Errr....what I mean is, these two items have one big thing in common....both were in the limelight and are being considered banned from our commercial ads (at least by the government broadcasting agency..RTM). What is the real issue here? To be honest, I'm not so sure.
The pan asian or eurasian looks, is quite subjective. Personally I found it's hard to differentiate between our local models who have eurasian parents and those who don't. Celebrities like Fasha Sandha, Danny (X-Factor), Aleeza Kassim even Siti Nurhaliza and Erra Fazira to some extent do look a bit like eurasian. To me it's a 'no issue', we're basically not so sure who is eurasian born and who is not!. They're all rakyat Malaysia. I have to agree with those eurasian born models who expressed their opinion recently that as rakyat tempatan they deserve to cari rezeki halal in their own country and shouldn't be discriminated. Lagipun bukan Malaysia sahaja yang kerap mengketengahkan model-model berwajah 'mat salleh' ni. Kalau kita lihat negara-negara jiran seperti Filipina dan Indonesia, wajah-wajah sebeginilah yang sering ditonjolkan (Chritine Hermanis, Jericho Rosales, Nia Ramdhani....just to name a few....all have strong eurasian looks). I guess this issue (with strong elements of discrimination) shouldn't be arised in the first place.
The pan asian or eurasian looks, is quite subjective. Personally I found it's hard to differentiate between our local models who have eurasian parents and those who don't. Celebrities like Fasha Sandha, Danny (X-Factor), Aleeza Kassim even Siti Nurhaliza and Erra Fazira to some extent do look a bit like eurasian. To me it's a 'no issue', we're basically not so sure who is eurasian born and who is not!. They're all rakyat Malaysia. I have to agree with those eurasian born models who expressed their opinion recently that as rakyat tempatan they deserve to cari rezeki halal in their own country and shouldn't be discriminated. Lagipun bukan Malaysia sahaja yang kerap mengketengahkan model-model berwajah 'mat salleh' ni. Kalau kita lihat negara-negara jiran seperti Filipina dan Indonesia, wajah-wajah sebeginilah yang sering ditonjolkan (Chritine Hermanis, Jericho Rosales, Nia Ramdhani....just to name a few....all have strong eurasian looks). I guess this issue (with strong elements of discrimination) shouldn't be arised in the first place.
Next, come the issue of makanan segera. Teruk sangatkah makanan segera ni? Kalau setakat KFC saja...err...let me see..the chicken provides protein, the coleslaw is the source of fibre, the rice and mesh potatoes are carbohydrate....means we have a plate of nutritious serving. So apa yang tidak kena sini!? Is it the carbonated drinks?? (but of course I hope durang kasi turun hargalah...hehe). And then tiba-tiba saja tersiar laporan, yang dalam diam-diam iklan mee segerapun sudah digam. Sungguh malang nasib mee segera. Padahal masa hidup di kampus dulu, mee segeralah penyelamat kami masa kebuluran...*LOL*. Mau cakap boleh merosakkan kesihatan, otak, daya pemikiran...errr...kami ok saja....sihat walafiat!...graduate juga last-last ...hehee. Malah time makan mee segera tu berkobar-kobar semangat...."bisuk kalau saya graduate....sudah kerja....gaji besar....jangan haraplah saya mau makan maggi lagi!" (kunun). Padahal sampai sekarang berlonggok maggi mee dalam kabinet dapur...*LOL* Mee segera ni....has been around for years, but I haven't come across any news about a person who died because of mee segera. Again, I'm a bit blur about all these issues. If only the party concern can come up with a solid evidence and strong statistics showing the negative impact of fast food, I will 'slow down' a bit. Otherwise it's gonna be 'business as usual'....hehe!
But then, terlanjur cakap tentang eurasion look and makanan segera ni, I think the video clip below, should be on top of RTM's list, as far as banning a commercial ads is concerned. Sudahlah pakai model orang putih tulen, produk dia pun makanan segera untuk hidangan monster! Probably this is the type of ads that RTM is grumbling about (hence the issue should concern on hiring foreign models and not locals with eurasian looks). There are few other similar ads of this type (using foreign models) being shown on our TV channels. The Volvo, Gillette and Nokia commercial ads are just some examples.
Tapi kalau setakat iklan snack mamee noodle saja (yang saya ragu-ragu kelarisannya - laris sangatkah mamee noodle ni? sebab sya langsung nda pernah beli), apalah salahnya guna model tempatan....terutama yang berwajah ala-ala teruna desa macam saya ni....*wakakakakak*
*Link menarik pemakanan dan kesihatan: Malaysia nutriweb
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