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All along, the media have persuaded us to believe that the Americans are always the protagonists of all wars. Yes, all wars. Almost every single modern warfare includes American intervention/decision-making and/or indirect support.

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Ever since mankind wondered how was the world created, how did they appear on Earth, and how were rain and lightning formed, religion was born. It was the only answer to all the mysteries - that an all-powerful being God had "made" them. 

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Just a moment ago, I was staring at my neighbour's home. Their house had a few energetic children running around the garden, shouting and screaming. Looks as if there were close cousins. Then I thought about my own childhood experiences. They were out of the picture.

I was born into an odd position. On my mother's family, I was the youngest among the cousins, and the second youngest one was half a generation away. I felt absolutely left out. And now they are all in other countries, either studying or working, and I'm the only one left here, crawling through the obstacles of secondary school life. When I looked into the photo album of the late 1980's, I felt as if my heart was pulled down by a ton of metal, looking at how much fun my cousins and brother had before me.

On my father's side, it was odder. Same, I was the second youngest among my generation of cousins. But one thing weird is, I was an uncle eight years before I was born. My oldest nephew's eight years older than me! Not to think about the other cousins of my generation, they're old and smell stale. And those who are my nephews and nieces, are half a generation younger than me, besides THAT nephew I mentioned just now. I was caught between generation gaps, damned for life.

Every single one of my friends keep on bragging about how fun they were with their cousins, playing and fooling around. But I don't get it. Why cousins? Are they really that fun? Yes, they are, but I never got to experience them. Never. I could only stare in awe at what they have achieved in their university level courses.

This resulted in some benefits however, that I was forced to socialise with adults. I click well with the grown-ups, learned a lot from their experiences and professions. My mom always branded me very sociable with adults, but never mentioned my cousins. Not even the nephews and nieces. However, I seem to click with babies very well! =)

They were either too old or too young, my relatives.

Sad for my case, left out forever. For age cannot alter throughout our lives.

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The victories of Senator Barack Obama suggests that the Americans are colour-blind. Colour-blindness in the sense that they do not see the difference in skin colour. With the charismatic Senator Obama an American with African-born origin (black in skin colour) among all the other participants (white) of the presidential race to steal the limelight, is a sign that America is a liberal and free nation. A nation embracing globalisation.

Barack Obama is indeed a great man. A charismatic figure, his speeches flawless, hence he is the most likely winner of the Democrats race, to win with a slight margin over rival Hillary Clinton. Even John Edwards has backed him up. But the question is: can he defeat John McCain of the Republicans if the duo were to go down to the wire?

Important victories and convincing campaigns were to be done by this man to win. Global crises like the rise in crude oil prices, the inflation of food, the natural disasters across the globe, the war in Iraq are all major problems that the president of the most powerful nation in the world has to deal with. The fact that the Americans vote for Obama means that they lay their trust and fate in the hands of this new person, who will be the first black president in American history.

The Americans care for a change. But can the Malaysians?

Malaysians now seem to divert off their usual unification attention to racial politics. Where has 'Satu Bangsa, Satu Negara' gone to? Why did HINDRAF protest? Why is there only one Indian minister there? Where aren't ethnic minorities included in politics?

Don't blame it on the politicians then, blame it on the people. We can't see Chinese eating out at Malay restaurants and don't see Malays eating at halal Chinese shops. Why is this? The food not tasty? No!!! Malaysian food are the best!

Racial politics should be abolished from this world we live in. We share this land. We share the world.

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We live in a materialistic world. Everything, and I mean everything you can see and touch, involves the use of money. Money has become the must-need for humans ever since the barter system was introduced centuries ago.

Everyone fights for money, and it only brings bad effects. Corruption, loan sharks, tricksters, robbers, thieves, pickpockets... these crimes happen due to the struggle to survive in this materialistic world. And it is true, everyone cares about money. Every single government cares most for the economy, to bring in money.

For example, why do we study? Is it to utilize the brain to its limits? Is it to satisfy a person's own needs to gain knowledge? The answer is absolutely no. We study to have a better future. What I mean by better future means a secured, guaranteed job in the money-minded world. When you have that, you have money. It's so simple: we study for money.

The benefits of materialistic mentality among humans is that this thinking provides humans with better lives. For example, businessmen sell their products to us to earn money, but for us, it is beneficial to use these products. This flow is never-ending.

Money is life. Without money, there is no damn way you can survive in the urban universe.

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