Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Are you really a Malaysian?



Being friendly regardless of races has been the motto or even the objective of the government, but for the past 50 years, is that objective achieved? I would say it NO, or perhaps worsen.

With the background as a student i a well-known boarding school.Living as a minority, in a multi-racial community,give me a different opinion than others.
It has been years since i left the school, though these multi-racial stuff been promoted everywhere even in the UKM itself, but the problem is, that jerk not really doing their duty, they promoting this stuff for the sake of power, name,....that mean the intention is wrong, with wrong intention, for sure this goal can't be achieved even after another 50 years. Impossible.

Even the above achieved, but if the mentality of the Malaysian did not change, the result will still the same. Coz there is the "perception" among races. There Chinese always think that they were not treated fairly, even think that the others races should not deserved special right. While Malay will think that non-Malay is trying to overtake their right. Indian will think that they always been abandon.
With such perception been carried for generation, to generation, the hatred and fear of other races continue, even getting worse until the present

For me, if we can throw away such perception, one day, and that day, we can truly define ourselves as the genuine Malaysian. Till the day, there are still a long journey to go. The way to reach the goal won't be easy. Only those with strong will able to achieve it. But do all Malaysian have such goal in their mind? I don't know.
But, i can tell you with my very own experiences, it's very hard.
Even if you try to be friendly, open, but sometime, because of some jerk, you effort just ruin.
But i believe the day there will be no more Chinese, Malay,Indian but only Malaysian will come.The day that every one live in peace without bias, without hatred.Perhaps one day, might not be now, might not be in this 10 years or might not even in my life time, but i sure that day will come. It's matter of time. Whether it's fast or slow, depend to how fast Malaysian mentality can change.






ps: this blog was written to support my friend Foo Cheong as a Malaysian with the spirit of Malaysian.

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