What if?

Hi goodmorning! I was reading a book titled 7 habits of highly effective people,teen edition. And the chapter was Paradigms and Principles. I was inspired to write this post after reading the chapter. Cant you tell how excited I was? Hehe.

Let me tell you my experience,
I grew up in a city and I went to school like a normal girl from a normal family. My first school,SSP and secondary school,Sri Aman. I never had any problem speaking in English because everyone around me spoke in English. We were encouraged to step outside of our comfort zone and try something new everyday. Eversince,I entered into university,I am surrounded by friends who dont want to speak in English or try something new (atleast most of them) and when I asked them why,they'd say "kita datang dari kampung,tak mungkin kita dapat cakap English macam awak" I was astonished by their response. As a Muslim,arent we all encouraged to learn? Arent we all encouraged to strive for success?

What if I tell you that Malaysian graduates can be as intellectual and succesful as overseas graduate?
What if I tell you that Malaysian graduates can speak both English and Malay fluently?

There are many positive possibilites,so why do you have the perception that we cannot be as succesful just because we are orang "Melayu" or that you came from kampung? Why not use that as a motivation to be an inspiration for other people? After all,arent we all created equal?

You know what,I was even more annoyed when a close friend of mine said "Oh you're going to UiTM? Why you must be friends with rempits then"
Heck I felt like slapping her face. Anyway,if we dont believe in ourselves changing the perception that we are good enough and to strive for a world class quality,how can change others perception towards us?