im back again.. Discussing about Malaysia scares me.. worse when talking about the world. Yet anyone can talk about all the wrong things we see before our eyes but how many dares and have the gut or even care to do something about it? Good things do not come by itself with miracles but, out of collective actions and effort by group of people who persevere and fight for it....don't get me wrong, im not talking about changing the world upside down or anything like that..what i'm trying to say here is that ' to enjoy a good outcome in the end, the good acts must start now and from within'.
If we expect the world to change. WE first must change. I remember Ms.Madelaine my english teacher when i was in KMYS used to say, "do unto others, as u want others to do unto you". It simply means, if we want people to respect us, we first have to give other people the respect they deserve. This simple concept is by and large, lost in our society to some extent. Ironically, for the muslims especially, since this is the ground I am talking from, the Prophet had thought us and emphasize the importance of mutual respect soo long time ago but why can we not follow????
Now, lets focus on Malaysia...this year is our 50th anniversary of independence. Alhamdulillah, with the grace of God and with His will that today we are enjoying being Malaysian and benefiting a lot from her either. With the nation developing, and aiming for developed nation at some point...the main question we have to ask ourselves is 'WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MY BELOVED NATION?"..the fact that every little things matter is crucial for all of us to understand. Helping the nation does not mean you have to be a minister, politician, or a successful businessman with big money…or to wait when ur 40’s!!…We can help the nation regardless of our age, background or location! Still vivid in my mind the ‘sembang-sembang politik’ I had in London with Jeg, Smq and Daus one night. One of the conclusions we came out with was that, ‘to act now, within our capacity and keep progressing as we go along’…..if we seriously want to take our nation to another level, then we all have to step up and do something.
I am very grateful to God, thankful to the government as well for giving me the opportunity to study abroad. It is very fortunate for me to get this chance because it is undoubtedly an ‘eye-opener’, ‘life-changing experience’ and is going to be among if not the most memorable 5 years in my life….However, that also reminds me to one of the verses in the Quran, Chapter One which means ‘God will not bestow upon you a responsibility or burden, unless He knew that you are capable of taking it on your shoulder’……..Fundamentally it means, we are simply being given the chance to see the other part of the globe and to learn from their people all the good stuffs to take them home and be reminded as well as cautios by learning the ‘less good stuffs’. Therefore, the best things that we can do to pay back our society, from whom the tax was taken to pay our fees here, besides finishing our degree, is probably to lead by example and to share with other fellow Malaysians the good elements we have learned.
We learnt that Malaysia is famous of ‘adat dan budi pekerti, kesopanan dan kesusilaan’…..the question is how far is this statement still true? Or has it ever been true at all?Some people say, if they come to Malaysia then only they know the truth….my view on this? Yes and NO!!!
We may treat the tourists better than we treat ourselves, as in to our fellow Malaysians. We lack the respect of individual’s right and principles….We don’t say thank you that much to other people…We argued and fight over petty things and sometimes ridiculously led to murder and death…We ignore or pay no attention when people are talking in front be it teachers, lecturers or friends.We don’t acknowledge students’ rights and importance that much. We take the road recklessly without caring about the safety of others. We curse and become angry when people point out our wrongdoings instead of saying thank you!!!We don’t dress modestly anymore as if there is nothing refraining us from doing ‘the show’. We love our job more than we do love our family. We became MP’s to benefit ourselves. We love money more than anything else to the extent of disregarding the purity of the source, and ultimately, we care soo much about ourselves now that we care soo less for the hereafter, which I think sadly enough, completes the ingredients for an impending dooms :( ………………………………………………………………..and those are just a short list of the things which crossed my mind.
Take it from here, that is the reality, Pak Lah said, ‘We have 1st world infrastructure but 3rd world mentality’….true enough with evidence before our eyes….but the good part is at least we have some world class infrastructure, it is just a matter of finding the formulae to upgrade the mentality????? My view, the most ideal way of progressing forward is to have both religion and economy to march hand in hand….or else we may achieve one temporarily, but collapse sooner due to the ignorance of the other…..as I always believed that other aspects of life are subsets to religion, the religion itself need to be holistically understood in order to complete the other important aspects of life and firmly upheld so that as an individual we become a better person and if achieved collectively the world will become a better place……..till then …bye
5 comments:
I agree with you dude. But don't you think, in todays world, religion has become more taboo than other things such as sex? People become more afraid to embrace religion more over than talking about it. How do you suggest we tackle this issue? There's a hush hush understanding in Malaysia that as long as Islamic culture are embraced in Malaysia and amongst malays, that the economy will not follow.
The question is, how do we commit religion and economy hand in hand without sacrificing each other.
yup dug@mr.relucent, im totally aware of that hush-hush understanding ur talking about and to make it worse, there r actually quite a substantial percentage of ppl who may think that way now.However, if we really think about it,what really drag the economy down has nothin to do with religion. But CORRUPTION??BIG tiMe..yeS,yes,yeS...Illeracy?yeS,
yes,yes...RempiT,Lepak,DadaH??yes,yes,
yes...discipline,honesty,perseverance?
No,No,No..so my point is,if we look
deep into it, learn it hollistically, i don't see any teachings in the religion that will inhibit the
progress of economy but rather, the individual egoism and the false belief of the notion u have mentioned may put ppl off and away from religion more,n this actually make matters worse..good thought duggie,thanx for the comment:)
agree too...bcos the gov ignore the developement of the human and islamic value in each of malaysian/muslims,it pays dearly with all the corruption,drugs,rempit etc...and sad to say,its our PM who said that,no use to be islamic country if we cannot be a developed country!what a pathetic statement from a man who called himself muslim leader.
aslm daddy..this is me tisyia yang sudah berumur 12 ++tahun. thank you for continuing your blog that has been left for 4650 days hehhe.. i luv uu
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