just minishorts.

You know, a week ago I was in a conversation with a fellow Christian (a very very hyper, I love Jesus type, at that), and we were talking about the issues in the world. You know, things like the global fuel escalation crisis, food price escalation crisis, incompetent governments and corrupt politicians, suspicious opposition fronts, the struggles of living in this chaotic world, stuff like that. So I asked my friend, 'You know, where do you think we fit into this picture? Where do you think we fit into this time of the world?'

'I'm not sure. God will want me to do something. All I know is that I have to pray.'

'About what issues? What bugs you the most?'

'I'm not sure. God is silent still. I haven't found my calling. But right now, I know, all I can do is pray.'

Cue: This is where I burst.

I seriously, cannot, take, stupid, lazy, uncaring, reluctant, non-committal responses like that.

So when someone I know (or I don't know) comes and wants to talk about the situation (who doesn't, everybody is fighting to get his two-sen across) it gets really really annoying when some of them end up saying crap like, 'What can we do? Just have to pray lah.'

If let's say I get a little more provocative and go, 'pray? that's all? Pray until what? Why cannot do anything else izzit?'

And the crappy answer comes back in the form of, 'There's nothing we can do, this country is controlled by the Malays, we chinese cannot do anything.'

Then you see the exact problem. And I hate it because it's masquerading in a protective shell called God. It's a sickening veil that covers the 'bo-chap' attitude that 99% of us have but are too chicken-shit to admit because everyone wants to be seen as doing something different (i.e. I complain and complain and even if my complains don't make sense its doing something). I hate it because people like that actually walk around believing that they actually, genuinely, really really care for this world when in fact, what motivates them into action is race, money and whether doing something will benefit me or not.

Easy mah, there was this dude going, 'habis? YOU want me to join the protest kah? I'm not about to be sprayed with water cannons. My parents are not going to like it. '

I'm not asking you to join the protest, budak. You know? Maybe being a little bit more constructive, and careful in framing your complaints will actually help the situation. Blaming it on a 'Malay government and lop-sided race politics' sure as hell doesn't show us how God-loving you are.

So if any God loving Christian comes to me today, and I AM in a pissy mood, if anyone comes to me and asks me if I have not prayed for prices to go down, or whether I hear God's call, I'll just say this here now, 'Wah lau you still wanna wait for God to call at you ah? How you know? He will shout at you and tell you Move only you move issit? Shut up already and do something. Prayer comes in action. You worship God through your actions. And bitching about how teruk this country is because you're a Minority in a country doomed to be controlled by the Malays forever isn't at ALL action of loving, it's just racism to the core, and its disgusting that you can't even recognize it.'

Its not from the Christians alone though.

You see these kind of responses popping out of everywhere these days, especially in light of the damned fuel hikes. I mean, tell me, how many of your friends have told you, 'You know what? This country just isn't worth it anymore. We should all migrate overseas and go where things are better. Where the government is better.'

So you can actually do the maths. If every good person in this country started thinking like that, you'll be left with people who are just aren't worth it. You'll be left with a country of citizens who are just busy fighting over the right to earn freebies get higher salaries and the opportunity to not work and still live luxuriously. If you don't want to work and still want a lot of money, and if there are over 20 million of people with attitudes like that building up the bulk of Malaysians, hello, what kind of politicians will we have left?

Selfish, greedy, unwilling to be accountable, lazy, stupid, (put in label here), politicians.

Habis? what did you expect? Selection pool dah habis pilihan lah. All is left is the bad fish. So that's why we have what we have right now.

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So are you going to sit and PRAY? Or are you busy planning to leave this country for greener pastures?

(I'm in a pissy mood.)