GONG XI FA CAI!

I am unhappy. But I don't wanna talk about it.

Anyhoooooooooo, I just got back from Indonesia and it was...refreshing. I can't think of a better word to describe this vacation because you have to be there to see it for yourself. Rubbish everywhere. Bribery is like a common thing on the street be it among the local authorities or common people. Imagine leaving a parking space and you have to pay someone unknown for leading you out. In Malaysia you don't even need this kind of people. I mean we know how to get out of the parking space ourselves. If a person doesn't know how then he/she does not deserve a license in the first place. Yea, so they volunteer to lead you out and it's an obligation to "tip" them. These are normal people with no jobs and they just make money out of nothing. Now I feel so much better about our country because seriously the traffic in Jakarta was 10 times worse than in KL. The road condition was bad. I think the traffic system was quite bad too because it was poorly coordinated.

The standard of living is really bad as the rich just get richer and vice versa. For the poor, I believe they have to start make a living at a very young age. I saw these kids aged from 10-12 years old waited outside of a mall with an umbrella on rainy days AT NIGHT. They were waiting for "customers". Their job was pretty simple as all they need to do was to put up umbrella for people who really need it. And they were not allowed to go anywhere near the mall entrance because there were mall guards who will shoo them away so they were all standing in the rain. They were running around bare feet outside the mall persuading people to use their "services" just to gain a very minimal tip. I wonder if it doesn't rain what do they make a living out of?

There are worse things but I don't want to be judgmental. After all, I was only there for 5 days compared to people who have lived their whole lives there. Nothing beats being at home and I am glad that I'm home. I may not have enjoyed that much during this vacation but there are definitely memorable things. The most important thing is that I spent it with the boy and his family.

If I am not lazy i will post about the trip and pictures but I think I will be lazy =D