welcome to my world

Ever since "patti" made her debut last deepavalli (refering to the petronas Deepavali advert recently) She's always been that someone I looked forward to watching on TV whenever Deepavali is just around the corner. It was hilarious to watch some of our very own "homies" doing their usual  "thang" until grandma came to the scene just to abrupt it all in a flash. Amusement aside, somehow the advertisement was thought-provoking. Believe it or not it showcases the real scenario on youths today. You'll be surprised to see the number of  "soul brothers" or "mat salleh celups" on the street nowadays.  Manglish which is widely used in our country  today somehow is not cool enough to be considered  a slang anymore . It abruptly injected  a couple of " yo yo yos & wazzups in the sentences to  enhance the  "street lingo".

All that above only concludes to one thing. Were not remembering our roots. Why  is it humiliating  to even consider ourselves as a Malaysian. I guess we have surpassed the "living on a tree " pesona almost a decade ago. But as much our ministers trying hard to instil "love our country" values into our lives, we  somehow bound to be fascinated by anything "foreign" for obvious reasons... I mean its easier to identify yourselves with the likes of snoop dogg, 50cents or maybe Orlando Bloom  rather than any prominent figure Malaysian . The reason?  I seriously do not know..

But deep down .. I'm  eventually proud of being a Malaysian... I mean where elselah(The lahs..Oh how beautiful these words are.. Only a Malaysian could pull it off so well)could u find three different ethnic races sipping a   nice hot cup of  Teh tarik at the nearest Mamak stall, the kunjung mengunjung culture which eventually  creates an open mindedness & a spirit of togetherness amongst us Malaysian during festive season...These are antiques of our beloved country and I do reckon we have to be proud of our uniqueness of being a  Malaysian... So the celups  out there.. Its okay to be cool but it aint cool enough to  be in denial amongst your countrymen.

Elaine