Comments on: The Price of Progress and Development http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/06/01/the-price-of-progress-and-development/ Ipoh's Community Newspaper Sun, 20 May 2012 17:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dr.M http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/06/01/the-price-of-progress-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Dr.M Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:58:55 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=3793#comment-3145 At some point, you just gotta give up on this town and move on. People come here for different reasons, they do not like to get involved. Those who want to do good for it, have to accept it. It is a sleepy town and has been for a long time, I am convinced enough that it is not going to change in my lifetime. At some point, you just gotta give up on this town and move on. People come here for different reasons, they do not like to get involved. Those who want to do good for it, have to accept it. It is a sleepy town and has been for a long time, I am convinced enough that it is not going to change in my lifetime.

]]> By: Loh Yoon Meng http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/06/01/the-price-of-progress-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3052 Loh Yoon Meng Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:28:32 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=3793#comment-3052 This cheap and lazy attitude is a shameful fact but very true about our people. Actually, we're cheap not because we have no resources, it's because we don't believe in what matters. Because we don't understand why it matters. Or even if we understand, we are ignorant about it because we just want to fit in, to be normal like everyone else. We're so passive, aren't we? We're lazy not because we're not hardworking, but because we don't work on the things that really matters. Why? Because we're too afraid to learn about the unknown, we are too scared to walk out of our comfort zone, a zone which no longer matters much in today's World. However, I have a feeling that my generation is doing something. Hopefully, it's something very different from KL or Penang. Ipoh has a unique culture, it needs to be defined. This cheap and lazy attitude is a shameful fact but very true about our people.

Actually, we’re cheap not because we have no resources, it’s because we don’t believe in what matters. Because we don’t understand why it matters. Or even if we understand, we are ignorant about it because we just want to fit in, to be normal like everyone else. We’re so passive, aren’t we?

We’re lazy not because we’re not hardworking, but because we don’t work on the things that really matters. Why? Because we’re too afraid to learn about the unknown, we are too scared to walk out of our comfort zone, a zone which no longer matters much in today’s World.

However, I have a feeling that my generation is doing something. Hopefully, it’s something very different from KL or Penang. Ipoh has a unique culture, it needs to be defined.

]]> By: fleabitten camel http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/06/01/the-price-of-progress-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3048 fleabitten camel Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:11:33 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=3793#comment-3048 Well written Mariam and it stands true that Ipoh was once a real happening little town, with the good and the bad. Needless to say all of what you have written about what a living city should aspire is spot on. Pitiful that there are those who just love concrete and huge pedestrian unfriendly roads. This means progress to them. So how ? The tide is against nature, as people extend their horizons for profitability. Can anyone guess what's going to happen ?????? Well written Mariam and it stands true that Ipoh was once a real happening little town, with the good and the bad.

Needless to say all of what you have written about what a living city should aspire is spot on.

Pitiful that there are those who just love concrete and huge pedestrian unfriendly roads. This means progress to them.

So how ? The tide is against nature, as people extend their horizons for profitability.

Can anyone guess what’s going to happen ??????

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