Bangsa Ku

"Ingatlah pesanan, Datuk Hang Tuah,
Tidak Melayu hilang di dunia
Jaga nama baik, maruah & ugama
Adab bangsa jangan diabaikan."

Hahaha...
Don't worry. I am going going to even try to continue in Malay.
(I apologise...it is not that I am not proud of my language, but my own deficiencies in the language is something that I will need to overcome)

"Tidah Melayu hilang di dunia"
This is a rallying cry...attributed to a legendary Malay warrior, Hang Tuah- through it has never been found in the hikayat annals.
But the point I want to touch about is what is found in the last two lines of that verse.

Roughly translated. it is a reminder to uphold the good name,dignity, honour, integrity and values of the Malay race.
I wonder...
Why do those who answer so proudly as 'cucu Datuk Hang Tuah' only see what they deem as 'injustices' against the race?
Or that it is 'Malay pride' that must never be challenged at all costs?
And all, that have held us so firmly anchored in the past...are blamed for our own 'backwardness'...for being 'kolot'?

I can only reflect, based on my own experiences...what I see happening in front of my eyes...the rise of the different 'pendekar' generation.
I am afraid...