This Ramadhan has been almost a waste.
Almost.
I have not yet gained the capability to pray on a regular basis.
I'm still stopping suddenly before I even get started,
or mid-way through.
For the latter, the thought of doing something wrongly
would slowly creep up, get bigger and bigger,
and reach a crescendo which forces me to just... stop.
This has rarely happened during the month,
for which I am thankful.
Been able to ignore it most of the time lately.
As for stopping before I even get started,
a part of me KNOWS that I should just proceed.
I KNOW that.
My inner voice screams at me sometimes to just keep going.
But for some reason I just... stop.
And it's a damn shame.
More work needs to be done,
though I had hoped to overcome this before Eid.
About 7 more days left, and I will try and salvage what I can.
Was that interesting for you?
Nope?
This is where I would normally include some colourful, creative language.
But not right after talking about prayers.
So um,
go away. Yeah. You got that right.
There are quite a number of other things that I'd like to talk about,
namely Lee Kuan Yew's racism, and racist policies directed towards the Malays.
Unfortunately I don't have too much time on my hands.
Just a really brief one.
Judging by his comments on the poll results of when the Israeli official (can't remember which position, exactly) sometime in the 60's (I think),
he basically declared that Malays were untrustworthy and should be monitored.
Never mind the fact that the mainstream media was basically controlled by his party,
and has a history of asking leading questions (Google the AsiaOne survey on the recent strike by the PRC bus drivers)...
There are a few other factors that I've probably forgotten to mention,
but don't have the time to think hard about or try to recall.
Basically what he said was 'See? They don't agree with me! NOT LOYAL!'
Emotive. Sensationalist. Appeals to the inner bigot in people.
He was trying to divide the population,
and cement his support in Singapore.
But what really gets me is how the Chinese population BOUGHT IT.
Sure, not all.
I've said before, there are always exceptions.
And back then,
without the internet,
it would've been so much easier to manipulate the population once you hold all the levers of influence.
Still.
COME ON.
Are you seriously kidding me?
Man that was so obvious.
Instead of uniting the population,
he successfully divided it.
And they just went along with...
And some people still wonder
where the negative perception of Malays amongst the Chinese comes from.
Yea, a real mystery.
Well enough of that.
