Citizen of Indonesia or Australia?
 
This question is always asked by friends. "So, are you Indonesian now or Australian now?". Every time some one asks me this question, I tend to laugh. The majority of people that asks me this are Indonesian.

My answer to this is I am Indonesian. I was born there and I was raised there. I moved to Sydney permanently in the year of 1998 over the huge brawl. I'm not even going to remind myself what happened because it really was damn sadistic and depressing. I will be honest and say .. a lot of Chinese people who lived in Indonesia hated Indonesian after that huge brawl. I don't blame them. But their mistake is STEREOTYPING. Just because a small percentage acted without thinking fully, does not mean you can blame the whole nation. It's the same to Chinese people, not all of them are right with their actions. Who are we to blame people when we ourselves are not perfect in God's eyes? Face it, people make mistakes. Yes, what happened in 1998 was too hard for people to forgive those who have hurt your loved ones, but what are you going to do? Dwell on the past and keep thinking about it? Don't you think your loved ones want to rest in peace up in heaven?

I find it very childish, foolish yet moronic for people to move to another country and say "yes I'm no more Indonesian. I'm American" (example-wise). Do you honestly think by saying that, you will forget the past? No, you won't. You can say whatever you want, but if you were born in Indonesia, YOU ARE INDONESIAN. Be proud of who you are. I'm pretty damn sure that your life spent in Indonesia before the huge brawl had its happy memories.

I miss Indonesia. I really miss it so bad. A lot of people are amazed that I could speak Indonesian even though I have lived here for years. I'm proud to be Indonesian. I honestly am. I'm proud of the Indonesian music, Indonesian comedy shows, Indonesian food. I am living in Australia but deep down I'll always be an Indonesian girl.

Until my next blog post.

God bless :)