come, come to malaysia

ok, so visit malaysia year (VMY) had been launched and we were told that the time is now, the place is malaysia (slogan!).

while there had been some negative remarks going on regarding VMY, i try to be more positive to support VMY, as after all i do love my country and want to see it grow in the tourism field . why, you see i am doing my part to promote VMY by having its logo and link here in my blog (right sidebar).

anyway i will still talk negatively on the eye of malaysia as i feel it was a waste of money to spend on a (copied) giant ferris wheel just for some breath-taking views of the city. you know the ride last only 12 mins and it cost RM15 – isn’t that too expensive? and the VIP gondola which cost RM60 is said to have a television on board, a VCD/DVD player on board – it’s kind of silly when you think of it – just a 12 mins ride, and you want to watch television? and aren’t you suppose to look out, watch the breath-taking scenes of the twin towers or KLCC instead? real stupid.

btw, have anyone of you read what jonathan kent of BBC wrote about some incidents that happened in malaysia that may mar the VMY project? jonathan wrote about how two black americans were detained by the immigration officers and how they were treated inhumanly.

‘racial profiling’ said one of the black american. i agree. i find that malaysians tend to look down on the black americans but are so good and nice to the white americans. well not only the black americans but non americans or rather non ‘mat salleh’ – e.g. japanese, vietnamese, singaporeans, filipino.

just take a look at e.g. those who serve customers on the front e.g. cashiers in dept. stores, receptionist in hotels. i used to notice that whenever a mat salleh approach them, they will have a big smile on and be on their sweetest but when say a singaporean tourist approach them, you will hardly notice a smile on their faces.

of course jonathan also pointed out the one infamous incident where our moral police knocked on the door of an american couple in langkawi demanding for their marriage certificate.

well, news of these incidents are spread all over the world, soon, we’ll see less and less tourists coming to our country. i hope that in this year of 2007 – the VMY, incidents such as these will not happen. knowing malaysians…..let’s wait with bated breath and see.