Indonesia is border directly with two countries only in ASEAN, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. It is causes little bit hard to reach another country in ASEAN. Especially, that is for citizen who lives in province far from border like us. I think Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei has high relation since long time before. As you know, Indonesia language and Melayu language is similar in basically. We can understand the language each other even we cannot follow totally accent and every single word. The culture and common also little bit same. But, do you know? the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia is not too harmonies since few years before. Maybe this article is so late. Because ,this issue was booming about five or six years before. I don’t want to talk about what is the conflict and why the relation being inharmonious. I will share about what is the impact and how will we solve this problem. Okay then, maybe the conflict is already clear. There is no more information about how the people each country show anger each other. But until now, in our mindset Malaysia is not so friendly enough for Indonesian. I believe, maybe Malay people will think the same. My senior said to me when we reach Kuala Lumpur we have to speak in English. They told if Malaysia people know we are from Indonesia, They will be unfriendly. This based of their real experience. Their real story. Is t true? This is that I got in fact. When I reached Kuala Lumpur last year, I could not found about the “unfriendly” from Malay people. Even we use English and Indonesia or Malay. They gave same response. Okay, In fact, there is some staff in Kuala Lumpur Airport who not too good gives service. But, when I met many Malaysia people, I found they kind and friendly enough. When we were in Thailand, There are many Malaysia student came to our university. They have culture exchange camp with Thai student. Lucky us, we got chance to join in that camp. In there, we met with friends from University Malaysia Perlis. They are good friend. We take picture and journey together. They are so friendly.
Okay then, although I never found the same case with my senior said about The unfriendly of Malaysia people, I still believe the negative thinking each other is there. I realize, there are many Indonesian came to Malaysia for working as home assistant or labor. Maybe, this is one of reason why Malaysia people think that Indonesian has position worst than Malaysia people. This is just my assumption. I have ever heard my friend said, Malaysia people will call INDON to derive Indonesian. Unfortunately, I never got it yet. Check and check, it is same problem in Thailand. I am sorry to say this, Sometime, Thai derive their friend by call them “Burma or Lao”. This is because many Lao or Myanmar came to Thailand as Labor. It is bad. It is make a gap. But, this is happening now. Believe it or not, I ever did it. So Sorry for this. That is so bad habit. It is okay if so many citizens from other country who came and got job that we think low position. They need that job, That is not mean they are worst then us. Because, heart is still a heart. Man is still a man. We are same as human. We cannot derive anyone by their nationality. Because, we cannot make sure our ability is better than the one who we derive for. Is not it? In this case, even Between Indonesia and Malaysia ever has conflict that doesn’t mean we still have reason to keep our negative thinking each other. Please stop derives. Try to connect and make relationship personal that is the best way to prove we are still same. About language, if we can using Melayu language, why we have to find English for conversation. In fact, We like and understand when we watch Cartoon from Malaysia, and Malay people also like hear music from Indonesia band right?. So, what’s problem using our language when we meet? Nothing right? Let’s make our relationship be better, because we can find many similarities each other. That’s proving we come from the same place before, and stay in same relation now. As ASEAN as Family.
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Farhan Rizal
3/1/2018 06:58:32 am
Of course. I'm a Malaysian and I see no difference between a Malaysian and an Indonesian. In fact I see them all as brothers. If I were to badmouth an Indonesian I feel like I'm badmouthing my own kin. Literally we have no difference except for the geographical boundaries caused by the occupation of Western powers long ago. To summarise, NO there is no difference. YES we are brothers. We Malays as a whole prefer peace rather than fighting. Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia.
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