Well,
it goes without saying that Ramadan and Eid this year is different than the
usual and as much as we’re to adopt the new normal, I sure hope it won’t be
that for future Ramadans and Eids. And all because of the incompetence and
sheer cluelessness of those in power. So they declared political emergency to
curb the spread of the pandemic and we’re in May and the pandemic is spiking!
Serious FAILURE. And it all started from the politician who thought he had
enough votes to win back Sabah and then the whole circus of Sabah election took
place and next thing we knew, the numbers increased by leaps and bounds.
Of
course, Selangor is the next state to fall victim and is still the state with
the highest daily numbers (you’d expect that for the most populous state in the
country which has the highest number of industries and the corresponding
foreign workers). And now we have the Indian and South African variants amongst
our midst, so kudos! Well done, Malaysia. From a so-called success story, we
have fallen so low. We are probably the only country with variants of MCO and
the ever-changing confusing SOP.
And
in other news, we have a teenager who dared speak out on inappropriate rape
jokes made by a teacher and it’s not just students, female teachers also face sexual harassment too from our male Malaysian teachers. Is nothing sacred
anymore? Can’t a child go to school without worrying that she’d be exposed to
kind of disgusting diabolical behaviour by her teacher? And instead of being
able to feel safe, the school is threatening to expel her from her absence from
school while at the same time not taking any action towards the scum and the
child’s classmate who also threaten to rape her. What in the world is Malaysia
coming to??? And the ignorant clueless Minister is deathly silent on this so
far. It’s enough to make your head spin. 2021 and we still have to live in fear
of the beasts around us.
And the violence that is happening in Jerusalem...it breaks my heart. Is any of the Arab countries doing anything at all to help our brothers and sisters there?
No,
it is definitely not a normal Ramadan. Please spare some thoughts and prayers
to all those oppressed in Palestine, Syria, Myanmar and Yemen and those caught
in civil wars in other countries.
For
what it’s worth, Eid Mubarak everyone.
