Merdeka! Today is the 51st Independence Day for Malaysia and throughout those 51 years, a lot has happened economically and politically.

Economically, Malaysia has a very strong economic infrastructure, thanks to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad but with the recent worldwide oil price increase, it seems that the rate of inflation are also increasing.

Politically, it's a shit hole. Malaysia's political structure, especially UMNO and Barisan Nasional are on the rocks. The Barisan Nasional and UMNO have ruled the country extremely well but when they broke their promise not to increase the oil price, all hell broke loose. The 'rakyat' are extremely furious at the Barisan Nasional and this can be seen when the Parti Keadilan Rakyat won a majority of the state of Selangor in the recent National Election Day.

All in all, Malaysia is still a very good country to live in but if you have the money, you'd be better off living in Australia