以下是我一個朋友寄給我的電郵裏看到的，我並不住在sandakan所以我並不知道當地的情況如何（我住kk），但是停電制水問題肯定比西馬嚴重。
最近網路流傳的一篇’沙巴人的心聲’
不知道各位沙巴人/大馬人可否有閱過
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隨著916事件變天行動的逼近，讓我有股衝動想要為我hometown - 沙巴說幾句話。
我不會寫作，我只是想用簡單的詞句表達出來，這些都是不爭的事實。
很多西馬人都會認為沙巴人很’大沙巴主義’；沙巴人亦對西馬人很有偏見。我承認我是，也相信很多沙巴漢都一樣。
雖然沙巴淪為全馬來西亞最貧窮的州屬不是西馬人民的錯（那是聯邦政府的錯），但是西馬對人東馬的不瞭解一樣讓我汗顏。
因為他們從來沒有經歷過東馬人的生活是怎樣水深火熱法。
這就是同一個國家，卻有兩種不同的待遇。
我來到西馬後就被西馬人問我沙巴人是否住在樹上，我妹妹還一度被懷疑是土族而不是華人。
我們不是生番，不打獵，不吃老虎，也沒有和orang utan睡在同一張床。
西馬人都不瞭解我到底是住在沙巴或者沙撈越。通常他們都會習慣性地叫’SabahSarawak’， 我也懶得解釋。
Anyway我是絕對不會問你是否是’kedahkelantan’或者’melakasembilan’或者’penangperlis’…
我很努力想要介紹沙巴給西馬的朋友認識，沙巴有住宅區，有market,有disco，有碼頭，有Giant。
可是又很矛盾的，因為雖然我是住在有瓦有牆的屋子裡，但是這裡沒有水沒有電，也沒有一條稍微好一點的路。
我來到西馬後曾經被housemate責矃我’為什麼你小便後都不沖水？你這樣很不衛生ehhhh’
我聽了這句話愣了一下下，我只是撒了一泡尿，就要衝水？？
後來我才恍然大悟，原來西馬每天24小時，每小時60分鐘，每分鐘60秒都有水源不停供應。
哼！真不好意思，我不小心把沙巴所養成的壞習慣給帶來了，我家沒有水！媽媽不給沖水！
一個星期只來兩天的水，分別在星期一和星期四，這就是我hometown Sandakan所實行的policy!
尤其是我家在高山，只能分得兩天的自來水供應。在較低的市區或許會有三天到四天的水源供應。
我家的廁所應該是最臭的吧，馬桶裡的尿幾乎要泡成甘蔗水了才捨得flush一下。 不然儲蓄的水用完了，你就沒有水沖涼。
你要沖涼還是flush你那泡尿？自己選。 那些有養成一天沖2次涼+天天洗頭的朋友們，真是抱歉了。我們只能在星期一和星期四才能洗頭。
講到電源供應，我hometown平均一個月有72小時是停電的，最高紀錄試過連續一個星期每天停電8個小時。
不停電就不是我hometown，這是每個沙巴漢都會說的。吉隆玻停電半個小時就會上報紙，沙巴停電好幾個小時導致交通燈失靈，交通癱瘓卻無人問津！
我記得我第一次帶西馬朋友來沙巴的第一天，家裡就停電了，剛好是晚上，大夥兒會到屋外去曬月亮，看星星。
如果我說，在我家，你一伸手就可以摸到月亮，月亮亮得可以把你照出影子，還可以讓你辨別各個星座，你一定要相信。
（因為我hometown的空氣實在是太好了）
Anyway，關於停電停水的事，我在沙巴生活了二十多年，什麼都習慣了，反而因為長期的壓逼而麻木了，變得不會反抗。
沙巴人就是那麼單純，逆來順受。
所以政府老是欺負沙巴，拿走沙巴資源去發展吉隆玻，賣了沙巴的木桐去西馬起高樓，抽幹沙巴的油田為西馬做南北大道，
用沙巴的orang utan換了中國的熊貓卻把熊貓放在西馬。
這樣有本事捐錢救助四川卻沒辦法做條好一點的馬路給沙巴，45年來都是一樣。
沙巴的第一條fly over也是近年來才完成的，開心死沙巴漢。
國家拋棄沙巴，讓沙巴自生自滅，每次都說要解決非法移民的問題，結果不了了之。
沙巴的非法移民還比本地人要多，全部來自Filipine，去年提到Filipine要拿回沙巴，如果是通過投票決定，憑著寄居在
沙巴龐大的Filipine人數，沙巴肯定完蛋，就這樣輕易拱手讓人了。
沙巴沒水沒電不說，就連就業機會也少之又少，結果年輕人都外流，全部跑來西馬找吃。
你知道嗎？一瓶yogurt在西馬賣RM3.70，在沙巴卻賣RM5.70，所有雜誌書刊一律比西馬貴。
因為貨品從西馬運過來都要貴算運送費，賺到的錢又要被抽去發展吉隆玻，加上本地人又要拼命找吃，所以物價越調越高。
可是這裡還有人拿月薪RM200的人，還慘過在西馬洗廁所。
每次回去沙巴，除了中學生以外都很少見到年輕人。沙巴什麼都沒有，年輕人留在沙巴也幫不了沙巴。
去年有幾位同鄉朋友堅持畢業後要留在沙巴，當時我還說他們笨，有KL這麼好的地方，為什麼要留在沙巴。
朋友說’沒有人願意留在沙巴，沙巴永遠站不起來’，他點醒了我，但很無奈的，沙巴真的沒有工作給我，我不得不留在西馬工作。
上個月，我的堂弟辭職回沙巴了，我好奇地問，沙巴人工那麼低，你這樣回去就很不划算了。
堂弟說：’西馬始終不是家，我怎樣都會回來這裡，沙巴一定會有公司需要我’
我聽了很慚愧，因為我本是打算在此落地生根的。但現在我真的醒悟了，就算我人在西馬，一樣要為沙巴打氣。
沙巴這麼美麗的一片淨土，好好發展的話肯定是全馬數一數二的！可是卻這樣被糟蹋！
這就是為什麼除了沙巴漢以外的人，凡是進入沙巴的都必須做登記，Kastam會給你一張紙條，示意你在30天以內一定要離開沙巴。
沙巴不保護自己，情形會變得更慘不忍睹。
從以前到現在，沙巴對西馬人來說，是那麼的神秘而遙遠。
沒有人肯到沙巴來，仿佛這裡都是野蠻人生存的不文明世界，NS被派來沙巴的都哭得要生要死，好像要把他們打入地域的樣子。
沙巴是天堂還是地獄，你來看過才知道，至今只有西方的旅人才願意來這曾經比吉隆玻還要繁榮的土地，探索它的回憶。
西馬有三大民族，但沙巴有32個民族，西馬的朋友應該都不懂。
東馬是全馬來西亞民族最和諧的地方，西馬朋友應該也不懂。
在沙巴，回教徒甚至可以到賣叉燒的店來做棒餐，棒餐就棒餐，絕不會叫你摸叉燒。
回教徒也可以到華人海鮮店吃海鮮，賣海鮮就賣海鮮，絕不會突然跑出一塊豬腩肉。
大家互相信任，也不需要避忌。但在西馬應該沒辦法看見這種畫面吧。
近年來Giant跑來沙巴了，有人想要把西馬的超市打入沙巴，再趁機控制沙巴的經濟，很可惜受到沙巴漢的排斥。
沙巴有自己的報紙，有自己的超市，不需要假好心進來沙巴盜取沙巴的油脂再換取西馬的利益！
國家拋棄沙巴，連9月16號沙砂加入馬來亞成為馬里西亞這麼重大的日子都沒有慶祝過！
…吃飽沒事做的時候就炫耀說雄威的神山是馬來西亞的驕傲…
神山是沙巴漢的驕傲，世界上最大的花朵萊佛西亞花也是沙巴漢的驕傲，瀕臨絕種的人猿亦是沙巴漢的驕傲，
唯獨是沒有為馬來西亞感到驕傲。
我身為沙巴漢，衷心祈求916過可以讓沙巴的同胞們過回一些好日子。
希望往後的916能夠列為全國性的公共假期！聯邦政府，請公平對待沙巴！
加油吧沙巴！我要見證你的發展！
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以上文章轉載自台灣BBS的大馬版
原作者是誰暫時無法知道
有誰知道嗎？ 請他一起來這裡抒發心聲吧
转一位网友的话：'’他把我們的心聲都寫出來了 簡直是我們沙巴的民族英雄!!'’
這是沙巴漢的心聲，半島朋友根本很難明白。
As 916 (September the 16th) – the day where the change of Federal Government is rumoured could happen. I suddenly have the urge to say a few words for my beloved hometown and state – Sabah, the Land below the Wind.
I am not very good in writing, but I will try my best, to let our voices be heard throughout the world.
Many people assume that we Sabahans are a proud bunch of people, hence the name ‘Proud Sabahans’; I do admit, Sabahans generally do have a biased perceptions towards West Malaysians, me myself included. Although Sabah is the poorest state amongst all the 13 states in Malaysia, it’s not the fault of the peninsular people. (It’s the fault of the Federal Government), but the lack of understanding of West Malaysians towards us – East Malaysians, makes me feel ashamed of myself.
Because they - West Malaysians, they never really encountered what we as East Malaysians faced, nor do they understand the distresses we are in.
This is the story of one country, two different encounters, as fate would have it.
When I first arrived in West Malaysia, west Malaysians they asked me ‘Do you Sabahans really live on trees?’, while my sister was mistaken for a bumiputra although she is a Malaysian Chinese.
We are not rude; nor we still hunt; nor we still have tiger meat for food; neither do we sleep together with Orang Utans.
West Malaysians do not really quite know where do I come from, is it Sarawak? Is it Sabah? Hence they always refer us as originating from Sabah Sarawak, explanations after explanations, they still do not get it, and hence still, they assume, we are from Sabah Sarawak. But I do not refer those West Malaysians as coming from states like Kedah Kelantan; neither melakasembilan nor penangperlis.
I tried my best to introduce Sabah to my West Malaysian friends; over in Sabah we do have housing estates, markets, discos, jetties, and even Giant hypermarkets.
But in contradiction, although I live in a house with 4 walls and a roof, but we always have to face frequent blackouts, not to mention frequent water disruptions and rationing also, we do not even have a properly tarred road, compared to West Malaysia.
Once I was staying in West Malaysia, I was ticked off by my housemates for not flushing the toilet after urinating; he mentioned that it was very unhygienic of me.
When I heard of this, I was dumbfounded; do I need to flush every time after I finish using the toilet?
Then I realized, West Malaysia have endless water supply 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour, 60 seconds per minute.
Humph!!! Well, it’s my fault, my fault for bringing all the bad habits from Sabah to West Malaysia, in my hometown – Sandakan, Sabah, we have to put up with frequent water disruptions, my mother do not allow me to flush every time after I use the toilet !! We only have water supply twice a week, which is on Monday and Thursday; this is because my house is situated on top of a hill, for other low lying areas, they only got water supply at the most 3-4 times a week, this is the policy that is practiced way back in my hometown.
When I mentioned about my house toilet, you would be better prepared, it smells and stinks like there are no tomorrow, we only flush when the urine stench is really became unbearable, looking yellowish in colour, if we were to flush every time we finish using the toilet, then there will be no more water for us to bath.
Either you want to use the water to flush every time you finish using the toilet, or use the water to bath, you decide yourself. For those who bath and wash their hair twice a day, I really envy you guys, as we are only allowed to wash our hair on Monday and Thursday, the days when there are water supply coming in.
Talking about power supply in my hometown, on average in a month, we will be in total darkness for at least 72 hours; the highest record was no power supply for 8 hours a day for 1 whole week!! If there is no power disruption in Sabah, then it’s not Sabah, even the electricity company of Sabah, SESB confirms to this, where SESB stands for SABAH EVERYDAY SURE BLACKOUT. If there were no power supply for half an hour in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, tomorrow it will be the top news in the media, but for us Sabahans on the other side of Malaysia, being drenched in total darkness for few hours, causing traffics to go haywire, no one even bothered about us.
I still remember the first time I took my friends to visit my hometown, on the first night there was no power supply, so we sat in front of the house, gazing at the stars and the moon on the sky. If I were to say, standing outside my house, lifting up your finger and you may be able to touch the moon, where the moon is so bright that you can see your shadow, and you can even differentiate each and every sign of the zodiac, you have to believe me, because the air in my hometown is still unpolluted, pristine and fresh.
Anyway, with regards to the frequent disruption of water and electricity supply in Sabah, we have become acquainted with it, for more that 20 years that I have been living here, its still the same, things never changed for the better, we have learn not to resist and accept it as fate would have it.
This is us, Sabahans, always the simple, pure and innocent lot; we just grin and bear with it.
Hence the reasons why the Federal Government always likes to bully us Sabahans, they took away all our vast natural resources to develop Kuala Lumpur, sold away all our valuable timber logs, in exchange for high rise buildings in West Malaysia, sucked up Sabah’s petroleum, in order to built north-south expressways in West Malaysia.
Not to mention using Sabah’s orang utan in exchange with China’s panda, and have it keep in Zoo Negara in West Malaysia.
The Federal Government is so generous in donating monies to Sichuan, but aren’t capable of building better roads for Sabahans, it’s still the same after 45 years.
Sabah’s first flyover was recently completed, after being built for 8 years more, this make us Sabahans so happy and jumping with joy. That’s us, easily contented.
Sabah is a poor neglected state; she would weep if she were able to do so, each and every time, the government promised to solve the illegal immigrants issue plaguing the state, but the matter is still unsolved up until today, like the saying, to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled.
The illegal immigrants in Sabah has overwhelmed the local population at 1.7 million versus 1.5 million, and is increasing day by day, most of these illegal immigrants are from The Philippines and Indonesia, when last year it was briefly mentioned that The Philippines is interested in claming back Sabah, if a referendum were to be held, with the help of Filipinos residing in Sabah, we will be dead for sure, Philippines will be able to take Sabah back as theirs.
Needless to say, Sabah is not only without its frequent disruption of water and electricity supply, even job opportunities are hard to come by, causing all the youngsters to seek jobs in West Malaysia and other places.
Do you know that a bottle of yogurt that costs RM3.70 in West Malaysia cost Rm5.70 in Sabah, and all the magazines and newspapers in Sabah are more expensive if compared with West Malaysia? This is because all the goods have to be flown over from West Malaysia, where the courier charges will be included in the goods prices, therefore marking it up higher, the money that we earn are taxed by the Federal Government, these taxes that we pay are taken to develop Kuala Lumpur,
In Sabah there are still people that earn a meager RM200 per month, even worse off than those toilet cleaners in West Malaysia.
Everytime I am back in Sabah, wherever I looked went and looked around; I can only manage to find mostly schooling youngsters. There is nothing much these youngsters can do for those that prefer not to leave Sabah. Last year, a few of my friends decided that after graduation, they will stay in Sabah, no matter what happens, at that time I thought that they are very naïve, West Malaysia especially Kuala Lumpur is such a nice place, what’s the reason to stay back in Sabah? They replied in jest, ‘If nobody is willing to stay in Sabah, how do we expect Sabah to stand up’, what they said make me realized my mistakes, but what to do, none of the jobs in Sabah are suitable for me; I have no choice but to continue working in West Malaysia.
Last month, my cousin quit his job and went back to Sabah, out of curiosity, I asked him the reason for doing so, since the wages in Sabah is so low, it’s not worth it, I told him. He retorted back, saying ‘West Malaysia is not my home, sooner or later I will be going back to Sabah, the place where I belong, and I surely believe there are companies willing to employ me.’ I felt ashamed, as previously I planned to reside and have a family in West Malaysia, but what my cousin say woke me up, although I am now residing in West Malaysia, I should have given words of encouragement for my beloved state – Sabah.
If the land of Sabah was and is properly developed, surely it will be amongst the top states in Malaysia, but everything was trampled on, ruined and went the other way!!
Hence the reasons why those who stepped on the soil of Sabah will be given an immigration slip by the Customs department, only allowing non Sabahans to stay in Sabah for not more than 90 days.
If Sabah were not to protect herself, I dare not dread to think of the consequences that may befall us, it will be too ghastly to look at.
Up till today, for West Malaysians, Sabah is shrouded in secrecy and far away from their sight. No one is willing to come to Sabah, as if it’s a different world comprising of humans of uncivilized nature, for those youngsters who are going to be send to Sabah to undergo their National Service, they wept like there are no tomorrow, its like they are about to enter hell.
Is Sabah heaven or hell? Come and have a look for yourself, until today, only tourists from Western and other countries are willing to come to Sabah, a state once deemed to be more prosperous than Kuala Lumpur, in search of its glorious pasts.
In West Malaysians, there are only 3 major races; in Sabah, there are 32 ethnic tribes, most West Malaysians do not know of these facts.
East Malaysia is the place where all the different races and tribes, of different faiths and religions, live harmoniously; this, probably West Malaysians do not know either.
In Sabah, it’s a norm for Muslims to eat in non-Muslims eateries, to dine in Chinese seafood restaurants, without fear and prejudice of being served with non halal foods; this is the kind of respect and trusts we have for each other. I don’t think this can be seen in West Malaysia, besides Kelantan, I would say.
Recently Giant hypermarkets make their presence known in Sabah; they are trying to control the Sabah supermarket segment, indirectly trying to control Sabah’s economy, but were rejected by Sabahans.
We in Sabah have our own newspapers; our own supermarkets, we do not need others to come in and reap our fruits of labour, all to be channeled back to West Malaysia!!
The country neglected East Malaysia - Sabah and Sarawak so much so that even 16th September 1963 was not recognized as the day Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak merged to form Malaysia. And out of nothing Malaysia boasted that Mount Kinabalu is the pride of all Malaysians.
Mount Kinabalu is the pride of Sabahans; the biggest flower in the world – Rafflesia is the pride of Sabahans, orang utans are also the pride of Sabahans; but we are not proud to be Malaysians.
Last but no least, as a Sabahan, I sincerely hope and pray that after 916, Sabah can gain back what she has lost all this while, for a better tomorrow for all Sabahans.
Hopefully the coming 16th September can be declared as the day, we East Malaysia – Sabah, Sarawak tohether with Malaya formed Malaysia! Dear Federal Government, please be fair to us!!
All the best Sabah!! I wish to see you grow; in the future, in the time to come!!
A TRUE SABAHAN
