Penumpang is Bahasa Malaysia for passengers.
Was at a shop the other day and listened in to a conversation between the proprietor and his customer. I was not privy to the first part of the conversation which was before I entered the shop. But he said something about us Chinese shouldn't get angry when being told that we're penumpang in this world. The tone of his voice caught my attention.. and I made it a point to listen to the ongoing conversation while picking up my stuff.
I guess his other customer must have insinuated something when he mentioned this penumpang thingy cos the next thing he said was, if the Malays (Malays are synonymous to Muslims to Malaysia) believe this penumpang concept to be true, then the corruption and all the mismanagement and poor governance also should not be an issue. Cos they too are penumpang in this world. They too have a destination. And how they act in their journey too will have an effect on which destination they end up.
Penumpang(s) we are, and that is undeniable. Where are we heading? Where is our destination? If we are clear about that, then we won't be seeing the left hand committing wrongs and the right hand giving out alms... but then again, this might be too theological for many to stomach. Used to be God, then family, community and self, in that order of importance. These days, it's Self, Family (???), Community... if possible no God in the order. So, everything boils down to self justification... so right hand bagi rasuah, left hand give alms.... both pun charity.
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sounds like a ride on the road to nowhere, particularly since not many these days are full blood descendants of certain peoples. In Europe there is a description for those who consider other races to be impure - that word is "Nazi". last time I checked, i think hitler was already dead for several decades...
You can say that again.. all this race thingy. We're all dumbed into believing that certain races deserve this and that. And because we have a senget view which smells injustice, everything else also become senget. You compromise one, you compromise the whole lot... that is the state of affairs in my beloved land. I would think that the corrupt practices basically have rendered the power of their faith nought... cos in many of our minds... all the outward show of piety, yet all the double standards. God is a god of double standards??? If that is the case, then corruption is acceptable! Else it's a guaranteed one way ticket ride to hell...
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