Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Life is like a box of chocolates....

The notion of who we are is who we were!

On a personal level, it is to say that the history shape us, the features and routines of our ancestors, practices and traditions, emphatically define what we manifest ourselves today..

Well, if i touch about the Malays..a seemingly progressive yet backward race. For one, the malays themselves are being termed the natives or indigenous people here in the Southeast Asian region, or possibly known as the Annamites, their rather more biological and scientific term. The Berita Harian themselves have potrayed a series of Forum articles regarding "Melayu Ghaib", and one of the most interesting part of the series is that early British historical records, considering the very fact that they are our colonial masters, have particularly singled out the lifestyles of the Malays, and it came at no surprise.

It clearly wrote the Malays, are rather the relaxed, to put it in a positve manner, and considered to be at the root bottom in the international social hierachy the English have ever come across. Ok, my point is this. The British came here to annex their land, and what the resistance they met could not be greeted any more positive. Contradisticntion to the fierce and brutal resistance met by the British in India, Myanmar, Nepal and South africa, it was particularly a deal any British governer could seal. The Sultan was money driven, whilst at the same time failed to adhere to the changes of the world, which was already greeted by the Westernised region during the period of the Renaisaance and Industrial Revolution. The "rakyat", shall i emphaised, adopt a more than juz lepak lifestyle. They never strive for more. The Malays, whose relations with nature had already shown solid evidence, were rather happy and felt blessed with what they have. They rather sit, sleep, eat and just watch the world change, with no drive or intentions to catch up other races.

Sadly, this legacy continues till today. The Malays, have nothing..absouletly zero to be proud of. If their literature were to be a main source of pride, other languages do have a complex and monolithic forms of literature too. If their customs and tradition are matched up with the Whites or Yellow Chinese, if it is measured economically, i would say quality is rather more prominent in other cultures. Orang Putih tak kawin bawah block..sebab tak hensem!!!!!!! Pergi jemputan pakai coat, shirt, bow and smart shoes..kalau bawah block pakai t-shirt macam mat kental kirakan dah leh pass off!

Then why is KL(menjerit), which host the promising Petronas towers aint a world class metropolitan city?? Have u watched the nifty yet propaganda driven ad on "Malaysia: Truly Asia". Gez wad! Come to think of it, it is so not Malaysia..itz juz Pulau Tioman, located offshore of the coast of Johore and Melaka..U cant expect such recepiton at KLIA, like KL??!! eeeeeeeee terok nya tempat tu..Bt more importantly, kudos to the Chinese, Shanghai is knows as the NEw YOrk of Asia..Thus i shall visit it one day..!!

Haiz..Melayu, Melayu..they say hidop melayu tapi achap kata, BILA NAK MAJU!!??? betol jugak..haiz, orang bikin steamship, dia bikin rakit..orang makan kat meja beribu2 dollar ngan pinggan, dia makan duduk bawah pakai daun pisang..orang masak pakai stove dia pakai arang..anak cina belajar pakai abacus, dia duduk bawah blok main gitar..orang cina hisap opium mintak tenaga, dia hisap nak kasi hi..apa dah..ibu ayam bertelor riuh sekampung, itulah kehidupan orang melayu..sikit ajer bangga..Orang Melayu lahirkan pakar bedah pertama di Singapura, bukan main front cover lagi u!..padahal2..bangsa lain dah macam2 dah ada. haiz..kalau bidang politik jgn kata ah, semuanya kaki mengampu.

Haiz, imagine this..if the upper class of the malay hierachy aint tat effective to perpetuate a stimulated progression within their race in this intensively evolutionised world, how can we put such tremendous weights on the middle class and the peasants i should say at the other bottom halF?? balik lepak, mana2 lepak, apa2 malas, biar orang lain bikin, kita pakai, bila nak cipta nama di mata dunia???