No More Vernacular Schools: What Say NUCC and ‘the-new-NGO-for-unity-that-has-yet-to-be-named’?

After ‘Negaraku’ (I still can’t believe that this is an NGO’s name) there is a new NGO set up by the same people or at least the people who belong to the same group – the liberals, namely Saifuddin Abdullah and Mujahid Rawa.  Yes, I was made to understand that one of them is from UMNO and another from PAS but I bet that they are both there, for DAP, though they, themselves might not know it. 

Both of them are, respectively, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of this new NGO. The crazy thing is, this NGO has yet to have a name.  I don’t understand…what’s so hard about finding a name?  Ambiga can call hers ‘Negaraku’, so Saifuddin can call his ‘Negaraku too’ or anything like that, right? 

I mean, just give it any name, it won’t make any difference.  It still plays the same song.  And why in such a hurry to announce the NGO when you have not had a name?    

It is stated that this new NGO is all about curbing racism and uniting the people of Malaysia.  Funny, that both the Chairman and the Deputy of this new NGO are already being given the same task under National Unity Consultation Council (NUCC).  The setting up of a new NGO with the same objective only marks their failure in NUCC thus makes the Council’s failure an official one. 

With the same ‘failed’ people running the NGO, how can we expect much? 

In fact, how can we expect anything from these same groups of lowly-hypocritical liberals?

These liberals know and we all know for a fact that the problem of racism lies with the racists who refuse to blend in with the original settlers, even refuse to go to the same school.  The problem keeps growing with their constant denials of being the descendents of immigrants who ‘overstayed their visits’. 

Therefore, the only way to curb racism in Malaysia is to first teach these racists to accept who they are and admit what they are.  Unfortunately, asking such thing from the racists is just too much.  You cannot expect the racists to be rationale or admit anything because they are just not capable of it.  There is no conscience. 

Just like the Zionists who don’t have any guilt for taking everything away from the Palestinians, these racists too, feel that they have the rights to take anything they like from anybody.  If you try to reason with them, they will straight away call you a racist.  That’s just how their minds work – it doesn’t get connected to the heart because there is no heart.   

Just days ago, the National GPMS Alumni Organisation has again voiced out what the rationale Malaysians have been saying, that is, Malaysia needs to stop entertaining future demands for construction of vernacular schools. It is clear that nothing good is achieved from having Chinese or Tamil Type Schools and only bad and the worst things come out from it.  Plus, it doesn’t make sense to have a Tamil or Chinese Type school, sometimes, next to the National School, just to accommodate around 10 or so students.  It’s non-practical and a waste of tax-payers money.

Denying this and choosing to go along with whatever the demands by the racists are the worst mistake any government could ever make.  These vernacular schools are going to breed more and worse kinds of racists that will be harder or impossible to curb. 

The NUCC has obviously denied this and that is why it failed.  And with the same people heading this new NGO-for-unity-that-has-no-name, I don’t think Malaysians are going to unite very soon. 

Let’s face it.  Racism is not caused by Bumiputra Rights or Islam being the official religion.  It is caused by Vernacular Schools!  Until NUCC or whatever NGO these liberals are going to set up in the name of unity acknowledge this fact, nothing can be done to curb racism in the country. 

So stop setting up new NGOs will ya?  Go get a life! Unless, you want to hold a record as someone who set up the most NGOs, you may spend your whole life doing so.  But you know what? Margaret Thatcher once said that she didn’t want to die washing dishes like other women.  Well, I think it is more pathetic to die setting up stupid NGOs…

Happy Spring Festival to all my Chinese friends!

I come understand that wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year would not be accurate - even racist, for a fact. I was told that the whole celebration is about welcoming the Spring Season in China, and has nothing to do with Chinese race or Buddhism. It might not make sense to celebrate Spring in Malaysia, but it just happened that the Chinese has embraced it as an ultimate cultural event which is celebrated by all Chinese in every part of the world – four seasons or not. Therefore, I think wishing you all a Happy Spring Festival would make more sense than wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year.

I was supposed to post this piece earlier but my work got in the way. Besides, I spent most of yesterday celebrating with my Chinese relatives and friends because in Malaysia, everybody celebrates this Spring Festival, not just the Chinese.

Or, to be honest, what most of us actually celebrate is the holidays not the festival. Like all other festivals, all races wish each other happiness for the holiday and tell each other to have a safe journey. And I believe that despite the rising racial prejudice, we all sincerely wish for each others’ safety and happiness - at least, until things get back to routine and we are forced to listen to the politicians bringing up the issue of race and religion again.

Now, don’t get me wrong. When I say politicians, they not necessarily be the ‘real politicians’. Nowadays, the worst politicians are the enemies in disguise as NGO’s and religious figures – Muslims and Christians alike. It is only a matter of time before they start disguising as Hindu or Buddhist monks too. In many cases, the ‘real politicians’ only play along with these phony NGO’s or religious leaders’ games.

Religion is the most convenient weapon or tool for a leader to achieve his purposes. It is very unfortunate of us that the world today though may not be lack of leaders, we are very short of righteous ones. Often our not-so-good leaders fall to the evil games of the enemies either by choice, by ‘no-choice’ or by pure stupidity.

When the leaders are stuck or lost in the game, we, as well educated people must make a choice. We can choose to follow the lost leaders and get stuck in the mud or we can choose to do what is right and good for us.

We can choose to understand the game and not play along. Do not draw the racial cards. Do not join the religious provocation. Leave it to the NGOs and so-called religious leaders and politicians. Do not entertain their call for demonstrations, do not go to their talks, do not support their blogs or join their social network.

And most importantly, do not believe everything you hear or read. Be alert about the evil plots and don’t fall into their game of hatred. Be aware of the agenda and their modus operandis.

Iraq, Egypt…would not have fallen if the people were more informed and were able to control their emotions and think rationally. A country will not fall apart just because the leaders have failed. It only falls when the people failed to act rationally.

The worst leader might have failed the country, but how do we explain ‘failure’ when Iraq was a lot better off under Saddam Hussein and Egypt was a lot better off before Arab Spring.

Therefore, let us all come together on this Spring Festival and help spread the words of wisdom. Above all that, let us spread honesty.

Let’s be honest that Christians don’t feel comfortable using the word ‘Allah’ in the prayers. Let’s be honest that the Chinese are doing great in Malaysia and not being sidelined or oppressed. Let’s be honest that the Chinese controls the economy and sideline the Malays in any way possible in private sectors.

Let’s be honest that if UMNO is as racist as DAP said it is, then the Chinese would never be where they are today. If the Malays are as racist and not buy or support Chinese businesses just like what the Chinese are doing to them, the Chinese will not be one controlling the economy today.

Let’s not point fingers but just look at ourselves and admit our mistakes – the lies and the hypocrisy.

For once, in the spirits of the beautiful Spring Season, let’s be honest and say things as it is. Then only we can hope for a better Malaysia.