How ironic is it, that many of us malaysians (I won't bother saying the race, because I believe there should be only one term that emcompasses all races in Malaysia: Malaysian) are given the leftovers of the NEP (please do take time to read) food on the Malaysian dining table, and rejected as unwanted guests to the dining table, but when these malaysians survive through the odds to become famous and well known, the masters of the dining table come back to them with heaps of love and adulation, and claim them as their own.
If only to bask in the glory achieved by these malaysians.
And how ironic is it, that after many of us malaysians have been eating scraps of leftovers for our whole lives, finally find a better dinner host that offers us better food and shelter, should we malaysians still pledge allegience to our former, cruel, fascist hosts.
And allow them to rob even part of the glory we achieve for ourselves despite the adversity.
I couldn't help but think of these ironies when I read an article on TheStar which portrays a malaysian female, who studied is National University of Singapore and then Columbia University (note: NOT a malaysian university, for obvious reasons known to malaysians), who ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize (click to find out what the famous Pulitzer prize is about)
Read all about Fong Foong Mei and her achievement here.
If only to bask in the glory achieved by these malaysians.
And how ironic is it, that after many of us malaysians have been eating scraps of leftovers for our whole lives, finally find a better dinner host that offers us better food and shelter, should we malaysians still pledge allegience to our former, cruel, fascist hosts.
And allow them to rob even part of the glory we achieve for ourselves despite the adversity.
I couldn't help but think of these ironies when I read an article on TheStar which portrays a malaysian female, who studied is National University of Singapore and then Columbia University (note: NOT a malaysian university, for obvious reasons known to malaysians), who ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize (click to find out what the famous Pulitzer prize is about)
Read all about Fong Foong Mei and her achievement here.
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