Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Malaysian Chronicles

So.., i found the definitions of Malaysian on the Web:

  • a native or inhabitant of Malaysia.

  • but politically, the criteria to be a Malaysian citizen are :-
    • every person born before Malaysia Day who is a citizen of the Malaysia by virtue of these provisions
    • every person who immediately before Merdeka Day, was a citizen of Malaysia by virtue of any of the provisions of the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1948, whether by operation of law or otherwise
    • every person born within Malaysia on or after Merdeka Day and before October, 1962
    • "any person born within Malaysia but whose parents are foreign can acquire citizenship after a period of 6 years"
    • every person born within Malaysia after September 1962, of whose parents one at least was at the time of the birth either a citizen or permanently resident in Malaysia, or who was not born a citizen of any other country
    • every person born outside Malaysia on or after Merdeka Day whose father was a citizen at the time of his birth and either was born in Malaysia or was at the time of the birth in service under the Government of Malaysia or of a State
    • every person born outside Malaysia on or after Merdeka Day whose father was a citizen at the time of the birth if the birth was, or is, within 1 year of its occurrence or within such longer period as in any particular case was or is allowed by the Malaysian Government, registered at a consulate of Malaysia or, if it occurred in Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei or North Borneo, registered with the Federal Government
    • every person born on or after Malaysia Day, and having any of the qualifications specified below
    • every person born within Malaysia of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth either a citizen or permanently resident in Malaysia and
    • every person born outside the Malaysia whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen and either was born in Malaysia or is at the time of the birth in the service of the Federation or of a State and
    • every person born outside Malaysia whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen and whose birth is, within 1 year of its occurrence or within such longer period as the Malaysian Government may in any particular case allow, registered at a consulate of Malaysia or, if it occurs in Brunei or in a territory prescribed for this purpose by order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, registered with the Malaysian Government and
    • every person born in Singapore of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth a citizen and who is not born citizen otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph and
    • every person born within Malaysia who is not born a citizen of any country otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph
    • and bla bla bla bla bla bla..the

    If you are so rajin ( hardworking?) to read all that , you can get the whole thing here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_citizenship

    I got the info from wikipedia. From the NET..( can you believe that?)

    My own definitions of Malaysian are :-

    "..an inhabitant of a country called Malaysia ,whose life and routine are dictated by FOOD.."

    Anyway, this blog is about us, The Malaysian ,and it'll talk about some 'famous attitudes' of Malaysian .Im not a perfect Malaysian either and i have tonnes or perhaps dozens of 'really bad' and 'not-so-nice' attitudes myself. Anyway, maybe it's not suitable for all coz i assumed that not all of us have sense of humour .

    For me , it's time to laugh at ourselves. To see that our own silliness is the best real life comedy.

    But for some , it'll going to be nasty.

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