"...but I have to SURVIVE"

And other unhelpful exaggerations we use to justify the suffering we put ourselves through

There’s a thing that Malaysians often like to say when asked about their life choices - usually to do with career, (over)work or their lack of time for anything meaningful.

They say, always with a looked of pained resignation, and the weight of the whole world on their shoulders, “Yalorrrrrr, have to survive, you know.”

I dare to mock this because the pe…