Antara Udang & Tuna

Clearly I think that us Bruneians have lost our identity. Kata orang Melayu, jati diri. It is shameful to say this, even for myself as a Bruneian. Why am I saying this? Well, I just had this thought for a very very long time and just when I am taking a short pause from doing my SP2223 essay, I feel like voicing it out here.

What's my argument accusing us Bruneians to have lost our identity? Mana tah kan, if:

• Kitani becakap sama amah kitani, tani cakap Indon tia jua. "Biiii!!! Mengapa pinggan mangkuk nya nggak habis dicuci??"
• Kitani bejumpa kaling, slang kaling tia jua kitani pakai. "Alaa...Kasi murah lagi la tambi. Stupur ini macam tada original bah."
• Kitani becakap sama Cina, slang cina tia jua kitani pakai. "Eh tokey. Brapa lama lu boleh siap bikin ini keleta?
• Cakap sama orang putih lagi tia, confirm cakap orang putih jua. I don't need to show you an example here lah ah.

Bila tah kan cakap Brunei? "Among us Bruneian lah" you said. True. I couldn't agree more. Atu pun membari kesian kadang-kadang. Some of the Brunei Malay words pun ada yang kitani inda tau. How dis?

I'm not pointing fingers at anyone here. It's just one of my thoughts that I like to share with you guys and make you guys think "banar jua nya liau hanyut ani ah".

Jangan jadi udang guys. Di aing, udang ya. Sampai nya ke darat, kana tutuk, kana jamur, jadi belacan last-last.

Instead, let us take tuna as an example. Di laut, tuna namanya. Kana pancing, tuna lakat namanya. Kana blend and masukkan dalam tin, tuna jua lakat namanya. Siap kana bagi nama ayam brand lagi. Tuna jua lakat namanya. Dari transition nya from laut ke dalam tin, tuna tetap tuna. Tetap sungguh pendiriannya.