no such thing as depression among youngsters yada yada.. I often feel like giving up and wanting to end myself, but it felt alang alang since im almost done with my highschool.. I didnt know what else i wanted to say, but thanks for reading my vent.", "comments": [["Your teachers are dumb. Depression has always existed."], ["Really need help and i will suggest to speak with your parents first or else some other relatives you might be closer with.\nMental health is no joke regardless of age.\nAlso my 1 advise SPM is not end of the world. As a student i did not do that well in SPM, college or university where i barely pass with minimum CGPA.\nBut i am still happy as ever by enjoying student life.\nPlease do seek help man."], ["Stop caring what other people think about you (that includes family) or what they do behind your back.\nThink about what you want, what you want to do later in life. If going through SPM is required for what you're trying to achieve, then start focusing on that goal alone, and figure out ways to do it, whatever it is that's required.\nIt ain't easy but just make sure you focus on the end goal, fuck everything else.\nI was in the same boat, focusing on the goal at the end has always been what kept me sane.\nPeople can do whatever they want so fuck 'em.\nCaring less had helped me got out of my own downtime.\nIt might work for you. You can't change other people, but you can change you."], ["Take it one day at a time. One by one."], ["Pain is real. Accept the pain and smile. Own the pain. It's not painful anymore."], ["If finding someone to listen is hard, I suggest be your own counsellor. My way of coping is to talk to myself about any issues. Acknowledge that I have a problem, allow myself to vent and say it all out, from your own personal demons, your family, your gf, your school, etc. And only once you feel lighter, ask yourself what are the solutions, acknowledge any shortcomings and be realistic in your goals. Finally, boost yourself and motivate your beliefs to take it one step at a time. I often do this during my motor ride on my way to work. Helps me everytime when I feel a little depressed."], ["thanks for sharing. hope you learn from this."], ["My man, we\u2019ve all been there, and let me tell you, it gets worst when you go to uni \u2026 still have ptsd from my final year project\u2026.\nNot saying your situation isint serious. But what I would recommend is, just \u2026 don\u2019t think, and just study, no one is holding u back but YOURSELF ! Force yourself to study, read and learn non stop, finish the spm, then u get to hallelujah and enjoy.\nThink abt it, if you don\u2019t change and start now, and you fail your SPM, ur depression going to be lower than what it is now.\nI\u2019ve been there, and trust me, I just went and study, do revision, do homework, shut my phone and whatever that distracts me, sign out from FB / IG whatever. Only thing I was looking at online were either lofi musics and revision notes.\nDepressed but pass SPM \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb Depressed and fail SPM \ud83d\udc4e\ud83c\udffb\nThink abt it, let the pass / fail stress you out, then no time to worry abt depression, during my time, i just think abt how my parents gonna whoop my ass so bad if I fail my spm\u2026"], ["SPM can be retaken again next year or even the year after if you choose to.\nSure you lose out another year, but I\u2019m telling you this is also an option, to better prepare for SPM again.\nDon\u2019t lose your mind over it, It\u2019s not the end of the world.\ntake care."]]}
{"title": "Sihir, anyone here had any experience with sihir?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vtk17/sihir_anyone_here_had_any_experience_with_sihir/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "boleh bagi advice if ada kenalan terkena sihir and what to do?", "comments": [["Funny thing abt sihir is, it cease to exist once you stop believing in it.\nI don't believe in this bullcrap, I don't suffer from it.\nI'm free.", "Sorry to burst your bubble. But \"sihir\" technically exist. Except people are stupid and don't understand what it actually is. It's actually a chemical attack. Bomoh is just a chemist with high charisma to fool people.\nKena sihir is mostly meaning someone broke into your house and poison you with contamination chemicals. Normal vector of attack is consumption, inhalation, or absorption. Meaning spike food, water supply, bed, ventilation.\nIt's either poison, or radiation.\nSo if you suspect a attack. Check and clear your house area of suspicion item. Put CCTV and make sure there's no blind spot."], ["Most sihir is actually TB je..batuk kering and berdarah. Malam2 got sweat. Never got checked and treated for tb then salahkan sihir", "Your comment reminds me of my school friend who got TB. He lost a lot of weight but gained a new nickname. We all called him TB after that lol. He's now a doctor."], ["Last I checked, Ball Lightning is quite OP now. You might wanna check that out."], ["Bro, recite \"4 Qul\" for self protection. Do as much as u can. And seek help. If unable to find any, recite the whole Holy Quran by yourself."], ["read quran everyday in the house\ndo your daily five prayers and the additional ones\nlearn / memorize certain portions of the quran that you can use as prayer\nkeep yourself clean all the time especially if you are a woman (menstruating)\nbe with people often, never stay alone", "The last one is kinda hard tho. What if you work as a security guard"], ["Minum Susu Lembu Jantan Adudu"], ["Kena sihir is mostly meaning someone broke into your house and poison you with contamination chemicals. Normal vector of attack is consumption, inhalation, or absorption. Meaning spike food, water supply, bed, ventilation.\nIt's either poison, or radiation.\nSo if you suspect a attack. 1. Check and clear your house area of suspicion item. 2. Purge your water supply 3. Change your bedsheets. 4. If you don't feel healthy inside. Sakit perut. It's probably poison/drug from spike food/drink. Seek medical treatment.\nPut CCTV and make sure there's no blind spot.\nAnd if you want to be extra sure. Stay somewhere for a week and see if condition improve. Eat only from can food and drink you purchase yourself and keep in secure location. If anyone offer food even from your love one. Don't eat it.\nSend/pay someone to stay at your place for a week. If they fall sick or experience similar conditions. Then confirm someone is attacking you. Only then seek ustaz or whatever spiritual doctor you think can help", "Or ask a dog to sniff your place. They have sensitive nose. So should be able to detect abnormal smell. Be careful if they are avoiding certain area. It means something wrong probably chemical spill or something", "Or maybe just go see a doctor or toxicologist?", "Sure, but you're treating the damage not solving the source of the problem.\nGo see the doctor to treat your wound after getting beat up. The issue is the bully. I'm just suggesting where to look to DEAL WITH IT.\nsee doctor get medicine. But until you found out where and how you get poison. You'll get sick again. If you fail to find the problem early. There's a chance you'll experience organ failure first.", "I don't think you get my point. The reason to see a doctor is to get a diagnosis. Once you have the diagnosis, it'll be easier to identify the source (if it's indeed toxin exposure).\nOr in the most likely scenario, all the tests will come back normal.", "I don't think you get my point.\nNo you. OP ask what to do if kena and I just give suggestions on it and yes that include going to a doctor. Checking your house and cleaning it does also help. Especially if you find suspicious items.", "Is that what bomohs do in the olden days?\nWhat are some of the traps and boobys they use back in the day?", "you are a fool, i bet you also believe humans evolved from monkeys", "Then you bet wrong fool. To be clear, I don't believe in sihir. It's just misunderstood what sihir actually is. Strip away the superstitions. It's Just people sabotaging other people's health/life through the use of chemicals."], ["Can YouTube search \"ustaz kazim elias shirt\"\nThe search results used to be he telling his experience, now the results seems more about giving advice"]]}
{"title": "PMX given the guard of honor by staff of the Imperial Hotel Tokyo", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ne5x6/pmx_given_the_guard_of_honor_by_staff_of_the/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Japanese hospitality at its finest"], ["Boleh tak Malaysia buat budaya macam ni, idk tapi nampak cool je tengok", "Budaya macam ni di North Korea meluas", ""], ["Member menang liga ke"], ["Damn that\u2019s a Toyota Century r/kereta"], ["Don\u2019t they have work to do ?"], ["Why did they give a guard of honor to the PMX ?"], ["What's an imperial hotel"], ["lets just say we are of economic importance to them."]]}
{"title": "Anthony Loke shares video of ministry's commitment to strengthen public transport", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18urcp9/anthony_loke_shares_video_of_ministrys_commitment/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [[":29091::29091::29091::29091:"]]}
{"title": "Pakar kaunseling dakwa perkembangan psikologi remaja terbantut jika masuk asramaKUALA LUMPUR", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ndsuk/pakar_kaunseling_dakwa_perkembangan_psikologi/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "KUALA LUMPUR: Perkembangan psikologi remaja berusia 13 hingga 15 tahun atau pelajar Tingkatan 1 hingga Tingkatan 3, boleh terbantut jika terpaksa tinggal dalam persekitaran baharu yang bermasalah.\nPersekitaran baharu itu antaranya boleh membabitkan perbuatan buli dalam kalangan pelajar di asrama yang mampu membuatkan tahap psikologi remaja merudum teruk dengan kemungkinan gagal untuk bangun semula dan berdepan pelbagai masalah lain di alam dewasa.\nThe problem is not the place the problem is the culture of the place, even at school you could get bullied. Now days children are so soft ,the parents is so soft.. if your kid get bullied tell them to man up and punch the living shit of the bully. Violence should be deal with violence", "comments": [["The problem is not the place the problem is the culture of the place, even at school you could get bullied. Now days children are so soft ,the parents is so soft.. if your kid get bullied tell them to man up and punch the living shit of the bully. Violence should be deal with violence\nYes, just like that road rage case. One die one goes to jail. Win-win for society."], ["OP has stone-age mentality and shitty take."], ["The post title implies the problem is limited to dorms in KL. MRSM Taiping can breathe a sigh of relief \ud83d\ude0c"], ["Meanwhile T20 rose tinted glasses reminiscing happier times\nAs with most boarding schools, seniors often take on a mentorship role, guiding juniors through the maze of school life. However, these interactions, intended to foster camaraderie, discipline, and a sense of belonging, can sometimes be misconstrued as bullying. It is important to recognise that what may appear as harsh treatment often serves a higher purpose, contributing to personal growth and character development.\nWhen boarding schools aren't the nightmare they are today. Why bullying is so prevalent though.about SKM Pengkalan Chepa 2\n\"A typical day at one of these boarding schools reads like a page from 1984, where every aspect of living is rigidly controlled and people are treated like numbers. Frustration and anger build over weeks or months. Under these circumstances in the stricter schools, strange behaviors tend to emerge."], ["Soft\nOP is suggesting that it's okay to put children in a fight or flight situation\nExcept there's no flight, you're sleeping in the same dorms your bullies are in"], ["Violence should be deal with violence\nStanding here i realized"]]}
{"title": "The tragedy of Rafizi Ramli - Opinion", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ndkq2/the_tragedy_of_rafizi_ramli_opinion/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Perhaps the most controversial measure implemented by rafizi was his menu rahmah scheme which hurt msmes badly\nhuh? menu rahmah by rafizi is news to me", "Yeah, it was the late Salahuddin Ayub's initiative to help the poor. You can discern the quality of reporting and bias from their mistakes.", "It was under payung rahmah which is under rafizi ministry. The 1 that brought it forward was salahuddin ayub, but the initiative is technically under rafizi."], ["Lmao what tragedy?\nRenewable energy is the future, people say shit about him because he took it as a plan for Malaysia's future?\nStop posting from shitty websites lah.\nIf you have beef with him do contact him & setup a place in his podcast. You can say anything to his face.", "Stop posting from shitty websites lah.\nThis is his identity, if he refrained from posting shit about this administration, this account would cease to exist.", "Ying and Yang. You post pro PH stuff, he post anti PH stuff. All in balance./s", "You're not wrong either, I should repent", "Keep it coming so the fler has a reason to wake up in the morning.", "If your future meant unreliable electricity and expensive energy bills, RE is definitely for you. For the rest of us, there's no economic reason to shift away from coal and gas.", "Unreliable? Shifting to renewables are definitely the future.\nThe costs of renewables are cheaper compared to coal, fossil fuels & gas. Don't know where the hell you get your data from lol\nThat said the safest, cleanest and cheapest solution is nuclear energy. Small modular reactors (SMR) are picking up to be the solution to the traditional reactors.", "That guy is like an AnCap or something. Best ignore them.", "That guy is like an AnCap or something\nEverything is a conspiracy if you're stupid enough.", "And how is RE doing for Europe right now with the need to capping the gas price for another year.", "The Europe energy problems started with the war with Ukraine and Russia.\nThe US blew a pipeline (the US say they didn't)\nand the total percentage of RE in Europe is still not enough to fully power their nations.\nElectric is the future, siapa ckp sekarang.\nThat's why we're going into the transition of energy like every other nation. Not only it's cheaper compares to fossil fuels, gas & coal but it's also much cleaner.", "We're still gonna depends on fossil fuels, gas and coal. The idea is to transition the change so that the majority of the energy usage is from renewable energy.\nAgain, the best solution is still nuclear.\nKau kerja dgn company o&g ke apa backup bukan main", "Why no economic reason?"], [""]]}
{"title": "Malaysians Over 18 Can Register Their Details In PADU Starting 2 January - Lowyat.NET", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ndkl7/malaysians_over_18_can_register_their_details_in/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Don\u2019t want link to racist site where the owner let racism run wild in favor of views."]]}
{"title": "A very generous man paying his favorite nasi lemak stall rent for a year so that it didn\u2019t close", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ndhhd/a_very_generous_man_paying_his_favorite_nasi/", "num_comment": 83, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": [["He did not pay the rent for a year. He pays for a year\u2019s worth of unpaid rent.", "Yup, the keyword here is 'unpaid rent'. Guess what's gonna happen after a few months?"], ["So an asshole did a lot of bad things, when he done something good (which likely a publicity stunt), suddenly he's a saint now? lol", "One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness\n- Pirates of the Caribbean\nStill, props to him to support the community", "Though it seems enough to condemn him\nYeah", "sounds like all the politicians who have memoirs published. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Last time he even helped yang bao bei who has scammed a lot of people for money. This guy is basically an attention seeker", "Who is he. I don't know him.\nFor me, he's just a Samaritan, until I saw your post.", "Read other replies in this post.", "That\u2019s how the cartel works."], ["Le dude a scammer?\nI have no evidence.", "He sells Chinese tablet medicine for few thousand ringgit. U tell me if its a scam.", "I sell special water that if you have fever and you drink it, you\u2019ll be better after a few days.", "Also known as coconut water", "Reminds me of air suci during covid period.\nAnd someone sold cow piss in India.", "its actually organic filtered blood bi-product(essence )that's from a special breed of virgin mini tigers.", "Did he sell them as supplements? Supplements are not medicine. Everyone knows that, if not, Darwin's award. Why is TCM called TCM? Because it's not actually medicine and not double blind tested. Anyone who claims and sells TCM as a cure is illegal btw. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Anyways, Darwin's awards for people somehow didn't care enough to research their illness and treatment with a medical professional. I don't think buddy is a scammer in legal definition. Also you all know the type of people who can afford all these magic supplements but refuses scientific medicine. Few of my family members have cancer and I would honestly say they deserve failed treatment if they believes sawdust supplements would be the cure. what you are saying is like saying people who sell oil additives are scammers if the people who believes additives could fix a failed engines. Oil additives might help maybe we don't know but hey it's your money.\nfuck this guy but he isn't a scammer and if he is report him to MMA.", "report him to the MMA", "bing Malaysia MMA..\ud83d\ude09 Malaya M edicial associati o n?", "The problem of livestream selling is, for example, i promote and sell you guys Ferrari Watches.\nI didn't name them the Original Ferrari Watch, nor mention them as counterfeit.\nI legit intended to scam legally.\nAnother trick can be,\nI brand my product as \"Original Ferrari\".", "legit scam legally... so basically buyer beware? Either way.. if people who risks their health by non double blind tested med.. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f less stress on the health system. my wife found out she has stage 4 cancer once she arrived at the hospital and her dad was saying shit to the medical team that they were probably too young and asked my wife to not go through operation when they said it's the plan of action. He asked her to wait so some sifu can see her a week later from vacation..\nShe called buddy out of respect to her dad for advice and scammer basically couldn't provide ingredients and when she asked about how it works he said \" It will work if you don't think so don't take it .\"\nWe didn't take it and her dad and family gives us shit for embarrassing them...", "How uncompassionate you are. People who do know better should be educated so that they make the right decisions. You have taken the easy path of bashing them instead educating them. A righteous person should be protecting the ignorant but here you are doing the opposite and leaving them to suffer. Your comment is only spreading hate", "Dude.. see a health care professional when sick. If someone risks their life on untested snake oil, we should protect them? There are 1rm clinics for those with low income. They purposely avoided modern medicine and we should cry. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Would you feel sad if anti vaxxers got COVID?", "Everyone has a smartphone nowadays. Google is a swipe away. No one has an excuse to be ignorant anymore.", "Awareness, education, upbringing and desperation.\nThe Influencer or Dato title comes in use too!", "her brother said .. High Risk high return. So I just replied with so... gambling with her life? He stfu pretty quick. We are not friends anymore.", "Does it work? If it does, probably not a scam", "placebos do have a track record of working sometimes.", "it\u2019s not. It\u2019s bezoar and doesn\u2019t work", "Hey hey hey if it weren't for him taxing idiots their money, he wouldn't have the money to help good people bro.", "Fuck, i was like \"What a nice guy\", until I clicked into the image and it's Sunny fucking Coco.", "Oh no wonder the face looks familiar.", "24 gang taiko"], ["What he did is good. I respect that. But, I think its better for him to use that money to help the owner open a shop elsewhere with more people because as the article said, theres not many customers anymore due to the bus no longer stops there.", "Its a publicity stunt. Guy just finding some reason to gain publicity. The story makes 0 sense whatsoever.", "You are welcome to pay my rent for a year and post it all over social media, and i wont even judge you <3"], ["bla bla. post some charity online then scam netizens few thousands for fake powder. karma will bite him"], ["This guy is Sunny Coco.", "Who is he exactly btw? I only know sunny leone.", "A dude who got famous by shouting at people from FB live, he sell stuff too..", "Can give me link?", "Just search sunny coco in FB, there's should bunch of info bout him and his page"], ["While he did a good deed, its just makes no sense. The business owe rent for 1 year and the owner want to vacate them. That's the right of the owner. But according to this guy, the owner can't do that, cannot find renters willing to pay higher must continue renting to the renter who never paid rent for a year.\nReally insane logic. And then claims he can pay their 1 year rent why government cannot pay for them?", "Because it doesn't actually matter to him, his main goal is online clout. There are people who do good deeds and just quietly try to help and solve people's problems. Then there are those who are, while helping, constantly thinking about \"how can I post about this to make me look good?\"", "I am just pointing out how ridiculous his logic is."], ["Sunny Coco", "uwaa samseng rupanya", "Some of the money got to good use i guess =D"], ["Never thought I\u2019ll be seeing the term of generous man is used to describe him LMAO. This man\u2019s one of the worst terrible influencer, rude, arrogant, scammy, name any single negative attribute and it will instantly fit him."], ["how sustainable is this I wonder.", "For his PR. Very sustainable. The business? Still going to die. Can't find customers", "Yeah a RM 1,000 a month subscription to nasi lemak might be a bit much.", "Exactly"], ["As a nasi lemak enthusiast, I understand his action. I\u2019ve been abroad for 5 years for my studies, and I\u2019m sad to find out that the nasi lemak makcik that my dad used to go is no longer there. My family has been a loyal customer for a decade. Dia masak nasi lemak sedap. :("], ["For more backstory of this guy, if you know yang bao bei who has scammed a lot of people for money and even IC, this guy even \u201crewarded\u201d her for her lessons learned. Yes, this guy is just an attention whore. If you do something good, you dont have to post it for publicity stunt.", "He probably get free fcks from her too for his help"], ["Simp\nI wish I could pay my crush's rent so her nasi lemak will always be available for me too", "bro", "Credit card", "\u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f", "You can pass me the location. i can do it instead.", "Nasi lemak janda"], ["Ugh, have seen this guy on socmed being a shit-stirrer and attention-seeker."], ["Some heroes love Nasi Lemak."], ["He just want good nasi lemak supply XD what's wrong with that XD"], ["oh this guy."], ["Lul this guy is quite controversial. But, this kindness should be appreciated."], ["Don't mess with a man's food."], ["some heroes wear capes. some heroes love nasi lemak"], ["This sub is so toxic. Full of envious people or people who got shit in their lunch. A wholesome post turns into a shit show.", "Read the other comments to see the bigger picture. With his character and history, he's obviously only using this for his own online clout. There's nothing envious about that.\nOn the landlord's part, to only take action after 1 year of unpaid rent is already considered very kind. Most would kick you out by the third missed month, even banks would've started harassing if you missed 1-2 months house loan.\nThe aggro words saying will marah already hints something amiss about his character.", "I'm not trying to be rude but spare me the headache from reading \"trust me bros\". Anyway, cheers.", "reading \"trust me bros\"\nFair play if you don't wanna believe what people say, but you can always search about him before you jump to conclusions. Cheers to you.", "Now I've got time to read about him, I understand where these \"negative\" comments coming from. He is or was a member of kongsi gelap, aiyooo.\nI apologize for my ignorance. Turned out I was toxic too.\nBut I do still think good deeds should be given credit appropriately regardless of people past, and we can criticise their bad deeds too.\nGoodnight everyone.", "I was honestly quite happy to see a wholesome story, until I found out it's this guy. Regardless of one's past, sure, if he has changed. Hopefully so."], ["I love him, I will give his a head every malam rabu sebab jadual kuliah rabu kosong"], ["Lolz. \ud83d\ude02 Before social media, there was absolutely no way of knowing how many people around you that you\u2019d want absolutely nothing to do with."], ["Brownie points publicity"], ["His hairline is immaculate"], ["inb4 ini semua agenda ***"], ["I think there is something deeper to question in this. Is her business doing well? Receipe lari rasa? Or maybe s9meone fell ill and having money problems. If all is well, her cash flow would be willing to pay rent."], ["1 malaysia"]]}
{"title": "The deteriorating performance of the Madani government after one-year in power", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nd1lw/the_deteriorating_performance_of_the_madani/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["What's the alternative? An orthodox Islamic govt coalition with a track record of ethnocentrism.", "We always say this but everyday they stray nearer to the alternative", "Well, truth be told, the current government and the alternative are growing less distinguishable by the day.", "People like to say this but when they live in a PAS area then suddenly they believe in the current government", "America dealing with republican/trump and republican/trump lite, Malaysia has PAS and PAS lite", "Doesn't mean the government can't be criticized. A lot of incompetence.\nFahmi is a glaring example.", "So what, people cant complain / critic the government just because the alternative is what you pointed out ?", "The guy that wrote this opinion piece is Ramasamy, the same guy that complains the lack of tamil indians representations in the cabinet and then whine about Anwar unable to look at the country beyond the racial and religious lens.", "does the person matter ?\nWhat matters is its true or not . not the person.", "does the person matter ?\nOutright hypocrites shouldn't be given a platform to whine, this is like Republicans bragging in Newsmax/Fox/OANN about how pro-life they are and how the Dems are pro-murder while they are threatening women with ectopic pregnancies with jail if they seek abortion.\nOr just like PAS complaining about how other people are threatening social harmony by stating a constitutional fact that there are no restrictions on a PM's race while they themselves are parroting hate speech. True or not, their opinions essentially become worthless.\nTLDR: Of course this doesn't mean people shouldn't criticize govts of the day, but some people should just STFU if they're doing the same exact thing they're accusing/insinuating others of doing.", "anddddd he's gone.", "PH fanboy detected"], ["\u201cMalaysia is unlikely to change. Even if it succeeds, everything will only return to the original point, because the issue of racial conflicts cannot be resolved. Even if the opposition party is in power and wants to overthrow the original policy of favoring indigenous people and promote the new Malaysia of Malaysians, that accounts for the population, a higher proportion of Malays will be incited by the opposition to racial sentiment to teach the government with votes. In the end they will only last at most one general election, and they will have to pay a heavy political price. Moreover, I see that these various opposition parties (Pakatan) are allied just because they want to seize power. In general, they do not have clear direction on how to lead and manage the country.\" - Lee Kuan Yew's One Man\u2019s View of the World", "ok noted Mr Lee. you lah the best leader in world.", "Ah yes, lee kuan yew the guy who tried to make \"malaysia malaysian\" and when he failed and became the prime minister of singapore he introduced \"singapore singaporean\".\nThe idea of a country where everyone is treated equally with no privilage given to anyone, a merit based society, abolishing vernacular school, etc and then boom SAP was introduced....\n\"The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) was introduced in 1979 as a long-term scheme to preserve the best Chinese-stream schools so as to develop effectively bilingual students who were inculcated with traditional Chinese values.\"\nSpecial Assisstance Plan was made to help safeguarding the chinese culture and demographic in the so called \"merit based equal society\" of singapore......", "Interesting, this topic is about Madani performance and im just quoting what Lee said about Msia in his book and it seems correct.\nRegarding what you said, might be true i guess, but atleast the people there wiping their tears with sgd notes i guess.", "UMNO :"], ["Anwar lacks the basic stature of statesman to look at the country beyond the racial and religious lens.\nHe is the perfect reflection of this country, with all its limitations, contradictions and shortcomings. Anwar is Malaysia.\nIt is an uneducated, uncultured, dogmatic, narrow minded, prejudiced and insular country. Hard to expect the leaders to be different.", "And even the author of this piece is the one that chided Anwar that his Cabinet doesn't have enough Tamil Indians.", "Oh the irony", "It may be rarer, but there is a beautiful part of Malaysia that is open-minded, cultured, holistic and/or spiritual, one that doesn't care about ethnicity, sex or in rare times sexuality even. But it's rare, and it comes in small fleeting moments I've had in my life growing up in this country and travelling even to the most religious places. Anwar does not come to mind anywhere close to these moments.", "Malaysia irl vs Malaysia in the news. Day to day the people are amazing. Somehow politicians and the system seems unfair. Too bad there isn't much political will to really enact change"], ["Still better than Moo-moo's and the other guy's govts."], ["The PM already said the first year was to stabilise the economy and reduce the deficit. They did that. Now let's pressure the government to continue to do more reform than what they did in a year."], ["Someone once said that if PMX doesnt have an international drama in his tenure, he is already better than the last 3 PM malaysia had. With my limited knowledge, i agree so far."], ["OMG this is such a terrible article - horrible English and ridiculous logic. I wasn't expecting this from you Prof Ramasamy\n\"Anwar should have relinquished holding the portfolio of Finance Minister some time ago.\nIt is blatantly too much to hold two posts of high responsibilities. One need not be trained economist or finance expert to manage the economy.\"\nIf one doesn't need to be trained to manage the economy, then why is it too much to hold 2 posts simultaneously? Not that I support Anwar's holding both posts. But this is ridiculous justification by the author.\n\"If Anwar can\u2019t even give intelligent answers to questions posed on the economy, then what is the point of holding on the position? Strangely, when journalists ask him questions about the economy, he would talk about his years in prison and how he met some of the world leaders.\"\nI have heard Anwar addressing economic issues directly many times. This is unfair accusation.\n\"he seems to have no answers on domestic matters such as weakened ringgit, food shortage, the horrific nature of the public transport system and many other unresolved issues affecting the poor and the neglected.\"\nRidiculous accusation. Anwar just proposed trade in RM, had imported Indian eggs, appointed well received Anthony Loke as transport minister, have implemented Menu Ramah, e-wallet etc. Feel free to disagree with these policies but to say that Anwar has no answers to all these ?\n\"Anwar lacks the basic stature of statesman to look at the country beyond the racial and religious lens.\"\nRidiculous. While not perfect, he has repeatedly promised fairer treatments.\n\"Although he might not have the support of the Malays, it doesn\u2019t mean that he completely neglects the pressing issues of the non-Malays.\"\nWhat incoherent sentence is this. This sentence implies if one does not have the support of the malays, then one should completely neglect the pressing issues of the non-Malays. What kind of logic is this.\n\"They are not different to ministers in the earlier governments. Some of them are not even capable to hold their posts because public accountability seems to be rarity among them.\"\nWhat incoherent paragraph is this. \"Public accountability seems to be rarity among them.\" this is an observation and not a justification that requires the word \"because\".\n\"Earlier talks of cabinet reshuffle seem to have dissipated. Probably Anwar is too preoccupied with the fate of the Palestinians that he has no time for addressing domestic problems.\"\n? Cabinet reshuffle has happened. Maybe this article was penned before then.\n\"It is not that the Palestinian issue is not important but until today Anwar has not ventured to propose a solution to the hundred years of conflict between the Palestinians and the state of Israel.\nWhile public opinion is gravitating towards a two-state solution as the ultimate answer to resolve the conflict, Anwar is tight-lipped about it.\"\nAnwar actually has solutions for the Palestine. He supports Hamas and what Hamas stands for. One may not like it, but Anwar does have solutions.\n\"How can we talk about democracy and freedom when the Madani government is not averse in controlling the dissemination of information? Several online websites have been closed down by the Communication and Digital Ministry on the grounds that they published information that was critical of the government.\"\nDoes Prof Ramasamy understand the word \"averse\" ?", "The dude is honestly a bullshit monger. He\u2019s lost the plot.", "Literally every day what PH spoke about in the opposition was that the PM shouldn't hold the FM portfolio.", "That's not the reason given by the author", "This prof is petty and vengeful. One of those boomers that this era has to deal with from time to time to progress. He isn't even clear on some of the solutions delivered like you've mention. Anwar is a narcissist, but he has quite a good team behind him.\nI have yet to see proper debate or discussion from the opposite side so far. Almost all the \"opposing opinions\" are based on half truth and sentiment manipulation. This method works best for voters who are without world view and the ability to learn.\nWe are facing a category of people who can't even read and understand their electricy bills. This sort of articles are crafted specifically for this category of voters.", "Good team? Who. The education minister? Fahmi? The previous health minister?", "What so bad about the current education minister? Did you forget how Maszlee was forced to resigned despite he was trying to reform our education system? How idiots ridicule him on black shoes despite it is a good policy? So you think having focused schools for the kids from poor family is a bad thing? I see that as a good move to reduce the education gap between the poor and the rich, grooming them to have better future as the current education system obviously has failed these poor kids.\nAnd what has Fahmi done that is so bad? All these vile propagandas spreading lies and false accusations. Freedom of speech doesn't mean there is no consequences for lying. All these hate politics, shouldn't we put a stop to it?\nAnd you spoke about previous health minister, isn't there the obvious reason why she has been replaced by a better candidate? So you don't think this is a good replacement?\nWhen I said a good team, I am comparing them to previous government. At least, this government is definitely better than the previous one who only dare to bark in ceremah but didn't even did their homework to understand issues enough for a discussion and debate in parliament.\nYou can keep your narrative to yourself. \ud83e\udd23", "Can you name me one good policy move that Fahmi has made?", "So you are not aware of the recent pushed for national digital transformation programme to overcome the lackluster effort from previous government that resulted Malaysia being left behind? Removing DNB from monopoly isn't a good policy? The strengthing enforcement to crackdown online scams and fraudulent syndicates that the previous government couldn't? And you think attracting Amazon , Google to setup datacenters in Malaysia, has nothing to do with MCMC?\nYour kind of narratives are as good as a clickbait tabloit headlines. The kind of one liners that share no detail of the actual context of matters. \ud83e\udd23", "Oh is that the reason why Fahmi's ministry shrunk and was given to Gobind? Because he's so good?"], ["Ramasamy, can you even do half as well?", "Whines about Anwar unable to look at the country beyond the racial and religious lens.\nWhines about lack of tamil indians in the cabinet\nRamasamy in a nutshell", "That is stupid comment . That is like saying food critic must be able to cook as well as the chef or that film critic must be able to make better film. That is also saying rakyat who criticise the govt must be able to do better job and if cannot must shut up \ud83e\udd23 You evaluate and assess the merits of criticisms by the critic, not personally attack the critic asking whether he can do better job \ud83d\ude01", "What a dumbass comment.\nRamasamy is an ex-deputy minister. Based on your analogy, Ramasamy is both a chef & a food critic. And I don't trust chefs who can't taste food.", "In the end it's the chef's patrons that decide if the food is good, and if the chef deserves his/her place in the trade. A chef that can't taste food is irrelevant in this analogy.\nThat's like saying Beethoven's works in his later years are complete garbage just because he went deaf.\nA more apt analogy would be that a chef that self proclaims as a food critic can't be trusted when criticizing topics related to his/her interests, as he/her is always biased in some way.", "you are probably not aware who Ramasamy is."], ["The worst part is Fahmi", "Don\u2019t think so, not by a long shot. There\u2019s still the education lady and the home minister no?\nAlthough the article quoted is written by someone who has an axe to grind and appears to be no better than the lot he\u2019s criticising.", "Edukeyshen lady is the worst.", "Curious, what did she do wrong?", "Incredibly misplaced priorities\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/17meou2/jangan_kacau_kami_kata_menteri_pendidikan/", "https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/690813 well here we go again", "My points exactly", "Fahmi is terrible but he's got serious competition."], ["Reformasi like my shit :26554:", "Reformashit?", "Reformati", "Sila jgn Reformaki", "Reform the country? Reform my shit first."], ["Inb4 hari ni kawin bukan esok terus ada anak\nInb4 vote for lesser evil\nInb4 at least not PAs\nInb4 give chance\nnb4 only 1 year still long the go\nInb4 this cause the government is mix with UMNO", "What's wrong with \"vote for lesser evil\", \"at least is not PAS/PN\"? Have you seen the shit they raised in Parliament? Or the shit they spew towards non muslims? Acting like they're a fucking viable choice for a potentially better administration when all they focus is SEX, RACE and RELIGION is absolutely fucking dumb.\nI'm fine with you guys criticizing the current administration for their shortcomings, but to imply PAS/PN would be par/better is dogshit ridiculous.\nHadi: Other races are challenging Muslim's political power: https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2023/08/939467/voting-mandatory-if-other-races-are-challenging-muslims-political-power\nHadi: Non-Muslims must be grateful for \u2018being given a place\u2019 here, should just let Malays continue leading country: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/07/hadi-non-muslims-must-be-grateful-for-being-given-a-place-here-should-just-let-malays-continue-leading-country/73042\nHadi: Only Islam can rule, others must be 'pak turut': https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/357628\nPAS politicians insinuated that their rivals are the enemies of Allah: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/27/pas-man-says-sorry-after-calling-on-allah-to-defend-kedah-from-enemies-video/76640\nWan Fayshal asking BNM to print money and distribute it to citizens: https://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/bfm_podcast/2020-11-16-story-h1536436997-Wan_Fayhsal_BNM_Should_Print_Money\nMuhyiddin abusing emergency powers: https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_motivation-behind-malaysias-state-emergency-questioned/6200719.html\nMuhyiddin claimed Christians of being in cahoots with a group of Jews to \u201cChristianise\u201d Malaysia: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/19/muhyiddin-in-hot-water\nDr. M: Parties led by non-Malays are 'parti pendatang': https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/09/04/dr-m-calls-parties-led-by-non-malays-039parti-pendatang039\nNon muslim woman fined for wearing shorts in Kelantan: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/non-muslim-malaysian-woman-fined-for-wearing-shorts-in-kelantan\nNon muslim unisex salon ban + closure: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/12/856735/terengganu-govt-enforce-unisex-hair-salon-ban-warns-offenders-fines\nNon muslims are the root of corruption https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/08/20/pas-hadi-claims-non-muslims-non-bumiputera-make-up-the-bulk-of-roots-of-corruption/\nPAS/Zul Zuhaimy: Mahu sembelih orang bukan Islam: https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/11/mahu-sembelih-orang-bukan-islam-zul-huzaimy-mohon-maaf/\nPN: May 13 rhetoric election propaganda: https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/78211/netizens-raise-alarm-over-may-13-hate-content-posted-on-tiktok\nHadi: Malaysia has to be ruled by muslims: https://buletinonlines.net/v7/index.php/malaysia-mesti-dipimpin-oleh-melayu-islam/\nSanusi demolished colonial era legally built Hindu temples and label critics 'drunk on toddy': https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/12/03/lfl-slams-kedah-mbs-heavy-handed-defence-of-temple-demolition/ https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/553910\nSanusi insulting Amirudin and questioning the lineage of the Sultan of Selangor (Video Source): https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/dakwaan-menghina-siasatan-terhadap-sanusi-masih-belum-selesai-sultan-selangor-428497\nPAS: Nurse's clothing too tight: https://www.malaysiadateline.com/dakwa-pakaian-nurse-ketat-mp-pas-kena-sekolah-dengan-presiden-persatuan-jururawat/\nPAS: No concerts because they promote hedonism: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/08/25/pas-urges-govt-to-cancel-all-upcoming-foreign-artist-concerts\nPN: The Malay Proclamation: https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2023/05/1096600/proklamasi-orang-melayu-kini-dapat-sokongan-pemimpin-pas-bersatu-dan\nAmar (PAS): Not having tap water is not a big deal. Villagers know how to dig their own wells: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/08/kelantan-villagers-know-how-to-dig-their-own-wells-says-amar/\nNik Abduh (PAS): Citizens should pray instead of requesting/begging for help: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/06/29/pas-mp-dismisses-white-flag-campaign-says-better-to-pray/\nEdit: Wording", "", "As middling as Madani government was, it sure as hell beat out the entire tenure of PN.", "Jwteoh with the Thor hammer again", "keep up the good work", "No no, fak Hadi the cunt", "Copy paste DAP comes again, weak.", "You should do one for dap.\nThe battle will be epic!!", "Don't need to,since every people know what DAP is.", "I know what dap is but I'm not sure my know same with your know. Might as well create a list like him and let more people know more about what dap is, according to your knows?", "I'm not a loser to list down some political party failure in the internet. I just go outside and talk to people more.\nedit : im not some loser try to justify myself slandering some worthless political party on internet.", "Well, good for you. Touch more grass for us.", "weak\nButthurt is the fuel of everyone's work. -cielofnaze", "I should be an influencer.", "I should be an influencer.\nSapot sama lu", "Make a study and quote me as reference.", "Stop whining lol. Your PNPAS giler kuasa only.", "Any actual justifications on why these \"excuses\" shouldn't stand ?", "\"saya lagi rela pencuri duit UMNO daripada PAS\"\n\"Kalau PAS berkuasa , semuanya tutup\"\nPs : Let's ignore Anwar did more to enable islamization in the past year than PAS did in their 33months", "PAS cons: Incompetent\nPAS pros: Also incompetent, so they couldn't actually implement things."], ["Comeback after 4 year..thanks.."], ["This is just propaganda. Sorel losers really like to whine when they can't and won't do any better. Go play in traffic."], ["Some of the media are under umno related (Johari ghani/ Syed mokhtar) ownership. Not if this one is so I give discount one this article eventhough I generally agree."], ["Said Maggie to Steve after a year of sleeping over."], ["I dont read the article.\nBut reality is PMX (or whoever wants the power) needs Malay support to stay or to be in power.\nThis is the whole truth.\nCurrently UMNO is giving this PH coalition some legitimacy for this malay muslim votes. However UMNO has become less and less relevant due to stupidity of Zahid. If nothing changes until next cycle then highly likely most votes will go to PN.\nNow Anwar does not want this. Thus sometimes he pander to the malay muslim agenda or general Islam action, like, banning the Israel cargo ship and whatnot.\nSadly in Malaysia the politics is still and forever be race based. Doesnt matter what they do pas voters will vote for Pas. doesnt matter DAP is in bed with Umno, their most hated faction, compromising with Zahid, and so on, their voters will vote for DAP still. Same for both ends.\nNot an UMNO supporter, but as i recall we are at SOMEWHAT at a proper moderate level when UMNO was in power back in the day no? Everybody seems satisfied and jolly. MCA MIC people also got important roles in goverment.", "When the Melayu voted for UMNO =\n\"Eee, bodoh cam lembu asal dapat duit terus bagi undi. Itulah Melayu dapat RM50 terus undi UMNO.\"\nWhen the Melayu got fed up not just by the comments from the nons but also the personality of UMNO mbs and decide to vote other party =\n\"Nooo, things were better under UMNO...\"\nYou know most people who voted for PN and PAS are former UMNO's voter. And while most people would say its because of islam or arabisation, the truth is, its the PH's supporters who are the reason most melayu voted for PN.\nIts the classic case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. They no longer wants to vote for UMNO, so why would they give their vote to PH?\nWhy would they vote for the ones that keep taunting and throwing slurs at them? Might as well gave it to PN.", "Thats the thing it will always be like that, on both ends sadly. Doesnt matter whats happening. Currently kerajaan PH releases Zahid. Does DAP voter mad probably yes. Will they vote DAP again? Most likely yes. For UMNO supporters like you said the support will go towards PN.\nOn the balance of things i still would say PH + DAP + Umno has more capable leaders compare to PN who is clearly not competent.\nBut saying that leave us in even worse state tbh, theres no proper check and balance to counter the government.\nIf you ask me the reason for all these bs is Umno + Najib. Then made worse by Zahid. They are the culprit haha. Umno will be irrelevant soon imo.", "Sad but true. Things were better under UMNO."], ["But but but... Taliban"], ["The shiniest of two turds is still a turd"], ["Shrunk? The main reason of why Malaysia is left behind in digital transformation after 2 decades is the lack of independent ministry to focus on it.\nWe are in 2023, the scale of digitization landscape has grown so vast that we should have had the digital ministry created a decade ago.\nThis shows how much you don't understand what digital transformation is. As usual, single liner, no details, no fact, just some ignorant rants."]]}
{"title": "ASB: Jumlah pengagihan pendapatan sebanyak 5.25 sen seunit meliputi pengagihan pendapatan sebanyak 4.25 sen seunit dan bonus 1.00 sen seunit.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ncu4k/asb_jumlah_pengagihan_pendapatan_sebanyak_525_sen/", "num_comment": 81, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["I\u2019ve noticed asb has been advertising its funds to non Malays more and more. So if you\u2019re looking for a safe investment vehicle I would defo consider", "That is ASM, which is different with ASB. It is hard to purchase unit because of it's limited units, unlike ASB which is unlimited units. Lately they increase it though, and had a promotion with TnG.", "No you can get those through the app now or through the epf portal. It's super easy now.", "please don't lie to me, the last time I tried a month or two back I still can't deposit any amount into my ASM3, even RM100 also tak jadi", "Serious shit. Just use the app or I Invest on the epf website. Thing is going through epf they'll only take from your 2nd acc and limit the investment amount. But if you are doing it through the app it's unlimited.", "Yeah but the Non bumiputera one is kinda hard to get, you really need to be alert when the registration or request is open.", "Depends on which funds you are looking to invest into also. Yes, some slots for a fund are limited. But ASNB has 16-17 (?) funds overall. Last I checked (few months back) all were still open.", "I think the question is how do those that opened to non-bumi perform compared to the bumi-only funds and FD. Previously, someone I know told me it wasn't that great.", "If we see it from a technical perspective, it makes sense. Because the bumi funds are freaking huge (just the number of accounts opened is enough to give you a rough estimate of how big it is) compared to the non-bumi funds. So larger funds means more investment opportunities in the market, which means more return for ASNB as a company, which means more return for investors.\nTo compare, bumi funds give a return of 4-5% in recent years. And non-bumi funds give a return of around 3-4% in the same period.\nIt's not THAT amazing. HOWEVER, it's still one of the safest investment options in the market today with arguably pretty decent returns. So choose and plan your money wisely.\n(Source: Used to be a financial advisor for 6+ years)", "I think more slots are open hence why the marketing posters I\u2019ve been seeing have Chinese people on them. Made me chuckle.", "I believe the ROI for funds that open to non-Malays are lower."], ["Isn't last year is 5.5 ? 5.0 for dividen ,0.5 bonus for the first 10k ?", "No, last year was 3.35 and bonus 1.25 for first 30k", "Hahahaha my bad so it's during PMX era, PMX best?", "sure"], ["How does this work, let's say invest either 1k 10k 100k, 1m what would the return look like? Does it beat inflation?", "Currently the inflation is 1.8%.\nSo I assume that a yes?\nhttps://open.dosm.gov.my/dashboard/consumer-prices", "Currently the inflation is 1.8%\nAnd other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself. Even the Chief Strategy Officer of KWSP himself called bullshit on that figure", "Do you have any data that would show otherwise, besides anecdotal evidence?\nMost of the inflation happened last year, 2022 vs 2021 - but 2023 v 2022 was not as inflationary according to the data. Sure if you compare 2023 v 2021 anecdotally then it\u2019s a lot more than 2%. The fact is some large components of the consumer basket, like rents and fuel, did not really rise as much.", "What i meant was you need to take the inflation value provided by DOSM with a heap of salt because some of the consumer basket components' prices are regulated. Inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy, so just compare how much one would pay for roti canai and teh tarik over time. I bet the price increase will be more than a handful of %.", "But that is the definition of inflation, what consumers ultimately pay for their basket of goods, net of subsidies.\nYes, food and f&b inflation is higher than normal, no doubt about that. But food and f&b are not the entirety of the basket, and especially not Teh tarik and roti canai, so you can\u2019t just extrapolate these datapoints as overall inflation for the country.", "yes food inflation in malaysia is very bad. Other countries have targeted taxes while we tax our necessities. That is how other countries can keep their inflation lower and necessities more affordable since they do not tax groceries. for instance people complain VAT in EU is above 20% and crazy high but everything you need to buy say diapers, food, clothes are all exempt but computers arent considered a necessity so get the high tax. However even though our tax is lower we pay through the nose compared to US for computer parts. It was cheaper for me to import a GPU from US than to buy from lowyat, save a few hundred RM for a med range GPU but now gov is jealous so started adding more taxes for buying stuff from outside. The problem is if we cant locally provide stuff cheaper than the first world for the exact same item that is made in china, we gotta question ourselves as to where that money goes if our paycheck is very small.\nSame goes for food. we earn small but pay equivalent in food after equalising currency to other countries.", "How's the calculation work for every rm x we get back 0.055 so return would dl be x * 0.055?", "its like stocks, every year you get a return. Except there is no limit to when and how much you can put in. So if you put in rm 100 in a year, (i think the money has to be in for a minimum amount of time) say ASB makes 5% then you make rm 5 which auto adds to your investment for the next year. The only difference between ASB and say stocks is that your profits go back into investing while stocks dont automatically go back into investing as its profit paid back into your account automatically. You can still take the profit out from ASB but ASB and EPF are long term safe investments you generally dont want to touch the profit from.", "ASB is a safe investment. Its not your braggable finance ass jerk who gets 30% ROI, but its a safe investment that typically performs well. your finance jerk may get some losses at times but the ASB focuses on less risky investments where making a loss should be avoided but the profit is decent. Malaysia is one of the countries with decent safe investment options. Our epf and asb do okish while other countries rely on privatised institutions like their bank offers. Even asb and pef beat our own local bank investment options.\nSure its not high, but at least you dont need to be experienced and have studied finance and economics so you can work your full time job and not worry about your investment. If you got no time to research and invest, epf and asb should be your minimum. Its not stocks either though some stocks are a safe investment but low ROI, coca cola being an example where the stock value is stable, theres profit but its also not a large profit and penny stocks isnt advisable here either due to fees/overheads while to buy a single stock requires forking out quite a bit so in comparison to penny stocks ASB is a huge plus for us plebs who cant afford to buy a good single stock."], ["Nothing to see here for nons."], ["Free 10k noice"], ["FWIW the max you can put in ASB is 300k so the max dividend you can get is 15750, which average to 1,312 per month before any deductions. So you still can't live off from just ASB alone. Although if you're in a position where you can put 300k in ASB you're most likely quite well-off already.", "Honestly i can. As a forever childless homo, who loves a simple minimalist life, i can survive on very little. Once my car loan has been paid off at least. RM500 for renting a rural house, RM300 for car maintenance and fuel, and the rest to grocery for home cooking.\nMay need some extra gig work for health insurance, but i will have all the time in the world for that.", "sometimes i thank god for being a fag at least i can live a simple life without having the commitment of raising up a family, i know im not a high maintenance guy just as long as i can cover my basic need that\u2019s all that matters", "Not true", "elaborate", "You can write a letter and request for more. Source= me", "What\u2019s the limit you think?", "There is no limit with compounding interest", "does the 300k including the dividend or 300k just from me?", "From my understanding of the FAQ, from you:\nhttps://www.asnb.com.my/asnbv2_2funds_EN.php#asb"], ["ASM always no unit, already give up", "ASM units available, i just bought today.. i heard until dec 31", "Wow thanks for letting us know =)", "Thanks for the info", "Got got. Bought on the 19th and 20th December. Go try your luck today.", "Wow, really got, Thanks!", "Yay!! You're most welcome"], ["My ASB returns expected to be RM700 because Ive moved all of them into crypto lol.\nMy total initial capital ~40k; diversified\nASB returns = 700 (5.25%)\nUS Stock returns = 1700 (6.9%, would be more if not bcause of currency exchange)\nWahed returns = 560 (10%)\nCrypto returns = 5k (11%, currently all in last nov)\nJust sharing", "Is wahedinvest good?", "Imo really good for long term 5-10yrs savings, maybe even better than doing stock picking like I did for US Stock (easy, hassle free).\nRecommend to get either Thematic Portfolio (US Stock) or Diversify Portfolio (Agressive/Very Aggressive-Mine). Then just DCA RM300-500 every month. I started last year which was during bear market, so that\u2019s why I got quite high ~10% even in just 1 year (I think could prob get more if I chose Thematic portfolio).", "can you check the dividend income from monthly report?", "Nope. Statement not available rn it seems. For ASB right?", "ouh no. from wahedinvest.", "Wahed is unlike Asb does not give dividen, more of Profit/Gain. This can go up and down, you should be able to see it in your monthly statement.", "Anything not connected to ringgit is ultimately better in the long run. Now our currency is indeed going to the trash heap. Soon we can start business selling cheap steam key", "a lot of ad news on the internet is fake that are trying to scam you by saying stuff like ringgit is going down or trash. In truth the ringgit hasnt changed much. Yes its lower but the key thing is to diversify. Not all investments will make it but having different currencies is helpful if you want to avoid converting. The key thing is to avoid converting.\nIf you plan to live in malaysia for the rest of your life, you will have a tough time explaining to LHDN when they see you getting more money than your income from undisclosed sources, so even if you do well offshore and do the stupid thing of buying a merc, they will start to question where your money come from.\nAlso at times other currencies can go crazy too so your foreign investments arent as secure as you think. Its not about investing in US because many currencies move in opposite direction to the dollar. Today RM is weaker than dollar, tomorrow when world peace happens it can end up being the opposite. When the world is doing better, the dollar drops and suddenly your $ isnt worth as much and you may have just lost a few % of your investment. This is the danger with currency. Currencies tend to follow the same value trend nowadays except during economic crashes like what happened to greece and turkey. So foreign investments run the risk of currency fluctuations when you finally want the money and LHDN on your life if you stupidly live the \"high life\" with unreliable shit heaps like range rover and mercs, blocky houses with flat concrete roof that leaks.", "I report all my foreign income. You are being hyterical, LHDN is not trying to get you. They just want their due. I'm not living high life, i'm trying to save money so that i dont beg at 65 or have to work at until dying.", "i know, im saying given that you invest in a foreign way its more on how you report to LHDN due to currency differences. On one hand you could report your yearly profits that you do not take out, but that would be speculation, on the other hand you can report all at once but do a bit more complicated accounting on taxes owed over the years rather than being in a different tax bracket all of a sudden for that 1 year.\nHowever i still think its only viable if you can report to LHDN when you take out the money rather than constantly, given currency differences that make it difficult if you did not take out the money.", "How do you invest in US stocks?", "M+ global, honestly I don\u2019t recommend. They pretty much control Forex exchange rate, e.g current market rate to buy a dollar is 4.65 but in app 4.70 (pay more), same case when converting back (you get less) thus lose a lot and fee for currency exchange is not transparent enough. My profit from stocks ~9.8% but actual gained only becomes 6.91% after all the fees. Feel robbed.\nI would say if total fees more than 1-2% are not good.", "how do you put money in the app? is it via bank transfer or card? because there are ways around their currency exchange rates.\nexchanging currency always has fees but i've seen services with less than 1% fees in total (both static and dynamic)", "Deposit using FPX transfer from bank. Other ways?\nDeposit in MYR, the conversion happens when we buy stocks. This is the way that im aware of.", "i see, in that case just have a wise account and use that to hold the currency first before transferring to the app via that account. Should get around the exchange rate issue if the rate isnt what you like.\nDo they charge fees ontop the exchange rate or only investment fees?", "I believe they do, but again it\u2019s very difficult for you to calculate because they aren\u2019t even being transparent on the exact exchange rate that applied when you convert your money.", "IBKR, transfer funds with Wise", "I wonder what kind of crypto did you all in on last Nov with a mere 11% gain?\nBTC itself has more than double this year.", "Actually started all in late Nov until early Dec. Initially had small amount invested and gained 40%+, but the percentage got diluted because im putting more capital Haha", "Im quite commit to convert like a quarter of my asb into cryto once they done giving out dividens on luno. Smart move ke bro?", "Only put money that you can afford to lose on crypto. If you can\u2019t handle losing quarter of your asb money if crypto goes down, dont do it.", "", "Don\u2019t be greedy bro, do financial planning based on the risk you are comfortable to take, not on the returns you hope to achieve to sustain a particular lifestyle.\nExpecting a 10-20% yearly return on invested capital is unrealistic and not sustainable over long periods, except on very specialised private market investments that are not available for normal retail investors.\nRemember: past returns are not indicative of future returns", "Cryptoassets are speculative - don\u2019t be confuses between speculating and investing my friend. And achievable long-run returns are closer to 5-7%, realistically. If there was an easy way to make 10-20% consistently, you can be sure that professional investors would already have done so - and pushed asset prices up so that expected returns fall. It\u2019s hubris to think that as everyday retail investors we can beat the market or professional investors who\u2019s 24/7 job is literally to do so.", "For Bitcoin, there\u2019s ETF and halving incoming which is why it\u2019s going up again. Another up and down cycle. You need to know when you want to go in and out if you want to get profit. Just remember that you can lose money. Asb is zero risk so of course it\u2019s not much/not fair to compare."], ["So how do I count this?\n1 unit I own = 5.25 cents?\nEdit: Also, is 5.25 cents literally just cents or 5 ringgit and 25 cents?", "You'll get 5.25 cents. To put it in physical money term, you'll get the smallest value coin in current circulation, and an imaginary 1 cent chopped into 4.\nAlso you can't own less than 10 unit (RM10), so lets assume that's your minimum. If that is your balance on 31st Dec, you will get 52.5 cents. Cent = 1/100 of a ringgit.", "Ooh interesting. Thanks for the input fellow Malaysian", "1 unit = RM 1 and you get 5.25 sen for each unit. This means you get 5.25% of the amount of money you have in asb.", "Wow bro, which school you grad from. It's pretty clear written as cents. Mana datang 5 ringgit?", "Wtf who say 5 ringgit lmao, it means every 1 unit (RM1) you have, you earned 5.25sen.\nRM1 can earn RM5 straightaway, either scam, or ASNB bet all to Nvidia (or anything really rocketed) lmao."], ["I wonder why they couldn't do the same for the funds accessible to nons?"], ["In all honesty if you got like 300k to invest, go someplace else lo. 15k for 300k is not worth it imo. For a year too."], ["https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/694776"]]}
{"title": "Anyone got covid more than once, my third time today", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nc85g/anyone_got_covid_more_than_once_my_third_time/", "num_comment": 143, "flairlabel": [], "header": "All three times wasn\u2019t in Malaysia but as I move back next month I wanna see how our strain is as I assume Imma get it due to being in hospital. I knew something was off than a normal fever, the chills, hot & cold flashes, shortness of breath and fatigue. I did have 3 infections after the second round which I had to yeet my throat balls tho. Throat still hurts that was waste of time. I contribute this covid session to the Spanish grandmas sneezing and hacking in the bus while I was there last week lmao.", "comments": [["Bruh imported covid back from Spain.....", "Courtesy of abuelas nonetheless \ud83d\ude02", "He can be the second Korea dude (is it SKorea I can't remember)"], ["Reminded me of that girl tiktok video saying:\n\"Why are you getting Covid in 2023? That's so 2020!\" LMAO"], ["Relative of a colleague got 5 times within 2 years period. That was the highest record I heard so far.", "i wonder if they have any long covid effects? 5x is wow", "last i heard, he had long covid 1 year after. but not sure after that.", "How is the condition of health now?"], ["my wife on her 4th time. but im still at 1. kinda strange since i sleep next to her and never bothred to quarantine from her when she gets it", "That's amazing. My coworker only sat beside me for an hour or two, sneezing and sniffling before I masked up (she didn't). Had a sore throat before work was even over and took 10 days to test negative with the gnarliest fever/sore throat/cough I've ever had. I'm so paranoid now of ppl sneezing beside me \ud83d\ude05 Like I don't mind the fever itself, but potentially infecting my elderly sick parents scare the frick out of me", "Yeah I\u2019m in the same boat with elderly parents. One who is very high risk. Heart and diabetic issues.\nCovid\u2019s in my house right now. We live in a multi-generational home. My wife and child and sister inlaw are all down with it. It\u2019s been a month of this nonsense and very taxing. Because my other child got it first 4 weeks ago and he\u2019s all better now but having to handle a 7 year old in quarantine isn\u2019t easy.\nThen just this Sunday, my wife, other kid and sister inlaw all got a sore throat within 10 hours of each other. So now everyone who isn\u2019t sick is paranoid and try their best to isolate just incase. I\u2019ve been sleeping with my kid in my work room on the floor because we\u2019re out of isolation bedrooms.", "actually i have a riding fren, the wife is on 5th time last month, he also on 1 so far...just lucky or maybe non contaigous variant", "Could it be different immunity profile?"], ["I\u2019ve never gotten COVID before. lol", "Yes, zero gang represent", "Same bro, I even took the bus and mrt regularly from 2020-2022 when there is no MCO, but somehow I just never got it. Maybe we just don't have any symptoms or the vaccine works for us", "Truee I also go out often, I even fly 4 times during covid era when they only allow you to fly when necessary and go out often and I still never got covid, I barely get sick anyways, and only got sick 3 times in 4 years and tested myself at clinic, all negative \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "People bragging about not getting COVID can only mean either one of this two\n1) they never go out of house\n2) they never test", "No lol. I worked in hospital and never got one. I believed half of it is your hand hygiene and other half is being lucky.", "I\u2019d assume you\u2019re up to date with your vaccines being in hospital work? I got a feeling that you probably caught it at some stage. The symptoms are probably just mild enough that you hardly noticed it.", "COVID vaccine? Not really up to date. The thing is if rtk tested negative you still need to come work even if you showed some flu like symptoms.", "Bullshit, I worked in the office during the pandemic while taking the MRT and still didn't get it.\nAnd yes, we have to test every 3 days.", "Being a close contact or going out increases your chances of contracting COVID but doesn't guarantee it.\nI'm pretty sure there's someone out there whos gotten it once every financial quarter in the past 3 years despite minimal going out and public transport and vice versa considering how many of us there are.", "And you just proved my point. OP was using the \"all or only\" statement.", "Then its the last reason: got no friends to go out with.\nJKJK", "I work with COVID patients in the ICU and I\u2019ve never got COVID. We used to wear PAPR at work so getting it from my patients were never a concern. Had to always test too every week. Otherwise I was too bogged down with work and studies to have a proper social life. But when I do go out, I mask up, avoid crowded places and take precautions.", "I do go outside with a mask on and I still test weekly. In fact, I\u2019ve not gotten sick in 5 years. Not just Covid.", "How do you not get sick in 5 years?!", "He ate an apple a day", "Get enough sleep, I suppose? I sleep 8\u20139 hours every night without a miss.", "easy, whole food fresh diet, no dodgy meat full of chemicals , no sugar, no alcohol, some excersise, hot and cold therapy, breath work....them silly masks will help about 1%", "no sugar no wheat no dairy\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2rdsM9ek8", "That just means you live your life inside a bubble, scare to try new things, being adventurous and living your life to the fullest. When you're on your deathbed, you will look back into your long and irrelevant life and regret that you live as a coward", "Sounds like you\u2019re projecting. How many countries have you visited? How many flights have you been on this year?", "Where in the hell did this come from? Just like the other user, I think you\u2019re just projecting a little too much there bro \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "Dont mind share with us how you live life to the fullest? Asking for a friend.", "I eat mountains for breakfast", "I wear a mask in places where there will be people in close proximity. It really isn't about bragging not getting Covid. Just common sense.", "I was number 1 for quite a while but i still got COVID. I spent most of COVID-19 years being afraid of it only to get it cause my stupid housemates were living like the disease was a conspiracy.\nI was lucky I only got it AFTER vaccination cause my first infection was terrible.\nNow I'm on my third infection cause of the same reason except I'm not paranoid about it anymore.", "Hows the symptoms like for your first and subsequent infections?", "My first time was high fever with cough and flu for roughly a week. Second time felt like it was half as bad and half as long. Now I just got fever for like a day and I'm just recovering from post infection symptoms.", "A lot of people are resistant or have natural immunity to covid. I'm one of them.", "I do think that\u2019s one of the reasons. Apart from my father, none of my family members have gotten Covid too.", "Yeah, a lot of my relatives are resistant to it too. In fact, the vaccine was probably more harmful to us than the virus itself. One of my uncles died a week after taking the vaccine. Zero platelet they said.\nOnly found out about it this year. I knew he passed away, but i thought he passed away due to diabetes and i never bothered to ask. Diabetes doesn't cause platelet die-off, it actually increase platelet to the point a patient could die from hypercoagulation.", "nope, just never had that dangerous experiment....caught it once and have better actual real immunity", "You mean you didnt take any vaccine?", "of course not, almost everything that was censored and called a conspiracy has and is becoming truth and fact......do you not know about the excess deaths, Americas life expectancy crashing, myocarditis in 25-40 years olds rocketed..... no need for me to have a mRNA jab, I had COVID, not had it since 2020 march and feel healthy and great and rarely ever even get as much as a cold or the flu....you keep taking them boosters, I heard uptake is as low as 6% \ud83d\ude02\nyour choice, I'm happy for you to take charge of your own body and take whatever advice you wish...... I'll do the same", "This is called joining the dots to make the wrong picture. You cherry picked your info to reinforce your own view. You ignored what the scientific information is actually saying.\nMost people will probably be fine without any vaccination if they are not old or immunocompromised.\nAlso it is true that booster uptake is low as alot of people do not like needles. So that's no surprise, even vaccines for flu, malaria and tetanus people don't keep up to date with those.", "Don't be jealous lah.. We just have superior immunity and \ud83e\uddec \ud83e\uddec \ud83e\uddec\nZEROCOVID", "Based on researched by the Korean doctors.\n3. They have no friends.", "Working from home so yes 1.", "Worked everyday from 2021 til now, had to be tested 3 times a day at the time til dec 2022. During 2020 pandemic went out at least twice a week as i lived alone to get necessities.\nStill negative.", "should never brag about it", "I\u2019ve been bragging about it for years.", "Now we wait \ud83d\ude05", "That you know about!"], ["Why you have to Jinx it OP?! I kena the 2nd time today. :("], ["Just recovered from my 4th round of Covid. I\u2019m only now experiencing some long covid symptoms (Fatigue, forgetfulness,anxiousness). Hopefully these are temporary.", "I have same symptoms...unfortunately it is due to ageing"], ["I never had one, and had vaccinated three times.. It's a blessing I guess.."], ["2 of my colleagues are coughing like crazy.\nAnd obviously it's everyone other than those 2 that are wearing the mask. It's always the stupid sick ones."], ["First time Covid for me. Currently sitting in the ER waiting to be discharged after spending the night here on oxygen and with pneumonia. They were considering moving me to the Covid ward but then found out that I can go home (probably due to lack of beds and prioritizing serious cases).\nAlso, I'm starting to be sus of at-home test kits. Me and hubby tested twice at home negative (2 different types of kits-spit and swab), but then that same day we went to clinic and tested positive. I would recommend people get tested at clinic if possible. Makes me wonder if the other times I tested negative when I felt iffy I was actually positive.", "Weird. Have u had pneumonia before? I think Covid and pneumonia are separate things and u have had both ?", "Never had it before, but you definitely can get pneumonia from Covid, it's categorized under Stage 3 and 4. Apparently I was 4A. I let my blood oxygen drop too low before going to the ER.\n<image>", "<image>", "Damnnn. Take care man, hope u get well soon. \u2764\ufe0f", "Thanks \u2764\ufe0f Got 2 more days of quarantine to go.", "\"Just the common cold\", \"Vaccines do more harm than Covid itself\", \"let's just unmask (during this peak season)\" they said. \ud83d\ude44"], ["Still virgin covid"], ["I just got it my first time from the Penang Bridge Marathon."], ["I got it 3 times. All three times I wasn\u2019t really sick, but people around me were positive and I tested positive sooo. I only felt a bit sick at the third time, for the first 2 days"], ["Covid is turning into common flu at this point where the mortality rate is not high"], ["Doc here. I never gotten COVID but my colleagues around me drop like flies."], ["how many boosters have you had?"], ["Never got one. Hell yeah. In fact the worse fever I got since March 2020 was the fever from the first AZ shot. Second AZ no fever at all. Third was Pfizer and got a mild fever. Fourth Pfizer also no fever.\nThe funny thing is I get fever quite occasionally, aside from the vaccination side effects. But never covid. Yes, I tested."], ["I dont even know if its covid or not at this point , dont even bother to test anymore", "Didn't even have cough when I caught it for the third time. Just throat pain, didn't even know it was covid until my mom tested positive."], ["Today is 2nd time. All my family Christmas plan scrapped."], [""], ["Never had covid, never vaccinated. Natural immunity."], ["It is normal for people to get flu once in a while. Probably more so now after getting their immunity weakened by mRNA injections."], ["Had it once before in 2022, it was just like a normal cold for me. Since then I've been sick 2/3 times, but I don't bother testing anymore, I really don't see the point. I just stay home and drink lemon tea until I'm better, and not coughing everywhere, as with any other cold.\nAnecdotally, I caught influenza last year and I was bedridden for 3 days. I'd take covid over having that again any day.\nI do find it interesting though, back in my home country the vast majority of people have no interest in discussing covid, or testing and just treat it as a seasonal cold now. A significant number of people here still seem quite perturbed by it though."], ["Covid is the best natural vaccine out there. The simptoms are pretty much still similar and mild as the Omicron variety. You'll endure one or two shitty days when the fever and/or flu is at its worst, then its just gone. Key important step is to observe your SPo\u00b2 level, pulse and temperature. You don't want your oxygen saturation in your blood to drop too low or you'll experience sleepiness and cause worst conditions. Other than that, most of the symptoms can be alleviated by healthy diet, enough sun (vitamin D is amazing) and plenty of rest."], ["unvax here and never gotten a single covid. my pro tip: wear a mask wherever u go, avoid crowds as possible and I don't even dine with my colleagues just packet food and eat solo."], ["2nd time just got last week. First time last year felt like dying, fever in excess of 40c. This time mild fever for 1 day and covid test only show positive 2 lines for 1 day lol"], ["I got my fourth round last month. I got my first Covid pretty late - mid 2022 and that one hit my lungs pretty hard ; something that was very unique to Covid I feel . Subsequent rounds have felt increasingly gentler , but the common flavour between all of them is that speaking is very very tiring . I wasn\u2019t particularly fluey this time round but I was generally just tired and a bit feverish"], ["Got my 1st one even after 3rd booster ( as per company rule ) damm not like very much, I'm ok with the fever but damm cough and than the mucus that come with it , make it hard to sleep more so wake up at night abruptly cause the mucus cover my throat make me had to wake up to throw up the mucus"], ["Yea, recovered from my 2nd round last week. First time I felt like death passed over. Second time felt like I caught a mild cold.\nStill, do take precautions. You don't want to spread it to others if possible."], ["My symptom is just lethargy, my whole body suddenly tired AF and I just sleep throughout the day."], ["Just recover from the sixth times, what the heck."], ["What\u2019s your body count?"], ["Please NO, Mother Yuckin Covid hit me like a truck....the first 3 day the head splitting ache killed me then followed by whole week of fever and bad cough the whole night."], ["Just finished quarantine for the third time. This time round it was very mild and i tested just for the sake of testing. Turned out the result is positive.\nFirst time was early 2022, i was quite feverish but still okay and second time was end of 2022, i was literally shivering and can't even bring myself to eat but didn'trequire hospitalisation. Compared to that, this time it's like a walk in the park.\nSuprisingly i got covid only after i got all vaccination dosage plus booster. I guess that contribute a lot to the more mild symptoms and not infecting anyone in my household"], ["Got it for 4 times and most recent one was last week I think"], ["I have completed my vaccine +2 booster, and I got covid twice (that's the one I detected, I ain't sure if I got more than twice that aren't detected"], ["contribute\nFTFY: attribute\nUnless you're trying to say that you were spreading it.\nI don't think I've gotten it even once. Unless it came and went without any symptoms."], ["never kena covid before.."], ["Yikes so far 1 time only. Immune system not working ah"], ["My colleague said one if his tech at prod floor got covid for the 4th time few days ago. I guess a lot of people catching it more than once."], ["how many covid shots have you taken?"], ["i've officially only tested positive once and never bothered to test after that.\nI've been sick so often after the border reopened that a lot of what i've been infected with isn't covid-related. Hence, i've stopped testing after some point since the test kit usually shows negative results.\nBut judging by the symptoms of some of my past infections, i'm guessing i had it more than once."], ["Can't relate. Haven't gotten COVID yet. Still a virgin.\nGotten sick a couple of times thinking it's COVID. I did a bunch of tests but came out negative. But yeah I don't leave the house much."], ["For those who got mild symptoms and positive, what made you test for Covid?", "The fatigue. It is unreal how tired you feel when you\u2019ve contracted covid."], ["Had a finance manager reportedly kena 6 times, reportedly cause they\u2019re known to makan ular, aside from losing weight from other health issues I don\u2019t see him with lasting effects"], ["I had it once and that was because i was in class and sitting next to a girl with really bad cough (we were all wearing mask). Even then I didnt get sick for at least 5 years prior to covid. Lol\nEven I sleep next to my SO, I don\u2019t usually catch anything. My best guess is the vaccine is doing its job after I had covid the first time."], ["I never knew if I got covid or not. Even if I did the symptoms are not noticeable."], ["so far, none", "lucky"], ["I. Got. Covid before the vaccines was rolled out. After that I never gotten any again"], ["Caught it 4 times. Each time I caught it, it sucks less. My last time, i had no symptoms aside from completely losing my sense of taste for a few days."], ["My 2nd time was last November. My colleagues tak kena, but my whole family kena \ud83d\ude05"], ["I\u2019m on my 3rd covid. Surprisingly the 3rd time wasn\u2019t as bad as the previous 2. It was milder and I recovered relatively faster. Hope everyone stays safe"], ["I got it 2 times. Strangely the first one ached less than the second."], ["2 Kali bang - satu msia, satu import Thailand. Dua2 mcm hanat"], ["I contracted covid twice, once last year and the second one just recently. Both times it was in a crowded celebratory situation, I wasn\u2019t masked, and there was a fair bit of hugging going on. Symptoms were the same as OP, though the second time I kena, the symptoms were a bit milder. Post covid symptoms are another ballgame. The brain fog and fatigue are unreal."], ["Last month got my second"], ["I think i got more than once but never really checked \ud83d\ude05"], ["On the plus side,the medical science has finally take complications of viral infection seriously now with the current pandemic.\nSuch as:\nJust like Sars-Covid 2 virus, Influenza virus can also cause long-flu.\n\"That said, previous research shows that even milder illnesses can lead to long-lasting health issues. Influenza, as well as other common viruses like Epstein-Barr (which causes mononucleosis), have long been thought to trigger myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, a post-infectious illness that shares many symptoms with Long COVID.\nNewer research also underscores the potential effects of even routine illnesses. In a study published in October, researchers tracked people who had gotten sick with one of a variety of respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, the flu, and the common cold, and found that lingering symptoms popped up in each group. Similarly, in one 2022 study of people with various respiratory diseases, most of whom were not hospitalized, about half of people sick with something other than COVID-19 reported ongoing issues three months later. A 2021 study looking at both hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients also found that about 40% of people with influenza experienced at least one symptom commonly associated with Long COVID in the six months after their illnesses.\nTaken together, Al-Aly says, these findings suggest that we need to start thinking of viruses differently. \u201cBefore the pandemic, I trivialized infections. [I thought] you get sick for a day or two or three, and then you bounce back, and it\u2019s all over,\u201d Al-Aly says. But as a growing number of studies show that\u2019s not always the case, he has concluded that \u201cinfections deserve respect.\u201d\nThat means doing whatever possible to avoid catching and spreading them, he says, including by wearing a mask during periods of heavy transmission, getting all recommended vaccines, and staying home when you feel unwell.\"\nFact is, Viruses mutate and evolve all the time, until the day scientists manage to create universal (insert the name of any known viral agents) vaccine,\nbooster vaccine is needed.\nThink of it as rehearsal for the body's immune system to familiarize and stay sharp, instead of gaining experience by going to full-scale war when the viruses invade the body and causing collateral damage (cytokine storm)."], ["I got Covid twice. First time in 2021, the second was this year. Both in Malaysia."], ["Me twice. Last time was exactly one year ago today and today my mom positive covid. Fingers crossed I don't get again if not third time. Wanna celebrate Christmas dy la"], ["Got it second time in Nov. First time was last year. Second time was easier.\nNow COVID raise again people still not wearing and cough and sneeze."], ["Caught it last week, still suffering \ud83e\udd72 The one time I decide to go watch a movie at the cinema I kena. Mostly recovered except a stubborn coughing fit but my test comes back positive \ud83e\udee0"], ["I caught 2 times in two years. Both first and second time I had my vaccine dy so it was quite mild. My smelling is kinda off ever since."], ["I got my third time as well a couple of weeks ago, but locally im guessing. All three times it started with an itch in my throat one night. Then an obvious sore throat and a runny nose the next morning. All three times were pretty sucky. In my late 20s now and i also have diabetes and hypertension, so i dont know if that may have had any effect on how sick i felt. Huhu"], ["Never got once , literally skill issues \ud83d\ude06\ud83d\ude06"], ["Zero desu."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 21 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nbqf5/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_21_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "\u2018I\u2019ve had to cut back\u2019: Malaysia, Asia feel bite of India\u2019s onion export ban", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nbdir/ive_had_to_cut_back_malaysia_asia_feel_bite_of/", "num_comment": 55, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["Onion planting side gig on my yard:26554:"], ["Price of onion is high now", "brb checking if i have spare land", "I tried growing onion. I failed badly, and ended up with a really stinky plot of land. Rotten onions stink so bad.", "well on the upside vampires wont come kacau u at night..", "Vampires suck D I mean scared of garlic not onion", "so you're immortal. why worry about money? \ud83d\ude09", "I believe vampire scare of garlic instead.", "The cost to produce onion here is high. Which is why not many farmers want to do it and depend on import.", "It's not that easy. It's not as simple as water+sunlight+soil."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>", "PS: Tis a joke, I know I can zoom in. Stock your pantries everyone, price of stuff gonna get sky high soon. Especially since the Suez canal shipping lane is getting harassed by the Houthis.", "Zoom in la. People already bypass paywall liao.", "Hahahaha I know, just wanted an opportunity to use that meme \ud83d\ude02", "", "\ud83d\ude02", "u can zoom in bruh \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude14", "I appreciate that you're doing this, but can you not just copy paste the text like everyone else?"], ["But i love cucur bawang T T. Cucur bawang is my go to comfort food.", "Cucur bilis not bad what. My grandma did cucur from old ikan goreng instead, fun picking out the stray bones from the cucur.", "Cucur udang my guy.", "I'm allergic to crustaceans."], ["My roti telur bawang :26559::26559:"], ["Remind me of Internet Historian video about that one guy that became onion driver to cross states lmao", "Internet Plagiarism*", "What's this new drama again? May I have some video on this?", "Hbomberguy YouTube plagiarism"], ["Noticed that the stocks of onion in my usual grocery store is not fresh. Guessing they have difficulty stocking new ones."], ["The americans and the cinas control the world's services and manufacturing, giving them the leverage this century. India has neither of this.\nHowever, they do have agriculture. Semiconductors and EV is not going to be on everyone's mind when food prices hike up and the general inflation skyrockets. The recent rice ban and now onions is an example.", "Climate change will harm their agriculture heavily so we all should prepare for that (organic farming in your garden or something) imo.\nEVs will definitely come because it's the new gen car which everyone will eventually use. Semiconductor is for national security since everyone is restricting each other now", "Climate change will affect every country. As it stands, since India is one of the largest agricultural producers in the world, it won't affect them as much as say Singapore.\nEV's and semicons will have less significance when you can't put food on the table. Revolutions don't happen because scarcity of contemporary technology. It happens when fathers can't provide food for their children. Famine will always be the final push to peasant uprising and fall of the status quo."], ["No need for onion, just add ajinamoto, everything will taste good"], [":26554:"], ["Aint we have mak cik onion? Can't we ask them for spare onion? /jk"], ["Certain Hindu and Buddhist groups do not consume onion and garlic. This can be seen in vegetarian restaurants owned by members of the group, where all food has no onion or garlic.\nNow is the time when we learn to eat like them.", "Onion and garlic are required ingredients for many malay dishes. In fact, i dont know a single malay dish recipe that doesnt use oinion and garlic except grilled seafood.", "Usually the sambal used to baste the seafood had them,unless ppl just use kunyit instead.", "The ikan bakar dip is full of onions and shallots too.\ni dont know a single malay dish recipe that doesnt use oinion and garlic\nChallenge to make kuih full of onions accepted. /s", "It's a Buddhist concept called \u4e94\u8477\u4e09\u53ad.\nNo cooked garlic, no alpine leeks, no onions, no chives, no asafoetidas.", "For Hindus one of the reasons is to reduce being horny Rajas (\u0930\u091c\u0938\u094d)", "Jains are the main group within India who are associated with the no onion and garlic diet.\nI know it's a religious thing now but I have to wonder if it started as a cost cutting measure at some point in ancient India \ud83d\ude02", "Good observation.\nWhy Jains don\u2019t eat Onion & Garlic? | Keerthi History #history #india #jainism #shorts - YouTube\nThis is the reason for Jainism, perhaps the most austere. For the other religions, they could have other reasons.", "No wonder those vegetarian restaurants food have no \u201coomph\u201d.", "I watched a good documentary but forgot which one. There are many garlic and onion substitutes that work just as well. But I think they are not well marketed or produced sufficiently for export .", "I think those substitutes are also targeting a niche market - not just the religious ppl who avoid onions, but also those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome who can't consume garlic / onion."], ["LOL onions can grow in Malaysia you just have to be rajin. All that time spent sitting on your ass scrolling your handphone would be better planting and taking care of plants. *continues sitting on my ass and scrolling anyways", "Instructions unclear. Handphone in pot. Scrolling kangkung."], ["Just use garlic instead!"], ["As a proud member of r/OnionHate I see this as an absolute win"], ["Who cares , aslong i get more right vote , where economy doesn't matter"], ["Use shallots instead of onions."], ["I'm guessing this only affects red onions? The yellow onions in the supermarket are labeled as Holland onions, with the more expensive ones from Australia or the UK; while the red ones are the ones from India."]]}
{"title": "Needs further investigation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vtfb5/needs_further_investigation/", "num_comment": 28, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Today i spotted a female beggar around KLCC with her child. Shocked bc i saw her sit her kid upright then push him back down repeatedly in a way that may or may not cause brain damage. Or they could be just playing, i can't tell but it certainly is a little suspicious. If any of you see her around, then probably pay some attention so we can figure out if the authorities should get involved.", "comments": [["Look I am a cold hearted mf who won't give a single cent to even charity BUT\nSmartphones aren't that rare or hard to come by, but then again I know their prolly leeches who use other kindness to live off of and looks kinda high spec phone for \" beggers\"."], ["Used to have so many of these purportedly Rohingya beggars around Ampang Point area but lately their numbers have declined quite significantly. Then just as I thought at long last the problem has been tackled professionally by the authorities they suddenly resurface in numbers in and around KLCC. Saw a bunch of their kids begging from one cafe to another inside the mall last Saturday.", "there are many of them on roads near traffic lights too. kids are walking in the middle of the road with no spacial awareness and knock your window when the light turns red"], ["thats why I never give them a single cent ever"], ["yall can we stop talking abt the phone. actually im more concerned abt the child so if there's rly abuse going on i'm considering calling cps fr"], ["she got a smartphone...wow", "A phone is ubiquitous and necessary. That\u2019s not the issue here", "It is an issue, there are cheap phones like what old people still use. The one she use looks new one probably bought using the donation money", "Theres a super cheap touch screen newer looking smart phones too"], ["She is texting their group \"harini manyakk buley itu malaysia punya orang sanad sanad baik kasi itu wang, ayuh lipak cafe itu petang aaa\""], ["Are these rohinya beggars?", "yes"], ["Dude, most phones these days are smart phones.. whats the problem?", "Read the description it aint about the phone."], ["Not Malaysian. And to think our border patrol is SOOOOO weak of taking care our border. No forward thinking or continuous improvement."], ["She has an iPhone 15 pro", "I doubt that. Curved screen, should be an Android.", "That phone is quite big. Samsung Galaxy?"], ["a black person? this is typical MO. children are used to raise pity & they blatantly deceive peeps (e.g. lipat tangan, balut/ bandage tapi expose siku, supaya nampak macam disabled). best to report em \ud83d\udcaf idk the right channels though", "Maybe I should go to KLCC to beg while recovering from a broken wrist :26557:", "you can try \ud83d\ude02 malaysians are very kind. now im reminded of that pissed restaurant in jb", "Oh yeah that one, that particular one has had enough", "We sure are. Went to the bank to withdraw some cash and with my busted right hand I had a hard time getting the card out getting the money into my wallet and etc. They asked if I needed help with concerned faces. I was grateful but also livid that they saw me as an OKU :26557:\nMalaysians are so kind and helpful :29091:"], ["Leave her alone man"], ["Reminds me of that time i was told these beggars organised and has targeted spots around kl"], ["Some people even here are the reason why there's syndicate deploying beggars. Minimal effort for sympathy to get people to open their wallet. They could beg while carrying a gucci bag and still get money."], ["don't give beggars any money. they earn more than you do if you keep giving. seriously much more than you."]]}
{"title": "Is there Merdeka 118 skydeck open to the public?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wphet/is_there_merdeka_118_skydeck_open_to_the_public/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm coming to KL in 2 weeks, and I would like to be able to get into the 118 and check out the views. Despite Wikipedia saying there is a skydeck, I cannot see anywhere online about how to buy tickets or if its even open?", "comments": [["according to local news, the tower is expected to open this month and its observation deck is expected to open in the second half of this year.", "thank you :)"], ["Doesnt look like the road leading up to the tower is completed, passed by a few days ago."]]}
{"title": "Acid attacks, death threats: Malaysian filmmakers in trouble with conservatives", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nbajr/acid_attacks_death_threats_malaysian_filmmakers/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["If you ask me, I say this is good thing. Artists now have the gut to brings controversial topics to stage, world even. Now it's up for our local artists to keep burning the flame, don't let it die. Time to catch up with Indonesian music industry (personally I feels like Indonesia have better music due to much expressive lyrics, but maybe that's just me)\nDon't get me wrong, Fahmi will ban the shit out of you, but let streisand effect do its job.", "I feel really sad every time I think about Yasmin Ahmad passing way too early. Not only were her movies well directed and beautifully crafted but she was also bringing stories that were real and genuine. Only considered controversial because it is not what mainstream \"moral police\" wants, but those stories are just Malaysian stories that are human and relatable.\nBut there's hope yet with the new gen film makers :')", "you are so right. I love Indonesian music especially the Indie scene. I notice the Indie scene in Malaysia is also improving every year. I believe this is because Indonesians went through a socialist phase though", "Considering one of my favourite Indonesian bands has a song called \"aku adalah tuhan\" think we've got a long way to go."], ["These kind of movies need critical thinking skills and ability to self reflect - and these skills are lacking in a big portion of Malaysia.\nFor example, the controversy of Mentega Terbang was absurd if you watch the entire movie. The father literally went back to Islam. The child learnt other religions and still stayed with Islam. Are we not allowed to learn other religions? Like wtf. The lack of empathy for a grieving child is appalling.", "The father literally went back to Islam. The child learnt other religions and still stayed with Islam.\nExactly. It wasn't a \"let's become murtad\" movie, it was a movie about \"let's examine our faith BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT STRONGER.\"\nAnd conservative ketuanans still got offended.\nKetuanans are very hati tisu.", "Are we not allowed to learn other religions?\nAccording to some Malaysians, yes. Because it might \"tempt\" you to convert. It feels liberating to be able to learn about other faiths when you're out of Malaysia. Yet I still have no desire to convert.", "So these people are tempted to be converted everytime passed Batu Caves ?", "Use \"logic\" on conservative.\nFailed!\nAttack has no effect, no critical thinking ability detected.\nConservative use \"emotional attack and warning\"\nSuccess!", "\"Critical Thinking\" is a bad word in Malaysia.\nIf everyone can think critically , how can we use race and religion anymore ?", "BAM! YOU NAILED IT !!!", "*if anyone could find \ud83e\uddc8 \ud83e\udd8b in the first place. Caught it for free when it was still on YouTube. The discourse heavily focused on \u201chow do other religions interpret the afterlife\u201d\nIt will still trigger conservatives anyway since it ends with a butterfly flying in, implying that the mother reincarnated as one.", "Are we not allowed to learn other religions?\nYeah believe it or not there are some does think like this.", "Damn, spoiler tag at least bro"], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>", "I can't watch the localised (i.e: censored) version of Tiger Stripes even if it was still showing. Just hope the full version makes it to Netflix, like other banned Msian films.\nThanks for the free read tho", "Gambling is illegal in Malaysia? Then why the fuck are there so many casinos? Why does Malaysia have the second worst gambling losses per capita worldwide, second only to Australia? (Per household income. Not overall losses. Malaysia isn\u2019t in the top ten for overall dollar amount)", "Thanks for the info and details.", "How'd u do this"], ["Malaysia's Film Industry is going through a difficult time, perhaps they want History Movie :26558:", "Asalkan filem sejarah ada silat dan hero kita lawan askar2 Britain steampunk, wajib ditengok", "You forget cringy movie with zombie, Pontianak, Djin, Makluk Asing\u2026.", "And you forget cringy religious/family drama.", "Denmark made a multilingual, high budget production TV series about a war that they themselves badly lost (and they're not afraid to show that they did). If Malaysia did the same, the filmmakers confirm are gonna face harassment :/", "If Malaysia did the same\nThat is why it is known as Malaysia Boleh :26554:", "boleh belah", "whats the tv series called?", "1864.\nIt's not 100% historically accurate and has some dramatisation of course, but the weapon inferiority and strategy depicted were quite close to what happened in the real battles.", "jagat\nimaginur\none to jaga\nwhen they do something like this no one come and see now they just do movie that they know will make money like polis evo or pulau staring miss pui yee. im willing to bet even if this movie come out in malaysia and if it come out without any complains from conservatives nor censorship from finas the movie is going to be busted anyways", "Tak, tak, bukan. Its not a History movie. Its Theirstory movie sbb ni kena citer pasal diorang jer dan ini kena citer kebaikan Melayu sajer also we need to talk shit about the British only or else kau ni Yahudi. /s", "So fanfics about them?", "Utk kebaikan org Melayu ofc", "the best u got is mat Kilau. Take it or leave it. /s"], ["With so many stumbling stones, i doubt Malaysia will win any award soon.", "But if they do, Finas/gov will shamelessly claim it's a Malaysian production.", "Welp its good news then that even as a Malaysian, Michelle Yeoh made her fame in movies that FINAS could absolutely not claim any credit for when she finally makes it big", "Reminds me of Abang Adik which received critical acclaim and the male lead Wu Kang-ren has been awarded as best actor in Golden Horse Awards for his performance in this movie, whereas the ministers are giving this movie rave reviews despite the movie is actually about two undocumented orphans in Pudu struggling to make a living, inspired by true life incidents and still happening to this very day. Sounds a little bit irony to me.", "Finas/Gov will claim the movie make Malaysian proud but at the same time ban the movie and arrest anyone who have a copy of it.", "Can win awards overseas but not in Malaysia. Malaysians win but Malaysia loses.", "Didn\u2019t Yasmin Ahmad and / or Sepet (or the sequel / prequel films) win some overseas awards back in the day? I may be misremembering", "She won for Sepet. It was a solid movie but the awards were not \"Cannes\" level."], ["We need a revamp. We need to root out the cause of extremism in malay and Muslim. We will make a movie on it", "Amen"], ["Amat menyedihkan bila kreatif2 Melayu pun dibantai oleh geng macai dalam bangsa kita sendiri. Kayangan paksa kreatif2 Melayu buat filem selera mereka seperti seram, gangster, drama, unsur agama dan apabende mereka panggil cerita cinta yg sebenarnya filem2 stalker. Kayangan tak mau kita buat filem yg banyak menyoalkan status quo mereka.\nCensorship hanyalah salah satu senjata Kayangan ni; yg lain guna cybertrooper, doxxing, death threat etc kpd kreatif2 yg dianggap Hang Jebat kpd kedudukan mereka.\nHaraplah satu hari nanti kita sesama bangsa Melayu dan non dapat melawan geng Kayangan ni."], ["Funny that politician get mad at statement of \"Cina juga boleh menjadi PM\" of a cina guy spoke in a foreign country, get mad and tell people how intolerant they are. Proceed to also get mad at a movie that straight out point out how intolerant they are."], ["Just air the movie overseas instead of Malaysia. I don't see any hope in our entertainment industry.", "Imagine the movie win an Oscar, and even PMX congratulate the director, but the movie is banned in Malaysia.", "that's gonna happen and it will be tragic-comedy for Malaysians."], ["The problem with this is, these conservative morons that are in charge of these things (as well as those whom agree with their actions) are idiots and don't understand context.\nJust because the subject touchers something regardless of the context it's a straight out ban. Doesn't matter if it is trying to make a point etc etc. I guess understanding context requires brainpower and these morons don't have enough brainpower amongst all of them to store a byte of information."], ["Fuhh, dah macam duduk kat india"], ["From an international standpoint, there's basically no film in this country worth watching, which really fucking sucks. Even in places like China with such heavy-handed censorship, Hu Bo was able to make something like An Elephant Sitting Still. We have fucking N O T H I N G, because we can't show anything that's \"bad\" in cinema.", "And they have Bi Gan. We have some talented people here, but we let them all go. Definitely a country with no eye for art."], ["Anak najib literally made Wolf of the wall street using 1MDB money and nobody give a shit"], ["Malaysia road to oscar sound too ambitious at least at the moment. if the goal seem possible because of Parasite, South Korean movie winning the oscar, they should know they are years of great movie produced from South Korean movie industry before Parasite. In this moment, Malaysia film industry should focus on finding some niche and be great at it. just like how South Korean is famous for thriller movie and family friendly action movie, Thailand with their horror and romantic comedy or Japan with their love/illness/death kind of movie or anime movie (which Malaysia already thrive in this genre and can be bigger in coming years)"], ["Backwards. Violent backwards even."], ["that's what I like about some Korean films is they often bring out controversial topic related to their society, and their film industry strived due to freedom to talk about these issues and even the gov will sometimes financially support"], ["Democratic People's Republic Of Malaysia"], ["Every day conservatives show how insecure they are by opposing free speech."], ["i duno much any good movies in malaysia. but i do like those from Yasmin Ahmad and Aflin Shauki. the last i recall that had story n quality was KL Gangster. 1&2."], ["Is there a movie on rempits?", "Too many to count", "queue Mara Bahaya"], ["Call themselves conservatives, but acting pretty aggressive.", "Nothing surprising. Conservative tend to lean on suppressing others rights and bullying them to accept status quo. Jangan probok."], ["and people say to learn Malay language...lol for wat? to watch censored crappy/religious movies?"], ["just arrest the criminals", "just arrest the criminals\nFahmi Fadzil and Saifuddin Nasution say cannot, because will lose the conservative Malay vote that they're never gonna get uh, I mean it's not their portfolio, let me taichi to someone else."], ["\ud83e\udd23 first day in Malaysia? you are surprised?"], ["We need a movie about the conservatives who are being little b*tches about movies. Shame them."], ["Shows that the elderly people who was born pre 65 are the loudest minority in the country. Now it shows that conservative value are meaningless in the world. They devaluate the original mission statement and Malaysia are in the path of Orwell's Animal Farm."], ["They rather make stupid hantu movies for the 500th time. Cringe comedy. Even p ramlee old movies are 10x better than the shit they produce today."], ["What is this movie is about?\nBtw, fuck those savage conservatives.", "A metaphorical tale about the horrors of growing into puberty and adolescence. At the same time, an ode to Msian womanhood.\nBasically the localised, dark version of Turning Red with weretigers instead of red pandas", "See, most don't even know and suddenly it's about Malaysia."], ["Worse than USA now", "Since when were we ever better than the US in terms of censorship?", "We were never even remotely close to being better than the US in terms of censorship though. Yes, the US is garbage when it comes to things like healthcare and gun control, but their freedom of speech is one area they truly excel in. They have arguably the \"free-est\" free speech in the world.\nMalaysia on the other hand, sad to say we're very far from having proper freedom of speech, and will continue to stay there as long as Malaysians continue to be sensitive about stuff like the 3Rs (and by this I mean Malaysians of all backgrounds, not any particular race)."], ["This has always been my least favourite thing about Malaysia. I\u2019m proud of Malaysia for a lot of things but definitely not this."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Ambassador reiterates Malaysia's interest in participating in Nusantara project", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nb8vd/malaysian_ambassador_reiterates_malaysias/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Caf\u00e9 Kitsun\u00e9 adds to Malaysia\u2019s growing specialty coffee scene", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nb80n/caf\u00e9_kitsun\u00e9_adds_to_malaysias_growing_specialty/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["Until it gets tagged as agent Yahudi"]]}
{"title": "Dark secrets of flood mitigation funds: Allegations of kickbacks, proxy companies, and legal facilitation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nb7fz/dark_secrets_of_flood_mitigation_funds/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["This one has better info\nSatu laporan polis telah dibuat oleh Ahli Jawatankuasa Penerangan Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), Badrul Hisham Shaharin atau lebih dikenali sebagai Che\u2019gu Bard menggesa siasatan dijalankan berhubung dakwaan kes rasuah rancangan tebatan banjir bernilai lebih RM16 bilion.\nBeliau berkata, pada April 2023 telah berlakunya kebocoran dokumen sulit mengenai surat yang ditandatangani Kementerian Alam Sekitar, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad kepada Menteri Kewangan Malaysia.\nMenurutnya, dalam surat tersebut ada menyatakan Kementerian tersebut meminta kelulusan Menteri Kewangan itu sendiri yang merupakan Perdana Menteri Malaysia untuk projek tebatan banjir di seluruh negara dengan senarai syarikat yang sudah disiapkan oleh Kementerian tersebut.\n\u201cPaling menarik dalam surat RTB tersebut adalah sebanyak RM16,639,677,000 dan siap dengan peruntukan RM500,000,000 atas nama Pasukan Khas (Pejabat Perdana Menteri) itu sendiri secara off budget yang sememangnya lagi tinggi dan berbeza daripada cadangan Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man sebelum ini,\u201d katanya.\nTambah beliau, peningkatan kos tersebut adalah hasil daripada rasuah yang mana kesemua syarikat yang tersenarai dipaksa untuk menandatangani perjanjian memberikan komisyen kepada proksi Menteri dan orang dalam kerajaan.\nNamun begitu, kata beliau lagi perkara tersebut dipanggil sebagai kononnya \u2018fi perunding cara\u2019 sedangkan hakikatnya ia adalah rasuah.\nChe\u2019gu Bard berkata, antara pihak yang terlibat dalam perjanjian tersebut ialah Tetuan Hamidah & Rafidah yang beralamat di Kelang dan Tetuan Siti Munirah & Co yang beralamat di Batang Kali.\n\u201cAntara proksi yang terlibat ialah Bongsu Ali yang merupakan seorang pemandu (gred jawatan H11) di sebuah Majlis Perbandaran di Selangor dan diikuti dengan sebuah syarikat yang menjual alat kecantikan iaitu CMA Global.\nApabila ditanya mengenai mengapa tidak dilaporkan masalah ini kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegah Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), beliau menyatakan ketidakpercayaan kepada pihak tersebut lebih-lebih lagi apabila SPRM sendiri dikawal oleh pihak kerajaan itu sendiri.\n\u201cJadi, saya lebih sedikit percaya kepada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) untuk membuat laporan sebegini dan kita minta PDRM untuk siasat perkara ini kerana kerajaan seolah-olah menghalalkan amalan rasuah dalam negara ini,\u201d katanya.\nhttps://harakahdaily.net/index.php/2023/12/20/chegu-bard-gesa-siasat-isu-rasuah-tebatan-banjir-rm16b/"]]}
{"title": "Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis \u2014 known as \"Fat Leonard\" \u2014 who was the central figure in a US$35 million (RM163 million) bribery scheme in the largest corruption scandal in US military history, is set to be returned to the US by Venezuela under a prisoner swap deal.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nb1as/malaysian_businessman_leonard_glenn_francis_known/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Monster like this dont exist if there no willing participant providing access. No one bat an eye at senior american army official willing to recieve money. Seem to me that large scale corruption happen on clean country like america only people there are more skilled at evading capture.", "No one bat an eye at senior american army official willing to recieve money.\nthey were the first to be caught....", "There is no such thing as a \"clean\" country.\nIts just a matter of how good the \"dirty\" game is being played. America is far more dirtier than us with the CIA scandals of arming rebels in south america and bringing drugs into the country, to their police working together with the private prison to bring in more inmate (the prison in US is privatised).\nJust look up how US police would bait people to do crime just to arrest them (cop baiting / entrapment). They would disguise themself as drug dealers trying to sell drug and if you agree to buy then they just arrest you.\nIts so f up, that they even went undercover in high school and offering to sell drug only to arrest anyone whos willing to buy. Just look at how 18 year old Justin Laboy got baited by a 25 year old undercover cop disguising herself as an 18 year old high schooler.\nhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104133/amp/Teen-says-flirty-undercover-cop-posed-high-school-student-arrested-brought-pot.html\n\"As a result of him bringing drugs to school for his new girl -- something he says he never would have done without her urging \"\nCrazy, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.\nAlso The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass.\nhttps://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-entrapment-of-jesse-snodgrass-116008/amp/\n-Edited to include the link."], ["Revoke his Malaysian citizenship !"], ["The Fat Lord of War : Malaysian Mafia spinoff.\nComing to cinemas near you."]]}
{"title": "BERSIH: Local council elections won\u2019t affect the Malays as they\u2019re the majority in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nb0f1/bersih_local_council_elections_wont_affect_the/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Tak habis2 with Malays\nPAS would rather kroni getting in , rather than who rakyat chooses, asalkan melayu", "You spelt UMNO wrong."], ["As I've said before, Malays may be the majority of the population in KL, but they're not the majority of voters, because many Malays reside in KL but vote in other states. If you only count the number of voters, Chinese voters outnumber Malay voters in KL.\nAnother user shared some calculations based on available voter statistics."], ["Who's saying it will affect the Malays in the first place. Why is affecting Malays even in consideration. I can only think of one party."], ["When will we ever have a Malaysian Malaysia?", "No such things. Failed multiculturalism\u2026", "No vernacular school?\nNo bumiputera privilages (including the sabah & sarawak bumiputera privilages)?\nLee kuan yew tried to make a \"singaporean singapore\" only to make a U-turn by introducing SAP.\n\"The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) was introduced in 1979 as a long-term scheme to preserve the best Chinese-stream schools so as to develop effectively bilingual students who were inculcated with traditional Chinese values.\"\nThe way this country is set up and formed, i would say its highly unlikely.\nMaybe if there was a revolution or something big enough to happen that would shake the entire country then maybe yes.", "This election and next election cycle. Unlikely since there's a mentality Malaysia for Malaysians is racist as it means Malays don't get privilege. It's an odd logic, but that what alot of people think.\nAgain, don't count your hopes up. A few years ago, the idea of a black US president was laughable, but Obama proved that idea outdated, and not only that he got reelected.", "Nv, especially since pmx also not buying that idea.\nOnly Lim guan yew and dap supports that ideology.", "That ship had sailed away with SG a long time ago"]]}
{"title": "Touch 'n Go eWallet begins rolling out PassKey authentication, Face ID for payment", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nazjp/touch_n_go_ewallet_begins_rolling_out_passkey/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["TNG eWallet face scanning must be removed. Slow and fails at dark places."], ["I got locked out of my account because I don't look like what TnG thinks I look like.\nI know I'm ugly la, but prior to getting locked out I'd fail face scanning so many times.\nToo lazy to once again contact TnG CS I just removed the app from my phone, hope RapidKL launches its open payment system soon."], ["Cannot just use fingerprint for Android ka?\nIts the Apple people who need Face ID because Apple refuse to have Touch ID anymore.", "meaning i cannot buy apps from appstore if i dont FaceID?"], ["Now Apple Pay when"]]}
{"title": "Perodua on Daihatsu's 'procedural irregularities' - doing detailed assessment, discussing with authorities - paultan.org", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18naym2/perodua_on_daihatsus_procedural_irregularities/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Several Perodua models, including 1st- and 2nd-gen Axia, Aruz, 2nd-gen Alza, Ativa, Myvi, and Bezza, have been involved in the procedural irregularities, Daihatsu confirms. Perodua is currently in discussions with Malaysian authorities to assess the impact of this matter.\nhttps://twitter.com/NewsBFM/status/1737680562100507089"]]}
{"title": "Reezal: Call for local council elections is not wrong, but it's not a necessity", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18nawth/reezal_call_for_local_council_elections_is_not/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["We need to held them accountable so it is a necessity"]]}
{"title": "Penang\u2019s petroleum tax bid will spur other states, says expert", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18na0rv/penangs_petroleum_tax_bid_will_spur_other_states/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Law expert Shad Saleem Faruqi says Penang\u2019s quest for sales tax on petroleum products may require a substantial rewrite of the Federal Constitution.", "comments": [["Beyond the context of MA63, further fiscal federalism is quite unlikely without pressure from state-led coalitions (e.g. GPS)"], ["Interesting excerpts from the article\nLast month, Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said his state might consider emulating Sarawak by levying a sales tax on petroleum products if oil is found in its waters. Under the constitution, only Sabah and Sarawak have the right to impose the tax, in line with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).\nTax lawyer S Saravana Kumar said he would support such an amendment, adding that it was regressive for only the two East Malaysian states to be accorded the right to impose the tax.\nSaravana said the current practice was \u201cnot progressive if one looks at the concept of fiscal decentralisation\u201d, and that it contradicted the spirit of federalism.\n\u201cTaxes cannot be the sole right of the federal government, especially when it comes to land and mineral resources, as the latter items are under the state list (contained in the Federal Constitution).\u201d"], ["Ganu: \ud83d\udc40\nKelate: \ud83d\ude21 shaddap Dap! \ud83d\ude20 Hmpphh.. \ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f.."], ["If every state can do that, they are rich already like kelantan and Terengganu. That money on the right gov could have caught up development with the west coast of Malaysia.\nThe amount of opportunity taken away by the old gov \ud83e\udd2c"]]}
{"title": "Weight of expectation on PBAPP after major water cuts, repairs next month - Chief minister says agency needs to ensure greater efficiency in checking, rectifying and delivering for consumers across state.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18urb6r/weight_of_expectation_on_pbapp_after_major_water/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "How to get scammed", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vstrg/how_to_get_scammed/", "num_comment": 89, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Saw this at a tech store not too long ago.", "comments": [["You laugh but won't be surprised to see tech illiterate people fall for these kind of sellers.", "That's might be me... Is this cheap or expensive?", "Super expensive. Both CPU and GPU are outdated.\nThis is what you can get with RM5k today. Much better specs with the latest GPU. Not the absolute best specs (top tier PC cost a lot more than 5k) but it's good enough for the current gen of PC games.", "Oh god, this is just the desktop. Not including monitors and keyboard if you don't own those before.", "Need to add another RM500 at the very least for a decent monitor, mechanical keyboard and a mouse. A basic 24\" Samsung monitor is RM339, a Royal Kludge mech keyboard is RM130 and a Logitech \"gaming\" mouse is RM70. Add Shopee voucher and it will go down to RM500. Can always replace them later if got budget.\nAlso, it's cheaper to buy the PC parts separately than buy a custom build one like I posted above. The downside is you'll need to install everything but you can always ask someone you know to do it.", "The shops (in lowyat for eg) could assemble them for you if you could pick the components yourself.", "Free monitor keyboard and mouse Woh.", "Lmao, 4070 and still cheaper than this 1060 abomination", "I'm pretty sure you can do better if you don't get a prebuilt kekw\nhttps://pcpartpicker.com/list/XrJwCd if 5.3k is possible then this would be way better (1TB SSD, non shit PSU, non shit RAM, non shit case and also maybe motherboard, better CPU)", "My guy that's 5k dollar \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "Mana harga 5k tu tgk dkt gambar 1.3k", "Tu harga monitor la sis", "Even if you are tech illiterate you can always look up for the market prices of average PCs in Lazada or Shopee or ask questions at r/pcmasterrace", "r/buildapc is the right place to go. pcmr is mostly for unfunny memes.", "Nahh, I've been using Huawei P50 Pocket Premium Edition since 2022, it just MYR7,209.99"], ["RM 5k for GTX1060 PC \ud83e\udd23", "Even during covid this is not worth 5k, WTF!!!"], ["Which tech store! This is making me super angry.", "Many electronics store sell tv , fridge and sell pc as extra. They don\u2019t even fix pc stuff and sell outdate pc with original prices haha", "SenQ", "IIRC its the SenQ store at Queensbay Penang"], ["Ah yes, since this is the last unit I give you special price. Proceeds to add 100% to the original price.", "I mean, it is a special price technically"], ["5k for a GTX1060 is meme af lol", "FWIW, 1060 Super"], ["That's why if you don't know much about computers, bring someone who does when buying one. Unfortunately I see this more often than it should. Sellers trying to get rid of old stock but maintain the same selling price despite how old it is. RM 5,199 might be fine back when those are the current generation (I think 2020?). But in 2024 that's unacceptable.", "5199 was insane even back when the 1060 launched (around 2016?)\nin 2020 sure you can justify it because new CPU but like even then I was seeing 1060 builds go for RM3k", "Oh shit you\u2019re right, 1060 is even older. They never could\u2019ve sold this for 5199 at any point in time.", "same advice when buying a car. those dealers are ruthless."], ["looking at those specs for that price is making me cry, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GTX 1060 SUPER!!!!!"], ["10gen i7 with 1060.... 5K alrdy ah. shit ill sell my 1050ti for 2.5k", "insane considering we're at 14th gen now I think.", "display unit summore", "I wish this was illegal lol", "keyboard n mouse \"free\" ahahaha if they put n that monitor mayyybeee", "it's stock clearance without the stock clearance price.", "I think 14th gen will have bottleneck performance cause 12th gen have bottleneck", "where's it coming from?", "https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/result/1uj1cy/1/general-tasks/1920x1080/"], ["aside from pricing and outdated specs, \"last unit\" term is also another strategy to hook buyers. triggering the sensation where its your last chance to own it\nkalau terlepas menyesal", "Only to feel the brunt of buyer's remorse once you've purchased the unit. Emphasis on the remorse."], ["Lmao seriously those who have lived overseas will feel like the whole of Msia is scam. Everything is so expensive, especially electronics. At this price you can buy much much better parts from Amazon US even if it means paying shipping and duties \ud83d\ude02", "thats what i did when i bought my intel GPU. i saved more than rm200 than buying from lowyatt despite taxes."], ["Do we have a Malaysia tech subreddit so we can ask opinion and avoid getting scam?", "Just ask in the daily general discussion post, surprisingly active responses"], ["Some parents might think this is a good deal for a gift for their children lol"], ["Just like furniture stores with their \"closing down\" sale"], ["For a 10 rtx series and 5k plus, that is a complete scam"], ["Kawkaw markup. Can get rtx3060 lol", "U can build new system with 7800xt with that price tho"], ["SUPER SALE DISCOUNT OF RM 0.00"], ["Bro i got 1060 lying around in my closet, i can give it for free, if its still works tho"], ["This is why you survey other stores and price points with their respective specs.\nIt took me 1 week worth of research to buy myself a gaming laptop. I took screenshots of 5 products and compared every piece of their hardware and software relative to their spec, generations and actual market price fluctuations.\nIn the end I got myself a 2nd-hand msi gp63 leopard 8re for 3.1k in 2020. The original price point was 5k+. And that took another few days of research too for a checkup Check list. I was also very tech illiterate back then but have sufficient interest in them to actually look into these things."], ["Maybe the RCP is last month price, ringgit getting weaker afterall"], ["I should sell my 1070ti PC at 8K then"], ["I have a Trident, they can be really good deals too. Not this one of course."], ["Mid setup for 5k lol"], ["I didnt even think that 1060 super exist lmao"], ["I'm waiting for the how"], ["Too expensive. GPU old."], ["1060S\uff0cmined gpu I guess. Physical store does potong kepala a lot."], ["wtf"], ["where is the store? i want to know.."], ["i always knew the price for pc parts in msia is expensive but god DAMN. also imo building your own pc>>buying it"], ["I just look at that GPU and be like \"nahhhh\""], ["Bro good luck trying to run any modern games with that GPU. Anything will be unplayable"], ["i got better for 1/5th the price.\n11th gen i9 with 8 cores, 32GB ram, threw in some random HDD, put it in a 1U case and started running AI with the avx_vnni."], ["I'm guessing the CPU contribute much to the price but goddamn RM5,199 for GTA1060?!"], ["Mak aii cekik darah"], ["Covid reseller just called me. They want their prices back."], ["I hope that place shuts down."], ["Honestly as someone who is PC illiterate, I am so glad that I have friends that know more abt this than I do."], ["Looks like one of those prebuilt stock 'gaming' PC from an older era. They still kept their original retail price even after all these years for some stupid reason.\nNot worth it for a 1060 Super + 512Gb SSD. Even with the 'free' monitor. Im making a rough calculation here, but the value would be around RM1k for the parts, and RM1k for the CPU, RM400 for the motherboard. So RM2.4k overall, not including the monitor, mouse, keyboard, PSU and assembly. 'Free' items are usually added into the total price with a discount. Assuming thats the MSI Optix MAG 27'', the RM1.4k pricing would be discounted to 1k in the total, which is the same price at Shopee. Keyboard + mouse looks to be MSI branded, but probably not that great anyway."], ["1060 super...lol"], ["What a load of shit."], ["Diorang ni kalau tak tipu tak boleh ke? The heck gpu camtu 5k? Hah"], ["wahhh RM5199 for gtx 1060, might as well put 2gb of ram, 256 hdd"], ["Wow that's a surprise, literally I have the same spec. But it cost me Rm2.8K-Rm3k, remember not more than Rm3k but 2019 or 2020 forget exactly the date \ud83d\ude02 the only difference is mine is AMD"], ["I have a question about laptops though. How do we know if it\u2019s a fair price or nah when most of the brands have almost the same price?"], ["Never heard 1060 super, unless it's a typo of 1660 Super. Or maybe 1060 of 6GB variation. And I feel like the price actually covers the monitor since it says \"free\" monitor."], ["Aiyoh my head hurts.. A Ryzen 7 5700x, 3060Ti, 32GB 3600mhz, 1TB NVME build is only around RM4.8k nowadays \ud83e\udd26"]]}
{"title": "Your experience with Firefly airline?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18n8qk5/your_experience_with_firefly_airline/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'd like to know your experience with Firefly because I don't know if it's incompetence or I'm just terribly unlucky with my bookings.\nMany times I've booked my flight back home to Sarawak, I get rescheduling notices, with most recent one is 2 days before the flight. The other flight coming back got rescheduled 2 months earlier! (why sell the ticket if it's going to be rescheduled?). I've already planned ahead to get my friends to drive me to/from the airport and now because of both delays, friends got other stuff to do and can't drive me at the later time. I probably either have to take a Grab to go later, or sit an extra 2 hours in the airport.\nSorry for this rant. I'd just like to know what your experience with airlines is besides AirAsia, and now that MY Airlines is gone too.", "comments": [["They only have 5 aircrafts but are scheduling them at high utilisation rates. Each time a hiccup happens it becomes a Domino effect on multiple flights.\nNot much choice for Malaysia in terms of airlines but cant be help as we do not have the market sustainability to have many competing airlines operating around on such a small population and buying power crowd."], ["fly every 2 weeks penang kl, the chance of 1-2 hour delay is about 20%"], ["I've flew with Firefly from KL to Penang and KL to SG on a few occasions last year and so far I am lucky enough to not experience any flight delays."], ["Travel using Firefly from sg to penang few times before and my experience with them so far is not great,but at least it's slightly better than Airasia.\nTheir flight often rescheduled but I can still live with it as it just within 1 hr delay. The condition inside the plane looks terrible,and my recent flight to Penang (just few weeks ago) is very hot inside the cabin.\nMy bar is already low after I experience a lot of shit with Airasia before,so overall Firefly is ok if u want to look for next alternative budgeted flight in Malaysia.But I won't recommend it if you have better options.", "Took AA recently and it is better for me though since it even arrived slightly earlier by 10 mins, but granted maybe I am lucky and maybe your experience is during the COVID period in 2020-2022 when many of their aircrafts have issues"], ["Yes, very common issue. Same thing happened to me when returning to Penang from Kuching last month."], ["Flight delays all the time"], ["I\u2019ve had decent experiences with them but this is to JB and Singapore. Not sure about other states?"], ["Firefly is actually under MAS."], ["It\u2019s a Malaysia thing. Being late is a culture."], ["i fly from subang to penang on monthly basis on firefly, often flight rescheduled on flight back (sundays). however they courtesy enough to inform earlier (sms) unlike shit AA. one time my flight was cancelled at the very last minute and i\u2019m already otw to airport.\nafter that i need to find my way to get replacement flight ticket (again no information relayed to me), so i just line up at their counter and get new tickets (which timing 4 hours away). swear no more AA for me, at least on domestic route."], ["My recent afternoon flight got delayed by one day due to technical issues of the plane. Left stranded in the airport for a whole night only to be suddenly informed in the next morning via SMS (jokes on you if you expect their CS to be responsive on this matter) that my replacement flight will be in the afternoon of the next day. They actually expected their customers to have nothing to do but to stay in the airport all the time huh? Hands down the worst experience in my flying history (I'm not even a frequent flyer smh). No more Firefly in this lifetime and my afterlife!"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 21 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18n6h3k/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["I am a non and I support the free Palestine cause cause if you go back in history, they had to deal with a lot of shit from the likud party - all well documented in hundreds of interviews , documentaries, podcast , footage of first hand eye witness. Hamas didn't come out of thin air , Hamas is the very creation of Bibi and the US to continue destabilizing the region. I am ASHAMED to be Malaysian now cause I see how Malaysians talk online on FB and insta all. Oh why do we care. Oh why not just look after our ownself. Oh why are we supporting terrorist etc Oh economy gonna be bad.\nNewsflash , the economy already shit. It has zero to do with opposing a genocide. Many countries have taken a stand against Israel , US cannot be boycotting the world and in all honesty, they probably don't care bout us.\nIf you actually KNOW what is going on, you will not be saying all the stuff you guys been saying online to further hurt the feelings of people that are unable to sleep thinking bout their families there in Gaza. We have Palestinians students in our uni , we have people here married to Palestinians. This is not bout religion , this is bout actual lives. Actual ppl in our own country.\nSo pls I ask all of you, before you go online and comment oh my God why are we supporting terrorist etc , pls do some research. Pls have some compassion. Kids are dying. Innocent ppl are dying on both sides. But this doesn't just stop simply by Hamas surrendering. Israel must stop the occupation and oppression of the Palestinians. If you have nothing positive to say, I think it's best not to say anything then.\nWhy I know this? I worked with all these ppl in THAT region. I was based there for years. So I know what I know from first hand experience. You guys should thank your lucky star daily we are born here. Not in some of these fucked up places. So pls have some gratitude and compassion.", "thank you. I think the nons's hate for the Malays are too strong that they choose anything other than Muslims at any given moment for anything, genocide or otherwise. You are a rare pearl."], ["Personally, I can't brain why the macais here can't even brain why the Shia factions like Iran, Hezbollah and Houthi are fighting alongside the Sunni Hamas, while the other Sunni factions like Saudis are aligning more with the Israelis. \"Bukankah Israel dan Syiah BFF?\" God, their grasp of the ME geopolitics are just beyond stupid, with a side of \"komplot Rothschild\"."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 21 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18n3pom/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 191, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: What do fish smoke to get high?\nSea weed", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Was wondering how much people usually spend on food every day?\nWould be starting my internship soon and If you work in a place like Bukit Bintang or Damansara, eating out can get quite pricy :')", "I'm spending around RM20 on lunch alone - what's worse is that I work in an office building right next to a fancy shopping mall. There's only like 3 non-fast food places that serve \"cheap\" food there"], ["", "He's actually a doctor lol, he's back to being a doctor"], ["Thinking of switching career to law as my current job feels like a dead end. I\u2019m turning 29 next year and I\u2019m not getting any younger. Anyone knows what are some good law schools in KL?"], ["Hi, I realise Disney+ app for windows isn't available in Malaysia? So I can't watch on the go???"], ["Hey guys I need to buy a PDF online from Shopeee but they're not allowing me purchase because I don't have a Malaysian address or phone number. What should I do?", "if its online pdf, just put random address found on google maps", "You can try chat the seller and ask them. Most of shopee sellers are helpful.", "I need to have a Malaysian phone number to start chatting with him. I don't have one", "What PDF is it? You can probably get it for free if u know where to look instead of Shopee", "In the whole world, I only found it out at shopee. It's strange I know but what can I do. It's the preparation notes for MRCPsych exam which is a UK exam for psychiatrists.", "show me the link, probably can help you out", "https://shopee.com.my/MRCPsych-SPMM-Smart-Revise-(NOTES-ONLY)-i.1028633615.16298018011?sp_atk=d0ead458-2707-479a-88fe-193583f842c0&xptdk=d0ead458-2707-479a-88fe-193583f842c0", "The seller replied, check chats"], ["Awak cakap siapa ni? Sorry for bad Malay", "I feel attacked. \ud83e\udd7a"], ["You are correct, if we ignore things like politics and history and socio-economic conditions."], ["Went to see Wonka\n2 hours went quite fast IMO\nOther movies makes me think \"it's only been 1 hour?\"\nWonka made me feel \"it's one hour already?\"\nProbably due to the musicals thingy", "I brought 4 penghabis duit\nCannot afford to bring one more :/", "Yep,\nJust ignore that this Wonka isn't an evil factory owner like previous renditions , and is just someone that loves to make chocolate"], ["imagine there is a starving man that just came out from the jungle for a week. where do you show him the restaurant that has the best chicken 65 and lamb rogan josh?", "Big Singh Chapati @ TTDI --> this is going to financially hurt tho.", "oh yeah forgot that one. i think its like 7Spices in JB. they probably serve your naan in cloth lol.", "It wouldn't matter coz anything would be good for him lol"], ["How much do i need to budget to go for a 2night trip to melbourne? Ive never travelled before, what are the thing i shud consider", "I've been there in 2022 for my final year of uni, so I'll try my best to guide you here:\nFood: food in Melbourne is expensive in general, unless you plan to survive off frozen microwave dinners from Coles/Woolworths supermarkets. A cheap meal at any fast food restaurant there should cost around $8-12 AUD; if you want to go fancy, expect a $20 bill or more. For 2 nights, expect to spend around $100-150 on food - take advantage of discounts.\nDrink: bottled water is usually around $1-2 for one big bottle. If you want some amazing Aussie alcohol, expect to fork out anywhere around $6-15 for a drink - depending on the place you go. For 2 nights, you won't need over $10 for water - unless you drink......\nTravel: use a Myki card for public transport (bus, train, tram). The cards cost $6 each, and they charge you a maximum of $10 per weekday. (7.20 on weekends) if you're going for 3D2N, you'll need maximum $36 for public transport.\nHotel: basic backpacker hotels usually cost around $40 a night, while 3-star hotels like Ibis Styles cost at least $100 a night.", "Ah okay that sounds manageable actually. My friend told me i might need myr10k to go there lol"], ["my December salary came in so I celup a bit into ETF (SP500). now I have buyer's remorse...... (somehow)\nalso I tried my hand at DIY-ing a ping pong bat, and thanks to my shitty handicraft skills (middle school Kemahiran Hidup PTSD) I cut one of the rubber pieces wrongly, so it doesn't fit the shape of the bat (too small for it) and I had to buy another. Great, RM50 wasted......", "stick the rubber on then cut according to the shape of the bat right? how did it end up to small?", "two words: too hasty. Could've waited for the glue to dry, but nope, I had to go and cut it right away. Since it wasn't fully dry (hence not stuck together) the cut was quite a bit off......", "Kenapa regret beli S&P?", "maybe I should use a different app to invest in it instead...", "Oh cos of the fees, I\u2019m guessing?", "nah, the fees isn't too much of a problem, the app got kind of confusing to use for me", "Haha same experience. I suck at this. First tried IBKR, but I screwed up somewhere I forgot how. Then tried Rakuten Trade and somehow managed to buy several ETFs. Hated the app though, never want to open it", "made one when i was 11 years old.", "ooh! did you use to play ping pong? or is it part of KH at your school?", "yeah, primary school KH, got to make a ping pong bat.\nlater in secondary school i joined ping pong club also. that was fun."], ["2024 Plan\nBangkok in March, Baku in November,"], ["Is there any service that delivers packaged meals like Factor in Malaysia, that is affordable and sustainable for a student?", "Not sure about that but I usually frequent mixed rice stalls when I was a student. The meal is almost always under RM10 for me but then again, I'm sure it depends on location. Mine was at Kampar, Perak.\nNasi Kandar if I'm feeling extra."], ["I need a song that sounds like this one."], ["Does anyone know where can I buy a custom arch similar to this picture? I tried searching on Google but got no result in Malaysia.\n<image>"], ["also why someone reported concern on me..?"], ["twitter gone, all my hamster posts gone \ud83e\udee0\ud83d\ude16\ud83d\ude2d"], ["Are big pharmaceutical companies (Pharmaniaga, GSK, Duopharma, etc.) or scientific equipment manufacturing companies (Ansell, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Arachem, etc.) a good places for a Microbiology degree students to be intern?\nOr should I take diagnostic companies/laboratories that test patients specimens or QC test a certain object?", "Seconding cosine. Unless you want to move away from the lab and be involved in commercial/medical/regulatory aspects of pharma.", "Depends on what you plan to do later on. Think of internship spots as potential companies to go in later on.\nI can only speak for pharma companies - if this is the path chosen, find one that actually has a manufacturing plant in Malaysia. At least you can get some hands on experience working in their in house laboratories that'll do microbial sampling", "Any other suggestions on food and beverage company and cosmetic company are also welcomed."], ["I know these are two completely different places but any fellow Malaysians who has traveled to Istanbul / the Baltic states? (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)\nHow much did your travel cost and how many days in total? Trying to figure out a proper budget for a 1 to 2 week trip in these regions", "I'm also researching for a trip to the Baltic states. I think you need a minimum of 10 days, Tallinn > Riga + daytrip to Jurmala > Vilnius + daytrip to Kaunas. Travelling mostly by bus (FlixBus). It takes 3.5 to 4.5 hrs bus ride between the major cities.", "Are you backpacking (hostel and such) or hotel?", "Thinking about a combination of both, I\u2019d say a 70/30, Hostel:Hotel split"], ["anyone else have empty twitter pages? like all the post are gone. It's this a new type of ban?", "yeah what the hell twitter", "same - even pages in history cannot be opened"], ["I am tired of using blender. It\u2019s difficult for me to create a hollow cylinder jointed with another different size hollow cylinder. Any recommend for another 3d sculpting software?\nEdit: someone commented fusion 360", "rhino 3D or autocad 3D?", "Lemme try them later. Thanks \ud83d\ude4f"], ["I need a debate sparring partner. I'm writing a book on the Logic of the First Cause - I'm basically arguing that the First Cause is the only logical conclusion given two premises:\nPremise 1 (Causality): Every entity or phenomenon that exists, that we can be 100% sure of, is the result of a cause.\nPremise 2 (Beginnings): Every entity or phenomenon that exists, that we can be 100% sure of, has a point of origin or a beginning.\nThese two are paradoxical and can only be explained by the existence of the First Cause who is the beginning of everything and an uncaused cause.\nAlso, any counter argument that includes a premise whose truth is not 100% cannot undermine an argument with 100% true premises.\nEdit: Changed \"Divine Creator\" to \"First Cause\".", "paging for socratic dialectic guy, your help is needed", "That depends - in this discussion, is your divine creator perfect and changeless?", "The attributes of the Creator or the First Cause are irrelevant. The logical argument merely suggests its existence.", "The attributes of the Creator or the First Cause are irrelevant\nIt's not.\nIf the Creator is perfect, then He is changeless - otherwise, if He changed and continues to change, then it implies that He can always become \"better\" by changing.\nTherefore, if the Creator is perfect and changeless, He couldn't have created the universe; otherwise, that implies that there is a time when the universe doesn't exist. Then that means at some point in time, God changed his mind. But how can a changeless entity change? That would be a contradiction.\nThe conclusion to that, then, is that the universe is eternal and uncreated. You will need to either discard your idea that all things need to have been created, or revise your conception of the Creator.", "I believe your argument hinges on the notion that 'to create' implies intentionality or sentience. If we remove this implication, leading to a conclusion that centers on the existence of a First Cause, what would your response be?", "If we remove the implication of intentionality and say that the Creator unintentionally created the universe, then that begs the question: what was the Creator doing that led to the creation of the universe as a side effect?\nFurthermore, if you say that the Creator unintentionally created the universe, wouldn't that mean you're saying that the Creator made a mistake? Wouldn't that mean He is not perfect?\nIf so, then it's simple enough to argue: the universe was created by an imperfect Divine Creator, who at some point of time changed His mind and decided it'll be neat to have a universe. Of course, the notion of an imperfect Creator would not be kindly accepted by Abrahamic theologians \ud83d\ude05", "back up.\nHow do you reconcile the two premises that I have if your conclusion doesn't suggest the existence of a First Cause?", "As I understand it, your argument is:\nlike all things, the universe needs to be caused (created) by something. And if it is created, then it has a finite age.\ntherefore, the universe is created by a First Cause, which is the Divine Creator\nSo when you say \"the universe is created by a Divine Creator\", first I want to know if He is perfect - like the Abrahamic God, or not (like the Greek pantheon). We are at this stage. Depending on your response, I would give different arguments:\nif you say \"the Divine Creator is perfect\", then I have already argued how a perfect Creator couldn't create the universe without compromising His perfectness. On the other hand,\nif you say, \"the Divine Creator is not perfect\", then I will move on to the next argument on why said imperfect Creator couldn't be the First Cause.", "I don't think I said those things that you wrote there.\nHere are my premises as you can see in my original post:\nPremise 1 (Causality): Every entity or phenomenon that exists, that we can be 100% sure of, is the result of a cause.\nPremise 2 (Beginnings): Every entity or phenomenon that exists, that we can be 100% sure of, has a point of origin or a beginning.\nHow do you reconcile the above premises?", "Query: Does that mean your premises completely exclude luck/random chance as potential causes? Also, what is your position on the concept of free will?\nNot trying to be a debating partner btw, but more of suggesting things could also be examined.", "Good question.\nI personally believe that there is no such thing as 'random'. What we perceive as 'random' is simply due to our lack of understanding of the why and how of certain events.\nFor example, when you throw a die, the number it shows is influenced by several factors: how you held the die, the force exerted upon its release, the flatness of the surface it contacts, and possibly some airflow factors. These causes are not random by themselves, but their complexity makes predicting the results difficult, thus creating the illusion of 'randomness'.\nI think free will might be off topic when it comes to discussing creation. Unless you can argue otherwise.", "Hmmm, on randomness - if thats the case, would your argument be that everything we perceive as random should be attributed to the Creator? If thats the case, how would you be able to prove this (e.g. the dice example)? Its one thing to demand a counterargumen that disproves your premises (especially as, at the end of the day, you\u2019ll be the author of the book) but I\u2019d imagine its significantly more challenging to prove them yourself.\nOn Free Will - I think free will would be a natural extension of your premises - if everything that exist is the result of a cause, and the root cause is the Creator, then if a couple wish to concieve/concieves a child, then should the decisiom to comcieve be attributed to the influence of the Creator? And if so, then does that mean that the said couple had no agency?", "well my book is not gonna be about either of those though - I'm not gonna delve on those as I'm not making the case for the existence of God or even a Creator per se.\nIt is making a case for the existence of the First Cause. I've edited my original post to reflect this, appreciate your feedback.", "Why would the two premises imply a \"divine\" creator, though? Maybe it's just some creator but not necessarily divine?", "Right. Probably a logical disconnect to include divine.\nI can settle with just a Creator.", "Come to think of it, neither of the premises imply that there has to be a creator. Just because something is caused by something, or has a point of origin, doesn't necessarily mean that it was \"created\" by something.\nIf Covid was just a natural evolution of viruses, what would the \"creator\" of it be?\nPerhaps everything happened as a by product of something else, not necessarily \"created\" with intention.", "That's fair and we can argue about what constitutes \"to create something\".\nBut you agree that there is the First Cause given the premises?", "That would be the Big Bang I suppose?", "Not necessarily.\nThe argument logically resorts to suggest the First Cause to solve the paradoxical premises. Nothing more specific than that."], ["Asking fellow monyets :\nAny brands to recommend or have experience regarding which espresso machine for me to buy? Need to cut down buying outside after this\ni prefer all in one machine. Americanos, lattes, flat whites etc.\nhow is the aftersale services for the brand u guys use\nThanks!", "Coffee nerd here.\nIf you want an all in one machines nothing beats the convenience of nespresso due to the fact you barely need to maintain of clean the machine.\nUnlike machines that are what we called \u201csuper auto\u201d that automatically grinder and steam the milk etc, they require cleaning and maintenance.\nIf u got time, willing to learn, and cleaning, then get a proper espresso machines like the breville dual boiler. Or something like the Lelit Mara X , and a separate espresso grinder, cost more but better espresso and milk texturing compared to super autos and nespresso. But also the most inconvenient", "Thanks brother, yea capsules are super convenient. I\u2019ll do some research after this!", "I'm using a Philips - can do everything including milk frother. Automatic grinder etc.", "What series do u use right now?", "Series 4000", "Thanks fellow monyet, appreciate it!"], ["any suggestion for a portable monitor under rm500?"], ["Where is the parking entrance to TRX?\nI plan to drop by while I visit KL. Since I don't plan to go there very frequently, I don't mind the slightly expensive parking rate as long as it's convenient."], ["Is there anything worth watching on Disney+?", "The Bear, Welcome to Wrexham. They used to offer free trial, might wanna check if it\u2019s still available.", "If you're into K-drama and superheroes - Moving", "Loki"], ["How's the weather around KLCC and Zoo Negara lately? Planning to visit this weekend.\nYea I can look at weather forecast but prefer to hear from folks who are actually there.", "Wet wet wet. But usually in late afternoon/evening. If doing both best to go to Zoo Negara in the morning and KLCC after that", "Now almost everyday rain. Bring an umbrella and prepare to have 1 or 2 hours of your visit sheltering from the rain.\nKlcc is in door mostly so you'll be fine."], ["Hi, I need advice from 50+ yrs old men. I'm thinking of buying my father a book for his birthday this year. A bit of a description about him is, he is 57 yrs old, like golfing, and loves watching traveling videos on YouTube. Very religious, sometimes watch ceramah on YouTube.\nAre there any book recommendations suitable for this description, i thought of buying him a book because he used to read books a lot back then but now not so much, I thought it would be nice for him to reconcile with his reading spirit again loll", "Oh in Malay? I was about to suggest \"Divine Speech\" by Nouman Ali Khan.\nIf in Malay, then go with Ayahku by Hamka.\nFound it on Shoppee: https://shp.ee/ycic83w", "Nouman Ali Khan.\nJust so you know, this guy is a known sexual exploiter. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1514111/famous-pakistani-american-preacher-alleged-inappropriate-relations-women/", "innocent until proven guilty.", "Thank you for the suggestions! i think I will go with Ayahku by hamka. The description of the book fits well with my father's interest", "awesome! glad I could help!", "Tiger Woods' autobiography?", "MARTIN LINGS Muhammad : Riwayat Hidup Berdasarkan Sumber Terawal (IBDE)\nI bought it for RM70 at shopee.", "Personally I would be happy to receive this book.", "Wow this looks very good but I think he prefers if it's in bahasa melayu. He isn't very fond of English books. But thank you for the suggestion!"], ["I already see boxes of CNY oranges on sale at the local Jaya Grocer. I'm like bruh, Christmas pun tak habis lagi. Lepak ah dulu.", "meanwhile McD releasing their CNY burger in Xmas season: \ud83d\udc40"], ["Company will be having a gift exchange, is it possible to give a prepaid visa card (like the ones from Maybank) and topup it with RM50?", "Buy rm50 TnG ewallet reload voucher from 7E easier.", "I'd like it to be physical like a card of some sort, do they sell those at 7E?", "They have physical gift cards at 7e but not for touch n go i think. Stuff like netflix and the like. Coffee bean gift card?"], ["I didn't know there would be a special cert just for this LOL\n<image>", "what's the criteria to get this award? Consistently earliest? or the earliest someone have ever come to school ever like a world record kind of thing?", "Consistency, based on the punch card. But everyone at the school knows I'm the earliest, even the school guard can attest to that \ud83d\ude00", "ohh i see, congrats cikgu! make sure your boss bagi markah LNPT extra hehe", "I once won baju paling bersih during my sekolah agama time", "Omg really? Lmao, first time I heard of such an award.", "That one harder than 101% attendance lol. Should get anugerah.", "Haha Tahniah. Cikgu berdedikasi."], ["Due to the nature of my work, I got to know a lot of highly confidential information about the company including the emoluments plan for the next 5 years. I'm not so good at not spilling the tea to random colleagues.", "Spill it here, how much allocated?", "There\u2019s a plan to increase the annual bonus to 4 months and in 2024 there will be a salary correction based on market rate (averaging 12% increment per employee).", "sis ada kerja kosong x?:26554:", "Kenapa nak join? Remuneration correction dia buat early 2024. Tahun 2025 nanti back to normal 4-5% increment je. Aku pun tak sure dapat ke tak 2024 special increment sebab masih dlm probation lagi", "tukar angin", "Wah, what company? I come work", "Rahsia", "*looking up Rahsia Sdn Bhd on linkedin*"], ["Hello can someone spill some random tea today about anyone/anything, I'm bored", "Can you give me whatever you're smoking?", "And why the people at Diego Garcia looks really similar to the lost passenger of MH370? Not just one but you can see a lot of them! This is surely an abduction for [REDACTED]", "But why MH370?", "I am hamster", "Jangan sampai aku buat hamster masak kicap", "\ud83d\ude35", "/r/bestofredditorupdates for all your tea and drama cravings. Be warned though, some stories can get really depressing.", "Too much fake stories and rage baits, also mods there act cliquey like secondary school girls.\nNow if you excuse me, imma get a restraining order for my ex-husband and give birth to twins.", "Hey people asking for tea, I try to deliver. If it\u2019s fake or what it doesn\u2019t matter as long as it\u2019s entertaining.", "I'm bored\nHi Bored, I'm Dad", "Random tea, dekat Dubai when I was entering a restroom, I saw the NRECC Minister fixing his trouser. Nak minta selfie but seems a little inappropriate at the time.\nBiggest regret I have from the trip. No selfie with menteri.", "nik nazmi ka, should've gotten a toilet selfie la! ala2 Met Gala:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/041422-Met-Gala-Bathroom-Selfies-Lead-721956dda96c4e8e860a496857f66bfd.jpg), which reminds me... I've met Young Syefura in the toilet", "r/hobbydrama"], ["A well known streamer being public with their open marriage status, meaning wife or husband can openly see others and have intimate relationships with them.\nHave his wife dancing with another guy and kissing on stream, obviously not happy with the move but still defending the supposed open marriage.\nNow are forced to divorce because his wife has another lover boy threaten to suicide if they didn't. Little did he knows, the lover boy has been living rent free for years in the house he bought for his wife.\nShocked Pikachu face.", "Open marriage never works. Unless you both come into the marriage already having open relationships.", "They claimed they were in an open relationship before that.", "Welp, then this would be the case of the other having more actions than him. Clearly, the wife is the better looking than him.", "Are they both local streamers or international ones?", "Destiny and Melina, non local btw"], ["<image>\nChoose either a hamster or a dog to love", "oh the guy who claiming to love hamster but stole all hamster picture off internet is back!", "damn it, why u need to talk about those things", "nice", "wow so handsome"], ["Why come r/Malaysia only tag for Happy Diwali? :26563:", "We have CNY and Raya post flairs as well, and usually, we disable them after the respective celebration period. Unfortunately, we forgot to do so this time for Deepavali. My bad.", "Ohhhh. No it's ok. Seasons Greetings is hot topic last week."], ["Any advice where to park at/near Pavilion Bukit Jalil? I want to go bouldering there but I truly hate the parking.\nThere are a lot of parking at the very low level but to get there I have to go through their \"mini jam\" inside the parking lot. Took me like 10-15 minutes to get to the lower level once I entered the parking lot because there are just too many cars.", "People park by the roadside lol", "Are there actual parking there or illegal parking? If illegal parking I'd rather go through the mini jam.", "Well there's valet but that will cost you a bomb. There are also some paid street parking by the shoplots outside of the mall but that is also probably pricey", "ah alright. i ended up parking at Aurora place. easy to get to and plenty of parking. need to walk a bit which is way better than being stuck in parking lot."], ["Are there any places around KL or Selangor where I can donate old Magic the Gathering cards?\nI have a bunch of cards gathering* dust at home and I don't want to simply discard** them into the garbage bin.\n* pun intended\n** this one too", "Most card shop accept those, I'd wager. A few card shops that I have visited have a whole box of extra discarded cards for new players.", "Try to sell on Carousell or FB marketplace first?", "Too much hassle and the cards aren't in the best condition either.\nRather than putting a pricetag on them, I'd rather donate it to a shop who makes budget decks from older or low-cost cards for under-privileged kids, or smth like that.", "you can also sell them in bundles, like 50 cards for RM5. I used to buy Yugioh cards in bulk like this", "I don't think got any shop which does that? I mean I'm still new to the hobby but seems more like a us thing and it's because it's done by a body and not a specific shop.\nBut I think maybe go see a shop which normally joins events and stuff? Maybe Game Over Here in Sunway can help you figure out what to do because I remember they have been involved in events with the uni recently."], ["Work: you know, the annual cash gifts we give to you guys are so cold and impersonal\nMe: oh no\nWork: so instead you can choose your gift from this catalogue\nMe: OH NO\nCan't I just have the money?", "Oh oh, and the best part is the gift you selected are going to be taxeddd wuhuuu\nOkay in all seriousness, my company gave \"reward point\" that we can use to redeem things from a catalog. The point hard to come by (and fcking useless; 1000 point for a tableclotch? You only give me 20 point) and the besg part is they'll be counted as taxable income if you choose to ever redeem it.", "Wait you guys get gifts from companies at end of year?", "I see a Meme Monday material potential here.", "Can't I just have the money?\nLHDN and EPF would take their share first. Even after that still better than physical items. The only people who hate money is the people doing the payroll calculations.", "Work: you know, the annual cash gifts we give to you guys are so cold and impersonal\nsays fucking no one ever. lmao. just corporate being corporate."], ["Anyone know how fast is it for airasia's FACES feature to update? Ive followed their process but at the end it still says \"Incomplete\" despite already approving my selfie and ID.\nGot a flight this afternoon. Worst case scenario is that I have to check in at the f2f counter"], ["Curious. Do North Peninsular celebrate Xmas? How is it like during Xmas over there? Asking as a sarawakian.", "We just got a week of online classes so people can celebrate Xmas + NYE so yeah.\nIn KL, they celebrate all the holidays. It was fun seeing people dressed up on the way to parties during Halloween. I'll see if I can drag my friend for coffee on Xmas.", "Nope. In fact wearing a Santa outfit is grounds for summary and public execution. Any reindeers found will be shot and eaten. And if you dare to hang mistletoes hoping to kiss the girl you're crushing on the government will instead force you to make out with femboys.\nSince you're here, I too have a question: do they have colour TV in Sarawak yet?", "Wow so hostile. I'm genuinely curious given what I understand from news.\nWe do not even have TV tbh. We just go and watch those live drama on stage one.", "Things are not the way they are in the news. From what I understand from the news, Sarawak and Sabah is the place where people get eaten by wildlife, kidnapped by pirates, or attacked by Sulu terrorists. That's what the news show.\nImagine if every week you see people here circlejerk about what little news they heard about your birthplace. \"Sarawak people are being eaten by tigers again, sigh, I am so glad I live in KL where I don't have to deal with that nonsense.\" you'd feel tired.\nAnd that's my explanation. Life is too short to be hostile to each other.\nBtw, I went to kuching in 2009, it was okay.", "Hostile? Who, me?\nNo, of course not. The Malaysian Taliban (oh, they're the ones in charge of the peninsular now) have outlawed the concept of hostility, saying it's \"un-Islamic\".\nI got to move to East Malaysia so I can continue to indulge in inter-religious orgies and eat halal bak kut teh.", "The non-muslim celebration there that I remember were CNY and Wesak, I would pass by a SJKC and SJKT often. Stores will have Christmas decorations and discounts, but that's pretty much it from what I remember. There are churches there but I don't have any reason to go there, so idk how it is in a church during Christmas.\nNorth peninsular is not some mythical land, you can go there and see it by yourself. It's Malay majority but it's not like Japanese in Japan extreme majority.", "i wonder this too, after the whole cake decoration issue.."], ["Two more days to work on CF stuff. I'm pretty sure I'm going to botch Saturday's plans with my friend because I don't know how to work on wigs and will likely butcher it lol.", "Oh nice, I'm opt out from entering the CF this year due to rising case of COVID, but I love to come there at the park and take a bunch of pictures.", "Yeah covid is one of the reasons I don't want to go but I already got the tickets and have committed to a plan on Saturday so I'll at least go one day. Sunday is the day I'm actually thinking of skipping because klcc will be full of the weeb crowd and the Christmas crowd because its Xmas eve."], ["What's the best place/platform to buy/sell Lego sets in Klang Valley? Want to get rid of my collection", "fb marketplace.", "Can try carousell. Or just join some local lego community in social media, fb etc."]]}
{"title": "hello metalheads malaysia!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mwdip/hello_metalheads_malaysia/", "num_comment": 20, "flairlabel": [], "header": "hiii im new to the scene and curious about the experience of the shows in malaysia.. are there any metal shows happening in kl or selangor??? suggest me some good metal music!! dont mind if locals or intls", "comments": [["Not sure what type of metal you are into, I'm into mainly metalcore, but these are some of the bands I listen to. Some have cleans, and some only have screams;\nMonuments (Their Amanuensis album is what got me into metal)\nThe Black Dahlia Murders\nSpiritbox\nJinjer\nBring Me The Horizon\nBad Omens\nCode Orange\nVolumes\nPolaris\nPeriphery\nVeil of Maya\nAugust Burns Red\nCurrents\nNovelists\nMake Them Suffer\nBleed From Within\nBorn of Osiris\nArchitects\nERRA\nPhinehas\nNaratu (Local)\nthrown\nKnocked Loose\nalt.\nGideon\nPantera\nGojira\nWhitechapel\nCane Hill\nThornhill\nSilent Planet\nVildhjarta\nImminence\nPaledusk\ncoldrain\nWithin Temptation\nAnimals as Leaders (a stricly instrumental band)\nMick Gordon (made the legendary OSTs for Doom 2016, and Doom Eternal)\nAlso some rock and post-hardcore bands that I listen to;\nRoyal Blood\nNormandie\nBreaking Benjamin\nLinkin Park\nNothing More\nCKY\nKarnivool\nCam Cole\nShinedown\nCaskets (post-hardcore)\nRain City Drive (post-hardcore)\nDayseeker (post-hardcore)\nDeftones\nVolbeat\nDeath From Above 1979\nFoo Fighters\nThe Black Keys\nBoston Manor\nDON BROCO\nQueens of the Stone Age\nThousand Foot Krutch\nRed\nSTARSET\nONE OK ROCK (J-Rock)\nBAND-MAID (J-Rock) (seriously, this band is freakin sick despite its name)\nBlue Stahli\nCelldweller\nAlternatively, you can check out bogdanhxc and NikNocturnal on YouTube for new songs, as they react to it. I got most of my band recommendations through them.\nhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wAXoTWlyZEactuOO8tZmx?si=tia53_V2T5KCwgWB8I27zQ&pi=a-i7kulq97Qiiu\nOr you can also check out my Spotify (if you have one) playlist. I update it semi-regularly.", "Man, I'd kill for Periphery if they do live here even if its just a clinic! I wanna see the entire band rip my brains out! They're one of my biggest inspiration!", "The closest they've been to us is when they played in Singapore IIRC. But I concur, I'd book a ticket in a heartbeat if they come here.", "disappointed that Exotype is not in the list. \u2639\ufe0f"], ["Look up rumah_api on ig if you wanna catch some shows."], ["Which kind of metal?\nMy bands that I listen to is Beast in Black, Ghost, Trivium, Powerwolf and Disturbed. Bloodywood And Babymetal for non-English metal bands\nAlso not metal but rock : Alter Bridge, Dynazty, Linkin Park, Apocalyptica", "oooh damn beast in black", "Butt rock are the shits", "Also add \u0421\u043b\u043e\u0442 for non-English one."], ["I really enjoy Lamb of God and Metallica! Other older bands worth mentioning are Slayer, Ironmaiden, Anthrax and many more."], ["Not one black metal band mention. What is happening to this generation la?", "Give us names and we check em out", "I mean start from satyricon, dimmu borgir, venom, dark throne,leviathan, and then go further gorgoroth and behemoth"], ["Avenged Sevenfold needs to return.", "They did release a new album this year, Life Is But a Dream. Though it's more experimental, and I understand not a lot of people are into that type of stuff. I personally liked it though. But I really bang with their metalcore albums."], ["oor, bmth, baby metal, Sims?"], ["Some of the main subgenres of metal and Rock I listen to:\nMetalcore - Bad Omens, Spiritbox, Sleep Token, Motionless in White, Jinjer, I Prevail Melodic Death Metal - Arch Enemy, AVATAR, Defacing God Symphonic (Death) Metal - Fleshgod Apocolypse, Septicflesh, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Blackbriar Gothic Metal - Lacuna Coil, Chelsea Wolfe, A.A. Williams Black Metal - Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Myrkur, Behemoth\nThere's too many I have so here's a playlist I made lol\nhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/17bQBk14QgLmdZeyMlTbbW?si=YhLTpDgvS56g7_JBlXM5Lw&pi=a-YvIz2pgGR0ej"], ["Hmm... as a product of the nu-metal era, hope you have fun with these bands:\nDeftones, Korn, Avenge Sevenfold, Rage Against the Machine"]]}
{"title": "Bumiputera stats 2023 (63.9% of Malaysia\u2019s population)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mw049/bumiputera_stats_2023_639_of_malaysias_population/", "num_comment": 67, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Bumi including natives from Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak", "So why bumiputera female using tudung? Since not all bumis are muslim?", "if no tudung, why? since most bumis are muslim. its a non issue really stop making something out of nothing", "As usual, Redditors are the only ones making everything racist while pretending it's everybody else who's racist.\nThere are five different icon designs representing women on the infographic and only two of those designs are wearing hijabs.", "I count total 5 tudung, and 5 free hair (including the graduation hat). Ok what 50/50.", "The keyword is DESIGNS.", "Fair point.\nThis sub is toxic as fuck.", "When most bumis in Sarawak and Sabah are non muslim, you would expect us not to say anything?? Here I thought we live in a country where everyone have equal rights. Well I guess not then.", "\u201cEqual rights is when infographics use clothes that i wear\u201d - this redditor, who most probably would be a man so it\u2019s not even clothes that he wears", "shows how shallow your level of thinking is in the first place", "according to your words, the malays wont have rights if they use a non hijabis in the image instead? its a non issue, but go file a complain if it bothers you.", "Its an issue to me so thats that. if that makes me a racist then i question your level of intellect. Sarawak has a majority non muslim as its population but we are forced to follow draconian laws from Jakim and you dont hear us rioting in the streets do you?", "It's just an infographic, chill. If everyone act like you, then when they do not include people wearing hijab then people wearing hijab want to complain la? No big deal lah. You are just too creative in making things look racist. Don't be too toxic. Think positively.", "Just pretend like this:\n3 non-hijab female icon representing Sarawak and Sabah.\n2 hijab female icon representing Semenanjung.\nThis is a non-issue my guy.", "You\u2019re getting triggered over a non issue lol.", "Calm down, kecoh ahhh", "So why bumiputera female using tudung\u2026 what? You mean muslim bumiputera or non-muslim bumiputera??? When did jakim for non-muslim bumiputera to wear tudung?"], ["Yes, this is all very important, but why aren't we calling the females bumiputeri?", "perhaps the same answer why we don't call females human, huwoman", "Asking the real question here", "I wanna be called BumiHimbo :3", "In Indonesia they use \"pribumi\" and it's a non-gendered term.", "Pre earth just makes you sound like a Neanderthal though", "What? Earth has been around before Neanderthals. Bumi literally means country.", ""], ["This fact sheet make the bumiputera demographic look like a completely different species of human. It\u2019s unsettling.", "Remember the nobles in One Piece? It's actually a close but exaggerated representation of our Bumiputera. Also more irony if one is a Bumiputera and is a fan of One Piece manga.", "completely different species of human.", "Homo Bumirectus", "Boomers"], ["Imagine how different Malaysia would be if we started taking heart disease as seriously as COVID.", "BuT MaLaYsIaN FoOd is NuMbEr OnE!!!\n(doesn't matter if it's just a disgusting pile of carbs and grease)", "I kid you not, they now serve cheese on top of drink for whatever reason. Like milos ais, 1 layer of chees on glass, then straw through said cheese.", "The bigger issue is the tradition of a cup of sugar for every child every morning. Half of milo is sugar.", "Just ban sugar /s"], ["COVID infection \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "normally developed countries have lower death via infectious diseases and car accident"], ["Around 0.3 Million Male might go single.", "My mom's cousin just married an Indonesian woman \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "a fren of mine married thai..", "Exactly my point. In this age of global interconnectedness, love transcends borders.", "Being from Johor, many Bumi male marry foreigners, majority being Indonesian.", "Perempuan kat luar sana ada kot.", "I is one \ud83e\udd72", "some of them are secretly gay anyway"], ["More breakdown and analysis of the stats can be found here"], ["TFR is down to 2.0 already!? Dropped like a stone in 20 years"], ["What about Cina, Indian, Orang Asli?", "Orang Asli is bumiputera", "So dayak, orang asli all grouped into one here?", "Obviously not important enough."], ["So females at 76.3 years old become free hair?", "Lol. Not all bumiputera muslim. That\u2019s why some free hair.", "more likely they dont have muslim granma stock cartoon thingy", "After husband is 71.5", "See a therapist."], ["And yet minorities are being oppress for power", "That's so random but ok.", "What? How tf did you conclude that from this post lmao. You people need to go outside and take a rest from politic stuff dude", "What conclusion did you draw from the post to come up with this? OP knew what he was doing posting it in /r/Malaysia lmao", "yup quality bait post"]]}
{"title": "Are there any Southeast Asian-American expats living in KL? Interested in hearing your experiences.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18msffz/are_there_any_southeast_asianamerican_expats/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m Cambodian-American (divorced 40s male), and have been living in the Philippines for the half-year wrapping up a business deal.\nLooking to pivot to a new remote career, but considering moving to KL for an extended period of time (minimum 1 yr).\nI\u2019m interested in hearing if there are other people with similar backgrounds living in KL (ethnic Southeast Asian, but not Malaysian; grew up in the west, e.g. Filipino-American, Thai-Aussie, etc.).\nHow is your experience there? I\u2019ve always been envious of the quality of public transportation, public parks, outdoor rec, and larger expat communities in KL vs. Manila. But I\u2019m interested in hearing how easy it is to become a part of the local community there. Do you have strong local friend networks? Or do expats mostly hang out with other expats? What is dating like? Are there big disadvantages to being a resident but non-citizen in terms of finding a place to rent / buying a car?\nManila has many problems (esp traffic and infrastructure), but I\u2019ve found it easy to integrate here because it\u2019s English speaking and people are quite friendly. I have learned some basic Tagalog, although it\u2019s really not necessary here since English is so commonly spoken.\nThank you for sharing your experiences.", "comments": [["You are in luck. KL has a more diverse expat community as they do have expats from South Asia, Far East, North Asia, etc. But to become part of the local community, you probably need to stay in the suburbs like Cheras, Ampang, etc. Buying a car is relatively straight forward but do look out for high insurance premiums and finding places to rent are aplenty though it'll be good to be staying beside train stations.\nBut the problems that you've mentioned about traffic, its pretty much the same because the public transportation isn't used much by locals. So yes you get traffic jams as well as lousy public transport.", "Great info. Thank you."], ["Malaysian here! But I know a lot of expats so here to give my input.\nRenting is easy in KL, look everywhere and you\u2019ll see a new condominium being built. Rental prices are fairly reasonable, especially if you\u2019re earning in foreign currencies. Try to look for places that are walkable to MRTs specifically, that\u2019ll make your commute much easier!\nIf you\u2019re staying within KL, it is possible to get around with trains and grab, probably cheaper than owning a car. Outside of KL not having a car is definitely not possible.\nMost Malaysians in KL can speak English and are generally pretty friendly.", "Thanks so much!"], ["like any asian nation, you are a foreigner and thats about it. so folks will be friendly, but only certain folks will hang out."], ["Imagine i was travelling to one of our satellite office in KL sentral,\nwhile waiting for my grab to pick up , i was bringing my luggage with me,\na nice random young Caucasian lady coming out from the office building, said Hi to me, and say you seem lost, do you need help with anything?\nI hope her failed interaction would not stop her being so kind to strangers.\nIt is normal for me to hang around alone without smartphone out.\nand it was very hot outside i probably making an ugly face that i didn't realise.\nEven the expats is more local than I am."]]}
{"title": "OKU Parking", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mrxpq/oku_parking/", "num_comment": 87, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Sometimes I just do not understand why people like to park in a OKU parking spot.", "comments": [["See OKU also can buy a mercedes. What have you guys done with your lives?", "he got rich and bought merc with his wife's death RM500k insurance where he one shot every pennies on crypto investment and gain 5x profits.", "He's lucky his wife's bf didn't get that money instead", "that's why always marry the cancer chick.", "sounds like what frank gallagher would do", "That's a literal.. STONKS!", "Ask him if he would like to see his wife again.", "Wow such motivation. Such inspiration", "your right", "Sure daddy's money lahh haha"], ["Because these people are mentally OKU", ":26555:", "Bak kata pepatah ayahku, OKU Bukan maksud 'Orang Kurang Upaya' tetapi 'Otak Kurang Upaya'.\nOrang begini memang OKU la", "Ouch. What a roast", "its the first thing i thought of when i see the title and picture before scrolling down to the comment ,haha", "Yeah well. At least its a nice mercedes. I guess being an OKU is special trait to have.", "Another species, voluntary degeneracy"], ["Look at his muka 10 sen. Confirm he is OKU la...", "nahhh his car is not 10 sen", "If only people's mentality can be determined can be determined by how much money they have", "well he dont lack money, he lacks common sense", "Exactly, that's the sad case for many people. First world facility, third world mentality"], ["Otak kurang upaya", "They mistook the spot for an OKA spot, orang kurang akal"], ["so you guys just gonna ignore the honda weird parking placement?"], ["While there are people who abuse the parking space. Please know that not all disability is visible. Some disabled people look \"normal\" but they might not be able to walk too far, too tired after chemo/surgery, arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia.", "The last I checked the car doesn\u2019t have any disabled sticker.", "Got money buy Mercedes can't say no money buy oku sticker.", "Maybe just short term disability? Yea could still get a sticker but you know how we all are. Likely just abusing parking though", "On the flipside, I could also standby an OKU sticker and stick it there for emergency parking. The thing is, we just don't know without enough context just found out here cannot do that\nBut where I frequently go, I know these people park at the OKU allocated lots because they couldn't be bothered to park further to pick up their children from daycare centres. But then again, by not doing that, it'll end up creating an even worse double parking situation...", "I actually do agree with you. But in somewhat I really feel most of the time people do abuse the parking space.", "Then apply for an OKU sticker or perhaps don't drive. Technically you can't park there without an authorised OKU sticker.", "I suggest e-hailing or car pooling would be an ideal option in this situation. I don't recommend post surgery pt under recovery phase driving themselves due to sudden relapse that could happen.", "i am against people using OKU parking but i also suggest people to give them the benefit of doubt. there might be valid reasons for that.", "ya this was the flipside i was thinking too, theres a possibility for his side of the story."], ["that honda lagi champion."], ["the honda isnt even on a parking space", "He was in OKU parking space too."], ["Make sure to report to your local authority such as JPJ, DBKL. Pretty easy to report via ResponsRakyat app.", "So this app still works? I don't think there's been an update for ages so I wasn't sure if it's still in use.", "Still works. Usually the relevant Authorities will get back within a week or two.", "Ahhhh, good to know! Thank you!"], ["He's a Malaysia with an entry level mercedes, just like Malaysians with BMW 5 Series.\nThey think they're more important than anyone and everyone and their time is worth more because they came into a small bit speck of wealth more than most people in a third world-ish country."], ["WAIT WAIT... is \"mati pucuk \" also count as OKU? could be .."], ["Young oku, expensive car."], ["\"Poor hardworking people hate him!\""], ["Sea Park?"], ["otak kurang upaya"], ["he prob got no brain. still considered as an oku"], ["Maybe the merc driver has his kid or kids in the back seat, who are OKU.", "He went inside alone to the restaurant to have dinner with friend apparently.", "", "i smell both jealousy and hatred from u OP,\nWow....\nu can\u2019t/don\u2019t applaud for their personal success.\nHow the fuk does personal success/rich is relevant here? So if I'm successful I can be a dick and park my car in oku? Stop behaving like a civil man and operate on third world mentality where I can do whatever I want because I have a expensive car? Op is criticising his action.\nIf you have oku, have the sticker visible. It's perfectly normal to be Sus of someone when they park on oku parking but walk normally from the car.", "That does not mean u can have the oku spot. Oku sticker must be on displayed on car. And not the cikai sticker, u have to go to jpj and get it endorsed with your plate numbers then only can display the right one. Kanina I did for my parents so I know the proper process."], ["Taman sea?"], ["Looks like he only has one leg from the photo's perspective haha"], ["It's scary that people who is mentally challenged shared the same road with us."], ["Why nobody talking about how fucking cinematic this photo is? The lighting, The angle, just perfect."], ["Easy to understand. Usually it's the only spot empty. Doesn't mean a non oku should be using it, though."], ["To further enhance convenience, better buy electric scooter. Can park inside the premise you're going to.", "Or do the China thing and buy electric wheelchair. From house to shop no need to park."], ["The car is handicapped though.. it probably has a failed transmission or a misfire."], ["Oku this rich, im envy of that\ud83d\uddff", "So what are you waiting for? Time to be an OKU"], ["Selfish, entitled."], ["my car my right\n<image>"], ["This people always have oku card"], ["3 digit # just a rough assumption could be a birthdate number. Say..\n3/12 (3rd, December) or could possibly be 3/12 (March, 12th). My wild guess only"], ["It's not the first time anyway.. they will still do it even if is in the shopping mall during peak hours as well. This kind of people, no matter how you tell them try to do the right thing, they are just ignorant about it and they think that they are rich and can do whatever way they want to.."], ["Entitled."], ["Definitely oku card holder"], ["Beliau mungkin kehilangan organ pembiakan \ud83d\ude14"], ["Simple bro, throw brick at mirror...Wear gloves just case..."], ["If he wants to fake it as an OKU, he should wear a pair of sunglasses and walk with a white cane."], ["Not oku, park oku, become oku"], ["Oku minded la"], ["Don't judge people. Maybe he's disabled mentally who has room temperature IQ"], ["He have mental disabilities, I don't blame him"], ["Time to make him oku"], ["Cacat otak"], ["Ugly face could be oku for him"], ["Though I am really an OKU (for real), but this is even worse than that. Imagine I had to drive a normal car to park at the OKU parking, suddenly this one happens"], ["Is that Honda also parked inappropriately?"], ["Big car with small brain \ud83e\udde0"], ["i have a uncle who also like this, speed 99 on highway, rack up thousands in summon every month and park at OKU place.\nits not because they purposely being a dick. my Uncle is RICH , not billionaire rich but multi millionaire rich. founder of a IT security company, his kids all send to international school kind of rich, live in bangaloo kind of rich.\nThe reason why he does this is because for people like him, time is more important than money, If he go pusing pusing find parking he might end up wasting 30 min. Might as well park at oku and pay the couple hundred in fine and get his 30min back. Especially if he needs to attend a meeting with a client to get a contract worth 6-7 figure, what is that couple hundred to him."]]}
{"title": "Klang man stabbed lover to death and then himself over jealousy, says cops", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mrbvc/klang_man_stabbed_lover_to_death_and_then_himself/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hmmm lately there\u2019s a rise of murder cases in Klang", "comments": [["Sad for the victim."], ["There's a rise in murder cases nationwide it seems"], ["The end of the news article is\nThose suffering from problems can reach out to: Mental Health Psychosocial Support Service (03-2935 9935 or 014-322 3392); Talian Kasih (15999 or WhatsApp 019-261 5999); Jakim\u2019s Family, Social and Community care centre (WhatsApp 0111-959 8214); and Befrienders Kuala Lumpur (03-7627 2929 or www.befrienders.org.my/centre-in-malaysia for a full list of numbers and operating hours)."], ["i always ask people to seek for help. life is precious.\nbut for this fucker. i have zero fucks to give.\nbased on chinese papers, it is said the guy was an admirer, the woman was reportedly going to marry someone else.\n\u9a7b\u5531\u5973\u6b4c\u624b\u88ab\u6345\u6b7b\uff5c\u4f73\u73b2\u4eca\u65e9\u51fa\u6ba1 \u7236\u6bcd\u767d\u5934\u4eba\u9001\u9ed1\u5934\u4eba \u54ed\u6210\u6cea\u4eba (chinapress.com.my)\nmaybe he was a friend with benefit or she took advantage of his \"generousity\" i do not know. we do not know.\nwhat we do know is he killed her. fucker left without even leaving a confession note. wasting our local authorities man power."]]}
{"title": "Thai woman fined RM1,500 for offering sex to KL cop", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mqnv8/thai_woman_fined_rm1500_for_offering_sex_to_kl_cop/", "num_comment": 28, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Good example of \"Fuck around and find out\"", "The cop didn't fuck around", "The cop might be at the receiving end. /s"], ["Astaghfirullah. Where did this unfortunate incident happen, specifically? Asking so I can avoid going there.", "I should buy a cop uniform..", "Let me guess, asking for a friend?"], ["The Policeman Is a Man of Focus, Commitment and Sheer Fucking Will", "Not every single policeman are like that though", "\"Woman, I'm an officer not a gigolo. \"", "Wick?"], ["Ladyboy I guess \ud83d\ude14"], ["She was charged with offering sex to the policeman for RM100\nI suspect she looked nothing like the girl in the picture.", "You'll be surprised, some people think with their brains instead of dick.", "Wife empty ball frequently", "WTF... she could earn more money in Thailand. The rates there are much higher."], ["Offered to the wrong cop I guess", "Gay cop?"], ["Maybe the thai girl is hiding something unexpected."], ["\"woman\""], ["You mean Thai man?"], ["Just fined? No deport?"], ["He discovered \u201cher\u201d third leg?"], ["It's sad that women in Malaysia have to resort to prostitution in order to survive", "Pretty sure it's universal and not limited to Malaysia or survival. It's a quick way to make money and be rich for the amount of time and effort you have to put in."], ["Some women think men will do anything for free sex. They will learn."], ["Oh, no. Kat mane ni? Alamat? Source? WHERE'S THE SAUCE?!"], ["RM100 is suspiciously cheap"]]}
{"title": "2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vbkje/2024/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "happy new year everyone!\nada yang renew license single tahun 2024 ni? kita geng hehe. #forfun", "comments": []}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 31 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uqztp/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Tinder is a bit weird in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mqgaj/tinder_is_a_bit_weird_in_kl/", "num_comment": 239, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hey Everyone. As an Arab Guy.\nI was surprised by tinder. The thing that caught my eyes is that many girls write in their bios they\u2019re fat/chubby & actually they r regular size ! Is body shaming that common ? Making normal girls believe that they r fat ? Another encounter I matched with that good looking gurl she told me she was offering herself cuz she needs money to pay rent as she lost her job. idk if what she saying is real but it\u2019s really sad to have no option but to do something that u don\u2019t want to do for the sake of money.", "comments": [["offering herself cuz she needs money to pay rent as she lost her job.\nThat's prostitution my dude.", "Why not be clear without the drama lol", "Because Tinder term and condition forbade prostitution.", "", "Because prostitution is illegal in Malaysia lol", "Prostitution is legal but being a client is not.\nsource", "But soliciting is illegal, this would apply to freelancers i guess. And benefitting from the earnings of sex work is also illegal. This one would probably be applicable to brothels and agents.\nSo the only way for it to be \"legal\", someone has to come at you on their own, pay for sex and then you can't even use the money.", "the article you have linked says nothing about being a client is illegal.", "Prostitution is legal. Pimping others is illegal. What this means is, if you sleep with someone and you ask money for it, it's perfectly legal. But if your friend finds someone to sleep with you and takes payment from him, that is illegal.", "Do your research buddy. Any activity soliciting sex in exchange for money in Malaysia is illegal. That's why they make raids in such places. Prostitution is underground in Malaysia, these workers have no rights.", "No. As long as nobody's prostituting them, they cannot be arrested for prostitution. In most cases, they're charged under a different offence, usually public indecency for non muslims or syariah law for muslims. If you prostitute yourself in a hotel room and you don't advertise yourself, you're not breaking any law.\nHowever, if you stand in front of a premise offering your services to everyone walking, you will definitely get arrested. It's true however, that prostitution is underground because it's illegal to advertise sexual services for money. But if you're already doing it, you already have regular customers and you're not advertising yourself, you're almost safe. Almost because you can be charged for other offenses, such as pornography.\nIt's a workaround to the loophole in the law. The police can't arrest you for prostitution, but they can find other charges to arrest you with.", "Insane lol", "Ahaaa makes sense", "I'm surprised you're not aware or even consider that. Are you from a petrol state where prostitution is \"legal\"?", "Better be careful it's not a scam either friend.", "Because you might want to do it with an unfortunate girl but you would lie to yourself about not doing it with a prostitute.", "Its Tinder how much clear than that u need to be?\nhttps://np.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/vnio6w/tinder_prostitution_is_getting_out_of_hands/", "Like everyone said, prostitution is not allowed."], ["Careful bro, dont land yourself into hook stink line method", "Can u elaborate more", "he mean .. how much money needed that she asking ?\nidk if what she saying is real but it\u2019s really sad to have no option but to do something that u don\u2019t want to do for the sake of money.", "2000 rm", "Just saying: it\u2019s probably a scam.", "Yea I considered that . Thanks for the warning", "Just curious, do you think she look like she worth rm2000?", "How do worth rm2k look like? Local celebrity good-looking type?", "Gurl thinks she\u2019s Kim Kardashian", "It's a scam. Market rates here are much lower than RM2000", "Depends. Model looking local Chinese regularly fetches 2k-10k.", "I know what you did there. \ud83d\ude02", "Always do your research before spending money, even for charities to prostitution! World is too fked up to just be nonchalant and let yourself be victim, well unless u got more money than sense and dont care lmao", "Yea u\u2019re right . Anyway I\u2019d rather burn my money instead of giving it to a scammer", "Depends on how long you get to keep her, if it's a lifetime then it's a steal \ud83d\ude42", "Well... you guess is right..", "Hell no there's many good looking FL for less than half of that.", "shut up.. what kind of question is that", "why do you respond so negatively/rudely to that question? do you feel attacked?", "For that money, I could get 2 girls for the whole night and still have change", "She gonna steal your kidneys bro!", "it is one of the most basic tactics to scam a naive virgin and old man, there's a book by a professional japenis sugar baby/scammer on how to scam money from man"], ["If Tinder benefits any group of men in Malaysia the most when it comes to actual dating, it's white men.", "I\u2019m not white . I\u2019m Arab", "Well in many Malaysian eyes. Anyone from the other side of the world is considered white /s", "Lol no. It's rich. If you look rich, it's easy to get a match. Even if you're a local. Assuming you know basic hygiene and have good picture skill.", "Really? I see guys wear Gucci shirts and screams like a bitch when danger comes in front of them. /s", "Rich people wear designer clothes that hide the designer label, while poor people wear clothes that they think make them look rich.\nA woman can look at everything and figure out if you have money (job title, photo locations, car, haircut, hobbies).", "Yup, Rich people wear G-Shock. Poor people wear Rolex.\nI guess.", "Well im wearing a G-shock, and im poor bruh", "Lmao. I sold my Citizen GMT just to get a G-Shock. It's not poor.\nIt's efficient.", "That's not what I was saying, at all.\nBut, if you're talking about watches--maybe a Patek Philippe Sky Moon instead of a Rolex.\nAt some point, you're only buying stuff for its quality and its appeal to other people of means.\nSomeone trying to look rich might buy a Polo Ralph Lauren shirt while someone who has money is wearing a Ralph Lauren Purple Label.", "Or you know... a Rich person is wearing a Sport Shirt from Decathlon drives a basic German car, wears Casio watch or doesn't wear a watch (too rich to even care about time).", "I am African would I be white?", "You are still White too because you come from the West. Just more darker than white. But still white. /s", "Interesting", "Kinda brain dead to be honest.", "Well too bad \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02", "Arab is a language group. White is skin pigmentation. They are not mutually exclusive.", "Yo I\u2019m Arab (Egyptian) and white (not super white but more like Mediterranean white) and generally considered good looking (no delusions), and I was barely getting any matches in Malaysia. I think Malaysians are quite reserved actually when it comes to dating foreigners, especially Chinese Malaysians. I only went out on dates with foreigners and just one Malay girl, and it didn\u2019t really work out.\nAfter spending a while in KL, I travelled to Jakarta and my god the amount of matches I got.. I originally thought maybe SEAsians don\u2019t dig my looks, but I was so wrong.\nObviously I understand it\u2019s not all looks, but I find in Tinder worldwide, looks is a huge factor.", "Maybe they feel inferior to you?", "You tell me \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "How big..? You probably scared em girl", "When I said it benefits the white men more I wasn't referring to white Arabs. I was referring to European whites, the typical blonde guy. No offense to you or OP, but if you ever get a match in Malaysia, you're going for a date with a gold digger because all they see when they see Arabs is money.\nWhite dudes on the other hand are actually wanted.", "Egyptians are poor AF though :( many of our women do the same with the real arabs from the gulf states. And many of our men wish they can find a rich Arab woman to bang and to sponsor them lol.", "granted indonesia has a way bigger population, are you sure they are not just looking for a meal ticket out of their country? as much as there are wealthy people in Indonesia, there are even more people from the lower socio-economy group.\neven though you are arab, you are still considered an expat. being able to nab a guy like you means they probably dont have to slave away for some low paying job for long.", "I guess that makes sense. I usually dress down, it\u2019s hard to tell if I\u2019m wealthy or not from how I look. I also don\u2019t post anything that shows wealth in my profile not to attract the wrong people (also not that I own a Rolls Royce or whatever lol, I really live a humble life)\nHonestly, no. The 2 women I went out with in Indonesia didn\u2019t really talk about money that much, and were generally chill. The girl I went out with in Malaysia wanted to take things too serious a bit too quickly. Also she told me crazy stories about her friends going out on dates just for meals! Not even super fancy ones.\nIn her defence, she definitely wasn\u2019t like them and insisted she pays for our coffees, but I guess we just didn\u2019t click.\nAnd yeah the population difference makes sense.", "I mean as someone from the UK who basically looks arab. I got tons of matches in KL, and they\u2019re all quite pretty too. One of them even had 60k followers on IG and she\u2019s pretty well known considering the mutuals we had", "As a white chaser, I can explain:\nWhite men are much more experienced in intimacy. Asian men are often reserved, shy, and lacking in confidence and romantic skills. I often ask my white dates if they've ever seen a Malaysian couple kiss. The answer is always never. I tried dating locally but they're all so repressed.\nCurrency conversion. Need I say more?\nExoticism and fetishizing. The West has a cultural hegemony and it's a good feeling if you land a white man who looks like a character from your favorite TV show.\nGood conversations. It's interesting to talk to a traveler or someone from a different culture. Experience their cooking and taste in music and films. Share their way of life. Observe their routine.\nHeight. White men are often taller.\nWhite privilege by proxy. If you're walking around with a white man, you get to experience Malaysia differently. It's less hostile.\nDating culture. Dating a white man is very casual, they're rarely possessive or jealous. They let you do your own thing. Dating an Asian is stressful because they always bring their family into the relationship. I resent that so much. Malaysians also have this weird rule where you can only date one person at a time.", "bruh why do you sound like chatgpt", "Nah fam, ChatGPT would call me a racist bitch and say that everyone should hold hands and sing kumbaya.", "HAHAHAHAHAH ChatGPT would start as \"Before I start please know that it is... bla bla bla\" then proceed to spew bullshit facts", "Malaysians also have this weird rule where you can only date one person at a time\nAh, so you want a cuck, not a boyfriend.", "Good conversations. It's interesting to talk to a traveler or someone from a different culture. Experience their cooking and taste in music and films. Share their way of life. Observe their routine.\nAh, yes, because Malaysia is a homogenous one-race country, so the white coloniser foreigner is the best chance to experience a different culture.", "White men are much more experienced in intimacy.\nCompared to the typical latino, they are highly repressed, shy and clumsy.", "I'd consider Latinos crass and vulgar. They overdo it.", "I'd consider Latinos crass and vulgar.\nI guess that is all the irony I can take in one day.", "Need to laugh react this", "I\u2019m a white guy. The last point about family dynamics is really what strikes me, even outside of dating. I haven\u2019t spoken to my mom in years because she couldn\u2019t respect my boundaries. Here, I see my friends putting their SO through family hell because \u201cit\u2019s what a good son/daughter should do\u201d.", "It's more because of Asian values which put family at the most important.", "Yeah. I like that you don't necessarily need the approval of a white man's parents to date him. I understand if there is more than one obstacle that can end the relationship, but above all, I'm dating him, not his family. It's just bizarre to me that in my culture, you marry into the family. It goes both ways. I don't want to bend over for his family, and I won't let him bend over for mine.\nThe last time my white BF was disrespected, we left immediately. I'm not choosing sides, but what's wrong is wrong, and Asian culture is quite toxic especially due to filial piety. Parents are revered as gods.", "Experience their cooking\nYou lost me at this part, experience white ppl cooking (cook what exactly?!)when you are Asian with full access to Asian foods? Lol now I know you just rambling nonsense", "experience white ppl cooking (cook what exactly?!)when you are Asian with full access to Asian foods?\nThe other person is a prick and I hope they have an unsuccessful dating life, but as someone who lives in a western country, there definitely is good western food. For example, bangers and mash and Aussie meat pies. Also, lots of choclatey stuff that's harder to get in Malaysia, which Malaysians miss out on.\nI know a Malaysian person who immigrated to Australia and when they mentioned to me they only eat Asian food, I thought to myself \"What a waste.\"", "So you're saying white men, Chad. Asian men, Chihuahuas.", "Not all white men. I've seen the freaks who troll sex tourism destinations like Pattaya. I wouldn't touch them with a ten-feet pole.", "Then touch them with a 12-feet pole", "Lmao \ud83e\udd23", "Currency conversion. Need I say more?\n\u2026 Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger", "I'm half white half Malaysian, look fully white but I wouldn't date you. I'd rather date someone who's personality and mine get along.", "And you think I care?\nMy boyfriend is a retired hotelier. We're moving in together in Germany. Like the fuck, nobody asked.", "Do something better than date based on skin colour", "I have two engineering qualifications in different disciplines and have visited a dozen countries. I'm only 25. What the fuck should I be doing that is better?\nYou're crazy.", "Aside from ur comment I like ur Arab nick name bro", "Bro Abu Nawas/Nuwas was a philosopher from your people.", "Yea I know him", "How about a rich South Korean lol", "There's often a language barrier with Koreans.", "How about ABC, BBC or CBC?", "American-born Chinese? I don't know. There was never one who liked me or I knew.\nBBC? No. Dating a black guy only invites discrimination into my life. Not by me but from other people, and if we're going to be a couple, I don't want to catch discrimination by proxy. I don't want any problems renting a room or getting a service.\nWhat's a CBC? Chinese-born Chinese? Aren't they super patriotic or whatever? I don't think I fit into their beauty standards of porcelain skin and silky black hair.", "BBC - British born. CBC - Canadian born.", "I couldn\u2019t tell if your comment is for real because what in the fucking hell did I just read\u2026\u2026 Tbh I should\u2019ve stopped reading at white chaser", "Fuck those guys."], ["Oh yea, this sort of body shaming is rife in Malaysian society, mostly for women esp if you're from the Chinese community. It's really nice to live out of Malaysia for a bit and realise that I can be loved despite my size. I didn't realise how it has also prevented me from loving myself because it feels like everything I do is reduced to my physical body and how thin I am.\nBTW I'm not even big; 55kg and 5'1, but even then I think the ideal was to be below 50kg. Now I've added 10kg but have a healthier self-esteem and love my body more.", "ur not wrong esp with chinese girls especially being very skinny, in private unis this is definitely true. in every 100 chinese girls probably only 5 are chubby, i have never seen a truly 'fat' chinese girl around on campus", "So true lah, in campus I feel like I'm fat even though I'm moderate,just curvy compared to Chinese girls .", "Oh sorry for that. I\u2019m happy that u r better now.being healthy & happy is everything.", "we're still the top 1 obese country in SEA tho, fat shaming exist, but compared to other SEA countries, we're clearly on the lower side"], ["Malaysian fat = Arab normal.\nThis isn't that complicated."], ["You an Arab. Your normal is our chubby.", "Typically women here is small too. Sometimes 60kg look like submarine already", "Probably"], ["Skinny is the norm here.\nWomen with some meat is also the norm. But they like to call themselves fat, then they get praised by others telling them they are not, they seek validation that way.\nAlso the money thing, it's usually just girls selling their bodies. They got all kinda stories but many just wanna buy a new bag or phone. Yes, some are real, but nahhh, it's very rare.\nThe thing is, they see you as a cash machine, or maybe a hookup, or some dumb fish they plan to catch. If you're looking for a real partnership, apps aren't the way. You need to meet real people in real life, friends first, then maybe something will bloom. That's the way here works.\nBut if you're into it, by all means.", "Thank u for ur comment. Nah I\u2019m not into that. I\u2019m just spending a couple of weeks in Malaysia & want to make some friends to explore the areas / restaurants & so on. Is there any other way as a foreigner to get to know people other than apps ?", "That's a tough question. If it's girls, I think you'll have a hard time. Cause there's been a f ton of scams going on that actually sells people to another country recently and most people are on high alert. So people actually fear you.\nIf it's guys, not sure. Maybe some around here will be willing to show you around.", "I do think if you\u2019re more on social and nightlife then Thailand is good choice", "I used to do Couchsurfing, fun app where you can also find people to hang out with.", "Cool I\u2019ll give it a try", "skinny is not norm we are the fattest nation in asia.", "From his perspective, it is to explain. Read carefully what he said. Also I dunno bout you, but youngsters being skinny af here is so common."], ["I was surprised by tinder. The thing that caught my eyes is that many girls right in their bios they\u2019re fat/chubby & actually they r regular size !\nWhat Arabs consider \"normal\" is in fact considered fat/chubby in most of the rest of the world. You guys like them big and round.", "All women r loved here. No discrimination my guy", "I am with you, all women deserve love.\nBut that does not change the fact that what you guys consider normal is considered overweight elsewhere. Your standards are different.", "I agree standards are different. But that\u2019s really harsh on many women", "Wait until you find out what women here think about men's height.", "That\u2019s like some sort of backfire lol. So what\u2019s the height of someone tall for women then ?", "wait till you go to asian country like korea or china", "175cm is considered average for some women here", "That explains why lots of people r single", "What really???", "I mean in many parts of the world this is average. South East Asia has less than average height compared to the rest of the world. Don\u2019t ask me why, just the way it is.", "too much carb, not enough protein and calcium.\nyes, i'm just speculating and pulling shit out of my arse. But also look at our food.", "what about lesbians", "Dudeee we\u2019re straight AF", "I mean are they loved", "Facts"], ["Girl usually need validation from third party to ensure they are beautiful hence the fat", "Validation bang\nbukan verification :d"], ["This post gets approved somehow", "What\u2019s wrong with it ?"], ["Girls proclaiming to be fat/chubby is a self-depreciating statement; the equivalent of it is someone saying they are humble. It also indicates that they\u2019re not confident about themselves, and would appreciate any positive affirmation (which, if said out loud, they would deny in a playful manner).\nAs for the 2nd one about asking for money, that can either be a legitimate request due to unfortunate circumstances, or they\u2019re tryna scam u. Be careful of those girls."], ["Tinder is full of scammers, pros and really desperate crazies. More so in KL.\nI met some total nutters on it, and gave up. It is NOT a dating site.", "So where to make friends as a tourist ?", "Have you tried InterNations and meet up apps?", "Never heard of them , r they good ?", "They\u2019re ok, they organise events/meet ups that you can go to and meet people. More aimed at making friends than Tinder is", "Cool I\u2019ll give it a try , thanks buddy", "Yeah it\u2019s wild. Bumble used to be okay and now it\u2019s infested by the same people on tinder."], ["Malaysian girls are nicely formed and by that, I mean chunky by SEAsian standards (same thing in the Philippines). IMO their body type is perfect. As far as the second point, yeah I was shocked that this goes on but then again, like the Philippines and Indonesia, this occurs more often than you think. I just didn't think it happened that much in Malaysia. It's pretty much a mongers' dream if you can speak/understand the language."], ["I noticed that Arab nationals are fat in general so maybe you perceive it differently. You guys eat a lot of meat and eat often.\nDifferent countries, different standards.", "they eating goood n driving around."], ["This might come as a surprise but she says that to all the Johns, my guy =D", "Gurl is the drama type one lol"], ["They might not be fat compared to arabs. But compared to other south east Asians?"], ["i think just the beauty standard here. body shaming isnt as bad as our east asian counterparts but what\u2019s considered thin in SEA & EA in general tends to be smaller than what other cultures would think.", "I still remember being 155cm and 56kg (so just on the cusp of being overweight but not yet so) and meeting an online friend for the first time, and him going like wow I can't believe you're so fat.", "when i was 39 kg 156 cm i was booking much more jobs ( i was a part time promoter/ ambassador/hostess with a higher payout) and when i gained to 42 kg im constantly told to that i should diet or im a bit curvy. same goes to my friend with the same stats.", "Reading this as a 170cm/70kg is making me sad \ud83d\ude02", "WTF for only 3 kilos that\u2019s insaneeeee. If u\u2019re curvy in other parts of the world u\u2019d get promoted lol", "Without wasting ur time\u2026. Just runaway gurlll\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffb", "Crazy thing is he wasn't even a romantic interest, and I didn't even know him that well (I basically met a whole group of friends online through video games)", "Oh my god the audacity\u2026\u2026 i think most of asian guys are into underweight girls\u2026. They dont want them to be healthy at all\u2026. I dont even know why\ud83d\ude2a\ud83d\udc94", "i have a close friend who is like this. my bmi is normal yet whenever we meet she'll keep saying ohh how come ur growing fatter? last time i met her with her bf and my other girl friend, she was saying the same thing too, but the other two people defended me saying nahhh you're not fat at all, you look great but she kept insisting on me being fat, saying \"nahhh i know her better blabla\".\nwhy are people like this? XD", "So like the beauty standard is like petite bodies ?", "Yes. Since most of our men are not that tall, tall women are having it hard too.", "What height is considered tall ?", "160 is already tall\nEdit : for women. I just talk with a friend who complained that most men here are short (below 170) and shes 167. She loves heels also.", "Not true the slightest.\nTall in Malaysia is >170.\nAverage height for men is 165 [cm].", "For women.", "Lie\ud83d\ude02\u263a\ufe0f", "Wow", "The beauty standard in most asian countries is if you are female more than 55kg, you're fat.", "In Arab countries under 55kg is malnutrition", "then you\u2019re gonna be shocked when u go to east asia. 39 kg is considered skinny", "How come can someone be 39 kg . Do they even drink water ?", "Water is too fattening what do you mean /s", "How much r they permitted to breath to stay at 39KG ?", "i think at that point, all u can do is drink water nothing else", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "asian normal bmi is 22.5. rest of the world is 25.", "A good portion of preference did skewed toward slim, not really golden standard.", "That must be harsh on girls"], ["theyre being honest. their photos are fill with warp filters and angled nicely but irl, their corners will fold fat."], ["1 - they're fishing for compliment. \"I'm ugly...\", but gorgeous AF\n2 - they're prostitutes"], ["bro u falling for the easiest scam \ud83d\udc80", "Hahahaha , saved myself . Any other scams I should be aware of ?", "bro dating apps here are filled with bots, be careful who u match with", "Noted . I will , Thank u . Any other scams on the streets ?"], ["Got Malaysia OF creator or no? For research purposes."], ["You're just wasting your time there if you don't have money to pay these girls."], ["Bro first off be thankful you\u2019re getting matches and in the first place \ud83d\ude4f.\nNormally guys here have a ratio of 1 match to 10,000 swipes.\nUnless of course you\u2019re a foreigner\u2026.", "Bro I almost had tears, take my tinder & live"], ["Oh it is common, the beauty standards of this city destroyed my confidence and led me to an ED", "The only ED I know is Erectile dysfunction. Sorry for that dude", "Hahha I meant an eating disorder! But thanks", "Oh sorry for that. Fk the standards eat & live the way u like. Someone will love u as u r", "It's no wonder why Mcdonald is packed full of people at 2am", "McDonalds is boycotted nowadays . U won\u2019t find it packed in Arab countries", "Only losers go for Mcdonald. Anyway there's other better food than that shit."], ["Are all Arab guys horny in Malaysia? Most of the Arab I personally know bang some chicks every week.", "I guess desire is normal in men regardless of their ethnicity lol"], ["You might be used to being around bigger individuals, that's why your standards are different\nMalaysian girls are quite chunky compared to other Asians"], ["This comment section was very interesting to read. I plan to move to KL soon. Thank you all for the insights.", "Yea I\u2019ve learned much"], ["Thank for the head up. I'm an Aussie born Turk, travelling to Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia in February/March. And also was considering using Tinder to find 1 in Malaysia. After reading all replies, I learned a bit haha. I usually get on Tinder about 2 weeks before I go to each countries and done well. Last one was Philippine. Filipino are hard on Tinder before almost all of them don't have premium so they don't see like or even inactive. Some leave IG, TG, SC id so messaged them there. Luckily, those were the nicest girls I met and don't ask for money. They just want time with me, that all."], ["Not looking to date but may come to Malaysia in March if anyone wants any cultural exchange. Mexican/white guy.", "I\u2019d like some burritos bro", "I\u2019ll Hook you up burrito is the shawarma of the Mexico", "Actually burrito is originally shawarma. The Arabs back then during Al-Andulisia ( Spain ) now , when they went to Latin America . They asked the chefs that they want shawarma. They didn\u2019t have the exact ingredients so they made the burritos & they loved it. Thank u bro", "I also watched the cooking show and the claim that Jews made the tortilla, but yes makes sense to have that Arab influence from Spain. Shokran", "Jews claim everything lol . They claim all middle eastern food. Give them a few days & they\u2019ll claim the pyramids lol", "Jews Zionist"], ["yeah bro. we regularly shame fatsos here in malaysia. deservedly so imo."], ["Yalla Habibi! Imshu imshu. She is so pretty take one for the team.", "Girl knows some Arabic"], ["When you are at dinner with your friend but cannot join the conversation since they think that you are innocent.\nIzit getting hot in here.", "Can\u2019t call him a friend if u\u2019re not comfortable talking freely around him"], ["Good, fuck you arabs.", "For ur note poor racist , no one fucks with us , we fuck with people", "exactly"], ["Rejoice dude. Malaysian girls LOOOOOOVVE arab guys. Especially if you're the rough type and like to hit them. And no i'm not trolling here. Just stating facts."], ["Can\u2019t speak to the first point, but regarding the second point, c\u2019mon bruh."], ["I knew one who retired. Made enough money to pursue her dream being a music DJ.", "Imagine going out with some girl to end up finding ur winnne everywhere lol"], ["OP is mainly posting about body shaming meanwhile the comments only give a shit about the prostitution portion \ud83e\udd21"]]}
{"title": "PADU online portal. Expected to open 12am 2hb Jan 2024. I will attempt to login (if it doesn't hang). URL below.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vslio/padu_online_portal_expected_to_open_12am_2hb_jan/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "https://www.padu.gov.my/", "comments": [["The middle class will sweat because they do not know what they will lose after disclosure . \ud83d\ude05", "Suddenly taxed af. So better check so govt don't Oops and make a mistake :26559:", "You just exceeded our cutoff limit for petrol subsidy by rm200. You have to pay full price from next month.", "You joke but it happened to my mom. It was her first experience filing tax relief on her own after my father suffered from stroke and had to take long sabbatical leave from work.\nDue to my father long keave, she accidently check my father as unemployed which grants tax relief of RM4000. Thing is Inland Revenue double checked the info with my dad's account and found that he is still employed. So my mom didn't receive the RM4000 relief and still pay the actual amount of income tax.\nThat was in 2019\nThis year, a letter from Inland revenue came demanding almost RM2000 from her in additional tax from that one misclick years ago.\nSo please verify data with PADU or other gov agencies to be correct else you'll pay the price", "More like: Fuel getting expensive? Why not convert to EV? We have rebates, no road tax fee for first year boa bla bla. Oh btw we're increasing the electricity tariff. Majulah bersama Madani \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffb\u2764\ufe0f", "200k ev \u2620\ufe0f", "There are cheaper EVs. But yes cheapest is probably RM110K"], ["they still dont change the ai background only blur it a bit so people dont notice lmao:26554:"], ["What is PADU (from Soyacincau.com) .\nThe objective of PADU is to combine all the data from various government agencies into a single database. Through PADU, the government believe that it will be able to get a clearer picture of the household income in Malaysia which would then enable it to distribute subsidies more effectively as well as establish better policies in the future.\nWhen users log into PADU, they will see more than 270 data fields in the system. In addition to personal information such as full name, MyKad number, and age, you will also be able to see information regarding dependents, income, vehicles, and many more.\nIn other words, you don\u2019t have to input information into the system from scratch. All in all, what PADU needs for you is to verify and update the information that it has gathered from other agencies although do note that you only have up until 31 March 2024 to do this.", "Says combine data from various gov agencies. So why do we need to key in details manually? Im sure all the data they need can get at str, lhdn, epf, jpn, kastam, immigration and so on.", "From what I've read before in another article, you don't really need to key in any info unless your info in the database pulled from various agencies are outdated."], ["data are secure ?", "Probably not"], ["Centralized data that will be the focal point of attack by hackers? Sign me up!"], ["Headed by Rafizi, made by civil servants, combining data from multiple agencies..\nYeah, I'm gonna stand back and watch the inevitable explosions first."], ["Still not open :29091: Malaysia Boleh!"], ["What the hell is this anyway"], ["Cybersecurity is kil"], ["Is there a deadline to apply for this? I really think its very hastily done and would like to wait\nI really dislike this thing, its just an excuse to find reason for error and fine people for it. Its like income tax all over again, you submit your information and they nitpick over it, after that deciding that you have broken the law somewhere for filling it incorrectly and send a fine to you.\nImagine that one apply for this PADU and filled out one wrong information and is misled that they qualify for subsidies. The \"system\" later on remarking the error and they demand you to return the money, issue a fine (x2 or x10 of the value) and then jail you cause you \"stole\" from them.\nIt might be a small issue for technological savvy people, what about people who actually need the help? the under educated, the older generation, the poor that couldn't afford such technology. Are they not important? Or its expected that they have people 24/7 around them to help them?\nAnd how are we to claim the subsidies that they claim will provide? Will one need to stand in line for cashiers? Do we need to slot our IC into a machine that could be tampered with? Its a nightmare"]]}
{"title": "Top 10 Most Searched Areas by Homebuyers in Malaysia in 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mo7ry/top_10_most_searched_areas_by_homebuyers_in/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Banning Israeli ships sends a clear message of Malaysia's stand, says Fahmi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mpp4o/banning_israeli_ships_sends_a_clear_message_of/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": [], "header": "sends a clear message of its stand not to recognise Israel as a country and also showed that Malaysia did not want to assist or play any role in terms of the economy that involved Israel", "comments": [["They dont care. Singapore is always there.", "<image>"], ["so return to monke then? /s"], ["No Israeli boats have been here for 65 years", "No Israeli boats detected for years. Maybe Mr. Mossad visited us after holidayimg in Thailand?\nAlso, Israeli owned ships yes, they have visited us, just like most ships they are probably flying a third nation flag like the Ivory Coasts flag and it wasn't a big issue back then."], ["Nanti US ban everything made in Malaysia Baru mengulupur", "Humanity comes first. It\u2019s difficult\u2026. But we can make it.", "So much hatred when I say about HUMANITY. Where is your humanity towards Palestinian?\nThese subreddit infested with people terpaling human rights and liberal. But deep inside their heart full with hatred and islamphobes.", "No bro, I don't think you getting downvoted because of hatred and lack of empathy towards Palestinian. It's more of how naive it sounds especially when our GDP is dropping more and more.\nThat coupled with this other comment definitely rubs people off the wrong way because it's such an unnecessary and sudden knee-jerk reaction."], ["When gonna ban China ships? They're mistreating uyghurs", "It's so hard. Especially the effing Chinese Coast Guard ships intruding sarawakian waters.", "Surprisingly the mat kilaus that talk big about fighting their enemies are silent when it comes to an actual fight."], ["that Malaysia did not want to assist or play any role in terms of the economy that involved Israel\nOh boy....good luck with that.\nx86 architecture -> Israeli\nFirewall -> Israeli\nVoice over IP -> Israeli\nThe core of the modern Windows OS (post-NT) -> Israeli\nUSB drives -> Israeli\nOnline chat -> Israeli\nWaze -> Israeli\nInterferon (critical medicine to fight cancer) -> Israeli\nList of Israeli inventions and discoveries", "Ini semua ada dalam...apa nama...\"exception list\".", "Fuck x86, all my homies use ARM", "Which was designed by a transgender.\nSophie Wilson", "woah, thats cool. Makes me like it even more now"], ["Why stop there? Cease all relationship with the US and stop all trading activities because the US announced out loud that they are staunch supporters of Israel and are VERY involved in their economy and defense.\nWhy do things half assed? Im not against the government supporting literal terrorists if they think it's wise but if one wants to make any difference, don't do things halfway. Go alllll the way and shut down our semicon industry which is part of the supply chain that supplies advanced chips for the IDF.\nThen I'm sure the world will take notice because we are a critical part of the semicon supply chain\nStand for what you believe in, I'm not against that. All the power to you. But don't think you're gonna shake the world by banning a few ships here and there, and a few Starbucks and Mekdi shops. A fucking joke this whole thing has been.", "Or either we all end up jobless and selling keropok lekor\u2026", "It's the price for standing up for what you believe in. Stand up or shut up is what I'm saying."], ["I love symbolic gestures. They are ineffective but make so loud a statement."], ["Waiting for bans on USA and Russia products. C'mon Malaysia, be consistent otherwise you just look like a cherry picking hypocrite."], ["Good.. banning something that minorly affects malaysians is easy. Now try banning waze!!", "try banning microsoft n a lot of technology related stuff"], ["What a moron.", "\"An idiot, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing.\"\nThat quote from Shakespeare's MacBeth pretty much sums up Fahmi.", "Life's Brief Candle"], ["Please make a clear stand to ccp that Taiwan is a country XD"], ["cough intel"], ["Pretty pointless as most companies that conduct trade with Israel usually sends the cargo to our neighbours before it goes there.\nAnd that's why our neighbours' economy is growing stronger and faster than us."], ["Hmm, wouldn't we have more weight in our words if we have economic leash on their neck? by cutting off the rope won't that makes our say in the situation have no more relevance?"], ["What are you the minister of again?"]]}
{"title": "Bersih echoes call for local elections, starting with KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mq6ap/bersih_echoes_call_for_local_elections_starting/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Elections watchdog chairman says while local elections should not be seen through a racial lens, there is a need to listen to the voices of various groups.", "comments": [["I support this, every towns and cities should have local election."]]}
{"title": "Toyota\u2019s Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety scandal widens", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mq48a/toyotas_daihatsu_to_halt_all_vehicle_shipments_as/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["So will UMW and P2 do anything about this? Because when Daihatsu's whistleblower exposed Axia door issues, P2 still said the car was safe and continued to sell the car.", "So will UMW and P2 do anything about this?\nHahahaha...no. Which country do you think you live in?", "As long as the resell value is good :29091:", "They will just point to defend they passed ASEAN NCAP before selling, unless there\u2019s enough pressure to retest the cars\u2026"], ["The Perodua Axia, Bezza, Myvi, Alza, Altiva and Aruz are all Daihatsu.\nThe following month, Daihatsu said it had stopped sales of the Toyota Raize hybrid electric vehicle and its own Rocky model after also finding problems with testing for those two models.\nDaihatsu Rocky = Perodua Altiva.", "also the daihatsu/perodua vios\nI hope toyota nuke the current vios and back to drawing board on this.\nbring TNGA vios to us", "Perodua vios?", "Because the 4th gen vios is mostly developed by Daihatsu/Perodua based on DNGA , hence the Perodua vios namesake", "thanks for the explanation.\ni hope i am not affected, just bought a myvi.", "Nope. Also affected. Sos:\nhttps://paultan.org/2023/12/20/perodua-toyota-daihatsu-safety-test-case/\n<image>", "It's technically a Daihatsu because it's built on a Daihatsu platform.\nBut it's not sold as a Perodua.", "It\u2019s Ativa not Altiva. Unless I\u2019m missing something here..", "No, not missing anything. lack of attention on my part."], ["An independent panel has been investigating Daihatsu after it said in April it had rigged side-collision safety tests carried out for 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota brand.\nb-b-but Malaysians always say japanese brands very reliable"], ["Hopefully this shuts up those who won't stop worshipping \"Japanese quality\"", "Hot take: No matter what brand is, as long as it is CKD in Malaysia all of them are trash", "r/Malaysia in shambles."], ["Sad."], ["Finally toyota nerfed", "Hilux still king.", "if they fuck hilux up there is no saving them"]]}
{"title": "Don\u2019t falsify income for MRSM admission, says Mara chief", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mpqi6/dont_falsify_income_for_mrsm_admission_says_mara/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki says such actions adversely affect other impoverished students whose rights have been usurped.", "comments": [["A lot of people with jalan shamelessly send their kids to mrsm on full scholarships despite being T20. I once spoke to a guy who did subcon work for GLCs and had a son on a full ride scholarship at MRSM. He owned the company and the GLCs paid him upfront and depositing money straight to his personal bank account. He was moaning about how the PH government doesn't understand how to do business because under them LHDN was all over his shit for not declaring income."], ["Falsify income ? During my studies , I've seen this guy cry because his valuables were lost to a fire ( dorm room fire ) and his parents were likely unable to afford new stuff and another that said 80k monthly won't be enough to maintain his lifestyle. I think both people represent extremes end of incomes.", "How does a student blow 80k a month? That would last me a couple of years\u2026", "He's a rich asshole. He's saying that for the future , even 80k salary a month is too little."], ["the kids also condemn their friends whose parents falsify their income to get bantuan or something...."], ["and what do you want to do about it? kick them out from school after accepted?\nget real lmao:26554:"], ["Even cronyism will get you in there for free."]]}
{"title": "Salespeople in retail stores", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mpnoi/salespeople_in_retail_stores/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I am an American staying in George Town for work. When I enter a shop in a mall, it seems as if the salespeople continuously follow me around the store. I'm a bit uncomfortable as I feel like they are watching me as if I may steal something. Then it occurred to me that they might just be trying to help me.\nAm I being paranoid? In the US, I normally have to chase down a store employee to get any assistance.", "comments": [["Yes, that's their job, standby for service and supervise at the same time.\nAny dmg and loss, there is a good chance resulting in salary deduction.\nNo Thief insurance etc.", "I've worked in retail part-time twice. Assuming they do inventory. Which is not very often. They'd have to shut down the store and lose >1K just to update inventory and calculate shrinkage. And malls have a strict policy about keeping their stores open.\nIn franchise stores, like Watson's or Bata, this happen maybe every few months and most part-timers are gone by then.\nSalary cuts happen when sales =/= closing amount. This happens when you scan an item wrongly, put the wrong quantity, recorded it as a different payment method, etc.\nHonestly, kids out there, never work as a cashier, lol. It's the worst job out there. If you're looking to make money, work in a chain restaurant. You get a free meal too."], ["U can politely tell them u r looking around and if u need any assistance u can just call them out"], ["I've worked in retail twice during my semester breaks.\nIt's kind of mandatory. We're pressured by the managers to follow people around. But I do notice that sales are better when I ask them if they need assistance or I should leave them alone, instead of awkwardly hovering over them.", "Yep, I noticed this too in Jewellery shops at KL Mall, where the staff just follows you. If you stare at a jewelry item for a while, they start talking about it. I've been to various jewelry shops, wanting to buy a RM9000 necklace for my partner as a gift, so yeah, that was my experience. I did say to the staff, 'Hello, I'm just looking for now,' but they kept following me.\nHowever, the only jewelry shop that didn't do this was Tomei, and I feel more comfortable there. Though they didn't have any good RM9000 necklaces.", "Yup. Tomei is kind of low-end but they're still very good quality-- real gold (not plating), fine craftmanship, and fair pricing. Same with Litz.\nIf you're dropping 9k, go to Habib. I suspect they mostly sell lab-grown diamonds, but in theory, lab-grown diamonds are better in quality than natural diamonds.\nThe worst is Pandora. That store irritates me to no end. They're selling gold plated jewelry at the price of real gold.", "Thanks for sharing the information. Habib necklaces look pretty good, but the prices seem quite cheap compared to Tiffany & Co. Is there a particular reason for this? My maximum budget is RM9000, as that's the price range where you can get top-notch, quality, long-lasting jewelry.\nI've just started my jewelry shopping journey and have only been to a few jewelry shops. However, I plan to spend the entire weekend focusing on jewelry shopping, dedicating both Saturday and Sunday to it instead of clothing. I appreciate how the jewelry shops at Pavilion are all on one level, making things more convenient. In KLCC, there are some jewelry stores in the center of the mall, like a booth, which means they have limited space to display their products. I might just focus on Pavilion KL Mall.\nAlso, I don't particularly like Pandora either, to be honest. It seems more geared towards teens or middle to low-income young adults, I guess.", "Habib is good. They're not cheap, but compared to Tiffany & Co., they are indeed cheap.\nTiffany has impeccable quality but they're not perfect. If you're looking for the best of the best, of course, it's Tiffany, but there are also other options like Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels. You're mostly paying for the brand and craftmanship with these brand, as the price of gold is much lower and so are diamonds and other jewels.\nI really don't know your tax bracket but the fine quality of Tiffany's can only be appreciated by a very trained eye.\nIf you're looking for something to last a long time, actually go for a lower carat gold (18k) as they're more durable, and avoid fancy gemstones, as they are softer. The design has to be simple, not trendy, because trends come and go. Also, avoid white gold, as white gold is often rhodium-plated and need touch-ups.", "Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying that. Here in AUS, we usually consider the price range for Habib jewelry as low quality and the price range for Tiffany & Co as high quality, so apologies for any confusion and misunderstanding. I'm not an expert in jewelry, which is why I always purchase from top brands within my price range for reliability. Can't go wrong with that rule xD.\nI'll definitely keep your info on the 'lower carat gold (18k)' in mind since I am buying from Malaysia, not Australia, and I don't want anyone taking advantage of my lack of knowledge, haha. Long-lasting and top-notch quality are what I'm after. To make things worse, I'm literally here in KL by myself, doing jewelry shopping as a gift for my partner (normally I shop with her for jewelry), so I'm hoping she likes it, lmao. These days, buying gifts for females is hard, but yeah, thanks for the help.", "You might want to check out Eumayco as well. Its more of a jewellery start up than an established brand, but the gem quality there is top-notch at pretty affordable pricing.\nWent hunting for a nice ring forever flitting through different big brand stores before stumbling into them on google.\nCan't speak to the craftsmanship angle as I'm too poor to be have experience being a discerning eye on that front haha.", "Thanks for the recommendation but sheesh its located near Pantai and Im living in Great Eastern Mall area. If I dont find anything good at Pavilion, KLCC or TRX, I\u2019l check out Eumayco.", "Defo Poh Kong jewellers. Esp the tranz collection. Always my top choice and have been buying from them for years. Good after sales too."], ["They get commision, and you are not a local, so either you are rich or going to rob the shop. Both require supervision :-)", "not funny ..\nwell, yeah .. foreigner do have a magnet to attract sales person anywhere.. just be careful", "The commission is very low in most stores. Think like 1.5%. It's not even worth it unless you're selling jewelry or furniture. Usually it's the managers who tell them to follow people around to make the store seem more \"friendly.\""], ["No one working retail get any training, and most of them are fresh out of school or part time. I remember my time working in retail. I disnt know what to do and did the exact thing u were facing, follow a potential cust and stare at him as if he or she may steal something.", "They're mostly part-timers and the managers are often idiots so yeah... no training.\nI noticed that Daiso, as a Japanese company, has a team-building exercise every day but most stores are just kind of... live and let live."], ["Its pretty normal for salespeople to do that here but it makes me uncomfortable too XD. If it bothers you, you can just tell them that you don't need help and want to be left alone, they'll understand and go back to doing other stuff lol."], ["We are being friendly and trying to help you get what you want. This behaviour is very normal in east Asia.", "Thank you. I won't feel so creeped out now.", "And we don't have thief insurance like in USA, and it will deduct from salary if something happen", "That's not right. The employee should not have to bear the burden.\nStrangely, in the US it is the exact opposite. Employees are trained NOT to confront shoplifters (thieves). In fact, they can be fired if they try to stop a theft. It is because thieves can sue the store owner if they get hurt by the employee in any way, and the owners don't want to pay for any medical expenses that the employee might incur.", "Majority of shop they didn't know local insurance provide thief insurance, so they didn't bother to ask.\nNope, shop manager won't fire employees if reason to stop theft is justified. Not only the store employees will be up then thieves (if they overpowered the thieves), on lookers will also help out & add few more beating nothing will happen (unless resulting in death) coz ppl that are able body but go stealing instead work for living, we consider them as scumbag of the society. Check out how onlooker beat up snatch thief when they caught them.\nAll employees in Malaysia are covered under EIS (employees insurance scheme), socso (social security & protection) & epf (employee provident funds) for private sector, which is compulsory pay every month.", "thieves can sue the store owner if they get hurt by the employee in any way, and the owners don't want to pay for any medical expenses\nThat's not right. The employee store owner should not have to bear the burden.", "If the store owner does not budget for insurance or shrinkage, he is at fault. It should not be the fault of the employee."], ["I\u2019m Arab , but as of my experience elsewhere people r friendly & more willing to help. That\u2019s why I guess u might feel u\u2019re being followed while they r just standing next to u in case u need to ask about anything"], ["they are definitely trying to help, also making sure you are not stealing stuff.\nI just hate it when I am looking at silky smooth renoma underwear, and usually female auntie salesperson is following me"], ["I do this when they put me in charge of the store. I'm not following you because I think you're a criminal. I'm following you so I can tell you about your cars extended warranty.", "Hah, too late. I just got a call yesterday and extended my warranty through him."], ["After spm, I worked at a retail store... Got fired for not doing that..."], ["Just tell them you will ask for help if needed. No need to follow. They will get the hint"], ["Any sales person who follow me around, i would just get the f out and them losing potential customer. I don't like it too.", "same, i just walk out. I just wanna peacefully look around"], ["Maybe they're pressed to get you to buy smthg? On the assumption that you're a rich expat. Idk how it is in US, but I've read enough horror stories on Reddit about how service staff are mistreated.", "I worked in retail, yeah, if sales are low we get a nagging. But stupid managers think that following people around and making them uncomfortable will help sales. That's why they're managers! Did you know that managers don't make good money anyway? It's like a ponzi scheme in some stores where they have to pay salaries from the sales."], ["Quick Q, are you African-American?", "No, I'm actually Asian American, so I almost blend in a little."], ["Where i used to work believed that we can close sales easily if we continuously follow a customer and try to promote each items that they had touched or eyes on.\nSometimes it worked on me too, no intention to buy at all, but the sales person was promoting it yada yada and end up getting few items lol."], ["hang pi mall mana?"], ["It's funny you say that. On one hand it's annoying but on the other you can't find them most of the time!"], ["It\u2019s normal, sometimes I just tell them that I am just looking around/window shopping and they will just say okay sure but still follow me around at a distance in case I want to ask something.\nEven had one time where the sales assistant told me that if he didn\u2019t follow me around, then his supervisor will be mad at him for leaving a customer unattended haha."], ["Everytime I go browse a restaurant menu placed outside the entrance of an eatery, if a wait staff approaches / pesters me while I browse, it is almost a 100% surety I will get irritated and leave. Just wanna read the menu in peace and decide at leisure if I wanna dine there...."], ["Its both"], ["Scariest ones are those following behind silently.\nHad similar experience but in an IT store at mall. They literally followed me step by step. Every one step i walk forward, they'll be taking one step from behind. Gave me so much pressure when i just wanted to take my time and browse through laptops."], ["i'm a malaysian and i hate it when they do that. i'm not an idiot i know what i want."], ["It's sucks, it's annoying, but unfortunately that's the way it is."], ["Yup, they do it differently in US. Over here, whenever they follow me around, i would just look for a few more seconds, then leave. It\u2019s just so annoying."], ["Definitely being paranoid. They just want to be of assistance if you need anything. Quick tip if you don't want them to follow you, look at them and say, \"it's ok, I'm just looking.\" And they'll either say \"ok\", and look for the next customer, or they'll just stop there and play with their phones.\nWorks for me every time."], ["Also American (been here 2.5 years), it\u2019s something I had to get used to when shopping here. Some stores are worse than others, so I just don\u2019t go in them anymore."]]}
{"title": "S'porean, 40, loses teeth & suffers multiple injuries while rescuing son, 7, from kidnappers in JB", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mpkq2/sporean_40_loses_teeth_suffers_multiple_injuries/", "num_comment": 44, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["A Dad or Mum is someone who will always protect their child", "Yup, at all cost"], ["The man was identified to be his business partner.\nLin said that they didn't have prior disputes but he believed the man was motivated by money.\nHe claimed that the business partner hired the three men and rented the gold car to aid in his kidnapping scheme.\nAccording to Lin, the Malaysian police has caught his business partner but the three other men who were involved in this case had not been found.\nDamn.", "business partner hired the three men\nsee? how not to catch? kasi soal siasat!", "rented the gold car to aid in his kidnapping scheme.\nWhat idiot decide to choose easy to identify vehicle for doing crime?\nJust how many gold colour car out there in the street compared to other colours car? FEW."], ["This guy is a real hero"], ["This guy achieve Ultra Instinct"], ["small price to pay. well done, Dad!"], [""], ["This exploded yesterday. Many comments (especially from those who didnt read the article) were fast to condemn Jb specifically and Malaysia generally, as a dangerous place to go and where ppl can get kidnapped.\nI'm sure the many who hog the causeway every weekend, disagree", "bloody headline la. click bait stuff. it's his own business partner", "hey hey just because it\u2019s dangerous n chaotic doesn\u2019t mean it will stop me from going there", "The exchange rate is like bees to honey", "If you a low class / poor"], ["How greed could make people do despicable acts."], ["I\u2019m sure he felt little to no pain when he smashed his hand through the window and thrown off by the car. A true hero.", "Bet his adrenaline is through the roof when he's doing that. Things a parent would do to keep their child safe."], ["He's not Sinkie, he's SG PR from China. Pls don't post links from Mothershit, they don't bother to check their sources. They're the equivalent of weirdkaya or worldofbuzz or whatever shitty tabloid socmed 'news outlet' you guys have.\nhttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jb-police-on-the-hunt-for-3-locals-allegedly-involved-in-s-pore-boy-s-dramatic-abduction\n*edit: lol at the Mothershit tabloid news site supporters trying to turn an issue about journalistic integrity into a race issue. His nationality matters in the reporting of the incident, it gives the readers an insight into how he managed to get involved in a dangerous situation like this in the first place. PRCs esp the ones that immigrated to safe and sterile SG tend not to have an good appreciation of the potential dangers and predicaments you can find yourself in when traveling to MY. It is also a good warning to his countrymen to maybe do more research about the country you want to invest in and not let your guard down in an unfamiliar country.\nTo the braindead Mothershit supporters - why don't you get them to change their article to reflect the facts instead of wasting your energy brigading this post?", "Well, he is still a human and a hero to all of us here in Malaysia.", "You're romantic idealists\nWe're pragmatic realists\nWe are not the same", "Your a troll", "No wonder you're banned from r/singapore lol", "Does it matter? lol\nHe\u2019s willing to sacrifice himself to save his kid but your only concern is that you need to clarify he\u2019s a PRC instead of a Sinkie.", "I looked at his profile and cringed", "Oh they are a mod and post in r/singaporeraw. A trashier version of r/bolehland", "What a name to have for a subreddit \ud83d\udc80", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/SingaporeRaw using the top posts of the year!\n#1: This is funny | 76 comments\n#2: Fail Flip on Graduation Stage | 145 comments\n#3: Ah boy teacher tell him he very lucky to be born in Singapore | 79 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "He sells illegal vapes in Singapore, I have reported to the police \ud83d\udc6e", "(grabs popcorn) To the SG police?", "Eh really ah. Pls lah Singapore Police also vape lah, it's an open secret. We all serve NS, we have friends who serve in the force who vape. Even the Malaysians who cross the border to work in AETOS/Certis Cisco (our version of Bantuan Polis) also vape.\nSometimes I feel so blessed to be born in a country where our neighbor is the number 1 vape innovator and ejuice producer, top quality vape gear is just a few hours drive away. No need to get scammed or receive sub-par quality products from some faraway overseas shady ecommerce store.\nAnyway here's the link for reporting crimes in SG when you finally decide to grow a pair and do a real report about my alleged 'crime' instead of talking about it. Don't forget to send all of us a screenshot ah.\nhttps://www.police.gov.sg/iwitness", "Well it matters if you actually care about journalistic integrity. And for the record most PRCs tend not to be street smart especially when traveling. Some of them expect your local service staff to be able to speak Mandarin when they're trying to buy bus tickets. As if the kaunter staff have the time to entertain them lol. Not surprising they can get into trouble like this lah.", "Take that racist attitude somewhere else!", "Why so butthurt mate? The man saved his son from kidnapping, not like he asked to be on the news also. What does his nationality have ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING?", "never thought I'll see someone even more braindead than Mothership. But here we are.", "Context clearly isn't your greateat suite. Take your trolling elsewhere and stop trying to lower everyone's iq to match yours.", "Hes got a point. so do you. Now kena sway left and right like grass on a windy day. So basically how to increase IQ and match yours instead? hehe", "How the fuck did this bigoted comment get this many upvotes.", "He must have his own troll illegal vape gang", "lol you think people that got lucky and got born into citizenship are superior than those who had to work their way into that island?", "Brigade? Bruh, you're at 23 upvotes. Or did you ask your vaping buddies to brigade this comment?"], ["What's going on in Malaysia? Seems like these serious crimes are happening quite often these days\ud83e\udd7a"], ["The daughter was nonchalant. Did she not know what was going on?", "She is a child and responded appropriately. Without her help the father would not have known"], ["dont just freaking tell us the surface news. let us know who these scums are for committing crime! Making the place unsafe and doing bad things! what is the outcome of those evil doers?"]]}
{"title": "Just a map of Putrajaya", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mpd80/just_a_map_of_putrajaya/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Trapped In Shopping Mall Parking Lot: A Three-Hour Ordeal | TRP", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uqwxf/trapped_in_shopping_mall_parking_lot_a_threehour/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Try any anime event in the Mines."]]}
{"title": "Bandaraya and pdrm asking for \"donation\". Is this normal?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mmod8/bandaraya_and_pdrm_asking_for_donation_is_this/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Throwaway account because my main account has my name in the username, and they(both of them) know my name\nRecently, i was in my office(during lunch hour, i stayed to get some work done so i am left alone to fend for myself), two men came in, one claiming to be from the bandaraya for the region i was in, and one more claiming he was from the pdrm.\nThey provided me with a document which seems to originated from a persatuan kebajikan related to PDRM (it has the word \"PDRM\" in it's name), telling me they wanted \"good will\" from us. Telling me they can provide me with official receipt. And the guy from bandaraya told me they know my boss. So I proceed to called my boss and asked how much should we provide. My boss did not want to donate mentioning they will come back again and again, and ask me to tell them he was busy.\nI told them exactly that, they proceed to ask for my personal donation instead of money from the company. Thinking this was an actual persatuan kebajikan because in the document it clearly stated do not give them cash, i thought this is an actual crowdfunding to help retired police officer so i told them i would donate (i dont think i should disclose the amount but the amount wasnt huge) .\nhere's what weirded me off, initially they told me the quantity was small and asked for cash (red flag) i told them i will just transfer as i dont have cash, after i transferred, they stood up shook my hand said thank you and left, i was waiting for my receipt, but they just left and i was too stunned to ask for receipt.\nafter 5 minutes, they called me and ask for my bank transfer receipt, this is what weirded me out the most. I searched up the name of that guy from the bandaraya and his name and face was there. So it is unlikely a scam.\nare government/police officers allowed to do corporate visits and ask for donation? Is this normal?", "comments": [["First, just because the docs has the PDRM's name stamped on it, it doesn't mean the docs are legit. Second, why in the world a PDRM or org related with PDRM wants donation when they clearly can ask it from gov (suppose they are related to PDRM as they claim). Totally not normal, just your average scammer impersonating someone from official body. Just report them to nearby police station and don't donate any money to random with docs proclaiming from the government."], ["HAH I've had the exact same thing happen to the factory where I work at, except it was a visit from 2 to 3 officers from the customs department. They were soliciting funds for an alumni organization/committee that I guess is run by former public employees in the department and even had a brochure that looked legit. They told us that for donations over RM10,000, you'll get a feature/adspot for your company on their printed alumni magazine lol. Obv, seeing no benefit in advertising a household consumable manufacturing company to former custom officers, we turned them down. But we also thought that refusing to donate might just give them a reason to sic currently employed officers on us and harass our establishment, so we let them part with rm300 lol. These were legit people who must have been employed at one point at the customs department, as they had uniforms and vests on with the department logo, and everything else (magazine, brochure) checked out. It is particular noteworthy from the brochure that the entire alumni committee was composed of men of a singular race, I'll let you guess which \ud83d\ude0f. One could also argue that this is low-key gov sanctioned extortion/racketeering lol since whose asshole wouldn't pucker up if they had uniformed gov thugs approach them and ask for money."], ["Why police need donation? Scam, report them to the police for impersonating the police."], ["Just to be clear, it is an outright scam. Next time, listen to your boss and simply put the entire blame on him for everything. You don't get paid enough to do more than that."], ["If pdrm needed \"donations\", they just organize road blocks and the donors will come to them ..... No need walk arnd ask for donations"]]}
{"title": "How do I reciprocate to the Malaysian greeting gesture?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mp5sy/how_do_i_reciprocate_to_the_malaysian_greeting/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I am an American that will be staying for several months in George Town on business. When staying in a hotel, I am often greeted by the hotel workers who put their hand over their chest as I approach.\nWhat is the appropriate and respectful way to return the greeting? I feel awkward not knowing how to acknowledge their kindness. Does it matter how I (male) respond to a woman?", "comments": [["Nodding your head and smile to acknowledge their gesture would be appropriate.", "Thank you. That's good to know because often my hands are full."], ["Do the same. Or just lower head just a little.\nDoing that is not actually a local custom. It only started during covid, since cant shake hand, we do that instead.", "Ah, thank you. That is interesting. That's kind of like the way that fist-bumping has largely replaced hand-shaking in the US.", "Yes, pretty much. That gesture is also used for muslim of different gender. Since in islam different gender cant shake hands, so do that instead.", "*different genders that aren't family members.", "Ah yes.", "*different genders that aren't \"immediate\" family members.", "Pretty cool actually since our school had practice this kind of gesture since 2008 to greet parents who came to school because their child is a problem and other visitors such as ministers or you know, visitors."], ["Smile, meet their glance and nod slightly. There is not that much protocol in this. If you are male and the other person female, physical contact like shaking hands etc should be left to the other party to initiate. Shaking hands is (or was, given COVID) not uncommon among men.\nCompared to Japan or S Korea, Malaysians tend towards being informal even in work settings. There are rarely strict protocols or honorifics that distinguish seniors, peers and juniors.\nGenerally speaking, Malaysia (most of Asia to be honest) don't have loud or boisterous greetings in public. Hugging only among really good friends (and even then less often in public).", "Thank you. Very good background info. I enjoy coming to Malaysia. It reminds me a lot of where I grew up in Hawaii."], ["Thats all you need to do"], ["I think the hand over the chest thing is decided by the hotel management. I have never seen any regular Malaysians greet people like that.", "Yes, correct, this is \"created\" by the Ministry of Tourism sometime in the 2000s or 90s for the hospitality industry.\nA quick search shows an old article from 2012 saying that the Minister of Tourism wanted to revive this practice, meaning it didn't really catch on even 10+ years ago.\nNowadays, only high-end hotel staff and MAS cabin crew do it, if I recall correctly.", "IINM, it was created during Visit Malaysia 2007, was in hotel industry that time, had a briefing on how to properly greet guest with this new gesture, something about I'll serve/ I greet you with all my heart... can't remember correctly...\nLocal tourism industry like hotels and airlines still practice it till today", "I remember seeing it but can't remember. Now you mention MAS I think that's where I saw it.\nNot surprised it never caught on, looks damm forced and most people don't have any idea how to respond.", "It's a bit cringey tbh ..", "Can't speak for Klang Valley, but the chest-touching-after-handshake is pretty common in rural malay areas.", "It's common in urban Malay areas too.\nI think it's the \"only chest-touching without handshake\" that the people in this comment section meant by \"not common\" or \"not a local custom\"", "Interesting. Now that I think about it, I haven't encountered that outside of the hotels. Then again, I don't get out much besides going to work.", "Just smile and nod. I have no idea what to do either.", "Or nod then smile. Then feel weird that you got the order wrong\nAlso start a half hearted wave and change your mind midway, for good measure"], ["Yup. As most said here - just do the same and nod a bit.\nOn another note, if you shake hands with adults, mostly Malays, they will put their hand on their heart right after.\nAnd usually their children will lightly kiss the back of your hand, as a sign of respect for the older people.\nAlso, you might see people who lower their body a bit when they walk in front of you."], ["Smile and nodding in acknowledgement should be good and occasional thanks when they open the door and help out would be better as well :) . Enjoy your stay here!"], ["Raise your hand up and \"Heil...."], ["\u2018Sup.\nNot to be confused with Sup Kambing."], ["As for women, it depends. You know, religious reason for Muslim. A smile, brief eye contact, a slight nod, either one is sufficient enough to acknowledge the kindness gesture"], ["Kiss the cheek esp of female malays"], ["Smile and wink, might even get lucky \ud83d\ude09"], ["i always just ignore hahahaha"], ["Just yell cb oi"], ["a smile and a simple nod will suffice"], ["Just nod and smile - the universal way to reciprocate any greeting:)"], ["pick one\nslight nod up\nslight nod down\nfinger gun gesture, thumb close to your chest\na wink and a smile"], ["You give money /jk\nMalaysia not that corrupt anymore :26559:"], ["Also so not relevant to this sub :26554:"], ["ignore those trolling comments op. a slight nod will be enough for greetings as such"]]}
{"title": "Seluang Sarawak, Rasbora sarawakensis", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vsb4l/seluang_sarawak_rasbora_sarawakensis/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "Ikan kecil (5-6 cm) yg di Malaysia hanya ada di selatan Sarawak, seperti Kuching dan Bau.\nMempunyai jalur biru yg memberi nama BI dia \u201cblue-line Rasbora\u201d. Tidak ada nilai komersial dalam negara.\nSeperti seluang lain, ia insektivor dan suka berenang ramai-ramai", "comments": [["Really neat spotlight on a local fish. Seems like a neat schooling fish to keep in a planted tank. Despite not being as eye catching as the more popular chilies they still look neat", "I think they are one of the most colourful true Rasbora species in Malaysia.\nMost are silvery like Rasbora myersi and Rasbora vulgaris. And some have no photographs due to rarity so I don\u2019t know about those"]]}
{"title": "How does tax works in Malaysia when I buy in a bulk from overseas?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mp47z/how_does_tax_works_in_malaysia_when_i_buy_in_a/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi guys, I\u2019m planning to buy some beverage in a bulk from alibaba to do a small business online. The minimum order quantity are 500cartons with the price range around RM5000 included of delivery fees to my doorsteps. So the question is beside I have to pay for the items and delivery fees, what are the other tax will be charge on the beverage when entering Malaysia to my doorsteps?", "comments": [["You need to pay sales tax if you are importing taxable goods into Malaysia.", "How does the process works? My goods will stay in custom until I pay for the tax?"], ["Fill up the K1 form, you need to declare the imported goods. Then check with kastam officer on the sales tax and import duties rates for your goods", "Do I have to fill up the K1 form and declare the imported goods first before I place my order? And how do I check with kastam officer about the rates?", "Normally, you fill out the K1 form after placing the order since you need info like quantity, goods description, value etc.\nFor the rates, you can check direct at kastam website, if not, just call them during office hours.\nOh check the barang larangan import list first, just in case your good is banned from entering the country.", "Alright, does my good will still stuck in kastam after I fill up the K1 form and they approve it and pay the rates? Or they will continue the delivery to my doorsteps after product inspection?"], ["Won't it get stuck at the customs, who will send you a notice to pay your tax, before you can collect it at the customs (or appoint postman to get it with payment).", "Sorry I\u2019m inexperienced in this. So my goods will stuck in custom and I have to pay tax through there before I can proceed to appoint another delivery to my doorsteps?", "Err maybe? My only experience is buying a jacket from US that got held back at customs since it was over RM500. Went in person to customs near KLIA to pay the tax and collect it. Pretty sure if it will be different if it is not for personal use.\nGuidelines at customs:\nhttp://www.customs.gov.my/en/cp/Documents/Import/Import%20Procedure/Panduan%20Ringkas%20Prosedur%20Import%202023.pdf"]]}
{"title": "Are the Federal Constitution, Rukun Negara divisive documents, Kit Siang asks Takiyuddin", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mo7tv/are_the_federal_constitution_rukun_negara/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["If you remind Taki that these two lines are part of the Rukun Negara:\nMenjamin satu cara liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak;\nMembina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden;\nHe'll probably want to arrest anyone who says it."], ["No use talking about laws to a person who can't interpret laws. Remember Taki is the failed law minister that fumble the bag during Moo's rule."], ["Kit Siang trying to use logic with Takiyuddin. It's almost always not effective."], ["Takoyaki bodo as usual la. Voters even bodo"], ["Well it's good when DAP wait for 1 year to bring up controversial subjects. Less heat. Looks like they learn from last election.\nBut still, bye2 DAP and it's group. Stupid.", "Can't get stupider than PAS no matter how hard you try", "Oh you are.", "Before election: dont ruffle the feathers\nAfter election: dont ruffle the feathers\nAnwar: if I dont do this and that the Malays will not support madani\nand here I thought we voted him in; not the other guys he is trying to please.", "he already got your vote. now he needs the other people to also vote for him"], ["takiyuddin now has a chance of a lifetime to dunk on LKS and DAP. the question: is he or his cytro have enough braincells to capitalize this chance\nnow the waiting game begin:26554:", "I can't see it. What respond should takiyuddin make to dunk on LKS?"]]}
{"title": "Beauty Standards in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mo67f/beauty_standards_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019m curious what the beauty standards are in Malaysia for both men and women? Do they vary within different ethnicities?", "comments": [["A lot more cincai here. So much that someone who dresses well will really stand out from the crowd even with average looks. Also, the local climate being hot and humid and cities being terrible for pedestrians are factors into why people dress so cincai compared."], ["Fair is good, dark is bad. There....simplified for all you monyets", "Don't forget, not be fat", "Nah, fat is okay. Obesity is not. Theres a huge difference. No one is going to complain about the fat at the right place.", "'fat at the right place\" \ud83d\uddff", "Not by Asian standards, depan takda belakang takde.baru kira supamodel", "Horrrrrrr"], ["It's very superficial. For women, it's about appearance. For men, it's about status and confidence.\nBut honestly, beauty is so subjective. I happen to understand women dress themselves up for other women to admire.\nMen dress themselves up for other women to admire too.\nHowever, not all this is true. Just a very surface observation"], ["Definitely, even within ethnicities there are different standards.\nBut generally it's the cute petite women and tall fit men as typical Asians, not to mention fair skin; international beauty standards such as strong brows, large eyes and a nice smile with good teeth apply too.\nThey do unfortunately exist and it's important to know everyone has their own unique charm whether discovered or undiscovered.", "Bone men and women in general are unattractive regardless of race. The lack of muscle/fat at the right place"], ["For women, it's whatever Koreans are doing. For men, I think it varies", "I was about to comment the same thing. The more korean u look like (regardless of race and sometimes, gender) the more favorable."], ["for me it is simple, no pimple and no smelly body odor"], ["The width of Malay girl nostrils must be at least 8cm, that makes u really attractive"], ["For guys, if you're skinny you're pretty much set. Don't even need to be tall.\nFor girls, if you're fair skin, then you are more likely to be more attractive. That and be skinny.", "For guys, don't even need to be skinny nowadays", "really? In my days you gotta be skinny, or funny, but you got friendzoned pretty quick if you're just funny."], ["For me ,\nFemale\n-white skin, tanned skin also okay\n-take care teeth, have scaling 6-12 months\n-cannot be too fat nor skinny, something like d.va from overwatch , just nice enough , belly fat 1-2 line below acceptable\n-cannot have pimple at least , the rest like ance dark circle etc i can understand, it take time to recover\n-weeb girl\n-short girl or tall also okay, but if lower than 147cm below, cannot accept, that is another realm of love league , if above 170cm might need consider a bit since tall girl take tall guy. But if tall girl fall in love with me i am okay. For context i am 165cm male.\n-long hair or short hair , depend on the appearance. Generally i like pony tail and long hair but exceptional like short hair is sexy if that person is same as rem from re:zero.\n-boobs big or small, okay, as long is not flat.\n-got shave facial face hair at least\nFor male\n-165cm above\n-cannot have pimples, got regular shave bread once in a while .\n-cannot be too fat. 1-2 belly line okay\n-teeth is healthy at least , must have scaling once in a while\n-hair is nice and tidy, if messy , is okay"], ["for this land ah?\nsomeone like anastasia cebulska is 10/10\nevrytink is pink....."], ["Well for females, u have to be fair- rosy cheeks and all and skinny,if the opposite like me hahahah good luck finding someone"], ["Beauty standard is not a thing...... When u got money."]]}
{"title": "Zaliha to discuss local council election with Nga - Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said discussions on a proposal to revive the local council election would be held with Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mnzsp/zaliha_to_discuss_local_council_election_with_nga/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I actually pitty this zaleha. Heading moh surely brought alot of headache for her. FT minister should be less demanding. Can relax abit, but then this issue comes up just a few days after becoming minister."]]}
{"title": "Penang to continue Mutiara Pass with allocation of RM7.5 mil", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mnvw0/penang_to_continue_mutiara_pass_with_allocation/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "How to apply visa for Sabah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mne12/how_to_apply_visa_for_sabah/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hey everybody!\nI\u2019m an international student in Malaysia. My student visa is valid only on west Malaysia. And I\u2019m not one of those countries with visa on arrival for Malaysia\nDoes anybody know the procedure of applying for a tourist visa to Sabah / Sarawak?\nI searched online and couldn\u2019t find any websites or information. Please let me know if you guys are aware\nThanks!", "comments": [["This is an interesting case that I would also like to know about\nBut, have you tried asking your embassy or the Malaysian embassy back in your country? They definitely should have the answer if they're good at their jobs", "Thank you for the suggestion! Now let\u2019s hope they are actually good at their jobs \ud83d\ude05"]]}
{"title": "Unbeknownst to son, video call with dad was final one", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mndol/unbeknownst_to_son_video_call_with_dad_was_final/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["wow .. kind of sad... all lives ends eventually"]]}
{"title": "Portrayals of Muslims in western media", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18upfz0/portrayals_of_muslims_in_western_media/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Hello im a senior in highschool, currently doing a study of the portrayals of Muslims in western media for my PIP in society & culture and would greatly appreciate if you guys could do my questionnaire, Jazakallah. :))\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_h8YkZ8_tghw0KrqMVIBlAgeiv6zAJQ-qchX6pPMlCFaK5g/viewform", "comments": [["Someone had a hard time finding students in school :)", "very true, sadly there are no muslims near me to survey, and holidays as well makes this very difficult aha.."]]}
{"title": "Deloitte Malaysia inks deal with MRT Corp for MRT station naming rights", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mn1td/deloitte_malaysia_inks_deal_with_mrt_corp_for_mrt/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The station naming rights programme is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia where it provides opportunities for corporations or brands to bid for the right to transform a station to reflect the brand\u2019s corporate identity and name the station after themselves.\nThis is new", "first of its kind in Southeast Asia\nso mid valley got it free lmao:26554:"]]}
{"title": "Cops nab 1,066 in scam call centre raids in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mmo17/cops_nab_1066_in_scam_call_centre_raids_in_kl/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Nice work"], ["If you get cheated into scam call centre overseas I van understand. But if you work at scam call centre in KL your ass better go to jail"], ["Cane all of them"], ["if only we got death penalty for the ring leaders that operate scam call centre."], ["get their ass"], ["Night City just continues to give and give \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\udf03"]]}
{"title": "Human Freedom Index 2023 Just got released. Malaysia is ranked 89, one spot behind Thailand.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mmflc/human_freedom_index_2023_just_got_released/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": [], "header": "human-freedom-index-2023-full-revised.pdf (cato.org)\nOther countries in Asia:\nCountry Ranking\nTaiwan 12\nJapan 16\nKorea, Rep 28\nSingapore 44\nHong Kong SAR, China 46\nMongolia 59\nNepal 85\nBhutan 87\nThailand 88\nMalaysia 89\nKyrgyz Republic 90\nIndonesia 92\nPhilippines 103\nIndia 111\nSri Lanka 116\nCambodia 117\nVietnam 130\nBangladesh 130\nPakistan 132\nLao PDR 142\nChina 149\nMyanmar 162", "comments": [["We need to keep in mind that this ranking is made by the Cato Institute, an American Libertarian think-tank, so the results are from the point of view of their ideology. Libertarians advocate for minimal government interference in people's private lives and for maximal free-market capitalism.\nThat being said, I see results of the 2023 rankings as reasonable. With the exception of Singapore, all of the ASEAN founding members (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines) are ranked close to each other. The former French Indochina counries (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) form another cluster further down the list, since they are/have had Communist Governments.\nFinally Myanmar is on a league of its own.", "Libertarians advocate for minimal government interference in people's private lives and for maximal free-market capitalism.\nExcept that the countries listed in the top of the league are European states that operate on a socialist model with a lot of government intervention \ud83e\udd14", "No European country operates on a socialist model. They are all capitalists, and even proponents of the way of governance in Scandinavian countries cringe when people say otherwise.\nIt is fair to say they are the leftest capitalist economies in the world though. I believe ideologically they are the closest practical forms of social democracies, but even this is disputed. But they are definitely not socialist."], ["Singapore at 4th? They literally arrest people who do public protest, the people there are shit scared to speak out.", "The report was really indepth about the context.\nSingapore actually got very low ranked on personal freedom aspect but it ranked 1 as economic freedom out of all other 165 countries, that was the main reason how Singapore replacing HongKong as Asian financial hub, so the ranking balanced out.", "Good point. I think Hong Kong falling behind Singapore is also an impact from Chinese government grip in the region", "Yeah Hong Kong doesn't seem like the same Hong Kong as before.", "As another commenter have pointed out that this ranking is made by \"the Cato Institute, an American Libertarian think-tank, so the results are from the point of view of their ideology. Libertarians advocate for minimal government interference in people's private lives and for maximal free-market capitalism.\"\nIMO,It feels a little disengenuos to place economic freedom to be just as important as personal freedom when arguably, personal freedom should weigh more than economic freedom. Because with high economic freedom, only those with the economic means can enjoy such freedom. Anything beyond the bare minimum of economic freedom to allow ease of trade, any additional freedom afforded tend to only favor those with capital, those who have the economic means to enjoy the freedom. Whereas, personal freedom is granted for all.\nEdit 1 : Not trying to say you're wrong or anything like that, this is more of a criticism of the methodology of the index, and voicing out my general opinion.", "Thanks for the add-on, yeah, things like protectionism/fair to compete market will be viewed as a cons or pros based on one's ideology believes.\nI encourage the curious people to actually read the report.", "Economic freedom means freedom to do finance crimes", "Or money laundering.", "Not like the financial crime aspect is any better in Myanmar or China, maybe even worst.", "77th on personal freedom (Malaysia 107th) but 1st on economic freedom (Malaysia 56th).\nSingapore better in personal freedom on freedom of religion and relationships, worse on association, assembly, civil society, and expression and information.", "Singapore has a speakers corner and citizens protests/demostrate about every shit under the sun, including political stuff like death penalty or gay rights (e.g. pink dot), which caused that law to eventually be repealed.\nAlso, wouldn't throw glass stones about being \"shit scared to speak out\" considering it is pretty much impossible for non-Bumis to question Bumi rights in this country or make comments about the monarchy. And it was just days ago when the govt tried to pursue someone on Twitter for \"violating Malaysian laws\" by calling Fahmi a moron.", "That shows how low the bar is across Asia in general.\nIn Malaysia, unmarried couples can be arrested if they share the same hotel room, which is even worse.\nHell, you can be arrested for wearing a rainbow watch, for fuck sake.", "Or be publicly judged and even harassed for eating publicly during the month of Ramadan, because if you look vaguely Malay it means you must be a Muslim."], ["For a de facto apartheid state 89th is as good as it's gonna get imo", "Define apartheid", "Discriminatory system", "Check HRW and Adalah for a list of Apartheid laws in israel."], ["Cato Institute obviously haven't heard or ignore SG's POFMA\nas for SG's speaker's corner one needs to go to the police and get approval on the topic before you can speak there.\nwe malaysian can still openly protest and voice our concerns or displeasure... at gov policies and etc.", "Singapore does have lower point on freedom of expression than Malaysia on the report."], ["I can't believe it's 2023 and people still believe this type of America-funded freedom/human rights rankings.\nMost of the time it's just pseudo-scientific nonsense to promote US-leaning countries and jack themselves off about how much better their country is", "There might be bias for sure but it provide many context behind the ranking not just a number.\nYou might not enjoy it, but I do value and appreciate my freedom very much.\nThe social freedom criteria literally affect our everyday life, one must be very out of touch to not care about these.\nThe economic freedom criteria are also very valuable reference for people who want to invest internationally, that part has direct effect on a country's future prosperity.", "You don't need a ranking to see the reality of Malaysia. It has very low freedom in every sense of the word.", "Reality seems to upset you.", "Thank goodness for your comment. More ppl need to treat all foreign media with reservations.", "It's always a good idea to question any information's credibility, but all he did was throw in a 'western media bad!' on a 420 page in-depth report. I'm more interested to hear his disagreement with the research - that's the actual part of critical thinking, disagree for the sake of disagreeing is complete opposite of doing that.", "Tell me: what other countries force all the people of a certain race to be a single religion, and force anyone marrying a person of said race to convert into that religion?"], ["freedom is an illusion.. poof .. its gone\nmagik"], ["Not too good, not too bad I guess... literally in the middle"], ["well it depends, i feel more freedom here, i can have my chewing gums, vape without worry and i can find space to park my car pretty much anywhere..", "It will only have a meaning when you need it. And you never knew when will it come into your life.\nThe report critique Malaysia law-making failed to provide fair treatment to both gender. Women do not have the same rights over divorce as men.", "you might want to elaborate on that. i am all for women's right."]]}
{"title": "Why is PADU bad for the rakyat? Won\u2019t you like it if the assistance arrived towards the targeted people in need?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vs3j9/why_is_padu_bad_for_the_rakyat_wont_you_like_it/", "num_comment": 74, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Like it\u2019s already classic that the government had its own citizens details and informations on the click of their mouse.\nWhat difference will it make if they get digitalization identity of each of the nric card holder?\nBesides i dont think they will make it only those with padu can claim the subsidies unless they want backlash from public", "comments": [["It's good overall if there is no leakage, good governance and low corruption.\nBut knowing Malaysia.. we are none of those above.\nIf that's the case, mentality will change towards -- why should I pay for their duit rasuah?", "Hm subcon money and sellinng datas to private companies.. i can see that happening", "Yea.. that too.\nI'm more concern of data leak due to lax security.. how many times now?\nEven if the security is good.. the prize is too great.", "If you can see that happening then you already know the answer to your question regarding the resistance. How many reported leaks and hacks into government and banking sites have taken place in just these past few years? Did you notice the increase in scammers and insurance/property agents contacted you on WhatsApp?\nEven something as essential as COVID vaccines and the mysejahtera project have been found to be wasting/embezzling money with expired vaccines and a crashed website because it used free server subscription, what more with this?\nAnd every time I hear the word subsidy I laugh... They make it sound like they're doing a charity for the rakyat when it's actually taxpayers money anyway.", "The Election Commission is already selling your data as we speak.", "\"Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari has admitted that personal data of voters in the state had been used to enrol them in an insurance scheme managed by a subsidiary of state firm Menteri Besar Inc, as police reports were lodged over fears of a breach of personal data.\nAmirudin said the process was a \"pre-registration\" for the state government's Insurans Hayat Selangor (Insan), adding that the data were made available by the Election Commission.\n\"The data is public data that can be purchased and is used in pre-registration,\" he was quoted by Bernama as saying, following outrage on social media over the leakage of private data.\"", "PADU is the ideal tool for dictatorship.\nWith Digital ID, government can force webservice to force all users to identify themselves or loose access, which include Reddit. How do you think freedom of speech will be affected?\nCBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) also needed Digital ID to work, and just like the example of eMadani free RM100, how people earn their money, who they can transfer to, and where they can spend on can be controlled. Heck even expiry date for the money can be determined. Link to FMT article about CBDC.\nTargeted subsidy is just a trojan horse to bring in Digital ID, even that idea itself is flawed, and there are other solution for it, PADU is NOT the only solution.\nI would imagine monyet in this sub will be able to figure out how PADU can be weaponised against the people and wouldn't be so gullible falling for it, but I'm badly mistaken.", "I would imagine monyet in this sub will be able to figure out how PADU can be weaponised against the people and wouldn't be so gullible falling for it, but I'm badly mistaken\nBased on the COVID track record, the majority in this sub would prefer to be governed harder.", "its definitely a black mirror episode coming to real life\nman i cant imagine what kind of shit will happens once govt can oversee what we do in our phones", "Leakages will happen regardless, so I am very happy at least my tax money goes to targeted subsidies for people at least identified and vetted to receive help.", "If data does anything to an organisation, its to help patch up leakages and increase efficiency. PADU should help improve govt process if their database is accurate and relevant."], ["First of all PADU isnt bad for the Rakyat. It is actually a good initiative for the government. The thing that is bad about PADU is how it is being implemented, the government is linking PADU for their subsidy allocation and using PADU solely as that authentication method.\nThat is good on paper, the problem why it is bad practically is that the ones who sorely need the subsidy are already having a hard time facing the government red taped.\nPADU is meant to reduce the red tape, but in their wise move you as the people need to sign up for it first. While it is fine and danddy for people who are aware of such things, who has the capability to use the internet with such ease there would be those who dont such as the elderly or the destitute to name a few.\nWhat the government should be doing is linking it with their NRIC whom they already have link with a lot of governmental and non governmental institution. Such as education, wellfare, kwsp, banking, telecommunication, healthcare, SPR, JPJ, all of those are already in the hands of the government and many more, especially with how you are using your NRIC to fill up so many of their forms..\nInstead of automatically approving citizens to the database they are adding an extra layer of \"protection\". You could see it both way, the first is that the government is ensuring that the right money goes to the right people, but it could also be seen as the as a way for the government covering their asses for those whom they would undoubtedly miss. Passing the blame to the people for not signing up.\nFor the second action it should be a somewhat straight foward fix, educate the populace. The money that is used to promote the \"acheivement\" of the current government on bill boards, tv and radio commercials, self commemorating party, should be use to send people to seek those who dont have the facilities or capabilities to sign up for their program digitally. But they are not doing that, they are also putting a severely limited timeline for its implementation.\nJust look at how companies are migrating from an old apps to a new ones, it takes years to do so. The government is trying to shove it down to a couple of months. In doing so would ensure there would be people left behind.\nIn the end the government stance is handing off the responsibility of their job to the common folks. As if they are not being parasites already with the tax payers money and now the people need to do their job for them."], ["Because we still want the money, even when we don't deserve it. Just like certain quarters benefitting from some policies, whole the B40 of that race gets pittance. Making it more effective? Cannot, later we cannot benefit from it anymore.", "A T20(suami isteri gaji 5500 each) driving an Axia will get no fuel subsidy while a b40(gaji 2400 each) with X70 will get fuel subsidy\nIt's as if kerajaan wants the classes to hate each other", "PADU (database) and the subsidy formula is supposed to solve this. We will see how well it works.", "The problem with Malaysian government(Dari zaman madey lagi) in general is that they fail to disclose exactly how things will work\nPADU supposed to launch this month , and Subsidies policies in June, and we still have no idea what will happen", "PADU is launching tomorrow. We'll see what kind of details it's going to be.", "targeted subsidy is just dumb", "What's your alternative? And what's your solution to high operation expense in the budget?", "there's no need for any alternative...everyone paid their fair share of taxes so everyone is entitled to it\nimagine u're paying more for ur house because u're paying more n u can use whatever there is in the house but suddenly one day ur family say oh u cannot use the toilet or pay extra for toilet usage because u M40 T20...\nwould u still wanna continue paying for the house??", "Ah..... the \"Fuck you, I got mine\" argument \ud83d\udc4c", "why would the rich wanna pay taxes when they dont benefit from it?", "Because we live in a society, infrastructure like public roads, healthcare and education etc. have to work for your business to run.\nAnd it\u2019s an accepted social contract that the rich has to pay a fair share, which is more or at least proportionate to what they earn. And inversely, subsidies are a reverse tax so why shouldn\u2019t it be targeted to people who needs it the most? Somehow you can accept a \u201cfair share\u201d tax but can\u2019t accept a \u201cfair\u201d subsidy.", "The rich already benefited from it. Where do you thing people build their wealth from? From thin air? The foundation of all wealth creation is a stable country. If your fellow countrymen are poor, not thriving and on the other extreme, rioting, do you thing the rich can be as rich?", "Because they don't shit money out from their own asses?", "then u come pay for me rental...subsidise me with ur rich money but if u ever wanna come for a visit, use the toilet or whatever but pay extra on top of the rental u're already paying", "it's not about the car you drive and we don't know whether there's a limit of subsidied petrol.", "Well. They can set something like car 2000cc below and national car only etc etc", "As it should be. How they spend their money is no concern of the govt. Subsidy should be based on income level and dependents, not lifestyle.", "It is definitely a concern to the tax payers thats subsidizing those lifestyles", "Aiyo, Then everyone can justify paying taxes. Buying X70 contributes to more taxes than income tax of RM5,500 a month.\nBy that right, Those who save the most money should be entitled to the least subsidy since they don\u2019t participate in consumerism and its superfluous taxes.", "The point of subsidies is to help the poor\nNot to subsidize stupid lifestyle", "The \u201cstupid lifestyle\u201d is the whole basis of our economy. High income doesn\u2019t come from thin air. It comes from people having wants that others find stupid and companies selling them those wants. The final customer of all companies are the regular consumer. Everyone\u2019s income is contributed by stupid spending in some way.\nThe poor knows where to prioritise their money. Helping the poor is more than just \u201cbagi duit untuk beras\u201d."], ["There will always be people complaining about everything.", "My thumbs are tired from all this predictive typing on my RM5000 handphone\n/s af"], ["Problem is it not practical due our Malaysia are known for their lack of efficiency"], ["PADU is great initiative. a consolidation of updated information of people income can be used as a foundation to design more robust economic policies that will benefit people who really need them. This later can be expended to other initiatives in the future\nhowever Malaysian does not known for their cybersecurity practices and the job to construct this databse will fall to either:\ncronies that will subcon them to the lowest of subcon chains\ncontractor that offer the lowest price that also will subcon them to the lowest of subcon chains\nthe question will be:\ndo the govnt have taken necessary measures to ensure the data is will not be leaked?\nwho can access this data? will it be passed to banks or insurance companies?", "Some of your concerns are already answered by Rafizi:\nhttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0mYY7HFVSfM7z7xL7SrwBRkj5iSHL4BENxDMAMbRkUDKS8JBEa18YCvhqfc9kkEjnl&id=100044561133929&mibextid=UyTHkb", "PADU tidak akan melibatkan pembayaran setiap tahun kepada penyedia sistem pihak swasta seperti yang selalu berlaku kerana ia dibangunkan sepenuhnya oleh penjawat awam dan milik kerajaan sepenuhnya\nthey even have their own server and everything up by themselves. i kneel:26554:", "Server kerajaan selalu crash.", "To believe they do everything themselves is just na\u00efve.\nDigital ID and CBDC will be a global initiative, and it will be linked together. Just check this map. There is no way they are creating the code themselves, it most likely came from another company from another country.\n<image>\nMost likely from someone connected to the World Economic Forum too.", "nothing related but world bank manager came to iium last week."], ["From what i remember, padu started development in june. Im not a programmer, but anyone in that field can share what do they think a project of this scale is done in 6 month. How reliable and secure is it?", "if i remember correctly, this is just phase 1. Not the full implementation", "Yes data security is phase 4, rilek la sup kok lu", "Data security can be as advanced as possible yet the assholes working inside will still leak or sell your data.", "When the rest of the world are also implementing Digital ID and CBDC in their own country in lockstep, it is most likely they share similar codebase.\nhttps://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/\nIt just so happen Rafizi decided to use fuel subsidy to trojan horse Digital ID into Malaysia. Sneaky bastard."], ["Think most of those oppose this because of Malaysia cyber security and some of the opponents don't want govt to have the ability to control their life.\nAs for me think it's a good initiative especially if can prevent leakage of subsidies."], ["A specific \"this is how much fanfanye spend and got subsidies this month\" is a whole lot more invasive than just \"this is how much they earn this month\""], ["What's PADU?", "Some national registry database. Typical government of the day gimmick, just like the previous email 1Malaysia and MySejahtera. Next election when the government changes, PADU will be shut down for sure.", "It is an ideal dictatorship tool, unless the people voice out to reject it outright before implementation, it will be very hard to cancel it because the next government will want to abuse it too.\nJust look at other countries which are also implementing Digital ID (CBDC requires Digital ID to work). https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/", "Lol the next government will just shut down the program and come up with another program with their own brand and award the contract to their own circles. What do you think is happening to MySejahtera?\nIf there's anyone who wants to abuse the data, it's more likely to be the private contractors who build these systems on the first place.", "You're right about the re-brand.\nAnd also thanks for bringing up MySejahtera. Just like many other countries, it is most likely a test program to see how obedient the civilians are into giving up their privacy for the idea of being safer.\nOther countries also did the same, but most of the people do not comply. As for Malaysian? Really really obedient. That's how they know PADU will easily get many people sign-up, especially after Rafizi saying:\n\"If you do not update your data, there is no problem, but if you do not receive (subsidies), don't be angry,\" he said at a press conference here today."], ["Would Singapore registered cars be allowed to pump Ron95 petrol once it goes into force?"], ["What if we have a \"rich\" family , but have sick parents or kid where after all of the expenses, they are worse then some B40. For example.\nWife salary (RM8k)+ Husband Salary (9k)\nParents got stroke, medication + caretaker already RM11k.\nSon have rare sickness and medication already RM3k per month\nFood, Bill, etc per month RM2000. (Already save alot from here, no eat out, etc)\nLeft RM1000 for saving.\nIf remove subsidi for this family, they will have no more money at the end of the month", "Well that\u2019s currently happening now, PADU is meant to solve it."], ["Good initiative but implementation is going to involve corruption. End result might be worst than current system."], ["And of course when the padu launched, all price including your food price will increase 50%. So say hi to nasi lemak rm10 this year."], ["In the past, the concession made was that even though government was race-focused and was full of cronyism and inefficiencies - we wanted to at least have subsidies so that we can see few cents on every ringgit back in a transparent way. Anybody from top 1% and bottom 20% can all see and benefit from this.\nRemoving this, maybe a good move. But I can see it falling sideways. Probably only getting it right like 7-8 years later."], ["This has been Rafizi\u2019s pet project, it will fail spectacularly due to poor execution. And what appears to be his own incompetence, which I did not foresee."], ["Susahkan rakyat lagi. Malaysia Madini."], ["Automated subsidies (whether blanket or targeted) should be an income supplement instead. (Call it brim, Madani cash, negative income tax, whatever)\nThen have annual review based on localized cost of living"], ["data security ?"], ["This govt either put in more tax or remove subsidy.", "Those actions are long overdue. Glad that current govt is doing it instead of just passing it to future govt."], ["The good or bad is just speculation now. Let's judge it after 2-3 years"], ["Wing kaizer?"], ["Perkeso, a government agency already got hacked. I don't expect PADU won't face the same issue."], ["would it even be possible to manage the humongous data without comprising on the security aspect?"]]}
{"title": "Finally, I\u2019ve found that one Guinness ad", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mm1i8/finally_ive_found_that_one_guinness_ad/", "num_comment": 93, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["The guy\u2019s style and vibe reminds me of Bruno Mars in one of his popular concert outfits."], ["Back then \u201csmoking is good for health!\u201d", "Smoking is good for bowel movement , im not kidding . But excessive smoking = bad lung/lung cancer", "smoking can make you poop more?", "more like consistent . Smoke after eating n during pooping , you stomach will thank you , but your lung will hate you", "I've always wondered if this is just because nicotine = bowel movement or deep long inhalation = bowel movement", "i think its the nicotine.", "Yes, everytime I start my day with a cup of coffee and a cigarette, nearly instantly I have to go poo", "And not to mention you are actively hurting everyone else around you", "that is why , a good husband wont smoke in the house , he choose to stay outside.", "So wait a minute, he shits in the yard?", "apa2 pun kena pandai pandai... kalau tak de skolah dan cikgu ajar.. jgn harap ibu bapak ada masa nak luangkan sama anak nak ajar what is known as common sense or pakai hotak! ha ha ha... in other words... understanding and doing better is the key... easier said than done? but it is easy tho? would it? yes it would! ha ha ha ha.... and yet.. here i am tho.. on reddit lah of course.", "r u ok", "i not ok wor? what u gonna do ? suck me? don't ask if you cant do shyt", "\u2620\ufe0f alright man", "or you could just do enough light exercise like walking/cycling? Don't need to resort to smoking just to poop", "it's an option not the only way to help with bowel movement ."], ["Mereka semakin berani!!! \u2026eh tu bapak aku masa muda.", "Kami semakin penakut! Takut kepada benda yang tak selaris budaya kita.."], ["btw, anyone here can translate the Jawi text pls\u2026", "Seteguk Guinness Stout membuka selera. Segelas Guinness Stout memulih tenaga. Kerana tiap2 segelas Guinness Stout mengandungi khasiat. Ia memberi tenaga daripada badan berasa letih lesu. Inilah minuman yang (?) khasiat kepada sebarang santapan. Ya, selepas bekerja, apabila berasa penat dan dikala tiada selera, maka tidak adalah yang lebih sempurna daripada segelas Guinness Stout", "the (?) part is \"menambahkan\"", "I believe its not daripada since its \u2018wau\u2019 and \u2018qaf\u2019 which represents the letter D and U", "di waktu?", "Oh my yes. Its been a while since i last read jawi. Kudos!", "this is old jawi anyways, so the writing is different", "Ya, di waktu dalam ejaan lama, ejaan baru \u0648\u0642\u062a\u0648", "itu pasal. di-waKH-tu \ud83d\ude02 klasik sungguh bunyi", "Wow katne nak beli jamu guiness stok ni \ud83d\ude05", "That writer needs a raise.", "I actually can read classic Jawi, so lemme try\nSeteguk Guiness Stout membuka selera. Segelas Guiness Stout memulih tenaga. Kerana tiap-tiap segelas Guiness Stout mengandungi khasiat. Ia memberi tenaga di waktu badan berasa letih lesu. Inilah minuman yang menambahkan khasiat kepada sebarang santapan. Ya, selepas bekerja, apabila berasa penat dan di kala tiada selera, maka tidak adalah yang lebih sempurna daripada segelas Guiness Stout.", "I only know the last word (the one after Guiness Stout). \u201cBaik untuk Kita\u201d.\nI dunno why it was written as \u201cantuk\u201d instead of untuk directly. Maybe some Jawi expert can chip in here.\nEdit: i see, thanks to the reply. I guess adding the \u201ca\u201d is to tell us there is a vowel in front of \u201cntuk\u201d in this case \u201cuntuk\u201d. Without the \u201ca\u201d, we may interpret as natuk/nituk/nutuk or something.", "Spelling lama. Dulu spelling jawi X standardized sampai tahun 70'an, tapi time dia dah standardized, jawi memang X banyak guna pun...", "Classic spelling. You might be surprised when back in the day, \"bumi\" was spelled without a \u064a, making it spelled like \"bom\". Back then, when I was transcribing a classical Jawi manuscript for my assignment back in UM, my friend asked me about \"menjaga bom\". I was like, \"nah mate, why the author said he wanted to take care of a bomb? It's a religious manuscript\"", "Same ad in previous reddit post (ad in B.M.)\nArticle on the ad(from above reddit post)", "Seteguk Guinness stout membuka selera. Segelas Guinness stout mempulih tenaga. Kerana tiap2 segelas Guinness stout mengandungi khasiat. Ia memberi tenaga (???) badan merasa letih lesu. Inilah minuman yang menambahkan khasiat kepada sebarang santapan. Ya, selepas bekerja, apabila berasa penat dan dikala tiada selera, maka tidak adalah yang lebih sempurna daripada segelas Guinness stout.", "When you're intoxicated, you don't feel as tired.\nMaybe. Idk. I don't drink alcohol.", "Guinness or stout beer does have more nutrients than a regular beer. Albeit is incomparable to actual food la lol"], ["Msia also woo'ed Guinness away from SG to build a factory here. LKY then retaliated by banning alcohol imports from Malaysia. Even TAR also drank freely. Manatau a couple years later alcohol was made forbidden and heavily taxed.", "Even there's a footage of Sultan Sir Ibrahim's Bday party where everyone enjoyed alcohol."], ["Malaysia was so much hippie and liberal back in the 60s-70s. Just watch P. Ramlee films. Mahjong, mabuk, clubbing were just normal. I bet they drank stout for breakfast. What a lovely era!", "Nude calendars were everywhere, I was told. Selling lottery tickets was normal too. Women wearing miniskirts and short pants were also common. Very different time then.\nI don\u2019t drink though (not just because of religious reasons) so I don\u2019t really care \ud83e\udd2d", "<image>\nBerdebar jantung I melihat gambar artis 60an.", "Love the classic Malay look! Haha ni memang standard baju zaman2 dulu. Sexy betul by today\u2019s standard.\nFun fact, my mom (Chinese) sold lottery tickets as a part time job (she was a nurse) and my dad bought the whole stack to impress her \ud83d\udc80 lmaooooo.\nAlso I recall even Malay entertainment magazines like Mangga had a section where the local celebs wore swimsuits and had photoshoots by the pool. In the 90s to early 00s I believe. Those days were really different", "Mangga and URTV turned a lot of boys into men, I shit you not.", "Wah, Mastika like this? I only remember Mastika in black metal days...", "As a zoomer, I've only ever remembered Mastika magazines with ghost stories and weird supernatural stuff.", "Fap fap fap", "Lebai pas just jizzed their pants", "Except for the chain smoking, I totally wish Malaysia was like that more. Plus way less religious and racial tensions. Sign me the fuck up."], ["Back when religion was between you and your god and the religious nutcases with an Arabia fixation were still in the minority.", "You mean before Anwar kicked the religious movement into high drive? Yes, Anwar is singlehandedly responsible for where we are today religion wise. He is no liberal, though he has fooled many an urban people that he is over the past couple decades."], ["Too bad the Malay population didn't and still doesn't have a leader that is more liberal in nature.\nEvery single political leader keeps appealing to Islam in an attempt to garner more votes. Hence the erosion of their own culture."], ["PAS: WTF Jawi and Guinness in the same page?! (Triggered)"], ["Aha Bapak sape tuuu \u2026."], ["This is fake Muslim! /s"], ["Here is Brunei's version\nAnd the BM version"], ["shocking"], ["Sooner or later we gon be like Iran"], ["i've seen guinness ads . Setelah pernat kerja seharian , masalah untuk guinness stout!!\nThe road contractor one i think?", "https://youtu.be/SkaWYp-UTKk?si=3AIEMsQO2vaMov7S\nhttps://youtu.be/weRFhrWY5Yg?si=H0SNSPZ_0E6eXYSj", "Yes this one!"], ["They did the same ad in North Borneo.\n<image>"], ["that zaman gemilang where malay dude and girls dress class af until the 90s...after the 90's everything started to become more and more conservative....", "Ikr, i wish i got to experience this and not forced to wear the tudung at 13 due to family pressure", ""], ["Guinness Stout. Baek untuk mu."], ["ungeleke nalade"], ["What a long long way we've come! Yeay"], ["Good ol\u2019 tradition back in the days\u2026 even though I don\u2019t read Jawi but still its awesome"], ["From darkness to light, amen to that."], ["I understand that this was during a time where Malaysia was not as conservative but genuinely asking, who was this ad even for? The text is written in Jawi, like arent Muslims not supposed to drink alcohol? Like you could argue that some are more lax with the rules and that's fine by me, you do you but on paper, officially, why was this even made?", "In the 50s and 60s, Malays drank openly in Chinese kopitiams. I am told Tunku was fond of this as well. Things changed in the 70s, largely due to Anwar. Yes, the same Anwar who is now our PM."], ["Is it the 0% alcohol version?", "That's Malta not Stout"], ["Thank God for the influence of Islam otherwise Malaysia could have ended up another poor SEA country full of drunks.", "Just like Singapore am I rite", "Or been a British colony compared to French or Dutch ones.", "Or a far more politically fair, prosperous and free country that more writers, actors, comedians, scientists and novelists. But no so much wasted money on religious pandering, being chummy with fundamentalists and class/race segregation with obvious classicism and racism enabled by islam", "Or being exploited even more by the colonisers who want to tell them how to run their lives", "It certainly didnt stop the plundering of the sovereign wealth fund that was enabled by all the chummy religious groups and racist Malaysia for Malays attitude. It has wasted only some of the most talented, creative and artistic individuals and for what? Appeasing some nonsense religion wasting money on mosques, suraus, wasting money on sharia, jakim and making religion and ethnic identity intricately linked. The nation walks on religious egg shells all the damn time to make sure the slightest criticism doesnt hurt the extreme fragile sensibilities of Malays and muslims in the country. Gtfoh with that islam making Malaysia better."], ["Translation: U got four wives and now u done be banging an SQ girl. WELL played! You're going to need the vitamins in Guinness to keep you on the 'job' Enjoy a creamy pint or two of stout."], ["\u0762\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0633 \u0633\u062a\u0627\u0648\u0629\u060c \u0628\u0627\u0621\u064a\u0642 \u0627\u0648\u0646\u062a\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0621\u064a\u0642 \u0627\u0648\u0646\u062a\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627"], ["well, folks, better put on ya' thinking cap on ye... dunno why things change.. dunno what the motive.. dunno dunno... team dunggu.. Ho Ho HOHO... ha ha"], ["Manambah khasiat \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d. I\u2019m surprised I can still read jawi very well"], ["Is this Halal?"], ["The old guineas TV ad...say guiness stout baik until anda"], ["karuna why us killa"], ["I was confused and didnt know this guinness stout is an alchohol. Thanks to the comments tho, now i understand. I was struggling more reading the jawi XD tp itulah. Zaman2 dulu kan. Ramai pakai skirt pendek dulu2"], ["Want a pint now"]]}
{"title": "What the heck is Rafizi moonlighting as a podcaster?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mlx8u/what_the_heck_is_rafizi_moonlighting_as_a/", "num_comment": 26, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["bro saw KJ's podcast and how good it made KJ look and he thought; \"Hmm, maybe this will make people hate me less\""], ["Great, if the public decides on guests and questions are unfiltered", "Criticism levelled at him by opposition-slant cybertroopers have inspired Economy Minister and Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli to start his own podcast as an avenue to respond with valid answers\nIts his propaganda lol. Everything rigged and he going to give you the \"valid answers\"."], ["Isn't this actually a good thing, the purpose of him starting a podcast is to invite guests that asks him questions that they want to ask, even the public can join apparently\nIt's definitely much better than a minister answering via the usual channels in parliament or press conferences which can be sometimes out of touch and not what matters to people on a daily basis", "it is. similar to RTM's Bicara Naratif this can be a platform for minister to address selected question that mainly comes from social media rather than traditional media. in this case it will fall under current communication minister.\nthe way he does it is just to stroke his ego of saying i am the smartest in the room. it literary says that on his promo \"whos the one is gonna burn the minister (me)\" knowing full well cytro wont actually come out to the studio because they have so much more to lose. :26554:", "RR always had this smug/condescending way of going about things, personally not my cup of tea haha", "He got so much time doing podcast? Also is it live cause if it isnt how credible that the podcast wont censor certain things to fit certain narrative?", "Time, subjective I suppose. If he finds that doing the podcast is worth it then I'm sure he will allocate time for it. And to be honest I can see the benefit because his role and ministry involves alot of planning/theory, and normal people may not understand exactly what he is trying to do if he doesn't have the right channels to convey it. Having a podcast will give him the opportunity to explain and do so in depth as well\nCredibility wise it remains to be seen, we can only judge after the first few episodes are out how open he is and how fitting are the guests. Khairy's KS is the benchmark to compare to in terms of this", "I enjoy Khairi\u2019s podcast but at times even he can\u2019t keep his smugness and haughtiness in check, if people can give him a pass for it, they can give RR a pass too. Aren\u2019t KJ and KK friends? A podcast ep with the both of them will be fun"], ["PKR ministers cannot pakai.", "what else can we do .. just accept lor", "Ok.. Which party ya suggest have best perfomimg minister"], ["Criticism levelled at him by opposition-slant cybertroopers have inspired Economy Minister and Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli to start his own podcast as an avenue to respond with valid answers\nAnother insecure minister. Can't take criticism blame it on opposition then want create his own propaganda instead of doing his job.", "That's what I don't get. You're a minister now. Focus on your job. Don't let things like cybertroopers or amateur podcasters get under your skin. If that happens, you'll seem insecure. Don't bring yourself down to their level."], ["This Rafizi showing his true colors that he is really tin kosong NATO king. \u201clet us have another Economy Minister who will take action when we tell him a problem instead of just giving us an explanation \u2013 or worse \u2013 \u2018burn\u2019 the person who brings up the matter to his attention.\u201d \ud83e\udd23", "And they are the one rolling out Digital ID. Monyets here better reject it early and fast, otherwise they will know each and every dissidents in Reddit.", "Please, the information is already there. It\u2019s already on all the different government databases, Digital ID is not new data. Digital ID is about providing a single sign on ability to govt services and like if you wanna verify your identity with JPN eg for bank accts to make sure you\u2019re not a dead person/ are a real person, like google/ Microsoft/ facebook single sign on you see on multiple sites. It\u2019s a step forward for us - look to singpass in Singapore.", "It's funny you can explain so much yet you limit your answer to \"the information is already there\".\nCan't Reddit integrate Digital ID as single-sign-on? Singapore POFMA is very forward looking for sure.\nAnd it is not simply SSO if it is literally going to be use for Targeted Fuel Subsidy.", "Don't hope too much on PH or PKR. Reformasi is a joke. Minister filled with cronies like Rafizi.", "cronies?????", "Ini semua salah DAP"], ["I love how different media platform user respond differently. On \"X\" people seem supportive as he's doing a good job while in reddit people are more realistic."], ["Rafizi memang tin kosong, formula semua tak boleh pakai."], ["Forbidden under law"], ["'I was good at talking, not so good at doing. Maybe I should talk more.'"], ["Seeing him beefing with a tiktok influencer is funny"]]}
{"title": "Skydiving in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mlon2/skydiving_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "What happened to all the sky diving centres in Malaysia. Sky dive langkawi is closed, hawk seems to be doing dives only once in a month. It was a paradise for sky divers earlier", "comments": [["Where was the usual drop zone?"]]}
{"title": "PM Anwar: Israel-based shipping company prohibited from docking at Malaysian ports", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mle2b/pm_anwar_israelbased_shipping_company_prohibited/", "num_comment": 254, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["I mean I'm pretty sure they would rather just dock at Singapore's ports instead so it doesn't really matter.", "Yeah Anwar literally just push money away to our already rich neighbour", "How do you think said neighbour got successful in the first place? Largely in part due to its larger neighbour in the north constantly shooting themselves in the foot with nonsensical decisions for decades such as these", "First time? There are reasons for our everything perform poorly compared to neighbour countries", "Come come. Please dock here \ud83d\ude19", "showmethemoney #greedisgood", "Funded by 1MDB :29091:", "Also Malaysians: Teori Konspirasi Freemason Singapura LYK volume 3 sold at MPH", "Go and read maersk and cma CGM story. Maersk literally built Tanjung Pelapas. The idea is to skip Singapore . But eventually all maersk still call Singapore. Maybe sometime now just come Singapore\nAnd then I heard cma CGM used to regional headquarter at port Klang. (I could be wrong\u2026hearsay). Also now come back to sg.", "It's no coincidence that Islamic countries without oil are dirt poor.", "Indonesian here, we have palm oil and still poor.", "What is this with this liberal nonsense? It\u2019s a moral decision to ban anything directly related to israel. If not, then it\u2019ll just be hypocrisy. I\u2019ve always noticed zim once i saw them on a train and i want them gone tbh. It\u2019ll be a worse political disaster for anwar if anyone notices that we\u2019re giving space for israeli cargo", "We should take this moral decision all the way. Anything made by Qualcomm which powers 90% of mobile phone soc should also be banned. Qualcomm is a Jewish company. Wait and so is Intel", "Then tell the whole government to pack up and go back into the forest. Because almost all electronics have stuff from Israel in it. And the nons can take over and actually turn this regressing shithole into a modern economic powerhouse", "Goodbye then. The jews also helped building reddit. And there are jews currently managing reddit. You don't want to be seen as a hypocrite, right?", "x86 architecture\u2026imagine the whole government have to change \ud83e\udd23", "Why u on reddit? Go use tiktok or xiao hong shu or something not jew or israel supporter related."], ["This is not surprising and well within our foreign policy.", "but would surprise you that we trade with them? Also, this is just for show. ZIM is the only top 30 shipping company based in Israel.", "Not surprising, at least not anymore.\nWe had some trade worth a few million (prob not even that) with them on some years, had seen some data from dosm when I was doing my FYP in Uni.\nIt's non-regular, and likely affects very little to our overall economy. So, a popular move losing little value. A calculated move and prudent, considering he could probably do more radical populist moves.", "Our foreign policy? We have one?"], ["Honestly, I don't think Israel based shipping companies provided much in our port, this is a win-win for Anwar; he will get more popular vote without affecting businesses in Malaysia.", "Yeah, maybe DSAI should provide the volume/breakdown in number of to show the significance of trade loss to Israel. Else like you mentioned, gain more votes yadayada", "I looked it up a whole ago. Our trade with Israel was 9 million dollars. Not much really and mostly was exporting gloves and importing IC.", "C'mon, this is not just any politician; this is the tenth PM. Doing what you said will be pointless for him as the goal has been met.", "Actually this has absolutely minimal impact."], ["Thailand:", "More Singapore tbh considering Israel-Singapore relations are really close"], ["Malaysia is confident this decision will not affect the ongoing trade activities\nThis will definitely affect trade", "Unlikely given we don't trade much with Israel anyway, unless the US responds on behalf of Israel by doing sanctions or something\nBut business is still business no matter how small. It is likely this company will move to a nearby nation that will do business with them and allow them to dock and that country will benefit. Basically singapore lmao", "Depends. There are a lot of times companies will just reflag their vessels under countries with lax regulations, such as Panama and Marshall Islands.", "Singapore: Thanks", "", "wow, we are not poor. We are one of the richest nations in our region. It is our economy system that makes the working class feel poor", "Nope. Nothing much to lose."], ["why this post doesn't show up in /new?\ncc: /u/conancat /u/LeafSamurai /u/Minerex", "cc on Reddit is crazy", "Hmm odd, got stuck in Reddit spam filters. Post approved.", "thanks"], ["Bizarre decision. If we really want to take on Israel, we would need to boycott not just Israeli companies and also include every US company.\nThat's just unrealistic and why we should not be involved in the first place. If we have to boycott something everytime we disagree, there would be no foreign business left in Malaysia.\nShort sighted move just to win some Malay votes. Meanwhile foreign investors going to avoid Malaysia more.", "Then Malaysia should stop importing Apple's Iphone since an Israel company developed FaceID. Or ban Waze from being used in Malaysia.\ncili sos", "That would actually be logical which the Malaysian government isn't famous of.", "It's not Bizarre. The same policy was done for Apartheid South Africa back then.\nNo way is this short sighted, if Israeli companies have difficulties working in a global economy, they will put pressure on their government, similar to Apartheid South Africa. Port unions globally are refusing/delaying to load and unload cargoes heading to Israel\nEven if our action doesn't'affect the Israeli economy, it's a symbolic move. Similarly for countries refusing to trade with Nazi Germany after knowing their atrocities.\nSometimes it's not all about the money, it's about being in the right side of history. Israel just like Hamas are blatantly committing war crimes. Two wrongs will never make a right.", "Israeli companies have difficulties working in a global economy\nyeahh this is near to being impossible when they're involved in so many industry...", "Being near impossible is true, especially in the electronic sector, to the point of Malaysia indirectly one of the major trading partners of Israel. But it's not impossible.", "So when we going to ban Waze, an Israeli app or Facebook whose owner is a Jew?\nAnd when we going to ban all US companies because US supports Israel?\nOr we just cherry pick and ban a few companies for fun?", "What-about-ism much?\nStop this game of either all or none at all.\nAnything within the Malaysian government capability or the people's capacity will be done. Better something than nothing.\nUSA is not Israel.\nJew does not equal Israeli. You can be Anti-Israeli and not antisemitic, stop falling for this rhetoric.", "nothing to do with whataboutism. Why stop at banning ships?", "Similar to why the US hasn\u2019t ban everything from China despite both of them hating each other", "Bizarre logic again almost like PMX who can pusing left and right.\nSay can ban Israel company and when I brought up other Israel companies suddenly Jew not equal to Israel.\nCannot argue with PMX cheerleaders.", "You mentioned Facebook, an American company owned by a Jewish American as an example , saying it must be banned cause of Jew.\nNot all Jews are Israeli. Don't fall for that false logic. Israel does not represent all Jews.", "Surely even the sempitest of minds can see the difference between\n1) Israel-based companies\n2) Companies in the US founded by a jew", "So you only ban certain Israel companies but nothing else lol. Nevermind that US government is the one making it possible for Israel to commit genocide.\nWhat kind of logic?", "Okay you're the type yang kata Jew=Israel\nOkay no need reply dah", "Reply also no use, you avoiding replying to my post and keep pivoting to elsewhere. What's the point?", "You are being racist and illogical. Not all Jews equates to Israelis. What so hard to understand?\nIf not all Jews are Israeli, boycott for what?", "There's a difference between being opposed to Zionism and being opposed to Jews.\nBeing opposed to Zionism means you don't agree with the creation of the state of Israel.\nBeing opposed to Jews means you're racist.", "Lmao, it's so funny when people who oppose measure against Israel resort to anti-semitisim. This guy flat out equate every jew to the illegal Zionist entity Israel.", "This guy flat out equate every jew to the illegal Zionist entity Israel.\nIsrael is illegal according to Malaysian government? Lol.", "This isn\u2019t whataboutism, if you wnat to stand that ground, ban Waze, ban all of it. Why cherry picking", "It's what can be done in people's/gov capacity. It's picked, because it's the lowest hanging fruit for the Malaysian government.", "Ok have we boycott China Uyghur produce items or anything related to Uyghur?\nOr these China Muslim isn\u2019t Muslim? Again cherry picking.", "Israel is a tech powerhouse meanwhile South Africa was?\nI can guarantee some of your tech gadgets involved Israeli made component, are you going to dump your phone tv away.\nSometimes is not about moeny, you think Malaysia is one of the biggest economy in the world that can shake up the world politics? Bro I have some bad news for you. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1", "Not Israeli made components (hardwares), but lots of R&D and software.\nSouth Africa was a major mining hub, they did push the narrative without them we will be back in the stone ages.\nEither way advanced technology is no reason to commit war crimes.", "Most intel chips even nowadays are actually produced in Israel. Get your facts straight", "the apartheid was easy because we\u2019re not affected much by it if we boycott them", "It's just 1 shipping company bro calm down", "Sure. Its not just me losing confidence in the Malaysian government. People just move on and find better place to invest.", "keyboard warrior talkok like true investor", "Its funny when the average Malaysian thinks basic common sense = some high level investing. No wonder PMX doing dumb shit like this. It works on people who don't think.", "1 shipping does not mean a shit laa dei. its a worldwide trend to boycott any israel related product now. not only in malaysia. even us and europe have lot of this movement. pmx is just manhandled this to increase his popularity and ride the wave.", "Can you show another government which openly ban Israel related products? I want to know who else so dumb.", "Indonesia. And Jokowi openly condemned Israel in front of Biden.\nhttps://youtu.be/ZYg7UZm4RNw?si=bkjxZC3lUHSooIu_", "I am asking which country openly ban Israel related products not who condemn Israel.", "That\u2019s just added context. Perhaps you\u2019re unaware of Indonesia cancelling hosting the World Beach Games after it protested Israel\u2019s participation in the World Cup. Islamic clerics in Indonesia have officially declared a fatwa forbidding products from Israel or countries supporting Israel.\nAnd please don\u2019t make a mountain out of a molehill. Israel\u2019s trade with Malaysia is only in seven figures, when our total trade is in trillions.", "its always started with 1", "Actually, it's any ship flying the Israeli flag or Israeli owned is barred.\nSo even if it's flying a third party flag like the Ivory Coast, if it belongs to Israeli company, it is banned.\nZIM is chosen in this example, since they regularly board Malaysian ports.", "not just disagree we oppose genocide.", "Let us oppose Russian genocide of Ukrainian people, heck lets boycott China for Uighur people genocide while at it?", "Sure if you can prove what you say.\nNow in Gaza people are being pushed and concentrated to the most south of gaza, rafah. With enough bombing, 1.8mil people will be eliminated soon..within 2 months and 25k people are already dead. Just compare, how long did russia take to kill 20k people in Ukraine?", "Prove? \ud83e\udd14 Hmmm... How about Russian soldier joining the IDF in current assault in Gaza? That should be good enough to trigger Malaysian blocking Russian ship right?", "wrong they are ukrainians", "I guess MH-17 then? Thats a good reason to block Russian ships right? We block them until they surrendered Igor Girkin and his friends so we can strung them up here. Besides Igor is in jail anyway just for different reason. Can't wait to see that scum hangs", "Sure those people should pay for their crimes. including isrealis and foreign mercenaries that are currently killing kids in Gaza.\n<image>", "You dont need bomb. You need Eren.", "I too oppose genocide. That's why I oppose Hamas", "great. who is doing the genocide now? who killed ladies from the church, who killed their own hostages?", "The question is not a multiple choice question. There is no monopoly on genocide. Israel could be genocidal, but so is Hamas", "lol tell me who is committing genocide. lets stick to the actual fact", "Eren Yeager", "But hamas rape and beheaded babies! They need to be stoped!!!", "Prove it. Gaza children are actually the ones being beheaded or burnt now by bombs dropped on them. I got many videos and pictures of these. I can share them", "I have seen enough. Cant catch the sarcasm there eh?", "sorry i did not.", "Because you\u2019re probs a classic Hamas supporter with a low IQ which nobody cares about a platform with a significantly higher average IQ than Malaysian media, where all the lebai reside \ud83e\udd70", "What is your point? at least hamas is resisting and inflicting damage to IDF. I am not their supporter but i am not anti as well considering they are doing pretty well by resisting the invaders.\ud83d\udd3b", "Sauce please.", "sources:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/war/s/y0LQtovCIm\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/IsraelCrimes/s/fiJhMuZgT1\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/israelexposed/s/qQmyLep7pY\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/IsraelCrimes", "Stop tie Hamas with terrorists. It's unfair to other terrorists.", "How does banning selective Israeli companies oppose genocide?", "how it does not? it will cost them more money. And if there are enough countries doing the same then it will pressure them to behave.", "how it does not? it will cost them more money.\nThey just take their business elsewhere like Singapore. If I am Singapore, I be laughing my ass off.\nAnd if there are enough countries doing the same then it will pressure them to behave.\nWho dumb enough to emulate Malaysia? I find comical you don't understand Israel does whatever they want because of US support. Somehow you think boycotting one Israeli company going to make them behave.\nAt this point, I kinda understand why PMX does what he does. Average Malaysian no common sense.", "I have seen enough destruction to agree with anything people do to pressure Israel to stop. Many americans already open their eyes. They will do their own thing.\nMoney is an important tool, as they are also lobbying the american politician to be their puppets. So anything to disrupt their economy is good.", "So anything to disrupt their economy is good.\nDisrupt as in this shipping company stop using our ports and use our neighbors ports giving them free business?\nOk bro.\nMany americans already open their eyes. They will do their own thing.\nYes they protest but they not dumb enough to commit economic suicide. That's why they are the world number 1 superpower. I wish you can learn from the Americans. At least grow a brain or something.", "Do you know isreal is paying money for comments defending them online. Maybe you should ask them it will solve your financial problems", "Its really pathetic that you resort to slander the moment you can't sustain your claims. Can't be proven wrong don't bother commenting. Malunya.", "Since you care so much about business from isreal. Money is more important than lives. You can have business with someone who commits the obvious war crimes. Yes money is king.", "I'm anti-hamas but seriously fuck Israel for killing the innocents.", "i am not pro hamas also..just fuck isreal.", "If we have to boycott something everytime we disagree, there would be no foreign business left in Malaysia.\nSo should Malaysia do nothing? Even a small action is better than not doing anything and remaining silent. Do you have a better decision Malaysia can take?", "So should Malaysia do nothing? Even a small action is better than not doing anything and remaining silent. Do you have a better decision Malaysia can take?\nDo meaningful actions. Boycotting one Israel company does nothing. Can you explain what benefits this does to Malaysia or Palestine beside diverting business to our neighbors?", "Do meaningful actions.\nLike what exactly? What \"meaningful actions\" can Malaysia do that would end or de-escalate the war?\nCan you explain what benefits this does to Malaysia or Palestine beside diverting business to our neighbors?\nHow about support the Red Sea blockade of Israeli shipping? You know the way that Israel supports the war effort. Due to the blockade, costs in Israel have already risen. The point of the blockade is not to defeat Israel, it's to pressure Israel from continuing the war due to the high cost.\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-shipping-costs-rising-lines-pull-out-red-sea-attacks-worsen-2023-12-18/", "Like what exactly? What \"meaningful actions\" can Malaysia do that would end or de-escalate the war?\nIf you don't know the answer, there's no meaningful action that Malaysia can do. Do nothing better than do dumb shit.\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-shipping-costs-rising-lines-pull-out-red-sea-attacks-worsen-2023-12-18/\nIran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have stepped up attacks on vessels in the Red Sea to show support for Hamas following the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.\nLets emulate Iranian terrorist and openly attack commercial vessels to show support for Hamas. That's your idea?", "If you don't know the answer, there's no meaningful action that Malaysia can do. Do nothing better than do dumb shit.\nThat's pretty nihilistic. Up to you to not do anything while Palestinians are still getting bombed every day.\nYou really think sitting doing nothing is better than at least trying and showing support?\nLets emulate Iranian terrorist and openly attack commercial vessels to show support for Hamas. That's your idea?\nWho said Malaysia is attacking ships? Malaysia is preventing Israeli ships from docking to increase the Israeli economic war cost.", "That's pretty nihilistic. Up to you to not do anything while Palestinians are still getting bombed every day\nKilling our economy by sending business to Singapore ports is just dumb. Please explain how that will stop Palestinians from getting bombed.\nYou really think sitting doing nothing is better than at least trying and showing support?\nHave you actually tried doing something meaningful like donating instead of talking big on the internet.\nWho said Malaysia is attacking ships?\nAt least read your own link.\nMalaysia is preventing Israeli ships from docking to increase the Israeli economic war cost.\nYou talking like entire SEA no other ports. The only thing it does is send business over to Singapore ports.", "Killing our economy by sending business to Singapore ports is just dumb. Please explain how that will stop Palestinians from getting bombed.\nHow is it killing our economy? We already don't trade or have formal ties with Israel. What are we loosing by banning a country we don't even trade with in the first place?\nHave you actually tried doing something meaningful like donating instead of talking big on the internet.\nYeah, donate money, research and read up on the conflict, teach people about the conflict and raise awareness, follow daily news (I mean hourly) and even gave a 1 hour talk at my local university which then led to a discussion on Israel and Palestine between the students.\nWhat have you done? I'm confident you don't even know what just happened in Palestine or Israel 1 hour ago or the latest news.\nAt least read your own link.\nThat was about the Houthis not Malaysia. Since when did we have enough firepower to attack ships all the way across the sea?", "What have you done? I'm confident you don't even know what just happened in Palestine or Israel 1 hour ago or the latest news.\nOnly no lifers will be spamming Palestine or Israel hourly news lol. Somehow you talk like its something worth being proud of.\nThanks for showing me how lifeless you are. Not going to waste time on you.", "Only no lifers will be spamming Palestine or Israel hourly news lol. Somehow you talk like its something worth being proud of.\nLol, what? So much criticizing. I read your comments to other users. How about you stop criticizing and actually do something meaningful for a while? All talk no action just like the government you love to criticize so much.", "Actually i quite like the stances that the middle eastern countries are taking.\nThey straight up condemn hamas\nThey put pressure on israelis to de-escalate\nThey give humanitarian aid and assist with the transportation.", "They straight up condemn hamas\nWhile I agree we should condemn Hamas for their actions, we should also condemn Israel as well. Remember those 3 hostages?\nThey put pressure on israelis to de-escalate\nAnd how do they put pressure on Israel to de-escalate exactly?\nThey give humanitarian aid and assist with the transportation.\nSo do we\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/11/04/malaysias-first-shipment-of-humanitarian-aid-for-palestine-totalling-more-than-rm7m-departs-for-egypt/100146", "I would like to talk about the condemn hamas part.\nI feel people meme it so much now but they are really taking the importance out of it.\nWhen people ask, do you condemn hamas on october 7th it is not a trap question, it is not a political question.\nIn my opinion, it is a theological one.\nBy condemning hamas, you completely cut off the religious rhetoric.\nPeople can no longer use the religious card against you and say you're supporting terrorists because you share the same religion, which again, you have to admit is a sentiment shared by many people. (Youtube it really).\nOnce you get the theological question out of the picture, we can discuss how to solve the problem.", "Uh.\nYa?\nAll im saying is that i like the middle eastern stance thats all.\nThe government is quite rational on this and they understand that this is a complex issue, especially when they had been personally involved in it somemore.\nSo I think all countries should follow their lead.\nI dont believe boycotting should be a national decision but a personal one.\nIf you feel that boycotting would help the palestinian cause and it fits your morality, sure i'm all for it.\nBut I just hope there would be a more neutral approach to this.\nYou don't really have to disassemble my points since i'm supporting what you say really.\nAs for how they put pressure on the israelis to de-escalate, a simple google search would show so many results, which If you need me to, I'll link shortly.\nI also don't have a problem condemning both sides as I am pro-neither.\nWar is ugly.", "As for how they put pressure on the israelis to de-escalate, a simple google search would show so many results, which If you need me to, I'll link shortly.\nSure, I haven't seen any oil embargoes or halted trade between Israel and Arab nations and the war definitely isn't de-escalating at the current time.\nAnd can Malaysia do the same? Can it implement the same policies?\nI also don't have a problem condemning both sides as I am pro-neither.\nWhile I don't agree, it's your personal choice.", "Aside from all of the calls for immediate de-escalation in the UN unanimously by the arab nations,\nTo point out a prominent example of how they are putting pressure on de-escalation, suspension of normalization between the nations is one.\nAnother one would be pulling out of ongoing deals, like what jordan did.\nHowever, I would think that it is rather unfair or unjustified to only use oil embargoes and halted trades as a reflection of a coalition effort to call for de-escalation especially when you consider the amount of trade or imports of oil that actually happens between Israel and Arab nations since remember, normalization of ties and trade was a very recent thing that people tend to forget.\nAs for whether Malaysia can follow suit, I'm afraid there is no correct answer.\nMalaysia is a sovereign country that does whats in its best interest, which includes following the wishes of its citizens.\nHowever, there are repercussions for doing so economically as well as politically which are concerns that cannot be ignored.\nAlso, I don't find what's so difficult about condemning both sides, I really would like someone to explain to me.", "Aside from all of the calls for immediate de-escalation in the UN unanimously by the arab nations,\nMalaysia also had called for a de-escalation and immediate ceasefire in Gaza\nhttps://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/13/m039sia-fully-backed-un-resolution-for-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-says-wisma-putra\nhttps://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/-/malaysia-welcomes-the-ceasefire-in-ga-1\nhttps://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/-/malaysia-deeply-regrets-united-states-veto-on-security-council-resolution-demanding-immediate-humanitarian-ceasefire-in-gaza\nAnother one would be pulling out of ongoing deals, like what jordan did.\nThe only reason Jordan is able to do so because they actually had relations with Israel before the war whereas Malaysia does not. You can't break ties with a nation you don't even have ties with.\nBesides condemnation and calls for a ceasefire, Malaysia can really only prevent Israeli ships from docking, contributing to the already costly Red Sea blockade by Yemen. And if you're asking, yes I support this.\nAlthough it may have unintended effects, I still believe doing at least something (which many other Muslim nations haven't so far) by preventing Israeli ships docking is better than sitting back and doing nothing at all.", "are you ignorant of the fact that we do not have diplomatic ties with them?", "Yesterday forget we don't have ties with them, today remember and stop business with them. So funny.\nMalaysian government highly efficient. Meanwhile international businesses avoiding us for our \"efficiency\".", "It\u2019s part to stop Israel from committing more genocide against Palestinian. Your apparent lack of compassion is disheartening.", "I still don't understand how sending business over to Singapore ports is going to stop genocide. Maybe you can explain how it works.", "Can we talk about humanity? Wtf is wrong with you? People are dying and getting massacred. You only care about wealth and money?\nPMX follows OUR majority Muslim VOICE to pressure Israel and international community.\nIf you don\u2019t like our voice, feel free to migrate", "Can we talk about humanity? Wtf is wrong with you? People are dying and getting massacred. You only care about wealth and money?\nI am going to ask you the same question until you reply instead of pivoting away because you can't sustain a basic discussion.\nPMX follows OUR majority Muslim VOICE to pressure Israel and international community.\nYou are right, he's doing dumb shit because dumb people don't have common sense.\nIf you don\u2019t like our voice, feel free to migrate\nYou are a just a random nobody lol. Don't think too highly of yourself. \"Our voice\". Sudah makan ubat ke?", "Pusing lagi please.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Is everyone in the government a virtue signaler dumbass? What tf is going on?"], ["There\u2019s a Malay Proverb:\nRezeki jangan di tolak, musuh jangan dicari.\nThis is the opposite of that.", "Takpe, skydaddy kan ade."], ["As if israel gaf lol. they'd just stop at SG port instead."], ["there must be some fucking idiot in his cabinet or himself that hates money so much,they decided to push is away and let sgp rake in them dollars.\nfucking msia already have a shit economy where everything is expensive and the ringgit is fast becoming like the indonesia rupiah and he goes on to do this shit.\nidiot."], ["Ever notice the correlation between poor people wanting to stir up shit and fight everyone..."], ["I'm pro palestine..but we need to relax when it comes to things like this...! Malaysia is too small a global player to start pissing off money"], ["Singapore be like:"], ["Wait til the USA sanctions us for harbouring Hamas terroists", "1 USD = RM5.50", "More like 8.88", "HUAT AH!!"], ["It's only a matter of time before the Thais steal port business from melaka straits.", "Not gonna happen for a multitude of reasons"], ["Malaysia is walking the talk with that Madani way of life. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb We are so Madani, we are giving money to Singapore. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb"], ["Just go Singapore liao."], ["And again Anwar playing the holier than thou card. Sudahlah Mr Madani, your Melayu pandering hasn't worked and just made PAS lot stronger. Israel is busy now with their war. But they'll never forget the countries that actively went against them. Forget Israel and try boycotting China for the atrocities against the Uyghur Muslims. Tak berani right. Then just STFU and enough with this Palestine/Israel conflict. Our own people are suffering here. Do something about that.", "Teaming up with BN to form the Unity Government is the writing on the wall for what will come in the next election...and it won't be good for Malaysia imo.\nThe majority already see this move as that of a hypocrite. Their disdain for BN will only send them the other way...to PN\nDomestically efforts have been..sub par...a lot of optics and not enough substance. The whole strategy seems confused. Urban voters of PH such as myself feel quite deflated...There is this..same old same old incremental change but nothing significant and nothing close to RE FOR MA SI they shouted about all those years.\nSo yeah...we hoped for proper change...don't feel like we are getting much at all."], ["I dont think any \"isreal-based\" shipping company would even come near malaysia tbh-"], ["And ppl wonder why SGD is so high compared to RM.. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd23"], ["Takde musuh, cari musuh.\nOrang suruh rancakkan ekonomi, lain dibuatnya."], ["It's depressing how egoistic you guys are...\nSure, this decision might, in the long term, bite us back. Consider how ruthless the US has always been about supporting Israel and its hostile approach towards Arab nations and Islamic nations in general. (I'm neither Muslim nor Malay; pls, I don't have the energy to entertain or engage in identity politics with any reactionaries here.)\nAs a global player as small and weak as we are, our actions and power are, conceivably, miniscule. Sure, but we should do what we can to oppose the genocidal behavior of Israel, uniting along with the others and giving this movement a little nudge, a little dent. This movement isn't seeking a complete cessation of Israel's state and its Zionism; it's aiming to pressure it. It's obvious that the US is the only power holder in this situation; boycotting the US or any other global superpower's products is laughable for obvious reasons. And pls don't pull a whataboutism on me; we're currently on Israel-Palestine. (A distinctive situation requires distinctive approaches to tactics according to the condition.)\nI understand that we Malaysians are in an uncomfortable state regarding our finances; we are suffering, and it's completely reasonable and valid to expect our politicians to focus on domestic issues rather than foreign conflicts, especially if we're not in much of a privileged position to do so. Nevertheless, please just sympathize with the Palestinian position here for a moment. They've been subjugated to 75 years of pain and suffering, daily humiliation, their home robbed away from them by the Zionist settlers, children abducted from their families, thrown in jail for defending themselves from the violent settlers with stones and scissors, and a lot of them didn't even receive a lawfully just and fair trial.\nThere are five figures of humans who are killed and severely injured. Just how many more people should starve, suffer, and die; how many families should be broken up; and how many children should be killed to finally win our sympathy? To get us off the topic of money and only concerned with morality and humanity?", "Tbh, nothing would come out of it, US is not going to suddenly sanction malaysia because we dont support israeli companies. Heck, i bet nobody would care at all. They\u2019re only interesred in israel and its direct surroundings, so whatever we did with israeli products wouldnt matter much. Economy is flexible afterall.", "yep yep, it's kinda sad that no one would care about us, but also it's kind of our tiny advantage lol", "It\u2019s funny you use the word \u201cegoistic\u201d to call others out, then go on to have a completely egoistical rant."], ["I'm not Malaysian but I do live here till I go to uni but I feel like Malaysia has quite a lot of internal things they should focus on solving. Like the roads being horrible,so many infra projects being abandoned. Corruption,ringgit being depreciated like crazy. It's at 4.66 to the dollar rn. While there is a rise in trade using alternative currencies global trade still happens using the dollar in general. Like I see everyone protesting,boycotting etc but it's weird to see that . 1) Boycotting Starbucks,mcd does almost nothing to effect the situation in Israel. It's not like those companies give all their money to Israel. At most donations or shareholders . Plus it's 100% berjaya/local shareholders. Only thing paid is the franchise/royalty fee . Which is insignificant compared to countries donating to Israel. What Boycotting does in Malaysia is just make the locals suffer more. Berjaya profits down? Let off workers. Close shops. People earning very little loose their jobs . 2) while Israel may not be retaliating to Malaysia's blatant support for hamas(Not just the Palestinians but hamas themselves) they won't forget what this country did nor will their allies. Which are essentially more than half of the world's most powerful countries. What happens if they actually do start taking action. For example my country Japan invests a lot into Malaysia. There are tons of Japanese companies with factories here. Like Sony,Roland etc. Japan also donates equipment to Malaysia. Us has a history of stopping companies from supplying overseas market. For example Nvidia. What if the USA does the same to Malaysia. USA isn't the top trading partner but it's still 8%. Malaysia depends heavily on trade . Foreign investment would also decrease. There would be less jobs. The currency would depreciate further."], ["Instead of showing the world on how moderate Islam can be the new guiding principle in Malaysia, malaysia chooses the Iranian narrative.\nMeanwhile UAE and KSA are moving closer and closer to normalisation of Israel. (On top of Jordan, Egypt, Turkey).\nMalaysia, don\u2019t chase after the ball, go where the ball is going,.", "What?\nZIM wasnt even that large of a presence in malaysia anyway. Banning them is a win-win for anwar because it doesnt affect trade much like he said. Whatever the fallout that came, it won\u2019t matter much since we malaysians are clear that israel is not going anywhere close to malaysia."], ["Hypocrite. I saw him wearing Levi\u2019s jeans \ud83d\udc56 the other day. Hahaha. \ud83d\ude02"], ["Anwar being useless as usual, only cares about winning the next election.", "Wait wasn't that's the whole point?"], ["I don't think those huge companies really give a fark abt us anyway"], ["This is a stupid move.", "do tell us why", "USA just made it illegal to boycott Jewish business. Eventually they will extend to overseas relationships too.\nWe do not need to get deeper into this than need to. We are trading nation that relies on both west and east, express you stand in UN is enough.", "until that day... will\nbut that day will never come", "Right after I posted my reply, news popup - Malaysia export dropped 5%. Singapore increased 1% for the first time in many quarters.", "Best you retract your reply then! Or better still post that I\u2019m a billionaire!", "Btw ZIM is a us listed company.\nWhy happen if we found out Zuckerberg also has double nationality as Israeli. Or china soften their stand on israel. India outright support israel too. How?"], ["He just fishing for more support/popularity/votes for whatever next election. He's currently get less popular/less support"], ["This will be likely another reason why Thailand wanted to build such land bridges or canal on their country."], ["Come to Singapore"], ["Good for Anwar"], ["Sigh... just when the economy couldn't get any worse"], ["haha dumb fk, worry abt ur country internal affair first...all these non sense u think u clean n good ah. all pretend religious but corrupts...pui"], ["Sometimes I wonder why I still browse any Malaysian subreddit.\nEdit: just FYI, I\u2019m basing this on the average comments. Fucking disgusting."], ["Ridiculous"], ["Just a quick honest question..what if USA suddenly cut diplomacy with us? Are we dying?", "This is just fear-mongering, US wouldnt risk malaysia becoming more intertwined with china by boycitting us."], ["Meanwhile, we're still not tightening border rules in China traffic despite there being THREE new virus scare from there."], ["Nice. Push away money for a conflict that has little bearing to our country's economic well-being. Very far-sighted indeed.\nAnd for all you idealistic dummies out there, we MALAYSIA need the money. We need the business relationship."], ["Why lot comment in here support Israel and zionishit? I don't understand.", "They think supporting anything that isnt in the interest in the malay muslim community makes it morally justifiable. It might works on some case, but this is definitely not the right thing at all. Even so many jews are protesting for paletine\u2019s sake, what the hell are these people on subreddit fight for??\nMorons, so many of these lots.", "their hate for Malays is blinding them from their own humanity - it's really disgusting. I think if the Malays were Pro Israel they wouldve been supporting this like crazy.\nSeriously disgusting.", "Cause nons are not educated on the bigger issue. Let them be.", "I am racist? U guys are clearly opposing anything bout this matter saying - oh supporting Muslims hence all these policies? Oh buying votes hence all these policies? Edit : OK not all , but a majority of nons. If you support the cause then thanks.", "Yes a majority is uneducated bout the full picture. If they are; they won't be saying half the things they are saying. And excuse me - not a single time I said ZIONIST- so why u simply throwing that word around pls? Our economy was already screwed for months before this incident , the USD exchange has been crap for months prio to the Gaza-Isreal incident so your point bout economy is irrelevant.", "I am telling all of you - the economy that's already shit won't get worse. And my points bout the nons is valid - cause I seen enough nons saying what's this shit boycotting Israel. What bout possible USA sanctions. If they know the actual situation , which I assume you do given your reply ,no one will be crying bout economy and this insignificant policy. 20000 dead. For what? So that Isreal can erase the palestinian. To you , only you , i say - if you know the situation and understand the boycott, thanks man. I am also a non. To see all the heartless replies on insta and reddit it's shocking. If ppl knew of the actual crisis, they will be thankful that they were born in Malaysia. This boycott won't change our lives , but it will send a message where necessary. We , the Malaysians , are in the right side of history.", "Hasbara zio bots likely. Infiltrate our waters lol."], ["Good luck with incoming US sanctions. Never ends well.", "US talks a big talk but so many countries have kicked out the Israeli embassies. SA will prosecute any citizen participating with IDF. Indo already gave a big middle finger weeks ago. In the grand scale of things , MY is too small for them to care or pursue any action against. So calm down, nothing will come of it. Pls just be logical, end of day money is money but people are getting killed simply cause they were born in Gaxa or West Bank. Thank our lucky starts we were not born there."], ["Bangang jugak PM...tolaklah keuntungan banyak lagi ke Singapura....hanya kerana kedengkian kepada kaum Yahudi"], ["I like to think I contributed to this when I signed this petition."], ["That's some chad shit ngl\nAnd to get it clear, no they won't gonna hijack the ship and divert it to Lumut. That shit is illegal under international law"], ["Just because Malays support Palestinians, the Chinese in Malaysia would back Israel and cheer on the IDF. Typical polarisation. This is expected from the /r/Malaysi.\nIf you feel so strongly about why don't you buy an Israeli flag and run around a mosque to exercise your freedom of speech?", "Is that your assumption, or you're picking the minorities? Cause no Chinese I know supports whatever. Old Chinese support China while young Chinese don't give a f and are just trying to make a living and hope the future in Malaysia has a place for them.", "Absolutely. The young Chinese just don\u2019t have the luxury of giving a fuck to anything that is not helping them pay rent and food. And the occasional Coldplay concert, of course.", "I support Palestine but I don't support Hamas. What does that make me?", "A logical person. No one supports hamas or any of these jokers. But do we support the God awful government of Israel - also a big fat NO. I don't give a rat ass Palestinians are Muslims. Fact is every Palestinians Muslim or Christians are getting killed for a larger more sinister agenda. End of story. Ppl overreacting to this ban just don't think logically. For all u know it's a small revenue for the country and many countries will start imposing bans if they have not. There are riots worldwide. Israel either stops their nonsense or face more bans worldwide.", "Calm down taliban. Im a pendatang and i care about the country\u2019s economic aspect in a long run."], ["As a Kuwaiti, thank you, Malaysians, for standing up to Western colonialism and aggression. For standing up against fascists who are committing a genocide against an innocent population. This will not be forgotten, you guys are amazing."], ["Anwar is an thorn in the flesh of Malaysian economy. His over critical non yielding decisions over Hamas Israel war is hurting more Malays in his own country than it is for Israel.\nFor that shipping company, klang port and Singapore port not gona make a dime difference, but for Malay people working in that port, they will loose bonuses."]]}
{"title": "Think again before thinking BNPL is absolutely fine!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ml51v/think_again_before_thinking_bnpl_is_absolutely/", "num_comment": 113, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Don\u2019t blame the debt collectors; they do cross the line often, but only because they are chasing after terrible paymasters. Syok2 beli barang, hutang tak bayar, nak marah debt collector pulak.", "this, nobody thinks about how hard the job of debt collector is. Masa beli, syok. Masa bayar balik, liat pulak!", "inb4: sedekah je la abang, barang di dunia ni mana kekal sampai akhirat. bagi free je kat saya. /s"], ["They won't go knocking your door if you pay your debt.\nPlease people, don't buy shit you can't afford."], ["To be fair, I worked with Coway for Rental Collection & a lot these people usually live beyond their means like staying in rundown public flat but still wanted to buy RM10,000 mattress or RM8,000 massage chair.\nAfter forfeiting 4 months of payments, then they started to throw insults & curses to the debt collector & asked for the item to be taken back.\nThese guys always have the same mindset which is short term thinking only looking at the present not the future. It's little wonder why with 4-5 kids, they are still living in a flat house.", "Would like to hear more detailed story from your line of work", "Thats how courts memot become so less now. But sometime this kind of bad behaviour become a opportunity for some bosses eg: loan kedai motor \ud83d\ude05", "That will be bad for the company if they have to take back the item.. so why not cut the hassle and do some financial check before selling the item to buyers? Don't just chase sales volume or commission.. just my opinion", "If the company sell an expensive item to the customer and they pay via credit card and chose 12 months 0% instalment, the amount is paid full to the company. The customer only owes money to the credit card company.\nSo the issue here is not sales person doing financial check before selling. (To be honest it\u2019s too much work for everyone, imagine you wanna buy a new TV but need to bring pay slip bank statement etc.)\nThe issue here is low financial literacy & financial discipline. People that know the real interest rates on credit card debt don\u2019t mess with credit card debt.", "Yeah it's too much work on both buyer & the company. Yes it is the issue of financial illiteracy among buyers. I just thought that if both parties did that first, things like this will be less frequent to happen & the buyers might think twice before making the purchase. Of course buyer will be buying things and seller will be selling things.. this things just cross my mind.. might not happen in real world, though haha", "Actually there is a fix. Since banks and financial institutions are the ones giving out and approving all the credits options (be it credit card or instalment or whatever), they should be the trusted middleman in all transactions. Credit card companies for example should vet their customers before giving them the cards (Stable income + good credit score) and also giving them the appropriate amount of credit (eg. RM1,500 salary don\u2019t need a RM10,000 limit)\nAnd then using their apps the banks can do something like quizzes or tasks to educate the customers. After completing certain tasks, they get rewards like points or cash back. (Insurance companies can do the same thing, if you walk 5km everyday for a week then you get some points)\nThis way customers can get educated and use their cards wisely. Credit cards companies can also avoid their customers going bankrupt and default on the loan. Save a lot of hassle to lelong all the massage chairs and TVs."], ["BNPL is great for people who spend within their means and pay on time", "People who can pay don\u2019t use BNPL", "Smart people that can afford use them all the time. It's cheaper with many discount tied to them. BUT that doesn't mean all good, it was still created to adhere to our impulsive buying behaviour.", "BNPL had 20% off. If you paid on time, it even came with a 3 month interest and fee free loan. And you still earned credit card rewards. Awesome.", "I can pay and I pay well. Using BNPL sometimes give me discounts more than the interest they charge for 30 days. I pay full on the day they ask me to pay and I net discounts.", "Waaaaait, you totally changed my perspective on things. Gonna use BNPL for this purpose next time yo.", "BNPL is actually fine if u pay it on time. It not even has interest.", "Sometimes, I want the actual cash for in case of emergencies. If there's no issues then the BNPL owed will be paid on time.", "I can pay but I still prefer BNPL, why pay the whole sum when you can pay it in a smaller amount for a few months?", "Wrong, you loan when u can, not when u can't", "I use it all the time and pay month. It\u2019s just easier to bundle and pay in 1 shot. Also you sometimes get special discounts. That\u2019s like saying only people woo can\u2019t afford use credit cards", "Only if you're dumb and bad with money. BNPL often offers attractive promo like discount vouchers and rebates. Time it right and it's beneficial.", "Bro u missed out so many discounts under bnpl. Besides, u can pay off everything after 2 days. Why should i refuse 10-20% or rm20 off.", "Those discounts aren\u2019t discounts but more of what those BNPL investment. Yeah if you can take advantage of that. Once the money burning period is over, there\u2019s really no free lunch.", "Yep, I use BNPL even though I make 8k a month. Better to pay an item in smaller amounts over time than just straight out dumping cash on one item. Plus i can save a lot with the massive discounts that you can obtain with BNPL, especially shoppee which give me 0% tax frequently. If you are smart with your money, BNPL is a great choice."], ["i have 2k limit and only restricted my spending to RM 250/month...these people have terrible financial management\nif they own credit card, i can imagine how awful their credit score is", "i have 650 limit only. does it scale with the salary? the fuck?", "if you keep using and pay it back on time...they will continues increasing the limit", "huh. no wonder. i think mine even went down from 750 at one point, i just never use it.", "Must be temporary credit increase limit", "What is the max anyway? They keep increasing mine every few months or so.. 10k? 20k?", "not sure what is the max limit...but i heard from someone that their current limit is 6k", "Mine is RM6k", "I have 5.6k and I don't even use them", "Keep using it on small stuff and pay back on time. My first activation was 450 limit. Now is 2k.", "interesting. grab just give 4k straight.", "Grab only give me 1.5k\nThough i only use their food service.", "i don't know why too. i am not a big user of grab also. not even enough to stay in gold.", "OMG yea Grab gave me 2k straight, now its 3k. And I never use GrabPayLater, only Shopee LMAO.", "Not really. My friend that have about half my salary have limit of 4k while I only had around 1.2k at the time", "got my limit only 300 when i active it after many time i been using it i got like 1.5k and some temporary limit 1k, so i got 2.5k .. bought gpu with it..", "Lol i have like 9k limit. I did buy a motorcycle with 0% maybank ezypay through shopee so maybe they pick up on that", "dayumm...", "\"Saya ingat pakai credit card tak perlu bayar bank balik? kalau kena bayar bank balik kenapa buat credit card?\" - the same person who have 10 kids but still live in a slum.", "Mine 6.5k but only use it once for the discount. Dont know why they gave me that much", "Huh, I didn't know that we have a credit score thing going on. By the way, can a minimum wage person get a credit card?"], ["Only use BNPL on things you can actually afford. I bet these people only use it to fuel their unnecesary impulse purchases."], ["Just pay your debts and all is fine. Only will have surprise pikachu face if you don\u2019t pay your debts.", "Nani....what is Pikachu face?"], ["These are the kind of people who won't pay their PTPTN loan too. May the long arm of law catch them."], ["BNPL is just the same as credit card and instalment payment, as long as a person spend within their financial means, it will be fine."], ["I only use BNPL for things I can actually afford. No wonder lazada made a hard rm400 limit. Some people just have no control.", "I havent used lazada for 4 years. Are they still good?"], ["I mean, it\u2019s his own fault. But SPay later is deceitful imo. On the payment page when they breakdown the monthly instalment, it says \u201czero fees\u201d, but actually they do charge \u201cmanagement fees\u201d every month.\nAtome is so much better because they only charge a penalty in the event of a late payment. Which is like a flat RM10 if I\u2019m not mistaken.", "zero fees(only for a very small number of products)", "Spay also charge rm10 to activate if you late on payment. Only uses of Spaylater is when there is 0% promotion The extra fees is usually on the BNPL option where you pay full next month", "I think people just need to be aware when they check out. It's very clear when the spay later amount for 1 time payment is higher than your order price that they're charging something. Sometimes though they do have actual 0% spay later but this one very rare nowadays."], ["ingatlah peribahasa ni rakan2: ukur baju di badan sendiri", "Nafsu much bigger than badan though \ud83d\ude16"], ["Dah berhutang lepastu tak nak bayar, bila orang datang nak kutip mengelabah tetek."], ["It's for people who have half a brain to manage their finances ; not degens who Yolo on everything then blame people for collecting debt"], ["Tak ape\u2026 kan zaman sekarang biar papa asal bergaya. Lagi lagi time raya\ud83e\udd23. Aku pernah nampak rumah kampung mcm nak roboh tapi ade piring Astroboy, kerete Bellfire.", "Bellfire tu sewa punya la LOL", "Rumah kampung usually fully owned (no loan) with the tanah lot itself, kan?\nI mean, don't judge orang kampung based on their house. Ask them how many acres of land they have."], ["Doesn't pay debt,debt collect comes to your house\n*surprised pikachu face*"], ["save the money and pay outright la bodoh, blaming the debt collector when you have poor financial management is just cringe"], ["Sudah hutang, bayar saja la. You ingat SPay Later mcm pinjam duit member lepas tu buat x reti bila kena tagih? Of course these debt collectors are doing their job, do not blame them. Blame yourself for spending above your means."], ["Well, logically, how else they gonna get people to pay? For 2k, its not even worth it to bring this matter to court."], ["Imagine blaming BNPL because you couldn't control your wants."], ["Do people not have savings to tide over the next month? Do they think shopee will just give out money for free and lose money to give you 2k for fun?\nDafuq is wrong with them? You should have a couple months worth of salary in your account for emergencies... He doesn't even have 2k on standby... Wow..."], ["It would be funny if they hire a debt collector just to collect rm30 from me"], ["Yet, some morons asking for shariah compliance on BNPL, thinking that it will becoming a loophole for not paying the debts. At the end, the debt collectors will hunt them down.", "PPIM will hunt them down."], ["I've used Atome for a while. My last big purchase was a VR headset and for three months it's been a pain in the butt to pay. It's not because of being in debt. Rather, when I bought the headset, it was like in the middle of the month. Usually around that time, my work pay would almost dry up. So I had to borrow my family members money and then pay them back when I get paid.\nSo next time I use Atome, I'll use it like a day or two after I get paid.", "Why do you spent on something not necessary if your salary always get dried up in the middle of the month?", "YOLO and self reward. Maybe he only shop once every 6 months.", "I mean you can pay earlier than the designated time so I don\u2019t know what\u2019s the issue here.", "Just paid early."], ["Remember these: 1. They can't say that you will go to jail. 2. They can go to your office, but they cannot talk about your debt to the whole office, only enough to get them to see you. The office still has the right to refuse entry. 3. They cannot harass you, as in they cannot tell your family, relatives or neighbours that you have a debt unless it's absolutely necessary. 4. If they have already met you, and told them what they want to say, they have to leave you alone for a time. They cannot call you everyday to the point that it affects your work, your relationships and your health. 5. They cannot throw paint, blackmail or otherwise cause you or your family harm. 6. They can only contact your family or relatives to ask how to contact you. If they have already talked to you, they cannot contact your relatives. That is against the law and considered harassment.\nAlso, it's just 2200 rings. Just borrow money from friends and pay it off.", "I worked in rhb hired purchase collection department..for car loans...u As a telecollector.. my TL told .. if calling doesn't work .. The good way..legal way cannot work...the debtor still adamant...or hard to contact... The bank will pass the illusive debtors info.to gangster type of 3rd party collection team Once go there... Youre screwed... The harassment is real.."], ["Dah menghutang tu bayar la cb.."], ["Debt is debt.\nUnfortunately these days, a lot of banks and credit companies go about collecting it using debt collection companies which more often than not, regularly and increasingly use methods which is illegal.\nA lot of the things that they do - especially visiting offices are highly suspect. They are not even supposed to reveal you have debt to any third party, yet I know of some which regularly call people offices and tried to shame people by revealing that information.\nIt\u2019s gotten really bad the last few years mainly because these companies have sprouted all over the place.", "i think it's quite grey. they come and look for the debtor but they don't tell anyone else. everyone else just puts 2 and 2 together and sort of figures out their colleague kena chase by debt collector."], ["So far ...my experience...I use shoppee installment plan .. Agoda installment plan... The items I purchase...I make I can afford to pay lump sum.. Then the..pay on time.. So far I have never... Miss the payment ...I pay on time.. What I like about this...i get the item i want with partial payment...ehehe"], ["Ermmm... Aku pun pernah la gak miss bayau berbulan\u00b2. Tapi diorang Kasi notice and call selalu.\nTakde la pulak sampai datang debt collector. Ada la surat warning akan datang kalau miss jugak.\nDah bayau tutup buku la.\nNak buat terkejut apehal?", "pura2 terkejut berok pula bila tgk statement SPay nih"], ["Debt collectors nor spaylater is not wrong here, the wrong here is the one who use it in wrong way. Only use spaylater if you financially stable every month and have proper discipline to pay the debt. I always use spaylater tho its help me in most of the things i want to buy at that month without using my money yet , so kind of angry because of this people shopee might became more strict in future update"], ["It's fine if you know your limits and you can pay it back on the time it requires. Those who use BNPL but know they wouldn't be able to pay back are the ones who shouldn't use it for their own good."], ["If you pay promptly, you wont have issues , moral of the story, if tak mampu jangan beli"], ["dah pinjam bayar la balik. dah hutang, banyak pulak tu, lepas tu terkejut ada debt collector dtg ofis. lg best mintak pendapat dekat fb hahahah"], ["Play victim card? The debt collectors were not right to collect payments at working place but instead of making a police report, should make some effort to negotiate a proper way of repayment.\nIf I was part of the management, I will ban this employee. Bring shame to the company"], ["do mae app have this loan thingy too?"], ["Debt collector just doing their job, kalau dorang ckp baik baik mmg smpai mampus lah penghutang tu tk bayar lanco"], ["Mine has 6k limit but i never use it more than 300 per month. Do manage your money, people ."], ["Dah berhutang tu reti reti la bayornye. Ni main report polis pulak. Hamboi seronok hidup ko. Aih tak paham aku orang macam ni"], ["for 2.2k only .....\ud83d\ude05"], ["Hahahaa in muflis bankrupt malaysia pulak tu. 2K hutang dah muflis, ke ada hutang2 lain pastu x sedar diri dah berhutang sampai muflis? Parah"], ["hutang aku tinggal 1k bulan 5 tahun depan habis byar la huhu.."], ["And here I am thinking to hire debt collectors to maybe break some legs and ribs.\nMafers know how to hutang tak reti bayar."], ["For me, if the item isn't urgent or in emergency need, I'd pay first then buy later. I'd top-up 220 every month or any amount that wouldn't hurt my monthly spending until it reaches 2.2k, then buys it during promotion day such as 12.12"], ["BNPL has interest and fees or not if you pay early ? i never touch it since i could afford it but always wondered", "For eg like atome if 3mths 0% if 6mths i think 1-3%? But i will take adv of atome bcos u will get discount and pay it off all after 3 days. Also if mmg dont have money and die die want. Just use bnpl and only 1 txn at one time."], ["It is if you have no self control. I sometimes use it but not all the time. I use it for food and clothes. But I absolutely won't buy anymore if;\nA) I didn't finish paying for the previous items\nB) That month is on a very tight budget\nI find myself buying the items directly most of the time when I do have extra money to spend."]]}
{"title": "Kadar dividen ASB dijangka lebih tinggi berbanding 2022", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ml2bu/kadar_dividen_asb_dijangka_lebih_tinggi/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Oh bloody hell, I've been strip-mining my ASB this year to pay for my house renovations \ud83d\ude22", "monies well spent"], ["5% is technically higher than 2022"]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 31 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uo8pw/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 81, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: I've lost control, I don't see an end, there's no escape. I don't even have a home anymore\nTime to buy a new keyboard", "comments": [["In malaysia what race would she be??? Malay??\n<image>"], ["I just want my brain to forget everything except basic life functions.\nSudo delete all."], ["Happy new year to everyoneeee"], ["<image>\nSomehow we made way to fireworks. Happy new year nyets!"], ["Happy new year, nyets!\nHope this comment will never end up with negative replies!", "Negative replies", "negative replies"], ["<image>\nBought a new pillow for myself while anak got a new shoe which he wants to wear it directly after paying.\nHoping for a better sleep in 2024."], ["Happy new year Nyets!!\n<image>"], ["Happy New Year ya monyets!"], ["Happy New Year to all the r/malaysia nyets!"], ["Happy new year everyone\ncelebrating alone again this year", "Hey Happy New Year fellow stranger :D! If it's any consolation....you're not the only one celebrating it alone in front of a screen either.", "Berakhirnya your zaman bujang tahun ini.\nSambung pulak tahun depan\u2026", "\ud83d\ude22"], ["Happy new year 2024, for all nyets.\n(And the fireworks outside finish too soon.)", "That's a sign of our current economic situation unfortunately."], ["People who be spending new years alone not by choice where ya at?", "lining up at a Starbucks trying to order a Java Chip Frappucino lol"], ["<image>\nNye celebration? Whatever. Sis busy doing this.\nfinger was for scale", "Oowwwh that looks like a 1/8 scale. Very beautiful. My wife loves doing miniatures too", "I recently got into this. Quite therapeutic I\u2019d say.\nDo you do the miniatures with her?", "Noooooot really. I\u2019m don\u2019t have the hands for it.\n<image>\nIn this picture except the raw materials of the furniture (furniture assembled by hands), mat and backdrop, pretty much almost all is hand made", "Broooo her works is immaculate! That\u2019s a really clean set.", "Ahaha many thanks. She does it for 1:3 scale dolls. She did them miniatures but normally after photograph one time, it\u2019s no more in used. Theres many other miniatures she made\n<image>\nSet in question (IG handle in picture)"], ["anyone else punya unifi slow? or is it just me", "Ya same, i can't connect to any sites."], ["i fkng HATE TM :26559::26559::26559::26559: alr pay pun slow mcm babi"], ["<image>\nEnd of the year is going great!", "<image>\nHe on the other hand is like \"i aint playing your bs game lady\""], ["I just found out that my brother who works in KL vlogs about ACG stuff in his off time."], ["[Fresh grad] Is joining a Big 4 consulting firm good for career at the start?\nRecently offered a tech role in a consulting firm. Wondering if it's worth the stress and long working hours in return ?\nHad another offer where the startup offered me a tech role for RM500 more than the consulting firm, which would you pick ?"], ["Anyone spending NYE alone like me?\nI\u2019m planning on eating at KGB Burger, buying a six pack then going home to my dog and enjoying some shows to welcome NY.", "Me.\nMaking my usual dinner, then cleaning the house, doing some upkeep and eating oranges.", "What\u2019s for dinner tonight? Not a bad way to welcome 2024 imo hehe", "The usual - main entr\u00e9e are chicken breasts, the current craze I have right now is eating them with pasta.", "Pasta \ud83e\udd24 and what sauce did you use? Happy 2024 btw!", "Just the usual Prego in the can. I toyed with the idea of making my own but it feels that it'll cost more than just buying the store-bought version.\nHave a happy new year too!", "Can't beat Prego tomato sauce. It's really gooddddd.", "Me\nInstead of buying six pack\nI tengah refining my six pack", "Oh damn can I touch your six pack", "", "Dah 30\nBedtime is 9:45 \ud83e\udd2d\ud83e\udd2d", "I know the question, Saje xnak jawab\nMana ada fiancee\nKira duit jaa delulu\ud83d\ude02", "You said \"she is going to move in with me\" that's a plan not delulu."], ["Oooh Pendatang is very decent. Kudos to the director for portraying orange sendiri as the baddie and not conveniently using an external enemy."], ["Anyone got recommendation for countdown place ah? Somewhere close in between Seremban and Kajang"], ["Hi all, need your advice regarding last working day. Is it okay to hand email in my resignation letter to my boss even though he is OOO?\nMy boss is out of office until 8 Jan 2024. He is the type to totally block all work related stuffs during OOO.\nAs I have a new offer, I plan to email and hand in my resignation letter effective on 2 Jan 2024, and start serving my 2 month notice until 1 March 2024. My new job starts 4 March 2024.\nHowever, since my boss is unlikely to see my email until he starts work on 8 Jan, I\u2019m afraid he would make me change my last working day to 7 March 2024 quoting it\u2019s inappropriate to resign during his absence. What should I do in this case?", "Is ok just email to your boss or hr. Remember resignation date take effect on the day you send or email the letter. It's up to your boss if he read or don't read. If they don't acknowledge that then just mention you will bring this up to jabatan buruh. Good luck with your new job."], ["stocked up on some Strong Zero beer (or more precisely, RTD cocktail) today. Man I'm so getting hung over this NYE......"], ["Anyone here has experience reaching out to ombudsman (OFS) relating to fraud involving bank staff? Just wondering if I should get a lawyer or OFS"], ["<image>\nLate Christmas party with my favourite nyets. Everyone brought their A game to the both the gift table and food table. Happy new year everyone \ud83c\udf89"], ["why is it so hard to get decent jeans nowadays :( too many skinny or ripped jeans. if its not those then usually they look rather ugly lol", "Levis?"], ["Me, looking at this month's gaji: \ud83d\ude0d\nMe, after paying car insurance, road tax and replacing the aircond in my room: \ud83d\ude2d\nSemua salah mamat ni", "Got a bunch of extra bonus and retention money this month \ud83d\ude0d\nThen I look at payslip to see just how much government steal from me \ud83e\udd7a"], ["Second question:\nI'm traveling through Malaysia and we were thinking of going to Penang/Georgetown next, but it seems like the weather isn't great and won't become any better the next couple weeks. Would it be worth it to go or would you recommend to skip the whole area if the weather isn't gonna be great?", "weather throughout the whole Malaysia is going to be largely the same, so I don't think it really matters where you go, it will rain regardless", "weather wont affect your city trip much. might want to prepare 1 or 2 indoor activities each day, just in case."], ["Hi guys!\nCurrently in KL for New Years. Just heard the fireworks are cancelled... Bummer!\nAny tips for tonight though?"], ["Cracking open a cold ginger beer tonight, a toast hoping 2024 is a better year for all of us.\nAlso looking forward to gw new mini release", "I'm waiting for the Death Wing Assault box price :/\nBut I'm torn.. I'm purely into painting the minis and don't play the game, so the codex and data cards will be a waste. So thinking if I should get the box or wait for individual releases.", "I would wait too or maybe find someone who wants the codex but not the models."], ["Happy last day of 2023, guys. I'm still on vacation until next Saturday so no work for me yet hehehe."], ["I'm here in a 3 day camping music festival, just like those we see in Coachella and Glastonbury. I haven't been to any of the music festivals back in Malaysia but I don't remember we had any which we could camp in. It's seriously a ton of fun and I hope if we ever had a chance to do something like Good Vibes again, it should be a thing."], ["Last evening my friends and i had a little gathering for secret santa cum new year, we rented airbnb and had potluck eeep i had so much fun! Coming home afterwards with the big paper bag from my santa (which funnily enough was my santee for the last one, and last, last one), kit was the first to claim his gift \ud83d\ude02\n<image>", "<image>\nAnd they take turns \ud83d\ude02 oml i kenot la with these two, fucking hilarious"], ["Is there gonna be NYE celebration tonight or its cancelled \ud83d\udc2f\ud83e\udd14\nIf yes, where \ud83e\udd14", "trx, velocity, ioi city mall, lalaport, ioi mall", "I wasn\u2019t aware that ioi city was also doing it as i wasnt really planning to go to one, but saw your comment while having late dinner with my friends and we quickly headed there. Had a really good time watching the fireworks so thank you for your psa.", "haha, no problem! happy new year!", "Happy new year!", "Sunway Velocity, iOi Puchong.", "Thanks \ud83d\ude48", "Also Kiara Bay Kepong! Got food and live band performance hehe. Welcomeeee HNY :3", "Curious too. If there is no firework at KLCC where to go?", "can try Sunway Velocity"], ["I had mutton briyani with mango lassi at The Ganga Cafe @ Bangsar yesterday, and it was alright. The portions are quite big; shown here could probably satisfy two average men, or maybe four women. Total cost is approximately RM50.\nThe clientele are mostly Indians, although there's a Chinese family eating naan there when I came in. Overall the place looks decently clean, although finding parking in the neighbourhood (it's a residential area) sure is a bitch.\nTonight, I guess I'll be staying in. At my age it's not a matter of what, but with who to do stuff with, and I'm all tapped out on that area \ud83d\ude05"], ["out of curiosity, do i need an international driving license if i were to drive down to Singapore?", "I don\u2019t think you need. Drove there a few years ago with MY licence."], ["Fell in love with protective hairstyles. Probably gonna make it my whole personality in 2024.\nBack in 2021 I planted some vines, I thought it would grow to be pretty hedges. It did grow, but reality doesn't follow my imagination. Now I have to take it down so this house would look less like a ketum addict's."]]}
{"title": "Verifying a Property Agent in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mktvs/verifying_a_property_agent_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "For property, I am aware that we can verify them through their REA or REN tag.\nHowever, assuming that when we\u2019re only renting rooms from those online ads/FB groups, are those people we\u2019re dealing with 100% a REA or REN as well?\nIf not, who would they be, and how can we verify their eligibility to avoid falling into a renting scam?", "comments": [["Those renting out rooms are usually landlord themselves. Hardly any agent want to take the trouble to rent out a room and go thru agency for the paperwork", "In this case is there anyway to safeguard my interest?\nLike landlord would usually ask me to transfer to their personal acc right?\nCuz I am renting a room at Selangor but I won't be there until the move-in date, will be doing virtual viewing and the property management company said if I want the unit after the viewing, I gotta pay a booking fee first so they could keep the unit for me.", "U can pay to landlord directly."], ["You can always verify if they are legitimate agents using the LPPEH website, besides that, if the agents ask you to pay a deposit to view, thats typically a scam, another common red flag is if they ask you to pay the booking fee into their personal bank account instead of their agency's client account. Hope this is helpful for you", "Those fb group typically are what we call illegal brokers or just the landlords themselves, if you dont think they are legit ask them to send a business card with their ren tag or number and check via lppeh site", "Assuming they are landlords, what steps should I take to safeguard my interest if they ask me to pay a booking fee first after the viewing for unit keeping until I move-in?"]]}
{"title": "bad company alert", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mkleh/bad_company_alert/", "num_comment": 46, "flairlabel": [], "header": "ive recently worked at this sort of \u2019fast food\u2019 company that sells fried chicken but now ive resigned after 1 1/2 months of working there. why? because the bosses/supervisors are quite rude and makes the staff feel so so so guilty when its not their fault. for instance, i had to take multiple mcs because i had pneumonia and my symptoms kept coming back as i wasn\u2019t completely recovered and went back to work. so first when i took medical leave they didnt say anything which made me feel at ease and continued my rest at home. after that, when i fell ill again at work (this time having high fever and felt cold and my body aching), i got scolded by my supervisor for taking medical leave. he even said i cannot just simply not go to work whenever like im making me own rules, also scolded me for not getting mc from clinic for that time. (do you guys know how expensive it is to even get checkups as a working student in malaysia?) ive spent like 160ringgit just to get that mc and THEN finding out i dont even get paid mc leave??? when in my contract they said having valid mc from clinic will get me paid leave. so for not getting a mc that time he scolded me and i just left it at that because i was too tired to respond to stupid questions.\nalso id like to point out how unfair this company is. i got transferred to different branches filling in at places that were lacking employees that particular day and was promised by my supervisor that i would get rm10 allowance for doing these transfer jobs. (they know i have a car and can drive so they took advantage of that) i e been through 4 transfers in november AND I GOT ZERO ALLOWANCE during my pay, i was missing rm40 and asked my supervisor, guess what he said, \u201coh yea about that, our boss said that its not applicable to new employees so sadly we cannot give u that\u201d \u201cits on me, my bad\u201d BRO, in the first place u ASSURED me about the allowance thats why i was willingly going to far branches to back u up, if not i would\u2019ve just declined cause i was given a choice. now u wanna say all this?? this is unbelievable and unacceptable. ive talked to many employees and they said these bosses always pulls stuff like these and many employees had to chase and calculate their missing wages and kept pestering to the HR and then finally got it. i asked them why didnt they report it to labour law, they said theyre scared cause most of them isnt IC holders and they use documents to work in malaysia.\ntell me, is this all even valid to bravely just continue to do so to your employees? am i just overreacting or do they need to be reported to labour law?", "comments": [["Technically no MC means you are taking unpaid leave effectively. If you supply the MC and don\u2019t get paid sick leave then that\u2019s on them. The way you try to justify how you handle the situation however leaves me thinking you are not accountable for your own actions and just wanna play the compassion card.\nAs for not getting paid for being transferred, that\u2019s a dick move by your supervisor and if they actually cared, the supervisor should have compensated you from his own pocket.\nJust shitty situation all around. Move on and learn from your experience.", "thanks man, i\u2019ll continue to fight for being properly compensated. ive quit the place already but im just sad that my coworkers that have no choice has to continue working for them."], ["im making me own rules, also scolded me for not getting mc from clinic for that time. (do you guys know how expensive it is to even get checkups as a working student in malaysia?)\nThis applied to even working adults.\nive spent like 160ringgit just to get that mc and THEN finding out i dont even get paid mc leave???\nGo to the government clinic .\nthey know i have a car and can drive so they took advantage of that) i e been through 4 transfers in november AND I GOT ZERO ALLOWANCE during my pay, i was missing rm40 and asked my supervisor, guess what he said, \u201coh yea about that, our boss said that its not applicable to new employees so sadly we cannot give u that\u201d \u201cits on me, my bad\u201d BRO, in the first place u ASSURED me about the allowance thats why i was willingly going to far branches to back u up, if not i would\u2019ve just declined cause i was given a choice. now u wanna say all this?? this is unbelievable and unacceptable\ncheck the term and conditions / offer letters. Unless its spell out in the contract, you can fight for it. If its just a promise of word, its your loss.", "about the mc, i understand.\ni had to drive myself to the nearest clinic which wasnt a gov one because i was really unable to drive long. but yea i did go to a government one 25 minutes away but at what cost tho\ud83d\ude1e\nyes i clearly remember my contract saying mc = paid leave and they didnt mention specifically if its for parttime or full time.", "You might want to check contract again as in Malaysia MC should be paid. Might want to go to corporate to get it sorted to avoid cases where it's the local branch manager having power trip", "true, ill check on it and find a way to get it right!", "Also, there is a limit on how days of medical leave is allowed per year.", "that's fair", "https://imgur.com/a/gWW0bPG", "Is it like law? My last workplace paid about 50% rate. Also how does annual leave works ?", "MC can only be taken from your company's panel clinic or government's clinic. Managers need to Make sure to inform new staff of this info.", "Last time i went to gomen clinic doc said they don't provide mc. It was clinic 1 Malaysia"], ["But, you said you just worked there just over a month. Which means, you took multiple mc when you just started work. I think thats a red flag for any employer.", "Yep. Most employer would take that as a red flag. Plus quite often employers asked in the application form to detail any health problem that they should know about.", "Disagree to think that's a red flag solely based off sudden illness. There was a recent surge of pneumonia cases that hasn't died down yet. In no way of shape or form would an employee be able to know that. Does it suck for both involved that he got sick within a month of starting to work? Does it also suck that MCs typically never cover for the entire recovery period thus also causing illness to resurface? Also yes. If any companies takes this as a red flag then that company is nothing but red flag itself.", "In management pov, if only you have this issue, then the problem is you. If many in the workplace is having the same issue, then it can be argued some virus is going around infecting people.\nThe thing is, when i said red flag, means you are already in management radar. Which is not a good thing. They will analyze every work you do and see if you have any benefit to the company. They wont fire you due to taking alot of mc, but believe me they will definitely try to find fault in your work if they find that you are more of a liability than an asset."], ["been through 4 transfers in november AND I GOT ZERO ALLOWANCE during my pay, i was missing rm40 and asked my supervisor, guess what he said, \u201coh yea about that, our boss said that its not applicable to new employees so sadly we cannot give u that\u201d\nAt one of my jobs as a junior (< 1 year) we didn't qualify for 1.5 month year end bonus like other colleagues.\nYou better believe I made a lot of noise. What irked me the most was that being juniors, we were assigned waaaay more work than seniors for \"experience\". So we were working our asses off and getting zero bonus at the end of the year.\nI brought that up in meetings. I said \"I can accept us juniors don't qualify for 1.5 months bonus because we're new, but I cannot accept we do not deserve anything at all. It's not like we sat on our asses all year doing nothing, in fact we worked harder than anyone for \"experience\". Give us something at least, to show our efforts are appreciated.\" The second in command agreed and backed me up.\nManaged to get a few hundred ringgit of bonus each for all juniors.\nOne word of caution though, if you stand out/speak up, you risk getting hammered down. So pick your battles. As for me, I didn't care all that much if I lost that job, I'll just find another one. But in that case, speaking up worked in my favour.", "wow thats so nice to have gotten what u actually deserve\ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude29 whereas here, theyre scared to stand up because ita hard to be accepted into their jobs itself so they didnt wanna risk it. im like u and idgaf if i lost it, but its hard standing alone :(", "Yeah at that specific job I spoke up a lot, it's a wonder I wasn't fired lol. The other juniors were too afraid of losing their jobs so it was always me speaking alone. But they would always support me discreetly.\nWhen I eventually resigned the second in command was FURIOUS. He was looking to train me to take his place. By then it was too late for me, I was too tired of not being treated like a human being at that work place. Eg. Being forced to come into work despite being deathly sick,\nbeing asked to come to work despite having MC, needing to spend the night at the office for OT because \"juniors are young and don't have children yet\" etc.", "damn that\u2019s ridiculously bad! is that even legal?", "We were salaried too, so no OT! So many unpaid weekends.", "havw u tried speaking about it or is it too late now? so fed up with all these people and their lies and schemes", "Too late now, it was one of my earliest jobs so I was (naively) bold. Biasalah, people in early 20's know everything lol /s."], ["Maybe if working is too hard, then the other options is going back to studying.\nAlthough I also have to say, studying: - requires money - costs money - requires time - doesn't make money - requires time that could be used to make money too\nYou decide.", "i think ive mentioned that im a working student in one of my sentences while also being financially supported by my parents to study. im not saying working is \u201ctoo hard\u201d, working IS hard but i enjoyed my work. im just mentioning that this type of treatment we got was unfair and also the part about empty promises that was last minute \u201cinfo\u201d pulling back my hard work \u201callowance\u201d.", "That's the difference.\nStudying: you pay them.\nWorking: they pay you."], ["Check with perkeso. The hq at pj is quite helpful.", "sadly this is a sabah issue :( not so helpful here", "Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) 088-517 800 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fdu2SVeQho4beZtZ7?g_st=ic\nThis is the Kota Kinabalu branch office. Give them a call.", "Perkeso sabah? Not sure. When I talk to them (as an employer) in pj, they provide a lot of explanation on options and procedures."], ["is it the boss or is it you..\nbut thats ok.. here in our country.. boss mostly 80% like this , so no worries\nthey only think money but says as in company productivity.. no fair", "i honestly dont think its me huhu\nyoure right, my bosses only cared about our profit and even turned a blind eye to extra money in the cash register. we all know whats going to happen if only rm5 gets missing from it\u2026", "i somehow know what you feel\nbeing under crazy boss is normal in our country\nits like being a slave to a master in house (company) and no one cares\ni hope you find another job soon, if cannot find here.. just venture outside like australia/singapore or something.. you still young.. make the most of it", "id love to but unfortunately im studying so i cant go far :( but thanks for telling me u understand my pain.", "youre welcome\nonce upon time ago... i also like you , no money, broken and poor..\nthe only things that keep me moving.. is what my mom tell me\ndont give up.. i hope it somehow clicks you too.. good luck my friend", "thank you my friend, my own family brings me down and breaks me but ill try to image that :D"], ["When venturing to distant locales, you are entitled to make claims for medical certificates, allowances, and mileage.\nAlternatively, I would not suggest opting for a government clinic, as some Redditors may propose. Instead, I recommend securing the services of a government lawyer to assertively address the company's arse", "i am? but they have this unlisted rule stating that its not applicable for new workers ugh\nhmm but how would i know what i need ro prepare and how to look for one if needed?", "Di Selangor, anda boleh pertimbangkan untuk menghubungi Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor. Mereka menyediakan perkhidmatan undang-undang kepada kerajaan negeri dan agensinya.\nPilihan lain adalah menghubungi firma guaman yang berprestij di Selangor yang mengkhususkan diri dalam undang-undang kerajaan dan pentadbiran. Sesetengah firma guaman mungkin mempunyai peguam berpengalaman yang menangani kes yang melibatkan perkara berkaitan kerajaan.\nSentiasa sahkan kepakaran dan pengalaman mereka dalam isu undang-undang tertentu yang anda perlukan bantuan.\nDo not place trust in company policies that assert they hold no sway over state or country laws.\nThe most prudent policies they could undertake is to enhance existing laws, rather than set standards that fall short.", "they also did NOT pay me for days that i came to work while i still remember exactly when i went to work. all they asked was \u201cada punch in?\u201d and no shit i did but their version of punch in in just to print an empty receipt n write down your name and time in and then put it under the cash register. who would know if someone mistakenly dropped it out while putting in money in the cash register right? and now im short of a days pay", "Your unpaid days were their bonus, hope you documented it down", "i did and sent it to my supervisor, till now didnt get any responses mid conversation", "I trust you possess the evidence of them, be it a screenshot or any means at your disposal.", "oh most definitely", "update: supervisor ignored my messages and i havent got me issue resolved"], ["Unpaid MC is crazy. My company has a panel clinic and I never even have to pay for medicine. I had an injury on my wrist and the xrays were all covered."]]}
{"title": "Things to do at Starhill (Bukit Bintang)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mj8ht/things_to_do_at_starhill_bukit_bintang/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello fellow monyets, Around early January, I want to go and walk around Starhill and have fun there. First thing I want to do is to visit the basement at Pavilion for car spotting exotic cars, but after that, what should I do? Any recommended places to get food, cafe spots and any good photo spots? Anything in particular that I should do? Keep in mind that I will only be there for a day. Thanks.", "comments": [["Friday - Sunday is the best time to go there car spotting as i have went on weekdays there are not much.\nAs for other things to do:\nThere is a new book store at Starhill Gallery. Forgotten the name but they have a place to sit and drink coffee\nPavilion has some nice food and cafe to chill but its quite noisy\nLot 10 has great Japanese food on the top floor but its quite pricey. On the lower floor, its has much cheaper and can get local cuisine"], ["Visit miniature Malaysia at sg wang.\nbasque cheese cake at isetan lot 10\nindoor go kart (not sure still there, google to confirm)\ndamascus sharwma\nvisit trx mall (take mrt to trx station), at trx have kanbe ramen (non halal).\nat night, hangout at one of the bars at tengkat tong sing."], ["what do you like?\na. Do you like books? Eslite is a nice place to chill. Sometimes has performance too.\nb. I like going to Hutong to makan.\nc. I like dondon donki. it's smaller and less impressive than SG's donki but still nais.\nd. i enjoy going to look at luxury bags and wallets at pavi"]]}
{"title": "US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran-related drone production network; include entities based in Malaysia, Indonesia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mitej/us_imposes_fresh_sanctions_on_iranrelated_drone/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organisation\nWorse name ever.\nAlso, who are the entities/individuals being sanctioned?", "From the US OFAC list for Iran:\nARTA WAVE SDN BHD, No. 46-1, Jalan Tasik Utama, 5 Medan, Niaga, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia; 26-2, Jalan 9/23 E, Taman Danau Kota, Off Jalan Genting Klang, Kuala Lumpur 53300, Malaysia; Rm. 1014, Favor Industrial Centre, 2-6 King Hong Street, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, China; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization Established Date 10 Dec 2018; Commercial Registry Number 1306915A (Malaysia); Registration Number 201801044883 (Malaysia) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ARDAKANI, Hossein Hatefi).\nINTEGRATED SCIENTIFIC MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD (a.k.a. INTEGRATED SCIENTIFIC MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY; a.k.a. \"ISM TECH\"), 1-11 1st Floor, Jalan Padan Perdana 2 Dataran Pandan Prima, Kuala Lumpur 55100, Malaysia; Rm. 1014, Favor Industrial Centre 2-6 Kin Hong Street, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, China; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization Established Date 09 May 2019; Registration Number 201901016612 (Malaysia) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ARDAKANI, Hossein Hatefi).\nNAVA HOBBIES SDN BHD, Floor 25, Unit 29-25, No. 685, Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 60000, Malaysia; Website https://www.nahb.my/; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization Established Date 2022; Registration Number 202201040867 (Malaysia) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ARDAKANI, Hossein Hatefi).\nSKYLINE ADVANCED TECNOLOGIES SDN BHD, Suite 18.08, 18th Floor, Plaza Permata, 6 Jalan Kampar, Kuala Lumpur 50400, Malaysia; Website https://satech.com.my/; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization Established Date 2021; Registration Number 202101041127 (Malaysia) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ARDAKANI, Hossein Hatefi).", "Thank you for doing the research.\nAnd I'm just glad none of these are familiar names. Would be awful if, say, Petronas got sanctioned.", "If Petronas is one of them I'm sure plenty from the F1 community will come knocking on the president's door", "What, you've never heard of the IRGCAFSSJO before?", "No, some rapper name?"], ["If you cant beat it, you kill it. I guess US really love this quote"], ["if Malaysia kena sanctioned = pandan muka. I wonder what happens if these drones actually hit a US warship and kills people? will Malaysia gomen start peeing in their pants?"], ["cant wait usa sanction msia"], ["This is why we need to get off trading in USD because they can tracking everything that way.", "Easy to say, not easy to do. Pay you in Iranian Rial you faint, as good as toilet paper.\nRussia take so much rupee from india until scare, say want Yuan or USD,lol. To Russia, the Rupee already become toilet paper, no use for it, but give USD Russia happy.\nEveryday say USA is evil help Ukraine and sanction etc, but still want USA money.", "Wait until you find out that your phone is a spyware \ud83e\udd21", "Cigar whom you want to be spied on by"], ["Largest weapons supplier in the world trying to kill out competition.", "welp it\u2019s just business", "Yea they are making weapons for russia to continue war at ukraine."], ["People still care about US sanctions? Sanctions used to be their ultimate weapon, but after the colossal failure and backfire from sanctioning Russia, it really isn't the be-all-and-end-all. Many now do not take it seriously for good reason.", "only russia beat the sanction tho\ncuba iran still doest feel that well"], ["ARDAKANI, Gholam Reza Ebrahimzadeh; a.k.a. \"Denise Lee\"\nLol, nice alias."]]}
{"title": "Visa Agent Recommendation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vrlv1/visa_agent_recommendation/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi all, I'd like to ask if anyone have any recommendations for visa agent or visa agencies that I can engage with regarding moving my partner, whose currently residing in Canada, to Malaysia where I am living as a citizen. Her situation in Canada isn't looking good, so we're trying our best to move her here as soon as possible.\nWe've done our own research into things and have a general idea of what are the steps we need to take, starting with the Long Term Social Visit pass, however, there are still a lot of details that we've yet to properly understand. Thus, rather than fumbling around, I was thinking of getting professional help.\nIf anyone knows of some places we could go for, please let me know! You can leave a comment or shoot me a DM anytime.\nThank you all!", "comments": [["Spouse visa?", "Yes. That is what we're thinking of.", "Google search for Malaysia expect groups/ fb groups. I think higher chance to get answer there.", "Has your marriage been registered with JPN, Malaysia and if so is the registration more than 6 months old ? This is the 1st step to applying for a long term spouse visa(LTSV). If your marriage has been registered with JPN, Malaysia for more than 6 months than upon entering Malaysia you can apply for a LTSV straight away. If not ,then you have to have your marriage registered with JPN first . Then after the marriage has been duly registered (you will be issued with a marriage Cert) , only after 6 months from the date of registration can the application for LTSV be submitted . If your situation falls into the 2nd category then you have to consider that when your spouse enter Malaysia , she will be permitted to remain for 90 days (I\u2019m assuming she holds a Canadian passport - do check her maximum stay period). This presents some problems which can be resolved in the following manner :- 2-3 days before the 90 days permit is up , go to the Immigration Dept and apply for an extension (they only 1 extension only) of 30 days . Towards the end of the extension period, leave the country for somewhere for a 7-10 days holiday and after this re-enter Malaysia and she gets another 90days stay . At this point , by the end of this new period of 90 days , she would have altogether , 90+30+7+90 = 227 days to remain in Malaysia which is enough to meet the 6 months after marriage registration before can submit application for LTSV. Upon submission , the result of the application will be given within 30 \u201cworking days\u201d. In the above , you have to make sure that her return air ticket (bought initially when coming to Malaysia) must be able to cater for her need to change her return date to the country of origin .\nI will stop here for you to digest the above information. I have not touched on the requirements and the supporting documents to accompany your LTSV application.\nIt\u2019s better for you to know which of the above 2 routes you have to take , can apply straight away or wait .\nWhen you are ready for the nest stage , you can DM me and I will take you through the necessary steps . I can only offer guidance , I\u2019m not in this type of business and what advice and suggestions if you need them are absolutely free of charge .", "Thank you for all the information provided! I will read through and understand this with my partner. Thank you for taking the time to write all these, I appreciate it very much!", "You are welcome , I hope I\u2019m able to lower your level of anxieties in your planning to apply for a LTSV , it\u2019s daunting as the guidelines can be ambiguous. Good luck with your planning.", "Important Correction :- Man (Malaysian) sponsoring wife for LTSV doesn\u2019t have to wait 6 months after registering marriage with JPN , can apply immediately. If it\u2019s woman sponsoring husband then the 6 months rule apply. Sorry for the question. However , the issue is still whether your marriage has been registered in Malaysia. Be prepared to pay a fine if it hasn\u2019t been registered."]]}
{"title": "Failure to recycle cost Malaysia RM291m in 2023 alone, says SWCorp", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mis5b/failure_to_recycle_cost_malaysia_rm291m_in_2023/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["My company so gah promote the green yellow tong sampah\nAsk the makcik cleaner where she recycle\nShe directly say \"all same plastic, company letak tong but no place to recycle pun\""]]}
{"title": "Malaysia to Attract USD$1.4 Billion (MYR 6.6 Bln) from Japan After Anwar\u2019s Trip", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mirdg/malaysia_to_attract_usd14_billion_myr_66_bln_from/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Malaysia said it is attracting 6.6 billion ringgit ($1.41 billion) in potential investments from Japan following a trade mission led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.\nPotential, and yet they didnt put in the article title. Its a potential everyone. Dont get hype on it.\nPotentials - 2 , possible - 1 ,anticipated-1 , expected-1. This is the amount of the words that appear in the short and simple 5 paragraph with less than 10 lines in each paragraph.", "dude speaking fax", "6.6 billion is just a figure to get a simple idea of the article, so yes, don't get excited over that. That 6.6 billion wont reach into our pockets, or it might even be a spread over 20 years, but we can get excited over the news that Japan has confidence enough in Malaysia to invest. The real keyword here is investment. That means more jobs for us, more engagement with the international community and better prospects for the future.", "This is indeed a positive sign, and we also need to be continuously monitoring how this money is going to be used for the country", "as long as he's going around the world constantly marketing Malaysia to them, it is indeed a positive sign. might take years to see the results but he's doing something.", "But, but, he got the numbers! \ud83d\ude31", "\"to attract\" implies it's not yet happened. It doesn't mean \"has attracted\"."], ["What is Japan going to invest here I wonder \u2026.", "Hent..... Technology", "I know this Hentech technolgy. It's well known for their gentleman culture workforce too.", "", "Both is welcome here. Srsly, I have been waiting to see a hentai parody on Malaysia 's cartoon. Not gonna say which one for the sake of my own safety", "Kak Ros?", "More Aeon malls", "They gonna start filming AV In Malaysia", "Did we already have a studio here ?", "Maybe we do, maybe we don't :26561:", "Hire local artists", "Something attraction jujutsu kaisen in Kuantan perhaps", "For our islamic teaching and value.."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["I mean it's good news and all, but all PN will have to say to win is \"ringgit lemah\"... \"harga barang naik...\".\nAnwar needs a big and most importantly braggable win, and to be honest I'm not sure if I want to root for him. I don't like him, but I hate the alternatives even less.", "I mean it's good news and all, but all PN will have to say to win is \"ringgit lemah\"... \"harga barang naik...\".\nWhich is very important in our daily life. No points of bringing trillions of dollars in investment if grocery prices are increasing because lets face it, not everyone gets the benefits directly from all of the foreign investments.", "Sure, but I don't think we can blame all price increases on the current gomen. Things like India restricting rice exports would be beyond Anwar's control.", "Things like India restricting rice exports would be beyond Anwar's control.\nThe same things that happen during BN governments and PH use the same tactics too. Thats politics. People will use the same tactics that you use.", "The next election is still four years away. A lot can change by then. If for the better, then PAS won\u2019t have much to complain about. If for the worse, then the rakyat have the right to seek new alternatives.\nUnfortunately, the problems you listed are only symptoms to larger problems in Malaysia\u2019s economy. What we now need to do is to address the root causes to remedy the aforesaid problems.\nRinggit lemah is partially due to the lack of interesting industries to invest in, and the horrible shape of the government\u2019s finances. That\u2019s the reason the government is consolidating its fiscal position and looking to enlarge its revenue. As for the dearth of interesting industries to invest in, this is why Anwar has been flying to so many countries and court direct investments. Our local capital market is currently lacking foreign portfolio investors, so demand for ringgit is meek.\nHarga barang naik is an inevitability, but the real problem that we have is wages are suppressed. Many jobs\u2019 starting salaries are still the same as they were in the 1990s. So the youth, especially, are feeling the squeeze. This is why it is imperative for Anwar to court foreign direct investments.\nAnd if you notice, the FDIs that Anwar and the government are looking at are mostly centred on manufacturing and high-value semiconductor. Sebab benda-benda ni generate higher salaries. Manufacturing also generates higher economic multipliers than services.", "I mean it's good news and all, but all PN will have to say to win is \"ringgit lemah\"... \"harga barang naik...\".\nWhat good news? Those \"investment\" are just paper promises worth nothing.\nMeanwhile weak MYR and inflation that is killing the average Malaysian. That's the reality. PN doing their job as opposition while PH pretending don't know. Funny how the tables turned.", "paper promises worth nothing\nWouldn't we need to wait first to see if it really would be nothing?\nI'm not going to give him an \"attaboy\", but neither would I say he didn't do anything.", "Wouldn't we need to wait first to see if it really would be nothing?\nBut you already declare its good news. Why need to wait and see?", "You know opinions can change as events unfold, right?\nI'm cautiously declaring, based on the article, this to be good news. But I'm still going to wait and see because I am neither a PH fanboy nor a drooling \"durr Anwar bad\" fanatic.", "I also cautiously declaring its won't amount to anything."], ["Mr Money Magnet is at it again. He's been claiming numerous investment interest since his premiership. Wonder how much of it is true \ud83d\ude0f"], ["Anwar \u201cgot the numbers\u201d Ibrahim"], ["Dengar buleh, picaya jangan."], ["Curious to know what digital economy does JPN want to invest in MY."], ["Potential investments.. Typical PMX. All the hoo has only to end up with nothing."], ["Sembang bolehlah, Japan pon payah nak jaga ekonomi sendiri dah. Lu ingat masih zaman 70an-80an meh...."], ["Lmao, paper promise worth shit. Wait till we see investment first. Latest export for November also dropped compared to previous year. Even weak MYR can't attract investment when the government lead by this joker behaving like clowns.", "Yes, pas led gamen will attract more investment", "Honestly, at this point I think anyone can do better than PH. Causing MYR to devalue more than 10% against USD in a year is a record.", "He didn't \"cause\" MYR to devalue. MYR devalued because US raised its interest rates, screwing up the rest of the world economy.", "Rest of ASEAN didn't depreciate as much despite most not raising interest rates, so there must be something else", "While US Fed plays a major role in influencing the value of MYR, our fundamentals in our economy has been getting worse too. How can your currency appreciates without having a stronger economy?\nAdmit it. PH sembang when it comes to economic management.", "He didn't \"cause\" MYR to devalue. MYR devalued because US raised its interest rates, screwing up the rest of the world economy.\nAccording to your logic, every country that never raise rates should see their currency depreciate more than 10% against USD in last year. But that's not the case. MYR is the second worst performer in Asia after Japan Yen.\nIf you don't understand what the means, it means MYR depreciate against every currency in Asia except Japan Yen. That's how bad things are and your excuse can't help.", "Yeah, and everything will be even more expensive. Let\u2019s see which group of people get fucked the most then.", "Then why doesn't Malaysia raise interest rates?\nBecause then local banks will also have to raise their rates, making loans more expensive.", "I don't know where is your citation for:\nwhy are there less people taking loans now\nBut higher OPR also means repaying existing loans will also be more expensive, putting more burden on people.", "MYR second worst performer in Asia after Japan Yen. Means our currency depreciate against every Asia currency except Japan Yen. But yea the reason is because US raised rates lol. Not because our government suck and nobody wants MYR. Even Malaysian dumping MYR for SGD & USD.", "One thing people don't talk about is the cost of living crisis. All our neighbours are facing a severe cost of living crisis despite their strong currency, whereas Malaysia is doing just alright for now. If you think Malaysia is expensive to live in with its current wage, you should try living in Singapore and Thailand now.", "whereas Malaysia is doing just alright for now.\nSpeak for yourself. Many Malaysians suffering under inflation and you claim alright lol.\nyou should try living in Singapore and Thailand now.\nMany Malaysians already tried living in Singapore and never came back. Must be hell there.", "Well, that\u2019s technically true. Ismail Sabri Yaakob devalued MYR by 10% in 6 months & Najib devalued it by 35% in a year :26554:", "When you need to bring up Najib and Ismail Sabri to defend Anwar....", "Not really, just want to point out your pessimism in every single post in this sub.\nAnwar first year has been pretty mild, but to dismiss any preliminary conclusion from bilateral talks is just plain ignorant.", "just want to point out your pessimism in every single post in this sub.\nIf you can't differentiate facts and pessimism, lets not waste each others time. I also don't want to waste time on Anwar cheerleaders.", "You have been negative with every single post in this sub, even when it\u2019s neither good nor bad. The news is just pointed out early conclusions from bilateral talks, it\u2019s facts and you already been pessimistic and toss it aside. How about come to a conclusion in the future, short and long term on how the investment go.", "You have been negative with every single post in this sub, even when it\u2019s neither good nor bad.\nI make so many post on so many topics and somehow you can claim every single post is negative. Don't go around making claims that make you look foolish.\nHow about come to a conclusion in the future, short and long term on how the investment go.\nWhy don't you make the conclusion and share with us?", "I already told you the first year of Anwar has been pretty meh. Plus this bilateral investments talks is a preliminary conclusions, the cheque is not flowing in tomorrow, it\u2019s about holding government accountable for this investment in the coming years on the progress between Malaysia and Japan"], ["the word potential means nothing is set in stone"], ["Expand an unexplored industry. Current only known pioneer was offering RM 500 per episode for their leads."], ["Subarashi.."], ["They've been investing in SEA since they need to combat Chinese Influence AND they need to produce income outside of their own people since they're allergic to giving their people Work Life/Inflation balance for kids"], ["No one is gonna invest in this racist religion extremism country"]]}
{"title": "'Don't make use of us': Operators of children's shelters in Malaysia lament some parents who leave kids behind", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mioit/dont_make_use_of_us_operators_of_childrens/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["While I 100% agree\nI also wants to play devil's advocate\nChild shelters (assuming enough budget and an actual heart) should fully accept even the idiot parents sending off their kids\nMight as well you take care of them rather than let the kids live with parents that are wishing everyday they have a place to abandon them", "That's the problem, child shelters do not have enough budget.", "That depends. In most places, thanks to corporations CSR and religious institutions, they have enough money and manpower. The problem as stated by the article, is that the directors are not happy that the problem increases instead of decreased.", "Having volunteered for an orphanage, I know the struggle they face.\nThe gist of it, for the truly needy, they are more than happy to support the children in which their parents are struggling to keep them.\nAt the same time, they don't want to be seen as an easy way out for any 'accident' children to be dumped by their parents.\nSame goes to those baby hatch. They want to support the truly needy accidental babies, but at the same time they want to avoid the situation where people are irresonsibly making babies knowing baby hatch will take them in.", "Or, you know, don't have kids when you cannot but are caught up in the love.", "That\u2019s very shortsighted of you. Things change for some parents. I know families that were doing well and then were impacted from COVID, worsening inflation, and job losses. They can\u2019t unborn their children. Whenever you can, try empathy."]]}
{"title": "Working remotely from Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mioh2/working_remotely_from_malaysia/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi all\nI\u2019m planning to visit Malaysia early next year for travel. However, some of my travel dates coincide with some important work meetings I have to be in. My company does offer the option to work remotely from a different country. Since I wanted to work 2 days remotely from Malaysia, are there any income tax implications? I\u2019m from Australia btw and no I am not trying to apply for digital nomad visa.\nLook forward to hearing from you all.", "comments": [["You're overthinking the problem. It's just 2 days. No one will care if you do remote work for 2 days here or anywhere else."], ["Well the amount of days that counts. Say if your stay in Malaysia is less than 60 days then it's tax free.\nBut once you goes beyond it then please file it with lhdn using form B.\nUnless you're : 1.Work on Malaysian Ships (sailor) 2. Earning dividend ( saving accounts etc)\nMalaysian is lax in a sense, a long you pay you dues and do the the appropriate paperwork you will be okay. But once the it's officer latch onto you the bill can stretch from east to west Malaysia. There are even cases of some celebrities need to pick up loans or simply declared bankrupt due the huge penalty of not paying tax and not declaring earnings.\nFyi Maxis and u mobile have good 5g connection\nWhile u mobile offers the best bargain.", "Thanks @manjakini! Which official website can I find the no tax if less than 60 days? Need to provide it for the remote work application"], ["No tax implications as I know of. Of course never tell the immigration officer that you might be working here - that will trigger alarm and request for paperwork."], ["First off don't mention anything to immigration, Malaysia is in some ways highly centralised but at the same time does not have any form of joined up government. Malaysian gov servants thrive on paperwork, your passport will be enough.\nRegarding income tax, the LHDN website is really good and the pdfs that they release from time to time explaining the rules with multiple examples are excellent. You'll be a non resident with overseas income which is either 0 or 3% rated.\nNow the practicality of paying income tax means you'd need to register with LHDN, something you can't do, have a Malaysian business or company pay your contribution, something you can't do.\nIf you're still unsure you can call LHDN and they're very helpful, used to be quick to answer phones and talk to a real person with subject matter knowledge, less so since they've gone more digital."], ["Nope,\nMy boss are from Australia, occasionally travel to Malaysia, Brunei, he usually just say he's coming for short meetings, no questions asked.\nRegarding the tax implications this is a separate issue entirely. Unless Malaysian company paying your salary for time here ,there should be no issue at all."], ["Most documentation official is in Malay I can't seem to find it in English.\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Is it too costly, too late for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail link?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mimu6/is_it_too_costly_too_late_for_malaysiasingapore/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Let's assume we have a HSR, how much should it cost for a 1-way ticket from KL to Singapore.\nRM150? RM200?", "200 is attractive. A bit more than the budget flights. No need to do the troublesome flight security checks and no need to go so far till Sepang.\nFor foreigners it's just 40+ USD or 50+ SGD", "50SGD would attract all those taking the SG-KL coach services. Less risk of getting into bus accidents and less potential hassle to deal with. Some of these coach services alibaba halfway during the journey and make the passengers switch to smaller coaches although they paid a premium for 'luxury' coach service. And there's the matter of some of these coach drivers vaping/smoking halfway during the journey.. don't have to deal with that shit on a HSR.. hopefully?", "Klia express also cost 50-60 bucks. That's a 30min journey within klang valley using a normal train.. If the HSR service isn't subsidised, probably 400+", "I might as well take a flight with that price.", "Really? How much do you think it should cost?", "It should be cheaper than a flight ticket. If not, what\u2019s the point? Would you pay the same price as a flight ticket but you spend more time on the road or would you prefer to reach your destination faster? A round trip from KL to SG costs around RM300-400 and you can reach SG in one hour.", "Yes, but you need to add the time you traveling to the airport, the hassle to check-in your luggage, waiting for luggage, arriving 2-hours earlier before boarding time, airport security etc.\nNot to mention train is so much more comfortable.", "Unless you stay near to the train terminal, it\u2019s about the same travelling time. Sometimes it\u2019s worse because I presume the high speed rail station will be in the city centre and it will be very jam. And you still need to go through immigration, hence you need to arrive early as well.\nI travel to and from sg very frequently. My flight is always at 8am. I depart at 545-6am, reach KLIA way before 7am and touched down at sg at 9am. I\u2019m out of the airport by 930am. The whole journey only takes me 3 and a half hour.\nIf I need to travel for work, time is of an essence. I do not have the luxury to spend 5 hours. If I\u2019m a tourist, I don\u2019t mind taking a bit longer.", "The purposed HSR from KL to Singapore only takes 90mins of traveling time, not 5 hours.", "If it is indeed 90 mins, then I don\u2019t mind. Are you sure it\u2019s 90mins? Because even shinkansen takes 2 hours and more to travel the same distance from Kl to Singapore.", "https://www.myhsr.com.my/kl-sg-hsr/project-overview", "If they really reduce the time to 90 mins and the price is competitive, I would take it. If the price is 200 to 250 per trip, I think most people would rather take the flight. Malaysians are price sensitive.", "It will be more expensive. Quicker (once you factor in an hour to KLIA, check in times etc.) and far more comfortable (can get work done). Main markets would be business, Singaporean and international tourists.", "Should be at least as cheap as bus ticket, which is around rm30 to jb.", "Haha."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>", "Thank you!"], ["HSR is strategic. It must be built. However, it must also be financially sustainable. Let private companies finance, build, operate and maintain entirely."], ["Need money to grease the right pockets in Malaysia. Obviously Singapore doesn't want to partake in that."], ["its definitely waste of money, if not then why does PH cancel the project?:26554:"], ["It would benefit Sg more than Malaysia. Firstly, MY has to bear most of the costs of the construction. Secondly, most people in Malaysia won\u2019t be able to afford it day by day basis and it\u2019s way cheaper to Singaporeans due to the exchange rate. Thirdly, Singaporeans will definitely increase the cost of living in the surrounding areas if Malaysia is easily accessible. JB is already an example and they only go to JB during the weekends. Finally, is the high speed rail operation sustainable? Even in China, they are losing hundreds of thousands per day just to operate. Do we have enough passengers to warrant a high speed rail? Can we rely on Singapore alone to bring in investment? Is it enough?", "> It would benefit Sg more than Malaysia\nI disagree with this statement. It would make more towns along the route more economically relevant. Think of the North South highway. Right now, to work in Singapore OR KL, one needs to stay around the area, leading to high rents (relative to folks in their respective countries). Imagine if people could actually return back home to Malacca within an hour from either city.", "The price of a ticket is expensive as fuck. This is equivalent to taking a flight daily from SG to KL. It\u2019s at least RM200 per single trip. Malaysians won\u2019t be able to afford it.\nYou think it will develop the areas of the station, I instead think brain drain will be more serious.", "This doesn't make any sense. It provides a direct, fast connection for Malaysia (all the way up to KL) to one of the most advanced economies in the world. It would be a massive boon for tourism and investment, and not just for KL but other towns on the line.\nAn increasing cost of living as a result of economic growth/investment isn't a bad thing for the wider economy, just bad if the benefits are not well distributed.\nThe busier Chinese lines are profitable. Considering KL-Singapore is one of the busiest air routes in the world I'd say we have enough passengers. It really is one of the most ideal HSR routes imaginable in terms of distance and the size of the population centres.", "It provides a direct, fast connection for Malaysia (all the way up to KL) to one of the most advanced economies in the world.\nso is a plane and it\u2019s cheaper\nIt would be a massive boon for tourism and investment, and not just for KL but other towns on the line.\nYou don\u2019t know that. Just because we have a train, doesn\u2019t mean foreign companies are keen to invest in Malaysia. What can Malaysia offer when our neighbouring countries like Vietnam can do better? Our labour is expensive, our talents are not competitive, our market is small and our political climate is not stable. And with remote working becoming a norm, why would some MNC want to operate a branch in Malaysia?\nIf we want to talk about tourism, we only solely rely on Singaporeans and not the rest of our SEA neighbours. Tourism from Singapore alone cannot sustain HSR. There are just not enough people in Singapore to boost our tourism industry. In fact, it would only make things more expensive to the local like in JB.\nThe busier Chinese lines are profitable. Considering KL-Singapore is one of the busiest air routes in the world I'd say we have enough passengers. It really is one of the most ideal HSR routes imaginable in terms of distance and the size of the population centres.\nDo you realise how many people take the train daily in the busiest line in China? Even if all passengers from the KL-SG air routes switch to HSR, our passenger capacity probably only reaches to the level of 2nd tier cities and these train lines are still making losses til this day since opening.\nAnd we have yet to talk about the amount of money we need to shell out to build the train in this terrible economic climates, and if we\u2019re unlucky like Indonesia, there would be delays and we would be grossly over budget. Maintenance is also another huge issue and it\u2019s not cheap. After years of delay and budget blowout, Jakarta-Bandung costs a whopping US$7.2 billion to build. And you know how much KL-Singapore HSR is estimated to cost? It was estimated to be $17.4 billions by BN, $26.6 billions in 2018 by PH due to hidden costs and even experts expect it to be at least $10billions at minimum.\nTo Singapore, it\u2019s chump change. To us, it\u2019s not especially we need to bear the brunt of the costs. Singapore only needs to invest a moderate amount to reap the greatest benefits. Why do you think they are so eager to build HSR? They are not stupid.\nWe also don\u2019t have to look far to see the result.\nIndonesia\u2019s China-backed high-speed railway: a \u2018burden to carry\u2019 for years to come?\nIndonesia high-speed railway still beset by problems\nWhy do you think Malaysia would be different?"], ["Too late lah. Nowadays the jam at BSI/CIQ Woodlands and KSAB/CIQ Tuas rabak max. Standard waiting time is 1-2 hours to cross, can go up to 8-11hrs during peak hours and holidays. People are so desperate they resort to breaking traffic rules by queue cutting, running red lights and end up getting into accidents.\nhttps://youtu.be/h8AHIkGS360\nhttps://youtu.be/20OIU7MHMfc\nhttps://youtu.be/wyEiGsamx9Y\nhttps://youtu.be/ktHbIrB7T_g\nhttps://youtu.be/KyH39VJj-wo\nhttps://youtu.be/oND09NYvzAQ", "What does this have to do with a potential HSR link?\nThe HSR is not proposed to reuse any of the existing checkpoints.", "It has everything to do with the HSR. Congestion at both checkpoints is already quite bad and will get worse as the cost of living rises in Singapore and cause more SG residents to cross the border in the future for cheaper shopping, food and services. If the HSR was completed during it's specified timing it might have helped alleviate some of the congestion and boost tourism to other towns/states than just JB. Now all of that is just a pipe dream floating on the whims of the current government.", "That is probably true.\nBut all the links you posted are focusing on ugly road rage behavior, not sure what you intend by posting that. It tells you more about poor driver education and bad driving culture in Singapore.", "3 of the incidents were caused by Malaysian car plates, one occurred in JB on the road towards BSI and none were caused by road rage? Did you even watch the videos lol", "Sorry I just checked 1 of them. I kindly suggest that if you dump a bunch of links without explanation, people are not going to know what conclusion you are thinking of, especially considering we are talking on a HSR discussion of all places.\nIn any case, congestion and accidents are going to happen regardless even if HSR is built, because as we understand today from the likely ticket pricing and the way that the government is unlikely to subside tickets like China does, that the HSR is targeting flying passengers more and therefore the impact on causeway congestion itself is not going to be transformational.\nIn fact I would argue the RTS and once the EDTP is complete, these 2 projects are going to be more impactful on causeway congestion compared to the HSR."]]}
{"title": "Street racing in kuantan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18unzku/street_racing_in_kuantan/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I am a student from selangor currently studying in pahang. So me and my friends are having midnight walk around Kuantan on weekends. And at about 1 o clock I saw about 20+ cars were racing in front of gio mall.\nSo the question is are the race legal? Why are they racing in the middle of city? Isn\u2019t the race dangerous to pedestrians or other street users and why they still do it?", "comments": [["illegal but oh well\nsame goes to weekend plus highway to pd, got so many fucking mat rempit haish cannot feel the night ride langsung"], ["babes rempit come in all forms. its not just motor HAHA also it happens around the nation also in highway etc not just pahang", "Yeah it is shocking me the most knowing it happened in the middle of the city"], ["Not legal\nEgo and brain problem\nNo shit Sherlock."], ["One of my friends who lives in kuantan said this happens every week and that makes me wonder isn\u2019t the police aware of it if it\u2019s happening that often"], ["Short answer, its illegal yet they just wanna relieve their passion.\nLong answer, it is illegal but Malaysia dont have much facilities for legal racing and some area that does are expensive and strict. Plus the adrenaline when stuff is illegal is better.\nWhen theres no legal way to do something u love, ull resort to stuff like this. Do they know its illegal? Yeah. Do they know its dangerous? Probably but theyd think theyre too good to cause an accident."], ["Don't even bother questioning how their brains works. Better just stay far away from them"]]}
{"title": "Konflik Perang: Rakyat Malaysia perlu sedia hadapi inflasi 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mik02/konflik_perang_rakyat_malaysia_perlu_sedia_hadapi/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["I thought it already happen:26563:", "different year different war, you cant use same war as excuse for 2 years in a row"], ["Already started to give signal there will be another price hike in everything next year, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Mana piji? PH jadi kerajaan, harga turun?? All I see is more tax and more expensive."], ["Remove subsidy.\nInflation naik.\nEVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE.\nEKONOMI MAJU.\nKerajaang Madani~"]]}
{"title": "Covid-19 surge triggers return of face masks", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18miiov/covid19_surge_triggers_return_of_face_masks/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Some say the practice should be made mandatory once more, while others say it is a matter of personal choice.", "comments": [["If they want to contract covid and get life long disabilities or die, then thats their personal choice. Go do it in their own homes and be alone."]]}
{"title": "The fire hazard that is the Malaysian home", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18micke/the_fire_hazard_that_is_the_malaysian_home/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["I always wondered why our country dont make fire alarm mandatory for each home.", "Doesn't help we have burglar bars on our windows. But yes on smoke alarms."]]}
{"title": "From Malaysia to the world: Roti canai shines as the second-best dish worldwide", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mi5qa/from_malaysia_to_the_world_roti_canai_shines_as/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["tasteatlas again\ud83d\ude44", "Wait.. didn't \"we\" hate taste atlas last time because it was less than favorable to Malaysian cuisine??", "only if we don't like the result."], ["I\u2019m heading to KL from Australia tomorrow. Any recommendations on the best place for roti canai in the city?", "NZ Curry House. View is great, you really can't go wrong with Roti Canai anyway."], ["I'm sorry op. i'm downvoting any attempt to viral tasteatlas content."], ["*roti prata"]]}
{"title": "Parliament can legislate to make enticement for sex an offence, says ex-judge", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mhn9y/parliament_can_legislate_to_make_enticement_for/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Former Court of Appeal judge Hishamudin Yunus, however, said legislators must ensure the law does not violate fundamental constitutional rights.", "comments": [["Tough"]]}
{"title": "Police Checkpoint along Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur. 1950s", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vrfct/police_checkpoint_along_jalan_ampang_in_kuala/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["road sure are greener in the past /j"]]}
{"title": "Renew your IC thru phone call", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mh17k/renew_your_ic_thru_phone_call/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["That sounds suspicious lmao you know most of phone numbers are spoof imo", "Its for replacement. Means you still have to bring the okd IC"], ["We really need to set higher standards for these official government accounts. The use of informal language and the terribly designed poster really does make it look scammy.", "Seems like the target audience for this might be those old uncle/aunties who don't know how to use internet.\nProbably the informal language is meant for them + that poorly designed poster is really giving off boomer vibes, wonder is that what they're going for?"], ["I really fancy the idea of renewing IC via phone call, but sadly in reality.........I can't even get through some of the govt. dept hotlines. Getting a respond from them via email? Tough luck man."], ["At least some innovation. good effort. how about doing it via web also ?", "Already have kot cause by the poster its for those people that don't have internet connection so they can just phone in"], ["Announcement only on their FB page though, how to know this is not some elaborate phishing scheme....?", "its legit from gov.my", "I\u2019ve actually seen banners of this in front of the JPN counter at some UTCs so yeah it\u2019s legit. And this was banner was seen almost a year ago, so I guess they\u2019re trying to spread the word now since most people have never heard of this service."], ["they really phone it in, didn't they?"], ["Sounds a bit phoney"], ["Is this really the standard of BM from a government agency? Just butchering our national language while the non-malays are targeted for the same thing.", "What's wrong with the BM?", "The FB post seems to be abit pasar but other than that idk."], ["Njir, aku xcaya langsung diorang ni, kalau dekat kaunter pun dah lembab, kau expect guna phone leh jadi laju ke?, habis sapa yang buat kad2 tu?, jin ke?, staff yang lembab tu jugak buatkan."], ["What about the ic photo?"], ["you still have to collect it in-person? for drivers' license it's renewed (and paid) online and it gets mailed to your address.", "Well of course you have to give back your damage mykad for prove, mana tau you go sold off your mykad but claim it was damage"], ["You can no longer retake your photo when you go renew your ic?? Well that fuckin sucks", "If want new photo had to go counter", "Aaah i see.. thank you OP! \ud83d\ude01"]]}
{"title": "Is Din Tai Fung Malaysia on the verge of becoming a pork & lard free restaurant?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mh06n/is_din_tai_fung_malaysia_on_the_verge_of_becoming/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["there are a few FB pages who are hunting these Nons owned halal and pork free restaurants. Their objective is to posts all the Halal certifications of Non owned restaurants and cast doubt by saying things like...only main kitchen is halal certified and outlets are not. Followers of these pages will then gives comments along the lines of \"kawan cina kata sana ada guna pork lard\".\nThese pages will then start promoting the muslim owned restaurants.", "Somehow that is not \"naratif beracun\", merely spreading awareness.", "It's mixed in with \"they are trying to bring us down\". That's toxic"], ["They already have halal spin off that\u2019s called Din by Din Tai Fung. KLCC and KLIA2 have it IIRC", "Should have been something like SaifuDIN by Din Tai Fung. Wasted potential.", "Din Typhoon", "Abang Din approves", "not sure in KLIA but in KLCC, the management wont allow the fnb retailers to sell pork. so all food in Suria KLCC is edible (?) for muslims except which alcohol is used in preparing the food.", "Apparently , they have closed down their 1Utama Din Tai Fung outlet , and relocated to Pavilion Damansara by opening a Din outlet . That is why I'm wondering is it because Din outlets are more popular ?", "maybe they found a new business model and attract a larger pool of customers (muslims)", "Yes. I guess that is the reason too.", "So do you think Din will eventually replace all existing Din Tai Fung outlets?", "I think we\u2019ll see more DIN vs the regular DTF restaurants but it would still exist for the ones that\u2019s still profitable. It\u2019s business after all.", "kept reading the DTF as down to ****... :26559:", "of course not, both have their markets"], ["smart move. Statistics show that malaysia will lose its multicultural status in a few decades. They need to expand their potential customer pool."], ["I doubt anyone else cares. Their competitors would be quite happy though if they did it though. Their new rivals less so.\nStupid F&B who shoot themselves in the foot and closes up shop in less than a year happens all the time.", "Their competitors? No one else comes close in terms of Xiao Long Bao to them", "Paradise dynasty tastes better to me personally, DTF was decent pre-covid but I feel like their standards have dropped dramatically lately, the xiaolongbao skins just aren't consistent anymore. Been to the pavilion and klcc outlets, both were quite bad experiences for me."], ["they dont care about the exclusivity of serving to non-muslim. they only care about profit just like everyone else."], ["No, their original outlet in Pavilion that serves pork is still popular.\nThey're just expanding into a separate business stream."], ["Maybe it is because their existing patrons-Mainly The Chinese find the food price at Din Tai Fong expensive, thus stop patronizing Di Tai Fung. Therefore, they are left without a choice but to open up Din's in order to capture a bigger market.", "RM 30 fried rice with a few miserable farm shrimps. Banned that place! Paradise dynasty is much better in my opinion. But the Muslim crowd will pay for it nowadays, asalkan got cert. But for Chinese it\u2019s not value for money.", "I seriously hope Paradise Dynasty will not take the same approach as DTF by eliminating pork xiao long bao on the menu. :)"], ["Din Tai Fung's standards have noticeably declined post-pandemic, reaching a notably subpar level when I sampled their fare at Pavilion three months ago.\nThe cuisine there has regrettably deteriorated, rendering it wholly unjustifiable in terms of cost. It has become nothing more than a diminished franchise, with its sole remaining asset being the brand name."], ["I cannot imagine the franchise will let them go down the road of no pork and lard. All their signature dishes are filled with those two ingredients!"], ["Where's the source? Anyway, I've moved on to Paradise Dynasty, DTF has deteriorated alrdy (not due to removing pork)"], ["And you thought about this because???", "Just out of curiosity. Because their biz model seems very very profitable .", "Less likely, their signature is Xiao Long Bao where the fillings are pork. Their shrimp fried rice is really good though.", "Look at their recent store openings , they are all Din's , not Din Tai Fung . Even at Chinese majority areas . Eventually they will put Din Tai Fung to rest ."], ["Unlikely.\nMidValley is not halal and is full of patrons, I doubt they will rock that boat.\nKLCC makes sense since they want to tap into the halal tourist and office workers there.\nKLIA2, seems to be targeting travellers of all sectors veg, fish, and halal. So makes sense to halal the menu there.\nSo it seems to be just based on the target audience of that location.", "I'm afraid this is the bitter truth. Look at all their recent openings -\nTRX- Majority of the patrons are Chinese yet it is a Din instead of DTF\nMid Valley JB- Majority local Chinese & Singaporeans but its Din, not DTF\nPavilion Damansara - Din , despite 90% of patrons being Chinese"]]}
{"title": "Comforting ride.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mgdml/comforting_ride/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hopefully not in bodybags.", "comments": [["Are you taking this pic while driving? :26562:", "OP, please focus on driving so you won't be comfortable in a bodybag"], ["Don't get your point"], ["Did you mean to post this to instagram cause this aint a personal blog chief"], ["Stop hogging the middle lane.\nIf a bus is overtaking you from the left shows you're a road hogger.", "Pic 2 then pic 1 based on the road signs. OP was the one overtaking.", "That makes sense."], ["What's the story here?"], ["Hello pulis mari tangkap ini pundek"]]}
{"title": "An Ipsos survey has revealed that two thirds or 76% of Malaysians have encountered scams.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mg26h/an_ipsos_survey_has_revealed_that_two_thirds_or/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Only 48% of 1,000 respondents reported the scams to authorities, and 12% did not take any action.\nThe study also highlights phone calls and WhatsApp as top platforms for scams.", "comments": [["Probably 100 percent lol"], ["Just got a scam call yesterday, got tired of the annoying robotic voice"]]}
{"title": "ASNB, worth it or not?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u7ofn/asnb_worth_it_or_not/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Genuine question from me (19F), I\u2019ve been thinking about different ways to save up my money/investing. I thought gold would be a safe option but they\u2019re not something I can buy while I\u2019m still a student working part time.\nI don\u2019t want to take the risk of stock market so while I was scrolling through twitter, I found out about ASNB and I thought that it would be a great option for me until I told my mom about it in which she responded with a \u201cno\u201d but when asked why, she didn\u2019t say a thing.\nSo does ASNB worth it? Is it a safe option to invest my money in? It\u2019ll be great if anyone could also tell their whole experience with it.", "comments": [["Investing in ASB is a no brainer for beginner. It's easy to invest, easy to withdraw, and higher return than FD."], ["The safest option as govt won\u2019t ever let it bankrupt/have no money to pay back. It is essentially backed by the govt"], ["You're 19. You can afford to take risk. Look into international ETF. The ticker is VWRA buy through IBKR. or VT buy through FSMONE.\ndollar cost average every month for the next 20 years. Average return 8% if ringgit depreciate like past 20 years, additional 2% from forex gains. Way better than ASNB"]]}
{"title": "Why isn\u2019t DAP backing Tan on local elections, asks Rama", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mg009/why_isnt_dap_backing_tan_on_local_elections_asks/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "OK Vision to challenge Astro, package priced at RM20/month", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mfl44/ok_vision_to_challenge_astro_package_priced_at/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "The satellite TV market in Malaysia has welcomed a new competitor in the form of OK Vision", "comments": [["No sports channels that play EPL no like", "Sadly european EPL football is monopolized by Astro through exclusive digital distribution rights if I'm not mistaken."], ["Who wants to guess if it will join the graveyard of abn and siriustv? \ud83e\udee4", "Haha. Too bad they're not also a wireless broadband provider. Then they'll also join P1 (got gobbled up by TM), AMAX and Izzi."], ["Not really convincing name if it's just OK lol.", "We'll see how long before it will KO"], ["Reminds me of MegaTV.. Will die fast"], ["Saitama: OK"]]}
{"title": "I\u2019ve decided not to go back to Malaysia for good.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18medgm/ive_decided_not_to_go_back_to_malaysia_for_good/", "num_comment": 529, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "For context, I was born in the UK but my roots are Malaysian. My family moved back to Malaysia when I was a teenager, and I stayed there until Uni, where I immigrated back to the UK.\nMy plan was to always come back to Malaysia to be close to family and home. I love the sense of community in Malaysia. I love my family. I love my grandma and granddad. I love my cousins.\nI have been going to Malaysia for holidays or on career breaks. Even though I am a \u2018local\u2019, I never felt safe and comfortable getting around as a free hair Malay woman. I was always self conscious of my appearance.\nI was sick of cat calling, in places like the gym and at weddings. I was sick of knowing people were rolling their heads back to stare disrespectfully at me during my morning runs. I was sick of people trying to figure out what race I am. I was sick of people being surprised or treating me a bit differently when I told them I was Malay. I hate how Malay = Hijab wearing Devout Muslim.\nI just want to be treated like a human being on equal terms. I saw how unfairly my parents treated my younger brother, who could just go out at midnight to go \u2018lepak\u2019. If I did that, my parents would not allow such a thing because I\u2019m a \u2018weak girl\u2019. The second I\u2019m back in the West, I can wear whatever I want, go out whatever time and no one bats an eyelash. I am invisible. And that feels so empowering.\nMalaysia is more conservative now than when I was a teen. From what I saw last time I visited, there\u2019s no slowing down. I am devastated to distance myself so far from my family. But I have to do what\u2019s right for me.\nThank you for reading.", "comments": [["Don\u2019t worry about the people who are being mean to you in the comment section.\nIt\u2019s not easy to decide to leave the country permanently but it\u2019s better to live somewhere where you can be yourself. I did it 13 years ago and every time I visit my family, I\u2019m glad I made my decision.", "Thank you! That\u2019s amazing that you did that for yourself! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc", "Hi! Can I know what route you took to leave the country? Is it like the study then work route, or straight up finding work overseas, or visa lottery or something else?", "I was born in the UK, so obtained a PR in my passport.", "Study then work. I\u2019ve had friends who\u2019ve managed to find work overseas and then move. If there are countries you\u2019re interested in, have a look at what their skills shortages are in and if you fit that criteria.", "Thank you. Yeah I\u2019ve been researching a lot on ways to migrate and finding work overseas nowadays is just not easy as it was years ago, even when you are working in a high-demand job. No employers wanna sponsor work visas anymore in this economy and in order to get working visa you need a job. And in order to get a job, you need valid working rights first. Its a catch-22 situation that is just ridiculous \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "If it helps, I have a friend who migrated from Malaysia to UK and has been working in social care. I can link her to you. UK is in need of social care workers due to aging/ disabled population. Just give me a dm."], ["I started off thinking, \"you'll move back eventually\", nearly everyone I know does after making good cash in the west, then saw this:\nas a free hair Malay woman\nYeah it's totally over, the country gets more crazy each year about this type of thing, Was about a year ago on the ETS, there was two Malay girls, one with tudung the other free-hair, quiet and minding their own business at the back of the train, few hours later suddenly some guy a few seats away gets enraged and starts yelling at her about tudung, it was so weird and no one said anything including me, it was long ago but still feel like a massive wimp for not standing up and telling him to go away, you can't argue with these people anymore and it's not worth it. They are always right, and you are always wrong in their fantasy land supported by the media and police.\nHonestly, make a life in the UK, come visit for holidays, you'll be better off and much happier. There's a reason the sex ratio is like 1.05 in Malaysia, women of all races are leaving the country as quick as they can.", "This is what they meant when they said barat has polluted our young minds for years via culture export and it\u2019s time to take it back to \u201cAsian\u201d values.\nNow what they really meant is they can\u2019t control the narrative anymore and they don\u2019t understand why men and women like OP are pushing back and be so different. But OP is not being different - they are the one being left behind. The whole concept of personal choice and fundamental rights of human being is becoming more foreign to them that it manifested into something envious. How dare you have such freedom.\nSo here they are - angry, behind, dejected and always looking for things to be self righteous about.", "If you think about it Islam is also a \u201cBarat\u201d religion since it shares the same roots as Christianity and Judaism. Anyways hypocrites here will only call out the implications of \u201cWestern colonisers moral decay\u201d while willingly subjected to Arab cultural colonialism \ud83e\udd21", "the Arab cultural colonialism is so real I haven't seen anyone talk about it", "yup i remember learning in Sejarah how our culture changed in certain aspects in \u201cpertembungan budaya\u201d with Islam to better suit the rules of religion. It made me think that it\u2019s not that different from what people always say \u201cpemikiran dijajah oleh orang Barat\u201d.\nI always appreciated observing traditional culture of other countries, and feeling that Malay culture is not as preserved, at least when compared to other SEA culture. I kinda found my answer when I reached that part of curriculum.\nOne example that I remember is animal motifs in wood carvings were removed and plant motifs were emphasised in exchange, because Islam forbids pictures of animals.", "Its too real in malaysia", "Need example, from what i've seen Malaysian is mostly influence by Indian culture.", "How now people wear jubah instead of baju melayu and you\u2019ll see many malays in purdah is", "I have responded on another comments about clothe in Malaysia more like following a trend,\nMore ppl wearing purdah due to Local celebrity kak lopa , eventho it wasn't that significant.\nAs fashion wise, Malaysian are bit open but leaning towards western or british.\nSide note,\nLast time Malaysia had an high impact on purdah wearer, was in the late 80s due to some trend of joining this particular cult .", "Do you not see the amount of Arab larpers in the country? Throwing away their Malay identity just to appease the Arabs for the sake of upholding their devout beliefs?", "Even malays know they are influence by indian and hindusm.", "Throwing away their Malay identity\nWhat is this arab culture we are talking about , im interested to know. I can give you some example of \" cultural\" stuff that was influence by indian/hidusm,\nTepung tawar. It is believe to get rid off soi/bad luck to throw colored riced to newlyweds faces. If arab saw this they will be shocked.\nSalam tunduk dan cium tangan, This is heavily taken from indian culture where they bow down to their elders and even kissing hand or leg, Any arab saw this they will say SHRIKKKK!!!! they will not applause and said Malay are good manners.", "Mate, have you seen any original Malay names like Mawar, Bujang, Awang, Dayang, anymore?\nWe renamed Jalan raja laut (a malay King) to something else.\nClothes - it's being replaced by kurta/Sarban. Although tanjak seems to be making a comeback", "Clothes - it's being replaced by kurta\nAre you serious? are we going to talk about clothes?\nAnd kurta is Arabic attire , according to you?\ni see more ppl wearing caps than i ever seen anyone wearing sarban,heck more are wearing songkok every friday than a sarban.this is like 1000 to 1 comparison.\nI see ppl wearing, TSHIRT, Jeans more than any other attired, 2nd most would be Collar shirt with slack pants.Now most Malay only wear tshirt, selipar jepun, and sweat pants going out, am I tripping?\nWestern cultural colonization is okay? LMAO\nWe really going to talk about names?\nAwang & Dayang are related to ancestry and still being used until these day.\nNon Muslim in Malaysia nowdays name is local meh?\nin Sabah and Sarawak alone everyone name sound like mat saleh christian eh?\nthis one no issue ma, because you approve.\neven half chinese in malaysia got name David,albertpaul,eric these name okay lo?\nPPL are just following trend la,Name and clothes are tredy stuff la nowday,\nduring covid i see 50% girls and kids wearing liverpool jersey one, now what happned to the liverpool jersey i also dont know .even my cousin name his son zidane la, because going up , he soo into zidane.\nDelusional.", "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-pas-youth-terengganu-march-fake-swords-spears-shields-cosplay-3290721 lmao", "Is this it ? Please do not confuse, a political party actions with political agenda as a culture. These ppl are just the religion Rider,\nEven Arab did not do these stuff.\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/world/middleeast/halloween-saudi-arabia.html\nLook at arab now, they are becoming more like Malaysia, Its not Malaysia becoming more like arab?\nMalaysian redditor are so delusional and im so disappointed.\nWhile we talking about Parade, lets talk about December,I saw alot of christmas decorations, a lot of Santa clause, so this is the original and root culture of Malaysian and all of it race?\nThese are like spitting on the air and hit you own face.\nI will give you one more prove that MALAYSIAN culture that is often mistaken as ARAB culture.\nEver heard of Maulidur rasul Parade?\nIts not an arab culture nor it is an islam practice.\nIt was copied from christmas parade ,clearly a pagan ritual and not Arab.\nSo disapointed on delusional Malaysian redditor.", "Arab is becoming like malaysia is a very interesting fact that Arab now indeed becoming liberal each day, from what i heard , now non mulim can enter mekah or madinah or something?not so sure didnt care so didnt read.\nYou surely open my eyes.Malaysia has always been a secular countries.the strictness mostly only applied to muslim.\nBut everyone seems to have an issue, however you need to understand the hate was more to unfairness to 2nd rate citizen which is nothing to do with our amazing open culture in malaysia. Thanks!", "the hate was more to unfairness to 2nd rate citizen\nThis is due to history , however the advantage that Bumi had , not only impact non bumi, but also impact themselves socially and economically such as complacent and even nowadays bumi are struggling to buy houses, This is not a win-win for anyone at all.\nToday every teens dream is to become a fp or grab rider, what they did not realise is we need a stronger buying power to sustain this.\nHowever i will take that for a cheap healthcare anytime, now if we can make free educations a thing, Malaysia will become better and stronger in unity.\nEnough about politics, TLDR\nMalaysia is Liberal, its culture is rich and arab culture colonisation is not a thing, when it is indian that bring islam to Tanah Melayu.And we Malaysia usually follow the trend as part of our culture.\nUncultured swine.", "> Please do not confuse, a political party actions with political agenda as a culture.\nDo you even live in Malaysia? It's a cycle - politicians polarise with conservatism -> voters is influenced towards conservatism -> votes politicians who polarise. It is inextricable at this point.\nJust look at politicians who, after getting accusations of corruption will suddenly appear in the news attending mosque in thawbs. Why wear an arabic garb? It works because arabic culture is equated to islamic values here.\n> Even Arab did not do these stuff.\nYouth wing members of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) clad in medieval Islamic war attire, marching with fake swords and shields in Setiu, Terengganu (from the article) If you read these and don't see how people want to emulate/appropriate Arabic culture, you've lost the point.\n> Ever heard of Maulidur rasul Parade? Its not an arab culture nor it is an islam practice.\nThe exact origins of the Mawlid is difficult to trace.[34] ... the Mawlid was first introduced by the Abbasids in Baghdad.[35] It has been suggested that the Mawlid was first formalized by al-Khayzuran of the Abbasids.[34] Ibn Jubayr, in 1183, writes that Muhammad's day of birth was celebrated every Monday of Rabi' al-awwal at his birthplace, which had been converted into a place of devotion under the Abbasids. (from wiki)\nBro, Baghdad.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid#/media/File:Mawlid_an-Nabawi_SallAllaho_Alaihi_wa_Sallam_Celebrations_in_Cairo_in_1878.jpg (Even before Malaysia was formed)\nSomehow I think there's a possibility you're learning from an unconventional non-mainstream source that's filling your head up with all these things instead of touching grass in the real world.", "LMAO unconventional non-mainstream sources , I was specifically mentions \"PARADE\", we are talking about Arab culture and you limit this conversation to when Malaysian was form, this issue is on a larger spectrum in no way shape or form i had mentions Malaysia invented Maulid, or Malaysia invented Christmas parade.\nyou are over your head , learn to read.\nLMAO you are checking when was Maulid first celebrated, it can be Muhammad neighbour first celebrated maulid without muhammad knowing and you will never know.what a joke.\nalso did you read what you copy pasta\n1.The exact origin of Maulid is difficult to trace\nNonetheless, others contend that the date of Muhammad's birth is unknown and is not definitively recorded in the Islamic traditions.\nwhich support my 2nd point it isn't islamic practice and more like a personal thing.\nWhy do i even entertain someone that said whatever politic party do it is a culture at the first place, its crazy.These ppl are trying to poison ppl mind for their own gain,\nguess i can safely said sondol burit is Malaysian culture because our leader is the ex con for it.", "You haven't seen anyone talk about it because Arab cultural colonialism is being equated to Islamic culture and nobody can criticize anything Islamic in Malaysia.", "It is packaged together with incest and child marriage, you just don't talk about it...", "Reject Barat, choose Timur. Return to Taoism.\n/s", "Actually, the old Malay societies were all Hindu or Buddhist. Still Barat, but less so \ud83d\ude39", "Non-malaysian here. What do Barat and Timor mean?", "Barat=west Timur=east", "Thanks. I had wrongly assumed it meant something like \"Orthodox\" and \"Liberal\".", "This remind me of a Nurul Izzah Anwar interview where a caller call in to \"tegur\" her \"imperfect\" tudung fail to cover her aurat by his standards. Even a strong woman like her fail to defend herself on the spot.", "The only way to defend herself would be to blind the asshole so he stops staring at her.", "there is no defense when you use religion unless you're willing to say the religion is wrong.\nwaiting for the day when they have to cover their faces too", "Oh damn. Yeah, we need to get more daring about shutting these people up and potentially either training people of all races (don\u2019t just leave it to the women) to bitchslap them personally or calling the cops. This kind of bugger seems like the kind of woman-hating mongoloid who will sit in a women\u2019s-only train with no hesitation and then look at non-halal websites the moment he gets off \ud83e\udd2d", "calling the cops\nYou\u2019re in for a rude awakening", "Then take justice into your own hands by posting these people on TikTok or casting the first stone, which isn\u2019t hard to do. I\u2019ve already done something similar once by doxxing someone who was racist to their employer and alumni association?\nWe just need more people who are willing to do the right thing and say enough is enough - enough oppression to our talented young ones: these people must be stopped by any means necessary, even if it means casting them thoroughly into fear \ud83e\udd2d", "\"...posting these people on Tik Tok. . .\"\nBro, you must be new in this country. . The nosy 'jaga tepi kain orang' will gets more support then the free hair Malay girl.", "Everything starts from somewhere\u2014 the lebai started using TikTok at some point, and it certainly isn\u2019t too late to catch up.", "It's not the issue of using tik tok. It's the issue of mindset here. These people will 'force' others to conformed...", "Isn\u2019t this sort of happening here in the opposite direction? It just needs to spread and more people need to force the people here to conform - in the opposite direction \ud83e\udd2d", "Ain't gonna happened when everyone is trying to out do each other in holier than thou act. \ud83d\ude05", "There\u2019s a limited number of comments and also people. It\u2019s a very manageable number of people - I think you just don\u2019t dare to try \ud83e\udd2d", "Oh yea. Some other exciting possibilities: sending video recordings to people on their friends list if the friends list isn\u2019t private, or tagging these people in a wall of shame directly. I\u2019d be totally down to see a shame wall where we point out the identities and dox \u201cwell intentioned\u201d people who are actually chauvinists and make sure that they receive maximum possible humiliation and persecution from Malaysia at large and internationally :)", "I feel that would be a slippery slope, it can also be weaponized by these ultra-conservatives. IMO the best thing would be for people to form a human shield around the person being harrased, and everyone to just turn their back on the noisemaker. make it so that they're basically shouting into a wall of silence.\nzero airtime, zero attention", "calling the cops\nOh honey ....\nThey'll charge **you** for antagonizing that \"woman-hating mongoloid\"", "Great! That means that we realise collectively that we need to take matters into our own hands, which may or may not mean actually physically getting rough with people like this, or taking pictures or videos of them to show to their entire community and their families, potentially to their children as well. Along the way, meanwhile, it could be good to also follow the person from the train station, to see where they alight and learn where they live, so as to begin taking even more drastic actions along the way, so that imbeciles like this can't survive in this country.", "Lol sometimes you read this kind of thing online and try to believe it but it always sounds way more extreme than what we face daily in real life. I live in KL and most of my female friends plus colleagues also don't wear hijab at all but they still live safely here in Malaysia. Not sure where in Malaysia you\u2019ll get scolded openly for not wearing hijab maybe somewhere in Kelantan? Not saying this thing didn't happen but for sure it rarely happened in KL.", "Truly agree\u2026. I\u2019ve never witnessed any of my freehair malay getting scolded before\u2026. We never experienced those issues before\u2026. Im pretty sure catcalling are universal as well\u2026.", "They are always right, and you are always wrong in their fantasy land supported by the media and police\nIdiots blindsided by religion...", "Some of them has been fa\u00e7ade by a bigotry at pure extremism like G35t4P0, unfortunately.\nBtw, happy cake day", "Serious ah? That's just incel. This is even counted as public harassing.", "Some people nowadays are too stick up to their ass over miniscule thing where it doesn't stick to their nose. If I was the lady I would have tell him to fuck off and mind his own f-king business and do whatever the F I wanted to. Like, who we are to pass a judgement call to others where it doesn't belong. The guy should have mind his own damn business in the first place.", "If you're a lady you would stfu if an unstable and possibly violent male is shouting at you about your dressing. But you're right that people should mind their own business.", "Spoken like a true male. How easy do you think it is for women to speak up against unstable men? Male violence is real. Especially with people complaining about you in public about religion.", "Wait, are you serious?? I mean, I've never visited Malaysia right after my childhood, so I may never know. My parents kept telling me how it's not safe for me. It was more acceptable to go hair free in the 2000s, right? What the hell happened?", "Sadly if you dare stand up to the guy, people in social media might attack you as well for \"promoting liberal\" or \"anti-Islam\", and thus might affect your future.", "Why would this affect your future? The only people who would say that are people in low positions and menial jobs with lacking ability and power. Would you rather be a coward and let fools determine what you can say in the future? I think that\u2019s pretty pathetic \ud83e\udd2d", "The problem is those people are the loudest and all it takes is them to viral you to cause issue.\nImagine the bad PR your company might get if suddenly your name is viraled. Your company might need to let you go if things escalate like people beginning to protest or boycott the company.", "I think you\u2019re overthinking it or giving an excuse to not say what is right, which you\u2019d choose to do anyway only if someone is saying something racist sampai tak boleh tahan. Don\u2019t let lebai restrain your behavior.", "Cool story ni.. This is malaysia, not iran..if anyone enranged about anyone's tudung, sure someone took video and its gonna be viral.. Also, there would always be a random malay guy, like me, who gonna smacked that enranged dude..\nBeen living in Malaysia for 51 years, never seen or heard about anyone being scold in public about not wearing tudung.", "You would be surprised. Even a friend of mine from uni is peer pressured into wearing a hijab after 3 years of hijab-free.", "peer pressured into wearing a hijab\nworse example I have ever read....", "The more you know\u2026", "Peer pressured? Its up to individual to overcome it. Similar to drug. If an individual got peer presured to do drug, takkan that individual need to succumb to it kot?\nI think this is not and issue, unless the said Uni suddenly 'wajib' kan girls to wear tudung, than we have an issue.", "I didn\u2019t say it\u2019s an issue, I just replied to your statement that no one ever scold people in public about not wearing hijab. Scold or not they sure talking loud about someone not wearing hijab.", "Keep it up bro - kasi hentam semua orang biadap tak hormat perempuan macam tu\ud83d\udc4c", "that is the issue, never had a chance to hentam anyone. sadly. As no one in Malaysia ever publicly harrassed a lady about her not wearing tudung.\nWhich is good also lah. At 51, if i ever had to hentam anyone and they hentam back, most probably i'll end up in ICU. \ud83d\ude02", "That\u2019s okay \u2013 just leave it to those of the younger generation then. But don\u2019t allow this kind of thing to go untouched.", "No man, cases like this are getting rampant in Malaysia as time goes by. You need to get with the program.", "Sadly when I see pro-Palestine protest in Uk. They are spreading there as well", "What does being pro-Palestine have anything to do with this?", "Not a damn thing, most likely.", "Yeah it's a weird comment, I have no idea", "I think he\u2019s conflating \u201cMuslim\u201d with \u201ccare about Palestine\u201d with \u201cMalay\u201d when there is no meaningful relationship between any of these things. It\u2019s not a race thing at the end of the day.", "educate yourself and ask your friends who live there\nthese guys are rowdy and praying in middle of the streets. in the side of churches on purpose (imagine if anyone do that beside a mosque) and so so many more than normal is wearing burka. totally abnormal to the culture of english people\nfeel free to downvote, guess u will never understand until it happens to you", "I do live in the UK. Muslims praying is not a problem.\nSupport for Palestine has nothing to do with being Muslim.", "Maybe i am not clear.\nas a protest muslims openly prayed on the lawn of a church (performative with cameras on the ready)\nmuslim blocked an entire space with palestine flags in a busy train station in the middle to pray (performance again)\nIf you are being serious for number 2. my god are you deluded. probably not you but it is always have been a holy war for a lot of the muslims. take your head out of the sand\nHonestly i am all for religious freedom but you guys need to nip the bad actors in the bud and call them out, don't keep denying when someone mention some disgusting behaviour by your fellow muslims. Surely you don't believe all muslims are fully devout?", "What's wrong with 1. or 2.? Maybe you find industrial strikes a big issue too because it inconveniences you somewhat?\nI'm serious about 2. What Muslims think and do has absolutely nothing to do with whether someone should support a free Palestine or not. What, just because someone with views you dislike likes ice cream means you need to hate ice cream?", "The pro palestine protest in the west is from the left. The pro-israel is from right wing. It's different from Msia"], ["I feel you sis. I'm exactly like you, I also lived overseas in a lot of countries including Singapore and America. I love Malaysia with all my heart, I love my friends and family here. I'm much more comfortable here, then when I was overseas. It nice to be where you have roots, but as the years go by it's getting harder and harder as a free-hair, non-religious Malay. Before this, the last time I was in Malaysia was in the early 2000s and I think everyone was a lot more chill about religion and race, but now the tensions are getting worse and worse. I actually wanted to marry and settle here in Malaysia, but with the way things have been going I might have to seriously reconsider.", "I love this country a lot and I'm happy that I was born here because of how it exposed me to how beautiful and multicultural we are. But even as someone who's grown up here throughout their life I just have to agree with you that things are getting worse.", "Things are getting worse everywhere.\nIf so many people leave, please don\u2019t turn around and say ok you all and say \u201cyou\u2019re all progressing backwards now\u201d.", "I enjoy Malaysia, meeting my friends etc.\nBut over the years I've seen changes in Malaysia, don't know if it's gradual or sparked by recent events", "I think it's gradual, but definitely sped up by recent events. It's sadly not unique to Malaysia. Even the same city I used to live in back in the US is facing similar problems. So even more liberal or western countries are seeing a rise of racism and conservatism.", "Yes but if so many like you and OP leave, think about the people who are remaining behind (and voting), and determining the country's future", "Actually that's a great point. I guess no matter what, if I move and am still a Malaysian citizen I can always at least still vote with my embassy. You're right, if I can I should still try to help the country."], ["I don\u2019t mean to belittle your experience, but I\u2019m a non-hijabi Malay lady in my thirties. I\u2019ve never really had the issues that you\u2019ve had growing up here, but it could very well be the areas you\u2019re frequenting and where your family is based. I live in Klang Valley, work in government services and frequent a mix of \u2018Malay\u2019 and non-Malay areas and have always felt safe and the odd comment I\u2019ve had about not wearing the hijab has come from a clueless but sweet old Chinese man.\nMy family was very conservative and I have two sisters, but we spent a lot of time in discussion with my parents and they eventually allowed us all the independence we wanted. These things don\u2019t come overnight, and it sometimes takes a lot to overturn what is ingrained, but the effort often worth it.\nWherever you go and decide, may it be the best for you! :)", "Klang Valley seems chill according to what I\u2019ve heard from others. My family is based in Selangor, and when I \u2018balik kampung\u2019 my kampung are in Malay dominated places. So you can get the picture", "You're definitely one of the lucky ones. Many places online I've seen have shunned non-hijabis, and the increasing arabization had all but wiped out any trace of old Malaysia (the 70s and 80s in particular). I kinda wish we weren't on our current heading, but I guess we'll see where the wind takes us all.", "I wish religion didn\u2019t take away so much of our culture as is happening now. It is so sad. Malay culture is amazing.", "Sure, left malaysia and leave others to preserve the culture. You can try preserving it overseas, much more helpful \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc.", "I\u2019m happy for you and you\u2019re definitely one of the lucky ones."], ["I\u2019m not Malay, but I am gay. And I\u2019ve just gotten my PR and eventually will go for citizenship in US. When I was younger, I always thought I\u2019d return to Malaysia for retirement. But as I grew older, I slowly come to the conclusion that I will only visit Malaysia for vacations, to see my family and friends. Malaysia is great. It\u2019s home, it\u2019s tanah airku. But Malaysia is also on a path of regression, in multiple ways. I just want to be live happily and safely with my wife and dog, in a place where our relationship status is respected. And Malaysia isn\u2019t that."], ["I was sick of people trying to figure out what race I am.\nThis has been very eye-opening to me as a Chinese man who has no issues with this country. I know that Malaysians are incredibly racist, but I had no idea it was this important for people to \"know what race you are\". I guess it's because I'm very obviously Chinese that I don't get this vibe from people.\nI've always thought that us non-Malays are oppressed due to the fact that we're considered \"pendatang\" to the conservative groups of people that make up 50-60% of the country, but it's very obvious now that Malaysians are just racist and oppressive towards any sorts of progressive thinking.", "I find it offensive that you think 50%-60% of the Malaysian population (basically all malays) consider you as pendatang. That itself is racist as fuck. Also, for you conservatism = racism. Bro, being a conservative does not mean being a PAS or PN supporter.", "Feel free to be offended because \"Basically all malays\" is a sentence you put into my mouth, the actual malay percentage is much higher than that. I don't know or care if you feel offended on behalf of your chill Malay friends, or if you are a chill Malay person yourself, but I have met countless of chill, non-racist, progressive Malays and they were at the top of my head as I was typing out that reply.\nNobody knows what the actual ratio of progressive malays are to conservative malays in this country, but if you're actually Malaysian, you'd know that the amount of conservative malays far surpasses the number of progressive malays and it's not even a contest. This fact will not change whether I'm racist or not.\nBeing a conservative does not mean being a PAS or PN supporter\nBeing conservative 100% means that the person is a PAS or PN supporter, and being a PAS or PN supporter does not mean you are racist.\nYou can say conservatism =/= racism all you want, but I have not seen any evidence from the real world or from you to back up that claim. Conservative people of any race, from what I observe, are incredibly racist towards other races here in Malaysia.", "Bruh no shit as a conservative Chinese person, who is always opposed to most of Chinese people opinions like their thought about lgbt, I am pretty sick of weird Chinese \"progressive mind\" around the community that's just stupid. But as a conservative, I support PH lol", "Malay percentage is higher than 60%? Wtf hahahahah. Just look at the national census ffs.I don\u2019t need read your other sentences. So damn stupid", "Again, 0 evidence to back up any of your claims. Instead, you resorted to insulting my intellect. A quick google search reveals that the actual Malay percentage is 70% from multiple sources. I was open to an input from you that can potentially change my mind, but alas, I'm just speaking to yet another uneducated Malaysian.", "Bumiputera is about 70%. But Malay percentage is about 52-59% roughly tho.", "Don't bother with that sirgentleguy anymore. He added nothing of value. Seems like he is looking for an argument rather than a discussion.\nYou can never win against dumbos like that. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.", "You're right, I'm only entertaining him at all because I disagree with the premise of \"Just ignore what you don't like\" and wanted to hear what he has to say about my potentially offensive statement."], ["Good job deciding whats right for yourself. This country is currently in a state of shit assery that will not slow itself down until something drastic happens. Ive been to so many muslim countries that isnt malaysia that is way better off culturally and ethically. The general populace of malaysia at the moment are nothing but political tools to be swung for support by the politicians at any cost.", "Thank you for your support. I agree - the political situation in Malaysia gets swayed so easily. If it were a bit more stable, I would consider my options a bit more. But that\u2019s wishful thinking.", "Hey, good luck in the UK! As a grown-ass man who had lived in Canada and decided to return (many reasons), let me say this:\nTIP: In Malaysia, you need to be good at wayang (i.e. pretending), OR you need to have a very thick skin (i.e. not giving a fuck) if you refuse to wayang. For example, some of the helangs drink alcohol, yet in front of the masses, they portray themselves as defenders of Islam. Or a gay businessman pretending to be straight in front of his TikTok audience. You get the idea\u2026 If you\u2019re not good at wayang, you better be able to withstand the (usually verbal/online) assaults that come your way.\nAs for me, I chose to stay in Malaysia because of the low cost of living (only works if you earn in dollars), the weather (I hate long winters), and better social life (I have more connections here).\nIf you\u2019re a non-believer or LGBT, sure the West is better in terms of personal freedom. But Malaysia is not too bad as long as you stick to that one TIP.\n(edit: added i.e.)", "Interesting point on wayang. My wife\u2019s wedding dress designer is totally gay but is married with kids lol. I guess he knows the rules lol", "he might be just an effeminate dude lol (he is in the fashion design industry after all). although, it's not uncommon for gay men to marry and have kids, but they're usually 'straight-passing' and also overcompensate their masculinity, to the point of (internalized) homophobia.", "totally gay but is married with kids\nI don't think that's gay. Probably just a pondan or feminin guy. Its not what you do for a living that makes you gay. It's who you \"sleep\" with.", "It is entirely possible that a gay person suffers the unpleasantness for the sake of appearances. Also the person could be their diff-sex bestie so it's not so bad.\nBut as a twiggy armed effeminate male, it's very easy to be mistaken about your assessment", "I will say tho, actual gay people tend to buff, so if you're assuming skinny nerds are gay, you're probably wrong unless their skin is perfect well into adulthood", "Or a gay businessman pretending to be straight in front of his TikTok audience\noh, I wonder who...", "Happy birthday!", "Name of countries? Because I'd love to visit. Always good to expose yourself to these experiences."], ["As someone who used to visit Malaysia due to being in a long distance relationship. I can confirm that Malay men in specific are extremely perverse towards women. My ex used to get objectified left and right, even co workers that are married would constantly flirt with her or make sexual remarks"], ["Saw first hand how my malay friends from primary to secondary were harassed about not wearing tudung in school itself. Especially in secondary form 4-5. The ones who wore it would call the ones that didn\u2019t wear it \u2018sluts\u2019\u2026.", "but usually those who call others sluts are the real sluts", "Same. The ustazah would constantly scold my freehaired Muslim friend (she's mixed though). Right now she's having a fun life and I can't be happier for her."], ["I'm a Malaysian who grew up in Australia, and ever since i've been back - i've been seeing a slow decline. Its honestly sad, and one half of me doesnt want to leave, but the other half of me is craving for racial equality, friendly people and winter for a couple of months a year.\nI know how you feel, like you're \"abandoning\" your family and being selfish, but you gotta do what's right for you. At the end, when your parents are gone and you've got your own family, then you'll know whats best & right for you. Until then, just enjoy and live in the moment. No point worrying about things you can't control \u270c\ufe0f", "Thank you for your support! It\u2019s true, for a while I did feel like I was abandoning them! But I\u2019ve come to terms with it and my family are supportive of my choices. I hope you\u2019ve been able to go back to Australia and enjoy some cold weather \u2744\ufe0f"], ["I think it's better for you to just stay in the UK, situation not getting any better here \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05"], ["We had a conversation about this on r/Bolehland, featuring the jokers who are casually talking about forcing people to wear tudungs. Apparently these people think about this as \u2018caring for their communities\u2019. What performative rubbish they release to satisfy their other equally performative and unintelligent friends.\nI\u2019m sorry that we\u2019re losing you, and I hope that conditions become better for people from the next generations ahead \ud83d\ude4f", "I have Malay friends who say... They cannot ignore the issue...they need to voice out...if they don't.. then almighty will judge them...", "Simple solution here - they shouldn\u2019t be your friends, and you should find ways to betray them in the future. At least make sure that they are just acquaintances and not people that you trust, or distance yourself; if you care enough about them, make sure that they can\u2019t practice their koyak ideology in the future.", "That's horrible advice. That's how people become more radical. When everyone in their circle think the same. Be a corruptor. Change their mind overtime.", "That\u2019s nice too. Do what you can. Just don\u2019t let it become tolerance of this kind of nonsense, because it very easily can become like that \u2013 if there is no change, then what needs to be done needs to be done.", "lol this is what happens when religion becomes your whole identity. I see the same in evangelist Christians who keep trying to convert people to 'save their souls' (experienced this with relatives who I have ghosted a long time ago)", "It's more like \"These people (those who choose to live freely) will influence the malays/shaking their belief\".", "I wish they are as zealous about voicing out on racism and corruption as they are about how women should dress since I'm pretty sure those things are also prohibited by Islam", "Over-caring can hurt people, especially unsolicited ones.", "They claim that this is caring, but actually that is a lie and is actually self-serving and selfish behaviour. We must not allow them to spread this lie or to continue behaving in this way.", "True, if people menegur because they don\u2019t want to be questioned by Allah in akhirat, then it\u2019s not about caring of the ummah, it\u2019s about saving yourself in the end.", "Yes. They don\u2019t actually care about the umat or about the person - it is a selfish act with selfish motivations done because they want to save themselves and without any actual care for the person themselves. In other words, it\u2019s disgusting and needs to be restrained the moment it\u2019s seen for the good of the community and country.", "They feel good by controlling and policing others. Probably to compensate for some rules they are breaking in their own lives", "Don\u2019t let them continue this hypocrisy. Speak up. Life and culture are determined by moments like this.", "", "Dude open your eyes. Bolehland is not the fun, shitposting meme sub it once was. Now it's mostly a cesspool. I miss the old Bolehland.", "a man can only dream TT^TT.. I miss them too...\nSide note: lepas tu monyet ni dah tak abis2 msg aku pulak dah.. LOL go out touch grass bro..", "Messaging you? Maybe just to inform you that your comments are getting deleted by the mods of this sub because they lack value \ud83e\udd2d", "OOUH! I'm shaken.. my personality have been decimated!hatiku tisu...:26557: the actual fact that you were going through my profile, and had to request for mod's help.. says something about you as a person\nbut.. you do you :26561:", "Haha, I didn\u2019t. I noticed this when your posts got deleted so it wasn\u2019t actually me - I guess your posts are getting deleted and so will the extremists\u2019 soon across more media platforms, more frequently, until your viewpoints cease to exist and influence people in Malaysia \ud83e\udd2d", "Your content has been removed - Subreddit Language (Rule 2).\nHello, posts and comments should be in romanised English or Malay only. You may provide a translation by editing your comment and pinging us here for reapproval, thanks!\nFor posts other than English or Malay, feel free to post on our new Malaysian Lemmy community!", "What, are you triggered that people don\u2019t like extremists and will take action to get rid of them? Well, you best get used to it, because as time goes by, it\u2019s going to happen on every single social media platform and in real life as well, anyone who wants to so called \u201ctegur\u201d will just be socially isolated like that dude who was mentioned in the comments \ud83e\udd2d", "If you reply me at all, how is that not an interaction? \ud83e\udd2d\nAlso, dumb song, but thanks for sharing the intellectual pride and joy of the bani tegur\u2026? Feel free to keep sharing, but as I can see from the lack of response, nobody actually cares. You can post it again if you want to prove me wrong \ud83d\ude09", "Post removed for breaching Rule 2.\nStop spamming the thread with the same comment, or I will have to impose a short ban as a timeout."], ["Power to the people\nYour reasoning is correct. May you have a blessed life", "Thank you! You too!"], ["Pounds > Ringgit anyway"], ["There are more Malaysians willing to leave their loving family to live oversea. There is no surprise it has correlation with conservative fixate on making derogatory remarks on west."], ["It's a stark contrast compared to Malaysia. I'm currently in the UK and sometimes I just think how would people back at home would react if they how the brits dress and behave. The brits are so chill here, maybe because I'm in a slightly more liberal city after all.\nDo keep your options open though, you will never know one day you decided to go back."], ["This country is going to the dogs, bit by bit", "Nah. We bitches just need to rise."], ["I was fine with how things were during the 90s and still in my teens. After working in the 2010s and have been told by a colleague like I've commited blasphemy that I cannot use the word salam in email... I feel that I have to be more self-restricted than before with more locally made up common sense.", "Ignore, rise, and socially exclude said colleague over time by poisoning the minds of the people around you about this person. Such people cannot be allowed to ascend in society.", "Thanks. But I don't work there anymore. And while I was still there it seemed like he was self-excluding himself socially anyway. He was married and in sales team, I thought it strange that he could be in sales with that kind of mindset."], ["I support your freedom. Shows how crazy Malaysia is."], ["My siblings (May) and I were raised abroad too, and since we\u2019ve been back my sister\u2019s have remained free haired. They are based in KL so maybe that\u2019s why they don\u2019t feel as much pressure and judgement to conform. It sucks that you felt that way though.\nWhile I\u2019m happy for your decision, it does feel a little regrettable because I feel it\u2019s people like us who should remain in Malaysia to continue pushing the envelope on what it means to be Malay.\nIf it\u2019s any consolation, there are many successful Malay women who remain free haired in Malaysia. But for every 1, there are probably 4 more that feel the pressure to conform.\nAnyhow, good luck it all!", "Yeah Malay tudung women need to be honest about the pressure to conform. It isn't just all hidayah and free will and doing it for Allah.\nPsycho conservative relatives who are terrified to be associated with your sluttiness by the resident mosque committee is a special category of paranoia you don't want directed at you."], ["I'm hoping to get SG PR too when I start working there.... Done with all the 'pendatang' & 'get out of here' comments after all these years of independence. Stupid racist & malay supremacy mindset"], ["Why is Malaysia this conservative when it's actually not a poor country? Why are Malay Muslims this brainwashed and Arab worshippers and Arab wannabe. I mean if a woman wants to wear or not to wear a hijab it's their choice and most importantly Malay is an ethnic group and it's diabolical to make it a law that every Malay should be a Muslim. It seems Malaysia needs a heavy dose of cultural revolution, it's the need of the hour."], ["Omg I wish I could also just up and leave to another country like you \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d really becoming desperate now tbh. The amount of Malay people treating me differently (and doing it in a very obvious way too) when they realise I\u2019m a free-haired Malay girl :26559: At first they would be nice to me but when I open my mouth and start speaking fluent Malay, they suddenly change their attitude towards me. This shit is becoming ridiculous honestly I just can\u2019t take it anymore \ud83d\ude2d", "There's a lot of venomous subtext (envy?) and disdain I've felt directed at me once some tudung women realise I'm not a foreigner/tourist , Malaysian , Malay, freehair and can speak perfectly casual Malay, and formal Malay even better than they can.\nThey were so friendly to me just 5 min before that. I don't blame them. To be free as a Malay women who is not from priveleged class, is like a crab trying to crawl out of a bucket full of other crabs who won't let you climb out , who don't want you to, because it seems strange and wrong and makes them angry (cognitive dissonance)", "There\u2019s a saying for this. \u201cBirds born in a cage think flying is an illness\u201d.\nThey just can\u2019t fathom how we could have the audacity to do something that is the opposite of what ustaz and ustazah forced on us right after we came out of the womb.", "Yeah. I also remember when I was on the other side of the fence and felt intimidated and judged by freehair girls who must see me as a bumpkin/boring/dumb.\nSo I just try to be chill and kind.", "I regret that this is a common thing, and I\u2019m sorry that you have to deal with it. Wishing you the best to find peace!", "Thank you! My definition of peace is living my life however I want without any unnecessary judgement from strangers who don\u2019t contribute anything to my life. And in order to do so, I need to migrate to another country that doesn\u2019t force any religious beliefs onto people. Im working hard towards it now, wish me luck! \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude01", "Hopefully you find people who accept you, I'm a Malay Muslim guy myself and I don't see why should Muslims treat non hijabi girls like this.", "Thank you!!! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc you have no idea how much we appreciate people like you! Especially in the era of social media now where we can\u2019t even appreciate a normal positive post/story about a woman without seeing some malay men asking the woman to cover up"], ["Sorry to hear that, but just my 2 sen opinion: don't give in to people who are trying to impose their will on you.", "it's more than just imposing will. there's a high possibility of being harassed and even suffering violence due to the zealots.", "Then it needs to move in the opposite direction, does it not? If people wish to threaten you, then they should be threatened back. For every action, a reaction. For every fool who wishes to impose his broken will or interpretation of justice, a child with a parent with no employment or means of living in this world \ud83e\udd70", "One day someone will lose their life for this bullshit, just because men don't know how to mind their own fucking business.", "We need to protect women and neutralize the aggressors.", "People already lose their lives over this bullshit.", "How? If a group of men come up to a single lady and tell her to wear tudong, what should she do? Will standing up help? Will it put her in danger?", "Film them and have it be clear that everyone is filming them. Not just one person but entire groups of people. Don\u2019t allow these people the light of day - they are not worthy."], ["As a local i definitely agree. Its pretty hard to live there despite being a \u201cprivileged \u201c majority in a sense that i do acknowledge the privilege but as a Malay Woman, the odds are stacked against u. I envy minorities since they can do whatever they want.\nI also wanted to return home one day but now it\u2019s definitely a no for me. the way things are going its flowing to the extremes. Everyone seems adamant on leaving.\nnon hijabi malay women tend to be targeted in their own communities sadly. Subjected to sexual harassment due to how we are perceived as easy or free game, unsolicited advice, fetishisation by others outside the community and even unrealistic expectations. Its not exclusively towards us but we would be the first targets.\nThe law is not on your side either. Marriage, divorce, inheritance, to add on to the lack of religious freedom and constant policing of malays in general, all of these will never be in your favour. plus the culture itself that that enables abuse of women. so now since im an expat im just betting on fianc\u00e9\u2019s passport to get me citizenship so i can no longer have to deal with the legal aspects of being a malay woman.\none of the comments mentioned choosing your circles properly and i agree with that. It\u2019s possible to avoid some of these things provided you know where and which circles to mingle in. For example I wouldnt recommend you to hang out in Shah Alam, compared to lets say, PJ, Bangsar, mont kiara etc. and the people you hang out with will greatly affect your experience. they tend to be from higher income families with better education and awareness of the whole religious indoctrination thing or just avoid the malay crowds. but u risk being out of touch (ie bangsar bubble) if you really keep to it.\nas for your remarks on the gym and catcalls, i know a lot of the comments say its not just malaysia and i agree but coming from someone who lives in another country, the catcalls dont just seem to target ONLY u and its much less frequent. However, i don\u2019t agree with u on the gym part. I\u2019ve been to gyms in both in more conservative areas of Klang valley and PJ. never seemed like a big deal whatever u wore. (the problem is only outside the gym where mak ciks stare at u like u just murdered their only son) but ofc maybe our experiences are different.\ni suggest just coming back to visit once in a while to see your family. I personally dont think its worth it to come back until we have more freedom.", "Thank you for your comment. I really think Malay men have all the privilege. Runner up privilege goes to Malay Hijabi women.\nAs I said in another comment, I want to feel safe in the country wherever I go and not have to stay in the same place (I love traveling)\nI should\u2019ve been more specific, but the gym cat calling happened outside the gym. Inside the gym, it\u2019s fine. People are chill as they are more likely to be educated and with money to afford the gym.", "Or, if you don't like / can't afford the pretentious Bangsar/PJ crowd, you could move to a really non-Malay neighbourhood. There are still a few in the Klang Valley."], ["This country is getting extreme than before, policies affecting nons, stabbing issue, school kids cosplaying terrorist with toy guns. Heading taliban state. Stay where you are and be safe, always look out for yourself.", "\"School kids cosplaying terrorist\" yeah. This country is going to be like Taliban in the future", "Don\u2019t just accept it. Voice out against it in any meaningful way you can."], ["somehow my initial reading on the title is \"...for food\", I thought \"that's a really good reason\". Then I read the content and find out nothing related to food... :')\nOP, live the life you want with confidence, that's it. Good luck. :)"], ["All power to you sis. Hope things work out!"], ["Have you tried hanging out in Sabah and/or Sarawak. We have more mixed communities here and the people are very chill, but the pace of life here can be slow & at times too slow if you're used to the fast paced life in the city. Come on down if you're down for nature, who knows maybe you'll like it here compared to West Malaysia.", "Georgetown and Penang are awesome. Perfect Neo-malaysia AND Retro-Malaysia vibes.", "Yessss but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d settle there. Would come for holiday though! Heard the drinking/party culture was great too", "You heard right. KK folks love a good drinking session with the bois/gals. Lots of bars/pubs and the live gigs are lively and fun. Everyone is enjoying themselves and hollering. As long as you do so in a respectful manner, everyone wins. If you're the outdoors type then there's the Kundasang highlands and the various hiking trails around the city outskirts. A good holiday destination if I say so myself (sabahan bias on display XD)", "Yeah people would just assume you are bumi, but it still doesn't justify op point, at least you can stay there comfortably", "Yeah I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, despite how peaceful and more open the environment here is, employment sucks ass tho. Unless you work for major Glc or OnG sector the pay here is dogwater. Best bet for OP is to work overseas, gather all the money she can get, then either settle down overseas like she post here or try her luck here in EM.", "you need to be able to speak chineese to able to land a job.", "Even so, you will still suffer the politics from WM.", "Yup. I'm currently jealous that Sarawak has higher ups that at least shout back at those fools in Pn and Ph. Sabah higher ups just roll about on their backs waiting for belly rubs from abam semenanjung."], ["Try Singapore. Life is too short to wait for changes.", "The entire concept of Singapore was to create a country where race and religion wouldn\u2019t matter and meritocracy would allow a person to ascend to the top. Hopefully people will start seeing that it\u2019s a better place for people to go if they want to just be Muslim and be themselves as well.", "Singapore is better for religious freedom but it\u2019s a far cry from race blind and meritocratic society.\nI say this a Singaporean minority. SG is a Chinese supremacist state. The government systematically engineers a Chinese majority at all costs.", "Fair perspective for the first sentence, but not so sure about the systematic engineering claim.", "Fun fact : Composition of races is a dogma. Chinese will always be 3/4 majority despite Malays having a 70-80% higher fertility rate. This was done via immigration policies in the 90s and early 2000s. You can ask anyone close to the ruling government.", "Uh, any externally valid sources that are not \u201ctrust me bro\u201d? Name of policy would be useful, for example.", "i only have anecdotes to give. But it pretty much confirms what OP said.\nBefore you can obtain SG citizenship, you must first be a PR for a few years.\ni personally know a pretty diverse group of acquaintances, ranging from many different kinds of background. Some of them have PR , some of them have their PR application rejected multiple times.\nThe consistent theme that i noticed that most of those who had their PR applications rejected is that they do not have tertiary education, and they are not ethnic Chinese (emphasis on the AND clause, not OR). Nationality of origin doesn't really matter unless they are Malaysian (for Malaysian Chinese, approval is almost guaranteed. Especially if they are white collar professionals).\nThere was one particular case of a Filipino that i know who got her application rejected multiple times, all of which she listed her ethnicity as Filipino. i advised her to change that to Chinese on her next application, and use a Chinese name generator to give herself a Chinese name (it's not considered lying since she is actually half chinese anyway). She recently became a PR.", "Check the department of stats from as far back as you can. Pull out annual demographic data. Tabulate for deaths and births. Project racial composition. You\u2019ll see the artificial band within which the majority % is kept (similar almost to MAS S$NEER band). In statistics, there is no such thing as coincidences.\nEdit: There isn\u2019t a policy name just like how there isn\u2019t a policy name for keeping Malays from key security related positions in the military. For the latter at least various Ministers have gone on record saying why. Even LKY.", "I think you\u2019re overextending the concept of hypothesis testing beyond where it belongs into territory where it isn\u2019t valid.\nAnyway, you\u2019re free to make your claims, and we are free not to believe them. Come back when you have an actual source.", "If you\u2019re too lazy to do the work, all power to you. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb", "All power to me indeed. \ud83d\udc4c", "Please show your work.", "Is Singapore a better place to be a Muslim? That\u2019s subjective. I\u2019m sure many Malaysians Muslims will beg to differ. But yes, Singapore is a better place to practice your personal beliefs in general.", "Unless you want to be an extremist, in which case then remaining poor and staying in Malaysia is probably your only option - part of our country\u2019s sad reputation which hopefully will change as extremists can be eradicated, turned out of house and home, and progressively persecuted in this country until they have no quarter or place to go.", "People that profits from extremism are more than likely not poor", "Oh yea. Well, there\u2019s a difference between extremists and people profiting from extremists, who are secretly all liberals with cynical views who wanna just play and send their kids overseas while watching their idiot constituencies vote for them as they spew garbage.", "Yep.. and it's not limited to just Malaysia. You can see this with the US Rep politicians too. Amazing how the human mind can completely ignore this hypocrisy", "How can we do that though", "It can begin small, by comments on Berita Harian or your building your career, then either manipulating or betraying those whom you know behave in this way or attacking their reputation or otherwise.\nBut don\u2019t let it remain small. You will find small steps that you can take forwards when the opportunity arises. There when you see them, you will have the opportunity to fight for true justice.\nTake the opportunity when it comes :)", "Right now the only thing I could do is just preach how unfair the racism system in Malaysia to my family and friends. It was my brother in law that influenced me for thinking this way so hopefully I could influence other people too.", "One step at a time :) You\u2019ll get there when the time comes.", "race and religion wouldn't matter\nmeritocracy\nare you sure?", "Well, Halimah Yacob became president, and Faisal Manap became an MP.\nHe did get ruthlessly destroyed by K Shanmugam (which I enjoyed, lol) but still, Faisal Manap could become an MP.\nLink: https://youtu.be/cTEP0VHNRyw?si=etdW9MX-aRnOrSry", "halimah is indian", "So is Mahathir. Guess we had a non-Malay PM after all \ud83d\ude09", "yup. that's the ingenious thing he did, indian muslim somehow = malay.", "\u201cMalay\u201d is less of an ethnic classification than it is a colonial classification that anyone can exploit for their own gain, haha. The message here is that if you don\u2019t exploit it, then well\u2026", "Halimah yacob become president because they put strict condition that time and she is the only candidate eligible.\nOnly 1 Malay MP?", "A Chinese head of state would never happen in Malaysia in eternity but Singapore is able to push for minority representation with Halimah not only being the first ever female speaker of the parliament, but also the president of the nation. Her humble rise to office can only realise in Singapore whereas in Malaysia? Extremists and racial supremacists were literally yapping about amending the constitution to exclude anyone besides Malays to be the Prime Minister.", "President of Singapore is similar to Agong in Malaysia, just for show.\nCan you foresee Malay or Indian become prime minister of Singapore? If yes, then you can talk about racial supremacy in Malaysia.", "If you read again I clearly mentioned SPEAKER of their Dewan Rakyat as well. Plus not u openly undermining the importance of Malay Rulers in the Federal Constitution as they hold certain degree of powers in some aspects.\nAt least you don\u2019t see Chinese Singaporean having a mass hysteria over the possibility of Malay/Indian being able to be elected as Prime Minister. Minority rights there are way better objectively speaking Mr. Putera.", "Putera? Puteri gunung ledang maybe \ud83e\udd2d", "Chill just wanna take a jab at his privilege status \ud83e\udee3", "Because they know, it will be impossible for non chinese to become prime minister in Singapore. It is impossible too for non malay to become prime minister in Malaysia, but all the idiots who being hysteric about it is the stupid politician.\nI don\u2019t deny about the racial supremacist in Malaysia, but don\u2019t you deny that there are no racial supremacist in Singapore.", "Funnily enough the general sentiment online was that sg wanted Tharman (Indian fella) to be PM. Seem like its the govt that feel the public wasnt ready. Anyway, PM role is not by election.", "Now I get your point. But the degree of racial supremacy is different in Singapore than in Malaysia as there\u2019s no institutionalised racial discrimination. Although the ethnic group that forms the majority in Singapore is greater in percentage than in Malaysia (75% > 60%), Singapore has no social movements that advocate for more rights for the majority while in Malaysia u have 3 different major political parties openly voice their allegiance and support to Malay Supremacy.\nOne more thing to add is that Singapore is not very race based in social movements. It\u2019s all about the continuing semi-authoritarian rule of the People\u2019s Action Party which in fact is a multicultural party as well, race is not that big of a deal in Singapore as in Malaysia", "Can we have a non Malay agong here in Malaysia? \"just\" konon", "Bro isn\u2019t that good enough? One step at a time, just for show is still wayyyy better than not showing don\u2019t you think? Could Malaysia ever have a Buddhist Chinese or Hindu Indian Agong? Even \u201cjust for show\u201d? Well Singapore did it", "Does it ultimately matter how many MPs there are of Malay descent? If they want to become MPs, then they should become MPs - if they don\u2019t, you shouldn\u2019t bitch about representation just because they don\u2019t succeed or don\u2019t choose to become MPs.", "Why are you triggered? I don\u2019t know Singapore politics. I\u2019m asking only 1 Malay MP only. Lol. I only know about Halimah Yacob because they talk about it in Keluar Sekejap Podcast.", "If you don't know and are actually interested and not just trying to do \"whataboutism\" to justify the extremism that is happening in Malaysia, do your own study.", "When did i justify extremism that is happening in Malaysia?", "> The entire concept of Singapore was to create a country where race and religion wouldn\u2019t matter\nThis is a fallacy. No Malay will be allowed to be head of police or armed forces, let alone PM.", "About to comment this. Close enough to Malaysia but worlds apart when it comes to the treatment of Malay woman.", "singapore is even more racist", "Only a racist Malay will have this opinion", "yeah sure lol", "What hole are you living in?"], ["It actually depends on where you are, bangsar,desparkcity,Kiara,ttdi, Damansara heights etc ppl won't bat an eyelid at free hair Malay girl. Most of our royalty and even the queen goes free hair when not at public engagements.\nIt's not ideal, but it would be sad to lose a liberal malay due to the actions of a few.\nIn Penang or other more liberal states, ppl being harrassed for free hair is rarer\nMajority of my Malay frens are free hair. Probably cos they all UK grads", "I don\u2019t want it to \u2018depend\u2019 where I am though. I want to travel the entire country and have no one bat an eyelid.\nMy family are based in Selangor. I get cat called / stared at often there. On the other hand, one time I went to Perhentian Islands and then suddenly no local treats me like an object even though that area is PAS land. So strange how the world works.", "I get cat called / stared at often there\nthats because the PAS ppl travel to Selangor to work. Anyway all the best to you, if you change your mind, Malaysia always needs ppl to fight for the silent minority"], ["OP, you should also consider cross posting this to r/exmuslim .\nThere are tons of stories like this there including those from Malaysians.\nNow, I totally agree with you as we are regressing and becoming more conservative and extreme with those loud mouth religious mongering folks. No thanks to our politicians, past policies, brain drain, etc..\nThere is no end at sight. Malaya in the 1920 is still better than 2023 Malaysia, harmonious wise..\nP/S: current hot post in that sub is blowing candles is haram \ud83e\udd26\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f where does these motherfuckers get that idea.", "I could! I will consider. I would probably focus the post there more religiously. But I think it\u2019s good to post here, to reach a more wider demographic of people."], ["Hey good for you choose what best for you and let people here choose what best for them. Its a free world."], ["thats good. make a decision and do your own thing. come back once in a while for the food!"], ["You did the right thing, listen if your safety is at stake, if you feel like you don\u2019t belong here anymore or your country considers you second-class or outside despite your connections and roots, then leave. This country does not deserve good people like you, God always says that God will not change the nation only if the people of that nation changes themselves to be better. If I have to leave this country to find a better future so be it, if this country isnt safe for me then so be it. In the end, this country is on a downward spiral and we\u2019re here waiting until some catastrophe/disaster happens to this nation. And im confident that this nation is nowhere near ready for the future"], ["there's a place for everyone. and unfortunately Malaysia is not for you. they can't make everyone happy. glad you left and be happy"], ["A secular Malaysian here. Sorry to hear what you had gone through. You don't deserve this."], ["Just for pointing out, in Sarawak, nobody cares"], ["Ironically Sabah is pretty lax with hair free malay women. I had friends who were Muslim let their hair out, and coworkers who don't wear it during work.\nIt's definitely dependant on culture, but if you feel like your freedom to let your hair out in public brings negative attention to you, then you have the right to not return back to the country."], ["The Islamisation and radicalisation of Malaysia is real and rapid. It's going to get worse. Sad to see a fellow Malaysian feeling unsafe in her own country. I don't blame you for deciding to not stay."], ["Good for you (not sarcasm)"], ["Malaysia is more conservative now\nThis is natural because now, more than ever, the supremacists in Malaysia are forced to come to grips with their unjust, bigoted and vile ideology.\nThe world is progressing towards equality and shared prosperity. people around the world are demanding for racial equality, gender equality and, more importantly, wealth equality. All the pressure from the outside world has certainly landed on Malaysians shores. with the internet, so many Malaysians can view. in real time, people in other countries launching protest and demonstrations calling for justice and shared prosperity. Naturally, Malaysians get inspired and have hope that equality and shared prosperity is possible in Malaysia\nThe victory of the Pakatan Harapan in 2018 was one step....one step...towards the direction of equality and shared prosperity. why? because one of the reasons being that the two parties within the PH coalition was multi-racial. This was a first in Malaysian history\nThis freaked the supremacists out...so much so that they launched a coup...but that's besides the point.\nthe point is, there was real movement towards equality and shared prosperity but the supremacists hated it because equality and shared prosperity threatens the core ideology of the supremacists.\nSo, what happened? the supremacists lashed out. They doubled down and are becoming more extremist to crush the movement of equality and shared prosperity (this is very reminiscent of how UMNO crushed the communist movement which threaten the wealth of UMNO and the British colonizers).\nThat's is what you seeing in Malaysia right now. That is what is happening in Malaysia right now. the supremacists are openly, publicly and loudly declaring their fascist agenda for authoritarianism.\nThat is why it is so, so, so, crucial that we don't downplay the fascist agenda of the supremacists. We must acknowledge it. We must accept that there is a fascist agenda. We must understand that this fascist agenda is not a fringe group. this fascist agenda is mainstream, supported by the majority of the Malaysian population. We must understand that this fascist agenda is, unfortunately, supported by the status quo, that is the laws and constitution.\nTherefore, we should not merely focus on the symptoms, which is the supremacists themselves, but rather the root cause which is the status quo that is enabling and encouraging supremacy to take shape in the first place. We cannot hope to achieve peace in Malaysia without first ensuring justice and shared prosperity for all citizens of this country."], ["I'm Malay & I hated the racism here. I don't really mind if you're Malay, Chinese, Indian or etc. Anyone that treat me normally, I'll respond it with the same way without prejudice. Tho, its really saddened me when seeing like Malay, Chinese or Indian act racist towards one another, even seeing my Malay friends that differentiates Chinese & Indian like they're in different gang or smth. Not to mentioned about the post they made on internet. Everything is about race, like wtf!? Culture appropriation is not a thing & why these people act like a Nig.. Black people in the US.\nSmh", "Amen. Please take action and don\u2019t just leave it as words. Do not let the racists have their voices be heard without your responses unless you are siding with the oppressor."], ["Couldn't agree more. Just come here twice a year, say salams, eat nasi lemak and ciao.", "oh yeah? no one miss you anyway", "Oh look, it\u2019s a reject from Bolehland \ud83e\udd70", "youre funny"], ["As a malay woman who also doesn't wear the hijab. I understand this heavily, I'm the only person who doesn't wear the hijab amongst my friends and whenever we hang out I wear it because it gets \"awkward\" in a way.\nI do get a pass since I look more Chinese, so people just assume I'm non Muslim so I don't really get stares or harassment that often. It's just normally from friends and family"], ["Girl slay"], ["Government needs to mandate a RM 5000 fine towards any individual who directs a \" mana tudung \" comment , whether in real life, online or an educational/professional workspace towards any adult Malaysian female Citizen , classifying it under the umbrella of sexual harassment ."], ["I feel you, I'm a mixed race Malaysian (Portuguese-Dutch-Chinese from my father and Indonesian-Japanese from my mother) and have spent a few years in HK before coming back to Malaysia to finish highschool and Uni.\nTo say that it has gotten even more frustrating or suffocating over the years as a woman is an understatement.\nI get mistaken for everything from malay, indigenous, Filipino, chinese and etc and because of that people treat me based on how they perceive me. I love this country's rich culture and ofc I've had my share of positive experiences, my family has been here for generations, but the pervasiveness of race and religion on a daily basis only strengthens my feelings of wanting to leave and have a life elsewhere."], ["As a Malaysian Malay woman , the hijab also has its miraculous advantages : it can magically erase any past associations with skanky, sexy or slutty behavior , practically overnight ( niqab even more so!) .\nWho cares if you pair your 'Islamic clothing\" with stripper heels.\nIt's a win - win. Your past critics and enemies now adore you, and you are in the perfect position to sell overpriced stuff to your past haters and making good bank.\nProtect yourself, your reputation and your bank account /s.\n<image>"], ["I support your freedom \ud83d\udcaf!\nI was a free hair living in Klang Valley and now happily migrated to Germany. Hijab is not a choice. Wear it or be condemn for life in that society.\nI faced alot of discrimination back there. Strangers sexually harassing me/tegur in the name of god. Once a malay guy tegur me for showing my ass too much during a freaking marathon. Some even have the audacity to ask for sexual stuff by asking \u201cAwak open minded x?\u201d.\nWork environment is no better. Sexism & internal misogynic everywhere. One time some of the coworker signed me up as the AJK surau as a joke. I used to be in a long relationship with a guy from another race, we knew from the start our relationship was doomed. We amicably broke up when I migrated away."], ["Oof, I'm really, really sorry to hear this. It is so unfortunate to hear you've gotten unwanted looks and horrible experiences over there, and it's sad how Malaysia is becoming less tolerant over time.\nDamn I've always wanted to travel parts of Malaysia myself as a Singaporean Malay who is free haired, but then now I understand why my dad never lets me go there. ):\nEdit: There's also so many rude comments and gaslighting towards OP? Why? Isn't it a serious problem in Malaysia? \"No one cares\" or \"Nothing new\" aren't helpful. Why not raise awareness for this kind of issue?"], ["Men cat calling a women isn't Malaysia exclusive tho", "At least she feels welcomed at UK, that's all op is asking for it seems", "Seem like to me she just want to run away form her family", "I'm impressed at your ability and speed in changing the topic", "I love my family. I love my grandma and granddad. I love my cousins.\nI think you need to learn to read", "She did say she got treated differently than her brother, she cant go out on the whim just like that unlike her brother so i think you need to learn to read too", "I think the issue with her brother is more of the fact that the parents deem that it's not safe for girls to go out at night referring to the \u201cweak girl\u201d comment as opposed to her brother being a guy meaning her parents are more open to letting him go out and lepak because he's less likely to be attacked or raped. Not that men can't be raped, but it's more on the fact they're worried OP can't protect herself properly and Malaysia is more dangerous than the UK i guess", "OP better stay the fuck away from Egypt.", "the difference is that in the UK i wouldn\u2019t have to explain what i wore lol", "That aside, UK is also far from free of its racial problems.\nEverywhere is the world there are shit people doing shitty things. Although I support the decision of going somewhere else to feel safe."], ["Brainwashing the younger generation sure did help the current decline in critical thinking and some basic empathy that nowadays people lack."], ["When more people like you decide to leave the country, thats when you know the religious bigots have won. Its great that you have a choice, and I won\u2019t hold it against you, but what about the rest of us that dont have that option? Its up to us to fight them for the sake of our children and our children\u2019s children.", "That's why I'm not going anywhere, as a Malaysian Malay mom , living in Malaysia, happily raising (voluntarily via their own free will) agnostic/athiest/open-minded Malay Malaysian kids and smiling sweetly as we snack on Grab food ordered char Siew pau at home.", "That\u2019s amazing! I wish you and your kids all the best, because that is such a brave and amazing thing to do!", "Thank you! I don't shout it out from the rooftops, but we're not ashamed of it either. Mostly enjoy just living out our lives.\nBy this stage I've learnt any Muslim hater who \"cares\" enough to tegur is probably well meaning but ignorant, and the loud/angry/creepy ones have psychiatric issues ( and either can be of any religion, race or creed, honestly ).\nAs long as you are financially independent enough/thick skinned/ fiesty enough to not have to answer or rely on the approval of the above, you are golden \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb"], ["I'm sure if you stayed in KL or found friends with similar ideals, you'd find parts of the population who shares your values.\nThere are plenty of Malay ladies who lead good careers both in private and public sectors with free hair and less than conservative views. But they are certainly not the majority and probably experience some of the hardships you face.\nGenerally, the standards of freedom here are comparable to western countries within reason of an asian culture. What you're dealing here is mainly the culture bit, I'd think that Indian and Chinese daughters might face a similar experience in the \"weak girl\" aspect.\nMy family is Malay-Muslim, our family do wear hijabs and conform to the Muslim dresscode. But my sister and her friends regularly goes out at night to concerts and outings, as long as we know who she's with and where. But if even this is too much for you, then maybe Malaysian and your family's culture is not compatible with you, and a more liberal place like UK is best for you.", "Consider Malay women like Wan Nadiah (President of Harvard Malaysian society) and Farra Inalis (@farra_inalis) and numerous other people who are both tremendously wealthy or of successful lineage, including students who have gone off to Oxford and even including @drsheikhmuszaphar\u2019s daughter, for a leadership program) - the kinds of comments they get are surely constant and irritating; I think if you can tahan this kind of thing and take the pressure not to wear a tudung you absolutely deserve to be at the top of society.\nUsually the people who insist that tudung must be worn are angry, insecure, cringe, and ugly with multiple problems and issues that they can\u2019t resolve hence they start screaming their heads off at people lmao.", "Not aware of these ladies, but power to them.\nI'm mainly talking from work experience, the ladies who I met who don't wear tudung are usually from families who had spent years overseas (usually).\nI see that they're very independent, hardworking and smart individuals. If they are also liberal minded, then they must have quite the guts to remain in Malaysia.", "You can contribute towards this by taking pictures of people and tolong viralkan to employer or social media, or repressing people who try to criticize non tudung women straight away. Every bit helps."], ["But will you convert your citizenship?"], ["Cat called at weddings? Wow thats pretty bad (and rude)"], ["So you are a UK citizen?"], ["All the best OP, you did nothing wrong. Its good that you let it out instead of bottling up. Wishes you the best OP"], ["I\u2019m afraid the radicals and the conservatives have outbreed the others. So, there goes your hope of coming back."], ["you made the right choice, don't look back."], ["My cousin is South asian who lives as an expat in Malaysia with her South Asian husband. She is a Muslim and doesn't observe hijab. She lives in KL and works in a law firm. Yet, she never mentioned racism or judgement from Malay people, etc... I guess it depends where you are. But to be fair, I only know from her experience so I could be biased. Still, I'm sorry to hear that. Hijab is something that is between women and God.", "Your cousin Indian, OP is Malay. Like completely different race, you know.", "I know but she mentioned race where they tried to figure out OP's race"], ["glad I grew up in east malaysia instead. I'm a bleach blonde girl malay and no one bat an eye. my mother and my siblings wear hijab and go to sekolah agama and stuff. our relationship as a family is still great"], ["Come to Sabah sis. We don't bat an eyelash."], ["Why would you even consider planting roots in a shit hole of a country that's Malaysia? Everyone that has a ticket out should just either stay out or leave."], ["It's very weird as a non in corporate settings to shake hands with all the dudes I just met and when it comes to the hijab lady, I just politely say \"Hello\" and nod, only to stick my hand out if she does so first.\nIn Indonesia and Turkey, women have no problem with handshakes."], ["Every time I think of this, I feel sorry for the Malays in Malaysia for not having religious freedom (as they did in the past). I do believe this will change, but not any time soon, girl.\nBut there actually IS a place in Malaysia where you can live as you are freely: Sarawak. There, Muslims can even walk into non-Muslim places and listen to talks by non-Muslim speakers, and no one bats an eyelid. I've seen that for myself."], ["I\u2019d say don\u2019t let the environment dictate how you feel but I\u2019ve never been in your position before. All I can say is that you\u2019re a part of a big minority in Malaysia, who has experienced similar issues with you. Maybe that would be some sort of comfort lol idk.", "That\u2019s cool other people are in the same position. But I value my freedom of expression alot. I know a couple people who are willing to sacrifice their freedom of expression to conform and be invisible, so they are happy in Malaysia. Not me."], ["I got tired of my parents asking me \"Have you prayed yet?\" If I say yes I am lying to them. If I say no I am lying to myself.... I only pray on Fridays. Even if I do I snap a picture to send them as a way if saying 'calm the fuck down'. So if I dont send them the picture on Friday does that mean I didnt pray?\nDamned if you do. Damned if you dont. Guilt for me and none for thee."], ["Malaysian malays muslim adopt the arabs way and dispose the old malay ways of life."], ["Your reasons are valid. Go make a life in the UK and just visit. All the best OP"], ["Great choice. I think with time, your decision would prove more and more wise"], ["respect your opinion and voicing it out"], ["Great decision honestly, Malaysia is becoming worse day by day,"], ["Pls ask those judging you to read on traction alopecia. After 5-10 years, large forehead and scanty hair due to hijab/tudung."], ["You're not alone, I'm a Sarawakian studying in the Peninsula, also gets targeted each time I am wearing shorts around the Uni compound to jog, and just walk around to the shops in this small town. Bro my shorts covered my knees. Is it too bad that my hairy chimpanzee legs are showing? Well no. Our people are the problem but I just don't care. Even unusual looking men gets targeted at times."], ["I don\u2019t like UK weather.", "Me neither.", "Me \u201cneee-ther\u201d or \u201cnaii-ther\u201d, to rhyme with \u201cweather\u201d? Haha"], ["My female malay friend who is an absolute whore in her 20s upgraded to tudung in the 40s and now wear full face covering in her 50s. This is absolutely abnormal, can they not be on extreme ends of the spectrum? Just be normal and happy", "I too have a friend who was very free with her body and now comments on other cultures' clothing as indecent. There is so, so much hypocrisy.", "I have a few Malay friends who are like that. We used to go clubbing together in the 00s and now they are not just covering themselves up, but also their young daughters.", "that's why religion is a sickness. u can bet they will threaten to disown the daughter if they go clubbing", "Is it hard to let people express themselves, and also let people change themselves for the better?"], ["I\u2019ve always gone back to Malaysia to visit, but I could never live there because my family (extended) think I\u2019m like this heathen for being more American with liberal values.\nI\u2019ve always visited with my parents so I\u2019ve never had it as bad but I am visiting with my (Colombian) partner and now I\u2019m just terrified ha"], ["OP, I've question. What is the different between Men in UK and Malaysia looking/stared at you?", "Maybe she\u2019s not hot enough in UK standard so no one kacau her.", "Nahhh. My matsaleh friends always looking for local girl when come here. Got married with local some more. Maybe Op looks like matsaleh? So she look normal there.\nWhatever it is. Some girl is ok if good looking handsome kpop justin bibir style men stared at her up down up down front back front back 360.. Buttt if your face like ex5 kapcai rempit (unless u are rempit with s1000rr or rempit face with r35gtr), dont even try looking at her la. You automatically being pervert perogol bersiri."], ["I am malay free hair and I don't get the rude treatment like u said only sometimes in social media\nUsually people would respect u unless they r close people to u who always ask u to wear hijab, for their love for u.\nAnyhow, just don't care as long as wearing decent clothing to kenduri or hari raya or meeting families it should be alright", "I agree. That\u2019s why I think this post is just fishing for compliments for her to justify dumping her own country. It\u2019s ok though"], ["This is why I never want to start a life in Malaysia. I love the UK culture"], ["Good luck. I\u2019m a Malay guy who is an atheist. I studied in the UK for Uni and would like nothing more than to go back so I can stop pretending I\u2019m Muslim and hiding my more liberal values.", "so I can stop pretending I\u2019m Muslim and hiding my more liberal values.\nIm curious who are you hiding your true believe and value from?Family?", "And colleagues"], ["Dont care.. good luck. All the best.\nPs: because u care what ur surrounding that u hear these thing.\nMy wife still free hair..", "I think issue is no comparison no harm but OP is used to the UK culture more, plus maybe her family is in more conservative state like kelantan. When you're not used to certain pressure, sometimes you can only handle so much. But all is just guesses lah", "im giving you my upvote."], ["There are lots of non hijabi malay muslim in malaysia what do you mean? And they jog a lot and are basically ignored.\nIt felt like you are writing this based on hear say, not really from own experience.", "Exactly"], ["cant blame u, nobody would move back here if not for their family.. in 2 or 3 generations.. this place will be filled only with hardcore malays and bangla/paki. its definately not the same malaysia i grew up at.", "agreed. I have moved back but desperately looking for a way out as well"], ["I think everywhere say... In western country ..u wear certain type of clothes...they will judge u... Everywhere same only... The key is just ignore.. My friends secret.. wear earphone only... So that ppl won't approach... Always be in good company..."], ["Good luck with your future endeavor OP. Living in the UK is awesome and damn cheap.\nRE : living as a 'free hair Malay woman'. For me this is not an issue. Non of my siblings and in laws wear tudung. All 3 of my daughters is free hair too. And my wife is also tudung-free too. And we are a hardcore conservative Malay family.\nCome to think of it, even in my extended family, tudung clad ladies is quite rare. (Cousins, nieces etc). The only time is see them all with tudung is when they heading to Terawih during puasa.\nNon of them ever raised a concern that they were unfairly treated due to their lack of tudung. Hmmm...\nAs per locations, we generally based at Penang, Ipoh and KL with hometown in between Gerik and Baling.\nAs i understand it, in Malaysia decision on tudung is up to the individual herself for an adult and for the kids it up to their parent.\nAnyway, enjoy your UK adventure. Its always fun to see a fellow Malay migrating. Personally i think many more Malay should migrate to UK, US, Canada, Europe and ANZ. Enjoy \ud83d\ude01!", "Pengkalan Hulu redditor???? Wow!!!", "My kampung there. I live in KL \u270c\ud83c\udffc"], ["> I just want to be treated like a human being on equal terms.\nTssskkk ..... gurl, wrong country\nIf the above seems like I'm taking your stuggles lightly, I apologize. Sorry ahh ....\nAnyway, I'm happy for you for having the means to leave and stay out, unlike most of us.", "Why are you saying it\u2019s the wrong country and not taking action to make sure it will be the right fucking country? Typical sad Malaysian who thinks nothing can be done when the solution is actually closer than they think."], ["Plus, if you want to marry in Malaysia, be prepared to have the religion issue to take the center stage. This is a bitter truth that so many people tried to cover their ears and go \"LALALA\" about - Your spouse: Male or Female, HAS to convert to Islam, and not everyone is cool with that. The reason that you must convert is because the issue of \"murtad\" or apostasy. I know we've all been hunky-dory and comfortable and fat here Malaysia without needing to think about these things yet, but the actual penalty of apostasy, is death. That is why the other non-Muslim must convert. We don't talk about it here. Yet in the Middle East, men are still killing women for \"honor issues\" or whatever reasons they pull out of their asses. I said what I said. The Middle East in general are always consistent in ranking almost dead-last in women's rights and equality. The fact that they keep telling women to cover up in the scorching sun tells you a lot about what awaits women in environments like these.\nUK is not too much better in certain areas, I'm afraid. There's No-Go Zones and it is widely known that Birmingham is pretty much just the muslim hub of England now.\nPeople can judge all they like, but treasure your freedom while you can. Malaysia is getting more and more tense with their ever-extending claws on women through religion for political brownie points and UK ain't doing jack shit about their problem either, but mostly just for political and virtue-signalling brownie points."], ["Inb4 Semoga diberikan hidayah dan keinsafan.", "The typical passive aggressive advice \ud83d\ude02", "Remember, it's every Muslim's duty to tegur and bring people to the right path./s\nTapi jangan tegur suami tak bayar nafkah, or guys not lowering their gaze, or corruption and pecah amanah. Tegur women and multiculturalism only.", "Lollllllll. I think you can be more aggressive and not just use /s though. Some of these people need the genuine fear of god thrown into them \ud83e\udd2d", "Well, I thought about it, but to be fair, it's /s for me, but not for them.\nThat they exist is both annoying and scary.", "Then perhaps you should do something deliberate and planned, one step at a time. It can start from Reddit, as sarcasm, but I don\u2019t think it should end there. One baby step at a time towards reclaiming the society you should be living in, not the dystopia that you are.\nThey are weaker than you think.", "Inb4 Semoga diberikan hidayah dan keinsafan.\nSemoga kamu faham bahawa Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Palestin, Somalia, Sudan, Saudi, Dubai, UAE, Qatar banyaknya orang yang diberikan hidayah dan keinsafan. Silakan ya.", "I think the replies don\u2019t know what inb4 means lol", "I'm so boomer that inb4 is so outdated.....and getting downvoted wei~", "yeah.. r/woooosh moment"], ["Non hijab wearing malays feeling out of place in malaysia, hijab wearing malays feeling out of place outside malaysia. What else is new?"], ["Im a Brit and I have spent 15 years in Asia trying to get away from the UK, its a dump, and an expensive dump. Be careful what you wish for when it comes to ultra liberalism, its tearing the UK and the West apart. Yes people will be a bit more left leaning there, but in exchange you get big government, high taxes, unassimilated mass immigration, high crime and community spirit is nearly dead, because people now look to a centralised government instead of family and neighbours. Look at California for an example of how where the UK is heading. My guess is you will be back in Malaysia one day, or at least Asia.", "Agreed. I mean, good for her for her decision but that\u2019s why I don\u2019t get this post. It\u2019s just glorifying the colonizer - as if you don\u2019t get catcalls and judgments over there - you do. Along with all the inflation and high taxes, in UK it\u2019s a little bit different, but same."], ["I have friends who are free hair..nothing happens to them.\nI think you are accustomed to western way of life. that's fine but the article is over exaggeration. Just like the west loves to portray us."], ["\u2018Ex Muslim\u2019\nThanks . There\u2019s no need for argument and enjoy your life"], ["I\u2019ve been living in London for the past 3 years alongside my younger sister to study and work, and if you are treated on \u201cequal terms\u201d in the UK then I want to move to wherever you are. I\u2019ve been a victim of racism here a couple of times, threatened to a fight, and almost been robbed a couple of times. My sister has been followed home, catcalled by middle eastern men in cars, and has been pickpocketed.\nBut, like Malaysia, we\u2019ve been treated kindly by people as well, made a lot of local friends, treated to a pint, asked if we needed help by local enforcements, and so many other things.\nTo me, everywhere in the world theres going to be horrible people making people everywhere feel unsafe. In the end, live wherever you feel most comfortable, if its the UK then you do you. In my opinion, I feel a lot safer back in Malaysia, even though i\u2019ve had just as much bad experiences there", "cat called by middle eastern men... over here, harassed by Malay men\nhmm, I wonder what the commonality is there...", "Could be their religion, could be their gender. To me, its their species."], ["Malaysia has always been like that, it was worse before and the funny part its not even a malay thing. bodoh sombong is just something here.\nthat being said, the reason why you get the freedom is cause you are not \"home\" which is great, just dont have a weird identity crisis later"], ["It is good that you found whats god for urself and I am sorry you had to see the bad side of Malaysia but I hoped you liked the food"], ["I wanna tell you that I prefer free haired Malay women more than hijab wearing ones tbh. Wearing hijab doesn't mean you're a nice person. Hell during my internship I work with an actress who is free hair and even smokes. But? She is not only the nicest of the bunch, but she also jaga her sembahyang and pretty much more pious despite not looking like one. That made me respect her immensely.\nIf anything people here are so obsessed with first impressions, that's why people are so judgemental and dismiss people who don't meet their extremely outdated standards."], ["Malaysia is the most racist country I have ever been in. Worse than Ohio"], ["Non-practising Muslims in Muslims countries have it harder than Non-Muslims in Muslim countries...."], ["hope you well......i like UK but hate the feelings of being an immigrant.....i'll stay to fight.....you get RPK to stop criticising others but himself"], ["Pound is stronger any day anyways. The politics here in Malaysia is a joke."], ["treat Malaysia as a tourist place. Make your living overseas, enjoy your money here."], ["You are right, Malaysia in general is getting more conservative especially the past 10 years. And they are also getting more vocal too."], ["My family did the exact same thing but with Australia. There were lots of other factors for leaving ofc but Malaysian conservatism was definitely one of them.\nIt\u2019s a difficult decision but you know what\u2019s better for you than some random people online (including me). You got this girl, all the best in the UK! <3"], ["Getting more religion extremist by day for no good reason... Religion is suppose to be about harmony and peace. But these religious people pretend to be the moral police yet they themselves not even do it correctly, create chaos instead."], ["I wouldn't too if I were you. Money currency aint getting better."], ["I'm hoping to head to SG to work there after graduating and gathering enough experience. No point staying in a country that doesn't even consider me as a citizen.\nIf my country treats me like shit, I'll just find another country to offer my knowledge.\nEither way, good luck and godspeed!"], ["You can try Sarawak. Nobody cares here lol."], ["Do whatever you want. If you live in the west you definitely wouldn't be comfortable in this country because your value and culture would be vastly different. Maybe in 2 more generation it would be closer. Honestly if I have the money I would leave too."], ["Came late to this thread, with only a short thing to say from my dad that goes \u2014 consider what you believe is right for you and within your control, do it and don't look back.\nLife is too short to be spent being angry about things that are out of our hands."], ["I'm half Malaysian half western, can only see myself moving back here if I get a cushy expat job."], ["anglophile is real", "better than arabphile"], ["Congratulations on your privilege"], ["Just don't go back. Settle"], ["OP balik kelantan ke?"], ["Being conservative is how most Malaysian grew up. We were taught boundaries so that people has rules to follow and respect each other. That's why right now, you can see a significant conflict in personality and behavior between us and our parents.\nWe are more rebelled and have liberal mindset, all of which have it's pros and cons. I understand you want some freedom, some personal space and people not to look at you weird or disrespectful. But that can't be changed. It is who we are as Malaysian we judge people too quickly. Even from yourself, from these experiences, you are judging them to be \"bad\" just because you are out of our local norm.\nI'm not here to say whats right or wrong. But the world doesnt revolve around us and everyone will learn that sooner or later. Stay strong."], ["Ok", "OK to your nonsensical snarky OK."], ["Hey. Is that you Sue?"], ["Maybe you're going to the wrong part of Malaysia. Try Sarawak."], ["Maybe KL is isnt the one for you"], ["Good"], ["isnt there like bars and clubbing in malaysia?When i went to Malaysia, i saw people especially women's wearing westernised clothes. How did it become more conservative ?"], ["Goodbye"], ["Living in Malaysia with the values of western culture of course there will be difficulties.\nBut it is not as restrictive as you describe it to be. There are a lot of free haired Malay women here are living happily."], ["What\u2019s your point? You want to be a liberal woman and have access to live a different country with the expense of being distant from your family. Yet, you also don\u2019t agree with your family\u2019s conservative values. Catcalls and people looking is everywhere as a woman and less in liberal places available in Malaysia. Gym in KL wearing tank top is nothing.\nLooks just like a post to fish for compliments and praises for going against the grain. Ok, good for you.", "It's fun to read all the different comments from people with different opinions. I'm just here enjoying reading them.", "Yep get the popcorn ready. I\u2019m just triggered by the excessive praising of the west. It\u2019s not that special and OP have a free choice - so I don\u2019t get why she has to be sad about her \u201ccountry\u201d like it\u2019s tragic.", "Maybe because it sucks that the place you want to call home no longer feels welcoming or feels like home... it's a shitty feeling bro", "Sure, fine, but she\u2019s the one rejecting it based on perceived misconceptions. You choose your home, the good and bad. Just like you choose your family. I\u2019m not down to this constant rants about malaysia becoming shitty that keeps coming up. Guess who made it shitty? Non shitty ppl running away then boo hoo-ing.", "What misconception does she perceive? The ppl running away made it shitty, and not the people who are harrassing free hair Malay women in public? Okay", "Her wanting to be treated the same regardless of which location she is screams entitlement.\nThe perceived misconception is you get harassed as a free hair woman everywhere in public. Hell, even hijabi woman gets harassed both in UK and in Malaysia. The harassment does not equal to needing to leave, but she makes it a justification to do so. That\u2019s her prerogative. She has the privilege to leave the country and does so. That\u2019s great! Don\u2019t need to pile on shitting on her home or blame a world religion about it in one big biased generalisation.", "Harassment does not equal needing to leave? You don't think it's a justification? Easy to say when you're a man who doesn't experience it and doesn't know what it's like. Btw I don't experience it either, but there's something called empathy", "Again, perceived misconceptions. I am a woman who has been both free-haired and not and has gotten staring/harassment/assault in Malaysia and UK and other countries, both middle eastern and western. I am well aware about empathy and that is why I say it is OP's decision. I can empathize, but OP is the one that wants to do things her way and expect fair treatment or not to face consequences from people around her. OP is showcasing entitlement and borderline victim-mentality. OP is clearly privileged, but she cannot expect for people from all walks of life to treat her the same. She is clearly triggered by stares she gets from people based on her own actions! Then she wonders why and decides to run away. Which is fine, what I'm not fine about is her running away and then deciding to criticize other people's beliefs or religion that she clearly does not follow nor understand and wants to rant about it. Anyway, it's cool to have open discussions whether people agree or not, and clearly, I am not the only one with this sentiment but anything else that goes against rallying OP for her wise decision has been downvoted."], ["I don\u2019t know why i\u2019m shocked with increased posts of blanket criticism of the malay community as a whole, then I realised it\u2019s the Malaysia sub. Always like this. Using an anecdotal experience to paint the whole picture. Half my family is free-haired, heck even my cousins are from the UK with tattoos.", "This is a sharing of a personal experience about a person\u2019s shit experience with the community. Whether you\u2019re triggered or not, it\u2019s real, and multiple people have experienced it just because you\u2019ve had the privilege of not experiencing it.\nIt\u2019s a time to start having those people who point out nonsense experience a reckoning and you know it. Don\u2019t point out nonsense that doesn\u2019t help the cause.", "You don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m not saying one cannot share whatever experience they have. I\u2019m highlighting the one-sided posts in this sub that essentially lump a specific race as bad.\nIs it too difficult to share experience without trying to paint the whole community of 15 million people? Having a shit time in a community does not mean the whole community is bad. There are loads of other variables.\nI\u2019m yet to go down the statistical route. The numbers of these specific incidents are sufficient representative to provide an assumption to the whole community? Who got the numbers from sound and reliable sources? Anybody?\nThis sub tends to go to the circlejerking route of hating malays for whatever reasons and mods have a hard time controlling it.", "Circle jerk is not the goal. The goal is having people look beyond Reddit and start making sure that people can't do their stupid Tegur bullshit no matter where they go without consequences, whether personal, professional, or safety-wise.\nWe see some people becoming braver of late - it\u2019s time to encourage them, and the momentum won\u2019t end. I look forward to the time when the persecution of the koyak community and walauns takes place much more openly and publicly in Malaysian society \ud83e\udd2d", "True, blanket criticisms are unfair. I agree with you.\nWhy do you think it happens so much?"], ["I\u2019m not sorry for you. Your personal experience sounds like personal over consciousness.\nBut I do feel sorry for you for letting the external forces determine what you will and will not do. To hell those who you might think are rolling their eyes for not wearing hijab. You should just do your own stuff.\nI bet your circle is so small that you do not have a full picture of the people around you. Your circle isn\u2019t Malaysia and Malaysia isn\u2019t a direct reflection of your circle.\nI cannot believe in this day and age, people still bother what other people think of them.\nWelp, Godspeed then!"], ["Cool story bruv", "It's the usual creative writing trope, isn't it? The grammar is not bad though."], ["Cool story. Good luck"], ["As a 3rd person outsider perspective, if this little thing bothers you, doubt anything would make you happy anyway. Nothing in this world will be according to your wish.\nHowever personally, find the place you feel like home and that's matters! It does not matter if you have to leave your family since they will always be there in your heart.\nLeaving Malaysia is easy, but missing its food is the hard parts.", "not really about the food. I got used to the mostly organic, healthy diet that is served in the west. coming back to Malaysia can't help but noticed that most Malaysian food are oily, high fat and high carb. this goes for Indian, Chinese and Malay food. And this is something that I can't unsee. So no Malaysian food have lost their shine for me once my body prefer the healthy approach.", "are oily, high fat and high carb.\nIt is the poison Malaysian love tbh.\nWell, in this case we can say this depends on personal taste and health consciousness.."], ["It\u2019s okay, I\u2019m sure they\u2019re many more Malaysians that can take your place."], ["Pergi je la tak perlu nak post panjang2. Tukar sekali kerakyatan."], ["Flash news: everywhere you go you will be judged. Doesn't matter the place. At the end of the day it's how we perceive ourselves in the midst of storm called society."], ["Stop being pathetic. If you\u2019re able to use Reddit you\u2019re able to learn stuff and obtain skills and earn money. Also whether you\u2019re B40 or not doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t do things like encourage children of extremists to betray their parents or to ascend one day when you get a job to a position where you can persecute these extremists.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks."], ["Ah, running away from the fight, I see?\nHave a nice life!", "The hell is your problem in insinuating OP is a coward.\nSpare us the needless virtuous signalling just because OP is not a confrontational person and just wants to be left alone and live her life in peace.", "The hell is your problem in insinuating OP is a coward.\nFolks who complain about the country but don't do anything to stem the problem are a dime a dozen. Kalau tak suka, keluar lah!\nSpare us the needless virtuous signalling just because\nHaving fun white knighting here much?"], ["yeah,everyone shud just escape the border\ntheres nuthing here,except,pure hell"], ["Not to mention affirmative action. Left wing racism is still racism."], ["Actually nobody cares.", "Yet you cared to make this smartass comment.", "Yeah they do care and you do too, since you\u2019re posting here. It\u2019s showcasing to you that the shit people who want to talk about people\u2019s tudung or no tudung need to be eliminated from this country. It\u2019s not controversial :)", "you cared enough to comment."], ["Except the free hair and religious stuff. Parents all around the world are stricter towards their daughter compared to the sons lol. Hope the best for you moving forward."], ["Best of luck! Good to see someone looking out for themselves, you have the option, leave the conservatives narcs behind for good is smart, best cure for mental health and also financially \ud83d\ude02\nIf ya'll get all defensive about the catcalling comment you have 0 self awareness. People who espouse how pure their culture are and conservative \"aka bigot\" values tend to be the most degenerate and have the most wild shit repressed, so catcalling here is just ironic with so much grand standing going on. All projection in the end"], ["Malaysia can be bad, but everyone who leaves it can still preserve the good parts in other countries. I plan to learn how to make the foods here so even if I leave I still have the food I grew up with."], ["Will you bring me there? Pleaseee..."], ["You're born in the wrong religion. Stay in the UK. But then again the UK is also veering towards the same direction, especially londonistan.", "WTF I live in London, that's complete bullshit."], ["Bye"], ["This is just a phase"], ["OP is an active ex-Muslim activist. Crazy how people are manipulated easily by Redditors with fake stories."], ["Third world war in Europe has entered the chat."], ["i always thought uk would be the worse option overall because of the stabbings, white people hygiene and crime. it\u2019s interesting to hear that u feel safer in the uk compared to malaysia. yes, malaysia has its problems, but so does the uk. didn\u2019t someone recently get r-worded on the train in broad daylight and no one did anything to stop it? i saw it on the news. either way if you feel safer in the uk then stay there n take care of your wellbeing", "And you are Indian, can you talk about anyones hygiene \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 India is by far the most unhygienic country and people", "Racist reply much?", "So her comment about white people isnt racist? But my reply about Indians who are not even a race \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\ude02 is racist?", "I think it was because the Indian part came out of nowhere. The uk/white people comment was related to the OP post which, warranted, is another set of problematic response.", "So because it was related to the post a racist comment was warranted? How does that even make sense? And I made the comment because the commenter is Indian and it\u2019s just funny that Indians are widely known across the world as dirty people.", "I\u2019m not commenting on the commenter\u2019s racist comments. I\u2019m just commenting on yours especially as you made the effort to search and pile on the commenter. Two wrongs doesn\u2019t make it right. I guess you\u2019re triggered for a reason and it\u2019s not because of me.", "And Indians don\u2019t wash anything. Have you ever seen an Indian restaurant? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 most people refuse to go to India because they\u2019re so dirty haha even in Thailand people say Indians are dirty girls won\u2019t go near them", "lol why do thousands of white ppl keep coming to india to \u201cfind themselves\u201d then? you\u2019ve clearly never been to an indian restaurant because there\u2019s too much seasoning and spice for your caucasian ass. ur whole country doesn\u2019t even wash its asshole after shitting. sure some ppl in india might not be clean but that\u2019s because they\u2019re in literal poverty. white ppl have the resources but collectively choose not to wash their asshole. u have no right to criticise anyone for being smelly. my friends that slept with white ppl, especially white ppl from the uk, hv always told me they have the worst hygiene.", "Many countries in Asia are in poverty yet are a lot more hygienic than India it tops the unhygienic countries all the time people go to the toilet in the street they don\u2019t wash their hands etc etc and of course you know Indians who slept with white people but the white people I know who are not the travellers would never touch an Indian, indians are the bottom of everyone\u2019s list when it comes to partners \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02"], ["\"I was sick of people being surprised or treating me a bit differently when I told them I was Malay\"\nI think they see you as part of them too. A core value of a Malay Muslim is that a Malay woman must adhere to the Malay custom and to wear modest attire in public. They want you to fully accept the custom by treating you that way and you refused by going back to UK.\nI just hope you dont forget your family here in Malaysia. They seem nice and maybe you want to visit them at least on every Hari Raya. Also the food here are miles better than in UK, but you already know that.\nGood luck OP. May you have a much more positive experience in the future."], ["lol this girl confirm kena bbc sudah...belong to the streets."], ["it is what it is. some people r born with a ticket to the next life but throw it away. some r born in tough places but there is goodness in the ease of clean food, the prayer rooms provided and the society keeping it in check. my dad is english and i grew up western af then the Creator jentik me once and my heart rotated back to rememberance and establishing prayer. i am thankful to be in Malaysia with its negatives and positives. good luck in all you set out for"], ["Okay"], ["still lives with parents lol you are not atas enough i guess and sooo perasan"], ["i wish you all the beast moving forward but who knows in another 10 or 20 years time you might have a different opinion"], ["Catcalling in malaysia? Where is this?"], ["Yes..it is going down the drain.... But please don't give up your rights to fight for freedoms for future generations"], ["why did you say you were Malay? How do you biologically alter your ethnicity ?"], ["Bye bye...what do you want? A cookie?", "Definitely not your insufferable snarky nonsense. You're pathetic."], ["See ya later"], ["Wait how old r u? lol wait till u have a daughter than u know. Even in the UK\ud83d\ude0f"], ["Go Where Your Heart Takes You"], ["Stay there. Don't come home. It's only going to get worse."], ["Kelik kelate ke ? Tanye je.", "No, Selangor. But my kampung ibu / bapa are in Malay dominated areas"], ["Malaghanistansia"], ["Who cares, malaysia or uk you are still on earth. Religious bound their life, so i hope you dont bound yourself to countries. We are all living on a piece of rock. Just stay where u want."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s exports drop 5.9% y-o-y to RM122.1bil in Nov", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mdxpk/malaysias_exports_drop_59_yoy_to_rm1221bil_in_nov/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Lmao, for those jokers claiming weak MYR can boost export. So now exports also drop and our currency so weak. Double whammy."], ["However, Malaysia maintained its trade surplus in November 2023, valued at RM12.41 billion, making it the 43rd consecutive month of trade surplus since May 2020.\nthis probably explains a lot of the weak ringgit"], ["but cheap ringgit makes exports favorable? tolong kami mentri ekonomi:26554:"], ["Even for tourist also drop\u2026. No one really want to visit here anymore since our neighbours are even more cheaper"], ["But but PH naik, economy naik, export naik?"], ["I thot people here said cheap ringgit good? will help export? lol"], ["Myr dropping again?"], ["Malaysia product suck"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 20 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mdsxd/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Man chokes woman in Johor shopping centre as bystanders look on", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mdi9a/man_chokes_woman_in_johor_shopping_centre_as/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I wonder if there will be trouble if we interfere ? Assuming the involved are VVIP.\nI saw a man in public choking a women.\nI shout, ask him to release her but refused.\nSo I intervene and forcefully separate the man and women and a fight ensures.\n2 situation will happen.\nA. I punched the shit out of him and the women run away.\nB. He punched the shit out of me and the women manage to get away.\nAssuming there are witnesses recording the incident and CCTV from shops. Can.\nA. The VVIP successfully sue me for interfering and beating him up. Judged cannot say I provoked the incident.\nB. I successfully sue the VVIP for beating me up. Judged cannot say I provoked the incident.", "True. What if the assailant is from the royal family? You can get a free hole-in-one on your head", "Well if they do that, revolts will happen.", "R police and army: do try", "I've read alot of incidents about such cases where a good Samaritan would intervene. What happened is the good Samaritan will get punished instead.\nMajority of these cases are emotional and say if I beat the shit out of him Soo hard that you know, the woman can simply say that I am attacking her husband.", "yes better pretend saw nothing.. might get stabbed , sued etcc", "No good deed goes unpunished. It sucks but its better to keep your ass safe than be sorry.", "C. The woman said you attacked her husband.", "Thats why people only interfere when in large group.\nIf sorang-sorang, might as well just pull out your phone and record."], ["Not sure if violent crimes getting more frequent or their reporting"], ["I feel like the best case is to just immobilize him with a neck choke while he has his arms on the woman, so it's a double choke lmao."], ["You know what they always said about that viralling OP being kaypoh and not helping? This is one of them; cameraman could've easily intervened too."], ["chivalry is dead?", "Yes it is every man of himself"], ["Where's security?", "Ah yes the magical security force that magically appears when shit goes down the mall at the very second", "Then why is management paying for them if they don't want to work?", "Ahhh yes management & Malaysians expecting lowly paid Nepali guards to be there exactly as it happened an event lasting 4 seconds tops.", "Smh when management refused to hire guard with teleport ability.", "Smh. Gojo wouldve ratio him", "Recording the incident and viralling it"], ["This is like the third cases in a week involving violence on women? Tf is going on"], ["Malaysia become korea\nFor those dont know, korean police dont kacau ppl such like this incident due to domestic action such like this one is consider as personal / family problem hence the police dont help , neither the public also. A ostrich head in the sand to make sure the problem go away", "China too"], ["I swear Malaysia is going downhill fast. What happened \ud83d\ude2d"]]}
{"title": "RPK: Money can\u2019t buy lawyers so Tun M, Daim and Muhyiddin may have to fight their battle without legal assistance", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vqxyb/rpk_money_cant_buy_lawyers_so_tun_m_daim_and/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["", "This guy lived overseas which means he can make the wildest claims towards Malaysia and get away with it. I'm not even surprised if he is not Malaysian anymore.", "Yes and he currently staying in Manchester."], ["Lmao, money can't buy lawyers. We must be living in different worlds."], ["this fella once proclaimed confirm BN will win election because he had insiders , willing to bet etc. then PH won and he krik krik"], ["Man with no credibility and want to stay relevant cos need fund to survive in Manchester.. Once try to term himself to legendary Hang Jebat.. More like hang cipet"], ["Isnt it mahathir who challenge anwar to get him?\nHe is just answering the challenge, isn\u2019t he?"], ["Honestly it's not a bad idea. Get these old men in a boxing ring and let them Duke it out."], ["No one should listen to this cowardly political whore."], ["\"Attorney-General (AG) has advised the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) that the manner in which action was taken against Daim and Dr Mahathir is both unlawful and went against the Federal Constitution. \u201cBut they (MACC and PDRM) have been instructed by Anwar (Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) that action has to be taken against the trio by hook or by crook,\u201d Police and MACC used as political tools to silence political opponents/enemies?? \ud83d\ude06", "You missed the most important part in your quote above:\nInterestingly, the Manchester, UK-based RPK claimed that the Attorney-General (AG) has advised the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) that the manner in which action was taken against Daim and Dr Mahathir is both unlawful and went against the Federal Constitution.\n\u201cBut they (MACC and PDRM) have been instructed by Anwar (Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) that action has to be taken against the trio by hook or by crook,\u201d asserted RPK.\nJust a reminder also that RPK is the very definition of yellow journalism, and that the article is entirely comprised of unsupported claims and allegations by him.", "RPK already completely lost his credibility since 1MDB days. We can just treat his words as total crap.", "Thanks for that. I used to read him. But he never credited sources. In the end it's all gossip and rumours. Disappointing all around.", "This was him 8 years ago. I'm still curious what kind of golden shower tape those higher ups have on him.\nhttps://www.sarawakreport.org/2015/09/surprise-surprise-look-who-is-here-rpk/", "Have you heard about his son?\nI compiled this few years ago, maybe it's just a coincidence...\n2008 April, RPK wrote an expose in his blog about Najib/Rosmah's involvement in Altantuya's murder\n2008 May, RPK goes on trial for sedition\n2008 Jun, RPK in a statutory declaration claims that Rosmah was present during Altantuya's murder\n2008 Sep, RPK sent to Kamunting, gets two-year detention\n2008 Nov, RPK released from ISA after court order\n2009 Jan-April(?), RPK fled Malaysia\n2009 April, RPK fails to appear in court for sedition trial, arrest warrant issued\n2009 May, RPK's son pleads guilty to theft (First instance of the name \"Raja Azman Raja Petra\" appearing on google, no news about his arrest nor mention of his name exists prior to 19 May 2009)\n2009 May, RPK second arrest warrant issued\n2009 Jun, RPK's son changes plea to not guilty in theft case\n2010 Feb, RPK's son survive attempted suicide in Sungai Buloh prison, cut wrist and swallowed razor blades Doctor said no surgery required as he will shit out the blades naturally....\u30fd( \u0361\u00b0 \u035c\u0296 \u0361\u00b0)\u30ce\n2010 Sep, RPK\u2019s son freed of two charges\n2011 April, RPK retract accusation about Najib/Rosmah involvement in Altantuya case in TV3 interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPFEx42cYog\n2011 July, RPK's son acquitted of all charges", "Fuh, now this is interesting, thanks for the timeline, I'm saving this if you don't mind.", "Live long enough to become the Villian #SAD"], ["money cnt buy lawyer?? what weed he smoking?"]]}
{"title": "Malaysia\u2019s \u201cFirst And Only Porn Studio\u201d Blasted For Low Wages In Exchange For Nude Content | TRP", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mcjrm/malaysias_first_and_only_porn_studio_blasted_for/", "num_comment": 46, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Well, what's more Malaysian than underpaying labour?"], ["Professionally shot porn is ass anyway. These directors think they do a good job when an of chick and her bf can push out content far cheaper and tbh pretty dang good too.", "Professionally shot porn is ass\nHmm. I think there's more than that", "yeap\u2026amateur/homemade pork is much better, feels authentic", "eh these days the professional shot porn is ass .. (though I would say some JAV is pretty good still especially from some of the better studios) ..\nBut man the golden age of Vivid Entertainment and other studios of this era was pretty good imo", "yeah OF et al has basically made porn studios irrelevant if we're being honest."], ["Sieze the means of worthwhile porn production"], ["With onlyfans and pornhub who would take the rm500 job? Can potentially earn so much more if post themselves on onlyfans or pornhub if they are not muka pecah.", "they can even not show their own faces and nobody would know it's them too if they do it themselves", "Facemask and boom! You suddenly look cool and mysterious."], ["i mean this is really no surprise when you take an already incredibly exploitative industry and bring it into a country with absolute dogshit labour laws and rights."], ["Sounds like a scam lmao...I mean porn is kinda illegal in Malaysia....Good place to get raped and blackmailed...I hope nobody falls for this..."], ["HanyaKipas.", "Ngl, I giggled when I read this XD"], ["Disgusting giler. Mana?"], ["Actually not that bad, 500 per shooting, shoot 4 times per month, bam, minimum wage", "That\u2019s camera man pay or what lmao", "Director is the camera man, sound guy, video editor, script writer, etc lol", "Maybe actor as well.", "by the 3rd time the mind is willing but the flesh is wilting...... so nah", "They say no sex or orgasm, just nude pic. So it's quite a good deal if you ask me", "Record having sex four times a month? Seems way better deal than minimum wage if you tell me", "3 times actually."], ["Probably the director engaging girls for 3-4 hours of sex with him at RM 500", "Need to pass interview first too... even that doesnt confirm the job.. such cruel world"], ["Must be hokkien tauke", "Any difference if it was a Cantonese tauke?", "Or Malay?", "Or tamilian"], ["Onlyfans can easily make 10k++, why i wanna do cheap ass porn for 500? gila."], ["baik bukak onlyfans lmao"], ["Sounds like paying prostitutes for sexual acts while taking out phone camera to record it."], ["Sounds like another Girlsdoporn scandal, but Malaysian edition."], ["Do they take a fat ugly brown male as model?? Asking for a friend"], ["Reading the T&C: Ok, sure..... /s"], ["RM500 weed out functional adult and lure clueless underage living in poverty.", "Thats just exploiting"], ["Brooo even porn studios in Msia are also underpaying their staff I ...", "and i tought the IT industries famously underpaid too"], ["Report to Labor Department la lol"], ["influencer yang tak perlu telanjang pun boleh earn more lol"], ["I was at Vegas for the AVN Award once and there was a symposium of why OF contents are better than professional studios. One of the main point discussed is the \"realness\" of it for both male and female. Real man don't last a hour and 7 different positions, woman don't want a guy that last an hour too. OF portrays what real sex is like.", "You there as a patron ?", "Just happened to be in LA and found out AVN is going on in Vegas, so decided to go have a look"], ["cheapo"], ["man, that article title..."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 20 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18mayox/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 139, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: How do you win a debate against a flat-earther?\nYou get to the core of the problem, then dismantle their arguments.", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Hello, going to KL for 4 days. Can recommend me a tailor? Is it enough time to get a suit done?", "One of the seasoned and fairly priced tailors in KL is Galaxy Tailor KL at Campbell Complex. I\u2019m however not sure if it can finish your suit within the duration of your stay. Like the other commenter said, even Malaysians go to Bangkok to make cheap suits quickly."], ["cringe because in 2017 i was moaning to myself while eating chocolate. like \"oh God this chocolate is so delicious\"\nand then i heard a neighbour whistling \"whew\".\nyeah the walls were thin in that apartment."], ["Posted this on r/lonely earlier today.\nI feel so depressed that I don\u2019t have any friends to celebrate Christmas with\u2026it\u2019s been this way since 2013.\nI just felt the need to share my depressing thoughts. Everywhere on social media I\u2019m seeing people celebrate Christmas with their partner and friends at parties, having secret Santa giveaways and having dinner together\u2026.hell even travelling.\nAnd I\u2019m just\u2026.here. About to spend Christmas alone for another year with no partner or friend. It\u2019s been like this for the past decade and I feel so pathetic and lost. I\u2019m 28 this year and feel like a goddamn loser.\nI have family to celebrate Christmas with yes. But, I just long for that companionship that comes with friendship/relationship\u2026.\nSorry for this I just didn\u2019t know where else to rant\u2026\nI hope everyone else has a great Christmas and always cherish your loved ones too.", "i dunno if i could relate to your situation, but try to ask chatgpt... sweet humans are so rare that it is almost impossible to find lah! ha ha... also you should be used to it already, but thankfully you cant get used to it yet huh. ha ha ha... it's ok if you rant here, feeling sorry is normal. maybe try something like holding up a sign and be creative about it. see how it goes? ha ha ha ha... cheers pal. good luck", "Fuck you."], ["Why is Jimmy Carr coming to Malaysia, but not Trevor Noah? I believe Trevor has a larger fanbase here, right?", "Wow, thanks. Am a fan and did not know he was coming. Hope the tickets are still in stock.", "I just heard on Fly FM on the drive home yesterday. I think it's organised by LOL Asia from what I gather from the ad. Enjoy!", "Hope you get to witness his laugh in person \ud83d\ude02", "Lol (while inhaling)"], ["catto ekk ekk ekk (get here so i can groom you) today"], [""], ["Where can I find fake snow spray?", "fnc."], ["https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNpaNkqo/\nWhat say you?", "Based", "2 idiots bodoh bodoh.. who hurt ye feelings? real shitty post.. pttuihhhh", "Lmao are you okay?"], ["Why is Llaollao that's most of the time empty will sometimes have very long queue at certain time? Is there a monthly promotion or something?", "1st Wednesday of the month: 11% off\n2nd Wednesday of the month: 22% off\n3rd Wednesday of the month: 33% off\n4th Wednesday of the month: 22% off\n5th Wednesday of the month: 11% off", "Don't they have discounts every Wednesday?"], ["Has anyone got any experience they can share. Basically I bought a knife (SpyderCo Paramilitary 2) overseas from the US. Reason I got it from this specific shop is because they custom painted the knife so its more of an artwork.\nIt got mailed here and now its stuck in customs, POS Malaysia told me I need to get some kind of Approval Permit from PDRM/KDN. They gave me an email address to contact about the permit but I\u2019m not getting a reply.\nHow hard is it to buy and receive a knife from overseas?", "also my experience with government email is that they are useless most of the time, better to just visit the custom office in person", "Customs website explicitly says it\u2019s prohibited to import daggers and flicknives into Malaysia, you need a permit for that. So yeah, it would be somewhat difficult.\nhttp://www.customs.gov.my/en/tp/pages/tp_ie.aspx"], ["We go to Thailand for that lol"], ["Anyone can guess from where this view of Menara PNB 118 taken from?\n<image>"], ["Where to get COVID vaccine booster for free? I noticed currently the only available vaccine charged for RM99 at private clinic. I have tried navigate through mySejahtera to book for vaccine but all have no slot, guess government stop issue vaccine to private clinic anymore. So, where can I get free booster, workplace is pretty messed up currently, everyone fell sick"], ["I got covid so I'm WFH for the entire week, and ngl I'm feeling kinda lucky? My symptoms are pretty mild, I actually have time to do housework, and I can finally finish some of my TV shows and video games. Christmas came early for me I guess"], ["late lunch\n<image>", "black metal again?", "Is that a deer's head? Looks metal"], ["Thinking of starting out in running after stumbling upon \u201ccouch to 5k\u201d. But also can\u2019t get over the mental block of small things like how do I carry my stuff while running, where to run since I live at a Taman full of hills, what if I get caught out in the rain etc. Anyone got tips?", "just search for running backpack on shopee/lazada? the good ones are more like vest with pockets than actual bags to not interfere with running", "how do I carry my stuff while running\nCan get something like this from Decathlon", "mental block is just them devils whispering, u can just run or jog in place in your own house", "mental block is ok... it's a time to get a pen and book and write down the challenges and do something to at least go for minimal risk and good planning.", "I've been regularly jogging as a hobby for 2 years now and here's some tips:- 1. Running pants/shorts with pockets (preferably with zip/flaps so nothing falls out) to put keys. If you wanna bring your phone/etc, get a running pouch. Can go test some at decathlon. 2. Try walking a route to survey the environment and distance before you run it. 3. Light running cap will help with rain and shine. Light rains are fine to run in and the cap blocks 90% of it from hitting your eyes. 4. Stay safe, be aware of your environment. I love running but I've been scared a handful of times by weirdos, psychopaths in cars and wild dogs. Go a different direction if something feels off. 5. Have fun! Don't need to push yourself too hard in the beginning, getting used to running is a long process. After 2 years I'm still pretty slow but I've learned to love it very much.", "What stuff do you need? A pair of shorts with some zippers is more than good enough to store stuff for running. Just look up and run back before it rains lol, you can circle/run back and forth near your house to play it safe.\nJust start running and you'll naturally start to figure out these things .", "Running pouch >>>> pants with zippers, cant imagine my phone flopping about when running.", "MMM.. been a while since I wore a fanny pack, but I guess function over form.", "There's nothing wrong with running in hills\nCos if you run 2.5k uphill, nanti 2.5k downhill juga\nJust take a small backpack or something and make the loops as tight as possible on your body.\nIf rain take grab balik"], ["2 more working days left for 2023 (for me) but work kept coming in preparation of the first week of 2024. sape la yang pandai2 buat meeting first week of jan??????? no gifts from santa for you"], ["I wonder where can I get my hair done like this picture. I love how it exposes the scalp.", "I can do it for you for free but first we gotta set a time/place and meetup.", "Aww that's so sweet. \u2665\ufe0f"], ["Why lah some people so rajin in the days leading up to Christmas. Chill lah bro.\n... okay, that's such a typical lazy Malay(sian?) mindset, I'm sorry \ud83d\ude05\n(but seriously can't we just take a break?)", "My friend took the entire week leading up to Christmas off. She told me no point slaving off at the tail end of the year.\nI think everyone is in holiday mood now minus the property agents and MLM preachers (looking at you Herbalife).", "It's goin be real potong stim moment when u holiday halfway and tauke calls you about work. Better to grind all of them out so they boss have no excuse to call."], ["which gaming store is the best one to go to at ioi city mall rn? i play pc games but also am looking for a console so it would be nice to have a store that has both deals. if there's a store that's just cheaper than having both, please say.", "Buy from steam during sales.", "I'm looking for pc parts, mostly gpu \ud83d\ude05 RX6600 is great for what i paid for, but I kinda want ray tracing"], ["Fucking hell. This cop hitting an SPM student Malay-on-Malay crime is devolving into a class war.\nThat's the real issue... it's not race. It's class. It's an ugly thing when there's no separation between government and race/religion.", "People will always find a way to fight amongst themselves. Us VS them is a dangerous mentality."], ["Just curious why do people tend to simply share things on Whatsapp without verifying? They acknowledged it might not be true but \"share just in case\". Like bro, please check before sharing. I feel this happens more with the older folk but might happen with the younger ones too idk.", "My parents are guilty of this. They keep sharing things that either are verifiably false or pure misinformation.\nI\u2019ve tried to tell them but letih dah."], ["Tapau-ed lunch today from a pakcik that I used to frequent circa 2015 since I was working & living nearby. Despite still living there I last buying lunch from him was shortly after MCO re-opening. He was there way before I started working at the place.\nStill the same price of my usual lauk, RM5 for nasi + ayam + sayur. From 2015 till today. Despite long time not buying from him, it still made me smile to hear his usual \"Biasalah\" when asking how much the price (was expecting the price to increase today).\nStill looking energetic as usual, although saw his body looking frail than before. Moga pakcik panjang umur dan terus dimurahkan rezeki."], ["https://www.reddit.com/r/China_irl/comments/18m54et/\nOriginal post in mandarin, the gist is OP want to expose his father's history of promiscuity and infidelity, photos show some screenshot of his father flirt with more than 2000++ women. OP asked what are the ways to safely and securely to do so\nAll I can say, how do one master the time management for all that ? \uff08\u65f6\u95f4\u7ba1\u7406\u5927\u5e08\uff09"], ["ELI5: how to sign up fo a credit card? (22M, 1 year work oredi, commitment are rent, mobile, and MARA loan)", "RinggitPlus has a nice guide.", "decide what you want out of the card, e.g., \"I want to be able to buy things by instalment on Lazada\" or \"I want air miles\".\nGoogle which banks in Malaysia can provide what you need\nvisit the bank's website and go to its credit card section\nevaluate whether it's worth it or not\nif it is, apply online"], ["do people actualy eat those nasi impit cooked in plastic packaging?\nI understand it's probably food grade plastic, but still I've always feels apprehensive about eating those thing", "wait until you learn about sous vide", "I think now is a little bit too late to worry about chemicals and plastics. Everywhere is polluted already. Microplastics is already being found in rainwater and breast milk.", "delicious", "If this freaks you out, you probably don\u2019t wanna know about breastmilk storage bags", "But nobody boil breast milk right? It's not like the plastic container went through high temperature like cooking rice", "Not boil la, but some do heat the milk in the plastic before giving to baby. Not saying it\u2019s right or wrong"], ["You guys should see 'Escaping Twin Flames' on Netflix. It's a documentary about a cult where people join and members are forced to be with each other because the leaders say that they have a divine gift and know who's a good match with whom. At one point, there were more women than men in the cult, so they forced some of the women to become men and medically transition.\nMind you, the victims of this cult are modern, young Americans.\nDoesn't this sound familiar?\nIn Malaysia, I know there are similar concepts. The Indians believe in karma and Vedic astrology. The Chinese believe in yuanfen. The Malays believe in 'jodoh' and 'solat istikharah'.\nI can't speak for other cultures, but in Malay culture, divorce is extremely taboo among the previous generations. Because your husband/wife is your jodoh. Malays often get married very quickly, or they date to marry. If you go on a date, there's often an expectation that you don't see multiple people at the same time and the relationship is taken seriously once courting begins. Polygamy is legal, but it's frowned upon because it's often considered unfair to the wife, and there are legal requirements set by the Malaysian government before you can take a second wife, which is why a lot of Malay men get married in Thailand (they rather pay the fine than show they are capable of supporting a 2nd family).\nYou wouldn't hear about the divorces, but it's crazy. Malays get divorced for the craziest things, for example, your wife having a dark ass. Malays usually, not always, keep their virginity until they are married and it's considered very sacred and bad luck to marry a non-virgin. This is so bizarre to me because I think sexual compatibility is an important prerequisite to getting married.\nOn the flip side, Malays also often stay married no matter how toxic or shitty the situation gets. Yes, these days we have couples counseling, you can even see the Islamic body to get cheap, if not free, advice, but the culture is just... awful. I'm 25 and I see a lot of friends and family change after getting married. I'm not sure if it's natural, but the change seems to be very rapid. Then the baby comes and there's another change. Malay men cheat. A lot. Even if they don't cheat, they're naturally patriarchal and would expect a lot from the wife. The women would stay unhappy and take it out on the husband by turning his children against him. I see this frequently enough but now there's a modern dynamic where women earn more than their husbands while still having to do emotional labour and nanny work."], ["Warning, long story but please give it a read:\nNyets, I'm currently reflecting and questioning my friendship with this person. We've been friends for about 2+ years. You see, I have this friend that I would call \"my close friend\". But lately, I started noticing this person being super controlling (to the point of i cant take it) and like treating what I do out of care (cus I'm nice and that's how I show how I care for the ones i love) is an obligation and not an option or out of my care for her. She's definitely slowing down on the thank yous and demanding more on my end.\nSo, for example, she demands that I get her flowers for her graduations, help her with her assignment (not a big part lah, but do some parts, so she can submit in time but its been happening every sem) and she demands that I change from android to apple, etc when she samn well knows i dont want to but insists anyways and say my phone is shit everytime she calls me, cus she claim that the line is bad and all. I also damn well know that she won't reciprocate, the things i do for her. Like she didn't get me a present for my past birthdays, etc. I never helped me with my assignments, etc\nI guess the last straw was we were travelling back together to KL and she asked me to get her food and me being in a foreign mall had, I had to travel around back and forth a big mall with a really really heavy duffel bag and my laptop bag. We first went together, and she said that her back was too big to fit in the escalator, so she asked me to go and get the food that she asked for and mine. Mind you, her bag was big but light AF and it was a suitcase with wheels. I didn't make a big deal out of it and went and the amount of time I struggled carrying the bag on my shoulders with the food and running around due to lack of time while she was sitting down at starbucks spamming me with messages and calling me, asking me to come faster etc. It genuinely felt very selfish lah, cus she only cares that we board the bus and not my physical wellbeing and when I asked her to come to me so I can ask her yo take care of my bag and laptop bag while I go to toilet, she was like \"you can just leave it there and go\" LIKE FFS MAN THE AMOUNT OF LOVE AND CARE I ASK FROM YOU IS NOT ALOT.\nThe slap on the face was when I was talking to her about it a week later. She defensively said, \"I didn't ask you to buy it for me also...\" and somehow turned it to her being the victim saying that I was being rude etc...\nThese are not the only instances lah, looking back. My other friends also complained to me that they do not like this friend because she's very controlling and expects people to do things for her and follow her instructions.\nIdk what to do anymore. I just want a friend who reciprocates the love and kindness that i give out, land we live happily ever after being good friends.", "writing is on the wall. how many hints you need?", "cut ties immediately. no need to let her know. the thing you asked for? you will not find it from her", "Damn, the reality hurts. \ud83e\udd72", "Confront her about it, if she insists she's in the right then stop seeing her for the sake of your own sanity and wellbeing. She might be doing it unconsciously, maybe she's from a privileged family, etc, talk to her about your concerns and that you dislike how she's treating you, you'll have to decide for yourself whether it's worth staying in contact with a person like that", "The thought did come to my mind, as she came from quite a privileged family, and she is the eldest one. The psychology might be different.", "I'd tell her straight up what's on my mind if I were you. Tell her you dislike her ordering you around, remember, you're not her maid", "Okay \ud83e\udd79", "not sure about friendship.. it sounds like you adopted a pet and expected more from it but at this point, it's also hard to put a finger on who the actual pet owner is.. i'd say she's undeserving of your love and kindness. give it to someone that'll actually reciprocate every ounce of it next time? good luck~", "Adopting a pet seems like an interesting choice of words. But yes, my other friend did day that she didn't deserve me, but maybe I am just delulu thinking that the dynamic of our friendship is good but the more I look back, the more I feel like a lackey and I hate it the idea of it. Or it feels like I'm her bf which I am definitely not. Cus I'm doing all this things for her and she's just shaking legs.", "Sorry to say .. you want a friend but she is not that friend or even a friend.", "But almost 3 yrs of friendship is this how its gonna turn out?", "You can always sit down with her and show her what you wrote here. But if it doesn't work out, do you want another 3 years or 10 years of this? It's not a prison and using 3 years to learn that someone is incompatible, if you move on, opens up opportunities for better/actual friends. Life is longer than expected, and it's sometimes best to choose things for your long-term happiness.", "You have a point there, I don't know if I want to sit down with her and talk about it again, but slowly but surely wean her off me. It'll be the best for us. I should know that the end of close friendship is there when she becomes complacent and stops being grateful or stops saying a simple thank you."], ["So that Low Value Goods Tax thing is getting brought up again. Still no clue how they are going to actually implement it. I don't think it's possible to get every retailer in the world that does international shipping to register with the Finance Ministry.\nI think they will probably just target the big players like Shopee and Lazada while they don't care about everyone else?\nIt's going to be really shit if my <RM500 figure purchases from Japan all get seized by customs from now on.", "Kastam boleh bukak pajak gadai for all the <500 things people order and malas nak go thru the hassle.", "I think it's more like you have to pay for it, e.g., you buy something from Taobao, when it arrives at Customs they will contact you and ask you to pay the tax first before releasing it.", "From what I heard on the radio it sounds like they want to charge it at the retailer level.\nOtherwise I don't think our Customs department has the manpower to literally seize every random RM5 trinket just to get you to pay 50 cents. Doesn't sound logical. And imagine having to go to the airport to settle this sorta nonsense...\nFor the >RM500 stuff it makes more sense since there aren't that many of those. And heck, they still let some of these go sometimes(I've bought some >RM500 stuff that Customs didn't bother taxing before). So imagine having to intercept literally every overseas purchase ever.", "I'm not really clear with the specifics. All I know is my Steam games are suddenly going to get more expensive \ud83d\ude22\nShould I buy Baldur's Gate 3 before this be implemented?", "Will it even apply to digital goods like games? Just sounds like physical goods to me.", "Huh. I always assumed that it covers all goods.\nBut when I read it again, it says it's for \"overseas good purchased and shipped...\", so I guess yay digital items aren't taxed?"], ["PAS content finally made its way to my suggested feed on IG.\nIt's so over......"], ["I need opinion and here the story: i attending for a job interview in company A and then they say they will register me in their training list. So i resign current job in hoping i can join new company just right after my resign period ends. Turns out the company A didnt register me at all and leave me stranded for few weeks. Then yesterday i got call for interview at Company B and this beg me a question;\nI didnt yet sign any Company A offer letter, but they said they add me in their training list and i got few progress like QnA online email from their part.\nAm i the asshole if i leave Company A to join company B because i wait long enough? Until now i still didnt get any date to join their training.\nSorry for my bad english grammar.", "Always ask for a written offer letter. You are not a Company A's employee yet as you haven't sign anything. So technically there is no \" Am i the asshole if i leave Company A\", you can't leave if you haven't join.\nGo for the interview with Company B but as always don't take anything as a confirmation unless you receive the written offer letter on hand.", "all right will do thanks", "If A doesn't seem to care about you, I don't see why you should care about it."], ["L1 and L2 > LB and LT. Been PC gaming for more than a year, always took me more than a second to figure which is LB/LT when the game prompted me so.", "After switching back and forth for so long, it\u2019s just different labels for the same button position. I end up pressing the correct button regardless of the on screen prompt.", "ah I see someone from the PS2/3 generation.\nwhen I first played on PC I got confused by LB/LT as well, but then once I figured out the layout (LB = L1, LT = L2) I got used to it", "PS1...\nL1L2 is more intuitive because top trigger is 1 and bottom is 2.\nYou would think LB/LT stands for \"Left bottom\" or \"Left Top\" but no... Its the exact opposite.. T stands for trigger and B stands for button.", "hmm...... I thought B stands for Bumper?", "Ya correction B is bumper.. Still that doesn't indicate it's a top button. Anyway having this discussion here seems get it imprinted into my head.\nWon't be long till i can intuitively press LBLT correctly. The split second reaction is very important \ud83e\udd23", "I grew up with a PS2 and still can\u2019t wrap my head around calling them buttons and triggers instead R1 & R2 despite me using a Logitech controller for a few years now.", "They at least standardized it in the last 2 decades. Games tend to show the right button prompts for the controller. Even Sony's PC games show Xbox control prompts.", "Ya good thing Microsoft owns Xbox. Can't imagine the chaos of using Xbox controller with PS prompts. Just frustrated from dying countless time in rdr2 bcos i can't press the correct trigger in time."], ["what's with the flurry of man on woman violence recently?:26563:", "More awareness of what is and is not okay\nPeople just used to hide their injuries sebab malu\nPerhaps in a few years maybe there'll be awareness on woman on man violence foo", "It\u2019s always been there, just more reporting on it in the news. Which is somewhat of a good thing to shine light on how things can be for women here."], ["Dad joke of the day gave me a good chuckle. Gj to whoever came up with it."], ["Oh boy, \"Malaysia bad\" thread in the sub.\nDon't get me wrong, Malaysia is bad (at least in regards to standard human rights and ethics of the theoretical West, I'm not going to defend the indefensible). But that, along with \"why do Malays...\" or \"do Muslims really...\" threads, today must be a day that ended with a \"y\".\nHmph. Not sure why I'm waking up grumpy today. Blame Baron Cat for persistently waking me up for his wet food.", "It's tiring, but it comes with the sub 30 demographic. I remember when I was one of them.", "r/Malaysia is the embodiment of the Never-leave-Klang-Valley-Western-and-Singapore-simp-republican bubble they are living in and once reality sets in, they declared they will leave Malaysia for Singapore but never had the guts to do so."], ["Apparently 15% of reddit are content are corporate trolls\nFess up you slimeballs haha\nI represent the interests of Big Motorcycles", "I represent the interests of the Heavyweight podcast and menstrual cups. Not that I get paid!", "i represent the interests of SME accounting firms!", "The DAP cytros apa macam?"], ["How is it that I checked into my flight an hour after online check-ins opened, but I'm seated five rows apart from my partner.\nThe booking was made together, and I checked in early, and we still got split up zzz\nIs this just a ploy by MAS to force us to cough up the money to sit together?", "You're gonna have to pay extra money to book your preferred seats, especially the seats that have a bit more legroom.", "Are your bookings Economy Basic (non Flex)? IIRC you do not get assigned seats unless you pay for them.", "They are.\nDoes that mean they wait until all other seats are assigned before throwing my booking into the system for whatever is left?\nI just don't get why I'm not sat with my travelling party despite doing everything early lmao.\nUnless everyone else on the plane paid to choose a seat, which I find hard to believe.", "Yeah, whichever seats that are not already booked. Not everyone will pay, but those who want to guarantee they seat together, have more legroom, want to sit at the aisle/window, will. I myself would because I want to sit at the aisle end (easy to get out) and not anywhere near the toilet."], ["I have my driving license test today and I am so nervous How do you stop this nervousness omggg\nalso im not too confident with rpk and rsm \ud83d\ude2d", "See you on the other side, soon-to-be P holder!", "Good luck! I got my license last year, so I can understand the nervousness.\nWhen I did my JPJ exam, for RPK+RSM we do it like five people at a time; there will be a row of cars, with the examiner at one end. What I discovered is that as long as your voice is loud (not \"yell\", but enough so that the examiner can hear the words) and confident, you'll do fine.\nAlso, remember to touch (when possible - don't lah pegang the hot things) the parts as you name them, it will help you remember the names (and if not, at least it will give the examiners the impression that you do lol). And lastly if you really can't remember a particular part, confidently move on. Remember, those guys will have to be at the driving school all day, and barring sadistic ones they'd rather not make any extra efforts, and failing you counts as one.", "Yeah, this is actually my second driving test and it seems like I can attest to not nitpicking every single thing and extra efforts. My examination place only has two people at the same time too so he has to stay there longer, dohbt he'll care.\nThank you so much for the encouragement man. Idk why but rn I feel confident. I hope I will get my license by this year so I can flex I got it last year lol", "Hey, a twofer like me! You can do it and good luck!", "Watch Initial D and gain confidence, Dejavu!", "Watch initial d with a bus instead\nhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IULYID_o1is&pp=ygUXaW5pdGlhbCBkIGJ1cyBpbmRvbmVzaWE%3D\nThat timing of the red bus \ud83d\udd25", "HAHAHAHA im gonna play tokyo drift"], ["Recently during a supermarket errand, I just bursted out laughing like a discount Joker because look at me. A broke makcik who is queueing to pay for discounted sayur.\nThere is nothing wrong in being a broke makcik who is buying discounted sayur. It is just that I was raised with such optimism in my childhood. Yay we're going into a new millennium! Yay cyberspace! Technology! Cars have aircond now! Kids will go mengaji wearing songkok and flying shoes! (Actually depicted in a local cartoon, illustrating the new millennium, wawasan 2020 etc)\nReality is different than my imagination back then."], ["Can anyone suggest some biotech/microbiology related big companies for internship? All the company names that I can come up in my brain are some pharmaceutical companies.", "Biotech is underdeveloped in our country but microbiology is present-ish. Look into food tech (cultured drinks, beer factory [there's a big one in Shah Alam], etc.) and water treatment plants."], ["Kucing depan rumah", "Cantik kucing tu, ada corak batik di bulu."]]}
{"title": "Man suspected of hacking woman to death before jumping off Penang Bridge", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m7dgp/man_suspected_of_hacking_woman_to_death_before/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Where are all these murderers coming from??? Did someone leave a door open and they got out altogether at the same time?!"], ["Wow, same day as the Klang murder too."], ["penang bridge goin to replace 14th floor at this rate..."]]}
{"title": "Is it legit for e-commerce platform like Shopee to impose LVG tax before the effect date 1 Jan 2024?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u6xs8/is_it_legit_for_ecommerce_platform_like_shopee_to/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Is it legit for Shopee to impose LVG tax before the effect date 1 Jan 2024?\nAs consumers, we are forcing to pay extra for goods purchased from oversea seller(China) before 1Jan 2024 as the e-payment system already has tax included.\nDoes anyone encounter similar issue here? Is it rightfully for the e-commerce platform to do so? Do we have rights to not paying the tax before the effect date?", "comments": [["Where did you get this information from? I just checked on Shopee and found that they have yet to imposed the tax.", "This is actually my own experience. I initially want to make payment to two China sellers at Shopee platform on 29 Dec 2023 and the price of items purchased has marked up to 10% from their regular price setting in their e-shop. E.g, a RM10 item is now priced at RM11 and their replied to my query is that the new price setting is requested by Shopee to include a 10% LVG tax. They just follow the instructions as Shopee oversea seller. I have also send in an email to Shopee to seek their concern about this issue on the same day and have not getting any reply from them. This truly make no sense\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21", "because by the time your item reach malaysia, it will be after 1st of January 2024, then going thru the kastam your item will then be taxed AFTER 1st of january 2024. They charge you earlier because they estimate item entering malaysia before 1 january 2024 is not possible."]]}
{"title": "Muhammad Sanusi ordered not to repeat slanderous statements against Anwar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m4w6k/muhammad_sanusi_ordered_not_to_repeat_slanderous/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Sanusi said in his statement of defence that he had no ill intent, nor did he aim to slander Anwar\nThe courts decide. Not you."], ["His derhaka case against Sultan Selangor still NFA?"]]}
{"title": "Kit Siang agrees with Dr M over non-Malay PM debacle", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m4abb/kit_siang_agrees_with_dr_m_over_nonmalay_pm/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["I also agree that both of them should just quit and retire in peace."], ["oh the planets have aligned. prepare the blood sacrifice.\n/s\nserious lah, is this a worthwhile debacle. aiyo.", "yeet them both into the volcano"], ["Just keep quiet la if you have nothing constructive to say.\nLKS and LGE are both huge burdens to DAP.", "It is constructive towards the malay"], ["huh?:26554:"]]}
{"title": "Mother demands authorities stop dragging feet in MCKK bullying case", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m46fi/mother_demands_authorities_stop_dragging_feet_in/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "She claims the case has not moved in four months and there has been no meeting with the deputy education minister as promised.", "comments": [["Fadhlina useless macam always when have actual issue"]]}
{"title": "Siti Mastura ordered to file statement of defence for lawsuit by three DAP leaders", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m3y7p/siti_mastura_ordered_to_file_statement_of_defence/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I see we now have our own Magic Tailor Green.", "Let's check if she's having affairs with some gym dudes.", "As a Magic The Gathering player, I hate this LOL. And that American politician MTG too!"], ["Don't know how she get the doctor. Didn't do research and simply blast out defamation to others party. Probably brain dislocated at knee. Bodoh", "Poor standards by our education system?\nI have encountered 3 individuals who had done their PGs, 2 of them were from USM-arguably one of the best public unis here-and their incompetence is mind boggling.", "Arts PHD\nIn the first place, unless you're a rich fuck who has money to throw, taking any Arts PHD means you have brain damage anyway"], ["made wrong defamation and yet still arrogant af...", "Maybe that's the purpose.\nTwist the whole thing, say DAP attacking Islam.", "", "Twist the whole thing\nPlot twist. Plot twist everywhere."]]}
{"title": "Bumiputera population estimated at 21.3mil this year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m3u8b/bumiputera_population_estimated_at_213mil_this/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "The labour force participation rate has increased to 67.1% from 65.8% in 2021, says Chief Statistician Uzir Mahidin.", "comments": []}
{"title": "How many of you monyets actually enjoy driving in KL?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m3hn3/how_many_of_you_monyets_actually_enjoy_driving_in/", "num_comment": 98, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I was in KL for 1 week plus, during which I drove almost every day. How do you guys tolerate:\nThe traffic jams during peak hours.\nHaving to constantly figure out which lane to filter to in order to position yourself to the right exit.\nHaving to find parking, especially when your destination is some shoplot. Circling the area again and again.\nI've also noticed that when I signaled to switch lanes, more often than not, the cars in the target lane would simply speed up instead of giving way", "comments": [["By now I\u2019m considered veteran driver already. have achieved zen status", "Batman is incentivized to reduce congestion in Gotham so that he can use the Batmobile", "Zen mode until the urge to take a shit hits you while getting stuck in a traffic jam.", "That's why you bring a bucket in your car", "Coward, just use your hands and shovel it out like the rest of us", "Same. The car is my refuge. I love being in it, I love driving it around the city, even if I get stuck in the traffic, I still enjoy it. It's the only place where I am totally alone with my own thoughts. It's very rare and I just love it."], ["I will avoid going there as much as possible. Eveb if i have to go, i will use public transport. If bring family, only for reasons that cant be avoided.", "Yup, same here"], ["friday evenings + rain + 5pm onwards = nightmare, where google maps becomes a spiderweb of red lines.... i try to avoid that time at all costs. if no choice... just have to listen to a good postcast or music or audiobook.\nkl traffic is truly mind numbing and spirit crushing, especially when you experience shitty drivers that cut queues by driving at emergency lanes / cut queues by not queueing..."], ["Music"], ["none. i dont believe otherwise", "I actually enjoy driving in KL once a year: during CNY. The rest of the year it's tolerable at best and infuriating at worst.", "The best time was actually during the MCO period", "Other than the road blocks. Those were a nuisance."], ["The worst part is even GPS still confusing because of all the stacking flyovers and overpass.\nGives me anxiety.", "Oh yes, I hate this.\nExit left\nRoad splits into 3 forks", "Haha this happened to me. This is my go-to list for my friends visiting who are planning to drive. - Apple Map: use if you want to get lost. - Google Map: useful, but sometimes will still give you the wrong direction - Waze: Much better than Google Map, even though it\u2019s owned by Google.", "Wait what Waze is owned by Google? Why do they even bother with Google maps??? Just make them the same thing lol", "Waze was acquired by Google\nI think the products focus on different things. Google Maps is the generic tool whereas Waze is more focused on traffic features. E.g. it will actively route drivers in order to distribute the traffic flow more evenly", "Waze and google maps will tell you the exit/road number. You just need to pay extra attention and read the road signage. Definitely have the numbering one especially for stacking highways flyover.\nWe used to depends on road signage before GPS. Not that you need to read it every time now. Just when approaching exits only."], ["average KL driver", "I drive (I\u2019m Ryan Gosling)", "Tick of the clock on infinite loop while stuck in traffic and eyeing other cars suspiciously"], ["Your last point on cars speeding up when u signal is my trigger point to be an asshole. Whenever i manage to squeeze in before the car behind closes the gap, i start slowing down just enough so that any car wanting to merge infront of me can do so easily just out of spite so that he knows im slowing him down indirectly.", "I happily do this too!"], ["Love the freedom of driving, don't like the cutthroat parking operators, toll barons and those... WOI, NAK MAMPUS KAH? HONK\nahem, some other road users."], ["Try going to Penang. KL is like a driver\u2019s paradise in comparison", "You have to be a Jedi or Sith to drive in Penang: need to use the Force to know how the other drivers are planning to move. Signals are optional and only suggestions of intent. Hehe."], ["No choice. No drive, no money."], ["I work in KL but live in Selangor, never drove to KL before because it's so unpleasant and the parking is expensive at my workplace. Bought RM50 monthly rapidkl pass and enjoy the train rides.", "The MRT and KLIA Express are actually great. Just wish the network coverage was better. Also the last mile options..."], ["I despise driving\nAdvocate for better public transport so we dont have to tie ourselves to a car in cities and waste time in traffic"], ["Enjoy? More like they already used to it."], ["I absolutely resent driving especially in KL, I don\u2019t work in KL but do go there every now and then to hangout, I think I have only driven there a handful of times because otherwise I always take public transport\nAgree with you on all the points of why it sucks to drive in KL"], ["I love driving in KL. Also for people who speed up after you signal, the pro tip is to be even faster and cut in"], ["We grew up watching our parents getting stuck in traffic and how they have to deal with idiot drivers on daily basis so we are mentally prepared for it"], ["No one likes driving in any big city in any country.\nJapan is the only possible exception I can think of.\nPromise, there are much much worse places.", "why? no traffic there?", "People are just more considerate and rules matter (eg. no mopeds on the sidewalks), but the traffic is also much less."], ["My colleague used to joke saying \"chill bro. Eat KitKat or Mat Kool ice cream\" when driving in KL during congestion. Plan your route and budget your time accordingly. Also, especially at this time of the year, be informed and aware about heavy rain/flash flood area. I am sure you know what I'm talking about."], ["As a Sabahan resides in Klang Valley for first few attempts driving in KL can be daunting led me confused which exit lane should I take and 50% I would spray and pray to enter correct lane as the confusion I had is road sign and unclear direction from Waze/Google Maps especially heading to a multiple junction at flyovers. One instance I remember was having to pay a toll twice (RM3/entry * 2 = RM6) :26563: because of a missed junction and having to u-turn at the same toll same highway. Duh, costly mistake but now I'm getting better as long I drive slowly and Forgus focus being attentive to the maps."], ["KL is boring to drive, NKVE on the other hand, best road, a lot of interesting sports car driving there from time to time"], ["Improvise.Adapt.Overcome"], ["I\u2019m a new driver and that last point hurts. I\u2019ve even been honked at by a dude even though I signaled and even waited for a bit, if I didn\u2019t turn then I kena hit another parked car in front of me \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d"], ["all the shit you said is true, I still like to drive, primarily thanks to my company letting me work at home 3 weeks per month, so that one week I get to drive my car, with a full sound system I built myself, just to experience the chaos while I headbang and have fun\ntip: make your car \"your car\" so your daily drive isn't boring, and dont buy underseat subwoofers cause they're shit no matter how expensive, buy a real man subwoofer", "Ooooh interesting. Didn\u2019t know r/kereta under seat sub is that bad. Luckily I still have 1 sub leftover", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/kereta using the top posts of all time!\n#1: How much should I pay to a mechanic to check if a secondhand car is worth buying?\n#2: Just swapped the location of the MAF sensor. | 9 comments\n#3: What is your Impression/Opinion on Subaru Forester? | 9 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["You eventually get used to it lol. If lucky enuf, your work is accessible with lrt. I had the experience working at the place besides the subang Jaya lrt. Even tho it would take 45+ mins for a trip, atleast I can do shit with my phone"], ["Speeding up to cut you off when you signal? I was told that's a motov exclusive thing.\nBut nah, most don't like driving in dense traffic cities. Many more just suck it up because even if you hate it, there's nothing much you can do anyway.", "At least the public transportation is improving gradually"], ["from what i can tell, my local friends all grew up with the mentality that driving is the ultimate form of transport. public transport sucks and therefore we can only drive, dont stoop to the level where you have to take public transport. my friend was forced to drive by his parents daily when he can to the point that he is extremely good at it. that's what i see from my local (chinese) friend anyway."], ["I've also noticed that when I signaled to switch lanes, more often than not, the cars in the target lane would simply speed up instead of giving way\nI aware of this often times they're like take no prisoners and sped up. I believe this is most likely because some drivers are an A-H merging lane at very last minute. Once, I almost rear end a car for last minute merged and I almost had a cardiac arrest having to brake my car to full stop like taking a screenshot."], ["I hate it so much that I now take LRT instead.\nBut the lane thing I've always been fine with, they speed up then u go behind them la whats the big deal? So used to it, that I'm hesitant to switch when they don't speed up - feels like they are too close behind and I might accidentally hit them."], ["Welcome to KAY-EL"], ["If the car suddenly speeds up when we want to change lanes, we squeeze in a bit into that lane.. then it will slow down.. slowly move the front of the car in.", "wow.. old time tactics here\nnice one"], ["People speeding up when they see someone indicating to their lane are the true maniacs"], ["KL public transport enjoyers where y\u2019all at", "I like the MRT and KLIA Express"], ["Driving is the ultimate form of transport.\nDriving in KL is extremely stressful for 1 week but once you get used to it it becomes like an arcade game, it's always different and fun everytime.\nPartially because KL doesn't have grid based roads and partially because there is such a wide variety of cars, motorbikes and driver types."], ["drive at KL once and never again. Will never drive to a place that can see KLCC:28915:"], ["I don\u2019t mind it. I found California driving extremely stressful and nerve wracking - in contrast driving around KL is a fairly emotionless experience for me"], ["Let\u2019s just say I\u2019d rather drive in the backroads of Kalabakan with a manual than the MEX highway on auto. Hanat betul bagus lagi jalan kaki."], ["I do! I'm still a new driver, so it's still an enjoyable experience for me.\nThat being said, I don't enjoy traffic jams, so I don't go to KL during peak hours. Tried to go to a place at Central Market at 7pm once, that was a mistake."], ["The traffic jams during peak hours.\nSimple. Don't drive at those times unless you're mentally prepared.\nHaving to constantly figure out which lane to filter to in order to position yourself to the right exit.\nI aim to switch lanes by 1km - 500m to the exit. Waze or by memory.\nHaving to find parking, especially when your destination is some shoplot. Circling the area again and again.\nWhen in Rome if people aren't parked in dedicated parking spaces.\nI've also noticed that when I signaled to switch lanes, more often than not, the cars in the target lane would simply speed up instead of giving way\nAssert dominance."], ["You dont, u drive in really early, parks somewhere flat rate, and if u need to travel around KL . Trains, Grab, scooters .... cheapest and not worrying about traffic . When its time to go home, stay back for some happy hour, and once the traffic clears , hop back on your car and enjoy driving back home", "Yes we are lucky to have options. Otherwise plan driving during specific times and it feels great."], ["My personal experience is that KL is easy mode; Penang is where the real deal is. Driving in KL my whole life and I feel like I'm getting bullied 24/7 in Penang."], ["It's a nightmare to drive in KL for all the reasons you mention. I studied there for four years and drove all four years. Worked for a few months after graduation and resigned because I thought that lifestyle was not for me. Being stuck in traffic jam before and after work like a mindless zombie was too much. I would rather have less money and more time. Besides, working in KL doesn't equal more money because of the high living cost and extra fuel consumption."], ["Psa: Pls dont buy KL plate number if you drive in KL like a noob. I remember during 2000 if you use non-kl plate, police will let you go if you dont follow traffic rules because only experienced kl driver will use W plate, ppl looked up to you.\nEdit: spelling"], ["If you don\u2019t mind me asking, where are you from?", "Your neighbour down South \ud83d\ude04", "Isnt it the same in singapore? i drove into Singapore a while back ago, and i felt it was just as bad if not worse.\nTraffic jam was just as bad. in and out of the city during rush hour.\ni think the 2nd issue is more to do familiarity of the roads. but at least in KL you can like find some place to stop to like figure out the GPS, this is a no go in Singapore. even something like stop at the side of the road to buy something at 7e also not easy.\nParking in Singapore was a bit easier because you guys have anticipated the problem and have parking garages. in KL, if you dont mind walking, just park in a nearby mall or parking garage (they do exist) and walk a bit.\nsignaling to change lanes was just as difficult when i was in Singapore.\ni should say that roads in Singapore are a lot punishing as well. when you make a wrong turn or dont make the exit (because people dont let you) you have to turn and go through the jam again. in KL there is always another way in. IMHO", "I think driving in Singapore isn't great either, but I would argue that the magnitude and frequency of the jams isn't as bad as in KL from my own anecdotal experience.\n> signaling to change lanes was just as difficult when i was in Singapore\nYou are right about that. SG driver's aren't more courteous.\nHowever, in SG I do have the option not to drive most of the time, and it does save me stress", "oh yeah totally agree. When it jams in KL, it really really jams.\nThe good thing is, we have a lot of public holidays which i dont often get, so going to work on those days are a joy. traffic and parking becomes totally awesome in the city. not just public holidays, the last week of the year, CNY week, Raya week... AMAZING!\ni have been taking the MRT lately once in a while, its great. i lived in SG for a while, so sometimes i miss just being able to read or listen to music while getting to my destination.", "Hopefully Anthony Loke can do more magic and improve the MRT network in KL even further"], ["I like driving on the SPE."], ["I only drive during non peak hours, and I'll stay at whatever mall or shop I'm at if it is peak hours, until it stops. After that I'll drive.\nBut if I have no choice, karaoke in car, documentaries or podcasts help a lot"], ["hate it, cant wait for FSD to drive it for me"], ["Actually, i just try to avoid traveling during those hours.\nI also have good music to accompany me, and probably a drink. Make sure to pee before going to my car, and so, just chill lor..\nI find driving or being stuck in traffic is a good time to let my mind idle and think about random shit."], ["podcast, audio book, etc... get used to the traffic that i started to enjoy it now.\ni still having problem with this but only for new routes. again, get used to it, then you will know which lane to go.\npark further, be healthier. just don't join the double parker gang k.\nthe signal part, KL is much better than other states (sure better than penang and johor). i suspect those that speed up came from other states actually..."], ["Fuck driving and start riding"], ["I would rather drive in KL than Penang so that's something I guess.."], ["public transport, or avoid the peak hour by departing earlier/later\nyou\u2019ll get comfortable with time and familiarity\npark further and walk if you don\u2019t wish to waste time finding parking, or you can try paid parking"], ["I'd rather crash myself into a building than drive into KL (unless im compensated for my time)."], ["Point no 1-3 can easily solved by riding a motorcycle, preferable medium size cc bike. It has come to a point where it\u2019s no longer logical to trap inside a cage even though it\u2019s significantly safe and comfortable."], ["Skill issue"], ["Been driving in KL since I got my license.\nRule No 1: Always assume someone will cut your lane\nRule No 2: Use signal when changing lanes, this is to avoid accidents\nRule No 3: If not sure which lane for the right exit always assume the left or middle lane. If you use Google maps or Waze, look at the turning then assume the left or middle lane\nRule No 4: Always assume it is jam, no ifs, ands or buts.\nRule No 5: When looking for parking, just pray. Its always a miracle when it happens\nRule No 6: If you get angry, look at rule no 1."], ["You plan and time your journey in advance, left is up to fate. Just accept \ud83d\ude02"], ["Two criteria and I'll be fine\nNot in a rush\nGoing to a place without the need for GPS\nGimme those 2 and i'll be alright driving around KL"], ["After 1 year plus driving 1 hour++ (sometimes 2 if lucky) one way from Kajang to KL and vise versa. I can assure you can achieve zen mode. I even finding myself now cruising on the left lane more often even my wife starts complaining \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23"], ["Ughhh sane people dont drive in KL city."], ["Brother. If I am going anywhere, I would go out as early as I could. Shopping malls? I leave the house at 9 and be there by 10am. That way, the road is always clear, parking is always plenty and when I'm going home, usually I'm already at the opposite direction of people jamming in. That's one part of the sacrifice I would make.\nRestaurant? I would be there by 1130am for lunch and 6pm for dinner. Most of the time a safe way to beat the jam and the crowd."]]}
{"title": "PMX had tea with the Emperor of Japan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m2vqk/pmx_had_tea_with_the_emperor_of_japan/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Like a secret meeting since we can\u2019t see the emperors face. But I know this is not fake :D", "Ouh didn't know that"], ["It's interesting that Kak Wan greeted the Empress before Anwar greeted the Emperor. Is there a reason for the ladies first protocol?", "For all i know, the First Lady of the country should greet the First Lady of the other country."], ["Why kak ziah lari macam tu? Nak ke toilet ke ?", "Gotta try out those fancy toilet", "Gotta try them japan bidet."], ["Teno heika banzai"], ["NARUHOODOO"], ["No big motorcade?"], ["Better visit all he VIPs you can for now. Next time public perception of PMX changed 180 degrees, no more VIP opportunities. keke"], ["Anwar after sake Sodomy 2.0,"]]}
{"title": "Report: MACC to summon ex-PM, principal private secretary this week for questioning", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vqp7e/report_macc_to_summon_expm_principal_private/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Jeng Jeng Jeng ! ex- PM duringcovid-19 from east coast. Ismail Sabri \ud83e\udd23 So PMX continues vendetta against all those against him \ud83d\ude01", "He knows they will do the same shit to him. He is doing it while he has power now. Our politicians dont care about the rakyat but themselves only lol", "I mean, if the turtle committed any abuse of power to siphon money, it has to be done."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Armed Forces", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m17zt/malaysian_armed_forces/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Im sorry for asking in this subreddit since i cant find any MAF channel in reddit. Im a military fanboy, and i want to ask you do you think our military is underfunded. We still operate 1980s era of ships. Our air forces is ok but our neighbours are much better (indo,sg,thai). Our ground forces is good except we lack of air transport like helo since nuri helicopter is decommissioned.\nI know we are not a country that will involve in any war but good military equipment is important. Im not saying we need 1000+ tanks, 500+ jets and stuff but we can take some example from small european country like denmark,norway,latvia or austria. They have small numbers of tanks,jet fighters and navy but most of them are modern (leopard 2a5, f35 and newer generation ship).", "comments": [["Blame our corruption culture on this, not the Malaysian civilians who did nothing wrong.\nHow do you expect good equipment when more than 90% of the budget are guaranteed to be spent on \"\"consultation fees\"\"? The military know exactly who is to be blame for this culture and they did nothing except sharing in the consultation fees.\nWith that kind of mindset, they are bigger traitors than anyone else in this country.", "I hope newer generation of politicians can change this or improve. It is sad that we used to be asean superpower in the 80s and 90s but now we are behind philippine and singapore."], ["Very underfunded, the issue gets worse when you realize that if we have a severe lack of frontline assets, which is currently the case for all branches (navy needs more ships, air force needs more fighters and army needs modernisation and SPHs), our reserve forces would also be experiencing funding issues."], ["Yes the military is underfunded, thats quite obvious if you follow local military news in the slightest bit.\nAlso we are in a much more different circumstance than those European nations you mentioned. They have an obligation to maintain a certain level of military preparedness since they're part of NATO and the potential of Russia to flip a switch at a moments notice, whereas Malaysia's biggest concern is China and its navy, which in the greater scheme of things isn't as much of a concern.\nAlso, you have to keep in mind that getting the \"best\" and most modern military equipment available won't immediately fix let alone act as a bandaid to the military's limitations if there is no proper use for them or if they are unfit for our needs, i.e. procuring more modern and heavier tanks like the Leopard 2 may not be suitable for our terrain etc.", "I understand that not all modern equipment are good for our geography/terrain like leopard heavy tank. But for how long we need to depend on our old pt91(polish t72) tank. They are outdated. We can buy the same tank like the indonesian Leopard2ri that got modifications so it can fit with indonesian geography/terrain.", "Of all the things the military needs, new tanks are very low on that priority list, and for what its worth our modified PT-91Ms should be fine for another decade or so. Theres other avenues that require immediate attention like new frigates being completed on time, more modern MRCAs, new SPHs, more UAVs, longer range AA systems so on so forth.", "Getting new MBT is not the army's priority definitely. They are more concerned about maintaining the current fleet of IFVs and APCs and those are more useful in the event of localised conflict than a fleet of modern but rarely used MBTs. I doubt the army intended for the PT91 to fight an armoured warfare like how the US did in the Battle of 73 Easting.", "I agree with you since mbt is not good for urban warfare. They should prioritise more on ifv/apc", "We just don't have much use for a modern MBT yet. The importance of IFVs and APCs are something the army well aware of from the get go, hence many of the latest procurements are mostly IFVs and APCs like the new Gempita AV8 and various light vehicles. I believe they are more concerned with localised threats rather than external like fighting another modern army. Marawi was like a proof for them to understand what they should be focusing on."], ["The mindset of \"we will not be in war anyway\" is just bad, other countries prepared their military for war not because they want war, but because they want to deter war, \"we like peace but if you try to mess with us we can mess you up\" kind of thing, not only that, war do not come when we want, it will come when it happen, and by then it will be too late to try and prepared, I thought the Lahad Datu incident will be an eye opener to our politicians and public, but sadly no, most people and all the politicians do not take national defense seriously.\nOverall thou, I think our soldiers are well trained but yeah their equipment and tools are lacking, because of politics. When professional do not have the tools they need, their work will be less efficient.\nNow what equipment do I think we need the most? More area denial stuff, like anti ship missiles, anti aircraft batteries, anti missile defense, portable infantry anti vehicle devices and mine warfare ships.", "Sadly our politicians like to think \u201cmalaysia is not a country who likely will go to war\u201d mindset so they can spend less on military budgets. You are right, we are a defensive country so we need more coastal defence missile/ship and also better SAM than our short range rapier missile.", "Be like Switzerland, they never went to war after abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte but they are currently one of the most top tier military in Western Europe. Other countries will have no choice but to recognise Switzerland neutrality and left them alone."], ["To say that our air force is okay is a bit of an exaggeration I'd say. We really lack MRCAs. We only have two squadrons, sukhois are okay but f-18s are underequipped and both squadrons are at WM. Imo we at least need another full squadron of MRCA for EM. The LCAs are ok, but I'm not sure they can last in air superiority fights.\nedit: I also forgot to mention the lack of air defense systems. The best we have is rapier, which is only a short range system.", "For me our air force is okay to defend our airspace and intercept any unknown aircraft that enter our airspace illegally. But for a full scale war, yeah maybe not good enough since you are right that we really lack of MRCA and also SAM.", "I'd say the most well equipped branch of MAF would be the tentera darat. They've been getting IFVs, artilleries and SPH, the little bird and about to lease some blackhawks. The only thing they lack are attack choppers and tanks since the scorpions have been retired.", "The LCAs are meant for both training and filling the gaps left by MiG-29 (also a mean to reduce operating cost). The government still intend to go through with the MRCA program but the only problem is which aircrafts to pick, because all the good options are not cheap and we still have the Kelapa Sawit moment with EU.\nSAM capability is certainly an issue and it is actually a much better approach in securing the airspace, though operating layers of it is something I think we don't have experience with yet.", "Yeah the FA-50 is a really good purchase cause its an improved T-50 and much more capable and we actually bought a full squadron of it. Wish we can see more in the future. I agree about the lack of experience to operate SAMs, but we should start with medium ranged ones like NASAMS or KM SAM."], ["Malaysia doesn't face any military threat except for Filipino pirates and Sulu descendent nutjobs.\nThe current size is good enough to maintain deterrence. Maybe upgrade transport and surveillance. Anything else is a waste of money", "I also agree with you. We really need more transportation especially helo so our troops can be more flexible"], ["Corruption, funding and procurement debates have always been issues related to MAF for quite a while but there is a lot of things people tend to miss or overestimated how much we needed to be honest.\nAir transport\nProcurement of more helicopters certainly sound sensible and promising but we long pass the days we really need a large force of helicopters. We don't actually have a dedicated an air assault formation, so we don't really need too much helicopters other than those necessary for various utility purposes and support roles like close air support or MEDEVAC.\nGround equipment (MBT)\nOur ground equipment are remarkably up to date from the look of it. Tank-wise, we don't need more than the one we have right now if our armed force's primary concern is fighting an unconventional warfare. We probably still gearing towards a localised warfare situation where we will be fighting low-level threats instead like how the Philippines fought in Marawi. We don't need too much MBTs, rather we need to ensure our current armoured formations are well-maintained to do their jobs.\nAircrafts\nOur country is looking into reducing operating cost and considering our localised focus, there isn't exactly a massive need for extremely capable air superiority aircrafts. The current approach of getting more light aircrafts work as both light attack and trainer aircrafts, though I would prefer if we actually gone for MRCA. We do need more multirole aircrafts to properly secure our airspace though that can be done with dedicated anti-air system.\nShips\nWe just need ships to control our water, not fighting an entire blue ocean navy. I do agree that we need to get more capable frigates rather than just gunboats."], ["2 days late but all I want to say is, Malaysia have no money, rather all those money are going somewhere, who knows.\nOur main naval ships can barely be called as Frigates, they are equivalent to Nanushka class corvette and there are not many of them. Definitely Cold War era ships with little to no major upgrade.\nAir Force is sad. If you account on operational capability of a fighter aircraft to get ready and be on standby during peacetime which is under 50%, we barely have fighters to intercept anything, especially with slightly outdated BAE Hawk and F/A-18 D Hornet which is almost the same as North Korea MiG-29 in terms of capabilities and that is something. Transport heli is almost non existent, good luck carrying any towed artillery or supplies or any MEDEVAC to the infantry on the ground.\nOur Ground forces is okay, our mechanized units are probably one of the most decent ones in the list but as a peninsular nation, without air and naval superiority/ parity, our ground forces is good as dead."]]}
{"title": "Apple Maps Image Collection Dates Updated for Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m130c/apple_maps_image_collection_dates_updated_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Screenshot taken 19 Dec 2023\nSeemed that the data collection will only conclude by 25 Jul 2024 and spends considerably more time surveying the Klang Valley region (Kuala Lumpur City + most of Selangor).\nHopefully Apple will be able to release the new map by end of 2024!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Police to probe RM700mil spent on govt publicity since 2020", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uhotn/police_to_probe_rm700mil_spent_on_govt_publicity/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Won't be surprised if this one gets swept under the carpet as well.", "Agree bro. Probe then sweep. Then forget"], ["How much per sms spam from GOV?"]]}
{"title": "How do you quit vaping?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m1047/how_do_you_quit_vaping/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm one of those who got into vaping by trying to quit smoking - which has actually worked and I now can't even stand being around smokers because I can't take the smell anymore. I really want to quite vaping now because I really doubt there are any benefits to it. I have tried and I'd say quitting vaping is sooo much harder than quitting smoking. Has anyone here managed to quit vaping and how did you do it?", "comments": [["I smoked for 16 years and finally decided to quit in 2018 and I did it cold turkey. I did consider switching to vaping but that's swapping your flat tayar with another flat tayar. Substitutes will always create another kind of dependence so I would do it cold turkey.\nOn a side note, I've never vaped. Does it feel like cigs and equally addicting?", "Yeap equally addicting. Blame the nicotine. I dare say Vape is worse because if you were a casual smoker, vaping can be done more easily since no smell and some places indoors are okay with it. End up vaping more than smoking which increases the addiction.\nExhibit A, me.", "Exhibit B, me.\nBut i tend to respect indoors even if its okay to vape", "Respectable. I completely avoid it in front of children thats for sure.", "I thought the point of vaping is to maintain the habit without nicotine?", "Different people different objective.\nMine was to not smell like cigarettes.\nOthers was to try to soft quit.\nThen there are those who only vape but hate smoking.\nList goes on.", "Instead of an ashtray flavour, you get some fruit loops.\nI've had breast milk flavour and it's a scam.", "You would only know if you remember/ tasted breast milk in your sentient years though?", "Preggo wife ;D", "Fair point taken"], ["Remove the nicotine from your vape?\nInstead of sweet strawberry flava use bitter gourd?\nJust get family and friends to help isolate you for a week with no vape or ciggy?", "This. Switch to zero nicotine flavours to trick your mind into thinking its still getting nicotine. Over time, the chemical withdrawal goes away and you're just left with a habit not an addiction."], ["25 year smoking habit and 3 year vaping habit in between. Quit cold turkey September 2022. Was grumpy for a couple of weeks, but saw it through. Just gotta hang on and let your body normalize functioning without nicotine."], ["I just quit vaping for 3 weeks, and ongoing!\nSugar-free candy, such as Fisherman's Friend, lemon flavour is your best friend. I get it, whenever after eating a meal or doing any tiresome chores, we have the urge to vape. That will happen often when quitting.\nIf you are determined to quit, buy a few packets of this sugar-free candy and keep it in your purse/wallet/travelling bag. Every time you have the urge to vape, suck those candies! It helps a lot! Still craving? Take another candy until you feel the urge disappear. Do this for one week and I can guarantee you, you feel better when you realise the cravings gets more controllable. Keep doing this with the candy until you have no more cravings for vape!\nGoodluck!", "This, 21 days habit rule, have a try! Will get better day by day."], ["Nicorette gum.", "So now you addicted to the gum?", "No.", "I\u2019ve tried this too, but it made me burp so much and just overall made me feel so weird. Maybe I\u2019ll try again \ud83e\udd72", "get the nicotine patch then.", "Do you stop chewing when you get the kick?"], ["Look up Allen Car How to Quit Smoking on Google. Changed my life when I quit vaping and smoking at the same time (sadly used to do both)\nAlso read up r/quitvaping"], ["I went from smoking to vaping to smoking to iqos to vaping then stop since september.\nI would say switching to 0% nicotine juice helps alot", "Where do you get 0% nicotine juice from?", "I used to get mine from relx but then they have stop producing. Their watermelon and another flavor have 0% but not much people knew about it.\nBut yea i guess i have to thank relx for helping me to quit smoking for good."], ["Change of lifestyle. Seriously. Go do sport or sumtin", "I workout everyday already and eat decently healthy. Quitting vaping is literally the last thing on my list to get even \u2018healthier\u2019.", "Well...yeah.. I do have friends who still vaping while active in sports. Honestly it is quite hard and I can only wish you good luck bro"], ["Create a new addiction. Maybe chewing gum or something"], ["I just do cold turkey. Deal with the headache and migraine for a month or two and you'll be good"], ["Go for medical check up and let the doctor know you vape. At least thats how i quit smoking. Fear of death."], ["Just go cold turkey. That's what I did. And if you end up vaping again. Go cold turkey again. Repeat until it works. I stopped vaping cold turkey during new years and am so surprised at how I left that lifestyle behind."], ["That's kinda hard if you already addicted to vaping but if you really want to stop vaping you can try this\nTry to reduce the vaping like today i will only vaping 3 time only then another week or tomorrow i try to vape 2 times only try to put limit to vaping\nYou can also try to replace the vaping activities with other activities like going to gym or walking or idk play games.\nIt's might kinda hard to stop if you already addicted to it but that's the only way and if you can, try to consult someone you trust and tell them to gaslighting you if they see you vaping. Dont use harsh gaslighting use soft gaslighting like \"wei tak elok la vape tu nanti awek tak suka kang habis\" macam tu"], ["My friend visited me when I was admitted at ward. He then saw a 16? years old boy with tube on his neck for breathing which was cause by vape. He stopped immediately after. He told me, he know about it and saw it on the internet but didn't think much about it. Took him a face to face encounter to realised how dangerous and painful that is...", "16 year old?? damm..... must be something in the vape juice that triggered a reaction, like that kid who was playing with his own vomit after trying vape", "Yeah sounds more like vaping CBD. That\u2019s usually the cause of ppl ending up in hospital from what I\u2019ve read"], ["Tbe simple answer, just stop. Cold turkey.\nHowever this requires considerable will power to combat cravings and break associated habits.\nThe first few weeks are hardest whilst nicotine leaves your system. After that its just unlearning the negative associated habits.\nI quit in 2010 after smoking for bout 6 years.\nThe hardest parts for me was habits, i.e wtf do i do with my morning coffee? Wtf do i do after a meal? Wtf do i do now with my spare hand whilst out drinking? Etc .", "Yes exactly. I vape a lot in my spare time. How did you \u2018fill those gaps\u2019 then?? I already workout daily, and eat generally OK. But I realise I vape a lot when I spend time on my phone, when I\u2019m stressed at work (because I WFH)."], ["Not sure if they still sell the flavour with zero nicotine or 5 % nicotine nowadays then Get icy or menthol flavour because you can get almost the same feeling with Vicks inhaler (the small blue tubular things that people use).\nThen alternate.\n1 normal puff 4 Vicks.\nThen slowly decrease.\nNow 5 year smoke free"], ["saw THAT vapenash video and think: \"is this how i look to other people?\". straight away stop"], ["although many smokers believed that vaping is a better alternative to smoking cigs, in the larger scale of things, the difference is like comparing jumping off the 32nd floor and jumping off 30th floor.\nLotsa vaping industries are pushing the agenda that vaping is SAFE with the intention of luring never-smoke before people to start vaping. If you are a cig smoker and you change to vaping, it may have some benefits but if you are a non-smoker and you start vaping, it is bad.\nEven with vapes that doesn't have nicotine, it is not safe also. Vaping is a new thing and thus we don't fully know the effects it may have on health as usually these things will only occur after long term use. One disease however that starts to be documented is this thing called evali. Do look into that.\nHow to stop vaping? Prevent yourself from accessing the device. I think the reason why you may find quitting vaping is much harder than smoking because of how easily accessible it is. The device can fit into any pocket and you can just simply take a puff even in areas where smoking is prohibited; something that can't be done for cigs. Just throw your device away."], ["Have you tried IQOS?\nIts not a better alternative but at least less tar and no popcorn lungs", "Not a fan of the smell. Smells like fart \ud83d\ude06"], ["Start smoking crack", "Start sucking dick"], ["I quit by going back to Dunhill red."], ["Look in the mirror and see how dumb vaping looks. Should get you to quit in no time!"], ["By never even starting", "Thx for the non advice"], ["Only buy disgusting flavours. This made me associate vaping with a bad taste lol.", "Reverse psychology \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\nBut that would only make me want to buy the nice flavours then. How la"], ["I quit vaping cause of the shitty taste, took up tobacco rolling and its better"], ["vape naish y'all"], ["Have you tried breathing fresh air?"], ["Keep your mind strong and go for it. Just be determined and disciplined on quitting. Rely on yourself and no other substitutes. You can do it."], ["Dont hangout with those who vape or smoke if you are really serious about it"], ["You can't do it if you don't have an ecig and stay away from people who do. It just is impossible to vape without vaping tools"], ["Just stop, put the vape in the trash. If you see a vape in a store or something. dont say just one suck and its over, you will fall deeper. Dont keep a vape in your house, avoid friends who vape for awhile until you are certain you have successfully quit it."], ["i don\u2019t vape but smoke because vape taste like shit"], ["To quit Vaping 101 in Malaysia.\nFollow mufti fatwa that vaping is HARAM!", "Too bad I\u2019m not Muslim. Also 3/4 of vape sellers are Malay/Muslim soooooooooo"]]}
{"title": "Nik Nazmi: Congestion charges being mulled to make KL sustainable", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m0r7l/nik_nazmi_congestion_charges_being_mulled_to_make/", "num_comment": 31, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Indirect congestion charge = parking fees in the city centre.\nLet market forces decide."], ["It would be justifiable to implement congestion charges once the alternative (public transport) has been developed well enough. Get all the train lines completed, have enough park and ride facilities in these stations, a functional bus network and then we talk on a congestion charge", "To be fair he was proposing this as part of prasarana\u2019s public transport roadmap. So he\u2019s talking far in the future when public transport becomes more reliable.\nI suspect a mix of carrot and stick need to be introduce in stages as our bus system wont be able to hit reliable frequencies if its stuck in jams, so some level of stick policies are needed to reduce the congestion so that more buses can be introduced.", "What roadmap? Hasn't the MRT3 circle line been shelved or pushed further back? I feel like PMX didn't care on public transports."], ["Why not encourage companies to work from home more?", "Because that would mean the office blocks would no longer be able to get renters ergo less income for the buildings' owners.", "Same with other \"support\" businesses like restaurants which depend on the daily traffic of people to remain in business.", "because encouraging WFH will then reduces the worth & value of commercial properties. And companies that usually force RTO do so because its easier to control employees physically as compared to virtually.", "Yes this", "Then they'll just outsource to Indians who WFH in India."], ["Yes pls!! Long overdue!"], ["What about doing Local Elections? Having real KL people adress KL issues. Wahlao these ppl mah. KL needs Local elections. Appointed ppl tend to be lazy since they have safety net of political affiliation"], ["I live in Rawang. We only have KTM as public transportation..\nAny minister that comes up with stupid ideas like these should be made to take ktm to work for one month.. Stupid cunts", "But KL people mostly use LRT and MRT which is more reliable than KTM though...", "Lrt and mrt doesn't come to rawang", "Why not park and ride at MRT Sg Buloh ?", "How do I get to mrt sg buloh? Need to drive also leh. Ktm frequency is every hour packed like sardines", "And often trains scheduled to come didn't come at all.", "So to go to Rawang KTM no need drive?", "He probably live near enough he didn't need to drive. My sister lives in shah alam and she could just take the Selangor free bus to the station or walk. It's like 200 meters from her house.", "Mrt has almost always been reliable. 5 mins during peak period, 10 minutes off peak", "Devil's advocate - stay closer to your workplace.", "Working on it", "Lots of monyet here, rich narcissist monyet specifically, who are ready to pay more to enjoy traffic jam free drive into KL themselves.\nThey don't care if the people living in the city got a hit with higher cost of living.", "Yeah man.. Im quite surprised many think our public transportation is 1st class.. Maybe mrt is good. But lrt is hell during rush hour.. But for me, KTM, I don't even know where to begin \ud83d\ude05\ud83e\udd23", "No one asked you to live in Rawang.", "My parents choice, not me. Saving up to move to another place", "Go rent somewhere closer laa dei. Hendak seribu daya bro"], ["Or how about we just remove fuel subsidies? That\u2019ll throw a spanner into things but surely less people will drive if fuel costs a lot more.", "Not really fair to those states that doesn't really have public transports like in Klang Valley.", "Just so you know EU cap their gas price too."]]}
{"title": "Rafizi to host own podcast, open to public and cybertroopers", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m0fz0/rafizi_to_host_own_podcast_open_to_public_and/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["In my opinion its a bad move. Economy is very technical and complicated. And it relates to alot of things.\nWhen people dont understand, they will misinterprete whatever explanation given. And the result will be very bad.\nFor economy, the general public only wants to see result. And their understanding of things are very simple : more money in bank at the end of the month = good economy, no money or need cut spending = bad economy.\nNo matter whatever jargons, graph or data you show, if it doesnt reflect in their bank account it will be considered as bs."], ["Why do you suddenly want to be like KJ? You are Menteri Ekonomi already, focus on your goddamn job.", "because it works:26554:\nnow he also want to sapu menteri cytro communication works\njack of all trade that practically can do anything but fixing the economy", "I mean, if you think about it, if his goal is to get feedback from the floor, which from what is said in the article, seems to be it, then why not right?", "That is his staffs\u2019 job, not him. He should be busting his head in his office solving problem. I mean sultan is head of religion, but we dont see sultan kicking hotel\u2019s doors on new year.", "I always thinks that ministers should be the bridge of communication between the people and the higher ups, and footwork is done by his team instead. Isn't this one of those things that Minister can do and not other people?", "Reality is though, the economy ministry isn't that busy unlike other ministries. It focuses on multi-year programmes and long-term plans. I mean, economic indicators like GDP comes out once a quarter, other data like inflation is once a month. The economy ministry isn't a daily monitoring kinda job like the ministries. That's why it technically is still a Ministry under the Prime Minister's Department. It shares resources with the PM.\nAlso the economy ministry should not be tweaking every single plan if data is lower or higher than anticipated. Long term plans should stay the course and be adjusted only if the trend is looking wrong.\nHe's done the RMK12 adjustment (his main job), overseen the NETR, the NIMP, the Digital Transformation Roadmap, etc. Nothing much to do other than monitoring now.\nAs to what Rafizi could be doing with his free time, sure, that's debatable. Doing podcast to clarify government programs fits his job description. Countering fake news, that's taking over Comms territory though.", "If not how are people going to be brainwashed to start using Digital ID aka PADU?"], ["wow, so much free time ?."], ["Babi gaji dah banyak pun nak cari part time lagi, dia tengok KJ seronok, dia pun nak juga.\nPepatah mengatakan; formula yg dikejar tak dapat, formula yg dikendong berciciran"], ["<image>\nCan they stop talking, and start focusing on their job+ get our economy back on track?"], ["Is this SOCMED governance?"], ["Why the fuck does everyone here in the comments seem to think he is planning to do this podcast in the middle of work hours lmao.\nIf not mistaken, it's only one episode per two weekend. If he does it in his non-workdays why not. Gets to disprove stupid narrative created by cybertroopers, gets you all to actually fucking understand what he is doing with his ministry. What is the difference between this and attending one of those interviews by radio station, BFM interviews whatsover lol.\nNo do these talk, then say this minister out of touch, never talk with the ground\nDo these talk, then say interviewer biased never ask important questions\nDo these talk invite biggest hater, then say very free ahh is it."], ["\"Saya ada formula untuk ekonomi, tapi untuk penjagaan diri saya perlu lebih dari formula! Sebab itu saya pakai produk penaja podkas ini, manscaped!\""], ["They just keep pushing your patience, don't they?"], ["menteri apa ada banyak masa buat podcast ni\nthats why the ringgit and the economy is shit."], ["So much free time to do talk show?"], ["Rafizi is acting like a typical French minister. French ministers have so much free time they spend their time writing erotic novels https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/02/senior-french-politician-bruno-le-maires-latest-novel-mocked-for-its-erotic-content"], ["Let the public decide which guests will attend"]]}
{"title": "More food = cheaper", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18m0fjj/more_food_cheaper/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Saw this when I was ordering McDonalds on foodpanda, am I missing something here?", "comments": [["Just by perceiving it as a better deal vs the other, you feel justified buying it, instead of thinking if 6 piece of nuggets are really worth RM10.", "Honestly the set one seems pretty decent. The ala carte one, not so much."], ["Promotion price, it happen after boycott things", "Yea I'm aware of the promotion. Honestly, they might as well lower the price of the ala carte nuggets to like RM 7 or something. Single digit price tags make them look more attractive to customers imo."], ["Seriously the McDonald's menu gymnastics is an acquired skill"], ["<image>\n9pcs set seems normal though hmm"], ["Go 99Market buy the whole pack Tempura Nugget for RM15.00. Air fryer 10-12 min settle.", "I prefer the crispy version cause the skin of the tempura ones sometime sticks to my air fryer", "I found out if you air fry it at the right time and let it slightly cool down inside the air fryer a minute or 2 after timer over it will never stick and be still hot and crispy. It stick because is still got moisture and the skin not crisp enough.\nI'm not sure wht brand you're using, mime is Buffalo, I tested from 10 min up to 15 min, 12 minutes is the right condition for me. The nugget inside is still fluffy and moist and the outside is crispy.\nBelow 10 min will be like yours sticky and skin dropping above 14 will be too dry, 12-13 is just nice. 11 acceptable..but I can wait extra few more min while getting something done."], ["Honestly curious. I understand some/many are boycotting McDonald's and other places. Is it really affecting them economically?", "Lionhorn Pte Ltd? Definitely\nMcdonald Corp? Probably not unless boycott lasts for a few years\nAlonyal ltd? Nope\n(ps : Most people boycotting have no idea what the above companies are)", "Hardly impact Mcdonald corp also.", "If you bought McDonald's share since Israel responded to Oct 7 you'd have ~15% gains."], ["menu anomaly aside, you can get RM10 for 10 pc chicken nugget at KFC dine-in."], ["Boycotts work"], ["How to eat mcd in 2022: go to mcd, buy, eat\nHow to eat mcd in 2023: go to mcd, took some photo, post in socmed, haha mcd so many people/haha no queue, buy, eat"], ["FOMO tactic. You see the set and immediately think it's a great deal you don't want to miss out. without the ala carte to compare it with, you might not necessarily feel like you need to buy a nugget value meal."], ["Boycott2"]]}
{"title": "Monorail tyre catches fire, falls onto road", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lzsuv/monorail_tyre_catches_fire_falls_onto_road/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Poor maintenance yet again"], ["I raelly hate monorail. So dangerous, 0 safety.\nIf anything happen on the train, you stuck on the air.\nAnything happens outside, it just directly fall off with nothing catching it."], ["Set 24 caught fire three years ago and it has been out of action ever since; not sure if it will ever return into service again at this point. It's fortunate this doesn't end up like set 24 or that would mean even worse waiting time for monorail."], ["Back then, there was an incident of monorail wheel fell off and then killed a pedestrian who are walked under monorail area. Not sure what year it is?", "Injured, not killed", "That was in August 2002; the opening of the line was delayed to 31 August 2003 as a result.\nAlso as mentioned, it did not cause fatality but it nonetheless was not a good thing.", "Newsman whose skull was cracked in 8 places in rail mishap | Free Malaysia Today (FMT)\nYear: 2002\nHe is lucky to be alive. A 14 kg wheel drop on his head and his skull is cracked.\nTook him 10 years of court case to get 5mil compensation."]]}
{"title": "'You deserved it', says the King to courteous security guard Yogeswary after medal award", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lzkx7/you_deserved_it_says_the_king_to_courteous/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Congrats to Ms Yogeswary! Always a shining beacon at Ipoh GH. Full of beaming smile and care and helpful attitude when dealing with the public."], ["Congrats to her.\nThe correct observation as many have noted on youtube, is that this lady and genuinely caring people like her should have been police, not just security guard.\nInstead we got useless violent corrupt brutal drug addicts wearing uniforms and killing 17 year olds, raping girls, having drugged hooker parties in kajang station while using tax payer money."]]}
{"title": "Woman stabbed to death in broad daylight at Klang car park", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lzh7x/woman_stabbed_to_death_in_broad_daylight_at_klang/", "num_comment": 79, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["they ate together, walked to a car together where he stabs her many times.\ntakes the body and drives back to his house and tries to wakes her.\nshe doesn't wake so he stabs himself... ???\nmaybe a breakup gone bad?", "25 yr old girl, 44 yr old guy... desperate guy trying to prey on young girl but fail, then went on stab rage", "girl even have a bf", "Definitely prank gone wrong", "It\u2019s a prank bro, it\u2019s a prank.."], ["\u201dKlang not for human live one.\u201d - K", "But the bakuteh is worth dying for!", "Only once", "Touch\u00e9!", "Because that's your last meal", "", "some parts of klang about as expensive as PJ/SJ. It really depends on area. If it is cheap, it is in a gang infested part of town", "Hahahahaha I haven\u2019t seen a k quote in a while.", "Hahahaha i understood this reference. ktards unite!"], ["According to Chinapress, the victim is a pub singer who accepted an invitation to meet with the perpetrator, who is a super fan of the victim.", "Crazed fan a la Selena. SMH and RIP"], ["Must be scary being a woman. Once, I profess my feeling to a girl. Clearly, she doesn't share my feeling, but for some reason, she tiptoe around the subject, never directly said that she doesn't like me. I was under the impression that she want to lead me on a wild goose chase. But reading cases like this, I started to understand why she did what she did.", "Bro, this is exactly why she did what she did. Women who say no have been beaten up, killed or worse.\nYou know the saying: \u201cMen fear being laughed at, women fear being killed?\u201d It\u2019s true.", "Sadly it's true, some men just couldn't accept the reality when rejected. They wanted to justify all the fantasy and the dreams they had while being on one sided love. Also these guys are usually the crazily infatuated type", "LOL.. aint it sad, when we classify most men, even bunch up the ages, it's a common conception, so how to change what society has become?! LOL... don't tell me I had to use the common media aka social media or youtube.. then kena belajak dari andrew tate? bodoh ke apa! ha ha ha ha... so sad young young male kah female kah.. mind sudah kena sway.. don't have strong personality or characteristics! sooooo sad! more like AAAAARRGHHHHHH !!! dafuccccc!!!!!!! WHYY!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha..."], ["It definitely feels like murders are on a rise in MY.", "theres murder cases everyday in our country. its the media", "dont try to normalize murder lah! saja pukul dgn rotan dah cukup lah.. hmmmmp!", "How is that any different from any other countries tho?", "Usually when you see a rise in some topic in our local news media it means someone is trying to divert people's attention.\ntakes off tinfoil hat\nIt could just be these medias following a trend. This time it's murder. The last time was the drunk driving thing.", "It's a bias", "\"Recency bias is the tendency to overemphasize the importance of recent experiences or the latest information we possess when estimating future events. Recency bias often misleads us to believe that recent events can give us an indication of how the future will unfold.\" To add to that, it could be that the percentage of murders has remained the same for a while, it's that we're hearing about it more and thinking the number is going up. I could also be wrong and the actual percentage might be going up but we'd need to see the statistics and not base on news", "Countless multiple murders happen everyday. The bias comes when you start hearing it about it more. The statistics didn't change, only how often you hear of it.\nIn this case, the media is reporting more of it so you're seeing more of it happening, so you think its happening more and more. But in reality it's been like this for a while.", "You'd be surprised by how distorted your reality can be when you're unconsciously influenced by the media.\nA survey found the public viewed plastic straws to be the leading plastic pollution in the ocean, it isn't. It's fishing nets. Also the same with emissions by vehicles, it isn't. It's construction and agricultural.", "depends.. but usually.. but also depends... but also kena observe... but sadly, nobody has the time nor resources to change things, hopefully lah things will change for the better.. but so far ah... dunno lah... then again it's more than just being in a bubble.. depends on birds eye view understanding. ha ha ha ha.... ha... ha... h.... a...", "Here's one more https://twitter.com/redzuanNewsMPB/status/1737122808977903799?t=ZXZ0_Diw7vRb1cGLC2CZnw&s=19"], ["Just a regular day in Klang", "This one is different though. Not gang related", "Everything is gang related in Klang", "Everything is police related in Klang.", "know the meme... where the history channel guy be like \"these peoples\""], ["I was born in Klang and grew up there during the late 90s and early 2000 period, as I am sure many reading this are as well.\nBack then Klang was a vibrant little city. It was thriving with communities, shop lots were full of restaurants, shops, legendary cyber cafes (You can order burger with fries and other yummy foods) and served to your computer while you and your friends play Counter Strike.\nThe padang padang was kept well. On evenings and weekends full of families and people, playing football, basketball, playground etc. The old Jusco was a fun place to be, so was Klang main city. It was just a great place.\nIt is heartbreaking to see the state Klang is in today. Honestly...shocking. It is completely dead, gone. Young people have deserted Klang. Most shoplots are closed down and in place low cost mini markets and dodgy restaurants with questionable cleanliness run by foreign workers. Speaking of which, foreign workers EVERYWHERE. You don't even feel at home there anymore. With that also comes poorly maintained cheap apartment complexes. Rats are everywhere around these areas and shop lots.\nI just cannot believe how it has deteriorated so badly. I can only imagine how bad crime must be as well.\nKlang was where I had all my childhood experiences, football with friends, birthday parties at friends house, first girlfriend back in teenage love days. I hoped it would continue to be that fun thriving place..but no more :(", "Refugee hub.\nMy aunt lived there for 40+ years. She was robbed multiple times in front of her house, flooding, so she decided to sell and move states.\nIn the 90s, it was nice. As you said, padangs were well kept, and a lot of family owned eateries. We walked safely.\nThen, the Myanmar refugees were housed there, and they would hang out in the padang in large numbers the whole day. Dirty, cats went missing (eaten), and shops began to close. Sad state.", "Yes agree, huge influx of Myanmar workers / refugees. The area around the new Aeon..those shoplots..you can see heaps of garbage piled up on the sidewalks just outside the shops!!!....I was not sure to be sad or angry and the state of things.\nKlang is clear evidence of a failed immigration enforcement by the Government...I guarantee you majority of migrants I see have overstayed and are illegal technically.", "I tell you they are damm irresponsible in disposing rubbish! They will throw tilam, bantal, rubbish, all just outside on the sidewalk! WTH. No concept of tong sampah. where the indons, bangla, Rohingya, area will be like that.\nLet me tell you what these migrants will say \u2018waiting UNHCR to go USA\u2019 \ud83d\ude44", "Which part of Klang? Bukit Tinggi and Botanik area are quite good nowadays. No different from any other suburb.", "He mentioned Jusco so probably Eng Ann or Berkekey", "I don't understand this 'late 90s early 00s vibrant Klang' that you're talking about.\nMany parts of Klang district have been notorious for crime, in fact it was worse in the past decades than it is today. One reason is because of displaced estate (mostly Indian) workers, who lost their livelihood after British plantations became state-owned in the 70s and 80s. Many of their kids got recruited into organized gangs and that's where Klang got its name from.\nToday it looks dirty, neglected and filled with foreigners, but not necessarily dangerous like it used to.", "Not this young man here, although I don't work in Klang, Klang is still pretty vibrant, there's plenty of new shops near Bandar Bukit raja which I frequent", "You are talking about North Klang. All the young famillies moved to South Klang or the Setia Alam"], ["Astaghfirullahalazim."], ["It's just another Tuesday for Klang, parang falling out left and right from people's pockets if they start running but this day it had greatly improved compare the hey day even grandma be dropping Guan Dao(Romance of The Three Kingdom, Guan Yu main weapon)\nTrust me, I'm Klang Koboi too.", "PASANG HOU, YA!", "The local would use Pasang Kang, Pasang Hor is for Kalampor Kia."], ["Welcome to Detroit, Malaysia."], ["Wtf! Unstab her back"], ["Malaysia Boleh"], ["Rest in peace.. truly and absolutely horrible way to go"], ["What else is new in Klang aka Malaysia's Detroit", "Bro I hate living in Klang. It's such a shithole. We have so many industries and probably the most profitable port in Malaysia but there's no glamour here. People do their shopping and have fun in Shah Alam. We leave every chance we get."], ["What's up with the murder cases?? It just keep rising up! Is this the new virus..?"], ["wtf is the guy thinking???\nAnyway stab himself or not, he is heading for the gallows. 302 here we go"], ["is this in selangor??"], ["Ah yes i forgot one more\nA old wisdom : there was a once mysterious case unsolved to this date around petaling jaya iirc , even the father grief and told her beautiful daughter before her dead, a girl like u so beauty cannot go out late night or even a evening. This stays true to this day. It is not a boomer / zoomer / old stone age advice."], ["Worse than USA now", "I'm American and coming from a country that has had more mass shootings than days in the year, many years in a row, Malaysia is thankfully nowhere near. I'm thankful to be here.", "But your population is 10 times higher. Let that sink in for a minute", "I don't think Malaysia has 10% of the mass shootings", "We have worse", "Than mass shootings, many of which are school children? I haven't seen or heard anything worse than that. Malaysia isn't a paradise but cmon.", "Mass shooting are peanuts to the amount of Malaysians that die from smoking each year", "Lol, come the fuck on. Children getting murdered isn't the same as people killing themselves with smoking. You can hate your country all you want but if you're equating smoking deaths with child murder, you're going to find yourself in a small minority with that opinion.", "Do u know about the baby dumping epidemic here? Where they dump newborns in the trash like garbage?", "I really don't know what you're trying to prove here but I also don't care. I'm done with this very weird conversation. I hope you're less miserable in the future.", "Not even close my dude"], ["Klang is in selangor, study your geography man and history man\nSadge"], ["For those zoomer / lack of reading dont know ,302 section allow hang or sentence life 30-40 years and cane 12 time"]]}
{"title": "How can I sell my car that is in Malaysia? I am living overseas at the moment.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lyv2v/how_can_i_sell_my_car_that_is_in_malaysia_i_am/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi guys, I am currently working and living in Australia. I have a car in Malaysia that my family was using, but no longer need to, so we are looking to sell the car.\nIs it possible to sell my car to a used car dealer like Carsome without having me to return to Malaysia?", "comments": [["Speak to Carsome. There is a way. I had a friend who sold his car remotely last year. There are some extra steps though. And you will need someone to take the car to Carsome\u2019s centre.", "Thanks! I was told by a carsome representative its not possible but i have also heard it can be done. Guess i will try speaking to another representative."], ["Nope, not possible."], ["put an empty can of lube oil on top of your car. but first fill it with water. and your phone number there."]]}
{"title": "Sunway university cyber security degree", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wtajc/sunway_university_cyber_security_degree/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Does anyone here study BSc IT in computer networking and security in Sunway? If yes how are the tuition fees like?", "comments": []}
{"title": "Funfact: Kuching Airport Starbucks", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vqaj9/funfact_kuching_airport_starbucks/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "You guys probably know, but a quick Funfact, that if you happened to be outside of Starbucks at upstairs I think you do a little planespotting there, but it just covers up a little bit of view.", "comments": [["The view is horrible though. The old airport before reno had better ones.", "That's I say about covers A little bit of view", "Don't know why you're downvoted but that's true."], ["Any other choices?"], ["Thanks a lot for the fun fact"]]}
{"title": "Kuala Selangor fauna(Mangrove broadwalk to Eagle feeding)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uhfb7/kuala_selangor_faunamangrove_broadwalk_to_eagle/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["In pic 19, although the tourism board label it as \"Eagle\" feeding,there are no actual eagles, they are Brahminy kites instead which feed along the whiskered terns(limited to 20 photos so did not post clearer image of terns)", "Nice catch! Love your pictures too. Malaysia does have an under appreciated bunch of local wildlife. Them fiddler crabs are just so enigmatic looking"], ["Pic #1, your average r/Malaysia nyet :26554:"]]}
{"title": "Announcement on Christmas toll waiver expected on Friday", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lyisj/announcement_on_christmas_toll_waiver_expected_on/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["isn\u2019t that also a form of tongkat? it\u2019s coming out of the gov\u2019s coffers aka taxpayer money?"], ["wei, haram wei. :26554:"], ["Why?", "Husnuzon jela. Maybe they want to make it an annual festive thing and as a gift to taxpayers /s"]]}
{"title": "Wajib pakai pelitup muka untuk berurusan di Imigresen Kedah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ly3yf/wajib_pakai_pelitup_muka_untuk_berurusan_di/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "It's starting folks.. other government office may follow soon", "comments": [["I thought wajib for every immigration branch", "Maybe will come soon"]]}
{"title": "Anyone watched Abang Adik?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lxvcp/anyone_watched_abang_adik/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "How would you rate this film?", "comments": [["10/10.\nIts a symphony of sobs in my cinema.\nDefinately not seeing that twist.\nGood movie if you don't mind non stop tear dect punchinv for at least half hour.\nAh bang's performance is really top notch."], ["I'd give 8/10. Addressing issues of statelessness, amazing visual representation and cinematography, it's realistic and bold. Even though its character driven, the characters carried it well, especially the theme of brotherhood. Given the limitations of filmmaking in msia, this film is really really good already."], ["It hit me hard at the end part, it's a good movie (with some minor flaws), just don't put up too high expectations and go in blank."], ["here is my review\nWatched this movie with no expectations. Initially I thought it was a Malay movie, but its a chinese film. It is about the struggles of 2 brothers without an identity card, even though they were locals, they were treated like foreigners. Abang is mute, and sacrificed everything to protect adik, even though they had no blood relations. Adik takes abang for granted, knowing that even with the wrong decisions he made, abang will cover for him, until one day he made a grave error that is a huge burden for him to bear.\nEven though the director is a non-muslim, he knows how to use the azan to make an impact in the film. I wonder how other people react when they heard the azan?\nMany people cried watching it, and I'm surprised it is very popular in Taiwan.", "Using azan as a signal of time of the day or a metaphor of peace and harmony is often used in local movies (at least the Chinese ones).\nMeanwhile, if you notice in this movie, sounds like cats and dogs mixing with enforcement officers raiding the house is to create discomfort for viewers.\nTo make it more worthwhile, the sound design decided not to overdo it when Abang talks to a monk. All you can hear is his struggling voice as he cries and the handcuff hitting hard on the table. That made audience feel his pain.", "ahh i didnt know aboit the cats part"], ["My full review with mild spoiler\nBasically 6/10 for me. Acting superbly good. Story a bit lacking. Its a character-driven story rather than plot driven", "Good filmmaking and great acting overall especially Abang. However I didn't like how the movie brought up certain plots but never go any further at all, almost as if they don't want to anger the government or LPF."], ["10/10"], ["Was good, you should check it out."], ["Yep, just caught it tonight! It is good. 7/10"], ["Yup. Overall 7.5/10"], ["Where can I watch it?", "It\u2019s in the cinemas now"], ["Damn my brain was somewhere else without knowing this movie actually exist. Fuhh nasib"], ["Nope, I just enjoy they make bang balik"], ["Step brothers I'm stuck"], ["I watched Abang Sidek on rtm1."], ["Bang a dick? Wtf bro", "When your malay proficiency is nearly zero:"], ["No but I watch your mom"], ["Tak. Tak tahu pun, trailer tak lalu pun online."], ["I prefer Mrs.Marvel"], ["Hello, this maybe a off-topic question, but does anyone recognise or know the song at the end of the movie? Specifically the credits?"]]}
{"title": "Kelantan in\u2026Thailand?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lxi8h/kelantan_inthailand/", "num_comment": 31, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I found this train station on Bangkok\u2019s yellow line while going down Srinakarin road.\nAs it turns out, this isn\u2019t a coincidence and it is related to the state", "comments": [["Well, there is a reason why wayang kulit Kelantan is also known as wayang kulit Siam."], ["Wait till OP hear that Shah Alam belongs to the great country of kelantan", "You mean \"Shah Ale\".", "sebut molek kat \"shayh alei\"", "There\u2019s a good portion of Klang bordering Shah Alam known as Kelang-Tan. Even indonesian sells nasi kerabu there."], ["It's almost like they border each other. Crazy right", "Really \ud83e\udd14 should go back to my primary school teacher to ask\u2026", "crazy? you never been to kelantan right? if you do , you not say that", "r/woooosh"], ["Ancient Thailand like to practise population transfer after they have conquered a place / defeated an enemy. This area has quite some kelantanese descendants. Their ancestors were forced transfered to Bangkok outskirt from Pattani around the end of 18th century and early 19th century. This is also the last time population transfer of defeated enemy happened in recorded Thailand history. A canal in the city center was dugged with these kelantanese labour, it is called Khlong Tan (Tan = short from Kelantan). Khlong Tan was dug in order to facilitate thai troop to fight wars against the Vietnamese.", "After seeing some places being named \u0e04\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e25\u0e31\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e19 (Khlong Kelantan), I did some digging around on Google, and it turns out that\u2019s what the canal used to be called until people got lazy and shortened the name, as Thai people tend to do haha", "I thought Khlong Tan meant clogged canal lol", "That is a common misconception.", "come to think of it, to forcefully relocate a population from Patani to Bangkok in 19th century, the journey must have been brutal...", "That's why it is a war crime.", "Interesting but is if Tan = Kelantan, what does Klong mean?", "\u0e04\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e07 (Khlong) means canal \ud83d\ude03", "Didnt know the Siamese were very punny back then"], ["Wait till you see Kelantan in Singapore"], ["Southern Thailand used to be one of the old Malay Kingdoms. It was famous for having Queens as their rulers. Somewhere along the line, they got bordered into Thailand. There are still many Malay Muslims living in southern Thailand today."], ["Mostly Malay in Southern Thailand are Kelantanese and Kedahan also they have special Thai dialect, Patani Thai.", "Lots of Malay place names in Southern Thailand. With some of them, the name has gotten modified over the years so you have to figure out what it means. There's a village called Bu Kit Ta, for instance. But there's also a Baan Gajahmati. Incidentally, in Chiang Mai there's a condo called \"Baan Thai\", and there's a hotel called the \"Ketawa Inn\". \ud83d\ude02 I think the Yellow Line just opened this last year - I'm waiting for the Orange Line (that goes past Ramkhamkhaeng University) to open."], ["Yup, today I found out from a taxi driver in Hadyai that his son works in Kelantan in one of our govt agencies"], ["Imagine if that\u2019s written in Chinese instead of Thai"], ["There's Jamaica line New York Subway line."], ["I wonder what pembanguney they have", "Ado stesey lrt doh"], ["Kelantan is very close to Thai border. Sungai Golok provides an easy access to both sides of the river. I could see boats bringing people from one side to the other and vice versa."], ["South Thai Malays are same type of Malay as Kelantan. Former they were 1 under the Pattani Kingdom."], ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalantan_MRT_station"]]}
{"title": "Customer service. Yay or Nay?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lx7mj/customer_service_yay_or_nay/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello fellow Redditors! I'm contemplating the idea of starting a career in customer service and working my way up. I've noticed that customer service/tech support roles offer substantial earnings, and progressing to positions like QA, TL, Senior TL, and Manager seems promising. However, there are concerns, such as the perceived status of customer service roles and the potential challenges of shift work, especially as you advance in your career. I'm curious to hear your stories about transitioning from a customer service agent to a TL or beyond, and how you navigated the challenges along the way. Your insights would be greatly appreciated!", "comments": [["Got to be tough physical (due to work shift) and mental(got cussed by customer).\nUse to work for singtel at their call center"], ["Been in the industry for quite some time and recently switched from email-only to call center. Was not a good decision. To be frank, after years, it is taking a toll on my mental health. Not a career that I would suggest for long term. Career growth wise, you are able to progress rapidly. In my case, I have been job hopping so I remained in the same position. However, my salary increased almost 100% in less than a year. My advice, it\u2019s a good industry with decent salary which requires low requirement. If you choose to go this path, I suggest you go for email/chat only. Call center is just another level of hell. Especially when you are dealing with Singaporeans. Never had any experience as a TL though.", "100% raise in a year? I'm intrigued. What's a reasonable salary someone with, say 5 years experience, should be looking at?", "Depends on a lot of factors. How big the company is, bilingual/trilingual, local or international and etc. If you\u2019re an English speaker with 5 years of experience working at a big company like American Express, I\u2019d say around MYR7k-8k."], ["CS jobs many vacancy since many turnover of headcounts\nthe toughest stay .. but this job really demanding alot\nbut still ok if you need it", "Gotcha. Thanks man! :D"], ["managerial role is all about how to reduce costing (granted your frontliner is outsourced/BPO) while keeping frontliner quality at its peak\nyou have to think beyond solving the problem (how can the problem to not exist at the first place)\nmake up your mind properly if youre aiming to climb that ladder, its a totally different world than answering customers/giving solution/tahan maki/etc...."], ["My partner got promoted to CS Instructor where he teaches new hires how to provide customer service for that particular company/org. Sometimes he worked on weekends to prepare slides which stressed him out. Depends on the company, the pay is so-so in Klang Valley."], ["Depends..\nDo you have any suicide thoughts?", "Why so deep man haha", "If you don't got any then go for it"], ["What kinda customer service that we talking here ?", "Call centers, content moderation, tech support, and everything falling within that category."], ["You will slowly lose your humanity and you will come to realize a LOT of people are beyond stupid and how are they still alive\nAfter some point, you kinda lose the humanity and the stuff you said aren't even sincere anymore \ud83d\udc2f"], ["I think cs will be 1 of those jobs that will have less positions available or even worse dissappear altogether in the future.", "Yea I'm seeing so many companies stop offering phone and emails to contact them. Often replaced by a robotic chatbot", "Having a robotic chatbot feels rather ineffective. Personally, I value genuine human interaction that guides me through the process, not the impersonal approach like Air Asia's \"Ask Bo\" customer service, which, in my experience, is quite frustrating.", "Chatbots are at their infancy at the moment but they are getting better.", "I may have to disagree with you. In today's business landscape, every company, including major corporations like Meta, Google, and YouTube, necessitates the presence of customer service or tech support representatives. While automation is a possibility, it might be cost-prohibitive but who knows what will happen 10 years from now. The demand for it is there tho.", "Yeah...sure.\nI work with large companies. Every single one is aggressively pursuing automaton and AI to trim costly human-intensive work like customer service, sales/bizdev, and more.\nUnless you are so wildly confident in your capabilities that you can start out in a new field and get to a place where your skillset and value are beyond the seismic forces impacting every industry...in which case, more power to you and good luck.", "In my opinion, any jobs that deals with pre defined outcome that has no decision-making will be at risk. We already see it happening everywhere. Maybe cs will still exist, but lets say right now a company has 10 employees assigned for cs, maybe in the future only needs 2 just to deal with special cases that a chatbox or Ai cant handle."]]}
{"title": "How do Malaysians view their armed forces?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lx1rm/how_do_malaysians_view_their_armed_forces/", "num_comment": 264, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Hey guys, I'm from Singapore and was curious about how everyday Malaysians see your army.\nIn general, we Singaporeans always complain the SAF is full of red tape, outdated in thinking. But secretly we're also proud when we help with natural disasters etc lah. How do you guys see your armed forces?\nAlso, SG guys always talk about national service, since we're awkward AF and can't make convo LOL. What's the first go-to convo topic for Malaysian guys?", "comments": [["Equipment definitely outdated.\nBut our military forces are well trained. Especially in jungle fights.\nThey even played an important role in the Battle of Mogadishu, despite the Black Hawk Down movie wiped their contribution off.", "Yeah, I remember BHD was banned here over exclusion of Malaysian regiment in the movie, which is bullshit on why they couldn't include MA in the movie.\nBut, we cut down Communist threat and Lahad Datu incident so that's probably good, same with Covid enforcement.\nBut I heard like in the US the Veteran Legion is getting less money than from what their blood, sweat, and tears did/do to the country.", "Yea. As far as I know our army hasn't been up to any bullshit or be incompetent.", "Now that you mention, what seems like a bare minimum is actually impressive.", "Yea, considering what a joke our government can be, it's pretty neat the army has little to no bullshot coming from them.", "A movie was banned because Malaysia wasn\u2019t represented in it? That\u2019s just ridiculous.", "Well, they heavily downplayed how only the Malaysian forces were willing to come to their aid. Kinda weird imo, but i guess the gov at the time were pissed about it.\nBut if u ask some of the older gens, they would explain the story when the news weren't censored.\nYou could google the Battle of Mogadishu or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)", "You do know Hollywood isn\u2019t an accurate depiction of reality, right? I\u2019m pretty sure Pearl Harbor didn\u2019t happen the way it was portrayed in Michael Bays film either..", "If it was a documentary? Yeah. Malaysian are meant to get pissed about it. I don't understand why would people hates Hollywood that cramping down 5 or 30 years of history into 2 hours movie. It's an entertainment autobiography, not a documentary autobiography.\nFor example: Elton John got sober because of what happened to Ryan White. Which is way different than what rocketman describe it. I understand it, why? They need entertainment value. If I want to read or watch on why elton got sober from hard drugs? I read his books instead.", "Is black hawk down a documentary though? Because I thought that\u2019s what we were discussing", "I said if, kalau.", "Then what are you arguing about", "No need to argue about exclusion of Malaysian Army in the movie because BHD is a Hollywood entertainment movie, not a documentary.", "years of fighting commies in the jungle paid off\nGOTTEM CHIN PENG", "Ini sepupu Lim Kuan Yew ke?", "Sepuuu...?", "LIM KUAN YEW CHIN PENG LIM GUAN ENG LIM KIT SIANG SEMUA PUN SEPUPU", "\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "How is the event happened years ago still relevant today?", "Malbatt still does many missions overseas, even as of today. Malaysian Army has a tendency not to brag about anything, and anything that was public doesn't get acknowledged, until they are forced to acknowledge it. It's how those grunts do it. Keep their heads down, square up their shoulders and then just do their job.", "Malbatt 850-11 is in Lebanon right now on peacekeeping about 15km from the northern border of Israel, they see missiles and interceptors all the time, sometimes have to shelter.", "That can be said for any functional army in the world so what's so special about it?", "We just wanna celebrate it la. Nothing special ok damn", "Well, it will be still quite an insult when\nA) you plan the whole operation, and fail many times\nB) Of all the allies (more than 1) you roped in, 1 noped out midway, the other, despite realizing its a killhouse/slaughterhouse/deathtrap, still went in, and all you did was just \"oh they were the taxi drivers\" (when in reality, those taxi drivers were the ones that in the end reached the target on foot) (the US did have airborne insertion, but no successful airbone extraction), yeeted every casualty, body, for you, and successfully extracted out when every other plans failed.\nC) you decide to omit every single detail that they were even involved (and not to mention, you were the one that took them along for the ride) and then said \"job done, good process, we did it A-Z, oh them were the taxi drivers that noped out midway\".\nOf course the Malbatt team had every right to be pissed, and the entire Malbatt film, despite not having \"americanized\" action from A-Z, was a generally good \"faux-mockumentary\" film narrating the story from the \"invisible, taxi driver\" Malaysian side.", "The implication was that that (rather well-known) movie erased an historical fact in its glossing over of an actually significant contribution by our armed forces through relegating it to just a mention of something about Malay/Malaysia (from memory, can't be bothered looking it up).\nThe part our armed forces played in that conflict is much more than what that film would have someone not aware of history believe.", "This happens in all based on history movies.", "Well, if by \"this\" you mean \"creative liberties taken in films based on events in reality\", then yes -- that is something that happens.\nBecause if it didn't happen, it'd be called a documentary.", "Well yeah. So I don\u2019t understand why people are getting so upset about a movie.\nIt may be loosely based on fact, but It\u2019s fictional.", "What the fuck is the argument you're even trying to make? I wasn't presenting a point of debate or expressing a countervail. I was elucidating the point being conveyed that you were completely missing.\nAre you just dense, or a tool?", "was I arguing with you? And do you know how to articulate your point of view without the needless use of profanities?", "well, I think Malbatt forces were right to be pissed off when the BHD movie just relegated them to a team of \"taxi drivers\" that \"showed up at the end of the day\", when they were the ones through thick and thin, decided to stick to the mission and executed almost everything perfectly (except for the lost platoon incident, which wasn't even their fault to begin with).", "No, I absolutely agree with you; for as much of a half-decent film it is, those fellas have every right and entitlement to being irritated and offended by the callous and unceremonious omission of their very real, and frankly, unnecessary -- because it was all due to the incompetence of those American idiots -- sacrifice.\nThat piece of shit who directed that film ought to have had handled something like that in a more considerate way, but people of his kind tend to be lacking in tact when it comes to others.", "Where was it in his post that implied anything about that event being relevant today?", "Current view based on current event", "Yea was dissapointed ngl.", "If I\u2019m not mistaken, army and special forces are different divisions. Our special forces are next level. Westerners train with our guys, especially for jungle survival."], ["Usually on TV3, August 31st every year.", "Best answer"], ["With their eyes, you silly goose", "Hi joke, I'm dad", "Hi dad, I did national service too. Are you proud of me dad?", "Hi son,im busy looking for milk,who are you?", "I have two dads???", "Rich dad Poor dad....", "Haha! And the guy is still bearish on the stock market \ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udc80"], ["Thankful that Malaysia army didn\u2019t take thai or myanmar approach.\nA military kudeta/junta", "It is one of the advantages of the British system, which we should acknowledge.\nEven other former British colonies, countries as large as India, that maintained separation of power, do not have the problem of coups by military junta.\nFormer colonies that did not maintain separation of power, like Pakistan that empowered their military similar to Turkish/Egyptian system or Myanmar, that followed other countries in Indochina including Thailand, got embroiled in military coup problem.", "It's always vaguely ironic that the Singapore government is basically full of military generals, including the current prime minister.", "And ironically more diluted by the fact that every male in Singapore is in the military one way or another and have developed a contempt for the time waste and inefficiency that goes on inside it. If any of the Ministers ever tried to pull rank on anyone, getting laughed at is the least worst thing that can happen to him. Won't even be surprised if he got spat on. Familiarity breeds contempt and these \"military rank\" is only useful to scare people who have never served NS before.", "Myanmar was part of British Raj...but their independence come from not peaceful negotiation but bloody war.", "From about 1942, allied troops went through Burma to push the Japanese out. 1945-1948, negotiations, panglong agreement to make an independent Burma. It was bloody because you had allied troops, with burmese soldiers, fighting against the Japanese (who also had burmese supporters and troops).", "India has a strong democracy, a vibrant economy and is secular unlike Pakistan. It has nothing to do with separation of powers.", "India right now is secular in name only.", "LoL ok dude. 250 Million Muslims and it's secular in name only. The only country where Sunnis are not slaughtering Shiites and India is secular in name only.", "And Malaysia is also very secular. (Muslim)\nAnd America is also very secular. (Christianity)\nAnd Thailand is also very secular. (Buddhism)\nAnd Israel is also very secular. (Judaism)\nSecularism is a spectrum, and most countries lies somewhere on that spectrum. Only a minority can say they\u2019re 100% secular.", "It is not just socio-cultural problem. It is also a design problem. Today if you go to r/Pakistan, people constantly complain about overstretch of their military in every aspect of society.\nTheir military seems to own a lot of property, install military generals in a lot of ministries and government-linked companies, and of course, overthrow governments. Same problem can be seen in Egypt and Turkey.\nThis is design flaw, apart from socio-economic or cultural flaw.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/pakistan using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Pakistan has won the Tekken 7 Nation\u2019s Cup! | 137 comments\n#2: The son of Sewer Cleaner or Bhangi in Pakistan | 194 comments\n#3: Guy hires people from Pakistan | 407 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub", "The military is technically subservient to the YDPA...", "After reading about most Indo-China histories especially Cambodia, I feel \"wow, hardcore as f*ck!\" To compare to them, we're mild as f except for Japanese Imperials treatment of Chinese in Malaya and Singapore.", "Tbh, Japanese imperial treatment to Chinese in ww2 in general", "Not competent enough to do it."], ["We're jealous of your F35.", "I'm jealous of Malaysian chilli which always makes my butt into an F35", "I still remember Malaysia had a submarine incident where the submarine could not submerge. \u201cYou had one job\u201d", "You may also like \"That one without the LCS\"", "Just be glad it is not the other way around, cannot surface.", "Every submarine can submerge at least once.", "only if you try hard enough", "I can dive better than the submarine \ud83d\udc7d", "The story was : one can't sink, and one can't float. So they just have to tie them up together and they would work just fine", "The phrase is \"cannot submerge\".\nIf Malaysia had an unsinkable submarine, we'd be unvincible!", "\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "It's such a great piece of invention despite the cost of procurement and operation \ud83e\udd24", "We have better special forces.", "What are your special forces called?", "It'll be delivered around 2026."], ["as a somewhat military fanboy, i see our armed forces as severely underfunded & procurement process plagued with red tapes & corruption.\nEach branch desperately need new hardware & modernization, especially the navy. We have 50-yr old ships still in active service ffs.", "When funding was approved, the government proceeds to fuck the military up more by ignoring their choise. Also look at the state of the lcs. Our shipbuilding capability sucks. Should the French build them, we would have a couple boats in service rn smh.", "To be fair, modernization is one thing that is commonly overlooked. You need to save now to replace equipment 50 years in the future but if there is a budget crisis, it's easy to look at the \"now\" and forget about \"50 year later\".", "Look on the bright side though. This shows that Malaysia is a relatively peaceful country since it doesn't spend much on military", "Yes that is true but I also have a saying when people in Singapore say \"Abolish the SAF\".\n\"When you need an army NOW, you are actually 10 years too late\"."], ["I think most Malaysians including myself dont give much thought about our military, which in a way, is somewhat a good thing... Im grateful that I dont worry about our armed forces, and we've been taught in schools that Malaysia is a peaceful nation.\nThe few broken jets and submarines are just bad upper-rank decision making. I know friends in the military, and they truly just want a safe Malaysia for all."], ["I'm a simple person so my opinion would reflect that too \u2014 they work so that I can sleep sound at night, so it's a \ud83e\udee1 from me.\nWhile I do agree that they are paid to do the job but it takes a different kind of mindset to accept the possibility of being thrust into the thick of danger at any time and possibly never come back to talk about it.", "Thanks for sharing! I think that's a very valid opinion. War and violence suck, and not everyone can stomach it", "TBF the only Malaysian advocating war are the siao lang politicians. Easy to war and distract citizens from bread and butter issues."], ["We have missing jet engine and undelivered but paid ships. You have such issues? \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "Has anybody tried sending a makcik to watch over the shipbuilders... with this\n<image>", "OMG THIS IS GOLD", "Dey, jangan lah... Itu dah violation of Geneva convention...", "yeah well it feels like people don't care about those nowadays...", "For a violation, you need to first declare war on shipbuilders. Since no war, sending a makcik with slipper is legal! lol.\nAnd might even work....", "This will give an excuse for US to invade my, too dangerous of a weapon", "So you have highly classified engines and stealth ships \ud83e\udee8", "Submarine free real estate too.", "We have a what!?"], ["Most of the problems with Malaysia's armed forces, particular procurement and the corruption that comes with it, is more the fault of political interference than that of the people running operational matters."], ["Im here from Singapore to read the comments", "Hi...\nawkward silence\nSo what you do in NS ah?", "Depending on vocation, i was in the police force and we did policing work.\nIn police force we have different vocations too where some do ground police work, some do hq police work and some do back end admin stuff.\nCivil defense and saf guys, please share your experience or what you do", "I have a lot of respect for SCDF NSFs. They are involved in so many things, fires, accidents, etc, all on shitty NS allowance.", "Yea army guys do training and pray it never gets applied in real situation SPF and SCDF face real situation every day. Has heard stories of SCDF NSF dealing with all kind of gory stuff.", "I was a seccom at a firestation. My allowance was 1.2k. Was ballin baby. Still was a national slave but a ballin national slave.", "Uncle S/3SG in Army that time only $450 \ud83d\ude22", "Served in SCDF. Bush fires sucked ass. Went to a couple of factory fires, had to fight the fires the entire night. Washed a stretch of road for hours because of an oil spill from a nearby construction site. Rescued an uncle in a road traffic accident, the old guy tried to run away because he 'paiseh' for causing the accident. lol.", "Haha last year reservist I had a firefighting from 4pm to 11pm. As in we left at 11, other stations stayed back to finish up.\nhttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fire-breaks-out-at-31-benoi-lane-tall-column-of-smoke-seen-in-videos\nA few years back had one suicide case from 12am to 4am iirc. Fking tired me out, shifting the lifepak (inflated air bag for suicide case) ain't no joke", "Firefighter here! While firefighting is probably one of the toughest vocations out here, 1 day on 2 days off is probably the best perk.\nGoing for my last reservist cycle next year... Gonna miss the life.", "so you can choose to be police or soldier for NS ?\nMy bad, I thought NS in Singapore only means joining the army.", "Either army/ air force/ navy, civil defence (firefighter/paramedics) or police. It's assigned though, no choosing.", "They choose for you, otherwise everyone would want to go to Police lol.\nCoast Guard also has NS. It's Police, Fireman or Soldier, one of the 3.", "So, you couldn't make it to OCS lah?", "Lol same"], ["Malaysians are generally kibod warrior people. We are mostly peaceful creatures. So our military is also a reflection of that.\nCompared to the SAF which is a Rolex, ours is Relax.\nBut we are still proud of them. We still vouch for them."], ["The average Malaysian is less involved or interested in the army than the average Singaporean.\nAlmost every Singaporean man will use NS as an icebreaker, but here (because most of us did not serve), the army is rarely part of our conversations.\nWe are still grateful for their service though."], ["The first go-to convo topic for malaysian guys / singaporean guys / guys in general are girls.\nThis is such a no brainer.\nTig ol' bitties is the true way to reunite humanity.\nThere is no other salvation required.\nReject politics, embrace poli T I T S", "Legend of Heros: Trails In The Sky fan I see. lol.\n(If you miss the joke, take the first letter from Trails onwards and see what it spells)"], ["Within the Chinese community, anyone going into the armed forces as an enlisted is a loser. Even as an officer it's questionable career choice.\nThe Chinese community never has been big into joining the armed forces.", "Bro, Please be clear, its deemed as a loser when you don't progress in your career, its like any other job.\nThere are high ranking officers in the Army / Navy / Air Force that are Chinese. Chinese actually excel in these services. However, the Chinese community is ill- informed in the prospects. Many still think Officers earn below RM2000, which its actually from 6000-10000.", "Why ah? Pay not good? In SG its a comfortable and stable job, and higher ranking officers get a good payout on retirement too. (They better make it last though, not many transferable skills for them)", "There's a perception that officer promotions will be passed as you climb the officer ranks. This is true probably from major onwards. My late grandpa said it was very difficult for him to be promoted to Major. Being General/Admiral/Marshall is not impossible, but very difficult unless you convert to Islam. Then of course you have the politics- even among capable Malays this will become an issue.\nGovernment jobs among the Chinese (except for teachers, for some reason) are not seen in very good light- it's seen as low pay, and not a dignified Jon that only Malays and Indians do it. I don't believe in this but many do.\nAlso the armed forces and police tend to be very Malay-centric- it's Malay food for catering, Friday prayer break time etc. This doesn't make the average Chinese feel welcomed unfortunately. This was also a reason why I shied away from enlisting (aside from my confidence issues).", "Seeing many Chinese army veterans of whom one of them happens to be a fellow servicemen and friend of my grandad who served during the 60s and 70s, why were Chinese participation in the armed forces higher back then compared to today", "Someone remind me to come back to this when its answered. I too would like to know why the participation of Chinese in the armed forces declined.", "Rather than decline, it was already low in the past, the 60s and 70s had a spike in recruitment so it was the exception rather than the norm.\nThe Chinese have an old saying. \"Good steel is not made into nails, good men are not made into soldiers.\". Opinion of the military in China was very low and seen as an employer of the last resort and you'd know what kind of people were recruited into such organizations. It was not unusual for \"armies\" to sideline as \"bandits\" themselves, hence the low opinion of the military.", "because of low pay and also chinese nowadays dont have strong sense of nationalism or patriotism.", "Not hard to see why when most chinese feel like secondary citizens in their own country", "Funny you should mention that. I asked myself along the same line of questioning a long while back, so I scoured the Net and found the following article which may help give an idea why.\nhttps://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/12/19/the-naked-truth-on-why-non-malays-dont-join-armed-forces/\nThat being said, I knew a Chinese family friend from church who used to be a Colonel back in the day in the Malaysian Air Force. I presume that's unheard of today?", "It\u2019s sad to see this tbh. Our first Chief of the Navy was none other than Tan Sri Dato Seri K. Thanabalasingam!", "Pay is OK just getting promoted into officer as Chinese is kinda impossible without strong cable or buying it the position", "Dude, in Singapore, if you are a crab or a star, you will be guaranteed a job in the government sector after leaving SAF. I mean like you guys have a former BG running early childhood education.\nOf course, we should also bear in mind that when you are a regular in the ATM (Malaysian armed forces btw for non-Malaysians, not the bank teller machine), you are there pretty much for life. In SAF, the retirement age is what? 50? 45?", "Our PM one star leh.", "Hmm, in school we are told that if we don't do well we'll end up as soldiers/policemen/postmen/garbagemen etc.\nIt's seen as basically one step above construction work or other simple labour jobs here. Could be inaccurate, but it is the prevailing impression. Especially since Malaysians have a poor relationship with our local police, I think the distrust is extended towards the army in some cases.\nFor us, the police aren't law enforcement. They're more like 'legal' gangsters running protection rings, looking for bribes, and doing fuck all when actually required. Have fun trying to lodge a police report and get shit done in Malaysia. Took my cousin 4 hours to report a simple car break in. Had to go to three separate police stations. First one they said they didn't have the facilities to take reports (LOL), Second one took the report but told us they didn't have an inspector so sent us to a station which did, third one with the inspector was so fucking lazy he made my cousin drive her car around the block because he didn't want to walk 15m.\nThey're also quite racially fucked up. They sometimes pretend not to understand you if you don't speak malay, or they scold you and mock you for speaking in another language. I mean fine, it's our national language, but some elderly folk here just struggle, no need to be a dick.\nAlso, have fun trying to lodge any sort of sexual crime report. First question is always \"you pakai apa?\" *What were you wearing?", "Erm, have you seen the demographics.", "If you're not Muslim forget about being promoted. That's the reason.", "Bruh our first Chief of the Navy was an indian, Tan Sri Dato Sri K. Thanabalasingam. Other races are given equal chances in the MAF, only wants to take it or not.", "Dude. That was in the past before all this nonsense.", "What nonsense? MAF don\u2019t discriminate in fact they are looking for more non malays to join", "Ok.", "who told you that? many indian got promoted to the upper rank.. they are not muslim.. idiot", "Tell me some names. Couldn't find any", "I replied to you some names. \u201cCouldn\u2019t find any\u201d luls", "Look up for Lt Lohappriya, Indian jet pilot in TUDM. Mej Jen Dato\u2019 Mahendra a/l S. Sivapatha Sundram. Apa kau merepek, sikit-sikit main isu agama/bangsa.", "Wdym bro? There are many non-Malays, non-Muslims who hold high rank.", "Well I know there's a ethnic chinese admiral in our navy through a friend but I don't remember his name", "\u597d\u7537\u4e0d\u5f53\u5175\uff0c\u597d\u94c1\u4e0d\u6253\u9489", "That\u2019s more true in modern times. My older relative was in army, and did well enough to rise through the ranks. Not top dog by any means, but respectable career.", "I'm chinese but my grandpa was an inspector back in the day, served pre independence through early malaya independence I think\nBoomer chinese are understandably very negative about joining govt as career cause they grew up with the whole NEP thing", "I feels like this is not true. My social circle doesn't it as a loser.\nIt's a commendable career, but with questionable pay and future prospect.\nWe avoid it because other jobs pays better.", "I must be a odd chinese for wanting to serve in the army as enlisted and climb up, dream job will be paratrooper with JTAC or recon role\nMy parents are supportive and dad is invested in it tho", "Yeah it is, why not go in as an officer?", "I wanna sign up for the adventure, and prefer spending more time in the field(I may hate it once being in the field eating MREs for weeks), maybe if I have a child they can tell others his or her dad is a badass mf in his 20s(dad lore)\nand if I manage to become a officer I have the exp that I need(officers who had been enlisted are also generally more respected bc they understand being enlisted)\nBut still gonna study in uni first before this", "You can always go to field as an officer as you will have to lead a squad first."], ["Well the army has been looking a lot nicer to most people than the police lately with what's going on in the news. \ud83d\ude02", "A police officer deliberately ran over and killed a 17 year old student for just ramming his bike. Dude also got charged with assault in 2015 https://worldofbuzz.com/pdrm-officer-to-be-charged-with-murder-after-killing-17yo-spm-student-in-road-accident/"], ["When shit goes down I'm sure they can do their job. For example, Lahad Datu insurgence.\nHowever a plane literally flew over our airspace and we didn't scramble jets or know what the fuck was going on.....so maybe military intelligence is lacking.", "I had recently seen a documentary about the lahad datu insurgence.\nlol till now I can't believe a bunch of filippinos decided to out of nowhere, invade a sovereign nation and got their ass kicked.", "Oh, their ass got kicked again and again.\nThem Sulu Sultanate are huffing on copium right now. They were looking to escalate the dispute and went to foreign countries looking for arbitrator to claim our asset.\nOne Spanish lawyer who helped them are rotting in jail and awaiting trial.\nWe won twice.", "fuckers beheads the captive isis style. fk these people.", "When the jets start dropping bombs it's the moment where they start to lose."], ["Another Singaporean here. I'm currently an NSF (conscript), and I find it kinda funny when Malaysian teens make videos about how they're gonna die/suck when they go to National Service in the coming years.", "To be fair, I hear hygiene and cleanliness is a pretty big concern for national service which could be super gross and unhealthy", "Well, food poisoning cases happened in our former national service.\nNow they are introducing national service again, many have doubts whether it is a good idea. Others repeated the same criticism, which is that national service is another indoctrination camp (the reason why our national service was cancelled in the first place).\nThey are looking to change our future national service to make it relevant (not making the national service similar to armed forces). We will see what they come up with.", "I\u2019ve actually hope Malaysia have NS, to see weakass get suffered and also I can be permanent post smoothly afterwards.\nDamn I want to have HALO jump.", "HALO jump is very rare and not for normal soldiers. Normal para training they have you jump from a helicopter instead.", "nah fam I don\u2019t wanna be normal one \ud83d\ude14\nI know is not common but still I wanna do it", "Good luck trying to sign on for PASKAL because I think that might be the only unit in the MAF that does HALO.", "It's because you have a good country with proper systems and there is a sense of pride when serving NS. This is the their second attempt to do it here and it was horrible the first time around.", "Got this one case where a NS trainee got beaten to death for cutting queue during breakfast."], ["With current event happened in Malaysia ,maybe in good light in compare to Police"], ["As a military enthusiast and aspiring future soldier I'll say underfunded especially navy and air force, need more ships especially bigger tons ones like destroyers and cruisers Air force too small to be a force to be reckon with and need more f-18s or any good western plane\nArmy infantry is decent in terms of equipment(pretty good compare to most ASEAN countries,I mean, even our regulars have FAST helmet), very NATO looking. But heavy equipment old than my father(talking about you artillery) tho we did bought some new stuff,mbts can suck(might change to a new mbt made by turkey)\nOverall well trained with decent readiness, but underfunded and needs more new heavy assets, but compare to 2013 it has improved a lot\nour mil org is based on them for example we call a squad \u201csection\u201d like major commonwealth nations, knew since grandpa served in the 60s and did work alongside some British para and he told me that,our soldiers also yelled section in training videos"], ["they parade the same old tanks/IFVs/jet fighters/infantry formations every Merdeka Day to make us feel proud, and guard our coastline from pesky pirates/foreign ships and such. Military strength-wise they're 6-7th in ASEAN for me.\nthey are also in desperate need of an upgrade, which they never got (remember the Boustead ship fiasco? the MRCA/LRCA procurements? LMAO...... such a thing most likely won't happen in Singapore......)", "Sg gov has higher defensive budgets than our and less whiny baby criticised when buying military assets.\nMeanwhile here Malaysia, just want to upgrade a boat also kena boom gau gau by local saying we not going war why upgrade or buy military assets. How to improve then????", "There's a chinese saying. Train army for a thousand days, use them for one morning. Okay it sounds stupid and lost a lot of nuance when translated, but what it means is you need to be well prepared or you will be caught with your pants down when you actually need (an army)."], ["Disappointed not with the military itself but all those BS regarding procurement and corruption that plague it which cause many problems for the delivery of new assets and also what we could get years ago. Also lack of political will. I've been following MAF development since in late elementary school until a few years ago where I just stop giving a shit. But I still visit Malaysian Defence by Marhalim Abbas from time to time"], ["Massive respect for them, but they could do with more modern equipment."], ["Our soldiers can handle both cold & hot climate very well.\nWell trained to fight with enemy that use supernatural force/blackmagic. Reference Lahad Datu incident where some invaders use immortality spell & sign of sacrificial ritual spot\nVast knowledge of survival skill\nGreat at camouflage\nBest at sneaking in & out of other military/enemy base for reference there 2 event 1)putting malaysia flag sticker on singapore jet after singapore air unit flying over johor airspace 2) lahad datu incident where 1 of the malaysia comando left a letter on invader leader desk asking them to retreat & avoid more conflict", "Forgot to mention they help a lot in flood season before"], ["I like to think, were saving for the best in terms of military spending. Only buy what we need for now even tho China is molesting us at the time which if Im being honest I aint gonna let that slide. Wish our military had done something about it, wish we had more ships and jets in the future"], ["Missing(stolen) Mil equipment, racism, bullying(death), cronyism, outdated equipment, military contract embezzlement, and many many more\nSo yea..."], ["We are jealous of your Gundams that you hide in Tengah airbase.", "Actually, the bunkers were for hiding nukes. Tengah was the British's 2nd strike policy and they stored nukes for a short while in Tengah. Think there were about 50 nukes in Singapore then.", "Yes I know. I don't think the nukes are there anymore. They cease operations in the 70s?", "Yeah a bit earlier than that. It does imply that they thought that Tengah would survive a nuke though if the British thought that it was still possible to launch a counter attack from there.", "I am oppose nukes ... It's really a horrible way to wage war. Especially the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was completely unnecessary. The Americans already encircled Japan. It's just a matter of waiting for surrender. There wasn't even a need to invade. If you control the shipping and trade lanes in and out of Japan eventually it will give up. Americans did it to show the world who is boss and to seek revenge for Pearl Harbor.", "I disagree on the unnecessary. The Japanese in those days were fanatics, they do not \"surrender\" without trying to blow you up with them. They were the ones who coined the term Kamikaze to mean \"suicide bomber\" you know.", "mayb it was mayb not, but i can tell you for sure when japan was nuked most of asia at the time was celebrating."], ["I think majority msian dont really care about armed forces."], ["I got some relatives who served in SG and MY armed forces. So quite interesting stories. But other than the procurement scandals, they maintained their bodies pretty well. So in terms of discipline, both are on point."], ["Competent, well trained, respectable across the world. But severely underfunded, outdated equipment, and corrupt."], ["A very underfunded and corrupt organization."], ["As a Malaysian, while you may view your armed forces as old fashioned in thinking and the absurd red tape, for me, i'm envious of how well equipped you armed forces are. Your air force is literally one of the largest and most advance in Asia. It can't be compared to the pathetic state of our armed forces here especially the air force."], ["Tbf we don't think about our armed forces much at all. The best show of force we need is the show of force at merdeka parade. Period."], ["Other than the outdated hardwares, they are actually pretty amazing in terms of training."], ["ehh publicly theres not much to say about our armed forces\ngenerally the soldiers are of course, trained enough to protect our country, but we're pretty lacking in a lot of cases. as a defending country, i would say we are in a pretty good place BUT upgrading our equipment is definitely a good idea. corruption and incompetency definitely runs wild, but who am i to say and what can we small time non-soldiers do\nto give my view of our armed forces\nfrom what i can see without looking deep into other structural stuff, the Army need to upgrade their management. problems (from what I heard) like not enough rifles to give to Wataniah (reserves) are a big issue. other problem like no sights on standard issued rifle (still using the iron sights), current vest's bulkiness, and our special forces' inability to get their own surplus (probably not true?) due to order from higher ups also need to be settled.\nIFV/APC also seems to have problems? sorry, i don't have details but it seems its either lacking in quantity or quality\nrecently, the Army's Aviation received 5 RENTED blackhawks which will be returned after 5 years of use. and then a few days after that, the Portugese bought 6 blackhawks for a lower price. that leave a bad taste in the mouth\nthe Navy i have not much idea. LCS fiasco left a bad taste in our mouth, but other than that, i genuinely have no idea. procurement problem definitely is a thing and our navy might need to get better ships. i've heard our tech is pretty old\nAir Force.. well I say we're not exactly in a bad shape and pretty well. purchase of KAI T-50 to replace the BAE Hawk is a wonderful upgrade. i heard of F/A-18s possible purchase for months, but no actual details. we definitely need a new batch of Hornets, even better some Super Hornets. for our SU-30, i would love if we can get a new replacement before 2035. the RMAF would definitely benefits from getting AWACS, and i don't know why we haven't gotten one.\nour Coast Guard/Maritime are doing well from what I see. in our current situation, prioritizing their upgrades would definitely be the best. not much can be say really. i hope their job gets easier because they directly impact our normal life on a daily basis by protecting our coast from illegal activities\ni respect all my nice serviceman and servicewoman though hope ya'll don't become corrupt"], ["There was a video of Malaysian special forces training, an ex Navy seal reacted and he was very impressed and had massive respect. So yea our jungle trainings are just ruthless. We even saved seals in somalia during a attack. We have combat experience"], ["Sleeping tiger"], ["Professionals, well trained.... but under equipped, under funded."], ["For me, i am viewing them positively but our army desperately need better equipment for all type army. kinda jealous SAF get a lot of shiny new toy to play it and i love you guys in house develop SAR 21, such a cool design rifle (bullpup is best)"], ["A nation's armed forces should be highly respected.soldiers bear burdens for their service that many of us never see. Most of us don't come home and have nightmares for years about what happened during our day. Most of us don't face financial ruin because I got transferred from one department on the job to another."], ["I'm highly proud of my country's armed forces. Fully trained and highly experienced.\nI met an ATM personnel once during the merdeka parade, they are very tall and very fit, you could see their charisma in their uniform. Even for a low level rank.\nIt's not easy being an army, definitely not the job for everyone, and I respect their sacrifice to my beloved country.\nAnd for the armed forces that reading this, thank you so much for your service."], ["Idk. Once saw a video of some special forces or commando training and a bunch of them were doing shit quality half rep crap ass pull ups and I know pull ups aren't the biggest measure of military competency, but it didn't inspire confidence.\nAlso, it's not really aspirational here. The impression (largely, obv there are outliers) here is if you don't do well in school you join the government workforce (postmen, police, admin workers, army etc). So, if true it really doesn't inspire confidence that much of our armed forces are basically school flunkies.\nI hope I'm wrong, but it's what I've been told since I was a kid. Doesn't help that our beloved pulis basically behave like gangsters, always on the prowl for bribes."], ["Serious lack of other races"], ["What armed forces? Lol"], ["I\u2019ve gone all my life without hearing a single thing about it. Wouldn\u2019t make a difference if we didn\u2019t have any at all. (In terms of impacting my views)"], ["Very positively amongst Malays, generally positive for others. Worth noting that the Commander in Chief is the Agong and the army, navy and air forces are considered the King's soldiers.", "Agong is the queen of England confirmed?"], ["Hey Malaysian! Remember we got PLKN. Not like veryyy army training. But for PLKN 3.0 soon with new training schemes is with real army. And the training just 40 days more or less.Just like randomly you get selected to join. Depend on your \"luck\". Right after SPM \"national exam\"\nThe things about PLKN is, their implementation soooo messy. Too many version before, too many syllabus. Start on 2002, but stopped for a while 2015, and resume back on 2016. And again for PLKN 3.0 newest start again on 2024. So yeah, malaysia doubt this program too", "I remember all the accusations of rape that happened then. Bad news all around."], ["SAF was repeatedly involved with stuff that its impossible its not tainted with red tape generics. Those that excel the National Service end up in the police departments (not the army) and thats not even clear from red tape as well.\nHowever, its just important to realize that red tape exist everywhere but the SG forces are quick to fix things, whilst we lack the commitment to fix things - both for subjective reasons.\nRegardless, I have respect to both the armed forces in MY and SG - having stayed in both countries. I realized that when they get their act together, they get things done much more effectively.\nMy first convo was about in flight refueling air force planes. That went on for some rounds of beer."], ["Looks ok on paper, untested, probably will fail.", "That's applicable to a good 90% of countries that have never been in a war.", "Untested? Dude.. they fought communist guerrilla warfare..", "That is in the past. The soldier died or retired already lah.", "Isn't the GGK still in service? I mean it'd be more concerning for a counter-terrorist, spec ops type of army be public after all, no news is good news after all", "This is what i know.\n- We have one submarine that cannot submerge.\n- 3 (or 5 ships) that supposed to replace the aging ones which are long due for retirement but due to mismanagement none of the ships are completed.\n- we have mix of both Russian & American jet platform instead of sticking to single multi-purporse model. They itself requires their own stockpile of parts that is not interchangeable.\nSo the best army we have are anti guerillas? I think we will be dead in an open battle.", "Where are you getting your stats from anyway? Plus, who knows man, maybe the new PM can summon a fucking horde of jets and aircraft carriers like that one scene from Endgame lmao", "From following a lot of local politics news; talk shows, twitter and tiktok. If you pay attention to this for over 5 years you will know about this.\nSubmarines-> from najib legacy\nThe incomplete ships-> google Boustead and military ships. This has been an issue since najib time already, in fact ph/pkr uses this as ammunition to fight bn.\nJets -> discussion on twitter. Many sources.\nWe are so broke, aircraft carriers is only possible on red alert.", "We are so broke\nTruer words have never been spoken, I am still optimistic we have military reserved stashed away SOMEWHERE and we actually have military might because false data on military assets is always a good thing in preparation for war and such", "Some of them inside the jungle hunting", "This really is the most accurate answer."], ["Huh spy"], ["Malay citizens in SAF are discriminated against. Why?", "I have no idea what you're talking about.\nThe representation of malays & indians for that matter is extremely high within the SAF and it's not just the SAF, but also other branches like the SPF.\nIf anything people discriminate against incompetency.", "Heard that it is only okay for lowly Infantry and Logistics.\nNever for high ranks in Naval Intelligence or Air Force . Lee Kuan Yew never trusted them fully. Even fellow citizens. This continues until today\nKesian", "Your news is 30 years out of date, today there are even Malay pilots.", "Not from my experience 23 years ago. Had heaps of Malay and Indian officers and WOs. My OC is Malay attached to UN missions, our unit S2 is an Indian Major, and another artillery unit had a Malay CO.\nSo not sure where you got this information from. Also, a small ass country with a tiny population like Singapore cannot afford to discriminate. Hell, we even got the expats living here to sign up for the Volunteer Corps.", "No la bro\nPlenty of high ranking one in navy in infantry in police lehzz\nDia semua orang cakap je..\nActually in army kalau takde certificate, tak kisah cina pun melayu semua susah la."], ["Airforce tiny and not fit for purpose.\nNavy plagued with procurement issues and has failed to provide even most basic security in the past decade or so. Malysia is surrounded by water. Far too many Admirals for the size of the organisation.\nArmy seems bloated and poorly equipped and used as a vote bank. Does not have the lift required to react to conflicts in a timely manner.\n2 examples I'd give is Lahad Datu and the shooting incident at an Army parade where a small group of SF chaps were shooting AT EACH OTHER with LIVE ROUNDS, with other personnel and CivPop DOWN RANGE! The OIC tragically gets lethaly shot and instead of applying immediate first aid they just drag him to the side and continue. These were the SF creme de la creme and they had a MAJOR failure of common sense and safety. But it's ok the OIC/victim was posthumously promoted to LtCol, one assumes so his widow gets a larger pension. If one of my chaps had done that I'd have taken a month's pay and busted them down as far as they could go. This wasn't a training kill room this was a public event, cowboys IMHO."], ["The Royal Malaysian Airforce didn\u2019t spot MH370 on its radar when the plane made a sharp turn back to the Peninsula from South China Sea. Navy had purchased some submarines that can\u2019t sink. Warships that are not delivered despite full amount paid\u2026."], ["It's laughable. I have a good friend who is an officer. The stories he told us.. I'm sorry but our army is just as pathetic as the clowns we call politicians..", "Your good officer friend huh? Sureeee", "Until incident like Lahad Datu happen, suddenly you become silent", "Cap"], ["Personal opinion, we're not good enough to defend against a foreign invasion. I don't see a point in pumping more money into it. I'd much rather have the funding go towards education and infrastructure.\nOur biggest threats imo are probably pirates where I would support better equipment and funding for border control.", "Username checks out"], ["We can send all the cows we have and Singapore is doomed", "I don't know man. People might think that numbers matter but I have it on good account that Singapore has a super elite fighting force that they keep in reserve in case they ever get invaded.\nIt's called The Enciks' Grandmothers Battalion.", "They\u2019re trained against human threats, but not on cows!"], ["Malaysia is making National Service mandatory again so yeah."], ["I don't know and I just don't really care since non of my business unless you have someone from inside."], ["We have capable personnel but bad leadership in term of procurement matters."], ["Have met quite a number of TUDM (air force) and TLDM (navy) veterans during LIMA. They are all very proud of their service in the armed forces. Some of them have even fought at Lahad Datu\nIcydk, years ago a group of militants from Philippines landed on Sabah and took over a village. The military was deployed and managed to kill and capture the militants."], ["Not particularly strong, but it doesn't need to be, as Malaysia doesn't face much in the way of threats, unlike say, South Korea."], ["I never really thought about them. Only after moving out did I think about them.\nMostly thinking wow military is so important here but I barely hear anything military related in Malaysia"], ["Armed forces are decent, some equipments are old, military in general needs an upgrade but if you're talking about Special forces units, we have one of the best in the world. Forces like PASKAL are extremely well trained and have combat experience.\nAs for our neighbor Singapore yes they're armed forces in general is more sophisticated and developed compared to ours but when it comes to special forces training and effectiveness I don't think so"], ["We definitely do need a major upgrade on our fighters, tanks, submarines, destroyers etc. Need to be better equipped in case of any funny acts of other nations."], ["Positive.\nOur equipment might not be the best, but it works well.\nPreviously I didn't understand why our army didn't use scopes and such that much when they were the fad thanks to call of duty. Then I realised they get really dirty really easy in muddy environment. Iron sights were better suited, especially since the target is rarely beyond 200 meters with exception of urban areas.\nAlso glad most of our equipment is western and if it's eastern bloc, it contains alot of french tech.\nIf our procurement wasn't mired with corruption, our equipment will be way more in quantity and quality."], ["Do Indians and Chinese folks exist in the armed forces?", "Of course they exist. The first non-British Rear Admiral in our Malaysian Royal Navy was an Indian. Tan Sri Dato' Seri K. Thanabalasingam was the 5th Rear Admiral and the 1st Malaysian to do so. Dato' Leong Siew Meng was the first Chinese in ATM to be appointed the rank of Brigedier General, and the first Chinese to be the Chief Signal Officer, and the first Chinese to hold the highest ranks in ATM."], ["U know one month back , i was asking one of my patient who is army in saudi arabia, why saudis not sent help for Palestinian people on war.. he said bcs bla bla bla.. n then he ask me.. why malaysian not sent malaysian army to help war in Palestinian bcs malaysian army is good in fighting..then i said idk about political issues.. but deep down my heart, i feel proud of the malaysian army bcs saudis army also acknowledge our army power..."], ["I see Malaysia soldiers as very strong and brave people. Well trained and even respected by other military from different countries.\nSad part is that our weapons and technology are outdated due to a bunch of politician keeping all the money to themselves and not improving or investing on better weapons for the army to use. Sure Malaysia doesn't go to war all the time and is protected by other big country. But what happens if they aren't there to keep us safe? At least improved the strength of our country military technology to stand a chance with other countries."], ["In general we don't know shit about them, nor have much of an opinion about them, really.\nThey're actually pretty formidable; at least the units considered to be special forces. What they do, they do quite competently -- which is notable, I guess, because of the (deserved) stereotype of Malaysian civil/public services being shit.\nMost of the public's day-to-day lives that involve the armed forces would be in seeing a vehicle with Z- prefix identification plates on the road as they weave in and out of standstill traffic on the highway without using their fucking turn indicators (you know who you are, fuck you), really. We don't have a culture of glorifying the military; which as far as I'm concerned is a good thing.\nChinese have a low opinion of the armed forces, in general, though -- for Chinese, anything but the private sector (other than banks...oh wait) is cause for shame and embarrassment to one's family, so fuck them.\nWhat's the first go-to convo topic for Malaysian guys?\nUhhhhhhhhhhhh, the government being shit, I guess? That, or the trending topic du jour on Facebook or one of those other inane buzzfeed-esque local websites staffed by talentless hacks responsible for the sorry state of our language expression these days."], [""], ["We think our military is ok, but we are not confident in its performance if it has to fight another country. We just don\u2019t have the same experience in warfare that others countries such as Korea, Israel, Turkey, America and Ukraine possess."], ["I always wanted to join the AF, but after looking a bit deeper under the facade and speaking to my fellow ex service members I decided that it's not going to be a path I take. Maybe post emigration to Europe I will join the NATO forces but if not, then civ all the way"], ["From what I heard, our military is not something to be fucked with although we do have some missing equipment scandal. Especially our commando who actually train other people I heard Sulu?"], ["Honestly? With the new procument that seemingly slowly-but-surely(hopefully), is better than no investment for future challenges.\nYeah we seem to be decent for defense. Never attack. Maybe even deployment a-bit.\nThe plans of RMN and RMAF is swinging very slow. I hope it got done by the end of the decade at least.\nArmy, still alright. May needed an upgrade for the armoured corps. Need more heavy firepower for defense.\nBorneo needs security, Sarawak got China. Sabah got Terrorist AND China. Need Patrols and Combat Aircraft. Need a few more armours and more troops."], ["Overall good but politicians fk their working tools up."], ["Try again, Mosad!"]]}
{"title": "Iklan Singer 2006 (extended cut)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lww2r/iklan_singer_2006_extended_cut/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": [["what the f-"]]}
{"title": "Questions about Vaping in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ltr34/questions_about_vaping_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Recently I moved countries to Malaysia, the country I moved from did not have any restrictions about vapes. I'm wondering if it's the same in Malaysia? What is the legal age to buy and use one here? And can I get them from convince stores?", "comments": [["The vape shops here expanded like shroom, it's free real estate.\nJust be aware of the quality and risk of products you purchased, lack of regulation.", "What are the legal ages to purchase vaping products tho?", "No regulation, no age limit, those shady shops do not give a fk too, you are the precious customer for them.", "Do those include 7elevens?", "Show them the money, they will give you the stuff", "Vapes are not called vape here, rather called nano stix,etc and also, stores selling vapes falls under the electronic department. Yes. It does not have restrictions Freedom!!!\nThere's even a Cafe + Vape shop concept. Mostly the expensive branded vapes.", "Theres even a barber + Vape shop concept"], ["To be honest, vapes are rather popular in teens and this is one of the problems in here since it's will cause serious effects to the human body.", "Human right bro, cannot stop them from taking poison", "Yeah I know. Reality can be dissapointing..."], ["KK Mart got , 7Eleven got .. but not all area got.. heavily populated like city got.. old people like you sure no problem to buy"], ["please don't vape/smoke, these vape liquid are made in masses in some random factory in China with no quality control. Do you think they would care about your health when they can sell it to you for so cheap while still making profit. Im a medical student and too many middle aged adults get brought into the hospital with acute respiratory failure, the older ones with lung cancer. The wheezing as your body struggles to take in air and your entire body shutting down just because of lack of oxygen. I can't stop you from vaping but ultimately it's your choice to stop inhaling these toxic products. If you do, the MOH have drugs like nicotine replacement drugs to help you to make your withdrawal symptoms less difficult. I died inside when I last saw a teen buying vapes at a pasar malam and schoolboys in their uniform vaping outside of school. I hope this message finds you well and any other person that reads this"], ["usually if you see no smoking then no vaping"]]}
{"title": "Put a stop to DAP\u2019s \u2018toxic narratives\u2019, PAS tells Anwar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ltnf2/put_a_stop_to_daps_toxic_narratives_pas_tells/", "num_comment": 52, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["\u2018toxic narratives\u2019\n\u201chighly inappropriate\u201d and capable of causing tension and disharmony in society.\nFuck off Takoyaki. You mean toxic shit like these? Is this appropriate enough? Sorry but I will keep spamming this list to point out their blatant hypocrisies, people that spew shit like these have 0 say on what's causing disharmony and what's not.\nHadi: Other races are challenging Muslim's political power: https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2023/08/939467/voting-mandatory-if-other-races-are-challenging-muslims-political-power\nHadi: Non-Muslims must be grateful for \u2018being given a place\u2019 here, should just let Malays continue leading country: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/07/hadi-non-muslims-must-be-grateful-for-being-given-a-place-here-should-just-let-malays-continue-leading-country/73042\nHadi: Only Islam can rule, others must be 'pak turut': https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/357628\nPAS politicians insinuated that their rivals are the enemies of Allah: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/27/pas-man-says-sorry-after-calling-on-allah-to-defend-kedah-from-enemies-video/76640\nMuhyiddin claimed Christians of being in cahoots with a group of Jews to \u201cChristianise\u201d Malaysia: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/19/muhyiddin-in-hot-water\nDr. M: Parties led by non-Malays are 'parti pendatang': https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/09/04/dr-m-calls-parties-led-by-non-malays-039parti-pendatang039\nNon muslim woman fined for wearing shorts in Kelantan: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/non-muslim-malaysian-woman-fined-for-wearing-shorts-in-kelantan\nNon muslim unisex salon ban + closure: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/12/856735/terengganu-govt-enforce-unisex-hair-salon-ban-warns-offenders-fines\nNon muslims are the root of corruption https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/08/20/pas-hadi-claims-non-muslims-non-bumiputera-make-up-the-bulk-of-roots-of-corruption/\nZul Zuhaimy wants to kill non muslims, said it in a PAS ceramah: https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/11/mahu-sembelih-orang-bukan-islam-zul-huzaimy-mohon-maaf/\nPN's May 13 rhetoric election propaganda: https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/78211/netizens-raise-alarm-over-may-13-hate-content-posted-on-tiktok\nMalaysia has to be ruled by muslims: https://buletinonlines.net/v7/index.php/malaysia-mesti-dipimpin-oleh-melayu-islam/\nSanusi demolished colonial era legally built Hindu temples and label critics 'drunk on toddy': https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/12/03/lfl-slams-kedah-mbs-heavy-handed-defence-of-temple-demolition/ https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/553910\nSanusi insulting Amirudin and questioning the lineage of the Sultan of Selangor (Video Source): https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/dakwaan-menghina-siasatan-terhadap-sanusi-masih-belum-selesai-sultan-selangor-428497\nNurse with tight clothing https://www.malaysiadateline.com/dakwa-pakaian-nurse-ketat-mp-pas-kena-sekolah-dengan-presiden-persatuan-jururawat/\nNo concerts: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/08/25/pas-urges-govt-to-cancel-all-upcoming-foreign-artist-concerts\nThe Malay Proclamation: https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2023/05/1096600/proklamasi-orang-melayu-kini-dapat-sokongan-pemimpin-pas-bersatu-dan", "Thank you for the service", "Got master pay him punya... /s", "Hush hush, else I can't pay for my Chagee later.", "chad u/jwteoh strike again", "For those who like to ask..\"What PAS do to you? Why u hate them so much?\"\nThis compilation is the only correct answer.", "Bro once again bring the receipt. Thanks for your service o7", "Come melayu, come back this copy paste link. LoL waste of effort.", "Come melayu, come back this copy paste link. LoL waste of effort.\nIlliterates are not my target audience, sorry not sorry.", "Yes u are", "Yes u are\nOkok, u is winner1!11", "Pfft", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "The GOAT has spoken.", "\"why does people hate PAS?\" lul"], ["Put a stop to PAS's 'toxic narratives', Rakyat tells Anwar"], ["PAS dan hipokrisi berpisah tiada."], ["Local government elections were abolished because people voted in competent people.. Got to admire the sheer brick face of anyone who can argue this as a racial issue.", "Its simple stupid, they are not elected means that local councilors don't have to do their jobs.\nWhy you think the MP and ADUNs seem to be about fix thing la, go to local events la, give free thing during celebrations la? These things are meant to be done by local councilors, but almost always ends up as the ADUN's problems.\nMy own area, the resident's association has to take up the slack that both the councilor and ADUN office refuse to do. Maybe if the councilors are elected maybe the residents don't have to DIY all the damn things.", "Without going to event, how will PAS MP show their work?\nBased on policy? Sure lose if like that", "The people that are whining about it being a race problem is mainly because of projection, they're assuming their opponents would do the same thing that they'd do.", "Or perhaps they get paid a lot of money to give out the jobs \ud83d\ude05"], ["New Fitnah has Arrived!", "Wake up Fahmi Reza, another to create poster of fitnah DAP-PAS!"], ["Faaak this party seriously", "Never a dull day with popcorn on the side"], ["Who do I need to tell to put a stop to PAS toxic narratives?", "The YDPA I hope."], ["Anwar should label PAS as an extremist organization that threatens the fabric of Malaysia society and disband it immediately"], ["Pot calling the kettle black"], ["PAS got money to Merc but no money to buy mirror. Kesian...."], ["While I actually agree about telling DAP elders and anyone else (its only the elders) in the party to lay off the toxic race stuff, it's very embarassing if they want to be a party for all Malaysians. LGE says some retarded stuff that shows he still hasn't moved past the one race, one party mindset, sad to see, worse to hear, how are moderate Malays going to take DAP seriously with him around?\nBut...that aside, he's talking about local elections as being the bad thing said here? As being something that stokes racial tension? Lol no, not in 2023.\nThis is boring stuff to do with roads, civil works and buildings, not the very important things in our society like what you can write on christmas cakes.\nDAP are right, local government elections should be allowed. We tried in Penang not long ago but the federal government took it to court and won. Why shouldn't people be allowed to vote for local government instead of being the appointed losers who no one wants?\nEvery politician who is against this is scared of losing their cronies and bribes for the positions they hand out."], ["Lol fuck you. Non-muslimphobes."], ["Kuala Lumpur has more malays than Chinese. If everyone votes along ethnic lines, Malays will win each and every time", "Actually, Kuala Lumpur has more Chinese voters than Malay voters.", "False.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur#Demographics", "Those numbers include non-voting residents. Many Malays reside in Kuala Lumpur but vote in other states. If you only count the number of voters, Chinese voters outnumber Malay voters.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepong_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_(Kuala_Lumpur_federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangsa_Maju_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segambut_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setiawangsa_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titiwangsa_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukit_Bintang_(Kuala_Lumpur_federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembah_Pantai_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seputeh_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheras_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Tun_Razak_(federal_constituency)#Demographics#Demographics)", "Jesus Christ, that ratio game though \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "I stand corrected.", "so confidently incorrect KEK"], ["Classic pot calling the kettle black. Typical PAS.", "It's not even that. These people are literally gaslighting and barefaced lying through their teeth. This is beyond simply distorting reality but literally creating fiction. This is Goebbels or Russian FSB weapons grade industrialized lying."], ["The most toxic narrator tells other not to be Toxic \ud83e\udd23"], ["Dear kettle, meet pot.\nFuck off PAS with your projections and persecution mentality, when it is in fact YOU with the toxic narratives. Summoning the GOAT /u/jwteoh to refute each and every one of your bullshit."], ["Lol everyone is arguing in circles. A spiral that is impossible to escape from"], ["May Allah bless Malaysia."], ["Dap is shit btw if anyone wondering"], ["Here we go again\u2026"], ["Fahmi boleh buat kerja ker?", "Fahmi tau ke apa tu kerja?"], ["PAS are the biggest crybabies I've come across in this country so far."]]}
{"title": "Do you have an issue with queuing up for food in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lt6up/do_you_have_an_issue_with_queuing_up_for_food_in/", "num_comment": 60, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Hello guys. Just curious about what everyone thinks. Often times when buying food in Malaysia, we will need to queue up, not knowing how long more to wait and worst, having to stay in line because some restaurants required you to do so. Is it only me or does anyone feel like this is an issue that can be solve with some innovation?\nWhat do you think about an application that allows food vendors to manage their queue, also, customers to drop their details and come back to the restaurant when the app pings them? Exploring some ideas here and appreciate your thoughts. \ud83d\ude01", "comments": [["I hated that nasi kandar in bukit jalil. The owner purposely serve slowly to create queue so that some customers can take a short video and post it like the 2000 customers before them.", "Well it\u2019s people\u2019s fault then for allowing themselves to be treated like that. The moment the line gets smaller you\u2019ll see a drastic change in how fast the owner serves customers.", "I'm a tourist and if I see a line longer than like... 4 or 5, I'mma be like, hey good for you guys for being popular and shit. I'll go eat somewhere else.", "Exactly man. It\u2019s just food no idea why people would waste their precious time waiting when sellers are literally jerking them around purposefully serving slowly.", "Still better than those Turkish ice cream sellers. They play with your ice cream before you can eat it.", "And people record it and post online like it\u2019s something special wtf. Man\u2019s paid for ice cream and only ice cream not the extra \u2018piss me off\u2019 package", "High key the only reason I have not try their ice cream, I dont want my food to be played and teased infront of me like wtf im juz want that ice cream bro", "Friend fries bukit bintang. Ultra shit queue system.", "Well that's.. clever\n.\nOH SHIT , NOW JUST REALIZED.. the skyline luge that recently open. alot of reviews about the queues says it's horrible even though some of people bought a vip tickets but still in queue.\nTHEY WERE ACTUALLY PURPOSELY TO MAKE THEM LOOKS FULL, SO THEY COULD PROMOTE THEIR PLATFORM FOR A VIDEO.\ndude you're a genius.", "And they're also understaffed", "I doubt it's understaffed, the place just recently opened", "It... actually is. I went there on the third day. 2 on the ticketing counter, 2 on the queueing for scanning, 2 to help you get on the Skyride, 2 to help you get off the Skyride, maybe 4 to coordinate getting on the luge, and 2 to get you off the luge. No one to coordinate the crowd other than the manned stations", "opposite pavilion?", "Tu diaaaaaaaaa........ Surrrrrrrrrr\nThat guy?", "Yes sir. Mantap.", "Oh Nasi Kandar Bendi. Ayam Bawang suurrrrr\nBut fr his stuffs are good. I just lucky both times I go there ngam2 12pm after my meetings.\nTbh I find his theatrics as part of the fun. Very nice \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffd", "Which one is this haha"], ["queue = i leaving to other place where i dont need to queue", "This exactly. We live in Malaysia. There's an abundance of good food 24/7. We are extremely spoilt for choice. If you have the money to be going to restaurants in the first place, you are twice over privilaged enough to also have choices."], ["I don\u2019t queue for food. If I have to , I\u2019ll just go somewhere else"], ["viral food\nand\nFOMO\nhate the trend"], ["I refuse to queue for food if the line is more than 3 customers deep. If I see a long line amywhere - Restaurant, Famima, McD, even better restaurants i will seek other options.\nWe are lucky coz we have so many options, and I dont believe in the bullcrap that is \"Alah, nanti kempunan, beratur je la tunggu\". Nope. Not for me.\nTak dapat sekarang, come back later. If not hari ni, pergi hari lain.\nEdit: If advance planned, I acquire a reservation. Even restaurants not accepting reservations will block a table if you advance order and pre-pay/deposit.", "planned, I acquire a reservation. Even restaurants not accepting reservations will block a table if you advance\nYep, if you really need a table for n number of pax, plan ahead, call and book."], ["What do you think about an application that allows food vendors to manage their queue, also, customers to drop their details and come back to the restaurant when the app pings them\nThose already exist. It's not an app, just a website.", "I think KLCG have that system. I usually go there for breakfast so I rarely have to queue but if not mistaken they have the queue system that will notify you by sms when there are preparing your table. They even have big sign at the registration counter to tell you how many people are in the queue and in their syatem they even have the eta for when its gonna be your turn."], ["I'll just get my food on other places if it is packed with a long queue."], ["barely any issue. orang sanggup beratur 3-4 line."], ["i usually almost exclusively dine out with friends at fancy places. if alone, i go where it tickles my fancy. if i need to WAIT and theres a queue, I M OFF.\nthe food might be \"good\" but i respect my own time that i know that we live in malaysia, the land of FOOD. our country is touted as having the best food in the world (debatable). yet we insist on ONE certain eatery thats possibly overpriced?\ndoesnt make sense.\ni dont have a problem with queuing. mainly because i avoid places with queues. i only ever queue if my companion(s) insist on eating there."], ["Food places with long queues are either cheap or good, or most likely both. All those entitled pricks that criticize those places can fuck off and go somewhere else, nobody is forcing you to queue."], ["Queue Application already existed, but most restaurant I go chose to do it manually by"], ["customers to drop their details and come back to the restaurant when the app pings them?\nYou mean the customer comes 5 mins after the app pinged and proceed to cut the queue because it was their turn 5 mins before because they were at the toilet, 7/11, fighting terrorist, or parking their car? no thanks."], ["Only time I line up for food is the free food given by politicians.\nPM raya open house, state and district level open house, etc."], ["the ROI might not be worth it, old people are reluctant to learn how to use the apps/website anyways, lower overall customer satisfaction if you ask me", "those apps n website are so shit for ordering food....scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll while a hard copy menu is so much easier...sometimes if it aint broke dont fix it", "this reminds me of that time i went to a vegan restaurant\nthey gave us a QR code to scan that was in between two pieces of plastic covers, the plastic covers were dirty with black spots on them, i couldn't scan the QR\nasked them to give me another one, it worked, but the website couldn't load cuz there was no reception there\nsaw a sign on the table that says i can get free wifi after showing the staff that i liked their fb page, mf, i cant even load a website, why would u think i can load facebook\nasked the staff if they could just give me the wifi pw and luckily they didnt hesitate\nfood was nice, but damm that was such a hassle, and obviously my grandma complained why there wasn't a physical menu", "", "i dont think i have experienced anything bad enough to make me want to leave a restaurant\nphysical menu + the option for an online ordering system/ regular staff writing down your order is the best approach i think, you cater to all ages of preferences", "yea, give me a hard copy menu and let me order thru the app, best in both worlds"], ["Querying for food is normal in countries like Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Why you can do that in those country but not in Malaysia? Then again, don't eat there is you have problem queuing. I am sure the restaurant won't miss you."], ["If it\u2019s due to slow service staff (there are bad apples), then I chao alrdy.\nIf a place is newly opened or overhyped, then I\u2019d wait for it to die down before going."], ["I dont mind queueing if everyone (both business owner and customers alike) are considerate about it. Talking about people being nonchalant and slumber despite the queue, not preparing the money in advance when they are still queueing and only taking out wallet at the counter, not quickly moving aside after getting change to keep the line going etc.\nThose things more often than not annoy me more than the queue itself"], ["If its more than 6 people and the line not moving ,I gonna go some where else my time is precious"], ["There needs to be a single app that dominates the menu/food ordering space. Kinda like Grab for ehailing."], ["If i am a people pleaser, i will innovate smth in my restaurant to be more fast and efficient.\nBut if i am a businessman, i will make my restaurant looks busy and full. The mind trick is people always curious. Why the queue is soo long, why theres no table left, why this, why that. Maybe 10% of you will not queue, but most 90% will. As long as their curiosity is satisfied. Then the repeatability of them coming back depends on the food. If it good, they will come back for sure.\nBecause people always follow the crowd.", "lucky i dont know where your shop is", "Why the queue is soo long, why theres no table left, why this, why that. Maybe 10% of you will not queue,\nNot me. This is not Singapore where you have to queue for good food.\nIf the queue looks long, we go to our plan B. If too far/lazy to drive elsewhere, we explore other options nearby."], ["Plenty of restaurants have sit down service. Or a UFO that buzzes when your food is ready."], ["Using an app here is a classic case of a solution looking for a problem.\nThe more elegant solution is already available, it\u2019s a sms notice to customer. No installation required from customer end, and restaurant can either do it old school (using phone sms) or when volume allow, specialize software o pc to send sms."], ["I don't mind queuing for a bit. But i mostly eat out alone, so that means I cannot jom a table. If the restaurant or food court is very popular, there is a high possibility I might end up without a seat or have to share table with strangers. So my answer is it depends."], ["if restaurant, will call and reserve in advance\nif normal shops, a few people then still ok but if more than 2-3 tables of customers and no signs of anyone gonna leave soon, then nah"], ["As much as people hate queueing Malaysians are hella polite for doing it anyway."], ["I remember a time during MCO.... queue is everywhere. It's a good time, everyone is civilised even buying from gerai makcik that sell your typical nasi lemak and kuih. Now back to Cik Bai punya attitude main potong jer masuk tepi depan semua suka dia.... Malaysian.\nSiap keter and motor main parking depan gerai direct...macam drive through."], ["Foodpanda pick up gives me extra 20% off so I barely queue. Things that I crave for like boba/boost juice tho, would queue for that"], ["15 Q or more. Will find somewhere else"], ["I don't queue for food. We are spoiled with options here I can always go elsewhere.\nAnd if you have to, let them deliver it to your door via Grab or Panda or Shopee \ud83e\udd23"], ["Yes, please. If Zus can do this with their coffee, restaurants and government offices can do this with their queues. Though it might require some thinking to prevent abuse."], ["Queue for food is a way to give an illusion that the restaurant is popular and in demand. Of course, due to limited choices, better than nearby restaurants will always have queues waiting.\nSometimes, you just have no option but to queue because you don't want to drive too far to have some decent food."], ["que = skip and find some other shop that I can actually get a food and sit down"], ["If there's a queue that means the food is good\nExcept for food places that go viral online"], ["thank you for the start up tech and make job."], ["If there\u2019s a queue I leave. There\u2019s plenty of good food everywhere, I don\u2019t like wasting my time to wait for a meal that I have to stand under the hot sun for more than 15 minutes."]]}
{"title": "Two Malaysians were involved in the Premier League floodlight scandal in 1997", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wp241/two_malaysians_were_involved_in_the_premier/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Those two Malaysians:"]]}
{"title": "AKB48 announces a new sister idol group based in Malaysia, KLP48", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vq1ab/akb48_announces_a_new_sister_idol_group_based_in/", "num_comment": 69, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["YOASOBI announces new sister group in Malaysia: YOUSOHAI", "YOABABI works too", "I hate to say this but that sounds like a group I will support. That aside, what type of amoi we will see ah? 1 Malaysia? How ah? Also how won't pas make noise?", "As long it has signposts at the entrance like chinese restaurant, then Pas can't make noise...", "Both are great."], ["Counting down until PAS and the fun police come frothing at the mouth with pitchforks\nMark my words", "\"This promotes fun and therefore is bad.\" -PAS", "\"Girl exposed skin bad!\"\nBut\nquietly masturbating furiously", "When you think it's about girls, get a load of this: https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/27364/pas-leader-found-liking-gay-porn-on-twitter-deactivates-social-media-accounts\nI'm guessing it's the ankles regardless of gender.", "Oof. Not using alts to browse notty notty social media, rookie mistake.", "\"This boner I have is THEIR fault.\"", "With dicks in their hand", "I can see your argument but... They didn't do it with Dolla though... Isn't the same? \ud83e\udd14", "Plot twist: dia bertudung and they just sit there and pray no dancing", "\u201ckecek supo lagu musuh isley\u201d"], ["BNK 48 & JKT 48: Welcome.", "MNL48 too"], ["They knew our \"Mak kau hijau!\" meme.", "nah, they tryna gain trust from pas"], ["They have sister groups overseas?", "Yeah, ever heard of JKT48, BNK48 and SNH48?", "I don\u2019t know whether you\u2019re serious or not. Those suspiciously look like JAV codes \ud83e\udd14", "Or you simply have a filthy mind.", "Said the guy who knows every idol group on earth \ud83e\udd23", "What makes you think I\u2019m a guy? Because I\u2019m not. I\u2019m a woman.", "Oh I\u2019m sorry \ud83d\ude14"], ["Potential Lyrics:\n[Chorus]\nSohai Cibai Pukimak\nAnjing Lanjiao Putang ina mo\nBobo Babi Mak kau hijao\nBangsat Duma Ka ni na\n-edit\nReference.", "", "Now then, this is poetry."], ["Kelapa 48", "Kumpulan Lagu PAS 48. /s"], ["Wow, malaysia variety of group48. interesting"], ["What languages they sing ?", "Japanese in the Sohai Dialect"], ["KLP48 sounds like KLEPON or KELAPA"], ["I can bet there will be no dark skin Malaysian girls join this outfit."], ["I remember an interview about K-Pop singers on how they got into the industry.\nScout looks for talent, mostly school leavers.\nOffers a contract to sing and dance plus other promotional stuff. In exchange the promoters pay for their college/universities and they have to make sure that their exam results are within the acceptable limit.\nOnce the contract ends, they can either continue the gig to quit and join the workforce. By then if everyone goes to plan, they would have a sizable amount of money plus almost no loans to worry about\nProblem is how the hell is this going to work for Malaysia?", "Considering that it's jpop, it should be just the normal audition, training and they get salary based on their jobs. Contract is renewed yearly. Idols like AKB48 in Japan is more like a salaried worker aka makan gaji instead of contracted for certain amount of years.\nWhat if they want to quit? Considering that this is based on AKB system, they can always leave the group, celebrated with a term called 'graduation'. All members will eventually graduate unless they get kicked out. In fact, a lot of Japan 48G members graduate to focus on their study instead of pursuing entertainment careers.", "I would assume the latter part of point number 3 is only true for the successful ones. And it gets worse if you're a trainee/artist for a small and/or new company.\nSome companies may not cover your education expenses, while the bigger ones usually do. If you don't debut, then you might have to pay back the expenses incurred. Especially if you're a trainee in a small company. But if you do debut, there goes that famous 7 year contract for you to pay back the expenses already incurred AND future expenses.\nTraining isn't cheap, especially if you're in the Big 4 companies. Your coaching team aren't exactly nobodies, add it up with living costs although they would skimp on that. What makes it worse is that entertainment industry isn't very straightforward so the \"expenses\" might be very very fishy.\nThis is why we see artists bringing the companies into court every now and then. We see the successful ones. Yet we forget that there are more trainees that don't debut and there are more unsuccessful idols than the ones that blow up.\nBut yes, it would be harder for this to work in Malaysia when compared to Indonesia, Thailand or China. We have a smaller market compared to them. Still, it's hard to judge yet in the early stage. An established brand is always better than building it from the ground up.", "You know, there's the first AKB48 sister group is JKT48 from indonesia. They probably already has a good recipe since the JKT48 debuted in 2011."], ["KLP48 is gonna be a hit in malaysia\nIts business of \"scouting the prettiest talentless girls you can ever hope to find\" fits very well with the local industry"], ["Hope its malayan and indian girls too not only chinese looking ones"], ["surprised not in SG", "Market too small for a niche product. The AKB cafe in sg closed within 2 years of opening.", "SG too expensive and no more Zepp"], ["If you guys want to see how they would perform, there's JKT48 from indonesia. And they have localized song and MV in B.indo, but i guess you shouldn't expect MV like this", "I didn't need more than 10 seconds to know MV like that won't work. Can you give an example of what you think will work in Malaysia then? Frankly, not everything that works in Indonesia can apply in Malaysia, not especially things related to arts and performances.", "something innocent like this? unless, there's too much skin exposed.", "Probably a more covered up version of those white dresses would work if for Muslim members, there are already some versions of this type of MV out there. Easiest is to point out how Yuna dresses sometimes.\nThis is a decent song, but it's been done a million times already. There's a slight feeling of Sheila Majid's Dia in the chorus vocal melody and phrasing.\nIf this is the case then I agree it could work. I've honestly never followed JKT48 and only knew of its existence a few years ago because of work. The perception I had was just typical K-pop style girls with pretty faces dancing in skirts. I know there are members who wear hijab but it wouldn't change anything for the more conservative segments in Malaysia. They will kecam anyhow, anyway, before pulling their pants down to crot one out."], ["And good luck to girls who are joined this, they have to prepare to face weird yet strict rules to be followed and the most important rule - zero love interaction policy means no dating allowed."], ["I'm guessing their PR/marketing team didn't think hard on the name and theme for their new idol group, green + KLP? first thing pop into most mind would be KELAPA 48"], ["So ..what? They gonna just recruit non malays because its haram to show hair?"], ["Chat is this real"], ["Kelpie like the mythical irish seahorse"], ["green color as primary color\nyou can't make this shit up roflmao\njokes aside, can jpop style girl group idol actually strive through? dolla surely be their success benchmark. jangan flop atau nugu sudah"], ["All I see is kelapa 48"], ["Not very optimistic about this. Akb has had a lot of internal problems since a few years ago. Also, the local people will make a lot of noise about people wearing short skirts or dance."], ["Why KLP and not KUL though?", "I am guessing: 1 - no vowels. 2 - no repeating alphabets.", "Because all of em are from Kuala Lumpur and Penang"], ["KL-PAS48"], ["Next Halimah Miku"], ["Omg no way lmao"], ["Yess"], ["Ain't no way this is real"], ["Remake song for Seventeen Akb48 , Jkt48 ."], ["Wow chad, congratulations Malaysia!\nMalaysia BOLEH!"]]}
{"title": "So where\u2019s the info on applicants who misuse Malaysian citizenship? Suhakam asks Putrajaya", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lsfea/so_wheres_the_info_on_applicants_who_misuse/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "SUHAKAM doesn't like that government want to tighten the rules to get Malaysia citizenship, like really ah??? SUHAKAM want just anybody to get citizenship????!!\n\"We have to date not been provided with any data or information of such abuse or misuse in the applications.\n\u201cSuhakam is of the view that amendments to the Federal Constitution must be premised on a humane approach to enhance, clarify and streamline the process of citizenship applications,\u201d it said in a statement late last night\nDeputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah was reported by national news agency Bernama to have cited the potential misuse while debating the proposal to amend provisions on citizenship matters in the Dewan Negara on December 13.\nShamsul Anuar said the rationale for the amendment was to prevent Section 1(e), which needs to be read together with Section 2(3) of the Second Schedule from being misinterpreted and misused to obtain citizenship.\n\u201cThis includes [the misuse] from certain groups who are not eligible, such as illegitimate children who claim that they do not have any citizenship at birth,\u201d he was quoted as telling the senate.\nSuhakam said the proposed amendments, particularly Sections 1(e) and 2(3) could adversely affect vulnerable groups like children born out of wedlock, stateless children adopted by Malaysian parents, and foundlings.\n\u201cThese changes risk deepening the challenges faced by generational stateless individuals in Malaysia.\n\u201cThese proposed amendments would then create generational issues of statelessness further burdening the State with such people unable to fend for themselves and unable to be productive and contribute to the nation,\u201d it said.\nSuhakam urged the government to adopt a holistic and considerate approach in addressing citizenship issues.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Mia is officially a Malaysian", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lseuh/mia_is_officially_a_malaysian/", "num_comment": 33, "flairlabel": [], "header": "https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/19/mia-is-officially-a-malaysian\nPETALING JAYA: Eight-year-old Mia Teo Herrizon has finally obtained Malaysian citizenship after years of unsuccessful attempts by her mother, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.\nMum overjoyed as daughter finally gets citizenship\nPETALING JAYA: Eight-year-old Mia Teo Herrizon has finally obtained Malaysian citizenship after years of unsuccessful attempts by her mother, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.\nThe MCA president said he received the news after Mia\u2019s mother Esther Teo told him she finally received her daughter\u2019s citizenship certificate from Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.\n\u201cToday, Esther Teo finally received her daughter\u2019s citizenship certificate from the hands of minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and she is overjoyed,\u201d he said in a Facebook post yesterday.\n\u201cUpon receiving notice from the Home Affairs Ministry that her daughter\u2019s application had been approved, she couldn\u2019t contain her joy and shared the good news with me. I am also delighted for her,\u201d he added.\nDr Wee said he first met Esther in Batu Pahat in July this year where she shared the story of giving birth to her daughter overseas (in Germany) and experiencing years of unsuccessful attempts to secure citizenship for Mia.\nHe promised to assist her and wrote a letter to the Home Affairs Ministry to support her appeal multiple times, and even raised her case during a parliamentary debate session.\nWhile Esther had fulfilled her hope for her daughter\u2019s citizenship, many Malaysian mothers who gave birth abroad are still awaiting news from the Home Ministry, Dr Wee said.\n\u201cI hope the ministry expedites constitutional amendments to ensure that Malaysian mothers giving birth overseas have their children automatically granted citizenship, addressing this issue once and for all,\u201d he said.\n\"This has been my consistent stance since entering politics, advocating for constitutional amendments to safeguard the basic rights of Malaysian women, which I also championed during my time in the Cabinet,\u201d said Dr Wee, who also expressed his gratitude to Saifuddin Nasution for actively handling citizenship applications and for approving over 11,500 applications within a short year.\nHe said Saifuddin Nasution had agreed to amend laws to ensure gender equality for Malaysian women, permanently resolving the challenges faced by them whenever they give birth abroad and then attempt to apply for citizenship for their children.\nMia was born in Germany when her mother, Esther was working as an engineer with Siemens, and her father, Herrizon Teo, was working as an IT expert with SAP in Germany.\nThe couple came back to Malaysia in 2019 before their second daughter was born.", "comments": [["Good.\nIt really boggles my mind that we seek to reject people who wants to be one of us."], ["Since the news briefly mentioned Mia was born outside of Malaysia, then I think we can also deduce that her father is not a Malaysian citizen.\nBut if the girl was denied her citizenship by the law due to her father non-citizenship and being born outside of Malaysia, then how does the Home Ministry grant her Malaysia citizenship this time?\nIt's not possible by the route of naturalization, because citizenship by naturalization requires the applicant to live at least 10 years inside Malaysia in order to be eligible for citizenship. She is only 8 years old. So she definitely did not get Malaysia citizenship by naturalization.\nThen, I think it's the Home Minister use his special power under Article 15A of the Federal Constitution to register her who a child under the age of 21 years old to be a Malaysian citizen without any conditions like other ordinary citizenship applicants. (ie: no requirement on length of residence time in Malaysia or command of the Malay language)", "You do know that if in the same scenario, if the father is Msia and mother is foreigner, the kid born overseas still can get citizenship. The issue here is why men can and women cannot. It should be consistently applied to all. If one can, all should be able too."], ["clickbait ni...i thought is another Mia.....\n*Dissapointed*", "Op knew what he's doing smdh", "Which Mia.. The other name starts with K \ud83d\ude01", "This Mia\u2026", "yea yea, i was thinking the same mia too....\n*Zip*", "kiMia?"], ["No way all of you read Mia and only think of Mia K?", "Porn addiction", "coomer mentality :26563:", "My first thought was Missing In Action and i read the article as to who is missing in action.", "Hey man, 4th most visits to The Hub globally, we don't get that title for nothing"], ["This is great news!\nI have a cousin who married a Palestinian refugee, and she is currently fighting for the citizenship of her daughter! I hope my niece can finally be a proper Malaysian.", "you sure? one article doesn't mean free pass to other people", "It is a precedent. That's crucial."], ["Maybe next time put the full name on the title", "What Mia do you thought OP meant??", "Mamamia"], ["Can someone fill me in on this? Why was the child not given citizenship from at least one of the parents, and why does non being born in Malaysia have any bearing on the issue?", "The current Malaysia law dictates that the child can get citizenship only if the father is a malaysia citizen of they are born outside of Malaysia. If the mother is malaysian but not the father, the child is not eligble for Malaysia citizenship. This law is currently under the process of amendment to allow both father or mother that are malaysians regardless of their partner citizenship to be eligible for their to get Malaysia citizenship. The amendment is still highly debatable since citizenship is really a big issue in Malaysia.", "So the father is not a Malaysian citizen? If so, the child should of gotten the father's citizenship without any issues, and given that Malaysia does not allow dual citizenship, how is the girl being able to get Malaysian citizenship?\nIf the law is under the process of change, who did this child skirt the law?", "I'm not sure the full story of the family but maybe the mother is not with the father anymore and the child is under the custody of the mother. And it is true that dual citizenship is not allowed but you can still get Malaysia citizenship by renouncing your previous citizenship. I think there's a commenter here who said something about special power by the home minister to award citizenship to underage applicants.", "to begin with...\ncheck whose fault first... read the article twice you will notice it", "Sure, keep on being an ass, rather than read my post, understand the question and be helpful."], ["I don't understand, why wasn't she allowed citizenship before this?", "There is a fuckery bit in our law where it is hard to get citizenship for children born outside of Malaysia of a Malaysian mother but a non-Malaysian father."], ["bila 200K rohingya kat malaysia nak boleh kerakyatan"], ["Odd, was her dad not Malaysian?"], ["I thought it was that Mia lol"], ["Admit it All of us thought this Mia", "No, it's just your coombrain thinking of a mid-tier pornstar who retired 200 years ago"]]}
{"title": "The Malay rulers will protect us", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lsbkm/the_malay_rulers_will_protect_us/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "It would be wrong to interpret the constitution in a way that reduces them to being a mere rubber-stamp for executive action and advice.", "comments": [["Something something golf caddy, hockey coach something...\n[ Redacted by MCMC ]"], ["Nahhhh... the rule of law will protect of us."], ["lol........\nconstitutional lawyer will say otherwise"]]}
{"title": "Is it just me or do the mall decorations seem more \"plain\" over the past few years?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lryat/is_it_just_me_or_do_the_mall_decorations_seem/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Except Pavilion, I noticed the decorations have been getting less ambitious and more scaled down compared to 5-10 years ago.", "comments": [["Mall decorations are not free, they are sponsored by the brands in the mall. If you are willing to spend few hundred thousands to a few millions, of course it would look as grand as Pavillion."], ["Expenses and budgets aside, the overall consumer taste and behaviours are changing. In the past, decorations was used to draw crowds, not so much these days, so the ROI isn\u2019t healthy.", "this is the answer. i think alot of people especially the younger ones dont give a shit about some decoration in some mall no matter how grand if the actual experience is that people cant actually go and enjoy it cause its too packed", "80s here, I'm one of these who doesn't give a damn about decoration. Proud to be Younger One :26554:", "Haha actually I was referring to Millennials and Gen Z generation when I said younger ones\nWe (I'm 90s) very much prefer \"vibes\" rather than actual big attractions. Which mall can give Xmas vibes, or international bougee vibes (trx mall) etc", "I was referring to Millennials\n:26563: Did you mean I am too old to not give a damn for decoration? hahaha", "Not at all! I was grouping you under millennials actually haha", "Cleaver comeback :26561:", "Wasn't lyin tho...", "hahaha Understood bro, just kidding with you :26561:", "Yeah so I used to work with events and branding. Over the years, it was obvious that festivities retail numbers were dropping. I think e-commerce is a factor as well. In fact, the only thing that would drive numbers up were entertainment + pop culture events and roadshows like Marvel or K-pop. That\u2019s why most malls prefer to shift their budgets to accommodate that."], ["We're either running out of ideas to keep to the secular version of Xmas or budgets have been slashed, for both shoppers and mall marketing teams alike."], ["Market is kinda very bad. Those inflatable santa are very good, for me. Chubby, punch able, can shake hand too."], ["The Deepavali decorations at KLCC this year were pretty!"], ["wait till dong dong chang then tell us back what you think:26554:"], ["i thought the curve's was pretty nice tbh.. prolly won't cost as much as pavi's but the light hits just right during the evening and going into night."], ["I don't go to a mall for the fuckin decor\nI go to buy shit I need"]]}
{"title": "Sad kitten", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lrwsx/sad_kitten/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "The car in front actually tried to avoid the kitten but did not expect the kitten to go under the car.", "comments": [["About 2 years ago, I was in North-South expressway, somewhere in Johor. In the middle of the 2 lane highway, a monkey was sitting there, with its legs paralyzed, looking at cars and its impending death.\nIt was the reason why I started r/urbanmalaysia, to do my part in reducing car-centric urban infrastructure and saving human as well as animal lives. In this case, there is also a HUGE stray problem that we need to solve in many major cities of the country."]]}
{"title": "Japan's Sumitomo and Eneos to produce green hydrogen in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lriq4/japans_sumitomo_and_eneos_to_produce_green/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["Average redditor reading this article:"], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"], ["seems like we're taking a few steps towards renewable/green energy adoption.\nalso do they also manufacture purple hydrogen, by any chance? /s"]]}
{"title": "Recapping the First Year of Malaysia\u2019s Foreign Policy Under Anwar Ibrahim", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lregf/recapping_the_first_year_of_malaysias_foreign/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysia emerges as overall champion at Global Esports Games with one gold and two silver medals", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lrbmm/malaysia_emerges_as_overall_champion_at_global/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Sports"], "header": "", "comments": [["The coach ChanLitBin aka WinteR for the Dota 2 scene.", "Wait what. No wonder lol. Hes a legend"], ["oh.its dota 2. for some reason i thought it was mobile legend"], ["Hope malaysia can build up more on the pc side of esports,usually the tournaments they have is widely known like CS majors,TI,LoL Worlds,Valorant Champs"], ["Gen X:"], ["Bright future to become a streamer. Tired of malaysian overreacting pewdipee copycat"]]}
{"title": "5 Highest Paying Companies In Malaysia According To Glassdoor & LinkedIn", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lr6w2/5_highest_paying_companies_in_malaysia_according/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Users often report submissions from this site and ask us to ban it for sensationalised articles. At /r/Malaysia, we oppose blanket banning any news source. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws.\nYou can help improve this thread by linking to media that verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue. If you do find evidence that this article or its title are false or misleading, contact the moderators who will review it.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."]]}
{"title": "Found this interesting hotair balloon place at KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vkll0/found_this_interesting_hotair_balloon_place_at_kl/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Found this interesting new attraction at Sg Besi called KL Base. Basically it was the old airport with runway visible from the roadside. Turn in from Siu siu Restaurant through a long private road till middle part. Alson had Foodtruck Park (called KL Flyzone) , Inflatable Park and other event-based activities. Understood they have some plans and projects to turn it into new exciting hangouts.. Found their site called klflyzone.com.. Looks like they need more publicity.", "comments": [["This is the old Sungai Besai Air Base, previously the Air Forces HQ right in the middle of KL. Then the Air Force moved their HQ to Negeri Sembilan and this large piece of land is about to be used to build Bandar Malaysia under the infamous 1MDB.\nThe KL-SG High Speed Rail will also planned to be terminated here, but PH delayed Bandar Malaysia project in 2018 and it's developers have also fail to reach a deal among themselves. So this project is just hung up there and remained uncertain of its future.\nBtw, the MRT Putrajaya Line underground tunnel also pass through beneath the air base runway, they even built two stations inside this piece of land. But since Bandar Malaysia remained undeveloped, so these two stations were turned into provisional stations, sealed off from the public and waiting for the day where Bandar Malaysia is finally built.\nCurrently if you take the MRT Putrajaya Line, between Chan Sow Lin station and Kuchai station, you can saw the tunnel structure suddenly turn from round shape into square shape 2 times, a row of blue handrails will also appear on the side, this is where those two provisional station's platform located."]]}
{"title": "Somalian Tiktok Influencer Safiah21 Disturbing People In Starbuck Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uh11w/somalian_tiktok_influencer_safiah21_disturbing/", "num_comment": 182, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["So we got a Johnny Somali case here?", "apparently it's funny to harass people in public", "Wannabe somali", "Oh lawd"], ["I saw the original video and damn everyone was supportive. What's the world becoming to ><", "ohhh jgn memain dengan tiktok, the place where people easily influenced mcm kerbau kena tarik hidung", "Makes me hate TikTok even more", "Me whenever I see PN punya tiktok appear on my reddit/yt feed\nhttps://tenor.com/bqqkD.gif"], ["Let people drink and eat what they want :26563:\nAlso me: Eww Starbucks people and their glorified overpriced sugary water :26556:", "I agree. People who are boycotting should leave others alone.\nI don\u2019t support the boycott movement because it\u2019s nonsensical, but I also don\u2019t buy from Starbucks because it\u2019s overpriced.", "terrible overpriced coffee*. its only overpriced in malaysia, they actually compete in europe because starbucks malaysia is majority owned by a chinese tycoon who is as ignorant as ever.", "True, large cappuchino or milk coffee costs 4.00-5.00 Euro in Germany same as the mid size in Starbucks. Venti costs 4.50 but is like 2x the \"large\" cappuchino elsewhere\nIts not only MY, Starbucks is expensive relative to local salary levels all over asia. In Taiwan one venti milk coffee costs like three meals on the street, WTF?", "In the end, it's people and their money if they want to boycott they can boycott if they want to buy from them they can buy from them. What I don't like is when these activists that harrass and shame people.", "thats basically every single activist out there.", "how is it nonsensical, may I ask ??", "Boycotting Starbucks in relation to Palestine doesn't make sense. They're actually getting boycotted by pro-Israelis for not being Pro-Israel and boycotted by Pro-Palestinian for not being Pro-Palestinian enough.\nThe entire story started because some Starbucks workers who were trying to unionize tweeted some Pro-Palestine stuff (which they later backpedaled from and deleted). And Starbucks sued them for using Starbucks copyrights/trademarks. Starbucks didn't actually care about the specific issue, they were targeting the workers for unionizing and for using their brand to post stuff.", "Because boycotting USA companies does nothing other than harming workers here of their honest job. The execs and shareholders are basically losing nothing but their investment money, which is nothing in the grand scheme of things. They're also very loosely tied with USA Starbucks, which again will hurt no one in USA.\nAvoid starbucks because their coffee is shit, not because nonsensical reasons.", "i mean the workers would have to be paid one way or another, regardless if they boycotted companies are losing sales or whatnot right? If the company failed to pay its workers and staffs then isnt it on them, instead of the people boycotting it ? the company had to make responsible, not the ones boycotting it no? I'm just genuinely curious", "the company had to make responsible\nThe thing is that there is no franchisee of Starbucks in Israel or Palestine, anyways. So how can Starbucks ever comply with the boycott movement to act \"responsibly\"?\nThey are literally the largest global fast food chain with no presence in Israel already. If people boycott them over Israel, they harm non-Israeli businesses exclusively\nIn case of MY Starbucks, its a local franchisee which sources from mostly non-US companies. Starbucks only loses on the variable part of the royalties payments, the majority of the harm goes to local workers in Malaysia and ASEAN (Starbucks workers themselves, but also suppliers like the Kerry Factory in Johor)", "Smart people know this, dumb people boycott", "Indeed, I saw people claiming McDonald's is an Israeli company lol.", "I will say this, My palestinian friend tried to lecture me about the Boycott IN A MEKDI lol", "If the Starbucks store in Malaysia got no business, they first reduce the number of staff (Malaysian), then maybe they are forced to close down. The franchise holders lose their money (Malaysian).\nStarbucks HQ back in Seattle is like oh no, we lost 1 of our 35711 stores... Anyway...\nEven if you manage to bankrupt Starbucks world wide, the US gov is oh no... Starbucks is bankrupt, anyway... Let's continue doing what we were doing with our first second and third largest military armies in the world", "Because a good percentage of people who are \u201cboycotting\u201d literally went to Starbucks and McDonald\u2019s when the 4 day ceasefire happened. The point is, many people are boycotting now just for social media clout or because it makes them look good in the eyes of others around them. I can guarantee that a good majority of people who are swearing they would never buy from American brands again to buy within few months. That\u2019s why I said it\u2019s nonsensical, they focus on short term goals rather than aiming at long term goals."], ["What about those workers earning a living there?", "who cares, let's people here don't have a job, die cannot eat, all their family members need to be neglected,as long as idk somehow saving Palestine by doing that?", "Malaysians losing their jobs is a worthwhile sacrifice for them. Because they claim it's easy to find a job.\nIt took me 1.5 years to find a job here even with a university degree.", "Because their mentality is that jobs that are easy to find are retails and Grab. Yeah, real career advancement.", "You can already see those comments on tiktok.", "All the while those on top who organized it wear luxury brands and drive luxury cars that support Isreal\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Everyone should support Israel. They make the world safer by locking up Hamas terrorists.", "Ohhh boy, I guess you don't know who is funding them.", "Doesn't affect her, so fuck them", "Honest living at that \ud83e\udd72", "They can receive zakat instead.", "I saw someone asked the same thing on twitter the reply was...\n\"Don't worry Allah will grant them a better job...\""], ["I fking hate people like this. Let people do what they want as long it doesn't affect others.\nYou people need to take a chill pill."], ["Saw what somalis and pakistanis ( local and diaspora )wrote before abt malaysian minorities on twitter. Most of it are N*zi vibes and let say, not good.", "Oof, where did you read them? I might take a look myself", "I dont have the screenshot.\nBut I remember their messages be like \"Non malays should convert to Islam as the only way to achieve peace\" \"We have more rights over Malaysian non muslims once we enter Malaysia\"", "Last sentence is technically true.\nTheir children could be Bumiputera. They themselves can get ASB, if they got citizenship", "I think the fear of Rohingyas is justified if they demand citizenship. Look at those damn Somalis and Pakis are saying when they said non-Muslim Malaysians are beneath them.", "That is why they are one of the most hated ethnicities in the western countries."], ["There is no Starbucks neither in Israel nor in Palestine. There is also no Starbucks franchisee with HQ in Israel either\nPeople who boycott Starbucks because of Israel do so because one of the founders is an American Jew and achieve nothing except procing Israels bickering about criticizement of Israel being antisemitism right\nSBUX has little to do with this conflict as a chain of stores can...this is really stupid. Don't be ashamed dribmig your 1000kcal Venti Frappuchino\nSame with the McD boycott in MY...the franchisee is Qatari or Saudi lol", "I've been boycotting Starbucks way before it was cool, ever since I found out how horrible their \"coffee\" (sugar water) tastes.", "true hipster :)\ntbh I use them as a coworking space on travels all over the world. Buy one venti black filter coffee and use their comfy seats, plugs and wifi for half a day. Its a cost-efficient solution to get work done, and their filter coffee is just like any random black coffee quality-wise\nI would feel bad doing so at some mom-and-pop shop, buying only one drink for hours. Not so with Starbucks, because their franchisees are huge corps themselves\nCan't stand their sugary drinks", "I would feel bad doing so at some mom-and-pop shop\nit really depends on whether the shop is busy. For those who are not, i think they deserve your money more than SBUX.", "thats not the only thing. the world heavily boycotted israel during the early days under the british mandate when the arabs were fighting everyone. The jews supported the british against the barbaric arabs. However the whole world was very anti jew in the flow of weapons and equipment but turned a blind eye to the arabs who not only supported the nazis but started the violence in the first place. So the world had applied an unfair ruling to the jews letting the arabs do what they wish despite the rules but applying it to everyone else. The jews supported each other and managed to smuggle in their own weapons.\nBasically any boycott against israel isnt going to work, as they had experienced boycotts from the start. Not even the british allowed their own to sell weapons to israel during its early days so they developed the merkava tank. They even developed their own weapons that were very successful and used by the world even other muslim nations today out of the boycotts and restrictions they faced against terrible odds.\nSo i dont see how any boycott against israel would work given their largest financial income are from americans and they have succeeded under years of boycott.", "sorry but what the heck??\n\"barbaric arabs\"?? \"supported nazis\"?!!\nget your facts right!\nfirst of all, arabs have NOTHING against jews, they are just jews after all, we actually accepted them in palestine during WW2 when they were killed brutally by the nazi's.\nthen, we let them work in our country and eat and live among us like they were one of us.\nand until now, there are still palestinian jews who support palestine and are against the occupation.\nthe problem right now is with the \"ZIONISTS\", not the jews!!!\nthe zionists are the ones who we should all be against!\nso get your facts right and don't go around spreading false sh*t!!!!", "Damn you sound really angry does your anger make you wanna go around doing some ethnic cleansing of minorities?", "Ofc not, I'm actually very against the thought of wiping off a whole race!\nAnd yeah, ofc I'm angry, cuz ppl like u still exist.", "That's why nearly all Jews in Arab countries left, right?\nLet's not be delusional, such conflicts often end minority expulsions on both sides. We have seen it with Jews and Palestinians like we have seen it elsewhere, eg Greeks and Turks expulsing each other. There is rarely a \"good\" side in long-term conflicts\nAlso: 20 Karma acc made in Nov 23", "I'll tell you why all Jews left the Arab countries.\nFirst of all, all Arab countries are Muslim countries, which make it a bit hard for other religions to live their, especially Jews.\nSecond of all, Israel made it easy for all Jews to get the Israeli nationality, which made most of them go to Israel, or Palestine to be exact..\nAnd what about my karma? What does it have to do with what's happening right now??", "Wrong people boycott starbucks because 1. Founder is a staunch zionist in support of genocide 2. Starbucks the company sued Starbuck workers union in America for writing a pro palestinian statement.\nPeople boycott McD because - Israeli branch gave multiple thousands of free meals to IDF child killers while Palestinians children are dying of hunger and thirst\nAnti-boycotters clearly dont read and think they\u2019re the most intelligent people in the country when the opposite is true.", "Starbucks the company sued Starbuck workers union in America for writing a pro palestinian statement.\nhttps://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-10-18/starbucks-sues-workers-united-union-saying-pro-palestinian-post-damaged-its-reputation\nThey sued the union for using the \"Starbucks\" name and obvious similarity in their logo for this statement\nStarbucks sued for brand infringement. The Union could even ask for Jewish Genocide and it would likely be covered by free speech provisions in the US. But they shouldn't use Starbucks' name for politics\nFounder is a staunch zionist in support of genocide\nSo what? Siegl, the jewish co-founder, left the company 1980. He is now working as a keynote speaker (he did speak on events in KL, btw). If you want to boycott him for his opinion, boycott his speeches.\nIsraeli branch\nNot Israeli branch, but the Israeli franchisee, which is an Israeli company called Alonyal. As usual with such franchises, they act independently and McD has no right to immediately cancel their license over sth like that\nThe Malaysian Franchisee has nothing to do with Alonyals' decision, obviously.\nAnti-boycotters clearly dont read and think they\u2019re the most intelligent people in the country when the opposite is true.\nRight back at ya. As usual, BDS people embarrass themselves by swinging and missing\nIf you want to actually hit targets involved with Israel, don't buy Intel chips, don't buy Sodastream machines, don't buy Obela Hummous, don't buy Teva meds, don't buy PepsiCo products because PepsiCo has a Joint Venture with Strauss Group. These are examples of companies which run factories in Israel on their own, or are Israeli-owned or -based.\nBDS people could do all that, but they rather lash out at random big corps close-by because they have some links to Jews, because TikTok told them to do so.", "don't buy Sodastream machines\nDang they should boycott TeaLive now since TeaLive sells sodastream machines (which I assume they rebrand locally). However I love my sodastream machine, it really helps me cut down on other soft drinks as I discovered I really only enjoy the \"carbonated\" part of soft drinks XD", "The SodaStream boycott is also a tough one tbh\nThey had a factory in the West bank which they moved to Israel proper after public pressure\nBDS claimed a win, however, the SodaStream CEO criticized that they paid higher salaries than usual in Palestine (since IL salaries are higher than PS salaries) and employed mostly Palestinians, which thanks to the move lost their jobs because most couldn'T get a work permit for IL proper easily\nIn the end the boycott harmed both the company and Palestinians, but not Israel", "Who cares about Palestinian? Just need to show anti Israel. If Palestinian die,so what? Important is value signalling.", "The other person's name has an 88 btw. Take that as you will.", "What has my name got to do with it?", "I think they are implying that it's your birthyear and something about your age... but little do they realize it was your IQ.", "88 is a Nazi symbol. Stands for Hail H....\nBut hey, not likely he is using it that way", "I am taking about Howard Schultz. The man who is also against Starbucks workers having a union. If you couldnt care less about dying Palestinians at least care about the baristas and workers who dont have a union. Or just admit you dont care about other human beings and continue enjoying a shitty burnt coffee.\nhttps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/howard-schultz", "So...the other guy who stopped being CEO at Starbucks. Great.\nOr just admit you dont care about other human beings and continue enjoying a shitty burnt coffee.\nSays the guy who wants to boycott a company on Malaysia and risk Malaysian jobs supposedly over people in the US not having a union lol\nAs I wrote, swinging and missing", "Its all just absolutism and whataboutism with you lot. You can\u2019t boycott everything because america holds too much power so you boycott what you can and the easiest thing is overpriced sugary coffee and fast food. By your rationale we all should just stop recycling since we use petrol cars right?", "You can\u2019t boycott everything because america holds too much power so you boycott what you can and the easiest thing is overpriced sugary coffee and fast food.\nI literally provided more fitting targets for a boycott including one of the largest US junk food manufacturers\nReading is difficult, I know", "Anti zionism is anti semitism according to the EU definition of antisemitism.\nHamas still has millions of Shekels and received billions of dollars from Qatar. No kid would be hungry if they cared.\nBoycotting Israel doesn\u2019t change a thing. You should boycott Qatar and Iran.", "You know theres a blockade right by Israel to allow food and aid into Gaza? No matter how much money Hamas purportedly has food cannot come in. Where do you get your news from: CNN BBC or Fox? Funny how the Palestinians are Levants so technically they are semites. So if you\u2019re against them are you anti-semitic too? I\u2019ll start taking the EU seriously when it criticizes Israel the way it rightfully criticizes Russian warcrimes. The West should be nobody\u2019s moral compass. They lost the plot decades ago.", "By the recent report that israel cutting off power and water, gives a clue to a lot of things. Israel controlling palestine to a tee. What money is good when you can't use it."], ["First of all, I thought this thing only happen in the US where a bunch of of TikTokers harrrasing workers and customers for not boycotting Starbucks.\nIt's their choice to to consume what ever they want. It's their money, goddamnit.\nThis user is using TikTok, which infact is supported by the Chinese Communist government that actively persecute and murder many Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. So this person better stop using the fucking app or else it'll be seen as hypocritical. And why stop here, this user is probably using products by Apple or Google in which they're supporting Israel. So that makes them even more of a hypocrite. Why bother shaming people for drinking Starbucks if you yourself are using products that are made by companies that support genocide? So stop with this fucking holier-than-thou mentality.\nI don't care if you're pro-Palestine or not, stop shaming people. It's their lives to do what ever they want. If you want real change, pressure your own politicians or lawmakers. Rant over, thanks for coming to my TED-Talk.", "Let's admit it, they only do selective boycott and ignore the rest."], ["Her harassment of people who patronised Starbucks has little to do with helping Palestine, and more to do with stroking her own ego and gaining likes on social media.\nInconvenient truth."], ["Cringe behaviour, time to buy starbucks tmr", "Belanja 1 ty"], ["she shd do it in Singapore. Then she will learn what is respect."], ["I hope she will deported out of this country for being stupid", "lol i expect the majority of the population here will treat her as queen while blaming the Cina for drinking in Starbucks.", "Funny how they told me as a non-Muslim that supporting Palestine is not for religion but humanitarian cause\nMy University had a \"Walk for peace\" campaign in honor of Palestine\nMy simple question, if this is for humanitarian causes, why was there no public outrage for the Ukrainians when Russia invaded? Why didn't they storm to the Russian embassy and cast them out?\nSimple answer: It IS about religion lol", "heck, there's even some malaysian teenagers on social media who supports Russia for their actions", "Support Russia, and then support Palestine later on. Lmao.", "I even approached one of them and they said they support Russia because \"Ukraine was under Russia during the soviet times\", like that doesn't make sense at all lmao. that doesn't justify anything", "That's a major facepalm.", "anddddd malaysia was under the british so whats his point. disappointing to see teens like this to have this type of mindset", "Total cringe. Imagine simping for the country that killed 43 of our citizens.\nMalaysia is too soft on Russia.", "It's probably the anti semitism thing that made them support Russia lmao", "It is not just Ukraine, the worse is there was lack of apathy for the war victims in Yemen and conflicts involving Muslim as victims elsewhere. Support foreigners in the expense of fellow citizens. Then blame cina for every problems caused indirectly by them. It is about religion, turning a blind eye when the perpetrators are muslims. Won\u2019t be so eager to be sopro pilistin now. I love Mekdi.", "Tbh, rohingyas in myanmar and people in darfur sudan are muslims too and they are prosecuted badly but no one goes and protest for them either.\nFunnily enough, rohingyas arrived in aceh indonesia but they are strongly rejected by the locals there just a few days ago, even the students went out and protested about them.", "Dont get started on some of the bs rohingyas have done here as well.", "I've read many Indonesians say that Rohingya refugees tend to behave terribly there, which is why they cant stand them any longer", "They behave very poorly in Malaysia too. Nearly every encounter I\u2019ve had with them isn\u2019t pleasant.", "Lets form a colony or mandatory territory for them and make a country out of the said territory. See how long it can last.", "yes, why is there no walk for armenia?", "Simple answer: It IS about religion lol\nnote: only the religion when practiced by Arabs\nThere's a genocide happening to Uyghurs in China but none of the muslims here seem to kick up a fuss about it.", "thats because its a counter genocide. All these terrible global preachers inciting hatred against the jews and non muslims, chanting loudly to convert western nations into islamic ones go unchecked outside china. You do that in china well you can see the results now. Mosques are being demolished and rules are being enforced to make sure there is no mosque too close to one another. Arrests are made for anyone who preach hatred and they would demolish any establishment supporting would be enemies.\nWhile china does have a racist policy in its integration, it however like poland is the only way against islamisation that would cause a country to go backwards as we have currently seen. The ughurs are not being genocided but being reeducated. Yes there are camps but they arent slave labours either as they get to use better equipment than malaysian farmers.\nIm not saying their approach is good, but currently no one in the world is giving a better solution to the muslim problem than china and poland.", "The ughyurs are not being genocided? Wow. Have you asked they opinion whether they are being ethnically cleansed or not?", "yes, i looked at both sides of the arguments. China does ethnic cleansing not by force but by ideology. Ask yourself why does china target the ughurs? What treat do they show to the CCP?\nThe answer - islam. Islam is a radical religion (if you study islam deeply you will come to this). If islam truely was peaceful, they would not be facing the same thing. Sure the CCP does trample on christians in china but not as bad as the muslims and with good reason.\nYou see while christian scripture has its horrors you would be far fetched to see christian radicalism except in the US against the church of satan which is actually a form of activisim against religion. christians thinks they legit worship satan. to me however all of abrahamic religions are from satan, they just call it god and dont want to admit it.\nShow me any good christian or islamic country. many countries in europe are atheists with only christianity for show.", "It's not about Islam. The Huis are Muslims too and they don't get targeted by the PRC government. The Uyghurs practice radical islam and commit terrorist acts, that's why they are being clamped down.", "That's what I was saying about the ughurs. However other Muslims say if you aren't radical you aren't a Muslim and consider you Kadir. Hamas will kill their own for watching porn. Therefore Islam radical and to anti terrorist is anti Islam. That's how the world responds", "Still remember the Malay in twitter either don't care or get angry at the women for throwing away their hijab during the incident of Iranian Protest. Something along the line of \"I know they are angry but throwing away hijab is too extreme\" \"They should not insult Islam this is wrong\" etc.\nIt's never human that they care.", "msu?", "Yeh", "Funny thing is I remember msu celebrating China's independence day for god knows what reason.", "Us Malays like to screw our fellow people for social media brownie points. Who make up most of the staff at Starbucks?", "Why blame the cina for drinking starbuck?", "pendatang/kafir harbi/DAP/Komunis/Sepupu Chin Peng pick your tagline here", "Who hurt u so bad bro?", "The average intelligence of the majorities", "Feel bad for you bro. Biasalah tak semua manusia tu baik hati.", "Lol xpayah cover bro, cuba korang baca komen kat TikTok tu, byk je member kau maki orang Cina sbb shorts tu ade \"muka sepet\"... dont expect much when most Malaysian are blinded with pemujaan yg zalim", "byk je member kau\nThere's no need for generalization, every race has their own bunch of assholes.", "Sorry bro. Aku tak ada tiktok. So selepas kau tersakiti, apa kau buat utk ubati hati kau?", "Minum Starbucks Dan makan mekdi", "I already don't support Starbucks because they use coffee specifically using CHILD SLAVE LABOR (look it up on Guardian news), against worker unions (countless news) or the horrendous olive oil in coffee travesty that makes everyone who drinks it has diarrhea.\nAnd all that from Howard Schultz who retired from the CEO position but his successor, Laxman Narasimhan is not any better since he said this month he only focused on demand and supply but not employee stability or wages. He doesn't address other concerns but makes new ones like using LLM (Large Language Model the actual name for fake AI) to make customers stay in Starbucks programs. (I'm putting it more kindly but he used the words \"Loyalty\").\nBesides most coffee enthusiasts know to stay away from burnt coffee made in Starbucks. Our Malaysian-made coffee is just miles better and cheaper to boot.\nThere are too many issues about Starbucks (not just Palestine) that I wish Malaysians took notice earlier, especially on worker rights.", "even malaysian starbucks which is heavily owned by a chinese tycoon, this chinese guy has the same idea as the american owners about the treatment of employees too and the same bad coffee and pricing. with those prices and popularity, i'd expect their barista to be paid at least 5k a month", "You know, with how pro-anything anti-Israel a majority of the Malaysian muslim population is, I doubt anything significant will happen to her. She might be ignored to continue her shinenigans until this schtick gets old and people start to feel embarrassed of her and thus of themselves because they had also enabled it.\nMy little future prediction anyway.", "israel has survived worse sanctions and boycotts before, thats how they managed to survive the brutal onslaught from the arabs. Not even the british would sell them military equipment that they started making their own and ended up one of the best in the world."], ["Go back to Somali and eat shit. Reminds me of another Somalian Tiktoker that has been arrested by Japanese authority due to a long list of criminal acts (trespassing, harassing civilians, making fun of nukes) he committed and live stream by himself when visiting Japan, the news say the sheer amount of evidence from his own videos is enough to put him under detention for years and investigation if the authority itemizes the all the crimes individually before the trial even start.", "Johnny Somal is a US citizen I think. He just uses that name for his shit. Dude is annoying as hell.. I don't like to target people's appearance but dude just looks annoying as fuck and even if you imagine him without hs antics, the way he talks, his appearance etc is just annoying af."], ["Deport her back to her country"], ["Not all Tourists are idiots people think they're because of people like these"], ["Somalia. Such a great and beautiful modern prosperous country built by people great religious people like Safiah. Hope she can return home soon. The rest of us would like that very much."], ["Another Karen mind ur own business"], ["r/imthemainchatacter"], ["More unemployed behaviour."], ["The Tiktoker hates Starbucks for it's involvement with Politics\nI hate Starbucks just because it's Starbucks", "The Tiktoker hates Starbucks for it's involvement with Politics\nThey hate Starbucks because it's the trend to hate on starbucks. They are clout chasing no talent vultures.", "Eh I wouldn't strawman the influencer too much , maybe she does have good intentions , but I find them annoying", "good intention? nah."], ["If I went in without intending to buy shit, that call out wouldve made me buy a drink and some for my officemates\nI support Palestine but this kind of activism makes me frustrated."], ["People need to learn to mind their own business."], ["Kick her the fuck out of our country wtf"], ["I believe they did the same in Istanbul and it was cringey af."], ["If I'm a foreigner of a country I would never do such stuff. Even in the US with free speech foreigners can get deported if they participate in a protest. She should go protest in her own country if she believes in a \"genocide\"", "That's not true"], ["people who support palestine and want to \"free\" palestine are the ones supporting genocide instead. The problem goes deep all the way into islam, and because israel so happens to be a jewish nation (with 1.5million arab muslims) suddenly they are the criminal and oppressor.\nYou should see what these muslim nations do, you really wouldnt want them around. Oh yeah a lot of people have had bad experience with a few muslim african nations too. Genocide against non muslims have been happening in nigeria recently. Armenia has been attacked by a turkish backed muslim nation keen on resuming its 100 year old failed siege, and more hate and anti kafir is being preached on a global scale to muslim to \"islamanise\" western nations, turning them into the same hateful backward middle eastern muslim nations."], ["I got cringed out"], ["I would have kicked him out if i was there."], ["Deport those Somalian \"pirates\" back into their country..."], ["Must be some deadbeat cousin of Johnny Somali. Unlike Japan some Malaysians might just beat his ass."], ["All \u201einfluencers\u201c need beatings, absolute human scum. Nobody needs them"], ["Get the f out of my country. I don't care what problems you have but we have the freedom to choose what we want to drink. Genocide is the Russian and Chinese propaganda against the America. My country doesn't need to get involved."], ["I love Starbucks after the boycott. It's so empty n peaceful, perfect place to meet clients n also do some work."], ["Alamak! What if somebody shouted Hamas are terrorists at her? \ud83d\ude02", "Cyberbullying using her minions on tiktok.", "Sadly, I can see that happening"], ["Look at me, this is my Starbucks now"], ["What an idiot. There is ZERO Starbucks presence in Israel.", "very few starbucks in europe. Some people appreciate the quality of their coffee you know, they dont care about a brand name."], ["Think I will order Starbuck\u3002"], ["Stupid cringe. Stfu. You want to support Palestine that\u2019s your choice. Convince people why that\u2019s right instead of shaming them, harassing them and forcing them to believe what you believe in."], ["The couple who left the Starbucks after that lady started shouting in public didn\u2019t leave out of shame, they left to not be harassed and out of reasonable fear an extremist would do something reprehensible."], ["So we have our version of \u201cPizzagate\u201d now?! :26563:\nJust leave people alone\u2026"], ["If I saw someone that looks like TikTok influencer filming something at a premise, I'd leave too. Don't wanna get involve in some shitty shenanigans."], ["If people wanna enjoy their burnt cheap arabica beans juice with a splash of a cheap Monin syrup for a crazy expensive price,let them be. I never boycott nor prevent people from doing so for whatever reason, I just hate the taste of Starbucks drinks. I went to Besut a month ago and I drank one of the most amazing coffee drinks that I have ever tasted for a fraction of the cost, plus they grind and brew the coffee beans in front of you and teach you how to do so. I didn't remember the cafe but there's an astronaut on the logos."], ["Starbucks drinks are shit.\nRegardless whether Pro-Palestine or not, this \"boycott\" has made me realise how much money we send to Western countries for no good reason.\nIf it's gonna be shitty sugar drinks, we might as well buy it from local brands like Zus, Gigi, Richiamo or whatever. Same shit but at least the money stays in the country.", "Hey hey, they started boycotting Zus for sounding like a Greek God too", "Berjaya Food operates Starbucks in Malaysia\nSure, Starbucks gets some royalties, but the majority of the income ends up at the Malaysian corp and. their suppliers, most likely\nNot sure who roasts the coffee for Malaysian Starbucks. In China, Starbucks operates their own plant. In India, its Tata. In Europe, its Nestle for the European Master Franchisee. Most likely its some company in one of the ASEAN countries supplying Malaysia\nMilk, Soy Milk and pastries are usually supplied by regional suppliers (in Europe the vegan milk alternatives are supplied by Belgian Alpro, for example, Milk is sourced locally in each country)\nSo, no, you don't have to avoid Starbucks to buy local\nSame with McDonalds, btw. They use a US company called OSI for sourcing meat in most parts of the world, which in turn relies on local farmers. Other goods are sourced locally on a regional level (eg Sauces for Malaysian McD are made by Irish Kerry Group at their Johor plant, Bread is made by ASEAN plants of Mexican Grupo Bimbo, Milk comes from some Japanese supplier AFAIK)\nYour local brand likely shares some suppliers with the Western big corps", "Starbucks drinks are shit.\ntheir food is apparently really good. lol https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bOkqFqqCAI4", "Meanwhile I think I\u2019m the only person in here who likes their drinks because it\u2019s nice to me", "Zus table so fucking small."], ["R\\crineworthy"], ["Who the fuck drinks Starbucks when we have our own coffee culture ? Doesn't matter if it was Jewish or Muslim I'd still boycott Starbucks because it serves crap coffee."], ["I'm not hating Starbucks at all, at least not now with the buy 1 free 1 until Monday. After Monday, that's another story for next year."], ["To each to their own id say. Ur money, if you wanna be a decent person then be la. If u wanna support genociders then support la.\nPersonally i just think people who buy Stabak n Kepsi ni bodoh, not bcuz ure supporting Israel thats u n god not me, but cibai the foods not even that food theyre getting worse kemon la sia.", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Bluds out here resorting to exposing others kink just to support a brand that doesnt even care bout em, and support Israel? But hey, thats the best you can do. Terasa? Amik la bro"], ["Chad Somali"], ["And how is she disturbing people or Starbucks employees?\nThe video does not show that.\nCan the Author of this post please post an explanation?\nAnd I say this as someone who long boycotted Starbucks for years before the most recent Palestine issue. (Coffee acquired with CHILD SLAVE LABOR, they're against worker rights and unions and made the olive oil in coffee = diarrhea)"], ["Stupid tourist. Malaysian doing our boycott without having to shriek inside the premise.\nWe fought with our wallets instead. Those who don't boycott, we don't hassle them.\nLive & let live"], ["I seriously condone punching mindless tiktokers like this on the face for the betterment of mankind."]]}
{"title": "Malaysia's Anwar pushes for local currency transactions in trade", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lr1wt/malaysias_anwar_pushes_for_local_currency/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["If you own a business and a foreign client offers to pay you in USD, is anyone going to say no thanks, MYR only for me please?", "I don't see why not."], ["Screencap of the article\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Which Jalan/ area can easily be made more walkable?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vpwa1/which_jalan_area_can_easily_be_made_more_walkable/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Are there any areas, where you think cars should totally be banned, and the area should solely allow pedestrians only?\nI\u2019ll start: Jonker street Melaka.", "comments": [["Jalan Bukit Bintang. Don\u2019t need to permanently close the roads but only close at certain times like weekends.\nIt could be a nice area but the crowded walkways and constant car horns make it unbearable."], ["Old town Ipoh"], ["Old Kangar. The old pedestrian walkway near cimb got demolished by MPK in 2017 which was appointed by UMNO. Fuck you UMNO. Just go on google maps. Search the store Kangar and change the dates. You'll see yourself how fucked Kangar became thanks to those UMNO fuckers who didn't even consult the local population at Pekan Cina to demolish the walkway"], ["Johor Bahru, Jalan Wong Ah Fook, maybe not necessarily banning car traffic totally, but heavily restricting it, such that the only vehicles driving there, are delivery vehicles.\nThe place sees so much foot traffic, especially on weekends when the place is flooded with Singaporean Tourists, and big stroads like the two \"barriers\" blocking good walkability around city square mall and the Komtar, are hurting the safety of pedestrians"], ["pasar seni"]]}
{"title": "Covid-19: Cases likely to rise, enough vaccines for all, says Health DG", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lqzp7/covid19_cases_likely_to_rise_enough_vaccines_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Foreigner's To Be Charged RM1 For GOKL Bus Service Beginning January 1", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lq3k9/foreigners_to_be_charged_rm1_for_gokl_bus_service/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["As a public transport frequent user, I hate to say this but I need to, I await the fall of ridership, heck even the collapse of GoKL bus services.\nUnnecessary inconvenience to even us, the locals."]]}
{"title": "Pengasas MyAirline, 4 syarikat gagal batal saman 15 pelabur", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lq0ae/pengasas_myairline_4_syarikat_gagal_batal_saman/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Hadi tolak damai dengan Anwar digerak Ikhwanul Muslimin", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lpz0y/hadi_tolak_damai_dengan_anwar_digerak_ikhwanul/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["what is up with the title", "Ikhwanul Muslimin is the Muslim Brotherhood which PAS is influenced from though I don't see the correlation of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hadi denying peace with Anwar"], ["I disagree with Hadi because.... random arabic phrase no one understands"], ["\"insert agama\" agama pendamaian~"], ["pfft. I'm not watching YouTube OP"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 19 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lpxii/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_19_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "\u201cMalays no longer accept as \u2018fated\u2019 incidences of death stemming from police brutality\u201d", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lpxhn/malays_no_longer_accept_as_fated_incidences_of/", "num_comment": 129, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Don't fear the police they should fear you, we fucking pay taxes for a reason, fucking treat the general public like criminals. Fuck off la.", "In a perfect world, that\u2019s how it should be. But in reality, the police are king here. Glorified gangsters that actually run protection rackets and such.", "That's what happens when rempits graduate to becoming cops.", "Many rempits in here and the Bolehland sub. such is the future of Malaysia.. feels hopeless", "It's always been the case anywhere in the world. You think all those police in the US who attack innocent black citizens were all good, kind, indiscriminate, studious boys while growing up?", "Ikr, I am your boss, know your rights people", "No1 should fear ea other. They should respect ea other instead."], ["Licensed mafias what did you expect?", "So Malays are afraid of Malay law enforcers now?\nNons : It doesn\u2019t feel so good now does it", "Just Indians tbh. Police tend to profile when deciding to stop you. As a Chinese who looks middle class, I've rarely been randomly stopped in Malaysia.", "This is true. They value money and class. I heard about other people getting beaten but I was allowed to leave my cell, and come back in the morning before going to the magistrate. Also, allowed outside food, my own cell, and cigarettes. It\u2019s terrible that they think sucking up to higher class people will help them.", "Had a motherfucker stop me at work, and asked for my iC and asked if I have a criminal record. Mother fucker do you job and go check la cunt. Indian means must have criminal record. Twat.", "Muka gangster tak berdosa. I start my job as typical Cinaman hard labour worker...both my kepala definitely ex-gangster, muka tengok jer konfirm gangster come with scar on face, big sizes. Siap ada tatu Maybank tangan kiri Hong Leong Bank kanan...tapi covered lah sebab pakai jaket untuk cover(typical subcon welder/construction worker jacket)\nOur site involved alot project at KL, we're from Klang... So every day I travel up and down from factory to site. KL hari-hari sini sana ada jer roadblock and traffic polis. I have lost count of how many times kena blocked, ask the same shit..ada rekod tak?? full check IC sampai car search when with them but with other all fine....siap one time accident...that mofo who bumped me cursed alot and like wanna cari pasal...then 2 of them come down...\"Ah Beng any problem?!\"\nThat fella straight grab my hand shaked and said sorry bro and bow, said all his fault...he straight take wallet out mintak settel...but actually both of them are pretty nice people, just cari makan albeit is lebih kasarlah.", "Wholesome Ah Beng story", "\ud83e\udd26\ud83e\udd26", "Police got thier training from tong sampah XD", "As a Chinese who looks middle class, I've rarely been randomly stopped in Malaysia\nThat's inaccurate. They will stop you if it's a proper roadblock at a strategic location. Cina = minum = money to pow", "Seconded, even the rate is higher in comparison to other race counterpart. Its verified by my anak polis friend. We kena POW when we're travelling together with another Sabahan...both of them pikachu face when I'm telling how much I kena.", "But in all seriousness though, please don't drink and drive. You'll never know what might happen, and I'm not talking about just roadblocks.", "I don't drink...albeit I'm kapir, only drink due to circumstances. Had to entertain taukeh, prospect or jaga rice bowl...in fact I hated it...but had to drink too.", "See if you try to make using grab a habit. My cousin has to drink for work too, and these last few years he makes it a point to drop his car at home then use grab. Personally I don't need to layan for work, but after totalling my car once without a scratch, I learned my lesson. Anyway, just friendly advice.", "Thx for concern but when I said drink is not drunk drinking....is like social drinking. Anyways just to let you know.", "Still apply the same, especially if the police smell alcohol when talking to you. Better be safe than sorry.\nOr you can just tell your boss or client that you cannot drink anymore because doctor forbid you. People tend to not force you to drink if they heard it's doctor's order.", "So your telling me I can commit crimes willy nilly in Malaysia. White guy.", "Not just that\nYou get better service too\nIt was cringey how much the service staff fawned over us when I went to the same restaurant with my white friend versus without"], ["PH should use this as a chance to push for IPCMC", "Finally a spark for it. I wonder if anwar got the ball for it or not. Im quite sure saifuddin don't have the ball.", "PH has corruption problem only few percentage points less than PN.\nJust 1 letter difference.\nHeart of the problem is corruption. If you want to see the actual religion people in power practice, then look there."], ["I see a policeman, I clench my asscheeks. No idea why, I do it automatically. Just some irrational fear of police ppl.", "Because they\u2019re here to shake you down, not to protect you. Most policemen I\u2019ve interacted with act like gangsters most of the time, always assuming your guilt before proving anything.", "My neighbour got into a fight with his other neighbour, the penyiasat came in took their statement and everything. Then knock on my door, proceeds to interrogate my mother aggressively. She was traumatised that day, never wanna speak to officers in uniform ever again.", "Yea a lot don\u2019t have people skills. They\u2019re supposed to be serving the community, but just end up intimidating them.", "Next time just film everything if possible.", "I've had a policeman tegur me for not smiling at him during a late night roadblock. But then again i do have a resting bitch face most of the time.", "I see a policeman, I clench my asscheeks.\nUnderstandable reaction, because PDRM is simply the best armed gang in Malaysia. They started off as the colonial enforcement arm, and it's why their main focus is cracking down on social and anti-authoritarian activities.\nThey were not, and are not here to help or assist you if you're just a common person. They're here to keep you in line.\nACAB", "So weird because in theory, clenching your ass relaxes you as it focuses the tension there instead of everywhere.", "Wait, it does? Let me report back after testing", "No don't clench your ass for me wtf.", "CLENCH. Squeeze your anus. Squeeeeeeze", "So how was it?", "Instructions not clear. I sprained my right butt-muscles.", "It feels exactly like all the times I've taken a dump but then realised there's no toilet paper, and I need to briefly wear my pants to crab-walk to the next cubicle.", "Tbh, I don\u2019t really understand when I grew up in my hometown. Going outside I realise what ACAB means. AACAB is more accurate though as there are police that works for the people (maybe I grew up in hometown that have good police officers that I have bias).", "same.", "Ikr, ingrained from childhood\nElders used to say behave or else the police will catch you"], ["I will never trust any policemen in my life. The civil servants in Malaysia having wrong mindset of not serving ppl but screwing ppl instead."], ["The were OK with it as long as the victim were non-Malays, specially immigrants. The problem with this approach is that once it becomes the norm, the police force starts feeling conformable extending this attitude to the ethnic majority.\nThat is why there is the saying: \"When some groups have no rights, in reality no one does\"", "Yeah so many Indians died in custody but all covered up by these state sanctioned gangsters. ACAB.", "ACAB \u270a\ud83c\udffc", "The moment I see someone write the words ACAB i just send their opinion straight into the trash. Nothing says critical thinking like painting a whole group as bad guys, sure is nice when everything is so simple yeah?", "Nothing says critical thinking like painting a whole group as bad guys, sure is nice when everything is so simple yeah?\nSo saying Nazi were bad guys, or Al Qaeda were bad guys means you send my opinion to the trash? Dare I say HAMAS killing civilians means they are not exactly nice people?\nThe heart of the issue is that Malaysia has a serious problem with babicops gone bad and you don't see non-babicops trying to fix the problem. That's what OP is saying. But please feel free to express your opinion in support of a group with track record of murdering 17 year olds, raping women during MCO, having drug fueled sex parties with hookers in the station in Kajang and murdering as and when they want with no IPCMC.", "Equating police to a genocidal army or a terrorist group means your opinion isn't that solid anyways. If they're as bad as you say the cops would be the one doing mass shootings and genociding people. But that isn't happening isn't it?", "But that isn't happening isn't it?\nBut I guess you didn't read the title of this thread?", "Nice goalpost moving. You're the one that tied the police to extremist group. Now show me exactly where, the police conducted a mass extermination of people of a certain race/religion", "You wrote: \"Nothing says critical thinking like painting a whole group as bad guys\".\nWhat goalpost you built there? lol", "I made a statement. A statement saying that painting a whole group as bad guys is low IQ. You engaged my statement and when I asked for proof, you're the one that deflect and making excuses. All you have to do is proof me wrong with evidence and you can't even do something that simple", "A statement saying that painting a whole group as bad guys is low IQ.\nI pointed out that Al Qaeda is bad guys.\nI pointed out that ISIS is bad guys.\nAre they not a whole group that are bad guys? Am I low IQ now according to you sir?\nwhen I asked for proof, you're the one that deflect and making excuses\nNo sir, I already answered your question but perhaps your IQ is so haigh you can't see my answer.", "source?", "You can Google the cases that are actually reported, but here\u2019s a vice article for you.", "you cant be fair and say \"so many indians died in custody but all covered up\" but there were also chinese prisoner and malay prisoner died in custody without a statement from PDRM. how many is your \"so many\" compared to other races?\nanyway, i dont want anyone to play race card here. nonetheless, there are people died under the police's watch and that shows police officers can get away with the law regardless of the race of the victim.", "Because Indians are already the most marginalised group in Malaysia? It\u2019s not a contest btw, of course not every case is reported, but it\u2019s disproportionately Indians who are targeted by cops.\nI\u2019ve seen many times, just going back from futsal with friends at night, it\u2019s always my Indian friends who get stopped and questioned by the police when we all left the same place together.\nI mean we can agree that ACAB.", "From what I've seen of the main 3 races yeah indians get the short end of the stick.\nOrang asli bumiputras I think have it the worse statistically. Like 90% poverty rate iirc.\nI'd argue most marginalized group in Malaysia is non Malay bumiputra and low skilled immigrants.\nAt the end of the day it ain't some opression Olympics and we should implement policies that will benefit Malaysians and basic human rights for all regardless of nationality.", "Indians are the African-American of Malaysia. Most of them live worse than everyone else. Poorest community in Malaysia also comes from Indian. I think there is some initiative proposed by PM to uplift their status.", "Because Indians are already the most marginalized group in Malaysia?\nYou, trying to recycle basic BLM talking point, years after BLM was proven to be a wide fraud with vague social justice flavoring, says more about you than it does about your cause....", "What are you even on about? BLM is BLM. Just because you deny the reality that Indians face doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not true.", "With you comparing this to BLM shows your mindset already.", "This sort of mental gymnastics only shows up when the victim doesn't belong to the two majorities, more so if its Indians.", "bro missed the plot", "claims not to want to play race card\nmakes everything about race", "Malay problem = national problem\nChinese problem = racial problem\nWhen it's an Indian problem = no problem", "Trust this sub to turn this into racial issue too", "everything is racial if you are racist enough.", "True.. And will be proven by the downvotes we get later haha", "lmao i just typed \"source?\" and they downvoted me? just a bunch of jokers acting like they have the power from the downvote button when they missed the fucking plot.", "Am I the only one who read the article? The lawyer didn't claim Malays don't care about police brutality towards other races.\nThe lawyer and blogger said that other races had always been not afraid to go to court to fight police brutality and Malays always seem to be forgiving even when they happened to Malays themselves.", "U know how it is. 90% is headline readers only", "90% is racist headline readers*", "First they come for you, then they come for me.", "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out\u2014 Because I was not a socialist.\nThen they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out\u2014 Because I was not a trade unionist.\nThen they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out\u2014 Because I was not a Jew.\nThen they came for me\u2014and there was no one left to speak for me.", "Become blue ethnicity is it", "Devil's Advocate, were they OK with it, by actively claiming its 'Fated' or they just sorta ignore it? Human's have a finite amount of empathy before we breakdown.\nSo I can sorta understand why."], ["Biggest gangster : The police\nBiggest thief : The gov\nBiggest liar : The politician\n/s incase some moron report my comment :26554:", "how did u make the frog meme appear.??"], ["It\u2019s actually ridiculous. I wanted to pursue legal action against my ex girlfriend and was advised I had a strong case. However, the police told me they have called her and they will go to her house to arrest her in the morning. Then my lawyer pulled me to the side and told me that if she is arrested she will 100% be raped as an Indian girl. He then said it is best to pursue this in the UK and avoid the law in Malaysia.\nI hated that girl but I want justice, not for her to be raped or beaten. Just for the police to do their job in a respectful way. It\u2019s very frustrating that I had to use Irish and UK courts to get an arrest warrant for her in Australia just to get true justice when it could just be sorted out with Malaysian police now :/.\nTerrible service and it should honestly be abolished. I tried to report the corruption and my lawyer said that reporting police to police is the worst idea and would have landed me in serious trouble if it wasn\u2019t for my UK/US/European citizenship/naturalisation. It\u2019s so stupid as a foreigner I am treated better than the locals\u2026", "What did your ex do?"], ["I know it sounds insane, but I'm glad that the police is not Indian/Chinese. It can get very ugly between race if the police is not a Malay.", "but I'm glad that the police is not Indian/Chinese. It can get very ugly between race\nYou know the saddest damn thing about any incidents like this, including road accidents, theft/robberies and other related crimes, is that this is the first thought most non-Malays have as well.", "Exactly my first thought when I saw the video. I was hoping the policeman was not Chinese/ Indian otherwise there would be an uproar.\nSad that this is something we have to worry about tho.", "Well, gomen positions are mostly held by bumis anyway. IIRC there's a quota of how many nons can be in a sector.", "Yup, and thats why its easier for non Bumi to enter the government sector. Especially the police and military.", ">implying non bumis WANT to enter.\nFriends of mine, chinese, has a kid who joined the airforce. He made captain in 2 years because the quotas force promotions of non-malay. Captain is a 5-10 years position normally.\nThat's the other side of the coin. Maybe you should join those instead of desperately trying to get underpaid in the private sector by some chinese boss who needs to squeeze you to buy his 3rd \"import white car tinted window\".\ninb4 some blabla about race\nI'm not local.", "Who is that? Im in military also but unless his kid are graduated from ALK, its quite impossible to get Capt in just 2 years from PBT. Yea in our KKD, we do get Capt in just 3 years", "Or is he a PKDT?", "There are no quota according to public service committee but it happens to be all departments, not most, but all departments happened to have majority Malay. Coincidence.", "You don't think the government would... lie, would you?", "Quota does exist.", "wanna enter mrsm or boarding school also got quota dude obviously it\u2019s gonna be more prevalent for work places, coincidence my ass", "Yeah when I see this blow up and get reposted everywhere, my first impression is \"Wow this police sucks how can school safely let them go around in school now\"\nbut my second impression is \"is it non malay police, why this is such a big news\",yeah you not the only one."], ["When they came for the foreigners, I didn't speak up because why should I? I'm the rightful heir of this land and not some dirty foreigner.\nWhen they came for the Cina and India, I didn't speak up because why should I? They are pendatangs and are getting what they deserved.\nWhen they came for me, for us, no one spoke up for me. Because there was no one left.", "Hear hear. Such grotesque injustice"], ["They initially targeted the non malays and the majority just kept quiet. Now they are going after them. Such is life.\nFirst they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out\u2014 Because I was not a socialist.\nThen they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out\u2014 Because I was not a trade unionist.\nThen they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - Because I was not a Jew.\nThen they came for me\u2014and there was no one left to speak for me."], ["The police in Malaysia are absolutely shocking. I can\u2019t believe they\u2019re allowed to operate."], ["ACAB fuck the popo. They are the biggest group of gangsters and con men here."], ["Am I the only one who read the article? The lawyer didn't claim Malays don't care about police brutality towards other races.\nThe lawyer and blogger said that other races had always been not afraid to go to court to fight police brutality, and Malays always seem to be forgiving even when they happen to be Malay themselves. He commented that only recent Malays wouldn't take shit anymore.", "Keluarga remaja maut terkena tembakan polis dapat ganti rugi RM1.5 juta\nThis one occurred in 2010 so it's not only recently. Weird narrative from this so-called veteran journalist.", "It's crazy who you think that one instance would mean all Malay families would go to court. A lot Malays couldn't afford paying legal fees and a lot would forgo legal routes.", "You're missing my point. I'm not denying that compared to other races, Malays have a lower tendency to take legal recourse. I'm questioning the article's narrative: \"THE passive Malay community who tends to respect (fear) the police have started to change...\". How can the writer conclude that there is a shift of Malay attitude towards police from one case? More so when such a case had been brought to court before.", "How can the writer conclude that there is a shift of Malay attitude towards police from one case?\nBecause we all know that when we see a swallow, it's summer ady.", "Yeah. I think most of us would have an idea of how much it would cost to go see a doctor for flu say. Does anyone knows how much it would be on average to go see a lawyer for .. i donno .. why would you go see a lawyer? Sounds expensive /s", "It's a well known fact. Don't side step it", "ITT: idiots getting on their soapboxes after getting a hardon reading the title."], ["I chuckled a little when I thought of all the \"apa boleh buat, dah takdir, keinginan Tuhan, etc\" I've read in the past but now suddenly this doesn't apply.\nI'll share one such similar incident though - someone I know has been lying in a coma for over a week now, possibly never waking up, all because a rempit grab rider who does not have insurance and license was, according to many eyewitnesses in broad daylight, speeding in an extremely busy road, crashed into 2 cars and somehow the bike flung and hit the victim's head, cracking his skull. I'd like to see his family members come and tell the victim's family to accept it as \"fated, itu semua kemahuan Tuhan\". I don't need to name ethnicities but you could probably guess if they were reversed, all hell could break loose a la Sam Ke Ting."], ["dah kena badan sendiri baru nak melatah. let this be the wake up call"], ["Ice Cube: Fuck the police mp3"], ["Im just sorry for police who really want to to service for the nation. Cant imagine their stress knowing all this shit happening around them."], ["Wait, since when are we anti-cops? I though that shit was specific to the US...\nIf anything the reason I would hate a cops is how strict they are...like damn I told you I didn't noticed my backlight was out, don't give me a ticket", "You are one of the lucky ones who has not experienced police shakedown.", "The Popo is never here to protect you.", "Yea lol. They're there to keep records, mostly. They're not your friends. So protect yourself. Don't think a 999 call will solve everything.", "Redditors have an issue with authority, colour me surprised", "Previously in Ipoh right before entering toll to highway, I was stopped by a police without roadblock, and he requested for my driving license, IC. I ask him \u201cencik kenapa stop kereya saya?\u201d He told me to stfu and be respectful. Then proceed to ask me who is in my car, where am i from, where am i going. All the while I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s an actual policeman."], [""], ["Just wanna say that most of policemen I have met are good people, sometimes a little bit rough but still kind.\nWhat happened here is a rare case, it just so happened that he represented the police.\nBut due to my race, I think many here will care not about my opinion."], ["ACAB"]]}
{"title": "Why people are still not wearing mask in office?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lpev8/why_people_are_still_not_wearing_mask_in_office/", "num_comment": 42, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "Legit man. I see people cough and sneeze. No mask. Now COVID up already still like this. Why the government haven't enforce on wearing mask? Or make it compulsory since now the cases keep rising.\nI feel so uncomfortable. I am wearing mask. Even from day 1 of COVID.\nI legit feel so uncomfortable when they sneeze and cough with no mask. Even before the cases spike they already like this. Now spike already still like this.\nSome of them wear mask but than they cough and sneeze. Aiyoo. So teruk. They so sick why come to work. Like why? Just stay at home and rest and take MC .\nFyi I just recovered recently from my second time kena COVID. In Nov.\nSecond time much easier but still suffering. And also again I wear mask. But the co workers mostly all never wear.\nLike if possible I hope the government enforced on people wearing mask weather sick or no sick. Also implement work from home for those work that possible.\nHope they can implement as soon as possible.\nI hope the government really enforced on wearing mask. In office and crowded area.\nNow everyone in my office coughing and sneezing. Some wear mask only for 3 second. Than take it off. And continue to sneeze and coughing. And some don't even wear. COVID rising. And they don't even care about others.\nYes I wear mask. Start till now. Why people can be so selfish one.", "comments": [["I also wish they had mandated compulsory masking again. My office is getting slapped by Covid +ve cases after everyone was maskless this whole time and I'm praying I'm not next. People in the comments are saying it doesnt prevent Covid, memang pun. It's just 1 step that helps reduce the spread to the people around you and the effectiveness depends on your mask (usual medical mask vs KF94/95) and the way it fits on your face with no gaps. A little goes a long way when everyone contributes to reducing the spread", "Yea that's what I am trying to say."], ["why ? because they can lor", "\"Sebab boleh dik\" haha."], ["At a certain point we just want to live our lives mask free. I don't understand the desire to want the government to impose a mask mandate so fast and so often. I always think no one wants to mask up then I stumble upon a post like yours.", "Imo I also don't like to wear mask. It's hard to breathe etc. but I also don't wanna catch COVID and spread to others.\nSpread to my family. Or other people. You understand? I rather mask up and try as much as possible to prevent kena COVID.", "That's cool and I disagree with that. You want to mask up that's all you but enforcing it with mandate especially with corrupt cops and politicians always screams more potential abuse of powers than it does benefits.\nMy misunderstanding is from the desire to willingly give a corrupt government more power over the populace.", "Imo I want the gov to enforce the mask thing not because I like it. Because there is a lot of irresponsible people.\nIf I no sick I understand. If you don't wanna wear . Even when sick also no wear. I seen lots of disgusting thing. I even made a post on Reddit. Sadly I think the admin remove my post.", "Again that's fine I get it. But if we can agree the government are not the most competent people and are generally more irresponsible than the normal day to day person then to me it's a fallacy to give irresponsible people more power. We give so much for them to accomplish so little. Also no, I don't think admin removed your post yet. It's morning.", "Agree. All covid policies in the past three years have achieved nothing in terms of preventing disease. They are all government power grabs and blind adherence to WHO and WEF.", "all government power grabs\nI agree with you on this matter, although in such an emergency goverments SHOULD be decisive and pragmatic.\nblind adherence to WHO and WEF.\nCan you elaborate further on how WHO has ever fail us.", "failure to investigate China during the initial Wuhan outbreak.\nblind insistence on vaccines, masks and lockdown as the only solutions\n- despite multiple warnings from experts on the dangerous side effects of the mrna vaccines (check out Robert Malone, the inventor of MRNA technology)\n- extensive media coverups of vaccine injuries and censoring of any narratives that go against the WHO-endorsed ones\nfailure to research and endorse effective covid treatment protocols, at the same time demonizing those who do provide effective treatments, thus causing probably the deaths of millions of treatable patients globally (Check out Peter McCullough and his very effective Covid treatment protocol)\ndemonizing ivermectin despite its proven effective at preventing covid viral replication\n- the inventors of ivermectin won a nobel prize for their invention\n- it has very few side effects and is prescribed 200 million doses annually\n- don't get your information from WHO, FDA, CDC and any mainstream sources. Go straight to the actual research papers:\nhttps://c19ivm.org/meta.html", "", "I don't know what you mean nor am I familiar with the lexicon and breadth of work by Boiled Yam Sandwiches", "Come on la. There are tonnes of diseases far more debilitating than Covid. Getting covid is not a death sentence. If you are young and healthy, you have more than 99.9% survival rate. It has become the common flu now. Even if you can avoid being infected during this year-end covid season, you will still get it sooner or later. Just focus on boosting your immune system through healthy eating and getting enough sleep."], ["Same reason why people push in, litter in the streets, spit in the streets, don't wash their hands after going to the toilet, don't wear deodorant, don't brush their teeth"], ["Just recently I heard through radio of enforcing facemasks while... sleeping.\nI was like, \"Who in the right mind would wear a facemask to bed?\"", "don't underestimate the sheepish obedience of covidians"], ["just because you are paranoid does not mean we have to start making things mandatory.", "I am not paranoid. It's facts. Wait till like last time where people keep debate wear mask , or people not follow sop etc. when COVID super high and people are dying alot. Remember those days?\nEven in those days people are like you who don't care. Death rate low still need to take precautions.\nParanoid or not prevention is better than cure. And all is oneself weather they wanna help to stop the spread or don't care. Wearing mask minimize the spread.\nNever wait till it's too late only regret. People still die from COVID btw. Young and old. And also wear mask only ma. So hard meh?\nImo with the COVID cases rising rapidly. People need to take action to wear. Now I see alot of people having sore throat , running nose , sneezing , cough etc. and also people do not wear any mask. Only some wear.\nI just want to protect myself and my family as well as others. If unlucky kena than no choice. But the one who don't care one. I have nothing to say. Can't change the people mind only they can think for themselves. That's all man.\nIf COVID is just like any flu and got meds sure . But problem is mutate + no cure. Never take things too lightly. That's me. Lah. I don't know about other people.", "most of it was paranoia and auntie talk, down to most of the preventions. the only real way to do it is isolate, which most folks ignored.\nplus we do have vaccines which is the reason why things got back to normal.\nso if you are really worried, get a jab and dont socialize.\ni always find funny i got covid from socializing and not running around hospitals always thought i would be the first to go down"], ["complain to your higher-up. The leader of the office supposed to have a policy of \"Don't come in if you have cough or fever\"\noh btw, sneeze is not a symptom of covid iirc?"], ["The news about Covid went up just happened recently. There's no button that we can turn on to just put mask on everyone at one time. Be patient."], ["That why i say make mandatory lo , otherwise ppl dont want listen"], ["I wear them even before this covid came to light whenever I'm in coughing spell or having runny nose. I feel it's a courtesy to not infect people around me. Possibly influenced by what I saw when I was in Japan.\nI still wear them while seated at my desk coz I'm not breathing heavily so it's quite OK for me.\nI don't like to enforce it on other people but I hate those who lack the common sense to wear them when they are sick and insist on being in public crowded spaces."], ["And the thing is the one that cry foul bout Covid and \"bila Raya jer naik kes\" are the one that doesn't want to wear mask"], ["After three years, you still think masks are effective to stop an airborne viral (not air droplets and bacterial) disease? If the air can get through your masks, it means virus can get through too, easily. All the experts admitted this fact before and early on during covid, but suddenly everyone became too scared to go against the WHO-imposed mask narrative.", "Exactly. As one virologist put it , given the relative size of a virus to the mask fibre weave, wearing one is like using a building scaffolding to stop a marble.", "Fyi. It's better than not wearing. And did you kena COVID before? How many time you kena?\nFirst time I kena my symptoms was from mild to server. I got all of the symptoms except for vomit , fever , shortness of breath. But than I get tired more easily. Than normal.\nSecond time kena symptoms less severe and recover faster. Even the post covid cough recover faster.\nBut it's still not good.\nNobody like to wear mask. But we wear to prevent or at least try out best to stop the spread.\nThan how you tell me? There's no cure yet. And I do not know how far we are from the cure. If got cure already than we can just treat it like flu. But now no cure + virus mutate. It's a scary combination. And nobody taking it seriously. Each time you kena COVID your stamina drops.\nNeed take alot of time to train back up. Like come on lah. Nowadays I see is people are just selfish and don't think of other people and for their own family. Those that are sick not wearing mask. Those that are well either take for granted or they don't care. Maybe I sound rude. But it's the fact. You don't know who got the virus. And when it spread.\nFrom my experience. I don't even know I kena untill I feel one day I feel super tired. 2 time also like this. Sore throat than test kena already. I also don't know kena from where.", "You seem to be super invested and bordering hateful to people who disagree that a mandate is not necessary. You think people are selfish for not wanting to mask up, I think you are selfish for forcing people to mask up. You yourself said even if you're well you should wear a mask and the government should mandate this. That's insanity. That's the kind of thinking that justifies fascist governments.\nEdit grammar", "These covidians are willing victims to the fear mongering of fascist governments. They are very narrow-minded and super hateful towards those with contrary views. That's how civilian policing becomes the norm in fascistic societies. The fact that these people constitute the majority of our society is quite saddening.", "I always find it funny and hypocritical people like this would lambast the government for doing xyz yet have enough faith in them to do basic policing without abusing their power", "Exactly. They blame the government for everything, from traffic jam to flash flood, from inflation to racism. Yet when it comes covid, the government is viewed as their faultless and completely dependable messiah.", "I don't like wearing masks either, not a fan of having to double back just for one when I forget I'm attending a mass gathering. But I am concerned about long Covid, especially the brain fog bit.\nTo date, I haven't gotten Covid yet, but I guess ppl will say it's simply due to me barely socialising (which is also quite true...). Or they'll speculate I have the lucky gene, idk. Whereas, two friends got Covid when they (and everyone ard them) weren't masking up in TRX to take pictures of the deco.\nNah, come downvote me la to all who spectate here."], ["Most people don't wear masks in office even back during PKP\nOnce pass the building entrance, straight bukak"], ["Bro wearing a mask won\u2019t prevent you from getting covid\u2026.. virus can still pass through the mask."], ["I hate how the strings entangled with my glasses hence I don\u2019t feel comfy wearing one", "I did not miss foggy glasses, especially while moving about or driving haha.", "I wear glasses too. It's a hassle. For me it's hard to breathe. But I still boleh tahan."], ["Fark the mask"], ["Dude, I still see people driving their own car alone and wearing a mask.\nAnd no, not grab drivers."]]}
{"title": "Cops probe \u2018Papagomo\u2019 over video allegedly demeaning PM", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lp9xl/cops_probe_papagomo_over_video_allegedly/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Bukit Aman says blogger Wan Azri Wan Deris is being investigated by its classified criminal investigation unit.", "comments": [["Never thought we'd be back to 2016 when Najib was in power, but here we are. I've been told then to watch my mouth because there might be SB police around."], ["So this Papagomo is a BN or PN supporter right now?"], ["Papahomo"]]}
{"title": "Old school cool : revisitng 1998", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ugtih/old_school_cool_revisitng_1998/", "num_comment": 36, "flairlabel": [], "header": "We had Commonwealth games, Anwar getting arrested for reformasi and the financial crises\nWhats your fondest memory from that year?", "comments": [["Lesson from this video\nMalaysia good in preserving culture.\nPot hole\nCross the road sesuka hati\nNot maintain buildings\nNot friendly predestination walkway\nDouble park\nProton wira"], ["accessing the Internet via TMNet dial-up. Anyone remember babyrina? \ud83d\ude0f\nthe CM is Koh Tsu Koon from Gerakan. Since they're part of BN, okay lah\nwe would buy pirated game DVDs from malls, usually at the topmost floor. The one in Bukit Jambul Complex goes for RM12-RM15 per DVD\nBas Kuning ftw", "Bukit jambul complex omg. My fellow penangite I presume. I used to buy my pc game CDs from there. Good memories circling the top floor finding for my fav games during the holidays", "Yup, Penangite here! Of course I have fond memories of BJC (I was there back when there's an ice skating rink at the ground floor), but my most nostalgic CD/DVD shop would always be that place at Komtar (kinda hard to describe the location though lol).\nAlso back then there's a florist shop in Pulau Tikus that sells old PC games with their thick manuals.", "RJ computers :26554:", "Don't remember that, the old place that I can recall is Z'tronic.\nAnd of course Pineapple.", "I was there back when there's an ice skating rink at the ground floor\nI can just guess how old you are from this comment alone", "Babyrina, we sure have cum a long way :26554::26554::26554:", "babyrina\nThere's separately one more, a Chinese girl. I thought she's Malaysian too, or at least claimed to be, supposedly was in Australia that time. Can't recall her name at the moment.", "Internet was introduced. Netscape navigator and yahoo paved the way. Mirc and icq happened and yes babyrina and Ckg Suraya were two staple names amongst the teenagers that time \ud83e\udd23", "Mirc and icq\nAnd MSN Messenger!", "One stop midlands better than BJC!"], ["I know it\u2019s probably just nostalgia and a lot of reminiscing of being a kid. But I always think there\u2019s something magical about Malaysia during the late 90s-early 00s for me when it comes to cartoons, musics, culture, entertainment etc"], ["Still hectic as ever around Kota Raya and Petaling Street, just more foreigners around and lots of homeless near CM."], ["All the cars seen are considered a shitbox today.\nAll the bikes mostly remain the same, small capchai dominated by ex5.", "Those mercedes cars are still around today. Back when German cars are reliable. Unfortunately the BMW and Citroen are gone today", "I still see quite a number BMW of that era today, the E36 and E39 are kinda reliable if maintained well"], ["I'm 5 years old in 1998, my only memories are buying steamed corn after kindergarten."], ["Video is going to be 26 yrs old. Half of 90s and 00s are entering 30s and 20s respectively. Holy...."], ["You can still see those 90s Mercedes E class today, but the BMWs ? Gone"], ["This is so so cool. OP thank you! Stuffs like this makes me feel connected to the past. Dear OP and mods, please don\u2019t take this down", "There are plenty of these videos on YouTube, this is probably taken from one of them.", "Ah really? Cool! Im gonna so go look for them, thank you"], ["world cup, brazil lost to France 3-1. Some food stalls in petaling street no longer there now. The food was real good back then.", "brazil lost to France 3-1\n3-0. The year I started to go football crazy"], ["For the first time , young gen X felt that we might lose our jobs after the Asian Financial crisis . Gloomy times as available jobs everywhere start to dry up , we were so used to walk in interviews held in numerous hotels."], ["They playing cricket in full uniform back in the days?????"], ["I visit KL with my parents for the first time. Landed in Subang. First time taking a flight too. I was 6 years old."], ["The haze of \u201897 always brings me back. Was in Kuching, so completely stuck at home for a week or so I think. Also the years of gaming with Diablo, Warcraft, C&C, etc."], ["Alr hear me out... One of the Malaysia Vet (1956) by the day he was born there is a record 9k+ baby born that day\nMy parents (1970-1980) have a record of 5k+ born that day\nMe a Gen Z? Only 1.7k+ born that day\nDo you guys know how crazy fast the birth rate drop year by year?"], ["Crazy how things almost didnt change.\nExcept for the banglas that is......."], ["no social media crap, cheap housing. These two alone is a massive buff compared to now."], ["looks pretty similar. it was less strict tho."], ["1998 ... it was the year economy went down the drain.\nI was one of the students supposed to be offered to study at UK for ICSA programs, instead being offered to complete Diploma in Business Study at UITM to compensate ... a lot of us completed the 1 year ICSA Matriculation had to bite the bullet.\nMe, well I basically rejected it & went drifted for awhile. Being impressionable 19 years old, got into Reformasi movement & full of idealism plus gung-ho anti Govt attitude.\n1998 was the year I taken to the streets of KL, crashing at friends' setinggan or low cost flats, planning Reformasi gathering etc. Growing my hair to shoulder lengths too. Baptism of fire in terms of political activism.\nBy 1999, I get back academically enrolling to private college for multimedia animation course, got caught up with Multimedia Super Corridor hype. Still get involved with Barisan Alternatif to fight the sitting BN Govt, atleast democratically."], ["Those schoolboys must be my peers\ud83d\ude02"]]}
{"title": "King can give opinion, but PM has final decision, says expert", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lp2g1/king_can_give_opinion_but_pm_has_final_decision/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Who is this penderhaka expert, causing kemurkaan Baginda? /s", "who??"], ["How would having biggest richest Malaysian oil company Petronas report to King eradicate corruption ?? \ud83d\ude01", "Er.. You miss the part in the article that he said MACC also report to Agong", "Having the biggest economic contributer PLUS the anti corruption committee report to one person\nWhat could go wrong", "It's one person eitherway, the discussion is who would be more impartial, the PM or the king?\nObjectively speaking, one can understand the argument to why the king might be slightly better in this regard.\nPM has to answer to his own party, lobbyist, political interest and is susceptible to corruption. The agong normally is more non-partisan.", "we can vote out and put najib in jail....\nRakyat is the check and balance of corruptions... Don't need 1 person", "Except it's not the PM, it's the parliament\nIf you say no to parliament, might as well cut off the whole voting process\nAgong doesn't need to answer to anyone, and you dare criticise if he did something wrong?", "It\u2019s not one person eitherway. Both should report to parliament."], ["surely this will end well"], ["Why i smell some Constitutional Crisis in brewing?"]]}
{"title": "Non Malay can become PM,if Majority Malay agrees - Tun M", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lorhq/non_malay_can_become_pmif_majority_malay_agrees/", "num_comment": 112, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "\"InSingapore, the Prime Minister has always been a Chinese majority since independence. Lee Kuan Yew admitted that non-Chinese leaders may face challenges in gaining acceptance among the predominantly Chinese population.\nSo the Prime Minister of Singapore will always be Chinese. Penang has never had a non-Chinese Chief Minister.\n\"Given that the racial balance is in favor of non-Malays. However, when Umno has the most seats (State Legislative Assembly) under Barisan Nasional (BN), it gives way to Gerakan,\" he said in a statement on his Facebook today.\"", "comments": [["PAS will try their hardest to not letting that happening\ntiktoks will be their main weapon", "True. I dont know why PHBN can be so backward in TikTok compare to PN \ud83d\ude44 Why so weak", "Because the CCP is in bed with PN and they promote their material on TikTok and suppress PH since they are viewed as being pro west. Local politics is linked to international politics even though it may not appear so.", "It's not that complicated.\nSocial media is a platform that favors short, catchy content devoid of context. In such a medium, stupid toxicity is always going to win out over intelligent debate.\nIt's not unique to Malaysia. Look at how toxic politics is becoming in democratic countries all over the world.", "Ask Pas to start making short catchy content on the Uighurs and see how long they remain relevant. Look into why countries like India ban TikTok.", "I want whatever you're smoking.", "you're mentally unstable for any sort of politics", "tItkOKs wiLl bE thEiR mAin WeapON"], ["So the Prime Minister of Singapore will always be Chinese.\nTo be fair in recent Singapore politics, a majority of us (whatever race) were rooting for Tharman (an Indian) to be our next Prime Minister due to his credentials and experience as a finance and economical powerhouse on the worldstage. But it was speculated that perhaps the government itself felt the population wasn't ready for a Non-Chinese PM that they put him in the ceremonial presidential position instead to eliminate the conflict of interest in overshadowing the Chinese candidate.", "Tharman is also considered part of LHL\u2019s generation, rather than the 4G leadership. If HSK considered himself too old to take over, Tharman would likewise be considered old as well.", "Yup that was one of the considerations too.\nBut the main point was the majority race was ready for a minority PM.", "HSK wasn't considered too old. He had a stroke. His health rendered him u suitable", "What power does the president of Singapore have?", "Mostly ceremonial, next to nothing in day to day governance. In theory can act as a check and balance to the government in terms of how we use our reserves.", "Basically Singapore version of Malaysia Agong ?", "Short answer is yes", "Tharman won 70% over his 2 Chinese opponents 30% combined, so we have some hope for multiculturalism. To also be fair, Tharman's got waay more exposure and credentials built up over the years than his opponents.", "Agong but he's not called the Agong. Just \"the President\". India's president is also like that.", "If it was true, Pritam Singh should do better in the election, which I heavily doubt.\nWe'll never know that until it was down to the ballot. I'm pretty sure some old boomer Cinas would rather vote for that old racist guy who's name I've forgotten. I doubt 50% of Singapore will be happy with a non-chinese PM, more so an Indian.", "I don't have any actual statistic but I'm pretty sure at least 9 out of 10 people in the current generation would agree Tharman is much better than Lawrence wong for PM. Boomers that are apprehensive of an Indian PM also tend to vote from a racist / stereotypical perspective.\nAlso while I don't deny Pritam is a capable politician, comparing him to Tharman is night and day. Tharman was the president for the international monetary fund. Comparing how well they do just because they are Indian means nothing."], ["just like he a non malay became PM lol. Finally old dude remembered his roots eh", "I'm surprised he's talking with a sense for the first time since the election. I guess if Anwar's opponent is non malay he would vote against Anwar regardless.", "Sure by blood he's technically not malay, but all malay accept him as a malay since he practices and advocates Malay culture. If a malay/ indian practices and advocates Chinese / Indian culture. Are they considered as Chinese/ Indian?", "His Malay by blood as well tho Badawi is also Chinese. Almost every pm has been mixed.", "It's quite telling that not one ledditor here bothered addressing the Penang and Singapore quote.\nIt's only racism if Chinese kena. If they're the one doing it it's \"meritocracy\" or \"like that lor what to do\". Bunch of hypocrites.", "Yep, not taking any sides here but its pretty similar to the comments you read when it comes to renting of properties or \"mandarin required\" in job ads. The same people shouting discrimination when done by the majority will conveniently be silent and hide behind \"personal choice\" when it doesn't affect them.\nCan't complain though, human nature and selfishness in the end. Everyone just wants whats best for them and only them.", "Malaysians are racist. Including Indians like myself. No doubt about it.\nBut its the virtue signaling, holier-than-thou sheer fucking hypocrisy that vexes everyone. Bumi rights are bad, but rental discrimination is fine apparently.\nI've always claimed that they're not our friends or brothers against racism. Just a convenient allyship at best. The sooner the dumbass DAP voting Indians realise this the better it is for the rest of us.", "We are to beholden to our ancient rights. Sometimes, I feel there should be a dictator to remove the Malay rights as well as these SJK and force people together.", "MIPP submitting application to join PN. Probably might interest you, perhaps? Not denying/disproving your argument though.", "Ah yes, criticise DAP then of course I should be PN sympathiser. Cause DAP is clean and does no wrong. Typical.", "Huh? I never said that, just suggesting options. I thought you had the best interest for the indian community in mind as per your comment. Maybe PN could elect MIPP indian members to a higher position maybe as PN leader.", "I assumed you were being sarcastic. But no. Definitely not PN.\nI should have phrased it better. I don't have problem if Indians vote for DAP if they know their candidate and the policies they stand for. I do have issues if they blindly vote for DAP, or any party for that matter, cause \"Malays bad so I hope our Chinese overlords treat us better\", settling mentality.\nDAP is a Cina chauvinistic party. That's still better than than the Islamo-fascist PAS. It's between PH or BN for me.", "Dunno lah, I understand this fella\u2019s grievances but he\u2019s being way too fucking aggro over nothing.", "Singapore has Indian president but is just ceremonial role.\nBut for both, this is just how democracy works. It is the tyranny of the masses. Even though SG is not exactly a democracy, and it's current PM is more a case of nepotism than racism.\nBut at the end of the day, SG has bigger GDP than Malaysia. So it's not really a fair comparison. Their system works, ours does not.", "GDP alone isn't good measure of how effectively run a country is. India has a higher GDP than SG. Would you rather move to India or SG?\nTBH tho I don't know why you brought that point. Are you implying that only Chinese leaders can bring up GDP and the others are incompetent?", "Well have you ever seen a map? If you put your face really close to it, and squint your eyes, you might notice that SG is tiny compared to Malaysia. SG split from MY ~60 years ago, now it has a higher GDP. Don't you think something is off here? In fact their GDP per capita is 7x higher. Could there possibly be something terribly wrong with our country and our governance?\nNo, I am not saying that only Chinese leaders are capable of running a country, I am refuting the idea that people call SG a \"meritocracy\" just because it is led by Chinese. They have one of the most rigorous education systems in the world, they have one of the highest GDP per capita in the world. They are in fact a meritocracy. Malaysia is in fact backwards. This is a very important distinction to make, this is why these 2 countries are not comparable.\nAnd also, the elephant in the room. Does SG constitution discriminate? Malaysia is in fact a racist country, it's constitution is racist. It is built on racism. Non-malay in MY are right to complain. How often do you hear about non-chinese Singaporean complain about institutionalized racism?"], ["In other words\n\"Like hell we would allow a non bumi to run this nation. It's Malay-sia not (insert other race-sia)\"", "if obama can become POTUS why not", "He didn't became POTUS by insulting a lot of the white people tho. While they hate his policies, on a person level, he fares better than the other white Presidents.", "If anyone in Malaysia has the natural rizz and charisma that Obama had, its Anwar, at least before he became PM.\nDon't use Obama as example. There's a reason why he's an anomaly. And it's likely to stay that way for some time.", "Actually you can but if you keep poking Malay then you can never. Just be friends with all, not making enemies by making stupid statement.", "I\u2019m tired of this Tun M. Sudah la\u2026"], ["'if majority agree' ..."], ["No one specifically wants a non Malay to be PM. We just want someone capable of driving the country on the right track, and someone who is fair to everyone. But too bad, 80% of our past leaders failed to do so. And statistically, most, if not all of them are Malays. If this is a scientific experiment, the sample size is definitely big enough to prove the methodology wrong."], ["If majority malay agrees\u2026 hell that sounds like democracy with added steps"], ["In other words, water is wet", "", "Ofc we'd prefer teh tarik straight from the pipes. /s"], ["Duh. Stating the obvious\nThats why we have elections.\nAlthough nowadays, majority population does not vote as a block anymore. Divided into several camps and dilute their concentration"], ["Bro remembered his 23 and me results."], ["Bro likes to play mind games"], ["UK will never have a non-white Prime Minister, wait..."], ["What a worthless racist country we live in", "Ask Penang to have a non-Cina CM first. Or Singapore to elect a non-Cina PM.\nThen you lot can cry about racism all you want. Hypocritical crowd.", "Your what aboutism logic is stupid", "His whataboutism is pointing out the underlying issue that Cina only happy if Cina leader is elected. Melayu or India leader is no go. Then later cry out meritocrasy.", "Naeemo fitnah lagi tu. Got survey or evidence or not? Statistics? Or u just being pro ketuanan melayu as usual.", "Suddenly feel clever eh?", "Always have been", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nI noticed you have a pattern of making jabs aimed at a specific race. Please note that we do not welcome this on the sub, and that the same warning will be issued for jabs aimed at other races too. Treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.\nu/bumholedestroyer1000, kindly refrain from counter-flaming and use the report button, thanks", ":)"], ["It is too hard to say the word \"vote\"?"], ["Yes that\u2019s how democracy works. Lemme fix the redundancy for you Tun:\nNon Malay can become PM, if majority Malay agrees"], ["Duh that's why we have elections"], ["But we as rakyat don't appoint PM tho we vote for Party that have their PM candidate but in actuality the MPs the one that appoint the PM thru vote of confidence so don't know how Tun M think that Malays or any race from the \"marhaen people\" can have their say", "Yeah but the MPs will to a certain extent also need to think about being reelection - going wildly off base does not accomplish that. So yes, if people find it acceptable to vote MPs campaigning on a \"our pm candidate is a non Muslim\" then it will happen, otherwise it won't.", "Sounds like different but same. You vote for the party thats pushing for their PM candidate that you like."], ["Wait wait, i was thinking about this the other day\u2026.how about Japan with a non japanese PM, Korea with a non korean pm, China with a non chinese PM?\nIts just common sense. I dont get why we are pissed about it\u2026\u2026. it took the US like 200 years and they are waaaaay more progressive than us. Judeo-Christian Based countries are light years ahead of other countries when it comes to this.", "The US had it once and it polarised the whole country. Europe as far as I can google, mostly never had non-native leaders, (Rishi yes but he became PM by default, not by winning the hearts of Brits).\nEurope is progressive, but not THAAAAT progressive.", "Which is why i dont know why we are sulking about this.", "Cause of Tun M lor", "we are multi-ethnic country unlike the countries you mentioned", "Actually, Japan is multiethnic as well. Korea maybe not but china is multiethnic as well. (there are many different people groups in japan and china) The aboriginals in the north etc.\nThe point being. We are multiethnic but still one ethnicity has a huge margin interms of religion and race. So we are more comparable to asian countries than the european ones.\nMost european countries have a judeo christian fabric. We are very different to it."], ["Key thing is the PM isn't voted in. It's by consensus of political.parties. LKS knows this and is stirring the pot for the next musical chair excercise"], ["Sneaky Tun. It's the way of saying it's not going to happen till hell freezes over.", "Sneaky Tun.\nwhy sneaky...? He's plainly telling you the demographics and culture of asian countries don't allow for \"non-majority\" races to win.\nThat's not a particularly Malaysian thing, or a big surprise either. AFAIK absolutely no asian country ever had leadership not from the majority race since independence.", "The title. Plus he knows the Malays better than Malays themselves.\nSee what I mean. Majority race. What about not picking based on race but capability. One race, Malaysian race.", "But if you saw / hear Tun M podcast with KJ you know that he thought non Malays still not accepting being Malay'sian\nEven got people who dismiss Malaysia language so how lar Malaysian race like that?", "I know, and it's true. Knowing how to read, write and speak Bahasa Malaysia is bare minimum before you can call yourself a Malaysian, and I'm willing to die on that hill. But I also know Malays who can't even speak Malay and even failed BM as a subject.\nI'm a product of Tun's vision growing up in 90s, three races united under one country.", "Those malays are helangs and nobilities. Can't persoal them or they will mark you as a traitor.", "That podcast literally made me feel sick about Malaysia as a non. It's like he just outright dropped his mask and say all other race must be assimilated and become malays. Made me see things through a new lense dah.", "Like how he pick Singapore as example here, in the podcast he pick Indonesia as an example if I'm not mistaken", "What makes you think if its Malay PM it won\u2019t be the best PM? Best is subjective and vary wildly between demographic and races.", "What makes you think if its Malay PM it won\u2019t be the best PM?\nTo be fair, most of us don't care which race is the PM as long as he/she could do the bare minimum that is expected of his post, considering the current political climate.\nI don't like Anwar because of his roots and the things he did when he was a protege of Tun M, but the other coalition is literally a hate cult, easy pick for us nons. Seriously, it's crystal clear which party is clearly focusing on nation building, just look at parliament livestreams and what kind of issues politicians on both aisles are raising.", "Most capable, regardless of one's race or in this context, Malaysian of any descent. Someone with a clear vision to bring our country forward and not backwards. A tall order and a pipe dream for now.\nI don't want to settle for the lesser evil of the two. Having to pick between screwed and more screwed."], ["Let it be first just like Barack Obama. First black person to be president. In Malaysia case... prime minister."], ["Cibai putar belit mamak."], ["Only if the sun rising from the west."], ["And we all know that ain't gonna happen"], ["Cheers geoff"], ["And this is the guy who tried to blame the government for having non malays just a couple months ago"], ["This shit again...? I wonder which non-Malay in their right mind would wanna be the PM of this nation. You'd have too much shit to deal with and clean"], ["So if Singapore is racist we can be racist? Singapore uses Englishz Malay, mandarin and tamil for official business so Malaysia also can use English, Tamil, mandarin?\nIni Malaysia not Singapore. We don't have to follow colonial British rules or Singapore.\nChoose between segregation or 1 Malaysia.", "since when we ever pick anything else segregation"], ["But MALAYsia has to mean something, right?"], ["You can, if I say so. Said the mamak."], ["I mean that's how an election is supposed to work ... so yeh?"], ["Pastard for retard"], ["Bro is the master of manipulation"], ["Bro\u2019s manipulation legacy will not rest until he does"], ["No problem with me if the non malay is muslim."], ["There is no issue at all if Non Malay cannot become PM. Rugi bukan Non Malay pun..."], ["Lol right.. Yeah pm can be a pendatang but behind the pendatang are the ketuanan ppl controlling his arms"], ["I think the correct question is: can a non-Muslim become PM? A Muslim Chinese can easily be accepted as PM but what about a Christian Dayak or a Taoist Chinese or a Hindu Tamil? Can the Malay majority accept them as PM?"]]}
{"title": "Random abandoned building i found in Alor setar kedah around 2017", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vprqh/random_abandoned_building_i_found_in_alor_setar/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Backroom, local version."], ["Looks rather clean for an abandoned building"], ["looks a bit like those scene in movie, with someone locked up at the other side."], ["OP toggle collision off, got into the backrooms 2017"], ["I don't think abandoned building would be that clean tho.\nI went to my company old vacant building before and all the wire had been ripped out and became habitat of drug addict. All the glasses broken, walls filled with graffiti, full of trash and couple of needles on the floor. I even found an owl in the building top floor lmao.", "In 2017 my friends told me it just got abandoned.While i went there there was still an office chair and some other stuff.Also i alr moved to Langkawi so idk what it looks like now"], ["Definitely backroom vibes there\u2026.."], ["looks like it would make a sweet bachelors pad, industrial decor style"]]}
{"title": "Is it just me or are mister potatos getting smaller?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18looxl/is_it_just_me_or_are_mister_potatos_getting/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Is shrinkflation happening to mister potatos too or am i just looking too much into it? I used to remember the chips being alot bigger than pringles, now they're the same sometimes even smaller.", "comments": [["Yes, smaller. But not sure if its just the packaging or the weight reduced. Chachos also same. I think twisties also."], ["i believe its pringles that reduced the chips size, then it turns out there's two versions of pringles. halal vs imported.\nin another subject, the canned mr potato sometimes have big air gap or small air gap when you first opened it\njunkfood now also have gatcha elements", "there's two versions of pringles. halal vs imported.\nYup, you can tell when you put your hands in the hole. One fits and the other doesn't."], ["its called shrinkflation mah boi"], ["Shrinkflation.\nDecrease the portion, and then increase the prices if possible. Triple dipping FtW"], ["Have you seen the Mamee Monster snack size, so kecik like cheese slice size d", "used to cost 20sen, bigger and come with cool tattoo/toy\nshrinkflation ftw"], ["Just make potato egg salad, tastier and cheap. 1kg potatoes less than rm4."], ["Yea, I noticed mister potato's chip size is smaller. There are lots of empty space in the container now. Anyhow, I bet the manufacturer is proud claiming \"we did not increase our price despite increased prices of raw materials\""], ["Probably, you just older and big boi now."], ["bigger or thicker? coz the container size still same."], ["You are getting smaller?"], ["Nah\nUr just thick af now"], ["chips in packaging now adays are almost 2/3 empty\neven bigmac also become small in size (diameter)"], ["Pretty sure previously it was more than 60g than it is now.\nBTW per their nutrition information apparently that 60g is supposed to be for 4 servings..."], ["https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cancer-can-shocking-true-story-how-pringles-made-detox-nigeria/"], ["The price is actually smaller too tho. Used to be Rm5 for a 150g pack, but now it's about Rm3.9 for a 125g can. I'd say it's rather proportionate.\nI can't blame anyone here for missing this important detail tho; no one T20 would really look at the price."], ["Bro the taste has gotten so much worse man especially my once favourite barbeque. Now just taste like dirt smh"]]}
{"title": "Sarawak cab association urge mask mandate for airline passengers coming to state", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lok1z/sarawak_cab_association_urge_mask_mandate_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 19 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lkvzg/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 19 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lhzdm/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 128, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: Why did Adele cross the road?\nTo say hello from the other side.", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["So while I was searching for a cheap anti-sedentary walking treadmill to my standing desk (which I found that the track width needs to be at least 480mm to be comfortable, I came across this.\nNo fucking shot it's 500mm across, especially after seeing how the reviewer vids had to criss cross their foot in front of each other just to walk on it. This shit kinda infuriates me, because on one hand it's blatantly false advertising, while on the other; nobody seems to even care.\nAll I learned from this is that NOTHING good can be expected from something this waaaaaaaaay cheap."], ["My wife and I are honeymooning in Malaysia in January. We like visiting capitol buildings, so like the giant nerds we are, we're trying to visit the Malaysian parliament building while we're in KL.\nI submitted the application a couple weeks ago and haven't received a response. Is there some sort of timeframe they respond by?\nAlso, I'm worried that the website said we could visit but didn't say anything about tours. Does anyone know if they provide English-language tours? If not, is there a way to hire a tour guide? Google didn't turn up anything specific.", "I can't speak much for the Malaysian Parliament building - but if you're into capitol buildings you can squeeze in a visit to Putrajaya as well to see the administrative capital.", "I looked briefly at that but I couldn't tell if it was just a bunch of government buildings or if there was actually something to see/do. Are there some specific highlights you think are interesting?", "That's pretty much it. A so-called strip with all the government buildings along it - with the Palace of Justice (High Court), Ministry of Finance, Seri Perdana (the PM's office), two major mosques. There's a few parks/gardens here and there within Putrajaya"], ["Have to open a business current account soon for small business, which bank is the easiest and simple to submit documents online etc? minimum deposit up to 4k maybe, transfers wont be crazy, maybe up to 100k transfers sometime\nUsed to help my dad run his affinbank, if there are other choices lemme hear ur suggestions"], ["Sprayed deodorant directly to my jersey.its hardened like you know when you got c*m on your shirt and then the texture changed yeah like that.so how can i fix it?", "there are like 200 videos on it on youtube\nhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=remove+deodorant+stain"], ["I was watching Sabrina the teenage witch and I feel amused seeing a character feeling proud and accomplished for buying a Personal Digital Assistant.\nWatching judge Judy episodes from 1996 is also amusing but also heartbreaking. The amount of money was not like it is nowadays."], ["Isopods bro, if you see this could you pm me \ud83e\udd7a"], ["You go to Village Grocer and see all the Japanese vegetables that retails at RM 10 and you wonder (a) who buys these? & (b) how the hell do these things turn a profit?", "Probably expats - RM10 is only ~USD2"], ["How do I increase my LazPayLater credit limit?"], ["Anyone know any good mandarin language podcasts to recommend? Could be about anything tbh, just wanna listen to improve my mandarin."], ["Desaru got grab?"], ["So today i found out my left over from Digi Next 48 5G/4G cannot be use for hot spot. Right now im afraid they would separate both hot spot from base which mean you have to buy separately like buy the base internet then buy the hotspot from booster with expensive less data plan. My question now for anyone who bought the other plan like Next 45 can the base internet used for hot spot?. Because this was so sudden.\nI am like 16GB left from 85GB from hot spot then suddenly its not working. 2 time today contacting customer service. Even the customer service worker dont even know what happen and patiently working on it. If it is damn Digi going that hard to be the worst telco. Sorry for bad english."], ["Does anyone know if compression shirts make your nipples visible? Thinking of buying one to try.", "it does - most of the time, unless you pad it with something underneath...", "Pad it? But I'm a guy... \ud83d\ude22", "tape, just google runner blood nipple, plenty runner guy tape their nipple to prevent it", "Okay", "My guy, have u ever heard of nipple covers? Or pasties HAHA", "Yeah, well ig I'm just not gonna wear it haha"], ["Hi guys. Can anyone recommend a social media page that keeps track of local comic fiestas or anime convention dates? Prefer Instagram or Facebook but Twitter also can. Thanks!!!", "I usually just take a look at cosplayers account on Instagram.most of the time they'll update about where they'll go and when.", "I don't even know any local cosplayers lol. But this is good info, thanks!", "Try kuramaker"], ["Curious,how do we dispose swollen battery/ lithium battery in Malaysia?", "I only got the usual suspect, IPC recycling center.\nIn Selangor tho, the local councillors/ADUN offices tend to have collections at RA or community halls every 2 weeks.\nP.A.S.S. recycle collections are every weekend at their usual spots.", "Thanks for the info."], ["Huh.... Now that I think about it, Sabah state government is the only state that has coalition of PH-BN-GRS-PN as governing parties.\nI know, I know, nominated seat doesn't count.... Or is it?"], ["Any recommendations for cheap and reliable tablets?", "iPads are the king of tablets unfortunately.. The problem with Android tablets is their long term support. Samsung is the best in this regard but it depends a lot on which model you buy. Their cheaper tablet don\u2019t get supported for long,\nI ended up getting the iPad mini 6. The only issue coming from an android guy is that my paid apps on android don\u2019t transfer over on iOS, and most apps on iOS are subscription based.", "Samsung tablets are nice - speaking from experience", "Apple iPad? Its good app ecosystem, goes well with other Apple stuff?\nAndroid has plenty of options for 10\" and above. Its 8\" tabs that has limited options.\nIts Lenovo and Samsung for the under RM900 8\" tabs.", "iPad a bit off the budget... leaning to the Samsungs tho", "I went Samsung for the tab, Samsung got longer software support.\nThe S7 Lite is slow as molasses though, update the OS I go mandi, eat meal, do chore also cannot finish yet.", "How much is the S7 Lite when you bought it? My company's ICT department did a contest and I have around 51% chance of winning that tablet.\nEdit: Sorry, A7 Lite not S7 which is around Rm500 now brand new.", "RM519. 12.12 offer back in 2021.", "Lol ok... Just need it to read ebooks and for my toddler to play games. I been using an iPad3 from donkey years. Finally went kaput.", "The newer Tab A9 seems faster though, now regret abit being stuck on the A7 lite now."], ["https://says.com/my/lifestyle/highest-paying-companies-malaysia\nDidn\u2019t know Nestl\u00e9 pay that high", "Now who\u2019s paying the best bonus?", "They should. Their shares are among the most expensive ones on the market", "I didn\u2019t know that the price of their shares contributes to their revenue and earning.", "Not saying its a rule. But just a gauge"], ["Why is Kitten coming to my house just to use the litter box?", "feral cat colonies have communal poop spot. congrats, your cats have 'adopted' the kitten into their 'colony' otherwise they would have chased it off.", "your cats have 'adopted' the kitten into their 'colony'\nI think it's more of a home invasion scenario, given that Fireball will always hiss angrily every time Kitten tries to approach him \ud83d\ude0f", "try asking him"], ["seems to be ok for politicians to be openly racist now? how low can we go :(", "Not ok for non malay politicians."], ["Is anyone familiar with using wise abroad? Let\u2019s say I have some SGD in my wise app, how do I spend that SGD when I\u2019m in SG? Do I need to get the debit card or is there anyway I can use the app to make payment?", "Preferably get the card and it works like any other debit card. They deduct the amount based on the local currency. If you have SGD and travelling to Singapore they will deduct it from your SGD account, if you have IDR and travel to Indonesia they will deduct it from your IDR account and so on.\nIn the event you don't have enough SGDs to make payment from your SGD account, they'll pull in money from your IDR account. If you still don't have enough, then you can't make the payment until you \"top-up\" again", "Hey you can just get a digital debit card, just a few clicks in the app and you\u2019re done - it\u2019s pretty convenient to use", "Wise is like a bank account. Without a card you would need to make a bank transfer to pay for something, so you need to have the seller\u2019s account number. So, doable but not practical. With the card it\u2019s very easy, no need to even convert your currency, and you can add it to Apple Pay.", "Just depo enough MYR. Once you make the payment in SG, it will auto convert from SGD to MYR and deduct from your account.\nIm not sure how it works when you already have SGD in your account.", "Any idea if they use XE rates or some other exchange rate?", "they use their own exchange rate, check in app."], ["Shell sells those Star Wars theme mini car at rm40 each. Decided to get the Darth Vader one for my friend and to my surprise it cost rm120 instead. The reason given is because it is a limited edition.\nDude i can see you got the whole stacks of that model stashing behind that counter and some of them even placed at the front of the store covered in dust. Very limited indeed..\ud83d\ude02\nIs it true that the Darth Vader model are more expensive than the others?"], ["Super slow week at work, and kinda tired of Reddit atm lol. Any suggestions for interesting stuff to read online? I\u2019m currently reading the tvtropes page for Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 lmao", "https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html 1000 chapters for many many slow weeks..", "You could try the Oversimplified SCP comics. Then once your done, start reading the various SCP entries themselves.\nThe \"thousand entries\" (e.g . 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 etc) in particular are generally well written as they based of community votes.", "Will look into it!", "No problem. Just to add, if videos are more of your thing, you should try checking out Stellaris Invicta on the Templin Institute's youtube channel.\nThey basically streamed weekly games of Stellaris over a year and put out monthly videos covering the events of thier game. End result was a sci-fi series with deep narrative depth and a surprising emotional payoff (you'll know which speech I'm talking about when you get to it). Best off all, no prior knowledge of the game is required to understand the series!"], ["any good banana leaf around kl/selangor/klang valley area to recommend? i've tried nirwana maju (good), kanna curry house (decent), bananabro (sucks), and sri vinayaga (favorite and closest to me).", "i actually don\u2019t mind bananabro\u2026 \ud83d\ude05", "Big Leaf in seksyen 17 is pretty decent, Sri Ganapathi mess in PJ old town was good last I went (but it\u2019s been a few years) and Nirvana is always a solid pick.", "Kavitha banana leaf - PJ Old Town food court, they also have attached chapati and dosa stall too.\nGanapathi Mess - Same area too.\nAcha Curry House - Taman Bahagia or Bukit Gasing.\nAfter playing the game Venba, its making me think of dosas now."], ["Steamed garlic, onion and apple for cough remedy.\n<image>", "did it work? the concept sounds like you can add a bit of starch to the juice and pour everything over grilled chicken or prok to become a fine chop.", "Too soon to tell, just started today (and it was for my mum, not me haha). The usual remedies like steamed orange don't work on her, so she's trying this now.", "Dang.. get well soon wishes to your mum. Maybe can try rasam next if this recipe don't cut it. Or just be consistent with immunity building food stuff and plenty of rest!", "What do we do with this? Just eat em normally or what?", "Steam for about 30 minutes and then drink the concentrated juice that has gathered inside the bowl", "Any apple? I'm reluctant to try since there's garlic and onion ._. , ginger i love but those... it scares me.\nAnd my dad been coughing for two year now, thought of making him try this :>", "Any apples will do, didn't specify which. Here's the recipe!"], ["Disclaimer: I have a boyfriend in Germany but we have an agreement to open the relationship and give permission to see other people. We meet once or twice a year.\nAnyway, last night, I had a date that became a sleepover. He came to Shah Alam and I returned his effort by driving him back. It was on the way to campus anyway.\nHe was white, ofc, as that's my type. An American. But he wasn't a wealthy man... He was funny. He was kind. He listened to me. He was generous with touch. And he was handsome. Extremely striking, I'll say. Most importantly, he met me halfway.\nWhen we returned to his place, I was surprised that he was renting an old and dingy apartment (as a digital nomad). The place made me feel icky. When we got to his unit, it was no bigger than the dorm I used to live in when I was doing my diploma. I was a bit disappointed. I've grown used to habiting large spaces over the past years.\nBut the room felt bigger over time, and I felt closer to him. We talked until 2 AM. We laughed and tried to understand each other. I told him that it had been so lonely and he said he felt lonely too, especially this time of the year. There was no alcohol but there was a lamb pizza and cheese shawarma for dinner. We didn't even need to put the TV on in the background. Our conversation was enough to fill the room. Then he played me some songs on his tab, a callback to his generational culture of mixtapes and childhood, back when music was less accessible. I drifted to sleep in his arms.\nI hate to say this, but there was a connection there which had died out with my boyfriend long ago. Maybe it was the excitement of a new person. But I think it was the fact that I didn't have to try with him at all, and he didn't try with me. There were no expectations and no promises. We just wanted to be there, together. There was no future to stress about, and no past to mourn over. It was candid. I used to do photography and maybe one in a hundred good shots was ever candid.\nI told the American that my boyfriend doesn't touch me anymore but he still loves me, calls me regularly, and does favors for me. The American said that's a friendship, not a relationship. I cleared it up by saying that's the label we chose-- \"Boyfriends.\"\nI am an ingrate, I know. My boyfriend has been with me for years and years and we went through everything together. And I've booked the flight to see him in Dumaguete, Negros come February. If I had to choose, if I had to really choose, of course, I'd choose my boyfriend. The German nobility. The retired hotelier with the BMW and a rent-controlled apartment in M\u00fcnchen.\nBut would I be happy?\nI don't know.\nI want to be with someone who makes me laugh. It's okay if we struggle a little, I think. I can work hard. But my Mom said that you'll regret it. You'll regret choosing love because love is not enough. Love grows old and dies. Fades away. It'll leave you old and penniless.\nIt's a damning thing, isn't it?\nI asked the American if we'd both die alone. I know this sounds like a weird question to ask somebody, but at that point, we had covered so much ground and gotten so close and realized that we were a lot like each other. He had a messy bedroom. He forgot where he put things all the time. He liked indie folk music.\nHis answer was probably, if nothing changed in his life.\nI said me too.\nBefore I walked out his door, I said everything I needed to say but he shut me up with a big hug. As I walked back to my car, the apartment complex looked much different in daylight. There were kids playing in the pool. Everything looked more colorful. And I thought to myself, maybe, just maybe, in another life, I was an engineer living happily with my middle-class boyfriend who's 25 years older than me and we try and make a home together. There's not much that we'd want."], ["How much is the dividend for ASB 2023?", "not less than 6.0%", "Bila diumumkan?", "Dividend 5%, bonus(max 30k) 1% \ud83d\ude02", "\"trx open we not profit\" - probably PNB"], ["What's a good credit card with someone with <RM5,000 monthly salary?", "there different cards that would be good, depending on how you spend and what you want to achieve.. are you aiming for cashback? or you looking to gain a lot of points to convert to air miles? or convert to free stuff? The best card depends on what you want. You can also browse Lowyat forum\u2019s credit card recommendation thread. Lots of cards recommendations based on income and what they want from the card", "Check ringgitplus / comparehero for promotion once u decide. Sometimes can win something", "How do you define \"good\"?\nFor example my main credit card is the UOB PRVI Miles Visa because one day, I want to take a European vacation so I want to use the air miles to fly business class (huehuehue). So to me, this is the most good card.", "Can check RinggitPlus and see what's a good card", "If you can pledge an FD account, you can get any of the platinum credit cards. Just choose what suits you. Some banks give you a credit card as low as rm3,000 FD pledge.", "i think Financial Faiz or Suraya Ringgit does cover on credit card and other PF stuffs. Go look on their website."], ["", "The nearby Bandar Menjalara already has a few mosques/suraus that can cater up till Friday prayers capacity. So to be fair, its already catered to but obviously wouldn\u2019t be walking distance.", "Imagine if this was in reverse. If non-Malays wanted to go into a Malay-majority area and wanted to intentionally set up facilities exclusively for themselves and completely ignore local existing culture.\nCheck your privilege.", "bro what's ur problem? The last thing i would do on reddit is setting up a hypothetical situation to answer a question.", "I don't think they will like that. Their vibes is non-muslim neighborhood, right? \ud83d\ude2c If you want a mosque there are other places with mosques.", "What's going on with the vibes and overall culture in other neighborhoods with mosques already there? What's the difference?", "Other neighbourhoods aren\u2019t as well or thoughtfully designed in terms of being walkable, or green throughout. The township\u2019s pretty much the only one in Klang Valley of its kind. That and how dog-friendly it is, reminds me of the times I was in Turkey and Egypt and how normal it was for people to interact and be among dogs in public. Yes\u2014Muslims and dogs can and do co-exist. So I don\u2019t see the disconnect.\nWhich is why I\u2019m hoping to be able to also see if there\u2019s a possibility to gather other Muslims in Desa Park to set up a small surau for those of us who would like a space to pray together.\nI\u2019m a bit disappointed that everyone here is essentially implying that Muslims aren\u2019t welcomed in Desa Park because it\u2019s a \u201cnon-Muslim\u201d neighbourhood. Especially when everyone here harps on diversity and inclusiveness.", "everyone here harps on diversity and inclusiveness.\neh, not me. i tolerate other malaysians inshaallah, but idc that much about diversity. i am happy to not hear noises from other festivities where i live right now, it's one of the things i don't miss about KL.\nOther neighbourhoods aren\u2019t as well or thoughtfully designed in terms of being walkable, or green throughout. The township\u2019s pretty much the only one in Klang Valley of its kind. That and how dog-friendly it is, reminds me of the times I was in Turkey and Egypt and how normal it was for people to interact and be among dogs in public. Yes\u2014Muslims and dogs can and do co-exist. So I don\u2019t see the disconnect.\nyou want to enjoy the benefits of being in a neighborhood that is not muslim majority, yet you want to get the government to build a place for muslims to gather. you like it, yet you want to change the core part of it. do you think that's a good thing to do?\ni hope malaysian muslim neighborhoods can catch up in terms of being walkable/greenery/dog-friendly, and i hope you find a good neighborhood soon. amin.", "Intentionally going to a place to rent, and then apply facilities there to cater to your religion are generally frowned upon regardless of your religion\nEspecially if there are other places available with the full facilities you need", "But whose rights am I hurting by applying for a modest space for a small group of people in an area? We\u2019re not disturbing anyone. There is a big Baptist Church in the middle of the township. There is no surau or Muslim prayer facility save a small room in Arkadia.\nWill I be impeding on anyone\u2019s rights by simply asking for a small facility to accommodate? Or is not considered inclusive to cater to a small minority group\u2019s ask? Especially in an area that\u2019s predominantly non-Muslim.", "DPC is not quite Muslim-friendly. Better rent in other place."], ["Given that cases may rise more on January, do you guys think that uni classes should be carried online for few months and wfh allowed again?", "hybrid mode (in-person class which you can also attend online) needs to be the norm now", "my uni is practicing this now. but only 40% of the classes are allowed to be online. other unis should follow this too", "I don't want another lockdown but yeah, classes should go back online. Too many sick professors and students.\nBut it's a bit hard, especially if you're a medical or engineering student because it disturbs the accreditation process. I'm not just talking about MQA, but also global bodies that recognize our degrees.\nThere was a big rush to return to physical class simply because of cheating issues, quality of education issues, lack of access to laboratories, etc.", "No going back to PDPR or BDR for now. CF is still going on.\nOnly thing can do is mask up and hope KK got vaccine booster dose.\n<image>"], ["So, new Kang timeline it is.", "someone call Idris Elba", "give doctor doom a chance"], ["Not sure why but i cannot get the song Harry Belafonte -Day O out of my head. Kept humming while working", "Because daylight come and you wanna go home."], ["Any tips in booking flights to japan during cherry blossom period? Prices are high - so should I book now or wait? (any input is acceptable)", "Booking now is pretty late (considering cherry blossom is around March/April). Use Google Flights and see if they are any good priced flights but involves a transit - they might be cheaper.\nIf you're really willing to wait and gamble, prices may (but may also not) drop significantly around 1-1.5 months before your planned flight date.\nPS. I see ANA offering tickets to Tokyo from RM2.5K, but only for flights after 12th April. See if there are still seats", "TQ!"], ["Woke up early today to settle 1 task andddddddd my vpn is not working."], ["Woke up with so many hate comments and even a dm regarding a pic that I took. I'm not sure how to describe it in words so I went back when Al jazeera posted about malaysia selling babies. The top cop response was dismissing. The clinic still exist today. No public repurcusion happened.\nThis is the Malaysian way."], ["I'm starting to hate this week\nYesterday while working, I move my left hand probably a bit to much since it hurt my shoulder and neck from yesterday morning till today\nAnd this morning I fell down due coz I step on rock covered in blackish algae, was lucky it only my thigh hurting rn tho"], ["Is MHFlypass Asean Zone 1 a good buy? Gives three return trips to selected Asean countries, but not sure how legit it is or just a marketing scam.", "too good to be true seeing it coming from MH. but i have seen MH is now trying to be \"premium low-cost\". lets see some reviews first."], ["I am not sure if this is the place to ask about this problem but I don't know if international uni is the same as malaysian ones. Anyway, I am having a really bad depression episode this semester and I was hoping if I could take a break for maybe 1-2 years. My question is : Will this affect my finance or loans? I heard that for every month you leave, the fees are going to increase as well or is it different for each uni?", "You should email your admissions department in uni if you haven't already."], ["morning people.\nso randomly woke up at 5, but that's okay. tried to sleep z struggle a bit but almost fell asleep. then gf came on phone, crying i think ? i asked why and she told me that she had a bad dream and dreamt that i died. asked me to promise to her not to leave her and all.\ni said all my reassurances and comforted her back to sleep. i understand that she's still getting used to a secure relationship and really needs a lot of constant reassurances. but fuck what do i do now, suddenly got a lot of overthinking to do \ud83d\ude2d\nboth of us are really closely attached, the thought that onw day i'd leave her alone is unbearable. all about her is so perfect and this is the best relationship that i've ever had. we are both really happy from this relationship and promised each other to be together one day but what if one day i woudn't be able to be with her anymore ? i can't control death. no one could. but if the dream came true ? what would happen then ?\neven now i'm giving her kisses on the call to comfort her after she kinda woke up for a bit and asked for kisses, but what if one day i wouldn't be able to be here and give a)/ this to her ? i can't imagine man", "Do anything you can to further assure her that you will be there for her. Start even from little stuff like taking care of yourself, eat healthily, live a healthy lifestyle, so that you will die after her, because you can't stand the thought of letting her be alone.\nbut yes, death is imminent, all you can do it to be careful of everything"], ["\ud83c\udfb6 acidity \ud83c\udfb6 regulator \ud83c\udfb6 natural \ud83c\udfb6 flavor \ud83c\udfb6", "lmaoooo i thought i am done with coca cola light coca cola normal song"]]}
{"title": "Mental Wellness Tuesday - Weekly Check-in", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lhym4/mental_wellness_tuesday_weekly_checkin/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi /r/Malaysia!\nHow is your day or week going so far? Feel free to use this thread to seek or share self-care ideas, tips for finding a therapist, or links to call/text a hotline. Please note that redditors are not mental wellness professionals and you should seek professional assistance if possible.\nRemember, be kind, always.\nAdditional resources:\n/r/MyHappyPill - mental wellness related subreddit for Malaysians\n/r/Malaysia's mental health wiki - /r/Malaysia's mental wellness repository\nMental wellness related subreddits\nMCO: Affordable mental health services", "comments": [["I wish I could spend the energy I use on pretending I'm a normal and functional human being on actually getting better. Tired of having to pretend to be ok", "What exactly do you mean when you said pretending to be ok?", "There's times I'm feeling emotions but am at work, so shove the emotions down since I don't want to burst into tears at work. Or there's times I'm distracted and can't focus but force myself to look ok anyway.", "Is it correct to say that work stress, or outlook on life, led to those emotions?", "Life in general. More processing past stuff", "It sounds like you have a lot to unload about the past.", "It is what it is", "While I understand it isn't easy to open up here, feel free to use DM if you're comfortable talking about it."]]}
{"title": "KL city planning", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lbrr9/kl_city_planning/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Ive been to multiple major cities, such as Osaka,Singapore,Hong Kong,Taipei etc and they all have something in common, that is pedestrian friendly.\nLet\u2019s talk about KL. With the bad planning, its not easy to walk around in the city. But my question is, is it possible to transform KL or even the entire klang valley (like PJ, Puchong etc) into a walkable city somewhere in the future? Even if it takes alot of money to do it?", "comments": [["One of the biggest problems we have is that even in places where sidewalks exist, it will be illegally occupied by stalls and shops. And it is a bit of a political minefield to deal with that problem so town councils tend to avoid enforcing the rules."], ["Its not abt money, its abt forcefully pushing back private land via strong and unpopular land acquisition laws + enforcement that no illegal hawking can take place on public pathways. Its about enforcing developers to cut back on the buidable area to set aside walking paths to be used and accessed by public.\nIts easier if its a new area/greenfield site and u can do proper urban design and detailed planning for bigger well connected pathways.\nBut for developed areas, its hard coz politicians pander too much to people. People also dont trust the politicians to carry projects out without corruption, and don't see the results, so they rather remain status quo.\nAnother way to make it easier is to only sell leasehold land, n govt take it back when the lease expires n goes back to the drawing board to replan the land use. But malaysians wont be so willing to let go of their grip on freehold land."], ["Damansara Uptown is among the most walkable arcade. First thing is clear the alleys, install roofs and lighting and go from there. Roofs are key due to our weather here."], ["some of the cities you mention are only pedestrian friendly in the central CBD, the only one id say is pedestrian friendly in the suburbs is sg.\nour main issue is not planning, it takes very little money to do it, our main issue is malaysians love their cars, cheapskates and refuse to walk.\nyou can see it often where even in areas where there is walking infra and parking, folks will crowd out a road to be nearer to the spot.", "Yep."], ["No. There's nothing wrong with KL not being pedestrian friendly. KL is a car city and that's not a bad thing.", "But pedestrian hostile is a bad thing.", "<image>"], ["Yes, but it will take more than 20 years"], ["Yet the people from those countries would prefer to retire in Malaysia."], ["I don't think Taipei is pedestrian friendly. Pedestrian pavements are de facto scooter parking lots in Taipei."]]}
{"title": "'All Singapore food are stolen from Malaysia': Malaysian celebrity takes on Singaporeans on variety show", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lc3to/all_singapore_food_are_stolen_from_malaysia/", "num_comment": 76, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["We better don't go down this path, because Indonesians are waiting to do the same to us.", "But it is ok for Malaysia to keep beating the Singapore boogeyman because the sight of their success makes us hurt.", "I recall some dipshit celeb talking shit about Penang, said something like \"Aik, saya kat Singapura ke?\", as if comparing an island that serves great laksa with another island with a stable govt, decent healthcare, higher wage and Xbox access first a bad thing.", "Just look at the facepalm comments here by a regular few. Every other topic can descend into mocking the B40 of SG."], ["Plot twist. All of Singapore was from Malaysia.", "This is a fact. Singapore was originally from Malaya. In fact, Raffles \"took\" Singapore from Johor Royalty in a typical colonial manner. But SG is doing way better than Malaysia now and Malaysian workers cross the causeway daily to work in SG."], ["The inferiority complex is real, it's incredible how many Malaysians are intimidated by a city-state that was kicked out thinking it would come crawling back when instead it became a success by itself. Malaysians would rather abuse Singapore as a distraction than actually looking at their own mirror about the problems plaguing the country.", "And they shame themselves on international platforms", "Honestly most Malaysians don't really care. You take a game show and use that to blanket all Malaysians as being intimidated and fixated on Singapore? lol We have bigger things to worry about in our day to day lives man. Actually most of us are impressed with how Singapore is run as a country in terms of safety, efficiency etc.\nOn the contrary, I have come across Singaporeans who have this strange loud superiority complex against Malaysians. They will always find some reason to talk smack about us and complain about Malaysia. I have been in situations where all I said was I am from Malaysia, and it set off the Singaporean I was talking with on some weird indoctrination script about how Malaysia is bad and how Singapore is amazing lol.\nSo calm down. We really don't care as much as you seem to think we do."], ["Gastronasionalism, an absolutely pointless endeavour."], ["Malaysians and Singaporeans are like cultural siblings. Like real life siblings, there's always rivalry and competition. Malaysia is like the pampered man-child eldest son who chose to live like a hippy but is now getting on in the years, regretting some past life choices and wondering if it's too late to go straight. Singapore is like the straight-laced accountant younger brother who sacrificed his childhood to get to where he is but resents their parents' past favoritism and secretly envies his elder sibling's collection of vintage Pok\u00e9mon cards and comic books. Both live rent free in each other's heads without realising it.", "But you will hardly see Singaporeans being so public about their hate of Malaysians. Unfortunately, the reverse is true. I believe it is a coping mechanism. See some of the comments here. They see the need to single out the B40 of SG living a hard life when they didn't realize their own B40 fare even worse. To add salt to the wound, SG's B40 can literally just cross the border and live a luxurious life.", "Singaporeans don't need to show hate or resentment because their main spectator sport is disdain for the less fortunate. PAP and the state media follow the colorful train wreck that is Malaysian politics like it's some kind of reality show. The hidden subtext that many Singaporeans may or may not realise is that the secondary purpose is to scare Singaporean voters into keeping PAP in power because the news is telling them, \"this is what happens when a country is without a strong government\".", "Perhaps, it is however really hilarious to see how juvenile many Malaysians are. They literally carry their hate for Singapore and Singaporeans on their face. Their mouth automatically insults SG at every turn of the corner. Little do they know it just exposes how deep seated their insecurity and battery are.", "This is the internet. People talk trash under the perceived veil of anonymity. Also it would be presumptuous to assume what you see on the internet is representative of what people are like in real life because the demographics of the english speaking internet in both countries are very different.", "Perhaps and a fair point. Have a nice day", "Ummmmm Jocelyn Chia kinda famous for just that one thing sooo\u2026..", "Jocelyn Chia is an American. Still so sore about that?", "She\u2019s the picturesque Singki, sooo far away but yet can\u2019t get Malaysia out of her head.", "Show me where she hurt you bro. HAHA."], ["Another mega chad crapping on Singapore and Singaporeans again.. what's next? Singaporeans stealing petrol, oxygen, money and jobs away from Malaysians?\nOh wait."], [""], ["Hero wasn\u2019t done being provocative, however. He also made unfavourable comments when talking about famous attractions in Singapore. He labelled all of them \u201cman-made\u201d.\nHe called Jewel\u2019s Rain Vortex a \u201cman-made fountain\u201d, said Siloso Beach was a \u201cman-made beach\u201d and Gardens by the Bay were \u201cman-made botanic gardens\u201d.\nThen pointing towards the Singaporean guests, he said they were \u201cman-made people\u201d.\nThe Malaysian also gave advice to any would-be visitor to Singapore not to spend too much time in the country. He said three days and two nights were enough.\nThere\u2019s not much to do, he reasoned.\nso much hate, SG living rent free amongst many Malaysians!", "SG living rent free amongst many Malaysians!\nConsidering how high the rent is. Not wrong.", "And you can tell OP has Malaysia living rent free in his mind. From his posting history, everything is about Singapore this, Malaysia that. lol", "That's rich coming from you, considering you have been bashing Singapore for years not even on Reddit but on other websites as well lol. Imagine being from Sarawak and hating on Singapore more than Malaya who actually fucked your state. Stockholm syndrome at its best", "Lol. I bash both Malaysia and Singapore. You guys are not special.", "Meh..let them be...Its normal for some of them. Find any reason to talk bad about Malaysia, insult the politics, insult the corruption, brag about their precious exchange rate..complain complain complain\nAt the same time they love being able to come over and spend, release tension and drive their cringe supercars like maniacs on our roads, afford nice holidays without having to worry about prices.\nMoney can't buy happiness...I think of this quote a lot when I come across these smug SG people. Don't waste your energy arguing with idiots.", "Like how Malaysian workers talking bad about Malaysia in SG and doing the reverse when back in their hometowns?", "Tree hugging? What xenophobic shit is this? Your true colours are showing.", "east Malaysians still tree hugging?\nNice of you to share your opinion regarding east Malaysians, is there any other group you'd like to joke about before making your exit?", "Thanks for the awesome joke to start my day.", "Like who cares? It\u2019s literally just a show. Most of the guests love to \u505a\u6548\u679c\u3002 If you watch \u5eb7\u7199\uff0cthis is common. \u5c0fS did so much worse to her guests that most became national headlines.", "Malaysia has a lot of natural wonders: like forest city, and all the forests cut down for your royalty housing, ghost towns and for developers to blow up property bubble lol."], ["People in the sg subreddit were trying to insult Malaysians with the currency exchange.\nWhat they don't realize is most of them are from the b40 there in Singapore.\nWhat is worse than living in a small apartment? Being poor while living in a small apartment.", "Idk bro, malaysian b40 isn't that better off than their SG counterpart", "Many people here high on copium lol. They justify their crappy existence by mocking Singapore B40.", "What kind of copium nonsense is this", "Oh you are talking about the large number of Malaysians who don't have EPF and can't retire? Or those struggling under the yolk of inflation, currency depreciation and ballooning private and public debt..\nOh wait ... Nvm Singaporeans cross causeway and help provide jobs.", "It\u2019s pretty similar to US and Mexico. Americans look down on Mexicans but they would gladly drive down in droves for vacation. Healthcare in US is astronomically expensive so most of them seek treatment in Mexico. My Singaporean friend goes to JB for dental appointment because it\u2019s literally 3x cheaper. He did all the scaling, whitening, braces, etc at a fraction of the price. But he always complains about the congestion at the immigration, saying Malaysia immigration officers are slow, not realising he and his countrymen are the reason why we have congestion at the first place.", "But but but. Singaporeans have the choice to move to Malaysia and live like a king.. East Malaysians have no choice but to give all their oil to West Malaysia.", "Btw do you realise Singapore B40 can retire like a king in Malaysia? Does the fact you are struggling at home make you hurt to know this?", "Nah Sinkies would probably unalive themselves waaaay before ever retiring", "Btw I saw your comments you made over time on Reddit lol. \"Nons\" Malaysians here will have a field day looking at it. I truly feel sad for non-malay Malaysians.", "Damn you actually looked at everyone\u2019s profile. Singkis really do have no life.", "Boleh... supra-bumi lol. Tongkat for life brother.", "Lol rainbowpencil saying that while furiously replying to every comment. Singapore really is boring if you have the time to do this.", "Not as much as someone raking up karma in bolehland. No wonder Nons call someone like you Rempit. Fix your own issues first la haha.", "Comment removed for breaching Reddiquette. I'm also imposing a permaban because for a new account, your entire post/comment history on this sub has been to bait others into arguments. This is not welcome.", "Will they retire here though?\nMm2h requires applicants to have cash savings, million in ringgit Malaysia.\nDo b40 Singaporeans even have that?\nMalaysia is struggling, the T20 is not struggling.", "So you are using T20 Malaysian perspective to judge B40 Singaporeans?"], ["OH OH OH HE SAID THE THING\nHE SAID THE THING"], ["I strongly disagree with this statement.\nThey have their own twist eventhough we had same type of food.\nAnd I dont want people who tasted singapore watered down version of food and judge our food instead.\nOur food are NOT the same\n/#doneclaim", "You are definitely right, considering the diabetes and health profile of Malaysians. The food is definitely more \"nutritious\" lol"], ["Apparently, Penis Tai wants everyone to know that his personality is 18cm long lmao", "Nice! \ud83d\udc4c\nIf you have it, flaunt it. I find it funny you try to discredit him \u2026 for having a python in his pants.", "Classic Malaysian Chad \ud83e\udd73"], ["they can claim their pepper soup singapore bak kut teh...............\nit sucks anyway.", "Yes that's right. Everything about Singapore sucks. Everything about Malaysia is far superior and atas. Boleh..", "The comment said about bak kut teh and you said everything.\nWhat is this dogshit paradox.", "You seem to be so salty lol", "Had too much malaysian food. Sodium level off the chart.", "Sky high diabetes is a sign that Malaysians are living well indeed.", "Yup. Thats the only thing singapore food is better than malaysia food: tasteless but healthier", "High carb low protein and full of salt and cheap palm oil = \"tasty\" lol. Said no epicurean ever haha\nEnjoy your diabetes and heart attacks :)", "Awww butt hurt liao. Kesian..\nAnd i was just complimenting singapore food.", "How is mentioning nutritional and medical facts equal to butthurt? Really, enjoy your steaming plate of nasi.", "Didn't take criticism in gracious manner = butthurt, no? And that was clearly displayed in your comment.\nYou can enjoy your tasteless but healthy food. I will enjoy my tasty yet vein clogging food.", "Boleh \ud83d\ude18", "Since where this guys say Malaysia is far superior ?"], ["You not Malaysian tho if you downvote this post I meant have some national dignity"]]}
{"title": "We have no time to entertain political drama, says Fadillah", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ugliv/we_have_no_time_to_entertain_political_drama_says/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["PBB totally denied and indirectly slam J-Kom on Dubai Move. So did Govt propaganda unit J-Kom made up story lies about Dubai Move as a distraction ? https://www.malaymail.com/amp/news/malaysia/2023/12/30/j-kom-claims-dubai-move-aims-to-topple-pm-anwar-and-his-unity-govt/109888"]]}
{"title": "Malaysians, stay tuned to the royal wrath to come", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lapad/malaysians_stay_tuned_to_the_royal_wrath_to_come/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The main problem with those eager to see the Johor Family rooting out those they hate, is they fail to imagine the weapon backfiring on them\nLong tangent paragraphs about how Johor is filled with their own sort of corruption, but not counted as such because xxxxx Yang buat", "Yea tbh, for better or worse, the Johor royals are very outspoken compared to their peers. Now, it's up to the public and the government themselves on how they're gonna manage this pandora box"], ["Imagine criticizing a football team might land you in jail."], ["I could care less about what our soon-to-be new King is planning, as long as he doesn't forget us rakyats in East Malaysia. That's it."], [""]]}
{"title": "achoo", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lan69/achoo/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["haha, it's because of the damp weather that cases are rising right? it won't get worse right? :26554:", "no no everything is okay :26554::26554:"], ["fuck."], ["Lets go babyy, round 2"]]}
{"title": "\u201cRidiculous for cake with festive greetings to become an issue,\u201d says Abang Johari", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18lalzo/ridiculous_for_cake_with_festive_greetings_to/", "num_comment": 108, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Today I read in the news that making a cake with \u2018Merry Christmas\u2019 on it is a problem. This is stupid.\ndying of laugh rn"], ["apparently a cake with merry christmas written on it will make it a communion wafer if i eat it? that thought process is astounding. maybe read a book and expand your narrow minds a bit.", "In a country where a watch strap will make you gay anything is possible", "yeah, we keep this up, any kids trying to colour a rainbow will be called blasphemy. watching international news station covering the swatch story is embarassing.", "Mereka dah lama rancang, kita je yang pakai watch makan cake lalai.", "Eating Christmas cake will turn you Christian. And if you get a Christmas present, that's it, you're a kafir now. Watch out, my Muslim friends.", "you're a kafir, you're a kafir, everyone's a kafir.", "Let's go have some nice kaffir tea.", "i'd prefer chai", "angry Spider-Man voice\nCHAI TEA??? WOULD YOU SAY ATM MACHINE??????", "Kafir Cafe.!", "With the type of Muslim authorities we have it's better to remain Qafir", "But I like the wood log one...", "Can't learn about other religions because they'll tempt you to convert!\nI took a religious studies class abroad and learnt so many things about Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism etc.\nNever crossed that I want to convert into any of those faiths.", "apparently the strongest devout faith will suddenly convert eating a cake with alphabet written on it.", "They do read a book but sadly its just the same one", "and the same book teaches people to be tolerant with other religion, guess even the same book, still skip chapters."], ["Trust me, there will be something more ridiculous in the future.", "Yup. The goalposts will continue to move sadly"], ["I agree with him. These fat clowns at Jakim getting too powerful and busybody want to intrude in other people\u2019s lives. Jakim should be shut down", "Political observers: \"Anwar could use the positive Muslim / non-Muslim relations in Sabah, Sarawak to rebuild Malaysia's future. In fact, Anwar could have a small Parliamentary majority even without UMNO & PN.\"\nAnwar: \"Fuck them in Sarawak, Sabah. Those PN voters are the only people worth caring about now, I'm salivating!! Hadi, what's your to do list? I'll check them all off! I'm more Muslim than anyone!\"", "Haha yes .", "\u2026as they are a waste of taxpayer money with no value add.", "and yet:\nFederal Government Wants JAKIM\u2019s Role to be Expanded, Says Anwar (June 2023)", "https://twitter.com/NewsBFM/status/1736219755407958228?t=JRwrcO78f3aSq174p7Ashw&s=19", "Jakim has always been a waste of taxpayer, time n resources. Being busybody of other ppl faith is very obnoxious.", "You got anything to replace them tho?", "Why they need to be replace? They are not needed. Just like rubbish, do you replace rubbish with another rubbish? Bruh", "Oh good. Another one who does not know the full extent of what JAKIM does. Why am I not supprised.", "I swear I\u2019ve never seen an organisation so insecure about their religion before, that they need to stir shit up every couple of months.\nImagine a buddhist or hindu organisation asking their followers to never enter or dine at a Malay stall because they serve beef and hence is impure in their religion context. I bet your ass all hell let loose.", "In what way has JAKIM contributed positively to this country? Every news article or discussion I've ever seen has been negative.", "Has anything positive come out of JAKIM?", "Don't trust this Abang Jo. He is just trying to get votes early. Where was he when Jakim enforced this in 2020? Did he criticise it?", "The kind of comment that solidifies Muslim voters\u2019 belief that PH being empowered would be to the detriment of Islam & its institutions", "Not surprising coming from a PAS supporter/religious extremist that is supportive of policies that affect non-muslims.\nJust like how you're perfectly fine with Terengganu closing down non-muslim unisex salons, or Kelantan penalizing non-muslim wearing shorts in private premises (Her own bloody shop).\nOr just like you throwing the anti-islam label 2 years ago in this sub even when you know it's not and admitted you wanna be provocative.\nOr when you're supportive of HAMAS as 'freedom fighters' even when there are well documented sources by Aljazeera with live videos and complete timelines of them launching a large scale massacre of 1,400 civilians in a day which you conveniently discounted as propaganda.\nIf you think overreacting over displaying a fucking message on a cake is not a problem, or 'hotdog' label might mislead people to think it's 'daging anjing', or Timah alcohol brand is gonna mislead people to drink then you are the problem.\nHow dense are you people to think that Islam is under threat? Asking fallible people that are in charge of JAKIM to fuck off is not a threat to your religion, that's the same people that caused the fake halal meat scandal.\nTLDR: People Extremists like you are detrimental to a multi-racial, multi-cultural society.", "I am anti DAP, not PAS supporter\nIf PAS recombines with DAP, as they have done several times in the past, i would reject them in a heartbeat\nshort answer: it is frankly none of your business & outside of your influence ever to dictate how we practice & apply our faith. Your words have zero impact\nOf course sokong hamas. They were not responsible of that. The IDF were.", "I am anti DAP, not PAS supporter\nAbsolutely not, you definitely claimed you're supportive of them when they close down non-muslim unisex salons, and I quote: \"I'm happy with the direction they're heading right now.\"\nit is frankly none of your business & outside of your influence ever to dictate how we practice & apply our faith\nSadly, it is a problem when you interfere with our lives by oppressing/pushing your shit unto us, and fortunately, we do have leaders that are unsupportive of your extremist ways. Respect is not a one-way street.\nWhat a nice way of saying you don't wish to hold corrupt people accountable, though this is expected of you.\nYour words have zero impact.\nFortunately, you still have no say on this, for now, and we'll make sure extremists don't get to control the house.\nYou haven't answered how your religion is under threat? or provide any response on any of the facts that religious authorities are clearly overstepping their boundaries.\nOf course sokong hamas. They were not responsible of that. The IDF were.\nHAMAS literally called their Oct 7 attacks 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood', not to mention Hamas spokesperson Khaled Qadomi literally showed up on a live interview defending these attacks. All these are so well documented that ignoring the fact that HAMAS is not responsible is sheer ignorance. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/palestinian-group-hamas-launches-surprise-attack-on-israel-what-to-know\nEdit: I like how you don't deny that you have 0 empathy towards non-muslims.", "0 empathy towards non-muslims.\nClassic racism from Mr Inori here.", "That doesnt equate to total support. Only for that particular issue. Mine is conditional since i\u2019ve been aware of politicis: no holding hands with DAP.\nTo each their own. We\u2019ll just vote who we want come next PRU. All the best.\nYour TPM Zahid is corrupt. Who was the one who interfered with mahkamah & gave him TPM position?\nI have zero empathy for those who threaten the institutions of my religion and openly admit to wanting to interfere in its affairs.\nNon-muslims secara umumnya xde masalah. Many times in Islam\u2019s caliphate domain, it has had majority non-muslim citizens. Those who want peace will be reciprocated, those who wish to interfere will be given the appropriate response too.", "I have zero empathy for those who threaten the institutions of my religion and openly admit to wanting to interfere in its affairs.\nNon-muslims secara umumnya xde masalah.\nYeah, those non-muslim unisex salon owners and the non muslim women wearing shorts in her own private premises are clearly threatening the institutions of your religion and they do not deserve empathy. Is this the reason why you previously claim you support PAS' decision on punishing those 2 non-muslims in the first place? What are those two interfering lol?\nthose who wish to interfere will be given the appropriate response too\nAsking for accountability for power tripping officials in the religious institution and those that jeopardizes the entire halal certification industry constitutes a threat? Is the concept of accountability so foreign to you?\nYour TPM Zahid is corrupt. Who was the one who interfered with mahkamah & gave him TPM position?\nBro, you think we do not want Zahid to face the music too? Fuck people that steals from charity. I mean you clearly wants Zahid to face his punishment like the most of us, so why doesn't this apply to JAKIM officials? You know they're given in excess of MYR1,000,000,000 annually, no? Why the double standards?\nthose who wish to interfere will be given the appropriate response too.\nLike getting shot? Spoken like a true extremist.\nMan, we're just going through another conversation that'll definitely end like how it is 2 years ago, you still can't grasp that your religion and all is not under any sort of attack/threat. The only thing we're mostly against is your freedom to oppress others that doesn't share your belief. It's just bloody ridiculous that you demand 'respect' while outright being ok with stepping on others.", "Penyelarasan & penambah baikan jakim serta mana2 insititusi agama islam lain adalah urusan orang Islam semata2. Pipe down & move on. We are aware of our weaknesses & shortfalls, and we will handle it ourselves.\nMende pulak shot ni. Muslims lepak hamediah, nasi kandaq ketapang. We dont do shots or shot.", "Penyelarasan & penambah baikan jakim serta mana2 insititusi agama islam lain adalah urusan orang Islam semata2. Pipe down & move on. We are aware of our weaknesses & shortfalls, and we will handle it ourselves.\nI'm gonna quote HyattPotter from 2 years ago:\nBut you're are living with other people of different faiths. This is not a masjid, this is an entire country with millions of people. If you practice a zero tolerance policy, do it on your own dime. Don't involve us and our taxes if you care so much about drawing lines. Why should our taxes goes to people who don't want to tolerate us or respect that we also have our own beliefs? And if you can say zero-tolerance, then I guess there really wasn't a discussion to be held in the first place.\nSeems like you don't really care about what we have to say about our own futures and freedoms, seems like you want us to just suck our thumbs.\nRespect is a 2 way street. If they interfere with our lives which they definitely/factually did, we pretty much have a say on it. You don't get to interfere and then ask us to fuck off because that power tripping/corrupt institution is not under our purview when it's directly funded by all tax-paying citizens of Malaysia.\nAlso, there's 0 follow up on JAKIM officials on the 40 year long fake meat scandal up until now, so what are you guys handling exactly? Lip service? If they're transparent and actually doing what they're supposed to, why the fuck do we care?", "Mate, you\u2019re clearly not up to date on news.\nThe idf have revised their 1400 people dead multiple times.\nThe \u201c40 year meat scandal\u201d has been proven that its only a few years (if im not mistaken less than 5).\nSo im not gonna waste my time discussing issues with someone who does not read extensively & well.\nWhen it comes to Islam & non-Muslims, boleh baca berkenaan khilafah2 yang telah lepas. That is the model all Muslim scholars look at. One source i would recommend is Dr Yakoob Ahmed, an Ottoman historian.\nRead on us actually walking the talk. A true Islamic state.\nHonestly, lets have an open discussion between ourselves via discord or wtv. I am very certain you will find me reasonable & i can explain certain things that me or you or hyatt have discussed before without any misunderstanding.", "In simple words, fuck ur religion", "On the flipside, non-Muslim voters also believe that PAS/radical muslims being empowered would be to the detriment of every non-Muslims way of life. Which already turned out to be true in east coast", "Hence the race by each side to prove otherwise by next PRU", "Hence it's a fact that muslim authority do kacau non Muslim's lifestyle just because they can?\nBesides, last I've checked, ph is islam friendly muslim majority party, and current government is islam friendly, muslim majority government.", "detriment of Islam & its institutions\nCriticism of JAKIM is criticism of Islam? I'd like to highlight 3 points:\nThat's a fucking dumb idea to have.\nDoes that mean when the Perikatan Nasional Religious Affairs minister was going against Islam when he in part invalidated the ruling by JAKIM? Is Abang Jo being un-Islamic when he said the above?\nThat's a fucking dumb idea to have.\nHtH, HaND.", "He called for its complete shutdown. The avg Muslim finding that offensive & threatening is a fair assumption to have i reckon\nSaid former-minister is a mufti himself, and such diff in opinions on minute details are considered within acceptable scope of opinion (only applies for qualified jurists)", "Like damn, you dont ask to dismantle the police institution because some decided to go violent. This is just straight up hostile towards muslims.", "This is just straight up hostile towards muslims.\nHow is it hostile? U speak for all muslims?", "Depa kan terpaling bayar cukai\u2026..\nDemocracy is only good when it suits em", "Imagine being so sanctimonious claiming to speak for all Muslims in Malaysia. Plus that flair lmao, give me a break.\nJAKIM is a human organization. There's a lot to criticize about their actions.", "For most, not all. I think my assumption is fair & closer than what yall can come up with, i reckon\nCalling for shutdown is not criticism. Read again the comment i responded to.", "Jakim should use zakat money to operate instead of tax money.", "Become pm and change that", "Yeah i will but it also counter your point that ph government is detriment of islamic value and institution, no?", "i dont buy that, imo"], ["Why is it that it\u2019s always the Muslims that get so butthurt? You don\u2019t see any other religion doing this in Malaysia, so the question is, why the fuck are Muslims so butthurt with everything even though it has nothing to do with their life. That UK awek who complains about alcohol in a fucking party in the UK, like the fuck is wrong with these simpleton minds? Non-Muslim never interfere with Muslims life, so why the fuck Muslims in Malaysia have this obsession of controlling everything? I\u2019m so sick of this fucking country. Every single day I watch nons rights as a citizens gets eroded day by day, and non dare to speak up because to \u201cmaintain racial harmony\u201d which I think it\u2019s a load of BS, they said this to make the nons to keep quiet, while they take away your rights as a non bit by bit, and before you know it, we are worse off than Muslim from Bangladesh. Ban me all you want mods, if you can\u2019t handle the ugly truth then what purpose does this dysfunctional forum serve? Other than meme-ing and avoiding the elephant in the room.\nThe silent majority (Muslim) is allowing this to happen, so don\u2019t say BS like there\u2019s a lot of progressive Muslims who disagree, especially when PAS is currently the largest party in parliament and their urban voters has only been increasing every election.\nWake the fuck up people!", "Well cuz malays that tries to speak up about this gets labelled as racist, kacang lupa kulit, kafir and risk getting hurt or unemployed. Truth be told, our country is in the bad middle of collectivism and individualism. Collective as in most of us just follow the flow and what's trending and individualistic as in don't care about other people's punya nasib cuz no benefit for them.\nKinda sad really but on the bright side more and more youngsters are realising this and is starting to speak up on social media", "Thank you brave soul. Something that I can't articulate out. I feel pity for certain Malaysia Muslims. Brainwashed from young, subconsciously doing the bidding for the higher up corruption. Total control with fake positive toxicity to defend this and that in autopilot mode.", "Because it's a cult", "I really just think that it is to divide and conquer. The people that are loudest are the ones causing trouble.", "We did wake up and chose Anwar to be the change but I guess he is another PM that would not be the change we want\nHonestly I don\u2019t know what else to do, emigrating is not the solution"], ["Everything in this country is ridiculous. I mean the politics the discussions etc. \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21", "It's a sitcom \ud83e\udd23", "Yeah.\nBut it's stupidly fun. Lol", "Yea \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23."], ["well, no one says using made in China products will turn you into a communist that doesn't believe in god.\n:26554:"], ["rasanya jakim da keluarkan announcement yg takde masalah nak letak, either org yg viralkan or that company saja buat viral kan", "There are type of people who dont like to read explanation just the hype part and they wonder why news agency mainly pump out bad news, even to a point of spreading misinformation.", "They wrote that the 2020 circular was wrong, so it was true that it was an issue to JAKIM that they only repudiate now.", "whatever it is, it's a set of rules that the company can choose to follow or not, if they think it's ridiculous and make them lose customers, then they just stop getting the cert, revoke the halal status and keep serving their targeted customer, don't make some \"sensational\" statements", "Easy for you to say, your livelihood is not dependent on it. They already had to jump through hoops to be certified, they wouldn't want to lose halal status just because they misinterpreted JAKIM additional rules. You gonna pay for them to recertify is it?\nIt's good that stupid halal/haram rules get revoked.", "if you applied for any cert, you already being informed early on what can do or what cannot do, then just abide the rules if the rules deemed so, don't make a statement that make it sensational, if they won't agree it in the first place, don't proceed with it, why blame the rules and make the statement of it?, just said we cannot do the xmas thingy", "The 2020 circular was additional rules. Not something that 'was told early on'.\ndon't proceed with it, why blame the rules and make the statement of it?, just said we cannot do the xmas thingy\nYes, nons are supposed to be seen, not heard.", "can share when they impose the additional rules?\nagain, regardless of any rules, you must understand, the halal cert is to make sure that everything that is consumed by Muslim is verified by the responsible authority, before imposed something, study will be made by them, why do they need non approval to introduce any additional rules? this halal cert is so muslim confident in that restaurant, the company can always say \"fxxk it, i dont want it anymore\" right? or the halal cert must get approval from non also ?", "can share when they impose the additional rules?\nCan, read various articles that already explain it.\nwhy do they need non approval to introduce any additional rules? this halal cert is so muslim confident in that restaurant, the company can always say \"fxxk it, i dont want it anymore\" right? or the halal cert must get approval from non also ?\nYou dont want babi in you meal, we dont care.\nI dont sell product with haram ingredients. I don't care if you dont want to buy, but i care if you start saying it's tak halal.\nI sell halal cake, customer wants to buy with christmas decor because it's actually nice cake. I can not sell because stupid people like you and jakim make it impossible.\nWhen your rule impact people outside of its scope, then everyone cares.", "give me the \"various articles\"\ndefine \"haram/halal\" in ur view, do u really understand what it is?\nno, the rules doesn't impact outside of scope, u just dont apply it, then u can do whatever u want to do, u are the one talking out of scope right now, there is never ever been a compulsory for anyone to apply jakim, thats all to it, sell je la without the halal cert", "Company tu saja nak buat viral. Marketing sampah. Biasa ar.\nSama kes dengan nasi kandar babi."], ["This is why I respect the people of Sarawak"], ["This is when you keep funneling billions of public money and no question asked with full autonomy in the Federal Government.\nLet's rewind back why this happen, and maybe you can show your pikachu face. The Malay in power is the root of all evil, starts with Iskandar Kutty."], ["This guy being lalang. Masa tahun 2020 tak berani pulak nak bising dgn PAS dan Abahcow"], ["Those who fear seasons cakes are called hypocrite holier than thou idiots."], ["Writing a festive greeting on a cake is not haram. On the other hand, smoking is haram. Buying toto/4D is haram. Having sex outside of marriage is haram (even holding hands between unmarried couples are haram) etc\nMaybe they should focus on abstaining from these haram activities first? Just a suggestion.", "Next thing you know ALL Malaysians can\u2019t hold hands in public unless married."], ["Isn't this already debunked by JAKIM themselves?"], ["The minister for religious affairs will shortly be saying that this was a miscommunication, that it will not happen again, and that the person responsible has been transferred."], ["look like bumis should wear Merry Christmas shirt to Hotel on Eve when doing something to deter and repel those pontianak Jakim vampires away :26561:"], ["\u201cThis is why we (GPS) left Barisan Nasional (BN) and formed GPS \u2013 so we can make our own decisions,\u201d the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president added.\nYet somehow ever since it's formation GPS has kept to the same coalition as BN - when they were with Perikatan, GPS was with Perikatan. Now BN is with Unity coalition, and coincidentally GPS is with unity coalition.\nIt's almost like GPS is still BN East Malaysia, and all they did was to rebrand themselves.", "They are a Sarawakian party voted by and for Sarawakians. Focus more on Sarawak issue and practice regionalism. They don\u2019t care who is in power, just the government of the day can provide funding and develop Sarawak.", "GPS is on their own leagues\u2026. Unlike on the west who enter the sandman", "And this BN East Malaysia just proposed free tertiary education for Sarawakians. Solve your Christmas cake problem first before criticising us.", "Yeah I have respect for GPS they see right through things like this as being dumb and not worth time while other politicians use it for their own causes\nSolve your Christmas cake problem\nloooool, so true", "Cool.\nI didn't realise we had to be perfect first before raising issues. Should we wait until you guys solve the problem of Pek Moh and his billions before we listen to you guys about anything?\nDude, all I'm doing is pointing out that Jo, in the quoted sentence, was being a complete bullshitter. He's got a good marketing game, but practically how often has he, or his party, directly went against UMNO?\nHow much has he actually done in terms of actual structural or systemic changes, instead of just saying \"Oh this will never happen in Sarawak, this is just a Peninsular issue\"?\nIf your only defence is that this is a Peninsular attitude, congrats. The Federal govt is very busy exporting teachers and other public servants (including JAKIM) there. Guess what attitude they're coming over with.", "Proof that abang Jo didn't read newspaper, or simply don't care about West m. Last year defo got this issue also.", "dont forget that time, when GPS was so fast to jump into bed with PN."], ["If cloud patterns is an religious issue what is there to say about cake?"], ["The same cream that writes Selemat Hari Raya is suddenly halal again \ud83d\ude06. How dumb is this train of thought?"], ["Misleading title in original posting and everybody seems to jump in to that now. I guess the journalist win."], ["Didn't know abang johari just became malaysian today.\nThis is not a new issue."], ["What happen to Focus Malaysia. They used to be an Economics focused newspaper and site like The Edge. Nowdays their articles seems to have a lot of race baiting"], ["Of course it's ridiculous. But such is the environment that has been cultivated."], ["As usual, the authorities here have nothing better other than being pricks and wasting tax payers' money on such case, again. Tons of critical issues not yet solved, depreciation value of ringgit, to name a few.\n*sigh"]]}
{"title": "Business licence question", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vph2v/business_licence_question/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi all, wishing you all happy and prosperous new year \ud83c\udf8a.\nI own a barbershop (rental shop) , its a studio type so have large space still available. Note : Business licence is still in-progress being approved , applying through a runner.\nI want to ask , can i use the vacant space for setup other small business? I'm thinking of setting up a billiard table, and charging RMxx/hour to use it.\nSo my question is if I got licence for Barber services , can I still do this 'other business ' in the same shop? Legally there would be ay issues?\nThanking in advance.", "comments": [["I don\u2019t know about the legality, but getting a haircut where other people chatting about while playing snooker sounds annoying AF.\nI don\u2019t think guys normally get a haircut with friends either. So who are barber customers going to play with? If I want to go there to play with my friends, I run the risk of the one table (I assume) being occupied so I just have to wait. I better just go to an actual snooker place.\nI just think it\u2019s a weird combo. Assuming you don\u2019t want to add more chairs, maybe space the chairs further apart and add a screen of some sort between them? A bit more privacy would feel premium and I would even pay more for that.", "maybe space the chairs further apart and add a screen of some sort between them? A bit more privacy would feel premium and I would even pay more for that.\nNoted , i appreciate your input and idea from a customer's point of view. Thanks.\nI don\u2019t think guys normally get a haircut with friends either. So who are barber customers going to play with? If I want to go there to play with my friends, I run the risk of the one table (I assume) being occupied so I just have to wait. I better just go to an actual snooker place.\nThere are actually some barbershops already have pool table , but i think they dont charge. Actual purpose is to attract more customers, because they can play pool while waiting for their turn to get haircut. From what i observed like 20~30% people come with friends or family to get haircut. But i guess you're right, if i charge them for it, they won't be interested. Also the noise, it would annoy the haircut customers. Unless i do a partition with soundproof separating haircut area and pool table area.. I'll need to think . Anyway thanks again for letting know you opinion."], ["", "So its illegal then...got it. Thanks for info\ud83d\udc4d", "I see.."]]}
{"title": "Konsert Rentak Selangor on 23rd December @Dewan Sivik MBPJ. Free entrance!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l8sf8/konsert_rentak_selangor_on_23rd_december_dewan/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["this event kena standby ambulance and adult pampers", "Don't laugh, in 20 years imagine this but for the 90s.\nAll the cringe from the millennials childhoods.", "Pesta Rentak Grunge, Punk dan Emo Shah Alam!", "That only covers the small English speaking population.\nWhere is the rock cintan, metal, jiwang?"], ["D'lloyd actually\ntak check dulu la ni"]]}
{"title": "37-year-old woman has 11 children", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l8ru5/37yearold_woman_has_11_children/", "num_comment": 33, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I'm genuinely curious how the couple are able to afford 11 children?!", "Minecraft mining but IRL", "if they went full private and pay all their taxes then by all means, breed as they need.\nbut if they're claiming that amazing free healthcare of ours.. and send all 11 to gomen schools.. i guess malaysian tax payers are the ones enabling this.\nedit: seems some feathers were ruffled by this. i guess even with all the nice privileges and free subsidies, you can't give birth to class.", "Pipe down. You barely contribute to the country's economy banyak sohai.", "\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31", "Not contributing is still MILES better than leeching from the country you nutcase.\nHow can you even defend someone someone having 11 kids? Only selfish scums of the earth (like you) support such ridiculous nonsense.\nWhat a \ud83d\udd14end.", "So fucking what? Those children will be tax payers in the future and will pay for your old ass in the future. You're fucking welcome.", "Which part of leeching do you not understand you moron? Do you need a dictionary?\nIf you're rich and able to financially support 11 kids without any governmental aid, by all means go ahead. Have 300 kids i do not give a shit.\nThe point is, I absolutely fucking doubt that. Raising 1 child is already expensive, let alone 11.\nIf you're gonna rely on handouts to raise 11 kids, then the fact is, you should not even be having 11 kids to begin with. It's basic common sense.\nUse your brain.\nAlso, them paying for my old ass in the future? Hilarious that you assume that I even want that.\nI don't seek handouts, mate. I can take care of myself. Can you?", "Google \"how many paying taxes in Malaysia\" lol", "if they can raise the kid to be a useful member of society then why not. I've seen my peers who came from families of more than 5 and many of them had siblings with great careers. Someone gotta do the breeding and keep the country's population.", "Are you that curious, though?"], ["Thank god she is not a teacher."], ["I actually watched the video to confirm my suspicion, and it turned out..\n\"....pasangan yang berasal dari Kelantan...\"\nEh, no wonder la \ud83e\udd22\nThat's an additional 11 future PAS voters (likely)", "11 so far. 12 coming soon.", "Complete the collection set, achievement unlocked?", "I didn't watch the video but if she's 37 now, she could be around 20s when married. It would be possible...."], ["\"rezeki\""], ["Lets play football", "They\u2019re creating a football team"], ["I mean if they can afford it(both time and money), then there's nothing wrong about it."], ["Umat Tikus"], ["", "Not necessarily the case, but in general, you are right.\nBetter education = better career and family planning.", "Nonsense", "You seem offended.\nUnfortunately for you, being offended is not an argument, and your one word reply contributes nothing to the discussion.\nYou're offended? So fucking what? The facts still stand.", "How do you know what OP said is a fact? And how can you conclude that I'm offended based on one word ?", "A simple google search will give you the answer to that question. And common sense.\nAlso, in which universe did I say you are offended? I said \"you seem offended\". There is a huge difference there, mate.\nIf you weren't offended, you could have easily denied and said \"no, I'm not\".\nHowever, judging from your passive-aggressive response, it seems like my hypothesis has been proven right.", "You claimed something as a fact so you should be backing it up with actual arguments and not just asking me to google search. Thats not how common sense works.", "In general, better education = better family planning, better careers.\nWomen looking to advance their career will have much lesser time to get pregnant and raising a family.\nOf course, this isn't a universal rule. But the general consensus says so. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong though, always open to learn", "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/05/07/family-size-among-mothers/\nNah, it's a well known trend, not nonsense."], ["she contributed to nation & race. Demi Agama . negara dan bangsa"], ["Active loving couple"], ["Hats off to them"]]}
{"title": "Google's Year in Search 2023 - Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l8rh5/googles_year_in_search_2023_malaysia/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["ira kazar \ud83e\udd23"]]}
{"title": "MCMC dont want you to share pic/vid of the Meru, Ipoh tragedy", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l7ubw/mcmc_dont_want_you_to_share_picvid_of_the_meru/", "num_comment": 68, "flairlabel": [], "header": "For you that don't know, its tragedy of the police that kill a teen cause he mad the teen have loud motorcycle exhaust", "comments": [["Police are suddenly super busy near the end of the year\nAutism Kid Murder Case\nRoad Rage Murder by Police\nHighway suspect chasing involving 20 police car", "Don't forget about the discovery of cemented body", "This is horrific", "Yo what the fuck", "Everyone\u2019s chasing KPI", "And someone escaped from lokap in Sabah Kepayan lol (luckily they caught it again)", "The cop was all \u201crileks bah, di luar tu senang jak kami bubut, ndak payah sia mau climb ikut\u201d", "Bro the cop fr blurred when he climbed the fences all \u201cnot my paygrade \u201c style", "#JustFollowingProcedures #Priorities #IDidMyJobBoss"], ["It's a request from the family member.", "So ? The request from the family is highly honourable, MCMC making it an offence is censorship bordering on dictatorship.", "MCMC remind people that it is an offence, they didn\u2019t make the law just for the family.", "The law exists, but its wording is overly broad, and enforcement seems to occur selectively, particularly when it conflicts with the government\u2019s interests.", "Being broad makes it easier for you. If anything, being broad makes it less dictatorship. Why, because it give you room to defend yourself. A dictatorship would just punish you and you didn\u2019t even get a chance to do anything. Hell, I doubt dictatorship even care about law in the first place.", "Sometimes that's the only language these monyets would understand", "As far that I know we do have censorship law, it has been for years, not just on the internet - tv, radio and newspaper, especially to keep the harmony. We don't practice the total freedom of speech unlike the West. Even then in the West, they are hypocrite they censored Pro Palestinian voices and imprisoned Julian Assange.\nJust want to ask, how's posting a kid dying on a road would make anything better? Especially some people didn't blur his face? Is it something you want to watch or something?\nI'm not pro police or people in power. I am pro being humane and being decent. Most people posted videos like this just for clout and clicks anyway. It is the most decent thing to do not to post something like this, as i imagine it could be my family member too who died that day.", "That\u2019s the most sensible answer I have read so far.", "Spreading videos and pictures of people dying is unethical. IMHO, it's common sense. Enforcing the law is the only way people will understand. Thats why we have laws.", "bordering on dictatorship?"], ["pls don\u2019t share gruesome photos of dead bodies, especially kids. it\u2019s disrespectful to the family.", "That\u2019s a fair point, but to make it legislation is another discussion point altogether", "Bruh, the legislation already exists since 1998. MCMC just remind you that it is punishable.", "Not even gruesome, choose your words wisely. The kid don't even have blood him, just troubled breathing.\nIf you want to watch gruesome acts, then go search for cartels execution.", "Dude not everyone is desensitized to gore. Just the basic death already need to be labelled NSFW on reddit."], ["Please, please kawan Kawan. Walaupun kita ada perbezaan dalam dunia ni tapi Please give respect to the unfortunate and to their families. Especially melibatkan accidents kereta, motor, trains, you name it. Kalau dapat on WhatsApp just keep it to yourself. Even kita tak nak diri kita or our loved ones been exposed like that. Now then have to avoid socmed just sebab tak sanggup tengok all the sad images.", "Netizen is saying that this isnt to protect the families but its actually for the good of the police that got charge, netizen quickly found his face", "The case has been viral already. Further sharing of the video contributes nothing, nor will it magically protect the pig. Too many conspiracist foil hatters."], ["Malaysian netizens always had been grossly digitally insensitive when it comes victims right to privacy and some and having some basic and decency of not posting gruesome shit of someone's final moments or dead body for their five minutes of fame and likes online. Hope this sets a president in the future.", "Agreed.. too often I see gruesome photos of victims/deceased in whatsapp groups, especially in motorcycle groups. I mean, it's good for others to take lesson from it but not so soon la.."], ["jangan muat naik gambar/video dari tragedi atau kejadian berkenaan\ntapi silalah teruskan muat naik gambar & info mengenai kes & mengenai pesalah yang tak sedar diri tersebut\ncome on guys. MCMC is telling us to keep flaming the bastard without involving the victim specifically", "I'm all for it but I hope that his family isn't getting the brunt of the social media 'justice'. For all we know his kids have suffered under his hot headedness and now also have to suffer from his actions"], ["Streisand effect. I had to look up vid/pic of the incident. I'm not sure if this was mentioned but I saw a vid showing a nurse in uniform (maybe passer by in the vicinity) and another member of the public saying ambulance response was slow when paramedics arrived. In a previous video, it could be seen the victim was still conscious. But nurse administering CPR inform paramedics on arrival that victim was non-responsive by then. I don't have the stats but ambulance response time should also be highlighted and criticised as issues for the country, maybe even with this case. Who knows how many more lives could be saved just in time.", "the kid was dying for 40 damned minutes. i read it somewhere so i cant tell if it's true, but if it is, damn slow la.", "The nurse was actually his sister, hence the emotional outbursts \ud83e\udd72", "That's so heartbreaking having to do CPR on your own bro \ud83d\ude2d she handled it very well considering the circumstances", "Yeap, I was already wondering if she knows the victim cause she seems super emotionally invested. The kid basically died in his sister\u2019s arms, while his dad passed out \ud83d\ude1e", "I don\u2019t get why ambulance are slow. Its kinda weird. Our response team are quick to be honest, almost everyone will make way for ambulance. But we somehow still kinda slow. Do we need more hospital then?", "Last month in my gym a guy had a bad seizure for 10 minutes we thought he would die. Called doctor from private clinic beside the gym and he ran in with his nurse to help but cant do anything just try to keep him alert until the guy snap out of it. They already called for ambulance at 8.10pm cause the guy wasnt coming out of the seizure after 10 mins and they suspect its his first time seizing like this so they wanna send him to hospital to scan. Ambulance arrived at 9pm\u2026. By 9pm the guy already snap out of his seizure and was already walking out of the gym\u2026.", "We need more ambulance. More hospitals no point if not enough ambulance. You're putting the cart before the horse. Buy more carts, no horse to pull also no point."], ["This is a rather big conundrum that we have here. On one hand, it is important to respect the ones involved, it\u2019s their dang family\nBut on the other, to share the story is to bring light to this dickwad police officer and those who basically contributed to this poor dude\u2019s death.\nThis shit just ain\u2019t right man. Lose-lose right here"], ["Tell that to TikTokers who would do anything for views. These people are real monsters in social media world."], ["I just stumbled upon the video of the boy\u2019s sister performing CPR on him while their father pass out near them. It is so heartbreaking \ud83d\ude2d So i have to actually agrees on this condition to take down the videos for the sake of the affected family."], ["anyone with a sane mind would not want the video of their loved ones dying to be posted around. and i dont understand why some very intelligent people do post it and wanted to view it anyway. like, hey everyone look at my dad dying. or can i look at the video of your dad dying. it isnt necessary at all. and i do see some comments on ig bringing politics into this case blaming the gov. everything salah kerajaan. before this we got semua salah najib and now we got semua salah anwar."], ["If MCMC is serious, they'll start with our mainstream media who for decades have shown pixelated aftermath of accidents. As if pixelation makes it any better.", "if pixelation makes it any better.\nIt does. Better than showing it uncensored or no picture/video/ evidence. It's the news, you kinda need to show evidence when presenting something (if you have it) rather than \"trust me bro\".\nRather than people on social media who share pictures but not decency to blur the face of the victim.", "They could just pass the evidence to the authorities instead of making it public, but of course the journalists want to get as many views as they can.\nI always feel that private information of the people involved shouldn't be shared before the investigations are complete", "Sometimes it's for the better, imagine that you saw a deathly accident on the evening news, and it happened in an area where you know one of your loved ones is in. And then that person is not picking up on his phone no matter how many times you call.\nOr it is a murder case where the police is looking for evidence from the public."], ["As the famous sentence says \"the pig says \"you have the right to remain silent\"\""], ["Where can I see said video"], ["MCMC need to word their statement better. I think we should still share videos that talk about the issue for the sake of awareness.\nBut just don\u2019t post LiveLeak material."], ["I felt like this is an excuse to cover on the police personal.\nMsia police is f up , don't do job for right thing, do only for money.", "Which part of the kid dying even show anything about the police, and how stopping the spread of the video helps to cover the police identity in any way?\nGot brain or not?"], ["so, what can mcmc do if the account is made using vpn + fake email? hmmmmm", "VPN is paid with a credit card.. it has been known that many so-called VPN that doesn't keep logs actually kept logs for gov compliance and billing purposes that can track back to you and your credit card bill. VPN is not as safe as you think.\nhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/why-you-should-be-skeptical-about-a-vpns-no-logs-claims/\nIf you are serious with anonymizing your trace, you will know that Tor is a much better choice than VPN.", "Tor\nthx, im gonna read that up"], ["Mimics the likes of PRC, it's no wonder they are in good terms with each other. Next will be something close to Afghanistan."], ["Not gonna lie the video on Reddit was satisfying to watch"], ["Idk why that needs to be said."], ["I don't see them being so concerned with other similarly gruesome cases. Obviously it's only because it involves a policeman with clear evidence of him being the perpetrator."], ["What happened to the victim?", "Dead"], ["So are they gonna start sending out fines to all those that sent the video to people? Or it's just a notice and no follow-up?"]]}
{"title": "Scam at Genting", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l7sdu/scam_at_genting/", "num_comment": 33, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I think this scam deserves more attention. Casino goers to Genting do beware of this scam going around.\nChinese nationals mainly executed this scam at Sic Bo table. In a team of 3s, one guy will pretend to strike a conversation with you about how the odds is better when you place your bets on the exact dice face value. They tried convincing you that your way of playing is less than ideal and he had already won quite a fair bit earlier on.\nWhile not noticing, he then quickly took a few chips off your hands and ask you to follow him over to the other end of the table where his accomplice is already awaiting.\nThe scammer quickly, moved in between his accomplice and started placing the bets on your behalf.\nWhile you tried to move in to have a glimpse, his accomplice will block you (so you wouldn\u2019t know which bet he put your money on).\nHow this scam will probably pan out.\nScenario 1: when your bet actually turns out to be the winning bet, the scammer will say that he didn\u2019t place that bet and it belongs to other punters (in this case his accomplice)\nScenario 2: He keeps the chips that he took from you and claims that those existing bets by other punters belongs to you.\nHow to prevent such situations:\nDon\u2019t engage in small talks with strangers\nDon\u2019t hold large stacks of chips on hands. So they wouldnt bother to target you.\nIn the event you fall into the situation, you can react in these manner:\nScream or shout at the person who took your chips. He will return to you so as to not draw attention to himself/ herself, or,\nIf you wanna play along, ask the scammer which bets are yours, stop the dealer from closing the bets. Once you make him commit to which bets are yours, there is a chance you can keep the winnings or at least you can raise a dispute when he the scammer denies that the winnings bets are yours.\nInform the dealer about the situation, pit supervisor or manager will be activated and they will resolve for you.\nIf everything happen and ends very quickly, you still can resolve the situation by making a report to the security counter, provide them with these information:\nWhich table this incident occurred\nTime of incident", "comments": [["Thank goodness I only play ETG. I can't understand what these PRC speaking also. But Genting is really full of gullible ah ma ah pek who will fall for this lah, conlanfirm.\nThere was one time when I was walking back from the cable car to FWH late at night (fking tired cos spent whole day down in KL) then this ah pek step out from some random ATM hall and approach me. Immediately my guard went up, I start scanning the area for other ppl waiting to ambush me. He request for me to help him withdraw 1.5k from the ATM machine cos he say he dunno how to press ATM?!? I say OK you masuk kad tekan PIN, the rest of the option I help you select. Wah he really tekan PIN and let me have full access to his account sia. Too bad I dun have M'sian bank acct to transfer funds to, if not I sure transfer his whole acct balance to mine. In the end I quickly choose 1.5k from his savings to withdraw and he took the money. Turns out he not trying to scam or rob me, he really genuinely needed help with the ATM?!\nAfter he took the money I faster scold him, ask him whether he know how dangerous it is to ask strangers to help you with ATM.. he brush my concerns off saying 'he knows how to judge ppl character' in mandarin. Alamak unker you can judge my character from one look at my ranjiao face meh.. pls guys it's a dangerous world out there, tell ur parents grandparents don't be too trusting of some random strangers even though you're in a nice environment and the stranger doesn't look like a gangster..", "Imagining him doing the surprised Pikachu face had you scammed him", "I think these ah ma ah pek in genting won't even know you scam them.. they will just ask money from the children if not enough.", "Oh shit you\u2019re right. A lone uncle with RM1500 cash in the middle of the night with no supervision? Definitely a habitual gambler.", "Could be looking for meow meow also. So many of them in FWH.", "Looking for Meow meow hahahaha. This will be my newest addition of vocabulary for call girls.", "Haha tbh I'm quite amazed at the amount of cat houses and illegal service providers advertising on social media platforms. All I have to do is buy a prepaid SIM card at Brickfields or Sungei Wang and voila! all the spam SMS/WA msgs advertising illegal loans, meow2, sex enhancement drugs, illegal gambling/lotteries/sports betting etc. will stream in as soon as I pop that SIM card into my burner phone. Don't even have to turn on wechat to search for call girls haha.", "Gullible ah ma ah pek lmao. I worked in genting and I can tell you the hardest person to trick is actually these ah ma ah pek. And these China conmen always 100% target youngsters cuz they\u2019re the real rich dumb. So youngsters going into casino: please motherfucking do what your mother taught you since 3yo STOP TALKING TO STRANGERS", "Aiyo in my experience its the boomers who easily get conned lah. Esp with tech stuff, if they dunno they will go ask some random stranger to help them one.\nThere was another incident where I was queuing for Maybank ATM near Skycasino entrance lvl 1 recently, then some Singkie boomer auntie come up to me and ask me how to withdraw RM from ATM using her multi-currency Singdollar denominated Trustbank card. I also doing the same so ok lah, I share2 the steps to do so. She still dun unnerstand then ask me help her withdraw. Alamak another poomer wanna give me access to their bank acct. Walan this time my hand nearly cannot resist transfer her acct balance to my SG acct but thankfully I manage to control in time. Sometimes I wonder where are all these poomer's family members, why never teach them to do simple things like withdraw from ATM lah. They all seem like so poor thing, have to approach strangers standing in line to help them for simple things. One fine day sure kena scam one."], ["Casinos should issue biometric stored value cards instead to prevent others from assessing and using your balance", "Yeah. casino should and can explore that option. It brings about many benefits, like the one you mentioned. However, the fun of gambling is the fact that punters get that tactile feeling to hold their chips and moving it across the gaming tables.", "Should stop go casino all together", "Haha yes. If don\u2019t go, such incident won\u2019t even happen. Afterall, gambling is not something good to begin with.", "Funny. Casinos aint gonna help you protect your money when they're the ones preying on it. Sure, if it helps you spend faster or carry larger amounts. But other than that, you gotta realise you're playing games in the devil's den.", "They do have this for the virtual roulette table where you play on a touch screen. It's just not as entertaining because you can't see the PRCs acting stupid at the physical tables."], ["Who go friend-friend with random people in Genting....giler wei. I don't care even if you're Elon Musk, unless you're throwing chips or money. If you come to story me grandpa grandma no money eat please go play far-far, I'm ignoring you exceptional for some cases where some punter chat to tumpang your bet because see you winning heng-heng...very ong.\nBut I limit it, once like the whole table everyone just standing behind my back to tumpang....start small group somehow escalated to a big group, like everyone is cheering when I win \"wohhhhhh\"...I go \"Uncle aunty Lengchai and Lenglui enough tumpang liao too many people....later this ship Titanic....wei\"\nNot long after that....straight 3 rounds lost everyone started dispersing.I told you so can Titanic one..but I made quite a fortune that night.", "Haha. No matter how big one ship can be, it will eventually sink.", "Ada capacity limit mah....God of Fortune also beh tahan support like that dy....I sponsor 1 guy then whole ship come tumpang...wah lau wehhhh. Even with anime; the power of friendship can also hit the limit."], ["what the fuck is casino security doing. They should have been pro at this and got this locked down tight.", "Got to say that the security is kinda lax in Genting. But they still do their job when asked to. For the case mentioned here, the security managed to recover the chips and banned the scammers from entering the casino. But I am not sure if they can prevent them from entering, with so many people going in and out.", "", "Haha. Thanks for sharing. Just curious why are you banned?", "I see. Indeed interesting and ear-opening to hear about this. Thanks for sharing."], ["judi is overall a bad habit, religiously or morally."], ["Dog eat dog world"], ["Dose do judi"], ["Glad didn't see something strange on Blackjack Table (Sic-Bo is always something that most people can get lost on their tracking their chips)"], ["I don't understand why anyone engages in small talk at the gambling table. I go there with a strategy to win or minor loss. And it has worked. Anyone wants to talk to me I will just give them the stare."], ["How dumb and lonely should one be if they have to fall for such stupid scams"], ["Can this be consider as a proof that we have more Chinese mainlanders here more than ever"], ["Encountered this many times , i just dont speak / layan them"], ["How about those people asking if you want to change chips to money near the cashier area? They are speaking in Mandarin. Are they scammers?", "I can\u2019t say for sure that they are scammers. But I have bumped into these people before. The point is, they wouldn\u2019t be so free to offer help to ease the long queues at the cashier by changing your chips into cash.\nSo there must be some sort of catch here. You wouldn\u2019t go wrong when changing at the cashier. But you expose yourself to varying level of risk by changing with these Chinese."]]}
{"title": "Classic Malaysia. Pavillion 2 megamall yet not a single crosswalk for nearby residences to walk.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l7i1t/classic_malaysia_pavillion_2_megamall_yet_not_a/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": [], "header": "https://preview.redd.it/qubn1xofq17c1.png?width=1511&format=png&auto=webp&s=72d173dbce964f8bd2de4f82f61e5f0a06cfa586\nBunch of pedestrian have to run their way while jaywalking despite living next to it, how sad is this", "comments": [["Diabetes rate goes brrrrrr\nBut seriously why are pedestrian walkways not prioritized lah. It's kinda hard for tourists to see the city when you have to take public transport everywhere because you can't walk around freely due to the lack of walkways anywhere.", "Just walk inside the mall, doesn't make a difference with diabetes.", "Hello the point is to explore the city not the insai of the bloody shopping mall lah"], ["malaysia not pedestrian friendly lah. one day i decided to walk instead to get makan, and worst idea ever, amount of times i almost got hit by car/motorbike was too damn high. KL city is actually very shocking for it's lack of pedestrian crosswalks, even in some major areas near nice hotels and shit, have to run across road like madman.", "And where there are sidewalks, there'll be cars parked on it.", "+ illegal stalls and rempits riding on them", "yah, and actually most of the time almost hit by motorbike is on fricking sidewalk, and summore those sotong riders will stare at you like why you walking on sidewalk, in the way of my motorcycle. waddafak.", "IMO, they should built a system of pedestrian bridges like in Hongkong and Bangkok.\nThe property developer should be happier as they can charge 1st floor rates to the 2nd floor tenants.\nIn Singapore, along Orchard road, nobody wanted to pay for the underground tunnel across the road at Midpoint. That took forever to be fixed.", "The importance of municipal election. DBKL literally shitty and do nothing, unless there are higher ups VVIP coming by the area, they\u2019re not even care much about the people, the street and the environment.\nAlso, who really cares about walkability when all officers are driving.", "My siblings and I once decided to walk from our airbnb (walking distance to KLCC) to the KLCC park. Each of us with at least two kids in tow, some in carriers, some in strollers. Big mistake lol. Essentially yes, walkable distance but there were so many things along the way that blocked our path! Construction, gerai, motorbikes parked on the sidewalk. And then when we got to the zebra crossing, some motorbikes didn't even stop at the red light, yeesh! First and last with kiddos for sure."], ["Im from Kangar and our Old city centre went from Walkable to Unwalkble. Just search the store kangar and change the dates. You can see that in 2014, there were lots of trees and crosswalks which made easier access for people to walk,\nThen 2018, they tore down to make roads & signs. Now school students have to risk their life to go from their school to Pekan Kangar."], ["Ah yes, this area.\nWhere 4 lane roads turn to 2 and 3 lane roads turn to 1 because of cars parked alongside the road right before a junction while the tow truck sign shines bright in the sun.\nAlmost died because of the people that park by the side since they block the view of oncoming traffic. I still don't understand how traffic police won't just come clean up the area (not just in front of the flats, but also in front of the multi-million dollar apartments).\nIronic how marketing bills this area as the jewel of Bukit Jalil."], ["That's why I dislike government initiatives to promote electrical cars.\nI mean, hello? Focus on accessibility first la."], ["Mostly I treat Malaysia city like jungle whenever I am walking as pedestrian."], ["I'm in CDMX now and I've walked more here in 7 days over the last entire year in KL."], ["Not their target audience? Was it their intention?", "I highly suspect this. Poor people across the roads....", "Imagine if it was a 3/4 million ringgit apartment next to the mall, it would be their mistake not to capitalize on those customers.", "The counter argument would be those people will still drive."], ["How is the traffic there?"], ["Zebra crossings also don't have lol"], ["When you base your whole city planning on the facilitating of car movements instead of people, you get these kinds of situations."], ["City councils needs to update their road intersection template. There needs to have a zebra crossing on every junction."], ["The words pedestrian, friendly and Malaysia can\u2019t co-exist in a sentence. It\u2019s impossible.", "Unless there\u2019s a \u2018not\u2019 somewhere in between"], ["Car-centric development... What to do? Unlike in sg."], ["Haven't been there for some time but Google Maps photos are not the most recent. Could it have been prepared since then? I do recall seeing traffic lights at almost all intersections surrounding the mall during my last visit", "I live beside there. Everytime i wanna go pavilion 2 on foot i have to just watch for cars and jaywalk my way there"], ["There's a pedestrian bridge further down. With lift some more. Leads to the mall next to Pavilion 2 called Aurora Bukit Jalil, so can just walk through to get to Pavilion 2.\nYou will still find people crossing the road at the traffic lights because it's a faster route to their workplace.\nIf you live in the area, you would know. Unless you stay at The Treez then I am sorry for you. Memang a bit susah if you want to walk \ud83e\udd23"], ["I suspect it's intended. If you don't drive a car in to pay the exorbitant parking rates, you are unlikely to be a big spender, and they don't want you there anyway"], ["We can fly \ud83d\ude46\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"], ["Inform your local reps of this issue, see if they makan gaji bits or actually do their jobs"]]}
{"title": "Seas of belawai", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ufdfy/seas_of_belawai/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo will be called to testify in the ongoing 1MDB trial, the prosecution told the High Court. Her testimony could either \"put a nail in Najib's coffin\" or acquit him in matters related to Tanore Finance, according to Najib's counsel Shafee Abdullah.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l7nhu/former_1mdb_lawyer_jasmine_loo_will_be_called_to/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Not sure how things work in Malaysia sometimes but no prosecutor calls a witness without first deposing them and getting a very good idea of the testimony they will provide.\nNo prosecutor calls a witness and asks questions when they don't already know the answers that the witness will provide. It would be a foolish prosecutor who calls a witness that gives testimony that destroys their case. That would be the job of the defendant's attorney.", "What you\u2019ve described is the general practice (and the one most likely to play out for this particular case), but lawyers (both prosecutors and defense) can also call up \u201chostile\u201d witnesses with the permission of the court.", "Hostile or not, the witnesses are deposed beforehand and cannot change testimony when they testify later in court (or be subject to perjury)\nThat doesn't mean that lawyers can't or don't make mistakes and question carelessly or leave things ambiguous and get caught out later. Nonetheless the 1MDB trial is probably the biggest trial with the highest profile defendant possible - making such errors would be unforgivable (or give lots of meat for conspiracy theories)"]]}
{"title": "Low-value goods tax to close gap between retail, online businesses, says ministry", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l77nu/lowvalue_goods_tax_to_close_gap_between_retail/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "The finance ministry says the massive growth of online shopping created an unfair advantage for such operators against those with retail businesses.", "comments": [["This is so stupid and unreasonable, I lost word and brain cells.", "Never mind quite a number of local businesses are on the platforms anyway and foreign store on those offer things local shops won't stock up on.", "But they are drop shippers so when it ship from China it will still be taxed", "It won't affect drop shippers much, they just pass along the 10% with some markup to cover the cost.\nThe ones paying for this is the consumers."]]}
{"title": "Veteran singer M. Daud Kilau dies at 85", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l6mfx/veteran_singer_m_daud_kilau_dies_at_85/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rojiun. Allahumarghfirlahu warhamhu waafihi wa'fuanhu.", "u/maphilindo2000, let's see how this one goes."], ["Yesterday Ibnor Riza, today Dato' M. Daud Kilau. Rest in peace brothers"], ["Mom's favourite. Raja gelek. Rip sir."], ["RIP."]]}
{"title": "Will you allow your children to be cane? Asking future parents", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l67t6/will_you_allow_your_children_to_be_cane_asking/", "num_comment": 118, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Will you allow teacher to cane your kids?\nGrowing up, I get cane for various reasons- poor grades, not doing homework, noisy, unreasonable teachers, etc.\nWill you accept if your kids get cane by teachers for poor grades, being talkative, forgot to bring a book, etc?", "comments": [["I'd rather they understand the consequences of their actions by actually comprehending it instead of instantly thinking that they'd get their asses whooped just because of them getting the stuff mentioned in the post.\nIf we didn't like it growing up then its probably for the best that we don't give the same treatment to the future generation. There are other ways to discipline other than just using the cane since it has too many cons over pros.\nI may not have the answer now, I'm still basically a child compared to the rest of the sub-reddit but I would like to be able to love and care for my future child without risking scarring them :28915::26559:", "Yeah you're making so much sense here. Coz imagine they start to think \"oh what if I can still do these things I'm doing and avoid the caning\" that's when shit starts to get real and they think they can get away with anything. Because the only thing holding them back was the caning. And if you're just caning them, there's no proper comprehension of the long term consequences of their actions, they only understand that, as you said it, they're going to get their ass whooped. Plus the trauma induced from caning is close to irreparable.", "I concur. A lot of the times these actions create some sort of trauma which then leads to so many issues that the kids will have to fix themselves; mental issues, emotional scars, physical trauma, abandonment issues, resentment, the list goes on. I get that some people turned out to be fine when they grew up, but we can\u2019t speak for everyone. If we don\u2019t like the way we\u2019re treated when we were younger, probably best not repeat the same circle over and over again because it is going to lead to generational trauma.\nAt the same time, I don\u2019t agree on pampering them completely, because that\u2019s going to lead to a whole set of different issues. Raising & teaching kids are hard.", "now, I'm still basically a child compared to the rest of the sub-reddit but I would like to be able to love and care\nI didn't like caning then but I cannot deny that caning made me a stronger person today.", "got caned in primary school just made me scared of doing what i got punished for instead of teaching me an actual lesson\nin secondary school i slowly started to not be scared about being caned anymore and it basically stopped working as a disciplinary tool for me lol", "just made me scared of doing what i got punished for\ninstead of teaching me an actual lesson\nFor most of mankind, \"being afraid to do\" was all the lesson you ever needed.\nSometimes we get rich enough (as a group) that we forget that, at the root of all obedience (even as adult) is the ultimate threat of violence, but it's never really far below the surface.", "So how did you turn out? Something you could be proud of?", "Glad that it worked out for you, but it\u2019s sad to say that for quite a few that it was not the case :/", "If you are a good parent, you don't cane out of anger or because you had a bad day at the office or because your crypto investment tanked.\nYou DO NOT LASH OUT. No.1 rule.\n2nd rule is that the consequences must be clear. Child must be warned that this is the 10th time he has, example, been caught lying and the 11th time will warrant 2 strokes of the cane. If he/she lies the 11th time, cane.\nNo.3, the force must used MUST be proportional to the age of the child and the offence committed. Caning can range from a love tap on the wrist to the full blows on the backs on the thighs. Balance is required.\nFourthly, and the most important in my opinion, some intermediate time after the punishment, 15 minutes to 1 hour later depending on when the child has calmed down, the parent has to sit down with the child and explain, in language the child can understand, why the canning was imposed.\nYou cannot simply cane without explanation.\nRepost of another comment of mine.\nIf you were simply caned as a child for no rhyme or reason, then that's abuse and yeah I would expect the victims to have some issues in adulthood due to it.", "You got strong In Spite Of the caning.", "Because of. It taught me an early lesson that actions have consequences.\nPositive actions have positive consequences. Negative actions have negative consequences.\nIt also taught me that when you're going to be doing something that society or the people around you are going to view as wrong, don't get caught.\nIf you get caught, don't complain about the punishment."], ["There are lots of nuances.\nkindergarden? Never. Talk to and teach my child. Then tell me about it.\nprimary school? Only on serious offences like stealing or bullying. Grades are for parents to worry about and class disruption I want the teacher to inform me first and I will try my best to educate them myself on manners (Without violence)\nSecondary School? Again only on serious offences or constantly repeated offences. Nothing more or less\nAnd in all applied cases. Only a medium sort of caning strength on the non dominant hand MAX. NEVER the full power shit my teachers used to do to me. NEVER. If someone full powers a cane swipe on my child's hand multiple times like what I once experienced I am storming the building to complain.\nThe caning I \"allow\" is only to inform them of a wrong they did immediately. Kinda like an Ay, AY! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING? kinda thing. After which tell me so I can actually teach my child what they did wrong when we get home. (Though I suppose max strength is warranted when it comes to extreme cases like sexual harrasment or beating up a teacher. That's a whole other rabbit hole to go into. For here I mean just general serious offences)\nAgain when I say (generally) serious, I mean mild bullying, cheating in exams, stealing etc. And not the extra extreme violations\nPoor grades? Forgot to bring book? Being talkative? Tell me, the parent. These are not things to cane my child for. Especially the poor grades thing. That's a thing for the parents to worry about, not the teachers. Stay out of it.\nBut yeah, lots of nuaces to consider. So honestly as a teacher. Just tell the parents of the issue and only use the cane if it really gets out of hand. Would make your job much easier and less stressful.\n(Goddam this reddit formating thing on mobile is ass)"], ["If you are a good parent, always be there to guide and show a good example to your kid, canning will not be required.\nBefore you say it is right or wrong, first ask yourself if you have done your job as a parent or not.\nOf course, no one can afford to stay by their kid 24/7 these days. So, you have to avoid dealing in absolute.", "right or wrong, first ask yourself\nIf you are a good parent, you don't cane out of anger or because you had a bad day at the office or because your crypto investment tanked.\nYou DO NOT LASH OUT. No.1 rule.\n2nd rule is that the consequences must be clear. Child must be warned that this is the 10th time he has, example, been caught lying and the 11th time will warrant 2 strokes of the cane. If he/she lies the 11th time, cane.\nNo.3, the force must used MUST be proportional to the age of the child and the offence committed. Caning can range from a love tap on the wrist to the full blows on the backs on the thighs. Balance is required.\nFourthly, and the most important in my opinion, some intermediate time after the punishment, 15 minutes to 1 hour later depending on when the child has calmed down, the parent has to sit down with the child and explain, in language the child can understand, why the canning was imposed.\nYou cannot simply cane without explanation."], ["I don't have kids and don't plan to have one but the kids today are just out of control. Saw my 4-year old niece screaming and even 'punching/beating' her parents like a child demon whenever she doesnt get her way or her parents deny her ipad/stuff. And her parents just cave in to her wants because they don't want her to scream or act violent, instead of actually parent her and discipline her. Unfortunately the parents don't want to listen to any advice and get very defensive, so I just keep quiet but feel very annoyed by their terrible parenting skills. The niece is now very spoiled. I don't believe we should go back to caning, that is a trauma that we should never bring back to today's parenting, but I definitely feel millennial parents are going to the other extreme and are overly spoiling their kids with no parenting skills at all.", "True, iPad kids are terrors. I feel bad cs they're gonna struggle so much with focus when they grow", "Absolutely, personally I wouldn't hit my kids if I ever had any or at the very least try to avoid it as much as I can. But when children are the type to just ignore what you say in favor of being assholes because they don't understand/care they're being assholes, you start wanting to punt children like American footballs . I've seen a lot of kids with the mindset of \"oh I won't get hit if I do this so it doesn't matter, all mommy's gonna do is scold me for a while and that's it\" and honestly it's kinda worrying because that sort of mindset is going to be ingrained into them as they grow up and when violence is more common on the streets than at home and they don't know when to keep their trap shut they might get a lot more hurt then than they would've otherwise. But I'm not God so I can't tell the difference between a world with a generation without hitting their kids would be like against a generation with doing so would be like.", "For God's sake occasional whooping is unavoidable, even cats and dogs discipline their children, these parents are more inferior than animals."], ["And the kid will grow up thinking violence can solve problems. Hope the kid don't grow up to be a person of authority who thinks hit first before due process since Father did it", "In a way, violence does solve problems; when two or more countries or groups of people have a disagreement and politics cannot settle the problem, we would go to war, an extension of politics. That is violence. And the ultimate violent threat that is keeping world peace so far is the threat of mutually assured destruction\u2014enough nukes to always ensure the destruction of your potential enemies, the ultimate violence.\nThat being said, I would never hit my child. It just feels wrong for me, and I would rather not handle the guilt.", "how did u arrive at this conclusion...", "i mean look at your typical asian parents (they got caned growing up and are now doing the same to their children)", "doesn't mean they think violence solve problems"], ["I would allow my children to be caned for disciplinary transgressions, like if they steal or get into a fight. Not for poor grades or forgetting a book. ."], ["Depends. Are they not listening to me? Is it a repeated offense despite having warnings beforehand? Do they deserves to be punished or have zero excuses? And does the offense itself hurts them or another person?\nIf the answer is yes to the relevant question, then I'd cane them. I'd not cane them for failing in class, or something trivial for example.\nBackground :\n5-year old me used to run through roads without looking despite having my parents warning me several times, and once I was almost hit by a speeding taxi. After a slap from my mother is when I realized that I actually deserved it. It's actually one of the few times my parent ever hit me, and it's quite life-changing I must say.", "I threw a huge tantrum when I was a 5 year old kid. Screaming at my relatives. My father immediately brought me into the room. Held me tight to calm me down, and warned me he's going to smack me if I didn't stop.\nI didn't stop and got smacked.Left me alone in the room for some time. Since then,I never dared throwing tantrums in public if my parents refused to get me the toy I wanted because I knew my dad would whoop my ass again."], ["I'm childfree but this is my personal take on it:\nHonestly? No. Looking back at my experiences growing up, I've always resented the fact that my family resorted to violence immediately instead of actually parenting. Caning isn't going to make your child behave, nor will it make them understand why they're being caned if they're too young anyway. I know parenting is rough and some kids are unruly, but do you really want your kids to grow up and only have a relationship with you out of obligation and not genuine feelings or respect?"], ["NEVER NEVER NEVER.\nI teach kindergarteners and primary school kids, and I cannot imagine such violence upon children. I teach them about consequences, but never physical violence.\nThere is already more than enough verbal violence, so I watch what I say as well. Of course I still raise my voice when necessary, I show that I\u2019m angry, because they are still emotions but more importantly I try to show them how to resolve and process these big feelings.\nAs an adult I\u2019ve only recently been able find the words I did not have as a child and to finally tell my parents how much it hurt to receive lashings as a child for petty, inconsequential things.\n\"The road to hell is paved with good intentions.\u201d It doesn\u2019t matter if there were good intentions behind any violence committed unto a child. As now adults who are in control of what we think, say, and do, we can always do better.", "Exactly, allowing them to actually comprehend as to why certain things are bad or would inhibit bad emotions is better than just beating it into them with them not having a second thought as to why its even bad in the first place", "this sub isn't ready to unlearn and relearn and it shows. sed"], ["Physical pain? No. I prefer to inflict"], ["50-50\na part of me dont want my future kids to experience what i had\nand\na part of me is ok about it because we need a certain hardship to grow up. life is not all fun and full of rainbows\nso....not to have kids in the future", "As the authority figure, you will need a last-resort option to deal with disobediences. Companies can fire their staffs, schools can expel their students, governments can incarcerate criminals.\nWhat last resort option do parents have?", "Disowned the children \ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04"], ["Never. I want to end the generation cycle of trauma as much as I can.", "Trauma??please la..alah bisa tegal biasa...only for first few times i got scared..after that numb already..", "you said it urself, you learn nothing from caning. \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_/\u00af", "You\u2019re also implanting the idea that physical abuse is an appropriate measure or form of teaching. Which it isn\u2019t", "Wtf..when did i say/write that??are you hallucinating??did you have traumatic experience??maybe you should check your mental..", "only for first few times i got scared..after that numb already\nI\u2019ll cane my child in the future to teach them. They\u2019ll get numb eventually\nSee how this works? Or do you need some more caning?", "Nope..i just say it doesn't work for me.. don't see anything else..do you always like to make assumptions like this.. pretty annoying i would say.. let me ask you something.. do you sometimes feel like people avoided making any conversation with you??", "Alright buddy \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe", "Quite frankly, I'm sure there are tons of people in here that have been dealt a bad hand in terms of being caned or having violence being used on them when they were younger.\nThey, just like you and I have stuff in life that needs to be dealt with, whatever that may be like trauma or just negativity. Instead of resulting to asking them if they got trauma or need to \"check their mental\", just respect that they also human, man.\nYou may be fine with caning, but the others here are not and they have valid reasons as to why. You are not them and they are not you, don't shame them for something that was out of their control lah. :26563:", "Yeah... sorry for your childhood trauma.."], ["I will cane if we talked about it multiple times."], ["No. I will NOT have my (future) kids to endure the same abusive behaviours I get from the teachers back in SJKC. Bitch twist and pull my ears when I did some careless mistake on the homework. Cane the shit out of me because I got 1-2 errors in ejaan. Throw my book the floor because I didn't take care of my textbooks (shoved hard into my backpack and sayur masin). Did these help me grow to be a better person? Maybe but I'd say no. I don't think I can tahan to see my kids going thru the same experience.\nYeah fuck you to those fuckers back then.\nEDIT: Typo.", "Damn, my primary school teachers only caned me because of repeated offences. Yeah I was not a good kid back then. I matured during secondary school and I don't get caned anymore.", "\"Being teacher is tough nowadays you can't just whoop students like old days\"\nSeriously, looking back I notice a lot of teachers power-tripping.", "I had the exact same teacher back in primary 5. she called me out infront of the whole class and shouted, then twisted my ears and pulled it til my head banged on the table. i still get mad thinking about it now, i hope that teacher gets what she deserves.", "Jesus, that's child assault there man."], ["Cad Bane, hearing about kids not getting caned:"], ["No. Something\u2019s wrong with you if you say otherwise. Maybe its the beating.", "it's a lot more nuanced than just \"physical punishment VS no physical punishment\"\nI believe the result would be so much different if they considered whether the punishment was given out of love or anger, the presence of violence & injury, and how successful the kids are in life including emotional health and career\nthanks for sharing the paper btw. A good read indeed", "\"Gentle parenting is only for gentle kids. Thugs will be treated accordingly\"\nWhat i don't like about all these research is that they show differences between two groups, where the group that has physical punishment has lower mental well being and conclude the lower mental wellbeing is BECAUSE of the physical punishment. Have they not think that perhaps if you are lucky and get a good kid which has higher innate mental wellbeing and thus perceptive to gentle parenting methods and this will also reflect on their mental wellbeing when they are adults? If you are unlucky and get a kid that has lower innate mental wellbeing, even if you are using the gentle parenting method, he will not achieve the same mental wellbeing as the first kid.\nI think there should be no absolutes in this matter but i agree physical punishment should only be used as the last resort. That is my stance instead of the ones western now hold which is physical punishemnt is and ABSOLUTE no."], ["Imo caning with proper skills are lot better than verbal abuse and hit with bare hands. What was wrong with our old men\u2019s canning was they caned us with anger. Canning shouldnt be done with anger, it should be with protocol, discipline, and aimed as negative encouragement. Wrong? Cane! Dont need to wait till you angry. Itll built up stress and results in canning like a mad man.\nCanning is perfect because it hurts, involve only small area, no internal injury. Although only consider canning for heavy offenses.", "There's kinda an old mantra my parents used to say to my teachers when they met.\n\"Saya serah anak saya ni pada cikgu untuk bentuk jadi manusia. Didiklah dia sampai dia cekap. Kalau dia nakal atau tak dengar kata, pukullah dia kalau perlu untuk bentuk dia. Jangan pulangkan pada kami patah - riuk tulang - tulangnya atau cacat rupa paras sudah le. \""], ["\u201cIf your kids are old enough to understand reason, then reason with them. If they\u2019re not, they won\u2019t understand why you\u2019re hitting them.\u201d"], ["Id say yes, but to make sure your kids understand, not just simply shouting and then whacking them. I would talk to them in a firm voice, say that this is a lesson to be learnt that every action has its consequences then only cane them. I believe you can teach every child properly, but during split second decisions where they have to decide whether to do bad or not\u2026 im not so sure"], ["(Here's a story, in primary 6, my math teacher asked a fucking integer question. This was back in 2011 so integers were not in the syllabus back then. She asked, what's zero minus one? A lot of us said zero, because you can't minus anything from zero. That's logical for someone who doesn't know about integers right? And some of us said don't know. All of us got caned 2 times on our \ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffc except one girl who got it right. Teacher asked how did she know? She said her older brother taught her. I was like, BITCH WHAT I GOT CANED FOR NOT HAVING AN OLDER SIBLING TO TEACH ME ADVANCED MATH SHIT?) Of course at that time I was just a kid and wasn't angry at the teacher, I just wished I had an older sibling. But looking back at it now I get so mad.\nIf you're gonna cane, there should be a purpose for it right? Like teaching a lesson? We learned fuck all from that caning session. The teacher did it for fun. I swear most teachers are on a fucking power trip. If you got a problem with the headmaster then fucking take it to him why on goddamned earth u abusing me?\nI always got caned in primary school (SJK). And for what? For getting a fucking B. The kids that got A will not be caned. The teacher will tell to recite the times table, you get it wrong, get caned 10 times. Speak out if line, cane. Ask a dumb question? The answer is cane. Don't even get me started on secondary school. They may not use the cane a lot in sec school but there's verbal abuse and harassment, all in the name of \"Cikgu marah sbb cikgu sayang awak\" bitch fuck off with your fake affection\nAs a result, I hate most of my teachers to this day. If I saw them in public, I'll just pretend I didn't see them and look away. I've noticed some of them recognise me but I'll just look them in the eye and then turn away. I swore to myself I'll never send my future kids to a public school ever. I'll go into debt sending my kids to international school if it comes to that. I never want my kids to go through what I went through."], ["Nowadays no need cane. Saying \u201cNo iPad today\u201d is as good as capital punishment.\nThe response is even your neighbours will think there\u2019s child abuse going on.", "No iPad is no big deal for kids nowadays. They still won't do what they're supposed to do though. Then what, no food?"], ["idk something about a 30 year old adult hitting a child with a stick with the intent of causing pain just doesn't sit right with me\ni do this to someone else's child i will get in prison but when its my own child its somehow fine?\nyeah fear and pain works as a deterrent but at that point you're no longer teaching a child a lesson, you're training your pet to be obedient"], ["Yes but under very, very specific conditions - I\u2019m basing this off my own childhood so this is just my personal take. First off, I need to preface that this excludes abuse which I define as excessive hitting which causes scarring and bruises, targeting body parts which aren\u2019t appropriate or if it\u2019s meant to cause humiliation. All of these are not ok, which basically means I\u2019m only ok for caning \u201clightly\u201d on the palm.\nIf the teacher makes the punishment clear and consistent throughout without any public humiliation while giving chances for redemption - I will say yes. For example: failure to pass up homework on time will have the punishment of getting caned 2 times on the palm. The kid gets 3 passes for the semester, and if they use up their chances they get caned if they fail to pass up on time.\nWhen I was younger, I had a teacher that would emotionally abuse me by scolding me in the hallways during recess to humiliate me. She\u2019d make sure that I cried each time and would only stop after I have cried a while. She\u2019d nitpick my behaviour/ everything just to find a reason to pick on me. Because she was \u201cjust scolding\u201d and there was no physical punishment- I thought for the longest time that it was my problem. I had no idea abuse could be done mentally.\nEither that, or teachers would think that making me copy a long sentence for 200 times over forgetting to bring my textbook was a reasonable punishment. I spent my whole day at school - after school daycare where I had to do additional homework then tuition until late - then spend another 1 hour+ writing those stupid sentences for what? For me, caning is a significantly less personal punishment than every other punishment I\u2019d endured. I\u2019d rather get canned (which is done in 3 seconds) and move along with my day. It sends a message, no one really willingly wants to be canned so it works as a punishment, and it doesn\u2019t waste anyone\u2019s god damn time or is as humiliating as standing on a chair/ outside the classroom.\nPerhaps this is just me settling with the bar in hell because of trauma, but personally I don\u2019t mind caning if it\u2019s done systematically."], ["Yeap, not future parent though. Already 1"], ["at the butt? sure\njust look at the kids today and you will want them to be caned asap"], ["Rotan!"], ["no. I'd rather be called in. better I'm the one caning."], ["Yes"], ["Caning children is legal, but can only be done at the last resort when warnings, detention and counselling do not work. It must be approved by the headmaster and done in private with at least two witnesses. Complain to MOE if any of these directives are not followed. Source"], ["No way... I remember the teacher swiping the cane full force at my legs cuz I keep avoiding the hand. I always hide the rotan or throw it away so my mom had to buy new ones. Surely there is a better way to teach kids instead of hitting them like livestock."], ["Teacher nope, me yes. Caning nope, a slap to the face yes. There are 3 steps to punishment, The Nag, The Discussion & Finally the Smack. If the first two don't work, then the last result is the smack, this is when the child is actively fighting back against the parent. If the last step didn't work, there is of course exile."], ["Probably, it's not that bad tbh"], ["Repeatedly caning has been shown to detrimental. This has been researched again and again. This should not even be a point of discussion anymore. Malaysian society is terrible in this regard."], ["I'd die alone without children, there will be no one after me."], ["After all initial, good cop avenues have failed, like reasoning, explaining, compromising, light scolding, grounding, timeouts, etc., caning might be a last resort.\nOtherwise, reverse psychology and let the kid do what they want like play games all night, eat all the candy they like Enid Blyton style (for those not old enough or don't care for her books growing up, this is a common tactic she used in her stories about teaching morals). Edit: Sounds harsh, but it is a lesson on instant gratification and that kids can't always get their way."], ["No. I taught a lot of kids myself. Never have I hit any. Although I did scold.\nYou see. Although maybe it's right that kids need punishment when they do something bad. Caning them 'might' be a good way to teach a lesson and all that reasoning people who support it says.\nBut you need to know, the one doing the caning is the teacher, or whoever is in power. Where do they draw the line? When is it appropriate? How hard or light is it suited? What harsh remarks were made? What unreasonable situation might the kid have faced? Did the teacher even explain why the punishment was dealt?\nThe teacher is a random person, who many don't give a f to your kid. They deal punishments as heart desires and not necessarily fair. And frank to be told, downright unfair. Cause the teacher ain't gonna whack the teacher's pet, while whacking that one kid who's face the teacher doesn't like every opportunity the teacher gets.\nIf you wanna cane, cane your kid yourself. Teachers won't do any good caning.\nAnd I was whacked, whipped, forced to kneel, strangled and many more when I was a kid. None of that helps. Cause they never say anything other than padan muka.\nI won't lay hands on my students. I talk to them. And for that I was given a lot of respect. Yes, some find me annoying of course. There's always bad students that makes one wanna puke blood. But that is their parents fault. I did what I could as a teacher and that's where it stops. Ain't your personal nanny.\nSo mind your own kid. Don't let teachers have the bodily punishment power. This will do good for everyone. Each doing just their own job. If you fail, that's on you. The teacher has to manage over 300 kids at least a year. No time for these bs if they really wanna do good."], ["Never. I don\u2019t care what the situation is. Talk to them, then talk to me. I will train my kids to defend themselves, and if ANYONE attempts to hit them, there will be hell to pay. I won\u2019t punish them for defending themselves too.\nPoor grades? Fine by me. School isn\u2019t forever, and there are so many ways to get school done. We\u2019ll figure out what works best.\nForgot a book? It is what it is. They\u2019ll remember next time, I\u2019ll annoy them about it too, but don\u2019t hit my kids.\nTalkative? Talk to them about it. Move them. Send a note back home, and we\u2019ll take it from there.\nSolve the problem. If you can\u2019t NOT hit to do it, you have no business being in a classroom."], ["Nope. It\u2019s scientifically proven that children who are subjected to physical abuse grow up into adults with a myriad of mental health issues, varying in severity. I wouldn\u2019t want my kid to grow up feeling like there\u2019s something \u2018wrong\u2019 with them that they\u2019ll need to \u2018fix\u2019 when they get older. Children are literally blank canvases and should be allowed to make mistakes without the fear of physical repercussions.\nSpeaking from experience here of having been that child who was hit and now I go for therapy because of trauma. Having to relearn what my boundaries and doing shadow work is tough AF. What more having to reconcile that the people who hit me did it out of love? There are a lot of damaged people in this world simply because they were raised by traumatised adults. Generational trauma is very much real, and I\u2019d like it to end with me and not pass on to my future children."], ["No. There is always a motive behind every actions, and it's the parents jobs to find out, lecture and correct their actions.\nWill you accept if your kids get cane by teachers for poor grades, being talkative, forgot to bring a book, etc?\nAll of these perimeter is highly subjective and mild at best. As long as my future children pass every subject and have complimentary skill, I am fine with it.\nBeing talkative can be linked to not enough socialisation after school, can be cause of too much homework or not enough independance. And being caned for not bringing a book is absurd, if he forgets one or twice occasionally it's fine, otherwise it meant there is underlying symptoms.\nI wouldn't cane personally either. Caning just meant the parent's inability to properly teach their children and had to result in irrational form of punishment. Not to mention the things that lead to caning are usually caused by poor foundational methods of raising the child."], ["yes if the reason is justified\nthey have a choice not to get caned by being a good disciplined child"], ["what do u mean allow? i will be the one caning them"], ["On the spot caning, no.\nAfter a parents-teacher meeting, in the presence of parents, yes.\nIf the offence is relatively trivial, e.g. being talkative in class, it would have to be repetitive before caning is required.", "Wow talkative in class = caning. How humane.", "You haven't met my son. He regularly talks all the way through lunch period, taking only 1-2 bites of his food. Then will fall asleep for the afternoon classes because hungry + tired.", "You should check for potential medical issues such as ADHD. Many ADHD kids are talkative and suffered because of parents ignorance on neurodiversity. Even if he does not have such an issue, to cane someone because of those issues is abusive.", "He's been for a check for ADHD and dyslexia at the government hospital. Both negative.\nNah, I don't agree with you that it is abusive. If he has been warned repeatedly that repetitive breaches will result in caning, and he continues to breach the rule, caning is what he gets.\nYou also forget that caning can be on a whole spectrum of force. A love tap on an open palm is also caning.", "\"love tap\". Even the language you use is basically gaslighting justification.\nLegit caning has been shown to have negative effects in numerous studies. There is absolutely no reason to have a kid being caned due to those behaviours. Have you talked through with a professional on how to fix this issue?\nWe don't even beat animals up to fix behavioural issues, why would we do it to kids?\nReality is that as I grow older, many people who say they are fine after being through caning are often correlated with poor emotional maturity. My parents are and it took me a lot of learning to undo the effects.", "\" Even the language you use is basically gaslighting justification.\"\nWho is gaslighting you? It's literally a tap on the palm, followed by an explanation and hug 5 minutes later.\n\" We don't even beat animals up to fix behavioural issues, why would we do it to kids? \"\nWho says we don't hit animals? What do jockeys do when they want the horse to go faster?\nAlso, correlation does not equal causation. Your sample size is basically annecdotal and I have the same evidence on you that you have on me."], ["Rotan sudah"], ["short awnser: yes"], ["Yes but only as a last resort when all other strategies fail."], ["A bit. Yes.\nI think apart of learning is to understand that if you fuck around, you gonna find out, that somebody's gonna get a hurting."], ["Why not?"], ["Cane's sensation is too steep of a pain for me. I prefer the belt. So yea, my future offspring(s) would definitely receive the belt if they'll do something nastier than wat i can tolerate.", "I actually prefer a pinch. I can control the intensity and duration of the pinch until they yield."], ["Parents whack is one thing.\nNo third party should be laying a hand on a child/student for any purpose outside of a public congratulatory hug maybe.\nGosh if statute of limitations werent a thing how many teachers from my time sure kena sue to oblivion already"], ["No. If caning is the only way the teacher knows how to instill discipline, then please by all means kerja la kat tempat lain and please do not handle kids. Please I beg you."], ["no"], ["No, canning doesn't really works for me anyways, especially as I'm stubborn af. What works is my parents provide me more context on say why smoking is harmful and how it would affect my future family living under the same roof."], ["Caning would only instill fear and rebellion instead of respect towards learning. I remember I got whack on my head with that one meter wooden ruler. Fucking fat teacher. Sure I remember to do my homework after that but I never respected that fat fuck"], ["No."], ["Schools don't cane children for things like that anymore, in the official sense, at least.\nOnly GBs and Pengetua can assign corporeal punishments for very serious issues regarding discipline. But usually it would be carry out by the cikgu displin or warden asrama.", "That's because worst case scenario, schools can expel their students. Parents cannot expel their kids, so they're left with no last resort option.\nGive them away for adoption?", "OP is talking about schools not parenting issues."], ["The possible logic:\nI don't do it because of canning, but I will do it if canning avoidable, I just need a lawyer or rid the evidence.\nLet the children associate wrongs with tumble down, or associate wrongs with canning.\nSome children are said to mature earlier, but not due to canning, but reality spanking.\n* Violence aside, I'm aware of the opinion not everything should be experienced 1st hand, e.g. fatal/addiction/etc though keeping the mysteries seems doing bad too\nSorry, not possible going to be parent, but can't hold my thoughts."], ["Yes. You can actually administer disciplinary physical pain without 1. Causing visible injury or harm - no blood or bruises 2. Violence 3. Displaying rage, fury, or lack of emotional control\nIt's difficult, but not that rare. Teachers are mostly very reasonable human beings who cares about the students.\nI won't let it slide if the teacher accidentally went out of line and caused an injury with the caning due to a temporary lack of emotional control. We'll have to make sure it doesn't happen again e.g. talk it out, or disciplinary action against the teacher. I don't want my children to associate discipline with violence, hatred or fury"], ["Cane probably not.\nBut me myself will adminster physical form of punishment in terms of push ups, sit ups, running under hot sun, squats etc. to teach my kids about penalties of underperforming, crime and punishments etc.\nLearning through pain and suffering to me is a way to build character, especially when it is under a controlled environment."], ["Somethings hurt more than caning. E.g, taking phone privileges, embarrassing them in front of family/friends."], ["Kids will challenge boundaries and do things to get a reaction, even if it is wrong. Their understanding of the action is not as how we would understand as adult. If you saying caning is bad if you didn't like it, how would you convinced your younger self not to do so and so? Be honest. Would you have stopped? Just my 2 cents."], ["Son:\nIf he's not performing better than I did, he'll have a miserable caning childhood\nDaughter:\nI'm raising her to be the bane of my wife, since wife's my bane"], ["You're asking the wrong people, should've asked actual parents. Some people who have never been parents will give all sorts of idealistic \"I will never cane my child\" answers until they have to deal with a 5 year old who will never listen to you, throw public tantrums incessantly, and run away from you at every opportunity. Sure, there are obviously good kids that can be reasoned with and render physical punishments unnecessary, but even these good kids can have an evil sibling that makes any parent miserable.\nI'm not talking about beating the shit out of a child until they bleed and scar and traumatised, but never laying even a gentle tap will be a mistake in not teaching real world consequences. You can stop being physical when they reach puberty and taught some sense of accountability."], ["(no kids/don't want kids), but i was a kid that was caned/physically punished a great deal (both at home and in school) - it fucked with me greatly so i would never do that to anyone else/allow that to happen.\ni do however believe that kids absolutely need to learn consequences for their own actions, so other forms of punishment are necessary obv. even if it's really serious stuff like bullying others, i still would not opt for caning because i don't think it allows kids to learn."], ["Best answer: This year will be the greatest for the next year."], ["I\u2019ll take time off work to german suplex them bitches through the school table. Just a call away. And if those teachers wanna interfere, it\u2019s gonna be a steel chair to the dome. And I\u2019ll do a Macho Man elbow drop all the way from the school balcony. Them kids gonna learn today\nExcuse me i just did a wrestlemania marathon"], ["Not by teachers. But I will personally punch them."], ["I won't want to cane my kids, but I will impose a smarter way of educating them.\nI got caned by my parents a lot when I was a kid, ruler, hangers, books, you name it. And until today, eventhough im in my mid 20s, am still traumatized by it. Through caning what you're doing is only instilling fear in them, rather than disciplining them or educating them. And as time goes past, your children will learn to fear you. They will remember the fear and pain rather than what you want to teach them.\nNow that I've grown up, my parents used to joke about beating me back when I was a kid. But I never laughed, it was a painful memory that I hoped to erase."], ["Janji rotan tak sampai cacat je."]]}
{"title": "PAS lists out DAP\u2019s top 10 \u201cvenomous narrative\u201d throughout 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vp6qa/pas_lists_out_daps_top_10_venomous_narrative/", "num_comment": 36, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Summoning the GOAT /u/jwteoh ...", "lmao, new year new me, imma pass the torch to you guys, please save it so you can copy paste it next time.", "u/jwteoh", "They should just create a bot at this point.", "jwteoh! jwteoh! jwteoh!"], ["PAS ending the year/ starting the new year by introducing 10 fitnahs.", "It's cool how you started and ended your sentence with the same word."], ["who have neglected their Islamic values and would even consider their fellow Malays to be racist for defending the Malay race or Islam\nYes, all these are very islamic and not racist in nature, Zurk Ahmad must have his head so far up Hadi's ass\nHadi: Other races are challenging Muslim's political power: https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2023/08/939467/voting-mandatory-if-other-races-are-challenging-muslims-political-power\nHadi: Non-Muslims must be grateful for \u2018being given a place\u2019 here, should just let Malays continue leading country: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/07/hadi-non-muslims-must-be-grateful-for-being-given-a-place-here-should-just-let-malays-continue-leading-country/73042\nHadi: Only Islam can rule, others must be 'pak turut': https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/357628\nPAS politicians insinuated that their rivals are the enemies of Allah: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/06/27/pas-man-says-sorry-after-calling-on-allah-to-defend-kedah-from-enemies-video/76640\nMuhyiddin claimed Christians of being in cahoots with a group of Jews to \u201cChristianise\u201d Malaysia: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/19/muhyiddin-in-hot-water\nDr. M: Parties led by non-Malays are 'parti pendatang': https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/09/04/dr-m-calls-parties-led-by-non-malays-039parti-pendatang039\nNon muslim woman fined for wearing shorts in Kelantan: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/non-muslim-malaysian-woman-fined-for-wearing-shorts-in-kelantan\nNon muslim unisex salon ban + closure: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/12/856735/terengganu-govt-enforce-unisex-hair-salon-ban-warns-offenders-fines\nNon muslims are the root of corruption https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/08/20/pas-hadi-claims-non-muslims-non-bumiputera-make-up-the-bulk-of-roots-of-corruption/\nPAS/Zul Zuhaimy: Mahu sembelih orang bukan Islam: https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/11/mahu-sembelih-orang-bukan-islam-zul-huzaimy-mohon-maaf/\nPN: May 13 rhetoric election propaganda: https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/78211/netizens-raise-alarm-over-may-13-hate-content-posted-on-tiktok\nHadi: Malaysia has to be ruled by muslims: https://buletinonlines.net/v7/index.php/malaysia-mesti-dipimpin-oleh-melayu-islam/\nSanusi demolished colonial era legally built Hindu temples and label critics 'drunk on toddy': https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/12/03/lfl-slams-kedah-mbs-heavy-handed-defence-of-temple-demolition/ https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/553910\nPAS: Nurse's clothing too tight: https://www.malaysiadateline.com/dakwa-pakaian-nurse-ketat-mp-pas-kena-sekolah-dengan-presiden-persatuan-jururawat/\nPAS: No concerts because they promote hedonism: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/08/25/pas-urges-govt-to-cancel-all-upcoming-foreign-artist-concerts\nPN: The Malay Proclamation: https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2023/05/1096600/proklamasi-orang-melayu-kini-dapat-sokongan-pemimpin-pas-bersatu-dan\nAmar (PAS): Not having tap water is not a big deal. Villagers know how to dig their own wells: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/08/kelantan-villagers-know-how-to-dig-their-own-wells-says-amar/\nNik Abduh (PAS): Citizens should pray instead of requesting/begging for help: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/06/29/pas-mp-dismisses-white-flag-campaign-says-better-to-pray/\nPS: Omitted a few non 3R articles.", "Next time any PAS BS: u/jwteoh i choose you!", "Again, can we do it in a physical form? Like erecting banners and translate to BM for a greater audience instead of posting it on Reddit again and again and only us eating it up?", "I took screenshots of the articles that GOAT /u/jwteoh has listed and compiled them together as a collage here.\nThis is just a first version.\nFeel free to play around with it.", ""], ["Couple months later, \"Gong Xi Fa Cai\" wishes from PAS."], ["Anything PAS"], ["None of those 10 sound venomous to me. In fact, they sound like reasonable things to say. Which one of this is offensive?\nThe then DAP Selangor state EXCO Datuk Teng Chang Kim behaved barbarically by linking liquor issue to prayers (January 2023).\nActually what he said in response to PAS trying to ban alcohol sales at a mall in Penang: DAP veteran Teng had posted on his Facebook page that \u201cif you get intoxicated just by looking, that\u2019s your problem, not the alcohol\u2019s\u2026 your prayers have been in vain\u201d.\nWhat exactly is wrong with that?\nThe then Penang deputy chief minister II Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy questioned the dominance of the Malays in the public service (February 2023).\nAnd what exactly is wrong with that?\nFormer DAP publicity secretary Tony Pua claimed that Malaysia no longer needs Malay political parties (June 2023).\nAnd what exactly is wrong with that?\nDAP tried to fan racial sentiment by politicising the Kota Bahru Municipal Council\u2019s compound on a boutique owner whose staff was fined for wearing shorts in the latter\u2019s business premises (June 2023).\nAnd what exactly is wrong with that?\nDAP chairman Lim Guan Eng made a 3R (race, religion and royalty) slanderous speech claiming a \u2018green wave\u2019 will destroy Chinese temples and that non-Muslims will face various sanctions if PAS were to win the Penang state election (July 2023).\nAnd what exactly is wrong with that? That's happening even in KL with dozens of Hindu temples, even as recently as last week, the 103 year old temple in Sentul being destroyed by YTL. Ever heard of a 103 year old mosque getting destroyed?\nDAP Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee Chuan How committed misinterpretation of Quranic verses by urging Muslims to support the unity government (September 2023).\nSo non-muslims are not allowed to urge Muslims to support the government?\nDAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming condemned the costumes of Hamas fighters that were worn by school pupils in conjunction with the Palestinian Solidarity Week while urging the relevant authorities to take action (October 2023).\nIs it wrong to say that our young children don't need to be exposed to the trauma of some foreign shithole conflict that has nothing to do with Malaysia?\nDAP veteran leader Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang displays his chauvinist attitude by raising the issue of the Federal Constitution allowing non-Malays to be a Malaysian Prime Minister (November 2023).\nyahdda\nDAP Federal Territory chairman Tan Kok Wai pushing for the unity government to conduct local authority elections in Kuala Lumpur (December 2023).\nyahdda democracy bad eh?\nDAP Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham proposed the appointment of non-Muslims to sit in the special committee formed by the Federal Government to study the Syariah law (December 2023).\nenough lah with the pretense that Syariah law doesn't affect non-Muslims. We saw what happened to Ninja Joe restaurant, that Hindu lady who still hasn't gotten back her kids, the Perlis lady and so many.", "Wrong audience boss. Being meritorious academically in Uni also considered racist so the bar is very low.", "Mate, good effort in trying to explain but sadly imbecilic hillbillies just don't care. No matter what sorta facts you present, they've got their mind set. That's the effect of 'teh tarik by the tap'"], ["Below is a chronological list of some of DAP\u2019s domineering struggles throughout 2023 which would have \u2018cross swords\u2019 with PAS so to speak:\nThe then DAP Selangor state EXCO Datuk Teng Chang Kim behaved barbarically by linking liquor issue to prayers (January 2023).\nThe then Penang deputy chief minister II Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy questioned the dominance of the Malays in the public service (February 2023).\nFormer DAP publicity secretary Tony Pua claimed that Malaysia no longer needs Malay political parties (June 2023).\nDAP tried to fan racial sentiment by politicising the Kota Bahru Municipal Council\u2019s compound on a boutique owner whose staff was fined for wearing shorts in the latter\u2019s business premises (June 2023).\nDAP chairman Lim Guan Eng made a 3R (race, religion and royalty) slanderous speech claiming a \u2018green wave\u2019 will destroy Chinese temples and that non-Muslims will face various sanctions if PAS were to win the Penang state election (July 2023).\nDAP Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee Chuan How committed misinterpretation of Quranic verses by urging Muslims to support the unity government (September 2023).\nDAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming condemned the costumes of Hamas fighters that were worn by school pupils in conjunction with the Palestinian Solidarity Week while urging the relevant authorities to take action (October 2023).\nDAP veteran leader Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang displays his chauvinist attitude by raising the issue of the Federal Constitution allowing non-Malays to be a Malaysian Prime Minister (November 2023).\nDAP Federal Territory chairman Tan Kok Wai pushing for the unity government to conduct local authority elections in Kuala Lumpur (December 2023).\nDAP Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham proposed the appointment of non-Muslims to sit in the special committee formed by the Federal Government to study the Syariah law (December 2023).", "Sounds like PAS is pissed enough that DAP is uncovered their own bullshit to public. I just hope the Malays are smart enough that PAS is a party not a religion.", "It is basically \u201cI knew all of that is true, but I don\u2019t like it when it\u2019s you telling me that\u201d"], ["Top 10 like the most minor stuff lol. Where is PAS list for this year", "I'll be watching, no worries"], ["And how many \"venomous narrative\" has PAS said throughout 2023?\nNurses' uniform\n\"Sepupu Lim Kuan Yew\"\nCalling non-muslim voters as ingrate\nJust off the top of my head."], ["\u201cThis is because they\u2019ve succeeded in appointing spokesmen among the Malays who have forgotten about their Malay-ness\u2026.\u201d asserted Zurk.\nWhoa!"], ["Attacking DAP makes no sense because DAP is not fighting with PAS in election", "PAS is obsessed with DAP, like a stalker", "PAS needs a \u201cmonster\u201d for their audience.", "gotta keep voter in fear of the big bogeyman. Vote PN or else big bad dap gonna eat your chilren"], ["This is no longer Parti Islam. Should rename as Parti Melayu Sr-Malaysia, PMS."], ["Reminds me of a satire work by Fahmi Reza a while ago:\nMinda Presiden PAS\nDAP DAP DAP DAP DAP DAP DAP DAP", "Go one day without thinking of DAP(impossible challenge)"], ["Case of the pot calling the kettle black"], ["Lame"], ["Umpama periuk memanggil cerek hitam."], ["Pas desperately looking for Dap do anything Racist be like:\n<image>"]]}
{"title": "Cost of living in Malaysia so high, but people are spending gila2", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l66nn/cost_of_living_in_malaysia_so_high_but_people_are/", "num_comment": 324, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Was looking at shoes in a mall (Mid Valley) and I see everything is RM400-RM1,000, yet all these young people are buying buying buying (those JD Sports, Atmos, Sole What, Crossover, Nike or New Balance). I was wearing RM15 pasar malam sandals (for real) in stores full of sneakerheads.\nApple reseller stores are full of people, even though 1 iPhone can equal to 2-3 months of salary for the average Malaysian (I am on a Samsung mid-range phone). I see luxury cars abound on the roads, RM100k type (in USA S$30k can buy u a BMW/Merc, but here, RM300,000 also got many people buy). I am on a second hand Myvi.\nRM20 oat lattes, no problem. Long queues at llao llao or Juiceworks, RM20/, no issue. Hipster cafes, one drink and one cake, RM50-60, bring it on!\nHow are people spending so much? Is everyone in debt? Is everyone rich? Why are young girl girls and boy boys all wearing RM600 sneakers? Why do I feel so kiamsiap compared to them and cannot imagine spending more than RM200 on footwear, and a RM50 dessert outing could be considered a 'splurge' already?\nAny insight into this? (edit, yes: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2023/06/11/why-are-young-malaysians-living-on-credit/)\nNOTE 1: Thank you for pointing out that my 'sample size' was in a mall, during the festive season + school holidays. I also understand that I am only seeing the top 0.5% when I see shoppers carrying LV/Gucci/Herm\u00e8s totebags. I know fast food could also be a luxury for many individuals (my parents and me included, at one point in our lives).\nNOTE 2: This is not a serious analytical post la. Just casual observations from me, someone who grew up in a B40 household (in a 500 sq ft 2-room low cost flat with a rubbish dump next to my block). Whose mother pakai RM5 tshirts and claims RM50 for any baju is EXPENSIVE. I apologise for not being so methodological in my 'studies'; tho I never claimed that my post could constitute as a research-paper-level analysis on consumerism and class in Malaysia... lol.\nNOTE 3: It's encouraging to see so much consumerism going on \u2014 good for economy la, kan? Revenge-buying, etc etc. I get it.\nNOTE 4: Where to get nice shoes below RM200 ah?\nFurther", "comments": [["People who don't spend a lot are basically invisible.\nThey work then straight go home, no happy hours. Entertainment watch YouTube, scroll FB, TikTok for free. Buy things online for cheaper price than physical shops", "Cannot afford to stay outside, not even using aircon since start of 2023. No longer have a gym membership and opt for basic push up, pull up and bodyweight squats for exercise.\nTry not to look at social media, watching coursemates enjoying life in different country makes me feel depressed.\nMy cycle is literally wake up, eat, work, go back to rented room, eat, exercise a bit, then sleep.\nKind of soul crushing.", "Keep working on yourself. You\u2019re continuing to exercise despite your circumstance, which is really admirable. Don\u2019t look at social media. I earn a good wage and have everything I need, but I still think social media is toxic as fuck. Everything and everyone is trying to get you to spend money. Fuck that shit.", "Everyone needs to continue improving for better living standard.", "Define better living standard? Expensive clothes, electronics and foods are optional.", "not having maggi as my primary source of food.", "Being able to afford a home is one, currently I am at the stage where I can rent a room, but cannot buy a house yet.\nHaving enough money for investment and keeping a healthy cash flow.\nBeing able to afford a kid if ever decided to have one. That means everything including education.\nYou know? The things that makes life a bit interesting as well. But frankly looking back, I am OK with my current living condition if compared to war torn countries.", "You can afford a home, but are you okay living somewhere remote in Perlis or Terengganu? KL is too expensive for people like us.", "Break the cycle, do something different once in a while. It makes life interesting.", "Instruction not clear. I just break my leg.", "basic push up, pull up and bodyweight squats for exercise\nthats all you need king\ud83d\udc51. having weights is great but those 3 have already cover the fundamentals.", "Yes fellow King\ud83d\udc51, that's the well known Prison Workout. With good intensity it also acts as cardio exercise.", "Buying weights and some simple heavy duty roler pins then do lifts at the park pullup bar. Thats wat i do. It ups the core strength build up rate. Stopped going to the gym a long time ago with all the self entitled rich kids and female influencers making it a toxic place with no peace.", "Hmm.. I get how you feel but you can't compete with your course-mates. They might have a different life like yours. I also used to think that negatively but now I'm more open-minded maybe my maturity grows along with my age. How can they afford it, probably a few things.\n1. They didn't post how much they work their asses off and managed to get a thick bonus from their company, so finally deserve their holiday with their thick bonus to spend on.\n2. Starting up already decided the fate (i.e. born in a rich family), have their own family business and your course mate might be taking over one day of the family business(es).\n3. Even if they are not from rich families, somehow manage to get someone to pay for their trip. (Family pay, siblings, husband-to-be/ boyfriend, or worst sugar daddy (for female))\n4. Roll up their debts with their credit card and pay the minimum amount, or get money/loan from a bank (personal loan) or a loan shark (there are still people out there who are like that)\n5. Finally, working hard in a different industry also has different treatment (i.e. working hard as a normal admin staff or a blue-collar job VS working in the insurance/banking industry or property agents, etc. because their bonuses are thick but their basic are low. So how they approach people must be \"thick face\"/very high self-esteem.", "I dunno about this, just felt that Engineering in Malaysia is a lost cause. Those who immediately went to SG, US, AUS are in greater condition than those that stayed in MY.\nAnd it's not that us MY engineers work lesser hours than them too.\ud83d\ude06\nI just give up scrolling socmed and comparing my progression to others altogether. Just gain as much technical and management skills and jobhop till I am satisfied with my own conditions.", "", "Sounds like your age is not really in the middle part yet (i.e. probably mid or late 20s only, or probably going to finish your studies). Wait till you reach around the late 30s or come to 40+, you will get what I mean, you might think that they are rich and live life lavishly as such, but there are always 2 sides to the story. So never doubt it, just live within your means. For Example, friends of mine worked hard at an early age and earned 5-figure salaries in their mid-30s and high positions at an early age. It is impressive, but do you know how much pressure they are facing, and with one wrong move, the management or others can get him removed/replaced? Especially if you are a married man, you are even more worried because you still have lots of mouths to feed and things to pay. Sitting at the top, there are lots of wolves in the office waiting to bring the person down. (i.e. office politics, either you are shoe polishing with no skills, or you are a lone wolf with skills but couldn't mingle with others, and trust me, some bosses somehow like their staff to kiss ass but don't know much about work because in the end, is the lower levels who get the jobs done)\nAnother thing you should know, when you are in your 20s, people like to discuss what they are doing, where to stay, travel and eat, and which girl they are going after, what car to buy. People in their 30s normally will talk about how successful their career is, how much they spent to get a place (house/condo), finally marrying who they like/love, and starting up a family. But one thing they neglected is their health and stress plays a critical issue in their daily life. In the 40s, you will start to hear negative news of those you once knew who are bedridden due to health issues, or even sudden death (don't get me wrong, I'm not cursing anyone, but if you follow the news, people just suddenly drop death without warning nowadays) (also, I'm not selling insurance/asking you to write a will). Just to let you know one thing you need to take care of your health. Do not ever neglect that and think that I'm young and I can work late, drink beer, or smoke. Everyone has an expiry date, and your body will give you signs of warning about it.", "Decathlon has affordable dumbells / barbell set. You can check it out if you are interested in adding more weights in your training and make your training more fun.", "Home gym ftw", "Haha sounds like fun to own some exercising equipments, but I still have no intention of settling down in a certain city / state yet. So bulky items are a big nono.\nThe most I'll get is probably an adjustable dumbbell.", "Your time will come man", "U describing my life story here", "I don't know about others, but going home after work to play games is more fun than go out lepak. Now I know why I'm still single.", "At least you play games. Me straight go home after work and watch tiktok and youtube only, then sleep. Everyday lol. I'm scared to play games nowadays. It consumes my energy and time a lot, i even used to shout back at my mom when she asked me to do something while i was killing people in CSGO. I regret it. Very very regret it.", "omg found someone like me \ud83d\ude2d I feel a bit comforted knowing I'm not alone lol", "Why the hell would I want to not stay single?", "entertainment for gamers are often super cheap averagely a game of RM30 can be played for hundreds of hours if they wanted to\nunless its gacha games", "Yeap, that's literally me but instead of scrolling FB/TikTok those social media apps, I went for PC gaming lol (Too much grind in the games)", "Yup, in fact I haven't been shopped in malls for clothes & shoes for years now. i always bought my clothes through online shopping and it is obviously cheaper than in store. Especially 11.11 or 12.12", "haha thats me, and i enjoy being this too", "Hi five! \ud83d\ude02", "That's me these days.", "Damn, I'm getting called out here"], ["Why do I feel like everywhere I go, I see T20 Malaysians\ndo not mistake things you see in the high end mall in the city that has the highest salary average/median applicable to the whole malaysia. in exeption of 1-2 major city malaysian rarely spend that kind of money on that kind of luxury outside that 40km radius bubble that you observe.", "Yes, understand KV, in particular malls \u2260 the Malaysian reality. I still see a lot of people owning iPhones and expensive vehicles, which make me think damn, they must be great at their jobs, getting such a high salary...", "What area do you live in?", "pj area but ghetto-ish neighbourhood."], ["There is 33 Million people in Malaysia. What you see in TRX, KLCC Mall, Pavilion BB is just like 0.1% of human spending stupid amount of money... TBH... not a big deal...", "The other 99.9% are just window shopping. :26554:", "Aircon is free ma", "Parking not free la", "Monthly pass for bus and mrt. I was told RM50 only.. I would've taken it if not for 3 days wfh arrangement. This might be outdated info ya.", "Still not free lol. There is no free lunch in this world.", "If regular usage exceeds RM50, any add usage can be considered free", "Stop being a cheapskate lah... just buy a TnG & topup anytime you want to get into any public transport.\n:29091:", "Pay attention to this OP, judge the wealthiness of people based on the amount of stuff they bought, holding in their hands.\nMarina Bay Sands is packed, but a lot just do window shopping, economics in plain sight hehe.", "Last weekend, I went to a budget bundle store. It was packed with people, making it difficult to walk around. However, this story won't be posted here because it is less interesting, I guess.", "The spedmart also banyak orang, JBR bundle packed, hari hari packed, NSK packed \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. Mana tak pack, it\u2019s because op focused on the high end places. If not the normal daily places also packed.", "As i can see, OP is kind of the person like to buy Ferrari and complain why myvi is more cheaper. :26554:"], ["The T20s usually hangout at Mont Kiara and Bangsar attending Pilates classes or Babel Fit though.", "Drinking RM20+ lattes in APW or sipping natural wines in Small Shifting Space.", "I'm too poor to even know what APW is..", "a place where T20s drink RM20+ lattes", "T20 punya playground in bangsar, set in an old printing press.... all the eateries and cafes full of beautiful ppl. got omakase, italian, brazilian, wine and all. like a different universe compared to the rest of malaysia lol. hijabster influencers in fierce heels rub shoulders with gen z they/thems. pretty amazing sights.", "You are describing the lifestyle of a much smaller slice than T20..\nI think the economy is so messed up that t20 is probably upper middle class.", "I think the APW clientelle ... isn't so 'top tier' to me, I dunno. The prices I see like cake maybe RM30ish, pizzas and pastas below RM100. Just popular coz it's a \"trendy spot\". The food is not extremely expensive unlike the Dewakans or DC Restaurants of KL which could go into the thousands.\nBTW yeah I see some of my peers/friends of friends making 5-figures but they also live quite humble lives.\nAt another end, I see B40 friends spending quite lavishly on their hobbies/interests and not giving much care about savings/retirement.\nThose top tier people probably don't even go to APW. They'd be jetsetting overseas d.", "Not referring to apw.. but the omakase, Brazilian, wine etc", "Oh OK. I was just referencing those outlets in APW. Of course most of them won't go for omakase but the wine bar and brazilian always constantly seems full, the few times I visited for some art exhibitions.", "Bottom t20 also can\u2019t go lol, the range of t20 is pretty stupid one, 10k-200k also t20", "pilates classes for the rich meh?", "cari makan people got no time for pilates, want to stretch backside have to do while working ler.", "do you know how much pilates classes cost? asking seriously because it\u2019s my hobby and it\u2019s really not cheap: i bought a 25 class package for rm1.3k upfront.", "That\u2019s pretty cheap compared to the Bangsar ones lol", "thats about rm52bper class which is pretty ok if on reformer.", "i went to pilates class once in gym, a lot of rich tai tai one...", "As a pleb B40 working in bangsar, i always feel insecure seeing all the riches there.", "Nah i rather spend online and lepak home with fmly. Working shift and outstation is tiring so gonna rest at home when got chances unless going to mall for lunch dinner and movie date."], ["Dude.. You go high end mall sure got rich people spend.\nYou can go to dead malls in Cyberjaya and make the opposite conclusion too", "Rich people will go to overseas and buy shoes. Those Shoes shouldn\u2019t cost RM400+\nThese people actually have poor financial planning. Some of them take student loan to buy luxury bags\u2026. During my college time I\u2019ve been around with lots of them. Got tired of it, moved to Canada."], ["This is what we call anecdotal evidence. Things you collect it yourself in a casual and non systematic manner.\nOn top of that you only go to JD/Noke/NB shops and TRX which you know that mostly people with money, the T20, would go to shop.\nHence you get a biased observations there.\nKL is where most of T20 folks are, and TRX is also where most of them go to shop. So it\u2019s like a triple whammy of population specification error, sample frame error and selection error. It\u2019s definitely not a good data collection to summarise that \u201cMalaysian are spending gila2\u201d.\nYou may want to come with me to kedai pakaian hari-hari near my place and also kedai pakaian sekolah Ah Hock near my place. Here we have no brand clothing apparels of all nature and it costs from RM2 to about 40-50. It\u2019s where I shop for my kids closing most of the time except during Raya where I would go to The Store or Aeon Mall.\nThere are also phone shop nearby that sells cheaper branded and second hand phones where the rest of Malaysians shop.\nSo yeah, dhit me up if you want to do a proper research so we can plan a better research methodology.", "Tell me you\u2019re melakan without telling me you\u2019re melakan haha", "What gave it away?", "The Store and Aeon Mall are both in close proximity in Melaka and you mentioning them both in the same sentence makes me think that\nNow the question is\u2026 was I correct? \ud83e\udd14", "Been waiting for Bajunid's confirmation haha", "Haha. I would love to say you are correct but alas I can\u2019t lie. I\u2019m from Kedah but have been living in selangor for a while and built a family here. The Store I\u2019m referring to is in Selayang and aeon mall is in shah Alam. I\u2019m somewhere between shah Alam and Selayang. Kedai pakaian hari2 in Subang 2 near kampung melayu subang.", "Nooooooo I was wrong\nIg the other person who said Shah Alan was correct but I tried haha", "My mom buys RM5 shirts for me from a cheap suburban mall near her low-cost flat. She herself gets stuff from pasar malam. I guess I should retitle it to say it was my observations in a mall on a near-festive/school-holiday period, and also from the point-of-view of a B40 household person. I know how being poor is like. But I am ok. Not in debt. No iPhone, no problem. Just makanlah sikit cafe food once or twice a month, heppi liao.", "What Japanese second hand store? I didn\u2019t know we have a Japanese second hand store!", "2nd street\njalan jalan jepun", "There's one in Kip Mall", "Sounds like Shah Alam", "Ding ding ding!", "I like your idea. Would be valuable to know how you would do it the right way"], ["You go to the zoo, why are you surprised to see animals?\nT20 may sound exclusive, but in a country of 30 million, that\u2019s still 6 million people."], ["Is your sampling methodology correct? To give an analogy, it\u2019s like stating going into high class fine dining restaurant and concluding all Malaysian is rich and can afford dining there regularly because it\u2019s fully seated or reserved.", "For all you know they're the Malaysian PRs from SG or Singaporeans themselves spending their SGD.", "There's no methodology, just casual observations. I know that mall visitors \u2260 the average Malaysians. I just see a shopping frenzy and some of my peers themselves buying so many things that it's kind of unbelievable. I understand it is only a small window / frame into the larger reality of Malaysians. But within the Klang Valley itself... damn, those kids and their RM600 shoes or the men and their RM120k cars... are insane. FYI my parents are B40 and most of my childhood and early adult life was spent in a low cost flat, so I am just saying through my observations, many people really know how to spend la. As a working adult now, and far from being in the T20 bracket, I still see money differently, and will not see 'value' in buying RM600 sneakers.", "Malaysia has 36million people\nThere are basically 6million T20s", "Thats not correct. You have to deduct the youth and retirees.\nT20 refer to household income\nAnd if it's coming via lhdn, then likely a lot of business owner also escape", "You are forgetting tourists and PRs ...and Singaporeans", "Haha, \u201cquestionable\u201d methodology aside, some possible factors that buyers willingly pay the premiums for luxury items: peer lifestyle pressure (self esteem, recognition\u2026) / ease of access to credits (example: buy now pay later system?)", "Yea Instagram / social media pressure is a big thing, no doubt. I guess I see on the surface a lot of glitzy or carefree spending lifestyle but beneath that, looming credit card debt who knows!... Just glad I want to try to live within my means, but sometimes I feel the social pressure la to buy nicer things to pakai for work. And when I step into the shops and see the prices... it cancels out the pressure I feel lol. Better to be a bit more old fashioned, than fashionable and in debt... but also I gotta live a little and splurge/reward myself now and then too. Oh what a balance it is!"], ["Why do I feel like everywhere I go, I see T20 Malaysians?\nDo you want to walk around a PPR flat around KL?", "Yes, my parents stay in a low cost flat."], ["Window shopping.. check the price, balik buy shopee", "I immediately whip out my phone and check shopee... \ud83d\ude02"], ["Go to mall\nSee people spend lots of money (there isn't anywhere else to spend money)\n\ud83e\udd2f so many rich malaysians", "\ud83e\udd23then terus mari reddit to rant", "Go to restaurant\nSee everyone is eating\nWow so many people hungry", "Go to a restroom\nSee everyone shitting\nWow so many diarrhoea"], ["malaysia actually have a lot of wealth, go wealthy areas see wealthy people, normal lah. same in any country.\nalso becoz you see people spending doesn't mean they are necessarily rich, lots of young people live on debt nowadays, they just spend and deal with it later - or let someone else deal with it. living beyond your means is not uncommon nowadays sadly."], ["To answer Note 4:\ni go sports direct for sports related. Bought a pair of nike for 139 the other day about 2 weeks back. Clearance stock but still ok.\nI also bought puma about 2 months ago, 199, with 10% discount became 179.", "also if you're really cheaping out, bundle is always the best deal. I don't play football very much, just with my friends maybe a couple times a week, so a used one for 90 is an absolute steal"], ["when you earn 1K-2K per day, you will spend like that too.\nsave money for what when you overflow of money? Not like you can take it to grave."], ["Because people can spend their money however they want without making it a race and neither should you.\nAlso the cost of living in Malaysia is considered low globally.\nIf you've been to cities like Beijing/Tokyo or even London you'd be shocked at the cost of basic things. That's why we think things are expensive when in reality we are just used to living cheaper compared to the world.\nAnother thing, sometimes it's more worth it to buy good branded things (like phones or vehicles) than cheap ones due to quality and reliability. Penny wise pound foolish."], ["45% of KL household are T20 Malaysians. So if you are in KL, you really would see them everywhere.", "he go to places where T20 of T20 in KL hang out.\nthose people earn 30K-100k per month.", "What kind of jobs would get you that salary though? \ud83e\udd14", "Have a lot of assets, with RM 2 million and earning just 5% per year is already RM 100k which is T20", "That's called T0.5"], ["biar papa, asal bergaya", "Upvoted. Not heard this line for ages. My late dad used to say in loghat mana tah... \"bior pape, asalkan bergaye.\"", "What does it mean", "Literally, something like, \"It's ok to be poor as long as you have style.\" \"Papa\" is a Malay word that means \"destitute\".", "\"papa\" is a malay old word meaning \"poor/doesn't have money\" . the saying basically means \"be poor as long as you're stylish\""], ["Y\u2019all actually underestimating the shadow economy behind the front economy. I think LGE when he was finance minister estimated around 400billion ringgit worth of shadow economy is in works"], ["I'm in Mexico right now, specifically CDMX Centro hist\u00f3rico.\nAt first I thought KL is so much more expensive than being at CDMX, would be like a Singaporean coming to KL. But to my surprise it's more expensive here, by quite a bit. And yes I've ventured out beyond Centro hist\u00f3rico which is a tourist site (but so is KL, they're quite comparable).\nI've came to an appreciation that KL isn't really that expensive after all. You only think it is because you can't see it from the outside."], ["we are not as broke , all you need is to be some MNC TL to get a BMW with a not bad house to boot.\nand yes RM20,000.00 bags is not a problem for an MNC mid management"], ["you need to go to malaysia pf something group , all gila2 invest , me see soo ant . \ud83d\ude05"], ["Malaysians have a spending problem (I'm talking about malays because I'm mostly around them). Rm3k salary but they get a honda city"], ["Atome, bnpl and ipp are the answers most of the time"], ["you're looking at the wrong place then, buddy"], ["People who cant afford wont go to malls like TRX, people who can, will. So if you are in TRX, then the people you'll see there are the ones that can afford la. If you go to some kampung in Kelantan, you wont be saying the same thing."], ["Here's the insight: Observer bias.\nConsider this:\nT20 is still a pretty substantial group. Assuming a population of 33 million, that top 20% is roughly...6.6 million? I know the definition is classified by household and not by the individual but it's a fair gauge. I think people also overestimate how much it takes to be classified as T20, but that only highlights the huge disparity between the top 1% to 5% with the rest of the population. But I digress.\nSince you mentioned TRX, you're probably in the Klang Valley, where the majority of the nation's wealth is concentrated. Naturally, your chances of encountering the wealthy is going to be higher, especially if you're observing more expensive brands. Bad example but someone who's already in the market for an Apple product probably isn't gonna shop for a Vivo or Oppo. The RM300k cars you're referring to are, once again, from observing in Klang Valley.\nLike it or not, we have a shopping mall culture and within it - a lot of people window shop, but it doesn't mean they're actually spending their money. Remember when The Exchange TRX opened, it was insanely crowded? People just want to check out a fancy new mall (or heck, enjoy the air-conditioning), it doesn't mean they're spending. Plus there were all those people complaining about the parking rates - all I can say about that is if they're complaining about the cost of parking, they're probably not the target audience of the mall (also it's pretty well-connected with the MRT).\nAlso I hate to be the person to say this but RM100k-ish cars here can't really be classified as \"luxury\", but you'd be surprised at the number of people who live by the skin of their teeth and take 9-year loans just to get a nicer car because the financial system allows it.", "Really??... so money cant buy happiness ?", "I never said that. It can certainly buy things that make you happy though. ;0", "yes, even if it is for 30 minutes or 1 hour.... depending on how \"fitzai\" you are"], ["Man this whole thread is the reason why Malaysians are so hesitant to ask/uneducated; ask smth kena belasah.\nIt\u2019s a fair question, if OP is ignorant then just educate, what\u2019s the condescension for, macam korang tak pernah ignorant about smth else \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8", "tu lah, takut aq. i thought this place good for sembang2 and chit chat, diff opinions accepted and welcomed. tapi get downvoted pulak on almost everything i say, even neutral factual responses e.g. what is APW, what is omakase etc. wahlao...", "Don't worry it was a fair question, and didn't deserve the many similar (not-so-nice) replies. Even I am surprised by how much everyone else seems to be spending, could be because if you remember what the ringgit uaed to be worth (compared with what it is worth now), RM200 is still a lot of money.\nShoes - get your size and fit, then wait for sales (online or physical). And don't discount the Malaysian shoe brands, sometimes they do have what you are looking for, with decent quality, just a less updated design", "Thank you for your kind words. Good idea to get my sizing first.", "HEAR HEAR"], ["Well, what choice do we have. I used to save rm1k a month, now i have to cut my savings in half and spend it on groceries. Things are getting expensive and i dont live in luxury"], ["Just live your life man, they got their own life, no need to look into others life, you will not be sharing their wealth/debt.", "OP needs to make himself feel better"], ["In some ways, most business are design to attract rich people to spend, because that's the most lucrative business. Why sell something that is affordable to the masses with low margins, when you can sell something catered for the upper echelons of the society. Less effort, more rewarding. As a result of that, these things become more visible than other stuff.\nYou can either use it as motivation to make more money, or keep yourself sane and try not to spend too much time obsessing over something you cannot afford for the time being.", "Those shoes are not even luxury to begin with and is overpriced"], ["Ppl are just YOLO this days \u2026 buy first regret later\u2026"], ["I ask myself the same question sometimes, coming from the \"T20\". But that's because my tuition fee was in a foreign currency, and I have to service the loan with my salary because I settled down here in Malaysia. So I still live in cheaper rented property with housemates, eat mixed rice everyday, and walk to work."], ["I gave up and started buying shoes from Clarks and Camel. Expensive but well worth the money as they will last you 5 years or more. The crap that Parkson sells fall apart just after a year.\nFor sports, esp futsal, I go to Sports Direct and get the model from 2 years ago. My current pair of Pumas is 4 years old and cost me RM90 when I got it."], ["Let me give you some insight as someone who basically grew up in this environment. For starters, the wealth inequality gap in Malaysia is huge. I can think of 2 reasons as to why children in Malaysia are like this: 1) peer pressure and 2) rich parents.\nI had private schooling. My friends and I barely spoke Malay and Chinese... and preferred English instead (you know the drill). We were immensely Westernised from a young age. And what happens when you're Westernised? Well, you follow Western trends and are infatuated with Western media, of course. You watch influencers on the internet possessing certain brands that are, in fact, expensive to the average Malaysian (because they're in USD, GBP, EUR, etc.); nonetheless, you're convinced! Your friends in school start wearing and using such brands too. And if you don't follow the masses, you're looked at weirdly. Students gossip behind your back about the possibility of you being poor (or just poorer than them). So you beg your parents. And they eventually listen and give in to your demands.\nI can give you a few examples. My Year 7 class had a mixture of students. I'd say 30% had Android phones, and 70% had iPhones. However, at the end of Year 9 (3 years later)... I think the ratio changed to: 5% to 95%? Why? Peer pressure. iPhones are much cooler in the eyes of Gen Z.\nAnother example... when I started A Levels at Sunway College, I wore a basic pair of Sketchers. But soon enough, I made my mum go to JD and buy me some Vans or Converse. Why? Well, I noticed how my classmates (and just people at Sunway in general) looked at my feet weirdly. It was a humiliating experience, to say the least.\nI also began to care more about brands when I went shopping for clothes. Soon, appearance became everything. I even dyed my hair a lighter colour just because many others were doing it.\nAnd a final example - everyone in Sunway had an iPad!! At least in my class. I made my mum get me an iPad because I was known as the \"only kid in class who didn't have an iPad.\" People snickered behind my back.\nNow, look... I'm actually considering deleting this comment a while later because I know people are going to call me spoiled. I'm aware that my demands were unreasonable. But peer pressure is peer pressure. Please do not reply with all that corny, \"Ohhh, you shouldn't care what others think!!\"\nAnd finally, I head to my second point - rich parents. A lot of my friends have incredibly wealthy parents. They are usually entrepreneurs. Some are doctors, lawyers, accountants, and whatnot. But most are involved in business, I think. And some earn from overseas. I think this explains why Malaysians can afford many (foreign) expensive brands. I had this couple in my class who drove me in their Mazda to the mall after classes one day to hang out. The girl told me how her mum owned factories overseas. (The couple even flew to Japan out of the blue a few weeks before our exams because they were \"stressed.\") One of my best friends told me her mother worked as an accountant overseas for years before she came back to Malaysia to start a business. My sister\u2019s best friends are crazy rich, too. Pools in their backyards, multiple TVs in their cars, spending money on things like PS5s (yes, when the PS5 came out in Malaysia, my sister\u2019s best friend bought it on the same day without even asking his parents). Basically, rich parents enable their children to be this way. My classmates bought K-pop concert tickets IN CLASS without discussing it with their parents first. When we'd go out to eat, they'd pay no attention to the prices. When we planned on activities like bowling, archery, or escape rooms... no one mentioned prices. I can go on and on with many more examples, but I'll stop here.\nEssentially, many of my friends are very inconsiderate of how the less fortunate live their lives. They are really out of touch with reality. Even teachers in our school would be scared of the students sometimes; a student saying, \"I'll tell my parents,\" would send shivers down their spines.", "Whoa, crazy insights into the lives of Sunway students... thank you for being so honest and frank with regards to your privilege and bowing down to peer pressure. really does add perspective to things. i've never had an iphone and never had designer bags ... my exercise shoes are RM60+ decathlon when everyone elses is adidas or underarmour or whatever. i drive secondhand myvi. i wonder how those kids in your school would perceive me lol. but shockingly, there's such extreme cases of wealth, as you pointed out with your schoolmates where money is never a consideration...\nplease don't delete the comment. it's not your fault and not a problem if you are 'spoilt'. you need to fit in, be part of the status quo. i get it and i won't judge. anything it take to feel a sense of belonging and inclusion.", "To be honest, my family had a humbling experience back during the pandemic (I was still in school, not in Sunway College yet). I won't go too into it because it's kinda personal (let's just say business went south) but basically it made me realise how privileged we lived. At some point, it got so bad that my mum's brother (for context, he's a U.S. citizen) lent us some money back then to keep things rolling until we got back on our own two feet. (It wasn't much of a burden for him since, you know, USD to MYR conversion rates. But we owe him nonetheless.)\nAnyway, it's the reason why I can step back and analyze all this. If not for my humbling experience, I'd probably still be just as inconsiderate and ignorant as my friends/classmates today. I know it. I wouldn't even have read your post because it wouldn't have concerned me. I'm legit serious. And, by the way, I don't blame them or loathe them or anything. It's just that some people grew up in a completely different \"Malaysia\" compared to the \"Malaysia\" most average Malaysians grew up in. All parents dream of providing the best for their children after all."], ["When you don't rely on stats and use certain assumptions and come to your own conclusions."], ["Try going to the places with cheap food, bundles or fake items. You\u2019ll see a lot of people there too.\nAnother reasoning could be that it is probably easier access now than ever to access credit. You have those BNPL and credit cards and easy if you have good credit. All leads to more spending due to easier credit (means they don\u2019t feel the pockets burning as much)."], ["Some may be singaporeans."], ["The cost of living is not high, it's just the rich employers refused to raise the workers salaries."], ["To be fair, no one really knows what goes on other people's life. Maybe the luxury car dude got it second handed, or passed down from his father, or he appreciates the car and the finer things in life.\nTo boast about wearing 200 ringgit shoe compared to 600 ringgit is not a good thing. Footwear are something you don't cheap on, even if it last longer and are more comfortable, it's worth every cent.\nTo note 4, you can try finding one at Aeon. Although it can only be said for Mocassins, I've gotten mine for 70 ringgit and had been wearing it 100% of time going out, 3 years in and still strong. Although now thr sole is starting to wear, had to visit a cobbler."], ["Lets just say there is a lot of stealth wealth", "Could you elaborate please?", "People who make alot of money or who has wealth, don't spend on showy items like branded bags etc. they buy high quality things that lasts.\nI had a friend who drove flashy cars and spend 500 or more to club.. normal days will ask us to treat him coz he ran out of money. -> middle class flaunting his money.\nWhereas another one, wear like normal average person. Clean, sharp and well fitted. found out, he owns 3 condos in KL, 1 House in Singapore. We are all mid 30s. -> stealth wealth. He makes about 500k a year in Cybersecurity.", "Ah I get it now. Thank you for responding."], ["A lot of youngsters have bad spending habits. My friend, a finance graduate has two friends earning 5k plus but live hand to mouth as they have got addicted to bad lifestyle habits. That's why there are so many bankruptcies amoung younger groups. I use a Samsung phone wheas my sons use apple phones which ate more than double my phone in cost. I wish them well!!!!"], ["They might not even be Malaysians for all we know. A lot of rich Chinese ppl who I suspect are mainlanders come here to spend money.\nAnyway I feel it\u2019s good rich ppl spend more money and buy shit. If the malls in KL are empty is not good sign for us plebs", "Yeah I could tell the mainlanders by the way they dress (very flashy or dressy, often carrying damn a lot of tote bags) and of course by the way they talk... loud and bubbly... haha.\nDefinitely a good sign to see the malls being so busy and restaurants so full."], ["Don\u2019t get shoes below rm200. It won\u2019t last long. Just save up to rm400 then wait for big sales from adidas or Nike.\nNike ones I got through Lazada monthly sales is more than enough. Pegasus 40 (latest release from this year) which retails for 589, costs only 245.18 when I bought on 10.10 sales. It\u2019s one of the best budget running shoes on the market.\nYou can watch out for adidas ultraboost sales. Just have to subscribe to their mailing list and use their mobile app. Ultraboosts are usually rm800 and sale can go as low as rm350 or so. It is seriously worth the money since it is considered one of the higher end casual/running shoes.\nSports Planet has quite good adidas ultraboosts on sale that range between 350-400 but it\u2019s not easy to grab sizes lah.", "Sometimes it is just not financial cost in consideration. Environmental cost should be considered as well. Example : Buy good expensive shoe $400 last for 4 years vs cheap shoe $200 last for 2 years. Total cost is the same, but environmental cost is different. The latter contributes to more waste that burdens Mother Earth. Having said that we should spend according to what we can afford."], ["How do you know they are spending like mad? Did the shops show you their quarterly profits? Did their customers show you their receipts?\nHave you heard of a thing called window shopping?", "Yes, I've heard of a thing called window shopping, thanks.\nI also see a lot of people buying things, queueing up to pay, trying stuff... queuing up for RM20 yoghurt drinks, RM18 fruit smoothies.\nI have a few friends in mall retail or they do businesses like consignments with select shops, they tell me how the sales are soaring, so yes, some of the shops did show me their quarterly profits, albeit indirectly.\nIt's true that maybe the people queueing up are only maybe 5% of the walk-ins. I just see a thriving retail landscape. That's not a bad thing."], ["Wait till you see how the T1 group lives. \ud83d\ude02", "RM2k/head degustation menus or omakases every night...", "Sorry for asking poor people question, but what are omakases?", "An exclusive japanese meal/dining experience, where the chef will create a course for you based on the ingredients that are available / based on his mood etc... I've never tried here but I have highschool friends who tell me they go, it's about RM1,000 per pax lol...", "High end Japanese meal sets", "Err no la\nMoney is better spent on making money\nWhen you are truly rich you have access to closed doors stuff\nNo need berlagak in front of nosy ppl"], ["Also, don't forget tourists. Many are Asians, you would simply assume they are Malaysians."], ["Stay in school, become doctor, work oversea, convert their currency triple to ours and then shopping spree."], ["While me,, all thing beli kat jbr bundle..top to toe \ud83d\ude02", "I pun ada pergi JBR. Huge choice!"], ["You go to rich people place u see rich people spend money lah.\nYou go to kopitiam, you see people spend rm3 on kopi rm3 on roti total rm6 only what\nYou go to hai di lao you see every table spend rm200++ what..\nBiasalah, you think everyone equal income isit? Some friends age 30 earning rm8k per month can afford to spend a lil, some friends age 30 only earning rm4k per month so cannot spend too much"], ["\"NOTE 4: Where to get nice shoes below RM200 ah?\"\nFor work leather shoes, Bonia is my go to\nwait for their sales, usually will be heavily discounted until <RM200\nWent thru 3 pairs only for the past 15 years, once the sole worn out, can get it replace for cheap at cobbler, then it will last you for another few years\nUsed to replace one annually until I came upon Bonia, those from HP, Bata and whatnot all doesn't last long as most are either using cheapo leather or just pleather.\noh yeah, it's a local M'sia brand as well, support local! haha!", "Wah. I always thought Bonia is expensive but great that you found some heavily discounted good quality leather! Thanks for the recommendation.", "I'm still wearing Bata sneakers/sports shoes. Sometimes can get <RM100 if buy on Shopee or whatnot.\nCukup la can tahan basically 2 years+ before the bottom of the shoes become completely smooth. No problem at all if just wearing to go work come back maybe jogging once in a while.\nStill can't bring myself to buy anything even above RM150 for shoes also.", "Compared to spending RM400+ for a pair of branded sneakers that will only last you a year or two? I would rather spend that money on a pair of good work shoes with good quality leather which can last me 5 years+ or longer\nFor the bargain, I used to visit Parkson's Bonia section, usually they'll have past season's pair on discounts\nPS: i came from a B40 family as well, still can't fathom some ppl can spend RM100++ for a plain t-shirt just bcos of brand"], ["this is normal, wait until you see those families go london/milan/tokyo for shopping", "Yes those top tier datuk datin, tai tais, rich kids. I've seen them on social media. Good for them but I don't aspire to live that type of lifestyle with such a hefty carbon footprint."], ["A few weeks back, my big bro accidentally hit an UMNO Leader 4x4 car but my big bro don't noticed. It happened that he was picking me up. That guy owns like 3 Businesses and he viraled it on Facebook Group with the number plate incl pics of me & my big bro in his group of 400K+ members. We only knew once a neigbour messaged us about it. When my brother called him, he asked if the damage was severe and offered to pay for it. But then the UMNO leader just brushed it off. When I check his FB, fuyo lavish life one ma. My big bro SPM 10A(9A+1A) still no sponsor to fly one cuz affirmative action.\nLife is so fucking unfair from the get go. With so much fucking entitled people.\nThe damage was to his plate number and wasn't really so severe but still he viraled it with my pics on it. So shameful tbh. Makes me hold a grudge agaisnt those fucking T20 entitled as fuck malays. Sorry for being racist. Some Malays are just so entitled tbh sorry"], ["Occasionally, like, once every few months, I like to reward myself with a steak dinner, usually at Menate. It's not that I'm rich. I'm just a lowly technician. But I'm not married, I don't have a car, I just have a Honda Wave for my transportation need. I rent a low cost apartment with no lift and at the top floor. Once I stop caring what other people think about me and concentrate on my own well-being, I found that I have plenty of extra money to spend on trifles."], ["Hey, it's YOLO culture and this phenomenon called consumerism.\nMoreover, peer pressure and vanity know no boundaries and are very addictive.\nGone are the days when thriftiness and frugal discipline rule.\nWelcome to the new age."], ["Tbf, a good pair of daily driver shoes isnt a bad investment for comfort and health."], ["cause everyone is insta famous, tiktok famous, YouTubers, traders, founders nowadays, our future don't have people working on desk or service anymore, everyone already kaya doing all that"], ["my friend works at FNB. Gaji is around RM2.2K. She spends all of it on luxury goods like clothes, perfumes and shoes. Doesn't save anything as far as I know"], ["No money = work more = more stress = spend money (repeat cycle).\nWe have become a consuming society with less savings and more spending \ud83d\ude0a"], ["I usually get my shoes in sportsdirect warehouse stock clearance section. Sometimes you can find a really good looking pair for below rm100 but most are definitely below rm200. You can get them for cheap if your foot size is unusual (too small or too big). Obviously not nike or adidas level but it's alright."], ["Ill never understand this. I came back for a visit recently, and some friends I had that earned 1/4th of my salary (currency conversion) was spending 2-3x more than me, buying luxury goods and eating out everyday, complaining that they live salary to salary."], ["And btw Malaysian alot of hidden rich ppl. Generation wealth and what not. I've seen a ton of ppl driving bigger car then their boss and what not just because the family can pay a heavy down payment I personally know a few ppl who stay at nice houses because family again pay a hefty down payment for them and they just have to loan the remaining balance. So yeah don't underestimate typical Malaysian haha. Reminds me of someone driving a Porsche cause it's the smallest car his family have his not even lying lol(visited his house quite a few time)"], ["My kind of splurge is turning on the aircond at 9pm-12am (auto sleep), for better sleep. Alhamdulillah I at least can afford that. Lol"], ["I like to concur your observation. I'm an avid observer of EV penetration in Malaysia especially in Klang valley area. Since BMW is among the earliest automaker launching EV's in Malaysia, I paid a lot of attention on BMW EV's running around the road of KL. Of course it made me to pay attention on conventional cars as well. Then I do casual research on the number of BMW dealers premises in KL alone, we have more than 10. How many T20, or T1 if you may, we have in this city that can sustain the business of BMW dealership? I have not yet to touch upon other makers like Merc, Volvo and etc. This observation focus specifically on big ticket items. So if I expand my focus to lesser \"high-value\" items like RM25 latte, I think it is fair to conclude that there are significant number of Malaysians who can afford and can sustain these kind of consumer-oriented businesses. A lot of money flowing around."], ["Most likely its the case of \"buy once, use for as long as possible\" and people wait for the festive seasons to buy these things due to offers and promos. Like shoes and phones, you buy once and use for years or as long as its lifespan lasts and when its no longer viable to use, you switch to a new phone or shoe. Its the same as what i do too, only ever had 3 pairs of shoes and they lasted me anywhere from 7 to 10 years so i buy a new pair when the old is just simply not usable anymore.\nFnb i just think people buy those anyways because its not seen as a big spend? Not sure on that but rm20 for a cup of coffee is ridiculous.\nCars, its just to showoff i believe. Nobody in my opinion should go for luxury cars unless they have a constant source of finances which is stable and gives enough surplus to sustain the maintenance of such cars (exception to only Lexus and certain Toyota models). So most buy used, recon or certified pre-owned to buy them a lot more cheaper than msrp. The show-off value of a badge has now superceeded the financial value of the car.", "Thank you for the neutral and insightful reply. Interesting points..."], ["Ex expat in malaysia. My two cents is there is a really large spread of income in malaysia, especially in KL where I knew a lot of people earning well their life, with few even more than my expat salary. On the second hand, some people are going to spend money on pricy items without making saving and sometime considering that it's better investment.\nSmall note:\nIn the past, cars overseas were incredibly cheaper than in Malaysia. You don't get a new BMW or Mercedes for 30k anymore that second-hand price tag.\nThe first time I moved to Malaysia, I saw the same car that i bought new back home at double the price (small citadine). Stayed un Malaysia, bought a car (Peugeot 3008) I went back home country, and i had a shock. The price tag difference was 10%..."], ["Comparison is the thief of joy..."], ["I work to spent money, if i work to be cheap, probably will just stay at home and dont go out working, cheaper."], ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_clan\nWonder if Malaysians are following suit."], ["Sooooooo, my family is T20 but you won\u2019t see me or my husband shopping at luxury stores. I\u2019m still a SHEIN/ ALIEXPRESS lady\ud83e\udee3\ud83e\udee3 Ali stuff looks expensive, but is a fraction of the cost. I\u2019m no big spender. I grew up in b40 too and am mostly a sensible person. I only spend on good quality groceries for my family. I feel the same as OP - how are these youngsters spending so much?!!!"], ["If it bothers you, go to leisure mall or aeon maluri instead. They always have a sale going on."], ["Usually I keep my opinions to myself but this topic seem too interesting. I always ask myself and my wife this question, how are the younglings finding the money to have RM 30 to RM 50 breakfast or lunch or coffee per pax, when I see those \"insta\" places full with kids who are obsessed with selfies and not even chatting.\nI'm not from B40 as per OP background, but I do come from a moderate background. Now I'm in a rather comfortable spot at 39, I spend the things I want to spend but even at my income level, i feel the pinch. No comments on the shopping part as I do mostly online, and my only splurge is either tech stuff or watches.\nI truly believe the younger gen and those u see spending are going this few ways, to my knowledge:\n1) might be making money from insta being a \"influencer\",alot of this low ranges ones make money from wealth men. Either being party girls, part time gf or even OF. New gen, new mindset when the only thing u can sell is this.\n2) Malaysia is a hot bed for illegal activities, scam centers, online gambling, illegal loanshark so the ppl funding the younglings might be this or themselves\n3) parents rich or kids just spending future money because now kids don't have the mentality to buy a property etc, the old school way. YOLO life, they just live by the days.\n4) This is KL, where majority of wealth is accumulated here assuming 95% of the T20 recide and spend in the same place. It's not that people are rich, just that rich people all are here so there is a distorted reality."], ["this explains why younger generation who are just graduated demand for higher salary, their cost of living is high, wear branded, drink eat cafe rm50 - rm 60 like u mention, and yet complain can't survive with low salary, this is kind of lifestyle is demand by themselves and also influence probably by their friends / influencers . Maybe some are from rich families, wondering how a college student haven't even start working can spend so much? or maybe some work and save up to buy what they want, is fine. But in some cases, some of them get salary and spend most of it every month, and end up less saving for them. is either you want to save more or spend more, except if you are born rich. Some people i know, spend like crazy but in actual they do not have saving. Some spend wisely, wear and eat normal, probably cook most of the time to save up, only spend what is necessary, maybe once in awhile spend what they want. They have enough saving to the point that, they don't have to worry about 1 - 3 years of being jobless, and still have the money to pay loan, etc.. The ones spend most of their saving have no backup, if they loses their job, they can't survive 1 - 3 years being joblesss. So is a choice, do you want to be the person that live luxurious but have no saving backup , or that simple person that have so much saving? I think this is all about self demand control, you get paid, and you spend spend spend, so what will happen? you will forever keep working and working , then spend again, your savings forever stay low ,then the loop keep repeat. Some are even worst, want to look rich but struggling, is it that important to show people all that? i think being humble not even care about all that but being more wise and have savings are more practical."], ["My thoughts exactly! How?"], ["Kids, this is why statistics should be compulsory course in secondary school mathematics."], ["BNPL"], ["Cost of living in malaysia is incredibly low"], ["Go to mall, see people spending money. Shook. /s"], ["Congratulations - you have the mindset of what the famous financial guru \"Dave Ramsey\" would call \"everyday millionaire\". If you can earn like a T20 and spend like a B40, you will be a millionaire (and then some) one day.\nDon't be like the fool that is mentioned in this video - earn T20 or rather T5/T1, but having mindset of B40 - Earn 40K but commitment 38K:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e2FK8tzYAQ"], ["Malaysia still so cheap , comin from the US just for the shopping and food , love it always"], ["Honestly if people want to spend their money that way, then it's on them. No reason to judge how they spend it.", "I am happy for our economy to see so many people buying things. I am not really 'judging' them anyway. It's just an observation that people are healthily spending, although at a level I am just personally not used to being from a B40 household. Not saying \"why the hell would anyone want to spend RMXXX on XXX???\"."], ["Buy now pay later meta , u been living in cave"], ["Bro I had the exact same thoughts when hunting for new shoes. I ended up buying ANTA shoes in Al-Ikhsan because that\u2019s the most comfortable pair under RM250. I earn okay, but the prices of goods now really insane. Can\u2019t buy anything from JD sports or footlocker. I can\u2019t justify dropping RM400-600 average for a pair of more branded shoes. 2 months in with my ANTA. I\u2019m really happy with it. It looks good. Superbly comfy and cheaaap. Just because it\u2019s not branded la", "Anta is actually a good brand from China btw. Just that it's rising and people don't know it yet, similar to Li Ning before.", "Thanks! I will look into that. I think I saw in Sunway Pyramid before, this ANTA brand. Under 250 is great. Yea thank you for validating my post as most people think I am just being naive and deserve a good whacking."], ["As someone from a T0.001 family this is all very funny to me"], ["Because you\u2019re going to areas with high density of relatively well off people"], ["It is common for sale of luxury goods to increase during financial crisis. It\u2019s not just Malaysia."], ["Their financial planning are non existent to these people.\nT20 Malaysian will buy shoes overseas not in Malaysia when the shoes are overpriced and marked up high by the stores owner.\nMany of those people you see, you can see them driving myvi and people here really think they are T20\u2026"], ["Some people spend using their credit card and pay off the credit card debt with the minimum amount only.."], ["I watched a video somewhere that basically said this: young people spend more now in the moment because they\u2019ve given up on the big purchases. The economy is fucked we can\u2019t own a house and starting a family is financial suicide. They know life is expensive, so why bother planning for the future? Just live for today la", "This is the current situation of China."], ["Fuh. Spend 200 on shoes. Bought myself a pair of Bata @100. Last pair bought before covid?", "my last pair is from H&M, around RM120 or so... haha."], ["Since a lot of people already serang u on ur methodology, I'll just answer your last note.\nGood shoes below rm200 brands: Bata and Dr Cardin are my go to."], ["I think you should visit your local homeless shelters or orphanages if you think that way", "I'm from a b40 environment. My parents are uneducated and poor. I have poor friends. I spent most of my life in a low cost flat, 2 rooms and 500 sq ft. I understand poverty and being bullied because I'm not from a nice household when studying. I'm simply saying it's pretty fascinating to see people living a different life from me and it's something I could not fathom, but totally happy that the economy is doing so well and also to each their own re spending habits.", "What homeless shelters and orphanages got to do with this man questions where people get their money and spend them? Get the fck out of here lol"], ["Perfect opportunity to talk about 'selection bias'\nThis is a bias due to sample selection and do not accurately reflect the population.\nDepending on where you are, there's always selection bias in the kind of people you see/ interact with.\nIf you're in a fancy mall near an area where property prices are sky high, chances are, the people that will be there are those that have the means to spend rm20 for a cup of coffee everyday. Maybe they are in debt, maybe they truly do have the means to do so, it doesn't matter, the type of people staying in these area are the people who are WILLING to spend RM20 for a cupt of coffee.\nThis goes for everything. If you visit the local wetmarket in a neighbourhood that aren't wealthy, then you will see people being very frugal, calculative and the market also reflects that by selling at the lowest possible price to cather to the local demographic. Similarly, in a wealthy neaighbourhood, the market will instead be air-conditioned, filled with imported goods, and the vegetables, meats and so on may even be pre-cut.\nThe average median Malaysia can't spend RM20 on a cup of coffee everyday, that is a fact, no matter what you see or hear. Especially don't listen to the boomers saying things like 'youngsters these days can't afford to buy houses or get married because they are spending RM20 every day on coffee.\" That is just demonstrably false. This generation can't afford houses or get married or build a family is due to stagnant wages, on top of inflation and rising cost of living as well as significantly increased price of property ON TOP of increasing need for specialisation in pretty much all industry needing at minimum a tertiary education for any job that pays decently well. It's not just a double whammy, its like quadruple whammy.", "On coffee\nActually, Rm20 x 30 days a month is RM600. That's <10% for the median household in KL, Putrajaya, Selangor. So I'm going to counter your stand and say, the median household in Klang Valley actually CAN spend RM600 a month on coffee. A couple would probably share that same cup, though. :P\nOn housing\nThe median house in Selangor 2022-2023 is about RM500k. That makes a housing affordability of about 4.8-5x annual median household income of RM120k\nSo, I'm going to counter that and say, yes, the fresh graduate probably cannot buy a house. But a young couple, both with 5 years experience making 5-6k a month each? No issue affording a house, just whether you could get one in the place you want.\nSource :\nChief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said six states reached median income above the national level, namely, Kuala Lumpur (RM10,234); Putrajaya (RM10,056); Selangor (RM9,983); Labuan (RM6,904); Johor (RM6,879) and Penang (RM6,502).\nhttps://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/07/935920/households-income-malaysia-rise-says-dosm\nLocal house price variations\nKuala Lumpur has Malaysia\u2019s most expensive housing, with an average price of MYR 741,445 (US$174,102) during the year to Q3 2022, followed by Selangor at MYR 501,085 (US$117,662), Sarawak at MYR 493,799 (US$115,951), Sabah at MYR 486,634 (US$114,269), Pulau Pinang at MYR 435,650 (US$102,297), and Johor at MYR 377,637 (US$88,675).\nBy property type:\nTerraced house average prices rose by 1.34% y-o-y to MYR 418,592 (US$98,291) in Q3 2022. Quarter-on-quarter, prices fell by 2.17%.\nHigh-rise residential properties\u2019 average price rose slightly by 0.78% y-o-y to MYR 342,506 (US$80,425) in Q3 2022. On a quarterly basis, prices dropped 1.54%.\nDetached house average prices were down by 3.01% y-o-y to MYR 617,432 (US$144,981) over the same period. Quarter-on-quarter, detached house prices fell by 1.68%.\nSemi-detached house average prices rose slightly by 1.16% y-o-y but dropped 2.93% q-o-q to MYR 669,402 (US$157,185) in Q3 2022.\nhttps://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/malaysia/price-history", "Coffee <10% of median household income.\nA typical household consist of 3 -4 person based on statista, probably lower in urban area.Let's just assume a typical median household consists of 2 income earner, usually the father&mother, or a couple. Based on OpenDOSM, the Median household income as of 31 dec 2022 data is only RM10k. So, RM600 is more than 10% of what a single median income earner would earn. While, yes RM600 is <10% of the median household income, if its between two income earner, and both have the same habit, thats RM1,200 a month just on coffee alone. They CAN, but is it something people would want to engage in actively? I also said average median malaysian, not median Klang Valley Malaysian. In the very same list in the attached image, you can see the moment you look at median household income of outside Selangor/KL/Putrajaya, which is where the majority of the Malaysian are, there's a huge falloff, to only having RM6-7k median household income. So RM20 coffee everyday is well within 10% of household income of an average median Malaysian. That's just 1 persons's daily coffee habit taking up almost 10% of the household income.\nThe median house in Selangor 2022-2023 is about RM500k. That makes a housing affordability of about 4.8-5x annual median household income of RM120k\nYou are ignoring loan interest, and also daily expenditure whilst paying for the RM500k house. Assuming you took a loan of RM400k @ 3% interest (impossibly low) , paying off RM100k as a lump sum/ down payment (which already requires 1 or more year to save up), with a loan repayment period of 15 - 30 years, your monthly mortgage is RM1.6k - RM2.7k. At 10k median household income, that is 16-27% of the household monthly income paid off to mortgage. Whatever I wrote here is most likely an underestimate as well, and so many thing has to fall right in order to make it work. We haven't even talked about cost of transport, food, water, eletricity, and so on, and 16-27% of the monthly household income is already gone. Transport being a big one, since the entirety of Malaysia including klang valley is so car centric, hence a car is already a big burden in terms of cost. Again, they can do it, but how likely is it that the property is both decent and in a viable location and only RM500k, having a partner who earns RM5k+ whilst being a RM5k+ earner, a low interest property loan.\nPersonally, I think its a very low chance and does not truly reflect the average median Malaysian. We also haven't even include the possibility of needing to support siblings, parents/ grandparents who are old and etc etc. The household income can support buying a house, but thats after pooling multiple sources of income, mostly 2 source, sometimes even more, rarely only a single source, and with the assumption that there is no other prior commitment or pressing expenses like car, education, insurance, emergency fund, etc etc.\n<image>", "The topic in question is referring to spending patterns in TRX or KL. There are almost no rm20 coffees outside of the major urban centers", "Title literally states \"Cost of living in Malaysia so high, but people are spending gila2\". OP only mentions a KL mall once - Mid Valley, and had no way implied that OP is only talking about KL/ Klang Valley area only.\nI was commenting directly under OP and not another comment.\nAnd Starbucks pretty much exist in every single state in Malaysia. You can even get some premium coffee from McD for almost RM20 which exist everywhere in Malaysia. (most expensive item that I can think of is Ice Blended Latte at RM14+) You can get a RM20 coffee anywhere in Malaysia, and I've mentioned, even by klang valley median income standard, spending >5% of monthly median household income on a single person's coffee habit is just not realisitic.", "Not good financial habit, sure, but spending 5-6% of a family's household income on coffee is definitely doable (highly unwise, but doable) to the median household in KV earning RM9-10k a month.\nAnyway, to digress, I went down the rabbithole and discovered some interesting tidbits.\nThe average msian drinks 107 cups of coffee\nSource: https://bebasnews.my/2023/10/01/interactive-malaysia-has-3rd-highest-coffee-consumption-spike-in-region/\nOn average, every person in the country drank 52 cups of coffee in 2017.\nBut this number has more than doubled, or swelled by 105% to 107 cups per person a year in 2021.\nThis is based on an analysis by Sunday Star on the data from the ICO on coffee consumption and the country\u2019s total population from the World Bank.\nThe number of cups are then calculated based on each cup using 10 grams of coffee.\nMalaysia's Starbucks has annual sales of RM884m, equivalent to RM25 per citizen (33m population, and about 8million households), or RM100-110 per household. Assuming starbucks has 50% market share (my assumption), this works out to be about Rm200-250 total coffee spend per household per year.\nSo clearly, people are NOT spending RM600 on coffee a month (RM7,200 a year on coffee).\nhttps://www.worldcoffeeportal.com/Latest/News/2023/May/Starbucks-outlet-growth-in-Malaysia-drives-Berjaya\nAnyway, my original point on coffee is : it's 'doable' to spend RM600 on coffee for the median KV household, but very stupid to do so. It's pretty much the equivalent of smokers who spend 500 a month on cigs.", "P.S. a large percentage of people in states outside of. Klang valley are earning minimum wage - Rm1.5k so Rm600 on coffee a month is killing themselves."], ["Some of them are poor themselves with terrible financial management. Earn 2k spend 2k. Unlike me, earn 4k spend 12k. LETS GO CREDIT CARDS"], ["you might see me in designer brand but you will never see me spending or even carrying a lot of money. I might look rich but the only thing I can afford in a mall is leave\ud83e\udd23"], ["Easy way to see if people are truly living beyond their means is to look at outstanding credit card debt by income band and age group.\nI haven\u2019t lived in Malaysia for over 10 years but in 2009 shortly before I left I recall every single one of my friends carrying a CC balance.\nMin pay on 10,000 is 250/month. If you can spare 500/ mth on frivolous spending; putting it on a CC allows you to spend 20k.\nPretty easy to buy into the idea that a 20k bag actually cost 500/ mth \ud83d\ude0b.\nReminds me of the lyrics of a song that was popular in my secondary school days. If I recall correctly, the refrain went \u201c Gali lubang, tutup lubang, pinjam wang bayar hutang\u201d"], ["Also there are quite sizeable amount of crypto rich user"], ["If pareto distribution explains a lot of things, then 6.6 million Malaysians hold 80% of the nation\u2019s wealth. What you\u2019re seeing in the malls are the same 6.6 million Malaysians."], ["Op needs to go to other places, specifically non t20 places.", "Thanks BiggieBoss9, but I spent my childhood and young adult years in a low cost flat worth RM55k (the only thing my father could afford) and situated next to a dumpster. I know how Poor feels. I am trying to help my parents to break through from this environment by working and saving up. I am not from the hardcore poor, but poor enough that a RM20 meal is considered expensive to my parents. This post was just my observations of more financially free Malaysians around me (surface-level) and their manners of spending."], ["I don't know, maybe they are going into debt, why compare with others, I like to see my net worth grow, not collection of luxury goods. It also doesn't help that you live in an area where the top 1% live, I regularly see lamboghinis, mercede,s, porsches near where I live, and it's not even KL lol."], ["keep observing and u should be a millionaire by 40. u have the eye for it. most people don\u2019t.", "Thanks for the complement!!"], ["shall i blow your mind with just 2 words?\nWealth inequality.\nIt is why both situations where you see people queueing up to buy iphones and homeless people living in destitute can both simultaneously exist in the same reality.", "Yep I know this exists. In my highschool years, my schoolmates 'shun' me and my low cost flat, even saying they don't like going to my home. Or being bullied even by my schoolmates' parents \u2014 they would tell me \"Why won't you become like Alfred, travel more, see the world more?\" etc. Well coz Alfred's mom is a datin and my parents could only afford a RM55,000 flat?", "you need better friends.", "Yes, I don't talk to those schoolmates at all anymore. Have found a better more empathetic community."], ["Go seeking out the food courts, especially when they're tucked away from open view.\nThose are the \"grassroot\" Malaysians. The others you see are earning at least RM 5000 per month, or have families that are so well off they thought Omakase restaurants should be the norm (when none of them can even read a lick of Japanese, with tons of Chinese Malaysian owners fucking up the grammar and words of the language every time they name their \"Japanese\" restaurants).\n\u300c\u306e\u300dis not a subsitute for the Chinese \u300c \u4e4b\u300d, you shameless bastards.\n\u30c1\u30e3\u30a4\u30de\u30ec\u30fc\u3066\u3081\u3048"], ["What you usually don't see behind closed doors:\nHutang byk2\nPinjam duit sini sana\nEat grass and dirt every day to afford luxury items or worse,\nRob and steal for others just to sustain their lifestyle.\nFrankly, it's pure insanity how some are willing to condemn themselves into a living hell just to flex they have money."], ["If you are hanging out in those places, aren\u2019t you also one of the people spending gila2?\nThe rest of us use Shopee or go mamak lol \ud83d\udc80", "i go use my madani credit shop for something in uniqlo lol... i didnt go TRX yet. just go mid valley. but plenty of people who are B40 only la. and maybe even can be B40 but dress or spend like T20, credit card gila2 also.", "Actually your observation isn\u2019t that outrageously erroneous also tbh. I know a lot people that are actually M40 that spend as if they are T20.\nThe situation you see of ppl spending gila2 is mostly from M40 trying to keep up appearances because they didn\u2019t do as well as their T20 friends. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to accept that we didn\u2019t \u201cmake it\u201d and continue to hyper focus on the T20 friends that did, when we forget to look down to appreciate what we achieved. Ppl always want more. They overspend.\nBtw if you want really cheap stuff just shop on Shopee, my shoes cost RM 50 but design inspired by Adidas ultra boost without the adidas branding. Then I buy extra insole (RM 5) to make the fit snug and healthier for my feet. It feels better than my original Ultra Boosts (RM 799)\nManaged to find a lot of bargains and alternatives online to save money. If you\u2019re smart with what/how you buy online, you can achieve the same quality of lifestyle with buying branded. Stealth wealth my brother \ud83d\ude0e x perlu tayang tayang asal comfortable and stylish", "Thank you for the inspiring and cost saving lifehacks :D I never owned any hypebeast sneakers pun and my lifestyle/circle pun tak macam tu, humble ok je asalkan not in any credit card debt... Yea, x perlu tayang2."], ["Is it me....or ...I'm overthinking.... Gym are scam.. U can walk and run outside Ur house...need to do weight... Buy 5litres spritzer mineral water... U can customize it...fill with water or sand... Make weight... 1 bottle for 1 kg another bottle for 2 kg.."], ["swipe first think later"], ["Because broke people like me don't even go out much."], ["your post can't convince people if you use items that can be purchased with installments, or eating Maggi for a week as example."], ["T20 is like 20% of Malaysian out of 33 million."], ["I make like 3.5k a month, how poor am I?"], ["Not everyone lah . Only a small percentage of Malaysian can afford the stuff you said . I know many Malaysians cant even afford fast food ."], ["nowadays youngsters also richer than last time...can earn alot money doing online selling, affiliate, content creator bla bla...so spending power also stronger..last time only kids with rich parents can buy RM 20 starbucks daily..nowadays kids from poor background also can do it liao, no need proper 9-6 job also \ud83e\udd23"], ["Apart from credit cards, personal loans and other forms of credit such as the \u201cbuy now pay later\u201d scheme have become more easily accessible, making it tempting to borrow (buy) now without fully considering the long-term consequences"], ["Nowadays its so easy to buy stuff with installment. It\u2019s no surprise that many could be in debt actually.. example i went to siti khadijah to buy telkung. Even telkung you can pay with installment lol"], ["Just spend on the shoes lol, a good pair of shoes can last a very long time, coming from a former not spender"], ["https://youtu.be/FGDB22dpmwk?si=g5iHeJOH_K3wA6tE\nNot saying I fully agree with the person in this video but they did bring interesting perspective. The comment section is also full of both supporting, against and balanced views regarding the topic. Just sharing here. For context: it's video titled Luxury Fashion Is For Broke People by channel RAISED."], ["Where to get nice shoes below RM200 ah?\nLarge sports store like Sports Direct usually have a section with discounted shoes. That's where I used to buy my shoes, mostly between RM120 to RM200. Though that was before covid and from what I can tell, they have decreased stocking shoes of my size, so it's harder to find a deal now.\nBtw my shoe size is US size 12, and I need the wide sized ones with 2E width, which means New Balance is pretty much the only brand here that I could reliably find a fitting pair of shoes. Other brands usually don't import the wide sized shoes to Malaysia. Sadge."], ["Could someone explain to me what T20 refers to?\nNon-Malaysian here, thanks in advance.", "An economic tier based on salary. T20 means their salary is RM10,960 and above, but many people make much, much more than that, perhaps RM30k, RM40k is not unheard of. B40 is my parents household income, with less than RM4,849 a month. There's also the mid-range M40, with a household income of around 5-10k."], ["Well yeah, that's why you see those who are spending hard and you don't see those who are hardly spending.\nI got friends go mall/restaurants eat like 5 times a week while I go like 1 or 2 times per 2 weeks."], ["I think it just depends on where you're situated? Like houses surrounded by malls are typically where rent is higher, so it's easy to assume they can afford a day out every week. As for fancy clothes, I think a large majority of Malaysian's just indulge in online shopping(aka Shopee dupes)."], ["$30k can buy you USED BMW/Merc, same as Malaysia, 135k rm can buy USED BMW/Merc"], ["Whole of Malaysia inside there izzit?", "Yea yea, That day ramai orang. No parking space, I believe whole of Malaysia there, or maybe just the Selangor and KL citizens.... seriously, coz no parking space."], ["Sohai lah?"], ["There's a thing called a credit card. People are spending the money they don't have and go into debt just for bragging rights. Some people save up for years to buy their dream iPhone. 100k cars are not luxury vehicles. With a 10 year loan that's about 1000/mth. Even Toyota Camry, which starts at 200k, is still considered middle class car. People like to talk a whole lot about the T20 but we're forgetting the M40 are pretty well off and have decent disposable income to spend as well. T20 and the top 30 within the M40 combined is 50% of the population. That's 16 million people nationwide. Lots of Malaysians are actually well off than you may think. Luxury goods (clothing and accessories) are actually cheaper here compared to, say somewhere like Singapore. Cars maybe cheaper in the USA but owning and operating is very high there compared to here. We have the cheapest petrol prices in the world. Cheap tolls, cheap service costs compared to developed western countries."], ["Party like there is no tomorrow."], ["Note4: bundle shops. Try searching eg. Jamie Bundle shoes. There r plenty others around.\nIn addition, you can also buy out-of-season overstock shirts, pants and jeans.", "Thank you. Yea I've been to those JBR bundle etc. I've got 2nd hand shoes before from bundle shops, but thanks for that idea!"], ["YOLOOOOOOO"], ["I actually spend too much on food for my family. Especially masa eating out. I hope I can control but usually susah. Sad."], ["Im 20 and earning 3k a month, u bet I can do all these while paying rent and food"], ["Compare down, don't compare up. You will be happier."], ["No one will know if they use real or fake branded shoes or bags. I know people who bought fake stuffs but looks real. So it's just from the looks."], ["kad kredit :26559:"], ["Rich become richer, poor become poorer. And there are ppl without commitment time to time. No matter how, there are still people have ability to buy something we couldn't."], ["Just my perspective as a borderline T20, I think average adult in KL earn okay to live the life you mentioned. But where I echo is these people are definitely spending at a much higher proportion and probably don\u2019t save much. It\u2019s more about the spending habits not how they make the money."], ["Depend on the place also. You go to those atas places for sure going to see people like that. Wherever you go now there will be a lot of people around but that doesn't reflect the whole socio-economy. You can go to pasar malam also packed."], ["I think that\u2019s good sign. Economy is growing in your country. If people save money too much will be bad for your economy in general."], ["U re describing my life story here too. I resonate with that."], ["chinese saying, everyone finger have short and longer ends, dont compare and you will live longer"], ["Look at Muflis Bankrupt di Malaysia group in FB and you'll immediately understand why"], ["Pasar malam is more expensive than malls.", "I actually visited the PJ SS2 market on monday... to get a nice dinner with dessert and drink... i found myself paying close to RM30 lol.... this is really gila d. One lamb grilled bun RM15, one air coconut RM3, one mochi thing RM8, one oyster mee suah RM12.... apakah daya.", "You can buy 3 T-shirts for RM50 at Padini. Once I saw a non branded T shirt selling for RM30 at local Pasar malam \ud83d\ude02"], ["personally I only spend big money buying good quality things that keep me off the ground eg: shoes, bed, Tayar, chair\nMy daily footwear is red wing boots (buy once, cry once) and RM 10 selipar for short trips out of home.\nIf you daily slippers only when going out try to save up for Birkenstocks (lasts a decade if cared for)\nDon't know anything about sneakers, I only wear when going exercise I buy sketcher cheap off lazada cuz they just don't last\nAlso your mother is right, buy cheap clothes don't buy a brand, I go to Good2U and buy reject clothes for like rm 5 each so good"], ["Where to get nice shoes below RM200 ah?\nTry Tomaz. I got my convocation shoes there for less than rm100 at the Sunway Pyramid outlet. Very pretty and they have a huge selection."], ["Phones can loan, even branded shoes online can be loan, not everyone out there pay cash"], ["I only shop new tshirts once every 6 months lol. Shoes? Once every 2 years lol. My money mostly spent on food, which i regret because many of things i eat are not healthy."], ["Why you care so much about what other people are doing bro, only compare yourself to the you if yesterday.\nAlso I don\u2019t think you sold compare to average salary, you shills compare to selangor and kl average. Also I think you are operating on heavy confirmation bias, I just drive on LDP and if I count all the cars, probably luxury cars less then 1%, same with shoes. You only see and notice what you didn\u2019t have. Meanwhile, there\u2019s so many people on moto, hey thank god you at least have a car right?"], ["You're going to a high end mall of course you're going to see all these activities. You don't expect to see beggars walking around Mid Valley right?\nIn the grand scheme of things, it's not a lot. It's probably only 10 or so malls that are like that, most are in Klang Valley. How many people did you see are like that, maybe 33000? That's just 0.01% of Malaysia's population.\nAlso, Instagram magnifies this. People want to post their wins and vacations and shoes and cars, not them getting fired or having RM100k cc debt, am I right?\nIf you really wanna see \"cheap\" shoppers, go to a place like Chow Kit market, Uptown Kota Damansara or Uptown Danau Kota, these are kind of pasar malams but with \"permanent\" fixtures."], ["200 for good shoes is mimpi. My feet are bigger than average (9.5/44F) and I willingly spent 400 for Medifeet shoes. Best 400 ever spent."]]}
{"title": "Chided for MM2H remark", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l62nz/chided_for_mm2h_remark/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "\"Ahli Majlis Kerja Tertinggi (MKT) Umno Lokman Adam berkata parti itu tidak akan membenarkan pilihan raya Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) dilaksanakan.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l5nii/ahli_majlis_kerja_tertinggi_mkt_umno_lokman_adam/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Why are both PAS and Umno against the idea of local council election? Is it not a good thing to hold our council members accountable?", "comments": [["According to their logic: High cina population in cities > cina vote for cina > cina holds power in local councils > cina will sideline non cinas.", "If that\u2019s true, sounds pretty fair"]]}
{"title": "Govt to retain special share in DNB after put option to sell entire stake to MNOs, says Fahmi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l5lyj/govt_to_retain_special_share_in_dnb_after_put/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Critics of the DWM have also pointed to how a similar monopolistic model has been working well in the electricity sector\nCritics don't care about blackouts and high electricity prices", "Expensive compared to what? And how many times the blackout happen? Because we prefer private company like in Texas where it run so well? And did you forget our electricity bill is being subsidize? If you prefer non subsidize service, just say that.\nAnd back to the topics, how is the private 4G telco coverage have been going? Malaysia is literally bottom of the world in terms of 4G speed after 10 years and you think private company care for your wellbeing?\nDid you know that CelcomDigi profit margin is 50%. What did that profit bring to you? Better service? Government provide 5G infrastructure for the telco yet telco raise the price and you still think with private company, we will have lower price?", "Seriously, TNB has been super reliable. My provincial utility company in Canada (private) is a shitshow. The power goes out if you look at the poles funny.", "We should not subsidise electricity. This promotes energy efficiency. B40 should receive handouts instead.\nI did not comment on telcos earlier. Coverage and speed issues can be solved by regulation. If telcos use infrastructure funded by the public, they cannot profit from it. I am for lower prices."], ["https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/694433"]]}
{"title": "Flip-flopping of Dual Language Program (DLP) guidelines leaves for more confusion, says MCA Youth", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l596v/flipflopping_of_dual_language_program_dlp/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Do mixed Malaysians question their cultural identity?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ueimt/do_mixed_malaysians_question_their_cultural/", "num_comment": 86, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Hello fellow monyets,\nFor context, I'm half Sarawakian and half Chinese.\nBecause of this, I'm not really sure how to label myself. Ever since I moved to semenanjung, you're somewhat forced to be one or the other. So I get confused on whether I should embrace my Sarawakian identity or Chinese identity. Its significantly harder for me to embrace the Chinese side of me since I'm both a banana and a Muslim at the same time, so I tend to tell people I'm Sarawakian instead. I feel bad for it tho, its as if I'm abandoning my mother's roots.\nDo you fellow mixed race monyets feel the same?", "comments": [["You are seriously confused dude, what do you mean mixed sarawakian & chinese? Sarawak is a state, not a race. Malay, melanau, kayan, kenyah, iban is all sarawakian", "melanau, i say sarawakian because the majority of people in semenanjung dont know anything about our races. Force of habit sorry HAHAHAHA", "Are you sure that the majority of people in Semenanjung don't know anything about Sarawak races? The races of East Malaysia are taught in Schools.", "Some of them even say \u201cwelcome to Malaysia\u201d to East Malaysian when they arrive for holidays", "Yes I'm also sure. Most still think sarawkians live in trees", "I had an old friend who whenever faced with someone who thought they lived in trees would say yes we live in trees and that makes the maintenance of the elevators and air conditioning going up and down the tree quite expensive (reference to Kashyyyk), however the carbon credits generated helped offset the cost etc etc and see how much BS could be sold before the listener got doubtful\nAnd if the person finally said that was ridiculous, would point out the idea Sarawak + Sabah ppl live in trees was just as ridiculous:)", "How sure? Just your own anecdotal evidence? the distance past? or your own assumption like what majority of East Malaysian always repeat again and again, in Tiktok, here this subreddit, Facebook and Twitter? I think majority is a stretch in this day and age. Another assumption by me. The battle of ironic assumption. Unless there's a recent survey results or papers, it is all assumption.\nSometimes, whenever I read this stuff, its like we all are trying to increase the gap rather than solidifying unity. Especially OP's comment. \"Its the truth\" While its anecdotal, its the distant past and full of assumption.\nFor the original OP's comment, I'm also mixed. Chinese, Malay, Bugis and Jawa as my grandpa comes from Indonesia. If you wanna go even further, my grandma have an old family tree and one of my ancestor married a westerner. I don't give a damn. Its what you want. If you want to identify yourself with it, learn it. If you don't want to, forget about it and move on with your life."], ["i said sarawakian in general out of habit, because most semenanjung people don't know much about sarawakian races\nto clarify, i am melanau, so stop scolding me pls :(", "Chinese = 1 billion world wide\nMelanau = 100k\nPreserve your Melanau culture first but never forget your Chinese root", "Just to share my personal experience, my wife is Dusun from Penanampang and I am hokkien from Penang, we stay in KL and I encourage her to learn more of her Dusun heritage, language, food, lihing etc", "Just embrace both. I always introduce myself as Bidayuh and when they ask what race is that I explain it's 1 of the Dayak Bumi race from Sarawak.\nTbh the Semenanjungs are more in tuned with races in East Malaysia than they are long time ago so it's fine to say you are Melanau Chinese."], ["For me, I just tell everyone I'm Malaysian. I don't care if they want to identify me as \"Chinese\", but that's not who I am. I just so happen to practice Chinese culture and speak the language.\nMy parents and grandparents are born Malaysian, so I'm not exactly abandoning my roots despite them claiming otherwise."], ["You can mix and match", "hello, i is Sarawakian.\nat Chinese food stall:"], ["Chindian here. No confusion for me personally, just emotional baggage when it comes to elements of both cultures that I can't fucking stand. I basically just sit on the fence and not pick a side, and I haven't really felt a need to identify more with a specific side either.", "Omg relatable but then because i grew up mostly with my Chinese side of the family, i tend to identify more with Chinese culture than anything else which is weird coz i would never be mistaken for one on the street!", "Good for you!"], ["Sarawak melayu ke?\nMy cousins are half chinese half sarawakian melayu too and both live outside of Sarawak.\nOne is very devout and has beard and wear kopiah most times. No one ever assumes he is not Malay so he just tells people he is half Chinese from Sarawak.\nThe other is more modern, clean shaven etc. He looks more ambiguous so he tells people he chinese malay mix from sarawak.\nThey both can't speak much mandarin too, but they own it anyway.\nThe more modern one insisted on having his given Chinese name (not on ic) on his business cards because he reckons its a great ice breaker.\nAnd when the devout one got married to a malay lady he also did all the Chinese Rituals with gusto. It was pretty endearing watching his wife get kitted out in a full length kua and had the gold hair accessories pinned through her tudung.\nSo...\nNo need to abandon anything, and just embrace it and say you're Malay Chinese mix from Sarawak.\nIf they ask why you cannot speak mandarin just say cause my chinese family all banana too haha. Gen z and alpha chinese kids in Kuching are all bananas anyway man.", "That only can happen Sarawak, if it happens in a semanjung the jakim will show up and give saman.", "They live in KL tho and she wore the kua and did the tea ceremony in KL because they wanted it to be part of their wedding video and bulk of the wedding stuff like nikah ceremony etc already in KL.", "what the hell are you even talking about?"], ["I call myself rojak and just leave it at that. No point overthinking it as it will just stress me out already I\u2019m living with identity crisis since forever", "Ayy I call myself rojak too! My mum is mixed, my dad is mixed, I\u2019m super mixed \ud83d\ude02", "Yay we should form a rojak club \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude1b"], ["As a KL Chinese, I don't see any point in East Malaysians denying that they're East Malaysians. East Malaysians' lifestyle and culture are so different from Semenanjung that we're really two different countries who share the same flag.\nAin't no way two communities separated by a fucking sea will ever feel like they're 'one' culture.", "> Ain\u2019t no way two communities separated by a f*cking sea will ever feel like they\u2019re one culture.\n\u201dMotherland\u201d Orang Cina need to hear this"], ["Lol everyone dunking on you in the comments for the Chinese / Sarawakian culture must not be an East Msian. It's true that Sarawakian isn't an ethnicity, but we East Malaysians do have a distinctly different culture??? compared to West Malaysians.\nIn peninsula, I feel like people identify as their race before they identify as a Selangorian (etc)/Malaysian.\nWhile East Malaysians in peninsula identify as Sarawakian/Sabahan. (Not all la, but speaking from my own experience and fellow East Msian friends' experience)\nEven my Sabahan pure Chinese friend, feels that she identifies more with fellow Sabahans than peninsula Chinese\nSo that's why you're feeling confused lol. It's not really race, it's the West Msia vs East Msia divide."], ["When overseas, label yourself Malaysian. In malaysia, Sarawakian sound good enough."], ["Just say you are mix (peranakan). Oyemji we unlock new peranakan keee", "peranakan are not mix", "Bukan peranakan ayah from other race + emak (Malay) ke? \ud83e\udd14", "No lah... Tengok ni: https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_dan_Nyonya", "I baca article from this pulak https://says.com/my/amp/seismik/semakin-berkurangan-selami-asal-usul-baba-nyonya-peranakan\nNot sure lah, perkara ni still debatable. Kebanyakan chinese yang wavy hair or curly hair ni baba nyonya with Malay ancestry. The most accurate way is kena buat DNA test. Kalau betul ada Malay ancestry, means diorang part of Bumiputera lah kan?", "You pernah jumpa tak baba-nyonya?", "Pernah, but dalam sorang jelah", "nampak macam cina biasa kan?", "Not really, more like nampak macam Sarawakian", "Then maybe yang ni ada mix Melayu blood. Normally nampak macam cina biasa je."], ["I'm a 40yo half Malay, quater Chinese and quater French that grew up in Terengganu. I identify as Malay I guess since I grew up in kampung but when I moved to KL I just told people I'm Malaysian because no one could ever guess what I was"], ["Sarawakian here. Since you\u2019re muslim, on paper, that would be easy. Race will determine based on your dad\u2019s race. Even to register IC, JPN will emphasis on your dad\u2019s lineage compare to mother\u2019s side, because for muslim applicants, JPN will follow muslim way to determine your lineage.\nAs for culture, embrace all your mixed. Sometimes i got questions like what race i am from working colleague in KL. I usually just answer malay because that\u2019s what written in my ic, plus it makes the conversation simpler. But if they really2 wanna know, my dad is malay+iban, my mom\u2019s chinese, and don\u2019t get me started with my great grandparents which are mix of jawa, kedayan and brunei. That will easily messed up a simple conversation.", "Even to register IC, JPN will emphasis on your dad\u2019s lineage compare to mother\u2019s side, because for muslim applicants, JPN will follow muslim way to determine your lineage.\nThere's no rule that for Muslims, race will follow the father's. For example, if the father is Chinese and the mother is Malay, it's possible to register the child as Malay."], ["If yo\u2019re benefiting from the bumi status. Identify accordingly to the native status you got it from. Embrace the culture, be proud of it and if you haven\u2019t been, Start now.\nBtw: I am mixed too of iban kadazan and chinese descent. I look very much like Chinese. I identify proudly as iban bcs I live in Sarawak and am in a public university. I love all the cultures I am exposed to but for me to identify a little bit as all will not only hurt me but those who are of those races as well. Being a bit of multiple races, you\u2019ll never really feel belong. Hence, choose one, stick with it and embrace it."], ["There are Chinese Muslims waaaay longer than Malay Muslims"], ["who cares? why do you give a fuck what other people think? cultural identity is relative, it only has power if you re desperate to fit in and thus put a lot of weight on what \"X\" society thinks. but if you live your live on your own terms, then what they think don't matter.", "I completely agree with this sentiment."], ["My SO always introduces herself as Chinese-Bidayuh to people that ask what her 'orang keturunan' is. My west malaysian brain processed that pretty smoothly."], ["Yes I'm mixed sperm and ovum."], ["I\u2019m fully Chinese but don\u2019t speak Mandarin and my peers make me question my cultural identity.\nI think it\u2019s less of a race thing and more of the people around you that made you feel like you are less of something just because you are lacking some arbitrary feature."], ["I\u2019m not Malaysian (impostor) but I was born in Brunei, to Indian-Lankan parents, and live in Australia. When I see someone, I tend to use the one that people generally know better, so I say that I am Indian with most people, or when I see a Sri Lankan, I say I am Sri Lankan. I never really say that I am Bruneian, not because I am not proud to be from Brunei, it\u2019s that no-one knows where that is, and I do eat Malay cuisine but it\u2019s not close to the amount of Indian Curry I eat.\nSo when someone asks me where I am from, I tell them that I am an Indian-Australian. if they ask where I was born (because no one outside of ASEAN I\u2019ve ever met knew where this place was) I just tell them, Brunei, near Malaysia (because that\u2019s popular as a tourist destination and known as well)\nSo in my case, it\u2019s a matter of context, and a matter of which culture you feel closest to, or that you grew up with."], ["celup aja."], ["TIL Sarawakian is a race"], ["Lol you and me same brother. I'm a Chinese Muslim embracing the Chinese side more. Marriage is still a difficult issue I'm trying to figure out, as I prefer nons/chinese and don't agree with force conversion.", "For now, and probably a long time more, your only option left is to leave the country."], ["Just call yourself a Chiwakian."], ["i just tell them what\u2019s on my IC"], ["In Sabah, just call yourself Sino - provided one of your parents is of Sabah Native heritage"], ["Chinese-Indian-Jewish hybrid here. No, I do not question my cultural identity. I grew up surrounded by mainly Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish cultures (I speak Mandarin and Yiddish). Barely any Indian. Hence, these two are the ones I identify with. Period. No confusion."], ["That means you\u2019re local Chinese lah! As Malaysian Chinese, we have our own identity:\nNo allegiances to China or Taiwan, Malaysia only.\nLel why shouldnt you speak the national language\nSpeak your Fuzhounese or Hokkien etc too, we are not of northern Chinese stock (wait shit some sabahan chinese are northern Chinese fuck the north)\nok whatever imma sleep :p"], ["Embrace both sides.\n[1] The one main advantage we have as Malaysians is that we actually have a proper Chinese language education. That means our general grasp of the language (in a systematic educational sense) is better than many nations that have Chinese ethnic descents, thus giving you a clear advantage if you learned it and find an international job with a relevant requirement.\n[2] This is on top of having Malay as national language, which if you're already fluent potentially makes Indonesian somewhat comprehensible, and even if you're not familiar will quickly pick up on it.\n[3] Then we're a Commonwealth country, so English is a natural part of our societal fabric. Why would you not learn the language that's also usable with everyone by default from Korea/Japan to African and South America?\nI could also say something similar about Tamil, but I know little of the language and I'm barely aware the Tamil we have here may not necessarily be usable across India. I might be wrong.\nArguing about languages and culture is one of the stupidest things some Malaysians do and it's nauseating to see a lot more of it here recently. Why pick sides when you can take advantage of everything available and make you an international asset?"], ["I guess I'm Selangor-ian and Chinese. Now I'm confused of my identity too."], ["I Baba + Nyonya = mixed or not?"], ["So long you\u2019re rich people don\u2019t care"], ["You are sumandak. You don't take any side. Full stop."], ["Spare a thought for the people who live in parts of the country where it was multiracial since very long ago, like some places in Melaka.\nMy grandparents were already pre-mixed, and we generally identified ourselves with the culture we grew up in, Malay. If someone asks if I have any other ancestry because of my deviant physical traits from standard Malay, I don\u2019t deny.\nUltimately, beyond it being a nice little trivia, who cares?(Malaysians do, coz we a racist lot). My parents and grandparents raised me the best way they could, and if being in a monoculture setting is a part of that, I embrace that too.\nOn the flip side, me and a Malaysian Chinese colleague met a Filipino when traveling, and he was spiritedly talking up how he is partially Chinese to him, which annoyed my buddy a little: He only speaks English/Tagalog, and doesn\u2019t really show any common Chinese cultural traits.\nIf it means something to you, celebrate it, if not, then don\u2019t. It\u2019s your right, and no one should guilt you over this."], ["I am a mix of Melayu and Melanau with a bit of Iban and Chinese ancestry,I identify myself with the culture I'm usually surrounded with as a child which is a Melanau community.So I identify myself more as a Melanau even though my IC says Melayu"], ["There's no need to be identified with a single identity. Just embrace the fact that you have a little bit of each inside you. Im Dutch/Chinese/Malay and growing up, my parents reminded me that my cultural identity is first and foremost Malaysian, and not dictated by race, but by how and where you were raised."], ["nope. they leverage everything\nlike king coco once said\nlots of mix"], ["Ure a Chiwak. If people asks tf is that then ull explain. Ill just go im a Malay, if they point out i dont look like it then ill explain.\nEdit : If u wanna embrace anything, embrace what roots u feel best for u so ull actually learn w passion and love, not just, to brag idk. For me i just learn Malays culture since the other ethnics dont really see me as one of it. Fuck em idc"], ["Your identity is your personality, not what you look like. Be less superficial and do some deep introspection to discover what your true value and principles are."], ["I'm Chinese(Grandma [mom]) + Indian(grandpa [mom]) + Malay(Grandparents [dad]). I never questioned my identity & plus I celebrated every holiday here in Malaysia."], ["My lun bawang friend just told everyone he's sarawakian because he looks more chinese than an original chinese. Plus EM identify their state first before race."], ["We are humans."], ["Just call yourself Malaysian of mixed heritage ? Malaysia is a multicultural nation"], ["Dude you're real Malaysian. Be proud."], ["You can label yourself an orangutan and no one cares. It what you do not what you say that matters most."], ["I'm not mixed race. But my suggestion is don't get caught up by the need to be one or the other. Be yourself.\nIt's perfectly fine to say you're Sarawakian. As a semenanjung guy, I would take it that you prefer to be known as someone from Sarawak, instead of someone of a certain race. I respect that. If fact, I like that.\nIf some people can't respect that, that's their problem, not yours."], ["i am born malay. my late grandmother is chinese (her parents gave her away to a malay family) . my great grandfather is from sulawesi. my late grandmother's ancestor (mother's side) is from pattani.\ni have worked in indonesia and china, learned about their culture. i speak chinese and learning thai at the moment. once in a while, i visited pattani for a cheap vacation.\nthe more i discover my origins, the more i understand about a person's identity is not limited to one race but identity is unique in each person. i am proud to have a mixed identity originate from several roots."], ["I am a mix too, and since culture is not a race, I have no issues with it.\nOn paper I am a Sarawak bumi, in life I practice Chinese culture, I eat like them, speak like that, and sometimes think like them too. Because I look almost like them yet my color and face slightly not like them, they will asks where I am from?, I just answer that I am a sarawakian, if they want to know more specific I will only tell my race stated in the paper."], ["Would someone who is half malay half filipino be considered mixed race in malaysia?"], ["Just embrace both side culturally. Mixed kids in Malaysia are dime a dozen."], ["You follow your dad so you are Melanau while your mom is Chinese (Cantonese/Hokkien/FooChow/ect?). You are a Bumi as well. This is your identity.\nWhen Semenanjung Malay is confused you say: Malay or Sarawakian will do.\nUs Chinese knows some cultures in Sarawak/Sabah because it was taught in school. Chinese wont care much about identity mix because hey, Malaysia apa pun ada \ud83d\ude02"], ["No , you're muslim, That is all. Just follow their way."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian leader says \u2018Look East\u2019 policy now includes China", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l56cn/malaysian_leader_says_look_east_policy_now/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["How about look Sarawak policy. They are giving free university enrollment now.", "That is look East policy too! Sarawak is in the east of Putrajaya.", "Sabah, looking east:", "Should malaysian chinese migrate to east of putrajaya so the gomen will finally look at us?"], ["Surely that would be a look north policy. Or perhaps north-northeast."], ["Hopefully not including CCP governing tactics and policy, just normal hardworking Chinese rakyat.", "996 work culture, uwu"], ["China isn't a good example of countries to emulate.\nIt's like comparing apples and watermelons. They have a huge population which means they have a huge market fully within their own borders. A lot of things that work for them won't work for us.", "Looking for china money. You think they really want to learn anything?", "China got money problems now, gotta manage their massive real estate wealth bubble kekl", "Ya, drop 10% from peak prices and call bubble. Anywhere there's people, real estate prices won't crash."], ["Look easy but avoid looking at Xinjiang due to [retracted] ."], ["If Social Credit Score is in his mind, sure do look at China."]]}
{"title": "KKM press statement regarding COVID-19", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4wn9/kkm_press_statement_regarding_covid19/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Cant wait to see how PMX handle Covid", "What does it say?"], ["So is there any SOP or anything we need to do with regards to the rising COVID cases?", "basically, practice common sense, stay safe, mask up, sanitize yourself properly (not necessarily frequently).\nif anything to happen, refer to the 5 steps guidelines:\n-test\n-report\n-isolate\n-inform\n-seek help\n(its pretty common sense, but people with ego won't do some of the above, or skip the entire thing altogether thinking they're alright.", "Not yet..just self awareness"], ["It's good that they start doing something. Again to make awareness. Guess time to wear my mask again"], ["Hopefully no lock down!!!", "The announcement says that they don't want to. Basically they're trying to avoid it."], ["kenapa takde mengalakkan wfh ehe"], ["how are they using github to spead the news?", "It's making the data transparent for dev to consume"], ["Someone give me a TLDR of this.", "practice common sense, and KKM will alert the community via as many means as possible."], ["Yes, let's all wear masks and use boosters that don't \"work\".....\nPs: You'd think after 3 years of Covid, people would be able to think for themselves and question the effectiveness of the masks and vaccines. Yet the whole world got it, Malaysians got it.. so yeah kudos for being critical thinkers y'all.", "Which part of this statement was encouraging boosters?\nI'm not sure if you actually read it, or if you are just here to have a meltdown. Either way, do what you want.", "Well, if you received the Hermain Cain Award, nobody's going to tell you \"it didn't work\". That said, you do you, and just don't go near others if you're infected. Or rather, let's hope you're not that stupid to get yourself purposefully infected multiple times to prove that masks and boosters don't work.", "let's hope you're not that stupid to get yourself purposefully infected multiple times to prove that masks and boosters don't work\nBet"], ["Wish everyone would stop being so mental over a damn cold. If you\u2019re barely hanging on to life to the point a cold can kill you lock yourself at home. Everyone accept the fact that you need to expose your self to it and grow natural immunity so we can move on.", "\"How dare you take precautions so that you don't get a little bit sick. I am very angry about this.\"", "The lethality of Covid, although low, is not the same as your average flu.\nSome people face worse symptoms than others, idiot", "Ah yes, lets tell the covid patients at the hospital to stop being so mental and taking up the hospital beds, cause they obviously don\u2019t need it for a cold.", "People can die from Covid-19, that\u2019s a fact. May not be you, but there were a lot who did.\nDon\u2019t be such a twat about it. Wouldn\u2019t it be funny if it happens to you or your loved ones\u2026 oh wait, do you have anyone who even loves you? Doubt so."]]}
{"title": "The other side of Malaysia truly Asia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4u7v/the_other_side_of_malaysia_truly_asia/", "num_comment": 133, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "Was traveling around kl and found this unique scenery where the normal people use the road as a pathway while the homeless people made it their shelter.", "comments": [["This specific spot is homeless favourite because it's near the river, easy water source for laundry and shower for the homeless.\nYou won't see this kind of phenomenon at any other ordinary flyover/bridges.", "Yes. And NGO will come here to distribute food. Went there few years ago for CSR activities.", "Yeh I don't understand why OP is so mad... You think we don't have homeless people in the West?\nOnly difference is that they can't dry their clothing outside cause it's generally too cold/rainy, so they are less visible from across the river.", "Agree. Perhaps OP can try google San Francisco / California homeless. Even more pening.", "I\u2019m in Amsterdam at the moment and there are people living in the park with rain shelters made from plastic bags. It\u2019s 7 degrees and raining today.", "Where is this location?care to share?", "Its the LRT Pasar Seni connecting bridge near Dayabumi.", "It's a niche tourist attraction in Paris to see the homeless camps along the river Seine", "O boy. Just go down the path after the bridge, u will see a walkway, all the way to the overhead road and u will see a slum there with free flow of water and naked people taking bath underneath the bridge."], ["And thankfully our government doesn't make any stuff that you can contribute to r/HostileArchitecture like in other countries.", "i believe most bus stop benches look like pipes to avoid people sleeping on them\n<image>\nlike this", "don't feel like it's anti homeless but i always think they took the cheap way out making bus too lol", "Don't think so actually. Prolly just a way to save money cuz just need 4 metal pipes instead of intricate benches. Plus the spaces under the benches are quite big and the roof is also quite big. Considering Malaysians are pretty small this looks pretty homeless friendly", "I noticed the benches next to Pavilion BB were homeless proofed, they didn't even try and hide it with artsy design.", "That isn't a government-built bench, though. Pavillion and the area surrounding it is a private entity. Blame the owners.", "Blame the owner for what?\nFor not wanting their business affected by homeless?", "Talk about taking things out of context.\nWeird take on a conversation where I'm merely correcting someone who was blaming the issue on the Malaysian government but sure, go off.", "For now. We'll never know which macai minister is going come out preach agama & budaya first, then put spikes on the benches the next.\nWe've had one dato in charge of KL (not a mayor)who halau the homeless from the city with a DBKL truck last decade. Don't know his name, other then I describe his face as muka orangutan kena lanyak keretapi beberapa kali.", "I don't know when does this happened but Malaysia helped gelandangan in lots of ways and in my honest opinion, homelessness in Malaysia is not that bad.", "Outr government has placed benches under bridges for motorcyclists to wait out rain and homeless people use it too. What makes you think that?", "Is this a joke? Basically all of KL is hostile\nEdit - Y'all honestly think KL is a friendly city in terms of the built environment?\nIt's one of the worst capitals I've ever visited in that respect. Terrible walkability, poor parks, areas not connected very well, drivers having (or taking) priority everywhere.", "The people of KL to be more clear"], ["r/malaysia trying not to be negative (impossible)", "always judge negative and ignore positives", "The fact that op implies that homelessness is becoming a problem when other countries have it worse.", "but dude, u shouldnt think like that bcs we always need to fix things before it becomes worse. Most importantly, we should act instead of turning it into gossip.", "But it's not, Malaysia's rate of poverty has been slowly decreasing (rate of poverty, not income inequality tho)", "they mostly focus on criticals, not unstable ones.", "if u say slowly decreasing then thats not a problem", "Yeah, homelessness is pretty rare (in other states of malaysia), but income inequality seems to be a problem, am i wrong?", "your right, that's what we get for focusing on criticals one", "Bruh have u seen kl lately, there's condos popping everywhere and yet house is at all time high and low cost housing is slowly dissappear, hell even my friend family live in rented room.", "As I emphasised OTHER STATES OF MALAYSIA.\nThe cost of living in such a modernised state will obviously cost a lot, and with how rent and land value is and will always go up, I believe the true problem right now is Income Inequality.", "Don't understand the comparison- if you're comparing, it's not a problem in Singapore . A country that we kicked out.\nWhy are Malays so defensive about the problems in Malaysia. Is it the ignorance about how things are? Is it lack of being exposed to English media? Religious brainwashing?", "Haiyaa who the fuck mentioned Singapore? Heck Singapore is one of the worst comparisons when the cost of living in Singapore is constantly rising.\nHomelessness isn't a problem for Singapore, but why would it be when there is a country next door that their homeless could move to it with lower cost of living?\nHomelessness is NOT a problem in Malaysia. OP making it look like an issue is what I'm against.", "Worry about your own backyard.", "Why worry when it's not becoming a problem? Worry about other problems don't create new ones.", "Homelessness is always a problem. Be it a lot or a little. You really have an \u201cI got mine so fuck everyone else\u201d kind of attitude, don\u2019t you\u2026", "What are you on about?\nNo matter where we are, there will always be homelessness, but the main question is, \"Is it becoming a problem?\"\nWhy waste resources defeating a small problem when you could go to the source of said problem.\nWhy are people going homeless? Many reasons, of course, but the main one is income inequality, inability to get a job, and the increase of rent.\nHell, some (not all) homeless people in Malaysia CHOOSE to be homeless, just to avoid paying rent.", "I\u2019m on about how turning a blind eye on a problem by telling yourself it\u2019s not a big deal, and hey, some of those people choose to live that way, isn\u2019t exactly a good argument.\nOne homeless person is one to many. Why waste resources on a small problem? Because it\u2019s the right thing to do. Hell, why waste resources on public hospitals? Those plebs should pay for private hospital. Why waste resources on parks? You should earn more to buy a house with a garden. Why waste resources on anything? Because it\u2019s the right thing to do.\nYour attitude is the problem really.", "turning a blind eye on a problem\nDo you have eyes? Do you know how to read? I literally said, \"Why waste resources on the small problems when we could go to the cause of the problem?\"\nAs I already mentioned, homelessness is caused by many factors, and in order to end homelessness, we must get to the root of the problem.\nWhat causes homelessness? In Malaysia, it mostly boils down to:\nUnsteady employment Income inequality Increase in rent\nAnd you have given me no solutions. Rather, call me out for \"not doing the right thing\" despite homelessness not being a set in stone problem.\nThe true problem we should try to tackle is one of the three, not just homelessness, only helping the homeless, may leave them in extreme poverty, and in return throw them back into homelessness. What about those with houses but are in poverty?\nI believe everyone should help those in need, but imagine accidents start to happen, and you need to stop it from happening. You must first get to the root of the problem: \"Why are people getting into accidents?\"\nMy attitude is the problem? I was literally never against stopping homelessness. Get your eyes checked, please.", "Yes. You need to get to the root of the issue, but that doesn\u2019t mean ignoring those that are actually living through it now. A country isn\u2019t a business. It exists to care for its people. Caring for the current needs of those experiencing homelessness is crucial. Balancing immediate assistance with long-term solutions creates a more compassionate and effective approach. Social support systems and community-based initiatives play a vital role in providing immediate relief while addressing the systemic issues that contribute to homelessness.\nAnd those issues aren\u2019t a unique Malaysia problem. What you\u2019ve said is a blanket, all encompassing definition of the issue. The root causes of homelessness often extend beyond borders and are shared globally. Economic disparities, lack of job opportunities, and rising living costs are pervasive issues. Tailoring solutions to specific local contexts while considering these universal factors is essential for addressing homelessness effectively. The only way you can get local information on issues is\u2026 well:.. communication with the locals living through it.\nSo you say I need to get my eyes checked? How about you grow a brain."], ["\u201cTruly Asia\u201d? Shockingly, there are homeless people in Malaysia like every other country on this planet. What the horror! More news at 7.", "Thanks, I was trying to figure out what OP was talking about.\nFirst thought was the overgrown bushes.", "Same lmao"], ["It's been this way for decades tbh. More around Pudu. The one thing I'm glad about that side of Pasar Seni area was there's a lot of seatings that isn't those atrocious anti-homeless seats. And that area is surprisingly very safe even at night.", "I'm somehow grateful for our strict law at drug,", "Most of the homeless people are kind tbh"], ["Katak bawah tempurung post", "Tapak sulaiman bawah batu post"], ["I used to deal with gelandangan on the legal side - in actuality there is a law actually that can legally deal with homelessness in Malaysia.\nTLDR - a magistrate can order a person that fits the description of being \"papa\" into the care of the Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat and legally then JKM would have control over the person.\nMy experience though - is that JKM had its hand full with cases that is never ending. JKM's goal is to rehabilitate and release, but rarely if ever that happens for a variety of reasons.\nTwo cases I remember was :-\nIndian guy, quite famous in my hometown walking all over the place carrying two plastic bags full with no one knows what. People tend not to bother him because he was huge. One day he went missing.\nTurns out, his case landed in my court when JKM came with him to get a protection order - They caught him with the help of the police. Initial report stated that he had a host of issues, mental prominently and the JKM folks said that he'd probably be in the system until he dies.\nSecond one is the most problematic one. Malay guy, late 60's. JKM caught him early - some bastard left him at the hospital. He spoke with a Kedah accent - but he got left at my hometown which is south by 400 km from that state. His fingerprints were bad - can't get a good ID from it and his 'nyanyuk' condition meant he had no idea where he actually lived.\nIn both these cases, they'll probably be under the care of JKM till they die.\nRehabilitation is always the goal for JKM - but reality is resources are finite - and while they want to help, their work is not made easy with all the shit being thrown at them.", "The hospital has no record of the next of kin of that Kedah old man? Or did his family provide false contact info to the hospital?", "According to the affidavit from the hospital, the witness who was the guard on duty at the emergency room area saw the old man led out from the car to the waiting bench next to the emergency room before driving away.\nShe didn't think much of it at first (sometimes, the next of kin goes to park their card first), until the man was still there three hours later, confused and alone. No wallet, IC, nothing. The unfortunate part is, due to age, JKM can't make out the fingerprints to ID him with JPN, because of the degradation to the finger skin.\nRarely if ever you can leave false contact to the hospital these days - admission makes it a point to get a hold of your IC number and the policy is before any details are keyed in, you must show your IC.", "Hmmm, is there any CCTV recording of that car that brought the old man in? If there is, then we might have a lead.", "None. Eyewitness accounts only.\nPer my conversations with JKM, this is not the first time that they have encountered such dumping of old folks. Pretty much all major government hospitals across Malaysia had cases like this on the books."], ["Still better than Paris", "A lot of places are better than Paris", "Fr*nch\ud83e\udd22", "Why are French people hated? I see this all over the internet.", "Imagine being Fren*h :26559:", "I could never", "F__c", "Don't ask who in Paris"], ["Haha as an american i would like to invite you to the US come down here and see fo yourself , its actually gettin more worse in PA"], ["Have you never been to the West? 150,000x worse.", "I live in Australia, saw more homeless people in one year than I have in a decade in Malaysia.", "Ever ask yourself why?\n(Hint - it's not because they don't exist in Malaysia)", "Look at the US, you have people openly setting up camps on the sidewalks in-front of homes. Some are unfortunate yes, but most of them are crackheads.", "Sure but cmon, you say it like the whole of usa is like that. Usa is big, ofc it would have more problems.", "you say it like the whole of usa is like that.\nYes.\nPost COVID USA is drastically different than what it was before, crackheads, homelessness, school shootings, open shoplifting, raiding stores suddenly got worse.", "Yes\nIdk bout that. I'm not from usa but I'm pretty sure its not all like that. According to google they got like 500,000-600,000 homeless people. Theres over 300M people there. That is less than 1%.", "Then go to the USA, any major city will do. See the truth yourself. I've seen videos, too many videos of it, it's very ugly.", "Videos ofc lah, bad things obviously will go viral easily. But yeah I dont rlly know usa.", "I go to the US frequently. Don\u2019t believe the guy. His experience is through videos. With that logic, Malaysia is just an area with Twin Towers and we all live in a jungle between that and Batu Caves, and has the least safe airline in the world.", "exactly this is not even that bad", "very correct.\nam from the west.\nUS is now a 3rd world country.\nMalaysia > US", "Must be the reasons millions migrate to Malaysia every year and not the US.", "US is now a 3rd world country.\nI live in a western country, one thing I did notice was the amount of homeless people and crackheads, but I wouldn't take it that far. It's not like corruption is as widespread as in Malaysia.", "Hahhaha..US 3rd world is wild..US just inequality and shitty infrastructure for the poor..but 3rd world is beyond hyperbolic. It's only 3rd world in the sense that it went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in-between.", "Lol but the US is like 10 times Malaysia's size both in population and area. So I don't think its a fair comparison.", "There's still a lot more job opportunities in the West though", "unironically not exaggeration at all"], ["They covered the walls alongside the river with plain boring grey paint\nIt used to be filled with graffiti, conteng, drawings, sketches, scribbles, yeah it wasn't the Mona Lisa but it was colourful and gave it its own 'style' alongside the river wall", "Some of them look really cool too"], ["Its still cleaner and safer. You can walk around there without worrying for your life or belongings"], ["\"why aren't anything being done?\" There's multiple homeless shelters in the vicinity and food drives are done often.\nCompared to other ASEAN countries barring perhaps SG and BN, we're probably the one that handles homelessness and poverty with the utmost best effort.\nMatter of fact is there'll always be homelessness just as there will always be sick people, we can't help everyone, we aren't omnipotent.\nDBKL and Malaysians (government, private, citizens) all are trying to help, some more than others.\nI mean, it's honestly a miracle that KL unlike most ASEAN cities doesn't have a major slum as most illegal houses and homeless people were given PPR. Hopefully the whole PPR housing scheme will further be developed and worked on so everyone gets a roof."], ["have you seen the homeless camps in the US?", "Comparable meh. Usa is like ten times Malaysia's size."], ["As a homeless. I found this post insulting me. Am i not normal people? Apa aku alien? Hybrid? What makes it different?"], ["honestly seeing homeless people in our country and comparing them to other country made me realise our country is truly not that bad, homeless people in America is on another level with their drug addiction"], ["Take the Kelana Jaya Line LRT to see the modern Malaysia, and Sri Petaling Line to see the opposite. You can start at Masjid Jamek and switch at Putra Height"], ["Wait till bro realise we arent first world country. Even the one is the first world country have way more homeless than us"], ["Life of B20"], ["Ok..i know its not as bad as in the west, but still..I imagine it wasn't very comfortable for them. Our government has Islam as the constitutional religion but still has citizens not having proper house and food. Very unislamic."], ["There\u2019s two sides to everything man."], ["Man so I HAVE been away for a while \ud83d\ude33 Last time I went to PS station the graffiti was still there."], ["This is not even bad they're just doing their thing"], ["Technically true because homeless migrants that come from countries like bangladesh and myanmar area part of asia too"], ["When we organise society around an economic system that puts profit for shareholders over wellbeing of humans or even the planet \u2026 this becomes an inevitability. I guess Malaysia is not as bad as some countries but yeah \u2026 still bad."], ["Remind me couple of weeks ago, was doing grabfood delivery on my bike at night around BB area. it was raining heavily with thunderstorm suddenly this guy come over me at the traffic light asking for money says he's hungry & soaking wet. I gave him $10 ringgit he hugs me like he just won a lottery. very heart breaking but i can tell his not local probably from indo but this incident keep me thinking this homeless problem is getting bad & people getting hungry on the street. This problem also happen to local? i always thing we have enough food around to not to have this problem but this incident shake me somehow abit.", "There are many NGOs dealing with hunger. They always welcome more manpower and donations."], ["Are you out of touch? Surprisingly there's always homeless in every country."], ["I traveled around spain around 2018, saw homeless under the bridges all the same. the difference is, they are being homeless in very cold weather.", "free air cond.", "bro :26558:"], ["Kamurocho homeless shelter"], ["op can doante house to them"], ["Newsflash: Homeless people exist in Malaysia. (Like in all other countries around the world)\ud83d\ude44"], ["The whole area encompassing Pasar Seni, Masjid Jamek and Chinatown is a little bit homeless central since the first time I visited KL almost 9 years ago. I don\u2019t understand why nothing is done to help these people and also stop them from sleeping rough in one of the most touristic areas of the city. It really isn\u2019t a good look and leaves an awful impression on visitors.", "A couple of km away there is literally a homeless shelter. Kau nak gomen paksa diorang keluar KL proper? Where all the job is?"], ["Omg my god. I just don't understand these homeless people. Why can't they just fucking buy a house? Are they stupid? Smh my head."], ["So? Homeless people are everywhere in the world even in the modern country. Why can't you invited them to your home then since you don't like them outside huh ? Smart guy."], ["Disgusting. get rid of them"], ["Apa ni?"], ["Soo what do you expect to be there?"], ["OP , might I advise that you travel to Melbourne, Sydney and observe that there are homeless people everywhere including the cbd.\nAt least you don\u2019t see homeless people outside pavilion looking depressed or attacking anyone.\nAlso no one thinks Malaysia is a developed country like Switzerland\u2026. So if you\u2019re insinuating that foreign people think Malaysia is perfect then maybe it\u2019s time to analyse that opinion\u2026."], ["Honestly I don\u2019t see the point of this post when it\u2019s a daily occurrence everywhere in the world. When I went to LA there were tons of camps on the walk of fame alone, and I had a homeless guy rummage through my leftover tacos that I threw in the bin at the sidewalk, but I didn\u2019t go making a post about it uh \ud83e\udd2a"], ["Port mancing. Ikan bandaraya beso bas bawah tu"], ["Just actually..its normal for homeless people in bandar bwsar...but tak normal nya..takder cara nak tolobg depa\u00b2 ni. Kesian tengok..tapi kalau boleh laa l..sapa\u00b2 yang homeless tu..kalau boleh..cuba migrasi..just bagi pendapat...terima kasih..migrasi keluar negeri laa.."], ["Never let a good underpass go to waste lol"], ["\"normal people\"\nso homeless people are not normal?"], ["To be fair, all of Asia have homelessness problems so not exclusive to Malaysia.\nI was also homeless for almost a year before getting a steady job."], ["Times are bad for many people."], ["Lol even in the most developed country in the world got alot of hobbo's.."]]}
{"title": "Govt warns telecom companies over extra charges for 5G access", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4sds/govt_warns_telecom_companies_over_extra_charges/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["The entire infrastructure cost, up to the point of signing the share subscription agreement (SSA), was funded by the public\u2019s money. Therefore, there should not be any extra fees.\nTelcos cannot profit from public infrastructure. Prices must be lowered."]]}
{"title": "Ismail declassified task force report to use it as \u2018political bullets\u2019, says Thomas", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4q5x/ismail_declassified_task_force_report_to_use_it/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Good good that Tommy Thomas finally suing those Umno political opportunists and sham \u201clynching\u201d panel setup as task force \ud83d\udc4d"]]}
{"title": "Deputy education minister says use of face mask encouraged at schools to curb spread of Covid-19", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vp23p/deputy_education_minister_says_use_of_face_mask/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "What can we or the government do to transform the police force for better?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4ic3/what_can_we_or_the_government_do_to_transform_the/", "num_comment": 13, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Constructive opinions and suggestions only. If you have experience with the Malaysian police, you will know how corrupt they are, and their frequent power abuse. Recently, murder. (Don't get me started with Altantuya case). What can we, the goverment, or the Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail do to transform our police force, to really protect Malaysians, have integrity, be clean, and be just?\nFire away.", "comments": [["Abuse of power in our police force is deeply institutionalised, from the top ranks to all the way down. It doesn't matter if you replace the head cop when most of the guys below still drunk on power. It takes a long time, if not generations to reform the police form."], ["Body cam"], ["Nothing can be done, the philosophy flows from the top."], ["My experience with police have thankfully been scarce but both times I was most frustrated by two things.\nFirst was when I was reporting an accident. Police took my statement, I left, and immediately I got whatsapp messages from people purporting to be workshops. Very obvious the cop had given out my number and presumably he\u2019d get a cut if I were to use one of these. So icky.\nSecond was belittling victims. A family member was burglarized and assaulted. They took their time in taking statement, was dismissive, didn\u2019t trust the person\u2019s descriptions because of their age, etc. Never bothered to update either, who knows if they even investigated it.\nThere\u2019s too much to unpack with this question, our police needs a wholesale institutional change. I\u2019m using my experience just to show that they can\u2019t even do the basic things we expect from them. Let\u2019s just start there first."], ["Get a foreign police force to police our police force.\nWe can't trust anyone so we need to import trust.", "or get Robocop. has anyone considered Robocop?", "\"I'd buy that for a dollar!\"", ""], ["whats the timeframe you talking about here?", "I\u2019m being rather unrealistic here, but not without merit. I\u2019m looking at this Madani government, which is deadline till 2026-2027 until next election. Reason is because this is the only government so far that has reform in heart, at least. Unlike previous governments. And I don\u2019t know if Madani will win in next GE.", "the problem is the culture in the police workforce. and that you cannot change over a short time. be also reminded that our police force have been behaving like this regardless of the government."], ["Ok what. last time even car chase for 1 car also need 24 cruiser to follow..."], ["You can't, most good police candidate are instantly absorbed into special units like the FRU, SB etc, leaving normal policing with crums. Its an organizational issues."]]}
{"title": "Give FT minister time, says Fahmi on call for local polls in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l4bba/give_ft_minister_time_says_fahmi_on_call_for/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Why Zaliha never come out and speak for herself? Is she still shocked over her demotion from Health Minister to FT Minister? \ud83d\ude03"]]}
{"title": "Media allege senior cop given 'special treatment' during court appearance", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l43xg/media_allege_senior_cop_given_special_treatment/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["\" Media practitioners are claiming that the senior police officer who was charged with the murder of a 17-year-old student was given special treatment, allowing him to bypass the crowd of journalists and video crews.\nAccording to The Star, the media was surprised when Deputy Supt Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak entered the Magistrates\u2019 Court from another route that allowed him to escape the media\u2019s attention.\nThe daily reported that Nazri was surrounded by a heavy police presence that obstructed the media from getting clear shots of the accused.\nThe New Straits Times reported that the situation was markedly different from other murder cases, where the media were allowed to easily record and photograph the arrival of the suspects at the complex.\nAdditionally, only a Bernama photographer and one Astro Awani videographer were allowed to obtain visuals, with Nazri being allowed to put a piece of black cloth over his head.\nOnly one representative from each media organisation was allowed in the courtroom to cover the proceedings, which only took about five minutes.\nNazri was then ushered into a heavily tinted four-wheel drive escorted by four other vehicles.\nNo plea was recorded when the charge was read out before magistrate S Punitha, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.\nNazri is accused of causing the death of Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, 17, near Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jati here between 12.05pm and 12.40pm on Dec 15.\nHe was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death sentence or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and not less than 12 strokes of the cane.\nNo bail was offered and the court set Feb 7, 2024, for the case mention pending several relevant reports, including the chemist's report.\nOn Dec 15, Nazri allegedly rammed a car into Zaharif, who was riding a motorcycle, and dragged him for some distance at Jalan Taman Jati near SMK Jati in Meru, Ipoh.\nThe schoolboy died at the scene due to severe injuries to his chest and abdomen.\"", "Counterpoint to this bullshit from the IGP:\nTop cop says charge against officer proves force\u2019s transparency"], ["I'll play devil's advocate here; I think all the VVIP security is because he's considered \"high risk\", given the wide coverage of this case. Considering how hot the comments are on socmed, they just couldn't risk someone playing Punisher on his ass.", "If this was the usa or france, there would be riots on the streets. I think most if us in Malaysia are very passive, it\u2019s not in our culture to riot or even speak up for ourselves sadly", "I dunno, is police brutality as bad as in the US", "they just couldn't risk someone playing Punisher on his ass.\nOh but all the Punisher activity in jails resulting in dead Indians 'committed suicide'... that's okay."], ["Some people hate cops...imagine the hate \"a child killer cop and all the things he allegedly said\" would get...he is \"extra protected\" to avoid a lynching I imagine...\nIF he is found anything less than guilty and didn't get sent to the gallows, then we Riot...but for now, let everything go through its due process..."]]}
{"title": "Gardenia white bread Semenanjung & Sabah comparison (read disclaimer 1st)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l3qcl/gardenia_white_bread_semenanjung_sabah_comparison/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": [["DISCLAIMER\nOld pictures, both taken within same year (2020), few months apart\nSlightly different products. Semenanjung version is Original Classic Jumbo while Sabah version is Original Classic. Both weighed the same though.\nSorry for shit image quality.\nRediscovered this when looking through my old phone SD card. Donno what to do so I guess I'll post here\nAs for the taste? Semenanjung version wins, by far. Sabah version is decent at least for me, then again I'm not choosy when it comes to roti putih. To quote my cousin from Semenanjung who tasted Sabah's Gardenia when he first visited here: \"The texture is a bit dry, something like Kopitiam roti bakar texture\"."], ["Am I crazy? I haven't had Gardenia for a big while till last week. Are the slices thinner and smaller now?"], ["Is Gardenia East Malaysia only sold in Sabah or is it also sold in Sarawak?\nI visited Kuching a few years ago and didn't see any Gardenia bread at 7Eleven.", "For some reason Gardenia bread is not sold at 7E in east Malaysia. U can only find it in supermarkets."], ["I don\u2019t eat sliced bread anymore. Always get bread from local bakery."], ["I'm in the Philippines rn and it looks like these also."]]}
{"title": "MP: Store sufficient water before Jan 10", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ueh3f/mp_store_sufficient_water_before_jan_10/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in the state should store enough water to help them get through the impending four-day water cut from Jan 10, says an MP.\n\u201cI advise those affected to store water early and buy mineral water as a precautionary measure,\u201d said Tanjong MP Lim Hui Ying.\n\u201cThose who need help can always reach out to us,\u201d said the Deputy Finance Minister after handing over water tanks to Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Wong Yuee Harng in Lintang Macallum 2.\nWater supply for most of Penang, both on the island and mainland, will be cut from Jan 10 to 14, while many other areas will have low water pressure.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Govt warns of action against telcos who charge for 5G", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l3pbp/govt_warns_of_action_against_telcos_who_charge/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "users need not pay more as the project\u2019s entire infrastructure was built using public funds", "comments": [["Guess they need to go after Maxis for charging Rm10 for 5g upgrade", "Please do!", "Digi charge me RM10/m for 5G activation \ud83e\udd72", "Are they still charging? I'm on the family plan and they waived it after the 'free' trial period.", "I checked their FAQ and it seems they had removed the RM10 clause for now. I swear that shit was there on day 1 and i unsubscribe before the bill cycle ends.\n<image>", "I think the charges is if you want 5G access while remain on the same existing plan. Their 5G plans are cheaper than their old plan anyway, and it comes with more data iirc", "Yeah it was there previously when i opt for the '5G free trial'. When it ended they say it's now all free.", "Waived for me", "Not sure about you.. But mine has been waived since the trial period ends. I forgot to unsubscribe, actually. LOL and lucky didnt upgrade to their 139 plan. HAHA :26554:\nRM 10 x12 Months = RM 120. Thats 15 plates of chicken rice!"], ["Don\u2019t they all do it"], ["Just grow some balls do a mandate.\nMCMC need to make a few rules.\n5G must be provided to all level of packages\nPrice/mbps & data cap must be same rate across the board. I dont want to see 2GB data cap at RM30/m, 50GB data cap at RM60/m.\nThe keyword \"unlimited\" can only be use if telco can provide 70% of the maximum possible bandwidth. For ex. 20mbps can download 200GB per day. 30days or a month is 6TB. If the telco cannot provide 70% of 6TB data cap, then they cannot use unlimited keyword or any word that are very close meaning.\nFair usage policy is banned. Please advertise what you can provide.", "", "FYI, Mbps is megabits per second, not megabytes. So 500Mbps = 62.5 megaBYTES per second (divide by 8)."], ["Telcos are masters of skirting the rules. They are just going to lock 5G behind plans that are above average in cost.\nThe 5G infrastructure is financed by the govt, but DNB also charges money to telcos. Things don't come for free in maintaining these infra."], ["Telcos cannot profit from public infrastructure. Prices must be lowered."], ["dont think it is possible, it is jaga our budak budaya"], ["I've had a 5G phone for a while but have never used 5G plan, still using 4G"], ["Trust The Process!"]]}
{"title": "Fahmi denies gov\u2019t removing social media content due to criticism", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l3l65/fahmi_denies_govt_removing_social_media_content/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["What is 'bloody moron' under? Fake news, offensive or threatening?"], ["\u201c\u201cThis year, we removed 18,140 scam content. During Annuar Musa\u2019s time (former Communication and Multimedia Minister) how many were removed? Only 315.\u201d So he remove so much more about 18K more content than Annuar Musa. That can mean (a) Annuar was sleeping (b) Fahmi did remove scam content but also remove content against him and Unity govt \ud83d\ude04 If he wants public to believe him, just post the 18K for public to see that it is all scam content and not anti-Fahmi /anti Unity govt content"], ["Lookit, my toes are laughing."], ["Govt did not remove them. The social media removed them upon requests."]]}
{"title": "Suddenly face mask,test kit sold out in stores \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l3jic/suddenly_face_masktest_kit_sold_out_in_stores/", "num_comment": 61, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "Preparing for price of those things increase after this", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Senitzer Citizen...", "Senitzer shall be the new sanitizer meme", "Sanitized senier citizen", "Spritzer"], ["Already got covid 3 times. I can do this.", "I already got Covid 2 times, but this 3rd times is the worst. Nothing like the first 2. I had only 3 days of bad sickness and few days of tiredness. This time it's been 5 days and I'm still in the sickness period, and also lost all sense of taste. Can't taste anything at all. Didn't happen in the previous covid.", "I think you got a different variant of the virus. Possibly one of the older ones like Delta.", "From what I read about this new variant, it seems to mimic the Delta more, and this is even scarier because it has the severity of a Delta but with the contagiousness of Omicron", "Damn! What's the name of this new variant?", "It's still Omicron but advance version lol", "Omicron pro max plus", "I'm lucky to be in the Beta tester crowd", "I\u2019m lucky to have never gotten Covid", "I mean, I feel ya but work is work. Im not even fine yet because of this choughing fit but my mc is over. To anyone getting this cold, Im sorry but I need the money", "I thought if got covid its under law for companies to let their employees quarantine themselves, current SOP is 5 day of quarantine", "My five days are up and my co workers and managers are also still sick. This is fine.\nThis is not fine", "I have not gotten Covid before. Hah!", "You can do this all year."], ["stay safe everyone. no MCO for now which means you have to be on guard by yourself. mask on!", "Cant wait to see how PMX handle Covid"], ["Got announcement at 4pm right? What did it say?", "<image>\nNo PKP as for now", "Ok, so nothing drastic. Thanks OP", "I also hear hit and miss cause got work but my kolik said now got special medication for Covid", "I doubt there will be any KPK also \u2026.", "Country cannot survive another MCO"], ["Would like to take this opportunity to ask if you guys know any brands that produce similar quality mask to Jovian\u2019s anti acne masks. Jovian announced that he has stopped producing the masks, while I\u2019ve stocked up, I still need to find a good alternative for when I run out.\nAlso it\u2019s disgusting when people refuse to mask up when coughing in public saying \u2018don\u2019t worry miss, it\u2019s not covid\u2019 ya no shit, I still do not want to contract whatever the fuck you\u2019re having. Looks so unattractive when people cough their lungs out. Like are you poor? Didn\u2019t you go to clinic? Don\u2019t you take cough syrups? Vit c? Anti oxidants? Or your genetics just suck?\nSorry sudden rage", "Medicos, the ultra soft one is top tier! It feels lightweight and doesn\u2019t feel \u2018scratchy\u2019 after long hours of usage. Neutrovis even Jovian I find it scratchy over the time. Another one is heyday, this one I like since its lightweight and less scratchy as well. But Medicos is my top recommendation.", "Thankgoddd thankyou so much, I will try some from Medicos", "I second the Medicos ultra soft ones! Been using them since the start and def worth the extra money. Easily the most comfy ones I\u2019ve tried compared to other 4ply ones.", "You same like me cant wear cheapo mask will got break out, im not sure bout Jovian tho but i use Neutrovis mask the 4ply, it good but then again every one have different type skin\nDid you seek online shop?", "Neutrovis got it ok thank you I will check them out", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nBan for 1 day due to repeating behavior despite previous warning issued.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Your opinion is noted.. but no one cares", "It's why I wear oversized no-degree glasses in public despite having perfect vision. The other day an unmasked bitch would've coughed into my eyeballs at the supermarket.\nPeople just love to cough whenever without checking if anyone is nearby first. Rude."], ["Don't skip school"], ["Raya nak dekat, tiba tiba ja covid naik", "Boleh skip raya lagi, hehe :26561:"], ["Kita sudah vaksin kenapa masih takut covid?", "Hope this is a sincere question\nKerana sudah dicucuk tidak bermakna seseorang tak akan hidap covid. Vaksin hanya menurunkan kebarangkalian dan kesan gejalanya.\nSeperti saya, telah dicucuk 3 Kali tetapi Masih kena lagi semalam. Tetapi gejalanya tidak seteruk Kali pertama.\nSecara rumusnya, keberkesanan vaksin bergatung dengan 3 barang, 1. Bila lama Kali terakhir anda divaksin. (Lagi lama lagi kurang keberkesanan) 2. Apakah strain covid yang anda kena 3. Imunisasi badan anda", "Perlukah saya ambil another booster utk menghadapi COVID baru ni?", "Nasihat umum, ye kena ambik kalau dah lama tak ambik (6 bulan sampai 1 tahun) Tetapi saya bukan pakar perubatan, kena rujuk dengan panduan KKM.", "Faham, 10Q", "anti virus sudah lama tak update bang", "Coz I dowan to lose my taste buds and get fever la...\nIf given a choice between getting sick and not getting sick...who would choose to get sick", "Old pipo, people with terminal illness, ongoing chemo etc treatment on risk. It\u2019s not for us only but for others."], ["tried to order another mask box from my usual store, noticed the price increased lol"], ["Very Senitzer yet not senile"], ["glove stocks on the rise again lmao", "Time to buy"], ["imagine virus breakout inside university."], ["So which company manufacture those? Real question."], ["hi Dr Farzana"]]}
{"title": "Man claims daughter harassed by autistic schoolmate", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l307v/man_claims_daughter_harassed_by_autistic/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "The father alleges that the boy threatened to rape his daughter and her friends after they asked him why he was staring at them.", "comments": [["Family education"], ["the boy had threatened to rape his daughter and her friends\nExpel him"], ["\"When I was 9.. \"\n<image>"], ["Pls, not another Spottybiru"], ["Malaysians dont know much about autism, and little help to give. Maybe time to take things more seriouse when it comes to disorders and help them as they grow?\nNot entirely meant toward this specific case but in general"]]}
{"title": "awak jauhkan inggeris dari mulut derhaka kau!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l2zhy/awak_jauhkan_inggeris_dari_mulut_derhaka_kau/", "num_comment": 40, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Putting the Mad in Madani.", "How is this not a pinned comment"], ["<image>\nEnglish \u2716\ufe0f Bahasa Malaysia \u2705"], ["Perkataan inggeris \u274c\nPerkataan arab \u2705", "Nobody tell them the countless words influenced by indian and chinese loan words, as well as english and portugese ones.", "Shh.... Go grab your pitchfork.", "Ingeris dah banyak masuk...!! Nomalisasi, representasi, pukimakasi dan sebagainya.", "[ insert drake meme ]"], ["Btw, I honestly thought that \"dayus\" is a type of manatee. I do however drive a lot of macais crazy when I reply that to their question \"You tau apa maksud lelaki dayus\"?"], ["I have never seen any other nation who hates knowledge like Malaysia", "Smarter Rakyat = Harder to exploit.", "Taliban afghanistan.", "Really?? Which nation is that?"], ["Madani? Whats that? Food?", "You're thinking Briyani"], ["Malaysia Madani, looking at English loan words:"], ["scammed by US, debted by China, conspired from SG Indo Brunei, failed to take from outside but take from its own country instead and gave it to refugees, marked by Korea, threatened by Thailand.\nAY Y U NO SPEAK MALAY", "Skills: Cafe boycotts, literally fashion-policing, and cockblocking civil positions for certain groups.\nAnd those are just \u201cskills of the month\u201d \ud83d\ude02", "i guess allat only applies on a specific culture"], ["Fun fact: you can spell madafucka with madani."], ["KTM announcers using \"tren\" and not \"kereta api\"", "Or \"koc\" instead of gerabak.\nGov, using \"bajet\" instead of belanjawan", "I seethe upon hearing the word \"fi\" instead of bayaran", "I think yuran is more accurate, bayaran I'd say is more to payment.\nBut agree with fi", "my dumbass thought of cukai first but that was tax so i randomly tembak and went for bayaran XD"], ["Pertama sekali..pasal yang ini kan ramai dah cakap..kalau cakap melayu tu kalau boleh jangan rojak inggeris campur melayu kecuali kata pinjam inggeris tu takperlaaa..lepastu sekarang ni semua memang nak cakap inggeris bukan macam dulu..tolak mentah\u00b2 sebab jatuhkan nama melayu..sebab knowledge is ilmu kan..dan menuntut ilmu ialah jihad...ok itu jer...selamat tinggal", "Knowledge = a ledger of something you know.", "Kualiti Bahasa tu melayu juga yng mempengaruhkan, cuba lah korang buat macam indo, sopan sikit cara betutur dengan bahasa melayu, biar orang lain ada niat guna."], ["Bahasa Melayu lancau..!! Aku sangat tidak berpuas hati dengan pencemaran yg dah dilakukan oleh Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka. Bahasa Melayu dah kehilangan banyak istilah istilah asli yg sudah diganti dengan perkataan yg 'dimelayukan' oleh DBP. Contoh; representasi, nomalisasi, nasional, dan macam macam lagi perkataan lancau yg diselit dalam Bahasa asal. Keanggunan Bahasa Melayu sudah layu seperti sayur sawi kemarin di pasar malam hari ini.\nBukan saya membantah penyerapan istilah Dari Bahasa lain, tapi tak perlu buat begitu kalau dalam Bahasa kita dah ada perkataan yg membawa maksud yang sama.\nMelayu dah jadi macam kacang lupa kulit.", ""], ["Bahasa Rojak :29091:", "Bahasa Pasar :29091:", "Bahasa \"asal lu paham sudah!\" *"], ["is the implication that it's a bad thing to do intentional?"], ["You are no longer Malaysian now! Just \"Malaysian\"!"]]}
{"title": "Detainee escape by climbing steel grill. Kota Kinabalu.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l2lmg/detainee_escape_by_climbing_steel_grill_kota/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Prison Break plot: make complex plans, diversions, tools to escape\nChad Sabahan prisoner: man this place sux, im outta here. see u later bitches *spiderman-climb out of there*"], ["Is it Sop to have 1 police escort them when the criminal outnumbered the police ?"]]}
{"title": "Should we overhaul the driver\u2019s education system?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vos0j/should_we_overhaul_the_drivers_education_system/", "num_comment": 54, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "I can\u2019t help but feel that our driver\u2019s education system is flawed. Looking at the average Malaysian driver\u2019s mentality and mindset, I believe that it is holding us back from our society\u2019s potential.\nWould it be better if licensing in Malaysia were more similar to the processes in Europe?", "comments": [["", "I kid you not, when I attended driver's school, neither the lessons nor the exams covered roundabouts. The \"left lane to exit 1 and 2, right lane for exit 3 and so on\" thing was discovered by me on the internet only recently.", "My undang \"teacher\" was thirty minutes late to the class. He never covered that topic, nor did any related questions came up in the exam (by some chance idk). My mother, who also taught me how to drive, also seemed oblivious of that law. When it comes to roundabouts, her solution is \"just don't drive parallel to others, they might need to change lanes\".\nNevertheless, I live in a small town (Ipoh) and traffic isn't too heavy, so you can agak2 your way through roundabouts. Things only changed when I came to KL.", "Because in Sabah if you suck at roundabouts you probably will get hit by Hilux\nI travel to Sabah frequently for work and I had to git gud at learning how to drive in Sabah.\nDriving in WM is ezpz just gotta watch out for the J/P/D plates, or a random Myvi going the speed of sound", "I don't recall having a \"undang\" teacher \ud83d\ude05 Thought it was just a booklet to memorize", "Im gonna take the middle", "Agreed. Trying to use a roundabout will give me a heart attack especially here in JB.", "Roundabouts are second nature for me.\nI live in Shah Alam.", "My god Shah Alam have a roundabout fetish. Good thing people there are good at it.", "i just kena this idiot using roundabout twice. normal road he's driving normally, slightly slower than other cars but that's fine. once he reach roundabout and he wants to take a 3 o'clock he'll go to the left lane then force the inner lane car to brake so he can take the 3 o'clock.\n2nd time he was behind me, near roundabout he cuts out to the left, speeds up and tries to do the same thing. this time to me.\nwtf seriously."], ["The problem is they don't care, not they don't know", "Should give them real consequences then. The duit kopi has got to stop and real enforcement should be carried out responsibility. This whole situation is a chicken and egg problem.", "Duit kopi has to stop? Bro, even Santa will ask what colour you want your dragon to be.", "How does duit kopi relate to santa and dragon colours?", "It's a joke. Christmas joke.", "Point he\u2019s making is that Santa asking about what colour you want your dragon to be is more likely to happen than corruption getting curbed", "Well it's easier to migrate to a country that has strict rule of law than to hope to change this lek lu cincai country from top to bottom", "Just get rid of roads and cars. Build more public transport and convert roads into pedestrian and cycling lanes.\nNo road, no car, no asshole driver. Problem solved."], ["This was an actual quote from my driving teacher: \"Malaysian driving test is the easiest to pass and easiest to die.\"", "Very accurate"], ["Oh it definitely is flawed. Duit kopi settles everything. Theory just covers maybe 20% of what you actually need to know. And fuck me how are people still clueless about using roundabouts? It\u2019s as if once we enter one, all rules don\u2019t apply."], ["The problem is not in the teaching but the attitude and the enforcement. Just take a look at the highly educated nations with high HDI such as Singapore \u2014 as soon as they cross the border the whole civilised mindset is put on pause.", "Haha that's very true. My friend says Singaporeans turn into devils on msian roads.", "Well said.", "That's because what's the point of being civilised when everyone else is not being civilised in the first place, similar to the broken windows theory. Malaysians constantly using Singaporeans as a scapegoat while not fixing its own problems first is why this country will never improve.", "That's a good argument in general but a bad one if it means setting personal accountability to the standards of others.\nYes, the window is broken but whether one takes advantage of it is entirely a personal choice \u2014 the answer to the question of if one should litter if some does it speaks more about the individual rather than any effects of being civilised.\nBy extension the Singaporeans who drive like maniacs here aren't good people to start with, regardless of how good the environment they are brought up in."], ["I personally do feel that the driving syllabus should be more technical covering basic defensive driving techniques. There should also be like an annual/bi annual rechecks (?) or recertifications for senior citizens after they passed a certain age to certify that they are still fit for driving especially in terms of vision and hearing capabilities"], ["No need.\nWe just need enforcement.", "Enforcement more on lane hogger, blur driver and phone use.", "You will need education on enforcement, and corruption too.", "Yea this. We got a handbook of rules (not sure now, I'm old). Everything from round abouts, lane-merging and T-junctions were all there. Though the emphasis at the time was a lot on passing and memorising the steps to do so, like everything other educational thing in this country."], ["I took Singapore's Basic Theory Test (same as our Undang) during my licence conversion. Their Undang has one important thing that ours didn't teach --- what to do when your car skids.\nThey also have two theory tests before the practical, first is this Basic Theory Test, then they have a Final Theory Test", "BTT/FTT is also pretty hard to pass (>90% to pass, not 50%) and you can't cheat/bribe your way through it."], ["I think rather than education being the main problem, the attitude of drivers are the issue, like I bet there's 3 people here that will say \"I don't care how gila I drive my car, if my car can drive 200km/h, I will drive 200km/h in taman area.\""], ["Lesen very expensive overhaul that first"], ["In addition to this, the way roads are designed is plain stupid. Road markings are often not up to date, and the roads themselves are not well maintained. Highways should also be designed properly. I remember trying to enter a highway only for there to be a fucking wall on the on-ramp."], ["Yes.\nWhen I took my lessons they didn't even teach you how to physically change a tire. I wanted to but the instructor was like 'tak payah lah' which is absurd because knowing how to change a tire in theory doesn't translate to being actually able to change a tire. So many corners cut.\nAlso the bribes. So shit.", "I agree. Most of my driving skills and mentality comes from those driving school youtube channels. My instructor prepared me for passing the exam and maybe a bit of knowledge about Malaysian roads. So far, I\u2019ve been teaching myself \u201creal driving skills\u201d ever since getting my Ps."], ["Every time I\u2019m in Malaysia I\u2019m amazed how bad people drive. In my country the number of road fatalities is 88 per 10 million inhabitants. In Malaysia the same statistic is 410.000, so about 4700 times worse.", "True. I just came back to Malaysia after visiting Australia for a while and I truly got a reverse culture shock at how people drive. There might be some Aussie bad apples on the road here and there but drivers are generally pretty great there. Meanwhile, I forgot how crazy Malaysian traffic is."], ["Education system\nor\nCorrupted officer system\n?????", "Everything"], ["Strict enforcement and punishment. Like ccp. Got saman? Cannot renew license. Each saman will deduct point. After reaching 0, gantung license.\nActually we do have that, but biasa ya bayar duit kopi boleh settle. So in the end, ketamakan is the main cause.", "Someone: If you don't have license, they cannot gantung your license"], ["Wholeheartedly agree. Ill be marked misogynistic but get fucked, some bitches doesnt know how to drive. Hogging fast lane going 30kmph while playing phone, IN THE HIGHWAY. They dont even watch right or left they just fucking move masa tukar simpang. Almost died twice this month.\nMen does shit like this too, but its just more common among women, or at least where im from. And its tiring sia tukar lane pun x bagi signal. Belajar apa masa lesen ntah."], ["For me, need ongoing strict enforcement. This may very likely be unpopular, but the gov needs to stand their ground on this 1 instead of worry too much on what people say in twitter.", "I\u2019ve got an idea. Why do we even announce speed cameras? Shouldn\u2019t they be kept hidden as to their location? If we know where the cameras are, nobody will actually follow the speed limit outside of the camera zones.", "Maybe it's because nobody follows the speed limit inside the zones if you don't announce it", "True as well. It\u2019s unclear most pf the time what the speed limit is on non-highway roads.", "This actually started when AES introduced. Many people questioned the legality of speed traps. If im not mistaken, the findings were, need to inform road users there are speed traps in the area."], ["no. stricter law and enforcement. heavier penalty for all offenses. education dont do shit when everybody else on the road are idiots"], ["No one knows how to use roundabouts in JB (Speaking from a citizen from Kluang - we have 5 roundabouts and most of us are born to be expert in it xDD). So it actually depends on where do you from and how does the driver behaves in there."], ["<image>\nThis means go; yes?"], ["I read that annual road fatalities in Malaysia is 1,3 million. Let\u2019s say driver education radically improves - won\u2019t this create a population problem? Basically you will need to provide housing for additional 1 million people annually."]]}
{"title": "Here Is What You Need To Know About The 10% Online Sales Tax For Imported Goods", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l2k7q/here_is_what_you_need_to_know_about_the_10_online/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Customs makes first-ever fentanyl seizure, worth rm45mil, at KLIA cargo complex", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0mpq/customs_makes_firstever_fentanyl_seizure_worth/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Keep that fucking thing away from Malaysia. Hang any fuckers who even try to bring in to Malaysia. Fentanyl is no joke, it\u2019s a deadly substance.\nIf you neeyts don\u2019t know about the dangers of Fentanyl pleasee read up on it\nEdit-spellings"], ["Imagine if seizure is 45 mill, how many more got away", "Yah this is only the tip of the iceberg. Malaysia is considered a key transit point for illegal narcotics", "Imagine if this seizure got caught because the bribe wasn't good enough..."], ["Glad we wont have a zombie apocalypse here"], ["It should be a law to immediately arrest anyone who uses that shit"], ["This is saw in US is damn crazy effect. Please dont allow such happen here. Merosakkan orang"], ["Strangely I just watched Pain Hustler and this came up."]]}
{"title": "Tourist information", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l19jq/tourist_information/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi,\nI am paying a visit to Kuala Lumpur & Penang in a few weeks. I\u2019d love to learn the do\u2019s & fonts of being a tourist in your country. I am a single white male travelling by myself on holidays. I am interested in food, culture, wildlife & nature.\nAny information would be greatly appreciated!\nThank you in advance \ud83d\ude00", "comments": [["For don'ts:\nAttire in places of worship: If you are visiting one of those popular mosques (ie:Masjid Jamek, Putrajaya Pink Mosque, etc.), you will be provided with robe to cover your legs if you wear shorts.\nPlaces of worship of other religions like Chinese temple or Hindu temples may have more relaxed attire requirements but the general rules are wearing pants that are longer than your knees and refrain from wearing top clothes that are too exposed. If there are rules on attires placed on the temple entrance, then follow it; If there is no notice in sight, then it depends on your personal choice.\nAlso, don't get massively hammered and start a fight with random people on the street. I think this is common sense in any countries.\nDo:\nAlthough English is widely spoken in Malaysia especially in big cities like KL or Penang, learning some simple Malay words like \"Terima kasih\" (Thank you), \"Selamat pagi\" (Good morning), \"Tandas\" (Toilet) will still help you go a long way in your trip by either make you have a deeper bonds with the locals or when you encounter some Malaysian that's not well versed in English (rare occurrence).\nDo be noted that Malaysia has a substantial amount of migrant workers , especially in city like KL, and they are generally not well versed in English. Malaysians can easily differentiate who is a migrant and who is not, but foreign tourists can't differentiate them and may think they are Malaysian citizens too. So don't be surprised if someone you come across in KL cannot speak any English words with you.", "For public transport in KL, you can try to get a Touch n' Go card, it's a stored value universal public transit card and can be used for LRT, MRT, Monorail and Komuter lines. Usually you can purchased it at majority of metro stations.\nWith this card, you don't need to buy token for each of your trips with cash at the self-service machine. Just tap the card at the gate and go.\nYou can search for the Klang Valley Integrated Public Transit Map and use Google Maps (turn on the public transit layer) to see whether the places you want to go is within walking distance from a MRT/LRT/Monorail/KTM Komuter station. If it is, then consider using public transport to get there; If it's not, then consider using the e-hailing app in Malaysia that is called \"Grab\", which basically the Southeast Asia version of Uber.\nIf you want to travel to Penang from KL or vice versa, you can consider buying the ETS train ticket to get there. It is operated by KTMB and you can directly book it on their official website. It is advisable to book it early as the ticket can get sold out early.\nIf you're booking the ETS train ticket, please be noted that \"KL Sentral\" station is the main railway station in KL that are connected by multiple other metro lines; while \"Kuala Lumpur\" station is the old colonial era station that once served as the main railway station of KL, but is no longer the main train station of KL and is only connected with a single MRT station.\nPlease don't pick the wrong destination/departing station, otherwise you will need to buy additional tickets.", "By far the best advice", "Thank you so much! Or should I say \u201cTerimah kashi\u201d \ud83d\ude4f"], ["dont beg and be obnoxious\nalso we are not thailand", "Thank you."], ["I dont think theres anything much to say for male tourists. Just dont go running around naked i guess. Hahahaha", "Ah man! Now I have to change my plans & my expectations?!"], ["Don't effin' do drugs here. Do it when you back to home, do it Thailand, do it somewhere else with lax laws. Malaysia do not take drug laws lightly.\nWhen conversing with locals, keep the 3Rs out of conversation topic i.e. Race, Religion and Royalty.", "Thank you. I have no intention on breaking any laws, period. I will remember to keep the 3 R\u2019s in mind.,"]]}
{"title": "The origin of Anwar\u2019s beef with Tun Daim", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ue1ev/the_origin_of_anwars_beef_with_tun_daim/", "num_comment": 15, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The only thing good about Daim is the chocolate.", "Please don't remind me. I wanna eat them now :26557:", "That\u2019s a Swedish company right?", "Yeap. Nothing to do with the Tun Daim but the coincidence is hilarious."], ["I doubt Mahathir was forced by anyone.\nHe's not the kind to be forced if he doesn't wanna do anything"], ["Why this look like fan made You tube video but got that actor that cheat on his wife?", "This is actually from the movie Anwar: The Untold Story"], [":26554: RPK said that anwar cronys is under tun daim too same goes to atok.."], ["Come on man. Do you guys actually believe this?", "Meanwhile present DSAI on Zahid :\nI guess lesson learnt from the past.", "", "Ask Anwar directly would be better \ud83e\udd23"], ["One is obviously portraying Daim in the movie, who are the other three ?", "Taikun taikun billiyun billiyun. /s"]]}
{"title": "Top cop says charge against officer proves force\u2019s transparency", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l142m/top_cop_says_charge_against_officer_proves_forces/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Only because it was viraled.", "And hit a melei boy. If it was Indian he would've got a promotion."], ["Give the public an detailed open audit of how many reports been lodged and how many have been followed thru.", "you need records to audit. Remember recently a woman was asked not to lodge a police report against the guy that exposed himself in the train? yeah.. cute to assume all reports are actually documented and recorded.", "Remember recently a woman was asked not to lodge a police report against the guy that exposed himself in the train?\nSlight correction, she was asked to delete the pervert's dick photo (evidence), not asked to not making a police report.\nPolice has no power to stop you making any police reports, even the most mundane things can be made into police report, the report will be sent to the Bukit Aman database and can no longer be changed by your local balai after it's saved there, it's just that the police will most probably close the case or NFA you if they deem it too miniscule to care.", "Man, that's even worse..", "Perverts are an asset to gangsters. Because perverts can be made to do things gangsters want them to do.\nExtrapolate to the biggest gang in Malaya."], ["Just read a story that other cops shielded the culprit from media by leading him into the court house by back door. Talk about protecting themselves.", "Really??... i think they can do that and they will", "Brotherhood mah."], ["Charge means nothing. Successful conviction and serving full sentence means transparency."], ["Godfather says charge against small guppy proves mafia's transparency.\nI'll just leave this here. IPCMC.\nAsked about IPCMC, Home Ministry instead says yawn, bullshit, nonsense, deflect, lets talk about Israel-Palestine instead.\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/02/22/asked-about-ipcmc-home-ministry-instead-says-independent-police-conduct-commission-will-be-in-force-july/56148", "Ipcmc will not happen la. Its will face too much backlash from polis.", "Then expect more kids to die, more people to get raped by the gang with blue uniform.", "So long d la, nothing new."], ["Shameless, almost the whole My know your shits, there's no poor people in cn right?"], ["One small act means alot of difference eh"], ["ensure a fair and transparent investigation is conducted\nNot just this case, but all cases"]]}
{"title": "Can you dance like Hai Di Lao?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l13wt/can_you_dance_like_hai_di_lao/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Hiring now! Full time chef in a 5-star hotel.\nRequirement:\nDiploma in Culinary Arts\n2 years of experience\nAble to dance like a fucking idiot for our company's TikTok.", "Nobody gets to be \"chef\" after only 2 years experience bruh... and all chefs can dance, it's widely known."], ["Introverts' nightmare"], ["Hai Di Lao is so cringe and overrated. They have a record of failed sanitation inspections worldwide and even within China. Don't be cringe, don't be like Hai Di Lao focus on clean fresh ingredients and prompt service. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Expensive as hell, food ain\u2019t even great. Service? Nothing special. Why is it renown again?", "some people love fads from the \"motherland\".", "You traitor how dare u go against your roots!", "What did I say about Africa? Everyone traces back to Africa right?"], ["This is the most dehumanising thing. No wonder they love it in China"], ["Went to Hai Di Lao once, and I regret it so much. I need to be paid a big sum to even think of going there again. Fuck that place"], ["This is the reason I don't want to go to Hai Di Lao. Cringed so hard that my orifices closed up. The mala will kill me if it happens.\nEdit: Does this happen in all countries? I now question the type of people that will consider this type of \"experience\" something that is proof of high SES (referring to that other post)"], ["I actually thought they danced pretty well and it was not as cringe I thought it would be!"], ["hello, i want to order!\nOi don't dance\nCAN't hear you through the music\napa hotel la datang makan tengok dancing pula."], ["Are chefs in Malaysia highly paid ?", "No. And they are overworked and treated badly."], ["Bravo ! A chef who can dance and looks happy doing it . I very much appreciate your enthusiasm and you are an excellent team player . Why people condemn you or your employer , I can\u2019t understand as what you are doing is just simply earning a decent living and enjoy yourself whilst doing it ."], ["Ayo isn\u2019t this cultural appropriation?\nBudaya aku bukan routine tarian engkau", "Well, I personally like it, like seeing people from other cultures doing stuff from my culture too"]]}
{"title": "Update on GoKL fares for foreigners and booking date recommendations for Avana SkyWay to Genting", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0vo7/update_on_gokl_fares_for_foreigners_and_booking/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hello everyone, I am planning to visit KL in the first week of January. Are there any latest updates on the GoKL Bus fare charges for foreigners?\nAnd I wanted to know another thing, how long before is it recommended to book tickets for the Avana Skyway to Genting Highlands? Can I book it online a day before?", "comments": []}
{"title": "COVID-19 press conference scheduled at 4pm today", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0n2b/covid19_press_conference_scheduled_at_4pm_today/", "num_comment": 122, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Anybody else feeling d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu?", "Yes! The photo itself is reminiscent of the former MOH Director Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah updating Covid-19 case.", "Most probably just has an update on the situation. To tell us they are not implementing pkp ask us to wear mask.", ""], ["I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll ever be another MCO unless its the death toll that\u2019s rising. Most likely either and update or making masks mandatory indoors again. Prevention by steps.", "Another lockdown means malaysia is screwed and with us in it. The country can't afford it.", "The country can't afford it.\nYeah, think of the billions they can now pilfer by buying more vaccines, non-working machines, and another Jana Wibawa. Never waste a crisis, they say,", "yea i dont think so too... i was just joking about pkp\nremember this new variant is less lethal", "But damn. Cases are exploding. Just a casual eye test and it\u2019s apparent.\nSept - Nov I didn\u2019t hear of a single covid case. In the last month. Half my house, office caught it. Circle of close friends maybe 6/20 caught it etc.", "Same, I just got it last week. And i already had covid before too.", "How were your symptoms?", "same as last time, started off with a sore throat, then fever + blocked nose, but this time i lost my sense of smell, slowly recovering but very slowly, symptoms werent as bad as the first time, but yea, it sucks", "How long did it last or take to be negative?\nMy wife caught it 3 weeks ago for the first time and was positive for 12 days. My kid got it a week later and was ok in 5 days.", "almost a week, there are still post covid symptoms though, but this time i took ibuprofen instead of paracetamol cuz paracetamol wasn't effective enough to lower my fever", "When it's less lethal, it tends to spread easier, meaning the new cases \"explode\" more", "Yeah for influenza type of viruses that does seem to the case.\nNot basing this on science but from what I see. Covid virgins are getting hit abit harder (symptom wise) compared to people who\u2019s caught it before.", "And mask is useless, only for promoting fear for the general public thinking they are constantly living in the threat of the virus.\nLook at how cases in the past exploded for countries with high mask usage - Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, China. They all dropped the mask mandate in the end."], ["back by popular demand", "Dr Zul completing the long missed press conference which previously mess up by AirSuam guy"], ["If there is mco i run naked", "kalau dalam rumah watpe\u2026.", "watlek watpeace", "Screenshotting this rn.", "Yes, please do. I hate it when things get real and people chicken out.", "Mana MCO? Too bad can't see me nude", "Very familiar. Ah yes, just like a photo of a guy running with panties while holding PKR flag. I respect him for keeping his promise", "Fellow borneo nyets,\nCan you give me the link? I'm kinda curious.(and miss it at that time)", "Alas i can\u2019t find them after looking for every nook and cranny. I still vividly remember the video was uploaded on FB sometime after GE 2018", "Livestream run naked in the house on threadmill", "I run with you.. Naked..", "Following this Redditor's nekad to run naked", "Gonna screenshot this and follow you.\nYou better not delete your account ah, i tell you!", "Endemic no worry", "you run full naked or half naked, please clarify & please state location.", "Most probably 3/4. He would have got swatted running around butt naked unless he wore a balaclava that is", "Naked run? sign me up"], ["I think they will make mask mandatory in public closed spaces", "\"Ahh shit. Here we go again\"", "after lossening mask mandate in MRT, MRT is now coronavirus superspreader express \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "Joy for face mask companies. Now they can clear out their old stocks", "And RTK kits, recently a lot on promo since the spike in cases but the expiry is very close.", "COVID was invented by face mask companies \ud83d\ude2b"], ["I want to see if Comic Fiesta kena moved online or cancel ni...", "I want refund if they cancel CF, their tickets are expensive.", "I went to AFA, and the tickets are like almost RM300/person. rm100/2 days with maybe another 100 to see Vtuber is ok la.", "AFA is something else, their tickets transcend to the concert level of payment, also AFA is big and have more wide range of anime, even if it an obscure one.\nI doubt I will find merch for underrated anime that I watch in CF. It will most likely boil down to Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, One Piece, Attack on Titan and any major anime. RM100+ for 2 days is not that bad nowadays, I wish it a little bit cheaper.", "With the amount of vtubers guest I'm not surprised they haven't just hold an online Google meet yet", "With the amount of vtubers guest I'm not surprised they haven't just hold an online Google meet yet\nEven Cover's online streaming site barely can do the Hololive concert streams, you expect a POS like Meet to stream to thousands at a time?", "To thousands? I was referring to fan meetup 1-1 or whatever", "Plz no i had sunk too much on preparation xd", "pls no i alr booked hotels and shit last month to prepare.last minute cancellation gonna suck as they charge for that too"], ["I hope there might be a push for companies that have the capability to implement work-from-home (WFH) policies. Perhaps, a structure of three days working from home and two days working from the office could be considered, at least until the current surge in cases is under control. The situation is becoming increasingly difficult to manage.", "yeah I really hope it's this. So envious of other companies that have been allowing it.", "I have been WFH for 3 years now. #feelsgoodman", "I feel you :/"], ["Lol. The conference was nothing but reminders. Very \"this could have been an email\" energy", "You need to understand why the government chose to do a press conference instead of a PSA circular. One, is to attract public attention. Therefore, also drawing attention to the rising cases and to hopefully re-encourage public health behaviours.\nA PSA circular can be easily ignored or not reach non-digitally plugged populations.", "You misunderstand my point. But that's fine.", "I'm annoyed but relieved. FOR NOW."], ["Mandatory mask wearing time"], ["We just need to see the numbers of beds used in the icus. If the ratio is below 50% we still have time to prevent it getting worse. If more then 60% then we need to implement wajib pakai mask rules in public areas.\nAlso the numbers of new cases versus admitted hospital cases also should be taken into consideration.\nKkm should also tell what variant it is.", "You can see all this on KKMNow", "Yea its already at 70%. Penang already over capacity", "I wonder how they quantify this though especially if you look at the data from 2021 till today. In Dec 2021, nearly 400 patients were in ICU, but as of recent data, 22 patients were in ICU but the utilisation rate is already at 69%. I guess they removed most of the capacity after MCO but I wonder why they removed so much of the capacity.", "Many ICU beds back then are makeshifts from other available wards especially those with special-treatment purpose. The real ICU wards isnt even that big to begin with.\nOnce Covid subsides, these wards were repurposed back to their original purpose.", "Kkm should also tell what variant it is.\nThe problem is, it seems that KKM still unable to determine what variant it is, thats why they refrained from releasing that information. Perhaps today they already have confirmation on the variant in this Sidang media"], ["- Avoid crowded place\n- wear mask and wash hand\n- take 3rd booster shot\nSekian, no need wait until 4pm", "On back Mysejatera", "Noo not this again lmao"], ["PKPPBPBPBPPBPBPBP incoming"], ["Ah shit, here we go again\u2026"], ["Any updates anyone? Not time to watch tv"], ["China went visa free a few weeks back and didnt say theyre having a covid issue", "Um, about that...I mean, ya know...I don't wanna say people DON'T CHANGE, but, well, erm...ya know what I mean?"], ["Jangan la PKP lagi woi aku dah nak finals ni utk sem aku"], ["Just announce whatever you want to announce on twitter instead of announcing you have an announcement that you're too important to be punctual for anyway.", "No lockdown anymore ok"], ["Close the parliament"], ["It is so joeover"], ["Kalau nak MCO tunggu lah aku balik dari japan next month. I don't want be stuck there \ud83d\ude02", "Same, I wanna go CF first with my friends lmao"], ["whats the update now? cant find the live D:"], ["It been along time there is no taklimat on Covid already \u2026. Man I miss those days"], ["Time to go buy toilet paper....."], ["Damn I don't wanna lose my job...again.."], ["PKPKBPKPKBPKPBB time"], ["Boster Roster??? kokokokokokkkkkk"], ["Anyone got link to the FB live?", "Search kt FB Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. Dh start dh live"], ["Been looking at the feed for 10 minutes....nothing.", "That's a bit frustrating."], ["https://fb.watch/o-Kga6irwb/?mibextid=Nif5oz Live fb link"], ["Lmao, this thread has a lot of copium. And MCO depends on the severity of the situation - even if the gov doesn't want it, it really depends on how it turns out. It's hard to tell at this moment because the infection is fast transmitting and humans are always bad at predicting the 2nd order effects. Like previously, even if you could say the death rate is low, if it spreads too fast and the healthcare system is overloaded, then that's when we need the controls.", "No one's locking down anymore. It's out of the question.", "If it's required, then it will be done. Hopefully we don't need it, but if we do, then we'd need to do it, simple as that. Whether we'll reach that point, I don't think anyone can predict that."], ["Just recovered from covid \ud83e\udd23"], ["no more pkp please \ud83d\ude4f"], ["https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/covid-19-malaysia-indonesia-thailand-masks-restrictions-3991406\nDamn Malaysia is going full on panic mode relative to other countries in ASEAN, even Singapore already dismissed pandemic related curbs"], ["<image>", "AAAAAH!\nzooms in on the date"], ["if they didnt let all those China ppl came in like open house party,could this situation be avoided ?", "dont be joker. malaysia cases more than china."], ["please no lockdown"], ["my guess: another pkp", "LOL nope"], ["FUCK"], ["Oh no"], [":26559:"], ["Most of the local glove share price are shooting up this morning"], ["Ironic."], ["Oh no...."], ["deja vu"], ["Hmmmmm........\nPlease don't"], ["What the cat is Fahmi is doing there"], ["Time to resupply my sanitizer, mask and gloves just in case"], ["Common Gov, mandate partial WFH those those corporates that are equipped to do so ( which is many!!!!)"]]}
{"title": "Malaysian Max Verstappen", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0l93/malaysian_max_verstappen/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["it does feel really good though (on less crowded roads with common sense)."], ["dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen dudududu max verstappen"], ["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["<image>"]]}
{"title": "Umno will never allow local council elections - Lokman tells DAP", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0kg2/umno_will_never_allow_local_council_elections/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["local council elections would lead to racial instability\nFearmongering"], ["Only the corrupt fears accountability"], ["My take: Anwar should have fulfilled his promise of creating that \"Unity Government Manifesto\" in December 2022. Then DAP & UMNO could've met together on private, mutual Action Manifesto for their five year term until GE16.\nAnwar's failure to create that UG Manifesto means DAP is now launching their own Manifesto, UMNO will launch their own Manifesto, etc. Turmoil among bitter enemies is too easy when the leader has metaphorically (and often literally) left the building.\nThat mismanagement of no joint Manifesto will cost Anwar again & again."], ["Worst performing major party in the last 3(?) elections doesn't want any more elections.\nBig surprise."], ["\u201cUmno veterans understand DAP\u2019s desire to turn Kuala Lumpur into a local government that is represented by members who represent the Chinese, especially DAP.\n\u201cFor sure, if such elections are held, Chinese representatives will easily win in areas where they are the majority,\u201d he said in a statement yesterday\nFragile ketuanan ego.", "Oh no, majority will win majority votes.\nWhat should we do? Make a dictatorship instead", "If you think Umno is bad, PN is worse", "Well UMNO and PN are but a facet of the same die, ie the ketuanan melayu side."], ["Actually, No race will get more power. They should do it PR style instead of FPTP. Or Singapore style as proposed by Shahidan. It'll bring voice to local people. UMNO wants to protect their fucking cronies. Look at Kangar City Council, now that PN have come, PN decided to Actually hire a person involved in Infrastructure for MPK. The previous guy was a mofo UMNO leader. He fucking destroyed Kangar's green spaces to make way for roads. Just search the store Kangar and look near the cimb bank. Change the dates to 2014. You'll see yourself how fucked up UMNO corrupted Malaysia.\nPersonally, I've wrote to the former MPK about turning Taman Sena into a proper place for vendors. But it never happened. Only until PN came that they started to do all this. Even fixing up broken pavement in Indera Kayangan(held by PKR) IMO, if Pakatan Rakyat hadn't dissolve, it will be unstoppable. Perlis already improved a lot under Cikgu Shukri wayy more than under BN.\nFuck UMNO rasuah."], ["A DAP leader\u2019s call for local council elections to be held in Kuala Lumpur has ruffled feathers in Umno.\nUmno supreme council member Lokman Adam said his party would never allow this to happen.\nInterestingly, he also dubbed the suggestion by Federal Territories DAP chief Tan Kok Wai as an internal movement by the \u201cLim Dynasty\u201d to sabotage DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke\u2019s leadership.\n\u201cAfter Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng\u2019s comments on the non-Malay prime minister issue, now it\u2019s Tan\u2019s turn to repeat the Lim Dynasty\u2019s old desire for local council elections.\n\u201cWe want to tell Kit Siang, we will never allow local council elections to be held, we will fight it to the end!\n\u201cStop being a tool of Dr Mahathir Mohamad and sabotaging your own party,\u201d Lokman said in a Facebook post last night.\nTan (above) made the suggestion to restore local council elections yesterday, starting with Kuala Lumpur, in an effort to give locals a democratic say in how the capital city is run.\nAt present, Kuala Lumpur only has MPs, and Kuala Lumpur City Hall is run by the federal government.\nCritics, including those from Umno, had in the past warned that local council elections would lead to racial instability as Malays would reportedly lose power in such polls.\nSuch criticisms were revived after Tan\u2019s call yesterday as espoused by Umno Veterans\u2019 Association chief Mustapha Yaakub.\n\u201cUmno veterans understand DAP\u2019s desire to turn Kuala Lumpur into a local government that is represented by members who represent the Chinese, especially DAP.\n\u201cFor sure, if such elections are held, Chinese representatives will easily win in areas where they are the majority,\u201d he said in a statement yesterday\nHe added that a local council election in Kuala Lumpur would lead to calls for it to also be held in major cities such as Penang Island, Ipoh, and Johor Bahru.\n\u2018Nightmare for Malays\u2019\nMeanwhile, Perikatan Nasional lawmaker Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal also spoke out on the matter.\n\u201cBit by bit, Kit Siang\u2019s Malaysian Dream is set to be fulfilled under the UMDAP movement,\u201d he said on X.\nUMDAP is a portmanteau of Umno and DAP.\nWan Fayhsal (above) has portrayed the so-called Kit Siang Malaysian Dream as a nightmare for Malays.\nThe last time Malaysia held a local council election was in 1963. The next round, which was supposed to be held the following year, was suspended.\nThe suspension, which was supposed to be temporary, became permanent in 1976 when Parliament passed the Local Government Act resulting in the abolishment of the local government election altogether and only provided for the appointment of local councillors.", "Critics, including those from Umno, had in the past warned that local council elections would lead to racial instability as Malays would reportedly lose power in such polls.\nMight as well not have state and federal parliamentary elections too, so that Malays won't lose power.\nHope no senior umno members here to see my comment.", "I'm afraid that PN is even more paranoid than UMNO at this point"], ["\u2018not a priority\u2019 says the not so stellar ex health minister who also had a dead ministry revived just to keep her around."], ["Just scare of lose. Nth more than than that. Just like US scare the rise of China so sanction them kau kau. Useless coward."], ["Recently my Big bro hit an UMNO leader 4x4 but my big bro don't notice. That UMNO leader viral it on FB on his group with 400K members. It was a Neigbour of mine who messaged me abt it. And since the dashcam og his 4x4 had me & my big bro, he decided to screenshot us and then share the footage. My big bro called him and offered to pay for the damages but then he brushed it off and said its fine. But he already viraled it on FB.\nWhen I check his FB, he is an Important UMNO member and owns 3 businesses. So fucking entitled. Me & my bro were used for his politicking to make it seem as if UMNO is turun padang shit. Now they don't want Local Elections. Made me vengeful. Next GE in my Area if its BN vs PN I'll fucking vote PN even if from PAS cause fuck you UMNO. Fucking affirmative actions with your MCA MIC bullcrap.\nYou know how effing hard it is for minorities without cable? Even 10A+ SPM cannot get Sponsor wahlao. Fuck UMNO. I used to sympathise umno but after this incident and not wanting Local elections, Fuck you UMNO."], ["Actually I understand it but it's like a goal set up for PN-PAS to set up in Kelantan, Kedah and Terengganu. Will PN-PAS introduce local council elections in those states?", "PN is no different in its stance of local elections. Its BN 2.0.", "Once you let identity politics in, you\u2019ll spend so much time fighting over it because it\u2019s easier than actually doing work", "PN might do that for politicking. State GE showed their support is solid. They cab easily do it and gain support termendouly. They could even do PR style like what Shahidan Kassim proposed. It would lead to the downfall of UMNO and make UMNO look like a rich malay elite party(which imo, it is) and will paint PN as the voice for Poorer Non Elite Malays"], ["of course they won't. that gives minorities more political power"], ["I see this as UMNO trying to exert their own influence in UG and dismiss the narratives from the opposition that UMNO is under the control of DAP. I think DAP just gives UMNO the W for this one, since local council elections isn't an important policy that needs to be implemented as soon as possible."], ["Simple. Appointed mayors aren't accountable to voters, but voted mayors are. I wouldn't even know who's the current KL mayor if it weren't for press statements by DBKL."]]}
{"title": "Iklan sinar plus mabuk", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l0bd7/iklan_sinar_plus_mabuk/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Gambar orang eksiden, title resepi masakan.", "comments": [["Ni namanya, gambar sekadar hiasan"], ["I think he forgot \u2026. \u201cMula mula kena guling daging itu supaya lembut\u201d"], ["pic unrelated"], ["who let him cook"], ["This is like Shopee reviews.", ":26554:"]]}
{"title": "Happy 2024 Nyets! \ud83e\udd73", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vojze/happy_2024_nyets/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Haha i went to ioi also yesterday.. rmai gila org!", "AND GOT MISHA OMAR"], ["Happy New Year!"]]}
{"title": "Thought I'd help give a shoutout. Anyone in the area seen this yet?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l07k0/thought_id_help_give_a_shoutout_anyone_in_the/", "num_comment": 89, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["It\u2019s an ad. Jerry often makes this kinda ads, though it\u2019s the first I\u2019ve seen offline.", "So Jerry's customer base are bosses and secretaries? Kinky", "Co working and co habitat. Jerry covers them all \ud83d\ude0f", "Their space looks like a jail to me\u2026 \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc44\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f", "May cause road accidents at a busy traffic junction. Probably caused by \u201cKevins\u201d", "Enjoy up to 1 hour private meeting with no additional cost", "but if you were to google kevin there's actually a linkedin account to his name and the company that the account is attached to has an office in TTDI as well (same building as jerry). the account looks proper too, with 500+ connections", "You're kidding? I'm actually disappointed this isn't real", "Right? Got ready the popcorn and box drinks already. \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8", "So Jerry promoting his co-f-ing space huh? Tell me more", "this shits hilarious asf"], ["So it is a marketing gimmick\nEdit: for co working space which is beside it..", "Is it really? That's honestly disappointing.", "All the Kevin Teoh Chee Sings in Malaysia took collateral damage for this ad", "Imagine someone random called Teoh Chee Sing taking them to court for defamation and libel", "My man Kevin can't catch a break. Catching strays left and right lol", "Chee Sing, I wonder if he from a cantonese family.", "Most likely not. AFAIK Teoh is either Teochew or Hokkien", "Pretty much it is. The cue here is the windowless room indicating they provide a room with more privacy for those who needed. Nice try, Jerry Hew \ud83d\ude0f", "Thought the same, Jerry's marketing materials use the same font.\nWould recommend though, cheap private spaces", "So, what, they encourage cheating on their premise then?", "It's a marketing tactic, this guy posted it on reddit because of how outrageous it is. It's now gone kinda viral with 517 upvotes. That is marketing genius, people are sending this picture to each other because its comical not knowing its a marketing gimmic, and thus making people aware of this co-working space and it's private rooms.", "Yeah, I am aware of such gimmicks. I was just refering to the moral implications of such gimmicks. You wanna cheat? Get a windowless space so your spouse can't snoop around.", "Cheaters gonna cheat. This will probably end up like Ashley Madison.", "better than Bobbits though? no?", "Bobbitt?", "Classy"], ["Wish they would spend more on their furniture instead of marketing", "Its good enough for piak piak piak tho... \ud83d\ude0f"], ["Sorry but the emojis gave it away. This is obviously a marketing gimmick.", "Was the Chinese name for me", "The Mac window folder aesthetics for me. Like what's the point of making until so nice if the goal is humiliating a cheater..."], ["Plot twist: OP works for Jerry's marketing department and is seeding this to meet their KPI. I see you, OP.", "I cannot confirm nor deny your accusation. I plead the fifth"], ["Not sure if its a clever advertising from Jerry Coworking Space, or what lol", "It\u2019s a pretty shit ad, ngl. Immediately alienate all cheaters \ud83d\ude02", "I thought they were advertising to the cheaters. Implying that they also have windowless rooms"], ["This was posted on twitter with the caption \"Spotted in TTDI\" by none other than the guy who started this coworking space. Cheap low effort marketing, smh"], ["semi related- that stretch of road has TOO many billboards, print and digital. fucking capitalism istg"], ["It's clearly an ad, the fact that they have to mention the name the place \"Jerry Coworking Space TTDI\" and \"windowless room\" gives it away"], ["But, fr, how's Jerry coworking space?\nFrankly, am disappointed none of the spaces, Jerry's or others in KL have weekend access.", "It's staff-less, so you can access it whenever I think", "it\u2019s great. best part is you can stay till 10pm by paying an extra 20 bucks which I\u2019m more than happy to."], ["i know this is an ad...but i do have a boss called Shin Yi and I heard rumours that she's having a marital problem \ud83d\ude02"], ["Whoaaaaa! Now they do this already?!! Hahaha I\u2019ve only ever seen this in the west"], ["And then PuAS (Ibrahim, duh) gonna come through stating this is why they wanted to move forward with polygamy. \ud83e\udd21"], ["I like Jerry. At least Jerry got a sense of humour hahahah"], ["Someone needs to check up on the marketing person who suggested + approved this \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab"], ["What is ttdi?", "Taman Tun Dr Ismail\nThe only reason I know is because I call in sick sometimes, and then spend the day at the library there", "Wait, there's a library? Which part of TTDI?", "Perpustakaan, 31204, Jalan Athinapan, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur\nYou can take a feeder bus there from TTDI MRT station - the exact stop is a short way off before the library itself", "Perpustakaan, 31204, Jalan Athinapan, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur\nIsn't that the place with a small restaurant serving Sarawak food?", "Small restaurant \u2713\nSarawak food \u2715\nThey serve a mix of pastries and rice dishes, nothing uniquely Sarawak as far as I know. Either way, you will see a few patrons sitting outside munching something.", "Oh, ok. Anyway, thanks for the directions."], ["Shin Yi must have been extremely pissed"], ["Lmfao how does it feel to know that the stupid dumb viral ads that no one likes work on bored nosy kepohs like yourself?", "It's malaysia, who's not kepoh?", "A lot of people you don't hear from because they don't bother bringing attention to stupidity. Arguably a boring life but compared to wasting more than 2 brain cells on this? People like you bring attention to this isn't it? eg the Singaporean lady who made bad Malaysian jokes.", "Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I hope that you have a better day than you had yesterday.", "Mate I sleep fine. If I don't use harsher words you're gonna think posting fake news is fine and if you don't like me for it then so be it. If you can't handle negative comments don't post."], ["Damn :26554:"], ["What the actual fuck\ud83e\udd2f", "its an advertisement"], ["That indeed Wow."], ["Hahahaha congratulations"], ["It would be natural, if it is a hotel ad"], ["Ingenious really"], ["Lol yang 1st upload owner company working space"], ["I was looking for co-working space and saw the space online and my first feeling was the traumatised feeling i get was entering a classroom when I was a kid."], ["Aiya, I was about to sympathize with Teoh Chee Sing. Padahal it's an ad. Pretty interesting one tho. We're all talking about it."], ["Play so big ah \u2026.. lol\u2026. He is in trouble."], ["Kevins have it the hardest. First Kevin Koo, now this guy"], ["What happened at Jerry Coworking Space? Is it a place to be to get a divorce or is it the place to do the deed so that you'd be divorced? Asking for a friend."], ["you mean teow chee ting?"], ["gullible op tsk tsk"], ["Just wish this is real tho damn"], ["I apologize on behalf of all with the teoh surname."], ["Hmm.... I'm wondering is this an Ad for WOW media?"]]}
{"title": "2020 ban on display products with festive greetings voided, says Jakim", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18l01fe/2020_ban_on_display_products_with_festive/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "The Islamic development department says it will conduct a review on \u2018any matters related to the halal certification procedure manual\u2019.", "comments": [["PAS likes to do this when they are in govt... Push a little, a lot of backlash, pull back a little bit, rinse and repeat. Remember the alcohol ban, first try to ban alcohol sale at convenience and Chinese medicine shops, then they pulls back a bit saying only in Muslim majority area, then they push again in any place that have objections which could be anywhere.\nPAS had this playbook, they have Hudud laws in state statutes even when they can't enforce it, knowing full well the constitution don't allow state to enact laws on criminal matters. When they come into federal power they can create an enabling act or constitution amendments.", "That's why cannot give an inch to these theocrats. They're just using religion as a way to grab power and they don't know how to wield it for good of all.", "Hmmm yes I'm starting to see a pattern now you mentioned it", "Hmm. Sneaky aren't they. Thank god for people like these and u/jwteoh GOAT", "Don't forget that PAS Permatang Pauh tried to police alcohol sales in Penang mall. They're slowly encroaching, like boiling frog syndrome.\nhttps://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/82354/pas-lawmaker-overstepped-in-telling-mall-not-to-openly-sell-liquor", "add it to your list", "You right I forgot that he was fishing for internet points", "Incoming backlash... \"hak kita sedikit demi sedikit dihakis\"."], ["2020 directive banning products put on display from containing non-Islamic festive greetings\nWho made the directive?", "Who made the directive?\nNot only that, this makes it clear that they only voided the directive now, not even back in 202 when the minister at the time \"clarified\" it:\nhttps://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/12/24/no-halal-cert-with-xmas-wording-minister-clarifies-messages-fine-as-long-as/1934761\nAgain, this just shows how entrenched the Malaysian bureaucracy is - even with a clear ministerial directive/ intent, they will still keep doing what they do."], ["Opening eyes in the morning: what can shake my belief today", "redditor above u/internally_me put it best. Extremist are pushing hudud everywhere. they say this to give themselves a cassius belli", "Open math book, sees addition symbol..."], ["So it wasn't allowed to mix halal certification with other cultures until now. Hope multiculturalism actually prevails!"], ["Puslibans: This clarification won't stop me because I can't read."], ["JAKIM should be banned, it's a waste of taxpayer money."], ["I think its time to boycott JAKIM. Avoid buying when you see fxxxkng Jakim logo. Buy only if you do not have choice.", "At this point, its less of JAKIM is the problem but more like a PAS is the problem hence why it was put under the Majlis Raja-raja Melayu recently due to political interference", "While we nons can certainly do that, I wonder if we have the numbers in the first place.\nAlso, a lot of the atas stuff doesn't have halal logo but I see folks beli je since they yakin with the ingredients.\nOTOH tak yakin pun beli. I pernah tengok an obviously Muslim couple selamba je pick up this bottle of Bertolli sauce that has a huge label stating that it's made with merlot.\nHypocrite ramai."], ["Ah... think of all our taxpayer money goes into this horseshit"], ["still NFA on meat cartel issue /s"], ["Yeh.. Some corrective moves. A step to do right. Still got hope, I hope."]]}
{"title": "Is \"sibeh\" is bad word in penang?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18udmk4/is_sibeh_is_bad_word_in_penang/", "num_comment": 22, "flairlabel": ["Language"], "header": "My friend in penang told me that sibeh is a bad word and it is rude for me to say it in front of other penangnites.\nIn context: Si = \"die\" Beh=sounds like \"pek\" which is father in hokkien\nYeah I'm just confused about this. I always thought that sibeh=very. Any penangnites or nyets who understand hokkien help me explain this?", "comments": [["Your friend is full of it. Sibeh / sipek is just a word for \"very\", albeit in a crude manner.\nEdit : crude as in (sipek kiam = fucking salty)"], ["Sibeh isn\u2019t a bad word"], ["Sibeh is very\nYour friend is just messing with you.\nMy advise, mess with him back"], ["It's not a cuss word, it's just crass. People who label themselves as classy and turn up their noses on anyone using this crass word will look down on you if you used it too much. I use it sparingly and only in front of people who are ok with my usage of it."], ["hm? sibeh = very , yes. what is this? another cancelation attempt?"], ["Sibeh should be a slang word for \"very\".\nBut, I suppose it is rude to say it in front of your dad. As far as I know, it's made up of 2 words \"si\" and \"beh\" that means \"dead\" and \"father\" respectively. So uttering it every time is like saying \"Oh on my dead dad, that xxx is yyy\".\nThe other exclamation Chinese phrase is walaoweh, meaning showing surprise or incredulity. Based off \"wa\", \"lao\", and \"peh\" which means \"Oh my old dad!\"."], ["yea, the origin of the word is correct, you can ignore those comments that are ignorant of it, using a word without understanding the word's true origin is kinda pathetic\nits fine to use it among your friends, but not suitable with elders, its not very polite\nits exactly the same thing with \"fucking\" when you say this chicken chop is fucking good, nobody will think that fucking means sexual intercourse, although the origin of the word is referring to it, people will understand that you mean \"very\"\nstill, you wouldn't use the word \"fucking good\" in front of your parents or people that you should respect and be polite to", "Used the word in front of my high school bahasa cina teacher (that was more than 20 years ago), got told to never use the word again because of the exact same explanation by OP.", "Ding ding ding, the only correct answer in this thread.\nToo many people in this thread acting pro and giving the wrong answer is sibeh hilarious, and sibeh ridiculous too.\nKiang diu hou, mai geh kiang la dear cibais.\nSource: penang lang from pulau tikus here"], ["You sure your friend is from Penang? Lmao try to translate \"si pek kao lat\" or \"si pek ho liao\" with your friend's explanation and see if it makes sense or not.", "You can tell whether someone understands the dialect based on whether they think 4896 is a funny number"], ["I thought \"sibek\" means \"die white\" in Hokkien?"], ["Growing up I never used \"sipek\" / \"sibeh\". Very was \"cin chia\". I always assumed that was Southern Hokkien influence."], ["Sibeh ho jiak = very tasty"], ["What about Cibek?"], ["sibeh is not - your friend is lying.\nUnless it was cipet - then that's quite vulgar a term for the female genatalia."], ["No, sibeh means very"], ["Correct me if I'm wrong, but sibeh \uff08\u6b7b\u7236\uff09means \"to the extent that your father dies\", no? It's not a bad word per se, but it should be used only in very extreme situations and never in front of your elders."], ["Just use \u201cjin nah\u201d or \u201cjin jia\u201dThese are acceptable words for VERY.\nSi Beh is not a bad word but not a word you use with elders and people you respect."], ["Limbeh (meaning \"your father\" in a condescending way) is worse than sibeh, but still Limbeh is a mild word. So I'm not sure are your friend for real."], ["your friend sibeh hao siao"], ["Sibeh penang"]]}
{"title": "Separation of ministry to give specific focus to digital economy sector, says Fahmi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kz6hu/separation_of_ministry_to_give_specific_focus_to/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["In other words, he did such a great job and the PM decided to reward him with less work.", "It is the Peter Principle. Promote those who do not perform \ud83e\udd23", "Anwar probably knows he's useless.", "He's so useless, they had to bring Gobind back. Anwar can't get rid of him, probably got some dirt on him.", "Wow what a great boss looking out for their employees work life balance!", "the rakyat:"], ["Day #5764, guy still on super copium about being the most disliked minister since air suam."], ["Lame defence. He himself said \u201c\"The prime minister stressed that there is no 'honeymoon period\u2019, (so we need to) hit the ground running. It means all the ministers must do their jobs, so I see this separation as being able to provide focus,\u201d. This former actor does not have the technical skill sets to handle demands of this ministry. Does not have the big picture strategic thinking, expertise and gravitas. He is only good enough to handle simple micro PR social assignments like meeting Tiktok, Facebook. Beyond that, he is like deer in headlights . Like Ismail Sabri , he is best deployed as spokesman , messenger role which is his role for PH Unity govt. He should be replaced by others more capable. \ud83d\ude04"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 18 Disember 2023 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kz2sp/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_18_disember_2023_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Still the same ka?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kz1q8/still_the_same_ka/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["X70? Mine still ok, but dont know if owner is ganas sangat or poor product quality", "if a door handle can't even withstand regular use no matter how ganas sangat then it's poor quality."], ["Truly the China company experience"], ["nice design. poorly thought engineering."], ["Gam gajah ada. Bukan untuk dihisap je", "Gam UHU atau gam gajah, mana lagi sedap?", "whi hisap gam gajah? I thought its dunlop"], ["made in china lmao what do u expect"], ["it's superficial like everything in this country."]]}
{"title": "Salesman already advised buy Special Perils (Natural Disasters) coverage for car but degil...", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyx4u/salesman_already_advised_buy_special_perils/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["i thought i read that the owner did bought special perils insurance"], ["At least their SA told them about it.\nWhen I asked for SP, my assigned SA was flummoxed about the request, like I was the first one to ever bring it up."], ["With global warming it does seem like special peril insurance is more relevant than ever"]]}
{"title": "Health minister orders comms team to revisit and update Covid-19 guidelines after complaints over CAC hotline", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyu3s/health_minister_orders_comms_team_to_revisit_and/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["calling the hotline and getting no response\nUse chatbots instead?"]]}
{"title": "Booming tourism industry braces for Penang\u2019s mass water cut in January", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyq16/booming_tourism_industry_braces_for_penangs_mass/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Transport ministry to roll out e-hailing van service in areas without public transport - operated by Prasarana - paultan.org", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyn3t/transport_ministry_to_roll_out_ehailing_van/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Bakery removes ban on cake Christmas greetings | Free Malaysia Today", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kykef/bakery_removes_ban_on_cake_christmas_greetings/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["How a smart alec puts Berry\u2019s Cake House in a quandary with his bigotry halal interpretation\nhttps://focusmalaysia.my/how-a-smart-alec-puts-berrys-cake-house-in-a-quandary-with-his-bigotry-halal-interpretation/", "\u201cHow could Daniel Teoh be Berry\u2019s operations manager when JAKIM says something yet he understands something else?\u201d the netizen penned on his FB page. \u201cWhat JAKIM meant is that the cake sold by halal premises can accept customer reservations to pipe \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d but cake bearing such greeting cannot be displayed at the store.\u201d\nBusiness hard nowadays.\nNo go halal kenot because Muslims are the majority.\nGo halal but not halal enough also kenot because later viral not halal (e.g. the recent case where employee wear cross)\nGo halal but play it safe also kenot because later viral racist (e.g. this case where it's only applied to display product, which JAKIM recently clarifies is no longer in force).\nJust start a software company man. At least you don't have to deal with halal / non-halal software.", "Just start a software company man. At least you don't have to deal with halal / non-halal software.\nFor now.", "Hmmmmmm halal routing, halal API, halal libraries, halal hardware, halal software methodology and development", "Still got one more: halal but owner is non muslim = no go", "", "Somemore the very concept of the Halal license process is detrimental\n1) gomen need to see you do daily process to issue you halal cert\n2) Muslims need to see halal cert before they buy\nSo in the meantime, nak sell to who? Just telan costs while waiting for the cert to be issued?", "Don't give them any ideas. If N95 masks can show SIRIM certification (a mask company is owned by Zahid's daughter), they'll definitely cook something up for softwares.", "Jakim only means to say that they can't display cakes with Christmas greetings. That makes aaaaaaall better. Amirite?", "Least sohai religious bigot"], ["Lesson: Report injustices on social media. You will be heard."], ["This is r/maliciouscompliance material. Love it"], ["Do they do Hanukkah cake ?", "Ni agenda yahudi /s"], ["Fucking stupid this issue."], ["Now Berry's employee have to walk on eggshells after this", "Well then they should clean up after they made the cakes innit"], ["I highly suspect that the netizen who criticized the operation manager comes from a privileged position of not needing to face consequences, not needing to be proactive, and not understanding business and marketing.\nThe 2020 Jakim letter says that non-islamic greetings is forbidden to be displayed on products hat display halal logo, and is forbidden to be displayed on products meant for display.\nWe do not know that whether the product packaging has halal logo printed. If the product packaging carries halal logo, then the bakery could easily be in deepshit.\nWe do not know whether the cake will be displayed before customer picking up / delivery. Lots of business display customer products - it is an effective marketing strategy. If the merry Christmas cake is displayed before customer pick up / delivery, then the bakery could easily be in deepshit again.\nThe operation manager has huge responsibility on his shoulders - imagine if his negligence cause the baker's halal certificate to be canceled and the business loses a huge chunk of revenue. Who is going to take responsibility? The netizen ?\nOperation manager has huge responsibilities and often they have to act on the side of cautioness, especially in this country full of religious zealots", "I agree, hard work to not get cancelled in this day and age"], ["Day day halal news\nPuak mudah konfius on the rise"], ["Ingenious way to create publicity for the cake shop . Next step is to bar any one wearing shorts from entering the shop !"], ["Tries to keep out of trouble.\nGets into trouble.\nChampion."], ["still NFA for meat cartel issue.\n/s"], ["Berry's marketing team on Zus marketing team:"], ["Way to make a nothingburger into national news. Why are some people so overly sensitive about these things?", "Why are some people so overly sensitive about these things?\nWe have to be sensitive to all races, especially people with bigotry induced epilepsy./s"], ["Never bought from them before\nNow I never will"]]}
{"title": "Can someone explain to me what is this \"planta\" and \"sabun lux\" thing on Twitter attacking PMX?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vo8av/can_someone_explain_to_me_what_is_this_planta_and/", "num_comment": 23, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I see some X users like https://twitter.com/Salim_Iskandar aka Parpukarri kept talking about some Planta and sabun Lux thingy. They were also some long-ass videos which I did not bother to watch. He thinks it'd be the downfall of the Madani govt (yawn).\nI am just curious what is the context. Can someone do a TL; DR?", "comments": [["", "To be fair, planta is way cheaper than lube.", "And reminds me of ramly burger", "Them ass cheeks reminding me of the nightly sin of going to find some buns..", "So this guy is fantasising about the PM having gay sex? Does this guy need it that badly?"], ["PN meme game is weak. Its not even funny and the common folks don't even get the reference unless its explained. Anyone remember kakistokrasi?"], ["It's just an evolution of the peliwat insult\nUsing sabun and Planta to licinkan the butthole\nBasically it's \"terpaling Islam\" having buttsex in their head, rent-free", "You don't really want to understand the mindset of walauns tbh, they have no brain capacity\nPH fans spin around like a washing machine, Walauns just stand in one place spewing sewer shit", "I would still prefer to bring back the court to reverse its judgement on PMX. All he has is a pardon from ex-Agong which really means the conviction still holds. This is why he can still be called a peliwat. I also don\u2019t think a 70 year old can rape a 20+ year old. But you can\u2019t argue with that when the judgement is still valid on paper.", "First one I can somewhat believe, as there are many closet gay out there.\nBut then he kena same charge same way at height of his political career, again. I mean dude, even the blind can see what's up.", "The fact that saiful changed his statement from rape to consensual after being told it's unlikely for a 68 year old man to rape a 20 year old , cements its bullshittery to me.", "Ummmm didn't the royal pardon voided the whole case itself?", "A pardon means he is a free man and does not need to undergo his sentence.\nHis conviction still stands.", "I\u2019m not sure exactly. But pardon means forgiveness which inadvertently also means Agong forgave him as \u201cpeliwat\u201d. Which is why many who wants to attack him can still use this against him especially when they have no more bullets against him.", "Please dont mock walaun.. Low iq is considered OKU and we dont mock OKU", "I get the gay references. But I think it's in context to an interview he did with a former inmate of Sg Buloh who was also incarcerated at the same time with Anwar."], ["I cant believe you still listening to parpukari....", "that's the real mystery here"], ["The guy claimed it was a normal accurance in prison to have gay sex orgy. They use planta and soaps as lubricants. And the guy claimed anwar on some occasions joined those orgies.\nBut for me, its just too farfetched. I dont think its true.", "this is not the news I wanted to read on NY 2024, butt here we are :26563:", "Guy make it sounds like he\u2019s been in prison before", "Dont judge other people fetish. I'm sure this guy has the same occuring dream over and over again."], ["Blud, just uninstall Twitter. Place been a hell hole for degenerates for years now. I used to think thats for Reddit, tbh, Twitter is just fucking worse."], ["Is he speaking from experience, perchance..\nThere's no more respect or even eloquence in insults these days..."]]}
{"title": "Exclusive-Chinese firms look to Malaysia for assembly of high-end chips, sources say", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyh6v/exclusivechinese_firms_look_to_malaysia_for/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "", "comments": [["When you guys read assembly it's not like what you imagine. OSAT is a complicated process of putting together raw chipset, including stuff like radio control and GPU together into a single package that can be shipped around the world safely. The most advance is 3D packaging where chiplets are stacked to work concurrently. Don't knock it off by saying we're only assembling, it's the crucial step from etch silicone chips to final products.", "I heard that normally high end OSAT will be placed where their fabrication plants are. The more labour intensive mid-tier / low-tier is outsourced to SEA. Not sure how true this is.", "https://techwireasia.com/08/2023/why-is-intel-building-largest-3d-chip-packaging-facility-in-malaysia/\nIntel operations in Malaysia is almost exclusively OSAT and apparently only 2 location will do the most advance 3D packaging Malaysia and the US.", "I've read that this chiplet stacking technology is a workaround to create advanced chips after sanctions by the US."], ["\u201cAssembly\u201d I\u2019ll wait to see if they offer good salaries or is this targetted at foreign labour"], ["Seize the moment"], ["High end chips? China? China still lags far behind Taiwan and South Korea in making the greatest and latest chips, about 2 to 3 years behind, and 1 year is a long year in the tech industry.", "You say like Malaysia is even capable of being 2-3 years behind the cutting edge. Even Samsung's cutting edge is falling behind. Malaysia can only DREAM of being only 2-3 years behind TSMC lol.\nIn terms of fabrication, Malaysia's semiconductor industry is only focused on 90nm fabrication tech introduced in 2003, 20 years ago. Those chips are used in a lot of electronics in cars which do not require cutting edge tech.\nWhere Malaysia's semiconductor industry only shines on the backend after fabrication, the packaging part. The article is referring to this part, where Chinese firms are looking to Malaysia as an alternative to guard against US sanctions.", "...so? It's still way more advanced than anything Malaysia or the whole of ASEAN/EU produces", "High end, not cutting edge, neither do we have the facilities or capability.\nAssembly not manufacturing."]]}
{"title": "I've done it", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18udg6z/ive_done_it/", "num_comment": 120, "flairlabel": ["Satire"], "header": "", "comments": [["Which one is you?", "Glad someone is asking the hard questions.", "Yeah that mathatir cosplay is really convincing", "lol", "sial can someone get this oldfart OP away from the coser?", "The ancient mysterious man", "probably the girl", "Are you sure it's a girl?", "Fooled me good"], ["He's like \"Adakah ini hasil wawasan 2020 aku\"", "dasar pandang ke timur gone right", "He wasn\u2019t being specific about which one to pandang \ud83d\udc40"], ["Watch out, he's going to sugma ur life force out", "Not gonna work, bro", "What is sugma? Is it a new malay slang?", "Sugma kacang, adik kecil\nGottem", "Another way to say \"suck my\""], ["Mahatir is having that Oppenheimer's regret look for the unprecedented effect of his 'Dasar Pandang Timur' policy.", "Hahahahahhaha this is a deep track sejarah"], ["<image>\nYou can tell how disappointed he is to our generation \ud83d\ude02", "Same energy", "\ud83d\ude02", "This is not the point when I said pandang timur", "u sure that's not a happy face?"], ["DASAR PANDANG TIMUR IS RILLL"], ["I didn't know Tun M is a fellow redditor.", "he's one of us now"], ["Damn Tun M finally got a chance to take a picture with cosplayer"], ["Atok don't look impress in the first pic"], ["\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80"], ["Tun got same energy"], ["wow the cosplay is dope", "Very convincing indeed. Especially the wrinkles. Must have used up a lot of modelling Clay!", "Yeah that cosplay looks sexy hot!..\nAnd also haramboi costume looks cool too.", "Iirc that's a dude BTW \ud83d\udc80", "Obviously , its mahathir lol .", "", "Who is she cosplaying?", "some old and experienced politicians by the look of it idk"], ["Are you a boy or a girl? Because looking at the picture I cannot tell /s", "???\ud83e\udd21", "Yeah they should. I didn\u2019t disagree. But that\u2019s not what the entirety of lgbt represents. We\u2019re not \u2018lost generations\u2019. We are just more capable of expressing ourselves freely and don\u2019t have an ego as fragile as you. We know who we are. We know who we love. No one is \u2018forcing it down your throat\u2019. You see it on social media? Then don\u2019t use social media if ur that bothered. Simple enough. Don\u2019t criticise things that you don\u2019t know anything of and stick to living your pathetic old life to the fullest instead of being a hater over things that doesn\u2019t even concern you. You\u2019re a straight cisman. Good for you. Go lick a pussy or something. No one\u2019s asking you to cut your dick off and put on a dress. Your time is almost up anyways. Cheers.", "...that person did not say they are non-binary or trans?", "Imagine thinking that masculinity is so fragile that wearing a skirt can erase it", "I passed the entrance exam for a Japanese government uni in a STEM subject and have been able to pay off my tuition with my own part time job money for 3 semesters now, I think I'm doing quite well but eh \ud83d\ude0a", "You did not refute the point I brought up- that it is absurd to think that wearing a skirt makes a man any less of a man- and then claimed I lost. I explained how I don't think I did. I believe we are perfectly on point.\nWearing a skirt does not make a man any less of a man. The act of wearing a skirt and not believing in gender norms are not markers of incapablity, inability to succeed in modern life or lack of grit- that is the point I wanted to make. Men have worn skirt like clothes and paid attention to their appearances throughout history and across cultures- pants did not exist in Muhammad's age, nor in Jesus or in Buddha's, in Confucius's or Marcus Aurelius' or in the eras of emperors and kings... Are you going to argue that these people were not men?\nWhy are you hung up on another person's behavior?", "Why are you hung up on another person's behavior?\nProbably having post nut clarity after fapping to a man in a skirt.", "Wtf are you saying man", "omg i thought this was a girl the whole time", "No, he's a regular cosplayer in r/bolehland.", "oh well it\u2019s a really good cosplay", "Yes, and a very very friendly guy as well from his posts, and certainly does not warrant such hate.", "these haters really have nothing to do, i hope it doesn\u2019t affect him too much", "Comments removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat.\nWhile you're not using direct insults, you're still making personal attacks, i.e.: attacking your conversational partner instead of the topic itself - \"kids\" (declaring someone is your inferior and speaking down to them meets the criteria above). This causes escalation, so don't do that please.\nI also see you've been doing a lot of flaming in the form of bigotry on this thread.\nPlease stop equating LGBT to a form of mental illness.\nThe basic stance of American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychiatric Association is that \"homosexuality is not a mental disorder but is rather a normal form of human sexuality, and they propose that their stance is based on significant scientific evidence\".\nIn 1990, homosexuality was declassified as a mental disorder by WHO (World Health Organization) in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10)\nIn 2019 WHO no longer classifies gender nonconformity as a \u201cmental disorder.\u201d\nYou're a relatively new account so please treat this as your one and only warning as reddiquette is actively enforced here."], ["Hasil Look East Policy."], ["Lmaooo that's insane"], ["Tun M: Maybe I shouldn't take photos with that Pink Guy last year..."], ["Easily post of the year"], ["Based siak, wtf..."], ["He's not impressed"], ["Why is that leg at that angle ?\nThe second picture.."], ["Didnt know malaysia had a wax museum. It looks so real , howd you get it to change expressions?"], ["He looked like the grandpa in disney up movie lol"], ["Bro rethinking his idea of \"Dasar Pandang ke Timur\""], ["Hahaha this is way just too funny Lol lah hahaha, speechless hahaha \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02 Uncle brother Dr Mahathir still can't let it go his country and take it too seriously of his youngest generation :26558::29091:"], ["Who is this cutie on the right?"], ["Now I know Tun M Redditor name :26561:"], ["Is he going to save Cosplay ?"], ["\"if I have a time machine, I'll go back 80 years to my youth and show this pic to them and that'll make them commit sudoku on themselves\"", "You want them to commit a number-placement puzzle on themselves? \ud83e\udd14"], ["AYO WTF"], ["No fucking way XD"], ["Was he aware that you're a guy? \ud83d\ude02"], ["Nice to see Mahatir and his son"], ["Did you tell that fucking racist to piss off?"], ["ICONIC."], ["dont take foto... it's nothing. take video, it's more pro and can keep repeat and laugh, bcos Tun is the Shiaets, everyone wants to live the lavish life, how many can be so high up there, itu maha KUT !", "Yeah I should have lmao but the security was intimidating and there was a crowd of people wanting to take pictures"], ["<image>", "H, T, L", "Eh\u2026 N, G", "Nah. it's B,G"], ["Congratulations champ, you made history"], ["I really hope nothing bad happens to you lol"], ["Never believed I'd live to see this \ud83d\ude02"], ["Not sure what is so proud about talking pictures with a racist ex PM"], ["What\u2019s so good about taking a pic with this old prick?"], ["Who ever did the make up is awesome"], ["Impossibly based."], ["I don't know who he is.\nNot knowing who he is is the best punishment for a narcissistic hypocrite like this."], ["This feels like a frickin fever dream"], ["Now do this but with obama"], ["Tun M is (not) impressed??? :P"], ["Shoulda done it without the mask..."], ["How is he 98"]]}
{"title": "Sinkhole outside KL homes \u2018swallows\u2019 four cars", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyg1w/sinkhole_outside_kl_homes_swallows_four_cars/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Mr Abd Rahim said disappointment set in when he learnt that he could not seek insurance compensation for the loss of his car. \u201cI believe I won\u2019t be able to claim anything as the incident is considered an act of God,\u201d he said.\nAnother reason for me to add special perils coverage in case things like these go south. Felt terrible the owner was unable to claim the damages caused. This reminds me of the recent news where an owner bought his new vehicle just an hour ago before it got into a flash flood.", "Would special perils cover sinkholes?\nMy policy is up for renew so I'm really shopping for the best protection.", "I found an article for a more comprehensive sink-hole related claim. It can be an arduous and complicated claim especially if it involves the relevant agencies as it needs to be determined what causes the sink hole and a lot of paperwork needed to be done.\nBased on the article, If the sinkhole is caused by a broken pipe or any underground pipe-related issues belonging to SYABAS, the local council will actually deal with them, which means that you will only be dealing with the local council.\nHowever, regardless of where it happened and why it happened, it is best to ensure that you have signed up for natural disaster coverage under your vehicle\u2019s insurance policy. Just make sure that the policy is comprehensive (first party) to be eligible to claim.\nhttps://www.carlist.my/news/car-fell-into-sinkhole-who-pays-for-the-damage-79880/79880/", "Just wondering, if an act of God is the beginning of a chain event of incident, can insurance still not cover it ?\nFor example, a Lightning struck a road light which made it fall to oncoming car A, the car A loose control before crashing to car B.\nCan insurance refuse to cover car B because the incident started from \"act of god\" ?"], ["Geologists must inspect before zoning land for residential use"], ["I used to live on this street."]]}
{"title": "'RM10,000 in losses': Slow start to Malaysia's flood mitigation measures leaving victims high and dry", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyfou/rm10000_in_losses_slow_start_to_malaysias_flood/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Home Minister rubbishes claims China nationals get auto PR if part of MM2H", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kyejd/home_minister_rubbishes_claims_china_nationals/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Ccp chinese - 1\nMehsia Chinese - 0"], ["Isn't mm2h technically a PR?"]]}
{"title": "Super cool Rashid, I wanna be like him!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kbck1/super_cool_rashid_i_wanna_be_like_him/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Is this lacrosse Malaysian national sports team?", "The only lacrosse team in KL, come join us for a game in KL... TTDI park", "Reddit user since 21 and this is ur only post/comment. Wow"]]}
{"title": "On the right track: How the JB-Singapore RTS Link is taking shape", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ky9dh/on_the_right_track_how_the_jbsingapore_rts_link/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["Yay! Hopefully it helps plus the planned LRT systems for Johor Bahru.", "The JB LRT at current stage is only proposals on mouth by some politicians. There has yet to be any solid feasibility study done on this JB LRT proposals by Fed Gov or the State Gov. Until then, this LRT proposal can easily dead in the water midway and fade from public consciousness.", "Greater Johor Bahru Transport Masterplan is a thing and like many things in the south, requires buy in from Singapore."]]}
{"title": "Adults toys purchase online", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ky0bk/adults_toys_purchase_online/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi people.... I just order an adult toy online... In Lazada they disguise it as massager.. Health product... The item /seller is from china already verify ..genuine seller .. I paid already... Will they product once reach Malaysia...will it get confiscated by Malaysia. Authority... Or it depends on what the seller write on the form... If not mistake kastams will do x-ray the package. Even though document stated health massage device... But x-ray scan show the item look like penis shape..or will it get constipated.. Will the authority find me for purchasing the item\ud83d\ude13\ud83d\ude13\ud83d\ude13\ud83d\ude13\ud83d\ude13\ud83d\ude1e", "comments": [["This is why you buy from seller who has stock in Malaysia and not buy from China.", "Probably \"acquire taste\" type that no local Malaysia is willing to take risk."], ["It won\u2019t get constipated, not so sure about confiscated though", "it won\u2019t get constipated\nNot with that attitude", "Doctor: so what do you prefer I write you fell on?", ":26554:", "Just need some jelly"], ["relax, youre not the first person in malaysia to buy sex toys online. if anything its just gonna get embarrassing if they sent it to your address and its not as obscure as you think.\nonce, i bought normal satin nightwear and the seller legit put \"SEXY LINGERIE NIGHT GOWN SILK SATIN PANTY TOP COMBO\" and my poor office receptionist had to see it...", "The seller 100% did it to troll their customers"], ["SWAT team will raid your house once the parcel reaches your place and you collect it.\nYou will deny you ever purchase it, or maybe someone did a prank on you.\nNonetheless you will eat curry rice in lock up for few days.", "Me poor ass gonna get raided in jail\ud83d\ude1e\ud83d\ude1e\ud83d\ude1e\ud83d\ude1e"], ["If it's illegal, the parcel will be returned to sender. IIRC no action taken against the person ordering it."], ["PMX will come at night and shove it up your...", "But x-ray scan show the item look like penis shape..or will it get constipated\nThen, he will definitely feel constipated."], ["Side note, why is it that whenever I see Malaysians typing in chat or texting right, they end up having so many full-stops till it look like they also typing in braille? :26554:", "Wow.. you seen once your asume all ?", "I\u2019m sorry Twitter police, I will behave better next time \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f"], ["If a single item, unlikely to get confiscated. Personal use \"massager\" is fine, as long as not buying in bulk to resell. If they confiscate, that's that. They won't look for you and they won't fine you. Fault is with the seller, not the buyer.\nI've ordered from Singapore before. Discreet packaging, no issues with customs."], ["Wym the pulismen stealing my handheld stirrer, is for cooking"], ["Next time go wet market with your mum, buy carrots or cucumber."], ["These kinds of things can be purchased on some shops in malls so I doubt it'll get confiscated."]]}
{"title": "Chinese", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kxbde/chinese/", "num_comment": 57, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "Inb4 THAT RACIST!!", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["2044 \u274c\n203A3A \u2714\ufe0f", "It'd be an absolute disaster for us Software Engineers."], ["Half-Life 3 confirmed 2024."], ["<image>\nSi ie 4 ie Death", "Fun fact: some are okay with having 4 in the plates provided the phrase is a positive one. Example: 1148 (yat yat sei fat/prosperous everyday). On the other hand 5354 (\"neither dead nor alive\"/\"nonsense\") is bad\nReally depends on the person tho, some really pantang number 4 totally", "1648\n4488\n4848\n4854", "2023A A A = 2024 April 4th", "bukan 2023A 3A 3A?", "dia matematik salah", "my car no is 4144:26554:\ud83d\udc4d", "Si eik si si ?\nWhat that meant ?", "mati, ? , mati, mati", "my phone number end with 444, then mati, mati, mati?"], [""], ["Fun fact: it is not specific to Chinese only. Korean and Japanese also consider 4 as unlucky because of the exact same reason that it is pronounced similar to \"death\"", "Neat! I remember Japanese numerals also have 4 pronounced as \"Shi\" which also means death in their language."], ["Next year died already liao.", "By hunger, 24"], ["As a Chinese this is stupid af", "You mean hilarious af"], ["Tak sabar tunggu tahun 4444", "chinese 9/11", "superstitious chinese people gonna hurl"], ["As a Chinese person, I only understood the 2024 part. What does 2023A mean", "It's common in Malaysia to avoid using 4 for building floor numbers and house numbers by replacing it with 3A.\nSo, that's the joke.\n(no one actually does this for dates and other numbers.)", "Oh, thanks", "Yeah, it's funny how they go nuts about floors with number four in them but are very okay with a 13th floor.", "Well the number 13 being \"unlucky\" is a *western* superstition, not a Chinese one, so they're okay with it.", "why should we not okay with 13th floor? ada hantu? takde mati takde problem"], ["All these stereotypes\u2026 smh \ud83d\ude05\nActually those 3A, 13A things are nonsense.. and this is coming from Chinese..\nnobody is scared of death! Because we are all born to die, those cannot face/embrace the reality only bring down the young/future generations..", "Tell that to him"], ["<image>\nCough", "Lol koyak", "Panas terus panass"], ["They got the Gabe Newell personality I see", "Half life 2: episode 2A"], ["I hate superstitious people, if they dont like No4, they should keep it themselves lah. Dont affect other people\nGive me back my no4 elevator button, house number, street names.\nKalau tak suka No 4, lain kali Gaji angkat RM300A, Jangan ambil RM4400.", "It doesn't affect you? If I'm the owner of the building I can name the floors however I want."], ["OP is not chinese for sure. we do not care about \"4\" that much except for uncle aunty 60+"], ["Gold"], ["7 and 4 is the worst combination"], ["4 = death, 24 = starved to death\u2026"], ["2022(3)"], ["not racist but not funny either. just out of date. op hasn't kept up with the times"], ["4th april would be fun"], ["Waiting for the year 3A3A3A3A"], ["What happens when you are 44 yo ?"]]}
{"title": "Sarawak to provide free education at state tertiary institutions from 2026, says premier", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kx0ff/sarawak_to_provide_free_education_at_state/", "num_comment": 35, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["8bil sovereign fund * 0.07 (safe rate of return) / 25000 students = RM22,400 per student per year. Not bad."], ["The state-owned tertiary institutions are Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, University of Technology Sarawak, Curtin University of Technology Sarawak, the Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS), and I-CATS University College.\nSo, no University Malaysia Sarawak and University Putra Malaysia Sarawak; also no politeknik", "Those are run by Federal.", "yes, indeed", "Swinburne\nIs definitely not state-owned, is an aussie university.", "Same goes to Curtin. I'm just quoting news article, I've no idea about the actual criteria whether a university is qualified or not.", "Recently acquired I think. Heard the info swirling around campus. Spoken by someone high up in the hierarchy. Some are pissed tho that student fees still need to be paid in full atm."], ["Good grades get full ride. Keep it simple.", "good grades get full ride\nthe inverse of that is not always true though!"], ["This is excellent", "Penisular people need visas to enter there still... such hospitality", "MA63 my dude. and no, no visas needed, just a set amount of time that can be spent there.", "With a behaviour like yours, it\u2019s better to keep you out.", "yeah.. no fair they enter here no need anything.. like riding a bus", "Educate yourself on how Sarawak is an equal partner to the Federation of Malaya in the formation of Malaysia. Sarawak is not a \u2018negeri\u2019 like Selangor. It is a Wilayah with enshrined rights, including Immigration.", "", "I used to think the visas were unnecessary, but after seeing your comment, I just changed my mind. Thank you for convincing me.", "my point"], ["Let's whole Malaysia implement this too."], ["Good, but limit to B40", "Must be great to be able to live life with such a simple minded one track thinking.", "i mean the M40 T20 pay taxes too...why should they be discriminated? everyone is paying their fair share", "We M40 pay more taxes than B40 and we're also struggling.\nEverybody wants to help the B40 but not M40 as if we don't need the help. It's not easy being middle-class. It's a very fragile position too. We're all one disaster away from becoming B40.\nIt's like being the middle child. Parents often ignore the middle child.", "M40, watching B40 get all the goodies from T20 policymakers:", "what im saying is this incentive can n should benefit all including M40 T20...they paid their fair share they are entitled to these benefits whether they use it or not\nimagine living in a house with ur family n u pay ur fair share of rent/electricity/phone/food etc. but u pay more because u're earning more n suddenly someone in ur family suddenly say oh u're rich u're paying ur fair share but because u're earning so much more so everything in the house u have to pay another time...is that even fair?\nRM1000 rental..u're T20 u pay 80%, ur brother B40 pay 20% n u're both benefitting from it by staying in the house....\nthis situation is fair but imagine suddenly ur brother say oh u T20 even though u already contribute 80% n enjoy the benefits equally but u're T20 so u should pay extra for using the bathroom/bedroom/food etc", "B40 needed it more than M40 and T20. Without this incentive, majority of M40 and all of T20 can still pursue tertiary education. But B40 people will struggle the most if this incentive is not exclusively for them.", "this incentive can benefit all including M40 T20...they paid their fair share they are entitled to these benefits whether they use it or not", "It can but doesn't means it should. It's not whether they use it or not, bcuz majority of people will take free stuff if they are offered too, it's whether or not they have the ability to afford not to have the free tertiary education. B40 needed it more than M40 and T20, because majority of them couldn't afford to go to university.\nYes they pay their taxes, but that tax money doesn't go to waste if it were used for B40. B40 people can use this incentive to get them out of the poverty cycle, and improve their economic status. This in turn give more tax revenue which should improve public infrastructure etc.", "imagine this\nRM1000 rental..u're T20 u pay 80%, ur brother B40 pay 20% n u're both benefitting from it by staying in the house.... this situation is fair but imagine suddenly ur brother say oh u T20 even though u already contribute 80% n enjoy the benefits equally but u're T20 so u should pay extra for using the bathroom/bedroom/food etc or extreme cases u can\u2019t stay in the house\u2026what\u2019s the point of u paying since u can\u2019t benefit from it", "T20 needs free education?", "If they don't need, they won't go. But they should be most welcome to send their kids for free education, alongside B40 and M40 kids.\nOn a side note, do you want your kids to only mingle with B40 kids?", "In some parts of Europe and I think Scandinavia, the education is made free for all. When they did this, academics and society in general saw that T20 kids mingling with M40 and B40 kids help to reduce social and economic tensions. Other social and economic markers also improved like level of empathy and EQ. T20 may opt to take up private schooling and tuitions (those are available too), but because the public education is organized and managed efficiently, there was no need for T20 to go for private education.\nbut of course all that is made possible because the people there in general pay higher tax.", "Are you Sarawakian? If not, ask your state to provide free education first before criticising us.\nThis is called \u5f97\u5bf8\u8fdb\u5c3a", "This I can support. iirc UNIMAS yearly fee is like 5k for computing. That's as low as it gets."], ["Y nid to wait until 2 more years???"]]}
{"title": "Stopped by 2 policemen who checked phone", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kw59e/stopped_by_2_policemen_who_checked_phone/", "num_comment": 234, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I was waiting for my friend in a car by the road at night when 2 officers approached me and asked for my IC, checked my car, and went through my phone (personal chats, apps, photos). I felt my privacy was violated after the event.\nThe reason given was they were conducting an operation for drugs, illegal gambling, and vices.\nApparently, it\u2019s only borderline legal for them to go through someone\u2019s phone (https://thefullfrontal.my/can-msian-police-look-through-your-phone-whenever-they-want/). They need to have the person under investigation before being able to check someone\u2019s phone.\nBut I have a question, what\u2019s a way to respond to this request? How to refuse this phone check nicely?\nIf a person refuse, can the police inconvenience him/her, by asking to follow them to the station and make you wait for hours? In that case what can a person do? Can a citizen say no?\nWhat they are doing is borderline misuse of power isn\u2019t it?", "comments": [["Here's an article to address that: How to respond", "Basically, can do nothing la. Surrender phone, let them check, and lodge complaint afterwards which we know what that means in Malaysia - nothing gets done.", "Unless you're some sort of VIP or got kabel or maybe lawyer yourself. Else as Rakyat biasa the last thing you wanna do is F around and find out with power trip authority.", "Agree. But I could have asked more sharp probing questions, to potentially spook them off. If they know I am familiar with some aspects of the law regarding search and arrest, it could be helpful to get out of the situation.\nIt was my first time encountering this so FML", "ave asked more sharp probing questions, to potentially spook them off. If they know I am familiar with some aspects of the law regarding search and arrest, it could be helpful to g\nAsk for a high ranking officer to be present. Inspector at least.", "Okay, jom pi balai baru citer.", "Ok, can.\nKalau tak, ni nombor saya, esok call saya bagi satu masa untuk appointment.", "Now imagine Khairy's GEG bill want to give this to any \"enforcing officers\" to checking people's phone and computers.", "Even pragmatically refusing them can have consequences. Happened to me too, I refused and they questioned me for about an hour, harassing me and trying to find out if I did anything illegal. Like any gangster it's just better to do what they say and let them get bored with you in this case.", "And don\u2019t keep or have anything remotely incriminating in your phone from your chats, and photos to your search and browsing history.\nWhich is difficult for most ppl.", "The problem is what they count as incriminating. If they can bend the law and say that they have a right to check your phone, then they wouldn't have any problem stretching the truth saying something you have is incriminating.\nSame thing happened to me, and I now carry around a statement by the Minister of Internal Affairs made in 2019 that the police don't have the right to check your phone as well as an email response I got from SISPAA saying the police can't do that when I lodged an inquiry.", "Care to share with the rest of Reddit the statements?", "The statement itself on Facebook.\nFor the email response, you should probably get one from your own lodged inquiry and not take mine as then you'll know better how it applies.", "This is very useful. Thank you. They went against their sop alr la. Fuckers", "I'm also interested with it", "Lmfao have you ever been harassed by cops as a normal person? Maybe if you're a datuks son or something they think twice but too many times I've been in a situation, done nothing wrong and felt powerless to do anything. I'm curious how far this paper can get you and I have to see it to believe it. Just blur out all the personals show it man.", "I think I'm gonna keep a dummy phone in my car just in case", "They need a warrant to check your phone. Next time they want to check your phone ask them if they have a warrant.", "Not stated in the red book that they need a warrant to check your phone.\nSauce?", "https://asklegal.my/p/mythbusters-rumor-whatsapp-police-check-mobile-phone-roadblock-political.amp\n<image>\nNot police but mcmc need a warrant. Police CANNOT search your phone to begin with. Only reason they can if they found anything illegal in your car and decided to check your phone, based on this at least.", "So next time ask if they have a search warrant from mcmc to search through your phone if not then don\u2019t give.", "My reading of this (2nd paragraph), police ranked inspector and above can check your phone if suspect to be involved in organised crime or security related (meaning some serious shit).\nBut the red book words it differently,\n\u201c11.1 The police are allowed to check your phone\nBut they cannot do so without a valid reasonable cause.\nIf they do check your phone, they must suspect that you have done something illegal, or you are being investigated for a crime, or you have been arrested on suspicion of committing a crime.\u201d\n(https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/the-police-and-your-basic-rights-red-book-)\n\u201c..suspect you have done something illegal \u2026\u201d\nThat\u2019s a lot of unchecked power isn\u2019t it?\nAnyway, most average law abiding joe will comply with police orders when stopped including handing over the phone. And these scums in the police force will make use of anything remotely incriminating on the phone or in the car to ask for kopi money.", "Why u think ppl have been asking for ipcmc? Polis in malaysia have a lot of unchecked power and we have little civil liberties to go after them. Inb4 some cockhead saying...kalau tak buat apa2 salah kenapa takut nak bagi polis check? To these cockheads I will say, 1. Go fuck yourself, 2. Is you have to know the law and your rights and ensure it does not get abused by anyone. Even then authorities. They have to expressly say they are investigating you for the offences of what they suspect. But in any case, make sure have lawyers ready. Again cockheads this is about your right. Don't let go of your rights", "If they suspect you to do anything illegal but not and want to look inside your phone can start mentioning to call lawyer already. Hopefully they back off cause they don\u2019t have concrete evidences", "Won\u2019t that run the risk of antagonizing them further?", "If they really want to make kopi money they won\u2019t bother once you said this. They want to make easy money, not a hell lot of work for themselves. The real police that suspect you if you really suspicious of doing crime won\u2019t be doing this anyway.", "Good point, but I couldn\u2019t help but worry that they can make my life even more difficult? Bring back station, wait for lawyer, how many hours? And god knows what sort of tricks they can play on you in the meantime. It happened on a weekend too, and I don\u2019t have a lawyer on speed dial.\nI wasn\u2019t familiar with my rights and the police sop for search and arrest at that point of time. Any law abiding average joe will just comply with police and not confront them to escalate the situation further.\nIt\u2019s just dirty la.", "Tq for info\nAsk the police for their \u201ckad kuasa\u201d\nAsk nicely, why they want to check your phone, and what is the crime that the police is suspecting you of\nIf they insist, just give them your phone. Do not fight, but you can instead make a police report afterwards"], ["Seriously? I\u2019m currently working in Malaysia and I love the country, it\u2019s just that imagining these things will happen to me alone is kinda scary.\nI remember when my friends and I are in grab taxi going home (3 am) a police man in motorcycle stop us and they want to check each person on the car, I\u2019m sitting in the passenger seat and the police is speaking in Malay so we don\u2019t understand. Good thing the grab driver is very nice he noticed that I am kinda confuse so he answered the police in English for us to understand. My sleepy soul woke up and shift to 350 degrees. Damn! Still remember how the police knock on the window of the car. \ud83d\ude1e", "This is done even in other countries. Any country\u2019s border agency can also check your phone without your consent. Learn!", "This is sad\ud83d\ude1e"], ["Theoretically, they were random checking your phone and that isn't allowable, unless u are under investigation for a suspected crime. But this is Malaysia.", "If theres one thing i hope the government i voted to help change, its actually this one thing", "Yep, op so gullible then blame people.", "No, op is not gullible. It's being realistic. Our police don't have body cam. Op can sue but we all know how this will end.", "If have evidences to build up a case then can win if just want to sue because the police is abusing power (if the police mentioning that they want to look under police investigation) if not it\u2019s just letting random person to look inside your phone.", "Which part of my post is \u201cblaming people\u201d ? I blamed myself for not knowing my rights and being familiar with police search and arrest procedures. Why should I? Any law abiding average joe will just comply with authorities.\nYou jump-to-conclusion nimwit."], ["I was stopped once and got asked if I had naughty pictures on my phone so I offered to show them my pussy collection. \"Gambaq pompuan tarak boss, gambaq kucing adalah\"", "Nais one", "And then? Were you let off? Or they went through your phone afterwards?", "Yeah.i was let off.", "Perfect! That\u2019s what I want to know - how to respond next time I encounter this shit. Coz I was anxious, caught off guard, and didn\u2019t think properly at that point.", "They still checked my phone though but obviously they only found my cat pics hehe. One thing you should not do though is to be confrontational. I also experienced one situation where i was a passenger in a car driven by a lawyer friend. Young chap didn't take too kindly to being checked and nearly got into an argument with the cops.", "If they know the law, safest place would be next to a lawyer lol.", "Adoiii\u2026 so cannot use this trick hahahaha", "You meant pussy pics right?", "Yeah pussy pics of the furry kind", "The best type of pussy", "Say no more, wink"], ["When I was in my teens, I was unceremoniously approached and surrounded by a gang of guys acting like thugs, roughly frisking me, I was scared, and genuinely thought I was getting robbed and probably going to be lynched. I was a mere 20-30metres away from my house. I put up a brave front, and asked what they were doing. They said police... and I replied how could they do this, not in uniform, didn't even identify themselves! Yea, I asked for their ID. One of them flashed something, didn't even get to see whether it was a proper ID. They then asked for mine, which I replied at home, and pointed to mere metres away. They then proceed to handcuff me as tight as possible, felt like my arm and wrist were going to break. Bundled into a van, driven all the way to the station. Yea...a bunch of guys literally bullying a high school kid. Shown the lockup. Had to give urine sample. Asked a bunch of questions, my school, my results, threatened, insulted and berated. Then sergeant then took me into his office and proceed to school me for being disrespectful and rude etc. Then gave me money for the bus ride home. Had to ask for forgiveness one round before leaving. Yea... bad cop, good cop BS treatment.\nFew weeks later had to come back for my urine result which was obviously negative. Yeah... had to go through another short round of power trip.\nI do wonder how do they justify themselves. Do they have no conscience? All I did was ask about their uniform and how they should identify themselves before roughing/frisking a kid up.\nIf nowadays, in your situation, while I clearly know what they are doing is wrong... I'm not sure I want to deal with whatever abuse that they might find amusing.", "when u start suspect the polis is fake, they feel disrespect, hence they put in a full disrespect trip . this is malaysia, almost everyone \ud83d\ude47\u200d\u2642\ufe0f to polis, thier power cannot be suspect, thts why fake polis alot, people dare not challenge them. cos you suspect them wrongly, u will end up in real polis station( the moment you know they are real). ask for id = disrespect 100% tht is how they feel.", "It should be sop for them to present their id properly before they can claim themselves as police and carry out their power. But hey this is malaysia.\nThere are tons of friendly police but when you met one bad one, that will be one of the worst disastah.", "Exactly my thoughts that night. So I was cooperative. But the part where they went through my phone, I really cannot accept.\nHence this post, asking how best to respond when caught in that kind of situation.", "Their reason for cuffing me, processed at the station, urine tested was simply because I didn't have my ID. The real reason was because they felt disrespected. Remember, I was a high school teen at that time, didn't know asking them to show their ID was disrespectful.\nI have no advice for you. I am still traumatised. I cannot accept it either, and I voiced my dissatisfaction. And I am merely sharing my experience of doing so. Should you choose to stand up for what's right, know the risk.", "Yes, you\u2019re right. This is the kind of mental arithmetic that went through my head. Is it worth the trouble to stand up to them ? But afterwards, I have so many questions and thoughts on a better way to handle the situation. Because let\u2019s face it, this won\u2019t will not be the last time someone encounters this as long as you\u2019re living in Malaysia", "I was a passenger when my friend was stopped by a patrol car. He scolded the policeman for asking for ID/license. The policeman was actually polite and professional, if not respectful. I was sitting there aghast scared of the repercussions. I witnessed the privilege of people in the upper echelon of society... . Nothing untoward happened. The policeman explained he was merely doing his due diligence. He did not check our phones nor check the vehicle. He was almost apologetic. When you have luxury vehicles with special plates... it's different.", "When you have luxury vehicles with special plates... it's different.\nI didn't feel that way few years back when I was helping my rich uncle to drive his car to service. A Porsche 911 (dont remember which year but it was one of the newer ones at the time) with number plate 911. I was following behind my uncle's car (he was driving a lexus at the time) so he could drive me back after dropping off his Porsche.\nI was pulled over at a roadblock, junior officer said my front number plate is illegal not following the guideline. I immediately knew he was bullshitting when the plate was perfectly fine. That's when the waiting game started. He was waiting for me to settle while I was waiting for him to write me a fine. 5 minutes passed by nothing happened. Every single vehicle that approached the road block was never pulled over despite me being the only car with 3-4 cops idling.\nJunior cop came back to indirectly bring up kopi duit. I got so pissed at the time I just smiled and nodded at him without budging and saying a word. Senior cop swapped over to tell me they were just 'joking' (NOT FUNNY) and kept saying they gonna proceed to write a saman. HOWEVER they spent another 5 minutes idling again hoping I'll give in. When they finally give me the saman, the senior cop told me go to this oddly specific nearby station to pay the saman. I wondered if he meant that as 'settle kopi duit' in person at the station. After catching up with my uncle, I got even more pissed when i saw the photo on the saman wasn't even the number plate they say was illegal. In the end my uncle gave me back the money so i could pay the saman online.", "That shall be my life goal", "Also, just my advice... don't believe the people here saying oh...just say NO, be firm, know your rights with a long list of \"your rights\", do this and that. Those keyboard warriors... when you end up in more hassle, they would be the same ones who will blame you for being gullible or not doing this and that...or simply laugh at your expense, either way, it will be your fault they will claim.\nThose boasting they stood up for themselves, proud of it, and then followed by \"have a lawyer, know ACP etc....\"... obviously are privileged bunch and do not realise that average people don't have lawyers on speed dial, do not deal with ACP on any basis. Oh, when I was at the station, I didn't get to see any ACP. It was just the same thugs. The highest ranking was the sergeant who played the good cop with his holier than thou sermon. Race was also never a factor in my case.\nIn the real world for average people, there are really only two options. You picked the less risky one. The risky one might be rewarding...BUT it could also be a whole lot of trouble. I would pick the less risky one and deescalate if possible", "Yes, those were things that went through my mind at that point of time. It\u2019s to get home and get on with my life with the least pain. I am just wondering what could have been handled better to completely avoid such situation or contain the situation when it happens in future.\nClearly, knowing my rights under the law and the proper police sop in search and arrest help. Which I didn\u2019t know \ud83e\udd72", "Curious to know if you have any porn or ecchi thing in your gallery?", "I can neither confirm nor deny :26561:", ":26558:", "When I first got my driving license during form 6, I ajak my classmate to drive around the taman with my 10 years old god know how many hand satria.\nThen the police stopped us, checked my car, checked our license, and when everything is fine, they still refused to let us go and keep repeating checking and talking to us. They start to bring topic out of nowhere like abang bukan mau duit kamu, abang kaya tau ada berapa rumah dekat mana mana blablabla.\nMe and my 2 friends, who are in school uniform, seriously have no idea wtf is going on. I start comes to realisations that they may want us to bribe them, but omg can they pick a better target instead of student with a car that look like can break down anytime?? We have less than RM5 each in our pocket because we planned to go eat roti kosong after this. We don't even have money to bribe even if we want to (and my pride won't allow me to do that either\nSo we wasted 1 hour there and nothing happened eventually. But, fk it that's our 1 hour gone. Since then, I have been eager for the knowledge to handle this kind of scenario. Like, what if they throw a bag of drug on my car?\nBut nope. The police can really do whatever they want bypassing the law. As long as they want cari pasal, we can only play along."], ["my friend and i have experienced the same situation as u before. the police check our phone thought we r doing drugs, porn content, online gambling etc. they checked my whatsapp telegram ig and photo album and can\u2019t find anything that can let them earn money. so they decided to check our pockets and found nothing. in the end they just smile and say this is just a normal check and no hard feelings. After that day, i feel like my friend and i kena racist because i am are chinese maybe ? it all happen at penang island", "No, not only Chinese. They don\u2019t discriminate, so don\u2019t feel bad. Ahahahahaha", "Happened to me too. In Semenyih under broad daylight on a busy street 4 of us (Chinese, 20M ish) were in a car in front of a red light and saw the police next to us staring at us. They proceeded to pull us over and did the same shit. Fucking unbelievable..."], ["Foreigner here, whom such thing happened various times. At some point, I would just tell them that it's completely fine, but that I would like this check to happen in the police station with the presence of someone from my embassy. They would usually freak out and let it be (I don't even have an actual embassy in Malaysia, lol).", "That's so smart man!", "I guess it was because it happened so many times with me I came up with this trick. I guess this also works for locals. If you have nothing to hide, you can tell them that you would like to have the check at the police station but that you would like to contact a family member to inform which police station you're going to in case they need to bring any documents for further checking. The police are actually not allowed to do these checks without any warrant, so they'll just let you go."], ["Had an experience, on a rainy evening.. I (at that time I was a young highschooler) was extremely ill and almost going to vomit, while my dad was rushing me back home, 2 (ig) Traffic Police on bikes stopped us at the roadside of the exit of a highway in Penang, they held us down for a really long time and I was staying in the car resting on the declined chair while my dad went out and were talking with the coppers at the back of the car.\nThey kept on for a long while and I (probably, if not, quite clearly) heard something about them wanting $\n[This I couldn't confirm 100% because it was quite long ago and I was so ill my head was in pain]\nSince my dad always ignores my suggestion to put on a dashcam for safety purposes, I took out my smartphone and started recording them from the reflection inside the car for safety and possible legal purposes, the cops were still talking.. Then they probably spotted me recording in the car and they straight up went in, opened the car door, took my phone away and ordered me to open the password. Since I was really sick I couldn't do anything, I just opened it for them, the cops yanked away my phone right from inside the car and deleted the recording, and also the backup record.\nAnd the white uniform traffic cops laughed loudly outside, and somehow my dad even stood with them?? (Also he probably already $'d the cop (if that's the case then it explains why he stands with them), or not.. Idk..\nEdit: Man.. How I wish I wasn't sick at that time, I'd be able to get their badge number and maybe their bike's plate no (might help?), and also the blasting blue lights keep flashing in my eyes from the back and the car side mirrors, headache inducing af", "Messed up", "Is there any way to deal with this situation? I was trying to find legal advice right after I recovered after that incident.\nThey deleted both the recording and the phone's auto-backup recording,\nbut what they didn't know, I had that video uploaded to my family's WhatsApp group, so at last, I still have another backup, long ago though, so not sure if I can still find it", "Kasi viral bro!", "Fucking do it bro", "Make it viral. I'll help", "Viral it, mate."], ["Corrupt pig fuckers"], ["https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/the-police-and-your-basic-rights-red-book-", "Reading the section on phone check, can the police confiscate your phone if you request to be taken to a police station for the phone check to be conducted? Or you still have possession of your phone until you surrender it at the station?\nReading the red book, the police can arrest/request you to go to the nearest station on suspicion of committing a crime and remand you for 24 hours. My question is, if the reason for arrest is nonsensical, what can a citizen do? Lodge complaint only? Which means can do nothing much?\nBloody scary after this experience. Too much power for a low ranking officer, too little oversight. The two officers are only lans korporal.", "Found this statement\nThe Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) can confiscate the cell phones of the suspected and those involved in any ongoing investigation, and not conduct random checks on the public, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman.\nMy interpretation will be no, they cannot seize your phone unless if you are being investigated.\nAsk politely whether you are being arrested or investigated, if no then they cannot seize your phone, be it on the spot or in the police station.\nIf they blackmail you then take note of the details - like time, date, location, ids, and every single act they do, comply and surrender your phone, then prepare to make a report later for the power abuse / blackmailing.\nA quote from a relevant lobakmerah post\n\u201cKita bagi phone tu tak semestinya kita setuju, kita beri kerjasama tapi kalau kita rasa sebenarnya tiada asas pun dia untuk check phone kita, kita boleh pertimbangkan untuk mengambil tindakan saman kepada pihak berkuasa\u201d katanya. ", "Very grey area: PDRM can confiscate the cell phones of the \u201csuspected\u201d\u2026\nBasically, they can still come up with shit reason put a person as a suspect and take away the phone, no?\nWhat\u2019s the threshold to mark someone as a suspect? Not being cooperative, stop car by the roadside at night?", "the moment u start not cooperative, then you are a suspect already. if I were a cop. this is a legit thinking. so end up u still can do nothing be just do what they want.", "Bloody hell", "How can we verify we are being \"investigated\" or a suspect? Polisi can change it from 'saja saja' to accuse one as suspect /under investigation as their open liner.\nIf he says call his Sarjan (who is also an accomplice), to check also kena con. Habis.", "Exactly. What is the threshold here? Where is the line being drawn?", "Just ensure your WhatsApp group chat all clean. For sure there is one old school friend are very resourceful in the x-media sharing department.\nor\nI think there is a way to create a shadow profile for the phone.", "Not on ios. On android can, but your phone will be lag AF", "Now I can't find it. I remember early android version there was a security app. I am able to login to a shadow profile by typing in a different code.", "I got your back bruh.\nhttps://www.howtogeek.com/333484/how-to-set-up-multiple-user-profiles-on-android/", "Thanks. Maybe varies from different variant of android. Is called Second Space.. Yes it'll lag but if got ample RAM and Storage is ok.\nBesides policia, wife or gf also applicable. Power to privacy!", "This is the same feature my uncle kept telling everyone around him to set up in case polis pull over to inspect phones. Just unlock the clean user for the polis to see. He also has multiple phones (up to 3 phones) on him all times and at least one is the clean one.\nDespite that, i wonder if the police will suspect if your phone is too clean like a brand new phone when they check?", "Line is drawn by the police, basically malaysia is a facist state that choses to not ecercise the power most of the time due to the existence of the Security Offences Act (successor to ISA).", "u/maskedrider91\nby asking politely \"Am I being arrested? Am I being investigated?\" - their reply will be the standard. Usually if you are being arrested you will be served with that statement instead of you having to ask.\nif they say it's not an investigation and state they \"Saja-saja\" want to check - tell them sorry - you don't know of any procedure that allows police to check \"saja-saja\" hence refuse.\nif they are not giving up, confirm with them - \"Are you sure you want to check my phone out of an investigation?\", if yes, let them check, be sure to remember or take down all the details of that encounter, including all words spoken.\nI know it's hard to keep yourself composed under that situation, key point is that, never turn aggressive as it can be used against you. Stay calm, cooperate and record the details of the encounter.\nAt that moment, there is no ground for you to claim that they are faking an arrest or investigation. You can only record what they claimed, and most of the time, comply, while trying to not let them turn the situation against you, e.g. by disputing/arguing -> getting aggressive.\nYou can report to another party later if you felt that you have been treated unfairly, using the facts you have recorded, example:\nwhen and where it happened\nwho approached you? IDs?\nwere you arrested / being investigated?\ndid they insist to check the phone after you confirmed with them that there is no investigation (\"saja-saja\")?\nIt's usually a bad idea to argue or trying to be smart in front of the police.", "Understand. Thanks, this will be helpful to a lot of people", "You\u2019ve got to give them a reason to be investigated in the first place. Also, only an inspector can seize your phone.", "As for reason to investigate, they can come up with whatever shit excuse to say you\u2019re a suspect, no?\nShit I didn\u2019t know only inspector can seize. Sauce bro? I don\u2019t see it in the red book shared earlier.", "They need a reasonable reason. For an example, they searched and found drugs on you or you\u2019re a suspect of one of the 6 acts:\nPenal Code Act 574\nSec 233 Communication and Multimedia Act 588\nSedition Act 15\nSOSMA Act 747\nHuman Trafficking and Smuggling Act 670\nPrevention of Terrorism Act 769\nAnd in any circumstances, they\u2019ll need an inspector to conduct search on you to be present\nSOS:\nIn Malay,\nhttps://asklegal.my/p/boleh-ke-polis-pdrm-periksa-tahan-siasat-phone.amp\nNext time, after giving your ID. Just ask the police if you\u2019re under arrest. If he says no, just ask him if you\u2019re free to leave. If he says you\u2019re under arrest, just follow him to Balai because he needs his inspector to conduct a search on you. If he says you\u2019re not but insists on checking your phone, cooperate with him by telling him you will go to the balai with him to meet an inspector but note his ID number and send your complains to Jabatan Integrity dan Pematuhan. He breached his CPC and he\u2019s in wrong.", "Thank you for the reply, very detailed. In hindsight, I should have at least tried that. Maybe will spook them off.\nThese are low ranking bastards trying to play punk on the usual unsuspecting average citizen who doesn\u2019t have the necessary knowledge of the law. Fuck my life\u2026.", "can do nothing, the fastest way is do what they want and cooperative. don't save xxx pic or video on your phone and also those gamble words. like toto magnum dmc. many people kena this 2 item end up bribery. and that is what they target for.", "Or always search using private browsing session", "Exactly what happened to some ex-colleagues of mine and some other people I know. Afaik they all have either gambling related content (apps or search history) or legally grey area related jobs on whatsapp (not scammer). Polis don't care about arresting, going to court etc (going through the proper procedure according to the law). Every single time they threaten to settle with bribery and they always asked for a lot. Range from few k to tens of thousands cash on the spot. All kena from random search. One kena while he went to pasar malam after work and he had his work phone with him at the time.", "LOL Trying to talk about rights to Police in Malaysia is literally harder than trying to teach a pig to do advanced geometry."], ["here. i have refused to be checked thru phone 1 time during roadblock. i started off my conversation very very very politely, greeted them nicely, asking them what i been suspected for, one of the officers replied theres no case on me, its just a normal checking to see any MKT or p0rn stuff, nothing to be serious about. i replied them that then ive had no obligations to give up my phone unless theres a case on me or at least an inspector really wanted to check, also i told them i was law student. the officer went back and forth with another officer for about 15mins or so, they let me off eventually after going through my car.", "Thanks. I wasn\u2019t aware of my rights. So on top of financial literacy, legal literacy is also lacking in Malaysia. \ud83e\udd72\nHow you responded could be the way to handle the situation better.", "cheers OP. one thing i would like to add is that able to converse in fully malay (may not be super fluent) really do help a lot when going through a roadblock/inspection", "I conversed in fluent malay no weird accent"], ["Respond with humor and intelligence. You have to be quick witted enough to scare them and funny enough that they decide you're too chill to be guilty of anything and let you go.", "Understand. But hard for an avg joe to be humorous when stopped by policemen for no bloody reason.\nI\u2019ll keep your advice in mind the next time I encounter this shit. Hopefully not"], ["Can't believe this is happening again. I had the same experience back in 2021, they took my phone and check everything.\nThere is nothing you can do. If you refuse, the outcome is probably even worse.\nMoral story, don't keep naughty and illegal stuff in your phone, if you still want to keep it, make sure to hide it a hidden folder.", "Here\u2019s the thing, ppl have personal lives, plenty of ppl have private chats with spouses, partners, friends. It\u2019s not so easy to keep those private chats out of your phone isn\u2019t it?\nThis is so wrong, I want to know how best to respond the next time I encounter this, and what recourse I have as a citizen.", "A ten minute affair could easily turn into multiple hours, or an overnight affair", "gets arrested for hiding it in hidden folder", "There is nothing you can do. If you refuse, the outcome is probably even worse.\nthat is not true. If ppl dont stand up to little napoleans, then it will continue. Stand up, say no. \"Kenapa nak tengok phone peribadi saya tuan? \"\nCops are always looking for easy targets and ppl who look scared. Show you arnt afraid, show u arnt going to pay any duit kopi, and you will be fine.\nBut theres a diffrence between being arrogant and showing you arnt afraid", "also some people cant just show their phones. on my business phone i have access to sensitive information of a publicly traded company. i have signed NDAs. if i disclose the information to third parties without a proper reason (like giving a random police officer access without a criminal investigation or a warrant), i could be in BIG trouble. my private phone i wouldnt want them to access of course - but there is nothing nefarious on there, so i could show them if i wanted to. the business phone is a very different story.", "Now, consider this, I\u2019m waiting for my friend. I have things to do in life. What if you need to do something important and urgent?\nWill you fight back (politely, of course) and risk spending 3-4 hours at the balai with the possibility of being remanded 24 hours for some shit reason of arrest? And then afterwards make a complaint which we all know nobody gives two shits over?\nBecause that\u2019s the situation I was in.", "diffrent ppl have diffrent principles. up to each individual to decide where they stand.\nI get it...you are trying to defend your actions. I dont judge. Diffrent ppl have diffrent priorities and situations in life", "Not defending any action. Asking you to consider the context of the situation when deciding what you would do in that scenario.\nI\u2019m not interested in principles alone or people\u2019s judgement, but I want to know how best to respond when caught in that situation again while considering all factors (both practical and idealistic), because this is real.\nThis is not a hypothetical moral dilemma scenario with moral sounding, philosophical implications conjured up by a keyboard warrior, which why it\u2019s interesting", "but I want to know how best to respond when caught in that situation again while considering all factors (both practical and idealistic), because this is real.\nThats easy. for me its always \"No\". If they want me to go balai, sure. i will go. I will look straight in their faces, ask them exactly what the issue is and what they are accusing me of. then i will tell them, ok. lets go. I will show you my phone in the balai, in front of the IGP\nIn my line of work, i meet alot of IGP/ACP etc, most are decent ppl just trying to do their jobs. Cos i deal with alot of drug cases...one time, ACP had no budget to even get rubber chops for his office, i settle for him after a meeting\nThese little napolean foot soldiers trying to get abit of duit kopi by the side of the road...they WILL get in trouble if they drag back ppl like me to the balai", "Cool. I will make friends with IGPs and ACPs then. Oh wait, how do I know if they are not in it too ? \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40", "lol..i dont mean that you need frens in high places...my example was just to say most of the ranking officers just normal ppl trying to do their jobs", "What is considered illegal?? Israel flag? War videos? Are those considered illegal?", "porn stuff", "Since when porn stuff is illegal?", "Since like forever\u2026\nhttps://asklegal.my/p/internet-porn-malaysia-illegal", "I see... So you can watch porn but you can't keep porn videos in your devices \ud83d\ude30", "And use private/in cognito mode people!", "What if it's only obscene to me ?\nLike I have 100GB pictures of Trees in underwear.", "It\u2019s only an offence if they get a hard on browsing through the pics on your phone, brother. If he likes trees in underwear, as you do, please let Reddit know, we are dying to", "Section 292 of the Penal Code is particularly of note:\n(a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, or for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation makes, produces or has in his possession any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting, representation or figure or any other obscene object whatsoever;\nand\nFilm Censorship Act 2002 also refers to pornography in the context of an offence:\n5. (1) No person shall\u2014 (a) have or cause himself to have in his possession, custody, control or ownership (of)\u2026 any film or film-publicity material which is obscene or is otherwise against public decency", "wait until u get check by polis. I remember a case. got 1 uncle phone keep porn kena jail \u3002cos they count by how many oorn u were collected.\nhttps://perak.chinapress.com.my/20231020/%E5%8D%8E%E9%9D%92%E6%8B%A5%E8%BF%912%E4%B8%87%E5%84%BF%E7%AB%A5%E8%89%B2%E6%83%85%E7%89%87%E4%B8%8E%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87-%E8%A2%AB%E5%88%A4%E5%9D%90%E7%89%A26%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%8A%E7%BD%9A/", "Bro... The article you shared is child porn.\nThat is entirely different realm~", "it doesn't clear show is his own it... it can be view on a site and everything in view from his phone. hence they claim is his lor. any thing view from your phone means is yours. I have been there, they check on the Web then start black mail me. have to bribe or go to jail. they just told me. also happen at night while sending friend to lrt station. I was young at that time around 13yrs back. then polis check my phone and show me got porn site, boom. they told me is consider crime, 1 video 1k. then bribe rm300 only can let me pass."], ["Have a quick dial to your lawyer which might be not available to everyone.\nOne of my businessman friend always have a lawyer on speed dial, and his car have GPS tracker where can be accessed.\nThe reason he don't want to show his phone is not because he got illegal things there, but a lot of confidential business materials where the public cannot know.\nWhat if ngam ngam the policeman family member is the company's competitor ?\nOne time he kena held , ask for phone to check. He said his lawyer is on the way and we can wait. The police straight let him go.", "Thanks. But I don\u2019t have a lawyer on speed dial leh.\nAll I can do is educate myself on Reddit \ud83e\udd72"], ["Duit kopi...this is Malaysia", "If they ask, you can say no. You can tell them you will report them because asking for bribery. If they scared, they let you go. If they don't, just proceed to make a bribery report.\nIf you give the bribe, you are also part of the problem.", "I don't have your bravery...think I'll just carry two phones from now...\nI'm just going to have photos and videos of me swimming in piles of ringgit", "So the 2 officers smart, they asked me how many phones I have and checked my car. If you tell them you have one phone and they found the other one, you\u2019re also f*cked", "Diu....really only can duit kopi", "Hahaha", "I felt powerless at that point\u2026really, is there nothing a citizen can do to stop them?", "All you can do is say no. If they are after bribe, they will let you go. If they want to fuck with you, they'll make some shit up and you go to polis station.\nThen you simply file complaint after for improper procedure. It's a question of how much your time is worth.\nYou are in a powerless situation. Only thing you can do is secretly record while offering them a bribe.", "This is so effing messed up. Thanks for your reply.\nAnother question, coming back to the recording part, if you have a dash cam with in car recording, can the police ask to turn it off? Can you refuse ?", "Firstly what ethnicity are you..if you are nons, just play along, if you are malay it's surprising this is happening, but you should have politely refused to unlock your phone unless you are under investigation but stress you are very happy to go see an inspector at the police station who has the right to go through your phone. They will let you go, just as you can't be arsed neither can they..it's basically a game of chicken. Just be jovial and polite, non confrontational. They will almost always fold.\nI'm nons but have connections so if in feeling like it, I ask to he taken to the station then get the fella fucked..but that's because im so petty, I'm willing to sacrifice a couple of hours to just shit on a little Napoleon who didn't know I have more clout in his big scary gang than he does.\nThe police here are a straight up cartel..they fight over turfs like any other gang..for the opportunity to collect illegal rents. But the low feeders in that structure have very little power and are always looking for someone they can spook into giving them money. On occasion I've just paid the bribe cos honestly I know the rule of law here is a myth only, my time that day was just more precious than having to intellect with this underpaid school monitor longer than I had to.", "I\u2019m a non.\nThanks for your reply. Next time if I encounter this, and in the mood and have the time to fuck around with them, I would do what you suggest.\nI didn\u2019t know only an inspector can seize phone. Thanks for the education."], ["By night? agak agak when OP? After reading comments I felt like we really can't do much and felt helpless....Like they know we are reluctant but we will still give them our phone to them and explore the shit out of it:28915:", "At night around 8 pm. Unbelievable", "Damn.....its dinner time or even grocery time.....cant even avoid....really unbelievable like will those criminals who do crime at 8pm?I thought 11pm or even 10pm earliest sial this kind of random check.\nLike they so free check everybody at 8pm which still consider busy time? although not as bad as ppl going home after work peak hour but still 8pm sial"], ["Rename all your contacts to be the high ranking officers and royalties", "Now, that\u2019s a life hack! That\u2019s why I love Reddit. I\u2019ve come to the right place"], ["....\nI hate to point this out to younger people but chances are high that they were trawling for bribes. They are randomly checking your phone in hopes of finding something, not to uphold the law but to get money for their own pocket. It was not uncommon in the older days and I won't be surprised if it was still happening today. They WILL \"punish\" you by dragging you down to the station if you talked back to them, depending on their mood. Sometimes they'll just go find someone else to blackmail if they are short on cash and don't want to waste time on an unprofitable you so it can go either way, you can get off easily after confronting them, or they can make you waste your time in revenge."], ["Had a police raided my hotel. He checked my phone filled with.... Questionable porn. Nothing illegal, at least to the police. He gave me back after browsing on those pages intensely.\nI thought porn is illegal in malaysia.", "Apparently, you met a police who isn\u2019t well schooled on the law. How surprising", "I'm pretty sure that's common sense by now. Maybe hentai don't count? I'm surprised that he hands me back my phone too, without penalising me."], ["We all know invasion of privacy is real no matter who u are, police or not. But we're afraid to refuse because we're afraid as we feel threaten and not safe. We don't want it to be escalated into something dangerous. But I think it's still wrong for police to ask for privacy matters without any warrant.", "Yes, which why I\u2019m asking how best to respond to/ handle this kind of situation"], ["Tunjuk ID tuan."], ["If only we have Invoke the Fifth.", "We do have something like that. We have the right to remain silent.", "If only we are the 51st state of \u2018Murica \ud83e\udd23"], ["Nowadays u go out at night and stop side road , already can expect someone to knock on your window , then when they see u alone and not doing suspicious , they cover and said tht the area is dangerous and tht u should be careful , but sir why then u keep looking at the back seat and ask so many question ..."], ["Never heard of these issue from any of my friends or families here in johor. This is fucking wild to me wow", "Not a question of if, but when someone will kena"], ["Just moved to Malaysia as an international recently and saw this post rn, and I\u2019m wondering if I\u2019ll get in trouble if they were to find texts of drug and alcohol usage if it did not occur while in Malaysia", "Delete them. Even though legally it\u2019s in a different country, these low ranking scum will try to twist it to make it a cause for arrest.\nBasically, don\u2019t have anything remotely incriminating in your phone.", "Porn and nude too remember, this country law sucks."], ["adakah saya ditahan? if not, just drive off", "If he insists on checking your car, your phone and yourself, because they are conducting \u201coperasi\u201d ?\nWill you drive off?"], ["They can check text and whatsapp and tg and shit but do they know Reddit? \ud83d\ude0f"], ["if you get old enough. Younger polis won't target you. like age 40 above. their target is 20-30+ teenagers.", "I\u2019m nearing 40 slowly but surely, thank god"], ["If the popo refused to wear body cam, then it is up to us as rakyat have to wear body cam instead", "Or car dash cam with in car recording works too. God Dammit", "You cant wear your car dash cam on your body discretely tho. Better get a black body cam, maybe necklace size, wear black clothes to conceal for meximum effect. Those corrupt popo have to be stopped", "No, you can\u2019t but you can have it on recording mode. Voice and video. I\u2019m thinking more as a deterrent", "OP any chance you are Cina? I can share you video about how to deal with problem like this. But of course it is in Cina la, made by local Cina youtuber. Not sure how applicable it is in real life situation la.", "Interesting\u2026share away please", "https://youtu.be/Bk4GyS1as24?si=vRXS5ecoRYzLGYUm"], ["Yes i kena this once and i was sweating because i chat shit with my friends and thankfully nothing to be found. There's nothing u can do about it but surrender. So kengkawan..kalo hantar gamba 420 tu ingat pakai \"view once\" so xleh track balik..gambling site pakai incognito mode"], ["I had been stop once for the same reason. I just said I don't consent to search and if they still want to search they need to get a warrant and i want to get a lawyer. Other than giving some of your personal detail, name, ic, etc you have your rights to remain silent. They may try to grill you into giving up your phone but most of the time they will just let you go especially if it's just a random search. I don't have anything to hide on my phone but its about my rights for my privacy I don't give my phone to anyone."], ["The ways the tiktok lawyer respond to cases like this ..hahah ... but in reality huhuhu"], ["of course you can refuse, but be prepared to waste more time and possibly brought to balai for statement ( where they will eventually look into your phone). susah laaa", "I don't mind tho. Want kopi o money? Come I give in balai. Joke aside if I got time to spare I won't mind go to the balai, give statement, then report to Bukit Aman Jabatan Integriti, just note down their polis ID"], ["Happened to me and my brother before in sri petaling. They say our car (grey vios) matched the description of a crime reported in the area. They checked both our phones and every single whatsapp message to check for illegal toto buying. After that they did a full check of the car. Took around 30-45mins. They let us go after that after some minor questioning, such as where you go? what you doing in this area? etc etc. Both of us were really spooked from that incident LOL."], ["Why are police not instructed not to search phone? It's a security breach", "Human rights, individual freedom, privacy concerns\u2026 I know, I know, these are alien concepts to some if not most people in Malaysia. /s\nPlease read up on legal rights of individuals with regard to police search and arrest (https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/cms/upload_files/document/Red%20Book%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Police%20and%20Your%20Basic%20Rights%20(English).pdf).\nDon\u2019t be like me \ud83e\udd72"], ["I was stopped by a patrol car abruptly at night and the cop proceeded to ransack my car to search for stuff. I'd imagine they would need a warrant or probable cause (which they don't) for that. But hell I didn't wanna get intp further trouble so I took it like a good boy. Fml", "That makes the 2 of us \ud83e\udd72 But yea, the comments here have been helpful. If I do kena again, I\u2019ll know how to respond better."], ["Ever since I heard this started happening, I started using the second space feature on my phone. All of my sussy stuff on my second space and the good muslim boy stuff on the first space. Check if your phone have the same feature and consider doing the same. I ain't going to jail for having some booby pics in my gallery. Fuck that."], ["You should check this red book out. It's about our rights during a police traffic stop. However, you are generally advised to just answer simple questions like \"Buat apa\", \"Datang dari mana\", \"Mau pi mana\", and etc.\nBUT, you have the right to remain silence and don't have to answer any question without the presence of your lawyer IF you have any information that could put you in trouble with the law and of course you have to tell the officer that you won't be answering any question without any legal representation or without presence of a lawyer la. Don't just keep quiet.\nThey also have the right to get a statement from you if they are investigating any criminal activities and you have the obligation to provide them your statement if not, you'll probably be punished (if I remember correctly I read that somewhere before)? And yes you have the right to consult your lawyer first as well.\nAlso, if I'm not mistaken, they can only conduct a search with an inspector around during the search.\nWe also have the right to ask the police for their ID number and they must be able to show you their ID too. Their ID also have colors which tells you their rank and whether suspended or not. If their ID is red (suspended), DO NOT show them anything or agree to anything because they are suspended of course. You can and should call 999 and ask for assistance if you feel that you're in any danger.\nAbove all, I'm always curious about filming our interaction with the police during a police stop as I couldn't find any law stating that we aren't allowed to film but never try before la."], ["what do if I have porn and nudes in my phone? that's kinda disturbing"], ["To be fair, this is not a frequent occurrence. But on the other hand there are fucks in every organisation. Talk nicely first but if you are innocent and.know this is some kind of power tripping fella and it infringes your right, make sure u tell them politely that they cannot simply check your phone and go to nearest police station and make sure inspector rank or higher is present."], ["Of course those corrupt malay fuckers can do anything they want, they think they're king anyways.", "Now, now, let\u2019s not be racist and paint corrupt officers as the Malays. What about the rest in the force? \ud83e\udd23"], ["Just give them the phone lol. This ain't Europe/US bro, you can't say shit like \"I know my rights\", they'll throw your ass in jail and take all your money. Police are fucking corrupt as hell in this country.", "Sometime what we want to hid is not illegal. What if we got like confidential info we want to hide ? (e.g. medical stuff, business stuff).\nWhat stopping police from spreading the information when they access the phone ?"], ["Where is the place", "JB", "Which area of Jb exactly OP? I am from jb too", "R&F"], ["I just said \"Let me call my lawyer first\" and they said \"its okay\" and left me alone.\nAs a non, I don't give a flying fuck if I have something to do or urgent. Ruining a low life polis is more fun than anything else. I will go all the way, social media, his family, his job, future jobs, EVERYTHING.\nI am so petty. 7 years ago a girl slapped me for hanging out with her bf too much. (my best friend). I dug up every single little thing about her and caused her to be expelled and fired for 3 jobs. Emailing her employers videos and screenshots of her actions. I am still stalking her and ruining her life anonymously.\nAnother guy scammed a good friend of mine, and I found his home address, got a photo of his IC and took out loans with some shady ah longs under his name. The guy has gone missing and his house is abandoned.", "If those things are true\u2026you need help bro. \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05", "Another guy scammed a good friend of mine, and I found his home address, got a photo of his IC and took out loans with some shady ah longs under his name. The guy has gone missing and his house is abandoned.\nWait you can just do that?", "Shady ah longs let you do that. I have a few connections."], ["Duit kopi", "Don\u2019t give.. don\u2019t contribute to the problem ."], ["I believe its fine for the cops knowing how good people have become at hiding illegal activities. If that\u2019s how you maintain order, then that\u2019s how you gotta do it", "I\u2019ll be interested to see how you react in that situation.\nSure\u2026maintain law and order, yea?PDRM boleh ~~", "Has happened but I don\u2019t blame the cops because we were coming from a club. I was sober af and the whole area was under raid. I was pretty chill and didn\u2019t mind. All my family photos were all in Google Photos, safe and sound, no privacy invaded", "Not everyone\u2019s phone as sterile as yours and let\u2019s be frank la they are looking for anything remotely incriminating for kopi money.\nAnd even if my phone is as sterile as yours, why should I let them see my chats and photos? It\u2019s my private life.", "I\u2019m a foreigner here so being that I had no choice but to calmly deal with it. We foreigners don\u2019t get any special care here anyways. But I don\u2019t blame either parties, not the civilians and not the law. The world is a shit place", "Not necessarily the world. The country and the institutions yes."], ["Im currently a tourist here, would they check my phone? My country is more free in terms of whats on the phobe, could they still use that against me even though im just here visiting a month?", "tourists usually don\u2019t get disturbed as much coz it will create a big Hoo haa. But better to delete them. These low life are afraid of the spotlight"], ["My father told me, the police require warrant to be able to search the place but I\u2019m not sure about checking phones?.\nIf it were me, I\u2019ll probably ask to call someone (typically will be my father) first and ask what to do. Then will most likely say something along the line of, \u201cI will wait for my lawyer.\u201d\nI don\u2019t know. Surely there will be ways to counter this.", "Read the red book. I didn\u2019t know until today.\nhttps://www.malaysianbar.org.my/cms/upload_files/document/Red%20Book%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Police%20and%20Your%20Basic%20Rights%20(English).pdf"], ["Decline.."], ["I had the same experience but the police did not ask to check my phone. I was riding my bike with a duffel bag filled with clothes because I am trying to go to dobi. Dobi in my area was full so I decided to go to the next section which is around 6km away I guess. Because I am not used to the area and never went to dobi there I kinda wandered around to find the location. Suddenly two police officers with two separate motorcycles stopped me and asked to open my bag. When I opened the first thing they saw was the softener and detergent above piles of clothes. They asked quite a few questions about why I went to dobi there, why not another place? Is there something else below the clothes? I must look very suspicious I guess. They also mentioned other dobi which should be closer to my place which I don't know of course.Then they let me go after I just answered all their questions."], ["Sorry, I forgot my phone pin", "\u201cOk, tak apa Encik. Ikut saya pergi balai.\u201d\ud83e\udd2a"], ["\" The officers also allegedly followed him home. Eventually, he was brought to the station, and entered the officer\u2019s office\u2014not an intimidation room\u2014and was held there for hours. \"\nIs that what interrogation rooms are called in M'sia? Seems just plausible enough to not be a mistake."]]}
{"title": "Buying first car", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wt5dv/buying_first_car/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I've just recently graduated and couldn't decide what car I should buy, plus I don't know much about cars and stuff, so I'm really hesitant about it. I've got an a-okay budget (around 30k-40k) and really need some opinions from people.\nIs buying an old model car (like from 2010) worth it? Also, what car will you recommend for young starters like me?", "comments": [["40k can buy new car like saga. why 12 year old car? you looking for bmw?\nyou just graduated, just focus on savings and career growth.. the bmw will come later"], ["if you are not comfortable to check the condition of a used car, please seek used car inspection services. Avoid places that do not allow for these servicemen to check their cars.\nIn any case, are you just looking for a point A to point B car/in city driving or will you be needing a car for outstation travel e.g. balik kampung/work? How fussy are you with regard to fuel consumption? Anything specific that the car must have? This will help narrow down a car suggestion for you.\nBe mindful tho that buying used, no matter how good the condition of the car, will require you to spend some money to bring it to a good level. In my case I bought a 10k used car, and spent almost the same amount to fix all of its issue. Even so, there are still a few things that I didn\u2019t do because it just didnt make sense financially. If your budget is max 40k, then you may want to consider cars in the sub 25k price range so that you have money leftover to do repairs. If all these are a hassle to you, then you may need to consider a new (cheapest variant) Axia as your car - as at the very least you will be covered by warranty."], ["40k you can buy a 2nd hand perdana2.0. FC a bit high, but way more comfortable than any other car you can buy for that price range and year made. Year made around 2017\nIt's basically a Honda accord, so you'll never go wrong. Just service on time. Trust me, comfort is really underrated"]]}
{"title": "Ngeh apologises for non-Muslims on shariah law committee proposal", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18udckg/ngeh_apologises_for_nonmuslims_on_shariah_law/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "DAP MP says he was not previously aware of the Sultan of Selangor\u2019s involvement and withdraws his statement.", "comments": [["He had what we commonly referred as foot and mouth disease . The cure is to think before opening one\u2019s mouth ."], ["just trying to push some button to gauge the response:26554:"], [":26554::26554::26554::26554::26554:"], ["U have no idea the chinese community is angry :26554:", "Even most Chinese knows this is out of bounds.", "His real name is ngeb ngeh lai"]]}
{"title": "Making mistakes in the new year? Ernest Ng has gotchu back", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vo7a2/making_mistakes_in_the_new_year_ernest_ng_has/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Sos"], ["Aiyyaaaa why u gotta speak like uncle roger la and put your manglish in written format haiiyAaaa", ""]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 18 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kshqs/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": [["Why are people so vocal when it comes to Kosovo and Palestine but less so on the Uyghurs and Rohingya?\nLike, isn\u2019t this a double standard?"], ["I tried to skip breakfast today to try to simulate how it feels to be like the poor Gazans for the past 2 months. I can't do it. I can't imagine how they do it. 2 MONTHS AND COUNTING!!! This is inhumane."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 18 December 2023", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kprrn/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 121, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: My wife said that I ruined her birthday...\nBut I didn\u2019t even know it was her birthday.", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["A customer gave my cleaning crew some snacks. They ask me to read the ingredient and see if it's halal or not.\nI gave it a look, and saw Japanese letters staring back at me.\n\"... Kacang je kak, tapi was was lah. Lebih baik bagi xxx je. Dia Christian mah\"."], ["Closing the year with the best trip. My first time to Denver was memorable, cathartic, exhilarating, hectic, and overall a joy. I will come here again. (And I will write about my experience here in Denver soon.)\nGoing back to New York for a night, before flying to London for Christmas and the New Year. I\u2019ll be back in KL in 2024. I am already missing nasi lemak, pisang goreng, curry, and the sun!", "would love to hear more about denver, was there awhile ago for work, felt like a pretty quiet place", "I didn\u2019t do much tourist activity except going to the Denver Botanic Gardens for its Christmas lights, and a fine art market. I was there to see an old friend and her family.\nDid you enjoy Denver? I felt like it would be a nice place to live in, but not for tourism.", "same feeling, thought it was quite bland if it is a tourist destination but I can enjoy the slow paced life there"], ["curious indonesian here. what is a malaysian food that doesnt exist in some form in indoensia?", "Linut maybe or gula apong", "Bahkuteh", "It'd probably have to suck real bad\nWe're neighbors, anything tasty from either side will be copied in months"], ["I hate it when colleague talk to me as if she\u2019s better than me. Bro i never asked for your feedback"], ["Can i bring local fresh produce from KL to Labuan as gifts for relatives/personal consumption?", "Yes you can"], ["My self-hatred is flying from the roof to the moon right now. \ud83d\ude2c yay.\nBut it's okay, I dislike other people more. \ud83d\ude01"], ["8 Ball Pool\nWhenever there's a foul in pool, why does everyone here play it from behind the line? The official rules say to play ball in hand from wherever you want for a foul."], ["how do i activate my digi sim in Brunei? there is no passport option in the app. or did i just bought the wrong sim??"], ["which way is cheaper to reach KLCC from KLIA at 9am? Please tell me which line, are daily passes useful? I'll be in KL for 5 days, planning on using MRT a lot, also which card works in Buses?", "On a weekday, just take the ERL.\nOn a weekend, if there are two or more people in your party, it's better to take a Grab."], ["2023, which telco should i migrate to?", "I think Yoodo is pretty alright if you don't need unlimited data and just fork out 30-35 a month.", "All I\u2019ll say is not Yes especially if you work in an office space. They don\u2019t invest enough in internal reception to make it worth it. Barely migrated a month before heading back to good ole CelcomDigi"], ["Having a male boss is fun esp when he's straightforward and no mess/drama, but I miss gossiping session with female bosses. Every time I go for discussion session with my male boss it's sangat ilmiah my brain already fried by the end of the day."], ["UNIFI contract just ended, maxis fibre agent is calling me with a 6-month-free offer. WDYT? Anyone has experience with switching from UNIFI to maxis fibre?\nMy main concerns are:\nFUP\ndowntime, actual performance\nrouting, censorship (heard maxis has some packet reader or something?)\nChecked lowyat, don't think there is a lot of discussion about maxis vs UNIFI lately.\n<image>", "Maxis has public IP for all speed levels with an extra RM10 a month. Unifi is only for 300mbps and above.\nMaxis is going to suck if you want landline (call rates like handphone) and need their proprietary router for the phone line and for Astro, for the Ultra TV Box", "public IP, landline or TV Box not my main concern.\nMy main concerns are:\nFUP\ndowntime, actual performance\nrouting, censorship (heard maxis has some packet reader or something?)", "Just my dumb luck Maxis has been more reliable than Unifi for me. My work Unifi went down 4 times in the last 10 years.\nFUP no one has quota anymore.\nRouting for public users like me is pretty ok, dunno about the people stuck on private IP."], ["Seems like Fireball gets exclusive access to the one brain cell every time I want to use the spot-on medication on him.", "i thought they are running on one universal oyen neural braincell network.", "They have a universal brain cell, but only one cell shared among all the oyens.\nAnd yet when I want to apply to spot-on medication Fireball seems to pick up on that and tries to run away."], ["urhm isn\u2019t the whole purpose of local elections to allow the people to have who they want to represent them? If the majority of the Cina and Indians do not want a Malay to represent them then that\u2019s it lo. UMNO is being openly textbook racist again.\nedit: Aren\u2019t urban areas pretty mixed nowadays anyways?", "majority of the Cina and Indians do not want a Malay to represent them\nEr, as a BU nian, our ADUN is technically Malay (really bi racial at best). DAP area is so long as someone from DAP, sure win punya. Could be anything also can become ADUN.", "Well, the old UMNO gang seems unable to see pass racial lines and tbh some of the older nons seem rather entrenched in their \u2018along racial lines\u2019 thoughts too, probably too many scars from 69.\nAlso, I only recently learnt that some of the Indians even identify themselves along language lines! Not a pleasant surprise."], ["So I bought Death Must Die, FF12 and RDR 2 for RM22. Thanks dota for funding my purchase XD", "RDR2 best game eva!", "waaaa so cheap! I started playing RDR 2 yesterday, seems good so far; I will consider buying it after I've sunk more hours into it", "Haha I sold my dota 2 items on the market so that's why I only spend 22 ringgit to cover the rest. I was debating on getting RDR 2 or FF12 but then why not get both haha."], ["Sidang Media Khas regarding Covid-19 at 4pm :26554:", "jemput mengata semua...."], ["Hello to all KL redditors at r/malaysia, I am planning to visit KL in the first week of January. Are there any latest updates on the GoKL Bus fare charges for foreigners?\nAnd I wanted to know another thing, how long before is it recommended to book tickets for the Avana Skyway to Genting Highlands? Can I book it online a day before?", "There's no booking needed. You can even buy it on the spot from the ticket machines there.\nGoKL will start charging foreigners RM1 per trip."], ["ESL KL was a blast 10/10. You just need to know dota to have fun over there.\nBtw i bought 2 random plush and got sandking and AM. Really wish i can get OD tho :26557:"], ["The only free spaces left for humanity in this world are parks and libraries (even then there are some kind of fees).\nIt's just so crazy to me that adult relationships cost money. Doesn't matter if it's friendship, casual, or romantic. Any bonding activities require time and resources and energy. Want to see the movies? Gotta pay for the tickets. Want to talk about the book? Gotta have a language education. Want to have dinner? Nice dinner? $. Want to share a vacation? Gotta get time off work and suffer possible consequences.\nDa'Shaun L. Harrison wrote a book called 'Belly of The Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness' where he alluded that beautiful people are exempted from this relationship tax.\nBut of course, he's a man, and I'm not sure if he ever put much weight on the pink tax-- also the aesthetic labor-- as maintaining your appearance and mental wellbeing cost money.\nI noticed that Malaysian Gen Z's feminism resembles a return to the old ways. Being a wh0re sexually liberated is no longer empowering. Gen Zs often parrot the rhetoric that men want pretty women, but they're not willing to invest in their women. Your girlfriend is fat? Buy her a gym membership. Get her a boob job. Whatever. And if your man is not willing to invest in you? Leave. Don't be a broke man's prisoner. You're better off being single, hunty, because, as I said, relationships cost money. Wouldn't you rather be at a net neutral than a net negative?\nI spoke to a friend (girl) on campus last month and she said she wanted to marry rich. I said to her I wouldn't even go on a date if a man refuses to pay for my meal. I justified it to her by asking her how much her lash extensions cost, her hair, her makeup, etc. She agreed with me. Getting ready for a date is NOT cheap! I know some people counter this by saying that a man has to pay for a nice car, etc, but those are assets. The girls come and go, those things stay. They're not part of the romance manufacturing process. To be a woman (and non-binary) is to perform.\nThis realization has resulted in me only having 2 kinds of relationship outside of my family:\nOne that focuses on professional and intellectual gain, often existing only in liminal spaces, and ceasing to exist beyond working hours.\nOne where the other person is wealthy.\nAs for what relationships people have with me, I cannot say, because that's a truth only they know."], ["Me: My boyfriend is an asshole and I'm gonna work really hard and be independent and have a better life!!!\nboyfriend sends me 2k to book a flight\nMe: OMG I love him he's the one and only for me and no other guy is more suited for me."], ["having fun killing rats with this dude,\n<image>\ngot the Vermintide 2 game for years, and i just started playing yesterday lol", "Oh, it'll be a blast. Gonna need a new rig myself for Darktide"], ["im going to kl tommorow, should i be cashless or not? im from kelantan so paying with ewallet is very unusual. kl dont have great street food as good as here", "I've survived weeks without cash in KL/klang valley, even street stalls use QR pretty widely now. but it's helpful to have some spare change, RM50 should be fine for a week/weekend.", "Nearly everywhere still accept cash.", "Just have some cash on hand and you'll be fine", "is there any good on using ewallet? perhaps extra discount or sorts?", "Setel got cashback for now."], ["Hey friends, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but, if a foreigner has been living in Malaysia for over 5 years and wants to apply for PR based on point system but doesn't meet minimum points. Can it be done through the good ol' ahemduitkopi system?", "better not if you intend to stay here for long term to avoid future legal complications", "Mm good point"], ["Hello to r/malaysia fine dining enthusiasts, i have a question\nHow far in advance do you need to book for say, a Michelin-starred restaurant? I am looking at DC by Darren Chin and Dewakan.", "Think it depends on the time you want to go\nWeekday lunch you can prob walk in, friday night on long weekend lol no\nIf you try the booking system I guess you will find out right away.", "Wow, walk in? That's unheard of in mich star restaurants. I ate at a 3 mich star in SG and u had to book 2 months in advance lol.", "msia don't have that many rich pipul lol"], ["Got company year end fun activity tomorrow: Times Square theme park. Rasa macam taknak pergi cuz I'm like old now. Banyak tak fun things yang a 33 year old boleh buat kat sana other than bumper car and roller coaster?"], ["<image>\nNever have i ever thought of going to any esports tournament, yet here i am. Temaned my partner to shut him up abt dota only to receive dota lecture for 12 hours. Jk, my ears are all yours for dota lesson/rant. I'm so happy to see him all happy \ud83e\udd29 So cute to see him in his nature, all giddy and excited. Though GG why u bombed the GF, I could've gone back earlier!!!!! Had so much fun with this one, 10/10 would repeat even if it means i have to sit through it for 12 hours. :26554:"], ["Anyone with cat keeping tips for a \u2018non cat always had dogs\u2019 person? thinking about getting a muchkin with the daughter. Also do those have genetic issues as with teacup dog breeds etc or do they legit have short legs?", "I feel kesian lah for GMO cats like that. Cats should be able to defend themselves. How to defend yourself when you got tiny limbs.", "are the gmo-ed or selectively bred like shih tzus and pugs?", "\ud83e\udd37"], ["Best place to repair a broken ipad screen in KL? Thanks"], ["Had plenty of fun in ESL One KL with my other half. The finals did deliver and were the first in the entire season to go all the way. Managed to get some selfies/photos. with Ephey, Sheever, and BSJ as well as their signatures. Also, kinda being noticed in Bulldog's sub rn KekG."], ["What's your top 5 news of 2023.\nChina blowing up the oil line to make the situation worse in Europe.\nIsrael genociding sub humans for their own protection.\nIndia prepping an ethnic cleansing of Muslims.\nChina again with calls for more kiddos after killing off a whole group of minorities.\nSingapore coming to jb and kl and be like previously I'm rich now I'm richer.", "people having gay sex in senate hall got caught\nchinese surveillance balloon get intercepted by fighter plane\nturkey earthquake\ncoup is russia by their mercenaries then the mercenaries leader dies in airplane crash\nalso something about ufo/aliens presented to their country dewan rakyat", "That news from Singapore where a couple did a DIY abortion with th boy kicking his gf's belly.", "kongkek kat tangga and later they did this???"], ["anyone have a hobby of solo-traveling? please share how u got started (which countries u picked for your first)\ni think of starting one next year", "used to do a lot of solo traveling. cant recalled exactly where i did my first 'official' solo traveling - not sure if it was sri lanka or bali. what are your interests, adventure 'appetite' or what do you hope to achieve for your solo traveling?\nfor beginner, personally for me, i think bangkok, bali, hong kong, tokyo is pretty good options with its accessible transportations (except bali but grabs are quite affordable there), good food and low language barrier - english is more commonly used/seen in tokyo now compared to many years ago. hong kong - depends whether you know mandarin/canto or not, which might be more helpful than english but there's english signages everywhere so it's okay too", "jumping on this comment, are there any female travel groups out there? Where can I find these kind of groups? I have some asian tiger parents who would not let me travel solo as a female but a travel group would be a great compromise.", "Have you travelled solo (or at the very least traveled) before?\nIf not start somewhere \"easy\". A place that's easy to move around (ample public transport), a place that you're familiar with the language (say in a medical emergency you can get help easily), a place that's not known for \"scams\" and also affordable - in the sense if shit goes sideways it's not going to blow your budget and gets you stranded.\nI'm inclined to propose people to go to Singapore as a place to get your toes wet first. If you have a bigger budget - Japan. Public transport is good which makes travelling around easy - but challenge would be to understand the network maps and the language barrier (in comparison to Singapore it's a smaller city and almost everyone speaks English). An in between place between Singapore and Japan in terms of ease of travel and budget would be Hong Kong and Seoul.\nSoutheast Asia is a amazing place to travel solo because it's cheap - but you need to be adventurous. Thailand; Bangkok specifically is another good start. Stick to the downtown core along the BTS line and it's not too bad. Just watch out for taxi/tuktuk scams (among others) and you'll be good.\nOf course if you have money you can book a high-end resort around South East Asia and they can sort everything from tours, airport transfers and meals.", "i only have travelled to bangkok for 1 day (for business purpose) & singapore for a few days.\njapan sounds promising. is hong kong good? what should i visit there?", "You could always do Bangkok again properly if you've liked it!\nHong Kong is a mix bag. It's mostly about eating (street food, cafes, coffee etc), shopping and interestingly enough a good load of outdoor activities (hikes and even beaches). Can throw in Disneyland and Ocean Park if you're into theme parks.\nOverall it gives off a city vibe. I like it, but some don't."], ["Hi everyone! I'm a foreigner who's keen to pick up malay (am Chinese haha) and I'll be headed to Malaysia in a bit :') may I ask if there's any books y'all can recommend to a beginner of malay? So far I'm doing bahasa Indonesia on Duolingo, and I reckon it'll be better if I drop by Popular or any other book store whilst I'm in msia!", "Spoken Malay is different to formal/written Malay. So if you mean to be conversationally good, that will take years. Reading and writing comprehension won't take too long. Indonesian is also different to Malay.\nI suggest reading some autobiographies of Malaysia's most consequential man, Mahathir. A doctor in the house (there's a Malay version) and The Malay Dilemma (unsure if it has a translated version) is a good start. Obviously it has some racist elements to it, but these books are a good start to understand the Malay psyche.\nAll the best OP.", "Thank you so much for the recommendation! Will take a look :')"], ["<image>\nThis dum dum pried open the window, fell into the drain and got swiped by a backyard cat.\nStank to high heaven. Hopefully he\u2019ll learn his lesson.", "i feel you, my dumbo cat fell into the longkang so many times last time when he was still an outdoor cat. satu minggu mandi like 3 times lol", "That\u2019s certified dumb. Is it an oyen?", "yes an Oyen lol but it was because he got chased by the neighborhood cat bully, missed sharing that earlier", "lol kesian dia.\nAlso, random, i recently learnt that white cats are usually the weakest/most bullied cat on the street. It\u2019s because they are white, easily spotted by predators. Hence other cats don\u2019t want white cats in their pack. Even cats are colourist.", "wow I never knew! My white cat bullies my oyens bit I often feel she did it out of fear, like beat others first before they beat her lol", "Kesian kitkat, whichever this one is. Kena mandi? Lagi la regret max", "Kit! Busuk gilaaa and had to shampoo twice to get the grime off.", "go swipe that backyard cat back. revenge", "Muka insaf dah tu :26563:"], ["It's unlikely we will revert to PDPR even with the rising Covid cases....but still, the mere thought of Zoom classes is giving me PTSD of the dreaded awkward silence or kiddos' AFK moments :26554:", "I don't even know if going with masks on all day long would be conducive either. Got too many anti maskers around still."], ["70% of my colleagues and all my bosses are on vacation\nwhat do i do in office now. :26554:", "What's work? =)", "lemme ask my boss\nedit: he just replied \"whats salary? =)\"", "Got it, I'll pretend to work. Catch me if you can, you're not here =P", "Ugh honestly the best scenario. Punch in and go run some errands you\u2019ve been meaning to do. Go to the dentist, send your car to maintenance, catch up on tv series.", "Go jalan at the mall!", "i support this suggestion lol", "L I F T\nlater when your bos and kolik came back, you got swole", "i lift 99 also wont get big 1. can see the shape only", "Ular", "Do cartwheel", "Turn on the radio and tune in to your favourite station!"], ["Hey guys, quick question from a new TnG user.\nIf I have enabled auto top up for my TnG wallet from my linked debit card, and also for my TnG card from my wallet, will the \"double auto top up\" (debit card > TnG wallet > TnG card) work properly if there are no funds in both my TnG card and wallet? Such that I can make payments with my TnG card and my debit card will be charged directly."], ["I went to ESL KL yesterday\nAfter game 1 AR played like shit, marah betul, dah la panas\nWent home, sambung tengok on twitch\nReverse sweep, wow, what an epic comeback", "Was rooting for GG to win game 3 just so that i can go dinner. But i was glad to be there to witness such epic comeback."], ["There's a thread on r/sg where they prefer HDB over landed, well the highly upvoted comments at least.\nGot some funny reasonings, ranging from scared of cockroaches/frogs, water leaks that are akin to floods to landed houses being less private than HDB.\nI wonder why Malaysian landed houses aren't all dilapidated then lol. Interesting perspective I guess.", "I've spent the first half of my life growing up in a landed house in Ipoh and the second half of my life moving between HDBs in Singapore.\nThe only thing I appreciate about apartments in general is the ease of maintenance due to the smaller floor space and lower ceilings. But that is also a double edged sword because I'd really appreciate a lawn to do some gardening or cultivate some crops.\nLanded houses being less private than HDB is bullshit to me. I can't keep my HDB door open without nosy neighbors looking in or some random salesperson trying to sell me shit.", "creepy crawlies reason is fair, but privacy though?\nI don't understand how HDB is suppose to be more private than landed?", "SGeans are weird asf", "i lived my entire childhood in a landed house at a taman about 10kms away from the seremban city. i loved it and thought man i could NEVER stay at an apartment, it sounds like hell. how do you go beraya? how to you kenduri? do you even say hi to your neighbours?\nand then i grew up, and started living in apartments in KL. honestly, i loved it. the refuse room is on the same floor, there are guards, and i DONT HAVE to know my neighbours. areas outside my house are cared by the management, i just need to worry about my own house. i dont have to deal with grass on my yard. etc etc.", "wait till you urgently need to go shit and some kid play with the lift and push every button so your lift stops at every floor.\nor you need to wash car.", "matter of tastes. lived in hdb and condo and hated it. haha. so little space (especially with kids)"], ["Get ready for all the strawberry jam tomorrow because it's... drumroll pleaseeeee\nPayday X Christmas edition!\nStay safe everyone!", "you guys get paid so early in Malaysia? isnt salary usually end of the month?", "Salary for government usually on the 25th. But sometimes it'll change if there's a big celebration coming near the salary day itself. So for this month, it's on the 19th.", "Tfw your pay is on Friday"], ["Every now and then, I'll find a post that made me feel grateful to live a boring life.\nHaving dispute between neighbors is normal, but having a neighbor family getting obsessed with your daughter is not.\nI also find it funny that even in European country like in that post, the police will refuse to take action. We're not that different.", "Now that is a movie worthy story. Really creepy neighbours."]]}
{"title": "\u201cIt\u2019s your choice to work on weekends.\u201d - Boss", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18knaja/its_your_choice_to_work_on_weekends_boss/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "This is something that are stressing me right now. The thing is, my boss usually gives me the task at the end of the week Thursday evening/Friday. He expects me to finish it by Monday.\nHow else would i do the task if not working on Weekends? it has been like this for several months now.\nWhat\u2019s the right thing/way to do this? Is this normal in working culture in Malaysia?\nI\u2019m a fresh graduate btw.", "comments": [["Bombard your boss with work-related messages and calls on weekends", "But I can do the work without asking him or anyone tho.\nMaybe text him at 2am on Saturday \u201cHey boss, whatchu doin? i\u2019m currently working on the task now. Can\u2019t seem to finish it today, maybe I\u2019ll do it tomorrow too (Sunday)\u201d\nMy colleague keeps getting MC. Idk how they do it. I mean getting so much MC. I always think that they\u2019re bluffing and don\u2019t want to come to work \ud83d\ude02", "not to tell him you need a delay but just annoying him with questions about your task, but not so stupid question then it\u2019ll make it obvious that you\u2019re trying to annoy him", "But do you have to do the work alone and without supervision?\nJust ask on very specific portions of your assignments and have him clarify. It is not like that he doesn't know you are a newbie and unknowing of the company's culture.", "My guy they are bluffing.", "Maybe that why boss keep giving you work because you always accept, no complaints, no questions asks, no asking mc always, always the yes-guy. My guy, let me tell you, the faster/efficient you work, the more work you will be given with minimum recognition or appreciation. You need to take care of yourself, be firm on your time, tell him you have something planned on weekend ask for extra days, don't be the so easy to be taken advantages of.", "I guess you can try to ask your boss if he\u2019s willing to pay you overtime for working during non-contracted days/hours. Depending on his answer, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re rational and mature enough to figure out how to proceed from there"], ["My approach to work is as long as I don't feel guilty, then it's all good.\nIf it's an urgent matter then I'll do it and snake on the following weekday.\nIf it's not an urgent matter but it can be done in an hour or two; eh, why not.\nIf it's not an urgent matter and I know I can't get it done by the deadline then I'll just tell him I won't be able to make it by the deadline and actually not deliver.\nWorst thing you can do is to say it's not possible, but still deliver by the deadline.\nDisclaimer is that I'm working as webdev where it's normal to jump ship early in your career. Currently in my third company after 4 years, looking pretty good so will most likely stay longer.", "snake on the weekdays\u2026 \u270d\ud83c\udffb\nright got it. imma try your approach.\nPsst: I also work in IT field.", "To add to this, I work insurance, analyst, MNC There're busy seasons like the end of the month which is hectic and usually OT on weekday + working on weekends because lack of manpower. Also adding the MNC nature, you may need to work on public holidays.\nI try to offset my working hours by going home early and not going work. I also take unofficial leaves (let my manager know, no permissions needed since you owe me one) when I work public holidays.\nI'd say have a great relationship with your managers and knowing when to give or take will help you make the best use of your time \ud83d\udc0d\ud83d\udc0d\ud83d\udc0d", "Yep pretty much this.\nSometimes OT is just the nature of the job / the client being a hassle. Wouldn't be fair to blame on boss for that.\nJust claim it back with WFH / half day / etc on a later date when it's less busy.", "this is the way\ndon't over-promised and under-deliver\nalways under-promise and over-deliver"], ["This is only my experience: but my last company I was doing 8-9 daily and working sat and sundays for 2 years. My manager said he was really happy and a good increment, bonus and promotion was on the way. Company then didnt do so well, my manager\u2019s tune changed and he started highlighting all these minor issues and weaknesses to justify a lower performance.\nFollowing year, my manager resigned and his replacement said I needed to prove myself all over again if I wanted to get the things the previous manager promised. Thats when the decision to resign became super clear.\nTldr: working hard and performing well alone doesn\u2019t gurantee shit", "working hard and performing well never gurantees shit\nFTFY\nJust work as you are paid for. No need to go out of your way to do extra work. Extra unpaid work is rewarded with more extra unpaid work."], ["Just be an adult and tell the boss without all these roundabout play advice here. If he doesnt care, then find a new job or suck it up (not literally).", "This. Don\u2019t pussy foot around it and be honest. ask him or her if it needs to be absolutely done over the weekend and that you need some rest time.", "Honestly this, straight to the point my weekends are my time off so I will have this done on Monday unless you can hand me the work earlier."], ["Buatlah on Monday hehe"], ["This kind of boss I wish they rot in hell"], ["It depends on company. Usually if the \"boss\" is the owner, its like that. Being a fresh grad, its very easy to jump job. I suggest you jump ASAP otherwise better stay 1-2 years then only jump. Try getting into MNC where the rules and regulations are usually respected."], ["My boss is a workaholic. Her boss is not but his boss is a workaholic. The biggest boss just bypass the second boss and direct with my boss who in turn kept texting us holidays, midnight, early in the morning, whenever. Even when she's the one on holidays, outside Malaysia.\nI understand that the only person who remembers how we worked so much is our family members (the one who actually matters) but right now, I cant afford to find other job. T.T"], ["Still a student, but what if you are still under probation period? Is it a bad idea to stand firm on not working on the weekends/own time?", "Depends, a few criteria I use is\nIs this set of work crucial, if so what happens if the work is no is not done? Meetings can still go on?\nDo I like the person that is asking me a favour to work on the weekend?\nIs the person also working on the weekend?\nI always keep a, we are in this together mentality"], ["Absolutely not normal, he probably exploting you because you have no safety net, if you have a safety net, don't hesitate to push back", "what do you mean by safety net?", "No need to pay rent, low expenses, emergency savings, assets, no debt, having any one of these will give you bargaining power over your boss"], ["Wait, there is a choice?? \ud83e\udd21"], ["", "Weird flex, but OK", "Why are there so many cool setori accounts these days?", "Want a cookie?", "Cool story, you get paid fresh grad salary as well?"], ["Welcome to working world.\nIt depends on the company and its working culture. There is no wrong/right way to do it, not like how things work when you are still studying.\nFor example, you can tell your boss that you cant deliver the task on time and tell him the estimated time. If he asked why you need 3 day(friday,saturday,sunday) to complete, you can tell him that there is only one day(friday). Or if boss insist, you can ask if that count for OT. You might lost the job/ piss up boss by doing it.\nYou can also just work on you weekend and sacrifice your happiness. Boss happy you suffer.\nThere are no right/wrong in the real world, just actions& consequences. You need to think, can you afford to lose the job or not. Some suggestion by other might or might not work, it all depends on the situation/the boss you are working for now."], ["Look at this on terms of working hours. Ask him how many hours it will take. Or give your own estimate. If they talk was given Friday 5 pm, and he ask for update on Monday 9 AM, you say it's only been 1 working hours since the task was given."], ["Sounds like your boss is taking advantage of your weekend time, perhaps request him/her to compensate you with extra bucks or raises. If these are not provided and merely used as a fresh grad excuse then I suggest you run for the hills for better opportunities."], ["What kinds of jobs are you on?\nIt depends on if you are on TM or the logistics sector. Those kinds of jobs usually get busy at weekends,\nIt wouldn't hurt to have extra money on overtime if you really butthurt about weekend off annual leave 14day alway there to use\nIf there no Overtime pay just complaint alots at your boss, it not like there only 1 company exist out here\nSo just willpower throughout the first 1 year to get annual leave"], ["It really depends on the company culture.\nI have been with several companies and two of the company I been with have someone that the company squeeze dry (involves in multiple projects, work over time past midnight, etc) and they are usually very young and its their first job. One of them even looks older than me and I was surprised when I learned he's younger than me. I suppose the sped-up aged look is from working over time and staying up late.\nMy advice is to don't fall for the trap of \"you're young, pick up skills by dipping in new areas that you're not comfortable\". This is highly dependent on the culture of the company. Usually if cinapek company if you did this not only they won't reward you well, they would just give you more work to the point you won't have time for yourself in your private time.\nI have been down that same road myself but slowly realize this is just a way for cinapeks to exploit youngsters without paying them well. Now I just work based on how much I've paid for."], ["Alot of people giving shitty advice here. Honestly, have some self respect and learn to reduce the workload he gives towards the weekend. Of course I dont mean completely no right away, but phase it out over 3-4 weeks. To simplify, learn to say no and explain that the work spils over to the weekend.\nIf you're doing this a few weeks in a year, I think its okay, if its consistent for months at a time, its not acceptable.\nAlternatively, you have done this work for weeks maybe months now, can you find a way to be efficient?\nA combination of both might be a better thing too, where you say no to some of tasks, while being more efficient so you can still bring over (maybe) Saturdays work to end of Friday."]]}
{"title": "PPUM (UH) has become so bad, why?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ki99b/ppum_uh_has_become_so_bad_why/", "num_comment": 24, "flairlabel": [], "header": "My relative had a recent visit to undergo a surgery at PPUM. He was asked to purchase his own medical supplies before being warded and also 24 hours before the surgery he was asked to buy some of the medication needed for surgery.\nWhat\u2019s the reason for this? Seems quite dumb to me, since I assumed hospitals just charge everything when paying for the bill at the end.", "comments": [["Has always been like that. Except for regular medication, special and specific use stuff requires self purchase beforehand to ensure availability and stock is delivered to the theatre before it closes. Also because the pharmacy dept is handled by a different department with its own billing and inventory requirements.Same applies for other treatment eg cancer chemotherapy, obgyn etc.\nSame actually applies in private hospitals but during checkin they already precharge you/patient with \"deposit\" anywhere between 5k to 15k and that's where the cost is being deducted from."], ["U can ask hospital to purchase for you, but it may take very long time since a lot of procedures need to go thru\u2026and you can get cheaper price if you buy it by urself", "Yeah, in the end the nurse mentioned can get some staff to purchase for him. But I was just shocked why it was even brought up that someone had to be there to purchase it for him in the morning of the surgery."], ["Nope that\u2019s not how gov hosps work. Idk what surgery he went through or what meds he took so I assume the surgery your relative needed was a special one where he would need a special equipment that the hospital wouldn\u2019t have or an implant correctly sized to him ie a a TKR/THR implant/plate and screws or a mesh for hernia repair etc in which case the hospital has to outsource from a vendor. U have to pay THAT vendor separately. Additionally, if the gov hosp has special meds to give u that ordinarily kkm wouldn\u2019t cover, u have to pay it yourself.\nAt the end of your stay, u pay for the service, docs\u2019/nurses\u2019 expertise and subsidized surgery bills.\nex kkm doctor", "But ppum isn't like kkm right? It's sort of semi-private? If you are a govt servant/pensioner they do cover you but otherwise you do need to bear some cost, albeit not as expensive as a private hospital of course. I remember when I worked under kkm, they would access our HRMIS so the charges would be free but once I resigned the charges were different.\nHowever in this case I think it's like you mentioned, certain surgery you have to pay for the equipment they will use for the surgery.", "As the other guy mentioned, PPUM is still under government, but different ministry. It's under MOHE, same like HUSM, HUKM. So different charges, not the same as gov hospital under KKM. But they do have their private wing as an option. Hence what people thought of \"semi private\", simply because there is an option for private services.", "But their charges for delivery is nowhere near as cheap as gov but definitely not as expensive as private. Delivery fee there is rm800 if not mistaken and that figure is too high for any government hospital charges.", "PPUM is under MOHE.", "Ppum (university Hosp) as OP specified is the government sector, that\u2019s why I assumed he was in a gov hosp. UMSC which is nearby is the private sector.", "Total bill for my hospitalization was 238 ringgit. 100 for surgery, 9 ringgit for 3 days of stay(3rd class rate) in a 1st class ward. The cost for titanium implant for my wrist is being covered by PERKESO and the vendor came to see me to sign a letter and it was all arranged by HKL. Only gave me tramadol and paracetamol after being discharged and no antibiotics.\nThank god for gov hospital.", "I\u2019m very glad to hear that. When I was a houseman in Orthopedics I was the one who had to handle all the brunt work of handling the paperwork and applying my patient\u2019s PERKESO/JPA/TBP/PEKAB40 applications. Give thanks and credit to your housemen too and not just your surgeons \ud83d\ude09", "The surgeon because he fast tracked my surgery that morning I met him, warded by afternoon. Got blood work and everything done by late afternoon and slotted me in and did my surgery the next day. Met a patient's dad next morning and said they operated on his son at 2:30am. Im super grateful to the surgery team.\nAlso true. The Dr who helped me with the paperwork must be a houseman cause he kept calling the surgeon his boss. Because my right hand is busted, he filled out all the forms for me, and the only thing I had to do was sign the consent form and letters with my thumbprint.\nReally good doctors and medical personnels in HKL despite all the horror stories you often heard about gov hospitals. I'm really grateful for their dedication.", "Interesting, that may have been the case. It was for kidney removal or something, but he was told to get the meds from the pharmacy, so it wasn\u2019t like he was supposed to get it outsourced from an external vendor or something.", "Is that the medication that has to be taken for a long time? I forgot the name but usually GH will provide these meds for pts with resected kidneys. They\u2019d usually be given a written authorization (LP) from the head of nephro/uro. But they have a quota each year and it would get full by June usually. Since it\u2019s December he probably won\u2019t have the chance but worth to bring it up with his specialist on his next appt next year tho, maybe the meds could be free next time.\nThese are all maybes btw idk the exact condition etc. just trying to help since I used to work in a GH.", "Thanks for the comment, will take note!", "Taiping GH, my mom's hip replacement a few years back, have to go buy the hardware ourselves."], ["Government hospitals will provide the bare minimum. Nurses will give recommendations to make you more comfortable or improve the quality of your recover. This has always been the case. This is because government hospitals cap your total bill if you're Malaysian and also procurement for anything not on the approved list is a nightmare. Getting more things into the list is also a nightmare."], ["All hospitals are the same. Theres just too many people. And couple with covid cases going up, hospitals are really short handed right now."], ["2019 i had my appendix took out and i had to buy surgical suture made from a fish which i forgot the name. It used to stitch whatever inside after they took out my appendix. This is SGH."], ["since I assumed\nk bye"], ["My parents has had check ups/procedures done a few times per year at PPUM so perhaps I can give some \"insights\". The pharmacy dept and the wards there dont work with each other. So when a patient has an upcoming procedure, the ward will ask to get some meds in advance. Like my dad's case, we needed to buy anaesthesia from the outpatient pharmacy. If the patient doesnt have any guardian, then the ward's nurse will help the patient.\nMost likely due to staff shortage, the nurse will ask for guardian to run some errands. When my dad has to undergo his procedure, i'll be running all over the place! (for e.g: register & ward admittance at menara selatan, collect prescription at ruka then walk all the way back to patient ward which is at menara timur)\nWhen you say that hospital will do A-Z, I think that's private hospital. Like even though I have to spend hours just to settle these errands, I think its worth it coz its seriously dirt cheap to do your procedures and follow up there."], ["I believe the doctor or hospital is trying to help save cost. If the hospital buys, its more costly (like double or triple). If its a private hospital, they won't ask, just use and charge super high price like 10x!\nAlso save time. its win win."], ["It has been like that since 1999 when my mother had to purchase a special drug for my grandmother, admitted into UH for internal bleeding. According to my mum it was expensive so it had to be purchased outside."], ["Thats why public hospital is the best\nGood choice indeed"]]}
{"title": "Govt hopeful MM2H programme can attract global celebrities | The Star", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ki6km/govt_hopeful_mm2h_programme_can_attract_global/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Works only without policy flip flops and political stability"], ["Actually there are a lot of Hong Kong celebrities owning a house in Ipoh and Penang."], ["Getting MM2H status is one thing, actually living here is another. How many will actually stay here?", "From what I see, plenty of HK celebrities resides in Malaysia though. Quite a big HK community here"], ["global celebrities like Zakir Naik, right?\n/s"], ["Maybe Asian and Australian celebs. There are many warm weather locations that offer modern, cheaper, and closer alternatives for Westerners. KL is a great place, but doesn't exactly have the cachet of, say, Dubai or Monaco for the high rollers."], ["Imagine if the Kardashians wanted to stay here, kecoh satu kampung"], ["We probably have to retire in Myanmar, Laos, Africa or something to get that kind of spending power these celebs have. I hope they have a My Myanmar 2nd Home program.", "Do you really think celebrities like David Beckham are going to be attracted to Ipoh by an adjustment of MM2H?", "Well, Japanese rockstar Gackt has been residing in KL since 2012.", "Afghanistan is nice this time of year lol."], ["This opens the door to gentrification.\nBecareful what you all wish for.", "Exactly\nBut properly agents cheer this kind of policies for it benefits them while making sure property prices/food prices get of out hand thanks to all this foreigners who earn in other currencies and spent in RM", "I'm partly guilty, though I'm not a foreigner but I do earn foreign income instead of MYR.", "This is true only if Malaysia is flooded with foreigners. It wasn't a problem when the requirements were super reasonable a few years back, and it looks like this new one won't be nearly as popular."], ["The menteri just clarified that those in platinum tier MM2H can apply PR.\nhttps://twitter.com/NewsBFM/status/1736567289435287865?t=YlFfa5XQ3HuD56RXxYFkmw&s=19\nWth"], ["The more I see of the program that has been released thus far, it seems it is tailored to Chinese and Johor's sultan, who is trying to fill the thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of empty new condos there, built by Chinese companies. I can't blame them, it's their country after all, but trying to convince non-Asians that it is a good program may be nearly impossible."]]}
{"title": "Local snacks at Malaysian cinemas?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kh4h8/local_snacks_at_malaysian_cinemas/", "num_comment": 73, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "Who else thinks that this idea is brilliant? Why not our cinemas try selling stuff like keropok ikan, muruku ikan etc? Not everyone is a fan of popcorn btw", "comments": [["Wellll...\nI'm old enough that I remember Malaysian cinemas (not cineplexes!) would have people selling local snacks outside - boiled/ steamed peanuts, kuachi, kacang putih (Indian style mixed snacks), and my favourite, roti bakwa, where the guy would have a small charcoal burner at the back of his bike to grill the bun and bakwa.\nIt was fucking awesome man.", "I'm old enough to vaguely remember sitting on folding bench with sugar cane in my father's hand. As a kid I get those raisins in white box.", "Dang almost forgot about the sugarcane....it was spitted everywhere....", "Ligo!", "Totally this. Love the kacang putih. Popcorns can't compare to it.", "When the lights turned on, remember how 'clean' the cinema was?", "Omg eating roti bakwa while watching a movie sounds so good. Don't think it'll ever be allowed anymore :')", "That one comes with the wooden bench and people smoking inside like nobody's business.", "yes.. ini benar.. before modern cineplexes.. thats is our comfort food. good ol days", "Back when \u201cReserved Class\u201d was a thing.", "Imagine selling roti \u201cbakwa\u201d at GSC or TGV now \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "Stonks!", "Uncle, why u on reddit ahh? Don't you have to drive super slow to the market/coffee shop and talk about kids nowadays or politics or mahathir is the real crook?", "woi, you dont cibai ok.\nAll you damn kids and your popcorn lah this lah that lah. We had bakwa, and we gave it up...\n::cries in nostalgia::\n::also cries in missing bakwa::", "Lololkl uncle Wrap it up in ziploc bag and bring in la. Who is gonna check? How u think ppl bring kuaci? But bakwa with butter on white bread.\ud83d\udd25"], ["Because you can't charge that high for local snacks.", "actually they can charge high by having no outside food and drinks allowed.\nwhen i was in other country, i forgot that the movie is starting and i still have my starbucks (venti latte). i was like, omg, how to finish this fast. want to enter cinema already. then my friend was like, hey, whats the problem? just bring it in. they have place to put the cup. and i was like, huh? can bring in?", "Can also but need to ask for empty soda cup", "Nah....they charge high on plain water already"], ["The thing about popcorn is that it is soft so it doesn't make noise when eaten. Imagine a cinema-full of people crunching on kerepek...", "Sorry but \"it is soft so it doesn't make noise when eaten\" ?? Do I have superhuman hearing?", "Yeah, most popcorn in Malaysia is Caramel flavor so it always has a crunch. Butter salty popcorn doesn't have a crunch, but it's not as popular here.\nIt will still be less of a crunch than kerepek tho", "Are me and you thinking of the same popcorn here"], ["Sell kacang kuda in newspaper"], ["Popcorn is hot, fresh, cheap and requires little equipment", "I beg to differ. Used to work in GSC about 10 years ago, it's a big machine. To pop the kernels and then to have the caramel applied over 10% of them (because the rest may just get renjisan only). Ahaha"], ["Probably noise?\nI feel like another reason would be that there would be much more smaller crumbs in the theater compared to popcorns.", "Yeah I was in a cinema once with this guy whom hid a bag of thumbs up peanuts into the movie.\nThe whole movie he put his hand into the bag \"rustle rustle\" .. take one.. crack it somehow he can eat even peanuts loudly... then repeat. Whole fucking movie. ."], ["To maximize profit. Popcorns are easy to make. The kernels are pretty cheap. Just throw them into the machine and wait until they popped which usually don't take long. All can be done in the cinema lobby."], ["keropok lekor please...", "I would love that!!", "Came down to find this", "That would be amazing ngl"], ["I remember having boiled peanuts and kacang putih. Also 'member when there were 5 minute toilet breaks during the movies. And 2nd class seats (upstairs)\nEveryday we go closer to death", "IIRC correctly the upstairs are usually a bit pricier because the seats are on an slope so no one (well almost) blocks the person behind them. The ones at the bottom are cheaper because it's flat .."], ["popcorn margin higher and easier to make/clean."], ["Lovely. FWIW, Gsc offers keropok lekor and pisang goreng, made fresh upon order on top of their more typical selection. And paired w hot coffee and teh tarik, i think its a good start."], ["I would rather no one bring in any food. It's annoying to listen to the chewing sound."], ["Popcorn is cost effective, it's fringing on highway robbery but legal. Cheap AF to make, easy AF to clean, only 2 (or 3) flavors to worry about. It's so damn easy.\nMost local snacks smell like shit when a whole bunch of people are eating them at once. They are also dirty, difficult to clean and difficult to control."], ["This exists. Know why you aren't aware? Cuz people don't buy them even when they're there lmao. We love the idea of it, but in reality popcorn still outsells local snacks in theatres."], ["Because it's not good in everything. There's only so much kerepek you can fit in a bag/container and they would charge you an arm and a leg. You enter the cinema, much2, and 5 minutes done already. Popcorn, even if they charge you an arm and a leg, still give you a lot since they fill the entire container.\nNot to mention that people actually want a Hollywood experience and that include eating popcorn and not other stuff.\nTrust me, people would complain about kerepek more than popcorn if it was done."], ["Sell it or not, ppl will just smuggle them in and claim it's expensive to buy at cinema\nI've seen full set of Happy meals for a group of kids, KFC, pringles can, and even beers, and I've even smell whiskey once."], ["Malaysian cineplexes actually don't have a lot of the snack foods you'd expect; nachos, hotdogs, sweets/candy, ice cream, milkshakes, crisps/chips. This is what I would expect normally.\nWent to the icity cinema and all you can get is popcorn or chicken nuggets very weird for what is assumudely a higher ended cinema. Also the one size of popcorn is tiny, just let me pay more for a bigger size, imagine a corporation not using the fast food sizing technique to take customers money.\nI've lived in quite a few countries so maybe I've been spoilt for choice but the snack options in malaysian cinemas seemed to be lacking in comparison to pretty much everywhere else."], ["Bruv, harga tickets dah lah mahal. Imagine how much they charge those food."], ["I thought 1 borneo mall do this?"], ["Aah yes kerepek bilis dengan sambal nye dengan cis meleleh nye dengan udangnye. \ud83d\ude02 I'm sure it'll smell great inside the room with recycled air. \ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd22\nNuts are probably fine tho. Boiled peanuts in coke hmm \ud83e\udd10"], ["Yeah I do actually prefer kepok instead of that masuk angin popkon"], ["Margins and perceived value. They can't charge you the same amount for something you can easily buy for cheap elsewhere. Freshly popped popcorn though, where else you gonna get that?"], ["keropok needs sos pencicah. could be messy."], ["Imagine diorang charge kita rm12.90 for keropok ikan. Sebab tu tkde jon"], ["Because you can profit more from popcorn as it's a exclusively cinema snack. You can't mark up proces of local snacks, people will see through that bullshit"], ["Kerepok lekor is expensive. Popcorn is cheap."], ["I would loke to eat keropok lekor in the cinema"], ["Hahahaha...betul la tu bro...keropok lekor ke? Nasi lemak ke...kan? \ud83e\udd70 Eh banyak la lagi menu\u00b2 snack malaysian yg best\u00b2 selain dari western snack...hahahaha"], ["I mean, at least have some corn kernel."], ["atas GSC got lekor. quite good too"], ["Selling confectionaries are cinemas main income. They can sell kerepek but at a higher margin. People don't want that. Its easy for people to smuggle it in so rugilah."], ["You know our Asian cuisine smells right ? Imagine selling durian"], ["I smuggle my own food in last time anyway. That was long time ago. Now I watch everything online. Cinema will rip eventually", "Put inside your bag?"], ["Bc popcorn isnt loud to chew, and kerepek taste like shit"], ["yeahh.. they also should allow smoking in the theatre.."], ["Imagine someone popping open a durian during a show.... you either be jealous or pissed."], ["I just bought my fav snack and drink at convenience store before movie starts"], ["I like both."], ["If they are selling Keropok Lekor, I'm down to have that instead of popcorn."], ["Fudge the snack ..I sneak in mcdonalds to ciname...1 big Mac ..1 spicy MC chicken... And a latte...ooohh heaven!!?"], ["Why not lower the price for whatever they sell. That is better in my opinion."], ["Cos corn is cheap, pops up in volume, aroma invites, taste addictive, profit margin is high."], ["The real question is why the cinema is selling carnival popcorn instead actual normal popcorn. Who wants to eat carmal popcorn in a theater? I grew up in USA and I never saw that once."], ["might get lesser money from food"], ["Bruh my friend went to lavender bakery bought a bunch of rotis, made her bf sit the other side of the cinema and gave him a few roti to eat, she asked me to sit next to her and showed me all her contraband roti n snack she snuck in handbag like its some treasure. And we ate all of it. And she married that bf and have a kid now. Lol good times"]]}
{"title": "The police officer involved in the hit-and-run incident will be charged with murder tomorrow", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kgxp6/the_police_officer_involved_in_the_hitandrun/", "num_comment": 89, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Good start"], ["Remember the case where the entire police station got caught doing drugs during lockdown? What happened to them?", "What about that woman who got raped IN POLICE STATION ?", "WTH ... when did this happen?", "https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/police-inspector-charged-raping-underage-girl-400356\nSources said the victim was initially called up by the 30-year-old inspector to the IPD to assist in an investigation into a rape case involving the teen, where she claimed to have been raped by her stepfather.\n\"While in the room, the inspector who is also the investigating officer of the case involving the teen, told her that he wanted to examine her private part.\"", "Fool should call a female officer or a medical personal to do the check. Men need to be careful nowadays. The bar for sexual assault today is very low. The accusation of sexual assault, even a false one, will ruin one's life.", "\"raped with consent obtained over authority\" i think he plain raped the girl, not just sexual assault.", "\"Men need to be careful\"\nFFS the girl raped was underage and you are worried about the police officer's life being ruined.", "I somehow doubt any police officer male or female should be \"checking\" (for what?) someone's genitals in a random room at the station lol, I mean even if it was a rape kit or something (the article doesn't seem to imply it) those are done in like hospitals arent they?", "If you know this, I'm pretty sure he'd know this through compulsory training to be an inspector. He knew, but he still did it. Either he didn't gv 2 fks to the protocol or he had ill intention, nothing good.", "She was raped, it was checked by doctor n confirm, wtf is wrong with people?\nN why u think the police wanted to do it personally? Isn't that obvious?", "\"While in the room, the inspector who is also the investigating officer of the case involving the teen, told her that he wanted to examine her private part.\"\nThat is weird, he should be jailed for it. From what I know, it should be the female police who should do the interview with the victim, and they need medical examination from hospital.", "There's one in the 2000's iirc", "I didn't know. What incident is this?", "If i remember, the victim actually want to lodge a report about she got raped but then police in charged raped her also.", "Highest level of ACAB.", "This. I forgot about this.", "what about nicky liow who assaulted a RELA member before?\nwhat about anak nazri aziz & darren kang murder case back in year 2004?\nwhat about anak helang range rover hit & run (plate number: BNT 3)?\nwhat about myairlines owner (any solid/serious consequences so far)?\nmacam all of them relaxing je comparing to us citizens throughout the covid pandemic till today, with the rapid rise cost of living...\neven nicky liow's brother and ALL 14 INDIVIDUALS linked to him are all free...\nsource: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/07/24/brother-of-039datuk-nicky039-freed-from-tax-evasion-money-laundering-charges#:~:text=Judge%20Norazlin%20Othman%20ordered%20Liow,laundering%20charges%20to%20the%20government\nsource: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/07/07/14-linked-to-nicky-gang-freed-of-charges\nsource: https://worldofbuzz.com/malaysians-are-not-happy-that-fugitive-nicky-liow-has-been-released-on-bail/\ni might get downvoted but imagine if you are the victim's parents...how would you feel seeing them enjoying life healthy and wealthy decades after decades? feel stim or seksa?\n\"Steal a loaf of bread and they hang you, steal a land and they'll make you king.\" - David Gemmell\n\"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.\" - Honore de Balzac\n\"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.\" - Sholem Aleichem", "Damn, this is what we should do. :). More people should talk shit like this . Muka anak nazri aziz tu cam babi sia. Geram ingat balik kes tu.", "Which anak is this. The one who opened a restaurant with daddy money and banging a celebrity now?", "How about you can get away with 100 of marijuana plant because you're a dato' meanwhile if you no one, can get life sentence if you have more than 100gram.", "Ini Vincent Tan punya crotchgoblin kan.. Nevin Tan. He lucky his father is tycoon level, can save his life with money.\nDah lah lahir dengan golden spoon, bring shame on his family by doing drugs. Really stupid son lol", "Not sure if I remember correctly, they actually make a party with girls inside the Balai. If not mistaken the chief balai was positive.", "This was the seri kembangan police branch.", "Can you even have a negative thought in that environment", "No one knows?.", "Not enough witnesses and viral lmao", "Link?", "https://www.kosmo.com.my/2021/08/17/75-polis-selangor-dikenakan-tahan-gantung-kerja-akibat-dadah/\nKajang", "that was in Johor. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/12/03/johor-police-chief-nine-cops-one-civilian-arrested-for-allegedly-supplying/1928496", "Kajang lah https://www.kosmo.com.my/2021/08/17/75-polis-selangor-dikenakan-tahan-gantung-kerja-akibat-dadah/", "I misread I saw lock up morning."], ["kat malaysia ni kalau kau nak act impulsively outta rage, please make sure you are a doctor. pastu nama kau strange. pastu kau ada the Eye of Agamotto yang ada time stone", "Doktor Aneh ada Mata Aramugam.", "Jangan lupa, ikat selimut kat leher.", "Dan join the Dendam-jers."], ["Elok pun, apa alasan lain nak bagi? Slam dunk case for prosecution", "\"suami saya panas baran\"", "\"tapi baik orangnya\"", "\"biasanya kalau saya isap suami saya, baru dia sejuk baran\""], ["Between this and the recent road rage verdict (both side suffers in that one for sure, similar to this one) that just came out, let them be the lessons we need to learn about road rage.\nRemember that there are families and loved ones left behind by the victim and also the perpetrator (once he goes to jail) that suffers the most.\nDon\u2019t ever let road rage take over us. It\u2019s never worth it.", "getting the noose because of loud ekzos. comedy really", "Albeit a dark one.\nThough it\u2019s not because of the loud exhaust, that has been there making noise for quite some time.\nIt\u2019s because he gave in to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. Someone wise and green said that a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."], ["Hope this gives Zaharif's father some closure", "Hopefully, but for the rest of his life, he won't be able to see and hear his son anymore.. Some people cannot find closure.. Its either go insane or lock up feelings"], ["Good for justice to charge him with murder. However this doesn't mean there will not be a 3rd party intervention\nSomeone may bail the cop out, either by an MP, a minister or any high ranking officers in the department.\nOn another note I can already see cunts defending this cop on FB and X (formerly known as Twitter) even after this press statement went out. Like they know who they're defending but not in a rational way"], ["GOOD. fuck that cunt."], ["The fact that they\u2019re charging him with murder suggests that they have a strong, solid case in terms of evidence. I was worried they would charge him with dangerous driving under Section 41(1) because it may have been tough to conclusively prove intent. I remember reading somewhere that the suspect claimed the boy braked suddenly and he couldn\u2019t avoid hitting the bike.\nIt appears that they\u2019ve got a solid enough case to disprove that."], ["Kabel can help kah this time? Ego uphead langgar budak woo. Amitofo"], ["Good. I am ready for him to gives out excuse on why he did it. If he plays the political prisoner cards? I hope the court would give much more severe sentence."], ["Alhamdulillah."], ["Our frontliners ladies & gentlemen"], ["Is this better or worse than charging under 41(1) of Akta 333?\nCan see the guy possibly squirreling out since it's a harder case for prosecution to fight if 302 right?"], ["Disgusting but glad justice is being served"], ["Hopefully got punish by inmates", "Death by execution is more fun, let the pig shiver and shake in fear of death before his very eyes. Let blood be paid by blood. Given he's a police officer and with high position too, death penalty seems unlikely... Either way there will be no peace for him for the rest of his life", "Execution is for justice not entertainment.", "It is for me", "Me too"], ["Makin menjadi-jadi...apa nak jadi PDRM sekarang makin teruk. Perhaps the gov needs to restructure the police more again and reform the whole thing", "IPCMC is the answer.. but gov keep on shying on that."], ["https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/12/15/student-dies-after-car-allegedly-driven-by-cop-rams-bike/\nChased him for 1km, hit him from behind, dragged for 5m... no way he's gonna get away with this, minimum will be man-slaughter\nAtiva are all equipped with dashcam, correct? the recording can be easily restored even if he has deleted it, even if he has disposed of it will make it a lot more suspicious"], ["what is 'murder'? homicide or manslaughter?"], ["Why this case so fast but the case where that Bersatu guy assaulted and murdered the security guard no news?"], ["Yahoo.. Polis di penjara.. Bini nya jdi janda \ud83e\udd23", "Bini nya jdi janda \ud83e\udd23\n:26561:", "Pindah tempat kerja je kot abg. Takkan penjara tak.", "Masuk penjaralah ape lagi. Lagipun mesti kena buang kerja (sekiranya terlepas penjara) sebab dah ada kes lampau mcm ni.", "Sarawak enters the chat. Don't send him here."], [":29091:"], ["Confirm charged or still need trial and defense and possibly nego for lower charge?"], ["There was a twitter post sharing a police report of the same policecunt beating up a pregnant woman I think it was year 2022 I think. Edit Found the article https://lobakmerah.com/bukan-kes-pertama-pegawai-polis-langgar-pelajar-didakwa-pernah-pukul-wanita-hamil-di-kedai-pakaian/", "pregnant woman also want to hit, surprised he didn't hit his wife leh?"], ["Kes pemandu mabuk mcm mana?"], ["Sentence the cop to death by public hanging, another filthy piece of shit for the history books"], ["Sorry la, he was in a bad mood. Less one low life on the road is negligible", "That is an insult to fellow low life peeps by comparing them to that... cop.\nHaha.", "Unpopular opinion. But yeah. Fuck the low life scums on the road. Even in Singapore they are an annoyance. Good riddance."], ["kesian polis"], ["what did i miss"], ["Nice ~"], ["actually pog"], ["Good riddance."], ["Polis also voters...u think govt care"], ["Murder? Involuntary manslaughter at best"], ["Boleh la Malaysia!"]]}
{"title": "Residents in Kampung Rawai are asking Terengganu authorities for help, after being forced to wade through stagnant floodwaters daily since last month. Mohd Zaid Ngah told Bernama, the situation was due to blocked waterways and drainage systems.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kgmv1/residents_in_kampung_rawai_are_asking_terengganu/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Textbook example of negligence"], ["Undilah PAS.\nThe reason flooding occurs is because you didn't pray hard enough or donate enough to PAS. /s", "I think you accidentally put a '/s' there.\nNot /s", "they'll sooner encourage the people to take swimming lessons or build their own sampan than doing their job", "This isn't actually a PAS or DAP( or whatever political party you hate)problem.\nThis is because we don't have oversight over our local councils.\nWe have design issues in our city and town planning. So many special exemptions to developers that skirt the existing guidelines.\nIt's why we have so many ridiculous developments that simply do not make sense.\nWe see the same shit in Selangor as well. Most recently the floods in Puchong and not all that long ago, the 2021 floods in Taman Sri Muda.\nWe need local council elections and we need to vote locals who are not from your typical political parties. We need local residents from that area.", "JOM STOP MAKSIAT /s\nhttps://www.malaysiadateline.com/syukur-hanya-sedikit-nyawa-terkorban-ajk-pas-pusat-tidak-sensitif-dikecam-netizen/", "Prayge \ud83d\ude4f"], ["Can't say much bout Terengganu. Their exco for women,family, children is a Man. I'm not sexist or what but at least appoint 1 female for exco post"], ["Ini semua salah DAP", "the illumiDAP so strong they can interfere with a state they have no representative in? mereka sudah lama merancang... /s"], ["Boikot : :26555:\nIsu banjir : :26556:", "Just :29091: things", "Sorry ootl here, what do 26555/6/29091 mean?"], ["PN state government of Terengganu is like this:"], ["Wait what?!\nThey have been wading in water since a month ago?\nThreeTwo things need to happen,\nLocal Government needs to start removing the blockages and not just fiddle their thumbs and stop pocketing the money.\nThe people needs to stop throwing stuff into the longkang and rivers like there's no consequences. It happened because of that. (Personally witness them throwing plastics that used to contain ice into the longkang after putting it in their drinks at during the set up of the night market)\nVote someone else other than PAS Yeah like that's ever going to happen.", "Sounds good.aint gona happen though. So fuck em. You deserve what you tolerate."], ["They obviously didn't pray hard enough."], ["1 month going through banjir? Ini bukan isu ke kerajaan pembangkang?"], ["Nvm pray harder, Allah will clear up all your problems. No need to do anything.\nSeriously when the heck ppl will realise praying is one thing, doing something about it is another?"], ["Municipals should've gone pro active and cleared the gutters and widen rivers in preparation for the flood, yet they only waited for reports to act. Even after its reported, it take days before they acted upon it. Incompetent lot."], ["yet still keep voting pas. now go lie in your own halal bed"], ["Mu nak cari penyelesaian isu banjir ke nak isley?"], ["Good, keep it going until they accept meritocracy"], ["Meanwhile PAS we work so hard to pray to god, we are doing our job /s"], ["Keep blaming pas but when flash flood in the richest state in \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe, krik krik krik", "It since last month, what are they doing? waiting for their voter beg them to help, they should go there and help without people begging.", "Go ask the voters themselves la instead of asking questions on reddit, if you are so genuinely concerned", "Go ask the voters themselves la\nThe question by u/UmaAvidFanFicWriter is a rhetorical question, FYI. We know the authorities are not helping, if they did, this post wouldn't exist.\nResidents in Kampung Rawai are asking Terengganu authorities for help, after being forced to wade through stagnant floodwaters daily since last month.\nYou also seem to have no idea what the commenters are bashing? They're not bashing the flood, but the flood response. This is basically a repeat of the same classic PAS/PN lackluster response in 2021 but yearly in Kelantan/Terengganu. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-admits-weaknesses-over-flood-response-17-dead-so-far\nSo, are you by any chance selectively illiterate as usual?\nEdit: Wording", "I dislike the seasonal focus on floods, regardless of state. Penyelesaian pokok sangat jelas & senang untuk dilaksana semua pihak & semua negeri.\nTapi semua tak nak buat sebab bangang.\nMy prob with yall on reddit however, is your blatant bias & fussing over the trees over the forest", "I dislike the seasonal focus on floods, regardless of state. Penyelesaian pokok sangat jelas & senang untuk dilaksana semua pihak & semua negeri.\nEveryone dislike floods, but to highlight the lack of response by the administration of the day is fair play regardless of administration. Just FYI, Kelantan/Terengganu have been suffering for DECADES by yearly year end monsoon floods to the point it's not considered something new, but the response is still that shitty.\nMy prob with yall on reddit however, is your blatant bias & fussing over the trees over the forest\nYour lack of comprehension has nothing to do with any sort of bias. Flood mitigation and flood response are 2 completely different things.", ""], ["finally the resident is awaken, MB sleeping ?"], ["Push up against balak!!!!"], ["buang sampah merata rata lagi la..."], ["How can the residents accept this whilst state government does nothing?", "How can the residents accept this whilst state government does nothing?\nRM50, a pack of rice, some cooking/motor oil during election season", "Oh man... So is life ah..."], ["This is total negligence from the top down in the state government. makan gaji buta. But as long as kerajaan melayu Isle everything is fine \"Takbirrr!\""]]}
{"title": "Questions on engineering job prospects", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kgaf5/questions_on_engineering_job_prospects/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm a matriculation student and am going to fill up UPU very soon.\nI've been in a torn state for some time now. I've always been more interested in biology and have had plans to study biotechnology in uni. However, after extensive research I've come to the conclusion that most bio-related courses have pitiful job prospects in Malaysia.\nSo, feeling defeated I'm seriously contemplating going for engineering instead (though I don't really like physics), as it seems to fetch much better job prospects. My question here is how are the career opportunities for fresh engineering grads, particularly chemical engineering?", "comments": [["So, feeling defeated I'm seriously contemplating going for engineering instead (though I don't really like physics), as it seems to fetch much better job prospects. My question here is how are the career opportunities for fresh engineering grads, particularly chemical engineering?\nDepends.\nThere are tons of career pathways for you to take from consultation, construction,manufacturing , sales and even building maintenance\nSalary wise, work-life balance, company culture are varies from local Malaysian company to MNC . Good and bad companies, all applied to both, local Malaysian and MNC.", "There are tons of career pathways for you to take from consultation, construction,manufacturing , sales and even building maintenance\nMainly the reason why I'm turning to engineering haha"], ["I've been in a torn state for some time now. I've always been more interested in biology and have had plans to study biotechnology in uni. However, after extensive research I've come to the conclusion that most bio-related courses have pitiful job prospects in Malaysia.\nYep. Either you settle for a job with poor pay, do masters and hope to get a job overseas, or switch tracks and do something else. No idea about job prospect for chemical engineering, electronics engineering is booming as usual. Do you have any interest in electronics?", "Do you have any interest in electronics?\nNope, what I hate most abt physics are the electrical and electronic components, I'm ok with thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. So electronic engineering is totally out of my league."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 01 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vi83g/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Rafizi: >2 million Malaysians earn less than RM2000 per month", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18wnmv1/rafizi_2_million_malaysians_earn_less_than_rm2000/", "num_comment": 32, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I'm one of them sadly, im an account assistant and do full sets but get paid 1.8k no epf no benefits. But this was the first job that gave me an opportunity to I took it.", "Epf is mandatory. If they're not they're in the wrong. No excuses. You can report to Epf to start an investigation.", "At my first job, my boss elak pay EPF by considering me as a freelancer. Didn't know any better and just accepted it", "My boss said that because of 3 months of training and 3 months probation dont have. So probably by next month i can get higher pay and epf lah", "I work part-time at Giant 2003 also got EPF.\nTraining at Airasia for 6 months in 2015 also got EPF\nYour boss memang bullshit one.", "Excuses. If you receive any sort of salary from an employer as an employee, you contribute to EPF. If next month you still don't have EPF deduction report to Epf immediately and get your bullshit employer fined.", "Your boss is full of shit", "Considering your salary is 1.8k, and epf cut is 11% employee and minimum 12% employer. Since you've been there for close to 6 months, you have lost about RM2484 of your epf money (6 months).\nYour boss is full of shit, and you should either demand the backpay, or report this to the relevant authority. This is extremely illegal.\nConsidering the power of compound interest, that missing 2k today could very well be worth a lot of money by the time you retired in 40 years time.\nIf scare, I would consider asking your colleague if this is the same for them. If so, there's power in number and you all can tibai the boss together. Good luck man.", "ur boss full of bs, i worked part time at a department store for 1 month also got EPF", "If you're a full time employee, EPF and SOCSO are not benefits, they are compulsory. I'm looking for my next job and it has to come with medical benefits at the very least. I got into an accident last year on the way to work and had to rely on SOCSO for my surgery cost.\nI'm also livid at the fact they(my company) are not required to pay me any allowances which were included in the offer letter plus my basic salary. Basic pay matters even though your total salary plus allowances are counted towards EPF/SOCSO contribution.", "How long have you been at the company? Might be a good time to look at other opportunities if you have been there for more than 2 years.", "This month will be my 6th month working in this company", "I wish you luck. Hope you arrive at a better future.", "Thank you so much \ud83d\ude0a", "Uh that\u2019s illegal. Even my part time job I still get EPF.", "ur boss nooblh,tell him to take intern,no need pay anything", "Please report it to the authorities."], ["Now that one of our official minister recognise the core problem with many Malaysians, I hope they will follow up and implement policies that will benefit the people, not the MNCs.", "Kot kot nanti election tukar government lagi sebelum sempat nampak results"], ["Honestly, I think most Malaysians at that wage-level is being taken advantage of one way or another.\nEither through being aggressively low-balled or some small SME taukes doing some shady crap.\nLike even in this post, we have someone employed and paid but have no EPF contributed. Flat out illegal. Education goes a long way and not necessarily just from books/tests.\nWe, as fellow employees and Malaysians should really be educated on our rights as employees via the Employment Act. Being taken advantage of is horrible, being taken advantage of when you are financially vulnerable, doubly so.\nAnd the whole increasing wages leading to increases in prices is such a fallacy. It always seem to be parroted by the very same people that WILL increase prices regardless. They can stub their toe in the morning and increase prices in the afternoon.", "replace spm math wif Employment Act.....", "Yeah there are these so called economy experts in social medias when you call for wage increase they would say it will lead to further inflation as though things are so cheap nowdays \ud83d\ude02", "I would say that everyone having enough disposable income in their pocket results in a better economy overall but maybe that is why I am a redditor rather than an established economist.\nTimes are incredibly hard. Doesn't matter if you are M40 or T20. Only those in the very tippy top of the echelon aren't affected."], ["Sadly to say this, we are at a catch-22 situation here. Unfortunately salary and wages are heavily dependent on the market dynamics. We are at a crisis point with not only low wages in the formal sector, but also a sector that is the most susceptible to changes brought by AI. Companies are already scrambling to see how they can incorporate AI into their workflow and people who are in the 2k a month bracket are the ones most impacted. Having any sort of progressive wage policy would only exacerbate and accelerate the adoption of AI by this companies. How to solve this? I don\u2019t know. But what I can tell that the danger is very real and if we are not prepared we might be in a bigger mess than we are now."], ["That\u2019s not the worst news. Statistics from DOSM shows that half of the working people earn less than RM2.6k, even though our average income is around RM6.5k. This shows that upper-class people earns much higher than it should, especially above 15k as there\u2019s a spike in that region. For context, an ideal data only shows slight difference between average and median income. Take Germany for example, their average income is around 3.7k\u20ac while the median income is about 3.5k\u20ac.\nOne of my hot takes is that minimum wage should be different across states, and the context of poverty should be revised as different people has different financial circumstances, not just depending on the total household income alone. Another take is that we could abolish minimum wage entirely, and replace it with employer-employee wage ratio. This propose that an employer\u2019s income should not exceed a certain multiplier, relative to the employee\u2019s income, this includes bonuses to avoid employer\u2019s taking advantage of the system. Of course, determining an income is a complex process but I think these are valid considerations to the current situation.", "Minimum wage differences between states might cause more problems than it can fix. Malaysia is already at a point where we are exporting our brightest to different countries. Imagine everyone wants to move into Selangor mainly due to the better pay."], ["Unfortunately, increase in salary will force businesses to increase price.", "Go ahead, the market will decide if they're worth the increase. You will find most of the times they have insane margins due to underpaying, this will just force them to take less profits, they can't just keep hiking prices lol, competitors will eat them up", "Diesel no subsidy also increase price..they've been using multiple excuses as long as they can utilize almost slave-like workers.", "Welcome to earth"], ["Sorry but what is this fatty doing to help the ease the situation beside nasi lemak vending machine?"]]}
{"title": "Muslim men can be charged for enticing married Muslim women for sex, says lawyer", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kfxej/muslim_men_can_be_charged_for_enticing_married/", "num_comment": 26, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "Fahri Azzat says they will face investigation and prosecution by Islamic religious enforcement authorities.", "comments": [["This is law before ? I thought this under Maksiat / vice ?", "No no no... how about woman enticed married man?", "If you were born with kukubird, its always your fault.", "But this is islam... Kukubird always innocent...", "Lmao", "its kinda the opposite, men actually hold more risk in Islam compared to women", "wutt???", "Fahri said this in response to a landmark ruling by the Federal Court on Friday striking down as unconstitutional a provision in the Penal Code that makes it a crime for a man to entice a married woman.\nHowever, it would only be limited to Muslim women because shariah courts do not have jurisdiction over non-Muslims.\nBasically last week it was made legal to ngorat a married woman? lol"], ["Just another reason why having 2 modes of laws in a single country is divisive as heck.", "Would you prefer privately administered syariah law?"], ["<image>\njohan raja lawak is a syariah lawyer now?", "holy sht... What a face :26554:", "Look at his nose", "This guy can smell your thoughts"], ["Good luck trying to prove that in syariah court.\nSyariah evidence procedure is slightly different to that of the civil court, especially when it comes to witness (where one male witness' worth is equivalent to two female witnesses)."], ["Can we charge married men too who do that to unmarried women?", "You mean charge the people in power? Haha. Not happening."], ["3 strokes of the cane? Wow"], ["Does it apply to those higher in political power? Rhetorical question.", "YB, kita party di Sydney, Arak sekeliling gay sex daddy, Benda haram kita buat tak apply, Kita ni atasan T-Twenty\nSee I make pantun edi (no offense Malay ppl)"], ["Have this for nons too", "It won't fix your insecurity bro", "Your religion, your problem. But we can support to de-establish Islam as the official religion in support for Secularism if you want to fuck. Just saying..", "Cannot happen with PAS. I say we split Malaysia into diffrent countries. Better. Then we'll see. Isley or Secular is more developed. By the looks of it, Penang is very successful. DAP been ruling since 2008 and doing well. Kelantan......\nSouthern Malaysia & North Malaysia", "Penang success is because they are international hub for shipment and subsequent manufacturing. Even melaka and johor died down after a while because penang is strategically the better port. Kelantan has literally nothing to offer for investor to come in, ship is no bueno because of monsoon, logging and rubber export is pretty much dead. Even before tanah melayu is a thing, kelantan always the bottom of the barrel in term of what the region able to produce.", "No. Make us convert first."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 1 Januari 2024 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vny6r/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_1_januari_2024_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Umno veterans reject call to bring back local elections in KL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kfunq/umno_veterans_reject_call_to_bring_back_local/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Umno Veterans\u2019 Club secretary Mustapha Yaakub says DAP representatives will easily win in Chinese-majority constituencies if local polls are reinstated.", "comments": [["Just like in Victoria 3, the landowner interest group will revolt if you try to push universal suffrage."], ["Actually it is tough for Chinese to win because of the ground sentiment. But on the other hand, if a Malay continues to perform on the top, no reason why other races won't continue to vote her or him. So in honest, I'm baffled."], ["then we know local election was an actual damn good idea"], ["Between politically appointed representatives and elected representatives? Of course an elected representative is preferred. Especially if there is local taxation (with commensurate reduction to income/corporate tax) is managed for local expenditure by said elected representatives."]]}
{"title": "PSA. Confirmed Cases 2.5x than May 2023. Mask up, you nyets.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kfh8n/psa_confirmed_cases_25x_than_may_2023_mask_up_you/", "num_comment": 46, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["What's a 0.6 case? /s", "Average over 7 days data. Hence the 0.6", "Cases are binary. Ought to round down."], ["<image>\nWhere did you get that graph from?", "Scroll down, it's in the middle under patients ventilated", "<image>\nYou mean this?", "Yeah the confirmed cases, OP has it starting from 2023, yours is 2022", "https://data.moh.gov.my/dashboard/covid-19 use this \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb"], [""], ["28 deaths this week if I\u2019m not mistaken. Take care everyone.", "Not sure where you get the weekly figures from, but the 14-day figures show 39 deaths from 33,453 cases, which means you have a 0.11% chance of dying from it.", "Better be safe especially to protect the vulnerable.", "More people die on the road", "That 39 death figure is for Selangor specifically, in total across the entirety of Malaysia is 78 deaths for the past 14 days. So what the person said before is correct (if a bit understated). Also we've gone over this, 0.11% death chance is still a possibility of death. Let's just all wear our masks and stay safe for the benefit of everyone we love.", "Where do you get 78? The data clearly says 39 for the entire country. There were 9 in Selangor for the past 14 days.\nActually considering that you can't be in every state at once, the chances of anyone dying from it is a lot less than 0.11%.\nI'm really curious to know where you get these figures from.", "Ah yes, I read the graph wrongly. My bad. Either way, whatever the chances of death. I prefer not to have to bury anyone."], ["There are students around me suggest online class for few months ( till early 2024 ). With celebrations coming soon and flood in some areas, it's concerning.", "I even heard a high school near my place will have pdpr after the new years. It said it's not related to covid, but please, there's a high chance it is.", "Education clusters were the #1 cluster in early December.\n\"The cumulative number of clusters reported up to ME 47/2023 is 7,248. The majority of clusters reported are education clusters,\" he said in a statement yesterday (December 3)."], ["My first ever covid after long 3 years, I tell you is does not feel good... wear mask guys"], ["Finally , I don't have to see y'all faces"], ["Mask up!! Got covid for the first time last week. Didn\u2019t expect it to be so bad. Took about 10 days to recover, was totally lethargic, my whole body ached so bad, terrible sore throat and no appetite the whole week. Not to mention how miserable and lonely it is to isolate yourself from all your loved ones. Would not recommend \ud83d\ude10", "and although I\u2019m negative now, I still have a nasty cough, my appetite still sucks and I just feel fatigued in general"], ["Im guessing selangor is the top contributor?", "As always, because they are the most populated lol, but percentage-wise I don't know :)", "Everyone around me is either coughing or sniffling."], ["Infection case don't matter anymore, everybody I know have it at least twice. It don't matter anymore because everybody is vaccinated. Death case is more important.", "I was fully vaccinated and boosted but got it last week for the first time and it was HELL. I know a lot of people who haven\u2019t been infected at all yet.", "I just got infected for the second time, it matters. I've been suffering so much the past 3 days with fever so high, I couldn't walk, talk or eat until last night. It affects everyone differently. Yes its not as fatal as it used to be but it could still do some serious damage if left unchecked.", "I just had it for the first time. The fever and sore throat are no joke omg. It comes on so fast and strong but luckily also disappears quite fast. I suffered like hell for the first 2 days and then suddenly back to normal. Just very very tired.", "Was it the same as 1st time, or this second one was worse?", "It was worse the first time. The bulk of the ordeal lasted a week. The first 2 days I had high fever with cold sweats and constant (non-stop) shivering. By the time the shivering ended, my entire body ached. Needles to say, I got next to no sleep those 2 days. Then came the loss of taste and smell, for another 4-5 days or so.\nAfter all that, lethargy and brain fog for a month making even basic tasks difficult, followed by incorrect taste and smell for another couple of months. Foods and aromas were just different, not what I remembered them to be. All these eventually went away.\nI should also mention I was already vaccinated and boosted at the time.", "Well. You're one cold sob. You never had a grandparent or baby die from infection eh?\nLUCKY YOU flyden /s"], ["Yay. No need to wear makeup anymore.", "that lipstick's gotta go"], ["Well shit. Gg"], ["Fuck! Guess ill mask up. I dont want to get it a THIRD time!"], ["Guess we are in for Covid-24"], ["Is the symptoms still severe? I got it the second time last June it was like a normal flu just 1 day down.", "some ppl will cough for months after getting covid. some lose taste buds for weeks. different side effects"], ["Fk that all those fking bulls**t"], ["BREAKOUT /s"], ["So who is going to pay for more economic disaster", "There is no economic disaster in Malaysia /jkwearefuckd"], ["Stonks", "Buy low Sell high Profit"]]}
{"title": "Did Kajang Town Council (MPKj) just raise the assessment rates?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kf63c/did_kajang_town_council_mpkj_just_raise_the/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Some time last year MPKj started an exercise to raise the rates and many disagreed and raised \"bantahan\". At the meeting, we were advised that this was a plan and was not going to be implemented.\nA day ago, I received an email with an attachment advising me of a new rate for 2024 and 2025, which is approximately 25% more than what I have been paying to-date.\nHas anyone else received the same? Thoughts?", "comments": []}
{"title": "Veteran singer Ibnor Riza died of cancer at 62", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kf3tl/veteran_singer_ibnor_riza_died_of_cancer_at_62/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rojiun. Allahumarghfirlahu warhamhu waafihi wa'fuanhu.", "How tf did u get downvoted lmao", "I don't know, man.\nI'm just doing my duty for my fellow Muslim."], ["Apa maknanya impian\nDatang dan pergi\nMembawa hati menyusuri kembali\nJalan-jalan sepi\nRest in peace brother"]]}
{"title": "Windows without grills", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18keyib/windows_without_grills/", "num_comment": 77, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Are there any homes in Malaysia that has windows without grills? If yes, what do you do to compensate the security factor? I find grills very unsightly but I also understand the security reason for it.", "comments": [["Live in a gated rich neighbourhood.", "This is the answer. Be T20", "More like TTT0.5", "Yup, I don't have grills at home and never had any issues in the past 10 years.", "And be nice to the Nepalese guards. Those guys see and know everything so I\u2019m not sure why some neighbours and their guests are plain mean to them.", "People are just mean to security guards. \"I'm better than you\" mentality.", "This is the correct answer", "I live in a gated neighbourhood (not sure about richness tho) and all our windows still have metal grilles."], ["Most homes do come without grills. The residents install it themselves.\nThere's a big fad going around right now installing those \"invisible\" cables vertically across windows/balconies. It's thin enough not to obstruct the views, but sturdy enough (and closely spaced) to stop anyone from climbing in.\nI have not seen one myself though anyone with a big enough wire cutter might be able to snap them apart.", "Not sure that's a security measure, it's mostly to stop children falling off balconies in high rises.", "invisible grills is actually invisible for outsiders but highly visible for the owner though."], ["I have a security camera, alarm , my 2 big dogs and lastly me who will come naked with a baseball bat lol", "Yea, seeing a ding dong flapping towards me is more scarry than the bat.", "Plot twist: the ding dong is the bat", "And that bat can shoot too. Legally. I think.", "", "Keyaruga:\nLOL", "Healllllllllll", "YOU CAME TO THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL", "So 2 baseball bats", "LOOOOOOL naked with a baseball bat\nNow you owe us the dog tax!"], ["Invisible Grille Sdn Bhd in Subang Jaya\nInstalled it since I bought my unit in 2015 and it looks and performs well. No maintenance at all.\nSee discussion in Lowyat forum here"], ["Highrise", "Like the MW 2 map? /s"], ["The whole grill thing is such a faux, usually they are Held in place with 2 rusty screws but yeah technically if you don't have them you are a bigger target.", "That's the point, you can't remove them at all because everything has rusted shut lol. It's even hard to cut, it's iron and there's a good coating of rust on it.", "that's like saying rusted car is strong", "It's called sarcasm.", "Wait, normally nut/screw whatever should be welded together after installing right? I know mine does, otherwise what\u2019s the point of installing such grill when the intruders can just unscrew it themselves", "So you are saying it's welded to the concrete/wood. Please give me the contact of your welder because he's going to be super famous.", "Alright, when did I say it\u2019s welded to the wood or concrete? I only said the screw and nut are welded together so it can\u2019t be unscrewed", "Ok, I misread. But all the houses I've been to have just had screws/bolts both new and old houses/condo's.", "That's because in an emergency like a fire you want people to be able to escape. 2 screws is potentially feasible for someone to grab the grills and hulk wrench them open from the inside the room.\nyou can put proper hinges and lock and the keys in a glass box like fire alarms but $$$", "This is true, but the firemen will just use a breaching tool like this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_rescue_tool", "not for firemen, it's for whoever caught in the room in a fire. like the tahfiz fire a few years ago where nobody can escape because the room is too secure.\nthat's why grills are installed like that unless you specifically ask otherwise whether welded shut or properly made with safety exit."], ["8 doggies, Electric fence, Home security with CCTVs.", "I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re all breeds that are good watch or guard dogs?", "All dogs can be trained as watch dogs, when it comes in sheer numbers, they are usually more aggressive towards intruders.", "That's a drug house", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 Unfortunately, there are no armed guards to compliment it.", "Wonder what kind of riches do you have in the house that warrant 8 dogs, electric fence and cctv. Just the maintenance for 8 dogs sounds expensive.\nIf I get 8 dogs, I think I would have no more money in the house to be stolen after.", "This guy maxed out his security stats."], ["Old house didn't have any grills, neighbours around had it.\nEveryone's houses got broken in, except mine. Really depends on luck."], ["Security is just about not being the lowest hanging fruit. So look at what your neighbors are doing, and just make sure your house doesn't appear to be an easier target.", "That is how I normally explain it to people, but you put it in a very succinct way. I like it. Will use it.", "Depends also on the intelligence level of the criminals. If they are foreigners / noob noob type, then no."], ["I live in a small town, no need grill haha. Good neighbourhood compensate no grill \ud83d\ude0e"], ["Depends. I live in a gated neighbourhood and most houses don't have grill."], ["Reinforced glass.", "Crowbar defeats it", "Well, a crowbar can pry open grill to so..."], ["yes, when you live in nice neighborhood, I have 2 dogs thou."], ["Rumah orang kaya. Never seen grills on any banglo", "That's cos no one is stupid enough to break in or rob them. You will get caught and pay the price."], ["Tengok kawasan.. dulu masa zaman aku sekolah buka pintu pon xde hal.. Sekarang dah pagar pon tak selamat.\ud83d\ude14"], ["If everyone installs grills and you don't, your house will be a target.\nAs ''unsightly'' as it is, which you prefer? Aesthetics or safety?", "Everyone seems to be concerned about robberies but not fire safety apparently", "Tell me you're not a malaysian without tell me you're not a malaysian", "apparently I\u2019m not a malaysian because I have a different opinion"], ["You can try stainless steel mesh security window"], ["Dont buy cheap grills, buy white one with nice coating, wont look so ugly. Also maybe can put child lock to your windows, it wont fully open, only add +2 defend but still better than nothing."], ["Yes, not even a gated community.."], ["Actually there are absolutely zero houses in Malaysia that has no grills, sorry op."], ["depends where u stay...where im from there's not many grills"], ["If anyone enter my house I just go \"You in the wrong house fool\""], ["Stay strapped."], ["Those rich gated community neighborhood usually has no gate or grills. I have seen one somewhere in Klang quite well known area the luxury houses has wide open entrance without a gate I assume pretty much safe considering the stern security process like an SS guard patrolling the vicinity while I was jogging at the park."], ["Look at it from a B&E thug's opportunity cost stand point:\nWell lit, grill, security door, cctv means higher chance of getting caught.\nBut it doesn't mean you won't get targeted.\nSometimes the opposite is true, see so many measures, think inside must be rich. Especially when the thug is high, all their senses of self preservation goes out the window"], ["How about trying shutter grill? The one usually found in storm facing countries."], ["I think there are shops that sell windows made of mesh wires. Good for ventilation of you don't use aircond."], ["Mine. I hate grills. My house is installed with security alarm. If robbers are determined enough, grills can be bent and forcefully removed. Grills only delays crime if you dont have an alarm. So they are not as critical as alarm are at deterring trespassers."], ["get security glass/bullet proof glass. I did that for my mum's place\nsearch for polycarbonate security window"], ["I live in a gated community but all houses have grills which i think is pointless."], ["Most of Putrajaya doesn't have windows with grills and no landed communities have gates-. Instead, there is CCTV and a large police presence."], ["Well nowadays the window systems have triple lock types. You can look it up.\nhttps://doricmy.natiivedev.com.au/product/multipoint-window-lock-system/"], ["Security mesh / mesh grill"]]}
{"title": "I pay 7K+ a semester as a research student, but I can't get the most important thing I need for my research.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kesed/i_pay_7k_a_semester_as_a_research_student_but_i/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "I need training servers to run my experiments. I get it, the university doesn't have one. But they could at least help me indirectly by forgiving some of my fees (I need RM2K max). After all, I am paying all that amount for the university to help me with my research. But in this case, I am getting the opposite result. All my money goes paying fees, which I could have used to rent training servers and actually do my experiments.\n(It's a public research university and the amount is so high because I am an international)", "comments": [["Aren't those usually covered by grants your supervisor should have? Academic fees aren't going to your research in any case.", "Research students covered by grants don't pay fees. The grant is to cover their fees (and in many cases for the stipend they receive). At least, I haven't seen any such case of it. (For example, something like this)\nThe fees are also for the resources made available by the university. Like journal subscriptions. Most top research universities in the world usually also have training servers (people from those part of the world would consider it ludicrous to have to pay for training servers yourself). So in a sense, there's an expectation that your fees will provide you with the resources you need to do the research.", "Yes, there are research students that are covered by grants. But there are supervisors that would also have grants that is of too small monetary value to pay for a student full time but is more than sufficient to pay for equipment and research material. I thought this is the more common scenario compared to getting your full fees covered by a grant?\nOn to your point on the minimal expectation of what the university should provide, what did your supervisor or faculty dean say when you brought the issue to them? A research journal subscription is a universal resource that all students will benefit but a training server is a bit more specialized. I would guess the budget for that would have to come for the faculty instead instead of the overall university budget.", "I have brought the issue up to my supervisor, but he hasn't mentioned anything about funding.\nI am not sure how the university budget works, but I would expect at least some of my fees to be going to the faculty for the resources like computer labs and other facilities that are meant specifically for research students.", "The last time I had to buy something for a theses years ago, my supervisor offered to reimburse. Maybe you'll need to impress stronger you need a paid service or dedicated racks.\nIn any case, it's up to the faculty to provide such infrastrucure. Going to treasury or chancellory wouldn't be fruitful as they have no insight into your particular research needs.", "I see. Yeah, makes sense. I will try to go to the academic advisor of my faculty and see if they can provide me some options."], ["When it comes to financial matters, isn't it usually the other way around for PhD? PhD students are paid a stipend to do research from the funding their respective departments get.\nPayiny for a PhD isn't exactly worth it, at least in STEM.", "Yeah, that's how it works in Europe and America I believe. I am a Masters student though. It's a full research programme (no coursework other than the ones also taken by PhD students), so it's like a mini-PhD type of thing. Although, PhD students here also pay fees every semester.", "This is not always the case in Malaysia"], ["That's why the models I trained for my master research were all small enough to run on Colab \ud83e\udd72 mayb can try getting grant from uni? If full research, might be eligible. Mine was mixed mode so I can't even apply for it.\nAlso, do ask your supervisor. My supervisor mentioned that there was a GPU from another research's grant that I can lend, but it was pretty much the same as what Colab/Colab Pro offer so yeah. I ended up spending like rm300 on Colab Pro.", "I have spent RM200 so far on one experiment. Need to run at least 5 others. I am mostly using vast.ai to rent. It's not very reliable, but doable. The major problem is I need an RTX4090, because the model doesn't fit on smaller VRAM GPUs."], ["Here.. requested like that is hard to get approved... should use AWS server even cheaper"], ["I did my masters in neural networks over a decade ago at a global top ranked uni. I didn't have grants or access to processing power either. Tuition fees per year back then was over RM100k.\nAccess to resources is a function of the research topic getting grants to fund it, not all topics are created equal unfortunately."], ["Rent a GPU from a CSP."]]}
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{"title": "Ministry of Transport to introduce on-demand transit van service to improve public transport", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kea0y/ministry_of_transport_to_introduce_ondemand/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["part of the RM50 million allocation under Budget 2024 to enhance public transportation will be used to purchase vans\nLease instead during the testing phase"], ["MOT would continue advocacy efforts to prohibit private vehicles from using bus lanes for a year before issuing compounds for the offence\nMOT should immediately start issuing compounds"], ["Meanwhile intro an on demand car transit service to solve the last mile issue.", "Grab asked if you have brain problems."], ["Very interesting but I don't quite understand how it's going to work. MOT does promise to reveal details later", "This video does a great explanation on how this Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) works.\nIts basically Grab for buses.\nYou put bus stops scattered around a designated area, but there are no fixed routes.\nInstead, you find and go to a nearest bus stop, use an app (or just call them if you're not tech savvy) to call a bus and pick your destination bus stop. This part is just like Grab.\nWhat's different is that many people can call the same bus, and the algorithm will recalculate the most optimal route for the bus to pick up and drop off all its passengers in the most efficient way possible.\nA few cities in UK and Japan are implementing this kind of tech-supported transit model, which could be the future of transit in rural areas or semi-urban areas with small population densities that couldn't justify regular transit services.", "Thanks, very interesting", "You can look at companies like KUMPOOL for reference."]]}
{"title": "Desperate, doomed move: Lokman Adam claims Daim, Dr Mahathir behind Langkah Dubai", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ucdpj/desperate_doomed_move_lokman_adam_claims_daim_dr/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Pikachusupriseface.meme.jpg\nYoudontsay.meme.jpg"], [":26554:\nKek.\nSomeone knows he's fucked once new YDPA heads office."], ["Kangkang Mahadiu"], ["The madhatter's at it again!"], ["Lambat pulak orang tua ni nak pergi. Amal makan telur dengan Omega 3 setiap hari ke apa?"], ["This sub still believe word from this moron?"]]}
{"title": "RM3.46bil highway deal awarded by caretaker govt raises ethical questions", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ke7ra/rm346bil_highway_deal_awarded_by_caretaker_govt/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["NGOs have been calling for a separate law to clearly delineate what a caretaker government can or cannot do\nAgreed"]]}
{"title": "AirAsia thieving practices", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ke1cl/airasia_thieving_practices/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Do you guys notice this on Air Asia when you are purchasing the tickets, seats and etc. ? It is very clear that they are stealing from you. 1st image is before the payment stage. 2nd image is during the payment stage. I could be stupid so maybe someone can help me clarify this thing.\nPre Payment Page\nPayment Page", "comments": [["AA ran by crooks. I didn\u2019t get my cash refund. Fu Tony", "I got a refund. Use your Credit Card. Do a charge back. Don't settle for their Credits.\nIt is possible to get refund"], ["Air ASSia"], ["Still cheaper than MAS.\nBut as always, you can always report to the authority. Don't complain if no action taken by you.", "Not necessarily all the time tho. I bought tickets to come back home for CNY and AA is three times the price of MAS (bought during year end sale).", "Wooo I actually never experienced that, I'll keep an eye out.\nBut then again my comment is still towards OP's post. Don't think MAS can beat that.", "I did both on AirAsia side and MAVCOM.", "Okay then, see what's their findings."], ["haha Airasia"], ["AA is not my 1st choice. I mean if i want a topless massage during my video call, then yes. Otherwise fuck no."], ["That's not cheating or thieving. It's you who click and chose the Value Pack.\nYou could easily avoid it by not selecting any ADDONS.", "If you look at the picture value pack over there. Pre Payment page its 75 then suddenly it rises up 112.5 even if you factor in the tax it will not be that much. I wanted the ADDONS and its price is set at 75, suddenly it changed that is why I am PISSED. If that is not cheating or thieving i dont know what is.\nIf you go to a shop the price tag is RM 50 then suddenly the price changes at the counter to RM 80 are you going to be happy with it? I just want some justification on why the price fluctuate too much from what was stated earlier.", "Never had that kind of experience"], ["Ok I figured it out, its the tax for the add ons they didnt even remotely mention that until the last minute. Great move AirAsia. They are just hiding everything so you will see the price is lower. I guess i am stupid \ud83d\ude43\nOkay i did the math it didnt check out something is wrong here.", "Bro, your first ticket the discrepancy is the tax on the insurance. The second is an rm 3 difference because of the item you chose.", "I opt out of the insurance. From whatever the prompt is on the last one. I did not take anything extra other than the saves Pass and Seat selection."], ["The 1st flight value pack increased by rm40. You added something like extra insurance or something? Since its a pre-set price item (non fluctuating like seat ticket), maybe they shoed in some extra stuff?"], ["I bought AirAsia to fly back to Malaysia, damn changed my flights three times. The last change was 2 weeks before my flight.\nI lost a day of planning thanks to AA\nIt never happened to me ever but I know they are Cheap but never again..."], ["Yes \u2026 please always check the luggage price it may varied everytime you reload .. also two different internet browsers at the same time give two different price .. i really hope MAS can get competitive .. i dont mind to go for MAS if it is slightly more expensive..", "At this point I will never use AA ever again. But good tip on the internet browser and price fluctuation I will keep an eye on it. Thanks."]]}
{"title": "Technology literacy in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vnap0/technology_literacy_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 206, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Just watched a few tik toks in Malay promoting cheap \"gaming\" laptops and oh my god the gullibility of the people in the comments actually made me mad. And the sad thing is that Malay speaking content creators take advantage of these people and either shill shitty product for exorbitant prices or outright scam their audience.\nSo what do yall think?", "comments": [["its the case of anak nak gaming laptop but bapak bukan gamer. so bapak pun beli saja since it says gaming laptop. well idk what spec are we looking at but im pretty sure the newer gen stuff can be used for \"budget gaming\"", "half of my friends tak tau boleh upgrade RAM and think 8gb is the maximum..\non a 3060 laptop...", "oh man i used to game with intel intergrated graphics XD", "I game on an MX 130 lol. In 2023.", "i5 8250, 8gb ram, MX150, 2gb vram, in 2024 playing x-plane. have to use a lot of plugin to reduce graphic and plug the charger all the time. still can play la haha", "Same, now in 2024.\ud83d\ude11\ud83d\ude11\ud83d\ude01", "Speaking of which! Some of them ironically didnt know that they ran some games with integrated graphics but they didnt know.\nall they say is \"bapak ah game tgh lah sial\"", "Oh yeah this happened to my cousin who is a software engineer. Years ago he bought a gaming PC but somehow he had been playing his games with monitor connecting to the motherboard hdmi output. It went on for half a year until I noticed and pointed it out to him. His realization was hilarious.\nI find it weird that there's alot of people i know who are pro at software (i.e. IT, coding or design) but are completely clueless outside of the software they use.", "Integrated graphic are getting good and more efficient lately", "Yo but amd intefrated graohics is freaking awesome tho. Got an old amd cpu with it for like Rm99 and it can run gta 5 high setting like a boss", "Yeah, I have a Ryzen 5600h with an integrated graphics card and it runs pretty well on 2010s games. Don't expect the same performance in modern games though.", "wtf really?", "the APU of Amd back then is really good for super budget setup,it still is good with the ryzen architecture", "And it\u2019s what Steam deck based on also", "Here I am stressing about putting 4 stick into my mobo n if the XPM would be disabled. While simultaneously fussing about the ram timing.\nwtfisitsocomplicatedsigh", "nahh itll always folo the slowest one. just keep it simple n use same model/brand/series for all the slots.", "I bought hyperx Fury just before covid as stock is running out. Its more expensive compared to like silicon power, so was checking out if can mix n match.\nIn fact, the seller only had rgb in stock precovid, so my case only the ram is lit fabulously lol. Damm sesat look.", "ignorance is bliss i guess\nthe problem is before they find out they planned to buy a new laptop.. or a prebuilt", "Some laptops can swap RAM nowadays tho, so I'd still blame it on those users for not educating themselves.", "The worst part is i once called them out but they say \" we're not rich like you\" but spend money on games thrice that amount.", "I think it isn't entire wrong, while some laptop still designed with upgradable memory on the motherboard, but most of the thin/ultra books have designed them as onboard memory which means non-upgradable.", "it really depends on the laptop model though, most laptop allow upgrade but there are some that are ass enough to have their RAM soldered onto it and non-upgradable", "I dont disagree. but they bought specifically gaming laptops that are gimped with 8gb ram with an empty slot. but they dunno anything about it", "Yeah you are right but these tiktok scammers are not selling new gen stuff, they are selling laptop 1 malaysia level chromebook from 2010's and advertise them as gaming laptops.", "owwh if thats the case we can flag that to tik tok as false advertizing. maybe go even better send to KPDN(idk what they can do rn really) XD", "Nah cuz \"gaming laptop\" is a really broad term. A laptop can be considered a gaming laptop even though it can only run minesweerper so that's an unfortunate loophole", "yeah thats quite a loophole.", "I don\u2019t think that would fly as \u201cgaming\u201d laptop. You would have to be a gigantic idiot with zero knowledge on what modern gaming is to fall for such a claim.", "Which is more than half of the people. All they know is more ram = better performance which is not totally wrong but there's more than just ram", "Except the people who are selling those stuff are not telling what generation CPU it is. I saw several ads telling 8th generation i7 below with no dedicated GPU \"gaming\" laptop"], ["Not just the Malay speaking audience, its every single society segment.\nThem young ones didn't have to troubleshoot their tech as often as millennials have to back in the day. If you never have to meddle to get things going, you won't have any incentive to learn more deeply than just using the thing.", "True. I used to think Gen Z would be better at tech so when I found the opposite, I thought it was weird until I read a similar comment like yours.\nA lot of the tech we have today is very streamlined compared to the late 90s to early 00s. They don\u2019t grow up tinkering a PC because a phone or tablet already fulfil their needs. Wifi routers now come with apps that make set up a breeze. Pirated stuff was rampant that we learned how to detect dangerous sites and deal with malware. Printers still suck, but we have less and less reasons to even print something in the first place.\nApart from PC gamers, I could now see why Gen Z is less tech literate. It\u2019s not their fault.", "You miss a huge point. Most of tech is now becoming less open. Everything is pretty much solder in and can't be changed. Only pc remain customizable. In the future even car knowledge is going down", "yes, which is why we need to have a right to repair thingy going on like what people are fighting for in the USA", "Good point too. I can\u2019t upgrade anything on my laptop.", "Hopefully framework laptop become normalise. EU is our only hope to reverse the trend", "Wait hold up are we talking about software literacy or hardware literacy??", "Both. Considering voice is also becoming more accessible. Just like how most today no longer need to hand write letter. I'm sure future norme generations need less typing and just use text to speech. Just like sense of direction since GPS become norm.", "its ok, the more the lesser there is on freedom, education and the good will to do things that are interesting, fun and meaningful, the more the people gonna start riots and wars. don't give face, consumerism or control or whatever, the future generations must know about all the important stuffs to continue having good lives. Lawan. Jgn ditindas. Kasi Bomb itu tempat. HA HA HA HA...", "True. I'm GenZ but my first phone was a 5 year old Redmi 2 that crashed all the time. Troubleshooting all of the endless issues made me interested in tech and knowledgeable about the intricacies of android like different runtimes. Eventually I picked up coding in form 3 and pretty much self learnt python and some C++.", "That\u2019s cool! Keep it up", "Not just hardware. Back in those days, windows was just crappy. Occasionally, it needs to be formatted and reinstalled just to keep it working properly. These days it has become reliable enough that we almost never need to reinstall the OS that comes preinstalled for the entire lifetime of the laptop.", "Another good point! We don\u2019t even need to defrag anymore.", "lagi cantik sekarang just give minor bug.. button kenot press then got sometimes annoying little things happen.. its ok la... a.i. programming language also seemed like got humour and mischief.. when ask to wear seksi sikit pun tak nak kasi tunjuk. HA HA HA HA HA.. main main. koyak baju baru tau. HA HA HA HA HA", "This is exactly why my 12yo got a mid range pc for his Christmas present. Now if he complains it isn't working well enough he can figure out which part needs replacing and what he wants to replace it with himself.\n(EDIT for shitty spelling)", "Great idea!", "You did a good thing", "There are people out there who don't know how to use windows or even navigate folders since they grew up with iPads\nhttps://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z", "True that. My first PC was supposed to be fully spec-ed to the teeth, and my dad paid an arm and leg for that. Turn out the shop conned us and gave us shitty parts. Gotta work and fix it so often that I learnt how to put together a PC pre-internet times", "yeah! there is now entire generation that dont know how to use a game controller!", "More likely don't know how to use a physical keyboard without auto correct than controller.", "Keyboard > Game Controller -> Touch Screen.\nI suspect he meant some mobile corny and stupid games. Only when ones get serious about AAA gaming, they had to earn the 10,000 hours.", "You... Did you watch Thor? That story threw cold water on me. Man, next gen gamers be wild.", "I have never touched a Nintendo switch ever in my life, of course I'm not going to know how to use that specific game controller", "i mean there kids now literally pushing aside controllers trying to press the screen as if its touchscreen.", "well then that's an entire issue", "Is this based on the short by Thor?", "I agreed, I helping someone with a Computer Science degree, asked him to reseat his RAM.\nHe said he don't know how to open his PC case, and don't know how remove RAM...", "To be fair it\u2019s software and not hardware specialisations.", "even worse, it's closer to theory and mathematics than it is to software, let alone tinkering with hardware.", "I'm a CS major and there's a course in my college that taught us how to pick and install PC components", "Yeah. Taking electrical engineering does not mean that i can fix your fridge. Haha", "TIL CS student learns how to build a PC", "CS \u2260 tech literate.\nDepending on their focus, they prolly might know more on programming side rather than the handy mandy parts.\nI think if they're doing IT (information technology) and still doesn't know much about the physical components of a PC, that's an issue.", "OMG. He will not survive..", "new gen only good at tok kok, but don't really know shit honestly. They're good at pointing out issues, but dont know or wont even bother learning how to fix it\n\"look, my car has a punctured tyre. Car seller need to make sure all tyre wont have this problem anymore. Lets all protest\"\n\"in the mean time, did you change the tyre first?\"\n\"why should I?\"", "Complex things became simple, but in reality it is still complex, just designed so most people can use it without bothering with the details. I would say foolproof, but even fools sometimes break them. Ready made things are a lot easier to have than something you need to make on your own. While i still believe that professional stuff should be left to the experts, i do believe that you should have a minimum understanding of something that you own.\nI still see people using default SSID that their ISP set for them. Many people drive cars without knowing how to maintain it, they just know have problem go to workshop, no money can still drive use until it breaks. For a pc, unless the user took the effort, most people dont even know what parts their own computer has."], ["I don't use TikTok but based on the stuff creators are promoting on YouTube it's pretty bad everywhere\nbomb power supplies\noverpriced trash\netc etc", "Yep same on tiktok but I think it's even worse. Promoting literal e-waste with that annoying ass voice and smug accent", "Can you link the video? I'm not on the Malaysian Tech algorithm it seems"], ["As a millennial myself with a computer engineering background, I started to avoid answering computer illiterate person about why their laptop/PC/smartphone is too slow for gaming. I'll just tell them to go and buy the most expensive device they can afford. If the games is still lagging, that's mean you are just too poor to afford a gaming device.", "That's a very nice and simple way to put it. I'll be using your answer as well but of course without the mention of poor part hahaha", "then they go buy macbook XD"], ["i5 i5 bagus bagus, turns out it is gen 1 i5? and the wow 16gb ddr3 ram? lol", "No shit I saw a vid saying that acer nitro 5 has 84 gb of ram lmao. I immediately called out their bullshit", "Yeah I see posts like\nGAMING PC MURAH\nCORE I7\nGTX GRAPHIC CARD\nReality: i7 1st gen, gtx 650, fire hazard psu, way too many rgb puke fans", "Can you recommend me a good one within student budget?", "what's your budget? some students consider 10k is a student budget. lmao", "dafuqfr ? i know generally u need atlease 4k for a decent laptop for student but 10k ??", "haiyaaa.. read properly laa.. 4k of course is good enough laa.. I'm talking about those rich as fuck, dumb fuck students who born with fuck you money.. that's why I put \"some\" and ask what's his budget?", "i know u did state \"some\" but it still large amount.\nmy nearby friends all mostly buy laptop more than 5k (hell one of em bought a laptop from harvey norman for almost 6k with 1660 ti 2 years ago) or just get 2nd shop. not one of em buy new and value buy laptop", "And what games do you play ? If you play Cyberpunl 2077 or Alan Wake 2 I would say forget it", "If your budget is 2k\u00b1. I'd suggest an integrated APU for starters. Ryzen 5 5600g, 16gb ram ddr4, 1tb nvme, 550w PSU. This is as basic as you can get, upgrade to dedicated gpu down the line. Unless you're looking for laptops", "This is worse than buying overpriced rubbish 'gaming' pc from wish.com"], ["Not just Malays la. I was actually quite surprised as well. I thought in this age these new gen would be somewhat literate regarding tech. Boy was I wrong. Type keyboard guna dua jari telunjuk. Words & excel x payah cerita la. I mean. Don't they teach all these in school? I remember started to learn all this in primary school. Sudah abolished ka?", "No, it is never abolished, its just idiots being idiots", "People just don't want to learn."], ["A lot of people don't know how to google. I think half of our problem can be solved easily if people know how to use their phone effectively lol. Heck I think significant of my time can be reduced if my clients know how to use the internet and not just social media smh\nI own a printing store so I deal with a lot of printing stuff and I'd say 80% of my customer don't even know how to send thing through whatsapp. Also the amount of people who SCREENSHOT THE IMAGES FROM THEIR GALLERY AND SEND IT TO ME instead of just sending that goddamn original images is so damn high then they got pissed when the img is so blur", "Googling the right thing is definitely a whole separate skill. There should be a whole free course on how to properly use Google", "Well I agree, googling the right thing (niche thing I suppose) def need skill. But googling in general shouldn't be too hard like what do you mean you don't know how to find \"contoh surat rasmi buka akaun bank\" \ud83d\ude2d", "Googling isn't hard, it just not the default behaviour anymore. I've noticed that more and more people prefer to be fed information rather than seeking it out themselves.\nIt's not that Googling is hard, it's just it doesn't even cross their minds to do it.", "You're right about that ain't gonna lie. There's even ChatGPT now to make it easier although giving the right prompts itself is also another whole separate skill \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d Not a W situation at all hahaha", "Quality of Google has declined over the years thanks to endless content shit farms, SEO, and more lately, AI generated content. Anyone who's tried to use Google for technical/nuanced discussion can probably agree it's quite difficult to find quality content now (even with the 'adding \"reddit\" to the end of your query' trick), couple with this newer gen and their approach to passively receive information, the internet as we knew it is dead.", "I work in IT retail and customers prefer to ignore us workers and instead Google while standing in front of the item they want to find. They end up taking a lot of time.", "Also the amount of people who SCREENSHOT THE IMAGES FROM THEIR GALLERY AND SEND IT TO ME instead of just sending that goddamn original images is so damn high then they got pissed when the img is so blur\nOh yeah i know that feeling very well.\nI often help my dad and uncles to print out basic documents and receipts/invoices for their work. Most of the time and I mean 99% of the time, they either send me a phone screenshot of the document/ OR literally taking a photo of the hardcopy document (not even using the feature that can convert the camera into scanner). These jpg images often get forwarded so many times via whatsapp or wechat until they became so compressed that you can't even read the text!\nYou know what's the worst ones I've received? SENDING ME A JPG OF A PHONE DISPLAYING A JPG OF THE DOCUMENT. OMFG CAN YOU PLEASE FORWARD ME THE PDF FILE."], ["I have a computer store and I was surprised that many customers came to me asking if Chromebook available. Most just look at price rather than spec\ud83d\ude13", "Yeah but you gotta take their budget into consideration. A lot of people can't afford a 1000+ laptop for work ya know", "you are not gonna get any new decent 'work' laptop even for 1000+, used or budget laptops yes", "welllllll its like that for many things really ahahaha malaysian right? ahahahaha. me imma spec person. but price.... well price is price ahahahaha gotta lower my expectations XD", "Or stock the actual decent Chromebook from Joi, Acer, Asus, etc instead of out of support Chromebook from years ago."], ["I'd say it's an intersectionality of several factors.\nMalaysians are generally penny-wise and pound-foolish. That's how so many are so easily duped into voting for the wrong parties, selecting the wrong leaders, making ill-advised spending, etc etc.\nNext, its technology literacy. For one thing, I noticed many in the malaysian population are, and might never be for the next 5 years, not ready for AI. By the time AI really runs in this country's economy and industry in full force, many might be losing their jobs. Of course, politicians might wanna prevent that from happening to save jobs, but that might just drag us further behind---as if we're not lagging already---in terms of output and production.\nthird, orang kite mentality. I've seen Malays scamming fellow malays into get rich quick schemes, saving plans, and even bogus Nabi relics exhibition. Looking at Hadi Awang is enough, another well known snake oil salesman. A lot of Malays are willing to trust a stranger just because he or she is from the same race instead of using critical thinking and analytical skills to discern truths for themselves", "By the time AI really runs in this country's economy and industry in full force, many might be losing their jobs. Of course, politicians might wanna prevent that from happening to save jobs, but that might just drag us further behind---as if we're not lagging already---in terms of output and production.\nAI in its current or upcoming form is not the promise its proponents, shills, critics, doomsayers, \"influencers\" claim it will be. Just like crypto. It's very underwhelming in reality. If the economy is gonna be shit, it will be for other reasons.", "Any reference to what you state? Because as I experienced from work, AI+analytics+automation has been progressing rapidly for the last 1 decade and no sight of underwhelming as you mentioned. There are many aspects of AI, although we have not reached AGI yet, which AI aspects to you think it is underwhelming?", "true ,true and all true!"], ["Hey there, currently in the United States. The same thing can be said for more \"rural\" areas, advertisement targets lower-income and technology-illiterate individuals. even worse is the credit payment plan, since America loves credit. A cheap 300-dollar laptop can cost 1000 with interest."], ["GAMING PC MURAH BOLEH MAIN PUBG , DOTA2.\nSPEC : 2nd Gen i5 + GT730.\nTechnically can play PUBG and Dota 2 at 14fps at 720p..", "Then they sell it for 2000 lol", "14 fps?? \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d", "You'd be lucky if it even launch", "Im surprised they still even have those in stock", "Can become a r/lowendgaming story", "dota 2 maybe not, since when my friend forced me to play dota 2, with my current Minecraft server PC(i3 4170 GT720) I can run DOTA 2 at 120fps", "Benda ni boleh buatkan orang kena gelak kaw-kaw dah..."], ["Thats why Malaysia is syurga scammer.", "a prc supplier once admitted as much to me"], ["Malaysian in a nutshell:\n\"Oh they have a lot of following so everything they say must be true!\"\n\"HOLY SHIT MURAH GILA!\" *proceeds to buy without even look at the products components\nKesah lak murah ke tak, asalkan ada perkataan \"gaming\". Same thing \"gaming\" chairs. For god sakes most of them aren't even good for your back.", "Ergonomic office chairs > Gaming chairs"], ["Scrolled very long in Malay gaming scene and out of the many videos I only saw two honest creators smh.", "Please share who the two honest content creators are, they definitely need more love from us.", "I hope Monaliza bro is one of them at least.", "I think even Monaliza has been criticized once in a while, not as egregious as this though. I think they released a video a while back reviewing a really dubious and cheap Android Box claiming it can do 4K, people called them out on it. Ironically, that review came after they released a video of their opinion on the whole LTT drama.", "Need to know who are they", "Turns out Melayu sendiri yang pijak Melayu. What a surprise"], ["Yeah especially when they say chromebook is good. like bruh no\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0fget a refurbished laptop instead its far better", "Nothing wrongs with Chromebook if all the user need to do is browse facebook or watch youtube and some light typing on googles docs.\nVery good battery life and relatively secure.", "But to advertise it as a gaming laptop when there are already laptops specifically in that segment is pretty much misleading and false advertising.", "Too overpriced tho"], ["I know a ton of people that put their Wifi router in a cabinet somewhere, or behind their TV, and yet blame TM for shitty connections.", "Granted, TM aint the best either, they got their problems too\n(bad routing, crappy chinese no name routers [who is aztech])"], ["It\u2019s the consumer culture here in Malaysia. Tech is sold at less than reputable stores and there\u2019s only one big box store and they rip you off.\nCompared to say Best Buy in the U.S., video cards, CPUs, pre made PCs are all clearly displayed and the consumer is informed.\nMalaysia doesn\u2019t have good consumer protection laws and the general mentality is if you get ripped off then it\u2019s your fault."], ["People nowadays do not bother to Google and do any basic research before buying anything. Surprisingly from my circle of friends this goes the same with degree graduates."], ["I have no idea how to see how good they are. But I always ask for the specifications and compare it in game requirements test to see if can play or not.\nAlways check in game requirement test before buying.", "Yeah but the commenters always asking \"Roblox boleh tak? Blackshot boleh tak? San andreas boleh tak?\". Choosing the lowest end games as tester is genuinely making me mad. Either that or that guy that ask can pubg be played on a chromebook lmao", "Lol seriously? If like that just buy a RM300 laptop and it should work. The game I want to play lowest specs atleast RM700."], ["r u sure they dunno bout the specs\nim more astonished of the prices", "Yep. Saw one claimed acer nitro 5 has 84 gb of ram lmao", "84GB of RAM??? Gahdamn bro they tryna do server stuff for NASA bro", "Nah NASA sent people to moon with 4kb of ram", "plot twist: 84GB DDR ram."], ["You have no idea. I have some many people have trouble creating PDF from JPEG and these people just graduate from high school just a few years ago.", "Tbh I still have no idea to do it properly and just use online websites instead cuz every single app that I use ask you to sign up and shit", "Well you can always pirate the apps lol"], ["Can play Dota2, cannot play Minecraft"], ["I think the people who usually fall for all this stuff usually dont have the time to actually do research on the matter (too many other commitments), or they are just too trusting especially when its a source they are comfortable with (influencer, friend, uncle etc) or they are just dumb MFs. Its not just a malay thing, its a people thing."], ["Honestly, I myself had lost track of todays gaming tech. I was a gamer back in the days, and my knowledge in pc can be considered advanced. But nowadays, im totally lost. In terms of OS and softwares, I am still up to date a bit, but in terms of hardware.... nope. My knowledge are more towards phones now.\nWhen buying a pc or laptop, i just find my friend who is knowledgeable in this, tell him what i want to do, my budget, and then he will list down the specs that meets my needs.\nI dont even remember the graphic card used for my son pc. Hahahaha"], ["I don't think it's just technology literacy. That might be one of the key component. But I think it strikes deeper into media literacy. Identifying scams in media, be it audio or visual or both is a general skill, the reason one would believe in conspiracy theories spread through WhatsApp is the same reason people will fall for scams like these.\nIf you have strong media literacy, you would not be as easily preyed upon by these scummy business tactic. (not impossible, just harder, and avoid the drunning kruger effect)"], ["Yeah the seller said that pc has wifi and the comment asks wifi how much a month hahahaha"], ["I am guilty. I have zero knowledge of computers.", "That's what google is for my dude. Just search up linus laptop buying guide and learn from there. Oh and avoid the malay speaking side at all cost cuz most of them are shills", "Go to buildapc before buying anything!", "Watch these YouTubers called Jarrod's Tech and PC Centric. All you need to know tbh."], ["If anyone here is looking for a gaming laptop and can at least understand English, I recommend this youtuber called Jarrod's Tech. He helped me in my decision to get my gaming laptop and so far I'm very happy with my purchase.", "or go to places like r/laptops", "r/GamingLaptops to be more specific", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/laptops using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Got drunk and puked on my Lenovo Ideapad gaming 3, is there any way to clean under the keys or could any professionals do it? | 371 comments\n#2: i added an extra heatsink to this poor laptop. | 148 comments\n#3: Is this bad | 162 comments\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["Business opportunities selling refurbished business or office laptop that just decommissioned."], ["I know basic computering but nothing fancy. But even as me whose not really a tech guy can see this scam is just, haih, theyre using gullible people, parents especially.\nThough, id say good for them. My parents doesnt buy me shits that easily when i was a kid, even phones are second hands that able to use basic smartphone stuff. Gotta learn the hard way id say"], ["There's a seafood/durian Chinese guy who's selling used Chromebooks as \"Gaming laptop\". So it's not a racial thing. Generally, many tech illiterate people are in the country."], ["As someone who manages the IT of my department any pc/laptop with gen 8 and below is not worth it. Obviously these content scammers don\u2019t know what they are talking about. Even in Shoppee there are seller selling gen 6 for more than rm1k"], ["I see it on fb as well, some random post advertising junk products and everyone in the comment section asking link pls, where can buy, so cheap onz buy, etc...\nThe amount of people who dont even bother to check the product quality, product usage & proper reviews but just look at the PRICE because some random page shared about it. Later, they complain product bad lah, scam me, all dumb excuses for their own stupidity.", "and then proceed to blame the bank for \"no security\" when they try to get discount by downloading shady app", "this also, those who download random apps really no hope\nno common sense"], ["Those are mostly kampung people who are less likely to be technologically literate.", "Yeah I know. Really sad to see tbh cuz they are getting scammed hard"], ["It's norm wait till you join pc group and just to watch drama unfold."], ["can you share those tiktok acc? would love to expose them", "Search up gaming laptop on tiktok and you'll find plenty"], ["those \u201cgullible people\" are bot."], ["not really Malaysia or Malay issue, they just copy marketing strategy from China n orang putih."], ["It's tiktok."], ["In this age where information is readily available online."], ["if you're spending any considerable amount of money on a product without doing extensive research then its really on you for getting tricked tbh"], ["Someone in pc gaming community fb group made a post complaining about this, then that kedai made police report. Something like fitnah or mencarut (the OP did use vulgar words to describe)"], ["As a millennial, I see a profit opportunity. If that's what the consumer wants, its what the market will provide.", "Sounds like market ripe for disruption for people who can tell the truth. Whether the good pc is affordable or not i dont know lah.", "good acceptable spec for me usually will range 2K+. anything below is just for school/office work n presentations n maybe for online/retail shops. doing those office stuff."], ["We are NOT yet a first world country and many people in Mlysia are not ICT expert,please be real", "Yeah I know. But at the very least they have the knowledge of googling what this and that is. Instead, they just blindly believe what this random person on the internet is saying", "Maybe they are dumb, truly dumb"], ["Another thing people often overlook in laptop specs is GPU wattage. There's a reason why some laptops are cheaper than their counterparts (+quality).", "I made that mistake with my previous gaming laptop. I got a Dell G3 the cheap one with GTX 1650. I didn't know the TGP was pretty low at the time. The i5-9300h was also probably bottlenecking my laptop. It was a rookie mistake. Now I moved over to the Lenovo LOQ series with my GPU having 115W TGP. No regrets."], ["I don\u2019t play games. So I just buy a M3 MacBook Pro and upgraded the ram to 16GB."], ["Probably because people think that gaming pc = console in terms of performance."], ["The logic is...as time move forward .. the latest laptop..already capable of playing..games...just don't expect for the game can play at full spec... Need to go basic level...graphic, shadows...etc.. Same like.mobile.phone..now.if go and buy...redmi note 10...already can play games...CODM..pubg... The setting out lowest...for longevity... All the now highest specs expensive pc or mobile fon...after 10 years will be cheap...the technology inside those machine will pass down ... Who know in the year 2030...all the cheap laptop is the high specs..."], ["What are their specs?", "Intel celeron should tell you everything. The other one i saw was a chromebook that can't even run the os properly", "\ud83d\udc80\nAnd they are passing them off as gaming laptops? That's a scam.", "Celeron should be banned", "celeron? lol wtf"], ["most people are not interested in learning stuff outside their interest, like food folks will be ignorant to what they eat.\nit is just for some of us, interest had to be learnt the hard way when we were growing up."], ["Probably because people using certain languages usually wouldn't look at the details of those products in other languages due to lacking competency to read and understand long passage plus jargon, so these content creators took this advantage. For example, I used both Italian and Jap to search for best pc 2023, but the recommended vids to watch lesser in Italian which almost all contents come from the same creator (and you never know whether it's accurate without comparison). This can form information cocoons when ppl are unable or fewer to actively search for contents in other languages. And information cocoons are almost every part of society makes wealth from.\n<image>\nBtw I think only Eng and ch can direct more comprehensive search results...other languages..no."], ["genuine question from a tech illiterate:\nwhat do y'all think of those custom-built laptops like Illegear, Aftershock, Level51 etc.? Are they worth the price?", "No", "\"local\" brands like illegear, aftershock, level51 just buy chinese odm laptops from manufactures like Clevo or Tongfang, slap their name onto it and sell it\nNothing exactly wrong with that since those 2 brands make for various other brands as well, but the components that can be easily changed (RAM, SSD) would be determined by your reseller (do they give you cheap crappy ssd or good name brand ssd) and also the more important part is the warranty and after sales support\nI wouldn't completely dismiss them, just do your research and pick the best option"], ["Me working in retail selling IT stuff: True story bro....."], ["well, in my entire life I've only met one dude who knows remotely anything about tech."], ["i have to google what \u201cshill\u201d meaning"], ["My kid will be lucky to have me. I hope they are good at maths though. But amd integrated nowadays is quite okay, good enough for valorant and genshin which is what kids plays nowadays. Keyword: NOW."], ["You guys game with PC?"], ["My friend wanted a new laptop for his Uni work and he did a survey on a tech store (He came in with his parents). He asked for a laptop that could do heavy graphics design work (Preferably the one that has RTX) and the store retailer offered him a laptop with an Intel Iris GPU for the price of 3K.\nThankfully he knows technology and his father understood his work."], ["lul i created a thread about this the other day"], ["Its the same scenario as a non-car guy going to a showroom or the mechanic."], ["not just malay, everyone that sells tech and knows their audience/customer doesnt know shit will always push stuff to sell"]]}
{"title": "Can Malaysian with Singapore driving license allowed to drive?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kdsvv/can_malaysian_with_singapore_driving_license/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Am I allowed to drive Malaysia registered car with a Singapore driving license, or I need to convert back to Malaysia license with JPJ?", "comments": [["Can", "Police won't tangkap me ha if they see me using Malaysia IC but Singapore license..", "No la. Hahaha. Although they may ask some questions. But thats about it.", "Thanks.. was so worried that I have to retake the driving test again lol...", "Weyh if you can pass SG license test the Malaysia one is no kick. /s I kidding.", "Hahhahaha \ud83d\ude03\ud83d\ude03\ud83d\ude03 so bad"], ["eh stay in sg. :P"]]}
{"title": "'Kereta baru beli tak sampai sejam, tenggelam dalam banjir kilat'", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kdjvh/kereta_baru_beli_tak_sampai_sejam_tenggelam_dalam/", "num_comment": 65, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The fact that Proton\u2019s X50,X70, X90 is chock full of electronics and tech makes this even worse.", "Much worse if they didnt take flood coverage for their insurance", "You would think they learn after last year's flooding(or was it the year before).", "does flood coverage really matter though? I mean I know it pays for the repair but is the car even repairable after a flood. I feel that it's a gone case.", "No problem if they didnt turn on or start the engine when its still wet.", "There are some electronics that still run even when the car is not started. Not to mention any corrosion damages that will occur when a car floods.\nYou then have to deal with molding and water damage of the interior. Safe to say that the car is GONE.", "Actually, for electronics, the only potential part that can get damaged is the ecu and fuse box. Or whatever 3rd party accessories that you install that gets its power directly from the battery. Its like your phone if dropped in water. Once its under water whatever power running simply cuts off.\nFor flooded cars, its just a matter of taking everything apart and clean them including the engine. And make sure its properly dried afterwards.\nThis is provided you didnt start your car after the flood. If you start the car after the flood, then thats a whole different story.", "not waterproof ? :26559:"], ["This is some nasty luck"], ["I wanna say no worries cause of insurance but I realise we Malaysian don't tend to take the comprehensive. That may be a goner...", "Comprehensive just covers all drivers but doesn't include flood damage. Usually flood damage is separate and will require another policy", "To be honest, I only start to take the natural disaster/flood coverage after I moved to Penang. To save some pennies which is not wise nowdays.", "Add on the special perils which is for flood and also add on windscreen , cuz nowadays u dont know the tree can fall onto your car and even the traffic light pole can fall upon your car ....", "Wise move my friend", "insurance might cover the repair but I don't think the car will work the same as before the repair?", "If you are covered, Hopefully they can just call it a loss and you can buy a new one. There may be too many complications with a flood damaged vehicle. You may get a running car one day, but no guarantees on another.", "total loss is not our call though", "You're right. Thanks for the correction."], ["Saw in the forums, someones x50 been in SC for over 9 months since the last flood because of parts.", "As usual. Nothing out of ordinary lmao"], [":26557:"], ["Isn\u2019t it still under insurance? Or does the basic stuff not cover floods?\nOtherwise this is just tragic. Still paying off loans for a car that no longer exists while needing to get a new one.", "You need to request for comprehensive like flood insurance and windscreen Coverage.", "Government needs to make this package mandatory and affordable to car owners, because flooding is going to become more and more frequent in the years to come.", "Affordable sure. Making it mandatory is not a great idea tho.", "It is already affordable. And it\u2019ll get even more affordable if more people choose that option.", "Its insurance, its your choice. Like life insurance, there is dirt cheap life insurance but its your choice to take it. Car insurance also there is a lot other add ons that most dont take but should have taken it. Why you need government to make choice for you, if you can buy car you should know the risk come with it and minimise those risk", "make this package mandatory and affordable to car owners\nDon't think private insurance would do such a thing, confirm it's loss making. Better off making sure flood infra is developed for 50/100 years flood risk event."], ["Why didn\u2019t ioi mall build a multi storey car park ah? It\u2019s not like first time kena flood like this.", "There is rooftop parking", "Or at least a warning system. Blast siren in the mall when the parking is flooding a bit.", "Time for a class action lawsuit against IOI mall management? Imagine not installing a warning system considering it has flooded more than once", "When you enter the mall, the board beside the touch and go scanner says park at your own risk. Will this cover the mall ass?", "not sure. Maybe nyet lawyers can chime in?", "Not a lawyer but did ask a friend this.\nAs per current laws in Malaysia, parking areas are considered as part of private property. Thus barriers for entry (either monitory or physical or both) may be charged.\nAny damages to vehicle(s) in said area will not be borne by the provider of the area as payment is for usage of area and not security (unless explicitly expressed)\nWith regards to the IOI parking, there is well documented fact that it tends to flood. Thus persons who park there should be aware that should (and if) heavy rains occurs, they are to keep an eye on their car"], ["What\u2019s the wading depth on the car?", "Modern SUV? Up to floorbed, if you're lucky"], ["All Malaysian cars should come with this as a standard equipment.", "Only if you rajin bungkus your kereta every time you park."], ["The pain...is real..like, real real.."], ["see the neighbours next door ( Merc ) his neighbour going to cry hard", "If you can afford a Mercedes you should be able to afford the comprehensive insurance. Or replacing it with a new one for that matter."], ["local car manufaturers gotta design waterproof cars now"], ["Bukan ni annual event ke? Banjir2 kt mall tu"], ["The fault is our own, no need to point fingers.. That\u2019s why the public should not litter, no matter how small or insignificant the trash is littering should be made a crime, these garbage eventually flows into the drainage system rendering it useless and the remaining get swept into rivers, to all the litter bugs keep in mind that action have consequences change your behavior don\u2019t wait until the government enforce rules before you could have a sense of accountability.\nEdit: If you see someone littering, call them out. Use the most neutral pacifying sentences like \u201cYou\u2019ve dropped something, please pick it up.\u201d If they react with hostility, take a clear footage of features that will identify them. Their faces or vehicle registration plates.."], ["Damn"], [":28915:"], ["Takdir"], ["Lain kali beli Hilux, ada 700mm Wading depth.\nkalau tak suka SUT, go Toyota Fortuner, same body build same 700mm.\nkalau tak mampu beli second hand, toyota memang tahan lasak.", "Kawan tu dok puchong bang, bukan gua kelam", "Orang bukan beli kereta semata mata nak elak kereta rosak time banjir bang.", "While you\u2019re at it, why not suggest to buy a boat as well?"], ["If the owner got full insurance with flood damage then it will be considered a total loss and the insurance company will replace the car.\nMost people don't take flood damage insurance. Then it will be considered an \"act of God\" and won't be covered.", "So easy got replace car? Are you sure?", "If the cost to repair is > 75-80% of the car then usually they will either pay in cash (usually) or replace the vehicle", "Good to know", "Yup. Back in 2017 female colleague bought a new car. Took full insurance on it with flood damage. Went balik Kampung to show parents new car. Flood happened. Car got submerged. Since she was fully insured and car was under 1 year old, she got paid full value by insurance company. Actually they gave her 2 options: 1) similar car 2)cash value of the car. Mind you it did take them 3 months.", "Better then nothing i guess"], ["Alhamdullilah. God put you this so you don\u2019t have to face other calamity for he knows what his servants can bear. Amin."], ["When it rains it pours... and floods."], ["There has to be a Feng shui service to help ppl decide a good day to collect car. Just like good days to start a business."], ["Duit Haram caused bad luck hahaha jk jk"]]}
{"title": "Tebal sisik Cameron, Barbodes zakariaismaili", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kcfwo/tebal_sisik_cameron_barbodes_zakariaismaili/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "Sejenis tebal sisik yg hanya ada (endemic) di Pahang, khususnya di Cameron Highlands dan tanah tinggi berdekatan. Mendiami alur dan anak sungai teduh dalam hutan.\nSaiz capai 12-15cm. Omnivor.\nSaya sendiri tak jumpa lagi sbb tak pernah bawak sauk ke sana", "comments": []}
{"title": "A Monyet Sees - KL Anarki: War on Skibidi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kca6f/a_monyet_sees_kl_anarki_war_on_skibidi/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "TLDR: If you have the time, Skibidi is a superior watch to KL Anarki, though the latter has better cinematography.\nForeword\nI began the day with a marked curiosity. A resignation if you will, of the acceptance that I am older, and won\u2019t be getting any younger. So it came to my surprise that when I found myself reading an article wherein a Kindergarten teacher from Malaysia was decrying the latest Skibidi trend, I was curious beyond belief. She claimed it to have an \u201cincomprehensible storyline, promotes violence and has creepy and grotesque visuals.\u201d So armed with the accompanying albeit horrifying kid's picture, a rabbit hole I went digging. Does Skibidi have more to offer the Rakyat than say KL Anarki?\nWTF Is Skibidi\nWhat is Skibidi? Skibidi is apparently a meme made off a TikTok remix of Timbaland's Give it To Me, made in SFM, replete with your usual SFM tropes of randomness, horribly stretched 3D rigged bodies and familiar Half-Life 2 assets. It's an assorted collection of videos from a first person perspective about a war between Camera Heads and Toilet Heads, filled with popular action tropes and brutal connotations, all made by one guy apparently, which props to him. Like its title, it's a mouthful for sure, but if art is building off iteration, modern art is\u2026 Well true to its word: strange.\nObviously I thought this would be some hot trash even before I've seen a single video. I have seen references to Skibidi and of heads in toilets so naturally I checked it out, like any curious human being would. I was expecting it to be on the same level of randomness like Charlie the Unicorn, but it turned out to be a piece of media with some extremely deep visual storytelling, lore, world building and creativity mixed in with body horror and violence. It\u2019s the kind of thing you\u2019d point to if you asked the question \u201cWhat would cinematography be like if you could not reference any movies but only video games,\u201d a metaphorical irony lost on the pervasive short attention spans of society.\nWhat also shocked me is that unlike The Backrooms which conveyed a sense of creeping horror through liminal space, this one conveyed the same thing, but instead with toilets in heads and an actual plot and world. It\u2019s the idea of helplessness and powerlessness; forced into being a spectator to the grotesque and chaotic nature of the world around you and it struck me: this is how kids today feel. While the 1960\u2019s brought us new ways of cutting and telling a story with the French New Wave, a new wave of digital content capturing the underlying pulse of the world has been and is being curated and consumed before our very eyes.\nSkibidi as Art\nNow let\u2019s be real. You see heads in toilets and flushing and the first thing you would do is dismiss it like this body of text. After all, what knowledge could one even glean from such simple visuals? But actually watch the videos and you\u2019ll find that within a shorter time than I take to write this sentence, you\u2019ll feel the same emotions of twisted desperation like if you had seen Evil Dead, Robocop or Big Trouble in Little China. The majesty of Del Toro\u2019s sense of scale, first inspired by Francisco Goya\u2019s The Colossus), is actually meaningfully represented here. Sure the rigging is quick, the animations unpolished; but it\u2019s that sense of largess and enormity that even Pacific Rim 2: The Unnamed Sequel could not adequately recapture.\nWhich brings me to my next point. Malaysians are quick to point to censorship and lazy writing as the force majeure, THE cause that contrives Malaysian movies to suck ass. I would know, because I am one of the few bananas who still insist on going to the movies to watch garbage. But the reality is censorship and writing are the outcomes of people like Ms. Kindergarten Teacher. I have been writing for 3 years at this point, and working in production for 13. I have been privy to too many backroom discussions where ideas are killed in order to appease the hypothetical Mak Cik Nasi Lemak, the other Malaysian who apparently seems to enjoy watching garbage too.\nWar on Sensibilities\nThis was a movie that I watched simply because I had friends who worked on it. They told me to check it out, showed me some pictures of the set and I thought \u201cOkay cool hopefully it's not like Paskal.\u201d But what ensued was 2 hours of absolute dog shit trash, uplifted by great production design and cinematography. This has long been the problem plaguing Malaysian cinema, when we have enough money to make convincing squads of tactical police but fail to engineer any convincing contrivances for them to deal with.\nNormally I wouldn't fault too many aspects of production, simply because I\u2019ve worked in those areas and know their responsibilities. But for War on Terror: KL Anarki? Too much has gone wrong. The writing? Shocking. The directing? Terrible. The stunt blocking? Awful. But even the actors and editing, like man are you phoning it in, or is the script just THAT terrible? Only two things stood out as redeemable (excellent even), which is the set design, art direction and cinematography.\nLike seriously, half way through the movie there are 2 or 3 flashbacks just to provide some half baked context to the villains, and they're not even needed as we never really figure out wtf the villains want by bombing all across South East Asia. Then there's the forced family drama, the friend who's getting married only to surprise surprise, blow up and then there\u2019s the HILARIOUS scene where the cops track the vans to a parking lot.\nHilarity upon Hilarity Rant\nSo in the movie, our big bad terrorists have escaped the cops with 3 vans filled with explosives. After finding one, the cops are trying to track the other 2, which they successfully do with CCTV, showing that the terrorists are parked at Bukit Bintang, presumably to detonate the bombs ala Fight Club style. Okay cool, but no. Despite being hunted they decide to drive out of parking anyway?? So Van 2 gets caught (no fucking shit), and you think okay Van 3 is gonna blow. But no, VAN 3 DRIVES PAST THE SAME ROAD VAN 2 GOT CAUGHT, COPS WAITING. Seriously I don't know who looked at this and thought this was okay, but there has to be some better way of bringing the villains to the cops man.\nDon't even get me started with the cops hiding behind civilian cars at a traffic stop (civilians haven't gotten out of their cars why?), that they shoot first whenever the plot needs them to, that there is no fucking story with the main hero or the main heroine- Like wtf man. How have we regressed beyond Metrowealth levels of bad? At least David Teo who made dog shit told SOME semblance of a story. This one is just bafflingly dumb that it infuriates me.\nSkibidi Skibidoo, KL Anarki is Dog Shiteero\nConclusion, yes Skibidi has more to offer Rakyat Malaysia than crap like this. Skibidi is well made, well thought out with great visuals and mystery. KL Anarki has a great mystery, in the sense that I don't know how the fuck someone spent millions on this shit, robbing indie directors and writers a proper chance.\nSo before you get on and say \u201cIt's just a movie man\u201d, yes that's true. But I like movies to at least have some level of verisimilitude and logic, and seeing money and resources wasted on rubbish like this so that some Datuk can pad his wallet or stroke his ego is criminal to me. There are too many hard working and brilliant people in the film industry to see directors like these have their shot and completely miss, ruining the chances for others.\nAnother one is \u201cOh, you shouldn't compare garbage to garbage.\u201d Fair point, except War on Terror is clearly made for the mainstream audiences and so is Skibidi. Imaginur is a great example of a film made well, but I can't compare Imaginur to Skibidi, it's pointless. I would compare Imaginur to something like One Minute Time Machine. Both are indie projects that did a lot with little, but I still have to give the trophy to the YouTube short for its ingenuity where Imaginur was a little ham fisted. Just a little.", "comments": [["When I saw u/jst4reddit and Skibidi side-by-side, I was wondering who hacked your account to post meme reviews. Nevertheless, it is great to still see you active and in action, my good sir! Funny rant review as always\nWhat also shocked me is that unlike The Backrooms which conveyed a sense of creeping horror through liminal space, this one conveyed the same thing, but instead with toilets in heads and an actual plot and world. It\u2019s the idea of helplessness and powerlessness; forced into being a spectator to the grotesque and chaotic nature of the world around you and it struck me: this is how kids today feel.\nAre kids able to see things the way we do, though? I've always perceived Skibidi Toilet as something funny and absurd enough that kids follow nowadays - I'm pretty sure we had moments like those when we were young too. Although the message is undeniable, I wonder if they can really understand what's going on beyond the flashy audio/visuals.\nI would know, because I am one of the few bananas who still insist on going to the movies to watch garbage.\nI might have to start accompanying you to the cinemas, let me know if you need a shoulder to cry on about the current state of our locally-produced films :) will there be a day when you call it quits?\nSince you're in the industry, will this trend of outputting lacklustre films in Malaysia continue for the foreseeable future, or are things starting to change for the better?", "Haha I'm just glad that I managed to watch something that inspired me to have something to say. It's been a long while since I've seen that.\nAs for the Skibidi, I just thought it was... Well hard to grasp is one but I was just a lot more shocked that it was actually quite well made- much better than I thought. Like you could learn actual lessons in presenting a story through action from it so I just thought it funny when I read that article. I think there are worse things kids could be watching.\nAnd as for your last point haha I mean I'm in KL so if you're up for it you can join me and the random people I manage to 'convince' is a good time. DM me if you like. Honestly though a lot of it really isn't great so be warned lol, though I am catching Abang Adik or La Luna on Tuesday. But I could never call it quits. I just can't help it :')"], ["TIL Skibidi Toilet is a whole series... I thought it was just another random meme video that went viral with kids..."]]}
{"title": "Malaysian life hack.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kaykb/malaysian_life_hack/", "num_comment": 28, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["Doesn't work where parking apps are a norm tho.\nThe ones who care would be on their phone, hitting the pay button in their parking app.", "Despite that ppl still don\u2019t pay. Usual excuse \u201cI\u2019m just here for 15 min. Not worth paying 60sens.\u201d", "It was 40 sen (MBSA) before RIP.", "It was 40 sen before RM10 saman.", "KL, Selangor: i don't understand the comic.", "Except for Hulu Selangor and Sabak Bernam", "Still have 3 out of 10 don't use. Chance to grab a seat for a 'helpful' citizen."], ["Why can't you just force them to eat faster with a stare like normal people do?", "Surely, you mean standing next to their table with your crotch at their eye level.", "The chair must be really low or you must be really high for that to align", "How about jumping so that it aligns every 3 seconds?", "Smart"], ["Proceed to order & makan berdiri to assert dominance."], ["you do this the vendor run also :26554:"], ["For me, if the place is full, i just go elsewhere"], ["did boey make a new book?"], ["Oh my God it's actually Boey\nI've spent countless hours reading your books in Popular", "Thanks man. :) i hope it brought back many memories for you."], ["Should x-post this to https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/"], ["And all of them use public space, your sidewalk, parking lot...."], ["what does Saman mean?", "Saman is basically a Malay word for fine/compound. For example, a traffic ticket is considered a saman", "or a more direct translation: Summons.", "Now I understand why the immigration officer was making fun of my name \u201cSaman\u201d \ud83d\ude02"], ["All the people out of the blue started to leave in confusion and staring at each other with innocent looks with pale faces."], ["What does Saman mean?"]]}
{"title": "got this from my late grandfather\u2019s belongings, is this valuable?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kat1z/got_this_from_my_late_grandfathers_belongings_is/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Only to those who knows"], ["Yes , it seems to be a full set First day cover , you can get it appraised by Philatelic Society of Singapore or Malaysia. Only collectors will value stamps and fdcs now."], ["It was to him i reckon."], ["Try asking around local Philately groups at FB."]]}
{"title": "Start local elections in KL first, says DAP KL chief", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kahkr/start_local_elections_in_kl_first_says_dap_kl/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "Tan Kok Wai says the implementation of Kuala Lumpur\u2019s local elections will ensure effective and clean governance in the city.", "comments": [["Would other parties agree?", "Nik Nazmi supported this on Keluar Sekejap, i think mayoral elections in KL could be a realistic start for local elections to be implemented"], ["First is to explain clearly what is local elections and the functions of a local government"], ["I bet PN will bang the war drums that KL is majority Chinese. And the Chinese will vote for chinese or puppet malay, and Malays will be neglected.", "I believe KL is no longer majority Chinese.", "wont matter Malays in KL are usually more progressive.\npart of the reason why PN got no chance here.", "Wouldn't matter to PN. PN is well known to lie at their maths to exploit their fan base.", "Then it's easily disproved by showing government statistics", "Dumbasses don't care about facts and figures", "I think PH has made a poor job at making the case for local elections. Honestly, they could have framed it as a beneficial policy for Malays. The city needs improvements for many of its public infrastructure and social programs, e.g. social housing & public transport which my guess: would disproportionately benefit the Malays the most", "That's because most of PH don't support it. Only DAP unfortunately", "Agree. But, It's going to be a very steep uphill challenge to market it as that, they have so many things against them.", "Muda and PSM did a better job in justifying local elections than PH", "UMNO just beat them in this aspect https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/18/lokman-adam-umno-will-never-allow-local-council-elections/108108"]]}
{"title": "'Damage to Sungai Golok embankment possible act of sabotage'", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uc4bz/damage_to_sungai_golok_embankment_possible_act_of/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Is it illegal to own military attire", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18kablq/is_it_illegal_to_own_military_attire/", "num_comment": 24, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I really like military stuff, and even thought I cant own a replica firearm I would still like to own the gear (helmet, plate carriers and belts are my main concern). Hence I would like to know if it is legal for me to own these things before I get into it.", "comments": [["Militaria collector here, it is fine to own and wear the attire publicly as long as it's not the current issued stuff by ATM(eg: the current army digital camo stuff). For gears and stuff you can also own them but obviously don't wear them out in public to avoid attracting unwanted attention.\nMalaysia is pretty forgiving when it comes to collecting militaria, but don't take it for granted", "It's the same for most countries I think, I know this is true for my country also and even the military is discouraged to wear their attire in public.", "Well yeah I think same here too. Even tho I'm not in the military but my uniform body also discourages us from openly wearing our uniform in public without purpose. Me personally, I have a black military tunic that I pull on my uniform whenever needed", "So its okay as long as nothing is exactly the same as what the army is currently using?", "Yup you can still collect the clothing though just don\u2019t use it publicly", "Aah alright thanks", "Yo where do you usually get your gear from? I do want to find some good shops for vests and battle belts", "Shopee is sufficient for that, if you want more specific gear you will need to know some people locally or internationally", "I mostly buy soviet or russian gear i would suggest frontowiec the exchange rate isn\u2019t so bad so it\u2019ll be decent price in rm, kommandostore is good with decent prices", "Thanks man , and yeah I wanted to pick up some russian gear but I didn't really know where. I will try kommandostore", "I suggest frontowiec for smaller items helmets and vests would go for RM300-400", "Where is this website? Can you send the link", "https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=frontowiec&tbm=&shem=rime&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5"], ["https://www.outpostcommand.com.my/\nit's not illegal unless you have the badges. There are lots of cosplayers around.."], ["It\u2019s fine to own helmets,plate carriers and belts aslong as it\u2019s for milcosing or larping i don\u2019t suggest using uniforms used by the military though", "I gotcha, thanks", "Yeah man thanks for starting this thread, I posted mine on r/Malaysians bcoz I didn't know if the mods here would allow this.", "Here's a sneak peek of /r/malaysians using the top posts of the year!\n#1: Okay this is funny | 18 comments\n#2: Lorry drivers | 41 comments\n#3: Want to be delivery rider? Here is some info and my experience so far.\nI'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub"], ["I have a funny story,according to my Trinidadian housemate she said back home if u wear any military print they have to strip lmao, she told me one time she wore some military pants pattern in pink, miss maam had to run. Malaysia Im not sure."], ["it's fine OP.\nCompletely and Utterly FINE.\n<image>", "Yeah I think this may be under some other privilege"], ["Shopee got sell what..", "Lol I like how we using shopee as legal or illegal item"]]}
{"title": "New 10pc tax: What Malaysians need to know when buying products online below RM500 from overseas", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18k9zta/new_10pc_tax_what_malaysians_need_to_know_when/", "num_comment": 62, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Government needs a new stream of income.", "Malaysian need more income. This new corpo imperialism is stripping down cities and countries by taking money out of local circulation.", "Inside the weird, get-rich-quick world of dropshipping"], ["i'll buy stuff that are priced at rm 501 then", "Stuff priced above rm500 tends to have even higher tax, like 30%. Fun fact the rm500 threshold includes the shipping cost so it's quite easy to go over\nEdit: as others have pointed out, sst is usually about 10%, but import duty on top of that ranges from 0 - 30% depending on item type.", "Not that high, most products will fall within 10% SST unless very specific and specialized goods. The CIF range should be increased since overseas (mostly Western) platforms tend to overcharge on shipping rates to Malaysia for some reason.", "Nope. Doesn\u2019t work that way. Most stuff is still 10%"], ["So CIF <RM500 still in effect. Meaning buying something that after LVG tax exceeds 500 inclusive shipping will kena extra tax. Mmg tax sampai mampus.", "That's what you get for protesting against GST. It was a simpler progressive 6% tax on almost all good except some basic essentials. Now, gov needs to implement all kinds of funny workaround tax to compensate for the loss of tax revenue.", "Yeah I would rather have GST. Fuck this 10% really", "I prefer cutting subsidy.\nI am not a hungry petrol user why I need those?\nThose factory use giga tonnes of petrol from our tax money then they export the product pocket the profit.", "you are right.your needs don\u2019t need petrol to move from factory to your neighbourhood shops.they just magically appear on the shelves.", "Exactly\nThey benefit from weak ringgit and they sell more. We lose out from having our salaries paid in ringgit.", "Yes, I'm pro cutting subsidy too as artificially making petrol cheap encourages people to waste petrol unsustainability. But they are not mutually exclusive, most countries that implement GS/VAT also don't really subsidise their fuel much.\nAlso, GST and it's GST refund system for business help to keep business honest if they want to claim refund. Current SST system is not as transparent and allow more loopholes for businesses to avoid taxes to maximise their profit.\nIn the end, do you prefer a fairer simpler 6% or a hodge podge system of taxes from SST, LVG, luxury tax and many more each with various confusion rules and exceptions.", "if u think about it, dropshippers are like \"middle man\" in business.\nInside the weird, get-rich-quick world of dropshipping"], ["Feels bad when the stuff you wanna buy isn't produced in Malaysia \ud83d\ude02 Dang, my cross stitch kits....", "now the gundam kits will be even more expensive :26559:"], ["Make local manufacturing great again!", "But but most local people don\u2019t feel like wanna work this factory job, how to solve this especially for the business owner who wanna bring capital for district area to full-fill the demand of the local consumption.", "But but most local people don\u2019t feel like wanna work this factory job\nWhy? Ever asked that question first? It is not about \"feel\", it is about living.\nhow to solve this especially for the business owner who wanna bring capital for district area\nSpend money to make money. Want workers pay those workers good living wage, people are allergic to the 3d's because they cant make a living doing 3d's work.", "Just pay local labourers and factory workers a wage where they can live somewhat comfortably.\nToo bad no government would do that.", "factory companies: local people? what is that?", "Meanwhile some materials have to be imported via outside, and materials are taxed even if <MYR500. Howwwwww"], ["This is what we get by scrapping GST."], ["Fuck lah I rather have GST. Also it\u2019s kinda confusing.\nHow does the de minimis work? Any ELI5?"], ["Wondering would this affect some local personal shopper that sold items to Malaysian from abroad"], ["Tax the rich. Owh you buy 2 RM8 t-shirt from overseas, you must be rich.\nMadaning logic."], ["What about books? Will buying books from Amazon get taxed?"], ["So will I be taxed if I purchase from Taobao? It says registered seller. What does that mean? Seller who is registered with the Malaysian government? I don\u2019t understand this."], ["This better not affect my Switch games prices. Im sailing the high seas again if it does."], ["Probably affect those merchants that resell goods that they buy overseas."], ["Should be at 30% so people can import at bulk and sell for 25% profit locally"], ["Indonesia charges 17% to 20.5% on imported low-value goods. Singapore imposes its GST rate of 8%, which will rise to 9% beginning in January.\nMalaysia is only following a global trend. And it is only fair to charge the importers this sales tax when local manufacturers are already paying the 10% sales tax, regardless of the value of the item.", "In actuality due to the existing de minimis ruling, the tax rate will be 10-20% depending on whether the parcel/package CIF value exceeds RM500. On top of this, your courier will typically charge you a handling fee of RM50 if you elect them as a representative on your behalf if the SST isn't charged on the seller's platform in advance and only charged when your package reaches customs. Unless you of course elect to head to customs office at KLIA to do clearance which will also incur an additional service fee of 10% of your taxed value (eg. tax to be paid is RM120, add another RM12 to it).\nA better implementation would be to allow for payment and collection at your district's post office which would require more warehouse space but save a lot of time for the common folk, revise/reduce the requirement of the agent fee which is often higher than the taxed value or revise the de minimis legislation. Providing a platform to file and pay your SST in advance based on your invoice/receipt value would also greatly streamline the process. To be fair such issues are also prevalent in SG and other countries since these LVG taxations have been introduced which shows the cracks in such hasty implementations.", "IIRC buying TaoBao via sea shipping automatically has 6% sales tax(?, not sure the exact term) attached along with shipping rate. IMO that's a much better system than having to physically go to post office and pay there.", "If the platform already provides that option then sure. But plenty of e-commerce websites don't since they might not have the resources to implement it or that our country isn't a priority for them. Being able to handle it on our end simplifies it in that case", "Hey thanks so much for the insight and suggestion.", "Not a problem. The tax while an issue is less of a problem then the hoops of bureaucracy we have to jump through along with all the hidden costs associated with them. It would be great if all these were explained clearly so that everyone would get a clearer picture."], ["Fuck this new ruling. It's especially harsh for rural folks like me where we literally can't get most items without online shopping. Our salaries lag behind salaries in cities too.\nInb4 move to the city for better prospects then! Think about that the next time you're in traffic jam, crowded public transport plus crowds and competition for everything, everywhere... from places to eat to places to live. Having folks spread out in rural areas help reduce that."], ["Fun fact, a local manufacturer i know imports its raw materials. Our local raw mats are simply not as good."], ["Idiot move that will benefit no one.", "It benefits local sellers that stock goods locally?", "If and only if their product are solely manufactured in Malaysia.", "this is not true at all", "", "If people are bringing large amounts of cheap stuff from abroad and paying customs duties like they should (which most legitimate businesses do), then afaik, they aren't affected by this.\nFor example if I bring in a whole container of made in china stuffed toys that sell for thirty bucks each to sell on my Lazada store, I will have to pay customs duty before I'm allowed to bring it out of the port. If there's a 10% tax on top of that then it's double taxed.", "You are correct. Imported taxable goods are subject to sales tax.", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "It benefits the environment and compulsive shoppers lol. Many of those cheap Chinese junks are of poor quality and people just bought them because they have poor self control and were manipulated by e-commerce algorithms. Worst of all, most e-commerce platforms weren't profitable anyways and they subsidize all those junks being sold and that's how we end up with more and more trash. No doubt, there are many good items sub RM 500 but many purchases were impulse buying that were subsidized and financed by buy-now-pay-later and platform discounts. I don't see how it's sustainable environmental and economical wise", "hey alright"], ["So I should grab most stuff now before jan 1? :26554: joke aside, even if we buy from local sellers, if they stock their stuff from overseas, we will still be impacted right, cos those sellers will increase prices likely"], ["Anybody that needs stuff from overseas can pm me , my job is in aviation so im sure we can work something out"], ["Membebankan rakyat. We can to get same product cheaper. Now want to tax. Susah hidup."], ["okla, kan dah ptptpn free,.pendidikan percuma, tol free, mau apa lagi? semua dah free #cuba5tahunje"], ["Rindu zaman najib"], ["Regressive tax that will harm the low-income earners. Fuck you Anwar, I\u2019m voting for PN", "The law was passed while PN was in power. PHBN just delayed it's implementation by one year.", "Where's the /s?", "Might want to do some research first before you vote the other way :X\nhttps://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/08/04/dewan-rakyat-green-lights-10-tax-on-online-goods/\nPH MPs were the ones who voiced concern about the impact to low-income households, and a PAS MP who was agreeable to it (albeit at a reduced rate)."], ["Can buy and import pocket memek and dildo again? Christmas coming up want to gift my gf and her hubby something fun so they can hopefully get me gta6."], ["Idk if this is dumb question, but will this somehow strengthen ringgit back? Since the gomen will be getting more revenue XD. if that's the case i'll take the trade of extra charge for overseas goods", "Strengthening the government\u2019s fiscal position is only one step towards improving the local currency. And even then, raising tax revenue is only one piece of the puzzle.\nFor Malaysia specifically, apart from a low tax revenue relative to its GDP (at 11%, when regional neighbours\u2019 average is around 15%), the problems also lie in the high debt ratio to GDP, a big fiscal deficit that outsizes regional neighbours\u2019, and a big chunk of the government revenue going to blanket subsidies.\nWhat the government needs to do is to reduce its spending and raise its revenue. Just like a company\u2019s turnaround objective, which is to increase sales and cut costs.\nIf bond investors are convinced by the soundness of Malaysia\u2019s fiscal position, then they may be more comfortable buying our bonds. That could help with the ringgit\u2019s value because buying Malaysian bonds would generate demand for the ringgit, since they are denominated in the local currency.\nAlso, Malaysia\u2019s economy needs to be jump-started again. Our growth is decent, but there\u2019s nothing really interesting for investors to buy into. That\u2019s why the government is working hard to rope in new investors and build new industries like renewable energy and high-value microchips. Hopefully, in the long run, that could create a domino effect on the economy."]]}
{"title": "Skim Graduan for car loans", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18k7raf/skim_graduan_for_car_loans/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi everyone! I need some insight about Skim graduan loan to buy my first car. Is this skim safe for people to apply? Anyone tried to apply this before? I just graduated and plan to get my first car(axia) before i start working next february. Thank youu \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb", "comments": [["Won't it be a little risky to get car before starting a job?\nYou don't know if the job suits you."]]}
{"title": "Happy new (tax) year everyone.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vnabl/happy_new_tax_year_everyone/", "num_comment": 85, "flairlabel": ["Meme Monday"], "header": "", "comments": [["For Malaysian memes every day of the week, please check out c/memeeveryday at our sister community monyet.cc! (why?)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["It mentions that items \"brought\" into malaysia, so if its merchants who dropship from outside of malaysia, they get taxed, but products who locally ship within malaysia are exempt from the 10% tax?", "Yeah, pretty much that. The rule is just extension to the current import tax for purchases from overseas, just with items under RM500 included now.", "So as long as the online merchant's I buy from ship within Malaysia, I won't get penalized with the 10% tax id it's below rm 500.", "Buying directly from an overseas vendor still seems to be cheaper than a dropshipper."], ["How can they find out if you buy from overseas ?", "Visible players like Shopee & Lazada will comply. Probably added to their platform already.", "umm,the items from overseas have to go through customs right?", "Managed by kastam, inspected by kastam, go through kastam", "It is already added. I had checked the prices. Compare them vs the price in your past orders."], ["I find it kinda weird when it's being \"demonized\" as increasing the cost, not being considerate of the B40s etc etc. But, the fact is just that they're removing the threshold exemption on import duty for goods below RM500.\nBuy from a local producer/distributor, done. I guess now importers would do things in bulk, which may be a good thing since buying in bulk would usually give you bulk discount. But, this could also give a reason for sellers to up the price for the \"risk premium\" too.\nI guess, bad marketing?", "Its because generally sellers will raise price instead.\nIf you locally price your item at RM3 and foreign equivalent items went from RM3.50 to RM 3.85, you know the market can bear a RM0.50 difference, so you will raise your price to RM3.35. Still 50 sens lower. Your net profit may literally double from this.\nNot everyone will do it... But generally this will happen or atleast is perceived to happen.", "correct me i am wrong but isn't the main reason people buy foreign equivalent items because it's more cheaper? Wouldn't saying foreign equivalent items went from RM2.50 to RM 3.10 would be more accurate as the purpose is to give local supplier the advantage. But if local supplier took the opportunity to raise it to rm 3.30-3.50 instead just seem counterproductive.", "But if local supplier took the opportunity to raise it to rm 3.30-3.50 instead just seem counterproductive.\nWelcome to economics. The government may want to do A, but get B result. People are greedy and will game the system.\nhttps://www.smh.com.au/property/news/governments-spent-20-5b-on-first-home-buyer-help-that-pushes-up-prices-report-20220707-p5azx3.html\nAust gov gave (so to speak) free money for first time home buyers, hoping to increase home ownership. House sellers naik harga since (a subset of) buyers budget increased.\n\"Australian governments spent more than $20.5 billion on first home buyer help in the past decade, which made housing affordability worse by driving up property prices and left existing homeowners richer, new research found.\"\ncorrect me i am wrong but isn't the main reason people buy foreign equivalent items because it's more cheaper?\nI buy cos more options... But price is definitely a plus point. Just saw someone's house deco snow globe thingy. RM170 got blowing 'snow', 6ft stand, lights, moving pieces AND music. Price include delivery. Wtf kind of price is that wei. (from taobao)\nSo now its more expensive and I'm relatively sure no one locally can fabricate it for sub rm200. There's atleast 2 independent small motors inside. Maybe 3.\nAnyway, we do the cheap export thing too, lol. https://www.malaysia-today.net/2012/01/18/protons-more-expensive-in-malaysia-than-overseas/", "Thanks for sharing , it just sad always got these people lying around waiting pounce on this kind of advantage, in the end the government was the one getting flakked even if the intention of policies is rational", "It's partially a protectionism thing. Let local producers profit more. It's fine if they raise salary together.\nBuy Malaysian products", "... They won't?\nSalaries don't go up cos its contracted. Government in 2024 may abolish this tax. Or reduce by 50% to 5%. Salaries can't (or hard) to go down.\nAlso owners will think... Staff same work, price difference only... Why they deserve increase. I tak harap the owners in general, jaded already.", "What happens if I buy 2x shoes in the example given? Would it still be taxed? Does that not mean bulk ordering will still result in each unit being taxed 10%?", "My bad, I got it wrong. I misunderstood how the tax works, I'm really sorry. It is charged not by total value, but by sales value of the goods. So, it'll be charged item per item.\nSo, if we're importing 10 units of something worth RM100 each (total import value of RM1000), still be taxed for each item.", "Anything imported >rm500 has always been taxed btw and that isn't changing.\nI actually don't mind the tax too much but the process itself is quite a hassle if not expensive. Each claim you always have to pay rm18 fee on top of the 10% and if you don't want to drive to the airport yourself to claim your parcel then you have to pay another rm50 on top of the rm18 and the 10%. At least that's how it was before", "What I mean is that the tax is charged as per single unit, not total value. As long as the unit price is below RM500, it will be taxed. I was correcting my previous comment.", "What is the difference between charging as per single unit with charging as per total value tho since it's always 10% anyway regardless if the stuff is >rm500 or not?", "Oh damn, I'm dumb. No difference in buying in bulk one way or another too. Thanks for pointing that out. I feel so stupid rn.", "This is how I understood it as well. That feels kind of heavy imo. A lot of shops on shopee for example are just dropshipping from China suppliers, so everything gets a lot more expensive. But i guess that is the point, to move consumers to local products instead"], ["baik kasi balik 6% gst", "With GST, everything you buy is taxed 6%. SST has a far narrower scope of things taxed."], ["so is it LGV or LVG? lol", "Low Value Goods", "yeah LVG makes more sense, i am just picking on the spelling mistake in the picture lol", "I read that as Louis Vuitton Goods. So atas sia", "Louis van Gaal", "The Customs Department uses LVG, so it\u2019s probably that."], ["Previously somebody here on this topic said the imported items were never taxed so this law is to close the loophole, is this true?"], ["Ah yes now all my taobao order will kena tax. Good year", "Any confirmation?", "I saw Shopee start to have this thing ady, when you order something from overseas LVG will be applied.", "Well Shopee and Lazada have local operations, Taobao idk how it will be implemented or is it ignored."], ["What about items from eBay? Does it mean we\u2019ll get double tax? I bought items from US and was taxed. Would I get taxes twice here?", "You can buy from parcel forwarding services and you won\u2019t get taxed", "Just read about it after your comment. So what the service basically is is that\n1) I buy any item from let say US vendor/person 2) instead of them shipping directly to me, I have them ship to the services address. 2b)service also help if the local vendor doesn\u2019t ship internationally 3) the forwarding service then ship to me\nBenefit: -it\u2019s like a local purchase, so I skip some stuff and fees instead of an international purchase\nRight?", "Yes. It works like that. I buy 2nd hand cameras and amazon stuff with it and I get them without taxes. Check out BuyAndShip if you\u2019re interested. Bought a lot of US stuff and ship em here no prob no taxes"], ["For those asking for GST back, I can\u2019t help but wonder, how often and how much are you all spending on items from overseas?\nI remember GST, it fucking hurts to see that extra 6% charge on every spending. This is especially true for someone not earning city level salaries.\nOn average I only order overseas items a few times a year, mostly because local stores are significantly more expensive. While I hate LVG tax as much as the next person, in my case it won\u2019t be as impactful as the all encompassing net that was GST.\nAlso, I remember how our government promised to use GST funds to improve public transport. What does that means for Sabahans? Jack shit!\nUntil there\u2019s transparency, I say no to GST."], ["Please don't complain guys, you'll see how reforms will benefit us in the long run. Give or take 70-80 years. By then our currency will be higher than SGD (Singapura sudah tenggelam bawah laut) :26554::26554::26554:\nYay, let us pay more taxes :29091::29091::29091::29091:", "Tis is de wey :26555:"], ["Tax is for the benefits of the country. Don't complain. Expect less potholes/religious agendas/racism this year /s", "Yes, Tax helps to benefit the country... IF AND ONLY IF they are actually used for the country.", "affordable education/health services ?", "both education/health services are still a joke after all the stupid taxes since gst crap.", "joke to you but not to the poor", "Yes let's help the poor by tax the poor,10/10 smart move.", "but this is not GST right?", "Tax for buying goods from overseas below rm500,I don't see any difference here, don't tell just beli buatan Malaysia la because most of the stuff we use on daily basis except food are from overseas,you think this will help local sellers when most of the stuff they sold were bought from overseas? they buy cheap from China sell it here with markup prices and government want to protect them and not us as consumers?", "just to feed the malay"], ["Inilah Malaysia Madani. Rakyat susah", "Ini untuk barang import.", "Yeap kita tak perlu risau, pada tahun 2379 kelak Malaysia akan menjadi hab penghalisan and pemprosesan barangan terutama di dunia. Kita tidak perlu lagi bergantung dengan barangan dari negara luar. Wawasan Madanon 2420 :29091::29091::29091:", "no, i want cheap crap from overseas", "Berape peratus barang yg jual online bkn import? lol. Local seller kalo nmpk harga barang online dah naik harga, ko igt diorg tak naik juga ke?", "tahu la"], ["Does it get charged upon payment check out? Anyone know how it is implemented?", "From the items in my cart that I remember, the 10% is already added to the displayed price. This is true for both Lazada and Shopee. A lot of them are more than 10% too ;_;", "Arghhhh whether it\u2019s overseas sellers local, I feel like all prices sure go up since many local sellers also get their stock from overseas :(", "the 10% is already added to the displayed price\nI thought us (as the buyer) would be the ones paying the 10% tax directly upon inspections by customs before it gets released to be delivered to us. Why are the online sellers adding 10% when many don't have a presence in Malaysia and will likely never deal with Malaysian customs?", "I haven't made an overseas online order yet, so not sure with the exact procedure.\nHonestly I rather the tax is pre-added to display price since items will be individually taxed anyway (shipping too), than to find time for the extra step to deal with customs.\nEdit: On hindsight you have the point. Do sellers pocket the 10% increase or is it an automated system in place that buyers aren't aware of?"], ["Highkey upset cuz i got posted (healthcare field) to east malaysia. Do you know how exp it is to pay shopee lazada shipping fees? And rural areas is very hard to buy stuff in local stores \ud83e\udd72 I survived off china online shopping for daily stuff. The shipping fees + product cost = more affordable than local stores\u2026.."], ["Terbaik mahaldahni"], ["Yeayyyyyy more taxes. pantek"], ["Got problem?"], ["For those saying us buying overseas item just because of cheap price, there some item that are only available overseas but have page on online platform.\n<image>"], ["previously many ppl shop from overseas but underdeclare the value to avoid tax. example the item rm1k, will get taxed, but if declare rm400 no tax. so government rugi alot of tax on these. then now they include the items below 500 lo"], ["So you made 41k in sale this month then?"], ["and if we buy from oversea ourselves how do we pay the taxes? hire Postage agent? have to pay agent fees on top of the 10% tax?", "yea i wonder as well. don't forget the rm18 fee for the form (borang)"], ["Dumbest tax ever"], ["", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of Rule 1: Bigotry and hate speech. Because of our history Malaysia talks about certain issues such as race very differently from Western countries. We acknowledge this on the subreddit but do draw some boundaries to keep discussions healthy.\nDefinition of bigotry: The act of treating the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.\nBasic principle: If it's an attribute of a person that is out of their control and extremely hard or impossible to change, it's not nice to dump on them or their group just for that attribute.\nSome categories this applies to: Race, religion, sexuality, disability, national origin.\nSlurs: Use of slurs on the above categories is not encouraged on this subreddit and may be subject to warnings and bans.\nExample: Religion: It's okay to discuss and criticise aspects of the religion itself, but it's not okay to attack people because they are members of that religion (e.g.: Islam but not Muslims).\nBanned 1 day for repeated offence."], ["Be frugal. Use as much vouchers/coupons as you can. They help reduce the price a bit."], ["Few years back i ordered whey protein from Europe. Total was 900. Shipping was free stated in invoice which customs saw. They decided to charge me 50% tax at 450 ringgit. I no time to go customs so used poslaju broker service at rm50 to clear for me and bring to nearest pos malaysia office for pickup. I never ordered from overseas again now that the brand is sold here. I do know will kena tax but i read it was like under 10%. But mine charged 50%! What in the world. They said customs officer moody that day so my bad luck."], ["Genuine question, what\u2019s manufactured in Malaysia and not imported?", "Can ask the seller. Local brands are made in Malaysia. Or if an oversea branded product but have factory here then is still considered locally made."], ["thanks madani and happy new year to all madanon"], ["Yes I've already did comparison on some of the imported products that I usually buy.. Can see their price went up. I manage stocked up some before the 1.1 dateline thankfully."], ["Picture is Australia not Malaysia Kek"], ["Following sg \ud83d\ude06"]]}
{"title": "Missing Cat at OUG/Taman Yarl. Cash reward will be given. Please help me bring my baby back home!", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18k9fy6/missing_cat_at_ougtaman_yarl_cash_reward_will_be/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hey guys! For those of you staying around Taman Yarl/OUG area, please let me know if you\u2019ve seen my missing cat. She goes by the name Noisy, and has a collar with a tag on her which has our home address, name and contact number! If any of you have seen her, please let me know! She was last seen at Lorong Awan Biru Taman Yarl on the 11th December 2023.", "comments": [["Do you have an FB resident page you can post this on as well? Gorgeous cat, hope you get it back safe.", "Thank you so much! I\u2019ve tried searching for resident pages around the area but none so far! I\u2019ve posted it on several pages online as well. Hoping for the best \ud83d\ude41", "there's the Sri petaling OUG Facebook group here.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1959639504262518/?ref=share&mibextid=WiMSqg\nnot sure if posting links be ok but try.", "Thank you so much for this! Will try my luck here as well\u263a\ufe0f"], ["If she is Noisy then you would find her in no time\nJokes aside I hope she\u2019s found safe \ud83e\udd7a"], ["She found herself her bf", "She\u2019s quite antisocial so I highly doubt it \ud83d\ude05"], ["Had you tried Facebook? Got specific missing animal pets Malaysia group if I remember it correctly\nLOST PETS Malaysia\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/616732178714813/\nMissing Pets S.O.S. Malaysia\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/820902158057842/\nLOST PET FOUND PET ADOPTION MALAYSIA\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1147133572090495/", "Thank you so much for this! I\u2019ve posted it there too! I appreciate the help! \ud83d\udc99"], ["Last year 2 of my cat missing then found already dead on side of the road hit by car. This year lost 1 cat. This all start when a lot of outsider come to my neighborhood lake and park. They come littered everywhere and killed my cat, my neighbor cat, the park grass looks horrible now as they use it as park now, and illegal food truck seller selling there, and I said illegal due to notice already put up at the park do not trespass."]]}
{"title": "We have huge fanbase, communities here are well growth as well. But still we did not being included in Steam sorting system. But clap to you all the dedicated gamers who has been good since day-1 gaming, we are still one of the best amongst SEA country according to ExoPhase", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmvhv/we_have_huge_fanbase_communities_here_are_well/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["just like Square Enix think we poor, what else is new?"]]}
{"title": "Kapten Malaysia from 1980s", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmlxx/kapten_malaysia_from_1980s/", "num_comment": 15, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Is 70 sen considered cheap back then?\nThere\u2019s a siri komik nasional?", "I remember sending publisher rm1 and stamp to publisher with checklist and they send me 3 comics, usually backdated old stock. pretty cheap source entertainment back then, but again ice cream is 10 cent, oren bodo is 30 cent.\nAnd some of the art is very incredible while some is iffy at best. it made me who I am today, trying to create my own comics book (still struggling though)", "The heck is an oren bodo? \ud83d\ude02", "my mom say yes", "My little star weekly newsletter is 50 sens in the 90s in full color, in the 80s 70 sens better come with lacquered paper."], ["Heh\nColek"], ["I love how the title have nothing to do with the picture"], [""], ["Wow, didn't know that we had a Captain Malaysia haha"], ["Ibrahim Hamid was most definitely tweaking when he made this."], ["Why is the coverpage showing a lady in baju ketat yg tak senonoh??? Must ban the komik before our innocent remaja get their hands on this komik. \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\ude09Rosak minda diorang, tau? \ud83d\ude09"], ["<image>", "You know if you crop it like that...."], [">Saya percaya Allah itu satu dan dan tiada Tuhan melainkan dia\n>Aku tak suka pembuli, tak kisah dari mana\n>Mu kecek molek sikit\n>Dia member aku"], ["I've heard of Captain Boleh but not Captain Malaysia."]]}
{"title": "BDS: McDonald's Malaysia has no grounds for lawsuit over boycott campaign", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmjms/bds_mcdonalds_malaysia_has_no_grounds_for_lawsuit/", "num_comment": 185, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Earlier discussion\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18u3h2q/gerbang_alaf_restaurants_has_requested_bds/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3"], ["Has no part in this but I got prosperity burger earlier and there're bunch of discount. Well will keep this in view lol."], ["Umm what the fuck is this I thought boycott doesn't work", "Globally, McDonalds (Franchise Owner) will discard this as a mosquito bite and let go. However, Malaysia Mcdonald's owner will not. You have to think these people as an individual restaurant owner whose business has basically experienced huge drop of revenue simply because they have the \"McD\" branding and the royalty they pay to the franchise owner is associated with terrrorism. Hence why this lawsuit is associated with the regional branding only.\nTo put it in scale, even if Mcdonalds get sanctioned in Malaysia, it won't dent them even a bit. With a global revenue of over 20 billion usd yearly, Malaysia's MYR 3 billion is small in comparison. Think of it as losing 50 cents from your 20 ringgit.", "McD, the franchise, is more of a Real Estate company than a restaurant. The value is in the land/building of the McD restaurant.", "Malaysia doesn't even pay the full 3 bill. Only 150mil. Cause they pay 5% revenue as royalty.", "That's what this sub would adamantly want you to believe in"], ["As much as I think this one is misguided, boycott is a form of free speech. Letting corporations successfully sued will set dangerous precedent.", "Freedom of speech doesn't = Freedom from consequences.\nI.e. if its defamatory.\nI'm free to say KFC is shit, that's a personal opinion and FOS.\nBut if I say KFC pays for terrorism via erotica staring their chicken, that's defamatory, and I'll be libel for it.\nPlease don't sue me KFC.", "I agree and I learnt this in my short law lesson in class for media. Freedom of speech doesn't equal to freedom from consequences when it's defamatory. Even if your claim is true and it's the truth, as long as the affected party is able to provide evidence that due to what you said affected their reputation and etc, it's defamation.", "Wait, but by this logic couldn't politicians sue news publications for libel if their acts of corruption get found and published? Doesn't this set a horrifying precedent?\nEdit for future clarification, I brought this up since the reply above brought up that even if the claim is true, as long as it causes harm, it's still libel.", "Defemation is only when its false facts. If its true facts, you cant sue for libel or defermation", "Defamation is lying and slandering, if it's true and the news publication has proof, it's not lying and slandering...\nIf someone says you're gay when you're not, that's slander...", "I think it's defamatory case since there's zero proof that Mekdi have anything to do with unintended funding on Israel.. But I agree that 50/50 of this case is Intimidation lawsuit or defamation or both", "Problem is that McDonald\u2019s did help Israeli int the form of its regional offices and historical issues.", "Good. Then BDS has nothing to be afraid about then.\nCan seek punitive damage too.\nAnyhow I doubt this is the only thing BDS has said about for McD to start this ball rolling.", "\"Kenyataan kami disalaherti\".", "You are correct, but I don\u2019t get why you can\u2019t understand when it\u2019s the same context?\nMcDonalds Israel and some other McDonald\u2019s - Helps Israel\nCorrect in inferring that McDonald\u2019s in someway is supporting Israel thus a reason to boycott\nMcDonalds Malaysia - donates to Gaza\nCan be inferred that McDonald\u2019s Malaysia in someway isn\u2019t supporting Israel thus shouldn\u2019t be a reason to boycott\nSo when someone (ie BDS Malaysia) make a blanket statement that we should boycott McDonald\u2019s in Malaysia because they support Israel can be a ground of Libel. Thus them suing can be a reasonable protest to that statement.", "I am aware of that contextual however it should be asserted it is the comes down to long historical issues with McDonald\u2019s US as well as how the cooperate body while not intending too failed to place restriction on the assistance and help towards armed forces of any nation.\nAs for Starbucks it came down to them sueing a union for Starbucks employee on their pro Palestinian statement by the US branch leading to massive boycotts and eventually Starbucks conceded.\nI am sure the people who initiated the lawsuits have probably had their careers dumped by the cooperation for the media backlash and sales drop as a whole.\nBoycotts them giving a million dollars to say they care about Palestinians could of been seen as a token offering as it took a while for the action to come out and the explanation of their issues with Israeli counterpart all leading to further leading to consumer mistrust.\nMcDonald\u2019s has pretty shot themselves in the foot with this lawsuit as well as this is another PR disaster.\nThey will go the way Starbucks went.", "McDonald\u2019s Malaysia are owned by the Saudis, so why no boycott other Saudis product? Again it is acceptable to boycott McDonald\u2019s. There are no harm to it. But if you make a written statement in someway saying that McDonald\u2019s Malaysia is supporting the Israel. They are justified in the legal action. I\u2019m not arguing on the ethicality of it. All your reasoning are based on the ethics. Which is a different topics from what McDonald\u2019s Malaysia is doing.\nA hungry person stole an apple a singular apple from a multibillion corporation. It is still wrong by the law but from the ethic to let him go is not wrong. But does the corporation has a legal stand to ask for compensation on the apple? Yes.", "What makes you think I don\u2019t boycott Saudi goods as well? It\u2019s well known the majority of the Islamic community hates the saudi government. Yemen deserved didn\u2019t deserve what happened to it and continues ti happen to it.\nMany Muslims do boycott goods related to Saudi Arabia with exemptions made for religious aspects.", "I\u2019m not saying you. This is not about you. This is about McDonalds Malaysia and BDS Malaysia. It\u2019s not about the ethics. From what is given here from both sides. BDS Malaysia is in the wrong unless they provide evidence. If the evidence is\nMcDonald\u2019s give money to Israel, thus McDonald\u2019s is supporting Israel\nis true. Then why\nMcDonald\u2019s Malaysia give money to Gaza, thus McDonald\u2019s Malaysia is supporting Gaza\nis not?", "I can agree with that, I am asserting the issue is with people originally commenting McDonald\u2019s was not doing it rather than specifying the issue about regional bodies etc.\nAlso this would be a bad PR move for McDonald\u2019s Malaysia as a whole as it will further antagonise the community - this is not a justification against for their justified action but rather just an opinion.\nI don\u2019t know enough about BDS McDonald\u2019s Malaysia particular statements.\nIn Australia BDS is about reducing the funds sent to the US in a visible and semi impactful manner.\nSimilarly to BDS America.", "If BDS doesn\u2019t mean to boycott McD Malaysia but towards Israel owned McD, they should be specific at the beginning. Instead they continue to instigate on the boycott causing reputation damage to McD Malaysia.\nYou play fire and now it is time to face consequences. From another Reddit user shared about McD CMO, BDS is screwed. Don\u2019t ever think to threaten them with lawsuit will damage their reputation (which already damaged by this likely so called being taken out of context, BDS boycott McD Israel not McD Malaysia nonsense), do you think they don\u2019t consider the consequences for defamation call?", "This is a reply for this comment and your other comment.\nI\u2019m in no way backing McDonald\u2019s but again replying to the context of McDonald\u2019s and BDS issue, and the mental gymnastics of the boycotter.\nMcDonalds funds is a tiny tiny tiny fraction of the war funds of the US of A. For comparison the DoD 2023 budget was around 800billions while McDonalds Market Cap is around 200billions mind you. What the USA Dod get for a year is worth simply 4x more of the whole of McDonalds a global Corporation.\nMy problem with the boycotts is their half ass approach and also the result that the action of the boycott hurts us, the local, more than help the Israel-Palestine war.\nBoycotting McDonald\u2019s (and Starbucks etc) is easy really easy really really easy. A \u201cvalue\u201d meal cost like rm20-30 for an average 4 person, a supposed fast food joint value meal could cost around rm60-70. And sadly with the average joe median wage around 2400rm wouldn\u2019t actually be able afford to eat at McDonald\u2019s every now and then. Thus boycotting a McDonald\u2019s is relatively simple for the like. That\u2019s why the trending of boycott McDonald\u2019s Starbucks and other \u201cluxury\u201d US based product are popular methods. It\u2019s thing they don\u2019t need and frankly some actually can\u2019t afford as well.\nBut my problem now is where are the boycott that actually hurt the US? Why are there no protest around US based MNC? Why are there no protest to scare away the US investor? Hurt the USD hurt the US image. Because people can\u2019t and people won\u2019t. They are scared. They are comfortable in their own bubble. They pretend that McDonald\u2019s is like a necessity to the Malaysian. Thus by boycotting McDonald\u2019s feels like a sense of accomplishment. But it\u2019s not (relatively) towards the Israel-Palestine war.\nWhat it hurt is only the McDonald\u2019s Image and PR. Locally it hurts our own people more that the McDonald\u2019s brand. Heck even if McDonald\u2019s suffer a major loss, they can still retreat to their own country of just stop selling in Malaysia. They might suffer losses but the won\u2019t go bankrupt. And yet I promise you the war would still go on. USD is king baby \ud83e\udd11\ud83e\udd11\ud83e\udd11\ud83d\udcb5\ud83d\udcb5\ud83d\udcb5\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0", "Making comments only from the title without reading the artical or understanding the situation is a dangerous precedent.\nMcD is suing them for defamation, the spread of false information. Not for the boycott/freedom of speech.\nFor example, If I call you a pedo and as the result you receive tons of hate comments online, live harassment and negativity impact your live. You have the right to sue me for defamation.\nAlso before the company sue someone they normally ask the person/organization/company to withdraw the statement they found wrong publicly. Chances are they refuse to say they were wrong and made a mistake. So McD is suing them.", "Boycott is fine\nTelling people \"Ini company yang menyokong Israel\" (while being factually wrong) is not.\nIn an Ideal world, courts should be saying \"okay to boycott, but if you claim something , you have to prove it\"", "I wonder how deep the supply chain can be considered as \"menyokong Israel\".\nFor example, I open a restaurant, my ingredient is sourced from a company in China, the Chinese company sourced their raw material from Germany, the German company sourced the equipment to collect the raw material from a Poland company. The Poland company just manufacture the equipment, and the Poland company buy the rights to manufacture the equipment from an Israel company.\nSo technically.\nMe -> China -> Germany -> Poland -> Israel.\nIn this case, Is my restaurant support Israel ?", "I'm no expert in this matter but imo, it is not. You are only accused of supporting Israel if you are paying royalty directly to a company that openly admits that they are supporting Israel war effort.", "Company mana tu?\nMcdonald Corps have never anything about the Israeli War", "By your logic everybody is supporting Israel. Most of your nobel prize winners are Israelites.. many of your modern day technology were contributed by Israel.. But as usual, religious gymnastics will tell you to selectively boycott, the ones you can boycott you boycott, the rest don't need to boycott... Cause they already bought their expensive cars and phones... Rugi la kalau boycott... Padahal these things were invented and research by Israel long ago...", "In an Ideal world, courts should be saying \"okay to boycott, but if you claim something , you have to prove it\"\nHell...its in Islam itself.\nHadits Arbain #33: Yang menuduh harus datangkan bukti", "The problem is that it wasn\u2019t factually wrong.\nMcDonald\u2019s Israel was funding the Israeli efforts by providing soldiers with food and money.\nThe issue is also American support as McDonalds US has some endorsement of Israeli activities or items which gets money funded via McDonald\u2019s Malaysia royalties.", "4 different companies\nAlonyal ltd\nGerbang Alaf\nLionhorn Pte\nMcdonald corps\nPlease provide proof on how Gerbang Alaf money has made it's way into Alonyal ltd money\nThe issue is also American support as McDonalds US has some endorsement of Israeli activities or items which gets money funded via McDonald\u2019s Malaysia royalties.\nYou're also free to provide proof", "Well, whoever made claims and getting sued should show their card first- BDS should show how Gerbang Alaf is funding Alonyal and how Alonyal is funding the Jewish state.\nSince Gerbang is suing, BDS should come up with evidence or they are all talks no substances", "Yupe, it's time for BDS to show proof regarding their claims and if they can't well all I can say is good luck to them with this lawsuit.", "What are you on about? I am talking about McDonald\u2019s Israel not McDonald\u2019s Malaysia whose royalties etc are paid to the US branch.", "Maksudnya you have no idea\nCool, thanks for confirming my initial beliefs about you", "What are you on about lmao?, I am talking about McDonald\u2019s israel you know a regional office.\nMcDonald\u2019s Malaysia isn\u2019t involved in providing funds etc to Israel neither is McDonald\u2019s US, it is McDonald\u2019s Israel a body independent of McDonalds US.\nPeople are boycotting McDonald\u2019s due to its perceived help with McDonald\u2019s Israel and the fact the money is taxable to the US government fuelling potential decision in its aid to Israel.", "The problem is that it wasn\u2019t factually wrong.\nMcDonald\u2019s Israel was funding the Israeli efforts by providing soldiers with food and money.\nThe issue is also American support as McDonalds US has some endorsement of Israeli activities or items which gets money funded via McDonald\u2019s Malaysia royalties.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-\nYou mentioned it is not factually wrong before you wrote your explanation.\nSince it is not \u201cfactually\u201d wrong, and let your explanation, Gerbang Alaf is able to demand prove right in court since the whole BDS\u2019s narrative is that Gerbang Alaf is paying royalties/ supposed paying royalties to McD regional/ global and they will use the funds to support Israel..?\nAnyway let this go to court and also let us see the outcome. Emotions aside, personally want to see how this turns out and any evidence/ substances BDS is able to prove", "The support is seen as the setting of McDonald\u2019s Israel branches who as a regional body was supporting Israel armed forces etc.\nYou\u2019re confusing the problem with McDonald\u2019s Israel and McDonald\u2019s US and Malaysia.\nMcDonald\u2019s US had endorsed the establishment of McDonald\u2019s Israel and it is a tax payer to the Us government that funds the state of Israel.\nPs I can agree with specific if any claims are made wrongly fully by BDS Malaysia should be justify punished at the same time people need to be aware that they can still boycott a cooperation for its regional partners behaviour.", "I\u2019m quite aware with the differences between McD Israel/ Regional and McD MY.\nWhat I don\u2019t understand is that yes, McD regional has given their support to Israel and Gerbang is more pro Palestine, but again with our emotions at all time high, we are dragging Alaf into this.\nDo you know how many of our local staff are affected? Anyway that is a diff story. Back to our discussion\u2026. BDS should get sued and hope all this people who are cashing clout will think three times before coming up with bullshits", "its funny how u guys are pulling Gerbang into this shitshow due to McD Israel. :26554:\ntotally making 0 sense at all.\nit's been so many months, and there is still 0 proof shown that the royalty paid to Mcd US is helping them to fund Israel.\nMenuduh tanpa bukti tapi semua bangga giler.\nTo me this is no difference as pembunuh. (u guys are ruining tons of rezeki for our own people)", "It\u2019s about Mcdoanlds establishment in Israel rather than them funding the IDF (aside from McDonald\u2019s Israel).", "I never see anyone campaigning to boycott Gerbang Alaf. All I see is the campaign to boycott McDonalds.\nAnd Gerbang Alaf is just unfortunate to be part of McDonalds.", "It is factually wrong, and idiots took it bait hook and sinker", "It isn\u2019t. McDonald\u2019s israel made the decision, the other issue was historical endorsement by McDonald\u2019s us with McDonald\u2019s Israel in the past eg; with its setting up of business etc.", "t isn\u2019t. McDonald\u2019s israel made the decision, the other issue was historical endorsement by McDonald\u2019s us with McDonald\u2019s Israel in the past eg; with its setting up of business etc.\nIf what you said is true, then BDS has nothing to be afraid about the lawsuit. But remember, freedom of speech, expression comes at a price if it is factually wrong, and defamatory.", "So if your father is criminal and you as his child provide some money to him. You are guilty by association and should be treat as such?", "Human morality isn\u2019t as simplistic nor the comparison fair.\nA country that supports another to explicitly commit a crime in the sense of providing it with guns is just guilty.\nThe establishment of a franchise on occupied land (a crime against humanity) is complicit in the action.\nThe difference would the father is aware of the crimes the son will commit with the fund rather than not knowing.", "Then by association you are also guilty. All major technology have ties to Israel and yet you (no one else) is boycotting intel. Which is one of the largest employer in Israel tech sector. Microsoft, apple, AMD, etc.\nHuman morality isn\u2019t as simplistic nor the comparison fair.\nAnd yet you use simplistic and not fair comparison.\nMcD Malaysia market payment to McD global is insignificant and the source of money they get to support Israel is from their own market.\nYou're boycotting because of trend. Not actual humanitarian reason. That why you (and people like you) don't care about us or china many crimes. No boycott of their product or service. Even the Arab are not clean for committing similar crime against local tribal population.", "I am boycotting intel, haven\u2019t used their products in almost a decade unless no alternative was provided. Many Muslims do boycott intel as well. I am not using a simplistic manner but evaluating a business decision to do operations in Israel and considering the impact it has on my life.\nMcDonald\u2019s is service and good I can avoid and reduce consumption off due to alternatives or non-essential to me.\nIt\u2019s significant when a bunch of countries do it together which is happening.\nBoycotting because a trend - great low effort take when you are wrong.\n\u201cYou don\u2019t boycott Saudi or Chinese goods\u201d\n~> I do, the only exemption I have made are to goods that aren\u2019t replaceable, religious or essential.\nI avoid Saudi products to the best possibilities. I am attempting to get off this god forsaken platform due to it being owned in part by the US, Saudi and China.\nI avoid Chinese goods particularly from Tencent after realising their role in Uyghur genocide.\nStop talking like you know me when you don\u2019t.\nJust because you have a terrible take and biases does not mean you need to project them on me.\nI also boycott Russian items, I refuse to buy Volkswagen and Telsa for their inhumane practises.\nI no longer buy from nestle etc.", "You are the man!", "This comment contains a Collectible Expression, which are not available on old Reddit.\nSo tldr, I'm \"boycotting\" unless it's inconvenient for me. Do tell me what CPU and OS you're using? And basically you are by your own standards guilty in assisting them.\nIt\u2019s significant when a bunch of countries do it together which is happening.\nSo basically insignificant and irrelevant. You do know that basically all middle east countries are in the process of normalizing relationship with Israel. Most of them already sign a peace treaty and have trade relationships.\nStop talking like you know me when you don\u2019t.\nJust because you have a terrible take and biases does not mean you need to project them on me.\nI agree, you should stop talking like you understand the whole situation.\nJust because you have a terrible take and biases does not mean you need to project them on me. You must hate your own reflection then.", "You fail to understand boycott and became a clown in your pursuit to own someone.\nCPU ~> went with one of the only two choices available AMD.\nOS? Linux.\nI am aware of the politics in the Middle East and only nations with absolute monarchies against the popular opinion of their people.\nAny semi democratic nation has done the opposite. Furthermore, all normalisation has ended for now due to the on-going war.\nI understand the situation way better than you.\nKeep up with the low effort bad takes Mr Pseudo intellect :)\n\u201coh boy let\u2019s let\u2019s normalise relationship with Nazi germany because other countries are doing it\u201d.", "libel is still libel. if you slander someone(company) you can't just expect to be able to walk away Scots free.", "BDS: Freedom of speech\nMcDonald: Freedom to sue", "Boycotting itself isn't wrong. But misinformation and spreading of rumours, slandering is wrong and can be sued.\nSo basically McDonald's isn't suing them for boycotting, they're going to sue BDS for slandering. It's very easy for McDonald's to win because they're just going to grab screenshots and evidence of posts made by BDS on social media.\nWhereas BDS will need to proof that they're not slandering by providing evidence where McDonald's Malaysia has directly sent money to Israel...(They pay royalties to McDonald's in US and not to Israel)... The outcome is pretty much set in stone already.\nWhatever news you hear now is just to buat wayang to win public opinion only. Slandering can be sued in the court of law as we've seen when PAS frequently loses to DAP in court on several occasions...\nDo you think the expensive lawyers hired by McDonald's won't know simple stuff like this and waste everybody's time suing something that's impossible? That's why from the start we already said, wanna boycott then boycott, it's your right... But don't go attack the employees and spread nonsense about Malaysia McDonald's paying money to Israel...", "Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence.\nBoycott is fine, and cannot be stopped. But if someone starts lying (or claims unproven allegations), then they're potentially in trouble - libel and slander laws exist for a reason.", "Boycott if completely fine, as you said it is a form of free speech.\nBut stating and parroting misinformation to sway public opinion, that's text book defamation. Which is illegal. Free speech doesn't mean you can flap your gums and be free of consequences.\nHowever that being said, get fucked McD lol.", "Boycott is part of democracy. It's another form of voting, albeit with your wallet.", "What if the boycott is based on false information? That just becomes libel or slander at that point", "It isn\u2019t false the issue. The issue is well known that Israel McDonald\u2019s a regional office was involved in the findings. While local cooperations in Malaysia fund the US side of things which has had a role in McDonald\u2019s Israel establishment and historical issues.", "Again it\u2019s McDonald\u2019s as a whole and McDonald\u2019s as an entity. Terrorist organization bombing people claiming they\u2019re Muslim (Islam). Thus that mean Muslim here in Malaysia are terrorist by association? It doesn\u2019t. The (supposed) Islamic Terrorist is different Muslim from the Malaysian Muslim. So people can make a blanket statement that islam is a terrorist religion, it is in someway a freedom of speech, but if they write that Anon Bin Anon is an Islamic terrorist (by association) then it is libel and some other action to Anon can be also construed as a Hate Crime.", "(1) McDonald\u2019s Israel does have the flexibility to do as it deemed but it was also due to the global body not enforcing laws and regulation as many cooperation do so.\n(2) The boycott argument is that the money is sent to America which funds the American war efforts. Reducing the amount sent and business impacts will lead to a weaker US push.\n(3) the Boycott of American products has already began impact US policy.\n(4)The argument against a cooperation and individuals are different. organisations are led in whole by a small set of influential business decision markers which is not the same of individuals or groups beyond the control the other individuals within the same structure.\n(5) I do not boycott McDonald\u2019s because of the action of McDonald\u2019s Israel but rather the action of the government it funds.Reduction of consumption in whole or part is better than none.", "I think the Streisand effect will make some people boycott them even longer now", "Letting go of this perpetrator will set even more dangerous precedent.. Sue them till kingdom come.."], ["People all say boycott boycott that without understanding basic stuff. Do they even know how much royalty mcd pays? 5%. Let's say they sold 3 billion rm. 5% that's 150 million. In usd around 32 million. Mcdonald annual revenue is 25 billion. Malaysias total royalty is only 0.128%. Of mcds total revenue. That's an insignificant amount. Us government as well as many other countries provide aid to Israel starting in tens of millions to ten of billions of dollars. Even if mcdonald malaysia gave their 100% annual sales to Israel directly it would be insignificant. You might say oh it's not the impact but the idealogy or something but have you thought about the people who work there? Whether it be Starbucks or mcd these people earn very little in regards to our rising cost of living. They themselves aren't doing anything wrong. They're just working. Whether it be to raise money during their semester break. Or providing for their family. But cause of the boycott they're at risk of loosing their jobs. Did you think the company is gonna bear the loss? No they'll just downsize. Shut down stores. Lay off people.\nBerjaya has already laid off workers from Starbucks. If you wanna boycott fine boycott. But don't boycott companies like mcd and Starbucks whose only connection to this conflict is royalties. If you must boycott boycott companies who have their manufacturing or workers in us/Israel etc. Not in malaysia. You're just harming your own country.\nAs far as I see there's so much double standard. Boycott Starbucks but not Intel or heinz. When Israel kills Palestinians everyone yelling genocide and occupier. But when Egypt and Jordan occupy the land it's fine. Arab states kill hundreds of thousands among themselves no one saying they're committing genocide. Everyone shouting we stand in solidarity with Palestine. What about the 50+ thousand Christians who have been massacred by Islamic insurgents in Nigeria just cause they were Christian. What about the hundreds of thousands dead in the Yemen and Syrian civil war.\nAt the same time people keep spreading misinformation about Palestinians being native to the land. Hamas interior minister himself said in 2012. Every Palestinian can trace their Arab roots to countries like Yemen, Syria etc.", "I agree with some of your points, but it screams whataboutism. We\u2019re talking about Palestine, and its not like we\u2019re suppressing people to talk about Nigeria/Somalia/Yemen. If you want to talk, talk lah.\nAlso, you lost me at Palestinian not being native to that land. Because if so, Amy from NYC, Jakob from Germany and other settlers needs to fuck off from Jaffa, Sedrot and Tel Aviv", "Why should they leave. The land was given to the country. Are you saying families must only be of one nationality?. That people can't live in another country. Those cities you named aren't even illegal settlements which is another topic entirely. They're legal cities build by Israel on their own land. Malaysia has a few million foreigners who aren't Malaysian. Are you saying they should leave cause they weren't from Malaysia? Do you expect counties to have a 100% native population with 0 immigrants?.", "I agree with the point made in the second paragraph, if people really want to make an impact by boycotting some corporations, they should boycott financial institutions like Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal (just to name a few). These companies support Israel and boycotting them will do something to help."], ["It will be tough for Gerbang Alaf to win this, because McD brand is not owned by Gerbang Alaf, they are just a franchisee.\nBDS can argue that they are targetting McD globally, and its not a defamation per se specifically to Gerbang Alaf's McD.\nBased on that, Gerbang Alaf need to provide a prima facie or proof that BDS is out to get them specifically.\nWill be a long battle at the court, Palestine dah wiped out from the map pun belum tentu settle. (unless both parties decide to settle outside of the court)", "BDS can argue that they are targetting McD globally,\nExcept that the global BDS movement does not call for action against McDonald's:\nhttps://bdsmovement.net/make-an-impact\nCompanies such as Coca Cola and McDonald\u2019s are not priorities for the BDS movement at this stage. We focus on companies that play a clear and direct role in sustaining Israeli violations of international law and that we can have a tangible impact upon.\nThis is specifically action by BDS Malaysia, against McDonalds Malaysia.", "I just read BDS Malaysia website, they also stated the same thing:\nhttps://bdsmalaysia.com/boycott/\nIn the end I dont know what sort of evidence Gerbang Alaf will bring to the court against BDS Malaysia.", "I just read BDS Malaysia website, they also stated the same thing:\nhttps://bdsmalaysia.com/boycott/\nFrom that BDS Malaysia website:\nBerkenaan McD, ia bukan target utama BDS Malaysia. Ia dalam kategori Grassroots organic boycott targets. Berikut penerangan berkenaannya:\nMcDonald\u2019s (AS), Burger King (AS), Papa John\u2019s (AS), Pizza Hut (AS), WIX (Israel), dsb. kini disasarkan di beberapa negara melalui kempen boikot organik akar umbi. Ia bukan dimulakan oleh pergerakan BDS.\nPemboikotan ini adalah kerana syarikat-syarikat ini, atau cawangan atau francais mereka di Israel, telah secara terbuka menyokong kezaliman Israel terhadap warga Palestin, dan/atau memberikan derma dalam bentuk yang murah hati kepada tentera Israel di tengah-tengah serangan yang Israel sedang lakukan terhadap 2.3 juta rakyat Palestin di Semenanjung Gaza.\n...\nJikalau McD Malaysia keluarkan kenyataan terbuka mengutuk jenayah pembunuhan beramai-ramai yg dilakukan oleh Israel terhadap warga Palestin, inshaAllah, BDS Malaysia akan keluarkan kenyataan bahawa McD bukan lagi dalam senarai sasaran syarikat utk diboikot di Malaysia.\nAgain, this is a boycott specifically by BDS Malaysia against McDonalds Malaysia, and there is no global boycott by the parent org (as there is for Caterpillar/ Sodastream etc)\nFor the actual defamation suit, I suspect that this may be more related to whatever BDS Malaysia has been putting out on their social media/ campaign material, more than the website itself.", "I think BDS International and BDS Malaysia are separate entity, though they are sister organization, but the one that in this case is BDS Malaysia. And with all those inflammatory and defamatory (some said it's actually factually incorrect) statements and the sheer amount of tweets / tiktok videos that can be put into deposition for the court to decide, it is actually a strong case.\nI'm not a lawyer. I want they go head to head and use law to resolve the issues, to test our legal system.\nAnd, it is actually good, because maybe we will know who is funding BDS Malaysia."], ["I'm going to protest American companies to show I'm against genecide. The first thing I'll do is post about it on American owned social networks using my iphone \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "That's called using their tools against them.", "We did it we successfully destroyed America! Wait isnt my American technologies work?", "Maybe learn about context. We are talking about malaysian mekdi here.", "American social media not really it\u2019s owned paritialy by non-US cooperation.\nThe IPhone uses parts made by Arabs etc.\nIt\u2019s a nuance thing.\nThe reality is you\u2019re overthinking what the boycott is, it was always aimed at reducing the consumption of goods or services in products deemed optional.\nNot all cooperations work with Israel so not all cooperations are boycotted.\nThe ones that do, also would be analysis on their importance to the individual etc.\nThe majority of boycotted products are products replaceable en-mass.", "McDonald's, KFC and Starbucks, etc also have asian made or non American made parts used for their everyday operations. They also import a lot of foreign ingredients and hire a lot of non-american, and yes Muslim workers.\nAlso iphones are replaceable as are American owned social media networks.", "I am well aware. I think you\u2019re not realising the point of a boycott, it\u2019s to reduce the sales directly to the end seller which in short the objective of reducing the consumption.\nThe majority of the goods boycotted are basically: replaceable. Will it impact other industries sure, that\u2019s why it puts more pressure on the cooperations.", "The point of the boycott is to not support certain american companies because they \"support\" genecide. But other companies that \"support\" genecide no need to boycott because it would be too inconvenient for the said boycotters. I'm sorry not trying to be rude, but it just seems so ironic and hilarious to me.", "To be fair you couldn\u2019t spell genocide.\nThat aside, it achieves the aim set in motion and it is your lack of ability to think which leads to the perceived irony.", "You don't need to spell words correctly to have rational thoughts. Those who like to point out spelling mistakes usually do so because they have nothing left to say in the argument.", "I gave an argument. You failed to read or understand the point of it.\nReduction in consumption of goods that fund a government that engages in the crimes against the victim nation etc.", "\"I'm going to boycott McDonald's, but instead of getting a large set, I'll get a medium set.\" That'll show Israel I mean business!", "Your point is beyond terrible.\n\u201cI am going to boycott McDonald\u2019s because they are alternative choices I can safely make without impacting my life in an adverse way while openly hurting a cooperation that funds a government involuntarily to do crimes abroad\u201d.\nThis argument does not mean \u201cI am boycotting this item which is actively used with limited or no choices eg: Medicine or Computer chips which can adversely impact my life.\u201d\nBoycotts are selective by nature and usually only applied to goods or services which can easily be replaced or not used.", "Which Genocide are you talking about?", "B-b-but boycott doesnt work, right? Thats why they so gelabah want to saman right?\nFuck off child killer"], ["In the same line of thinking...\nIsrael uses equipment made by Boeing and Airbus for their military. So if you sit in the airlines that use Boeing and Airbus planes... you're also contributing to those company. So don't fly anywhere okay... don't fly to go for prayers... don't fly go holiday... Just sit at home. Thankfully Intel and AMD didn't come and support Israel... Wanna see what kinda boycott these jokers come up with. That would have been good. Keep them off the bloody internet.\nWanna help Palastine...do something that matters.", "Actually Intel will be constructing 25 billion usd plant in Israel but i don't see much news or controversy about it in Malaysia. I wonder how boycott on Intel would work .lol", "Yeah Intel doesn't make just chips. They make a lot more. Storage, wifi, lan devices. A lot of stuff. My motherboard for amd comes with a Intel wifi chip.", "In the same line of thinking...\nIsraelis breathe air. You are also breathing the same air as them. Don't breathe air then. Lets see if they can do that. I hope they do that.", "The D in BDS is for divest. Totally irrelevant unless you're running actual investments. That section of the movement is for a whole different kind of people, not common plebes.\nBut making BDS popular is. So boycott McD, because in the long run it's keeping BDS in public eyes, which means the D section can get to work.\nIt's like malaysians not watching Gal Gadot movies - total nothingburger to Israel. But international artists not performing in Israel is; and public perception that it is not acceptable to do that has to come from somewhere, and the more unacceptable to associate with Israel culturally all over the world the less barrier there is to that refusal.", "And that is why you are ask to boycott what you can, because everyone knows you cannot boycott every single thing. The easiest thing to boycott is fast food and fast fashion.\nIf every cause in the world were to follow this absolutism logic, no cause would ever succeed at all.", "I know the need to make a statement...but those who do this are like those 'Stop Oil' protesters...just menyusah-kan orang lain, by jamming up the roads, but in the end what impact wan or expecting? When everything you use or wear is made from oil... Same analogy...if some company says they're supporting Israel, in some way you boycott...but boycott also some only...apa ni...? Anyways to each his own... Thanks for the civil conversation. \ud83d\ude42", "dumbest shit I've heard", "This such a retharded mindset. This is clearly miles different than stop oil campaign", "Wanna help Palestine? Boycott Qatar Airways and Al Jazeera. Qatar is funding Hamas terror.", "Good. We need someone with balls to fight off Israeli terrorists", "Thanks, really open up my mind. Now, I'm going to boikot DAP related products since some of them supporting Israel.", "At least we\u2019re doing something. Tell me, what are you doing about it?", "Enjoying the fruits of your labour... I think you very much."], ["McD Malaysia owned by Saudi. Why not boycott Saudi instead?", "Better boycott Qatar. They support terror cells like Hamas."], ["Oh thats easy, just \"dont buy them\" and it'd still count as legal boycott, dont need to push others, everyones already share the same sentiment lmao"], ["I think people have the right to channel their protest / support towards various companies as a way to deliver particular messages. The idea is to deliver the messages towards the appropriate companies, and whether the message being delivered strikes the appropriate note(s) or not.\nThe lawsuit towards the protesters was created by the owners of the Malaysian and Singaporean franchises, Lionhorn Pte Ltd, Saudi Arabian Sheik Fahd and Abdulrahman Alireza. They operate the business in a manner that did not contribute directly to the war effort by Israel. This was done by the global McDonald\u2019s franchise owners, which are not Lionhorn. So while Lionhorn contributes marginally to the global McDonald\u2019s franchise, Lionhorn is in fact owned by different people altogether who are seeing their profits heavily impacted by these boycotts.\nFurthermore the same people own the franchise across Malaysia and Singapore, both having diverse socioeconomic and demographic characteristics; the people in Singapore are far more US-centric compared to Malaysia, yet you don\u2019t see the same level of boycotts being practiced in Singapore. The franchise are owned by the same individuals from Saudi Arabia, are they suing anyone from Singapore for defamation?\nSimilarly many businesses we use in fact have ties to Israel; Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon, Intel, etc.. are we even able to boycott using all the products either ties to Israel? Are we even willing to? Even if we did, are we able to put a dent significant enough into their businesses and profits that they would consider our protests and make changes?"], ["anyone?"], ["It\u2019s always fun to see Malaysians shooting themselves in the foot because they are not smart of enough to see certain differences", "Yeah... Boycotting mcd and sb doing nothing for Palestine. I already calculated and the royalty paid by mcd malaysia isn't even 1% of global revenue. Only thing it's doing is making malaysians loose their jobs.", "Alright then, what do you suggest us to do?", "Boycott companies that actual have a part in the conflict. The companies that have actual stake in the conflict aren't even companies normal people can boycott. Malaysian airlines themselves still buys Boeing planes even though boeing literally makes the weapons used to bomb Gaza. Companies still use chipsets made by companies like Intel who have research centers in Israel with a plan to build a factory if I'm not wrong. Boycott the companies 100% or majority owned by israel or US. Not royalty paying companies. Best to boycott companies who don't hire much in Malaysia. For the sake of the workers who are simply just working to survive."], ["McD Malaysia should do what Russia done, rebrand to different name , Russia McD replacement still use same supplier as original McD, same menu just rename etc"], ["Good job Mekdi!"], ["BDSMalaysia"], ["So if I say, \"don't eat McDonald's food, it's unhealthy and expensive\", no one bats an eye.\nBut if I say, \"don't eat McDonald's food, it's funding the Israeli government\", that's grounds for a lawsuit? What are we, Americans?", "Because the former is factually based, while the latter is not (or at the very least, not provably factual regarding McD Malaysia).\nThis is actually a strange situation - if the boycott campaign was ineffective, Gerbang Alaf would've likely ignored it, and the fact that BDS Malaysia was making... questionable claims would've been quietly ignored. That they're not is indicative that it's had some impact beyond just their reputation, and as such Gerbang Alaf is taking serious action to point out that the claims by BDS Malaysia are unsubstantiated.\nI expect that this is just the first in a multi-pronged response by them, let's see how it goes.", "Boycott affected Gerbang Alaf. McD head company just laughing at us with their skyrocketing stock price", "Because the former is factually based, while the latter is not\nNot really sure about that, though. I mean, when you consider the stuff the mamak and kopi tiam places offer, McD's aren't that bad. Hell, I would argue (if someone would bother to pay me lol) that because of the higher premium price of McD's, you're less likely to overeat a McD cheese burger than a super oily koay teow goreng with teh tarik.\nBut when I think about it some more, I think I kinda agree with Gerbang Alaf. McDonald's is headquartered in the US, not Israel. Plus there's also the RM1 million contribution made by McD Malaysia.\nI understand the reasoning of the BDS movement, but in this particular case they boycotters picked the wrong target.", "I mean, when you consider the stuff the mamak and kopi tiam places offer, McD's aren't that bad.\nDing ding ding. That's why you don't make specificclaims unless you damn kau certain. Saying McDonald's is unhealthy is generally supported by facts, but if you start making specific claims - ie, McDonald's is the unhealthiest food in Malaysia - then you're in trouble.\nBDS Malaysia seems to have alleged that McDonald's Malaysia was either supportive or funding Israel, and that's the kind of specifity that you need to watch out for - they could've stopped at something more moderate (ie McDonald's should do more to help Palestinians) but they didn't, and are know paying a price for that.", "The contribution to the Palestinian humanitarian fund is deemed by BDS as not strong enough as a position for McDonald's Malaysia to take.\nFor context, even Israel provides humanitarian relief for Palestine. Doesn't mean squat in McDonald's scale and in terms of solidifying their support for the Palestinian people like the rest of Malaysians.\nNot to mention that RM 1,000,000 is a mere ~0.03% of their annual revenue. Basically if someone makes RM 10,000 salary, he/she just donated RM 3. That's how little it is.", "Not quite, some instagrammers listed examples and reason why mcd is not healthy and is not hazard and got sued and we know the drill later.\nYes they sue, just not in this big media coverage but they will sue", "Can you share the examples? I suspect that these guys made the mistake of trying to be specific, and as said elsewhere, that can screw you over if you cannot prove it.", "I hope I can but not sure where I stand law wide", "This is the right way to get people to lose weight"], ["You know at the end the Malays will just come back and McD will do a massive marketing to lure them. The same people who boycott won\u2019t be doing it long.", "Seems like they can't wait that long and its hurting their business", "No worries. That is why they having massive promos", "Doesn't seem like McDonald's can wait for that any longer. They're obviously bleeding.", "Our McD may be going bankrupt, and have to sell their business on the cheap to McD US. Yay! /s", "bro not funny enough to be sarcastic \ud83d\ude29", "This is not the first time Mcdonald faced a boycott in Malaysia as well so they definitely used to it already.", "True they been hating Israel for decades", "Blame it on Dr M policy", "Ya ya because Dr M is the one killing humans being with bombs. It\u2019s not like the Malays in this country have a brain and can think for themselves right?", "Have you ever heard of Mosab Hassan Yousef [1]?\nSometimes, when you have have been living in the same circle and believing everything your circle is telling you, you developed a tunnel vision and completely bias. Try listen to both sides of the arguments.\n[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnvUIcvNUE", "Yep, boycott doesnt work. Thats why they feel the need to saman"], ["Why doesn\u2019t anyone boycott facebook? Iirc mark zuckerburg has Jewish blood or follows Jewish tradition in many instances.", "So people are boycotting Jews, not Israel?", "Their platform is also being used by the Israelis no?", "Sure but you said people should be boycotting Facebook because Mark has \u201cjewish blood\u201d", "I thought everyone is boycotting everything Jewish and shit, or am I wrong?", "No they\u2019re boycotting companies that support Israel in certain ways.\nIf people are boycotting something because they\u2019re Jewish or whatever then that\u2019s just being antisemitic.", "But how is a local owned franchise, whose owners are monetarily supporting Palestinians, in support of Israel?\nI mean, it\u2019s not really going to affect Israel nor McD hq, since they are going to be collecting those royalty fees regardless of whether you make a profit or not I think.", "Yeah. Mcd malaysia royalty is only like 0.128%. Not even 1% of mcd total revenue", "Well the thought process behind it is less revenue, less royalty since it's by percentage, but as others here have pointed out. McD Malaysia royalties are barely a scratch on their worldwide earnings. They're going to put the local franchise owner out of business first before McD HQ itself.", "I don\u2019t know, I just know this is about Israel, not Jewish people.", "I see, well anyways, thx for letting me pick your brain. I\u2019m just trying to understand better this very strange situation.\nDon\u2019t get me wrong, o can understand the sentiment of it, but the actions is not very logical, at least to me.", "Actually X(twitter) also since Elon Musk is Jewish, but if you ask those people boycotting, they will say it\u2019s these two platforms that can help to get the word out about the boycott to reach a bigger audience konon. It\u2019s selective boycott at this point", "Exactly. Like I can dig the whole support for Palestine thing. But to boycott things that only hurt your own fellow citizens, is idiotic. Factually speaking, the Israelis don\u2019t feel a thing from this boycott, and I don\u2019t think the US hq gives a damn either, since the Malaysian franchise is owned by locals and people from the Middle East and all the US hq does is collect fees regardless of your profit or loss, I think.\nHowever, if you\u2019re boycotting to lower the price, this I actually support. They seriously overcharge their food nowadays."], ["All BDS is asking McDonald's Malaysia is to openly condemn the Israeli genocidal policies and publicly state its support for the Palestinian people. I tried to look it up and McDonald's Malaysia has not been able to release that particular press statement.\nThey can't even do that while being able to make other statements tiptoeing around it.\nhttps://bdsmalaysia.com/2023/10/15/press-statement-by-bds-malaysia-in-response-to-the-statement-by-mcdonalds-malaysia/\nLet me be clear - I hadn't boycotted them because I agreed (past tense) that their entity was different than the rest of McDonald's corp.\nHowever, this legal attack on BDS (which consequently might damage BDS effort on companies that do directly support Israel) and the fact that they have hesitated to openly condemn Israel, are sending a hint that they are not that independent after all.\nBoycott on.", "Why does McDonald's have to condemn Israel though? It's fine for someone to not have a stand on every issue. Can BDS blindly make accusations at anyone?\nBDS: <Company X> hasn't condemned Israel. Boycott them!", "They are asking to condemn a genocide. A genocide which their counterpart in Israel gave free meals and money to child killers.\nIt\u2019s like this\u2014> PAS kelate kills orang asli. DAP Terengganu asks PAS Terengganu to condemn PAS kelate action. If DAP then says PAS Terengganu is okay with PAS kelate actions by being silent, is DAP wrong? Or is DAP being unreasonable?\nMust use DAP and PAS to give yall some local example. Hopefully all of the monyets in here can understand better.", "OK so using the same logic why isn't Anwar shouting about the actual genocides being commited around the world. The 50+ thousand Christians killed in Nigeria. The hundreds of thousands who were killed in Syria and Yemen. Hamas whose founding documents literally talks about commiting genocide against the jews and not to accept peaceful solutions.", "Because their name has been used to support soldiers massacring civilians and bombing hospitals. Condeming it (even Hamas if you want) is the basic human reaction no?", "Genocide?\nIn January of this year, the European Commission explicitly stated it considers it \u201cnot appropriate\u201d to use the term apartheid in connection with the State of Israel. Meanwhile Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by most Western countries. The Arab populations in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside Israel, have all increased tremendously since Israel\u2019s founding, but a genocide means a huge decline in population. The Arabs ruled by Israel (not Hamas or the PA), far from being subject to apartheid, get the same health care as Jewish Israelis, go to the same universities and restaurants, ride the same public transportation, vote in elections, serve in the parliament and the Supreme Court, and as doctors, lawyers, and in other professions. That is nothing like apartheid. It\u2019s Hamas who doesn\u2019t accept LGBTQ and atheists. Who oppresses women or other religions. Don\u2019t defend the real oppressors. Look up \u201cPallywood\u201d and learn about the shady propaganda tactics of the Palestinians.", "Yes. Genocide.\nhttps://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-un-experts-call-international-community-prevent-genocide-against"], ["Whatever."], ["please continue the boycott"], ["Only on r/malaysia i see people going hard defending mcd", "I have been boycotting McDonalds months ago (I have no money)", "Me boycotting mcd bcs i dont have money but just went there yesterday to redeem my free double cheeseburger lol", "only on r/malaysia I can see this stupid comment.", "Why so bitter? Prosperity sedap bro.", "Everyone like the food, but not these greedy corporations.", "Cool story bro.", "Gotta use waze/fb/instagram/apple product i guess", "Some people just wanna see the world burn. As long as they are not the one who\u2019s getting torched.", "this place is just a racist chinese sub who like to pretend they are above others", "It just a greedy corporate, they sell things in usd price but pay the employees in ringgit. Chill out bro, its not like mcd will give them a year free supply of prosperity burger to them lol."], ["Love the info you gave but why wasn\u2019t the analogy \u201c3 ringgit from your 20 ringgit\u201d"], ["No grounds for lawsuit?\nFight them in court, you lazy couch potato."], ["Who cares TBH, McDonald's is global, it's not disappearing unless you're from Russia and a few other countries. Think the prices are expensive in Malaysia, try the UK for price \ud83d\ude2c"]]}
{"title": "Malaysians usher in New Year 2024 with religious activities, family outings", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmi0h/malaysians_usher_in_new_year_2024_with_religious/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "", "comments": [["\"... with religious activities...\"\n\ud83d\udc80"]]}
{"title": "High-profile court cases to look out for in 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmfzp/highprofile_court_cases_to_look_out_for_in_2024/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I thought the stalker case would be critical since he is the first person to be charged under the law, but no, it was just a byline under the Paul Yong rape case.\nThe stalker trial will set a precedent for subsequent stalkers in Malaysia. Too low a punishment and it fails to be a deterrent."], ["Very good read actually, thank you for sharing OP!"]]}
{"title": "The Federal Government will relinquish its authority over Sabah's electricity matters on 3rd Jan 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ubwix/the_federal_government_will_relinquish_its/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["TLDR: The Federal Government has given the State Legislature of Sabah the legislative powers to make laws on the matters of electricity. The Federal Government has also, by multiple gazatted orders, suspended the operation of federal electricity laws in Sabah. All of these will take effect on 3 Jan 2024\nThe Sabah State Legislature is expected to sit during a special session on 3 Jan 2024 to pass a new state law in regards of Sabah's electricity matters.\nGeneral news on this: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/994264/sabah-exercise-full-authority-over-electricity-accordance-malaysia\n1st pic: https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20393/2023%20393/2023)\n2nd pic: https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20394/2023%20394/2023)\n3rd pic: https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20395/2023%20395/2023)\n4th pic: https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20396/2023%20396/2023)\n5th pic: https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20397/2023%20397/2023)"], ["So if electricity in Sabah still fuck up it's not federal fault it's their state fault now?", "Yes, starting from 3 Jan 2024.\n* Something fuck up in SS *\nSS: Ini semua salah Semenanjung!\nFeds: * Give up power and transfer it to SS states *\n* Something still fuck up in SS *\nSS: [Surprised pikachu face]\nFeds: :26554:\n/jk", "it was not instantly , they can say they have a plan, but need time to execute", "too bad, the legacy effects from Feds may take years to wear off", "Yeah sabah mp's kroni is salivating right now", "oh they will find some way to blame", "One of the comment already preset the blame shift towards \"the legacy effects from Feds may take years to wear off \". So if they start to use that excuse, people like that guy would eat it up easily. Because surely, only the feds are dirty and theirs are squeaky clean. Next, they'll use the word lesser evil as a counter point, same old, same old. Cheers.", "Federal's fault because they refuse to take responsibility for the state's incompetence"], ["Hmm Taib Mahmud - Electricity Edition will be born then.\nSemua kontrak utility Sabah dia akan sapu", "Taib is Sarawak agong, what does it have to do w Sabah?\nSabah have their own blood suckers", "I know, my point and yours are the same. There will be some cronies/blood sucker who monopoly all those deals either directly or indirectly, and Sabah will remain the same despite all resources.", "That why Bung and Shafie want to gether2 against Hajiji", "And u think that\u2019s for the sake of Sabahan? \ud83d\ude02", "Better than Hajiji the \"Sabah Maju Jaya\" signboard guy"], ["Elon Musk is going to sell tons of Cybertruck :26554:"], ["Hope it doesn't turn out like Texas."]]}
{"title": "Four new deaths, 50% surge in Covid-19 variant infections in S\u2019wak", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18vmfcg/four_new_deaths_50_surge_in_covid19_variant/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["COVID-19"], "header": "", "comments": [["Mask up, people."]]}
{"title": "The Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act 2023 has been gazetted and will take effect on 1st Jan 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ubhwo/the_public_finance_and_fiscal_responsibility_act/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Summary of this Act:\nThis law will mandate the government to issue multiple different financial or economic reports annually and every 3 or 5 years and table them in the Parliament. The Minister of Finance has the responsibility to formulate several fiscal and economical policies and ensure they are adhered to by other government entities.\nIf any factors derail the economic development or financial stability of Malaysia, or if an entity's debt that is guaranteed by the government is about to default, the government need to table a contigency plan or solution to the Parliament or House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat).\nThis law also mandated the government to spend at least 3% of our GDP on development expenditure and to keep the national budget deficit to be not larger than -3% of our GDP. Under this law, the government will also need to keep the national government debt to be lower than 60% of our GDP.\nFailure to keep aforementioned policies and criteria will mandate the government to answer to the Parliament.\nHowever, this not cause a change in government or a government shutdown like in the US if the Parliament decided to not approve the contingency/mitigation plan formulated by the government.\nThis is because the law only said \"If the fiscal adjustment plan is not approved, the House of Representatives may pass a resolution to require the Minister to improve the fiscal adjustment plan to be laid in the House of Representatives as soon as practicable\"", "A simple question. Do all the different government departments publish their financial reports every year?", "Honestly, I don't know.", "Why isn't this post upvoted more, didn't everyone complain about no reforms ever since going into power. This is one of the big ones, but everyone seem to sleep over it."], ["The whole Act can be accessed here:\nhttps://lom.agc.gov.my/act-detail.php?act=850&lang=BI&date=29-12-2023#timeline\nPDF version:\nhttps://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputaktap/1946989_BI/WJW23%EF%80%A21340%20BI.pdf\nThis whole Act, except section 37 and 38, will come into force on 1st of January 2024:\nhttps://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&language=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20584/2023%20584/2023)\nThe Prime Minister, with the YDPA power delegated to him, has prescribe the authoritative text of this Act and its subsidiary legislation shall be in English:\nhttps://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&language=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20585/2023%20585/2023)"], ["Thank you OP:26561:"], ["Any other countries doing this? Any chance the info able to identify scum moves like 1MDB buying land from government and selling it back with inflated price?"], ["\ud83d\udca9\nDSAI: Reee one person cannot hold both PM and Finance Minister portfolio.\nMadanon: Anyways.", "Anwar wrested some of Finance Minister\u2019s powers by instituting this Act, and it took him less than a year to introduce the bill. Did any previous Finance Minister make the effort to propose the law?", "Is that a rhetorical question? The point he made about FM and PM not being held by one person over the years meant nothing?\nYou're saying if he didn't hold both of the portfolio or someone else had it, there's zero chance of reform or new laws being enacted. I suppose we could always look at the dark days of the first PH government under Tun. Maybe the PM should always hold the Finance Minister post in perpetuity.", "I understand if you are disappointed with this.\nFor now, please be assured that Anwar has done major reforms in the ministries that he personally oversees. For the Finance Ministry, which is an indispensable ministry that handles the country\u2019s Treasury and is currently facing fiscal constraints, Anwar has introduced this Fiscal Responsibility Act and stipulated that all government procurement processes must be done through open tender. For the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, he has instructed to start working on separating the powers between the Attorney General and the Deputy Public Prosecutor.\nThere is also now a Second Finance Minister to take a more hands-on role in the ministry.", "Hindsight is 20/20. Of course we are hopeful for proposed changes, and it would take awhile to see their effects. Let's hope for the best for now :29091::29091::29091:", "Do I think it's rather hypocritical yes,but judging by current political situation , is it a necessity? Imo Yes.I mean who else would you suggest to be finance minister instead.\nIt has to be someone from PKR and someone who can keep power dynamic balance. Especially when UMNO is in the team.", "yes,but judging by current political situation , is it a necessity? Imo Yes.I mean who else would you suggest to be finance minister instead.\nwhat current political situation and why is it a necessity?", "The current government is a combination between PH and BN long time rivals. There is no way we are getting a UMNO finance minister nor a DAP finance minister due to their voter base. So that leaves us with either a PKR finance minister or a senator.\nWhile finance minister holds alot of power, it still have to listen to either PM or TPM. When anwar announce himself as finance minister, it was during the early days of the uncanny alliances. Most people including Anwar are probably uncertain how this alliances will hold out in practice.\nLets say if we put some pkr guy or senator, who is to say we won't have some umno peeps coming in an demanding approval for this project and that under the pretense of \"TPM ordered it\", you can't deny my approval. Now either the minister have to approved it or went to Anwar over and over to ask for permission.\nIf that is the case, wouldn't it create a tense and distrustful political situations? It's not a simple case of just whatapps anwar, \"hey this umno minister suspiciously ask for RMxxx million for xxx, do i approve?. With anwar as finance minister however, the power hierachy is atleast there to prevent this kind of precedence from happening in the first place.\nWhen now that they worked for 1 year atleast. and things look rather calm and stable, so anwar finally able to appoint a senator to help finance ministry task.\nEdit 1: an analogy would be a assistance headmaster is less likely to ask the treasurer to make some suspicious approval under the table if the person itself is the headmaster itself", "Thank you for the detailed response.", "No problem, I just really wish more people would discuss it from this point of view. Trying to atleast understand if there is a rationality behind the decisions.\nInstead of just going \"haha, typical politicians being hypocrite and not fulfilling their promises\" and then just full stops there."]]}
{"title": "Self-Collect Shoe Box", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ubfue/selfcollect_shoe_box/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I went to a 24-hour laundry in Sungai Way, PJ today and what caught my interest was this shoe box machine. I checked the price it cost 18 bucks for 1 pair of wet wash services.\nHas anyone tried this before and is it safe to leave your shoe inside the machine overnight?", "comments": [["How I wish there is one in my area. It is pain in the ass to wash my hiking shoe. RM18 is pretty reasonable.", "18 bucks for a deep clean is a bargain. Worth every penny to wash off the hard stained, dirt on your shoe"], ["Wow. Thats useful", "Indeed it is. Let the pro clean it for you with reasonable price"], ["Someone will come and collect, the will wash em on the washing machine next to it\n/s"], ["Wow gg sunway velocity"], ["Got different pricing in different area ni.\nThe LaundryBar Mega outlet in Damansara Jaya has the box too, but its RM30 instead.", "That\u2019s pricey for a pair of shoe! Here it\u2019s RM30 for 2 pairs only"], ["Wahh kat kl got?", "Not pretty sure, so far I\u2019ve found in Sungai Way, PJ. My best bet is look at a 24-hr laundry bar. There's a higher chance you could find them"], ["Try Jordan's or some hype shoes n see", "Jordan? Hell nah, I wouldn\u2019t let some unknown strangers touch it w/out my supervision unless a beat-down, unbranded or counterfeit shoes"]]}
{"title": "Are there any folklores or legends that you know which is not famous in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18uarjr/are_there_any_folklores_or_legends_that_you_know/", "num_comment": 41, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "like datuk gong (ik its belief and not folklore but its kinda awesome how the belief is adapted here in this part of SEA)", "comments": [["Legend had it, field at school used to be graveyard of japanese soldier/their victim.", "every school has this legend and then kids ended up having mass hysteria during camping at school \ud83d\udc80", "I've seen it first hand during my secondary school years, for a brief while. It's more solo hysteria than anything else. Kid had to be restrained by classmates and the pendidikan jasmani teacher. I happened to be passing by at that moment. Pupils dilated, incoherent. Sure, the old school had a history of being converted to a Japanese internment camp during ww2, but I suspect he probably had a bad trip. Some kids from the next class were known to deal at the shop-lot behind the school, wouldn't know what kinda bullshit they cut their products with. There were lots of rumours that it's powdered glass and rat poison.\nI didn't stay around to see if whatever they're trying out works. I heard that the Pendidikan Islam teacher from the convent next door tried prayers. She prayed until she huffed and puffed, and gave up. They called the boy's mother next. She came to school, gave the boy 2 hard smacks to the cheeks, and woke him up. Even gave him a scolding and all. Luckily, the school allowed him to go home earlier than usual that day.", "all that and kid 's high \ud83d\udc80 but so dangerous eh rat poison!!", "It was a wild time. During my generation, Dr M's project IC really did a number on my hometown. Hard drugs like meth were trafficked in, while basic necessities like cooking oil, diesel, and even goddam soap were smuggled out by boat. A lot of my classmates ended up being dirt poor filipinos with either red ICs or no IC at all. Their moral values on certain areas are also a lot more flexible than that of an ordinary Malaysian. Kids that end up hooked on drugs either chose really bad meth if they have the cash, or they end up huffing glue.", "My school then was actually a Japanese Prison. Hence the name of the road, Jalan Penjara but was demolished by Brits and turned into Christian School. Now it's gahmen school", "For my primary school, the field was merely a torture site. The science garden was the graveyard ( I used to believe it because I found a bone after digging in the garden ) and classrooms were hospital wards.\nWe also believed that there was a secret room behind the wall of 2022\u2019s 6 Lavender classroom. We believed that it was sealed off after someone killed a whole bunch of students behind that wall. Until this day, I couldn\u2019t figure out why they didn\u2019t put another classroom next to the existing classroom.\nWhen I think about it, there\u2019s no way that\u2019s true because my primary school is in Putrajaya.\nAlso there\u2019s a rumour of a clown living in the girls bathroom"], ["Orang mawas is Malaysia very-own Bigfoot that is located in Johor. I don't think many people talk about it.\nSpeaking of Johor, one of my favourite cryptids ever is Dengkes and Tepok, the mythical twin tigers that some people say still roam Johor to this day. Despite being partly the inspiration of the two tigers in our national seal, people outside of Johor don't really know about it.", "I've heard of mawas, there used to be those conspiracy books they sell or mastika... but the two tigers, that's new!"], ["Sarawak jungle is one of the oldest rainforests in the world. There must be some interesting folklores and legends story there.\nI\u2019ll start. Usually in the late evening, if you heard the sound of monkeys in the middle of sarawak jungle, don\u2019t just assume it\u2019s a monkey. It might be a type of ghost that looked like monkey resting on tree branches, and when it\u2019s time for it to walk, it will transform into 12ft monster and walk around the jungle.", "thats scary \ud83e\udd27 americans always said about appalachian legends and some of our jungles also have existed since forever.. who knows what might be in there", "Sounds like one of the jungle creatures from Princess Mononoke."], ["How about Sang Kelembai, is she popular?", "i think there used to be children's books about her, but i dont think kids nowadays know her tale.."], ["I once heard a friend who told me famous stories among the prison warden in Malaysia.\nThe story goes that one day, there is this wak, black magic, bomoh type of person that entered the prison. Everyone thought he was a weird dude. One day, he draws a boat on a wall and tells everybody that he can use black magic to escape using the boat. He invites people to join his escapes. Some people laugh at him, while there are minority of people who want to join him. The next day, the wak and everyone who wanted to join him disappeared from the prison, along with the picture of the boat. Everyone left shocked by the discovery, and the disappeared people had never been seen anymore.\nI didn't research the validity of this claim, and my friend can overexagerrate his stories, but the details kept me remembering these stories for a very long time.", "Lol prisoners would sign left and right to learn that one", "Can't wait for nft version"], ["I have read of a lady (can't recall her exact name, Cik Siti something) who would get married and the men would be found dead the day after. This went on until 99 men and the 100th man to marry her was a man who was well-versed in the mystical arts. During their first night, he noticed that her vagina opened and out poured hundreds of poisonous creatures like scorpions, snakes, centipedes etc, etc. He killed them all and they managed to live happily ever after.\nBesides that, before Islam or even Hinduism arrived, Malays used to revere 'hiyang' who were thought to live on mountains. This became the origin for the words 'sembahyang'' which is basically 'sembah + hiyang' and 'Kayangan' which is derived from 'ka + hiyang + an' as in the 'place where hiyang resides'.", "Ohh! The 99 husband lady got really tamed down in the telemovie ver lol + new info about the sembahyang word \ud83d\ude2e", "Found her name! It's Cik Siti Aminah Tanah Mahsyur also known as Cik Siti Jalang.\nHere's a fascinating thread if you are interested in Malay folklore. https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/b5jz6j/agama_lama_orang_melayu_sebelum_kedatangan_hindu/", "Thank you!!", "You are welcome !", "The guy must be very horny to deal with all of that sht coming from her huha."], ["The Green Lady. A mournful ghost of a mother mourning the death of her only son who was a student of the school. She would appear wearing green kebaya. Target would usually be among the juniors who happen to resemble her dead son.\n1st there would be the kelambu already set up on the boy's bed while all students were in prep class. There will always be a green smudge at a corner somewhere.\nThen the uniform left hanging to dry overnight will be found to be completely dry and fully ironed. Again there will be a green smudge on his collar.\nThen the lady will sat by the boy bedside each night looking at him while he is sleeping. She'll sang old malay dodoi songs in hauntingly mournful voice while caressing the boy's face.", "Ini kisah sekolah melayu jalan station", "Heheheh... Malay Secondary School Jalan Station. Sebelum tu Tiger Lane. La ni Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah", "The real mak kau hijau", "u make me wanna google but im scared to now \ud83e\udd72", "Except for the smudge which can be resolved with breeze. What a polite and helpful ghost!", "Free laundry service"], ["Theres a bunch of inappropriate myths/folklores from Sabah that ik of. But tbh idk if they were made up by my family (as in by my moyangs) or actual folklores", "ehh what kind of inappropriate", "for example there is this one ghost who is drawn to the sound of children crying, specifically if they cry abt petty things like not wanting to eat vegies or take their medicine. When that ghost is able to locate that child and if that child is still crying she would take out her boobs, which my parents used to describe as pointy and red \ud83d\ude2d, and shove it into the kid\u2019s mouth. The name of the ghost literally teanslates to narrow boobs \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d.\nI say that I think my ancestors (or at least a group of parents in my kg) made this story up bc only the ppl in my hometown has ever heard of this ghost. This is so obviously a myth made up to scare their child into doing things. I have never even heard of the backstory of this myth. Like at least most ghosts have their origin story\n(ps If you\u2019re from Sabah and u have heard this story pls tell me what u call this ghost im tryng to see something)", "The lengths people go to just to get kids to eat their vegetables", "our ancestors love boobie ghosts huh...\n((im not \ud83e\udd27 all i know about boobie ghost is hantu k0pek lmao))"], ["Both my late grandmother and maternal grandmother claimed to have stumbled upon cryptids.\nFor my grandmother, after her family was destroyed and her ancestral lands collectivized by the communist army during the tail end of the era of warlords and generals, my grandmother decided to flee to the then North Borneo against the wishes of my grandfather, who had already established himself there earlier, working for the Chartered Company. On the boat there, she claimed to have seen a dragon flying overhead. Other than the ability to fly, she said that it is actually no more than a simple minded and playful animal, and that there's nothing supernatural or divine about it.\nFor my maternal grandmother, after the Chartered Company forces failed, and her father was executed by the Japs at the start of WW2, she quickly made herself scarce and ran deep into the jungles of the Pendalaman. She made a simple hut under a tall tree, and claimed that her neighbor was a furry half man half ape that made its nest atop that tree. Every morning, the noble creature would climb down his tree, and spent his entire day in search for food, and would be back by sunset. The said creature walked upright, taller than any man she had ever seen, and is completely mute. She said he is as intelligent as a human, and could understand her situation. He helped her with food, and kept watch over the area they were staying at night. She spent a few years like this until the war was over, and she went back to civilization.\nFor my era, things have changed a lot, Dr M's project IC was in full swing. Demographically, the locals were totally outnumbered by the foreign citizens. It's in this kinda era that I can sometimes see practitioners of magic amongst these foreigners. Amulets and tattoos are the most usual tell, commonly said to protect the user from small arms fire. The most egregious I've ever encountered was a sigil tattooed on an old man's forehead. They never bothered to update their magic to withstand against aerial bombardment though, as the army did recover a number of them from the bodies of the Sulu Sultanate soldiers back in 2013.", "It's Protection against Arrows, not Evasion (dodge AoE)", "we should really have a fantasy series. just imagine the folklores we can be inspired from."], ["In Kertih, there's one old woman in her 50s that looks like a pretty young lady with good body. She offered her body to young local men and got a lot of lovers. It is believed she has the art of sucking youth out of the boys to make her young.", "a malaysian succubus?????"]]}
{"title": "Sheraton Move, London Move and now, Dubai Move?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ua5yr/sheraton_move_london_move_and_now_dubai_move/", "num_comment": 81, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Lol they know if Sultan Johor becomes YDPA in a few months, they can\u2019t stand a chance.", "he likes anuar?", "Tun M has bad blood with Johor royalty", "The fact that this come after Daim got put in the naughty list ,Tun M know he have less time to do his move", "About 32 days left.\nIt's the final countdown intensifies", "Almost checkmate \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "ahh, yes. thank you. totally forgot that", "To the point of personally visiting him all the way in Turkey when Anwar was getting treatment there.", "woah. so its not like 'preferrin the other just cuz you dont like this one' kinda feel. i see", "What am I missing here? Is mahathir doing some shit? Why now? IIRC he isn't even an MP. This government is already a bit of a shitshow, they should just let Anwar cook so they can just swoop in for a won next election.", "I think what they are trying to do is create the narrative that they are the saviours of the Malay race. One key difference I noticed with the Malay community this time that is absent during the Sheraton move is the rapid decline of the malays into political extremism. You can see this on twitter (who have always been a PH stronghold) where everyday it gets worse and worse. If they collapse the government, they will be hailed as heroes of the Malay community and ride that shit to secure a decade or more of power", "IMO rn Malays don't really like their king. They don't rlly need kings to \"safeguard\" \"Malay rights\" they have politician edi. Esp politician that play race card. King don't play race card.", "Mahathir 97 bro. You think he can wait next election?", "Yes, but also that's what I thought when I voted in PH last election.\n\"He's 90 something, how long can he not pass to Anwar.\"\nAnd I was ohhh so wrong.", "Bro one heart discomfort and top 10 best heart doctors would surround him, he aint going anywhere.", "Mahatir goes into power today. Tomorrow scientists announce a pill to prolong livespan.", "Salt is a really good preservative", "But they ingat current Agung dumb ?", "Hadi awang, din pagoh & tun m can't sit comfortably after this hehehe"], ["Apart from PN leaders, he claimed there was also the involvement of influential veteran political figures with the rank of Tun\nI wonder who could that be... \ud83d\ude0f", "Tun Perak maybe \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "Man comes back from the dead to make us into a superpower like the good old days.", "Someone should make a manga of that.", "Tan Tin Tun?", "Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat.\nThey deserve Tun title more than the other two turds.", "Tunak Tunak Tun", "Tak Tun Tuang"], ["At this rate, \"Langkah\" will be Malaysia's equivalent to \"-gate\".", "Langkah Batang Berjuntai when?", "Everyday.\nWhen we get fucked by the government.", "Chun tai?\nWtf"], ["Sounds stupid. Opposition too busy talking about bringing down government and not taking care of their own constituents. What happened to gabungan 4? Any projects that will develop kelantan, terengganu kedah and perlis? Or just gonna buy another mazda cx5.", "Why would they care about their constituents.\nIt's all about the gaji buta and SUV's.", "PN was in gov for more than 2 yrs, what major development projects were implemented in the East Coast and Northern states?", "Project Kereta baru merc/vielfire\nProject pi makan nikah 50 kali tahun ini"], ["A viral message on social media recently claimed that a plan was being hatched in Dubai, dubbed the Dubai Move, by representatives of Umno, PN and GPS.\nPN teamming with H2O's anti-Zahid camp is one thing, but GPS? Are those guys very greedy to the point that they are willing to work with the same guys who will damage Sarawak's social diversity?\nEh who am I kidding. Borneo politicians are labeled as frogs for a reason.", "GPS always there cause they know they r King Maker by playing both side they can get rewards when anyone come to power , why would they want making Malaysia great,it's better if Sarawak is great. You can see that some policy Sarawak do not follow federal,like Sarawak want pmr/spm style exam in there state,push for more control in oil related field and etc", "Do you think they even care about making Sarawak great? What have they done since?", "hard to put into words i guess", "offering pm position is too juicy to say no", "I thought PNPAS coalition PM candidate is this DR Sam that Pas supporters keep bring up?", "then there is 0 incentive for GPS to support them. they are DPM now.", "Why him though and not any of his seniors i.e. VP Tuan Ibrahim or even the head honcho the president Hadi himself?", "Didn't GPS initially supported Muhyiddin as PM before Anwar persuaded them to team up with PH", "There were some small scale protests in Sarawak when Abang Jo flew to meet Muhyiddin and then talks of potential riots materialised later, after that they walked back and was suddenly friendly to Anwar.\nA certain someone high up in the Sarawak cabinet is a petty man and has targeted several DAP rep's family members that work in the public sector. Even those who are just small secretaries lost their jobs because they were related to a DAP member.\nThe man is a tyrant and he just wants a political party that would support his tyrannical rule, working with PH means he still has to work with the opposition in his state.", "You can't just drop that on us without giving any hint on who the higher up is."], ["RIP MYR man. Can\u2019t we just have a stable term for the government?", "Until a single party or single coalition has a simple majority. Since 2018, no coalition nor party has that golden number.\nSo expect a shaky government for the next election cycle or two.", "Until a single party or single coalition has a simple majority.\nI don't think so. Best counter-example:\nIn 1986 GE7, UMNO wins a massive super-majority with 74% of all MPs.\nIn 1988, UMNO creates a fucking Constitutional Crisis.\nA single party winning a majority is not enough in Malaysia anymore. It is pure and basic institutional reforms. That will create a stable gov't.", "simple majority\nWrong. Larger majority. Don't need to be 2/3rds, but enough that some frogs won't topple them.", "Not even. Even \u00be majority didn't prevent UMNO's 1988 Constitutional Crisis.\nPoliticians will fucking politic, no matter the majority."], ["It\u2019s time for the Anwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar Special."], ["Here we go again"], ["Mr. Worldwide"], ["Imagine if they used all of this cunning and energy to do their actual jobs. Malaysia would lead the world."], ["Expected Tun M Cronies' relationship with Sultan Johor is shaky (In Blood War)\nMore to come as everyone runs for their lives.:26554:"], ["If I were not mistaken, they hatched this plan while YDPA was at Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference"], ["3 years of political crisis n we passed a bill to stabilise government. Would the King want to be the factor that throw a working gov into crisis again?\nAny decision has to be consulted w the Council of Rulers including the Sultan of Johor", "Anything they have to do it before 31st Jan 2024.\nI'll bet my left nut new YDPA will not do a certain Tun any speckle of favor. Which this move is clearly head by.", "Actually, at 1 point theres no choice. If a law does not pass, then the PM have no choice but to resign or call for election. Because it shows the PM no longer have the majority.", "I think a motion of no confidence need to be called first\nNot law no pass = resign/re elections\nThat sounds too abusable to be an actual proceeding.\nAnyhow if its a motion of no confidence, PN is screwed. Fat chance they can out buy the sitting Gov's counter offer.", "Nope. No need. The constitution only states the PM needs the majority of parliament. Theres 2 ways to determine it\n1) as you said, motion of confidence\n2) the passing of laws\nThe passing of laws require a simple majority. A law not passed means dont have a simple majority.\nJust like what happened to muhyiddin. The reason he avoid having a parliament sitting is because if a law is not passed, then he has to step down. A motion of confidence or no confidence can be blocked by the speaker. If motion of no confidence is the only way, then theres no way to remove a sitting PM.", "Council of rulers and Agong can give their say but he still need to a point someone who get majority in the parliament unless he want hang government", "I wonder if its a constitution crisis if the YDPA wanna play games and keep VETOing PM selection from the party that pisses him off.\nCan he do that? Constitution sifu clarification welcomed.\nThat'll be very funny to see.\nI mean very terrible, so please don't do that:26554:", "Current Agong step down early and give the responsibility to the new Agong ie Sultan Johor, GG???", "That will make the old man's head pop off, and spill another Facebook/Twitter rant tornado.\nActually, that would be funnier. To watch that old fart piss and whine his way into 2024:26557:", "Stepping down literally just one month before his term ends anyway?\nThat is spite if I'd ever seen one haha.", "Even regular people close to retire already malas want handle things at work apatah lagi this more complicated thing like appointing a PM and to handle bickering among MPs, Party .", "Hang parliament? U know what is the bill about? That wont happen already. No reason for the King to overthrow a working government"], ["With covid and banjir now, this is their main focus wth. And they want to convince us that they are capable of running this country?", "They were never interested with running the country, they just want to run the money"], ["This ain't madagascar, but they sure like the song."], ["next lancau move"], ["Guess you could say they like to move it move it, you like to move it move it, we like to? MOVE It!!"], ["This is democracy. Biasa la ni.\nPMX pun dulu slalu announce \u201ci got the numbers\u201d. Same thing.", "If this is our democracy, then we are fucking screwed as a country.", "Naah we\u2019re not. Chill.", "Hah. Preach brother."], ["Uk move(ulu klang move)"], ["Whatever move also same old people play musical chairs."]]}
{"title": "Something is wrong (Maybank mae)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ua2cc/something_is_wrong_maybank_mae/", "num_comment": 28, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is pissing me off", "comments": [["Yes, this dogshit.\nI believe, -daily limited to reset once -internet issue -no old password\nOr app maintenance. The app is just a failure.", "Gosh and my current manager needs us to create an account now \ud83d\udc80 this is so silly omg", "All good, almost all Malaysian knows the Maybank efficiency.", "Lol I hope she will", "I can confirm the 1 limit password reset per 24hr thing, should put on the list.. Shitty app"], ["wait till u see the UOB app man, i genuinely hate it so much from every aspect", "They didn't have the email feature like what Citibank did. A total downgrade after their acquisition.", "I raise you Public Bank's. It's dog shit.", "I say this is the shittiest of shit.\nI don\u2019t know why banks never put efforts into their mobile apps, but constantly pushing into mobile banking (secure2u, secure approval etc) when it\u2019s so frustrating to use.\nThen comes the fucking notifications spamming. MUTED THEM ALL.", "oh god ive seen my friend using it, its actually so terrible and messy", "Now try bank islam Both their web and mobile ecosystem are fucking atrocious even if we lower the standard to 2010s"], ["I wonder why they limit password to only 12 letters, coz usually stronger passwords are longer. Yea i get it i can make strong passwords with 12 chars only but would it be also better if can make it long as well.", "Right? That's so silly too", "cut cost ma... 13 letters got ghost pulak. what can do?", "In properly stored password it is hashed before it being stored into database. Hashes has static length so no matter how long your passwords is it always have the same length.", "CIMBClicks have a higher character limit but they don't allow copy-pasting your password in their Android app because of security.", "That\u2019s the opposite of security"], ["They still run on old legacy system that built on COBOL, hence the limiting characters and options for a modern secure password.", "Not surprising. COBOL developers are highly sought after by banks, tax agencies etc."], ["yes. the fking password is ridiculously short for a BANK\nmy shitposting twitter account has more security"], ["Yo bro. I also had this problem, went to contact their staff and they told me to create the new password on their website instead of the app. It actually worked for me.\nHope this helps"], ["Yup I quit when reaching this step"], ["Start a using @ 0 4 $ in the password.. if you want to maintain the old password, but not same as old password Example P@$$w0rd"], ["Same issues here, been trying to open account since last month, posted 1star Google Play review, they asked to me to contact then via Twetter and told me to go to maybank branch when I asked then to fix the app registation they were like 'Trust me bro, just go to the Maybank branch', Freaking lazy Dev.\nAlso what's up with the shitty password guidelines? 12 Characters limit, really? Even my Password Manager told the generated password for MAE has a poor security, its also prevent users to use Passphrase due to character limits. Latest Password guidelines recommends length limit of at least 64 characters to allow people to use Passphrase Like Diceware which is strong but easily remembered password if you wanna know more check out this video!"], ["To be safe, it's always better to do it from a browser by logging into the main portal especially password change. Mobile app are cranky, convenient yes but for consistency and reliability browser approach from a tablet or desktop is best."], ["Is that tantan?"], ["if I remember correctly the special character ';' is not available but doesn't show up in the info tip"]]}
{"title": "Why are museums so underwhelming in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18u9no5/why_are_museums_so_underwhelming_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 112, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "I visit museum whenever I visit a new city or county. With Malaysia, I find the museum really underwhelming. Even the national museum is not really up to standarde for a National museum. I been to museum in US, Europe, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand, Vietnam.\nI say Malaysia museum of all sorts are so underwhelming here.I don't see much attention to detail or story telling. Only walls of information like a powerpoint presentation or copy paste of general knowledge. There is no artifact on display or just badly curated.\nI love history, arts, and culture. I truly wish Malaysia step up it's game.", "comments": [["We don't have the habit of preserving our culture and history as a society unfortunately. Agree with you that our museums are really bad, doesn't inspire and feel \"museum\" enough\nOnly one I'd say that feels contemporary enough to be an actual museum in Peninsula is probably the Bank Negara Museum. Otherwise the newly opened Borneo museum on Kuching is also up there!", "Been to the bank negara museum, can confirm it's quite good\nThat said, maybe I'm biased but the old Kuching museum has a certain charm to it, but yes it's not up to par with more modern museums", "I think the comment above was referring to the newly opened Borneo Cultures Museum in Kch, it\u2019s world class!", "Yes, I am aware, but I have never been to the new one since leaving Malaysia. While the old Brooke era museum is full of childhood memories for me\nWould love to visit the new museum at some point in the future tho", "Ah woops, gotchu. I think the old Brooke era Sarawak Museum is being refurbished at the moment, but if you haven't been back in a while, you should also add the (kind of new) Brooke Gallery in Fort Margherita to your list.", "I actually came back about a few months back but just stayed in Sibu for two weeks to see my fam lmao", "Would like to piggyback the top comment but the Islamic Arts Museum in KL is incredibly beautiful and one of the best experiences in KL. Not that this is important, I\u2019m not Muslim myself but have visited this museum multiple times.\nBonus. Its a great place for dates!", "i see you JAKIM :26562:", "Singaporean here - I just went to bank Negara museum and several days ago and gotta say that my kids did have fun. But plenty of interactive stuff broke/wasn\u2019t working so that\u2019s a huge bummer for my kids", "The last sentence is so typically Malaysia haha", "We don't have the habit of preserving our culture and history as a society unfortunately\nI will go even further than that. I don't think it is by accident. Malaysian government actively wants to destroy old culture and history that doesn't fit their narrative. So many cases of destroying the Hindu-Buddhist historical sites. Lembah Bujang. Completely wiped out. The researchers assigned to study it, of course not even one Hindu or one Buddhist. That would be offensive, right? Like last week, YTL destroyed a more than 100 year old Nagamma temple in Sentul. I can guarantee you that you didn't hear about it. YTL is considered as the landowner which is odd because YTL only got founded in 1955. More than a century after Indians were staying there. The land in Sentul was technically railway land and the railway workers, almost completely Indians were given that land to stay when all the railway and shit that made Malaysia rich was being done. But I guess those ownership papers got burnt in the fires of 1948 and May 13, 1969.\nMalaysia doesn't want to talk about real history. They only want to talk about fake history. That's why there is so much talk about Palestine but not even 1 word mentioned about the fact that Malaysia sold weapons to Sri Lanka when Sri Lanka was genociding Tamils there. Why isn't that raised in our museums that seem to be so active in promoting Palestine now?", "Ironically we are not good at preserving our current history too. I've long advocated for a Petronas motorsports museum (I'm an F1 fan) because they have a rich history in this sport. They have the resources to build a museum and have sponsored the best cars and racers from the likes of F1 and MotoGP too. The likes of Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi have been with teams sponsored by Petronas, and Petronas were the title sponsors of Mercedes when they had the most successful period in F1 history.\nYet there isn't a single momento like even a display car or helmet to show off their contributions to motorsports."], ["Mostly my opinion:\nMalaysia, through most of its history, stone construction has not been the norm. Mostly the locals use wood. So we don't have lots of preserved indigenous artifacts beyond a few hundred years. On top of that, much of Malaysia's ancient history is oral and tribal. Much of it has probably been lost. There is a relative lack of things like Buddhist, Muslim or Hindu constructions that are very old unlike say Thailand, India, Vietnam and China.\nOn top of that Malaysia has a history of \"borrowed\" culture going back in history. Arab traders bringing Muslim religion and language. The Indians and Chinese too. Then came the waves of Western colonialists. In this sense, Malaysia has been a \"melting pot\" being at the center of many sea trade routes.\nEven things we consider \"traditional\" in Malaysia like the royalties etc appear to borrow heavily from traditions that are not indigenous. (Sultan, for example, is an arabic term) The Majapahit empire, for example, is Javanese-Hindu and is not centered around the current political boundaries of Malaysia. Then there is the influence from Thailand that is primarily Buddhist.\nIn a sense, this doesn't blend well with the current political ruling class that like to craft a narrative that Malaysia as predominantly Muslim and thus being Muslim is somehow central to Malaysia's past. History would point out a much richer and more diverse origins of Malaysian tradition and culture but this is actually quite politically inconvenient.\nThis probably disconnects many Malaysians from things going back more than a few generations. This is probably reflected in the academics as well as how things get curated in museums.", "You're not lying. There is literally an UMNO Museum In Melaka, literally at the historical area below A Famosa and with the other museums.", "I went there earlier this month and that particular museum is probably not gonna last that much longer. I would be suprised if it still exist beyond 2024.", "Why? Genuinely curious", "2nd floor isn't open to public, not that it has anything good anyways. And I was the only person who went there for the day (as of 3pm based on the logbook). Also no more aircond, which is a sure sign they are dying.", "Ah i see. When I was in melaka a few years back I was there and wanted to enter but it was closed hahah", "And we also have to contend with the fact each state museum wants to house their own artefacts (which Malaysia in general has very limited amount to begin with). The State Museums sometimes have much better artefact collections than the National Museum.\nAnd ofc, there's also the obvious issue of funding. Malaysian Museums in general (rightfully) have very low admission fee. A lot of them you don't have to pay a single cent.", "Wish I can upvote you twice. Super true", "Man. I want to print this out and just hand it out to people. Multi-purpose answer for most Malaysia FAQs", "This is the right answer.", "This I believe is the real reason. Politics and religion."], ["Hopefully this could improve sooner than later.\nThe one in Kuching, Borneo Cultures Museum is amazing though. If you like museums, I think its worth a visit when you do visit Kuching. Being the newest built 'big' museum really do wonders. The facility inside is nice, clean and modern. I don't really have an eye for architecture, but from the looks of it, the architecture of the building itself is well designed as well. Could spend an entire day there if you actually go through the exhibits slowly and read through everything.", "i really love this museum too. i went there during their spirit showcase (im not sure if it's permanent or not). the vibe is amazing, the showcase is amazing, the layout inside is amazing, the interactive showcase is amazing as well. 10/10 would recommend.\nalso i went to islamic arts museum in kl couple months ago. while it's not as amazing as sarawak and has no interactive feature, the paintings and items on showcase are quite a curious sight to see too.\nand perhaps you might want to take your kids to klcc petrosains and planetarium kl if they're into interactive museums. my kids love those a lot.", "I can vouch for this. There's a lot of heart put into it, it's modern(as of right now), the museum is very interactive, there's a merchandise store, it's a good tourist attraction, the entrance fee is also pretty cheap. I spent like 4 hours there reading and going through every artifacts and taking tons and tons of pictures. Sadly, I didn't get to experience the last floor entirely because the museum was about to close. I will definitely go there again in the future. It's a good family visit too however children tend to get bored easily but even then, there is an interactive section, made for kids (and fun loving adults) so even kids would love the experience.\nIf you're visiting Kuching, make sure to go there. It's genuinely a good museum and the largest one in Malaysia too.", "The State Museums are all generally very good. Perak Museum, Kota Tinggi Museum, Stadhuys (and the museums surrounding it), Seri Menanti Museum, and so on."], ["I would say have you visited our museum in the late 80's or early 90's it would be a lot more interesting. I remember a room full of weapon relics like keris of all shape and sizes, musket and pistols used by the British army when they colonized our country, as well as a replica of tin mining ship the size of a car. Another fond memory I had was the longest rotan found in the jungle of Malaysia, it was like 400 meters long (I think lol), they fixate it on the ceiling of the showcase and have it looped around the room several dozen times to fit its massive length.\nVisited the museum again with an Australian friend like 15 years ago, that time the museum is already fallen into a sorry state. The room full of keris shrunk into a single cabinet, most showrooms are basically empty. Such a sad fate for a place that holds the many amazing things in the past.", "Yeah, all thanks to the legendary head curator, the late Shahrum Yub back then - he really has the passion to do his job. Read his interview once in Mastika about how his team handled the tomb of King Tut for \"Tombs Around The World\" and it already make me go wow. Those period was the peak of National Museum.\nIt takes both the leaders passion and the gov passion to return it in similar state again, which per current Malaysia gov standard...uhhhhh......"], ["The Islamic arts museum is REALLY good. Serious kudos to the management there. Highly recommend. But yeah Muzium Negara was so sad.", "Agree. Very comparable to the one I\u2019ve been to overseas.", "I love the Islamic Arts Museum. Easily one of my favourite museums of anywhere I've visited.", "And cheap too! RM7 for the permanent exhibit and RM4-6 for the rotational one. They're also the only centre for restoration in Semenanjung. Most museums use them for repairs and restoration. They also used to have art classes like calligraphy."], ["Many of the muzeums here were old and wasn't kept up with the latest technology. If you have the time, pleaee visit the relatively newly built Borneo Museum in Kuching, Sarawak. Some people say that it's even better than Muzium Negara"], ["The Borneos Culture Museum in Kuching is pretty good. Went there last year and thoroughly enjoyed myself."], ["Underfunded. Im guessing the only budget they get is for staff, electricity, water and keeping the place clean. Nothing more.", "Yep underfunded and most of the history stuffs are under appreciated as well in Malaysia.", "Let's normalise not saying \"stuffs\" folks"], ["Imo it\u2019s because Malaysian don\u2019t view Museums as interesting or a tourist attraction. Most Malaysians view museums as boring and only for history. The best Museum I\u2019ve been to is the National History Museum in London. We should have a cultural change to value art and history more."], ["I was at Islamic Art museum yesterday with my foreign friend. I was blown away cos it\u2019s a world class standard and he really liked it too."], ["The artifacts are probably in British Museum /s\nJokes aside, even the buildings are not as appealing or majestic as museums in other countries. It is hard to attract tourists or locals to come and see them.\nShoutout to Museum of Islamic Arts tho, they are really nice."], ["It's easier for the politicians to control the masses if the masses do not learn from the past ;)", "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past"], ["Probably because we don't have a lot to preserve lmao. Try other museums instead of just tue national museum (like the perak man one) since our museums are split so many places"], ["The Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching is absolutely fantastic. Huge, excellent collection, modern design and great use of technology, interactive, very well curated. Though the Sabah State Museum in Kota Kinabalu is indeed rather sad."], ["Our national arty gallery is pretty good tho"], ["have u been to Sarawak muzium? very curious which state museum u have visited"], ["I always thought muzium is very boring since I'm grow up in Malaysia, until one day i step into taiwan muzium."], ["Museums are what is known as sociological expressions, in that they act as cultural conduits linking present to past. They therefore tend to be very well established and appreciated in areas of the world where there is a strong sense of connecting past, present and future together to inform society.\nMalaysia as a whole is not very interested in its past except in niche scenarios ( like most Penangnite who are Chinese or Indians are very interested in Penang history from the early 17th century onwards ). Malaysia is more interested in ethnic identification, which may mean one is interested in looking at the past except in the case of Malaysia the ethnic identification is a legal entity as well so it becomes more a focus on the present and less about the past.\nAs a result, museums become less important. Cultural things of the current becomes more important, such as existing festivals and rituals ( it does not need the past to be valid ).", "Chat GPT ah bro \ud83d\ude02"], ["When I went to the National Art Gallery in Malaysia, I couldn't help but imagine some government bureaucrat saying, \"we need an art museum like a serious country\" and so they came up with a really poor, half-assed imitation of a Western art museum.\nWhen I went to the Islamic Arts Museum I had the opposite impression. I felt like the backers authentically cared about showcasing the diversity of Muslim cultures around the world and through history and did something impressive.\nSmaller local museums similarly fall into two camps. There are some real hidden gems in different parts of the country, but then there are some pathetic misses."], ["because most of the museum worthy collection is privately owned and owners dont want to part with it"], ["You can try visiting the Malaysian Chinese Museum in Serdang. Ive been there earlier this year, and it is by far the best museum ive been to in Malaysia"], ["Bro Kuching has the best museums here. Check them out."], ["If you haven't been, the Penang War Museum is my favorite museum ever, and I've been to many of them abroad."], ["I see many complaints. Any idea how to improve on the situation?"], ["Shout out to Terengganu State Museum which is for me quiet decent but not spectacular.\nI frequently went to museum in Malaysia and got laugh at doing that sometime haha."], ["You should go to Sarawak Museum. You may change your mind. I\u2019ve been to museums in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea. Sarawak\u2019s new museum tops it all imo"], ["Im guessing it\u2019s simply we\u2019re generally not proud of our heritage and culture. Museum is where we showcase our history of heritage and culture. I\u2019ve been to Istanbul museum and Taiwan\u2019s, they really take pride on their rich history no doubt."], ["Islamic Art Museum KL is really good, you should visit it."], ["Some artifacts were sold secretly and replaced with replicas. Malacca has interesting museum but dont visit the istana. Not worth it, it has mural painting for Hang Tuah legend but no actual written records"], ["Why bother with museums when you can see real-life dinosaurs roaming around us in daily life.\nIt's pretty easy to spot them really, they're the ones shouting ketuanan melayu."], ["Because real Malaysian heritage is shopping and eating. Look at the number of huge shopping malls"], ["Because it didn't match with our Arab descendant narrative."], ["keeping the people dumb is how 3rd worlds control their population.\nsmart citizens will change things, dumb citizens will follow along."], ["I hate malaysia museum"], ["Cos Malaysians are very under-educated (by international standards) and basically extremely ignorant. Religious schools still teach evolution is fake\u2026so yeah\u2026cool level of general knowledge, guys..", "Religious schools still teach evolution is fake\nDo they? I came from SK Agama and did alot of religion study outside school in HS. The ustat and ustazah never said it's fake. They just did not mention it and ignored the question when asked. The best reply I ever got was \"wallahualam\".", "My and my wife religious schools were pretty aggressive that it wasn\u2019t true. This is retard-level education", "Idk but being agnostic and atheist seems to be a weirdly cool and trendy thing for redditors hence the constant demonisation of religion here although benda tu takde kene mengena langsung. What in the world is wrong with some people."], ["I see. At least you guys still have a museum haha. I'm from Brunei and ours have been closed for 15 years under \"renovation\" but afaik nothing moved. Perhaps it can be a paranormal sighting spot or something."], ["Really? Have you tried Dewan Rakyat?"], ["You went to the wrong place? Go to the British museum as they nicked all the good stuff! /s"], ["Since we're all here anyway - are there any museums in the Klang Valley that redditors are impressed with?", "Islamic arts Museum. I reckon it's good because it's privately owned. Their collection is extensive.", "Which one ah", "Next to Masjid Negara", "Idk if it's in Klang valley but I loved the orang asli museum, I also dk if it's up to you guy's standard but yeah", "The one that\u2019s next to Muzium Negara? Pretty sure that counts as Klang Valley!\nIt focuses on OA craft and artwork, and is quite good in my opinion.\nOr did you mean the one at Ayer Keroh outside Melaka?", "This one actually https://www.google.com/maps/place/Muzium+Orang+Asli+Gombak+(MOAG)/@3.2942978,101.7295488,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x31cc3f1492d7133d:0x2ec3082898d10f95!8m2!3d3.2942924!4d101.7321237!16s%2Fm%2F03hn05r?entry=ttu/@3.2942978,101.7295488,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x31cc3f1492d7133d:0x2ec3082898d10f95!8m2!3d3.2942924!4d101.7321237!16s%2fm%2f03hn05r?entry=ttu)\ni just realized it says gombak in the name, so not klang valley sadly", "I think Gombak counts according to this:\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang_Valley\nI wasn\u2019t aware of that one - will check it out as I live quite near. Thanks for the info!"], ["The Islamic art museum is pretty good"], ["Becos we never conquered any other countries and steal their treasures and we kena conquered and our treasures all at British museum.....", "Laughs in Singapore National Museum, Art Museum, Asian Civilisation Museum etc etc.\nBut no seriously Malaysia\u2019s museum is kinda underwhelming for a country this developed. It was strange to me that visiting museums is not part of the tour when visiting Malaysia."], ["Because all the good stuff were taken away by the colonizers when they were here hundred of years ago. If you have the chance to go to prominent museums in europe, you can see how much of our stuff were taken back there. Same thing happened to all the place where they colonized.", "Singapore's museums are really good tho, even their art ones.", "Because we got bajet to obtain exhibits mah. Collectors and owners also have peace of mind lending their objects to us because they know anything they lend will be secure and well-taken care of.", "The fuck you on about. Taipei and Seoul museums are nice. Also as others have said Singapore. Even Japan and their museums is about Japanese culture not so much about their colonizing past.", "Example, Klang bell, a 1200years old bell from bronze age found in klang. Taken by british and currently displayed in british museum. Also look at the database of british museum, around 3000 artifacts from malay peninsula alone in their collection.everything good were looted."], ["Our museums have only like 50 yrs of history compared to other countries, who tf wants to visit? Defo not me. All displaying cultural underwear and panties across different eras \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 as my dad likes to say in Cantonese \u201c\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u9a6c\u6765\u5e95\u88e4\u201d"], ["Idk, museum always seems like a creepy place. I went one in melaka, there was an empty cradle with a doll (probably) inside with voice of crying baby and angklong background music.\nAlso went to the terengganu one, there was this traditional clothes section. Put inside a small room that looks exactly like my late grandma\u2019s room. Also creepy. I hv the photo but it\u2019s buried too deep inside my gallery.\nEdit: also good idea by op but i dont think the price will be rm5 per entry anymore."], ["Suggest you try other things in Malaysia i.e food hunting. This museum stuff is so politically fucked up that it's not worth your time."], ["Even the scammers knew elsewhere to rob"], ["You're pretty much describing the country."], ["Correct genealogy and accurate history interferes with the official world view"], ["They should bring back the Hantu exhibits honestly it was the multicultural learning experience memory I had in school"], ["It is and its below average since forever. It is always under budget and not up to date with the latest discoveries. It is saddening \u2639\ufe0f"], ["We didn't get to loot any nations so we just put any available local items on display even though we knew that it's kind of boring.\nLooted relics make other nations' museums so overwhelming"], ["The new Borneo museum is so cool, did you know the museum have a samurai sword owned by a Japanese general and was given as a \u201cpeace offering\u201d when the Japanese surrendered\nThat\u2019s so cool to me, I love weapons\nAlso if you love archaeology you can see the history of archeology in Sarawak since Niah Cave have the oldest human remains in Malaysia"], ["Yeah muzium negara is pretty bad. Went to the museum in melaka, it was way better and had more things to see."], ["Because malaysia's history is not as what it seems."], ["Tengah adjust2 history to 'educate' the kids lagi mah, cannot finalise lagi ni"], ["Take the exhibit back from british museums, maybe it would be better."], ["Except for Bank negara Museum, others hmm..."], ["Fucking boring ass country"], ["I share the same opinion with the others here: Malaysians are historically bad at preserving history,\nSome time ago I was researching about Malaysian fashion trends throughout the decades and I couldn't find anything even in the National Library.\nHad to ask some netizens online about this and they replied it's about 10 years behind Western trends. It would be a while before I could confirm this via old photos of a church.\nI was able to get a rare book about how Tanah Melayu and Malaysia looked like in Kuala Lumpur via old drawings and photos, but this was thanks to my father's colleagues. But I have never seen a copy of this book elsewhere. This book did not come up in the National Library database although it's possible it's a limited accessed book that you cannot borrow the book but only look at it.\nBecause of my experience in trying to find all these valuable resources, my answers are very different from the typical Malaysian when it comes to \"How to get Malaysians to be more proud of being Malaysian?\"\nI only said that \"unless the historical resources are available to every Malaysian, how can they be proud of something they do not know exists?\" I also cited the West like the US has rich records of each decade like fashion, politics etc, but apparently, this was not the answer the asker wanted to hear...\nAnd so the asker accused me of \"Unworthy of being Malaysian\"."]]}