Sunday, March 30, 2008
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It was there at Aljunied central where thousands of Malay gathered to celebrate Prophet Muhammad's birthday. The event was an honour to the Malays as Prophet Muhammad was their idol. After the procession, the Malays went on to Geylang. Along the way, a Chinese policeman gave orders to the Malay group but they did not heed his order and attacked him instead.After watching the Malays beat up a helpless Chinese policeman, the group of us who saw what happened could not bear to see him getting beaten helplessly and thus, we went to help him. The Malays knew that they were outnumbered and so, they retreated. While running, a Malay shouted that they would not let this matter rest till its over.
The next day, a curfew was declared at 9.30pm so that it would make peace between the two races. But during the first day of the riot, several people were killed and injured. This aroused my attention and I told myself that I must stop this riot before things get worsened. And so the next day, I wrote a huge word on a signboard "PEACE". I took the signboard and headed towards Chinatown shouting "WE WANT PEACE". The Chinese who heard it immediately came out of the house and joined me. Together, we marched our way towards the Parliament and stood outside shouting for peace. At the same time, I saw a group of Malays camping outside the parliament too. I walked towards them alone and asked for their leader. To my surprise, I saw my best friend whom I had lost contact with several years ago. It also happened that he was the leader of their group. We talked our way through and thought of ways for the leaders in the Parliament to appear.
After several hours of waiting, some Malays and Chinese got agitated with the parliament and went over to the carpark to wreck havoc upon the cars. I knew that this would only cause tension between the ethnic groups and the parliament but I could do nothing about it. Upon stumbling across an old helpless man trying very hard to stop the people from destroying the cars, I knew I had to gather this people and cause them to get a hold of themselves. I told my friend to gather a large portable microphone with large speakers while I tried to find some high platform to shout across the area.
It was evening by then. Many people were getting more furious about it and were about to give it up. Finally, my friend arrived in a truck with many large speakers three microphones. I felt delighted upon seeing him as I thought that he would give it up like the rest of the people. As soon as we settled down, more and more people were getting restless. Some were shouting frantically across the carpark and the two ethnic groups soon started to stare at each other with hatred in the eyes. I told my friend that we must make haste before things start to get more chaotic.After searching relentlessly for a spot to place the items, we finally found an empty corner to place the items and fixed the plugs. The sky was totally dark by then and people from both races lit up their torches and some even threw them at the doorstep of the parliament. Out of a sudden, a middle-aged Chinese man went over to a Malay and punched him in the face. The Malays could not just sit by and just ignore what the Chinese had done and so, they grabbed him and burned him alive. The intensity in the area rised. Finally, we set our things up and my friend went to gather his people together. I shouted to get the attention of everyone there. Suddenly, the air was stilled and I could hear the fire burning. Total silence was brought about. My mind went a total blank after the chaos suppressed for awhile. I tried my best to talk to the people gently and lectured them that if peace were to be restored, both parties could benefit instead of having war that would arouse the attention of neighboring countries and cause greater conflict in the world. After saying those sentences, I felt less pressurized than before.
After preaching for awhile, none seemed to understand me and thus, they continued their internal conflict. I felt weak now that I could not help them. Just when I was about to give it up, the doors of the Parliament opened and the leaders walked out to give them what the people who came wanted. Peace.
Finally, a rule was set the next day. Riots caused by two different races will be punished by the law of Singapore. Peace and harmony should be practiced as Singapore is a cosmopolitan country. Finally, lives went on normally weeks after when the rule was set. I felt that being a leader is tough. But it could also be a good thing. To manage the people and bring peace instead of causing war.
The next day, a curfew was declared at 9.30pm so that it would make peace between the two races. But during the first day of the riot, several people were killed and injured. This aroused my attention and I told myself that I must stop this riot before things get worsened. And so the next day, I wrote a huge word on a signboard "PEACE". I took the signboard and headed towards Chinatown shouting "WE WANT PEACE". The Chinese who heard it immediately came out of the house and joined me. Together, we marched our way towards the Parliament and stood outside shouting for peace. At the same time, I saw a group of Malays camping outside the parliament too. I walked towards them alone and asked for their leader. To my surprise, I saw my best friend whom I had lost contact with several years ago. It also happened that he was the leader of their group. We talked our way through and thought of ways for the leaders in the Parliament to appear.
After several hours of waiting, some Malays and Chinese got agitated with the parliament and went over to the carpark to wreck havoc upon the cars. I knew that this would only cause tension between the ethnic groups and the parliament but I could do nothing about it. Upon stumbling across an old helpless man trying very hard to stop the people from destroying the cars, I knew I had to gather this people and cause them to get a hold of themselves. I told my friend to gather a large portable microphone with large speakers while I tried to find some high platform to shout across the area.
It was evening by then. Many people were getting more furious about it and were about to give it up. Finally, my friend arrived in a truck with many large speakers three microphones. I felt delighted upon seeing him as I thought that he would give it up like the rest of the people. As soon as we settled down, more and more people were getting restless. Some were shouting frantically across the carpark and the two ethnic groups soon started to stare at each other with hatred in the eyes. I told my friend that we must make haste before things start to get more chaotic.After searching relentlessly for a spot to place the items, we finally found an empty corner to place the items and fixed the plugs. The sky was totally dark by then and people from both races lit up their torches and some even threw them at the doorstep of the parliament. Out of a sudden, a middle-aged Chinese man went over to a Malay and punched him in the face. The Malays could not just sit by and just ignore what the Chinese had done and so, they grabbed him and burned him alive. The intensity in the area rised. Finally, we set our things up and my friend went to gather his people together. I shouted to get the attention of everyone there. Suddenly, the air was stilled and I could hear the fire burning. Total silence was brought about. My mind went a total blank after the chaos suppressed for awhile. I tried my best to talk to the people gently and lectured them that if peace were to be restored, both parties could benefit instead of having war that would arouse the attention of neighboring countries and cause greater conflict in the world. After saying those sentences, I felt less pressurized than before.
After preaching for awhile, none seemed to understand me and thus, they continued their internal conflict. I felt weak now that I could not help them. Just when I was about to give it up, the doors of the Parliament opened and the leaders walked out to give them what the people who came wanted. Peace.
Finally, a rule was set the next day. Riots caused by two different races will be punished by the law of Singapore. Peace and harmony should be practiced as Singapore is a cosmopolitan country. Finally, lives went on normally weeks after when the rule was set. I felt that being a leader is tough. But it could also be a good thing. To manage the people and bring peace instead of causing war.
I live in my world of black and white .
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`` 15 APRIL 1992
`` QUEENSWAY sec0ndary school
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