Tuesday, November 17, 2009

How things change ...

When was the last time you sat at a restaurant and had a good chat with a friend? Well, we do that almost everyday, don't we? It is just another of the unique traits that pepper our everyday Malaysian life. But, have we ever wondered if this uniquely Malaysian way of life is slowly changing? Almost all eateries and restaurants, save for the Mamak stalls at the street corners, provide their patrons with readily available wifi services nowadays. That's good for we now have the opportunity to catch up on some urgent matters beyond our office hours and beyond the confines of our office cubicles.
During my last visit to the nearest nasi kandar restaurant, something struck me that all is not well with this new 'development.' People don't behave the way they used to at nasi kandar restaurants anymore. They don't chat and indulge in 'empty-talks' over their favourite glass of 'teh tarik' and 'roti canai' anymore. Isn't that SAD? Every alternate table at the outlet that I visited, had someone busying himself with the laptop alone. Worst, there were some tables with more than one patron, but hardly conversing with each other as they were individually engaged with their own 'business' at their laptops, hardly raising an eyebrow to the person in front of them. I bet they had made arrangement to come to the restaurant together, and they will be leaving together later, but while they were there, they were complete strangers oblivion to the existence of each other. Such is the situation at everybody's favourite restaurant, and I'm sure it is the same everywhere else. AREN'T WE LOSING OUR MALAYSIAN WAY OF LIFE LITTLE BY LITTLE? YOU TELL ME!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

i dont like this kind of modern life where everyone talk to each other by internet..it is like in the film WALL-E where the human nevereven see the reality of life..
it is sad..when technolies take our hospitality culture of life..

Nur Izzati said...

no, i dont think so. because nowadays people become more modern with a very new technological gadgets such as internet and laptop. so, they can chat through networking.

Nur Izzati said...

i thnk they hve change so much due to da trend nowadays.the social sickness hve contaminate their noble n innocent mind....wakakakaaka
danial ahmad

rusdi said...

Well answered sir... computer is like a nighmare but we still need it nowadays.. i dont know why... i also need it to..

Anonymous said...

well... i think it is true that Malaysians will loose their good behavior little by little.. but maybe people just don't have the braveness to talk to the person they want to talk about something (maybe a problem) and just say it on the chat room because not everything we thought in mind will came out from our mouth the same right? sometimes what we write is more polite than words came out from our mouth... isn't it true?

Anonymous said...

Yes! very true! I know exactly how you feel sir.
I never live before 1992 but the atmosphere you describe is exactly the same as i am. I dont know where the the problem comes from but it seems everone heve the "stop butting in, i have an issue" look. New generation issues perhaps?

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