Lately, I have been very much discouraged with the future of my nation but never hopeless. Like most civilians in this nation, I believe that I am too tiny to be heard and to resolve few things but I strive for it every single day. Like most old fashioned girls, I believe I got to take care of my parents and family, as they had brought me up to be the person I am today but never give up on my dreams of independency. Therefore, it pretty much leads me no choice but to pattern my life in this nation where the good old fashioned prospect is narrowing its root for reality.
I live around different people with different perspective. I have learnt to respect that. I read a lot; of course not novels but articles like this from different youths. And this increases the tension within my worries. Now I sound like a grandma, don’t I?
If you look around you, if you feel you don’t fit in, I salute you because deep down I know, you and I are better off than this society. Taking a spin on the life of our society today, I need to hide myself behind my shades at most times.
It is so acceptable today, for us to grab a drink and laugh at the one who ensured that it was alcohol free. I feel bad, where is the concept of hiding your guilt, shame and sin and not be proud to be a sinner?
It is a well known fashion today, for us to wear nothing but a mini see-through dress and joke at the colleague who thought that I mistakenly wore a bright red bra underneath. I feel bad, where is the respect to your society, and the reserved feminine species concept that we all grew up in?
It is so tolerable today, for public newspapers to advertise scientology and public bloggers to support atheist drift. I feel bad, imagining the tears that must be shedding down the cheeks of our beloved ancestors and parents and the thought of loosing it all with a weaker foundation.
It is allowable today, for girls to stand in the same row as boys and be as loud and dirty as they are. I feel bad, where is the beauty of feminism that every potential man had longed for? Where is the legacy we saw as we grew up?
It is suitable today, for youths to earn minimum and expect the highest. I feel bad, where is the love for the nation, community, effortful sweats that are priceless? Where is the hype that we all scream for at the end of implementation or victory?
It is so normal today, for us to be hopeless and believe in the negativity. I feel bad, where is the concept of “what you can do to the nation”, where my voice would be so much louder with you all beside me to scream out loud?
It is ordinary today, for me to date you even when you have been seeing her for the last 5 years with exclusivity. I feel bad, where is the idea of being loyal, faithful and true and why are you cracking up on this? Why is it such a big joke to be in a descent relationship?
Seeing the true image of our lives, I wish to go low profile, where I can wake up, work, go home and manage myself. I don’t want to be the one who can do everything. I don’t want to be the one who can manage my life with my income. I don’t want to be the one who is so enthusiastic about studying a certificate course even when I have an MBA. I don’t want to be the one who takes really good care of my loving parents. I don’t want to be the one who will always love my loving brother and sister in law despite anything. I don’t want to be the one who is hyped about hosting a national flag in my balcony. Mostly, I don’t want to do any of the above simply because the public view, especially the youth’s view is a big humiliation and joke to me. Luckily, I have the courage to tell you all, I don’t give a shit. Fortunately, I am brought up to a stronger foot where I believe in the good and the bad.
So, let alone the public jokes about people like you and me, we are truly much better than a social view. Let the minority stand for the betterment!