Lets go straight to the point. The Brooke should come back to Sarawak and be our Rajah once more. Damn right? I know. I am weird and Weird is my middle name. Yeah, you guys can call me whatever you guys want for wanting some white Briton rule Sarawak. Damn.
Okay. Here's the thing. The History books that we used from the moment we enter secondary school till the end of Form 5 are all lies. Well, not to say lies, how to put this. Errm, Oh ya, the books are just really biased to the point of disgusting. Yeah. A little bit of exaggeration there. I don't know. The books never fails to tell us that the foreigners are here for bad reason and with the sole purpose of taking over the land. Yeah. And the books also never fails to make us think that we are holier than them in all ways. Yess.
So... I want the Brookes back in Sarawak mainly because they rule Sarawak just like what a ruler should. Yeah. Kinda. The local books despised these Rajahs, while foreign books regard them as heroes and all sort of good stuff. Yeah. I read foreign books on them as well. Yeah. In some ways, they are not that good. They manipulate people and and use them for their own purpose but later on, they loosen up and let the people to work with them and all. The divide and rule sucks. But all for the interest of the natives. In Power and Prowess: The Origin of Rajah Rule or something like that, kinda forgot the book's title, they stated that, the divide and rule scheme in which the method they used are just to protect the natives from the unfairness they will experience once they are exposed to the outside world. Yeah. That's one noble cause. But sooner or later, the natives joined them for the better cause of Sarawak.
To me personally, without the Brookes, Sarawak would not be Sarawak without the Brookes. Brooke brought changes to Sarawak beyond anyone expecting. And maybe if without the Brookes, Sarawak will still under Brunei's rule. The Brooke's are people friendly and they are very loving towards the people they rule under. They love Sarawak with their life and Sarawak would always be in their hearts for as long as they live. Charles Brooke for instant, he actually are able to speak the Iban language and the local dialects that are spoken in Sarawak. The people back then even said that he could rule a longhouse and become its tuai rumah. They are many personal letters sent by the Brookes to the officials in charge in Sarawak after their period of reign is over. Charles especially. The Brookes are not bad as what anyone always thought of. Once you read more, especially their personal letters to their officials in Sarawak, you would know how deep is their love for Sarawak. The people back then loved the Brookes. During the cession of Sarawak to the United Kingdom, there street protests and there is even anti-cession movement to stop this. Yeah. I asked my friend just now, Diana, of what her grandparents think of the Brookes, not to my surprise, they said that the Brookes are good people and are just in their administration. I have never seen up to this point in my life where the leaders ever really profess their love for the place that they rule like the Brookes does. My heart goes out to the Brookes.
God bless their soul. Amen.
Long live Rajah Brooke!
