I guess everyone is feeling the post GE-13 blues right now. I know I am one of them.
I'm 34 years old this year and sad to say that I've never voted my whole life. I blame my own ignorance for that and nothing else. I think I've been too comfortable my whole life that casting a vote and spending a day lining up didn't seem like something I wanted to do on a nice Sunday morning. Felt like a waste of my time and felt like 1 vote won't change a thing and even if it did, winning one seat won't make any difference to my life. Yes I must admit, that WAS my mentality all along. To make matters worse, I managed to marry someone with that same mentality (if not worse) which made me feel even more comfortable not voting. Again, ignorance is to be blamed here.
Closer to GE-13 I started spending more time reading online sites and spent less time watching tv and reading the newspaper. No one told me to stop but I felt sick watching the news on tv that kept bashing the opposition. I am not on any sides here but when you keep seeing and listening to crap on tv you start to think for yourself. "Are they kidding me?" It is as if, the government can do no wrong and the opposition can do no right. That was when I started reading and watching stuff online rather than relying on the mainstream media to provide me news and updates. And I must say FB is another good source. Someone will post something and I will watch it and research it online. Then you get the truth. Something you won't get on mainstream media. From that day on, I started to follow up updates and news online on this GE-13 and started getting more and more interested in it.
At the same time, a lot is going on in my life - with the kids, the move to the new house and the constant traveling for the past few months and I didn't get the chance to register to be a voter. Something I really really regret but at the same time, I think deeper than casting my vote. I feel that it is my job to know what I am voting for and not just vote for the sake of voting. If I want to do something, I want to do it right.
I love my country.. believe it or not. I really feel blessed to be part of this country but being a Malaysian, I also see so many flaws in our current government. Some say if you don't vote, then you have no right to speak. While I agree to that to some extent, I also feel that whether you vote or not, you are still a citizen and I still pay taxes so I do have the right to speak.
A lot of people are very emotional when it comes to this. Especially on fb, I saw friends fighting with each other because they don't support the same party and many have so many negative things to say about each other. In a way, I don't blame them. They obviously are passionate people and therefore they feel so strongly about what they believe. I'm all for that because I am quite a passionate person by nature too but sometimes I wish people would filter what they say to people too. I don't like provocation and I don't like confrontation and to see it happening on fb between friends is kind of sad. What have we become? 1Malaysia? I think not.
The 'rakyat' has spoken on the 5 May 2013 and I guess it is what it is... BN has been in power for a long time and perhaps way too long. They know the tricks. They know how to win. Fair or unfair is besides the point. I don't see how opposition can win. I must say though that throughout my 'research', I was surprised that the result came out that way. I really thought the opposition could win more seats than they did. I saw so many videos of followers and their campaign and I know that they have won the rakyats heart but somehow the results came out otherwise. When I sit and think about it, I guess deep down I kind of knew no matter what, BN will win so I slept that night thinking the powerful side won.
We've been blessed to be part of Malaysia. Growing up, I've always felt as ease and whenever I see riots and all on international tv, I was proud to say that my country isn't like that but lately, we see it happening to our country too and I wonder what happened?
Tun Mahathir recently did an interview and I saw it and he said it is not that the opposition is now stronger, it is because the government has become weaker. Those were his words, not mine. And I agree. It is true what he said. Our government has become weaker.
We don't see it during Mahathir's time. We were united. So what happened and what went wrong?
The point of my post is not to say I'm pro government or pro opposition. I want to say that I want a better Malaysia. And more than anything it is ME that needs to play MY part in the society. What can I do to make Malaysia a better place? It is more than placing a vote every 5 years. It goes beyond that I think.
Malaysians are not racist. I don't believe we are so stop making racial comments to provoke others. I believe this is Tanah Melayu and I believe we need to fight that right for sure but that doesn't mean I need to rub it in my Chinese or Indian friend's face of my privileges. They are Malaysians too and this is their Tanah Tumpah darah too so we need to give them something for their hard work too. Malaysia wouldn't be complete without our Chinese and Indian and all the other races.
Stop the negativity pls. Towards government and towards opposition. Government isn't perfect without flaws and opposition is not all that bad. If you read and see the mainstream media, yes you will only see the bad side of the opposition and only the good side of the government so if you are smart (like me), see both sides and then you judge.
For now, like I said.. Perhaps it is best to accept the results and see how we can improve as a society. We owe it to our children. Give them the good life we had growing up in a harmonious society. That's my plan at least... What's yours?
Can we just agree to disagree and live happily ever after?
And pls... Enough of sex scandals. I don't want to know who had sex with so and so and I'm not interested to know who just did another sumpah lakhnat in from of the Kaabah. That is between you and God.
Malaysians, we still have a lot to work on. Lets start our day thanking our lucky stars, count our blessings and lets start doing our part for our society. I'm gonna register to vote ASAP...
U? What's your plan for our beloved country?
I'm 34 years old this year and sad to say that I've never voted my whole life. I blame my own ignorance for that and nothing else. I think I've been too comfortable my whole life that casting a vote and spending a day lining up didn't seem like something I wanted to do on a nice Sunday morning. Felt like a waste of my time and felt like 1 vote won't change a thing and even if it did, winning one seat won't make any difference to my life. Yes I must admit, that WAS my mentality all along. To make matters worse, I managed to marry someone with that same mentality (if not worse) which made me feel even more comfortable not voting. Again, ignorance is to be blamed here.
Closer to GE-13 I started spending more time reading online sites and spent less time watching tv and reading the newspaper. No one told me to stop but I felt sick watching the news on tv that kept bashing the opposition. I am not on any sides here but when you keep seeing and listening to crap on tv you start to think for yourself. "Are they kidding me?" It is as if, the government can do no wrong and the opposition can do no right. That was when I started reading and watching stuff online rather than relying on the mainstream media to provide me news and updates. And I must say FB is another good source. Someone will post something and I will watch it and research it online. Then you get the truth. Something you won't get on mainstream media. From that day on, I started to follow up updates and news online on this GE-13 and started getting more and more interested in it.
At the same time, a lot is going on in my life - with the kids, the move to the new house and the constant traveling for the past few months and I didn't get the chance to register to be a voter. Something I really really regret but at the same time, I think deeper than casting my vote. I feel that it is my job to know what I am voting for and not just vote for the sake of voting. If I want to do something, I want to do it right.
I love my country.. believe it or not. I really feel blessed to be part of this country but being a Malaysian, I also see so many flaws in our current government. Some say if you don't vote, then you have no right to speak. While I agree to that to some extent, I also feel that whether you vote or not, you are still a citizen and I still pay taxes so I do have the right to speak.
A lot of people are very emotional when it comes to this. Especially on fb, I saw friends fighting with each other because they don't support the same party and many have so many negative things to say about each other. In a way, I don't blame them. They obviously are passionate people and therefore they feel so strongly about what they believe. I'm all for that because I am quite a passionate person by nature too but sometimes I wish people would filter what they say to people too. I don't like provocation and I don't like confrontation and to see it happening on fb between friends is kind of sad. What have we become? 1Malaysia? I think not.
The 'rakyat' has spoken on the 5 May 2013 and I guess it is what it is... BN has been in power for a long time and perhaps way too long. They know the tricks. They know how to win. Fair or unfair is besides the point. I don't see how opposition can win. I must say though that throughout my 'research', I was surprised that the result came out that way. I really thought the opposition could win more seats than they did. I saw so many videos of followers and their campaign and I know that they have won the rakyats heart but somehow the results came out otherwise. When I sit and think about it, I guess deep down I kind of knew no matter what, BN will win so I slept that night thinking the powerful side won.
We've been blessed to be part of Malaysia. Growing up, I've always felt as ease and whenever I see riots and all on international tv, I was proud to say that my country isn't like that but lately, we see it happening to our country too and I wonder what happened?
Tun Mahathir recently did an interview and I saw it and he said it is not that the opposition is now stronger, it is because the government has become weaker. Those were his words, not mine. And I agree. It is true what he said. Our government has become weaker.
We don't see it during Mahathir's time. We were united. So what happened and what went wrong?
The point of my post is not to say I'm pro government or pro opposition. I want to say that I want a better Malaysia. And more than anything it is ME that needs to play MY part in the society. What can I do to make Malaysia a better place? It is more than placing a vote every 5 years. It goes beyond that I think.
Malaysians are not racist. I don't believe we are so stop making racial comments to provoke others. I believe this is Tanah Melayu and I believe we need to fight that right for sure but that doesn't mean I need to rub it in my Chinese or Indian friend's face of my privileges. They are Malaysians too and this is their Tanah Tumpah darah too so we need to give them something for their hard work too. Malaysia wouldn't be complete without our Chinese and Indian and all the other races.
Stop the negativity pls. Towards government and towards opposition. Government isn't perfect without flaws and opposition is not all that bad. If you read and see the mainstream media, yes you will only see the bad side of the opposition and only the good side of the government so if you are smart (like me), see both sides and then you judge.
For now, like I said.. Perhaps it is best to accept the results and see how we can improve as a society. We owe it to our children. Give them the good life we had growing up in a harmonious society. That's my plan at least... What's yours?
Can we just agree to disagree and live happily ever after?
And pls... Enough of sex scandals. I don't want to know who had sex with so and so and I'm not interested to know who just did another sumpah lakhnat in from of the Kaabah. That is between you and God.
Malaysians, we still have a lot to work on. Lets start our day thanking our lucky stars, count our blessings and lets start doing our part for our society. I'm gonna register to vote ASAP...
U? What's your plan for our beloved country?
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