I think I would like for this blog to remain secular and not have it be entirely about my internal struggles with religion and with god.

I need to remind myself that.

Anyway, I am very pleased that Malaysia has finally started awarding scholarships out on merit rather than based on the quota for bumiputeras. It is very late but I hope that it is still yet not too late. For the last 4 decades, Malaysia has been churning out 2nd rate scholars and leaders because of the quota system and the abuses by the priviledged Malays or those linked to UMNO. This has kept out the brightest non-bumi students and underpriviledged malays from the very opportunities they would have needed to become 1st rate scholars in Malaysia.

That these very same Datuks and anak datuks who abuse the system then go to Singapore for medical treatment from the very same Malaysian (Singapore PR) doctors who were denied opportunities for medical school and scholarships because of their race is pure irony.

That locals, if given a choice, would prefer not to have a Malay doctor because they fear that the doctor may not be competent due to the quota system is poetic justice.

I hope it is not too late. Malaysia is still my land of birth and I wish it well.