I’m tired. I’ve been cooped up at home of almost 2 months (no different than anyone else). There’s blame going on between the people and the government. On one side, their oversight in trying to save the economy by letting big business run has caused an uptick in cases that we are unable to surpress. On the other side, we have people who still don’t understand the meaning of staying at home unless it’s necessary. So we keep spreading the virus unnecessarily. I’m exhausted from reading headlines about the lack of accountability. People are dying in police custody, a teacher jokingly makes a remark about rape, our shortage of doctors are not being looked after, our media contributing to athlete pressure, innocent people fighting for the underprivileged are being charged in court, people waving white flags…this list goes on. I think it goes without saying that this pandemic has exposed systems that were already failing in this country but leadership is about taking accountability for it and wanting to do better. Acknowledgement at its basic form is necessary to create trust. Tell us you’re going to look into it, don’t gaslight us in thinking that we’re crazy because we deserve better! Parliament is a circus because there are months worth of issues that everyone is trying to get out in the minutes they have on the floor. People are angry, they’re annoyed, I’m annoyed. The only numbers that I look forward to every morning is our vaccination progress. It gives me some semblance of hope to be able to see my family in Canada or for businesses to open who have severely suffered during this lockdown. I’m still optimistic and hoping that at some point we will all get on the same page and move forward because Malaysia is a fucking gem. For now, I’ll be cheering for our heroes in Tokyo Olympics, win or lose, nothing is more inspirational than watching someone dedicate themselves to be the best carrying our flag. Whether it is the government that needs to be accountable or us, let’s do it for the sake of this country.

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