Hepi Ostolia Day

G'day mate!!!

You know what,

I always think that if Malaysia wants to find a good country to be an example for us to move forward, it is definitely- AUSTRALIA..No doubt...and I have my own reasons..

Meanwhile,without any disrespect,let us compare ourselves to some other countries..

• Singapore: 

I don't know why we always want to compare ourselves to this tiny island..Yes,they are developed and well governed,but I don't think it is so hard to manage this country since it is so small,and has been prosperous since the era of Temasik and British..All they needed was continuity and just build on that..It's just a well expanded city..Maybe we can compare it to some of our big cities or maybe states,but not Malaysia as a whole..I would love to see KL,Malacca and Penang to be a good city like Singapore..They share some similarities and rich of history and culture..

• Japan,China,South Korea: 

All these countries can be included among the world's most ethnically homogeneous nations..They have no multiracial or multicultural elements in their daily life..We have nothing in common,but of course there are certain things to be learned from them..Especially their work ethics,technologies and human resource management..

• Western Countries: 

We can learned a lot from their histories and civilizations..Their glories and failures.. But to compare ourselves to them,well there's too many differences.. They have been there for a long time and have been built since the old days,while we are still a young country who are just about to go through our 'adulthood phase'..

• Other Muslim Kingdoms: Errrrrr...you know what I'm thinking..(and not even developed)

• Any other countries in mind perhaps??

  MALAYSIA & AUSTRALIA


Compared to other developed countries,we have so many things in common..

• Historically-colonized by the British in the early history of establishment-Australia became a Federation in 1901,and we followed in 1948, and everything started from there after.. Considering that,both can be considered as a young nations..

• Politically,it is almost the same as well..We remain a constitutional monarchy and not Republic.. Our system of governance is very similar

• Population with multi-ethnicity backgrounds

• Multi-cultures and various languages spoken (with English (Australia),and Malay (Malaysia) as de facto language)

• Religiously diverse country

• Politically and socially stable

• Country with no natural disaster

• 'Gold-mine' for immigrants

• Medium sized population (20-30 million residents)

Based on all these similarities and the fact that Australia is ranked among the top World's Best Countries 2010,I don't have to say much to prove my points..They are way better than any other developed countries at the moment..You can read Newsweek's ranking and my analysis here-Otad's-Not too bad on that matter..

Nope,we don't have to bow down to anyone or force ourselves to replicate everything blindly..Cause we do have some differences as well,and we shall do things in our own way..I'm just giving credit where credit is due..Sometimes,we do need directions in order to move forward.. For example,we seems struggling with our socio-development,racial political relations at the moment,and Australia is not a bad place for us to learn from..

Another example,if you are amazed with Putrajaya (as how I am),you should probably know that the idea came from Australian very own capital city,Canberra..And the best thing is,Putrajaya is improvised 10 times better than Canberra itself..See what I mean?

Australia is built from scratch,a deserted land which at once considered as terra nullius,and somehow has emerged to be a wonderful country..If Australia can make it,why can't we?..

Happy Australia Day!

Not forgetting the flood victims,my prayers goes to them as well..:-(