Just curious, do they have Chinese and Tamil schools in Australia? In England? What about Japan? Better yet, do they have Tamil schools in Thailand? Since Australia has got a huge Asian community over there, I suppose it can be called a multi-racial country or continent or whatever..! I wonder if they have any Asian ministers sitting in the Aussie Government? If so, how many? Is there a public holiday for Chinese New Year, Deepavali and Aidilfitri, because I know there are a lot of Muslims there too. No such luck ! Let's leave Australia and go to England and talk about 'KETUANAN INGGERIS' pulak. You think the British feel that they of the same standard as other Asians or even Europeans residing in their country? Not a chance! In fact in London, I think the Asians and South Asians outnumber the English people, but any luck in getting a public holiday for the 3 festivals I mentioned? Will Europeans and Australians tolerate having their department stores decorated with ketupats and red lanterns all over the city with speakers blasting with out with Aidilfitri and Chinese New Year festive songs? Hard luck!!. Is there a Thaipusam holiday for the Indian community in England? They have a huge Indian population there and sadly no Tamil schools. Why? BECAUSE we only get all that in MALAYSIA.
Only in this humble country can we have all this. Just a thought, I think sejarah wasn't a popular subject with many people because if you remember, Malays are the original people of Perseketuan Tanah Melayu, which is now called MALAYsia. Our King is Malay, our Prime Minister is Malay. But what about the many Ministers, Tan Sris, Datoks, Tuns, etc who are of Chinese and Indian descent? If Malaysia was so prejudiced and racial, there won't be any rich Chinese and Indians, similarly, there definately won't be any poor Malays. Let it be understood for once and for all that Malays have the right to certain priviledges in Malaysia, being the natives of this land. I'm not supporting the Melayus or anything, I mean why should I? I'm not Malay. It's just that I'm so thankful for having a place here and feel a sense of belonging. An Aunt of mine who resides in Australia is always saying how she wished she could come and live in Malaysia again.
For the stranger who conveniently called me a "farking retarded", brush up your English. It's people like you who give Chinese the bad name. 99% of my friends are Chinese and thank God they are nothing like you. You remind me of SM Taman Desa with your rotten English.
Tan Sri Vincent Tan and Tan Sri Anandakrishna are good examples of non-bumis who've made it successfully. It's a blessing that Malaysia is indeed a Land of Oppurtunities, where if one works hard, one succeeds. Otherwise a person of Indian origin like me would have no chance of being where I am today. My husband and I strived very hard to get to where we are now and mind you, that has nothing to do with him being a Malay. In fact, I credit my Father who actually 'opened' up the door of oppurtunities for us in our earlier struggling days when he introduced us to some very influential people who appreciated our art of photography. That got the ball rolling...and I am sure that it will keep on rolling for as long as we continue to sweat and work hard regardless of what our skin colour is.
What more do we want?
I sign out with one thought in my head...If we all took the time to reflect on our blessings, maybe we will feel differently and appreciate what we have.
