Watched 'Chocolate' by Yasmin Ahmad, again.
You guys didn't get the message? Well, watch it again then.
Nope, I didn't watch it again because I didn't get the message. It's just that I think I missed Yasmin. I know this sound crappy. I mean I'm not that close to The late Yasmin pun kan? Why the hell should I be so sentimental about it?
You'd go, "This girl's a lunatic. Macam la die rapat sangat dengan arwah."
Whatever la. I missed her. That's all. And suddenly, I feel a bit emo-ish la okay. It's hard to tell, really. It's a mixed up of all the things that I have been thinking of lately. I blame myself for that, mind you.
Oh no. Nope the adoring-not-so-tough-guy anymore. I'm over him, I think. Hehe! No, seriously, it has nothing, completely nada to do with him.
But then, after watching the video, I started to think. I mean, I thought of it before but the video sort of like gave me the idea for this entry.
Is there such thing as 'love breaks the race barrier'?
For me, personally I think it does. Maybe not as obvious but still, a little here and there, it does makes a difference. It did happened to me. My parents too I guess. You see, my mother is sort of has darah Cina in her family plus Thai. That explains her sepetness. Hehe! On the other hand, my father is half Thai half Indian. Sort of. You see how complicated my family is. That's why I don't really talk about it. It'll get you guys all blurred up okay.
Back to the story.
When my father married my mother ( obviously! ) he sort of like adapted to some Chinese, or more specifically Hokkien's culture. He can speak Hokkien, although not that fluent. He eats Chinese food. Same goes to my mother. She knows how cook Thai food very well. She improves her Thai and even speak Thai like Kelantanese do. ( You see, people in the North speaks different dialect of Thai )
So, there's no specific race in my family. We consider ourselves Malaysian and that would be just enough. No categories whatsoever. Love has brought my dad and my mom, and not to forget my grandma and granddad together despite their differences. And we lived and still living in a very harmonious lives.
They sort of like gave in and humbly learn about their partner's culture and tried their best to adapt to it. I did too when I was with this guy. We are totally different, religion-wise. But, still we could be together, learning about each other. I learned a lot. And I appreciated it. I dunno about him but I think I did. It's not that hard, really.
But then again, if there's no love and no multiracial marriage, then there would be no harmonious life ke?
This is a question that I believe most of us could answer. But still, easier said than done. Well, for most of us la.
You see, if people can walk the talk, I believe racism, stereotypes and prejudice would no longer take place in our country. Kan?
I know. I know. This topic dah macam basi gila. But, basi or not, this is still a problem to us. Many campaigns and urges from the authorities and all but the result's the same. The racial issue has never been resolved. So many things have been tried to overcome it. But this problem is like cancer. Spreading fast without cure threatening 'em.
My say?
I think, all Malaysian should just forget about race. Forget about who we are. Where we came from. Let's just set up our mind that we are all MALAYSIAN. Not more than that. Is that too much to ask? It's not me who are asking it for fun. But it is important to lower down your ego. Whether you're a Malay, Indian, Chinese or even a minority like me. It's not like you loose anything pun. Kan?
I still don't get it why I post this entry. I guess Arwah Yasmin's messages and intention have just enlightened me. This is what her ads and movies are for. To remind you that you are a MALAYSIAN. And that Malaysians should just cut the crap and be good citizens. Don't just point to each other. Point at yourself and you'll see that it's actually as simple as ABC.
