Wednesday, 21 September 2011

MY LIFE IN MALAYSIA AS A BLACK MAN PT1




I am a citizen of Nigeria from Imo State Oru west Local Government area Mgbidi. I was a successful business man at Alaba International Market in Lagos Know as The Center of Excellence.
I was doing pretty fine in my business until I meet some friends 
who came back from Asia. One faithful day I was in my shop waiting for customers,all of a sudden two gentle well dressed gentlemen wearing their gold and Rolex watches came in with a flamboyant style. I was puzzled the way they were buying and paying in real cash, I started looking at my self with a great sense of failure. I was admiring the style at which they pull the wades of dollars. I first approached them with a very high regard for their individual personality. 


First I tried to find out the source of this cash that they spend like heaven showering water on earth. The more I moved close to see the lesser I see. One of them said to me in our Nigerian slang " GEE WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS FUCKING COUNTRY, COME TO MALAYSIA WHERE GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS" He went ahead convincing me to come to Malaysia no matter whatever I spend I will make it within six months. He told me that their is good jobs,free monthly payments for people who don't feel like working,lots of golden opportunity. He added that in-case if i don't like the country when I go there I should just go to the bus stop and take a bus (bus number 145T ) to Japan maybe i will like Japan more better.Looking at myself poorly dressed and a lot of thinking going on in my head, I couldn't even remember when last I ate good food.
I decided to follow his league, he billed me exactly 10000USD to get me into Malaysia.We agreed and I made the payment in Cash.


On my flight touching down KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) I called him to come and pick me up that I have arrived.
He asked me how much is my PTA or BTA I did not understand what he meant so i replied "NO OHHH NO BTA". To my amazing surprise he switched of his phone on me. I slept at the Airport for six days.
Luckily I sort my way out, and moved into the city were I was told that God answers prayers a city full of golden opportunity (The light City Kuala Lumpur). I checked my self in at a hotel at Puduraya, the next day I moved into the street to seek for job.
I walked in to place were i saw an ad sign VACANCY, on approaching the door everybody inside ran away, I moved to the next shop asked the Chinese man who placed the ad sign he replied "CAN NOT CAN NOT" I kept walking all day till I reached at a place called Taman Connaught were I saw my fellow country men .


On introducing our selves they told and made me understand that I was cheated by paying off 10,000USD to come to Malaysia. I told them that i am looking for a job and they all started laughing at me. one of them said " What job! which job! where !any job!". They told me is better I go back to where I was coming from or I should call my family back in Nigeria to send money for me to maintain my self here. They told me that the only job i can get here is to become a house maid or work in the plantation and the payment is very very poor. I was puzzled and I said "Brothers Please tell me how blacks like us survive in this country. And one replied "IF YOU GO FOR FAST TRACK MONEY MAKING AND YOU GET CAUGHT YOU WILL BE KILLED OR JAILED". The rest of them laughed I said " why are you guys laughing please tell me so that i will make up my mind on how to survive. After about few mints of laughing they said that most of us here beg in other to survive , the smart ones make Internet money. while some depend on their families back in Africa to send money to them .very very few work in African own establishment . He added in our native proverb which I will quote in English "USE YOUR TONGUE TO COUNT YOUR TEETH".