island tales #42

Living the Malaysian Dream!

Today's Independence Day for Malaysia, so I'll put something a little more suited to the occasion here. The Malaysian Dream: to be honest, I have no idea what it is. Do we have one? The only one we have, as far as I know, is to be a fully developed nation by 2020, something I learned wayyy back when I was a kid. And up until I was in upper secondary school, I did not have the slightest idea how a fully developed nation was different from the country I lived in.

So for those of you who, like me, did not know what it means to be fully developed, I'll share what I've managed to decipher so far:

1) everything seems cheaper when you are fully developed, except for stuff like gas/petrol, housing costs and various forms of taxes

2) you get very fast and very cheap internet connections, and cheaper cars, and cheaper computer stuff. but food prices go up.

3) everyone will be able to afford the expensive original stuff (as opposed to sneakily using dirt cheap pirated software/pirated goods)

yep. can't wait to be developed.

here's my malaysian dream: to be able to live out my life in a quiet city, zero (or low) pollution, not too hectic, but with cheap food, cheap goods, low taxes, fast telecommunications, friendly people, low crime, and the possibility of a good life for my kids (if any).

racial policies/attitudes? i sure hope they figure out a way around that soon. corruption? well, it's hard to change greed, but let's hope they can find a way to get that out of the way too.

hm. perhaps that's too much of a thing to dream for after all... :P