TALE OF 2 SONS......

Once, there was a family known as Malaysia. In 1985, they were blessed with their first born, Proton. The family loved Proton all they could. They gave Proton everything. They protected Proton from the bigger boys in Kindergarden. They told Proton, "You're young, you need protection from them. It's okay to make mistakes, you're young. Even if you don't learn from your mistakes...it's okay...you are young."

Proton became spoilt. He always depended on his parents and used up all his allowance on useless things. When he had to do his chores, he paid people to do it and the work was lousy, causing the parents having to call repairmen to fix all the mess that he made.

When Proton was 10 (but still acting like a 2 year old), he had a younger brother, Perodua. At first, everyone thought this younger brother would be like Proton. But this new baby was better. Being the second born he tried harder at everything. And he started to shine. Malaysia knew there was a possibilty Perodua could be smarter than Proton. But since they loved Proton so much, they decided that instead of spurring Proton on they would limit Perodua so that Perodua wouldn't outshine Proton.

Although Perodua was also protected by Malaysia, he learned to be independent very fast. He made good friends with the outside world (unlike Proton, who being a spoiled brat never learned to play with others) One of Peroduas' friends was Daihatsu, who had an elder brother Toyota. The two of them helped Perodua in everything. Perodua, being independent and smart, learnt a lot and in a short while, was becoming as good as, if not better, than Proton.


Malaysia realized that Perodua was becoming better than his brother. Although proud of Perodua, they still loved Proton best. They paid Lotus (who was older and well known worldwide) to be friends with Proton. Proton leveraged this by mentioning Lotus everytime he wanted to tell people about himself............

Proton refused to adopt and learn new technologies. When doing his work, he still wrote things down laboriously and refused to use a computer. Perodua, so much
younger, used computers, with broadband for his work. Perodua was improving so much that Toyota assigned him with work, such as the Avanza 2005.

When Proton was 20 (and Perodua only 10) it became obvious that Perodua was the more successful of the two siblings. What was worse was that Proton said he still needed his parents to help him for another 10 years. He still needed protection from the big boys. In May 2005, Perodua showed Malaysia his best work so far...the Myvi. Proton, jealous, quickly came up with an unprofessional remark about Peroduas' work and showed his work at the same time as Perodua on purpose.

The future of Malaysia and her two kids are still unknown. But it is obvious that Perodua will shine, leaving Proton crying. It would be no wonder if in 2015, Proton will ask Malaysia for another 10 years of help and protection...maybe this time... protection from Perodua as well........