“Bule”-Minded…?????
Hey…Have you ever heard about a phrase bule-minded…??? Bule, that’s the way we (Indonesian people) call foreigners here. The phrase Bule-minded is known for certain people (mostly women) who like (or even adore) men who are bule …You know, sometimes it’s ridiculuous, knowing that our ladies (read : Indonesian ladies) who a-d-o-r-e bule men so much…as if they’re the only precious things in this life…without some good reasonable excuses why they have to adore them…
We know that Indonesia had experienced a very tough time during Dutch colonialism era since the 17th century. I think it could give us a reasonable excuse, why Indonesian people could be that much in appreciating foreigners (no matter what the hell they really are or what the heck they’re doing here). But one thing should be underlined here is, appreciating doesn’t mean that we have to obey all their wants, fullfil all their needs, say "yes" to all the things they say, and please note this girls: appreciating doesn’t mean considering them as Mr. Right. Nonsense that they’re much cleverer than us, that they have everything, that they’re trully born wealthy people, that they’re the symbol of freedom (yet capitalist indeed), that they’re better than us…Very poor thoughts, aren’t they…??? Coz in fact that they’re only humanbeing…!!! Just like us…!!! The only thing that differs us from them is racial matter. And please note here : there’s no race that’s better than another.
I’ve also found a funny fact about some bule who live in Indonesia, especially for them who are men. What’s funny here is, most of them think that all Indonesian women love bule, so that they just can point their fingers to choose any women they want, and there they are, the women are already in their arms, that easy…!!!
Wow…Very poor fact, but…That’s the fact…’Cause yes, I’ve known also that most of Indonesian women have a thought that they will have some more prestige if they can get along with bule…How poor…In fact that they only make a big mistake by thinking that bule is everything…Just like what I’ve said, they’re only humanbeing, mams…Just like us…
Well…I don’t mean to discredit some group of people here…I don’t also mean to talk bout racial matter. I just wanna share a fact that the issue has grown wider here, in my environment. I didn’t also say that it’s a bad idea to love someone who’s bule indeed, but…just try to see him much closer, please…If there’s a love, just go. But if you only want some prestige, don’t you ever try to do it.
