"Teda juga guna kamu pandai English…"

Sambungannya..."...sama juga kamu miskin." (Hahahaahahaha)

I remember in one chatting session, Dingobee and I were having a discussion in English. I remember that we talked about “scandals”; how to handle the people who badmouth about you and spread funny gossips. It’s good to share knowledge and information while chatting in IRC.

I understand that not all chatters could blend into the topic. Some of them got really disturbed because instead of using Sabahan Malay, we used English. Until a chatter came with the remark, “The juga guna kamu pandai English. Tinguk, sama juga kamu masih miskin.” Hahahaahahahahaha. I laughed because it was such an easy punishment.

You guys kaya pasal apa? If you guys kaya sebab u lahir2 saja pun sudah waris berjuta-juta duit, itu semua pasal u guys are lucky sebab org lain yang kerja bertungkus-lumus, u live to spend the wealth you don’t earn with your own hands. Untuk orang2 mcm kami yg bukan dilahirkan kaya, education itu adalah aset kami. Kalau kami tidak kaya, and then tidak berpendidikan lagi, itu sudah double trouble. So kalau we have fair English pun, it’s BETTER that at least we have one winning point.

MISKIN at this point, is not a dead end. As long as we are still alive, we can still make wealth with our two hands, right? Tomorrow is a different day already. Poverty is NOT a curse. Pasal tu la org bertungkus-lumus mau dapat sijil, sebab kemahiran dan pendidikan tu give them the edge to move forward. Daripada lahir2 saja sudah kaya, cuba la if itu kekayaan kena tarik, can you start from zero like us? Until something like that happens, you have no rights to look down on others because we build our lives entirely on our abilities. Because mcm ni baru la betul2 org cakap maximising your potential sebab you are building something from zero ba. Itu baru lah satu percaturan yang adil.

So now, ada paham? Oh, speaking of English. Apa salahnya berjinak2 dengan English. You read, you listen – You learn. Teda org yang lahir2 saja sudah pandai English. Jangan la pasal ini language saja pun, u guys pikir org tu temberang. You guys akan susah mau maju mcm tu. Ini mentality and mindset typical Malaysians yang harus diubah. Itu tourists pun won’t laugh at your broken English, but among Malaysians sendiri pula yang ketawakan sesama sendiri. Can you see where we stand? This has to change, don’t you think?

O ya, lagi satu. Walaupun miskin dan cukup2 makan saja, it really doesn’t hurt that AT LEAST we have good English. Don’t you think so? *Lols.