Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Original People
Since I am a bit free, I want to fill this here empty space with a question that has been bothering me for awhile (about three days).
Why aren't the Orang Asli of Semenanjung given Bumiputera rights, but the Malays and the 'Natives' of Sabah and Sarawak get it?
('Natives' because even people who are 1/32 native like myself can get Bumi status).
Since I can't find any proper definition of what exactly Bumiputera rights are (aside from gross injustice etc etc), here's the Wikipedia link: Wiki Bumi link.
All this while, I had though we were existing in a sort of arena of benevolent negligence when it came to Orang Asli rights. I mean, obviously, since no one gives a flying fuck about them and what's happening in their society.
It's like, Oh yeah. Those poor Orang Asli. Fishing and building rope bridges deedlydeedlydoo thank goodness they can use the bumi quota to get into uni since many of them are too poor to get a proper tertiary education otherwise dumdeedumdeedoo now what shall I have for my overprivileged bumi lunch?
NOT.
I had no idea they were being repressed from their due rights.
And when I say DUE RIGHTS, I mean the rights any idiot would expect them to have, being, you know. Orang Asli. So what, there's only one type of Bumiputera allowed in every 'Part'? Like Sabah and Sarawak get Bumi rights for their natives, but the Malays usurp the Bumi rights of the Orang Asli in Semenanjung? I doubt it. There's hardly enough Orang Asli to constitute a threat.
Because, if you hadn't noticed, they're busy being poor as churchmice. They're even poorer than the AVERAGE churchmice.
And you know what poverty means?
Crappy healthcare.
Crappy education (or none at all at a tertiary level).
Crappy opportunities.
And all this results in there being no one, or at least not enough people out there fighting for their rights, because no one is making other people aware of this.At least the Native Americans got a bunch of casinos and neverending beer. And a mention in a crappy multimillion dollar sparkly vampire franchise.
This would never happen to our Orang Asli because they don't even own this much stuff collectively.
What do our Orang Asli get?
Screwed over.
Fine, don't meddle with your precious constitution. I like having preferential treatment anyway (because I'm cheap).
But why don't you (and by you, I mean our errant government) take a bit of that frigging FIVE BILLION ringgit that you're going to spend on that concrete representation of penis envy, and give it to the Orang Asli? Eh? How about that?
Yeah, I know it'll be a few hundred thousand bucks out of coffee money for you, sorry about that. You'll have to wait for the next bribe load to pay off your childrens tuition at their poshy overseas university. Gimme a break. Sell off one of your BMWs and give the money to the real Bumis so that they can upgrade from a donkey cart to a bicycle.
See this car here?!! It is a symbol of corruption and...other horrible things...and. It's a very nice car isn't it? Very sexy. I forgot what I was saying.
A link:
Center For Orang Asli Concerns
PS. This is not, like, a political post or anything. Like, no way! I'm just a girly little girl, concerned about all those poor hut-living people with no flushing toilets.
Why aren't the Orang Asli of Semenanjung given Bumiputera rights, but the Malays and the 'Natives' of Sabah and Sarawak get it?
('Natives' because even people who are 1/32 native like myself can get Bumi status).
Since I can't find any proper definition of what exactly Bumiputera rights are (aside from gross injustice etc etc), here's the Wikipedia link: Wiki Bumi link.
All this while, I had though we were existing in a sort of arena of benevolent negligence when it came to Orang Asli rights. I mean, obviously, since no one gives a flying fuck about them and what's happening in their society.
It's like, Oh yeah. Those poor Orang Asli. Fishing and building rope bridges deedlydeedlydoo thank goodness they can use the bumi quota to get into uni since many of them are too poor to get a proper tertiary education otherwise dumdeedumdeedoo now what shall I have for my overprivileged bumi lunch?
NOT.
I had no idea they were being repressed from their due rights.
And when I say DUE RIGHTS, I mean the rights any idiot would expect them to have, being, you know. Orang Asli. So what, there's only one type of Bumiputera allowed in every 'Part'? Like Sabah and Sarawak get Bumi rights for their natives, but the Malays usurp the Bumi rights of the Orang Asli in Semenanjung? I doubt it. There's hardly enough Orang Asli to constitute a threat.
Because, if you hadn't noticed, they're busy being poor as churchmice. They're even poorer than the AVERAGE churchmice.
And you know what poverty means?
Crappy healthcare.
Crappy education (or none at all at a tertiary level).
Crappy opportunities.
And all this results in there being no one, or at least not enough people out there fighting for their rights, because no one is making other people aware of this.At least the Native Americans got a bunch of casinos and neverending beer. And a mention in a crappy multimillion dollar sparkly vampire franchise.
This would never happen to our Orang Asli because they don't even own this much stuff collectively.What do our Orang Asli get?
Screwed over.
Fine, don't meddle with your precious constitution. I like having preferential treatment anyway (because I'm cheap).
But why don't you (and by you, I mean our errant government) take a bit of that frigging FIVE BILLION ringgit that you're going to spend on that concrete representation of penis envy, and give it to the Orang Asli? Eh? How about that?
Yeah, I know it'll be a few hundred thousand bucks out of coffee money for you, sorry about that. You'll have to wait for the next bribe load to pay off your childrens tuition at their poshy overseas university. Gimme a break. Sell off one of your BMWs and give the money to the real Bumis so that they can upgrade from a donkey cart to a bicycle.
See this car here?!! It is a symbol of corruption and...other horrible things...and. It's a very nice car isn't it? Very sexy. I forgot what I was saying.A link:
Center For Orang Asli Concerns
PS. This is not, like, a political post or anything. Like, no way! I'm just a girly little girl, concerned about all those poor hut-living people with no flushing toilets.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
True Marvels
I'm sure everyone watched Iron Man 2. The most important part of the movie was, of course, the appearance of Thor's hammer and Captain America's shield.
And Robert Downey Jr.
Therefore, it's no surprise that the Thor movie (with Natalie Portman. Side note: Why is Portman playing that nurse in Thor? I don't even remember her name. GIVE PORTMAN HER OWN SUPERHERO MOVIE. I suggest Domino. Or any other leatherclad character) and the Captain America movie is coming out.
But what's this?A Black Widow movie?
Wait a second. Didn't a lot of people (including myself) have a problem with Booblett Boobhansson playing the Russian spy? Didn't we originally want the lesser known but better talented Emily Blunt to be BW? And didn't every single thing I said about ScarJo's performance come true?
Of course it did. I am psychic.
Then I realised I was being unrealistic (and also kind of lame). In Hollywood, talent is often confused with other things. For example: drug addiction (River Phoenix), trashiness (Megan Fox), douchebaggery (Tom Cruise [except for Minority Report]) and assuming-your-audience-is-stupid (Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler).
In Scarlett's case, it's Boobs.
(I don't think I actually needed to type that out. But I had to make sure that the connection between Scarlett and her Boobs is clear).
Ah. I am so glad to have gotten that off my chest
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*booooom tish!*
When they are so many more deserving Marvel characters than a minor Avengers heroine (anti-heroine? former villain? villoine?), I can only put forward the above explanation as to why this movie is even being made. It just so happens that Scarlett is playing her.
She could have been any character, and it would not have made a difference. Despite portraying the least personality amongst all of the cast, she still gets her movie. But I think humanity has made it pretty clear - who needs personality when you can have Boobs! And Boobs in PVC too!
This is how I imagine the discussion of her movie went down.
In that case, I would suggest my favourite Avenger, Scarlet Witch, to be portrayed by Christina Hendricks to ensure that she gets her own movie.
And Robert Downey Jr.
Therefore, it's no surprise that the Thor movie (with Natalie Portman. Side note: Why is Portman playing that nurse in Thor? I don't even remember her name. GIVE PORTMAN HER OWN SUPERHERO MOVIE. I suggest Domino. Or any other leatherclad character) and the Captain America movie is coming out.
But what's this?A Black Widow movie?
Wait a second. Didn't a lot of people (including myself) have a problem with Booblett Boobhansson playing the Russian spy? Didn't we originally want the lesser known but better talented Emily Blunt to be BW? And didn't every single thing I said about ScarJo's performance come true?
Of course it did. I am psychic.
Then I realised I was being unrealistic (and also kind of lame). In Hollywood, talent is often confused with other things. For example: drug addiction (River Phoenix), trashiness (Megan Fox), douchebaggery (Tom Cruise [except for Minority Report]) and assuming-your-audience-is-stupid (Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler).
In Scarlett's case, it's Boobs.
(I don't think I actually needed to type that out. But I had to make sure that the connection between Scarlett and her Boobs is clear).
Ah. I am so glad to have gotten that off my chest
*
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*
*booooom tish!*
When they are so many more deserving Marvel characters than a minor Avengers heroine (anti-heroine? former villain? villoine?), I can only put forward the above explanation as to why this movie is even being made. It just so happens that Scarlett is playing her.
Yeah, we're really impressed with your boobs.
I meant martial arts skills.
I meant martial arts skills.
She could have been any character, and it would not have made a difference. Despite portraying the least personality amongst all of the cast, she still gets her movie. But I think humanity has made it pretty clear - who needs personality when you can have Boobs! And Boobs in PVC too!
This is how I imagine the discussion of her movie went down.
Yes.
In that case, I would suggest my favourite Avenger, Scarlet Witch, to be portrayed by Christina Hendricks to ensure that she gets her own movie.
And sequels. Possibly we can even squeeze a tv series in there.
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