1 Malaysia?

In a blink of eye, tomorrow it is the 53th National Day of our country. '1Malaysia Transforming the Nation' will be the theme for the celebration this year. When this concept was first introduced by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, it created a big question mark on the people's head.

The slogan of this concept is "People First, Performance Now". Does it mean that Malaysia would like to achieve national unity and community development at the same time? It is not impossible but it has been 53 years of independence and yet we still have not fully achieved the national unity. What is the point of having magnificent skyscrapers and modern infrastructure built in our country if the people do not have the same mindset?

Until today I was still disturbed by the news - the principal who disallowed non-Malay students to have their meals in school during the fasting month, and sarcastically promoting Air Asia's air ticket so that the students could go back to their home countries. I do not think this is necessary because MALAYSIA is our home country! There was actually a fan page in Facebook to support the act of this principal. I got really upset by this when I saw all the races were fighting in the page. Don't you think fighting over racial issues is tiring? =/

Below is a very good article written by the great granddaughter of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sharyn Lisa Shufiyan. A very well expressed opinion of how all Malaysians should be treated.

Sharyn Lisa Shufiyan, 24, Conservationist

Both my parents are Malay. My mum's heritage includes Chinese, Thai and Arab, while my dad is Minangkabau. Due to my skin colour, I am often mistaken for a Chinese.

I'm happy that I don't have the typical Malay look but I do get annoyed when people call me Ah Moi or ask me straight up "Are you Chinese or Malay?"

Like, why does it matter? Before I used to answer "Malay" but now I'm trying to consciously answer Malaysian instead.

There's this incident from primary school that I remember till today. Someone told me that I will be called last during Judgement Day because I don't have a Muslim name. Of course, I was scared then but now that I'm older, I realise that a name is just a name. It doesn't define you as a good or bad person and there is definitely no such thing as a Muslim name. You can be named Rashid or Ali and still be a Christian.

I've heard of the 1Malaysia concept, but I think we don't need to be told to be united. We've come such a long way that it should already be embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united. Unfortunately, you can still see racial discrimination and polarisation. There is still this ethno-centric view that the Malays are the dominant group and their rights must be protected, and non Malays are forever the outsiders.

For the concept to succeed, I think the government should stop with the race politics. It's tiring, really. We grew up with application forms asking us to tick our race. We should stop painting a negative image of the other races, stop thinking about 'us' and 'them' and focus on 'we', 'our' and 'Malaysians'.

No one should be made uncomfortable in their own home. A dear Chinese friend of mine said to me once, "I don't feel patriotic because I am not made to feel like Malaysia is my home, and I don't feel an affinity to China because I have never lived there.

I know some baby Nyonya friends who can trace their lineage back hundreds of years. I'm a fourth generation Malaysian. If I am Bumiputra, why can't they be, too? Clearly I have issues with the term.

I think the main reason why we still can't achieve total unity is because of this 'Malay rights' concept. I'd rather 'Malay rights' be replaced by human rights. So unless we get rid of this Bumiputra status, or reform our views and policies on rights, we will never achieve unity.

For my merdeka wish, I'd like for Malaysians to have more voice, to be respected and heard. I wish that the government would uphold the true essence of parliamentary democracy. I wish for the people to no longer fear and discriminate against each other, to see that we are one and the same.

I wish that Malaysia would truly live up to the tourism spin of Malaysia truly Asia. Malaysians to lead - whatever their ethnic background. Only ONE NATIONALITY MALAYSIAN. No Malays, No Chinese, No Indians - ONLY MALAYSIANS. Choose whatever religion one is comfortable with.

MERDEKA
MERDEKA
MERDEKA

That is the end of her article. Tunku Abdul Rahman has the reason to be proud of her.

Anyway, Happy 53th National Day and enjoy your holiday peeps! =D

Anecdote

Some of you might be wondering what is anecdote. Actually I am not sure about it neither. According to Wikipedia, an anecdote is a short, free-standing tale narrating a curious and biographical incident, often related to a topic. I got a story to share but I do not know whether it can be considered an anecdote.

Have you ever experienced an incident which you believe it is impossible to occur but it actually happened? I did. I remembered the story happened when I was in secondary school. In fact, I will never forget it and the doubt is still in my mind until today.

I used to have a water bottle that looked something like this.

One day after a society's meeting in school, I left my water bottle in the society room and went off. On the way back home, I searched my bag over and over again, I even took out all the stuff from my bag to find my bottle. I could not find it and immediately I called my friend who was still staying back in the society room. I asked him to keep my bottle safe in society room and said I would take it back tomorrow. He FOUND my bottle and said OK.

I woke up early in the next morning, went downstairs and I saw the water bottle was ON THE DINING TABLE! I stared the bottle with my enlarged eyes and could not believe what I had seen. I felt a little creepy and asked my mum where she found it. She said she found my water bottle INSIDE MY BAG!

Too bad the song by Usher (ft Will.I.Am) did not release earlier, if not that time I would sing OH MY GOD! LOL.

It is really up to you whether you want to believe my story, or not. You might said that I am making nonsense story, or I was stupid that I did not search my bag properly, or a 'person' broke into my house and put the bottle back in my bag and etc. I mean it is really up to you. Haha.

My sharing ends here. Got to go for studies. Ciao.

AS Result.

12th August 2010 is the date that I will not forget in my life. There is something happy and there is something sad on the same day.

It was the date that I got my AS result, and I'm kinda disappointed with it. I got only one A, and the rest got B. There are lots of students in my class who got straight As but I am not one of them. So sad LAH!

Well, I know result is not everything and good result does not guarantee that you will be successful in your future. A2 exams are coming soon and I shall faint not, FIGHT on! Life has to move on no matter how sucks it is, right? =)

I do not plan to retake any subject as I want to focus more on A2 syllabus. There is still chance for me to pull up my grades if I can do really well in A2 papers.

Let us move on to the happy side. My class SN10R rocked the tug-of-war on that day! 10 guys (including me) and 10 girls from my class joined the game during the Sports Carnival. Amardeep Singh was the SECRET WEAPON for guys' team as he was the fittest person in our batch and Chai Li (from other class) replaced one of the girls who has fallen sick.

Guess what. The guys team got the CHAMPION and the girls team got the third place! We exploded in loud cries of joy and excitement. I love the sporting spirit of my class. We are so united and fun-loving. SN10R is the BEST class ever in my life! =D

Now let us see what they have said after the game. I got their messages from facebook. =P

Amardeep Singh : It was both a happy and sad day, I want to thank all SN10Rians for the words of encouragement. Congrats every1 for your results, its a real motivation for me. Not giving up on this thx to you guys. I still have 2 months and nothing is over...Love you guys :)

Calvin Boey : I love SN10R. So united, sporting, exciting, happening, awesome and lovable. Great to be part of this near-ideal class, the best class ever in my life. Felt so proud to be an SN10Rian , and to represent the voices of the class. Please keep it this way =)

Siaw Ling : SN10R.. Proud of all of u!! Congratz to all tug-of-war participants! ^^ p/s: Amardeep Singh : 'I cannot abandon my classmate!!' Cool~SN10Rockkss..hehe~

Cheng Li : wa.....so high a today!!!!!!! ^^ !!!!!!!! can't calm down myself nw !!!!!!!!! thanks to SN10Rians~~~love u all so much......ya~~~and Chaili Aries oso....love u so much~~^^

Jim Ng : Wahaha, SN10R rocks The Tug Of War Today. We Won The Champion and 2nd Runner Female. XD

Ting Ting : Tug Of War!!!! SN10R is awesome! especially guys, u all did a great job!!! [thumbs up !!] girls ,at least we get the 3rd !! yeah!

Chuan Huat : HOORAY~! SN10Rians ROCKS in Tug Of War! XD Boys won CHAMPION and Girls won the 1st runner up! Special THX to Amardeep Singh! Our key player in boys team! ^^ THX to Chaili Aries too~ She joined our girls team~ =D

Audrey Tey : I've said it many times, but I will say it again. I ♥ SN10R!!! =D for an anti-mud person like me, to be standin in mud in the rain for tug-of-war is should be frightening but i had tons of FUNNNNNNNNN~ damn high rite we all?

Well, we only have few more months to get along as we are going to graduate soon. Let us cherish the time we spent together and fight hard for our A2 exams! Good luck and all the best peeps! May all of you always success in your future endeavors. Love you guys. =D

These are the reasons why I cannot forget that day.

SPUS Sports Carnival 2010

School 0f Pre-University Studies (SPUS) Sports Carnival 2010 has already kicked off yesterday. I was very excited about it as this would be the biggest event that I had organised in my college life.

Badminton, volleyball, basketball, tug-of-war, football, chess, table-tennis and etc will be run in this carnival. All the Tarcians can check the schedules out at the notice board near the Yum Yum Park's corridor (Canteen One). If you would like to enjoy the sporting atmosphere, do come and join us peeps! =D

I sprained my right hand badly last Thursday and has not recovered yet. I have difficulties in writing and carrying stuffs. Hope my right hand can recover fully before the games that I have participated - tug-or-war and football. Well, I guess I do not really need hands to play football right? =P

Let us show the sportsmanship of SPUS students and prove to other people that we are not NERDS! LOL. Hope all is well that ends well.