2nd August 2008 (Drugs, Sex and........ Racial Differences!!)

yes people it is official, i am on drugs.... officially of course... hehehehe

doctors gave me medication to take for my allergies. apparently, im allergic to my environment so i cant really go out much or go jogging or do anything that involves goin outside. not to mention i have two kinds of pills to take, drowsy or non-drowsy! non-drowsy for morning and the other for night. yes yes, you can crack the jokes now~~~~ now i can have my bangang/high faces all the time~~~ kehkeh~~~

now on a more serious note, we have the topic of racial differences to talk about. we so used to hearing the differences between races, how chinese are frugal people, indians know how to bargain, etc. deeper still, there's the talk of how each race has its own values and beliefs, malays believe in family ties, indians believe in reincarnation, the chinese believe in the afterlife, etc.

with all the talk on differences, no one REALLY cares to stop and look at how similar we have become right now. when you look at it more carefully, there has been a shift or integration of culture and values for us who live in south east asia. attribute that to the inter-racial weddings happening all over south east asia.

i dun even need to look far away to find evidence, i have a more racially diverse number of friends a person could have. chinese, malay, indian, it has somehow gave sense to the phrase "cultural melting pot". we somehow take into ourselves the characteristics of the people around us, our friends, family, community, etc.

imagine when everyone in the world constantly interacts with each other, imagine that there are no more strangers in this world, we all know who the other is, who their family is, their culture, values..... we would then mould into one unified world culture that is borne out of understanding.... might sound idealistic but consider it for a second because weirder things have happened if you know what i mean ;)

there has been talk where we all conform to one global culture and abandon our own culture altogether. consider this for a second, who makes the choice to uphold our culture? we do. who has the right to say what we want to do? ourselves again. who has the right to choose which culture stays? no one does. combining cultures does not mean the death of the other 'weaker' cultures, it is a sign of understanding between them. it is a sign of respect, it is a sign of acknowledgement, it is a sign of peace.

i am myself a product of two different races and i freely embrace both sides of my cultures. i respect both of my ancesteral heritage and i accept that it is a part of me. BOTH of them are important and i have not forgotten it.

we all originated from the same source, regardless of your religion. our blood is the same colour, when we are hurt we feel pain, when we feel sad we cry, when we are happy we laugh. is that not proof enough?


well people, im off. will write more when i have time. this is me, signing off.

adios ;)