-in the spirit of unity, shall we?

Marina, is an excellent student who managed to obtained a good results in her SPM last year (9As 1B, even my results were not as good as her)... she has a mixed blood of Iban (father) and Chinese (mother), and thought that she's a bumiputera all this while... ouh correction, was a bumiputera.. she found out that she's not a bumiputera when her application to go to a matriculation program was rejected by the Ministry of Education simply because err, she's not a bumiputera (but she's an Iban considering the fact that her father is an Iban)

this is according to a definition used by the Student Intake Management Division, Higher Learning Department and Higher Education Ministry.

Their definition is as follows:

• Semenanjung – “Jika salah seorang ibu atau bapa calon adalah seorang Melayu yang beragama Islam/Orang Asli seperti mana yang ditakrifkan dalam Perkara 160(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan; maka anaknya adalah dianggap seorang Bumiputera.” (If either parent of a candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/Orang Asli as defined in Article 160 (2) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a Bumiputera.)

• Sabah – “Jika bapa calon adalah seorang Melayu yang beragama Islam/Peribumi Sabah seperti yang ditakrifkan dalam Perkara 161A(6)(a) Perlembagaan Persekutuan; maka anaknya adalah dianggap seorang Bumiputera.” (If the father of the candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/native of Sabah as defined by Article 161A(6)(a) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a Bumiputera.)

• Sarawak – “Jika bapa dan ibu adalah seorang Peribumi Sarawak seperti mana yang ditakrifkan dalam Perkara 161A(6)(b) Perlembagaan persekutuan; maka anaknya adalah dianggap seorang Bumiputera.” (If the father and mother is a native of Sarawak as defined under Article 161A(6)(b) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a Bumiputera).

to read more of her story, click here!

it's hard to live in the society nowadays,
if your are stupid, life would be hard,
if your are intelligent, doesn't mean life is like a bed of roses for you,
coz in the end of the day,
sometimes, yeap "just sometimes",
its who you are that make the differences,
be it your family background, race or religion,
all these play a big role in determining the path of your life,
sometimes...

if this is 1Malaysia as being shouted here and there,
why is there still differences between us, as in the above definitions,
i know and deeply realize that if it is not because of this the natives/bumiputra (err earthprince?) will surely need a lot of catch up to do,
but how about those nonbumi who really deserves to be given chances,
aren't they Malaysian too, who someday will contribute to the nation economy,
to serve their people, society and country too?
why are they not having the same opportunities as someone who really deserving it?
and the chance for them to give back something to their country once they succeeded?

why everything must be based on race/religion aa?
will it make you having certain kind of special traits based on your race/religion?
coz i believe that its you, yourself that determines the capabilities you have within you..

i'm a Malaysian, a Sarawakian and owh ya a bumiputra too...
but my aspiration might as well the same as those nonbumi,
to be a able to success in my life,
and to serve my fellow men and country....

SAY NO TO RACISM!!!!