First of all, do not get me wrong when reading that title. I may have lived away from home for a while, but deep down I am still patriotic about my country. So that term Ugly Malaysian, is admittedly a very bad generalization of our countrymen. I am sure there are many many civic minded and considered Malaysians around. However, I just want to share this particular incident that happened to my sister that brings back that Ugly Malaysian term back to my mind...

My sister parked her car (at a perfectly legit spot) whilst waiting for my brother to get some money out from the ATM. Along comes a big 4WD and scraped past our car and drove ahead. The bumper of our car became loose and so my sister decided to speak to the driver. The 4WD happens to be a government car, belonging to the "Jabatan Perhutanan" (Forestry Department), to be precise. The driver denied his wrong doings and started SCREAMING at my sister when she told she that she was in the car and saw everything that had happened.

The bugger was cornered to confess. However, he thought that his government vehicle and government position (God knows what his real position is - probably a "kuliketip" like the rest of us, at best..hehe) would intimidate my sister. He thought that he was having another field day and could use his government status to scare people off. (Piirah Mabuk, who cares!!) .... So he challenged my sister, if she dared to make a police report, claiming that no action would be taken because no one would touch a government officer.

He then started to use vulgar languages, calling my sister names such as "BETINA BABI" (literally translated meaning women pig??). Apparently two days before that, he had another incident with another woman on the road. I doubt if she reported the incident and that surely made this idiot felt powerful. What an asshole. He should be kicked right up where the sun don't shine!!

After that, my sister reported the incident to the local police station, with whatever details that she managed to get. She also decided to take the matter further and complain, via email to the Jabatan Perhutanan and the Ministry with regards to the (1) potential abuse of the government vehicle, considering the non-reported scratches, bumps and what-have-you and also (2) the rude and appalling behavior of a civil servant. Is that what we expect from our civil servants? As the name implied, they are supposed to be CIVIL servants. Yet some may think that is their ticket to behave like macam bagus lunatics.

It should not matter who or how big you are, that should not give you any reason to be rude or nasty to other people. Did we not learn "Tatarakyat/ Moral studies" when we were young? Even so, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the basic rules of living in a harmonious, civilised society. Polite, courteous, respect one another. Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.Why is that so hard?