When my friend's four-year old daughter had
to be hospitalised and he was only able to look at her through a glass
partition because the room had to be kept germ-free, he was very upset when he
observed a stray cat cleaning itself in that "antiseptic" ward.
The nurse did not understand his point and
why he was upset. Ok, it was a provincial hospital, and happened some years
ago, but still. Biasa toch…
And when I was admitted with dengue to a
Jakarta hospital, I asked why the intravenous needle the nurse was replacing,
sticky with blood, was thrown into the waste basket where I had put empty Aqua
bottles and used tissue paper, the answer was that the trash would be sorted
downstairs. Biasa toch…
Luckily for the cleaning staff assigned to
sort the medical from the non-medical trash, and who might by accident prick
themselves on the bloody needle, I am not an AIDS sufferer, but I do not envy
him his job.
Next time you ask for a daily necessity in
your favourite supermarket or corner toko and the answer is kosong, sorry, we're out of stock, think
biasa toch…
The sorry policeman, who maintains a steady
flow of traffic on his intersection by directing those who want to turn right
to drive straight on, does not understand that to clear his node results in
more blockage somewhere else, because he cannot see that his part of the road
is but a small cog in the metropolitan traffic system. Moreover, his experience
is of a continuing, and worsening, traffic congestion, so why even think of
possible improvements. Biasa toch…
All these instances are the result of
forced rote learning, not so much because it's the system, but more because the
teacher would not know how to answer questions about alternatives.
Huddled masses, shake off your tinted glasses
and punch a hole in your box, let in the light of an alternative view and
nurture the spark of creativity that is also inside YOU.
Make imaginative thinking and constructive
criticism your own BIASA (usual way)…!
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