Tidak membalas budi = Ungrateful??

well well well...our newly appointed DPM has only been in office for 1 week but he has already screwed up with his 'loose' mouth...in an interview with a Malay Language magazine, he says that he does not understand why the chinese voters did not vote in favor of BN and he says that the chinese 'tidak membalas budi'....welll well well....so over the past week, there has been an ongoing debate over what is the meaning of 'membalas budi'?? does it mean that ethnic chinese MALAYSIANS are ungrateful?? i myself am not very sure of the meaning of the words...

but really, these politians need to stop being so '2 faced' u know...
pls dont go saying one thing to a group of people and saying something different to another group of people...why??? coz there;s such thing called the 'media', and information flows very quickly and efficiently nowadays...

honestly, i dont even care if membalas budi means 'ungrateful' or 'unappreciative'..coz it doesnt really make a difference to me....

all i hope is that these politicians stop all this useless bickering and unethical racist comments and start working....pls dont deviate from the main issues like the economy and corruption...whether the DPM's statement was twisted or not is a totally different issue, and all this distraction is certainly not helping Malaysia at all...

my take on this issue:

as a malaysian...yes yes, i always identify myself as malaysian first, followed by my ethnic group, i'm chinese, i m not really offended by what the DPM said...no use being angry or irritated over such a small issue right? BUT i'm sure it will affect my perception and probably many other fellow malaysians towards the current federal government.... all these tiny miny events will add up towards my vote in the next general election...if i decide to vote that is..=)