Our incompetence is food for thought

Sometimes, it is in the Letters page that we find the most insightful comment of some of the woes befalling our country, Our incompetence is food for thought In this letter, Concerned Citizen pointed out the failings in the character and attitude of Malaysians compared to Filipinos, in a TV progam beamed to the world. He mentioned that our Malaysian chefs seem not to understand and follow instructions, and even missed the important cooking event. The food seemed to be of inferior quality, and on the night of the dinner, a VVIP arrived the 'normal' one and a half hours late.

The amazing thing was that when I read this letter, I was not surprised at all, just as sense of deja vu. The inability of our chefs to follow instructions properly is definitely due to their ignorance of the English Language, which I assumed was the language of communication for this international TV cooking event. As to the reason why our VVIP came almost two hours late, well, I guess this is pandemic in Malaysia, where being late is being great. Just to add to this, I have worked for a decade in the Philippines, where they have a similarly notorious culture of being late, due to the obnoxious traffic situation there, then and now.

But for this event, the Filipinos were even all on time.

A hint of all things wrong with Malaysians...