Saturday, May 30, 2009

1Malaysia, boleh!

Joy does not last long.
After the happy moment at my school that my baby, ESN had finally been published yesterday(29th of May), I had to say goodbye to my classmate, Hafizuddin (I always call him Hafiz), who has decided to study in SPA (Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam), instead of STPM. I was sad as we have studied together for nearly one year. We might not be close friends, but we are good friends!
That would be the last time we met, so Hafiz decided to treat all his classmates from 6 A SAINS for lunch at the KFC restaurant at 3 p.m.
Well, we had a great time when we were at the restaurant. We enjoyed our lunch very much. We chatted and joked, a sense of joy filled the air. It seemed that we almost forgot Hafiz was leaving us.
Honestly, I was quite happy when we could mix together so well although we were of different races, because we were doing our part to achieve 1Malaysia.
Let us get to the point, we can easily observe that many young Malaysians nowadays are mixing with friends who are of the same races. They discriminate those who are of different colours. In fact, this is not a healthy phenomenon in this multi-ethnic country, as it will make the bond of unity among the young generations more vulnerable. Probably, the tragedy of 513 race riot may recur (of course I don't wish it might, but I just state the probable results). Why must they discriminate each other? We are all humans, and best of all, Malaysians! We have so many things in common - we have a pair of eyes and of ears, a nose, a mouth; and we can speak, walk and think as well! What we are slightly different are our skin colours, cultures and mother tongues. How can we let these kinds of distinctions to stop us from befriending with other races, who just have some very slight differences from us, but still, they are humans and Malaysians? This is pretty irrational!
We are born in this land and we are equal. We should share our cultures and beliefs with each other to deepen the understanding among us, in order to cultivate a sense of tolerance. Therefore, there are no longer Malays, Chinese and Indians, we are all Malaysians! We must play our role to accomplish 1Malaysia!
Well, at the KFC restaurant, I could see there were 14 Malaysians, who were enjoying their lunch, and bidding farewell to their friend, who was leaving. Thus, 1Malaysia, boleh!




Hey, show your guts, man!

1 comment:

  1. Great! Now that I have more things to read during my leisure. ^^. Why don't you add a 'chatter box', it would be convenient for others to leave you messages.

    And...

    Sorry if... I am among the "wrong guy". I just find it hard to get along with Malay (teenager only), don't know why. But I have no problem mixing with Indians, and others from other country. Anyway you know that I can hardly mix with anyone haha... it is my problem.

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