A Paradigm Shift, For Better Or For Worse

Questions we will have to eventually asks ourselves, as Chinese Malaysians. I shall not be called a Malaysian because such things as Bangsa Malaysia does not exist, and we jolly well should not be kidding ourselves that racial barriers have been dissolved, because it has not, and it's far from happening.

Question 1 : How important is vernacular education to you?

Question 2 : Is it possible to achieve national INTEGRATION and bangsa MALAYSIA if vernacular education still exists?

Question 3 : Would you be willing to give up vernacular education if it is the only way we can achieve what Mahatir and Najib have been advocating(Bangsa Malaysia, 1 Malaysia)?

Question 4 : What does interracial marriage mean to you?

Question 5 : If interracial marriages were the only way to bring this country together, would you partake in it? Or at least show your support?(Religion plays a vital and problematic role in this)

Question 6 : How do you define being 'Chinese'?

Question 7 : Is being 'Chinese' important to you?

Question 8 : How much of 'Chinese-ness' would you be willing to sacrifice for this country, more specifically, national integration?

Question 9 : None of the above might not concern you at all, because some Chinese Malaysians say we can live in a state of tolerance(merely tolerating each other, imagine that!) with other races in this country, is that fine with you?

Question 10 : Many Chinese Malaysians have opted for migration(to escape the prevailing problems in this country), are you planning to migrate?

Question 11 : There are those who can't afford to migrate, what happens then? What happens to them?

These are some questions I can think about, but they basically sum up the grim future that Chinese Malaysians face. Maybe it's not that grim, maybe problems like race will be solved by just leaving it alone. You know, like when free market advocates told us let the market run along by itself, no need for government intervention, but then we had the 2008 Financial Crisis, hm.....(Alan Greenspan's biography seems to have disappeared from the display tables of Borders)

I have no answers to any of the questions myself. I am in a state of limbo and will be remaining there for quite some time.

Sepet is fiction.