Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Budi bahasa budaya kita ?

13 Julai 2011- kereta yang dipandu Jing Yi telah dilanggar oleh sebuah kereta. (malas nak jelaskan prosesnya) Si ayah itu keluar dari keretanya, bersama dengan dua orang anaknya.
Saya memandu dalam si kuning.

Ayat pertama yang dia katakan pada saya, “Saya ‘stay’ dekat ‘lane’ saya”. (nada suara yang yakin).

Saya tersenyum, “macam mana encik nak ‘stay’ kat ‘lane’ sendiri sedangkan saya pandu kat ‘fast lane’? ‘Main road’ ni ada dua lorong dan sekiranya encik nak masuk dari simpang jalan pun kena ikut lorong kiri dulu baru masuk ke ‘fast lane’,” kata saya. (handal betul bahasa rojak saya sekarang)

Saya tak pandai berdebat tetapi saya berkeyakinan. Dia terdiam. Memang pun dia yang bersalah.

“Anak encik ‘OK’?” Tanya saya.

“OK…” kata dia sambil merokok.

Kami menunggu lebih kurang 45 minit untuk ke balai polis. Sepanjang masa itu, Jing Yi menunggu. Habis rokok lima puntung si ayah itu. Jing Yi menunggu, menunggu satu perkataan. Nampaknya perkataan ‘sorry’ adalah suatu perkataan yang menjatuhkan air muka.

Jing Yi tak marah tapi hanya hairan kenapa orang sekarang amat pentingkan air muka. Mungkin si ayah tersebut ingin kelihatan bermaruah di depan anak-anaknya. Tak berbaloi marah kerana orang yang angkuh dan ‘bermaruah’ itu.

Budi bahasa budaya kita

Teras panduan hidup manusia

Nak jadi rakyat kelas pertama

Jauh lagi perjalanannya

Adakah budi bahasa masih wujud dalam kalangan masyarakat kita?

Monday, July 11, 2011

when silent speaks

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
-Martin Luther King Jr

I respect this man for his bravery and contribution to civil rights. He is a hero. I do not know that our dear prime minister is a big fan of him too until today. I wish everything would turn back to normal after the peaceful rally by Bersih 2.0 until he lied. The rally shows the world of our maturity, unity and desire for clean and fair election. I am proud to be a Malaysian.

Our prime minister is really good in speaking, i think he took Martin Luther King Jr as his role model in speaking. Tell you what...you failed in imitating his style especially the enthusiasm. As you were talking, your eyes were filled with fear, fear of the lies coming out from your mouth. You could not even look into your people's eyes when you are speaking.

He said the rally only represented minority and he urged those 'majority' to voice out their opinions. I classified myself as one of the majority in this matter (since I did not go to the rally) and this is what I want to say about Bersih 2.0.

My Saturday should be a relaxing and calm one but I couldn't stop myself from browsing through the internet and look for the latest news about Bersih 2.0.

I should be there.

If not of the stupid 'Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971' which I had signed in order to enter local university I should be walking on that streets with those people. They were once the 'silent majority'. They are just ordinary people and do you think they would risk their lives just to create havoc out of nothing? They are Malaysians who can no longer bear your cruelty. They stood up for us and I salute them.

The best thing I had ever done on my 21st birthday was to walk to the post office and register myself as a voter. I can still remember that moment...

The officer at the counter was starring at me and asked,' do you want to register today? Why so soon?'
And I replied,'do I have to be 21 year and 1 day old to do this?'
And for the first time ever I walked out from post office with a big smile.

I am patiently waiting for my first general election and here is my message for our dear prime minister...

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Martin Luther King Jr

We are just ordinary people but I believe that we can be the heroes in ourselves.