Jackass Jiran..

Let me pose a hypothetical question:
You are moving into your new house.. a house that you spend A LOT of money building.. The neighborhood is an old neighborhood, where almost everyone knows everyone.. You are the new kid on the block, literally.. And yes, you are the BOSS and (maybe filthy) RICH.. Tonight, you are having your house-warming party..

Question:
1. Would you invite your neighbors?
2. Would you antagonize your neighbors by blasting loud music way into the night?

Anyone with a tinge of E.Q. or common courtesy would be able answer these 2 simple questions.. but well, unfortunately, that neighbor of mine failed miserably..


Here is why:
1. He invited lots of his workers and business associates.. yet didn't invite ANY neighbors..
2. He didn't even go around the neighborhood asking for people's understanding for the disturbances that he was going to cause..
3. He started his party at 8pm with karaoke sessions, with HUGE speakers blasting OUT from the house, INTO the neighborhood.. even his kids joined in the karaoke sessions.. way into the night, past 2am!!!...
4. Those morons were singing their hearts out... and I mean REALLY SUPER LOUD.. I can feel the bass and tremble in my house, which is about 50m away..


This is my take on the situation:
1. He has such low self-esteem that he has to justify his existence with a huge house and has to show-off his SUPERIOR SOUND SYSTEMS..
2. He was trying to evoke envy by "showcasing" his prized possessions, but unknowing exposed his lack of gray matter up there..
3. There were many ways to let people know that he is rich, yet he choose a way that pissed everyone off (except his employees and business associates who don't stay here)... He is enjoying himself at the expense of others.. If his aim was to impress his employees and business associates, he could have done a better job by showing them what a considerate man he is by having a private party WITHIN a nicely decorated and furnished karaoke room that is COMPLETELY sound proof..
4. It doesn't matter if they were singing HK Cantopop, Hokkien songs or English oldies, they have no rights to disturb the WHOLE neighborhood, much less subject everyone to their horrendous singing..
5. He might have money, but he definitely do not have class... and he sure don't have much brains too.. You can't impress people by showing how much money you have, but how you carry yourself..

Bottom line:
I don't respect him nor do I even bother to make acquaintance with such a person.. He is such a pitiful prick..


My advice to this poor fella:
1. Make sure he put up the most sophisticated security and fire alarm system, and have the police and fire station on alert 24/7.. And pray hard that nothing happens to his house or his family.. Cos if anything should happen, NO ONE in this neighborhood will help him, at least I know I won't..
2. Make sure he has plenty of cash on him.. so that he can PAY people to help him.. I could use some cash..
3. Make sure his employees or business associates can come to his rescue fast..
since he thinks so highly of them and willing to entertain them on the expense of his IMMEDIATE neighbors.. since he didn't even bother to talk to his neighbors in the first place, nor apologize for the disturbances that he caused..
4. Make sure his GOD/BUDDHA/ALLAH/Whom-ever he believes in is going to protect him and his family.. cos I can bet many of the neighbors weren't having nice thoughts of him and his family for all the disturbance he had caused..
[I can't say for others, but I did curse them many many many times for the headache the loud music was causing me..]


We, the Chinese, kept complaining about the loud azan that mosques broadcast but we forgot to look at ourselves.. One was done because of religious needs, but this "open-air-free-for-all" karaoke session was conducted to satisfy some idiot's need to show-off.. Tell me how could we plead our case with more credibility?? I would take the azan over this torturous ear-assault any time!!!

All these just showcase how inconsiderate people has became in the race for material gain.. Everywhere I go, basic courtesies and mutual respects are forgotten.. they had been relegated to just being textbook subjects or lip-services.. To me, this scenario of "showing off one's money while at the same time showing his/her lack of brains" is very prevalent among all races in Malaysia.. Seemed like the more money these people have, the smaller they brain became and more jackass/inconsiderate they behave....

Think it would be unfair to ask HIM (whoever HE might be) to save this country, looking at how gargantuan the task will be with so many of these morons/jackasses around.. HE has better things to do than this.. I think I better save myself..by getting out of here ASAP...


Jiran is the Malay word for neighbor.