Bangsa:
Friday was the dateline for me to submit the Borang Maklumat Diri (BMD) form. It's basically an application for housemanship placement.
As usual, one of the fields that I have to fill was the Bangsa: field. I was very tempted to write 'Malaysia'. Thinking of the possibility that they might reject my application, I wrote 'Melayu' instead.
I would understand the necessity to specify my bangsa as Melayu if I was filling an application form for a spot in MRSM, boarding school or the local matric program (90% of the available slots are designated for Bumis), or applying for UMNO membership.
We're talking about a job application and placement here. Does it really matter?
I can't imagine this sort of conversation taking place in the Ministry of Health office:
"Ni budak Cina nih, kita hantar pegi Terengganu lah."
"Dia ni Melayu, bapak businessman. Kasi dia hospital kat Sarawak sana."
"Orang Asli tu kira bangsa sendiri ke Melayu jugak?"
"Sikh tu kira sama macam India ke macam mana?"
"Kalau bangsa Jawa, dia ni kira warganegara ke bukan?"
"Budak ni kata dia Iban. Macam mana nak settle ni?"
"Adusss!! Apa pasal dia ni pegi taroh Bugis?? Bagero betul budak nih."
"Dia nih tulis Lain-lain. Biar betik!"
But then again, this is Malaysia. We'll never know. What do you think?
As usual, one of the fields that I have to fill was the Bangsa: field. I was very tempted to write 'Malaysia'. Thinking of the possibility that they might reject my application, I wrote 'Melayu' instead.
I would understand the necessity to specify my bangsa as Melayu if I was filling an application form for a spot in MRSM, boarding school or the local matric program (90% of the available slots are designated for Bumis), or applying for UMNO membership.
We're talking about a job application and placement here. Does it really matter?
I can't imagine this sort of conversation taking place in the Ministry of Health office:
"Ni budak Cina nih, kita hantar pegi Terengganu lah."
"Dia ni Melayu, bapak businessman. Kasi dia hospital kat Sarawak sana."
"Orang Asli tu kira bangsa sendiri ke Melayu jugak?"
"Sikh tu kira sama macam India ke macam mana?"
"Kalau bangsa Jawa, dia ni kira warganegara ke bukan?"
"Budak ni kata dia Iban. Macam mana nak settle ni?"
"Adusss!! Apa pasal dia ni pegi taroh Bugis?? Bagero betul budak nih."
"Dia nih tulis Lain-lain. Biar betik!"
But then again, this is Malaysia. We'll never know. What do you think?
posted by Azman at 9:14 PM
8 Comments:
I think that it is unnecessary/buang mase/discriminating.
I wonder what really happens to that piece of info?
doc, lawak betol la ngko nie. thanks for the laugh, it's certainly the best medicine! ;-)
ada hospital 'melayu' ke kat malaysia ni?
Eh.. the employees even have to fill up the "race" column of the customers in their sales record when pergi makan Pizza Hut lah..
Azman,
I suggest after your housemanship, you go to a distrct hospital Sabah Sarawak would be better. You will learn a lot there.
Good luck
jjmm: Thanks!
Ali: Exactly.
Dochisyam: I will keep that in mind. I was keen to apply for QE, tapi when news about the main building came out, I changed my mind. Hopefully they can get a functioning building up in 2 years time.
bugis is bumiputra la.haiyo,those bugis mostly settle in tawau.malay is bumiputra,but bumiputra is not neccessarily malay.
java is not malay la.if he's malay,it must be shown in his birth certificate.org tua2 tu lain la,they already come to this country before merdeka and assimilate with malay.org muda skrg ni ada lagi ke yg jawa?
I wasn't questioning who's bumi who's isn't. If you noticed, what I wrote are fictional one-liners. It's not at all my views.
And assimilation of people from Jawa in Malaysia, I have my reservations on that view.
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