Proud to be Iban

Let me be absolutely honest here, what this kid said regarding Iban people is insulting. He's insulting the intelligence and capability of us Ibans. What he assumes is:
Rural Sarawakian = Iban = duduk dlm hutan = ulu-ulu = buta IT.

* BTW, he's from Miri and he's involved with Red Crescent Miri Chapter... Hmm... Tak layak sungguh jadi Belia Red Crescent.

What he wrote:
After reading the Borneo Post, only the front page, I found out an interesting topic to deliberate. Its not supposed to be funny, and I hope you won't read it. I'm not being a racist towards the rural people, I am telling the true facts of everything regarding this post, which is, SARAWAK RURAL STUDENTS TO SURF INTERNET WITHIN NEXT TWO YEARS. And the mission starts next week, RM 2 billion sponsored by the Ministry of Communication.

Wow! Everything gonna change. Mark my words. Try you imagine. If the org2 Iban have Streamyx in their rural areas, and wireless LAN gaming in the rumah panjang, so, its like one whole Gunz clan room consists of 500 players. Walao.

Then, they will ofcourse sign up for a Friendster account, since that is the only website they know. Or maybe Facebook. Mati lo. Those websites will be crowded again. Thirdly, Youtube. I refer them as Kampung ucak. They surely use the opportunity to learn shuffle, cause this is what they call as cool. And you can see them doing running man in the middle of the jungle. Futuristic.

Lastly, they start blogging. Apparently, you know I'll die in blogging, even you can see it now. So, don't be surprised if they defeat me in blogging one day later.

Aduh, ada juga warganegara Malaysia yang berfikiran (ada berfikir ke?) sempit sebegini. Salah siapa? Ibu bapa, masyarakat setempat, atau sistem pendidikan? Of course a lot of people will point their fingers, toes, whateveritmaybe at the education system. How about the parents or even the type of society one lives in? Surely that counts as one of the major influence. If the parents practise respect and did not discriminate or exhibit racist behaviour, for sure the kids will grow up to be 'colour-blind' (non-racist). Otherwise, it will just result in (yet) another narrow-minded spoilt brat who thinks that everyone else must worship the ground he steps upon. Just maybe this kid will grow up to be a protege of namewee???

Talking about discrimination, sometimes, what is interesting is that, orang Sarawak tahu dan peka mengenai our Malaysian counterparts (negeri-negeri lain) but they know next-to-nothing about East Malaysia (I'm referring to Sarawak and Sabah here). Buku teks dan sukatan matapelajaran sama sahaja (cuma ya lah, berapa bab sangat lah yang menyentuh mengenai EM?)
Sepanjang hidup saya, beberapa kali saya telah bertemu dengan spesies manusia yang 'dungu tahap infiniti' ini...
Antaranya;

a) 1997
A lady asked my Dad when we visited my relatives in KL:
Makcik:
"Where are you from?"
Dad:
"Sarawak"
Makcik:
"Is this your first time coming to Malaysia?"
~ Adui la makcik bangang, sah-sah makcik ni suka ponteng kelas Geografi dia dulu. Tak pun sijil MCE dia fail.

b) 1997 (yup, met a lot of this species during this year)
Bright girl:
"Eh, ko duduk Sarawak kan? Org Sarawak duduk kat pokok eh? Korang potong-potong kepala kan?"
Me (with a straight face):
"Eh, tak de lah potong kepala. Mana boleh suka hati ja potong kepala. Orang kurang ajar je sah-sah kena potong kepala. Macam kau ni la. Gerenti jadi hiasan dinding."
(Dalam hati: F$^$$T&KKK!!! you Idiot!)
Bright girl:
o.O' (sweating)

c) One thing that I can't forget was when a 'friend' asked me,
"Macam mana lu boleh dapat A?!"
when he found out that I scored an A for our ICT subject (he was a Science Com graduate).
Eh brother, is it so weird that I managed to beat you? I am competitive. Never underestimate me.

d) My coursemates' reaction when they found out that I got the top result (CGPA : 3.85) among all the Dip.Ed students.
They:
"Wa, dahsyat nya result ko? Apa rahsia ko ek?"
(padahal dalam hati dah buat plan mau buruk/sabotaj aku. Ada aku kisah?)
Me (straight but smug face):
"Ala, senang je. Kitaorg kan duduk atas pokok. So banyak udara segar I guess."
Again. I am competitive. Don't mess with me. I may look harmless but I'll whack you 'pera-pera' bontot...Hahaha *evil*

Muahahahaha...
I sometimes hate them for their ignorance but there's no denying that their stupidity makes great conversation material. Haha... Also can't help but to pity them for their ignorance/stupidity. Kalau di dunia utopia/ideal, spesis ni lama dah kena 'terminate'..

Which is why I told my students to do their absolute best and open the eyes of those ignoramus. Biar mereka buka mata seluas-luasnya dan mengetahui, sesungguhnya, WE ARE THE BEST!

Anang ka alah gasak ke orang wai. Pajak ke diak. Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban!

p/s: He apologized and he removed his post. Sorry kiddo, the damage is done. Let this be a reminder for you to think before you open that 'sial' mouth of yours. Never mess around and discriminate others. Are you REALLY that good?
(Telih sunat bedau gerai ngenemu ka diri ~ nya pen sema nti ia besunat. Kada enda agi kulup)