This is an email that had been regulating around the globe lately. I've read, agreed, and will pass this on. This is not about my hatred to the government, this is not even about me. This is the voice of an actual Malay, a doctor residing in London, UK. Please continue to read to see why, UK is better than Malaysia!
"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
PLEASE READ AND MAKE YOUR OWN CONCLUSION
FOR ME, I DO 100% SUPPORT THE VIEWS OF THIS MALAY DOCTOR LIVING IN LONDON - THE FACTS SPEAK LOUDER THAN OUR BN POLITICIANS
> Subject: FW: Is 1Malaysia Really Better Off?...
>
> Our ruling politicians, when compare Malaysia with other countries,
> they tend to do it only on absolute terms to make Malaysia appears
> better off. This is just another manipulative move to fool the People.
> For those who still think Malaysia is better off in terms of lower
> cost of living, under the rule of Be-End (BN) for more than 50 years,
> think twice! Trust me, it is not in relative terms as pointed out in
> the article below.
> But, I'm not suggesting you leave Malaysia . This is our motherland
> where we are born in. Stay and fight for change! Let us all turn our
> dream into hope, and hope into real change!! Change for the better for
> everyone regardless of our skin colours or our origins!! If Obama can,
> so can we!!
I've gone through Malaysian Studies class, I've heard of many other grumbling why we have to take the subject. Is it about patriotism? What do you intend us to believe you if you can't convince us that you're leading us to the better future we longed of. What faith to we have in 1Malaysia, if it's just one of the many lies, which is still leading us...to where we even started from
SO HERE IT GOES
"Life as a Malaysian"
> The cost of living in each country (especially UK and Europe ) based on
> what you earn in the respective country and whether the standards are
> higher than in Malaysia .
>
> I tried to point out that many Malaysians always convert and that is
> why they say the UK is expensive. In fact, the cost of living is much
> cheaper than in Malaysia .
>
> In actual fact, Malaysians are being conned because for such a rich
> and resource rich country, the pay in Malaysia is way too low compared
> to the cost of living and inflation.
>
> One good example is Singapore .
>
> Singaporean's (average) earns around S$3000 to S$4000 and nearly
> everything is half the price of Malaysia . E.g. Clothes, computer
> parts, electronics etc.
> But the average Malaysian still earns RM2000 plus and goods are double
> the price of Singapore .
>
> This is the same as the UK . If you earn around 2000 pounds, you can
> liken this to the person earning RM$2000 in Malaysia . I give you some
> examples below. Maybe you can understand.
>
> 1) Good terrace house
> It is more or less the same. If you want a house in KL, it would most
> probably be in Puchong and not Damansara Heights . So your house would
> be RM200,000. In UK , you can get a decent new house in Zone 6 (still
> within the tube) for 200,000 pounds.
>
> If non London , you can get a nice house also for less than 200,000
> pounds outside London . The same also applies to buying a house in
> Seremban, Kajang etc. You can buy a nice house for RM200,000 below.
>
> So buying a house is the same for the UK and the Malaysian.
>
> Renting a place is the same too or maybe cheaper than in Malaysia (I
> am Not sure of this). A 2-bedroom flat in London is about 750 pounds
> (Zone 2). 500 pounds outside Zone 6 but still able to commute to
> London . A 2-bedroom house in Nottingham is 450 to 500 pounds. A
> 3-bedroom house in Belfast is about 300 pounds.
>
> 2) A car
> A good Wira is RM55,000. Most Malaysians have to take a 7-year loan and
> be in debt all the time. If you are earning RM2000 a month, you take
> nearly 3 years saving the RM2000 with not eating at all just to buy a
> Wira.
>
> In UK , the average local earns about 2000 pounds. He saves 3 months,
> he can buy outright a good Ford Fiesta or a Vauxhall Corsa without
> being in debt.
>
> If buying a second hand car, even better. A 1990 Mercedes 190E cost
> 500 pounds. My 1996 Mercedes E220 cost 2000 pounds. My friend just
> gave me his 1989 Honda Accord (Auto) for free because he said he could
> only get 30 pounds for it.
>
> I used it for a few months and decided to give it of for free too.
> That alone speaks for itself.
>
> Even if you are kuli or an office boy, you still can drive a Mercedes
> or a BM. Yes, kuli's and office boy's get paid quite well.
>
> Average temp/office boy in London can earn about 7 to 10 pounds and
> hour. Overtime is 1.5 times or double. A brick-layer can earn 20
> pounds an hour.The same Indonesian who lays bricks in Malaysia earns RM$50
> for the whole day.
>
> Before I became a doctor, I used to be an office boy and I earned near
> 300 pounds a week working about 70 hours a week. My makan was 30
> pounds a week. My rent was 70 pounds a week for a room but I still
> drove a BMW back then. I bought the 10-year old BMW 3 Series car for
> 200 pounds. Amazing how an office boy can drive a safe and luxurious
> car.
>
> 3) Petrol.
> For a UK person earning 2000 pounds, 89.7 pence a litre/gallon is
> cheaper than RM1.92 paid in Malaysia . If you don't convert, it is like
> paying 90 sen a litre in Malaysia
>
> 4) Shopping
> 20 pounds (which is 1% of 2000 pounds) can buy you 1 week's worth of
> groceries in Tesco.
> RM$100 (which is 10% of RM$2000) can also buy you 1 week's worth of
> groceries in Tesco, Giant or Carrefour.
>
> 5) Utility Bills
> (This is what I pay in UK )
> 1. Virtually non-stop heating the whole day only 20 pounds a month.
> (Only 1% of the 2000 pounds earned)
> 2. Electricity, I use my electricity maximum only 20 pounds a month.
> (Only 1% of the 2000 pounds earned)
> 3. My water bill also comes to about 20 pounds a month (Only 1% of the
> 2000 pounds earned)
> 4. My Internet ? I get 2Mbps for about 25 pounds (Bulldog DSL) (Also
> slightly above 1% of the 2000 pounds earned)
> 5. Astro Equivalent (NTL cable or Sky) 30 pounds per month (Also
> slightly above 1% of the 2000 pounds earned)
>
> In Malaysia , this is what I used to pay
> 1.. Tenaga Bill comes to RM$200 to RM300 a month with 3 air-cons. This
> is more than 10% of the RM$2000 earned)
> 2. Water (Puas) comes to RM$40 (This is about 2% of the RM$2000 earned)
> 3. Astro RM$100 (if you take Chinese package)
> This is about 5% of the RM$2000 you earn)
> 4. Internet Streamyx 512K RM$88 per month (This is about 5% of RM2000 you
> earn)
From here you can easily see that in the UK, you spend about 10-11% of your salary for your monthly needs. In Malaysia, it rises up to about 62-63% of your salary. How can you save money la my dear
> 6) Books
> A good book is about 10 to 15 pounds in the UK . This is less than 1%
> of The 2000 pounds you earn. In Malaysia , you have to spend RM$75 to
> RM$100 for a decent book in MPH or Kinokuniya in KLCC. This is about
> 5% of the RM2000 ringgit you earn.
>
> 7) Education
> I think it is about RM$20,000 per year to do a degree in Sunway Monash
> and about RM$12,000 per year to send your kid to UM, UKM, USM etc. I
> am not sure about this.
>
> But in UK , it is only 3000 pounds a year to send your kid to a great
> university. That also, the white man still makes a lot of noise
> because the grants were taken away. Previously, it was virtually free
> for the Englishman to send his kid to university but now, since the
> grant was taken away, he has to spend 3000 pounds per year to send his
> kid to university and less money to get drunk in the pub.
>
> Well, if you are earning RM$2000 ringgit, sending your kid to UM to
> study is quite difficult. If you are earning 2000 pounds per month,
> you can easily send you kid to university in the UK .
>
> Even worse for the poor non bumi's not given a place in local
> university. Even if they can afford, they won't get a place because of
> the quota system. Unfortunately, the Chinaman and the Indian who gets
> 5A's in STPM have to be sacrificed and not given a place to let the
> Malay fellow with 2E's and 3 Fail's to enter the Medical Faculty or Law Faculty.
How I truly agree to this. P/s I am not trying to sound racist, but then this is a true fact, deny not u?
> So the non-bumi's have to save RM100,000 per year to send their kid to
> the UK . In the UK , at least the white man still can go into university
> based on results and merit and only pay 3000 pounds per year.
>
> 8) Luxuries
> Panasonic Plasma TV in Malaysia about RM20,000. If you are earning
> RM$2000 a month, memang mahal! You have to save 2 years your monthly
> salary to buy it. In UK , the same Panasonic ironically, Panasonic
> plasma is made in Japan and Japan is close to Malaysia , so the plasma
> should be cheaper in Malaysia ) is only 200 pounds. And this is only
> 10% of the 2000 pounds earned.
One is 10% the other is 1000% How do you comment to that?
> 9) Health
> NHS is free. Though the service is slow, quality is still there. You
> still can get a top quality by-pass for free although you may have to
> wait many months. In Malaysia , IJN charges RM$30,000. SJMC charges
> RM$50,000. GH is free but as many people know, GH and UH have clown
> doctors. For example doctors who wear tudung and use a pen to touch
> the patient because scared dosa. (This is even heard from a taxi driver two days ago)
>
> 10) Assessments to local councils
> I may pay high council tax but at least my council assures my streets
> are clean and safe, got no holes (pot holes) on my roads, and they
> jump and attend to me whenever I call them. When I stayed in Malaysia ,
> I paid my assessment and quite rent but MPSJ (I lived in Subang) told
> me to "podah" whenever I asked them to come and fill up the pot holes,
> cut the long lalang, put street lighting etc.
> The councils, especially MPPJ and MPSJ, were more interested in eating
> Nasi lemak and going for 10 teh tariks in a day during office hours
> and hardly did anything for their residents.
>
> 11) Income Tax
> My national insurance and income tax also is not wasted. When I was
> unemployed in 1997, the government via social security paid for my
> 2-bedroom flat for one whole year and I was given about 100 pounds per
> week for me and my wife to live on. I am happy to know that one day if
> I lose my job, I can still claim social security and get my apartment paid
> and food to eat again for free. It is a good security to know.
>
> All, the list goes on. Here alone you can see, the sterling they earn
> goes a long way in the UK. So their quality of life is far better in
> the UK than a Malaysian in Malaysia. It is just that Malaysians are
> just too content with what they have. But you compare apple for apple.
>
> The British just love to complain. They have it made but still they
> love to complain. Nothing is good enough for the British. The
> government gives the citizens so much but they still seem to want more
> and more.
>
> Written by,
> Dr Zain Azrai
> London
See what I meant?
