Living abroad

Some 'people' are so gung ho about living abroad especially in the so call 'negera urg hibai' that they tends to compare it with Malaysia. Seriously?? Comparing Malaysia with let say German is like compare the skin of an Indian & a Chinese, and who has the fairer skin. Get it?? Technically, we are still lacking the technology, expertise, development & most important of all, their mentality. Honestly, when I hear someone comparing Malaysia with those Western countries, I would say these people are actually making stupid comparison. Yeah..yeah..so they visited it or even study abroad...so what, that does not make you so knowledgeable about the country. 


I have been living abroad on & off, and visited a lot of places for the past few years and as an observant person as I am, I like to take time and study about the country's system and the life of the people living there. Yes, of course I cannot deny they do have a better facilities and social system, and also working system compare to Malaysia but they also have the not so good story behind all those good one. When you are a tourist or student or on business trip, you don't see all those detail. What you see is just the surface in general & hell, it is good!


But besides the free medication, free public transportation (for certain age only that is), free education, allowance for single parent, allowance for handicapped or people who raise handicapped children or high salary (on average the salary is approx. more than RM10K per mth), 'these gung ho' people forget about the 40% income tax (approx.), Euro2 per 1L for petrol, 40% housing loan (that mean you need to have the down payment/deposit of 60%), on average people spend RM500-RM800 per mth for groceries for the whole family (it can be less if you choose to buy almost expired stuff or at a cheaper joint & have less than 2 kids), 200-300% tax on all new cars (varied depending on countries), for those who love massage well, on average Thai massage cost you RM200 per hr ( I can do twice the hr for this amount in KL) and many others 'good truth'. So, if 'these' people actually analyse the detail carefully 'urg hibai' country is damn expensive to live in.


Don't you 'guys' realise how they admire our country for being cheap??? Well honey, they really mean it when they say that & it is for a reason. And FYI, they do like to live in Malaysia & believe it is a nice country to live in except for the mentality of the people. So, it all goes down to the mentality...again. If we have a better mentality than we have now, I am sure we can go as near as these countries in term of development. I won't say we will be on par with them because I am being realistic. To be on par as them, believe me, we still have a very long way and journey ahead of us. 


Still think they are better? Well, please do live abroad & experience it before making any kind of brainless comparison. If you think living abroad is way better than living in Malaysia, well...what you waiting for, pack your bag and move. Don't just bitch around about it and you're still here. 


Every country has it ups and downs because we are all different. No point of comparing it & do nothing about it. If you think living in UK would be great, so move to UK. Or if you think living in the US would be fun, well what are you waiting for. I have to admit, Malaysia still has lots to catch up if we want to become like these countries but hey, it's still a great place to live! There is a beauty in everything if you look for it rather than saying in ugly before even search for its beauty or in some case, u just look for the ugly part.:)