heritage & history

:: heritage & history ::


2 big words in the media now. at least in the current malay media.
cos it's bulan bahasa...
why the sudden interest in this topic?? cos mum & i took a cab last nyte to bukit panjang for the wake.
& the cab driver was like a historian cum politician. & he speaks excellent english as in perfect sentence structure & not a single singlish word in use. which i think is excellent for a retired man.
he used to stay at my area when he was young, which was a malay kampong. there was harmony among the chinese & the malays & he cited the stories that happened before.
he was also praising the characteristics of the malays to the sky! sayin we're peace loving ppl, strong relationship ties among relatives, etc. which i seriously doubt so wen u observe the ways of the younger generation. seriously.
he said knowing one's heritage, history & language is very important which is no longer the case for many singaporeans. attitudes hav changed over the years. singaporeans now are selfish & self-centred.
i hav to agree wholeheartedly.


asians are supposed to be soft-spoken when talking to one another, polite, etc...
other qualities that hav been stereotyped or maybe had been practised by our forefathers.
but look at us now. we no longer speak dengan beralas. wat i mean here is not really in flowery terms but one can observe how the europeans treat and talk to one another.
they're everythin we're not. haha. i sound eurocentric but really, juz think bout it.
everytime i speak to them, they'll say gd mornin, how do u do? etc. etc. expressin concern & politeness in conversations before actually conveyin their intentions.
sth that we can pick up for the betterment of ourselves.


oh well, juz sth to ponder about...