Respect the Custom and Follow the Trend

I do not see anything unjustified for Teng Chang Khim wearing the traditional Malay headwear - songkok.

And I was enlightened by someone in MCA that the Malay headwear worn by him and non-Malays is a modified version of songkok with colour band in order to differentiate and to compromise on those refusing to wear a songkok in its original sense lest been labelled as "running dog" or traitor."

Masuk kandang lembu menggengu, masuk kandang kambing membebek' means you have to respect the custom and culture of a family, different races or even a country where you earn a living in order to be welcomed and respected.

In order to live in peace and harmony in a multi racial society with different customs, cultures and beliefs, people sometimes have to do away with extremes and compromise on moderation, and that inclusive and magnanimous attitudes should not viewed as submissive to any majority ethnic group or dominant party.

Morever, politics is an art of possible.

Anwar Ibrahim was once an agressive and a fanatic religious leader who fought for Muslim only. Now that he realises that circumstances change and the need to follow the trend to capture the Malaysians' aspirations to do away with communal politics which shackles Malaysia for more than 4 decades with no profound developments and progress in terms of economics, education, racial harmony and national unity, he formed the Party Keadilan Rakyat, a multi-racial party to the surprise and suspicion of his political dissidents, yet he made it and proved to the people of his political maturity to go along the trend, so would you say that he is political immature by doing so?

The same goes to Teng, when he was in the opposition, he has got the option not to wear the songkok and even walk out of the state assembly at his will and nobody cares, but now he is the boss( Speaker of state assembly) and since he has accepted the position as speaker, it is incumbent on him to obey the rules and regulations and the customs of the state assembly, and I do not see anything amiss as this is the rule of the games or maybe at the worst, we can tell Teng off by saying he is not a man holding by his steadfast principle of not wearing the headgear in the past, yet this is politics in its ugly nature or it is just a magic show that "now you see it and now you don't".

To anyone who disgrees with Teng's abrupt change of attitude for the headgear, just pretend you are watching a magic show, and laugh your way through, after all it is not a material issue to argue for, the most important thing is that he performs and does his job well.