Sunday, February 05, 2006

what is actually brotherhood? watch this movie by jack neo, i not stupid too. Tom and cheng cai have this group of gangster friend who talk about loyalty and brotherhood. but when the both of them are in trouble and needed help, all this so call brother are no where in sight. This word brotherhood is made big by all the hongkong movies. All the gangsters and ah bengs all talk about loyalty, brotherhood and yi qi. But what is all this actually? During troubled time, who can you really look for? Is any of this 'brothers' around?
We all look at this word too big. Many a times we think we are very hip and trendy or even that we are very loyal to call someone brother. It is precisely too common word that we forget its true meaning and misuse it. The dictionary defines it as a male who has the same parents as another or one parent in common with another or one related to another by common ties or interests. Lets take a minute to think if all this fits. If not, what then is your brother to you. Lets not just think you two really match the bill, but ask someone else. Someone who really know the both of you and not think that they know. Talk is cheap and only actions is worthy. So lets put words into action and act by it.
We must also check ourselves if we can really commit to this brotherhood before we go head on into it and regret later. People, how old are you to know what is brotherhood all about? Do you know what it is like to really depend on your brother to live? That you can't do without him and that both your life is connected. If he die, it spells the end for you too. No one in our time have really experience this. So how can we know what brotherhood is all about? How can we use the word if we don't know the contract that comes with it? Many a times it is too common a word to be misused by all. The reason is that we think we know what it meant and that we think we know how to use it. It is like kids who have just learn a new word and is very excited and eager to show off to the whole world that they know the word.
Sad to say, only a few small groups of ah beng really know the meaning of brotherhood but they use it in its negative concept. Nevertheless, we should applause them for really understanding the word and able to put it in use. In this world, it is not those who can really study that is smart but those who is living in the worldly that is smart. They are those who can really live life as it really is meant to be. Booksmart are those i despise the most. I hate those that tell me they like books and studies. Lifeskill is what that is important and those who can study are those who can't handle lifeskill.