Sukabumi versus Sukajadi

Above video from UTube diurik (plucked) as my preamble to script below. I used to insert snippets of song in the right column of this frame but I am going stop or reduce such efforts because it is just to plain and simple and hasn't the advantage of visuals. At the top of the block I invited those visitors to N Razak's blog and stop by and refresh yourself at my blog. I have great admiration for Najib Razak. I truly believe he was a victim of circumstances arising from the constant heckling and cackling from his fat wife who felt the country owes her a living which in her twisted mind is her God given right. As I have said my sympathies go out to the former prime minister of Malaysia and he must be given every right to tell his side of the story.

As I have mentioned countless times about my two year stay in Kuala Lumpur to complete my matriculation called the Higher School Certificate then, and during that short period I was exposed to Malaysian life in the bustling metropolis that was KL. Frankly I have forgotten the names of most of my classmates and only remember a few but I can still recall with total clarity the youthful eager faces as teenagers. I did not have any special friend except for perhaps two, i.e. Dr.Tan Beng Siang and Wong Seng Choy. Both I believe are engineers and Dr. Tan is from the famous Imperial College in London. In hindsight I remember these two gentlemen went out of their way to make me feel at home and for that kindness I am forever grateful to them. They never touched on the theme oh, we are Malaysians and you are only an Indonesian Chinese. I believe both left for England soon after completing their HSC while I left for America. My parents had the notion that the Englishmen were snobbish and tend to look down on people who spoke bad English while the Americans were more easy and friendlier. I think so too when I look back on those years fifty years ago.


For the past two years I have been trying very hard to reconnect with these two individuals but I have hit a dead end. Their names do even appear on social media neither are their names on the public domain. I tried some contacts of the old al mater but they too proved to be false leads. The Victoria Institution then was an exclusive secondary school where only high achievers in sports or academia or both were accepted by the school. This situation is no longer relevant today when the government of Malaysia introduced the New Economic Policy or NEP in short. It is tragic this policy was implemented as the playing field was levelled at the expense of meritocracy. But the shrewd politicians knew there was no other way out if they were to remain in power. It wasn't a masterly move but a move for survival and to ensure the Malay majority remained in power. 

Hence this is the title for my story here. Of course it can be said that the Malaysians got much helping hands from my country Indonesia. Indonesia gave them the blueprint and after some minor tweaks and re-engineering every thing was set to go. 

To project an image predicated on false pretences will not work and eventually the truth will be known.