Every now and then, especially during some outings or whatsoever, we would usually hear the terms of “Malaysian timing” whenever one is late or the activities are not being held in time. I wonder if we are actually proud to be late, or to be Malaysian, seeing that we even put in the name of our so called beloved country or homeland for the bad habits of ours. Seriously, why is there such phenomenon? Probably due to the human acts again if one dare say. Personally never been to foreign countries except that little tour to Singapore at 5, but from what one able to see, people in this country tend to go a bit later than the scheduled time for one particular event, as some may be saying that the VIP come last, some does not like waiting for the others and some would be thinking that there is no particular reasons for them to be punctual since the others wouldn’t be. This is a chain reaction; when one is unlikely to show up in time, the others follow, since not many people like waiting, especially when they are asked to wait for those who have nothing to do with them at all, no benefits and no nothing. If we are to replace the meaning of VIP, perhaps we should consider of putting it as ‘Very Idiotic Person’ rather than ‘Very Important Person’. Time is the opportunity and when we are to waste our time, we are giving up on the opportunities given and when we are to miss our opportunities, we are more likely to mess up our future and when we are to botch up our future, we might not be able to find the successful life of ours, in our very own definitions. Are we being important or idiotic when we are to follow the Malaysian timing?
