May 13

This note is to commemorate the day that was just mentioned by a single paragraph in our history book.

I personally felt May 13 is more meaningful, far more than that of August 31 or Sept 16 combined times 2.

I think that this should be a day for all of us to stop, take a step backwards, and think again, reconsider, and rejustify our own's views and commitments on our country.

Honestly the only tihng I learned in UK throughout my 5 years vacation there, is Malaysia.

I happened to cross paths with a lot of people, and i can summarize all that I know them about their views on our own country into 2 groups:

1. I dont give a damn about politics. It doesnt make a difference to my life, at all.

2. I want to be the next prime minister.

Obviously the kind of views and aspirations we all have is ultimately lies on the person himself, on his type of personality, his upbringing, the amount of political exposure he has, and etc. And rightly so, this is one's personal opinion and rights.

But on this day of May 13, I think we should all, take one backwards and think again, why are we in any particular stand or group? Why are you thinking that you are taking this stand of indifference-i-dont-care or otherwise , or even why you are on the side of pro-government, on the side of anti-government, pro-NGO, etc etc etc.

I am in no way trying to sell the idea that everyone needs to be political active, going down to the street and shout reformasi!

It is not the kind of political involvement I am trying to encourage, and well, I am in no position to do that.

All I ask for is for us to think again the concreteness of our logic when we say the sentence: I dont care, it doesnt make a difference to me!

We might be thinking getting to know the politics ie having a sense of loving this country is so not important now and other more urgent things like getting enough meal on the table is much more important.

Well, yes and no.

Sadly but true, there are a number of people who hated our own country so much to the extent of thinking of emigration or working somewhere else and not coming back to this damn place anymore.

Well my personal thought is that what have we done to rectify this?

Now if we just take a small step backwards, looking around us, then we (at least myself) realize that the truth is, we have to love this country, and we have no choice but to keep her fit, defending her.

I mean just think about you as a damn damn poor guy with a medical problem, government hospitals service is the only thing you will have, and how good your government hospitals depending on how good your country is, which in turn depending on how good the fellas who are running the country is.

Or just think if you have both parents who are not working, and a brother who is a drop-out, all you have is the government schools, and universities and scholarships to take you forward, and that depending on how good your country is, blah blah blah.

I can go on for pages, but the point is,

You cannot run away (famous line by a good friend of mine -of the 2nd type mentioned above).

This is our country, You are born here, You are raised here. You have no choice, you cannot run away from this fact.

Plato chided all those who are not interested in politics ie those who are simply crossing after reading newspaper or attending a ceramah, by definition not voting wisely and rationally, by saying, "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber"

And he is right. I always think that our leaders today are dumbass.

We are in the middle of no-where as a nation,

and all we care about now is whether when christians are going to take over the country.

I mean, wtf.

I happened to be educated to be much more fluent in Malay and English, with substandard major dialect of my own race - Chinese.

I tell you one thing.

I really hate people: read-Chinese, who thinks that Hah? You are a chinese but you dont know Chinese?

I am a Malaysian Chinese. And I am proud of it.

Chinese clans never give me anything my entire life, it was my country that gave me 1mil to study.

If I know how to speak chinese, it is purely for cultural advantage, nothing to do with my loyalty to my race and how humane i am.

Seriously. Think about it.

I dont know what the future holds for us Malaysians when now all the chinese children are mend to go to chinese schools, then to chinese dominant uni, then stay and breed in chinese areas, mix only with chinese everything everything all chinese.

I dont know what the future holds for us Malaysians when all the Malays only thinking of how fragile the position of Islam as the religion of the federation, or how the young Muslims boys and girls being confused by the word Allah, and actively banning every single unislamic thing around.

I dont know what the future holds for us Malaysians when all our politicians care is whether Anwar cucuk Saiful and melanggan ayam, or Najib screwing Mongolians, or his wife taking over the country.

I really dont know.

May god (whichever applicable) bless us all with wisdom and maturity to grow as a nation.