190. What we, our country needs.

I live in an Abode of Peace. I consider myself truly blessed. As I wonder along the corridors, working on my usual errands, I cannot help but notice and realise certain things. It’s a swarm of thoughts all trying to prioritise themselves but below are some thoughts I’d like to share.

What about, well… the title says it real clear.

Big focus on quality and not just quantity yet. Like many (all) jobs, bosses are seeking workers with quality because there lies efficiency, productivity and a vision. Like in many (all) products – whether it be food or goods, customers seek good quality products because they know it’s worth their money. Quality, that’s what we really need. It is only in quality that there’s a future since good stuff lasts longer. Enterprises here generally (not all and not specifically pointing at who or which) work with a proclivity to just “get it done and over with” or “have it then leave it”. There’s no such a thing as doing something half-heartedly but expect a big fat bonus. There’s no use too to have an establishment but only to attend and nurture it when it starts to break down. What’s the point of spending large sums of money on a project to only see it established but not maintained? When something of quality is made then a replication of them would make a strong empire.

Bee. Eee… Be Original! Trying to establish a market on selling spurious goods is one effort sure fail. It is not even ethical. How is it a pleasure to know that you’ve spent thousand of hours creating something “original” to only see another person take your work and earn loads of money from it? You don’t need to be creative to be original! Be original is simply be yourself – know who you are and be proud of that too. You’re born local, what’s so grand and hip about following the latest trend elsewhere but know nothing much about your OWN heritage. What pride is there to know other language but not our own mother tongue? What we have here is something no other country has. Why not nurture what we have and attract others to experience a difference to their culture? Why do we focus only to diversify foreign franchise and not local ones? Why do we need to follow a trend and not set a trend ourselves? I seriously believe that when we’re proud of who we are, where we come from, with respect and love, we could generate originality in all the works we do and subconsciously dedicating every piece for ourselves, our families and our country.

Stand as a whole. We want no hole. My mother always reminds me that there is a period in time where I have to stop relying on my family for money and shelter. Walking towards that, I also have been and must always learn to contribute to the community; whether it be money, favours, time, my hands and feet, or ear.  But that’s just her lecturing me, about me and my life. Projecting that small scale to a larger scale scenario,  the residents of this country have been relying on the government in almost every aspect in their life; job, shelter, food, education and health. Since I have been holding a permanent resident nationality, I don’t have the privilege to many of the goodies given. But I don’t need to be Einstein to realise that permanent resident or not, the government cannot forever subsidises every penny part of our life. We have to realise that the government has been trying very hard to aid and assist us all in our life with the goal that we succeed and perish for the country. We have to realise that WE are the COUNTRY. It is very naive to take advantage of this selfishly. What is the point of the government implementing systems but us not following them? The goverment opens doors of opportunity, we have to learn to take them and act on them wisely. From there, we apply what we have learnt to create a better space and place. We have to be a team!

It’s realisation. Followed by the will-power. Then, there’s application with preseverance and a touch of respect and love. Come then is an award.

It’s good to know now, that there’s KNK.
It’s good to know too that efforts are put into introducing and making local products perish in the global market.
We have a long way to go. It’s not too late to start.

~ by floweret on July 11, 2009.