controversial/reddit-malaysia-controversial-2024-01-06.jsonl

{"title": "Foreigner here. Why do many Malaysians seem to troll their country? I find Malaysia awesome.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ze9us/foreigner_here_why_do_many_malaysians_seem_to/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["That\u2019s just our coping mechanisms."], ["which country are you from? and everyone trolls their own country."], ["Trolling? Not really. I see it as more of a kind of \u201cmengejek\u201d or teasing we learnt from our elders who would do so when we would make foolish, un-self-aware mistakes as a child. It\u2019s a cultural heritage if you will. And as adults we do the same to our country, seeing the same foolish, un-self-aware mistakes made time after time, year after year.\nAt least some of us still care enough to mengejek. But you know, the food\u2019s good enough to keep our mouths shut for now."], ["the grass is always greener from the other side:26554:"], ["trolling is embedded in our culture!"], ["Perhaps you've been seeing more negative news/ragebait posted here, hence this perception. You also probably need to stay here longer term to find the flaws and edges every country has."], ["We treat some foreigners better than others."], ["In Reddit? I find more constructive criticism here than trolling so maybe a different forum?"], ["I think this is especially common in many nations worldwide that has a fairly educated population where the more they know, the more they see the imperfections in things, knowing that things can be better but it's not.\neg. the UK football forum I frequent is filled with sarcasm but in a more subtle and self-deprecating way and this seems to be a fairly common trait in the shows I've watched on British television as well."], ["", "And how many percentage of child marriage now in 2023? Any info? Huh?"], ["Malaysians express their frustrations through humor. It's just what we do."]]}
{"title": "Who are some of the best ministers this country has ever had and why?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z3538/who_are_some_of_the_best_ministers_this_country/", "num_comment": 49, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "The title says it all and it's not about PMs, but about those ministers under the PMs.\nToday's youth would probably point to Anthony Loke for his great work so far in transport. People during Mahathirs time may point to Anwar himself as Finance minister.\nBut was just curious if there are any others during any era who deserves a mention?", "comments": [["Whoever that took charge of the Health Ministry all those years ago.\nWe now have a very affordable healthcare system.\nNot a federal minister but the late Lim Chong Eu. He contributed massively into Penang\u2019s success as an electronics manufacturing hub.\nOne from my very own state, the late Adenan Satem. A short stint of 3 years but his governance kickstarted a lot of development and investment. SUPP had him to thank for their turnaround in fortune, after successfully bringing back some Chinese votes.", "I'm a bit on the young side but it's fascinating to see how Gerakan was respected once.\nBasically Lim Chong Eu turned Penang into a silicon valley per se?", "Yep, he identified the electronic industry to fulfil Penang workforce, he convinced fed gov to set up free trade zones in Bayan Lepas after the state lost free port status", "And look at the supply chain now. We have successfully created our own local companies in the semiconductor field \u2014 Inari, Vitrox and Pentamaster, to name a few really successful ones.", "Hey, I am pretty young too but you just need to dig a little here and there.\nI respect DAP but up until now, they haven\u2019t done any meaningful visionary projects. All we have been hearing is \u201cwaste money\u201d and \u201cbankrupt\u201d.", "Ngl I haven't even heard of Lim Chong Eu until now, hence why I asked.\nSo I don't get what's your comment trying to say? \ud83e\udd14", "Simple. Never believe in the media and those loud politicians who boast about all the things they did.\nSome quietly do so much.", "we dont need any major ones tbh, the entire Malaysia history is filled with visionary projects that waste more money than generating it.\nhere at Penang, for locals, onr can still see a stark difference from pre 2004 or 2008 and after , the streets are so much more cleaner, my parents always comment on that aspect. Back then, you would gag and disgusted by the rubbish and awful smelling drains everywhere. Now, some places look completely spotless like all those Japan or foreign 4K videos.\nGerakan has been riding on Lim Chong Eu wave for far too long. heck, they would have fallen far earlier if not for balancing act that some voters play back then, fearing state that is not aligned with the government coalition would not get funds. I remember my parents argue back then on who to vote for. My father wanted to vote for BN on state seats and opposition for Federal seats as he feared that Penang being in the opposition would not get funds for development, my mother wanted to all in opposition.", "Yeah because KLCC, North-South Highway, KLIA are all a waste of money isn\u2019t it?\nI remember LKS said that Subang Airport was good enough. How did that turn out? Putrajaya was a waste of money too, according to the same group of politicians. Now?\nGuess clean streets is the only gauge to be a successful politician.", "you are forgetting others, there are much more projects that loss money lmao, even KLCC is a major waste of money that isnt really needed.\nI am not dissing every major projects but we certainly have many that we spent more money maintaining it than value generated", "Of course we do have plenty that lost money.\nMy main point here is, there was an attempt by previous BN ministers to try out these so called projects and initiatives for the future. Yes, we did lose money but we can feel and see the good effects through other projects today. Those that I mentioned were some of them. And also, our electronic industry in general.\nI have yet to see any PH politicians visionary enough to plan for the future. Everything about them now is cut cost, save money. They seem to be happy with maintaining what we have right now without thinking about the future. Well, at least the streets are clean right?", "well yes, because priorities are different now, when we have scandals after scandals of leakages, corruption, excessive spending, and you want them to go for mega projects ? we couldnt even get all the ships we targeted to build for the navy\ni am of the opinion that government should be reorganized, streamlined, change the culture, increase effectiveness and efficiency, set strict ROI requirements and audit before any mega project is allowed. not to say PH currently is doing well in that regard now but i am not interested in mega projects if the government's execution and maintenace is sloppy as before\nand yes, clean street is important just like clean toilets, you may laugh about it but it directly impact everyone that has to experience it. I went to Japan and the street + toilet clealiness leave a lasting impression on me, so does Sinngapore's street.\nthe opposite is true if a place is filthy and to quote Tun M, Penang was the dirtiest state in Malaysia back then", "Welp, you still missed the point.", "Generally 3 career progression paths:\nKabel besar dan kuat.\nAnnounce visionary projects and still have a 50/50 success rate, even after overblown budget and extended timelines. The loud mouth eccentric CEOs of companies.\nManaging things well. The good middle managers that actually run the companies.\nI think DAP is somewhat in the 3 category.", "Yup but his successor for Penang CM ruined Gerakan"], ["Tun Dr. Ismail , he sacrificed and died for the country and Tun Hussein Onn who did not want to continue staying in office amid all the dirty politicking in Umno.", "Agreed. Also want to add Tun Ghafar Baba. He always remembered his life as a poor orphan and did much good to help others. And he never wanted titles and was only conferred Tun after being asked/begged twice.\nOne more! Adenan Satem. It's a pity we only had him for a short while as CM. He is the people's leader and gave significant changes in Sarawakian's lives. When he died, the whole Sarawak wept. Even non Muslims visited his (very public) grave. One more thing, no one but him has the chutzpah to call the then PM Najib anak Razak and made fun of Najib while he is in attendance using Bahasa Iban/Sarawak. Oooohaaaa!"], ["Its pretty sad that all these years theres only so few worth mentioning"], ["Does Gobind Singh qualify?", "Definitely.\nIn addition, that PH 1.0 had some underrated ones like Yeo Bee Yin too - single-handedly took on 3 portfolios and bossed it."], ["i can only comment on what I personally experience even though I know there are many ministers that done outstanding job before them.\nGobind Singh, he changed the internet speed and fees to be so much faster and cheaper than before.\nAnthony Loke, no nonsense action man, reorganized SPAD and propose the monthly commuting pass for cheap\nHannah Yeoh, back when she is in family, women and children ministry, recall she pretty hard on female rights, and launch daycare centres at government departments and hospitals\ni want to say Yeoh Bee Yin after watchimg her interview on Solar industry and she sent back the rubbish that cannot be recycled back to their country but her time in ministry is affected by the river pollution problem."], ["Me, otw", "Good luck man! See you in parliament one day too \ud83d\ude05"], ["Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - Petronas"], ["Daim was actually very good, but he is not friendly or interested in doing things for others. He likes the thrills and challenge of turning things around and making profit, but he need stakes to be kept higher and higher.\nedit: He did things for Mahathir because Mahathir made him who he is. That was why during financial crisis in 1998, Mahathir dumped Anwar as Finance Minister and called back Daim from the wilderness (he was buying and selling banks in Europe at the time) to steer Malaysia safely out of the crisis. So Daim was like yeah OK I will do this but thats all, for old time\u2019s sake and as thank you to Mahathir."], ["Tengku and his band of freedom fighters who created Malaysia for us and kicked out the penjajah. After them all minister fight who you tell me please."], ["Faizal azumu", "lmao", "He is best at mediocrity.. You can deny that"], ["najib razak: finance:26554:\njohari abdul ghani: deputy finance\nkj: health", "Najib Razak (First term) is the best PM we ever had\nNajib Razak (Second Term) is also the worst PM we ever had.", "Genuinely did an Erik ten Hag \ud83d\ude05", "KJ ? The man didn\u2019t do anything, overspent and literally had no insight. He just came after the battle and took a bow.", "The government was crambling and buying whatever vaccines was available (that the Rakyat was screaming for) , being able to use over 90% of the supply is praiseworthy IMO.\nI mean... Did anyone really expect 100% utilisation?(the only way this could happen is if we underbought, and then people will die)"], ["Lim Guan Eng. He saved us RM8 billion. See who can top that.", "Penny wise, pound foolish.\nHis constant \u201cbankrupt\u201d statements did no good. Every time he spoke, Bursa went red.\nBehaved like an opposition the entire time as the FM. Safe to say, he took the bait.", "LGE is doing the same thing Penang(under him as MB) was doing all this while\nSell government assets here, cut government spending there.. then claim surplus.", "ask federal to pay restructure penang water debt and pay for the dam upgrade\nalmost never mention it again after a formality speech and blogpost\nhe ( & his supporter) tell everyone how good he was managing money and diss people that help manage their debt at every opportunity\nin retrospect i wonder if najib should pay to solve kelantan problem instead back then:26554:", "I'm a DAP fanboy but I felt the those cuts were quite detrimental in the long run though \ud83e\udd14 especially those that involve transport like MRT & LRT\nI could be wrong", "watch this podcast between tony pua and ong kian ming\nListen to tony pua explain on the LRT and MRT. I used to think lim guan eng was probably a lousy FM. After i watch this podcast i have a slight different opinion. Just slight.", "The thing about Tony Pua is that he makes his arguments solely on the topic of money and money only which is not the only thing important in nation building.\nThe latest episode talking about HSR is a good example. He justifies it being bad by saying the costs to run the thing itself is so high that its better to just give everyone free flights because he used the permutation that if the HSR is run at full capacity x (theoretical cost of ticket), the total revenue is about the same as the total yearly revenue for KL-SG flights. So to him its better to just not spend 100 billion to build the thing and spend 3 billion a year giving everyone free flights.\nBut its so much more than that, there's also spillover development and more importantly to change people's way of life from being totally car dependant to one that is PT oriented\nHe always spoke more like an accountant than a lawmaker imo", "Tony Pua lol.. I lost my trust in him when he used United States to justify SST over GST. He said something like this in Parliament, \u201cEkonomi no.1, Amerika Syarikat, tak de GST.\u201d\nUSA has the ability to print money and adjust monetary policies with the Fed Funds rate. Not to mention a whole stack of local council tax, state income tax and federal income tax.\nIf Malaysia has any of these, imagine the scenes in Putrajaya.", "I didnt fan boy. Lol. I just want to explain to OP regarding the LRT and MRT.", "Yea I know, just putting my counter argument out cause its kinda easy for anyone to fully believe what Tony says as gospel since he is very articulate", "Accountants (which LGE is also not even) cannot run countries."], ["Me as the Minister of Sex", "is that you Chua Soi Lek?"], ["Najib Razak"], ["Hadi Awang. :26554:"]]}
{"title": "Does every job needs 'cable' now?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zpkel/does_every_job_needs_cable_now/", "num_comment": 91, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'm seeing people around me getting jobs in big companies because they knew someone who works there. My coworker who doesn't have ANY experience in HR nor internship, and only has Diploma in Information Technology just got accepted to work as a permanent Admin Clerk in a big factory company.\nYou might wonder how, well you see, her boyfriend who she only dated for 3 months recommended her to his friend who works at the factory. Considering it's a big company, I assume there must be lots of qualified candidates that have applied for that position. It doesn't only happen to her, my bf who's an electrician got a job with SESCO without any related experience because his uncle works there. My bf's father is a project manager, so my bf pretty much can jump in and out of the job his father gave him.\nI don't want to be a hater, but it looks like the rest of us are hopeless without these 'cables'. All of those empty positions in big companies? Oh whoopsies, they're all reserved for their family members. I'm just wondering how are people going to survive in the job market even if they're qualified enough when this culture continues.", "comments": [["I\u2019m not sure since my entire career was built on myself with no cables, however I\u2019ve spoken to MnC managers who hire references (cables) because moreso that they know the guy can do the job based on the reference. If not, probation finish they just throw him out. So networking is important especially as you climb higher. The companies that are paying 10-20k salary a month wants someone who is at least backed up by somebody who knows how to do the job. Rather than risk it on a nobody who only has glowing resume.", "Some resumes glow because the applicant is radioactive.", "Just the piece of paper that's radioactive perhaps", "I agree. Networking is important. It increase your chance to have a slot for interview and chance to get hired."], ["Let me break it down for you. Firstly it is called references. 'Cable' as you call it depends on the job and the hiring manager.\nAt lower ranks I don't think cables play a significant role. As you head into more managerial and leadership roles, yes.\nPersonally , I hire people based on their capability. I review their CV and do the interview. Unfortunately there is only so much you can get out a CV or 30 minute interview. This is where I start calling the references or my industry peers.\nAn example, I wanted to hire this lady for a role just on her CV/interview merit alone. I saw she did some work at a bank my ex-boss worked at. I called my ex-boss and she said this person is good? She says she was and basically the decision was made. It's a form of risk mitigation. I trust certain people I've worked with in the past. If someone doesn't do this when the opportunity is there, that person is a shit hiring manager.\nWould I hire someone who doesn't fit the role even though references are good? LOL of course not.", "if everyone hire based on your evaluqtion.. its different anow in the country", "everyone would have an opportunity if only he is everyone's HR", "yes sir"], ["It's about connections. Managers have faced employees with issues even though they looked good on paper.\nSo a lot of managers rely on recommendations from trustworthy friends/colleagues."], ["Welcome to reality. It\u2019s not what you know, it\u2019s who you know.", "I had a friend who's also a clerk at a small company, got her job because she's close with the owners. It's literally terrible, she would ask me basic math questions (like multiplications from primary school) that she can't figure out at her job and asked me to translate basic Malay to English. I can't stand these people.", "Wait till when you see promotion time. It\u2019s not who work the hardest or who delivers the best results but it\u2019s who that makes the boss happy", "Yeah, my coworker who slack off 4 times a week, 20 minutes late to work gets all the juices because she entertains our lonely and grumpy boss with stories like some type of joker entertaining the king in medieval castles (literally).", "Sounds like the jester role is still relevant in modern times", "Oh, then this is a legit case of nepotism.", "Of course, some people still deny this culture exists and is rampant these days.", "Who the fuck denies this culture exists? It seems like if there's anyone who is in denial it's you from your replies.", "starts with blow ends with job", "It's ok, Malaysia is a very cutthroat working environment, eventually she will be kicked out also.", "You forget /s", "I was not being sarcastic. This is the cold hard truth in Malaysia", "As you said yourself there are hundreds even thousands of applicants to tgat same job in big company. How can anyone guarantee any of the candidates are good enough? What you described are simple jobs that usually anyone can do. HR gained favor by hiring a recommend candidate", "also not only about who you know, but also who knows you."], ["Yes, apparently. Nothing wrong being recommended if a colleague is your friend (however, those tend to be from similar fields). But in recent times, I happen to see siblings/children of employees who manage to secure places in my company. I'm like eh, why's this surname and resemblance so familiar? And this isn't an SME.\nSpeaking of HR/admin, you don't really need the qualifications to work in those fields despite courses being offered for those. The SOP/policies are smthg you can learn on the job. I know a few who got in with unrelated diplomas or are overqualified (like yours truly). One former HR colleague didn't have tertiary education, but times were different in the 80s/90s!", "the only part is if that vuy can perform. if cant perform.. then another set of question will raise"], ["IMO, employers that engage in these type of practices have poor/no corporate governance structures in thier systems. It also depends on which profession you\u2019re in - the MNC I\u2019m employed at has policies dealing specifically with cables (i.e., we can refer candidates, but it needs to be disclosed and we cannot play a role in the process, otherwise we\u2019ll kena terminated. Referee candidate will need to go through the processas usual.)", "Some companies have referral programs which encourage employees to recommend people that would fit. That gets the candidate in the door; they still have to go through interviews and such.\nYou could, to some extent, consider these things as \u201ccable\u201d.", "Yeah, sounds fair. My company does that too. Entry depends on their interview impressions.\nCuz when I was recommended for a job by a church friend years ago, I didn't get past the IV stage! So, cable doesn't and should not always work."], ["It\u2019s called a reference"], ["Most high level/paying jobs need cable now.", "Well, their pay isn't close to RM2500. Idk."], ["To answer your question, no. Most entry level jobs don\u2019t need cable, you just need to be impressive in the interview (also the right skills and qualifications lah). So yeah not every job needs cable.\nHowever, I think you need to be mindful of the term \u201ccables\u201d. Not all examples you gave above are cables, like your coworker just happened to be recommended by another network, and since the job is Admin Clerk, it\u2019s pretty much open for any qualification for a big factory company. She might be impressive in the interview and perhaps excelled in her studies, and therefore be given the job.\n\u201cCable\u201d is technically when people are just given a job without even applying or trying. If they did, then having strong network would of course increase their chance of getting the job. Start working on building your network now."], ["I disagree. This is but a victim mindset.", "You can see the way OP replies to other comments, they only want validation that getting a job is hopeless without cable despite many others pointing out otherwise from their own experiences.\nPersonally I got my job through normal hiring process, sending dozens of cvs out when I was a fresh grad and busted my ass making connections and showing people that I can handle projects and basically get shit done. Things got easier as I had more years of relevant experience in my resume and many connections with people in the same industry in my linkedin. I landed one of my jobs after my ex boss put in a good word for me with the new HOD.\nNo one is denying that nepotism exist, rather people are disagreeing with the statement that everything is hopeless unless you have cable but OP is too blindsided by their bias to even see this.", "What victim mindset? Lmao. This is the type of bs people say when you try to stand up against something ridiculous.", "What sort of experience do you expect for an Admin Clerk? Management probably just asked around for recommendations from their existing staff. Cables do exist but this is a poor example la", "sorry to say but i agree with him that this is really victim mindset\nyes got cable makes life easier but not 100% necessary, i seen a lot of examples that people on their own and make it far\ngood luck and strive harder my friend", "Yea. Cable gets your foot in the door, but you still gotta walk through it.", "Also because of the superlative \u201cevery\u201d.", "Indeed. Such close mindedness and pessimistic mind serve no good in the long run. OP should learn to spot opportunities, not dwell on things beyond our respective range of control.", "Taking your statement at face value, a \"cable\" does not guarantee a job.\nSaying that \"the rest of us\" are hopeless without cable is a victim justification.\nSince you said Sesco, I can only assume you are like me, from Sarawak.\nI graduated and went through normal interview process and climbed my way to join one of the biggest companies in malaysia through credit and qualification, not cable. Focus on working on yourself, not what you perceive the world to be.", "a \"cable\" does not guarantee a job\nSource: Trust me bro", "it looks like the rest of us are hopeless without these 'cables'. All of those empty positions in big companies? Oh whoopsies, they're all reserved for their family members.\nSource: Trust me bro", "Go on and try before you talk. I'm surprised people still deny this stuff as if it's the 2000s.", "While I don't deny that there might be nepotism at play in companies with no enforcement of the proper regulations, the fact is that the way you phrase your statement is downright insulting to people who worked our way to where are are today.\nDo you know how stringent it is to be employed in an MNC? I am in one of the 5 largest MNC in Malaysia, so I am definitely qualified to speak on this. We have to disclose who our references are, whether our friends or family is within the company, whether our parents' or siblings' companies are related to the role/job scope that I am doing.\nBased on this, you may be denied the job even after signing the offer letter.\nThere is also the interview process which is often multi level interview processes which require approval by every level of the interviewers involved. You'd probably get the \"cable\" play if you know the director of the company, but are you saying that all 6,000 of us know the director personally?", "Could be sampling bias. You see what's around you... He/she sees what's around them. No need to diss each other's observation, they're all valid...\nCable, \"references\", favouritism, cronyms.. no large organizations are immune. Smart people can figure out how to work within/outside of rules..."], ["I feel like people who uses the word \"cable\" usually already has a very negative perception on their career and are the ones who like to blame how life is unfair. It\u2019s how the world works, there\u2019s no right or wrong to it. You meet people, network, prove yourself, form that relationship, and get references to help you get to where you want to be. People aren't stupid, no one would be helping you if you're not good to begin with, they will only put themselves in trouble. So give yourself some credit for the capabilities that you own and how you show that to others along with confidence, don't put so much focus on \"cable\" or blame how life is unfair. Many of the successful people work very hard to get to where they are with or without help. Big companies have hiring policies stricter than you imagine. Don\u2019t compare yourself to family businesses, of course nepotism happens but that is a very small percentage, so ask yourself, are you maybe choosing to look at the wrong things?"], ["Yes, they use cable. In my company, one of my coworkers keeps offering his friend from university to join, and their job is not related to what we currently do. Now I see a hopeless company turning to cronies, and I've made the decision to look for new opportunities"], ["No lah. My father is a CEO of a GLC and I\u2019m still having hard time finding a job\ud83d\ude02", "You must be an embarrassment that he himself dont want to advertise you within his company \u2620\ufe0f", "Conflict of interests", "I'll send you my CV shortly. Thank you.", "Bruh I\u2019m looking for a job not hiring lmaoo"], ["Not really. At least based on my own personal anecdotal experience.\nI got a manager position at a large corporation without any cable."], ["Every job me and my wife , we have gotten tru direct application or head hunter...no cables. Over 10+ positions combined"], ["Not denying \u201ccable\u201d culture exists but I think it depends on your industry too. In mine, if you can\u2019t actually do the work (or at least for my role specifically), they\u2019ll find out real quick and you won\u2019t be around for long regardless of connections. When you deal with material meant for public readership, it is imperative to know what can get the company sued, or worse, get you charged with something like criminal defamation \ud83d\ude16 Other than things inherent to the job like the level of language proficiency needed, knowing what\u2019s newsworthy and such"], ["Think about it this way,\nHumans are dumb at screening the inner values, they are only good at looking for familiar faces."], ["We got menteri kabel besar, Zafrul. Pipit following helang je"], ["I once hired based on friends recommendation. The staff was useless lazy piece of shit."], ["No need cable. But most of the job openings are not advertised online. So knowing alot of people help alot."], ["I got my current job at an MNC with no cables whatsoever."], ["That\u2019s why we build our own \u201ccables\u201d. In other words, networking.\nKeep a good relationship with your uni/college mates, you never know who will be in a position to help you, especially if you\u2019ve helped them before.\nOnce you got a job, be nice and respectful to everyone, even if they\u2019re from another department, even after they\u2019ve left the company. Maintain good relationships with your customers and suppliers. Attend conferences and get to know more people. It doesn\u2019t have to be \u201clepak every week\u201d kind of relationship, but once in a while just drop a text to say hi. Don\u2019t burn bridges, don\u2019t involve yourself in gossips."], ["Networking and connection aren't necessarily \"cable\".\nIf I'm looking for an engineer to join my team, you bet my first line of choices would be anyone I personally have worked with or recommended by trusted connections, which I absolutely know that they are competent and are able to do the job well.\nThis is much better than interviewing random people who might or might not be competent.\nCable is choosing the inferior candidate just because of the connection."], ["Malaysia. The motto, kita jaga kita, is bodo."], ["Just like the malaysia government and government contracts"], ["I got myself an intern job via \"cable\" , and I will never ever accept any job again via cable again, learn it the hard way but luckily not too late. WORST FKING EXPERIENCE EVER.\nI said rather take your time to find a job that is at least somewhat suitable for yourselves instead of doing it for the sake of it."], ["Why u only know now ? It been debated last few year and yes , otherwise they boo you as noob dont know network kekwtop"], ["Now? What do do you \"Now\"?"], ["For some industries yes and it's not wrong. If you're the boss, sometimes we need someone who is on our side, someone who we can trust, someone that will keep company dirty secret. Although that person skills level or experience is on lower side."], ["um yeah...\nin other news water is wet"], ["Wdym now?"], ["I don't want to admit it but the truth is yaa.."], ["SESCO? As in Sarawak Energy?"], ["If anything I think it's the present where you're more likely to land on job through cold call. Before the advent of Internet and mnc and all, the only way you'll land in any job is literally dependent on your contacts"], ["thats how reality works. Cant or can work is another story. Tried to pull string with the hope i can get perm but turns out i am still a contract worker until company decide to layoff people due to poor sales."], ["I actually thought this guy was talking something about having internet cables lmao !"], ["Reference is a thing.\nUsually they will go through the same process as other candidate. But if all candidate is equal, the one with reference will most likely get the job.\nAnd by reference it means the candidate get to know the job opening first hand. Also you know the candidate has some level of people skill to get referenced.\nPulling \"Cable\" on another hand is a shit show waiting to happen usually."], ["Sadly thats how life is nowadays."], ["masuk sesco nice la\u2026can i be friend with ur bf?"], ["Tak ada cable mana dapat tarik barang? /s"], ["I'm out of the loop, since when people use the word \"cable\" to discribe this phenomenon?"], ["you can build youre own cable... its a combination of effort and luck to be honest. ive pmed and friended a ton of recruiters in linked in and also send a dm every now and then to check on available position"], ["> Does every job needs 'cable' now?\nThat's why it is called networking."], ["in most top companies, cable only gets you to the door of a job interview. technical merit still holds."], ["you don't, but it helps to have ... immensely"], ["My first job was with cable. Miserably. Low Pay, overworked. I decided to search for a job on my own the second time, higher pay, lesser workload."], ["mestilah ada cable..malaysia mah we don't use merits here that's why the country is in shambles"], ["If you are chinese, even worse bro.. you cannot even go into a proper job even with a better academy background."], ["Yes and No.\nI have two sisters. One has only a diploma but is rich in experience and possesses a beautiful resume. She obtained all her jobs independently, working at each company for a significant period. Her most recent job was secured through her own application, which was her second attempt at the same company. The first attempt was two years ago. Naturally, for her second application at the same company, her salary expectations have increased.\nAnother sister also applied to a company twice. During her first attempt, she didn't succeed. After a two to three year gap, the company reopened its hiring process, this time she gets it through friend's connection. But she does possess qualifications from both local and overseas institutions and the necessary skills for the job.\nAt times, individuals can be highly educated and skilled but still not find the opportunity to work in a particular company.\nPR remains essential regardless of where we go."]]}
{"title": "What are the reasons you didn\u2019t pursue your dream career?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zf58b/what_are_the_reasons_you_didnt_pursue_your_dream/", "num_comment": 76, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I\u2019ve noticed that a lot of people I know never really pursued their dream careers/ambitions that they were passionate about back in school. I never got around to ask them why that was the case so I\u2019d like to hear from you guys\nIs it because that career option is not feasible in Malaysia? High entry requirements? Financial hurdles? Do let me know, I\u2019m quite curious especially since Gen Z is already entering the workforce and we are one of the most ambitious and expressive groups of people", "comments": [["Money money money. People who have freedom to explore and fail (biz, influencer etc) or not worry about money (low salary) can pursue any damn career they want bro.\nYou must be young. But it\u2019s alright, you\u2019ll learn along the way. Just observe.", "This. It\u2019s all about money. Simple yet not."], ["I wanted to be a doctor(surgeon) since 5 due to family events that happened which ended up with my mom staying in icu and normal ward for almost a year. Currently 3rd year med student and i can say those who chicken out didnt do med were the smart ones. We are the idiots. Look at our kkm and healthcare system rn. Nuff said.", "3rd year med student too. Clinicals so different than preclinicals. Still adapting but i need to adapt faster \ud83d\ude0c\ud83d\ude0c", "What uni? Maybe can network sikit hahaha.", "Hi. Is it okay if dm you about med", "Sure", "Plenty of dr degree holder doing non med stuff out there. All the best", "Im still gonna go thru the system anyways. I will not be a dr whom cannot help people on board of a plane in an emergency if i can help it lolll. Just need to explore other options.", "Hi. Is it okay if I dm you regard about med"], ["Money. I don't have the flexibility to go out there and risk failing. If I fail, I fail. I do not have the chance to get back up anymore because I'm the main pillar. So don't blindly listen to those people out there who said just go out there and do what you love and don't be afraid to fail. Because those are clearly for people who have lots of backing, resources and are not responsible for putting food on the table", "I'm in the same situation and yes, I agree those people who are lucky can say and do whatever because they have a safety net underneath them. My friend who refused an offer to get a degree and got herself a decent job instead was belittled for her choice. The degree would take 4 years worth of studying, she doesn't have a driving license and her dad is going to retire next year.", "You must have been through a lot too. I totally understand and hope you're going strong as always. Sometimes I just thought that it is kind of unfair to not pursue something due to financial strains and proceed to get judged by others. I think your friend deserves better than that for being unselfish and thinking ahead of time."], ["Turns out just getting a private pilot\u2019s licence requires at least half a million ringgit. If I pawned everything my entire families from both sides owned it wouldn\u2019t still touch at least half of it. Getting a commercial conversion was another hurdle to consider.\nSo today I am an engineer. Still nowhere financially but HEY I got what I wanted- knowledge. Probably will continue to sell nasi lemak like my family.", "Yea getting a pilot\u2019s license is very expensive, I\u2019m a pilot myself and I know lots of friends who couldn\u2019t afford the course or dropped out half way because of how expensive it was", "Only knew a close friend that was crazy enough to be a pilot. Even with him being experienced enough to be an instructor and a guest lecturer at a uni, it still won\u2019t land him a job at one of Malaysia\u2019s careers. It\u2019s ridiculously competitive and with such a high entry barrier no wonder a lot of pilots these days also completely pivoted to other jobs when they left an airline they worked at.", "Becoming a pilot is not all sunshine and rainbows like people see on Instagram. Sure it is fun when you actually start flying but there\u2019s a lot of obstacles between that and becoming an airline pilot in the future\nMalaysian carriers love to underpay Malaysian pilots, especially with the most successful airline in Malaysia being a low cost carrier, salary is a fraction of what you\u2019d get overseas which ultimately leads to a lot of young pilots going to the Middle East for better pay and experience\nBecause of the fact most pilots are only here for a short term, the airlines are slowly closing their doors to private students and opting more and more for their own cadet programs where they train under the company and sign long contracts before they even start working\nSuch is the current situation of the aviation industry in Malaysia, job security and finance are 2 of the biggest obstacles in our way as new pilots. It\u2019s not a great time to become one and frankly Covid has impacted the industry a lot and it has yet to recover\nLots of people have taken loans for the course and without any guarantee that they\u2019ll get a job, they have to pay the money back regardless. It\u2019s half a million bucks or a recon BMW M4 Comp in money that you aren\u2019t making back yet", "They charge that much because many people are rich and stupid enough to pay for it.\nThe airlines exploits the fresh pilots because people suck up to their terms due to desperation for a job."], ["Im 28 and this year I'm going to pursue my dream from being a cooker in hotels/restaurants to become a great filmmaker. Wish me luck fellas", "All the best! :)", "*Cook", "be the greatest cooker, buddy!", "No i don't want to be that. It's tiring", "what do you mean, a rice cooker or a slow pressure cooker?", "cooker", "Now you will be a filmmaker that cooks well and a cooker that film well. good luck on your journey."], ["Never had a dream career lol"], ["I had many dreams. But was forced to drop out of school and do odd jobs to support my stupid little brother. Fell into negativity, depression, suicidal.\nI finally did it, but now I'm already old. Fking ungrateful little kid called me useless despite the fact that I was the one who gave up my dreams and gave him all I could.\nNevermind, somehow I still manage to teach. I'm happy with what I have now. I'll just disown that asshole. But heck, 2 decades down the drain."], ["Because halfway there I realized I don't really want it."], ["Mental and physical health challenges."], ["I realized that \"scientist\" is mostly just underpaid lab work, and I'm not qualified to be a \"forensic pathologist\"."], ["Wanted to be a cop since primary school. Didn't manage to pass the physical exam - vision (short-sightedness) and broad latissimus dorsi as I'm a frequent gym goer. Now am almost hitting 30 not able to reapply due to maximum age requirement of 28."], ["Writing is not going to earn a livable wage here. When I see public would rather read tabloid sites over substantial content like The Petri Dish/The Edge, I also wonder, why bother pursuing this career, amirite?\nAlso, it's not viable to be an author/journalist, what more when even the most harmless/critical topics can get the Home Ministry's/Printing Press Act's attention. 'flashback to Dr M/Najib's reign of terror'", "Gotta second this unfortunately. Graduated with a BA in Literature and Creative Writing. Returned back to msia after completing my studies and worked jobs such as content writer, magazine writing and copywriting. Pay was insanely low, hours insanely long but such jobs were scarce so you had to just bite the bullet. Ended up giving up on the industry after a decade. Very unlike my course mates who went on to have careers that were related to the field, such as novelists, playwrights, poets, etc. One even won a bafta for screenwriting."], ["Realism. Dream career was childish, I wanted to fly a combat helicopter. Eyesight was first to go. At peak \"bad\", eyesight was 600 one side 700 the other. Then I grew to be 189cm tall, AND FAT AF.\nScience stream subject koyak, maths almost koyak, policeman father say \"don't join any uniform body\", school subjects only good at English, so end up being a teacher.\nNever had any real tangible \"dream career\". I just did the only thing I knew, which is being able to speak English well.\nThe closest thing to a \"dream\" I have now is to achieve 'lite FIRE' and quit at 55 instead of 60. But realistically, I'll probably go to 60 because what the hell else am I gonna do?"], ["Bipolar disorder. Millennial who still struggle to even earn decent life. But at some point I already make peace with it"], ["I couldn't get into the only local uni that offers veterinary medicine. Missed it by a hair after studying like heck for STPM. Going abroad means I'd be saddled with a huge student loan because my parents couldn't afford it. So I decided to just take whatever the government offered.\nDoing something totally unrelated now but it worked out for me. When life throws you lemons.. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "Bumi quota things. Currently ptptn debt 250k thanks to private uni med. Was a straight A spm student almost straight A+. Didn\u2019t bother trying matrix. I was proved it was the right choice and saved time as my friend who got more A+ than me but not straight A+ (non bumi) also got rejected um and ukm med.", "wow, med sure are expensive to study.", "Mate that 250k isnt even covering my tuition fee. Lmao. I still need fork out 6 figures more", "Oversea or local?", "Local."], ["My dream career won't help put food on the table. Not in malaysia, at least."], ["Just another millenial stucked with decent life. Salary comes with a fair share of commitment as well, so i chose a moderate one where i still have the flexibility and time on my own despite having a below average pay. With the time, i can do what i like."], ["At a younger age, the idealism is high that we will join the workforce as productive members of society, work our way up the ladder to decent pay, buy a house, get married, have a family.\nA decade on this mindset would get challenged from all sides \u2014 rising cost of living and the unexpected element of luck when it comes to things such as a successful career, therefore self-sustainability will move to the forefront as the priority. Life is busy, there is little time to be idealistic.\nAnother decade later, drained of the energy of youth, decides to settle down in a job that pays decent enough and afford some semblance of life. Some accept that the dreams that started it all may not all be fulfilled, while those who still believe will soldier on, my respects to them. \"You get to a certain age, you drop all your illusions. Life just gets easier from there\".\n---\nReading the above, especially multiple accounts of it, the youth of today gets a sense of both realism and pessimism at the same time, leading to them choosing to do the 'right thing' at the very start to avoid what may be the disappointments that are waiting for them later down the road by being practical.\nDream careers change in form into something more abstract ie. the later 3rd of the stage of life above, focusing to ensure that they get to avoid or minimise the 2nd part early. In this instance, everything that gets them there will be acceptable, therefore rendering the 'dream career' a thing of the past."], ["Life happen"], ["I was the complete opposite, switched job path during back to back internship in uni days, eventually became my dream career after graduating from uni.\nDid Banking internship to Data (one of the 3), was from Science stream and never thought about the concept of career back then, just made sure I completed my studies and able to get a job lol."], ["Went to a shit uni overseas and ended up learning barely anything", "Which uni is that?"], ["Physical injury"], ["It wasn't the correct path for life. I genuinely wanted to be a footballer, I think I had some degree of talent when I was a kid as I was a fast learner and was physically capable, but my family was entirely against it. I wasn't rebellious enough and I did decently in school, so my family pushed me towards academics instead. Ended up with a decent job and actually a happy life so there's no regrets, but if life is an Anime and I went back in time, I'd probably follow my instincts more, just to see where it would take me. But for the record, i think it was correct for me to listen to my family. Unless I was in the top 1% in the world, there was no guarantee of a future in football."], ["Wanted to be an paeleontologist until my secondary school counsellor in Singapore warned me it's a lot of time spent in dusty, dirty, remote conditions far from civilisation.\nThen switched to wanting to be a biochemist, but grades weren't good enough to qualify for a scholarship, course wasn't available locally, and couldn't afford going overseas."], ["Hmmm too many people in accounting. I end up in IT after finally got my acca completed. Hahahaha. Now full fledge system administrators."], ["Wanted to become data analyst in MLB team. Paid more for data in financial sector so\u2026"], ["No money"], ["Surgeon: When I found out that length of the study and you need to be on standby most of the time despite the good pay, what's the point?\nLecturer: Pay is crap until you are Professor Madya at least, and the process to get there is long\nGraphic Designer: Customer shit on your design like they know any better, regardless of your portfolios and experience.\nSo I divert to IT, the best decision of my life."], ["dream career has less likely chance of earning more money. thats all. it boils down to that.\nonce money has been achieved, may revive the dream career as side hustle or weekend hobby."], ["I don\u2019t have one. My dream is to not work lol"], ["At 9, I dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot. No, not because of top gun. But because i was and still am fascinated about fighter jets. The engineering that involved. But I was too laidback and daydream a lot."], ["Not qualified for it"], ["I wanted to become a doctor.\nIm colorblind."], ["Never had one. I think that's better? I'd love doing multiple kinds of jobs. Testing myself. Sometimes it sucks but good pay. Sometimes it's good but suck pay. Sometimes it's good pay good job but your body/mind weren't able to handle it. Now I landed a good job good pay that I can perform comfortably"], ["I'm a visual artist, like a painter, but I barely survived. I did that for 7 years and gave up. Now I'm a graphic designer, at least I'm getting paid to survive, and I'm studying computer science part-time, hoping to enter the IT industry soon."], ["between transitioning around my \"interests\" before knowing which one of them is an \"ambition\", but mostly reality check being the main reason"], ["I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid but when I grew up I realized I'd rather just watch archaeological documentaries instead."], ["I am doing what I have always wanted. But I knew and have accepted the fact that it does not pay much, at least in the beginning. Need to climb the ladder by getting more experience. One of the reason for me staying is because I would like to feel I'm contributing something to the industry and I have to admit that I have financial safety net to fall back to if I would be low on cash."], ["I would say the probability of me succeeding in the career is very low and has a very bad commitment issue. I wanted to become footballer (heavily influenced by my father) but the chance of me succeeding is slim so it became a hobby instead. I always had an interest in perniagaan but I also wanted to become a scientist, I gradually lost interest in science and maths (I also excel at math before menengah) though and ended in not going to science stream class. I became a lazy fuck when pkp started and still is a lazy fuck after pkp ended. but for now I'm fully committed to become a businessman and definitely will not change my course.\nedit:I'm still trying to make my laziness disappear by taking more classes, tuition, working out and doing something in productive in free time"], ["Well, financial would be the main reason, one need to stay alive first. Then the gaslighting from many side such as family, teacher etc.\nBut mostly on money, without financial safety net, I dont have the guts to yolo my whole in to something that likely to fail."], ["Originally wanted to be a policeman. But as they say \"With great power comes great responsibility\". I don't think I'm responsible enough to be a policeman cuz I'm worried that I will end up being a corrupt cop\nAfter that, I wanted to write stories. But because it was hard to explain a scene with words alone, I picked up drawing and decided that I wanted to do comics. But I think comics are sort of a dying medium so I changed to films\nLast year I worked as an intern at a filming company. After only one week, I quit. I lived in their dorm and I was exploited by the company. Instead of working jobs that'll help me with film making, like scriptwriting or lighting or setting up a scene, I was just being a slave doing shit no one wanted to do like cleaning up and getting them coffee or lunch or whatever. And even when the work is done for the day and I go back into the dorm to rest, they can just snap their fingers and tell me to do something and I will need to do it.\nI know people will tell me that \"working in the filming industry is supposed to be like that their work hours are insane\"\nBut fuck that. At least when work for the day is over, let me go back to my room and rest! But no! These people instead were like \"work is over? Well tough luck, kid! I need you to do this and that! Now do as I say!\"\nSo now I've given up on all of my dream careers. I don't know what I want anymore and this is my final year in university"], ["Cuz I\u2019m a dumbass"], ["I want to be a pirate king. Currently just waiting for a Great Pirate era to start. Any minute now."], ["I wanna be someone involved in motorsports but it's all about money"], ["I love fighter jet.. been dreaming to become fighter jet engineer, or maybe even just a technician.. then I realized i'm living in Malaysia"]]}
{"title": "Questions around buying a house in Malaysia, from a UK-based Malaysian\u2026", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z4bkj/questions_around_buying_a_house_in_malaysia_from/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is my situation: I'm planning on purchasing a condo in Georgetown in August or September this year when I go home.\nWhile I am a Malaysian citizen, I have been living and working in the UK since 2009, shortly after I graduated from secondary school. As of now, I don't have a bank account, credit card, or established credit history in Malaysia. However, I co-own a property in Kedah with my two brothers.\nGiven my plan to make a purchase quite soon and my unfamiliarity with the property buying process in Malaysia, I have a few questions:\nHow significant is a credit profile or score when it comes to securing a mortgage in Malaysia?\nWould lenders accept my credit history or score from the UK?\nHow long of a credit history do lenders typically look for in loan applications?\nAlso, I\u2019m considering taking another trip home in late-February to sort out a bank account and credit card, ahead of making a purchase later in the year. But, of course, it\u2019s an added expense and the journey isn\u2019t exactly quick, so I would rather avoid it if at all possible.\nSo yeah, that\u2019s the predicament I\u2019m in in a nutshell, and any help is appreciated! Terima kasih!", "comments": [["As a Malaysian living overseas and purchased a home in Malaysia\nHow significant is a credit profile or score when it comes to securing a mortgage in Malaysia?\nImportant - like any other country\nWould lenders accept my credit history or score from the UK?\nYes. I was requested my 3-months payslip and bank statement from abroad. Loan was approved within a few days from multiple bank. Everything was done in advance and by the time I flew back home I just visited the branch to sign off the paperwork.\nHow long of a credit history do lenders typically look for in loan applications?\nI can't answer that but looking at your payslip and bank statements they can make some judgement\nI don't know how much liquid you hold now but plan into opening a bank account with the bank you're planning to take the loan from; and start dumping money into an FD/savings account. That will make paying off your loan easier later on.", "Thanks for sharing your experience!\nOne question: Did you handle all the paperwork yourself or did you instruct a solicitor in Malaysia to help you sort out the loan application, etc.?", "I bought a house through one of the big developers and they had all the contacts. I worked with the sales agent intially and after I've gone through the paces he shared with me contact details for the bank agents (for loans) and the solicitors/legal team for SPA etc.\nI still had to fill some of the forms initially - but it was mostly personal details to get things going. I suggest if you're trying to do everything \"remotely\" at first try to be back in person to sign everything in a month - unfortunately they were not quite willing to post everything internationally (the actual SPA form etc) and part of it I think they had to legally be in person to view the forms being signed.\nI had plans to return for a while so that helped a lot."], ["The quickest advice I can give you is - find a way to get introduced to a premier banker in one major bank in Georgetown. If not, just call the branch, ask to speak to one. Explain everything you want to do. Your options. Your financial background. They will assist you, it sounds like you would be a high value customer. And they will give you all the answers and steps immediately.\nFor example, in your case you might need to park some cash as FD to first build up your history with the bank.\nSource: Myself when I came back from abroad. Although my contact was my mother\u2019s banker but they helped me out with everything and explained everything I needed to do clearly.", "Thanks for the pointers! I plan on getting in touch with a couple of banks in the next few days. \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc"], ["I dare say, talk to a bank in UK that had a branch in Malaysia like Standard Chartered and ask them whether can they share your credit information to the their branch in Malaysia."]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 6 Januari 2024 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zor1e/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_6_januari_2024_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Askar Wataniah - Taking Leave", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1g2n/askar_wataniah_taking_leave/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Salam guys,\nI need some advice on taking leave due to army reservist training.\nI know for gomen servants you guys get CTR (Cuti Tanpa Rekod) but how do anyone from private sector go about with this? Do you take annual leave or unpaid leave?\nEdit: Also, employer cannot block you from joining the training (Per the Armed Forces Act), but has this ever discouraged employers from blocking employees who need to leave for training? I heard it's quite rare for the act to be enforced.", "comments": [["You should ask your company HR honestly, it differs from private to even GLC."]]}
{"title": "WoW design of bookshelf at BookXcess RexKL", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zgvcx/wow_design_of_bookshelf_at_bookxcess_rexkl/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": [["What am I looking at here?"], ["I don't see a WoW reference anywhere!"]]}
{"title": "International School v. National School Poll", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z2qwi/international_school_v_national_school_poll/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This goes out to those of you who have children or who don't have children yet and who are planning for their education in Malaysia.\nAssuming that money is not an issue to you, do you prefer that your children attend a national school or an international school?\nOr does it not matter to you?\nWhy?\nThanks in advance :)\nView Poll", "comments": [["I will make my Children like every crown prince of Johor, by sending them to national school at primary level. Then send them to international school in secondary level so My children can brag about their hardships to my grandchildren. /s", "Lollll", "This is actually a great idea."], ["I\u2019d like to give my child the experience of identity crisis by sending them to Lyc\u00e9e Fran\u00e7ais de Kuala Lumpur.", "Have cousins that went there, the identity crisis is real"], ["A child's upbringing is very crucial. If they experience trauma from cases of bullying or other bad things, their psychological development may be scarred or somewhat impaired. Not everyone have what it takes to bite the storm and rise up to be a stronger person. If there are cases of bullying and abuse, the child may not be able to take it and commit suicide. Not everyone is born with \"7 killer\" bazi profile that can handle the heat and become a fighter. Most will just quit. To be safe, if I have a child, I will send him/her to international school.\nOr better still, if there is enough resource, I may even give him home school, teaching him only the most vital skills and knowledge for excellence, competitiveness, and survival."], ["As a product of national school, you're really rolling the dice on whether the teachers are competent or not. Chances are a few of them aren't and you'll need to top-up with tuitions.\nI'm just going to assume international school = the teachers at least know their subject even if they don't know how to teach.", "Depends. I attended a private national school once and the there were quite a few incompetent teachers, esp in non-STEM subjects. The AddMaths teacher I had in Form 4 could barely teach. And the best teachers kept getting pulled to work in govt schools due to pension and higher pay. Ironically, my school somehow still ranked above most schools in my city in spm scoring.\nPrivate schools have higher scores not really because of better teachers or even better facilities. It's because the students there tend to come from more highly educated backgrounds and there's a massive pressure to aim high."], ["If I have a child, I would try my best to enroll them in school with the following priority (1 - most prioritised) :\n1) international school\n2) missionary school (e.g. Convent schools, Free schools etc)\n3) SK/SMK Kluster Kecemerlangan\n4) boarding school - (if possible, no because I don't like the concept of sending kids to live at schools. I prefer kids to have balanced interactions with friends and family. Plus, I don't think the environment at boarding schools nowadays is healthy for kids psychologically)\n5) regular SK/SMK - (God forbid if I have to send my kids here)\nNever: religious school - I would rather not having children than having children only to send them here..", "Nice. Why in this order?"], ["If money is not a problem; the child education path would be like international school --> overseas Canada/UK/ US university degree + masters --> more job options internationally.", "Have your child be smart enough and money won\u2019t be an object because scholarships will arrive :)"], ["Lets just say , ofc its better when it cost more , otherwise its a scam ."], ["If given a choice, I would choose to homeschool my kid. Otherwise it doesnt matter what I pick, school only teach children to be modern slave.", "Oh interesting. So in your view and totally up to you whether to respond or not, what\u2019s the best way to teach a child, with a detailed breakdown from year to year, how to not be a slave?", "Unfortunately, I don't have the best way, every child builds differently, and that is no one-size-fits-all solution.\nBut I do question what school today has raised, so many students learn this and that but do not learn how to live. How everyone is measured by a limited standard similar to a monkey and a fish being tested for their ability to climb a tree. At the end of the day, students are sent to respectively slave pit with the illusion of them being successful slaves. It does not matter if they earn a lot compared to those at the bottom, in the end, they are still a slave who works for some illusion of happiness created by those on top using currency that is just a bunch of figures.\nSo even if they earn 10k or even 100k a month, they are still slave who need to keep working just to sustain their lifestyle, it is nothing more similar to slaves in old age where they worked for their life. Slaves in the past were chained by shackles while modern slaves are chained by currency no differences. Schools are there to teach students by telling them to look at how those slaves are happy and that they should be one of them, by limiting their ability to grow.\nAs I observed, how many people are stuck with student loans before entering the adult world, and continue with car/house/marriage and finally by the time their child grows up, they already getting old. And the cycle continues with their child. How years of doing something only at x age make students unable to act on their own, how schools put the thought of obeying the teacher(superior) and discourage students that dare fight the authority.\nBack to the question of how to not be a slave, I don't know, living in such a society, I guess it is unavoidable, but how to not continue being a slave is a more important question to ask. Although the reply made me look anti-school, I do appreciate the education, just hate the string attached. :29091: So if I were to teach a child, I would not care much about the academics, but more about whether the child can learn how to live a life which unfortunately schools aren't great at."], ["I'm happy enough with private Chinese schools."]]}
{"title": "Cute Cambodian girls singing Malaysia Truly Asia, remember this not at Tumpat Kelantan ;)))", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1h4m/cute_cambodian_girls_singing_malaysia_truly_asia/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "McDonald\u2019s Malaysia targets 750 restaurants by 2030", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zhdz8/mcdonalds_malaysia_targets_750_restaurants_by_2030/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Thailand which has close to 70 million people only has 227 outlets, and indonesia with 270 million also only has 269 outlets.\nMalaysia with 30 million people has 320. Now they want to increase to 700?\nDo our people really consume that much fast food? Plus there are other fast food franchise to compete with.\nDoes not seem like a smart move.", "Surprising that mcd has \"only\" 300+ outlets here, feels like alot more tbh", "Even Perlis got 2 MCD already now. But KFC here is everywhere.", "Lol. They got no choice because KFC has like 1000 outlet in whole Malaysia.", "Purchasing power of those country perhaps. I feel, Mcd is already quite expensive here, so probably as or more expensive in TH and IN."], ["With every damn meal costing an average of 12 ringgit and decreased portion sizes and quality I doubt having these many stores would help"], ["are they going the Starbucks way like in the US? to have a Starbucks outlet at every corner block so that the queues are shorter? so we will see Mekdi at every corner of our eyes when we drive or walk?"], ["Iam not sure having 750 restaurants is a good thing", "McDonald's business is Real Estate. The more outlet the better. The land and building valuation goes up in time. Selling burgers is how the rent is paid by the franchisee in terms of royalties and whatnot. Doesn't matter if the franchisee make it or not.", "A huge portion of this business strategy was shown in an amazing movie called The Founder.\nTL;DW: Ray Kroc was a slimy bastard who managed to turn McDonald\u2019s from a locally-owned fast food joint into a multi-billion industry through real estate deals by screwing up his bosses.", "People only see the burgers due to marketing. Mcd isn't going to say they are the biggest real estate company. Tbh the boycott hit the local franchisee and local employees more than McDonald. Some more mcd employment policy is not using foreign labour."], ["its a straight up land ownership theyre doing. gotta look byond tht broskis."], ["<image>\ntadaaaaa\u2026"], ["Can we at least have more variety of fast food restaurant?\nMcd is kinda boring right now while kfc will always be kfc."]]}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 06 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zfzu5/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 46, "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 says if I don't stop using reddit, she will smash my head into the keyboard.\nI think she is just jokinc bvfucnj b cnjfbnc", "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."], ["Made barley, ginko and fucuk tong sui.\n<image>"], ["JD Sports employees are annoying as shit lol, any section I go to, there will be 1 minion breathing down my neck."], ["Had the talk with himTM today. I'm leaving for a while and he decided he wanted to keep my toothbrush.\nOk. I get it. In psychology, \"transitional objects\" are often used to help with separation. Usually parents would give their children toys as the children learn to be independent. As a reminder of them in their lives. I guess adult partners have transitional objects too.\nI said to him I'm sorry for how fucked up my life is, and how it gets in the way of us being together. He hugged me and said: \"Don't play the Would-Have-Should-Have game. That shit will kill you.\"\nWe both know he meant it literally. He lost his brother to suicide. I am suicidal. There is no end to regret. The only way to deal with it is to keep living."], ["Has anyone tried to use Etsy before? I wanna try to use Etsy but idk how it would work since they're all mostly US based", "I used it before for Secret Santa purposes.\nIt used to be US-based. But now all the products are made in and shipped from China. The US addresses you see are just mere shell accounts."], [":26554:\n<image>"], ["til: birth tourism:26554:", "this should not be a real thing lol"], ["Imagine living without any vices like drugs, alcohol, smoke, club etc\nOnly to die to it\nPerhaps living hedonistic is better \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd79", "I feels like a fulfilling life doesn't need mind-altering substance to augment it", "Eh, I disagree.\nI can't control other people's actions, but I can mine. And if I'm fated to die from, say, a drunk driver, I'd rather had lived a less stressful, non-vice-centered life than the alternative."], ["My nakamas, what do you think is the optimal way to learn Japanese in the Klang Valley - with certs and all? Any particular centre or even purely online?", "With certs? Try look for international language center that provides training for Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). There is a language center in SS15 but I dont really remember the name.", "Thanks, hdxryder!"], ["Today for some reason I feel pumped up at the gym. It's chest and shoulders, and I'm feeling great.\nNo pec pics because I forgot to shave that area so it won't be visible \ud83d\ude05"], ["Anyone give their parents allowance?\nI do not give a fixed amount...usually pay off their monthly credit card spending that covers their cost of living\nTracked last year 2023, I gave an average of RM3.8k monthly, close to RM50k for the whole year\nFrom Melaka, the cost of living is getting crazy, it's at the level of KL/JB in terms of food prices\nCries in poor", "10% + electric and phone, I'm not their sole income", "Stuff sure are getting more expensive in melaka. Food price is almost kl level.", "Anyone give their parents allowance?\nIt depends on case to case, for my case, to be honest... I think it's a tradition that stems from when my forefathers were poorer and we had to send money back to kampong. My dad is doing better than me, I still give them a token amount (few hundred monthly), but I remind them of how silly it is.\nBut bruh, I hope you're not being their retirement plan, because that is on a whole nother level.", "I give my mom RM100 a week, except when she asks me to order groceries for her (in that case, that would be the weekly stipend)."], ["Anyone good with home DIYs available for hire? I want to install a mesh covering on my front door (to let fresh air) and also fix my leaky kitchen faucet. If I go to recommend.my they'll send someone who will charge me RM200 minimum \ud83d\ude12", "Where is your location? I think you can DIY even if you are a lady. I have DIY everything except for roof and tiling. Any pic of the mesh and faucet?", "I can DIY. I just can't DIY it well \ud83d\ude05"], ["<image>\nGood morning. Scrambled eggs with toasted sourdough bread for breakfast.", "<image>\nSatu buku roti RM19", "T20 Gardenia \ud83d\ude02", "Gardenia\nActually exists.\n<image>", "Never saw this in the market", "Normally available at indie grocery stores and supermarkets. 99 won't have them at all.", "actually you can find more gardenia varieties in singapore than in malaysia. even village grocer here doesnt sell those!"], ["The sleep inertia is real."], ["Should I submit my academic transcript too along with my resume when applying for internship? Also is cover letter needed too when applying for internship?", "No need to submit academic transcript. Cover letter will be a nice to have."], ["Finally got my salary yesterday evening\nSo today at 11am imma sent my pc to the shop\nAnd hopefully nothing major", "Full on upgrade to 7800x3D and RTX4090! :26554:", "Ayyo, I'm gud with my 3060 ti rn \ud83e\udd23\nBut still I hope my sweetheart survive so I don't need a major upgrade \ud83e\udef0"], ["Any suggestions on where to ride e-scooters in KL? Just got one and I took it to Tasik Tittywangsa and had a lot of fun so wanted to know more spots."], ["Guess who cant sleep thinking of her rm50 gift card that she misplaced? \u2014\u2014> this \ud83e\udd21\nAnyhow come morning I\u2019m gonna try make tong sui. Which one? That would depend if i can find the ingredients first. I might sleep instead.", "Black sesame dessert!", "I dont like sesame of any kind", "Dont let it cook too long on the stove! Heh.", "The other day leon heated up his peanut tong sui and forgot to off the stove lol. Didn\u2019t burn luckily.", "This suck but eventually it is better to let if go since time is money."], ["I have been sleeping earlier and earlier because being conscious and thinking about reality is exhausting. Yay. \ud83d\ude42 It's okay, life is short, I don't have to do this for too long.\nAnyway, on not so important stuff to distract me from the harsh reality that my life is fucked,\nRosemary, clove, fenugreek, ginger, moringa leaf, pandan. Those are the ingredients that I plan to include in my homemade hair oil. I want my hair to be thick. Like Dora the Explorer. Like Marge Simpson.\nI want my hair to be so thick that people will struggle to wrap it when preparing my jenazah for burial.", "Baguslah tidur awal."]]}
{"title": "What the worse thing that have happened.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zkx0o/what_the_worse_thing_that_have_happened/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": [], "header": "It's 6th of January for 2024 now. I wonder what have happened so far in Malaysia.", "comments": [["PADU, thats what happened. and millions of data of private citizens at security risk", "What is this anyway.", "it\u2019s an app by the goverment that Malaysians need to install and register their personal data to qualify receiving subsidies and other financial assistance.", "terpaling data as rafizi said.\nhttps://youtu.be/DE1CcZrBeHs?feature=shared", "So you spreading fear to urge people not using the Web?"], ["28 billion female population yet im still single", "There's only about 8-9 billion people in the whole world \ud83d\ude02", "Seems like he is considering some animals too \ud83d\udc40", "When a man is desperate, anything is possible."], ["My business whatsapp got banned. Fml."], ["Godzilla arrived and it shook Japan..."], ["Discrimination"], ["Singapore kicked out from Malaysia to keep the status quo.", "almost 60 years. never forget"], ["Najib Razak"], ["Hadi and Kit Siang", "People keep trying to make them seem like both sides of the same coin without ever giving any evidence to backup their statements.\nOne wants equality another is a fascist. How are they the same?", "When one is so accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.", "May I add another one, their blind supporters, as above lol.", "Oh you are one of those moderates who just want to pretend they are better than everyone else.\nNotice how there still aren't any justification behind his initial statement", "Lol, thank you for proving my point.\nHave a good day, sinky wannabe.", "You're proving my point more than anything since you don't actually have a point"], ["still single since I born"], ["My goals to earn lots of money for family started from 2013 , now is 2024 and i am still broke af", "", "Rinse and repeat"], ["The worse thing is I still poor"], ["Diarrhoea"]]}
{"title": "Perodua Finally Agrees To Buy Back \"Sugar-ed\" Perodua Bezza With Compensation", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zd0xl/perodua_finally_agrees_to_buy_back_sugared/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "Posted by the affected customer on her Facebook profile", "comments": [["Mirrors / Content Summaries (context)\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["Finally"], ["til,in perodua dictionary word like guarantee/waranti doest existt"], ["How sure are they that the customer or someone else didn't put the sugar in the engine?\nGreat to be compensated but life of a car manufacturer is really that fragile?"], ["Consumers, take your lesson."]]}
{"title": "Does anyone know the name of the gold coins and/or tin ingots used by the Sultanate of Malacca?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z9znz/does_anyone_know_the_name_of_the_gold_coins_andor/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Sorry if non-Malaysians are not supposed to post-I had a question I was hoping to answer and I couldn\u2019t find a Malaysian history subreddit, so I was hoping it would be acceptable if I asked here (sorry if this isn\u2019t the right place).\nI\u2019ve been looking at the history of Malacca, and saw that it used tin pitis and tin ingots as currency, as well as gold coins, but I couldn\u2019t find a name for the ingots or for the gold coins.\nIs anyone aware of what either of these units were called during the period of the Sultanate?\nThanks \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd", "comments": [["Pitis timah and pitis emas.\nThe earliest use of standard gold coin in Malaya was in Kelantan, thru the introduction of the kijang coin.\nIts also used as the logo of the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia).\nThis kijang motif was adopted as Bank Negara Malaysia\u2019s logo in 1964. The Kijang coin was chosen for the fact that it was the first Malay Sultanate coin to feature an animal, and for its value and prestige as a gold coin.\nhttps://museum.bnm.gov.my/wom/Sultanate.html\nhttps://www.bnm.gov.my/the-bank-s-logo"], ["I dont know Malacca but Kedah sultanate used \u201cKupang\u201d back then"], ["It's called Keping or Pitis"]]}
{"title": "Thought we would be much higher tbh", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zq63y/thought_we_would_be_much_higher_tbh/", "num_comment": 38, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["In this economy?", "Yes", "Actually according to statistics even if you make a lot of money chances are you probably won't be having more children."], ["No shit. We will be dealing with aging population like Singapore and Japan by 2030, in 6 year's time.\nSource: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/07/812583/life-expectancy-malaysia-rises-12-years-ageing-population-2030"], ["All races birthrate dropping in Malaysia. Cina and indian is below replacement rate already", "Behold the year of Dragon, the Chinese already starts f**king since last year in hope to have a Dragon baby.", "But the kid will carry 2023A birth year for life. How does it work though", "nah... dragon>3a", "Power of dragon yo!", "replacement rate\nI love how dehumanizing this term is. Sounds like spare parts of a car."], ["No lah, generation changed already.\nEven typical Muslim Malay also don't see it as sustainable to have many kids, everything in Malaysia is not supportive of families who want kids.", "No , it depends on area, this is a general stats ,rural area will have more children", "most Malays definition of \u2018many kids\u2019 has changed from \u2018more than 5\u2019 to \u2018more than 3\u2019 over the years.\nregardless it is still more than what most Chinese define as \u2018many kids\u2019 which is still \u2018more than 1\u2019.", "1 is already too many", "I never understood chinese children economics.. when they grow old all the burden will rest on their 1 kid... that's depressing", "Not like more kids equals having them caring for their parents", "Especially in urban area, this is true."], ["Wah malaysia only 2? Most people i know at least has 3.", "Most I know have one or don't even have kid. Are we from the same Malaysia?", "Maybe you are young, I am in middle adulthood, peak of narried life.", "im in middle adulthood as well...most i know only have one or dont even have one", "Well, its an anecdotal statement after all, not to be taken seriously, probably I am surrounded by traditional family men and community.", "Same. Max 2."], ["Bro , take rohingya into count , instantly become top 20"], ["Yeah , it's normal to hear people with 4 or more uncle and aunt , but their siblings only have 3 max children. People are not having as many kids."], ["Among my own circles it\u2019s increasingly rare to see my peers have more than 1 kid (millennials) . Most urban boomers probably had 2, 3 max , whilst their parents probably had plus minus half a dozen to 8-10 .\nMeanwhile I\u2019m enjoying the double income no kid life. It\u2019s awesome .", "The recently married family members I know say they're happy with just 1 child. Maybe 2 max but that's it."], ["New gen parents prefer 1 or max 2. My friends and I who all have 2 or less baby always complaint about older generations keep asking us when to have another child.", "then ask the older generation to fuck n have their own...talk very easy but who is the one that has to go out to earn money n feed the kids"], ["Puerto Rico, New Caledonia, Macao, Turks and Caicos islands, Isle of man, the channel islands, the US and British virgin islands are not countries."], ["What number Malaysia??", "126", "We are higher than usa lol", "60"], ["I think it\u2019s good if we join sk,japan,and china.. but I know it\u2019s kinda impossible.. the rural area prolly got lot of babies"], ["cant believe we're that low"], ["What happened to the 0.2 of the baby?\ud83d\ude31 Do people eat their baby?\ud83d\ude2d"]]}
{"title": "Who are the best tech reviewers in Malaysia? ex. Pendakwah Teknologi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z45t8/who_are_the_best_tech_reviewers_in_malaysia_ex/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Who are the best tech-review YouTubers in Malaysia?\nAll the tech reviewers I found are mobile phone reviewers, not much on PC-focused. I speak on English, so English speaking would be nice. Thank you!", "comments": [["Adam Lobo is fairly entertaining"]]}
{"title": "Standing Against Divisive Remarks: A Defiant Response To Racial Insensitivity | TRP", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z3g3o/standing_against_divisive_remarks_a_defiant/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Man arrested after back-seat bid to enter MB\u2019s home | Free Malaysia Today (FMT)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zmiee/man_arrested_after_backseat_bid_to_enter_mbs_home/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "3 alleged PN supporters try to langkah masuk rumah MB Selangor", "comments": [["Langkah apa pulak ni, lain macam", "Langkah failed"], ["A+ for effort"], ["Interesting tactic, I must say\u2026"]]}
{"title": "Ads in MRT Station", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z40rg/ads_in_mrt_station/", "num_comment": 61, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Today is Friday, 5th January 2024.", "comments": [["This is mean static ads no demands. Usually the company will leave old ada stay if there is no new ads on board. Waste money just to remove, so if there is new ads on board then the cost for remove+paste new one can combine.", "There's one billboard I pass by all the time that has had something like the Imperium's logo on it since forever", "It might be previous customer ads, or some generic logo by the service provider. Certain unpopular spot really got no demand one.", "Yeah. I know. I was adding how long these things can stay up as long as there's nothing new", "Until they fall down? Whoever put this one up did a good job \ud83d\ude00", "I mean that's not that old. So I'm not surprised. This should be industry standard.", "And it\u2019s also in a relatively safe environment (indoors, air conditioned) compared to billboards outside that get rained and blazed on on a daily basis so it should hold up a lot longer", "So now you know where to put ads is more worth \ud83d\ude02", "Oh okay.", "damn so malaysia ads cost is 1 time fee\uff01", "Mulan movie paid RMXX for eg 1month. After 1month there is no other customer to take up the space. Mulan ada will stay there all the way. This happen in many outdoor static billboard, what outdoor ads can do is, not turn spotlight at night after the ads validity, but in day time it still can be seen.\nI guess so, if you put your services and product ads at the train station (mulan spot) high chance you pay 1 time off and your ads will stay there for a longer time which you not require to pay for the excess period \ud83e\udee3\nSo if you notice many small local brand like to put their ads at high way which lagi no demand, and their face will stay there very long until color faded \ud83d\ude05 but they already untung, i bet you even can remember some of the ads \ud83d\ude02", "What's the cost of stripping an ad from an elevator door? Is it a difficult task?", "I not sure. That most probably need to appoint vendors. Is cost maybe around 1k. We wont understand if we not in their position. Sure they have their considerations or SOP.", "So... lazy but smart move...? \ud83d\ude06", "Thia is the correct and real reason."], ["The station manager does not give a fuck.", "Nah they just have a nostalgic manager", "At least be nostalgic about a film that's actually good rather than dogshit", "You should check out his office wall because the framed head of state is queen victoria...", "Or it could be Winnie the Pooh"], ["Not just the outside. Within the cars you can also find ads for UPM registration for 2022, movie premiers for 2022, and in a case of aging like milk, Aman Palestin, including QR code for donations.", "Ah yes the ad for the upm course I signed up for. Am now halfway into my 2nd year btw"], ["<image>\nAlam Sentral mall has this motorolla ad on the escalators since mid 2000 probably. Still up there i think", "It was oppo a few years back around 2016-2018\nMaybe the management thought they could extort more money to keep the place from crumbling, then Oppo said no, thus we caught our K800i back.\nGoot times."], ["If you drive through old klang road ramp to federal, there's a huge banner ad for History Channel Convention 2017 in maeps Serdang. Still in pristine condition because it's under the flyover so shielded from rain and sun"], ["Woah \u2026 3 years back", "Maybe we'll need to arrange some kind of celebrations there if it hits 5th anniversary...? \ud83e\udd37"], ["If you look closely, the middle one has a hole in his left eye.", "Damn, I didn't notice...\nPoor Donnie... \ud83e\udd72", "How tf did u even notice this ? Amazing", "I had been there seeing it in real life haha"], ["There is still a No Way Home ad at Bukit Bintang MRT"], ["Leave it there for another 20 years like a time capsule!"], ["It's the half-ass attitude that stops our country from going places. Not just the authority, but also the general public.", "Country bad when no change movie posters", "Malaysia if old posters get removed"], ["Because this station gas too little foot traffic. Nobody bother to advertise here. See pasar seni instead."], ["That's typical Malaysian working speed and attitude"], ["I thought it was the promotion of Disney+ ads. I was way too wrong"], ["Wait, m nasir is in Mulan?"], ["Member malas nak tukar"], ["This is literally the definition of Malaysia: Under maintained."], ["Disney is still paying them"], ["This reminds me of this road between Manjung and Teluk Intan. After crossing the bridge before teluk intan, there used to be an ad space. Throughout my time using the road to go back and forth between Manjung and KL, there was a Star Wars Episode 3 ad that's been there for a few years."], ["MRT Merdeka is it? Til now????", "Yep, Merdeka station."], ["Lol, till now? wow."], ["Finally happy mrt"], ["today is friday ... in carlifornia", "Hah?!"], ["Propaganda PRC..... /s"], ["What a coincidence to see this after just seeing a video on YouTube (link) review this movie... and also the... uh, real world funk surrounding it."], ["Disney: Worth it"], ["It should be Wuhan."], ["\u201cNot my job to remove posters\u201d"], [""], ["Anyone remember the damn spiderman one in bukit Bintang"], ["Certified Dulan moment"], ["The jejantas at Subang Airport still has Vivo ads from the 2018 Russia World Cup."], ["There was a Shanghai Noon billboard in Shah Alam until 2018\nA movie that came out in 2000"]]}
{"title": "Cover illustration of \"The Yankee Rajah; or, the Fate of the Black Shereef - A Tale of the Malay Seas\" by C. Dunning Clark. This is an American 'dime novel' that was published in Beadle\u2019s Half-Dime Library No. 230 in 1881.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zhtyd/cover_illustration_of_the_yankee_rajah_or_the/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "https://preview.redd.it/xfd3tmvhtoac1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ba228abe9aacfceac76947bf66b54d1a8da28c0\nIt is a remarkable story that is an unusual mix of Robert Louis Stevenson pirate adventure and Jules Verne science fiction. Set in the Malay Archipelago, it tells the story of a battle between an American submarine called the Mystery and Malay pirates led by a feared pirate chief called the Black Shereef. Remember, this is about three decades before submarines were in routine use by any navy in the world. If you like Steampunk, Malay pirate tales and exotic romance (there's a mad princess called Zarina involved), this is the book for you.\nPDF Link\nSource", "comments": [["Turns out the \"yankee rajah\" is a real title.\nCol. Joseph William Torrey, Rajah of Ambong and Marudu, (April 22, 1828, in Bath, Maine; \u2013 June 22, 1885, in Boston) was an American merchant, president of the American Trading Company of Borneo and co-founder of the American colony \"Ellena\" (in present-day Kimanis) together with Thomas Bradley Harris on the island of Borneo. He was known as \"Yankee Rajah\" and served as a U.S. vice-consul to Siam.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_William_Torrey\nSo far i've only known 3 other novel where the setting is set in old malaya.\nA Yellow Sleuth: Being the Autobiography of \u201cNor Nalla\u201d (Detective-Sergeant Federated Malay States Police).\nFatal Shadows (1933)\nDeath over Her Shoulder (1939)", "TIL there used to be an American colony in Sabah."], ["malay pirates led by a feared pirate chief called the Black Shereef.\nsarip hitam lmao:26554:"]]}
{"title": "Nasi Lemak mentioned", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zc6zc/nasi_lemak_mentioned/", "num_comment": 51, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["That don't look like a nasi lemak at all", "Yea, to be fair I didn't said nasi lemak was spotted", "Ahahahahha", "Looks like a hash brown", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquette\nSurprisingly popular in Japan.", "Couldn\u2019t agree more."], ["mane ikan bilis", "inti nasi lemak - onigiri", "Dat would slap ngl... but can the rice holds the ingredient tho?", "well if you mince them\u2026.", "Mincing the sambal-ed anchovies with diced crispy cucumber is good, but the egg needs to be in it's whole shape (either half slice or quarter slice)\nEdit : nvm, scrambled egg + sweet mayo is enough to substitute the hard-boiled egg \ud83d\ude05", "If the rice is sticky enough, I guess? \ud83e\udd14", "Yeah, I don't think it would be possible anymore after adding santan to make nasi lemak.", "-nye?\nha ikan billis kau s*ruk je atas mak engkau ke?"], ["Ah this is that lightly depressing manga about the woman that left her job and sort of lost track of her life. Couldn't continue reading it. Felt too close to home. It's called: The suffering of a 26 year old unloved female doomer."], ["MALAYSIA MENTIONED \u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u2049\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc2f\ud83d\udc2f\u262a\ufe0f\u262a\ufe0f\u262a\ufe0f\u262a\ufe0f\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf4a\u26e9\ufe0f\u26e9\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf"], ["Ye of little faith\n<image>\nMaybe it\u2019s like this"], ["what\u2019s with mangaka and malaysia lately?", "Actually manga mentioned Malaysia lot of times since ages ago but not the really big manga.. until Jujutsu Kaisen recently ..", "No sure if this was insert by mangaka or the group that translated the manga", "I actually read the Japanese Raw and unfortunately it wasn't the Mangaka that put it there. It was supposed to be like the Crispy Chiki product that FamilyMart sells here.", "i think they been mentioning a lot of not well-known countries lately not just malaysia", "I think Malaysia is quite well-known in Japan, or at least most of Japan.", "Maybe a lot of them had vacation in Malaysia recently? Idk that's just speculation"], ["Manga?", "Manga: Genkai Dokushin Joshi (26) gohan", "Correct that's not nasi lemak, but buah mangga potong \ud83d\ude01"], ["(unrelated side note) why would they not have someone proofread this ded"], ["R.I.P. grammar."], ["WTF is she holding some kind of adult toy?\nTF is Hangry?\nMahal babi nasi lemak 160 ringgit\nTHAT IS NOT NASI LEMAK.", "She's a cashier holding a bar code scanner. You filthy minded.\nAngry/ irritated while hungry.\nBukan ringgit malaysia itu.\nThat's kinda part of the joke. When things and their name don't match. In this case, putting a wrong name on a poster for another food", "Can this be r/ whoooosh?", "Sure", "Thanks! \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe", "first time i've ever seen anyone consent to being on r/wooosh lmao", "You know\u2026 im a nice kid\u2026 always ask for consent.", "Mahal babi nasi lemak 160 ringgit\nYen. So it's like RM 5.20. Which is still expensive, mind you, but it might factor in costs like pandan leaves."], ["My hangry what?"], ["LETS GO MALAYSIAN DISH MENTIONED WHAT THE FUCK IS A STABLE POLITICAL SITUATION AND ECONOMY RAHHHHHH \ud83e\udd11\ud83e\udd11\ud83e\udd11\ud83e\udd11"], ["Source?"], ["160 yen\nori price 180 yen\nrice only or set?\n160 yen is normal street food price there\nonigiri pun around 120 yen - 200 yen or more depending on filling"], ["Nasi lemak? That looks like hashbrowns.", "Nah I read the raw (chapter 2) and it was supposed to be that fried chicken slice thing that FamilyMart sells. It's marketed by Famima as \"Crispy Chiki\" here IIRC."], ["Nasi lemak flavor?\nShitt that's nuts"], ["One time, they were willing to cycle all the way down to Malaysia in droves when they couldn't afford to fly everyone. That's how much they love Malaysia... /s"], ["maybe 'nasi lemak' will one day be added to the English language, just like 'sushi'"], ["\u201cYou\u2019re\u201d"], ["engrish but thanks for mentioning nasi lemak \ud83e\udd70"], ["<image>\nSo which one?"]]}
{"title": "Perodua in public battle with customer: Can it redeem itself?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1nn6/perodua_in_public_battle_with_customer_can_it/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I doubt it matters as customers would still consider them to be the best cars at that price \u2014 one incident is not going to wipe away years of being the first choice for many customers.", "Definitely. The target audience of cars such as the Bezza likely don't have much in the way of choice or financial capability to opt for other vehicles unless they're looking at the used market.\nA single incident such as this probably isn't even going to put a dent in Perodua's sales\nNontheless brand image, reputation and sentiment factor highly for most corporations. Perodua also takes the effort to enter awards to boost their brand rankings and this incident is sure to have an impact", "Nah them having that lax attitude could lead to their downfall. Customers are fickle little creatures. They believe more in word of mouth than actual numbers. All you need is one friend of friend to start not recommending Perodua and the domino tumbles."], ["Unfortunately people will still buy the damn car coz they\u2019re the affordable one."], ["Horrible PR but at the end, the people who complain online are still going to buy it because its cheap.", "Not because they are cheap, it just other foreign brand are made expensive in malaysia.", "Doesn't that just means they're cheap after all", "Most nyet had to take a loan to own one."], ["Putting the lousy PR handling aside, the investigation revealed sugar in the engine... sounds like a possible sabotage to me."], ["Its cheap. 30% import duty on imported cars means Perodua and Proton got unfair advantage. Only can compete in Malaysia and nowhere else."], ["also this one in a thousand (?) cases where its not a recurring problem."], ["lmao you think people would stop buying bezza and axia?"], ["Give it three months and some promo that comes along with free gift. The support will be back.\nWe Malaysians mudah lupa and very forgiving."], ["No one is going to remember this in a month."], ["Ckd cars build in Malaysia also have different safety standards, ASEAN NCAP is quite lean in certain tests than international tests, at least the case a few years ago."], ["Sad reality of Malaysians. Stuck in a shit loop used handown china tech and Japanese left overs for a car."], ["I'm more concerned about the sugar found in the engine and who is responsible. Is it the factory worker, someone sabotage her car, etc"], ["My Perodua has it's fender trim fly off while driving on the highway. My car was a month old. I asked Perodua how on earth the car can be falling apart while driving and I wanted warranty. They said go collect that part first then come claim warranty. Wtf Perodua"]]}
{"title": "As an international Student, can i work a remote job?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zn2xt/as_an_international_student_can_i_work_a_remote/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I heard working in malaysia is not allowed if youre an international student. However if i get a remote job, and im paid online... will it still be allowed. Eg if im working from another country ?", "comments": [["Sure, as long as you don't get caught."], ["Legal questions are for lawyers not strangers on the Internet.\nThat said, I'm not aware of any terms of a student visa that would prevent you from doing that as long as you maintain your student status etc."], ["yeah, I think so can. I know a few who does that, but not on permanent employment basis like they getting a monthly salary, but more like gigs and short contract basis."]]}
{"title": "PM Anwar wants to make it compulsory for students to master both BM and English", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1kfk/pm_anwar_wants_to_make_it_compulsory_for_students/", "num_comment": 110, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "", "comments": [["Structural problems aside, not sure why is this still an 'issue' today, in 2024 \u2014 it is possible to be good in both or more, advantageous even.", "Met someone who can fluently converse in BM,BI, Mandarin and Tamil. That is godlike advantage and skill in Malaysia", "Man won the upbringing lottery", "They are the gigachad\nWe should copy thier greatness", "I wished there were tamil classes, would've loved to pick up that language proper rather than just calling ppl gundus.", "Ape maksud tu? Gundus", "Gundu means fat. Marbles are called gundu too. Also bombs .\nGundu = fat, marble, bomb", "I want to gundu your house (in minecraft)", "<image>\nBomb as in explosives.", "My sister is also gundu btw", "She's a marble?", "Stupid. A very common insult is gundu pandhi, stupid pig iirc.", "Gundu pandi is fat pig. Stupid is muttal (moo-tal).\nYou can say moota panni next time.", "oooh, means i kena sabo by my indian classmate LOL", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u2620\ufe0f\ud83d\ude2d", "i mean tamil sure...but can converse in BM BI n mandarin is just normal", "Bro can apply to work anywhere in Malaysia,except a convent that requires Latin(idk if they exist or not)", "I thought the government been doing this or at least try for a long time", "PMX is probably talking about making English a compulsory pass subject.\nSounds good, but must be done progressively though. Making it a must-pass immediately is going to be counter-effective by turning it purely academic like BM is to non-Malay medium school students.", "And riots on the street .."], ["When a former Prime Minister created this illusion of wanting to promote Bahasa Melayu in the international arena, I argued that the only way to attract people to Bahasa Melayu is by getting Malaysians to master English. Once they\u2019re more comfortable to converse with other people, then only we can start to promote Bahasa Melayu, Malaysia, and her culture.\nOur film industry\u2019s censorship needs to be relaxed, too. So that they don\u2019t always follow the same trite ending and have too much restrictions. Put Malaysian filmmakers on a level playing field with foreign filmmakers. That\u2019s how we can export our culture.", "Most of our best movies can't even be shown in the country cause of censorship. It's a joke.", "Most of the best movies from Hollywood don't need any censorship here. Censorship is a lame excuse for not being able to create a good story.", "Unless you are talking about those blockbusters like Marvel movies, most of the best films from Hollywood were never even shown here, which weren't necessarily a censorship thing but more like target audience (most of them will still get censored or downright rejected tho).\nI agree that you can still create great stories while not break any rules (recent example: Abang Adik), but then when I heard what were being censored in the film Tiger Stripe after watching it uncensored in another country I laughed out loud. You have no idea how ridiculous the censorship in Malaysia is.", "I don't mean the blockbuster ones only tho. But yeah not all the good movies get past the censorship here. But when people say things as if the only thing that is holding back our film makers is the censorship, it's just wrong. So, we lift the censorship and suddenly our local films get so much better automatically? Nahhhh. Japan, China and other countries have censorships too but it didn't really hold them back from churning out good films.", "A lot of filmmakers in China got in trouble for making their movies, some even banned from making films like Jiang Wen. A lot of Chinese films got banned. Japan has one of the richest cinematic histories in the history of cinema, some of the best films in history are Japanese.\nYou know what Malaysia censors? Its not just nudity and sex. Its also anything deemed to be political or morally questionable or make Malaysia \"look bad\". Who decides these things? The government. How can we develop culture if our beliefs and ideas are not challenged? Instead we are are culturally stagnant because the arts are stifled.", "What good movies so many terrible movies are censored too don't simply compare the good without the bad. You telling me Pendatang or Banglasia is a good movie? Please.", "I think language and actor involved plays a factor.\nImagine a Malay Muslim play Thor and speak BM...", "Boy , may I introduce you to Samirah Al-Abbas .", "Acting isnt real life.", "FINAS and religious authorities won't care sadly.", "Because we know those guys want nothing more than to islamize everyone like the zealots they are.\na good actor can pull off a role without it leeching into thier own life.\nIf those religious nuts are so weak minded that they believe that would change anyones faith, their interpretation of the religion is pathetic as hell. Too brittle to survive in global society", "https://cilisos.my/5-overseas-movies-made-different-by-our-malaysian-censorship-board/\nThis is stupid lmao...", "Religion on itself is stupid come on.... As someone who believes in god.", "i mean I feel like if that was the case Malaysia would already be punching way above its weight class compared to everyone in Asia, who's even arguably above us besides Singapore and the Philippines?\nwe're clearly not though and it doesn't seem like the two above us are definitively either so I feel like your argument is a bit flawed."], ["He's not wrong.\nBeing multi-lingual is an advantage.\nThere is strength in diversity and it's a privilege. We need to improve our education policy to strengthen those advantages. We can all play our part for the nation."], ["Soo he wants BM and BI to be at least C in SPM?", "No more bell curve grading please.\nNo more kesian young people\u2019s feeling because the future of the country depends on it."], ["Duduk Malaysia tapi sampai besar panjang tak reti2 Bahasa Melayu/English tu buat malu je lah. Bahasa Melayu tu wajib kena belajar kat sekolah, begitu juga dgn English. Dari kau tadika sampai Sekolah Menengah kau akan belajar Bahasa Melayu & English, kalau tak reti dua bahasa ni kau buat apa kat sekolah? Buang duit mak bapak je hantar kau pergi sekolah."], ["BM IS ALREADY COMPULSORY", "Although it's compulsory, but I saw some portion of people studying Foundation after SPM with some what under average English.\nRemember, English is and will be the core of the Higher Education.", "Is it really though, looking at the helangs in international school", "Pretty sure Malaysians must pass malay in Malaysian international schools. No idea what sort of malay paper they sit for though.", "When my friends from international school describe what they had learnt for their final year in Malay subject it reminded me of what I had learnt in standard 5 in government school.", "I can vouch for this, I took IGCSE and we need to take foreign language malay, our BM teacher said this was the level standard 6 UPSR at most.", "Same here, there's also option for secondary language now but it's optional", "Being in an international school means you are not in the system.\nThere's no need to force people to be in the system if they can survive out of it.", "That\u2019s true, but if they intend to live in Malaysia I feel it is an essential survival skill.\nLike for me, I really hated learning BM in school, but now that I\u2019m in the working world I\u2019m thankful for it.", "I agree with you, but it is a personal choice."], ["Sokong :29091:"], ["If one is forward thinking and looking to make Malaysia attractive and competitive in the global stage...you would ensure Mastery i English..plain and simple."], ["Fucking finally, about time we emphasized the importance of BOTH!", "Actually, the title is frickin' misleading.\nPrime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants Malaysians and higher learning institutions in the country to ensure their students master the national language, Bahasa Melayu (BM).\nEnglish mastery supposedly comes naturally after you master BM.", "I find it the other way around for me as a non tho. It's sort of easier to understand some words in Malay since some words are originally from English", "You cant be serious?! How tf is that supposed to happen? \ud83d\ude02"], ["I think this is a great idea, idk why tho"], ["Politikus want student in national school compulsory to master bm, while sending their kids to english based international school, lol."], ["I think it's a good idea. Too many younger gen has such poor command of languages. It doesn't matter which race you come from.\nLanguage is where you pick up knowledge in books, podcast, music and etc. Human beings are able to advance ourselves due to knowledge and learning.. and the bedrock of it is communication and language.\nIn some UK university, they now have mandarin courses.\nMy wife was in Stockholm, walking on a neighborhood street with her friend.. looking for a restaurant (she's not great with Google map). They look lost, a cyclist passed by overheard them speaking in Mandarin. Turned back.. and asked them if he could help in Mandarin.. Imagine the odds of some stranger in Stockholm giving you the direction in Mandarin to the restaurant in a suburb. He studied mandarin in one of China's uni.\nMany underestimate the power of languages."], ["Bruneians (regardless of race) need at least a Credit (usually 60 percent of 100) to obtain scholarships for Diploma and above (even if student decides to study locally).\nNot sure if Malaysia has that? I only know they can be racist when giving out scholarships, even if you are a local Malaysian."], ["The uni where I study needs Malay proficiency lmao \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23. But most want to work overseas so yeah."], ["Yes, I have met too many bozos who only know one language\nBig groups I have seen online are Chinese people who are bad at BM or English\nMalay people who cant speak english well"], ["make is compulsory to study very very basic Mandarin & Tamil too.\n1 yr worth of syllabus (out of 11-12yrs of primary/secondary school education) should be enough to get kids to speak/understand these 2 languages in a very basic manner.\nracial unity can actually start from learning language.", "Racial unity doesn't happen just by knowing everyone's mother tongue. If you don't understand others' culture and background, you'll not be able to vibe with them.\nIf your racial unity just mean not hating other races, then it's just as simple as raising your kid to be a decent human being. Accept that life can be unfair and move on."], ["Im a simple man, i'll live with english, and still stays rich, simple as that."], ["And reverse again after next GE"], ["Still think it's funny citizens cannot speak and write in bahasa in 2024."], ["I think PM is abusing the meaning of the word \"compulsory.\""], ["Gunakanlah bahasa kebangsaan kita!\nAs a TESL major, I support this 100%.\nMaster Malay to preserve national language, perkasa Inggeris untuk berdiri di persada dunia."], ["BM is already compulsory. Sure not everyone uses English in their day to day but it's such an advantage for the majority long-term"], ["English is more useful, let\u2019s agree ok"], ["Yeah, that\u2019s not going to happen, lol! The crab bucket mentality of certain people will prevent that from ever happening."], ["Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants Malaysians and higher learning institutions in the country to ensure their students master the national language, Bahasa Melayu (BM).\nHe said mastery of the national language not only builds national pride but also a nation\u2019s identity.\nNational pride and identity is what? Can put food on the table?\nYou go interview and see if interviewers care about your Malay proficiency other than government sector or glc. Anwar doubling down on anything Malay again. Gotta chase those Malay votes.", "Maybe you haven't come across such jobs. It's not just GLC or gov job that needs it.. private sector need them as well to serve different segment of customer service, support and etc.", "I mean what choice does he have? He already had to settle with a unity gov after GE15 because he didn't go the populist route. Yes, bolstering national pride is honestly a really bad justification, but I don't think promoting proficiency in BM is bad and his statement is for both English and BM.", "Don't be misled by the title. Entire article is just Anwar promoting BM proficiency on his usual bullshit reasons.", "I'm a Chinese but I got to ask - what's wrong with learning Malay though?\nYou talk about food on the table, isn't it an added advantage for you if you're proficient in both Malay & English? (Bonus points if you can learn Mandarin and/or Tamil as well)\nOne of my colleagues (we work in a private company btw) got promoted from intern to exec within 2 months purely because her Malay is better than my boss.\nAs such, don't really see the point in this comment saying that it's to \"chase the Malay votes\" when being proficient in Malay shouldn't be something that's up for debate anyways.", "Probably got something to do with his immediate circle. Some people forgot the bigger demographic still mainly use Malay due to being in a language bubble for so long.", "I\u2019ve seen Pakistani and South Indians learning Malay so they can put food on the table. That guy is full of horseshit. Stuck to his circle.", "Proficiency BM in Malaysia is a must. I grateful that I have average understanding of BM or it's a hell if I don't.", "Love casual racism in the rmalaysia subreddit", "It does put food on the table. I am Chinese from a kebangsaan school so I am fluent in both English and Malay. I also took extra classes outside to be fluent in Chinese. When I worked in Malaysia, life was fun because I could get along with Chinese, Malay, and Indian workers.\nEventually I moved to the regional HQ in Singapore. I am in-charge of the China and Indonesia markets because I'm fluent in both Chinese and Malay. My language skills really made my boss favor me over local Singaporeans who could only speak 2 languages at most.", "Untuk satu polisi penyatuan negara melalui bahasa, akan sentiasa ada cina panas bontot. Ini hal biasa", "Big talk about unity while Malays can't survive without special rights that the rest of us have to foot the bill for.\nCome back when you can stand without tongkat first.", "Teruskan jadi tongkat untuk tuan2 melayu anda \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe\ud83d\udcaa. Jangan pernah mengeluh", "Don't sweat it. I love watching people eating crumbs out of my hands and then blaming Chinese for their poverty.", "Yeah I don\u2019t see the point also."], ["What good us it if the passing grade is so shit?\nAlso bumi students have lower passing requirements"], ["As it should be, force everyone speak english"], ["ive been in high school where 90% of my batch can understand english but barely can hold conversation,im currently in private uni where 90% barely speak bm and struggle to even read it beyond school level\nits concerning when we pride Malaysians as multicultural but youths today could only do one properly but barely scrape by the other\nnot tryna be boomer but our grandparents can switch from bm to bi,and even a bit of mandarin and tamil once in a while\nit might not seem much rn but the weakening grasp of multiple languages for us multicultural country is gonna take a toll on us,since language is a tool to unite"], ["I haveno idea why the hell people can still struggle with being proficient in both.\nWe have the tech now, why the hell are people not using it."], ["I thot students need to master jawi?", "Soon enough, once the NLA is amended to make Jawi co-official with Rumi"], ["Good luck with this move PMX"], ["He himself didn't quite fluent in English, frankly speaking, the thick Malay accent sometimes make it very hard to catch. Sorry.\nMake one the mother tongue, master it; the other should be optional. We have passed the struggle to admit that English is the gateway and medium of communication for knowledge, especially scientific discover and literature publication.\nSo, you want to defend your heritage and struggle with the blue pill, or pick the red pill and never look back.", "\"He himself didn't quite fluent in English\"\nThou hath nay rights to question one's fluency when thou too write in shambles.\nHonestly, both are important, one's literally the national language hence it needs to be taught to fluency for all. Manakala, bahasa Inggeris yang menjadi lingua franca juga wajib diperkasa oleh seluruh rakyat negara kerana pada masa kini masih ramai yang tidak dapat mengaturkan ayat-ayat mereka di dalam bahasa Inggeris dengan sempurna...contohnya adalah saudara/saudari di atas ini.", "An accent doesn\u2019t dictate the level of your language mastery. Would you say someone who has a thick French accent cannot speak English although the person has an extensive vocabulary and impeccable grammar?"], ["They should make it so mandarin, English, BM, Tamil have to be mastered"], ["Tbh you would never ever need bm outside of Malaysia.", "How about Indonesia? Bahasa Indonesia is intelligible with Malay, and Indonesia is one of the biggest economies of the world.", "Indonesia gdppc is not even half of Malaysia and is on same level as sri Lanka. Anyway bm and Indonesia is totally different. If you been to Indonesia then you will know.", "I said Malay and Indonesian is \"intelligible\" not that they are the same.\nI said economy (i.e. GDP in nominal and/or real terms), not GDP per capita. China's GDP per capita is just slightly above Malaysia's yet everyone around the world wants to learn Chinese to do business there. Because China's GDP (in nominal and/or real terms) is massive. And Indonesia's GDP is massive, it's almost half of ASEAN total.\nI am an economist, I cover Indonesia and several other Asian countries.", "China really caught up. They were once much lower than Malaysia jeez.", "There's 900million people in China having below rm 1300 monthly salary. I wouldn't want to work there.", "Yeaaaa", "I don't think everyone want to learn Chinese and do business there. Your news is very very outdated. You don't know majority of international brand already moved out of China due to their policy? If you don't even know this how can you self claim you are a economist. Sorry but I'm grand economist so now you know you are wrong.\nAnyway , master and know how to speak simple sentence is totally 2 different thing. Master a language that won't help u in travelling or migrate is useless."], ["\"hello how is you today...\""], ["I think Dr M would probably agree with DSAI this time lol"], ["How about china?", "They're being forgotten dw"], ["Wait it wasn't?"]]}
{"title": "Tiong King Sing says pork-eating allegation part of larger campaign to foil tourism reforms", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zoxb6/tiong_king_sing_says_porkeating_allegation_part/", "num_comment": 46, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["He's being picked on because he's Chinese and outspoken for Sarawak. Next complaint will be that he ate bak kut teh in a restaurant for lunch and threw used the toilet in the office. Horrorific haram!!!"], ["This should not be a question or discussion.\nLooking at the World, pork is a very common protein, affordable and easy to cook/ prepare, relatively tasty and healthy too. Not race, not religion, but Science and Quality of Life.\nIn the Western, they even come out with the premium Iberico type and the best ham etc.\nYou guys are busy with internal-fighting, while other countries (our neighbors) are continuing advancing their tourism and cultural export.", "To PN, they want to market Malaysia as the premium and only destination for the Middle Easterns, not the rest of the world.", "Premium destination for Middle Easterns is Singapore", "Just blast the whole country into a desert so the Arabs feel more at home and the extremists can feel closer to Islam.", "Use the nukes!", "*All terrorists in the world*\n\"Wooo!!! *applause* We want that!!\"", "Pork is one of the reasons I'll never convert to that faith. As well as their disdain towards dogs.\nAny religion that hates dogs is a joke."], ["pork is nice bro, sedap giler", "Quiet. Later these people start to makan and then harga pork naik bro", "Won't having a huge market actually brings down the cost ?", "Nah, encourage more is fine. Who knows someone will develop a genetically engineered halal pork, with better health benefits and such, and nons will benefit from this too", "It's already quite close with things like \"impossible\" meat. They already have halal \"ba kua\" for Muslims."], ["what's wrong with eating pork. please don't project your middle eastern superstition on a cheap nutritional protein and hamper the enjoyment of others.", "If you are interested in real world history, the story to anti-pork is far more towards politics and economic, and far far less about spiritual. Politically is propaganda towards certain ethnic or tribe that consume pork, and economically rearing pigs is detrimental in places where water is a luxury.\nWhile in Malaysia it doubled down on spirituality because majority parts of Asia are still superstitious, confused the \"do not consume pork\" to don't touch pig and even say the word \"babi\".", "But cholesterol tho.", "Less cholesterol than beef and lamb", "Bacon however, is not hahahahah", "Bacon however, is not hahahahah\nBut so worth the oncoming heart attack. Bacon and lap cheong are the gods gift to mankind.", "Is there no option for lean meat in pork also?"], ["Did he eat a bacon \ud83e\udd53 sandwich?"], ["Don\u2019t bother about them lah Dato. These people komen anything we do"], ["anonymous claims emerged that Tiong consumed pork and alcohol in his office, after which he would force cleaners who were Muslim to wash up after him\nclaim that the ministry did not retain cleaners. instead, it was the practice for individuals to wash their own plates and utensils (dekat ofis semua orang termasuk vip & mentri cuci pinggan sendiri:26554:)\nAlcohol is only received in the office when they are brought by foreign guests...as the representative of the civil service, I don\u2019t reject the gift (:26554:?) and at the same time, (but) it is improper for me to take it home when it was given to me during an official meeting\noh brother", "I don't envy Ting. Making your ministry actually deliver after decades of being a \"fun\" ministry will make a lot of your staff unhappy. Hence, the anonymous complaints.", "Org nak makan gaji buta jer.", "Best wor. Banyak overseas postings and trips.", "He should fuck with them and turn into a healthy vegan who only allows water in his office.", "after the report of malaysian spends rm160 billion in a year as tourism expenditure to thailand? i too would not envy him.\nwhy people dont spend locally was and how we gonna move forward is a question he eventually need to awnser.", "\"We try to give the gift to another recipient like an officer or a foreign guest during dinners or other occasions; is this all wrong?\u201d he asked.\nThis is the next paragraph that you didn't add to your list of points.", "Justs sayin if saudi prince gift to najib and he said he tried gifting it to others but they wouldnt accept them would you defend najib too?", "now after receiving the gift they also giving out gifts to other people too:26554:\nwhy does a public servant, a minister want to give gifts in form of alcoholic beverages to foreign guests?", "Are you 12? It\u2019s real fucking normal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_gift\nNot sure you get out much but if you make it over the border to Brunei you can visit the Royal Regalia Museum where they have a whole wing for gifts from foreign dignitaries.\nThe only non-normal thing is when Najib considers a gift for Malaysias hard work to be a personal /party political gift that he banks in rather than a gift to the country/government", "that was a symbolic formality gift. plates, banners exchanged between diplomats mostly treated as a symbolic gesture.\nthe minister stated that he took alcohol (that was gifted) from one foreign visitor and gift that back to another.\ni personally dont know if exchanging something like chivas regal or cabernet sauvignon as a diplomatic gift is considered normal :26554:", "i personally dont know if exchanging something like chivas regal or cabernet sauvignon as a diplomatic gift is considered normal\nIt's actually fairly normal for countries with extensive wine industries to give the local produce - France and Australia has a tradition of giving out wines for example.", "thats fair. i guess if you have the finest wine in the world why wont you offer it to your host", "It is. It's the most common diplomatic gift. There are reasons for it, one being that it is a consumable so once \"used\" it is gone so no long term implications and another being that it is an easily found commodity.", "I'll consume pork in Hadi's office just out of spite."], ["Kejadahnya bende ni nak jadi issue. Kalau ye pun islam dan dah tersentuh babi, boleh sertu kan?. Dah macam2 product kat luar sana yang memudahkan untuk melakukan sertu.", "Hello /u/insulaturd, your comment has been removed under spam.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["ahh nice. title conveniently left out that he was also accused on consuming alcohol in the office."], ["Why not take action if its a false allegation? STOP complaining and teach a hard lesson like you did to Sunisi Kedah"], ["This guy is one of the more disappointing ministers, tbh. He can do wtv he wants but nothing is gonna change this fact."], ["Cmw to malaysia! Eat, drink & wear shorts", "Or go to Thailand where you can eat, drink and be Mary!\n:P"], ["This is why some companies prefer to self segregate based on hiring"], ["So...it is forbidden to eat pork in an empty office while my Muslim coworkers are in other parts of the building ?\nIs this what the fuss is about ?"]]}
{"title": "TIL there are more skyscrapers in Klang Valley than the entire continent of Europe, including Russia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z21d4/til_there_are_more_skyscrapers_in_klang_valley/", "num_comment": 67, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["Spamming skyscrapers without proper urban planning while remaining car-centric. Recipe for disaster. \ud83d\ude2d", "So true, KL with all the tall skyscrapers while the ground level is an absolute cluster fuck.", "The Lumpur below cannot take it anymore.. All will sink", "Don't worry, flying cars by 2030 :29091:", "it's okay, we can move our capital to Borneo too", "Abang Jo: Inserts yeeboi meme", "If you want to see poor urban planning go to Los Angeles or even just Bangkok. KL is a bastion of forward thinking in comparison.", "As someone that is from both places, I push back on the notion that LA is worse than KL on many fronts. While LA is very car centric, it also has a very large portion of the city with traditional urban patterns more similar to Northeastern or European cities. Even in the parts that were developed in more car-centric periods have strong grids that make public transit possible. The LA area has a lot of highways, but KL has an even higher density of highways and I find the first-last mile problem in KL even worse.", "If European cities were largely comprised of vacant parking lots and strip malls surrounded by homeless tents that would be accurate", "I am talking about the urban layout smartass. Parking lots and strip malls can and are being redeveloped.", "Lol at \u201curban layout\u201d. Bro what are you even on about? Are we talking about LA or some fantasy land modded gta game you played", "I live here you insufferable sack of potatoes. This is just an observation from living in both places for a long time, not fucking fact.", "My condolences", "I live just fine thanks for your concern", "Dude you clearly been conditioned by the Malaysian authorities simplistic mind of urban planning = traffic. Stop equating urban planning with traffic only, there's much more to it.", "LA is bad indeed, epitome of urban sprawl.\nBut no, Bangkok actually is better than KL from an urban planning perspective from all aspects.", "How on earth would Bangkok be better? It takes literally almost an hour to go 2km. The sidewalks are narrow minefields. There are zero cross streets in most areas funneling all traffic onto one gridlocked 2 lane street.\nZero last mile transport options like the beam scooters because they simply can\u2019t work in Bangkok. There are literal parts falling off their public transport. The air quality is atrocious and walking outside will burn your lungs and skin in short order.\nI like Bangkok but getting around was about as stressful and tedious as it gets.", "Such is the thinking of Malaysian Planner in general. Simplistic, Car-centric.\nIt is more than just traffic flow, but also walkability, place-making, planning of commercial, touristic, heritage nodes etc. Bangkok also is at least making conscious effort to plan for wider sidewalk and roads if it is any consolation.\nAt least it isn't a dickfest comparing how tall one can go \ud83d\ude02, building without planning.", "Zero last mile transport options like the beam scooters because they simply can\u2019t work in Bangkok.\nHave you even been there? Do you not see the hordes of motorcycle taxis waiting at bus stops and train stations?\nI wish we had something like this in Malaysia."], ["I would say it is down to the difference in planning and culture. In most places in Europe they work very hard to preserve their traditional skyline with strict zoning laws and height restrictions.\nThe Eiffel Tower in France, when it was completed, was thoroughly hated by the French cause they deem it a steel monstrosity. The same goes for the shard in the UK.", "Like world heritage Penang", "YAAA, omg i totally overlooked that. Thanks for pointing it out."], ["build more please.\nI rather have a lot of high rise but all of them in between we save some land for parks, better than low-rise building with zero parks in between.", "Yeah, make something like the NYC central park. That one looks awesome.", "But without the dark history that was involved with it right?Right?", "We can have a little bit of dark history as a treat.", "dark history month!", "How can we appreciate the light without darkness", "In urban planning we learn that that\u2019s really not a good idea. Lots of planning like that ends up turning into ghettos", "ghettoes are almost always are a result of disinvestments. you don't see Mont Kiara or Setapak which has a bajillion condos considered as ghettoes. why? lots of new investment in the area\ncompare that with Taman Medan or western Klang, which has seen negligible investments."], ["<image>\nStop moving us towards kiamat pls /s", "This is Dubai, tops KL on this aspect", "The translation missed out \"pengembala kambing\"\nSince malaysians are mostly descended from fishermen, traders, or miners.. we're safe", "On a serious note, there is no penggembala kambing. There is only \"penggembala\" who are barefooted, poor and naked competing each other in building high rises (rough translation). If you find another hadith that mentions penggembala kambing in relation with the sign of the hour, let me know."], ["Skyscrapers are illegal in most sections of European cities to preserve the old architecture. Still a cool statistic."], ["It goes to show that supertall skyscrapers are not a valid indicator of a country's economy. It's a dick-measuring contest encouraged by some politicians to distract the people of more pressing problems in the country with the \"wow\" factor of shiny ridiculously tall skyscrapers (esp those above >350m), and some actually do fall for it."], ["Kl & Selangor town planning failed and it's a joke. All of them minum kopi only"], ["Europe got nothing to prove whereas\u2026", "Europe got nothing to prove whereas\u2026\nMore like Europe has lower corruption level and less government control of the economy.\nIn his 2012 report, Barclays' Andrew Lawrence and his team wrote that this is because \"the world\u2019s tallest buildings are simply the edifice of a broader skyscraper building boom, reflecting a widespread misallocation of capital and an impending economic correction.\"\nHere's a look at the Skyscraper Index from Barclays (click the image to enlarge it). Basically, what you see is a series of famous skyscrapers associated with subsequent busts. The most recent one is Dubai's Burg Khalifa. Another notable recent one is Malaysia's Petronas Towers, which presaged the Asian economic crisis of the late '90s.", "<image>\nhere it comes", "If you look at the number of skyscrapers of other major cities in Asia - Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon, Tokyo\u2026 you get the idea, you\u2019ll see that they all have a vast number of skyscrapers\nThis city model isn\u2019t a Malaysia problem, these are observations that will pop up when you compare two different continents and consider the cultural developments that led them to this point in time\nStill, your point still applies on a certain level, we citizens can relate most", "Spamming skyscrapers without any notion of urban planning is nothing to be proud of. Just a dickfest among the rich and powerful (and corrupted). Peasants suffer on ground level with horrendous traffic and disamenities.", "On that note, we are on slightly below average iykyk", "Ah yes.. The micrp*is syndrome... I must show my forefathers my huge reach to the sky..", "I mean Malaysia has to shout out\u2026Malaysia Boleh ! to get noticed."], ["Property agents : Oh yes pls"], ["what....seriously"], ["I\u2019m not sure if you are boasting or what. The UK (much like Malaysia) has plenty of empty space, no need to build tower blocks. The majority prefer landed properties in the countryside and towns, rather than high rise in the city."], ["Naahh as someone who knows PJ, I can confirm PJ has way more than 10 skyscrapers. The PJ skyline has quite a number of skyscrapers, around 20-30", "Isn't PJ located in Klang Valley?", "Look at the sheet. They're saying the sheet has a lower stated value"], ["Got hardware, no software.", "Got kopi"], ["70% of the country will say \u201ctengkok, Malaysia macam New York\u201d"], ["Everytime there is a corruption case or mismanagement , Malaysia just builds a skyscraper. The people are easily tricked"], ["Europe had tall buildings when we were living in treehouses"], ["coz it is costly to build skyscrapper. we hav cheap material+manpower. and it is very costly to build skyscrapper that is earthquake-proof"], ["High-rises built on the backbones of the underclass. Nice."], ["Malaysians do love their ivory tower", "You mean KL people"], ["ass a malaysian, we should be proud! <\u2014 generic malay political leader respond"], ["What an achievement"], ["How did you calculate this OP? Super interesting.", "using the data from CTBUH. It's THE organization for determining what is a skyscraper"], ["Just to clarify: there are strict laws regarding building heights in Europe. The concept of skyscrapers are very much new there but the laws are ancient, going as far as hundreds of years. In one city in Germany, you literally cannot have a building taller than its central church.\nIt's not really a fair comparison. Had these laws not exist, Europe would be way worse than us. Way, waaaay worse."], ["the missing part of our KL is walkways with roof and green parks. i dont want a skateboard park!"]]}
{"title": "Alibaba's Lazada initiates substantial layoffs across Southeast Asia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zh80f/alibabas_lazada_initiates_substantial_layoffs/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Lazada Malaysia buang 20 peratus pekerja\nhttps://www.bharian.com.my/bisnes/korporat/2024/01/1196614/lazada-malaysia-buang-20-peratus-pekerja"], ["serves them right. Im a lazada supplier and i complained how shit their service was during 11/11 vs shoppee....and the CEO kick up a fuss ask me to take down my PRIVATE FB rant. fuck him and fuck company culture like that"], ["C'mon we need healthy competition. Shopee almost monopoly Malaysia e-commerce and their promotion going shit. Hope tiktok stays strong and compete.", "Shopee does not have anything near a monopoly. I personally don't even use them anymore.\nAlso Shopee went through the same job cutting exercise just a few months ago. Typical expand first and consolidate later attitude of most e commerce businesses. Lazada and Shopee are run by assholes but they'll both survive.", "Sorry but single or minority users can't change anything. The website traffic of Shopee and Tiktok is far more greater than Lazada. And Shopeefood too taking taking a large portion of market from foodpanda/grabfood.\nThe rest like Zalora, Qoo10, Mudah etc is either changing their target market or almost dissappear. eBay Amazon will be great but they're not hard focusing in entering Malaysia.\nAlso is Lazada fault for their unfriendly interface."], ["This is not new, they've been slashing headcount since October last year. SG HQ laying off people and then rehiring in MY; they would rather pay RM 3000 instead of SGD 3000."], ["Cutting out the deadwood. Good job"]]}
{"title": "PAS ready for change of govt through democratic means, says Hadi", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z0tmc/pas_ready_for_change_of_govt_through_democratic/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "The PAS president says all parties want to be in government, not the opposition.", "comments": [["Every time I see Hadi's face, all the anger towards PMX, Rafizi and Fahmi Fadzil seems to disappear. Well maybe not Fahmi Fadzil.\nMuka orang beriman buat hati sejuk dipandang orang :26554::26554::26554::26554::26554::26554::26554::26554:"], ["In other words they want UMNO MPs that don't align with Zahid to resign and trigger by-elections in their areas."], ["Cause ya'll got caught red-handed"], ["HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHadI"]]}
{"title": "Nasi lemak in sims 4.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1aop/nasi_lemak_in_sims_4/", "num_comment": 118, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": [["Looks like porridge from the image.", "Nasi sudah menjadi bubur", "Sims logic dah masuk kubur", "Selepas makan keluar ikut dubur", "Sebab banyak sambal berak sampai tandas kotor", "Bro destroyed the rhyme stanza", "I have brought shame and dishonor to the BM language and the art of poetry.", "My bad too. I was supposed to continue the new rhyme (-or) scheme", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "Kenyang makan kepadaNya kita bersyukur", "Sims is not wrong. It\u2019s Fatty Rice after all."], ["No sambal? 0/10", "It's sambal hijau, like your mom.", "BURNNNNNNNNNNN\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25", "terbakar", "HAHAHAHAHAH", "siapa biarkan dia memasak ?\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udde3", "Nasi lemak MSG haha.", "Lactose and gluten free. 100% organic flour", "didn't you read the description you have santan rice serve with pandan leaves and you eat with banana leaves. yes you eat banana leaves and pandan leaves.", "No sambal bawang? Ew"], ["Ikan bilis mana? Celah bedah mak dia?! :26554::26554::26554:", "Pantat", "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 u ni kan", "Aku rasa ikan bilis ada dkt tetek aku, nak ambik?", "", "Ye"], ["I actually posted this last month. Good news is ea actually gonna make a better version of nasi lemak and rename this as coconut rice, it says it would release at around January", "Yup, I hope so that the design of the Nasi Lemak will be better and accurate.", "Updated version: Fatty Rice, country of origin \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\n\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80", "as long as its sedap, no one in SG cares la. Give us the chicken rice and chili crab enough already, most of us would be happy to eat in KL/JB on a regular basis.\ni have to say though, i just tried nasi lemak made with basmati rice and omggggg", "Huh? Can you check the image that what you have encountered recently?", "Twas a joke. Some guy on socmed keep calling it fatty rice and people went nuts and told him it's coconut rice", "Some people have really failed to do one job to be done.", "n o"], ["Nasi Lemak : Difficulty 1/5\nToast : Difficulty 3/5", "What\u2019s so difficult? Dump white rice and water into rice cooker and done. Toast is harder. Butter and all\u2026\n/s", "Don\u2019t you disrespect my sambal bawang \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f"], ["Toast have higher difficulty than Nasi Lemak :26562:"], ["A nasi lemak for 54 dollar?? What a rip-off.", "It\u2019s Simoleons", "To be fair, even ice cream costs like 12 simoleons in the game", "inflation looking rough"], ["As much as I enjoy seeing Malaysian representation in games, but can we all agree that paying for representation is terrible.\nFYI, you need to pay 40$ (RM160) for the For Rent expansion pack JUST to have some semi-decent Malaysian representation.", "oh boo nvm im not downloading it", "Always wait for the sale \ud83e\udef6", "Could buy multiple new game with RM160"], ["Helo polis"], ["Nasi Lemak is vegetarian safe? WTF. This is an insult to Nasi Lemak!! When we go US embassy protest?"], ["Looks like singapore variant.", "even ours got standard leh.... minimum is a wedge of super thin omelette, ikan bilis and kacang, 2 slices of cucumber and if tak ada sambal you better not be the one delivering boy oh boy"], ["Looks like nasi goreng kampung to me."], ["Thats not a nasi lemak", "It could be a cheesy baked rice."], ["1st thing, that doesn't look like nasi lemak\n2nd thing, nasi lemak difficulty 1/5 lol", "nasi lemak is easy what? rice-rice,coconut milk sambal-chili,onion,garlic,tamarind egg-egg"], ["Why is a toast being harder to make than nasi lemak?", "got to make the roti first, then assemble the toaster."], ["served in a banana leaf\nServed in a bowl in game ."], ["What? This looks like shredded chicken porridge.."], [">Vegetarian-safe\nIf there's no ikan bilis anywhere, I guess.\nThe last time I saw good-looking representations of Malaysian food in a game was FFXV. My god, the tumpang glamour thrill from listening to Noct and friends talk about going for satay.", "I believe they have some Malaysians in the design team.", "Oh yes, Wan Hazmer. I know he's established a Malaysian game studio but I haven't played any of their games.\nI really don't want to live anywhere on Eos for giant darkness demons reasons, but Lestallum feels like home."], ["Sacrilege of the highest order."], ["Nasi Lemak Bubur I suppose?"], ["Difficulty wise should be at least a 4 to 5 out of 10. Its a simple dish yes, but alot of components. Sambal itself would be a 6 already."], ["There is also a song from a Malaysian Artist in Sims 4.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C1rDld2voS5/?igsh=dDZxdG4wOGJ5NWYw"], ["34 years as a Malaysian I've heard of Nasi Lemak + cheese, Nasi Lemak goreng even nasi lemak cake.\nFor some reason nasi lemak vegetarian triggers me more"], ["Okay so ada sambal bawang tak dalam sims????"], ["\"Vegetarian free lactose\""], ["<image>"], ["did they mixed everything together?"], ["95% santan"], ["is that roti kaya under the nasi lemak? why is the difficulty 3/5 LMAOO"], ["Nahh it is sayur petola with suun and fucuk"], ["Nasi lemak hijau guys macam mak kau. Jk."], ["it just rice, coconut milk and pandan leaf in a bowl."], ["Nasi goreng in disguise"], ["54 dollar for Nasi Lemak?"], ["Alright, now who let them cook"], ["Its a travesty that they put Malaysian sate and not indonesian sate"], ["Ni bubur lemak"], ["How to make uncle roger mad 101"], ["Tu nasi lemak ke nasi goreng?"], ["Woi wtf is this, Ni Nasi Lemak atau Bubur Lemak haiyooo"], ["Guy probably didn't even look at reference picture before creating it."], ["No sambal? :("], ["$52 sim dollar must be a Michelin grades Nasi Lemak"], ["Wtf nasi lemak got green and orange spots like nasi goreng"], ["Bubur ni"], ["vagetarian safe lactose free. yup definitely"], ["That can't be nasi lemak. It's too healthy.\nProper nasi lemak should be decadent and self-indulgent and a clear and present danger to your arteries. \ud83e\udd24"], ["Tu bubur wtf"], ["It's so funny how a modder did better than EA's."], ["Why does it looks like puke? \ud83d\udc80"], ["Yeah I was shocked when I saw it in the game. I'm like \"wtf is this monstrosity\". But then I heard that the Sims team will redesign it.\nHere's a Reddit post about this monstrosity"], ["A fucking toast is harder to make than nasi lemak wtf"], ["Nasi = Rice\nLemak = Fat\nIn this case it would be Fat Rice, Fatty Rice, Oily Rice\nWHERE ON EARTH DID YOU FIND THE COCONUT AND VEGAN FREE?\nWE EAT THAT WITH EGG, FISH STICKS AND CHICKEN!!!"], ["IM DOWNLOADING IT AGAIN"], ["Why is it easier to cook than toast?"], ["more like nasi goreng sayur"], ["pretty sure that's Petai Lasagna."], ["Bila dia nak buat sims 5 entah, I\u2019m sick of hearing and waiting for it since 2022"], ["Inb4, nasi lemak difficulty level 1 while toast difficulty level 3 what the heck"], ["I think they mistaken Cendol for Nasi Lemak"], ["macam bubur knorr je...."], ["Was hoping nasi lemak to be euphemism. Disappointed didnt see tetek"], ["why is plain bread more difficult to make than nasi lemak \ud83d\udc80"], ["You know that shi ain't nasi lemak when it looks bland as hell and the toast below it got a higher difficulty in cooking then itself"], ["\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 U guys all so funny la. Such entertainment this morning"], ["Nasi lemak western vers"]]}
{"title": "Company that promised 171 Bangladeshi workers non-existent jobs is blacklisted", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ztyfz/company_that_promised_171_bangladeshi_workers/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Nail the director for the following:\nPromised wages and worker relocation costs.\nAdministration and logistics fees the goverment incurred.\nCharged them for people smuggling and breaking visa conditions.\nMake them an example should any employer try to do this."], ["This is very good work by Home Minister, was upset they got detained originally, these workers do jobs that we won't do, it is not fair to treat them like this, they were promised work and moved to another country that turned out to be a scam. We get angry about it happening to Malaysians but don't seem to care much when it happens to other people in our own country(?)\nTime to get tough on migration agents who do this to desperate people and throw them in jail. These Bangladeshis wouldn't protest unless it was real bad for them. I understand why the government shut it down, but they are the victims here, not the criminals."]]}
{"title": "Suggestions", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zttzo/suggestions/", "num_comment": 12, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello guys, I'm studying and will be sitting for SPM examination.. And I wanted to hear from you guys about my career choice. I have admired the subject 'Physics' and planning on to be a physicist. But my relatives suggested me to take Engineering instead. What are the difference between those two?", "comments": [["Physics - Theory > Academic > Teaching > R&D\nEngineering - Application > Design and Problem Solving > Industry", "Thank you man,, I think I'm more of a theory guy so I am probably going to pursue Physics.. :D", "be the best in whatever path you choose. do not go astray or let anyone say you cannot achieve it.", "Thank you for the kind words <3"], ["Go watch Sheldon Cooper drama, he is the theory one (for future), while his friend Leonard is the experimental one (for current). Of course real life will be 100x more complicated than drama.\nIn brief, you have to be committed to pursue up to Doctorate+, you have to fking really like it and dedicate your life for science. Job, lecturer in My, or overseas, we are not a developed country.\nEngineering receives ideas from physicists and produce the machine/ car/ tools for real life usage. It is like DNA to RNA.\nI am not a doctorate btw.", "I've seen the short clips of the show hehe,\nI'm interested in quantum mechanics however many claimed that it's very complicated for them. Since the new implementation of KSSM, we learned the basics of quantum physics(photoelectric effect etc) in Form 5", "Watch the Big Bang to feel it.\nBasically your life = physics. It is very complicated and boring lifeless for others. Interesting and fun for the one who loves it.\nThus, your mind and body have to be prepared to go deep in, far and overseas. Else, you will end up half baked, degree graduate selling insurance etc.", "Good to know."], ["Not too sure about the situation in Malaysia particularly. It also depends on your thoughts. A basic bachelor's degree in Physics (in most advanced countries) is not sufficient for academic careers. Of course, one could get a teaching certificate and teach in secondary schools.\nAnything beyond that typically requires a PhD. So bear in mind that it is probably a 7-8 year pursuit if things go well. There are also research physicists in industry or government research facilities. Broadly speaking, you might have to choose between experimental physics and theoretical physics later if you enter academia/research. If you plan to stay in Malaysia, theoretical physicist jobs may be hard to come by.", "Sure, I'm taking that into consideration..but I don't want to leave Malaysia haha"], ["Physicist: you\u2019re going to be studying a lot until you get a PhD, most likely need to teach to fund yourself. Best would be to get into R&D, but of course that\u2019s quite limited in Malaysia, so staying in academics is probably more realistic.\nEngineering: right after degree you can start making money. If you\u2019re good, get promoted to senior level or manager for more money. But depending on your field, might need go throw work life balance out of the window to be competitive.\nThat being said, just do your best for your SPM. You don\u2019t have to decide this now.", "Thanks, I think I should decide this after finishing SPM :D"]]}
{"title": "To whoever wrote this on my car in Shell Cyberjaya, I know... I'm sorry (swipe)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ztsu8/to_whoever_wrote_this_on_my_car_in_shell/", "num_comment": 25, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Locked my keys in my car when I was filling up air in my tyres, was having a bad day to begin with and this was the cherry on top.", "comments": [["Ouch. Wish you luck my friend."], ["Ouch. I hope you're okay now \ud83e\udd7a\u2764", "Been 2 hours, still waiting by my car. My friend who has my spare key coincidentally happened to be really far away today. He's on his way.", "Do you need a pat meow"], ["take it as it is - just a bad day. learn the lesson and move on. such is life; you take it one day at a time.", "I've always, always, been conscious to keep my keys on me at all times. Before this happened I was already having a bad day and my mind wasn't focused. First and last mistake I'll make."], ["It\u2019s ok just move on \u2026. Everyone having bad day sometime"], ["The Petronas Cyberjaya Tyre Pumps are way nicer IMO. Bigger space.", "Petronas in general has the better tire pumps compared to Shell."], ["I'm the person who wrote that. F**k you a$$hole why u park there!? That's why I locked your key inside", "Damn bro :'(", "<image>"], ["Fs in the chat"], ["Is that a Waja?", "Gen 2", "Ah I see, well may Allah bless you"], ["Pretty sure u can call any locksmith to unlock ur car", "I have a friend with a spare key, he is on his way"], ["aiya those kind of people are the holier than thou types lah, semua benda mau post in FB, criticize other people for little annoyances cos they got nothing else to do cos their life sucks.\ncakap depan lah jangan tinggal note"], ["oh no i\u2019m so sorry this happened to u :("], ["This is a reason I either leave one door or window open when pumping air", "Not a good idea as well given how many car robbery had happened at petrol stations", "I usually pump early morning around 7am"], ["Do car insurance offer a service to open locked car? I really dont know but i saw in some videos they just call their insurance number if they locked their keys in their cars and someone will come to break in without damage. Is it a thing in Malaysia?"], ["Better a note than a scratch IMO. Healthier way to express frustration than shouting match or property damage. U never know who you going to meet."], ["Ouch that's harsh :("]]}
{"title": "Should tourist need to buy touch and go card to travel in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zsm82/should_tourist_need_to_buy_touch_and_go_card_to/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "So I'm planning a trip to Malaysia in March and i heard about TNG card, is it nessecary and where to buy it .is it available in airport or we can travel by cash itself", "comments": [["Need? No.\nShould? Yes. It'll be more convenient."], ["I would say only if you\u2019re driving. We\u2019ve lived here for 3 years and only use our TNG card for parking and tolls. I\u2019ve never run into a reason to need it otherwise (or a reason that can\u2019t be taken care of with cash or my foreign credit card that I use for daily spending). I know you cannot get them at the Penang Airport, I don\u2019t know about KLIA."], ["TnG ewallet is much more recommended", "TnG is a Najib kroni scam, people should boikot.\nEvery other country uses bank cards for all this stuff."], ["If you are driving (parking & toll) or taking public transportation (metro or buses only), it's a must."], ["Will you be renting a car? If yes, then I'd say it's mandatory for tolls."], ["Zero need for it. Cash and credit card is accepted everywhere. if you want to use TnG, just use the app", "Toll? North south highway still can\u2019t accept credit card I think\u2026", "nor RapidKL or KTM. Meanwhile you can use Touch n Go for most car/transit-related."], ["If you're not driving, there's no need for it.\nAs someone has stated here, the only time you'd use the tng card is for parking and highway tolls.\nI don't know about other places, but in Penang, most parking spots accepts credit/debit cards. So....\nDownload Grab app before coming here."], ["Most of the public transportation in Kuala Lumpur uses TnG."]]}
{"title": "Negeri Sembilan laksana Jadual Waktu Bekerja Fleksibel bermula 15 Januari ini", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z7ngi/negeri_sembilan_laksana_jadual_waktu_bekerja/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Don't think along the lines of working from home or 4 days work. This is more \"if arrive by 7.30 or earlier, can leave by 4.30pm. If arrive before 9am, once your working hours reach 9 hours, can punch out. If arrive later than 9am, need to explain to boss why late\". That's all there is.", "While not as great, still a pretty good decision. Hopefully it will get better later"]]}
{"title": "PSA: Beware of this scammer claiming to be from Omnicom Media Group", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zq79p/psa_beware_of_this_scammer_claiming_to_be_from/", "num_comment": 8, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Some of you might already know this song and dance: easy job, freelance, part-time, just have to like things on social media.\nUsually the scam\u2019s next step involves one of two steps: - buying X item, not through an official web store but pay via direct deposit, which they will then return your payment with a small percentage topped up - to continue getting new tasks, you need to pay a deposit for some bullshit fee\nThis is the first time I\u2019ve seen a scammer use a doctored poster/website screenshot from the company they claim to be from. That\u2019s a nice touch that would be believable to anyone who\u2019s never been approached before.\nAlso for search engine optimisation to anyone out there: Omnicom Media Group scam, Instagram, Telegram, freelance.", "comments": [["Thank you for the heads up\nI got a message from the same company too!"], ["'HR dept gave me your no. nilly willy to contact you for a scam job' Whether legit or not, this sort of action would get them fired instead since you leaked candidate's info.\nAlso, if influencers needed followers, they could either buy bots or that lifestyle simply isn't cut out for them!", "Haha. Yeah, weak approach. Probably to safeguard themselves from any background check, they can just claim to be third party.\nRegardless, educating about the process would help raise awareness."], ["The trick is what ever early task that they gave you just do it for a quick bucks, and once they ask for payment/purchase first, block em.\nedit: did some before, gain like hundred something, just use your alternate social accounts."], ["As a youngster I was scammed before but thankfully it was only RM200. Odds are good that I\u2019ve been marked as a vulnerable target on some list.\nI know that I can run off with some small pocket money but I don\u2019t do that because I want to be approached by these people. If I can get some insight on what new techniques they employ, I can share and warn others."], ["Hahaha I received the message from Omnicom this morning and left them on read"], ["\u201cHi this is my fake full name to gain your trust, and i definitely work at this company in Malaysia, don\u2019t worry about my credentials\u201d\nWorst opening line ever"], ["Wish the govt can do something about this. These scammers likely are targeting countries like ours and SG rather than western \"first world\" countries cause the youtubers there did many things to bring the issue to light and even fight it head on the past years"]]}
{"title": "Airasia is offering fixed price promo tickets for Chinese New Year as low as RM 298 one way", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zoy6z/airasia_is_offering_fixed_price_promo_tickets_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Puad\u2019s praise of Loke won\u2019t sit well with Chinese voters, says analyst", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zomiy/puads_praise_of_loke_wont_sit_well_with_chinese/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "James Chin believes the Umno Supreme Council member has been complimentary because the DAP secretary-general will not stand up to the Malay nationalist party.", "comments": []}
{"title": "\u2018Agents\u2019 touting to smuggle duty-free alcohol, cigarettes out of Malaysia\u2019s Forest City: Report", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zh3qa/agents_touting_to_smuggle_dutyfree_alcohol/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Good."]]}
{"title": "Johor moots Iskandar Malaysia for special economic zone with S\u2019pore", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zgze0/johor_moots_iskandar_malaysia_for_special/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["oh what a coincidence and how convenient that all this surfaces so naturally and on its own without a hint of agenda when somebody is soon to be a big somebody\u2026"]]}
{"title": "Casts and director of Malaysian adaptation of Korean series \u2018W: Two Worlds\u2019 apologise for \u2018kissing\u2019 scene", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z6ku0/casts_and_director_of_malaysian_adaptation_of/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "In the controversial scene from one of its episodes, Daiyan is seen kissing Hun on the lips with a piece of clothing being the barrier of actual physical contact between them.\nThe clip has circulated across social media with many deeming it insensitive to local Muslim culture.", "comments": [["snowflakes..."], ["what"], ["meh, shouldve ignored those people. They're not gonna be the ones who watch and support these drama shows anyway, they're stuck with the typical \"drama kol 7\" at TV3 and \"Ombak RIndu\"."], ["OH NO?! THEY KISSED?!!!!! How abhorrent!"], ["What the fuck?\nBitch please you are here because your dad inserted his dick into your mum\nFucking snowflakes"], ["Stay in your gua tempurung je lah"], ["Sounds like viral bait marketing"], ["Haram...the Is la M people never kiss or touch or interact with the opposite sex. Semua suci suci tapi otak haram."], ["they should apologize for the abomination of this adaptation instead"], ["", "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."], ["So stupid.."], ["HARAM"], ["Tisu."], ["Korean series? Are they malays or koreans?", "Malays \u2026 it is based on the adaptation of the Korean version dated back in 2016 \u2026 so basically they just recreated the scene into Malay series\n<image>", "So we couldn't came out with any original ideas of our own", "So Korean can kiss. Malaysia cannot?", "F**k the kissing part. wtf with the titles, is it a malay or korea series?"], ["For a show called W, Malaysia really did a big L"]]}
{"title": "How to withdraw money from Moneygram", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zbza7/how_to_withdraw_money_from_moneygram/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "I talked to every bank and non of them provide service for moneygram. (Maybank has said in their website of moneygram but they dont it now). I have looked at the moneygram agents in Malaysia using moneygram site and google and it shows up random place where there are no office and not even a phone number.\nI tried https://moneygram.my/en/en-locator and 3 results show up with non working phone numbers. I went to the location and there was nothing.\nUsed Google but to no avail\nMoneyGram Money Transfer - Funds Transfer | Maybank Malaysia (maybank2u.com.my) This also dont work, I called Maybank and they said they dont do this anymore.\nSo, My question is, is it possible to withdraw money from moneygram in Malaysia ( Kubang kerian, Kota Bharu) ?", "comments": [["u/katabana02"]]}
{"title": "Govt denies existence of cartel controlling rice production", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z7or8/govt_denies_existence_of_cartel_controlling_rice/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Food"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Looking for Gynaecology Oncology in Kuala Lumpur", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z673s/looking_for_gynaecology_oncology_in_kuala_lumpur/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Hello everyone, sorry if it's not the right place to ask.\nI'm looking for Gynaecology Oncology reference in Kuala Lumpur for my mother. We are currently in Penang but doctor can't take any action due to water shortage until 15th January. I don't think we could wait that long due to the growth of the cancer.\nReally appreciate any response. Thank you very much", "comments": [["Pantai hospital, Gleneagels, Prince court, you can try these."]]}
{"title": "Who to contact for aggressive stray dogs", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z4xdj/who_to_contact_for_aggressive_stray_dogs/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "There are several stray dogs in my apartment, been living here for almost a year, usually no problems but sometimes they aggressively growl, bark and approach close to me. It hasn't been a problem until today, one of them came super close and growled at me, thought it was gonna bite me for sure.\nWho can I contact to remove these stray dogs?", "comments": [["Talk to the owner of the dog.\nIf they don\u2019t take action \ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffe Try this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\nTry to get JMB / Building Management attention towards this issue.\nIf they don\u2019t take action \ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffe Try this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\nLocal Mayor is the best yet.\nIf they don\u2019t take action \ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffe Try this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\nPolice Report\nIf they don\u2019t take action \ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffe Try this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\nLawsuit\nIf they don\u2019t take action \ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffe Try this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe\nJust pindah jelah."], ["Call the local council."]]}
{"title": "Do nyets close the door after using airplane toilets?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zqm99/do_nyets_close_the_door_after_using_airplane/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "I just came back from travelling and I noticed that people from a specific country don\u2019t close the toilet doors after using them. IMO, that\u2019s nasty as fuck\nNow before you come and say I\u2019m generalising, it happened with 95% of people from this said country on a single flight and there were A LOT of them using the toilet\nAt this point I\u2019m just confused if it\u2019s a culture thing or they just didn\u2019t give a fuck\nView Poll", "comments": [["At least they use the toilet. Be positive XD"], ["Is the country C or I? A speculation based on population.", "Surprisingly not both of them. You\u2019d be surprised which country is in question :26554:", "White?", "Nope", "Damn, are we playing a guessing game, eih...\nHow many chances I got?", "3 chances. Your guess begins now", "Does the group speak ENG?", "I was also thinking C or I, but other than that I can\u2019t figure which other country\u2026\nBut anyways, why would someone NOT close the lavatory door after using them? Its akin to not washing their hands after flushing."], ["I know some people (regardless of their race and religion) who will not touch the toilet door knob!\nGerms and shit."]]}
{"title": "Drama Comic Fiesta (CF) 2023:", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z1c9h/drama_comic_fiesta_cf_2023/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "#comicfiesta2023\n#CF2023\n#comicfiesta\n.\n1. recite yasin for nanami (ni bangang level)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/sharkomi/posts/pfbid0JbQj9pVW2fBsf1yLZgM8fJ1LJwP8XSURq6AdvYSBskekmMWE8PtZYqpFP7x4C3Yul\n.\n+++++\n.\n2. lynet & lyney cosplayer romen dalam toilet hall 5\na) UPDATE : doksli deleted\nhttps://www.facebook.com/tatsuri15/posts/pfbid02VxGqaXYmHu2cxzjpfchqgSA5WJDnWmVdtEknNn6cm5WDuWawou4kjbrGVwMFa3zjl\n.\nb) UPDATE - IT'S A FAKE\nUPDATE : doksli deleted\nhttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1575345853285909&set=a.613791899441314\n.\nc) MEME as a memorial for Toilet Hall 5\nhttps://www.facebook.com/sohkaiE/posts/pfbid02KY1nXAbkdCBDacfRMdKARSnKo2LkdxZfZtfrH2N3k8Sqyib9NXrmopAkFuqg4FzQl\n.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/yuuki.mushiro.5/posts/pfbid0zQSUfJ8eEDnnGUE825Dki8p2DEvnwGm6GKceR2nFYZEHj5FS918YE1GSKSv41CdLl\n.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1327562151329398/posts/1530471967705081/\n.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/zed.buddy.3/posts/pfbid0372CkNFNX5wn9zTz2cnXmcvE6YXW7mdT8oGtWaD5j1absAqtNBWw7Yg1eqpSPgC5wl\n.\nCr : Ustad CF\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64Gq20io5w&lc=Ugyx9E28FoPLxYzkq9p4AaABAg\n.\n+++++\n.\n3. paksa byr 1.2k untuk booth\nhttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02XAc2foxXKcHuA2ZamRMEwn2LrJpKpYyeoXxXBCVGKGFjQfyjGiXFyARpUu9gXUifl&id=100066846383780\n.\n+++++\n.\n4. mia competition\nhttps://www.facebook.com/yuan.cross/posts/pfbid0tqWEqY6sMsQ8kSaGcQPsJUka7fKqy5QMn7AnKBUnSCkiHHkaWmRDHfY2eCU8uow3l\n.\n+++++\n.\n5. duit palsu rm100\nhttps://www.facebook.com/fwfoooo/posts/pfbid02z6XZYNBEs8pdXdHDbjofNdDiDDSsj2eScJktisyny2U59tkDJ9bjTpQFoCYKsV2Al\n.\n+++++\n.\n6. larikan budak\na) DOKSLI DELETED - https://www.facebook.com/tatsuri15/posts/pfbid02Lm7Lj6w2zNYmGfATjVrqu27UosBmjJSdRBfmvqCRk6XFLCCgR3o1zRdaUr3YjZu4l\n.\nb) https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02T5jBNDwMgvNnfcG6PZWr3wu2nZpRdReTytNs5KoKydCtJTEbzM7zqRjvBabiGi7Jl&id=100069287536965\n.\nc) UPDATE https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02QqYrVsw6uqK5nsHpuHad4UofuQ5XLH6zRGBfHUneiDZaQK9X2hPDaBNiwmxLaKhnl&id=100006109064711\n.\n+++++\n.\n7. airbnb cancellation (paip bocor) (private group)\na) https://www.facebook.com/groups/CFCosplayGroup/permalink/7087293751316832/?mibextid=UyTHkb&paipv=0&eav=Afa-WjWdcvp6AmaOBCpD-EEjiyFSJriJ3SL_u0i_UOt_FRDsyPrRxKO7ec2r09cJX6A&_rdr\n.\nb) Compilation :https://www.facebook.com/yuganasenshiuon/posts/pfbid02FypsDmJMhfoCDQTMtZ11CWaLUopwjCwwEVmjjUAx5QB17RgdJ6Pz24pyc7zQFJ1Fl\n.\n+++++\n.\n8. ada tahi dekat dlm event (akiba street)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/muhammad932/posts/pfbid02CPtYveeNFEGqNLmQnan32UVL7ooehJXvfiEp8BVCrsSUDcZDzw6dtvqPRxuATdpXl?comment_id=322463767356598\n.\n+++++\n.\n9. Comic Fiesta 2023 Covid Cluster (maybe)\n.", "comments": [["I'm glad to wear a mask the entire time. And saw a lot of people being masked too. Definitely a concern but I haven't got sick at all so yay.", "u/aoibhealfae glad you're okay and healthy"], ["What happen to the hall 5 again?", "u/skatech1 is a hoax"], ["item number 6 is basically sound like trafficking right. Am i right? This CF organizer must have some clout with political people to be able to continue when lesser safer event can get ban just for minor stuff", "IMO, if it was an actual case of human trafickking then the girl would not have been returned to her family and we wouldn\u2019t be hearing from either of them. It reads more like a series of bad decision (and some influence from a certain anime/manga/light novel series involving a runaway teen) than anything else.", "u/kevpipefox u/f4ern iicr they doesn't impose \"age restriction\"...", "tu kes budak lari dari rumah je, seems like the kid wanted to go CF but didnt get parents's permission cuz they know their parents wont let them. Pastu lari dari rumah, cakap mak ada masalah jiwa ke apa. It's just a case of teenager rebelling and overprotective parents I guess."], ["who cares lol"], ["Thanks, was waiting for cf gone wrong this year. Every year seems to have something wrong.", "thank you for your appreciation"], ["another drama i heard (link below)\nsome male sponsor their cosplayer USING FAMILY MONEY\n.\nlater that family demand to return back all their money\nlol\n.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nagato.yuki.161009/posts/pfbid02Fk52mpErxoFsmxNaxfu8YJGuxfSSRSfSnHgYidbChBAjVdmUBj4VCT9szper6MGRl\n<image>"], [":26563:"], ["I missed this year.", "u/Dreamerlax .... and i didn't because of covid19"], ["These are not Islamic"], ["What in tarnation...that is one hell of drama"]]}
{"title": "Asia\u2019s business heirs look beyond profits, hoping to escape parents\u2019 shadow", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zs8u8/asias_business_heirs_look_beyond_profits_hoping/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Oh it's Abe Lim lol.", "Daddy cannot kasi parliamentary seat :26554::26554::26554::26554:"], ["look beyond profits\nonly trust fund babies and nepo babies can say that with a straight face.\nyou need profit to run things sustainably, whatever the cause or the charity."], ["Nepo babies huh\u2026"], ["Lmao STFU Abe Lim. Enough of your bs, we know you are a parasite. Talking about environmental goals when you yourself taking private jets."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Don\u2019t underestimate our intelligence,\u2019 says Anthony Loke on potential price manipulation by airlines", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zowif/dont_underestimate_our_intelligence_says_anthony/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["the prices are being monitored by Mavcom (Malaysian Aviation Commission)\nlmao just like that we know airasia will walk away free:26554:"], ["It\u2019s a private business, they have no right to interfere like this"], ["This is text book how Chinese people work\n\u201cWe will have more revenue from some other sources which I will have a special press conference to announce that. We did not have additional allocation, if you check the Budget 2024, there is no specific allocation for this initiative, but we found a creative way to do it, that we have the funds to support this initiative and it will be sustainable,\u201d he said.\nYou reduce your cost and whatever savings you use it to grow your business or department not spend it silly nilly like a new building or office or award yourself.", "What?"]]}
{"title": "What are some of the most underrated and overrated jobs in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zt5a3/what_are_some_of_the_most_underrated_and/", "num_comment": 35, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I'll start\nUnderrated: cleaners and teachers Overrated: footballers and politicians\nIt's crazy to think that a footballer can be paid hundreds of thousands or even millions a year while a teacher gets about 2-3k per month on average. Not to say that teachers have to be paid millions, but I think they deserve better than their current pay considering that they shoulder great responsibilities in shaping the future generations.\nEven the same thing goes to a cleaner, without them I guess we will see piles of rubbish across the streets and shits smothered everywhere around the toilet. Just have a look at the streets in KL after the New Year countdown, it's such a shame.", "comments": [["Over rated: Degree holder. Under rated: Babi farmer", "Babi farmer make 7 figure?", "Per month? Yes", "Yea degree is overrated."], ["Teachers may be underrated but there are so many of them that don't deserve to be teachers.\nPay them better with more benefits. But also vet them harder.\nEdit. Also I seriously doubt our footballers are earning millions", "When an industry is paid well, you will attract better 'quality' teacher.\nSadly this sector is politicized from the top-down and there's a whole other sector of tuition centers that earns millions.\nColor me surprised if some of these same lowly paid teachers also happens to own said tuition centers.", "+1", "Agree on the footballers. Our footballers arent being paid like those europeans. Some of our footballers didnt even get paid because of management issues lmao.\nBut i still think those europeans are not being overpaid if you look at how much revenue those clubs made."], ["Most of our footballers aren\u2019t even rich. Can\u2019t compare them go international stars.\nThe top footballers are paid millions because they bring in even more money to the team. A lot of companies sponsor football players and teams because of how many people watch football. So don\u2019t blame footballers for being rich, blame the people watching football.\nIt\u2019s never about how important someone\u2019s job is for society. It\u2019s always about it how much money can you generate, and how hard is it to replace you. Cleaners and teachers are important, but if one person quits, it\u2019s not hard to find another person to do it.\nBut yes, for teachers, I do feel we should offer more to attract better, smarter people to be teachers. Currently the bar is set too low."], ["Underated : Farmer"], ["Yeah, unfortunately many jobs that do not directly generate revenue are often underappreciated. Teachers, social workers, nurses, cleaners, guards, childcare, etc are jobs that provide important service to the society but do not directly generate revenue. So in a capitalistic economy, we will usually try to minimize their cost. Meanwhile jobs that directly make money like sales people, insurance agents, remisier are jobs that don't really do much but make a lot of money by just being the middle person in a transaction.\nFootballers make a lot of money mainly because of their ability to get important sponsorship money for the team.\nPoliticians are somewhat arguable. Underpaid politicians might be tempted to receive corruption money. Singapore for example has some of the world's most well paid ministers and seems to be able to control their corruption level. Of course, I'm not a fan of overpaying the many moronic politicians that we have but we need to think of a way to attract actually smart people to lead the country with a proper compensation package."], ["Footballers in malaysia probably not getting as much money as you thought OP, some were not even getting paid. Our sports scenes are not like in the western"], ["Overrated: IT/software jobs", "Companies need someone to update their SharePoint", "Care to explain? I don't think Software jobs are overrated, if anything it's fairly rated. Just a shame we get paid peanuts compared to our counterparts in Singapore.", "Why? Most of these jobs are the backbone of countless of apps and solutions."], ["Are you talking about govt teachers? They earn pretty comfortable salaries, not to mention (as with other govt servants), a huge part of their benefits are actually their deferred payments in the form of pensions. Imagine getting 50% of your last drawn salary for another 20-30 years, after you retire. Plus, so many earn additional income at tuition teachers", "you make me think, overrated and underrated: kerja kerajaan \ud83d\ude02"], ["underrated: teacher\noverrated: the one you parents want you to work as, like doctor engineer scientist"], ["Certain jobs in the heavy industry that require very specific government-issued certificates, are under rated. The certs cost a few hundred RM plus a few weeks of training, and you get hourly rates higher than degree holders. The jobs are not cushy to be sure, but can be fun if you're into it.\nElectrician/chargeman. Responsible for setting up, operating, and monitoring electrical equipment, particular the big diesel generators at work sites.\nWater jetters. You get to shoot water jets, super fun and cool.\nCrane operators. Live out your childhood fantasy, and get paid for it."], ["underrated - handjobs\noverrated - blowjobs\nedit: sounds funny but I am serious", "Undersized: r/lalat_1881 penis"], ["Underrated: 4D\nOverrated: Bitcoin"], ["I think except JDT players and maybe Selangor, local footballers are not getting paid in T20 levels and definitely not millions for all of them yearly"], ["It's crazy to think that a footballer can be paid hundreds of thousands or even millions a year while a teacher gets about 2-3k per month on average.\ni hate this argument....it all depends on the revenue they bring in", "How much revenue do you think teachers bring for the human capital? Much more than any footballer, or politician. The value might not be immediately apparent, but it undeniably yields substantial long-term benefits.", "they dont directly bring in revenue", "There\u2019s a very strong correlation between human capital and economic growth.", "still not directly isnt it?", "But they are a lot of teachers, collectively they get paid a lot\u2026"], ["You mean overpaid and underpaid? Because as much as I think footballers are overpaid, generally our society doesn\u2019t hold the career in high regard."], ["Used to have such thoughts but after working for 15yrs and seeing most walks of life, there shouldn't be any rating for any jobs. All jobs have their ups and downs, just whether what you want to be."], ["Overrated: The rulers \ud83d\udccfin Malaysia. RM 36 million a year. Being born with a gold spoon in the mouth is just another level of lottery", "You do know they don't earn money from being rulers? They earn money from all the other businesses they own (which is a lot and frankly, the reason why they're rulers to begin with)."], ["I find it bizzare that a dishwasher can earn more than a fresh grad these days... what's the point of getting a tertiary education now??? *"]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 06 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ziwes/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": "How's online dating for the average man here compared to the average woman? What about Penang vs KL vs Johor vs Sabah & Sarawak?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z2y3k/hows_online_dating_for_the_average_man_here/", "num_comment": 18, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I was talking to a female colleague about how much harder the men have it dating online here, but maybe it changes depending on the city?\nHow are you guys doing on Tinder, Bumble, Tantan?\nHappy Friday, my friends.", "comments": [["Hah, OP nak dating lah tu.\nOnline dating tarak sihat punya la."], ["Ime horrible even now im dating someone from SG not muslim and im malay but who knows my experience is biased", "Did you meet the Singaporean online?", "Yeah", "So, it sounded like it worked :-)", "And the weird part is that it worked because i put weird stuff i like and do on the profile and that usually never work"], ["Tantan KL experience.\nIf they arent trying to scam me or sex for money, they all speak Chinese...I'm a banana"], ["Cmb. Met a local Chinese girl. Not the goddess type but with their kind of wish.\nDinner and drink, chao."], ["It's either your Hot Stuff or you're Not Stuff"], ["Just a reminder, dating apps is a tool for the good looking. If ure not there, you ll just be a statistic", "What would you consider a decent amount of matches for a man on a daily basis?", "if youre a decent 6 maybe 1 or 2 matches in a month or 2", "A MONTH?", "IF you're even lucky.\nwomen who are 6-10s usually swipe on 7-10s. sometimes even if you're a 7 you get rejected.\ndue to supply and demand, women get to be more picky. in fact some men who are 7-9s actually swipe on women at 5-6s hoping to score \"an easy meal\". this helps make women view themselves as valuable and cause them to be extra picky.\nthis actually happens on the flipside with women where men ignore them if theyre lower on the beauty scale BUT men being men would lower their standards when they get despo/horny so the disparity is still worse on the men side.", "I just joined on Thursday and thought my 32 matches were kinda low, considering I saw a female friend get 99+ likes in an hour.", "you are definitely above average, i m happy and envious of you.\nbut as you see with the comparison of your female friend, thats how the disparity is like.", "but as you see with the comparison of your female friend, thats how the disparity is like.\nAnd she still wasn't satisfied, that's the amazing part.", "well theres a simple explanation to that.\nshes a woman you see"]]}
{"title": "PM visits Hadi in IJN", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18z2cz8/pm_visits_hadi_in_ijn/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["\u201cOi pundek, belum mati ke?\u201c", "LOL.", "\"Why you don't like me ar?"], ["I might not like PN.\nBut it's nice to see a politician using our local hospitals instead of going overseas for treatment, shows there's trust in our medical infrastructure.", "They'll be stupid not to. IJN is world class", "Certain politicians seem to disagree and prefer to be hospitalised overseas. Or maybe they just want to delay their court case.", "True. Even mercedes cannot help you when you sick"], ["I was hoping so bad the headline would be \"PM visits Hadi funeral\" lmao"], ["IJN moves? Hehehe"], ["Visit ada makna tu.."], ["\"Klu dap xde kite blh join\""]]}
{"title": "Weak Malay support, \u2018Dubai Move\u2019 rumours continue to plague Malaysia\u2019s Anwar", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zh1fc/weak_malay_support_dubai_move_rumours_continue_to/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["Wait, after all this time of sucking up to them, they're still not gonna vote for Anwar \ud83d\ude31?\nAin't no way!!", "People care more about bread and butter issues. They are more likely to vote for you if you help them. By \u201chelp\u201d, I mean money/food.\nNajib, despite his curi-curi 1Malaysia, gives scraps to the rakyat, so peple think that he\u2019s helping them.\nAnwar, on the other hand, what does he give? A puny RM100 that some poor people couldn\u2019t even get coz they didn\u2019t file taxes. And taxes taxes taxes that make the poor Malays even poorer.\nI know that he needs to reduce govt debt, but not everyone sees that. PN will win the next GE if this continues.", "PAS. They only care about what PAS version of Islam is", "Pas is not even true Islam it just using Islam name and projected themselves like a saviour.", "At this point, there isn't a true Islam anywhere in the World.", "They are special kind of species after all"], ["Id reckon most T20 Malays dont and wont support him too if he goes ahead with the increased taxation like the luxury goods tax. In all honesty, he\u2019s fucked himself, and his party in the next election cycle for sure.", "B40 ain't happy with LVG tax. Then want to remove petrol subsidy and the m40 will complain. What's he doing?"], ["Screencap\n<image>"], ["Dubai move, more like do be moving away from rakyats interests. Ffs"], ["it is NOT a rumour that Malay support for Anwar is weak, especially in the rural areas. That was why he did everything he could like support Hamas and give out free Qurans and whatnot, despite having Zahid next to him and the guaranteed support of UMNO.\nmeanwhile PN\u2019s support by the Malays is growing and solidifying, especially with potential leaders like MB Shamsuri and MB Sanusi coming up fast and soon overtaking Hadi and Muhyidin in terms of influence and grassroot popularity, and rallying both the disenfranchised urban B40/M40 and the rural folks away from Anwar.", "I don't support PN but I understand why the support is thin for Anwar. With the \"liberal\" like politics but yeah... Anwar should have not pander toward a losing war. He should have just strided towards what he wanted.\nI wonder when muhyidin becomes PM again will he get deposed by his own lackies again. Welp, get ready for chaotic decade. Here's hoping for a reverse 2010s", "Hamas support is a given by any Muslim country. You have to support the raping, murdering resistance to Jews Israel. Not supporting is a death sentence even for the most hardcore PH Malays.", "One of the first things he did when he was announced as PM was to live stream a phone call where the leader of Hamas congratulated him on his victory. He is also proud to be buddies with duterte and edrogan so no surprise he's being authoritarian."], ["More like, \"weak super-rich support\" for Anwar. Anwar is here to clean house. If you believe that the majority of the \"elite\" rich malays got wealthy honestly, then you can keep voting for Mahathir's cronies and PAS.", "Felda, Petronas, Gov Staffs, Police etc. do not like the clean house too.", "Anwar is here to clean house.\nYou still believe this? \ud83d\ude02", "Within limitations of a \"unity government\" of course.", "Yes and no. In the end, there is corruption like third world country corruption, then there is corruption like 1st world country corruption.\nEveryone has some, but the country is able to flourish and prosper. (Read: country, not specific individuals)"], ["he has Zahid on his side\nhe has DAP on his side\n2 of the things that malay rejected. I dont think the malays hate anwar, its who he is siding with is the problem.", "Majority of Malays hate Anwar as well. He's known as a liar.", "Ah yes unlike the one in jail for stealing billions from the rakyat he is the good one", "And why would you talk about him as if I support him stealing billions huh?"], ["Scmp again lmao"], ["Can trust CCP post?", "No don't trust scmp"], ["Sebab banyak sangat sembang kari.\nSebelum jadi PM, cakap mcm semua benda dia boleh settlekan. Bagi rakyat senang, nak fight korupsi and everything\nDah jadi PM, benda first dia buat is put Zahid as TPM, and cut all subsidy \ud83e\udd37\nAku pun agrees subsidy is not sustainable in Malaysia sebab tidak bersasar, tapi it paint a bad image to PMX la.\nRakyat ingat dia dan Rafizi serba boleh, but in the end apa pun tak boleh. Tin kosong only."]]}