Truly Malaysian

Truly Malaysian means the citizen of Malaysia. In globally, they always get confused with the word of ‘Malaysian’ and they thought that all the Malaysian are have brown skin tone. Furthermore, they also think that the Malaysian speaks and write Malay like Indonesian. On the other hand, Malaysian is a combination of three major categories which are Chinese, Malay and India and each category have their own mother tongue.

Furthermore, the exact definition of being as a Malaysian is still vividly and imaginatively (Helping Hands, 2013). It is because of we still haven’t established a strong and firm cultural of our own with all of existing ethnics all together. However, there’s one joke being spread among the community of Malaysian: “What's the stingiest animal?” If you’re not Malaysian, probably you couldn’t give a guess and couldn’t understand the real meaning behind this joke. The answer is a horse. It is because while a horse is running, it will produce the sounds like *kedekut ~ kedekut~*. The meaning of ‘kedekut’ stands for stingy in English. Being a Malaysian, is all about understanding, accepting and tolerating with each other.

As a truly Malaysian is pretty specials thing but this those not mean that you need to be true Malaysia. In Malaysia, people like to watch Olympic at ‘mamak’ stalls in the midnight 2 p.m. When you drove by the ‘mamak’ stalls, you will find out the place is full of people watching football and badminton. While watching they also have some tasty food and drinks to eat. ‘It is the heart who makes me as a truly Malaysian. Regardless of where life takes me, you can take a Malaysian out of Malaysia, but you can’t take Malaysia out of Malaysian’ (Mo Han Ooi, 2013).

There are many benefits to truly Malaysian. Government hospital and clinic provide free or as low as RM1 medical treatment to the Malaysian. Malaysian can look for outpatient treatment for only RM1 while providing with consultation, medication, X-ray, lab test. Furthermore, Malaysian get free for their 1st visit to a specialist with recommending from a government doctor. After that will charge RM5 for each visit (Tang, 2016). Moreover, Malaysian students can borrow education loan such as PTPTN loan from the government for their tertiary education. PTPTN loan has low interest rate and it is available for public and private institutions. It will convert into scholarship if student achieved First Class Honours for Degree (EduAdvisor.my, 2015).

I’m very proud as a truly Malaysian because according to the global peace index 2015, Malaysia is the one of the top 30 most peaceful nations in the world, ranked at number 28 out of 162 countries. Malaysia also is the top of the retirement location which was ranked 4th by Forbes in their list of best countries to retire. Besides that, for those who like to dive Malaysia also has the best diving destination in the world, which is Pulau Sipadan and Pulau Redang. Moreover, Malaysia also is a food paradise in the world ranking list, there are many famous food in Malaysia such as Penang Asam Laksa, Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, Bak Kut Teh, and so on.

Reference:

1) Helping Hands (2013), True Meaning of Being Malaysian.

Available at: http://www.helpinghands.my/true-meaning-of-being-malaysian/

(Accessed on: 16^th November 2016).

2) Mo Han Ooi (2013), SPM Continuous Writing, Facebook.com.

Available at: https://www.facebook.com/notes/ooi-mo-han/spm-2013-continuous-writing-a/579898852057641/

(Accessed on: 17^th November 2016)

3) Tang, R. (2016), Medical Treatments in Government Hospitals That Are Free or As Low as RM1.

Available at: http://says.com/my/lifestyle/free-affordable-healthcare-charges-provided-by-the-government-hospitals-in-malaysia

(Accessed on: 16^th November 2016).

4) EduAdvisor.my (2015), Your Complete Guide to PTPTN Loan in Malaysia.

Available at: https://eduadvisor.my/your-complete-guide-to-ptptn-loan-in-malaysia/