Religious Bigotry

Sydney 2 June 2017

No matter how high someone's education level is, no matter how long someone has lived abroad, someone can just be a bigot when he/she is religious closed-minded person. I know a lot of people who have very high education levels, or who have lived quite long time in secular countries, but they keep posting hate speeches and narrow-minded comments in regard to their religion's perspective.

When they come to the verses in their holy book, their brain cells just become dead. They won't accept any outside perspectives that contradict with what their religion says. They have an absolute truth so they will not be bothered to find any explanation against their belief.

They have lived in secular countries and enjoyed the secular system. They study and get living from those countries. But they don't really mingle with the local culture. They have their own exclusive community that keeps their own value: narrow-mindedness. The cases of Indonesian restaurant "Willis Canteen" in Sydney and "Salero Minang" in Den Haag have shown how hypocritical they have become.

Respect is Earned not Given

Sydney, 29 May 2017

Some Indonesian Muslims are angry because they think their religion has been insulted their scholars are being ridiculed. But I believe what happens to them now is the result of their own attitudes towards other people. First off, they have become moralists, claiming themselves as the moral standard for other people. Secondly, they use their moral standard to judge and punish other people. They think they have been the rightest group so that they deserve to be the moral police to others. Lastly, they are actually such hypocrites that makes other people disrespect them. They have not done any better than the people that they are judging. They should have look at to themselves before judging other people.

They ask other people to respect them, but they have been disrespecting other people. Like some people say "respect is earned not given".

Annoying Alarms

Sydney, 1 June 2017

This morning, I woke up in muscle pain since I didn't turn on the heater last night. The temperature has dropped to single digit as winter is coming soon.

I woke up early since I need to study for my class today. Last night I slept much earlier than usual since I was so tired for finishing my assignment. Meanwhile my roommate as usual, stay up all night and went to bed in the morning. He usually wakes up at noon.

However, his bad habits are endless even when he's sleeping. Just like what is happening now. He is sleeping in the morning, but he sets multiple alarms that ring in every five minutes. He does not wake up! It is me who stays awake and get annoyed with his alarm. I can't concentrate to my study.

If he does not intend to wake up in the morning, why does he set those alarms? Should I tell him? or can I just throw his phone out of the window?