"Hello? Have some Respect for others can?"
Haiz what's up with these people...why are we always the brunt of racist remarks....such as the infamous we are onlie satisfied at anything thrown at us...and being comfortable in our own shell of a single race. Just coz we happen to be the race with the most number of drug addicts..the most number of prisoners....and for having a slow rate of success in education....etc etc...it doesn't make everyone of us in the same position. Worst of all we are also being associated with the religion that is responsible for all the bombings..the killing...in arabic nations and western nations...haiz it's like other people's doings but we are dragged into it. We're just humans too...clawing our ways out to survive in the world....we have feelings......we have our ups and downs. So if snide remarks are thrown at us...it's totally unfair because out of the huge islamic population....most of us view such tragedies as a shame....all these mindless killings...u think we like it? But alas...u know how people are. So easily influenced by what they see and hear....and thus carry the assumptions that we are totally heartless.
And I also dont understand why the majorities look down on us minorities even though they have better advantages than us. I just don't like it lah if u hear someone say some unkind remarks...and then you agree to it wholesale and start to look at us with damning hatred in your eyes. Nobody asks u to agree. Just coz sometimes you have bad experiences with some people from the so-called minority group, why put this general label on others? And you think we have any better treatment from the majority group. As if....but you know how it works. I am not blaming anybody lah. You can only help to nurture someone up to a certain level..and we can't be spoonfeeding others and say 'nah! take this! and that!' We are what we are...we are responsible for what we said...what we do..no matter how innocent sometimes we think they are..but how they can be hurtful to others where you have absolutely no consideration for the person's feelings.
Then again, racism prevails although in a quiet manner....because it is 'hushed' before the whole nation comes to know the big picture. And also our nation people are strong enough to overcome any criticism and any rude remarks that are thrown at them..especially if they're part of the minority race groups. These little things will not bring us down. One bad egg in a basket doesn't mean that all eggs are rotten. These are also the very remarks that make us stronger...as individuals..who have the right to live a meaningful life just like anybody...whether being in a minority race group or the majority race group. We all have issues to grapple with....and often these issues that we have to deal with have anything to do with our skin colour. Finding the right school for our children...getting promoted for a better pay....finding ways to lead a healthier lifestyle. But just as we are dealing with these issues..that sometimes racism comes into play like how a certain race is favoured for a certain job...we simply move on to finding another job. It definitely hurts if people throw fruitless and often pointless racist remarks at us when all we wanted to do is simply get a job that can help to support the family. But at the end of the day...who wants to end up in a job whose environment is made up of single mindedness people?
This is what i call.....road blocks. No one has this 'perfect life' going on for them. Even the so called rich people have their problems..like children fighting over their wealth distributions...and even these self declared racists have their own personal problems..(which I account 'singlemindedness' as one of them). You just go round the road block. You dont dwell on it. Dont let simple commentaries by these people get you down who probably have not much exposure in life..and has too comfort a living....and nothing better to do than to get in the swing of things with their lame declarations. This issue will always prevail lah..no doubt about it..no matter how 'harmoniously' we are living in our society unplagued by natural disasters like the hurricanes. Some people are just plain mean. Or ungrateful. So what? Just don't let them get you down. I am saying all these coz I heard of so many unkind remarks thrown at us just coz we 'populate' our current workplace. Even our own people of the same race as us...aka the malays...throw these remarks. I mean..just because someone does this or that..and she happens to be a 'malay'...doesn't mean that any other plain ol' malay..will behave in that same manner.
Look, come to think of it...even our own people of the same skin colour may not treat us in the same way too. It's like we have clusters prevailing in our already minority group. We do better than others...and we get criticised and have people jealous at our success. And you think those malays wearing the religious veil have this angelic aura in them? HEck...there are those who view other people..like me for example who has not taken an interest in wearing the veil yet..(haha...still a bit the satanic lah..) with evil stares like we're impure or something. And I am not even wearing a revealing top or skirt. They just don't like people like us..especially what they consider us as foolish youths...too concerned about our earthly desires than our heavenly desires. Whatever.
Like my auntie....who teaches religious classes....does charity work at the mosques...when you wave money infront of them....not caring where the money came from such as my late grandfather..they go into this totally different mode. All of these years....they live under simplicity in their house decor..they don't have car..and after my grandfather died..their house is like a palace. Yet, their names were not even mentioned in the will even though they did care for him in his last years. Like come on ah.....they think just coz they cared for him during his critical moments...it didn't mean that they got a foothold in his wealth. Don't they ever think that my family..and other immediate family members have a right to it too? Although we don't contest our rights...even my father who is actually the onlie real son..the rest are adopted...we do need the money for my schooling brother but we didn't make an issue. Everytime my elder uncle tries to contest our rights...she and the whole family put on this fake misery look..like we are playing the blame game on them and that we are taking away their rights. Gawd.....u see..and you think it's easy to survive even among ourselves.
Still we don't ask to be borne in a certain religion or a certain race to totally be humiliated in life after dat just coz we come from the minority race. We human beings are still weak despite the lightspeed progressions all these centuries. Some people have simplistic views on life....they hear this they hear that..and thats it....their views are changed..though they don't necessarily have to see it to believe it. And that they happen to experience bad behaviour from someone of that race....they think all of them must be the same. Like please lah......grow up can? We all don't have the same genetics....We don't come out from the same mold. We do stand up for one another as we share the same common race..and the similarities end there. If someone does something bad..do you punish everyone in close relations with that person? We are each responsible for our actions..we don't drag down the whole race group although it will onlie give us a bad image like for example most of the drug addicts are malays. But you think we like it? Or that we encourage it? I don't know man..sometimes....if you're not happy about something...dont pinpoint at people lah for causing misery to your life.
It is hard enough for us to make a living here in Singapore because many job requirements don't care if you have this degree or that diploma..if you're not that race..they wouldn't want to consider you. If you don't like being the minority in the job....we don't ask you to stay either. Haiz...anyway..for me...I don't care lah what people say. If they're meaningless....I don't kick a big fuss out of it. There are other better things to do seriously. I am sure those critics have other things to do than keep on playing the blame game.
And I also dont understand why the majorities look down on us minorities even though they have better advantages than us. I just don't like it lah if u hear someone say some unkind remarks...and then you agree to it wholesale and start to look at us with damning hatred in your eyes. Nobody asks u to agree. Just coz sometimes you have bad experiences with some people from the so-called minority group, why put this general label on others? And you think we have any better treatment from the majority group. As if....but you know how it works. I am not blaming anybody lah. You can only help to nurture someone up to a certain level..and we can't be spoonfeeding others and say 'nah! take this! and that!' We are what we are...we are responsible for what we said...what we do..no matter how innocent sometimes we think they are..but how they can be hurtful to others where you have absolutely no consideration for the person's feelings.
Then again, racism prevails although in a quiet manner....because it is 'hushed' before the whole nation comes to know the big picture. And also our nation people are strong enough to overcome any criticism and any rude remarks that are thrown at them..especially if they're part of the minority race groups. These little things will not bring us down. One bad egg in a basket doesn't mean that all eggs are rotten. These are also the very remarks that make us stronger...as individuals..who have the right to live a meaningful life just like anybody...whether being in a minority race group or the majority race group. We all have issues to grapple with....and often these issues that we have to deal with have anything to do with our skin colour. Finding the right school for our children...getting promoted for a better pay....finding ways to lead a healthier lifestyle. But just as we are dealing with these issues..that sometimes racism comes into play like how a certain race is favoured for a certain job...we simply move on to finding another job. It definitely hurts if people throw fruitless and often pointless racist remarks at us when all we wanted to do is simply get a job that can help to support the family. But at the end of the day...who wants to end up in a job whose environment is made up of single mindedness people?
This is what i call.....road blocks. No one has this 'perfect life' going on for them. Even the so called rich people have their problems..like children fighting over their wealth distributions...and even these self declared racists have their own personal problems..(which I account 'singlemindedness' as one of them). You just go round the road block. You dont dwell on it. Dont let simple commentaries by these people get you down who probably have not much exposure in life..and has too comfort a living....and nothing better to do than to get in the swing of things with their lame declarations. This issue will always prevail lah..no doubt about it..no matter how 'harmoniously' we are living in our society unplagued by natural disasters like the hurricanes. Some people are just plain mean. Or ungrateful. So what? Just don't let them get you down. I am saying all these coz I heard of so many unkind remarks thrown at us just coz we 'populate' our current workplace. Even our own people of the same race as us...aka the malays...throw these remarks. I mean..just because someone does this or that..and she happens to be a 'malay'...doesn't mean that any other plain ol' malay..will behave in that same manner.
Look, come to think of it...even our own people of the same skin colour may not treat us in the same way too. It's like we have clusters prevailing in our already minority group. We do better than others...and we get criticised and have people jealous at our success. And you think those malays wearing the religious veil have this angelic aura in them? HEck...there are those who view other people..like me for example who has not taken an interest in wearing the veil yet..(haha...still a bit the satanic lah..) with evil stares like we're impure or something. And I am not even wearing a revealing top or skirt. They just don't like people like us..especially what they consider us as foolish youths...too concerned about our earthly desires than our heavenly desires. Whatever.
Like my auntie....who teaches religious classes....does charity work at the mosques...when you wave money infront of them....not caring where the money came from such as my late grandfather..they go into this totally different mode. All of these years....they live under simplicity in their house decor..they don't have car..and after my grandfather died..their house is like a palace. Yet, their names were not even mentioned in the will even though they did care for him in his last years. Like come on ah.....they think just coz they cared for him during his critical moments...it didn't mean that they got a foothold in his wealth. Don't they ever think that my family..and other immediate family members have a right to it too? Although we don't contest our rights...even my father who is actually the onlie real son..the rest are adopted...we do need the money for my schooling brother but we didn't make an issue. Everytime my elder uncle tries to contest our rights...she and the whole family put on this fake misery look..like we are playing the blame game on them and that we are taking away their rights. Gawd.....u see..and you think it's easy to survive even among ourselves.
Still we don't ask to be borne in a certain religion or a certain race to totally be humiliated in life after dat just coz we come from the minority race. We human beings are still weak despite the lightspeed progressions all these centuries. Some people have simplistic views on life....they hear this they hear that..and thats it....their views are changed..though they don't necessarily have to see it to believe it. And that they happen to experience bad behaviour from someone of that race....they think all of them must be the same. Like please lah......grow up can? We all don't have the same genetics....We don't come out from the same mold. We do stand up for one another as we share the same common race..and the similarities end there. If someone does something bad..do you punish everyone in close relations with that person? We are each responsible for our actions..we don't drag down the whole race group although it will onlie give us a bad image like for example most of the drug addicts are malays. But you think we like it? Or that we encourage it? I don't know man..sometimes....if you're not happy about something...dont pinpoint at people lah for causing misery to your life.
It is hard enough for us to make a living here in Singapore because many job requirements don't care if you have this degree or that diploma..if you're not that race..they wouldn't want to consider you. If you don't like being the minority in the job....we don't ask you to stay either. Haiz...anyway..for me...I don't care lah what people say. If they're meaningless....I don't kick a big fuss out of it. There are other better things to do seriously. I am sure those critics have other things to do than keep on playing the blame game.
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