"Malaysian politics" is like a big old building - it sits there too big to move, an eyesore, UGLY, painful but with very very deep foundations. You destroy the foundations and you destroy the building - for good but could possibly adversely affect the surrounding environment.
You could say I fit the stereotypical Chinese person who's apolitical and apathetic - I have very little knowledge on the going-ons on who's who and what's what, rarely read newspapers, watch TV or surf the internet on these issues. I have a scattering knowledge of cow's heads, castles in Klang, DVD sex-tapes and a Mongolian model being murdered.
Recent discussions and contact with some fellow Malaysians who are in the UK have emphasised 'Malaysian political' issues which intrigue me now than when I was in the country. Not sure why but maybe when we were back home, things were 'as it is', it was still possible to live without looking critically at the issues and how it was bleeding the nation.
It does take some time to come to a realisation that some of the things that are going on at home ARE disgusting, obscene and outrightly 'wrong'. Now how did that happen all of a sudden?
3 comments:
Ha ha.... a great post, Fi. And living in a foreign country does heighten one`s sense of identity and appreciation (or lack thereof) of one own`s country. ;)
It is never too late to be cognisant of our environment, political or otherwise. All of us pay a price for being apathetic. I am reluctant to say apolitical because whether we care about `politics` or not, the consequences from that realm affects us intimately (the political, economic and social spheres are intricately threaded together).
Cheers.
The same can be said about one's personality looks good on the outside but full of shit on the inside
Lisa and C, I'd hate to say it brought living abroad makes it possible to draw comparisons both negative and positive ones.
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