Monday, May 31, 2010

Kira Oklah Tu....

At one time the Malays were criticized for their 'tidak apa' attitude or 'tidapathy'. Whenever an issue was raised to them or a complaint was made to someone, the most probable answer one would get could be: "Tak apalah, nanti kita tengok dulu. (Never mind. We'll look at it first)." The 'tidapathy' attitude was stipulated to be the cause of the Malays being left behind in the race for economic wellbeing and progress.

That attitude does not seem to be prevalent now although once in a while, you can still hear its echo. What I most often here nowadays is: "Oklah tu!" It means everything is quite all right and you don't have to worry. On the one hand this could be a sign of being a good Muslim who accepts everything that Allah ordains or bequeaths unto him. with a sense of gratefulness and reverence (redha). On the other hand it could be an attitude of dismissing a problem or an issue without bothering to understand it in more details or an indisposition to do anything more about it. If a set goal of achieving 30% equity participation could not be attained and only some 19% was achieved, "Oklah tu!". If Barisan Nasional could not get an 80% majority in Parliament and lost five States, "Oklah tu, It's still the party that forms the government." If Bahasa Malaysia is still not as widely used at the official level as English, "Oklah tu, English is an international language." If illegal logging and dredging sand from the river still continue despite public knowledge of the matter, "Oklah tu, we still have a lot of forest land and a lot of sand in the river." If corruption still goes on in spite of the declared all-out- war against it by government, "Oklah tu, many have already been booked."

Dismissing something as not important or serious when a matter is brought to one's attention can be a very frustrating experience for the person who brought up the issue. It either means that the person who is supposed to examine the matter does not see its significance or he is unwilling to recognize its importance and act on it immediately. Or he's negating its significance for some other unknown reasons. Such act of negation when it happens at a personal level is quite okay. But when it happens at a national level, when very important and pressing national issues are just waived aside or put in the cold storage or swept under the carpet, it can cause one to panic.



Taking stock of the issues that Malaysia faces today, the "Oklah tu." attitude can be most exasperating. We see Karam Singh Walia on TV saying: " Sudah sepuluh tahun isu curi pasir ini saya timbulkan tapi ia masih berleluasa." The problem of discarding new-born babies seems to be increasing in seriousness without any in-depth study being done to find its root cause, in favour of throwing general allegations that the youths of today are not well-grounded in the teachings of their religion, especially Islam. What about the difficulties caused by the religious department for young people to get married, the rising costs in holding a marriage ceremony, and the stringent actions taken on couples showing their affection in the public thus causing them to choose the darker corners of the streets, gardens or bushes. On the issue of GLS loosing billions of ringgit due to poor management of subtle pilferage, why aren't those responsible being immediately taken to task? We're happy with just: 'Oklah, we'll investigate." On the huge debt (RM362 B) and financial deficit problem (RM47 B) facing the country, the simple solution proposed is: "Oklah, we cut the subsidy which amounts to RM74B) a year." Won't that cause the price of consumer goods to spiral up? "Nolah. If it does it won't be by so much. By 10, 20 sen Oklah tu." What does Bank Negara say about this? " ,,any rise in consumer prices will be modest and therefore not a major factor for the country's interest rate policy," Will it not cause an inflation? "The Malaysian central bank is not an inflation-targeting central bank, and therefore. we will look at what are the other risks to inflation and growth,"

This is more like saying" Oklah. We'll look at it if it comes up and affects the economic growth of the country."

A recent occurrence that is most shocking is the death of a PTD trainee as a result of the very intensive commando style part of the compulsory training program. One can say: "Oklah tu, only one casualty out of so many trainees involved." That has been said in the many cases of casualties involving the National Service trainees.The question is: must the training be so tough as if the trainees are to become as tough as the regular soldiers or, worse still, the commandoes? The regulars are conditioned over a period of time while the PTD and National Service trainees will only be trained for a couple of months. The obvious response we will get to these questions will be: "Oklah, we'll investigate and revenue the training courses." And the public will say: "Oklah tu."

I think the time has come when we have to say there's no more "Oklah tu!" Each issue will have to be immediately investigated and the remedy found. If nothing happens to show that the remedy is taking effect or the result is only minimal, there's no "Oklah tu." A new remedy must be found by a new set of people. The "Oklah tu" of old must go. Otherwise we'll be forever saying "Oklah tu" to excuse ourselves for not being real gung ho about getting things done.

45 comments:

Si Yoyop Bah... said...

Best entry kali ni...Satu lagi isu yg mgkin Norzah boleh kupas dilain masa ialah isu Pembantu Rumah Warga Asing dberikan cuti pada hjg minggu dan isu Msia-Spore psl bekalan air tu. 3 sen utk 1000 liter air?. Mcm tergadai M'sia satu hr nnt 'dipijak' oleh org asing nnt ni. Tlalu diplomatik katakan. Negara kebajikan.

abdulhalimshah said...

Akhi Norzah,
I concur with you with regard to this casual attitude where the urgency of the matter is given scant attention and it is horrifying when it comes from those in authority.
The mind-set of the Malays is best described by Frank Swettenham and it is not far from the truth even till today. When I went to Japan with Abdullah Badawi then as Minister in PM Dept. wherever we went, the Japanese hosts took great pains to make sure that even the tiniest of details on the subject-matter to be discussed were well taken care of. Their attitude was then completely at variance with our people. After more than a quarter century of Look East Policy, the lessons learnt by all our students there have mostly gone down the sewer.

norzah said...

Tq for the encouragement, Yy. Yes the housemaid and the water supply to Singapore issues are two more areas of concern where our leaders seem to say,' Oklah tu' to the agreement reached so far. Even the giving up of our KTM land in Tanjung pagar to be replaced by a piece of land in Woodland and 60% of the cost of development to be borne by Malaysia seems to be the result of the 'Oklah tu attitude.' Kita terlalu banyak mengalah kerana the okalatu attitude. We should drop the attitude now and seek for what is fair, no more no less.
Biar berkikis bulu betis, hehehe.

norzah said...

The Japanese experience you mentioned is one example of their clinging to the details of what they want, ya Akhi. More, they always pretend in negotiation
that they don't understand enough of English and will therefore use an interpreter. Actually they understand everything but check it again with the interpreter while thinking of how to respond and make sure that they get what they want. Not like us. Dapat sikit oklatu. The look east policy did open our eyes to the Japanese style of management but
many of our leaders chose to follow the Matsalleh style of leadership. Hence whatever we learned from the Japanese was just washed down the sewer as you rigtly pointed out. I think the oklatu attitude shoud now be replaced by the 'kiasu' philosophy ( scared of losing or a greedy and grasping attitude in all negotiations, not for personal interest but in the interest of the nation).

rambomadonna said...

I have to concur with YY on your entry this time. In fact I notice that your writings on a more serious subject matter - the flow is smoother and easier to understand. Maybe because you now know who are your faithful readers. Was thinking of penning something serious but when I saw that Biar Berkikis Bulu Betis habis hilang idea canggih itu. So as for my comment ni ... Ok lah tu hehehe

norzah said...

Hahaha, bila sebut bulu betis semua idea canggih hilang pintang! Why like that, J? I do like to bring in some rib-tickling lines in my writing like you, but org lelaki susah sikit nak buat joke yg noti. Takut dituduh
mengada-ngada. So, banyak perkara yg dibincang menjadi serious, biarpun perkara yg agak ringan, Anyway, we need both the serious and the lighter aspects of life to make this world an interesting place to live ini. They complement each other. I suppose serious and fun-loving people can also complement each other and make a good team, right?

abdulhalimshah said...

Your comment reminded me one grand old man from Osaka University who said that we looked up only to send students to the UK and not to Japan. So they were sceptical of the LE Policy.
If the Japs were not defeated in WW2, perhaps we could have been developed much faster albeit under the Japanese tutelage.The only way to change the Malays is to give them that "Penampar" which was well remembered by the Elders during the Occupation.

norzah said...

Develop faster under the Japanese tutelage? Under the 'penampar' regime? Sounds laughable, Akhi AHS, but
you could be right. I remember one character in my kampung when I was a small boy during the Jap occupation. He was huge, muscular and very argumentative, intimidating anyone who crossed his path. The Japanese took him to work on an airstrip in Juasseh and he came back home with lips and face swollen like a red balloon. Kena penampar Jepun. After that he became a very meek man, hehehe. Changed indeed but in a negative way.

kaykuala said...

Akhi Norzah,
I cringed when I saw the pitiful sight of the abandoned baby's helpless body lying in the grass. What a tragedy. Not any fault of its own.

Then, this morning (June 02,2010) Utusan on its front page carried a picture of another lifeless baby, mercilessly left by the roadside in Damansara Jaya.

In its report, it also alluded to a lifeless baby found yesterday in a box at a bus-stop in Kulai, Johor.

What's happening, people? I just can't understand. Life doesn't merit any value?. I refuse to say more!

kaykuala said...

Akhi Norzah,
OP Halim called this morning, saying he couldn't post his comments in my blog. No wonder my 4 last postings did not have comments from the regulars.

I had since rectified the malady. Apologies, if you had experienced difficulties before.Comments can now be posted.

rambomadonna said...

Norzah: Agreed.Though I prefer to be lighter in weight hehehe

Anyway, this tidak apa or ok lah attitude is not happening only in the Malay community, even the Chinese are experiencing the same problem. The kaw-tim attitude or "sap sap sui" ... I remembered my former boss, a Chinese lady, complaining about some developers who still have that "Chinaman mentality". Untung sikit pun OK ma ... but after sales service tarak! Defective works here and there.

I perli my cousin the other day ... I told him, wouldnt it be nice if I could quit working, wake up late, go to the "pekan" for makan and lepak with friends until petang and come back.

He said ... work so hard bukan boleh bawak pi kuboq ... cheit!

Al-Manar said...

Norzah
Is it all doom and gloom, and nothing else we can do about it?
Dah nasib badan!

norzah said...

Akhi Kk, when selecting the picture of the abandoned baby, I had to reject several shots that crushed my heart and jerked my tears.Thank God the govt has started a bb hatch,however controversial the matter is.Whether it will encourage illegal or premerital sex or not, at least it offers a place for unwanted bbs to be saved from the humanities of human beings.
Oh, yes. I did write a comment on your class reunion and got a computer response saying that only members could comment. So I stayed away. I was happy that I could get a picture of your goodself for my album. Will comment again later.

norzah said...

Correction Akhi Kk. The word "humanities" in the above comment should read "inhumanities". Thx.

norzah said...

Never ask for what you're not, J,
like being richer or lighter, for God has given us the best and we don't know what the consequences could be if he did give us what he didn't. God, that sounds like a straight tautology. Anyway be happy with what we have and enjoy it. I say.
On the 'Kira Oklah tu', I'm not surprised if even some Chinese display such an attutude. As I've said it could be good, a sign of
gratitude and thankfulness to God
for whatever is given to us. But it can be counterproductive, like all things in life.
So, back to my philosophy in life: Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so. I sometimes add: nothing is happy or sad in life but laughing and loving make it so. Want to join the club?

norzah said...

Dear Pakcik al-Manar,life is not always doom and gloom as your wonderous adventure in life and helping the disadvantaged students, must have amply proven. It's just that some human actions make life stinks, and I'm against those who accept such unfairness and inhumanities with "Oklah tu!" I'm saying that it's not okay and we have to do what we can to make the world a better place to live in and life itself more satisfying. My respect and salam to you and Makcik.

rambomadonna said...

I "Glee"fully would love to hehehe

norzah said...

Thnx J, based on the philosophy: nothing is happy or sad in life but laughing and loving make it so, I'd call myself the 2L man. The "nothing is happy or sad in life" is taken from Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red. Can't find the page. I'm now reading "The Museum of Innocence" by the same author. I'm sure u r too busy now to read novels.

rambomadonna said...

I haven't finish reading any of the books that I bought. Recently bought the prophecy of rasputin from popular because cheap ... tilll now tak baca2 lagi.

norzah said...

Biasalah tu bila sebuk. How about alotting i hr each day for reading literary work, at any time and even accumulative, 10 mins there, 20 mins here etc. I masa duduk termenung buat business tu pun bawa novel.
Rebah bandan nak tidur baca sikit hingga ngantuk...
Nak tunggu waktu duduk betul-betul takde kerja lain baru nak baca, memang tak jumpa, hehehe

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