I have one specific post that I have been cooking in my head for quite some time, and that is race relation in Malaysia as seen from a Sarawakian Malay perspective in the Foochow-dominated town of Sibu.
There is something about nation-building, about friendship, about you and me, about all of us, that I want to talk about, talk in the open, without fear, but with some prejudice and bias.
I will readily admit, at certain times in my life, I was a racist. Whether I still am, is something we can talk about.
But I am now in my 30s going to the big "four zero" in life, and my outlook towards reality and life in general and interpersonal relationship in particular has changed quite a bit.
Gone were the days when I was a fanatic Islamist.
Gone were the days where I believed in Malay supremacy ("ketuanan Melayu").
Gone were the days where I looked down on the beliefs of others.
And I do this not to curry favor from my non-Malay, non-Muslim friends.
I changed because I believe in the change.
I believe if I do not change, others will not change.
If I continue to be a racist, others will continue to be racists.
So I sat down with non-Muslims, non-Malay friends, and share the food they eat, drink from the same cup they do (of course in light of Hepatitis B and all, this may not be the in thing to do, :P), joined them in mock military combats, etc etc...
So what say you...
You ready for nation-building?
There is something about nation-building, about friendship, about you and me, about all of us, that I want to talk about, talk in the open, without fear, but with some prejudice and bias.
I will readily admit, at certain times in my life, I was a racist. Whether I still am, is something we can talk about.
But I am now in my 30s going to the big "four zero" in life, and my outlook towards reality and life in general and interpersonal relationship in particular has changed quite a bit.
Gone were the days when I was a fanatic Islamist.
Gone were the days where I believed in Malay supremacy ("ketuanan Melayu").
Gone were the days where I looked down on the beliefs of others.
And I do this not to curry favor from my non-Malay, non-Muslim friends.
I changed because I believe in the change.
I believe if I do not change, others will not change.
If I continue to be a racist, others will continue to be racists.
So I sat down with non-Muslims, non-Malay friends, and share the food they eat, drink from the same cup they do (of course in light of Hepatitis B and all, this may not be the in thing to do, :P), joined them in mock military combats, etc etc...
So what say you...
You ready for nation-building?
