How many of you have flown in an airline and arriving in an airport anywhere in Malaysia? You know the bit about the little light above you with the symbol of the seat-belt? When it is lighted, it means you keep your seat-belt fastened. The leading air-steward / stewardess also reminds you about this especially uypon touch-down. "Kindly keep your seat-belts fastened until the lights are switched off". If you don't understand English, the instruction is also given in Bahasa Malaysia.

Despite that, these kiasu-I-can't-wait-to-remove-my-seat-belt passengers would start unfastening and unbuckling their seat-belts as soon as the plane shows any sign of having made a successful landing and even before it taxis to the parking apron. Until today, having flown countless times, I still cannot fathom why these people cannot adhere to the simplest of instructions. Sad to say, these ugly passengers are usually Malaysians based on my crude observation.

Have we Malaysians been shackled so much that we just can't wait to remove the seat-belts which are fastening us for the sake of our safety? Or is it that the so-called safety requirement is just a facade to cloud our good judgements?