The Sleeping Giant

Before getting started on the title...I just like to update myself....as for you who is still reading my posts...thanks a lot...or rather...make full use of whatever info that you may find useful (though I doubt that there are many info which befits "useful" in here) ...

Owh...its been a long time since I wrote anything...because there are times I started thinking about "purpose"...what is the purpose of me writing the things I wrote here?...I couldnt really answer it well though...maybe because I just feel like it or I like to keep track of myself how I am doing...like a diary...and of course...I like to share some things which I think worth sharing...

Holidays are quite okay so far...except for the fact it has been a long time since I touched my book on Lee Kuan Yew...whoopss...I dont know...Im just not a book-reading person maybe....or lazy...zzzz....but to the very least I did my revision for A Levels...the thought of finishing A Levels soon seems exciting at first but there are other things which bothers me as well...we'll get to that later....I stopped jogging for quite a while too because there are things and commitments which I have to handle...and Alhamdulillah...now I'm done with all of them...UCAS application sent...tutoring programme done....cleaning my apartment check...and I have significantly refreshed the things I learned in A Levels before the holidays...it seems there might be clear skies ahead for me until college opens again...

Again, before I start talking about the sleeping giant...it started out...err...perhaps irrelevant at first....It seems that I might have caught that korean fever again....Most of the time I spent for the holidays on entertainment is by watching korean dramas,gameshows,music videos and such...So, I will talk a little bit about this particular country...and in relation how will this affect mine...

I googled (correct me if I'm wrong)...Korea is considered a developed country...even if some of us are still unsure about this fact...its GDP or BOP is definitely way better than some already well established first world nations....so, lets analyze how many countries in Asia could actually amount to a GDP close enough to these first world countries aside from S.Korea....you can say Japan,China and Singapore as obvious examples....other than these countries...there are not much we could say...

So, I'm trying to correlate some things that I find about Singapore since I've been studying on that recently, and also S.Korea...both of them are considered younger players compared to Japan and China...how can these countries be successful in quite a short time...education wise also, in Asia, S.Korea and Singapore topped the list for Science and Maths...Both of these countries also didnt have much resources to begin with to have a strong foundation for an economy...

What about S.Korea's success in the entertainment industry...I know that we sometimes have this "herd mentality" where we simply follow blindly and believe what most people say about some things without giving much thought...but is this really the case? Well, honestly...I let you find the answer that yourself....but as for me...there are obvious reasons why they managed to capture international markets...Lets think how did "Gangnam Style" became popular...well you can have millions of responses about what you think about it...but really...how did it manage to put the song for the most viewed in the world?

Despite all these thoughts....I really believed in Malaysia...the sleeping giant...who still have much to offer to the world but never really realized its true potential...at least to ease the pain from the fact the we lost to Thailand in football...at least our country in S.E Asia, we came second to Singapore in terms of economy...But, have we ever wondered what is our country's identity...what are we really famous for? Somehow, westerners know more about Indonesia,Singapore,Thailand, Philippines and even Myanmar...why not ours?

Im not endorsing that our country should go gung-ho on entertainment....but lets think about the things our country should do to put itself back in the eyes of the world....We actually started even with S.Korea...in fact...actually...our economy was better than Korea in the past decades...But now...we're using their electronic gadgets i.e samsung...can we really make these things too? I dont really see why we cant...Honestly, Malaysia really have excellent brains in there...but we didnt tap it out successfully...excellent brains are not used to innovate...but simply follow instructions from the west....we didnt venture enough in our own paths to do things...we have to be independent...we need to be able to make things on our so we dont rely on others...this has much also been the ideal of Lee Kuan Yew...being independent from Malaysia in most cases like water supply for domestic use...

But  most important if all, for me...is the people's attitude...just imagine if all the people have high sense of morality and courtesy...where people dont do things simply for profit and benefit...where they help the country in the smallest of ways like picking up rubbish in the sidewalks...when they are conscious that everything they do,say and think will affect the nation...when they simply love the nation because its theirs...when we dont have to worry about whether our race and religion is being undermined....these miracles need to happen for Malaysia to stand tall....it just has to happen....

Honestly, I'm just upset about the situation that we live in...dont just shift these problems to politicians....we expect so much but we do so little...this goes to me also...