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Peace, Love & Interlok April 10, 2011

Good evening my bloggers! 😉

How are you?  This is my second column for today;)  I am not sure whether I mentioned you about I got this book- Interlok (Interlock) in my previous blog.  Anyway, I finally got this book from MPH, Alamanda last Thursday afternoon. I was eager to read this book so much. When I tried first to find this book before, it was sold out! I was pretty frustrated though.  This book did ‘sparked’ our politic in Malaysia.   It was a big issue back in January this year. 

This book, to me, is brilliant!  While reading it, I was moved and I could imagine the ‘situation’ back then (in 1930-1940s) in Penisula Malaysia.  Back then, there were only native people which was the Malays.  The Chinese and Indian people came from the own mainland to work here.  To me, the author has written the book beautifully. 

The first part in this book that I read about the Malay family.  I was really upset after I finished reading it.   I don’t know whether this is ‘the Malay’ way of thinking and that’s what going on in the real world now.  I don’t like people say Malay people this and that by other race.  Same goes with the Chin Huat’s family and the Maniam family.    Every family has their own way of life and belief.  How people perceive something and belief what important to them is really forced by the situation at that time.  Who to blame? 

Let’s put in this way.. try not to point our fingers to others.  No need for us to find other weaknesses while we hardly to see our own weaknesses.  The worst thing is we know our weaknesses but we don’t want to change it, but hide it!  That’s so sickening!  Really.. To me, these people are hypocrete.  They cover their weaknesses by sacrificing others.  How sad is that? 

I’d prefer to go back to the question: “Why are we here in this world?”   My next question will be, “What’s the main purpose for us to live?”  and the last question (may be), “How are you going to live and die in peace?”  Please answer this question without considering our negative feelings. 

My dear bloggers, like I said before, I like win-win situation.  We are here not for a long time.  If you think you can live until 90 and that’s long, you are wrong.  What’s the point if we could live to 90 or 100, but no happiness or peace in our life?  Anyway, what I am trying to say here is.. please don’t judge book by its cover.  I wonder out there, how many of us read the book- Interlok before we decided to get upset after we heard the news?  How many of us here understand the content and the purpose of the book?  

Yes, I do admit. The stories are really reflected to our races’ weaknesses, and also reflected the strength of each race.  We need to take the good lessons, not the other round, right?  That’s what we should do.  Psychologically, why do we have to dwell in some negative feeling and thought when we just know little about something?  Don’t you think it’s a waste? 

I have my own thoughts after read this book.  Now, my theory is getting stronger- when someone feels insecure, there are many reasons.  Four reasons that I can give you are jealousy, greediness, and selfishness.  Ironic, isn’t it?  Sorry guys, just want to share my thought and feeling about the effect of Interlok. Anyway what I meant here is when we have lack of information, and just listen to one side, and we easily believe what’s going on, without our own investigation, our judgment has influenced by other words, no matter whether how high or low our education is, we are in this ‘group’.  God creates us with a great brain.  He gives us wisdom to analyze.  Have you heard how some people can influence others?  My advise to you is think first, before you act.  Definitely, we don’t want to regret in the future for what we had done today, right? Honestly to me, for those insecured people, they are actually want something that they cannot or hard to get what they want, so they need to create something.   No matter who we are, the most important is our intention.   It’s always personal matter.  Little number of people who will think of others’s sake first, then himself or herself. 

Oh my bloggers..I know this issue has passed.  But I am sure there are many unfinished businesses.  I hope we still have rationality in our life.  I want to live in peace. I want to live in happiness with good people around me.  Malaysia is a harmony country and one thing that I really treassured when I was in the overseas, I was grateful being a Malaysian woman because Malaysians respect each other although we have so many races and ethnics, but respect is important.  Doesn’t matter whether they curse you inside or behind your back (hopefully this won’t be happening though! But I know it’s happening!), as long as we respect each other..we are in a good position.  I want my next generation lives better than us now.  I want my next generation to proud of what we do today.  Today will be history for future.  It’s us to create our generation’s school of thought in the future. So, think now, what actually you want for yourself and your family and your future family? 

One thing I’d like to share.  The concept of 1Malaysia does work in the overseas.  Why? Because we don’t ‘see’ other Malaysians as Malay, Indian, or Chinese. We see ourselves as Malaysian.  When my friend asked my originality, they would think I was from China.  So, why can’t we see ‘this’ in our country? 

Let’s pray for our happy country and of course, pray to other countries that fight for their revolutions.  Please, no war!

Love is in the air.  Catch the love.  Treassure the love before love changes to hatred.. Oh Lord..please protect and guide us to the right path..amen… Love always ~ Emma xoxo.

p/s: I think this book is brilliant because it can trigger us to rethink what’s going on in our history.  Sometime we just forget 😉