The Gap.

I cannot fathom the thinking of the youths of Lipat Kajang of today. I can probably imagine what the youths of the last generation of the Lipat Kajang folks now living in the area or even making a living outside the kampong. Those youths who are left in the kampong are probably not exposed to the hustle and bustle of the towns and the cities (some may have). I believe that there is a serious generation gap syndrome taking place. Their thinking in the kampong may be very much different from what I am (or even we are) thinking right now. We may, I hope, have a parallel thinking but it is sad if the thinking are in the opposite directions. At least in the development of Lipat Kajang from the perspective of an old man like I (or the generation close to my generation), who have been living outside Lipat Kajng for a long time.

Getting my (or our) ideas across is the real challenge. Or maybe I (or we) will be on a collision course, which I hope is not, which I am trying to avoid. I have to listen to their views and aspirations. The sound of their heart beat. The signals that they project and the body language that they emit. I have to understand them, for they are the generation that will make or break the kampong society and landscape.

I have some ideas from the older generation who are living in the kampong, but will these ideas be warped ideas from them who have grown up in the kampong at different time?

Trying to bring improvement programmes, for the progress of Lipat Kajang maybe like walking on a thorny path, if what we are trying to project or to bring are not in line with the thinking of the present younger generation of the kampong. Our good intentions may be interpreted as interference, and our thinking may be taken as retrogressive to them. Many of us of the older generation may have gone through life by different paths, and many who are young in the kampong have not trodden the paths which we have gone through.

What is the future like? I cannot imagine. Or have they heard of our ideas? Or are they hearing our ideas right now? If what I sense is true, how do we bridge the gap?


Lipat Kajang people (or decendents) are encouraged to participate& contribute (Orang Lipat Kajang, atau keturunan, di jemput memberi sumbangan idea)