Re: [ossig] (Fwd) an email from a malaysian chinese from australia.

[Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>]

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 11:28 am, Khairil Yusof wrote:
> First up, can't we just be Malaysian?
> What next.. this is a reply from a Malaysian mutt?
>
> As for internships, there is also the MDC program.
>
> My answer in a three word sentences about what helps in the real world,
> regardless of what field you are in:
>
> "Learn to question"
> "Learn to think"
>
> One of the things that I had forced on my by the Malaysian education
> system (very much resented) was not to ask the question "Why?" or "Is it
> really true? How do you know?"
>
> Thinking and questioning solves a lot of things.
>
> Here's one none IT situation.
>
> Everywhere (except Malaysia), I've seen that it only takes 1 or at most
> 2 people to deliver a fridge.
>
> When a fridge is delivered in Malaysia, it involves 3-4 guys to carry
> that fridge up a flight of stairs. Sometimes dropping it..

When I was living in the US. I moved 3 times, yet I have never even once 
visited my local phone company, power company or gas company for basic 
utilities.  I even rarely goes to the bank. 

In contrast,  in Malaysia, I spend a lot of time lining up to do things, 
sometimes even being told some of the strangest thing I have ever heard. 
People that made appointment to install phoneline or DSL line was always late 
by 4-5 hours and sometimes by a few days. 


I experience power failure only once due to a major winter storm. ( It was a 
good thing I did not live in Carlifornia). From my post a month ago, you can 
tell I did experience plenty of power failure. 


>
> "Learn to question" -> "Why do we need 4 people?"
>                     -> "Can it be done by less?"
>                     -> "Can it be done safer?"
>
> "Learn to think"    -> "Maybe there is a device that can help?"
>                     -> "A 2 wheeled trolley could help."
>                     -> "How can it help when going up stairs".
>
> There is such a device.. but even with your basic 2 wheel trolley with
> some sort of lock mechanism (can be a wood block), 2 people can bring it
> up the stairs with much less effort (and safety). One pulls, the other
> pushes/stabilises and puts in the wood block. And they can take breaks
> while pulling it up.
>
> If you couldn't think of the solution, the questioning part would at
> least guide you to "research". Where you would google or ask others what
> they think (hence get more people thinking).
>
> Now if only 2 people were required instead of 4, the 2 left can get
> higher wages, company can get higher profits, and 2 more people are
> available to be more productive elsewhere.

My two cents, some people like easy jobs.  And when work is hard, the asked to 
boss to hire more people otherwise they wouldn't be able to work.  One of my 
friend own a paper mill which makes paper. He was frequently asked by his 
supervisor that they need more workers, as a result, he had 2 workers per 
machine. During a visit to a similar plant in Shanghai, he found out that 
chinese plant operate at 1 operator per two machine. He came back and sent 10 
of his best operator to china. 

Furthermore, "tidak apa" attitude rules in this country.



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