A Greek Lesson.

You can be Malay, Chinese, Indian or others but you can be a Greek in a minute. Just like that. I reckon it's the same thing with being a Malaysian. You can be Chinese, Indian or others but you can be a Malaysian in a minute. Just like that.

It is not a difficult concept to understand. The creation of Bangsa Malaysia is a simple thing. First you gotta understand that to be a Malaysian, you gotta be a Malay. You can't be a Malaysian if you are Chinese or Indian or Others. That would be Chinesean, or Indianisian or Otherisian. This isn't the case. We're talking about Malaysia and I'm sure you are smart enough to see that the word Malay takes up 75% of the word Malaysia. So if you are not a Malay but wish to become a Malaysian, you gotta work hard to become a Malay. And that simply means;

1. You gotta take up a Malay name.

2. You gotta speak the language 75% of the time.

3. You gotta behave like a Malay.

4. You may not think like a Malay because that's your right but you'd better think like one when someone says something bad about you and the race.

5. You may not want to be a Muslim, that's all right but you may have to dress like a Malay.

That's why the Chinese in my kampong have no problems with being a Malaysian. They're as Malays as the Malays themselves. They speak like one, act like one, dress like one and even swear like one. Of course they're not Muslim but you won't know the difference when you hear them speak in Terengganu dialect.

So it's a simple thing this Bangsa Malaysia thing that people have just started to talk as if it's a new religion. I agree that in order to be a Malaysian, we need to be one race. The creation of one race is a simple thing. It's a pretty straightforward thing. Just like being Greek. But to be a Greek you gotta do what the Greek do and I don't think I can. Of course I can if I try hard enough but I like being in Malaysia more than anywhere else.

Good to be home.