Should we feel afraid?

During the last 2 week I've heard a rumors among my friend that a video had just been sent to the local police recently. What makes this video so special is because it have something special that all of us want know.

What is it? Actually, this video if i am not mistaken it showed a group of russian hooligans bashed a foreign student along with a warning( more like a threat I would say) that they will kill a foreigner before 20 April which I suppose that day is the Hitler's Birthday.

Things got a little bit spiced up when in the Harian Metro they said about a boy got beaten up in Moscow( in Nizhny Novgorad 300 km from Moscow) and spend a few days in hospital. Firstly, before I further comments about this news I just want to say that actually they shouldn't put that those event happened in Moscow in the first place. Don't they know that Moscow and Nizhny Novgorad is totally 2 different city. They said it as if Nizhny is a district or something in Moscow. Talking about geographical mistake here. I think they just make people being so confused about Russia not the other way around.

The second things is I was so impress when they said a representative from Malaysian embassy did go to Nizhny to see this poor boy. As I know 300 km is not a small kind of number. Unless he took a plane or he reached there maybe a day after. Impossible I would say. Besides, this is not the 1st time people got beaten up so what make this things so special? Is it because it just happened to be in the local tabloid?

But if the news ever true, a high salute from me to the Malaysian Embassy for so much effort. They do show us that they care and we been really thankful for that.

Back to thing that I want to say. Those news seemed a little bit earlier than 20 April (like what Haneem said) and still that boy is still alive (nauzubillah not the other way please!) so that things seemed to be a way far contradicted to each other. Nevertheless, this 2 news supposely do make us feel afraid or at least a bit cautious.

Well, I did told my Russian lecturer who is actually are our curator here about this problem . To no avail other than the usual advice not to wander alone, or go out during the night, I didn't recalled that I saw any shock face from her, not that I really hope actually. But aside from that, I actually did want to see some things done from the authorities, from the university. Do something! don't they see that it is our life that they guys was talking about.

So amidst all the chaos. What is actually that we should feel?

Should we scream? "AAAA!!!!"
or should shrieking from help "Help! Help!"
or maybe make a video and cry "Please! Don't kill us!"
or maybe walk furiously to our dean and have an hour fight about this things.
Should we??

Out of anybody expectation, things seem pretty normal here. Other than a loud AAA accompany by a 2 minute high pitch siren over the overcooking meal in the microwave I don't see anything unusuall. My guess is they really already adapt to this things. I mean, it is not that we have any choice for the situation. We are not like Moscow student who can have a holiday for that day. Here if we want to do the same thing, it will be consider with a big NO!NO! and we have to pay for the extra class or should I say in a more dramatic way FOR OUR LIFE?

I think everybody here been already clear with the situation. By making a decision to go here, we already aware of any kind of possibilities. We are fighting to get a knowledge under the bless of Allah. If we die, we die in syahid. We knew that and we have no complaint.

Despite the news that been out in the Harian Metro. Nothing new for us actually, a number of people been beaten up, not that the new one is really suprise. The most important is we show our courtesy, we show that we care, we visit them, wish them to get well and help everything with what we can give. After that, we just pray it will not happen again. Praying is what we do and what we always do.

Like what my friend say

"Ala kalau nak mati dekat mana-mana pun boleh mati...."

So, why with that worry face, why with that frown face. Don't you know you are using a lot more muscle when you frown than when you smile? Come on work out your musculus oris(Greek=laugh), it is better that way.

Don't be afraid! Allah is always with us....