Reality

I watched The Apprentice Asia while waiting for the match last night and I concur with Kathleen Tan's statement. I wouldn't want to work with any of the girls. They're very aggressive and they try to out-smart everyone and they would bring down everyone who steps on their paths to the top. I get that it's a cut-throat business out there but holy shit this is scary, man.

Actually, come to think of it, I am working with one. Hearing the stories about how she got to the top will give you goosebumps. Everytime I hear shits like "When I was your age, I was already a manager" or "I push you hard because I want you to be like me", cold sweat breaks out of my skin. Tertekan betul. This is not grooming me, this is bullying me. I'm so not cut out for this. And the saddest part is I am the only one who experiences this because she tells the same shit to all the young execs and senior execs, but it seems like I'm the only one who can't take it all in.

Yes, I'm weak.

Back to The Apprentice Asia, owning a bunch of successful businesses does not guarantee that you know everything there is about business. Exhibit A: Episode 1 when they tried to sell fish at a wet market. Holy shit they tried to sell RM47/kg-prawns at RM15 and salmon (usually salmon is priced at RM28-RM40/kg (need citation)) at RM15 too. Cut me all the crap about mislabellings and unplanned strategies because all of them are totally clueless about the real world.  And the second episode wasn't any better. Even an 8-year-old knows what goes on in a viral video than all these businessmen/women do. It's embarrassing, really. Like I said, these people are totally clueless about the real world. They don't know how reality works. 

And well, talking about the people who don't know how reality works. Well, I don't know how to put this into words. I'm one of the people who thinks that the property market in Malaysia is about to bust. There already is an overbuilding of office building in Klang Valley, and I believe that residential property is heading the same way. I even read somewhere that a property agent lamented that it's difficult to find buyers for houses along the MRT line in Damansara, well, for obvious reasons. If this keeps up, well, you know where I'm going with this one.

I used 4 wells in that paragraph, so you should know I'm being serious.

This is why I'm against the PR1MA and rumah mampu milik plans. It's good to know that there is a medium to help young people to own a house, especially the newly-marrieds, but, I don't know, instead of wasting more money to build affordable apartments and  condominiums, maybe the government can exercise control and lower down the prices of houses already built? I think it's cheaper this way, and maybe the authorities can efficiently manage the property market to keep it from going bust. And maybe the traffic congestion can ease up too.

Talking about affordable apartments and condominiums, I don't get why the government doesn't think that young people (like me) want to buy a house that is attached to a land (rumah atas tanah). Most attached-to-land houses are of the double-storey, semi-D and bungalow varieties, so I don't get what's wrong with building one-storey houses. I understand that there might be issues regarding space and the developers want to maximise their profit margins but then there's a reason why the saying "orang tamak selalu rugi" exists. 

This is why we need politicians who know a little bit about economy, because they sure as hell don't know how reality works.