mama pingu (me) : nahardha har jiddan.

they were laughing at me. for my terrible arabic :P

rima : why do you come and study at egypt?

me : because the education fee is cheap and egypt is a country where the people here is practising islam.

rima : and why you choose to study in egyption class, even there is a special class for malaysian student, in english.

me : because my mom said, you are in misr, mix with the people. the misriah, saudi-an, somalian, and you my sister felestinian. ( with a smile in my face.)

rima : (smiling too). tell me about your country. is it like misr too?

me : no, honestly my country is better. green is everywhere. i mean the tree is along the street. the green forest.

rima : yes, the green land. same like felestin.

me : ...

and i was speechless that time. i was talking to one of the felestinian people, whom their land is brutally taken by israeli people. and she was talking about her green land, which obviously not their green land anymore.

yes i am very sad, because nothing i can do to help my family ( read : as a moslem we are a family, brothers and sisters ) in gaza.

...

oh mari bandingkan anak-anak palestin, dengan anak-anak ber-bapa, ber-ibu di malaysia.

credit : http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/05/content_10608150_2.htm and http://www.tonyfernandesblog.com/main.php/2009/07/15/what-does-1malaysia-mean-to-you

doktor jamnul bertemu dengan seorang kanak-kanak yang berusia 5 tahun. akibat serangan israel pada tahun 2008, kakinya sudah tidak dapat diselamatkan lagi, dan terpaksa dipotong.

doktor jamnul bertanya kepada anak felestin itu,

teka apakah jawapan anak yang berusia 5 tahun itu...

fi jannah. kakiku di syurga.

ya, saya terpaku dengan jawapan anak itu. baru berusia 5 tahun mampu memperkatakan tentang syurga.

andai kita anak-anak yang dimanjai dengan harta benda dan kehidupan yang aman apa jawapan kita?