40 years ago, my parents went on their first date to roger waters concert in baton rouge, lousiana - the story that i had been fed ever since i grown old enough to understand about life, dating, love, and of course, rock and roll. looking back, my parents were much cooler than me - because usually i went to concerts alone. turned out, finding friends is harder than working on engineering or finding good materials to read. i get accustomed of not getting invitations since school to undergraduate years to working, so i grew up to love volunteering, reading and painting during my free time. i learn that people can hate you for no reason, it is the same with love.
dad said that even if the world and everyone else turn their back on me, he will love me anyway.
during my last visit home, me and dad sat in the kitchen talking about the world and great musicians in the 70s and 80s, who are still thriving and going strong like bruce springsteen, yusuf islam and roger waters.
that night i played the song "don't dream it's over" by crowded house. i told him that my current favorite band is imagine dragon and introduced him to the song, its time...... sang out loud on the verse, packing my bag and leaving the academia with a raincheck. ... .... oh my frustration.
my dad taught me a lot on humanities and the world, he would read the front page from the newspaper when we had breakfast before school and narrated about things that had been going on at the time such as apartheid, the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, famine in Somalia, war in Bosnia and Balkan region, margaret thatcher, Palestine occupation and a lot more.
when i was seven, i always had fights with my classmates especially boys - being in the same size was actually an advantage and fair play - i hate bullies and i think that growing up with cousins in muar taught me a lot about fighting back bullies and not letting them to bully others. guys never like the stories about them getting punches and kicks from a girl - for fear being labeled bully and loser. - taylor swift was right - reputation is important.
can you see, it all makes perfect sense....
time is linear,
memory is a stranger,
history is for fool,
and man is tool.
(perfect sense, roger waters)
i read in nst today about RM 1.5 billion been siphoed from projects targeted for the development of rural and hardcore poor in Sabah.
persatuan pengguna islam malaysia paid the fine of RM 70,000 for a fraud dentist who was self taught from youtube.
george monbiot is right about the greatest culprit are in disguise, wearing capes in the name of environment, religion and human right.
the tamples' get ruin, the bankers get fat, the buffaloes gone, the mountain top's flat and the salmons are hemaphrodites...
(deja vu, roger waters)
