My exams were finally done yesterday! Yeah the ‘Malays of Singapore’ paper was crap, as usual. I hope I can get enough to S/U it.

I felt that this module is one of the worst modules I’ve taken in my 4 years of NUS. I feel that the content is unoriginal; they’re all excerpts taken elsewhere and put nicely into a story. It’s just like buying electronic parts from Samsung or Hitachi, assembling them together and then calling it your own brand.

The second thing is that IMHO, this module doesn’t even make the mark for being a SIngapore Studies (SS) module. Some of the reading articles take a loser stand; Image this…It is unfair to say that Malays are lazy (from British historical documentation) because before the British, everything else was undocumented (presence of a historical gap). Probably, the indigenous Malays could have very well built and sustained Singapore (fishing activities, trade etc.) to what it was, way before the British ever contributed their part.

Let’s not talk about probably, or the could haves. It’s afterall a HISTORICAL GAP, undocumented and void.

Towards the last chapters of the module, we talk about the issues of Malay-ness and the disparities among the Malays themselves. In my opinion, this is simply another portrayal in itself; that even between ourselves, we still have a need to differentiate ourselves, that we’re COCKED UP.

Anyways, I do not care about whatever perceptions people have about Malays, or whatever potrayals there might be about Malays in census reports, newspapers, television etc. From my perspective, if people think there’s something inadequate with you, PROVE THEM WRONG. That’s the best way to shut their yakkety-yak, gaping mouths up.

Okay enough already, the main purpose of this blogpost is to say that I will be away in Bali over the next 4 days. I will definitely be back with alot of pictures, so just wait till my return.

Baby, sorry to leave you again! I promise I’ll be back soon kay? I’ll call you while I’m there. Will miss you.