Edited 07062020, 7.53 am. Point #11 for Muslims.
To me, Covid-19 is a gift from Allah for humankind. I do not wish to disregard all the hardships, worries, stress and sadness that we had gone through or facing but at the same time, it is also a reality check for all of us. These are my wishes for mankind especially Malaysians moving forward.
1. To value the family relationship more
2. To continue to be clean conscious and to keep Malaysia clean and healthy. We messed up big time when we collectively had spoilt many of our beautiful rivers, tourist areas and parks in Malaysia. Oh! all those public toilets that if not vandalised smell like everyone thinks that he is just the only one need to dump
3. Beginning to live as Malaysian. I am of the generation that in my life really know how this feel. To really feel all of us are Malaysians. We were not Melayu, Chinese, Indian, Sikh, Kadazan or whatever. Somehow, somewhere along the road somebody or group of people messed this up.
4. Love nature more and please, please, please do not cut down more trees, make a flat land of those beautiful hills and valleys. We need the natural habitat for living creatures of God.
5. To forgive more as it is so humbling now when before, all the time you feel you are the greatest creation
6. To be honest, as Covid-19 has proven that lying can kill. Not to be self-centred and consider others more.
7. Politicians to just shut up and do your work for the people. For once stop talking but start doing. Go out to find all those really poor - economic, social and technology poor, and help them. Covid-19 is proof that access to well-being means the ability to access technology as well.
8. Government and corporations should work more to enable connectivity to the technology poor and rural areas. This is a social business that the profit is not in a monetary sense
9. To those armchair economists and politicians to spend 90% of their times contributing by doing more rather than sitting pointing fingers
10. For Malaysians to really understand that Malaysia is ours to destroy or prosper
11. To all my Muslim brothers and sisters because of COVID-19 and the subsequent MCO we now realised and have to admit that so far we have been wasteful during Ramadhan with excessive food from Bazaar and Buffet. Worse we continued this with endless and mindless open houses. Even worst we considered visiting and sillatulrahim during syawal require an invitation from the host.
Now, the bucks stop with us - to stop COVID-19 it is you and me, to stop non-Malaysian to take our business opportunities you and me and to make Malaysia break or great it is you and me
