A Divine Alliance

Islamic Civilization Tour - Kuala Lumpur

Set against the backdrop of the world’s biggest mosque dome, a most unlikely alliance has been forged. Norms were broken as long held believes were shattered by the joining of the two sides. Even with the different beliefs of between the Methodists and the Anglicans, there is now living proof that it is possible to stand united for a common goal. That was the start of the Saints-ACSian alliance.
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In actual fact, they were all Muslims, thus the reason for them to be standing in front of Malaysia’s biggest mosque. The event was the Islamic Civilization Tour, the venue was Kuala Lumpur. There, the Perbayu of the Saints and ACSian clashed at our first meal. At first, the ACSians thought that we would be spending the trip among ourselves but it turned out anything but that. After the groundbreaking first conversation bitching about a fellow ACSian, we instantly clicked and well, formed a clique. The Saints, or Wali-wali Andrews, met with the ACSians, or budak-budak ACtion, to form the Wali-wali ACtion alliance. Then the rest was as they say, history.

Wali-wali ACtion – Breaking Societal Norms

This KL trip turned out to mean more to all of us than we ever anticipated. At the beginning, we expected making a few friends at most. In the end, it was a deep friendship and an alliance bridging both our Malay communities. I cannot really say that the road to our bond was long and hard though. It wasn’t long enough, as we found the three days too short, and it wasn’t hard, as we found it thoroughly enjoyable. Kept awake and high all night thanks to Tongkat Ali, Cik Fatimah, and an overflowing supply of soda and Halal Breadtalk, we initiated ‘diplomatic negotiations’ regarding virtually everyone we knew.

Through our talks, we found plenty in common, like our hatred towards a common enemy of unspeakable laughter who kept breathing down our necks. We also made a revelation that if you were to narrow down the people in Singapore to those in our age groups, Malay and studying in a junior college, we knew virtually everybody one way or another. The phrase ‘it’s a small world’ was an understatement there.

Being with like-minded people in a Muslim Malay country really got us thinking about what it really means to be a Malay in Singapore and what it means for us. As minority groups in our various colleges, we find the need to bond together to retain and uphold our identity. Being among the top elite group of Malays in our country, we realize that it is up to us to bring our race forward and progress towards excellence.

At our post-trip reunion (which was actually two days after the trip), we made had our formal negotiations over an excellent-serviced Pizza Hut, camwhoring at the Esplanade and coffee at McCafe. Talks regarding a joint initiative were under way. With the newfound alliance, we plan to bring together both our Malay communities together through bonding sessions. With future meetings already scheduled, such an ideal could really be made a reality.

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The author Seraph is a not so average college guy kicking about in the pool, slugging on the computer and runs odd errands in the name of culture in school, and simultaneously saves the world and his personal life and writes about himself in the third person outside. At heart, he is a youth rights activist, an anti-feminist and an extremist ideologist. His essence runs Legal Grounds.