Reminisces
of late 80s incidents
Back in
late 80s, China was still not considered as one of a global giant, it was
merely a country that most other races looked down at, they were detested as
communist by most democratic favored folks, they had not win the Olympic yet,
their musicians have not monopolized most international concert stages yet, and
they had not earned their first bucket of gold yet.
Even though I was born a Chinese-Malaysian,
my name is a Chinese name, I remember when I flew from New York to Frankfurt
back then, I was the only Chinese amongst the passengers of Lufthansa 747. Early morning I had to fly out Oklahoma to
transit Chicago, and finally reached New York at early evening.
It was first time I flew Lufthansa, but it was a
very tired and bad experience flying journey for me to choose a wrong airline. Should be glad that I was young then, merely 20 over years, I
didn’t need to sleep three days I wouldn’t curse anyone, that's why I only mentioned this incident after 20 years!
I remember I was arranged to sit
framing by few nuns (should be high ranking mothers), and my seat couldn’t be
adjusted as it was faulty. So I made a complain to the air stewardess, I was
told there was no extra seat.
Was it merely a coincident of the faulty seat
with the German meticulous and very racial defined character? Or the seat was
arranged in such a manner that nobody wanted to sit with a Chinese flying from
New York to Frankfurt, so only nuns were big heart enough to accommodate
Chinese two decades ago?
This incident was kept in my heart since
1987 to today 23 years later, I am almost reaching 50s. Since then I
didn’t fly Lufthansa anymore. I flew Swiss airline back then, I remember on my another destination
flying from Zurich to Singapore with my Italian friend, our tickets were even
upgraded to business class, perhaps it was due to her diplomatic passport.
Anyhow there was still no Asian face on the flight, in late 80s; you wouldn’t
see many Asian faces yet in both Eastern and Western Europe. But since 21st century onwards,
Chinese could be found everywhere, they are HATED now again because they become
filthy rich that only Louis Vuitton loves them and vice versa!
I have
a friend who is a air stewardess for Emirates, she told me now Chinese are
everywhere, and due to she can speak Mandarin, she was always arranged to fly African
routes, unfortunately her working trips were never the Safari trips ok?!
Once she reached there, she would hide in the
hotel, eat and sleep there before flying off again, should Emirates considered
giving more bonus to those pilots, air steward and stewardess more bonus?!
She
said due to there are many Chinese passengers on board flying to Africa, that’s
why they always made her flew there and actually it was quite unfair for her, why?
She flew the remote routes where those African countries are not safe
countries, but only Chinese perhaps with Chinese kung fu dared to go working in
such countries full of violent.
So Chinese are rich, but most of their money earned
were under high risk that not many people realized that, most people just thought of
Chinese’s money are dirty laundry money, paying poor people poorly to work for
them to make them so rich.
True enough, Chinese businessmen mentality hardly
changed even if they are highly educated as professionals in Australia or
Britain, it just happened right in Kuching, I saw how my husband was not paid half
of his work after he worked so hard for almost three years for a project. If he
doesn’t have a professional wife, I will join the maid agent in Kuching soon!
Thank You Datuk can can tin tin chin chin chon chon! I will curse (sorry I can't pray anymore when I heart is filled with hatred) for your “kind”
heart that those Kuching Police thought that you are kind hearted with your peanuts ..... 5k
of money.
Ciao
Kuching, thanks for producing a greedy professional billionaire Datuk takau civilian
to make my life went to hell! I treated meow nice, but I smelt shits .... so I
think I need money not meow and not an unlucky husband with a bloody Datuk–lawyer contractor
boss who is not willing to pay!
