Be a Proud Malaysian!

It is amusing to listen, see and most satisfying of all to experience oneself as to how the so called leaders of this nation of ours conduct themselves before millions of watching eyes and analysing minds ready to deliver their verdict on the the leaders they have just catapulted to power. One leader in Selangor created a ruckus when this guy refused to don the songkok as he did not want to be seen as a Malay. What a joke! This so called learned politician is too obsess with such trivial matter for the sake of showing himself as a champion of particular race. Please open your eyes and be progressive, Indonesia a country most of us prefer to look down but when it comes to being patriotic and nationalistic, they have much to be proud of. They are able to communicate fluently and proudly in Bahasa Indonesia though they are not Javanese or Malay. They even don the songkok like it is part of their life though they are not Muslims. Their names tops everything their names sound Indonesian but they are Chinese!

Stop being babies my dear leaders and please, please grow up! We are watching and we are checking on you whether you live up to your ideal manifestos. In in Malaysia, there are only a few things we can really call truly Malaysian and sadly language is not one of them as we have many leaders who sound funny and stupid (forgive my pun) when they start to speak our national language and the most tragic of all is our own PM who sounds intelligent only in English but lack the sophistication when he speaks his own mother tongue (or is it?). He sounds like an uneducated guy from the remotest place in Malaysia and even those from such places speak better than him. It is unfair to compare him with others like his own deputy or his predecessor but to be a leader I think first of all you must and not should have excellent oratory skill so that you can attract others. Hence, his weak oratory skill might be one of the reasons why his coalition fared badly in the election.

Being Malaysians everyone must know and fluent in the national language as you need to communicate in that language since majority of the people speak that language. How do you think Tan Seng Giaw, the Puchong MP garnered the support of the Malays? Sure, his excellent Malay is the key. We need more of this type of leader to reflect that we are truly Malaysians. Sadly again even our top leader lacks such quality. Being human we communicate mainly through language and thus we need to be fluent in that language and not sound funny when you open your mouth as then people's perception towards you might cause you your power and authority over them.

Again , pardon my language if this sounds too harsh but it is a fact that everyone must face. Such may sounds and seems trivial and petty to some but again being Malaysians we must portray ourselves as being Malaysians in and out as long as it does not interfere with our faiths. In Indonesia, they have Harianto, Widjaya, Kusuma but they aren't Malays and not even Muslims but they carry their names proudly in a language not their own initially. To DAP, you claim that you are multi racial party by having Malays, Indians and others as members but yet you lack the sincerity and openness which should be your backbone. To all, stop being too obsess with your race and think and act like Malaysians!

"Being Malaysians won't change your faith."