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Birthday Wish
Bitched on: Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Time: 9/05/2006 12:12:00 AM
Let's rewind to five years back.Time: 9/05/2006 12:12:00 AM
Back to the time when those combs with the sharp long ends were 'in' and tucked into the back pockets of any schoolboy you see.
A time when hair gell ruled and wax was what candles were made off.
When a pair of baggy jeans was considered hip and the idea of wearing a pair of tapered pants was almost unconceivable.
The good ol' days when school children still abide by school rules and pluto was still a planet...
I will remember that day vividly.
It was the eve of my birthday.
And I was still in my tight school pants about to go home with my classmates when one of them asked me, "Shazi, what do you want for your birthday?"
And I said half seriously, half jokingly (complete with enough 'bimboticness' to make the reigning Miss Universe proud)...
"World Peace."
I never got what I wanted.
The next day, on my birthday, ironically, terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the heart of America. Two planes took down the twin towers in New York City, one crashed into the Pentagon in Washington and one crashed into a field, narrowly missing the intended target (presumably the White House).
Unless you are completely ignorant or have the IQ equivalent to that of a chimp's, you would have already guessed by now that my birthday falls on the 11th of September.
Yes, my wish came 'true'...
In a sort of twisted and... completely opposite way.
After that day, 'terrorism' became a realisation.
Though not new in countries like Israel and Sri Lanka at that time, the whole world suddenly sat up and took notice.
It wasn't just a term anymore to imply suicide bombings.
Terrorism is more than that now, its on a larger scale.
Its now a global threat, not just a regional 'problem'.
It has become war.
The world is now gripped with more fear than before.
And its obvious as security tightens everywhere you go.
No country feels safe from the threat.
Almost every country have their faceless terrorist enemies.
Not only that, paranoia and suspicions have grown exponentially.
Islam is looked at differently now.
Islam has been misinterpreted.
Its not just a religion now, its a 'suspect'.
911 was like the beginning of a new era.
'Terrorism' is to the twentieth century like how the World War is to the 19th century.
It sparked off a series of 'wars against terrorism', copycat terrorist acts and more retaliations.
The Afghan war. The Gulf War II. The Madrid train bombings. The Bali bombings. The London train and bus bombings. The rise in the the Israel-Palestine conflicts. Jemaah Islamiah's foiled plan to attack Singapore. Jakarta hotel bombings. Not to mention the many foiled attacks in the US and Europe.
World Peace was the last thing that happened.
Bottomline is, don't ask me what I want for my birthday.
Or what I wish for, or what I need...
I am a firm believer now that you should never reveal whatever you had wished or intended to wish for.
It will never come true.
Trust me.
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