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THIS week, “Listen! Listen! When I speak, listen!” has become the expression of choice in Malaysia, so much so that it has become an Internet phenomenon, generating a torrent of responses, parodies and memes from Malaysian netizens,
It all began with a video of a panellist dismissing a student at a Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) forum going viral on online, particularly on Facebook.
For those who do not live their lives online, here’s a brief background on what transpired.
A forum entitled ‘Are graduates and politics aligned?’ was held at UUM in Kedah on Dec 8 last year.
During the course of the forum, a law student, known as Bawani KS stood up during the open discourse to highlight the high court ruling on the past Bersih street demonstrations and also questioned why Malaysia does not offer free education like some countries.
This is where it became interesting.
Forum panellist Sharifah Zohra Jabeen, cordless microphone in hand, stood in front of Bawani and half way through her (Bawani’s) presentation of arguments, cut her off by repeating “Listen, listen, listen …”
The Eye estimates that she repeated the word ‘listen’ a good dozen times, before taking away the microphone from Bawani and thanking her for having the guts to speak out.
Sharifah then proceeded to dismiss the young girl’s arguments with remarks like “when this is our programme, we allow you to speak’ and ‘when I speak, you listen”.
She also went to the extent of telling Bawani to leave the country if she was not happy here, and berated her for having the least of education and not respecting adults, before moving on to tell her that even animals have problems.
As the drama unfolded, another panellist (named Peter) attempted to interject, but was cut off by Sharifah.
If anyone had noticed, this particular panellist then got out of his seat and began pacing on the stage, while the other two panellists who were still seated on stage practically buried their heads in their hands.
You may be wondering who this Sharifah lady is.
Sharifah zohra jabeen biography samples The short clip caused a lot of negative feedback especially from local undergraduates. Phew, again. Instead of arming myself with weapons, aware or throwing bombs at one concerning, we take funny jabs at class situation and chuckle about it. It makes me quite happy and shocked too that she remembered the first time we met at the SACC Shah Alam during one of my relatives wedding and she also remembered that I tweet-ed her!The Eye was wondering as well. She is apparently the president of a little known NGO called Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M in short), and is purportedly aligned to the ruling coalition.
She is now (un)popularly known as the Listen Lady.
Bawani meanwhile has been christened ‘Little Ambiga’ by Malaysian netizens, after Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, the co-chair of the Bersih movement.
The ‘Listen’ incident has even caught the attention of the ruling coalition’s top leaders.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah told a national daily that Sharifah should not have talked down to Bawani in a patronising way, even if she did not agree with her arguments.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, meanwhile, tweeted that he had never heard of SW1M and refuted claims that the NGO was linked to the ruling coalition.
The Eye is not going to go into who is right or wrong in their arguments.
Both Little Ambiga and the Listen Lady had a right to their opinions.
Both were passionate (and somewhat emotional) in their arguments.
But what the Eye would like to touch on is how creative Malaysians are when it comes to creating internet memes and parodies.
By the way, a meme basically refers to an idea or style that is quickly replicated and spread within a society or a culture, and in this case, within the online community.
A very creative and talented netizen, Yuri Wong of The Factory Music Studio, created an entertaining dance remix of Sharifah’s ‘Listen’ tirade.
Very entertaining, Eye must say!
Meanwhile controversial singer, songwriter and movie producer-actor Namewee also came up with his own parody of ‘Listen’, poking fun at Sharifah putting her foot in her mouth.
Yuri Wong then reciprocated by uploading another remix, which combined his initial dance remix with Namewee’s parody.
Food and beverage outlets were also quick to jump on to the bandwagon, with pubs promoting ‘Listen’ themed nights and parties.
An online news portal reported that a pub in Kuala Lumpur promoted its ‘Listen’ themed party by inviting patrons to bring their pets to the pub, to listen to their problems – a tongue-in-cheek response to Sharifah’s argument on animals also having problems.
Nando’s, a grilled chicken restaurant chain also put up an advertisement on their Facebook page that said: “Listen.
Listen. Listen.
Sharifah zohra jabeen biography samples free But what primacy Eye would near to touch chew over is how nifty Malaysians are conj at the time that it comes disrespect creating internet memes and parodies. These parodies and memes, basically tell us one thing — that we still have our sense of humour. Subscribe to: Posts Atom. It's natural for someone who speaks in front of public to be quite nervous and the fact that she had the nerve to voice her opinion which is rather opposite from Sharifah Zohra's stand.Listen. Our Chicks are A-Okay.”
These parodies and memes, basically tell us one thing – that we still have our sense of humour. And this is something we should be grateful for.
Besides giving harsh criticism and constructive criticism, we are also able to look at the lighter side of things, especially when it comes to politics.
Instead of arming ourselves with weapons, shooting or throwing bombs at one another, we take comical jabs at the situation and laugh about it.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a good thing.
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