Perhatian, ini bukan post mengutuk Melayu. Ia hanya meng-highlight observation2 saya berdasarkan inspirasi daripada Encik Melayu Minimalis just over a year ago. Dalam keadaan saya baru tengah recover from a bad flu, maafkanlah any daftness on my part.
1. The bigger your camera, the better!
Di Malaysia, turnover untuk barang2 elektronik sangat cepat. It always amazes me how quickly Malaysians incorporate foreign technology into their lives, but take ages to learn some positive culture (work ethics, civic-mindedness) from the same people.
Dulu zaman orang guna SLR, it was so bulky and heavy that people moved on to smaller compact cameras. I remember having an Olympus at that time, not because I thought SLRs were uncool, but because my mom never trusted me to use her SLR. Then people moved on to Cybershots and Powershots and their anak-beranak. And now, apparently normal digital cameras are obsolete too, as we welcome the new era of DSLRs! And along with that, everybody starts thinking they can take really good photos from really good angles, so they should make money out of it by becoming wedding photographers (real wedding photographers not included in this).
As much as I hate myself for buying one at a time when everybody else thinks DSLRs are cool, I have an alibi. When my Sony digicam rosak a few years ago, I decided to change brands because as everyone knows, Sonys are annoying in the sense that you have to use only their accessories with their stuff. While waiting for a decision to be made, I got a Cybershot phone, which has okay MPs, but the quality just isn't the same as proper cameras. And then I got a Canon, by the advice of my brother who minored in photography (or something like that). And boy, did life become much better for me! Really nice pics, superb night photography, easily obtained accessories - what more could I want? Until I noticed that for indoor pictures, the colours were a bit off. Which is a bugger since a lot of my pictures are indoors. So terpaksa la saya beli DSLR. End of story.
2. Mari mengambil sebanyak mungkin subjek sewaktu SPM supaya boleh keluar paper.
I believe this started when Cik Amalina decided to take 17 subjects for SPM, mungkin dengan harapan dapat masuk Ox-ford yang akhirnya berkecai. Bak kata mak saya, kalau dah amek Bio, Fizik dan Kimia, amek Sains tu kacang je. Same as those yang dah amek Syariah and Quran & Sunnah, pastu for the sake of menambahkan subjek, amek jugak Pendidikan Islam and/or Tasawur. How much more redundant can one get?
Personally, for me, pengambilan berpuluh2 subjek waktu SPM just shows how undecided you are as to your career path. It also puts pressure on everyone else to take as many subjects as they can, go to as many tuition classes as they can (ada klasmet saya dulu pergi 4 tempat just untuk Matematik Tambahan!) dan menghabiskan masa muda remaja di dalam kereta pi mai-pi mai ke tempat tuition (bak kata Dina). Hats off to those kids who are smart enough (able) to learn many things, but at the same time have enough wisdom to not be wasting time taking too many subjects and actually enjoy their youth.
Dan akhirnya, bila masuk centres of higher education, semua A tu tak dipandang lagi. Bak kata Mr Matias (au kamaa qaal), "I don't care how many As you got in your SPM, it doesn't make any difference from this day forward." All the people I know who actually made it into Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League-type Unis did not, I repeat, did not take too many subjects in SPM/O-Level/A-Level.
3. Mak, adik nak jadi doktor!
After Malaysia sent her first astronaut into space, I thought orang akan berkejar2 nak jadi astronaut, astronomers, astrologists and kerja dengan Astro. But no, everyone wants to become a doctor! Unless they think that's the shortcut to getting a free ticket to space, I don't understand the craze. Daripada yang sepandai2 manusia sampai la kepada yang results SPM won't even get them into Uni in Malaysia, parents are spending their hard-earned (for some) money and getting loans just to send their kids to every nook and cranny in the world to go through a gruelling 5-7 years of medical school, then to come home (for most) and serve in a not-so-ideal work environment. Why, people, why? Seperti yang saya pernah cakap dulu, if you're after fame and glamour, baik jadi artis. Kalau nak authority, baik jadi politician. Kalau nak kaya, baik la bukak bisnes (my aunt's husband has a successful batik, songket and silk business and he didn't even finish primary school!).
Yes, I do realise that we have a shortage of doctors in Malaysia and we could use all the help we can get. But at the same time, I feel sorry for the people (rakyat jelata) if what they get is poor quality doctors who aren't doing their jobs optimally.
4. Bertunang dan berkahwin perlu va-va-voom!
Orang sekarang kalau bertunang mesti ada majlis besar2an jemput habis saudara-mara, rakan-rakan, jiran tetangga, the chaiwalla from the office dan juga your brother's ex-girlfriend's sister. Itu baru sebelah pihak. Pelamin juga mesti cantik, hantaran mesti berdulang2, make-up mesti by a professional, baju kena tempah from Radzwan Radzwill, dan photographer mesti ada.
Oh, itu baru bertunang! Honestly, qué diablos?
And I feel sorry for those yang tak suka sangat grand2 ni, tapi when the going gets tough, the tough has to get going. It’s difficult not to get caught up inside the web as well. Mediocrity is the answer. Janganlah cheap sangat sampai bagi makan mee goreng or burger je untuk tetamu, but please, I beg you, don’t go over the top.
Bak kata kawan saya (lebih kurang), "I'm so glad I'm already married and done with. Kalau tak, mesti kalah in the competition."
Me, too, dear. Me, too.
5. Handphone sapa paling canggih?
Dari dulu sampai sekarang, I never understood this trend. Budak2 sekolah yang konon takde duit sampai dapat biasiswa, but what do they do with it? Oh, mesti la beli handphone! Budak2 post-SPM yang dapat PTPTN, first month mesti la update handphone! Sungguh janggal dan agak tidak malu kerana meminjam duit untuk belajar, kemudian terus guna duit untuk stay up-to-date, then bila jumlah pinjaman menimbun2, menyumpah seranah PTPTN sebab caj korang for the loan.
Saya agak lega sebab dari zaman saya first start pakai handphone dulu (handphone Motorola baling anjing pun mamp*s) sampai sekarang, I consciously try not to be a follower.
6. Kamu ada blog, saya pun nak berbelog la!
Dari sekecik2 budak sampai setua2 nenek saya, dari manusia yang paling takde life di dunia sampai la yang hidup semua orang pun envy, rakyat Malaysia suka berbelog sekarang. In a way, it's good, coz a lot of people post interesting and entertaining things on the net for the benefit of other readers, thus making Malaysians a lot more knowledgeable. But budak2 sekolah yang menghabiskan masa di internet untuk menceritakan tentang their oh-so-wonderful love life and budak2 perempuan kelas sebelah yang bitchy (pastu bila results hampeh, mak bapak hantar buat medicine overseas), please la have a little pride!
Mintak maaf kalau ada yang terasa. Kalau anda ada pemerhatian lain tentang trend2 terkini orang Melayu/Malaysia, silalah add sesuka hati.
1. The bigger your camera, the better!
Di Malaysia, turnover untuk barang2 elektronik sangat cepat. It always amazes me how quickly Malaysians incorporate foreign technology into their lives, but take ages to learn some positive culture (work ethics, civic-mindedness) from the same people.
Dulu zaman orang guna SLR, it was so bulky and heavy that people moved on to smaller compact cameras. I remember having an Olympus at that time, not because I thought SLRs were uncool, but because my mom never trusted me to use her SLR. Then people moved on to Cybershots and Powershots and their anak-beranak. And now, apparently normal digital cameras are obsolete too, as we welcome the new era of DSLRs! And along with that, everybody starts thinking they can take really good photos from really good angles, so they should make money out of it by becoming wedding photographers (real wedding photographers not included in this).
As much as I hate myself for buying one at a time when everybody else thinks DSLRs are cool, I have an alibi. When my Sony digicam rosak a few years ago, I decided to change brands because as everyone knows, Sonys are annoying in the sense that you have to use only their accessories with their stuff. While waiting for a decision to be made, I got a Cybershot phone, which has okay MPs, but the quality just isn't the same as proper cameras. And then I got a Canon, by the advice of my brother who minored in photography (or something like that). And boy, did life become much better for me! Really nice pics, superb night photography, easily obtained accessories - what more could I want? Until I noticed that for indoor pictures, the colours were a bit off. Which is a bugger since a lot of my pictures are indoors. So terpaksa la saya beli DSLR. End of story.
2. Mari mengambil sebanyak mungkin subjek sewaktu SPM supaya boleh keluar paper.
I believe this started when Cik Amalina decided to take 17 subjects for SPM, mungkin dengan harapan dapat masuk Ox-ford yang akhirnya berkecai. Bak kata mak saya, kalau dah amek Bio, Fizik dan Kimia, amek Sains tu kacang je. Same as those yang dah amek Syariah and Quran & Sunnah, pastu for the sake of menambahkan subjek, amek jugak Pendidikan Islam and/or Tasawur. How much more redundant can one get?
Personally, for me, pengambilan berpuluh2 subjek waktu SPM just shows how undecided you are as to your career path. It also puts pressure on everyone else to take as many subjects as they can, go to as many tuition classes as they can (ada klasmet saya dulu pergi 4 tempat just untuk Matematik Tambahan!) dan menghabiskan masa muda remaja di dalam kereta pi mai-pi mai ke tempat tuition (bak kata Dina). Hats off to those kids who are smart enough (able) to learn many things, but at the same time have enough wisdom to not be wasting time taking too many subjects and actually enjoy their youth.
Dan akhirnya, bila masuk centres of higher education, semua A tu tak dipandang lagi. Bak kata Mr Matias (au kamaa qaal), "I don't care how many As you got in your SPM, it doesn't make any difference from this day forward." All the people I know who actually made it into Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League-type Unis did not, I repeat, did not take too many subjects in SPM/O-Level/A-Level.
3. Mak, adik nak jadi doktor!
After Malaysia sent her first astronaut into space, I thought orang akan berkejar2 nak jadi astronaut, astronomers, astrologists and kerja dengan Astro. But no, everyone wants to become a doctor! Unless they think that's the shortcut to getting a free ticket to space, I don't understand the craze. Daripada yang sepandai2 manusia sampai la kepada yang results SPM won't even get them into Uni in Malaysia, parents are spending their hard-earned (for some) money and getting loans just to send their kids to every nook and cranny in the world to go through a gruelling 5-7 years of medical school, then to come home (for most) and serve in a not-so-ideal work environment. Why, people, why? Seperti yang saya pernah cakap dulu, if you're after fame and glamour, baik jadi artis. Kalau nak authority, baik jadi politician. Kalau nak kaya, baik la bukak bisnes (my aunt's husband has a successful batik, songket and silk business and he didn't even finish primary school!).
Yes, I do realise that we have a shortage of doctors in Malaysia and we could use all the help we can get. But at the same time, I feel sorry for the people (rakyat jelata) if what they get is poor quality doctors who aren't doing their jobs optimally.
4. Bertunang dan berkahwin perlu va-va-voom!
Orang sekarang kalau bertunang mesti ada majlis besar2an jemput habis saudara-mara, rakan-rakan, jiran tetangga, the chaiwalla from the office dan juga your brother's ex-girlfriend's sister. Itu baru sebelah pihak. Pelamin juga mesti cantik, hantaran mesti berdulang2, make-up mesti by a professional, baju kena tempah from Radzwan Radzwill, dan photographer mesti ada.
Oh, itu baru bertunang! Honestly, qué diablos?
And I feel sorry for those yang tak suka sangat grand2 ni, tapi when the going gets tough, the tough has to get going. It’s difficult not to get caught up inside the web as well. Mediocrity is the answer. Janganlah cheap sangat sampai bagi makan mee goreng or burger je untuk tetamu, but please, I beg you, don’t go over the top.
Bak kata kawan saya (lebih kurang), "I'm so glad I'm already married and done with. Kalau tak, mesti kalah in the competition."
Me, too, dear. Me, too.
5. Handphone sapa paling canggih?
Dari dulu sampai sekarang, I never understood this trend. Budak2 sekolah yang konon takde duit sampai dapat biasiswa, but what do they do with it? Oh, mesti la beli handphone! Budak2 post-SPM yang dapat PTPTN, first month mesti la update handphone! Sungguh janggal dan agak tidak malu kerana meminjam duit untuk belajar, kemudian terus guna duit untuk stay up-to-date, then bila jumlah pinjaman menimbun2, menyumpah seranah PTPTN sebab caj korang for the loan.
Saya agak lega sebab dari zaman saya first start pakai handphone dulu (handphone Motorola baling anjing pun mamp*s) sampai sekarang, I consciously try not to be a follower.
6. Kamu ada blog, saya pun nak berbelog la!
Dari sekecik2 budak sampai setua2 nenek saya, dari manusia yang paling takde life di dunia sampai la yang hidup semua orang pun envy, rakyat Malaysia suka berbelog sekarang. In a way, it's good, coz a lot of people post interesting and entertaining things on the net for the benefit of other readers, thus making Malaysians a lot more knowledgeable. But budak2 sekolah yang menghabiskan masa di internet untuk menceritakan tentang their oh-so-wonderful love life and budak2 perempuan kelas sebelah yang bitchy (pastu bila results hampeh, mak bapak hantar buat medicine overseas), please la have a little pride!
Mintak maaf kalau ada yang terasa. Kalau anda ada pemerhatian lain tentang trend2 terkini orang Melayu/Malaysia, silalah add sesuka hati.
12 comments:
hahah..you are so right! dilemma melayu..huhu..
i think slrs are actually for people yang mmg betol2 minat ambik gambar. kalau setakat nak ambik gambar biase baek gune camera point and shoot biase je. because it's much more convenient to carry around and cheaper. what's more irritating is that some people, bukan setakat beli slr beginner (like the d40) but terus go for the high end ones, like d90 and higher. for what? using an slr doesn't make you a better photographer at all!
in a way, ure right. people's thoughts and attitude changes through time.
bout doc, gvment always say we're lack of docs. even in trg, we dun have O&G specialist that is a woman. making people's life here a bit harder xpcially for those who want to do procedures; IVF. some r willing to fly to kl, bcoz they want to avoid male gyne.
rgrding the hp, not all stdnts. i nver had a brand new phone. too bad. teens' dun ve the mature thought of what-life-is-about yet kot.
trend satu lg skrg. orang berebut2 jd artis. smpai yg tua2 pun nk join AF. if im the grandchild, i'll be so embrassed! kejar2 jd artist tp yg bjya brpa org la sgt. masa tu nk mintak keje biasa2 pun dh malu sbb ramai org kenal. tv plak tak putus2 dgn reality prog
what kind of modal insan r we going to ve. i juz hope in 20 years, i wont b ving a PM with a part time hobby;jamming.
moral: b a gyne. n work here in trg. neh
Oh yes, AF, OIAM, Gang Starz. Minyak masak Seri Murni pun pernah buat reality TV singing program. Kalau nak sangat buat reality TV shows, diverse la sikit. Macam Great British Menu ke, Supernanny ke, Britain's Got Talent ke... Menarik dan berguna sikit.
Ho ho, I don't mind doing Gynae and Reproductive Health, as long as I don't have to do the Obstetrics part as well (I looooathe childbirth!). And actually sini pun sama, most O&G doctors are male, but they do a pretty damn good job and are much cooler than their female counterparts. Hehe.
well, i always have my SLR with me when i go out during weekends... hihihi.. sanggup tu usung ke hulu ke hilir (letak dlm bag la tapi... (^_^) )
but it's true, nowadays jalan around KL, you'll realise that every other people will have an SLR hanging on their neck. kdg2 budak skola pun... i used my 2-months bonus to buy one... rs mcm jeles je tgk budak skola skarang ley pakai SLR.. hihi.
and about wedding preparations nih. even if you tanak va-va voom pon, the cost can easily reached 25K... bapak aa nk kawin kt KL nih. especially if you decided not to cook sndr... payah weh...
also i realised the trend where tunang mcm dh nk kawin dh. dasat la diorg ni skarang. luckily for me, mine was organised within 2 weeks, so tak sempat la nk bermekap pro, bertempah2 baju... ;-)
good job good job. tapi malu. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
knl x sy ni, kak zatil
Hehe teringat waktu sekolah rendah dulu. Bila akhir tahun je nanti kena isi borang cita-cita. Memang ramai betul tulis doktor. Saya percaya ianya disebabkan perception yang ditanam dari rumah. Dari kecik keluarga ajar 'besar nanti nak jadi doktor', mungkin sebab kerja doktor nampak bergaya (penyebab lebih kurang sama dengan kesemua kes di atas).
Saya pula masa tu tulis pereka grafik (alhamdulillah now I am one). Takda seorang pun di sekolah masa tu pernah terfikir profession macam tu :)
Firah: I carry mine dalam beg jugak - thank God for large handbags kan! What da heck budak sekolah pun pakai SLR, baik la beli PSP. Oh, and good luck with getting 25k for your wedding then! (Make sure mintak hantaran banyak2, boleh cover cost balik. Hehe.)
Nadhirah: Erm, junior Sheikh Malek ke?
Edry: Wah, pandainya awak, sekolah rendah dah tau pereka grafik tu apa! Dan berusaha gigih sampai dapat pulak tu!
kawan kau pun, berkemban, dijulang atas usungan
Salam, well, uti, couldnt agree more. perkara2 ni yg sy selalu terfikirkan, tp masih tak mampu nk fikirkan solution.
I always remind my sisters 'kesusahan' kite masa kecik2 dulu berbanding dgn budak sekarang yg dibelai2 dgn kemewahan dll. Hingga kita yg takut, what will happen to our next generations?
So, terasa berat di bahu kita (yg dah tua sikit ni) untuk sama2 lead diorg. sbb walaupun sbnrnye pemerintah yg harus sedar ttg perkara ni dan tanggungjawab diorg untuk pelihara generasi melayu & muslim, tp kalau tgk ape yg berlaku skg.... kita pun taktau what will happen next kalau kita pun sama2 jadi tunggul kan?
p/s: sy cite2 nk jadi engineer/ahli falak/maths. tapi ntah kenapa, jadi doktor jugak. haha~ mungkin tempias sorg ex-rumet ku ;p
Akmal: Baju tu ada lengan la, so rasa macam tak dikira berkemban. Anak raja, susah skit la kalau tanak buat grand, tambah kalau orang sponsor macam2.
Leqa: Oh, flatterednya saya ada orang tempias saya! Hehe.
dop. sy knl mlalui krj
dop knl dakpe ah. isk3
havent been to ur blog in ages...
but, lols... so true!!!
it's to the point where i don't know whether to laugh or to cry...
the wedding part... dang, and here i thought if i ever got married it would be at a mosque with the guests only given dates, but now u say i can't be too cheap. well, u win some, u lose some ;p
oh, btw, here's my blog.....
lols, so not funny ^^
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