17:08 - 29.06.05
am such a muddle head, i tell you.. i mixed up the dates for my departure and yesterday, i realised that i had to leave tonight. sure... no problem lah. am ready to go off anytime.
i've been scanning the papers a lot lately and it seems like there's a lot of interest in the centre. i don't mind, really... but what i cannot stand is how thoughtless people can be in the process of their "thoughtful-ness". is there such a word? is there such a thing? oh yes... ader banyak.. dalam masyarakat melayu lah. siapa lagi? we're such deep thinkers that sometimes, people from the outside cannot understand us. we have a term for that, lah... "cheem". below is my reply, if i ever could reply to these people.
dear orang melayu,
terima kasih for all your comment lah eh. your comment semua macam i pernah dengar. ohh.. baru ingat! hari tu, ada jumpa one man lah kat museum. he said the same thing, you know? wah... great minds think alike lah ni! fools seldom differ anyway... ok macam gini lah. your comment pasal no one greeted you when you enter the centre after hanging around for 15 mins, i take note. nanti kita bilang our staff to come out of the office and talk to EVERY SINGLE VISITOR at the 2.3 acres of a centre.. amacam, boleh? ni termasuklah.. orang yang nak masuk toilet, nak amik gambar, nak lepak-lepak. tak kira lah siapa.. as long as you all masuk centre yang besar-tapi-tak-besar-sangat ni, kita mesti greet punyer. kalau orang ingat kita giler, kita bilang ajer.. it's all part of the service, mdm/sir!
lepas tu, pasal kenapa tempat ni macam tiap kali got event, sure must show people lansing-lansing one! only show people on stage. ok, i take note of that one also lah ok? the malays are not just about lansing-lansing? i agree, 100%! but kan, i also dunno why when i tried to do a forum at the centre, not many people come, you know? only 5 people signed up out of the 200+ letters/invitation i sent out. yelah.. orang melayu kan mesti beradat. if we don't send invitation/letter, CANNOT!! later, people will think we not melayu beradat. you don't believe ah? ader... personal experience one. call me then say not happy lah cos didn't get invitation. tsk tsk... how could i be so biadab, right? ok lah.. maybe the forum didn't spark any interest to people sebab too "cheem".. so malays don't like. lain kali, kita panggil taufik lagi ok? suruh dier cakap pasal warisan dalam forum.
your next point about we must show people about the malay warisan... good point! yah! must show, must show! it's our right aper? betul tak, kak? so we make some noise, then the gahmen give $$ untuk kita.. build this nice errm... garden.. untuk orang melayu. of course, got banyak fight-fight.. cos the people who stayed in this place last time also got rights what? how can the gahmen anyhow give so little money to them, kan? tak patut. but that one another story ok? so, kita skarang dah ader muzium sehhh! i rasa raaamai orang melayu yang bangga kan? that's why the museum is there to show to other people pasal kita ader banyak warisan. tapi... kenapa kena bayar $2 eh, masuk muzium? tu, i take note jugak. nanti, kalau pakcik2 and makcik2 nak masuk muzium, we will see how we can give them free entry. yelah, kan orang melayu?? so, saya faham lah keadaan awak yang susah nak keluarkan $2 tu untuk masa depan. muzium ni.. macam one pakcik say that day... buat duit ker aper? takk... we just thot lah yang $2 ni macam senang kan nak kluar pocket. mana lah kita tau yang $2 pun susah sangat. yelah, mana skarang tambang bas pun dah naik kan? so, nanti, kita look into that lah ok?
actually, banyak lagi tau point-point yang awak ketengahkan yang tersangatlah valid. kalau awak nak talipon untuk keterangan lanjut, don't hesitate lah eh? kita kan orang melayu.. aper nak malu-malu? pick up the phone and tak payah nak ass'kum ni semua.. cakap terus about all your unhappiness ok? mudah-mudahan, telinga saya tak naik pekak dengar awak-awak punyer complain comments.
yang benar & sangat ikhlas,
mandol masyarakat