I´m amazed... apparently, Malaysia is now currently trying to absorb the paperbag / plastic bagless community every saturday..... initially I thought it was certain shops only, but apparently it´s now on a wider scale of majority of the malls and shops around here. Even the small grocery shops in the housing areas.
I still remember my first encounter with our very own Malaysian citizen who went shopping to Carrefour on a Saturday morning...... I was out with my daughter that morning (some weeks ago before my daughter´s birthday) and decided to go to Carrefour to get some stuff for the party for my daughter´s birthday. Now, I somehow don´t really go shopping down here (rarely), so basically I didn´t know bout this Saturday paperbag / plasticbag less community that happens every saturday. But then, I never worry much cos whenever I am with my daughter, I rarely use a handbag and use a backpack more often. So anyways... when we were queuing up to pay our stuff, there was this man in front of us that kinda bought relatively alot of things, though there was a backpack on his back. When the cashier finished scanning all his items and didnt pass him a bag, he questioned her. And she politely told him ` I´m sorry sir, but every saturday is no plastic bag day´.
ROFL
And you know what that jackass did? He scolded the poor poor cashier..... and worse... he said ´Since when we Malaysians are so caring for nature´..... WTF?!
Somehow, I got pissed... seeing that man screw the poor cashier for no reason.... so I casually asked her, when did Carrefour started it... she was scared, and she say... bout few months ago... and I did the most bizarre thing..... I told the cashier, in front of that damn man `Thats good. I so support it. You know, in Germany, no one uses paper bags at all EVERY DAY (emphasizing the every day) and we all take our own bags or BACK PACKS to put our groceries, even if its meat, eggs or vegetables... if u want a plastic bag, well PAY for it.. thats what happened in Germany and many countries OUT OF MALAYSIA` ROFL... someone should really take a photo of that man´s face... he turned a few shades of red and then purple, trying to recover from the anger and such.... especially when I emphasized a few of those words.... xD
You see... that man is partially right.... Malaysians never CARED bout our environement even though there are many bodies and even the governement trying to do everything to curb such things. But yet, the society are still so out of place, so traditional so mindless. People still throw rubbish or bits of papers every where, or just use as much tissues or paper like as if it grows on trees. Don´t just talk about the environment.... people down here, they are so tied to the asian culture and the traditional ways that they are not even growing........
I´m amazed...... especially education wise... how back dated we are compared to the relatively wide wide world. There is no such thing as... that is a western world and we are an Asian world. Does that mean that...... everyone all over the world is wanting to know and learn more but Asians prefer living under the rocks?
The more I mix with others all over the world, the more I tend to ponder on whether or not are we even capable of not making a fool out of ourselves in many things........
The most obvious and ridiculous debate from time to time I have been seeing in the newspaper is...... Should we have sex education in school? And the most AMAZING answer I´ve read is ...... No, we shouldn´t have, cos we are not the western world. -.-
Can someone please wake the majority of the people down here please? Before we make a blunder out of ourselves?
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