Am I being conservative, open-minded, modernized, weird or ms. nice citizen[just kidding]?
I think mourning for the ruler isn't a big deal, to me its a form of respect. Well, I don't go all out and put on the black band, but I wear dark-coloured clothes and like Darurat has it in yesteryears, I don't walk out of the university grounds during mourning hours. Just in case. :)
Mourning for the Sultan of Johor who has just passed away last week has been an issue. In fact, its the hottest issue in the university this week. On Monday morning, the university came out with a memo urging all staff and students to mourn for the ruler of the state. On Tuesday morning, they enforced the rule and the guards were checking thoroughly - car after car that passed through the gate. They gave warnings to those who did not abide by the rule.
Some people argued with the guards because according to the newspapers, it is NOT compulsory to mourn and there will not be any fines or summons. Obviously, its no use complaining to the guards because they just carry out their duties upon receiving orders.
I don't get the flow. Seriously, I don't. I don't get why is it a fuss among the Chinese community. Its just a black band, it has got nothing to do with religion, you're not really mourning, its just a form of respect to the dead and I guess there's no pantang larangs. Or am I missing something here?
Although we're not Johorians, we should probably just follow the rule because we've been living here for 3 years, though not wholly but since we're here, might as well abide by the rules[which I usually don't] to avoid getting into trouble yourself. Anyway, there's only 3 more days to go.. Why do you want to make a fuss with the dead person?
Another alternative, don't leave/enter the university grounds from 7am to 7pm. You'll be safer that way. hahaha..Or to save your butts, just wear it when you pass through the gate and take it off after that.
The best part is, all these complains are coming from Johorians themselves and people who comes from states which have Sultan. ;)
5 comments:
i got 2 words..."well said"...haha, ok so the 7am-7pm rule is really true,does is apply all over the johor...so after 7pm we can go clubbing ah? hahaha...not going out the uni?like no life...just take a black rubbish plastic beg from leadcon, cut it and just tie it on ur left hand la...no fuss...well,i did it to day, i used a shining cloth..and it look stylish...u shud try it to...see ya
U know what..I figured probably they enforced the rule because our chancellor is Tunku Ibrahim, so we have to respect even more??But I guess no one understands.There are ppl who wears it though eg. Voon.
Yeah, the 7am-7pm thing applies to the whole state...I just saying la. Anyway I didn't have time to get out of the uni during those hours. hehe.. Btw, are u trying to copy MJ?! LOL.
wats all the big fuss? all u need to do is mourn for a day...how hard can that be? the state gave u public holidays but in return ask u to mourn for few hours pun tak boleh? apa ni?
tak democratic la...life mesti ada give and take.
tak suka then jgn belajar kat johor lo...simple as that.as usual there's alot of pelajar UNIVERSITY yg tak sedar diri 1 la haha....think masuk uni sangat besar. respect is the key of success....my 50sen
Cnigel~ betul betul!! BETUL TU!! haha.. correction:- mourn for 7 days yea. hehe..
7 days ar? okay la..atleast now u hav excuses not to be hardworking for a week
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