Should I stay away as protest?

I had a bad experience last night when I went out for dinner. After work, Anita wanted to head over to Kinokuniya to order some books for Idlan. I thought we might as well have dinner there in KLCC, taking Irfan along with us. We left just after Maghrib, headed straight for food. Anita decided we should try Sakae Sushi.

The restaurant was quite full already at that hour of the evening. About 60% full. The waiter ushered us to a table at the back. And that's when the problem started. I soon realised that all the staff there were foreigners! Worst still, their command for the local nor the English language as we say, left much to be desired. That was to paraphrase, they can't speak a word of Malay and their English sucks, and they are not from Indonesia. The majority was either from Myanmar or Bangladesh.

Let me put you in the picture here. You are at Suria KLCC. One of the tourist hotspot. Probably the only place for tourist with is under the pressure of time might encounter Malaysia before jetting off somewhere, or get stuck in a meeting room with no time to explore KL. Hmm! Under the Twin Tower, decent shopping mall, they might want to walk around. I just can't find any sensible reason why the Tourism Board not insist on making sure that the front-line staff re, waiters etc at these premises are at least Malaysian! They took a step in the right direction when insisting that all front-line staff in KLIA are Malaysians, which is in my book, a brilliant move. The foreign worker can still be employed as backroom staffs. No problem with that!

I ordered some California handroll and Anita wanted some extra mayonnaise. The answer from the waiter was, it's already in there or some muttering to that effect! Disgraceful! I looked around to find the manager. Alamak! Even the shift manager was a foreign lady, and I would rather eat my necktie and have a conversation with her. And the place is getting full by now. Around 30% of them were Mat Salleh.

Suggestion: High profile tourist attraction such as Suria KLCC should be manned by the locals. Before long, even the people behind the desk at the information counter may be from Indonesia. It already is from all we know! This is just appalling! Hmm! I'll probably be quoted as racist for saying all this, but hey! It's a free world ... or is it?

While I'm stuck in the ward

Life is just cruel. The weather was so nice and sunny outside while I'm in te ward listening to patients complaining about this and that. Serves me right I guess. Sapa suruh nak jadi Doktor!

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Left home late. Had some papers to write. Done.

Was really tired last night. Slept like a baby from 9 o'clock despite the boys climbing on me. Woke up at 5 and did some writing. Got quite a lot done. Stayed for breakfast and saw off Idlan to school. Irfan in the meantime has completed his term at Pingu. He will go there every Saturday for the reading hour from this weekend.

It's Tuesday today. So it's tie off pink shirt day galore!

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At NZ now ordering the Tandoori

At NZ now. Plenty of people but most are families. The football crowd is not out yet.

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The ritual after a long journey - basuh kereta la!

Nope! That's not my car. Mine is still way behind in the queue. I also need a haircut. Once they start with my CRV I'll head across to the mamak for a haircut. No head twisting though due to my bad back!

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