Haha and a bit of a hmph

Hm... only about a week more to go until my exams are over. Wow. It's been.. surprisingly fast. I don't know. For some inexplicable reason I'm not treating the examinations as an all-important life changing event. Why? I don't know. I'm just.. doing it. So far, I think I've been doing quite well. Better than expected, even. At this rate, I'd be extremely disappointed if I received less than 7 A's out of the 10 subjects I'm taking. I do hope that I get straight A's... :P

------------------

Okay, so now on to the long-winded thoughts I have.

What does this world need at the moment? (this is another I-hate-Bush-and-Howard thing)

Tolerance, of course. Strange. People are voting for idiots. Why, really? Is it so hard to open your eyes and see the truth? Is it really that hard? I don't know. I can't believe that there are mature, responsible adults in the world who would vote for such people. Obviously, they aren't as mature as I believed, huh?

A large number of Bush's supporters voted for him not because he had great plans for healthcare, education, unemployment, etc, but rather that he was against gay marriages. What I don't understand is... why ban gay marriages? Seriously. Just because I'm not gay, it doesn't mean that I would deny someone else happiness. So, why do these people freely choose to strip people of their basic rights? Is it because of a certain thing called religion?

"Look, what Bush says is exactly what the Bible says, so we'll vote for him! :D Brilliant, aren't we? We're exercising our right to vote and choose for ourselves :D"

Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but at the same time you're choosing for other people. How would you like it if someone came up to you and said that you're not allowed to marry someone from the opposite gender, because their holy text says it? Someone could just write their own version of the Bible, say, 'Bible Version 2.2', and in it, it's said that you're only allowed to marry someone from the same gender. What if this Bible Version 2.2 somehow gained popularity, and soon enough the conservatives became the minority. How would you feel? How would it feel to be denied your basic, human rights simply because that's what it says in an old holy text?

The same thing could happen to anyone else. What if someone takes a passage or two from a holy text and interprets it as 'women do not have the right to choose their husbands', or 'men are not allowed to marry less than 2 women'? Just.. any absurb interpretation. Then, BAM!... it's applied to society. That's why there is a need for the separation of church and state. It's because... if both things are combined... and a misuse of religion is applied, then the nation will be affected too. To others, your Bible, your holy text, is the Bible Version 2.2. It's more popular, and it's widely accepted(and believed), so these other people become the minority. They have no choice whatsoever but to accept the decisions of the majority.

Why can't Bush say 'I'll stop terrorism, AND give you your human rights, and excellent healthcare, and education, and so on' ? Why not? It's appealing to most groups. So, why not? It's because the leader himself isn't running the country based on what the country needs. He's running it based on what he wants, and what he feels the country needs. What the country doesn't need is to alienate the minority. What it doesn't need is a leader who would do anything to remain in power, that he would go against the rest of the world. *Sigh*

Kerry should have won. He was the one who cared about the nation, every single citizen of the country. Just because he doesn't want to stop gay marriages, it doesn't mean that he wishes only bad things for the 'conservative, religious white people'. No. He just wanted everyone to have equal rights. He wanted everyone to have a chance to have a happy life. He wanted... what the world needs. Tolerance. Equality.

It's just like how... women want equality. They want the rights that men have. They don't want to be suppressed. Well, surprise surprise, that's how gays feel. They just want equality. They want to have equal opportunities. So, to all those 'conservative, religious white' women out there, see what you've done. You did to them what you wouldn't have wanted to be done to you. You had their rights taken away. You had the 'correct, nice' people do to them what men in the past have done to you. You wanted equality? You got it. When gays wanted equality, you spat in their face.

So, you may be thinking, why is a heterosexual guy across the world from the US so upset about something like that? Why, indeed? It's because.. I fear the same thing happening to me. I fear that, one day, in one way or another, my rights are taken away. My rights as a human being. My rights as a citizen of this country. Maybe one day I won't have rights because I'm of dual lineage(Chinese and Malay). Maybe one day I won't have rights because I'm partly Chinese, so I'm partly in the minority. Maybe I won't have rights because I'll marry someone who's not a Muslim. Maybe one day I won't have rights because I don't pray 5 times a day. Maybe. Just maybe.

As it goes in the song, Unwritten:
I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way.

That's what I'm doing. Sometimes what I say is outside the lines. But... so what if I'm making mistakes. Who's to say that what I do or say are in fact, mistakes? You? The Bible? The Al-Quran? I'll live my life my own way. And I wouldn't deny you or the rest of the world your happiness. I want everyone in the world to have equal opportunities. Idealistic or not, it doesn't matter. It's what the world needs. Equality. Tolerance.

It's not simply what I want. It's what the world really, really needs.

Read on...

Hide expanded post.

My new theme song!

Whoa, I found a new theme song for myself, and it's by the amazing, fresh Natasha Bedingfield... I kinda like her theme, being independent, being strong, inspiration, and all the things that really attract me. :) Lyrics for the song, Unwritten, are right here:

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined

Im just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned



Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you can not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions



Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten



I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines

We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way



Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you can not find



Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions



Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins



Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

The rest is still unwritten

The rest is still unwritten

Wooo I am totally in love with this song at the moment!

Read on...

Hide expanded post.