Sailing 'Malaysia' in the dark

Malaysia now is like a ship sailing in the dark in unknown waters. Yes, there is a captain and all his crews and they think that Malaysia is 'unsinkable'. Just as the Titanic was thought to be unsinkable. In fact, similar 'boastful' talk had been made not too long ago when a politician (a party big-wig)was talking of the National Front (BN), a coalition of various ethnic-based political parties who have ruled Malaysia for 50 years.

The number of protest marches and demonstrations within a couple of weeks of each other and possibly more marches and demonstrations to come in the near future liken to the tip of the iceberg that jutted out in the path of the 'unsinkable' Titanic. To have said "Even God couldn't sink the Titanic" was actually tempting fate - we now know that such talk was disasterably shown to be untrue. Unfortunately, human being seems ready to forget such lessons from God. In a similarly arrogant tone, some politician did say that BN is strong and unbeatable ...always! ALWAYS? We wonder!



Taking the iceberg as a simile of the rumblings of the Malaysian society, only the tip is currently seen floating out of the water. The tip of an iceberg by scientific measurement is only 10% of the whole mass of the iceberg. Some 90% of an iceberg is submerged under the sea. Similar parallels can be drawn for the anguish and dissatisfacion that may lie beneath the calm of the Malaysian public. We are not talking of people against people or race against race sort of grouses. We are saying that the Malaysian public may just had had enough of the present BS they are getting from the captain and his crew!

Malaysia is a rich country by all tokens of economic measurements and yet little by little and inch by inch the joys of living for the ordinary man and woman, old and young on the streets of Malaysia is eroding away. Things are getting expensive and yet wages have not move in tandem to this. One scandal follows another almost unabetted. Billions are lost by design or otherwise. Those in power do not seem to care to listen to the little people who elected them. Apparently, only the ballot box can be used to air any grievances. Other than that its water cannon and tear gas for those who dare to show dissent.

MALAYA the old name for Malaysia was quite a favorite reference for quite a number of things. There were ships name MALAYA, books written about MALAYA and even a hollywood movie entitled MALAYA.In those days, Malaya was a priced colony of the British empire, the land of rubber and tin.

The Sinking of HMS MALAYA









A merchant ship called MALAYA



Posters of the Movie 'MALAYA'






A dancer named MALAYA



Books about MALAYA








These books Moon Over Malaya, The Jungle Beat and War of the Running Dogs are available from Amazon.com:




Will Malaysia ever be as 'popular' as MALAYA? Or will it be sunk by the arrogance of some 'sponsors' who believe even God can't sink the BN coalition!