To Sarawak With Love

p/s: I have wrote this poem as a part that will represent Malaysia for some book publication and I choose to wrote about a place that I lived now,which is Sarawak.Sarawak is a state among 14 others states in Malaysia :-) This is a writing about my beloved home,Sarawak.

I am Sarawakian,

Where Chinese mix Iban races were called CI+BAN,

Where the beautiful Chinese girl were called lenglui,

Where the beautiful Bidayuh girl were called dayung sangon and the beautiful Iban girl were described as Indu bajik,

Where the Kelabit looks like Lunbawang and Lunbawang looks like Kayan,

Where the Melayu Sarawak can speak in Iban and Chinese at the same time,

Where the Melanau was the only ethnics that used bin and binti while they are Christian,

Where the Pesta Benak and Pesta Kaul was the number one festival that we wait for it every year excitingly,

I am Sarawakian,

Where Kolok Mee and Laksa Sarawak was our main dishes here,

I am Sarawakian,

Where church and mosque were build next to each other,

I am Sarawakian,

Where all of us here can fluently speak more than 4 languages,

I am Sarawakian,

Where the Malay go to Chinese house when The Lunar Year come,

Where the Chinese go to Malay house when Hari Raya come,

Where the Malay and Chinese go to Iban house when Hari Gawai come,

Where the Malay, Chinese and Iban go to Christian Bumiputera when Christmas Day come,

Where all the Muslims, Buddha and Christian hang out together going to the Mall, Cinema and Food Court without ashamed with each other,

I am Sarawakian,

Where we lived next to each other and shared our food by exchanged our container,

I am Sarawakian,

When people leave this place and said that “I am leaving home”.