Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Who Can Blame Her Anyway?

This is based on a true story......

A makcik story to my mum..
She has 3 grandchildren from her 1st daughter...
the first two have very distinctive look...
white-radiant - skin with the kind of hindustani feature..
but the youngest one, a girl,
still has this cute, little face,
only that she is a lil bit darker n not as chubby as her brother n sister..
i should say, she is more towards javanese look..
so, everytime this makcik bring her grandchildren to a place,
the people begin questioning..
"cucu ke ni?"
"ye"
"adik beradik ke di0wg ni?"
"ye"
"abes knpe yg ni lain??" (while pointing towards the youngest one)
"erkkkk..."

n this does not happen once, but all the times..
the sad thing is they ask in front of that little girl..
so, this little girl (let's call as A), of course becomes emotionally affected..
one day, A's sister ask A to cut short of her hair..
bc0z it's too long..
so what A did was she cut her sister's hair unaligned..
when their parents came back home, they asked A why she did such thing...
then A answered, "padan muka akak buruk"..
n yeah, she always bullies her sister, n do everything to get attention..
jealousy?
sound so..?
rebellious?
it seems..
should we blame her?
you answer it..
she is 8 yrs old, n growing up with stigma that she is not as beautiful as her sister...
the parents did not distinguish between them,
but if the society keep on doing such thing,
questioning why she is different from her siblings...
there is no way that she can escape from her own conflicts
tell me, who likes to be compared?

if we find someone that may be different from his siblings
or even his parents..
can we just stop the curiosity?
curiosity kills the cat..
n the cat now is the person that becomes the point of curiosity..
or at least, if we are truly desperate to let out the questions,
can we just ask behind the person?
espcially if the child is already schooling n aware of her situation..
if the kid grows up with lots of emotional conflicts, is not a good thing...

yeah..
n btw..
come back to the story.
myb to people,
A is not beautiful because of her skin colour..
hey, she has upper hand advantage..
dark skin means higher melanin production, which means she can survive
under intense heat n lower risk of getting skin cancer..
God's creation, always have a reason..
we think it is flaw, but He knows it will be the best..
natural selection as we call it in Biology..
n who says all dark people are not beauty..
"Hitam itu menawan, Hitam nampak Kemas, Kemas bergaya Bermakna tiada Kelemumur"..(ttbe)
yeah, i like man with dark skin, because i think it is macho
(OMG! i've let the secret out!..haha~~ not all but some..=p)

should we teach the entire society about genetic variation that will explain about the differences in features among siblings?

4 Komen:

ffh said...

hahahaha.siblings i semua muka tak same. yeah parents tak pernah beza but society la.true! tapi my ma slalo buat lawak kat i supaya sedarkan i la, such as buat lawak : betulke f ni anak ma.entah entah nurse salah bagi :P

haha yuppp.

sebagai bakal bitotechnologist heidy, i cadangkan u buat satu kempen besar besaran educate orang kite pasal genetic ( u nak specialise ape ek? ) .bukan saje pasal hal ni,but also pasal jantina babies and penyakit keturunan.

ada sekali i g kenduri kawin, i pernah dgr org kampung gaduh pasal jantina anak salah si ibu la salah si bapa la, adehh. ade satu kes, dapat anak sume tak sihat unaware diorg thalessemia carrier.

ish ish

Heidy said...

haha..smer adik-beradik ak muke x de yg seiras...xcept ak ngan abg ak n0 4, tu ad sket lar iras...ak lagi lar, kal0 ikut org kg kt umah nenek aku, smer kata ak ni anak mkck ak, smpi mak ak kte, "mmg k0 ank mkck ani pun..ma sje bela"..l0l!

alaa..aku kurang sket mnat psl genetik.. ak lbey nk spcialise dlm medical...tp tgk r cmne.. alaa doktor ngan bi0tekn0logist bley jer bergabung tenaga nk educate society.. =)

dyba said...

wey tau takpe. aku dgn abang aku muka lain kot. org lain slalu x tau adik bradik. abang aku dah ar fairer kan dulu kecik2 org slalu jugak ckp aku lagi hitam dari abg aku. tapi dah besar2 ni aku cam x kisah sgt dah. sooo what aku hitam. kau bajet putih. dah ar hodoh. HAHAHAHAHAHA oh yeah being kejam is the best way out. am i right or am i right? XP

Heidy said...

weyh..baik xyh bg option jwpn kt aku.. cmne nk plih..haha~~

yeah rite..sometimes being mean can be the manifestation of distress..=p