Pieces of me………

With all that is happening before our very own eyes. I really wonder if the ethnicity course is the cure. I used to travel by bus to work and i have always witness how people (including university students) show their disrespect towards people of other races. It’s not common to hear racist remarks made by friends against their neighbors, course mates or colleagues. Most of the time, misunderstandings which occur because of people’s behavior and attitude somehow ends up being a racial problem because people tend to blame a particular race for the problems and not the attitude.

Take for example the very recent UPM case.

The problem: Some Students tried to open a recruitment counter. Another group of students did not like to see the counter there, so they tried to spoil the event. This is an Attitude problem.

It so happen that the students who opened the counter were Chinese and the trouble makers were Malays, so now from what i have been reading and hearing, it seems to be a racial problem and not an attitude problem. People are condemning the Malays and calling them Monkeys and idiots. Many students have negative perception towards the Malays. The ironic thing is that many do not even know who the culprits are. Aren’t we just as bad? We are definitely not being fair towards the Malays……it was the students who were involved that are problematic, not the Malays for goodness sake.

Now back to the ethnicity course issue. i doubt it going to help people change their negative perception towards other races (if they are already narrow minded and bias). Not at this age. 20 year olds are people who have already developed a certain mindset. Do you think it’s that easy to change ones mindset? Personally i think it would be like asking a COW TO MOVE OFF THE ROAD.

Look at what happen to our Moral classes? I wonder how many people behave well these day because of the Moral lessons. ……..on 2ND thoughts, maybe the ethnicity course will help those who love memorising answers get an extra A…..suddenly I’m speechless…..

Yesterday, i received a letter regarding a bully case in campus. I was not too surprised. I thought to myself, well….it’s just another case. Today, I received the video clip of that incident and I am deeply troubled by it. Of course, I feel sorry for the students who became the victims of the incident but what worried me most was the way the bullies attacked them. It was so…….so….ruthless, uncivilized, so unscholarly. I can’t believe that such a case could happen in a UNIVERSITY, the IVORY TOWER of Malaysia. God help our nation.

This group of Chinese students had a recruitment counter in the college cafe when a bunch (around 30) students came to disrupt their operation. They said they did not like to see them opening the counter there and started to make fun of them. They took off their shoes and put it in front of the student’s face for them to smell, they shouted rude words. They pushed a guy off his chair and also pushed some people around. I was speechless when i saw the video and afraid, afraid of what would become of our universities.
No actions has been taken against these bullies, the ones to suffer are the victims. The law does not protect them. So in future, who is going to survive in campus? The loud mouths and the bullies? if you dare, you can do whatever you want? Oppressed the timid and harmless ones who choose peace against violence? This is scary man, whatever happens in the university is going to happen in our society because these fellas are gonna graduate one day and perhaps be the director of some company or government department and they are going to do the same thing they did to others if no one takes any action to teach them that what they are doing all these while is so wrong.

It is love when…….

Your roomate cleans up the room because she knows that you are expecting a guest to sleep over tonight.

Your housemates collect your clothes when it’s dry

Your housemate buys a bigger packet of food so that she can share it with you

Your neighbor parks his car and leaves enough space for you to park your car

Your favorite nasi lemak seller gives you extra ikan bilis sambal in your nasi lemak because he knows you suka makan pedas

Your friend makes an extra effort to call or sms you to ask if you need a ride

Your friend who is really tired decides to stay back and keep you company

Your friend who has already eaten accompanies you while you have your meal

Your friend takes an effort to sms you to ask how are you or replies your sms

Someone decides to join you and gives you a helping hand so that you can get  your job done

Your friend tells you of for your stupid acts

Your friend does not allow you to go on doing the wrong things because she knows

it’s not right

Very often we take others and their thoughtful acts for granted. We are so

pampered sometimes that we forget to thank and appreciate people for the little kind acts. We become angry when our friends could not find time to do these little favors for us, as if it is their responsibility to pamper us………..
Sigh…..recently I was out with some people, there were many….about 40 of us, all from different campuses.  We went out as a group and we were suppose to know each other. I asked 3 fellas to help me carry some stuff and the 3 fellas did help out. It was alot to carry and guess what, the other 36 just looked without taking any initiative to help the other 3 fellas.
I was kindda sad actually, i wondered what was actually in these people’s head. Where’s the initiative? What’s so difficult about lifting your finger to lighten other people’s burden? That was not the first incident, i have witness many more of such instances in different occasions…..i just wonder what has become of our humanity? We have become a selfish bunch of people who only care about ourselves and nothing else……..so sad lah

This is the most exciting month In my life. Opportunities came and i graped it. I used to deprive myself of trying out new things just because i was afraid that others would disapprove of it. This time, I had the courage to be confident of my own choices and decisions and I have no regrets of making that move.

The excitement first started when I left for the National Camp….many things happened during the camp but what made the greatest impact in me during the camp was my four days stay with Rakhi and her family. Rakhi is an Orang Asli who lives in Kpg Tanah Gembur, Tangkak. Living with her family for four days thought me alot of things. I learned to appreciate the simplicity in life, to be humble and to respect nature as it is. I learned to be less naive towards the authorities. Rakhi’s family thought me to be more sensitive towards the cry of the marginalized and to be a less selfish person. I was truly grateful for the experience this family gave me and I hope to visit these friends of mine in time to come.

While I was there, I was lucky enough to taste many exotic food. I ate papaya leaves cooked with cili padi (Truly bitter), pucuk ubi (not my 1st time lah), pucuk rebung (I learned how to cook it), ikan keli (I also learned how to cook it), tupai (it was…..hmmmm okie but i think it would taste better if it was not soup) and musang ( I love it, very tasty lorrr)…..Rakhi’s mum said they used to eat rats but not anymore because these days, most of the rats are exposed to pesticides and that they might be poisonous…..(In my head was eerrrr….phew)

I felt so much at home in Kpg Tanah Gembur that I felt abit sad to leave on my fourth day…..there’s so much experience to share but I guess I will keep some for my next blog.

Coming up next……my trip to Sg Lemanak, Sarawak, Kpg Gayu -A bidayuh villige near Kuching, Rainforest festival……….