I never had an interest in politic, government, or anything like that because yes, I was a passive citizen. I was being so pessimistic about the thing that happened in my country, not because I don't love my country. But because I am tired. Tired of everything that happened in this country. Now, it's different. I don't want to be a passive citizen and watch my country being crushed. Fyi, I used my rights for the first time back at 2014 and it was a presidential election. Tbh, I didn't like both of the candidates at that time. Okay, maybe because I literally didn't watch TV at all, especially about a politic. So, I used my rights just because I didn't want to waste it. I was being pessimistic at that time because I thought that it won't make any difference tho. However, since then, I gave my interest on politic, even just a little bit. I feel like, Indonesia has a hope. Hope to be a better country and a well-known country worldwide. That hope that I have is just a little dot. A dot that may be other people doesn't even realize about the existing of it. And now, that dot is growing bigger, bigger than before. I start to believe that my country isn't as bad as I used to think. The current president is bringing me a hope, that Indonesia still can make it.
Sadly, it changed. Lately, -well it's not because of the president thing, but yes, election thing- I feel that my dot which was getting bigger before, is becoming smaller, again. Believe it or not, the current affair that happened in my country is causing by Jakarta (capital city of Indonesia) Governor election. Governor election! Please underline that. Not even the presidential election. Yea, it's a little bit dramatic (or a lot?) over here. I refuse to explain more about what is happening because of my initial reason when I decided to write this post just because I want to share with you about my opinion.
But if you're getting curious about what happened, you just can type "Jakarta Governor Election 2017". And voila! It will come out soooo many news about them.
When I watched the news, I was getting sad and emotional. Why? I mean like, okay people made mistakes, but please it doesn't mean the reason is because of their race or their religion. Race and religion don't determine if the people is a bad person or not. Character is. Can we try to change our way of thinking to become more rational? Judge people, yes, do as you please. But please, don't judge the race and religion. Judge people by their character, their behavior, and their way of thinking. Do as you please. Yeah I know, even the judge word is not good but people will still do that, isn't it? So, yeah.. you know it.
I will try to believe it again, I will try to make my dot gets bigger again. I'm still hoping tho. Hoping that people will finally realize that we're different, by our race, our religion, etc, but still we are Indonesians. We are. Wherever you go, especially if you're going abroad, despite religion that you believe, despite race background that you grew up with, you will still say, "I am from Indonesia, I'm Indonesian", doesn't it? I love my country, Indonesia. That's why I still give my trust in you.
Wishing that everything will be alright because God already prepared the best for all of us, Indonesians.
Good luck, Indonesia! :)
But if you're getting curious about what happened, you just can type "Jakarta Governor Election 2017". And voila! It will come out soooo many news about them.
When I watched the news, I was getting sad and emotional. Why? I mean like, okay people made mistakes, but please it doesn't mean the reason is because of their race or their religion. Race and religion don't determine if the people is a bad person or not. Character is. Can we try to change our way of thinking to become more rational? Judge people, yes, do as you please. But please, don't judge the race and religion. Judge people by their character, their behavior, and their way of thinking. Do as you please. Yeah I know, even the judge word is not good but people will still do that, isn't it? So, yeah.. you know it.
I will try to believe it again, I will try to make my dot gets bigger again. I'm still hoping tho. Hoping that people will finally realize that we're different, by our race, our religion, etc, but still we are Indonesians. We are. Wherever you go, especially if you're going abroad, despite religion that you believe, despite race background that you grew up with, you will still say, "I am from Indonesia, I'm Indonesian", doesn't it? I love my country, Indonesia. That's why I still give my trust in you.
Wishing that everything will be alright because God already prepared the best for all of us, Indonesians.
Good luck, Indonesia! :)
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