Society is divided

I was very concerned about the recently ended crisis in Bangkok, the Red shirt protest against the PM and goverment. A little of the history, Red Shirt comprises of the rural poor, those mainly from the north of Thailand, in Chiang Mai, Isaan provinces and Chiang Rai.

Though I have many friends in Bangkok, the gathered city of the elites and royalist in Thailand. However I sympathise on the Reds as Thailand is moving towards a much bigger problem then the mere protest of PM and democracy. This is just the surface of the boiling pot. The deep dived of society between those from the city of Angel and those farmers, peasants from the North and North East; as government always forgets about another example is the deep south (Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani ) This is the biggest issue when I talk to friends from the city, they would always blame it on the poor for not working hard, for not following the system.

Now I am curious, in a family, parents are the one who will run the daily lives of the whole household. And every children are born with different intelligent, interest and capability. The elder one may be smart and quick witted, the youngest girl may be artistic and have a natural talent, then again out of a sudden a child was born autistic; that one son that is a little slow in picking up and learning. Our parents do not leave this child behind, put him in an orphanage, and let him be it; whether he can be independent and find food for himself or whether he will be given the same opportunity to learn and school. As parents, no one will deny him the right to live and a chance to flourish in his own way. As the head of the state, no one should deny the benefit to ALL, every single person under the territory it belongs to have a right the share. There goes the same in every state and family, as long as this child belongs to the family be it an adopted or a born, he or she deserve to be treated equally between Mom and Dad.

Every farmer or bankers or engineers deserve the same rights and benefits as a citizen of the country; and the no one should be left behind when the country prospers. When a child fights, the parents will have to think of ways to teach them that they are all under the same roof from the same family surname !

I was really very sad to see this is happening in Bangkok and the social divide is a very big problem that if the parents did not address it, will break the whole family apart.

And I am afraid that it may spread to us the cousins and neighbour. Malaysia is moving towards being a government that is blinded to corruption and moving the gap of social divide bigger then it use to be 10 years before. If the divide continues to break it will be worst then in Thailand as we have so many different of colours, races and religion.

If you have an autistic child will you leave him / her behind ? So that he / she will not shame you or your family ?

loyal and betrayal

Loyal and betrayal both comes together, at the same time. I was shared today. And it had me thinking what is the price of loyalty and what do you get out of betrayal ?

I sympathise a friend whom had dedicated his 18 years of working time in a company only to realise that his contribution so far had not been valued and will be put in the freezer to be frozen until his retirement next year. 18 years in a company is a very long period, loyalty ! He could have jump ship for a 'better' employer or continue to jump for better opportunities during his younger days. But he remain in the same company for 18 years. Loyal but not appreciated. Are you loyal to your employer ? to your friends ? to the kopitiam stall that you frequent everyday, every week, every month. How many of us are ? Not many and in this society that we live in now, people are given so much of choices and influences that we almost forgot what loyalty means. What does it mean to you ? Loyalty to a friend, to your family, to your employer; does it means a lot ? or none ? Between human if we lose this one valuable trait within us, we are more or less left with no value at all. Our relationship, between each of us, loyalty could be the very last to give up. To stay loyal when the most unfortunate strikes, to stay loyal even though we are being tested to the maximum.

If this basic value that we as human are betrayed, it leave us without any value among fellow being. We are not belong, we will be our own. Who would want to be align with one that had no value ?

Have you been betray before ?

still .. stuck ... block ..

Whichever word that you prefer, the meaning to almost the same; not moving, stagnant. This is the condition of my mind now, my physical situation as well. And it has lasted almost a month now. I tried and tried to find the answer, but it keeps eluding me.

Every now and then we should take a break, stop all we are doing and let time for a little re-evaluation, re-assessment, re-connect, whatever you may call it, the word here is RE. We re-visit our very own core of existence, the very reason why we are where we are now .. in others words not to allow ourselves to went astray !

Do you or have you ever stop and re-visit your root ? The very reason why you are doing what you are doing now ? Are you on the right track ? Are you doing what your heart tells you to do ? or your mind insists of doing ? Most the time alot among us are doing things that we might not want to do, but we have to do. The choice is always ours to make and if it turns out bad, we have the responsibility to accept it.

I constantly keep myself align, so that I do things with my heart and passion. That way, I am being true to my heart and my responsibility towards my work and myself. Being real ! And to always stay real and passionate so that the flames keep burning and continue to burn. I am always a survivor and I do believe victory belongs to the most persevere. Because life is no matter how much you have to endure, you must come out unspoiled of it.

At which juncture, where are you now ?