The mid day prayer time was about to end and I quickly took my wudhu at T2’s airport toilet this afternoon and was rinsing my feet at the sink when the cleaner, a PRC, gestured me to not do that. Wait ah people. Hold on to your horses. Before the word PRC starts to tingle your inner racism, please read on.
All this while he was smiling, doing signs that the sink is for washing hands and faces not your stinking feet. Ok the last part was from me. ?. Granted. He was right but I still went on with it as I was about to finish. I apologised “Tui Pu Chi ah pong yu”. (Sorry my friend)
And tried to tell him I need to do this as it’s obligatory before I pray. To somewhat educate and let him intergrate into our multiracial and multi religious society. But knowing little mandarin I don’t know how I could relay my message.
After saying “Tui Pu Chi” I told him “Wo de kowtow lau pan” which literally means I bow big boss man whilst doing the praying motion. He stopped everything he was doing and immediately apologize profusely. Which I replied “mei shi” (it doesn’t matter) and we bid our goodbyes and I went on to pray lah.
So my closet racist friends, (yes I know quite a handful of them), treat everyone with respect. Don’t yaya papaya ask them to learn English if you encounter with them refusing to speak the universal language. Now no excuses not to communicate with ease. Use google translator. No need to sulk. Suprise them. Be the bigger person. And earn akhirat points abundantly, In Shaa Allah. ?
Quran 49:13
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
