i'm a malaysian as simple as that
for the last 5 years, i've been hearing the concept of BANGSA MALAYSIA being mentioned by almost every single politician in malaysia. one country, one nation, one 'people' (cant seem 2 tink of a suitable phrase). to me, this is the most beautiful of all of the concepts the ppl way up there can think of..imagine, a kid like me who's got God knows how many different races coursing through her blood can jus say when asked: i'm a malaysian. better still she wont be asked d dumb freaking question.
but sadly, for all this years, the concept has yet to be utilised ---> wat can i say, they ARE politicians arent they? to make matters worst they r politician running on the infamous MALAYSIAN TIME. so yea..here i am reading time and again about tonnes of people cheering on this concept but steps taken to make it a reality-zilch..owh dearest politicians and rulers of the country, HURRY UP ALREADY!
for ppl who hav never in their life heard bout this, bangsa malaysia is a concept where we r jus plain malaysian FULL STOP. its i guess a method to further harmonize this little country of ours and make all 26 million of us one big happy family..its like how the indonesians are indonesians and the thais r thais..i know it sound like a utopia but i believe its a beautiful concept..from my point of view its simple. we r a multicultural country. over the years all of our cultures seem to have seeped into each other: for example the ang pow thg and all. plus we've got tonnes of inter marriages happening. if its jus 2 races fine, d kid can go i'm chindian or my mom/ dad's somethg somethg..but imagine when this 'half' kid intermarries and so on..wouldn't it be a mouthful 2 try and explain what u exactly r?u'r partially lost at times between cultures and might end up not bothering to adopt any. so to make matters perfectly simple and not to alienate these poor souls, lets support Bangsa Malaysia!
the only place i can c this happening is down here in sheepland - 10 hrs by flight (courtesy of MAS) and unknown number of days by sea. here i c many malaysians proudly stating, when asked 'what' are they, that they are malaysian. not malay, chinese or indian but MALAYSIAN. if they do eventually state their race, it comes after d malaysian bit. it does make me glow..yea i'm weird i know but when you here a fellow malaysian proudly stating that she/he's a malaysian u'd be proud 2..malaysians here are bonded together regardless of race. its so refreshing to see it. i'm not at all saying that we are not gelled(is dat how u spell it?) together back home its jus dat when we r so far away, the gelling process becomes so much smoother - more natural. but of course there will always d typical i-hav-2-stick-2-my-race-or-i'll-die-of-blood-contamination kind of ppl but lets not pay attention to them shall we? i guess 2 me when this concept is up and running fairness and equality should not be a problem anymore, well it shouldn't coz everyone is of the same 'race' so to speak.
i have a feeling that this would still be a long time coming..haih..by then i'd most likely not be around to go up 2 d dumb ppl whose only concern was to know what my race is b4 even having a conversation - not liking the fact that i was an 'anak kacuk' as they put it..probably then i could go up 2 them and ask them: awak orang ape? den after they reply (reluctantly of course, since my question would be reeking of sarcasm) orang malaysia, i'd say: e'eh kita sama rupanye ye..
to the uncle at d shop near mmu: please la uncle, dun fight wif ur wife about my race, i'd rather not be quoted as the last staw dat breaks the marriage..

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gosh for some reason this post was funny but in a blunt "ouch" funny way
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