Critical Commentaries on Social Behavior.

The social beharvior i would like to address is the trend of hanging out in Mamak restaurants. To begin, Mamak is a term in reference to restaurants that are owned by Indian Muslims. They are very popular in Malaysia for they cater to all races and most importantly operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. All forms of local foods are served in Mamaks ranging from the indian tosai to the malay nasi lemak to the chinese mee soup.

Their eveready services have become an utmost convenience to the locals. Infact a little too convenient. Most people regardless of youth, teens, children and adults spend several hours a day in the mamak socializing with mates. This is presume is due to the leniency of the owners. One can simple place an order for iced drinking water and sit in the restaurant for hours. Not to mention the airing of popular movies and late night football matches. Now, everything seems well and good doesn’t it? However here are the problems. Problem number 1. Malaysians always complain of not having enough time to perform their daily duties yet spend an average hour a day at the Mamak. Problem number 2. Mamaks have become a port for people to pour their feelings and oppinions on everything. This may be an encouraged attitude as sharing helps relief stress but the medium is fruitless. Meaning to say when people vent out at the Mamaks, they merely vent out to their friends. Generally people who are seen at Mamaks appear to have a low self esteem and look timid. Unfortunately that is the majority of this nation. Conclusion is people should stop spending too much time at the Mamaks and instead spend time performing more fulfilling acts as well as take their oppions to places that matter like the magazines or online blogs. This will broaden their target audience as well as expose them to real life feedback other then ones they receieve from their own mates.

This issue some what relates to my project because it addresses the attitude people have towards petty responsibilities. Petty responsibilities that when accumulate can resort to big phenomenons. Such as when all the voices of the Mamak put together can overule perhaps even a government policy. My installation talks of the simple measures in conserving water. The accumulative wastage of water is devastating. When efforts are made together via mere petty responsibilities great messures can be made.