It has been about 3 days since we left New Zealand.miss the people and the environment already..i really wish that Malaysia would be like NZ..in terms of the people, the natural environment, the planned and organized development..
The People...
All I could say about them is that they are the most friendly people I have ever met..They are not merely 3 or 4 people,but the communities..Every time they come across one another - both local and foreign people- they would smile and say "Hi!" or "Hello!"..even the salesperson and the cashiers..no matter how long the queue of customers is at the counter,they would still smile and say hi to each of their customers.how nice is that!!compared to Malaysians,-it is not that i want to talk bad about Malaysians,but it is the fact!!-we have no culture of saying "Hi" or Salaam or smiling to strangers..not even to strangers,sometimes it is also hard for us to smile to our own people and friends..
I would love to share this with others.when my family and i first arrived Christchurch Airport,the 1st official officer that we met was a female immigration officer.Though she did her job very strictly, but still she greeted us and smile at us..well,she showed a great 1st impression to the foreign people who come to her country..unlike a Malaysian immigration officer that we met when we arrived Malaysia back,he did not smile at all at us..he even not answered salaam that my dad gave to him.how rude he was..that was the 1st impression been given to both local and foreign tourists when they arrived Malaysia..
The environment...
They have big cities..they have tall buildings..they have highways..they have cars...just like us in Malaysia.but there are great differences between these two countries.they made their roads according to the nature shape of the land..if there are two mountains,then they would build the roads in between the mountains..they will make sure only minimum number of trees are cut down in their development projects.they have tall buildings,but they limit the number so that the ecosystem balance could be sustained.they have dustbins,just like us..but they add another bins so that different materials could be categorized accordingly.its recycling, babe!!everyone applies it!!
Disasters??
They might have earthquakes, tornadoes ,etc..us?we have floods...what make us think that their country is worse than ours?have any of us thought that the disasters in countries that preserve their forests,their nature occurred because they are located at dangerous zones on earth..also,they might be caused by the 'maksiat'...but disasters in our country?we are not at dangerous zones or have extreme climates...but maybe due to our own deeds-unplanned and uncontrolled development, undisciplined people, unconcerned people and lots of corruption and 'maksiat'- in our country nowadays,we experienced floods,rising accidents number and lots of social problems..and it is not impossible that we will experienced tsunamis and destructions like Japan experienced some day...
Our people have lost their manners and discipline..we become ignorances due to the comfort that we have right now..we are free from wars,from great loss, from great destructions and most of us are not surrounded by poor people...thus,we become ignorances of these..we are not alert of the current situations or issues that happen around us..
remember,this earth is an amanah for us...have you forgotten about that?remember,most people see Islam from the people,not from the teachings...so,show good images to them...make them attracted to Islam and also to our country...verily,cleanliness is part of iman,isn't it??
