“A smile could change a life,” Healing by Sami Yusuf.
A conversation with Puan S after lunch at her house somewhere in Sydney, Australia inspired this post.
A pretty obvious thing about Australia and Australians in Sydney is that people here have very high levels of trust. Not only do they trust their friends (because you’re supposed to be able to trust your friends), they trust their customers and even complete strangers.
Again, let’s look at the obvious first. Most of their houses don’t have actual fences around their property. Even those that do have fences make it just way too easy for any burglar to climb over them. So they are obviously not worried about any burglar-ing going on. Even their doors and windows aren’t fitted with any grilles. Compare this to the houses in our country. Different, no?
Now on to my experiences. At a local park (there are a lot of parks here in Sydney), friends come to have a game of soccer. They leave everything on the park bench and go play. No need for a friend to stay back and look after their bags. Phones can even be left on the park benches for all to see, but at the end of the game, they’ll still be there. Now I ask you, how often does that happen in Malaysia?
How about their customers? Here are two examples. One of the buttons on one of my friends’ (Afifi) phone was defective. He did not do anything to cause this (at least, not that he knew of). It just didn’t work, for some reason. At this point, he had had this phone for about one and a half months. And it was an i-phone. So he took the phone to the local Apple Centre in hopes of it getting fixed. When he showed the phone to one of the staff members there, the phone was replaced with a new one right away, no questions asked, no fee paid. Needless to say, he left the store all smiles.
Second example, given by Puan S. Her daughter’s phone (Blackberry, if I’m not mistaken) fell out of her pocket while at the beach. The phone fell into the water. So they brought the phone to the local centre and explained what had happened. The phone was replaced with a new one, free of charge.
Can I get a “wow” for both of the situations above? Imagine them happening in Malaysia. Imagine.
We’re an Islamic country. This is a Westernized country. Why does it seem the other way round in this aspect?
I refrain from condemning the situation in our country. I just need you, the readers, to stop and think for a while. Is this the situation in our country? If not, then can this be the situation in our country?
Happy thinking! May peace be upon you.
Cheers!
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Erm..betul tu setuju sangat..mcm situasi sya, ade satu hari tu kiteorg singgah msjid nk solat asar, kawan trsalah ltak beg dalm beg org lain yg x dikenali..dlm beg kwn sy ade hp,ic,kad bank,duit,semua yg important la..then bila da habis solat baru sedar trslah beg..org tu da pergi and the problem is that person tak telefon langsung, ataupun report ke polis, dalam tu kn ade ic..lepas tu brg2 kwn sya x sampai pun kat rumah dia..pelik2..
mmg lain dri malaysia abang. respect org mcam tu
memang lain kalau nak compare Malaysia dgn Australia…
part phone tu memang ‘wow’ !! =)
bile la mlysia leh jdi mcm ni agk nyewwwww…haish
agreed, but sadly there is nothing we can do about it.
Isn’t it sad that the very people we like to criticize as having such bad morals act with more courtesy than we often do? ^^V
sangat berbeza,for sure.
kalau malaysia macam tu semua org berbaris nak tukar iphone and BB
*including me
memang WOW la kalau handphone saya yang da nk terbarai ni dapat ganti yg baru…
^^
about the australian and malaysian.. that’s the diffrence btween first class mindset n third class mindset….
nice to read this…
sad sad truth.
this isnt happening only in Malaysia. even to other Islamic countries.
but this is what happen when we live only with the label of Islam but not really embracing Islamic values. but western people doesnt have the label but lives with Islamic values. what a shame.
hmm… maybe we wasnt after all an Islamic country. but a Muslim country, rather.
WOW!
last month,laptop roomate lesap ms dia pergi ambl wuduk dekat surau di terminal bas.even letak dekat surau pun kena curi,mcm mn nak percaya letak tempat lain:(
ambil wuduk sekejap je pun..
completely different for sure..
mybe its about mindset and modernization kot..
ohh.. my.. how i wish Malaysia also like that..
if only… though it is not impossible..but chances of such to happen in malaysia is like what near zero? sigh. even the safety of our neighborhood is blunt. enough.
style gile bro!!
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keep it up!!
maybe sbb malaysia rmai sangat orang2 luar.i mean pendatang2.majoriti cases yg rompak n stuff i think is bcoz of these peoples.and maybe malaysia pya pntadbiran is not really systematic cm dorang.kan ? make sense i think :/
My mum’s new phone was defective .
We went to the local centre that we bought the phone.
But my mum was asked to leave her phone.We came again the next two days.
And guess what? She was charged with unreasonably
expensive fees.Hmm..~sigh~
How I wish the scenarios that you shared happening in Malaysia.