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Malaysian first?

Kind of a throwback thought on all that fuss about "Are you Malaysian first or (racial group) first" etc. It's ridiculous to define ourselves in such a simplistic manner, after all, people are multi-faceted (well, mostly! haha) and would have different opinions depending on the issue at hand. So if the question was posed to me, my answer would be: It depends on the matter. National sovereign issue = Malaysian Food preference = Chinese Spiritual world view = Buddhist View of human nature = Taoist Material world view = Taoist / Buddhist Political view = Liberal democrat, centrist, some Green and some Illuminati

Quartz 16 (re) Launch

My sister just brought home a brochure for Quartz 16 that she got from a show booth at a mall around the Melawati area - think it was Wangsa Walk. Anyway, I was surprised because I thought it was sold out ages ago. The background to this was sometime in 2012, when I was still looking for a property, Quartz 16 showed up on my radar. I tracked down the showroom - the adverts, banners and website all said that it was a soft launch only so you can only go and register your interest - but when I got there, what they told me was that a LOT of the choice units had already been booked. What pissed me off was that the sales lady told me that the bookings were all made PRIOR to the public launch of the advertising, so to me, what's the point of inviting the public to come register when you already have given priority to "sweetheart deals" with your so-called investor clubs and 'friends of the company director'? That's literally what she told me: friends of the d