Where have all the workers gone
They have found greener pastures
Now you find your projects undone
You resort to knee-jerk measures
Once you treated 'em like mum-to-be in labour pain
Now you welcome them back with touristy open arms
Once you boarded 'em up with whip and chain
Now you pat them on the back, greasing their palms
I mind the mindless shenanigans
The illegals mined the country's land
It was They who reaped the bargains
The Bosses and Leaders working glove-in-hand
Some 400,000 departed under the amnesty
For a swift, brief reunion with kith and kin
Now They want you back to man the majesty
Of their machines, tractors, and even the dustbin
They promise then you can apply for a work permit
Enjoy the charity and largesse of licenced hoods
Hey, friends from abroad beware the deceit
Behind the masks these wolves are wearin'
Squeezing thy precious blood, sweat and tearin'
To bring 'em out of Their dark, dank woods
We pretend we know not some 800,000 of 'em are still lurking
Illegal -- hunted like robbers and fiends -- in hiding,
Just Be Nice and be law-abiding, you can come out now,
Malaysia will Treat you like tourists with wine and music, wow!
The Leader says we don't have a security problem
Trust the Master's Word, you gave 'em the Vote, remember?
These YBs, Tan Sris&Datuks are all honourable men and women
They are Your country's bedrock of Integrity, to defend and treasure
To each and every noble-minded One
We must salute thee, for thy visionary leadership and sacrifice
For the national service Thou have done
Malaysians generally are obedient ones, Just Remain Nice
They'll at least guaranttee the citizens, nothin' less than white lies,oops,rice!
3 comments:
Desiderata,
I truly admire your ability to put sensitive issues into a humorous way. Where did you learn to do that?
It's typical of the Powers-That-Be. Always coming up with knee jerk solutions only to backfire. A few points to consider:
1)Abolishing English as the medium of instruction in schools to be more 'Malaysian.'
2)Renaming of streets to be more 'Malaysian' and in the process depriving our future generation of our rich history.
3)Implementing English as the medium of instuction to teach Science & Maths (there's talk about reverting it back to BM).
4)Awarding MP's 10% increase in pay while the normal 'rakyat' suffers with the rising cost of goods and inflation.
5)Deporting foreign workers only to bring workers from a different country. Solve a problem and introduce another perhaps?
The cancer has already set in. Effective measures should be implemented to solve the problems about the main concerns of the people. Instead, I read about making wearing batik to office mandatory. How does that help to improve our lives? More Action and Less Rhetoric Please!! Thank you very much.
Imran:
Writingg came naturally when I precociously devoured all sorts of literature, light and heavy, and going to the cinema was a luxury then; humour came along like a little fairie of her own devotion, I bless my lucky Self for being thus blessed.
I guess Humour I learnt always brightens up one's writing, except sometimes the dense subjects can't catch you, esp our politicians, maybe I should learn to throw rotten eggs for leading us down the dark alleyways.
But people need constant reminder: you egt the government you deserve -- your Vote put them there!
Salam to you dear Imran, please spread awareness around as I belive information, from the right, responsible sources, is the first step towards reforming for a better society.
As for a longer life, get your daily spoonful of laugher. Desiderata just tries to provide a little niche here; I hope visitors will lend a helping hand; Imran, is yours soft&ladylike?
Soft and ladylike it's not. Many thanks for preserving my life. It's good to allow some humour when all we read nowadays are bad news. Thanks.
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