We Are Living in the Land of Hopeful.

When I say the land of hopeful, it could work either ways. Indeed, Indonesia gives a lot of hope, yet the people are still hopeful with it. The latter derives from the mindset that I experience. They are so hopeful that they tend to forget to do thing. Hoping is the opium of the masses.

Here's the example, we hope too much that most of us believe that there will be 'ratu adil' who will salvage this crumbling nation. We hope too much that the opponent will suffer badly so that we can outmaneuver the opponent. We hope too much that everything will come down our ways.

There is a strange phenomenon lately. The most watched Indonesian film is 'Ayat Ayat Cinta'. The film had 3.7million viewers and becoming the Indonesian Box Office of all time. But, the hero, Fakhri, played by Fedi Nuril, is the guy who sways throughout the film. The one who did the thing are the women in the film, the one who falls for the guy. There is no slight action given by Fakhri to propel him forward. He simply just accept the fact that he is in that predicament. What irk me so much is that the film like this kind brought million of viewers. (I refrained from watching it on the screen, but bought the DVD instead). Are we, as Indonesian, that pathetic, relating to something that deals most of the time by waiting, hoping, like Fakhri did. For me to turn around this phenomenon, the hero should be the two women, Maria and the other women I forgot the name. They fought...They did action!

Another element that comes to mind is also the decline of Indonesian sport in the international forum. Are they start to be like the rest, hoping that the opponent falter? Let's say before the big match, they hope the opponent will have a mental breakdown against the numerous supporter of Indonesia on the field, or hope that one of their star injure their knee or ankle. What about after 85 minutes that the opponent are still in their best form, or even 45 minutes they are still far superior than our team? Wouldn't the nervous breakdown will fall on us instead of them? When our team should fight 'til the end, they choose to hope. That's so pathetic. (With the exception of the last performance in Asian Cup for Indonesian Team, they were so brave).

If the things like this persist, what would become of us in the future, competing against the fighting spirit of Malaysia, Vietnam, or even Myanmar. We'll become a dust of hopeful individuals.

I'm not keen for any party at the moment, but I like PAN slogan that 'Hidup itu Perbuatan' (life is an action). I think the mindset for us in the future should be set for the action, an action to do something, not an action of hoping. I have never voted for PAN, I definitely will not for PAN let alone other parties in 2009. I choose not to vote again in 2009. That's my action for this land of hopeful, because I'm tired of hoping.

This is my blabbering after the Ramadhan. 'maapin yee kalau ade salah kate-kate'

Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin....