Assalamualaikum and a lovely day to everyone who is reading this post❣ My wish is everyone is doing just fine no matter where you folks are now. Before I go any further, there is a thing I would like to clarify. The reason why I rarely update is not because I rarely write. I do write, kind of regularly, but I always end up thinking that what I wrote is unnecessary. For instance, I have written about a guy I currently have a crush on, about my family’s endless pecuniary drawback, about my wishes for 2012, as well as about my dissatisfaction with the way pious people correcting not-so-pious people.
Yes, I wrote them all but I have yet to publish them on this precious blog.
I wanted to wish my dwindling blog’s visitors and followers a very very happy new year, yet it turned out I felt like it was something that every blogger in the world was probably doing at the time so I decided to wait for a few days until I forgot that I wanted to make a post about the new year eve. That was what happened. That was why I had not wished you people a happy new year. Pardon me, guys.
I hope it is not too late! Happy New Year and May God bless us all. Have a nice day ahead! If you believe this year is the last year for us all, do perform everything at your best then. And for those who don’t, just because you don’t, does not mean you can purposely commit a misdeed. What? You think you’re gonna live forever? What if your tomorrow never comes? Have you ever thought of that? No? You’d better start now.
NOW, what is with the fools and fool’s gold? It was reported in today’s and yesterday’s newspapers that villagers of Kampung Melayu had been wowed by the glittering stones found on a road at Jalan Mewah. Although experts had confirmed that the stones were merely granite stones engrafted with iron sulphide which glowed in the dark and shone under the sunlight, the villagers were so optimistic that they kept looking and collecting that stones known as fool’s gold.
Perhaps, that is the good part of Malays. They become extremely optimistic when it comes to an undying desire to be rich. In one go, they are making a fool of themselves. It shows that my people are always in search of shortcuts to success and happiness. They probably thought that the stones were valuable that they could be millionaires just by pawning them. It is overwhelming to know that only Malays were there, being fools by collecting fool’s gold.
I felt ashamed when a Chinese proprietor mocked the villagers, saying they could keep the stones at home as decorative items. Even though the villagers are of nobodies that I know, I still feel mocked because the villagers are Malay. How would you feel if you – a Malay – heard a person of other race said, “Apalah! Bodoh punya Melayu!” ("What a stupid Malay!")?
"Regardless of different opinions we may be of, we are still seen as one by other races. Please bear that in mind, people. We are one. A single Malay’s success is ours and a single Malay’s fault is ours too."
Another thing is, there are no such things as shortcuts to happiness. Let alone an eternal one. Thinking the stones on the road can make you a rich person is unacceptably stupid. If they were, Jalan Mewah would be the richest neighborhood ever that you people living there could afford the longest bridge in the world. Unfortunately, they are not. The stones are not worth a cent. Let us stop here and crack down on our real lives. Being silly at times is essential for a good laugh but making a fool of ourselves purposely in public is very out of place and needless indeed.
Come on, people! We are more than what we are now. Let us pray that our triumphs in the offing will vindicate us.
Yes, I wrote them all but I have yet to publish them on this precious blog.
I wanted to wish my dwindling blog’s visitors and followers a very very happy new year, yet it turned out I felt like it was something that every blogger in the world was probably doing at the time so I decided to wait for a few days until I forgot that I wanted to make a post about the new year eve. That was what happened. That was why I had not wished you people a happy new year. Pardon me, guys.
I hope it is not too late! Happy New Year and May God bless us all. Have a nice day ahead! If you believe this year is the last year for us all, do perform everything at your best then. And for those who don’t, just because you don’t, does not mean you can purposely commit a misdeed. What? You think you’re gonna live forever? What if your tomorrow never comes? Have you ever thought of that? No? You’d better start now.
NOW, what is with the fools and fool’s gold? It was reported in today’s and yesterday’s newspapers that villagers of Kampung Melayu had been wowed by the glittering stones found on a road at Jalan Mewah. Although experts had confirmed that the stones were merely granite stones engrafted with iron sulphide which glowed in the dark and shone under the sunlight, the villagers were so optimistic that they kept looking and collecting that stones known as fool’s gold. 
Perhaps, that is the good part of Malays. They become extremely optimistic when it comes to an undying desire to be rich. In one go, they are making a fool of themselves. It shows that my people are always in search of shortcuts to success and happiness. They probably thought that the stones were valuable that they could be millionaires just by pawning them. It is overwhelming to know that only Malays were there, being fools by collecting fool’s gold.
I felt ashamed when a Chinese proprietor mocked the villagers, saying they could keep the stones at home as decorative items. Even though the villagers are of nobodies that I know, I still feel mocked because the villagers are Malay. How would you feel if you – a Malay – heard a person of other race said, “Apalah! Bodoh punya Melayu!” ("What a stupid Malay!")?
Another thing is, there are no such things as shortcuts to happiness. Let alone an eternal one. Thinking the stones on the road can make you a rich person is unacceptably stupid. If they were, Jalan Mewah would be the richest neighborhood ever that you people living there could afford the longest bridge in the world. Unfortunately, they are not. The stones are not worth a cent. Let us stop here and crack down on our real lives. Being silly at times is essential for a good laugh but making a fool of ourselves purposely in public is very out of place and needless indeed.
Come on, people! We are more than what we are now. Let us pray that our triumphs in the offing will vindicate us.
2 comments:
Well said.
Thank you (:
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