SOmething AbOut Malaysia !

May 13...is such a major tragedy that happened in our country. Actually, I asked my mother about this, but she said she is not sure about what happened on this incident. Until that day lecture, I felt so shocked about the truth of this incident. I'm not going to talk about the truth here, but I like the way that Dr Carmen presented it to us. I think that the best way to understand a situation is to have the sense of empathy, which means to put yourself into other people's shoes. Yes, Dr Carmen used this way to let us have a strong emotional attachment to the incident. I feel what they feel.

When I'm listening to the lecture, there's one sentence that forced me to think deeply.
 "Would you have what you have now if there is no migrant worker?"

If without migrant worker, UTAR Sungai Long New Campus will not be built, there are still many more impacts. To be honest, I always look down on the migrant worker, but start from now, I will appreciate what they did and respect them. We, young people, educated youngster demand a high salary and so call middle or high class job after graduate. If without them, the job cycle will be broke, no one is willing to do the hard work, then the job cycle will be imbalanced. This is all about my opinion.

If someone is willing to sacrifice their lives for country but some other do not, does it means that the ones who will die for their country loves their country more than the ones who are not? From my perspective, the love for country does not work that way. Everyone has different capabilities, for example the country needs soldiers, as a female, I will not sacrifice blindly for the country by joining the army because I cant even hold or stabilize the gun. On the other way, I will do what I am capable of, such as a nurse or a chef in the military.

Lastly, here is the edited version of our national anthem.

Ma Lay Si A
Multiracial and cultural
We live together
Peacefully with freedom
Walakam ni hao
Khabar baik semua
Wisdom in ruler
People are united

Another Country ~ Another Me

Hi, today finally has the mood to write about Another Country. This show has widen my knowledge about performing art. If I'm not mistaken, I think this was my second time to watch a professional performing art in a former theatre. To be honest, there was quite a number of scenes that  I not really understand. However, I got to know more during tutorial, special thanks to tutor and my friends who made a clear explanation about it. Through the show, I started to think of the relationship between Singapore and Malaysia. Last time, I thought that Singapore and Malaysian were totally different, but now, I think we are a big family that shared some similarities.

Recently, I watched a show which was held in Genting International Showroom. The show is named "Iluminate". This is a story that was play in the dark with LED light installed on the special suit of the actor and actress. The LED light follows the music's beats to flash to create different visual effect. This is my first time of watching such creative and interesting show. I don't know whether this is considered as performing art or not, perhaps someone can answer me xD.

For those who have no idea what is it, here is the promo clip of the show: Iluminate Promo Clip

Ticket

Free Gift: Sound React LED Glasses
(Whenever there is sound near the glasses, the LED will start blinking)

I enjoy this show and it innovates my creativity. Thank you.

Hi everyone, my name is Chong Joo Yee. This subject - Malaysian Media and Culture brought me some impacts during the first class. Last time, I’m not really thought about “Malaysian”, I just took it for granted. After this class, I started to know more about Malaysian’s culture and how others think of Malaysia. This is quite an interesting class in degree life. I hope that I can learn to express myself bravely throughout the class. **Special thanks to Dr Carmen – Interesting lecturer J

Now is the time to answer the question – Do You Identify Yourself as a Malaysian? Yes, I can proudly say that I’m a Malaysian. I believe that people actually can easily identify Malaysian through language used and culture.

I feel proud where I can speak multilingual include dialects.

I feel proud where I can live with different ethnic peacefully.

I feel proud where I can experience different ethnic’s culture and tradition.

So, why not to be a Malaysian? According to a survey by The Star Online, most of the people identified themselves as Malaysian but not a member of an ethnic group (The Star Online, 2015). This shows that unity exists in Malaysia and I would like to stay in this beautiful country.

Sadly to say that Malaysia’s politic system makes me feel disappointed. However, I don’t think this is a barrier that preventing me from loving Malaysia. No one is perfect and everything has both positive side and negative side. Why not just focus on the good side and try to change for the bad side. I believe that “change” is a key word to improve on the nation.

Does it matter? Yes, Malaysian nationality brings benefit to me in term of language proficiency and so on. When I love, then I care, being a Malaysian is surely a matter to me because I love Malaysia!

Thank you.

 Reference

 1. The Star Online. (2015, May 03).Most Malaysians identify with nationality first: Survey .

                           Retrieved from: http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/most-malaysians-identify-                              nationality-first-survey