Just A Thought (Part 8)
i also thought maybe, negative habits kept him extra slow and steady. Since primary one, i would be told what to do and was never asked to do more. All the teachers at school were kind enough to ask i and his classmates to copy what was on the dark greenboard and finish as soon as possible. They all would listen quietly when it was time for story telling session and some would just do crazy gymnastic tricks even before it starts. Red riding hood, robin hood and the rabbit and the turtle were some of the titles i could remember. It was the perfect setup for sleeping session for some.
In school, i was taught the history of how a nation and other nations gained their independence and how outstanding warriors drove out the transgressors out from their land. It was interesting because, if it wasn't for the effort by the great ancestors, i won't probably be sitting in the livingroom, breathing and drinking cold coco. i was beginning to think that the westernization as well as colonization by the different powers shaped him. Each colonization left each the nation with something to remember them by. Religion, education, military, trade, economy, technology were all affected. i never thought that colonization would effect his mind. At first, i thought that colonization was all about getting piece of the action (land) and trying to take charge of everything, EVERYTHING.
Its like they knew that they have done their part in that country and would just stop it with by signing a treaty. But so little i and everyone knew what strategy they had cooked up even before they even begin to make their way to the nation. It was a cunning plan. It seemed as if they had left the area where they terrorized for good but we forgot one thing. During their stay, they managed to pull some of the key players and pursuaded them to wear shorts (for men) and skirts (for women), let females lose their veil, let them eat what has been forbidden so on and so forth. To some who had lacked islamic values could just easily saw this as a sweet gesture since the troops made them looked more "fashionable", "up-to-date" and more "fashion driven". Its like they managed to infiltrate to the local's minds. They were the so-called baby boomers of that time shaped the nation where i live in now.
The rest who were just normal citizens would just take everything in. Meaning, most of them see this as an opportunity to improve their life, status and name. A better standard of living. From that day onwards, i and the rest would just be fed with facts and information we all become fond of and we all speak so much of without knowing the negativites it brings to the nation's development of its blind folded resources. i was one of the many victims of spoon feeding and a mere victim of colonization.
In school, i was taught the history of how a nation and other nations gained their independence and how outstanding warriors drove out the transgressors out from their land. It was interesting because, if it wasn't for the effort by the great ancestors, i won't probably be sitting in the livingroom, breathing and drinking cold coco. i was beginning to think that the westernization as well as colonization by the different powers shaped him. Each colonization left each the nation with something to remember them by. Religion, education, military, trade, economy, technology were all affected. i never thought that colonization would effect his mind. At first, i thought that colonization was all about getting piece of the action (land) and trying to take charge of everything, EVERYTHING.
Its like they knew that they have done their part in that country and would just stop it with by signing a treaty. But so little i and everyone knew what strategy they had cooked up even before they even begin to make their way to the nation. It was a cunning plan. It seemed as if they had left the area where they terrorized for good but we forgot one thing. During their stay, they managed to pull some of the key players and pursuaded them to wear shorts (for men) and skirts (for women), let females lose their veil, let them eat what has been forbidden so on and so forth. To some who had lacked islamic values could just easily saw this as a sweet gesture since the troops made them looked more "fashionable", "up-to-date" and more "fashion driven". Its like they managed to infiltrate to the local's minds. They were the so-called baby boomers of that time shaped the nation where i live in now.
The rest who were just normal citizens would just take everything in. Meaning, most of them see this as an opportunity to improve their life, status and name. A better standard of living. From that day onwards, i and the rest would just be fed with facts and information we all become fond of and we all speak so much of without knowing the negativites it brings to the nation's development of its blind folded resources. i was one of the many victims of spoon feeding and a mere victim of colonization.
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