Dalam Library - hasil nukilan A. Samad Said
Dalam library
aku tersengguk.
Seorang tua
tersenyum menegur:
Tak guna membuka buku
menutup mata
Kan elok menutup buku
membuka mata?
Mulai esoknya
dalam library
ku tak pernah
tersengguk lagi
walau orang tua
sudah lama
tiada kusua
Dalam library
kini kumembaca,
mataku sering
ke kerusi orang tua
yang sudah tiada.
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Knowledge means nothing, if you prefer to shut your eyes, mind and heart, from necessary insight and action.
"Kan elok menutup buku membuka mata?"
aku tersengguk.
Seorang tua
tersenyum menegur:
Tak guna membuka buku
menutup mata
Kan elok menutup buku
membuka mata?
Mulai esoknya
dalam library
ku tak pernah
tersengguk lagi
walau orang tua
sudah lama
tiada kusua
Dalam library
kini kumembaca,
mataku sering
ke kerusi orang tua
yang sudah tiada.
************************************************
Knowledge means nothing, if you prefer to shut your eyes, mind and heart, from necessary insight and action.
"Kan elok menutup buku membuka mata?"
posted by Stingrayz | 8:19 PM
4 Comments:
Tutup buku buka mata? I disagree. I think I've learned more through the eyes.
Yes, there's knowledge in books.. but it's not enough. Sometimes, we need to open our eyes and our ears - we need to see more and listen more.. so that we are able to emphatise and understand more.
Oh.. by the way, I think New Zealand is a nice place. It's quiet and beautiful.
And I have to agree with you.. being the minority sometimes is good. Then at least, you won't be so sakit hati when bad decisions are made concerning the country.. because being a minority, you just won't give a shit.
Malaysia, tanah airku. You should read the NST yesterday. Syed Nadzri was right. First we're giving our tanah (read: sand) to Singapore and also our air (water). So there goes our tanah+air. Now we're also giving them our udara (airspace).
Oh.. but what is airspace when we've given our company shares to them kan?
Sometimes I feel like the minority in my own country because I just can't fight back against those bad decisions..
Sorry.. I mean, tutup buku buka mata... - I agree. (Heheh.. see.. my typo is just as bad as yours! :p)
By the way, let us kick Kevin out tonight! :p
I tend to believe that Malayans of the 40's and 50's (of whatever race) were probably more sincere in their efforts at nation-building.
The extraordinary events of 1998/99 seem to suggest that while a lot of people do care about the country, race always plays a part: Anwar was merely a problem which the Malays need to sort out among themselves. So yeah, I get you when you say we're not really a country.
Anon 2
Pixie:
Yes, your typo is worse than mine. ;)
Haha!
Yes, New Zealand is a nice place to live.
In my head, post semi-retirement in 5-7 years, I've got dreams of doing a Ph.D in Political Science in Victoria University of Wellington and maybe teaching a course there on Southeast Asian politics.
One day, one day,...InsyaAllah,...
But you know, the minority will always have their say, despite the majority having their way.
And unfolding and catalyst historical events may shape it that the minority opinion of today, maybe the majority opinion of 20-30 years from now.
The Russians are no more communists. China has embraced democracy and global commerce.
Singapore is trying to make their citizens more creative and entrepreneurial, through a more liberal environment.
And ironically, the Americans are now practising less freedom at home, (with the existence of Homeland Security) than they preach to the rest of the world.
No single economic and political ideology will withstand the need to adapt one's circumstances to the rest of the world, for survival.
Malaysia is no different.
It will turn the corner, when the majority of its people, decide that they must turn the corner - or risk regressing the country, to the point of no return.
It will take much time - but the source of change will come from the only pain that Malaysians understand and are not willing to tolerate - economic failure.
When their rice bowl is empty, the people will wake up and realize that the majority of their elected leaders, have led them up a blind alley.
And they only have their own silent consent over the years, to blame.
Anon 2:
You can't fight for change together, when you mutually trust the other races, less than you trust the heavy (and often corrupt) hand of Government.
Race-based politics has taken its toll on us, as a people. It's retarded our ability as citizens, to assert our rights and demands for good governance.
United they (the politicians) stand, divided we (the people) will fall.
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