little that i know, a short 4 hours of volunteering trip could really open up my eyes and the mind of course. coming from i would say proper way of growing up, in a proper neighborhood with proper parenting approaches, truly, i rarely see such living conditions and such lifestyle in first hand before. only Allah knows how grateful i am. it put me in aghast after knowing that those living in the area view robbery, abusing, drug-related activities and wild social interactions among teenagers as a norm. as if those are their customs and traditions; nothing wrong with it. i am stunned knowing the fact that both father and mother of a family consume drugs as they consume food daily. i am stunned knowing that the drug business runs throughout the family.
then i questioned, what are those in powers have been doing? did they not see these events happening? have they not put up a special team with great ideas to counter the problems? i mean this is serious and should be resolved at once. or we would end up having unprogressive Malaysians living in their comfort zone, unprogessive Malaysians with enclosed, narrow, stunted scope of thoughts.
much have i learnt throughout the trip. i do see very much of our people seems bluntly follow what others do; have no purpose of doing it, no directions to go and no goals for doing it. you see, life is not a gamble and shouldn't be. you should plan your route/tracks/path or whatever you want to call it. why? so that you know the possible outcomes, possible worst case scenarios and have with yourself the counter measures.
to breed a whole new set of generation with better thinking and manners should starts with the parents at home. some say it starts with the children, at early age. yes of course it is true and i am not denying the fact. but a child, would need supports, motivations to drive them towards excellence. that is why parents must first have the desires to change and step out of the comfort zone since they are the catalysts for the children to thrive.
there is no point of giving a hand to those who doesn't want to be helped. although, aiding someone with any sort of help doesn't make them feel complacent since it could actually be a form of catalyst or booster for them to thrive. but again, that only and if only they themselves want to be helped. now to relate with the current Malay situations, i think that all privileges given should not be present at the first place because it brings more harms than the good. looking at current scenario, Malays ought to be complacent and self-contented. knowing that there are always help coming, they seems to care less about the surroundings and put very little effort to step up. the urge to revolutionize, innovate and be competitive is not there unlike back in the pre-merdeka era. i believe the only way for the to rise, is first to put them down; let them work for themselves and have the truest alacrity to be way better. however, it is okay for us to accept those privileges and aids if and only if we don't take it for granted. meaning to say, we will not be complacent.
to change the mentality of a society, i am proposing that we disperse them into areas with more civilised community; let them see the world, get them out of their comfort zone. because, it will require much more effort, work to be done if we pool those who are left behind in only one place. and those who i say better civilised should/must/compulsory to help and guide them. the disease of selfishness/not willing to contribute back to society is really cancerous and mortal. we all should participate to make change.
regardless, there are few families, parents who have the desire to change, to get out from there, realised the situations and to move forward. i could see how some parents put the effort in their children to make them realise their current situations and want them to change it for their betterment. but again, there is only a few, really few and we need more than that to induce change among others. there is still hope.
i would like to thank Nad and Puan Hanim for the opportunity. let us all pray for the best and may He help us all and guide us all to the right path, wallahu'alam.
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