Today's data collection hasn't been going on smoothly. Anyway, when has it been?
Sigh.. Asian mentality especially Malaysian mentality is a nightmare to any reseacher who needs to collect data using survey or questionnaire. Never in their mind that these datas that they provide can be used to help them back in their life. Same thing happened today, while we were so anxious of getting a big pool of respondents for our research (After 3 months into it..), whoosh.......they flush down our effort into the toilet bowl.
Come to think back when I was collecting data from the uni students, the students (whom we expected to be more understanding about the true nature of research, yeah right...) did exactly the same thing. So, honestly, it was rather expected from the older counterparts today. The moment we passed out the questionnaires:
"Again?! Malaslah ( literally means lazy in malay)..."
"Do we have to answer? Really??"
"Do we get anything in return for answering this?"
"I don't have timelah!"
"Eh, we're very busy you know!"
Or if they prefer to act it out rather than voice it out, you'll see how beautiful your questionnaire looks like decorating the trash bin. It looks even better when we used coloured paper and they crunch and shaped it into flowers or won-tons.
Malaysians are always depicted as people who are kiasu (though synonymous to Singaporeans, it's quite applicable to Malaysians now. This phrase literally means 'afraid of losing' in hokkien) and greed over small benefits. It's a surprise though that Malaysians rarely aware that they actually pay for these researches through their taxes. Haven't you been figuring, even once, where does your tax money go?
To all Malaysians, researches in public universities are usually funded by government. Public universities get money from government. People pay taxes to government every year. Now, put the pieces together and you'll understand what i'm trying to say here.
Lastly, people, please do cooperate with all the researchers out there. They are trying damn hard to make your life better in every way. Do feel pity that we're all good samaritans in heart, trying to make this world a better place in all aspects. Think back that everytime you refuse to help by giving some time to answer surveys, you're wasting your tax money and your chance to voice out your opinion. Wouldn't it be such a waste after all?
Sigh.. Asian mentality especially Malaysian mentality is a nightmare to any reseacher who needs to collect data using survey or questionnaire. Never in their mind that these datas that they provide can be used to help them back in their life. Same thing happened today, while we were so anxious of getting a big pool of respondents for our research (After 3 months into it..), whoosh.......they flush down our effort into the toilet bowl.
Come to think back when I was collecting data from the uni students, the students (whom we expected to be more understanding about the true nature of research, yeah right...) did exactly the same thing. So, honestly, it was rather expected from the older counterparts today. The moment we passed out the questionnaires:
"Again?! Malaslah ( literally means lazy in malay)..."
"Do we have to answer? Really??"
"Do we get anything in return for answering this?"
"I don't have timelah!"
"Eh, we're very busy you know!"
Or if they prefer to act it out rather than voice it out, you'll see how beautiful your questionnaire looks like decorating the trash bin. It looks even better when we used coloured paper and they crunch and shaped it into flowers or won-tons.
Malaysians are always depicted as people who are kiasu (though synonymous to Singaporeans, it's quite applicable to Malaysians now. This phrase literally means 'afraid of losing' in hokkien) and greed over small benefits. It's a surprise though that Malaysians rarely aware that they actually pay for these researches through their taxes. Haven't you been figuring, even once, where does your tax money go?
To all Malaysians, researches in public universities are usually funded by government. Public universities get money from government. People pay taxes to government every year. Now, put the pieces together and you'll understand what i'm trying to say here.
Lastly, people, please do cooperate with all the researchers out there. They are trying damn hard to make your life better in every way. Do feel pity that we're all good samaritans in heart, trying to make this world a better place in all aspects. Think back that everytime you refuse to help by giving some time to answer surveys, you're wasting your tax money and your chance to voice out your opinion. Wouldn't it be such a waste after all?
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