Thursday, October 26, 2006
居安思危
很久以前的某个山区,有一天,突然来了一群野猪。野猪的到来,不仅破坏农作物,同时也危害村民的安全。为了生活,许多村民都和野猪搏斗,希望能将野猪赶尽杀绝,然而野猪的数量实在惊人,往往两败俱伤,却不能杜绝野猪的侵害。
在毫无办法之下,村民决定请求村子内的一名智者来帮忙,智者开了一个条件,那就是:“凡是依我,别问太多。”并要求村民将存粮的一半拿出来给他。由于有言在先,村民只好照办,也不敢问太多。
收齐存粮之后,智者将一小部分存粮放在一个比较空旷的地方,然后离开。不久,野猪成群结队到来,野猪警惕性很强,另它们惊讶的是,怎么会有不劳而获的麦苗、玉米和地瓜呢?随后,胆子比较大的野猪也不管那么多了,反正美食都在眼前,干嘛还要到处去寻食呢?就吃了起来。胆子比较小的,在旁观察很久之后,发现没有什么问题啊,也逐渐吃了起来。吃饱了,一哄而散。村民在不远的地方看傻了,心想智者究竟在搞什么。
第二天,智者又将一小部分存粮放在同一地方,然后离开。成群结队的野猪到来后,发现满地麦苗、玉米和地瓜,不管三七二十一的就吃了起来,吃饱之后,又一哄而散。村民开始不满,不满智者不但没有想办法杜绝野猪的到来,反而好像有一点“引狼入室”。智者话不多说,只要求村民信任他。
第三天,智者同样又将一小部分存粮放在同一地方,只不过这回在附近四周林林散散安插了一些柱子。不久,野猪又来了。有了前两天的经验,多了几根柱子算不了什么,吃得好不开心,有的野猪还用柱子搔痒,甚至在旁边睡起午觉。
第四天,智者将所有的柱子都插上,只剩一个入口,并在入口处做了一个闸,把全部美食都撒落在四周。这时,村民都知道智者下一步要做什么了,不禁佩服起智者的能耐与智慧。野猪到来后,发现四周都围起柱子,很好奇,也很不高兴。已经连续三天都不劳而”食“,在惰性的驱使之下,尽管总觉得有点不妥,但还是一只一只轮流进入栅内,只为了更丰富的麦苗、玉米和地瓜。
正当野猪们吃得不亦乐乎的时候,闸关了下来,从此以后,村民进入驯牧时代,野猪变”家禽“。
今天,我们何尝不是这一群野猪呢?当有房子,有车子,有家庭,有负担之后。
工作的,你的老板想尽办法让你野猪变”家禽“,从此言听计从,因为在舒适区久了,所有的反抗能力都失去了。
做生意的,你的竞争对手也在想尽办法,让你野猪变”家禽“;你的顾客尽量让你纸醉金迷,因为当所有的警惕性都失去,当所有反抗能力都没了的时候,你已经成不了什么大事了。
身为人民的,有政治居心的领袖会用尽方法施行“愚民政策”在你身上;为了达到政治目的,在适当的时刻,给些甜果,然后又在另一些时刻给你狠狠的痛头一击。习惯了吃甜头,往往对这一击,没有招架能力。
所以说,居安要思危。
第一次看到这个故事,很震撼。
ReplyDelete再次看到这个故事,心淡了。
看你活在那里,有时没有选择,在这情况下,怎不心淡?
I am a Chinese Malaysian who emigrated to New Zealand four years ago. I love Malaysia and I remember my times in the 'kampung' in Seremban where we (Chinese, Indians and Malays) used to play football together.
ReplyDeleteAt 15 in 1976, I applied to join the Royal Military College (RMC). I was the school soccer captain, had a distinction in Bahasa Malaysia (this was not common then) and excellent academic results. I was prepared to be soldier, to die for my country. However, I was rejected by RMC. I was too young to know the reason then.
I continued with my schooling at the same school, finished my Upper Six and was offered a Bachelors course in University Malaya and also at University of Singapore. I chose the latter because that was the defining moment for me when I first felt the effect of the NEP policy.
I finished my Masters in Law, and came back to Malaysia in the 90s. That is when I began to see all the segregation of the races and the true impact of the NEP policy.
I see the corrupt ministers, the discriminatory practices of government departments and institutions, the insults hurled at the Chinese, the Kampung Medan riots blamed on the Indians, the numerous police abuses, etc.
Still I believed things would change for the better eventually. But for a decade, I saw the non-malays being marginalised, MCA and MIC are no longer able to sit on the same table with Umno as equal partners.
Umno can make racist comments and need not apologise. That is when the moronic Hisham with his keris comes to mind. In which developed country is a political leader allowed to play racial politics and threaten another community with impunity?
Everyday, I read the same comments about the situation in Malaysia, the non-malays wishing for a Malaysian Malaysia.
If you want the situation to change, do something about it. Why keep the racist Barisan Nasional in power? If you keep voting them in, you deserve what you are getting now. Stand up, exercise your voting rights.
My children are the third generation in my family having to go through this NEP crap, hence I decided to leave Malaysia.
I had a choice, I exercised it, I emigrated for the simple reason that I don't feel safe anymore in Malaysia and I do not wish my children to undergo the discriminatory practices in Malaysia. In New Zealand, minorities like me are protected.
I am free to say what I want, and everything is on merit. I have no complaints even though I miss Malaysia. Have a look at how Muslims (a minority) are treated here and maybe Malaysia authorities may learn how to treat its minority races better.
I yearn for the old days when my old football team existed without consideration of color, race or religion.
That said, I doubt Malaysia will be the same as in the 70s as long as the Barisan Nasional race-based parties are in power. So exercise your rights Malaysians, you have to take the risk of voting for an alternative government.
Our Malaysia educational policy is in a hopeless situation. By changing from English medium to bahasa melayu, we lost a generation of English speaking people.
ReplyDeleteNow countries like China and India have overtaken us. Soon Indonesia and Vietnam will also overtake us, if they had not done so. Our country will eventually become the sick man of Asia.
We will be a nation with a lot of unemployable graduates with qualification that is not recognised by any country outside Malaysia.
Frankly, all our local university qualifications are not recognised by any oversea educational body. That is a polite way of saying that your university standard is lousy and not up to standard.
So those of you in local university, stop wasting your time, might as well do a vocational course. You have better chance to get a job.
Malays are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the malay archipelago and malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
ReplyDeleteThe original Austronesians from southern China crossed the strait of Taiwan and settled modern day Taiwan around 8000 - 4000 BCE.
These first settlers landed in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Over the next thousand years up until 1500 BCE, their descendants started to spread south to the rest of the Philippine islands, Celebes, northern Borneo, Moluccas, and Java.
The settlers in Moluccas sailed eastward and began to spread to the islands of Melanesia and Micronesia between 1200 BCE and 500 BCE respectively. Those that spread westward reached Sumatra, the malay Peninsula and southern Vietnam by 500 BCE.
According to the Encyclopedia of Malaysia, the Negritos, who number approximately 2000, are regarded as the earliest inhabitants of the malay Peninsula.
They are of Australo-Melanesian affinity and probably descend from the people of Hoabinhian cultural period, with many of their burials found dating back 10000 years ago.
They speak Austroasiatic languages, as do their Senoi agriculturalist neighbours. The Senoi and Proto-malay arrived much later probably during the Neolithic period.
Umno is not only immune from corruption but from any crime. They have become a law unto themselves. Umno Arrogance has reached the zenith. Now let wait until it self-destructs.
ReplyDeleteFederal Laws - Taking care of federal issues
State Laws - Taking care of state issues
Syariah Laws - Taking care of Islamic issues
Umno Laws - Taking care of corruptions, cronies and benefits distribution issues.
This Nazri no different from Najis……….
By the way Anti-Corruption Agency is run by Badawi.
Christopher response to Nazri "Umno immune from ACA ruling" really makes our politicians look so uneducated when it comes to the laws of the nation.
I have relatives in Australia, Europe and the United States.
ReplyDeleteLet me detail the experience of my family members in the West:
1. Equal job opportunities at all levels exempt probably the highest post but today even this is changing. Look at the recent appointment of an Indian born lady as the CEO of Pepsi Cola.
2. Equal opportunity to be elected as dean or vice chancellor of universities. Some of the heads of top universities in the US are Chinese or Indians.
3. Equal opportunity to enter universities for all courses including medicine.
4. Equal rights for all citizens unlike Malaysia where recent Muslim immigrants from Indonesia and Pakistan have been given more rights compared to non-Muslim Malaysians whose ancestors arrived in the country some 300 years ago. This is religious apartheid.
5. No differential prices for houses.
6. Scholarships based on either merit or need and not on creed, race or religion. In Malaysia, a malay Muslim has a better chance of getting a scholarship compared to a non-Muslim from a poor background.
I am a Malaysian born before independence and educated at a local university and have served the government much longer than some political (PM) wannabes.
I am saddened and very distressed to see how far the country has slid down over the past three decades. Due to corruption, excessive politicking and faulty policies, the country is gradually heading for the direction of Argentina, Indonesia and Philippines or even worse.
I fear that we have now reached a point of no return. Only the oil reserves are buffering us from a more rapid descent. But for how long! Then the crunch will really bite.
Please have your parachutes ready when the great crunch finally arrives.
True………. it is very true……….
ReplyDeleteThe malays are actually digging their own grave and they are trying to dig a deeper and bigger one now……….
But all of them I have to see are being manipulated by certain top malay politicians so they will support them……….
That shows there the general malays are quite stupid and can't think outside the box……….
One of the main reasons FDI falling is the fat lady and her ministry have totally lost their focus.
ReplyDeleteThe world main sources of FDI are North America, EU and East Asian countries like Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and Japan.
Instead of making more FDI promotions in such countries, our fat lady choose Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya, Latin America and the Central America instead.
I left the country some 20 years ago. I am very glad I made that decision. My children got the education they desired and both enjoying their chosen professions after completing university studies.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy tremendously living and contributing to my adopted country. I am an IT professional, so are many of my friends who left Malaysia with me in the 1980s.
Most of our children are professionals in their own rights. They earned their places in the society on their own merits. Many of them are in the engineering, financial, IT, legal and medical professions.
Dare I say many of them won various scholarships throughout their academic pursuits. Oh Malaysia! You don't know how much you have lost……….
The younger generations, even though they seem to know the theoretical rationale of the social contract and try hard to live by it, do not have the same understanding of it as the older generations do.
ReplyDeletePoor people are poor people, rich people are rich people - no matter which race they come from. Justice and compassion prevails when rich people recognise their responsibility to the poor and the poor use the benefits given to them to better their lives.
Fair and equitable distribution of the prosperity that we enjoy in this country will ensure that our peace and harmony survives. That would probably require a mindset shift within our society.
However, many have experienced frustration under the Malaysian politico-social system, which has failed to recognise their contributions and skills, or ignored utilising them appropriately for the national benefit, or stymied their business ventures.
Many of these people have emigrated to another country where they hope to be more appreciated and where their children may enjoy a better chance of succeeding in life.
We should resolve why the Chinese-Malaysian population is reducing. Official figures have more than one million Chinese Malaysians emigrating over the past 25 years. Why did they emigrate? I am sure the government knows.
While we push young talented people away, other countries notably Singapore, the US and Australia welcome them with open arms.
About 30 percent of top management in both Singapore's government and corporate sector are ex-Malaysians. We export them so that Singapore can compete with, and then whack us.