Just read in the news today that the Malaysian Govt wants to ban Yoga because citizens should concentrate more on politics and money-issues and corruption.
What the hell????? Sounds just like living as a Jehovah's Witness (JW)! Just that this one is not about focusing on religion, but on the country's politics. (For those of you who don't know, I used to be a very devout Jehovah's Witness. If you don't know anything about Jehovah's Witnesses, feel free to wiki them up!)
The worst part is it is a governmental rule. So citizens have no choice but to live with it. It would be an offence if they broke the rule! And they will be punished by the government for it! At least as a practising JW in Singapore, I could choose to leave the organization and practise yoga as and when I please.
Another terrible thing the Malaysian govt has imposed upon her poor citizens is that it is
disallowed for girls to be tomboyish!! Because they believe that girls should look like girls and boys should look like boys. I think this is a little too insane. If a girl likes to dress as a boy, so be it la! How can she be punished for her preferences and dress sense?? What if the girl just wants short hair because she doesn't like to comb her hair?? Like that also kena punished? it's just crazy man.
Truly sucks to be born in M'sia. Even though SG is full of many stupid rules as well, and SG is full of very ugly citizens, and SG lacks identity like nowhere else, at least I have the choice to bend around the stupid rules, not be an ugly citizen like the majority, and have my own identity as Esther Low Hui Xian.
