Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Hope Springs Again
Do you want to know the reason for the dearth of posts in this blog?
Hopelessness.
I think coming to the UK opened my eyes to all the drama happening back home. Perhaps the distance gave me a more objective viewpoint. Perhaps it is because I started following the news back home more closely - reading the NST, blogs, Malaysiakini...absence makes the heart grow fonder, after all.
But the truth is, I didn't like what I read. For the first time I saw the patronizing, the corruption, alienation, overconfidence and the utter disregard the government had for our people - without the smokescreen of the mainstream press or the tempurung I used to adopt at home.
Do you know how sometimes you're so overcome with anger or emotion that all words fail you?
There you go.
But today!!! I feel Malaysian like I haven't felt in a long time. I feel that at long last I share the sentiments of my fellow contrymen, and they share mine. That we are one and the same after all, we all want the same things, we feel anger and resentment at the same issues. That there need not be a divide between the races and a truly bangsa Malaysia is indeed possible.
Every newspaper, blog and online news site is crying out "The people have spoken". And even though I am not yet one of those people, their voices fill me with optimism and empowerment.
Hopelessness.
I think coming to the UK opened my eyes to all the drama happening back home. Perhaps the distance gave me a more objective viewpoint. Perhaps it is because I started following the news back home more closely - reading the NST, blogs, Malaysiakini...absence makes the heart grow fonder, after all.
But the truth is, I didn't like what I read. For the first time I saw the patronizing, the corruption, alienation, overconfidence and the utter disregard the government had for our people - without the smokescreen of the mainstream press or the tempurung I used to adopt at home.
Do you know how sometimes you're so overcome with anger or emotion that all words fail you?
There you go.
But today!!! I feel Malaysian like I haven't felt in a long time. I feel that at long last I share the sentiments of my fellow contrymen, and they share mine. That we are one and the same after all, we all want the same things, we feel anger and resentment at the same issues. That there need not be a divide between the races and a truly bangsa Malaysia is indeed possible.
Every newspaper, blog and online news site is crying out "The people have spoken". And even though I am not yet one of those people, their voices fill me with optimism and empowerment.
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