Monday, November 07, 2005

My mom told me about an incident that happened in the office not long ago.

It was fasting month.
Her new colleague, a non-Malay, who is some sort of her assistant was there when my mom told her other colleague she was fasting. Afterall, it was Ramadhan and she was a Muslim.
So when this new girl saw a family photo of us on my mom's desk, she obviously saw the white guy (who is my step-dad) with the rest of us in that photo.
And guess what she said.
"So you Christian ah?"

Yes, my oblivious one, new-age Christians fast during Ramadhan and celebrate Hari Raya and Muslims do eat bacon but not pork.

Tell me, how thick can someone be?

So you're a Muslim right.
Your personality is care-free and your mind is open as compared to other Muslims (this referring to those who are generally older, MAYBE wiser) who stick to rules like glue.
Now don't go all judgemental on me beacause I bet most of you have heard this kinda shit happening.
You know that Muslims are not allowed to be in contact with a dog's saliva but can touch one. As in, the fur.
So you go to a restaurant, you order a sandwich which has ham in it.
You thought to yourself, it could be either turkey ham or just plain pork.
So you ask the person who works there, "Is this turkey ham, chicken ham or pork?"
She says "Oh, all here chicken, Malay can eat one"
(Note that this person said "Malay" not "Muslim", for all you know, there ARE Malays who are Christians. Surprise, surprise.)
So you ordered and consumed that sandwich.
Up til one fine day, someone who is a non-Muslim tells you "Hey that's pork, you know!"

Oh well.
I just don't know what else to say.

I might not know a lot but I know that Hindus cannot consume beef, Buddhist monks are vegans, Christians have different beliefs as they can be Catholics or Protestants and that differs due to whom they serve. One prays to Mother Mary and the other to her son, Jesus. And there are those who call themselves Anglicans and in the UK this group of people accept homosexuality.

I know these little things because I have friends of other races and religions.
I wish some of those who are of the majority would care to even associate with others of a different background.

Take a look around, minorities are all around.

And you actually wonder why they mail us letters coming from the U.S with the address perfectly written but flawed by this tiny phrase at the bottom which says...
"Republic of China"

Trust me, I have a step-sister who lives in Texas.

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