Malaysians are so blessed to be living in this country where there are freedom of speech and you are free to do anything under the sun as long as it does not break the laws of Malaysia.
Just imagine the daily bombardment suffered by the Palestinians in Gaza.
You have never been in that situation so I bet many of you just obliviously go about your daily lives without thinking of the sufferings of the people in Gaza.
This country had never been involved in any war or civil war or being oppressed by your neighbouring country.
The people of this country had never experienced being in a big caged space like what the Israeli's soldiers had done in Gaza.
So, how can the majority of you especially the non-Muslim be empathetic with the fate of the Muslims in Gaza since the Western media controlled by the Jews had been spinning tales about Islam being the religion of terrorists?
For me, I can understand the suffering of my fellow Muslims in Gaza because I am a Muslim and I can put myself in their shoes.
Can you, especially those who loves to oppress the Malay Muslims here in Malaysia?
If Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO) is ever in need for volunteers to go to the next mission to Gaza, I personally volunteer to go there because I want to see and experience for myself what it is like to be there.
Read the news below posted in New Straits Times about how KL Sentral comes under 'siege' which stunned the commuters at KL Sentral station yesterday.
KL Sentral comes under 'siege'
2010/12/27
KUALA LUMPUR: Commuters at KL Sentral station yesterday were stunned when a group of men dressed in Israeli army fatigues "stormed" the building.
Armed with assault rifles, they attempted to abduct an old Palestinian man, dragging him along the floor. Several women and children pleaded with the masked soldiers to show mercy, but to no avail.
Thankfully, this was only a flash mob event hosted by Viva Palestina Malaysia (VPM), to remind the public that Gazans are still under siege.
VPM medical committee chief, Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, who played the role of the old Palestinian man in the skit, said the flash-scene was as real as it could get.
"When I was there in Palestine, we saw events like that on a daily basis."
Even though only plastic guns were used in the play, Musa's own pair of glasses was shattered while performing the act.
"We're trying to show Malaysians the violence that's happening there and awaken society, so everyone would rise against oppression."
More than 40 people, including children, were involved in staging the flash mob scene.
Videos of the skit will be uploaded onto Facebook and YouTube.
VPM's executive committee chairman Datuk Adnan Mohd Tahir said the flash mob scene was part of an efforts to raise funds for the reconstruction of Gaza.
"We aim to raise RM500,000 from today and during VPM's launch dinner in January."
The event will be held in Mandarin Oriental Hotel here on Jan 22 at 8pm. It will be graced by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former British prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law, Lauren Booth.
"The money raised will be used to set up four different projects, each addressing key sectors in Palestine's fight for peace and prosperity," said Adnan.
The projects include helping Palestinians set up small businesses, helping women to be employed, building integrated farms for food and selling home-made handicraft as livelihood.
I can't wait for the videos of the skit to be uploaded onto Facebook and YouTube. I will certainly share it with my readers in my blog.
I am a bit dissappointed when I looked at some of the behaviours of the participants of the Perdana Gloabal Peace Organisation International Conferance today.
Some of the students representing one local universities were doing their own thing during the speeches by the speakers. Some are reading other books in Malay. I wonder if they understand what the speakers are talking about due to the lack of interest in it. Some was dozing off to dreamland.
Maybe the boring speeches were lulling them off to sleep? Those speeches might be boring but that are the facts of life in the other part of the world. You are so lucky to live in a war free country but if you keep on sleeping like that, one day our country could end up like Gaza.
If I mentioned which university they are from, this will degrade the goodwill and good name of the university. Most were sitting at the back.
That is why most Malaysian are not interested in going to international conferences overseas.
Surely one of the reasons is that firstly it is educational and will be BORING for those who are not interested in the subject mattter discussed by the panel speakers.
Secondly, maybe they lack the command of the English language so they don't know the heads and tails of what was being said. They also cannot give a presentation on the subject in the international conference in English even if they went overseas for it.
Going overseas without giving a presentation in an international conference will be just a waste of the taxpayers money. I know this happen in real life too though I can't say where because my sibling told me about it when she went to one international conference in Paris, France about someone from a local university in Terengganu just going there without giving the scientific presentation when that was what he/she was supposed to do.
I bought one book on the Malaysian Youths Speak Out on leadership (a compilation of 21 winning essays of "Nurturing the Minds of Future Leaders" Essay Contest 2007) and most students who entered the contest who are mostly Malays wrote in Malay due to their lack of command of the English language.
Only Amir Fareed bin Abdul Rahman from Kolej Yayasan UEM, Perak for the Upper Secondary School Level who won 1st prize and Soraya binti Salim from International Islamic University who won the 4th prize were the only Malay who wrote for the contest in English. Other Malays wrote in Malay (which proves that they are lacking the command of the English language) while other non-malays wrote in English.
Maybe the government should bring back the English stream after we look at the poor command of the English language in the youths nowadays. It is so pathetic!
Breaking the siege of Gaza was a conference on factual details of what Israel are doing towards the people of Gaza, the Palestinians.
Therefore, for most youths who might not be concerned about what is happening around the world, what more of war in Gaza, will not care about the speeches given by the speakers.
They would be more interested to go and see entertainment programmes such as 'Akademi Fantasia' or 'Tunjuk Ajarku Sifu' which gives out exorbitant prizes to the grand winner.
The trend is so sad. What will happen to the future generation if they do not care about the more serious issues in life and stress more on entertainment?
Life is not all beds and roses. There are wars in other parts of the world, some people are starving, others are homeless. We have to think about other people who are not as lucky as we are here.
The interview by Datuk Ahmad A Taib with Perdana Global Peace Organisation Chairman, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now available to be viewed in TV3's website.
Be sure to register there to enable you to watch the interview which is conducted in Malay. The interview was screened on 9th June 2010 by TV3.
Hopefully, the video can be uploaded to Youtube for everyone to see it.
