Thursday, November 22, 2007

Justice and the Count

Tarot: the Justice card

"Justice represents the balance in life between right and wrong. It is a reminder that you are accountable for your actions and you must be prepared to accept the consequences of any misdeeds. You have been given the strength to fight injustice in everyday life, so bring balance back into the world around you."

i told my best friend my worst secret yesterday, after years of wondering how he would react. and he responded perfectly. supportive, appropriately angry, passionate, and the perfect friend.

thank you my Count.

Monday, November 5, 2007

the unity band

say what?
why do i need to wear a stupid red rubber band around my wrist to prove i am Malaysian?
i am Malaysian! i am not a politician, thus i do not sit in a Malay, Chinese or Indian party. i do not talk about my kris in Parliament and about my culture of yam-seng and such and then say "i am Malaysian, but only talking about my own culture lah/leh".
i do not think of myself as Punjabi or Indian. i have always said i am Malaysian first.
but now, the conceptualization and creation of this cheap ugly red rubber band is an insult to me, as a Malaysian, and i am in addition forced to watch these awfully cheesy adverts on Astro that brainwash: eh - all of us liking roti-canai lah so we same-same.Malaysian and someone calling someone else "brother" in another language is a fucking honor.
don't our damn politicians get it??! every time YOU acknowledge we are different, YOU are perpetuating the myth that we are different. and telling us that wearing this skanky crappy red rubber band around our wrists makes us more Malaysian, merely proves that we are still such different souls struggling to conform, 50 long painful years on.
get a grip my Malaysian politicians, and do not work at separating us whilst articulating Kongsi-Raya.