In response to Aleesha's letter , I must say that even if you lived in the US for 20 years, I can still see some of your shallow thoughts.

Having been raised in Kelantan, where many of my friends are religious, but when it comes to sex, somehow, everyone seems to suddenly forget religion. It is strange that my friends will not drink alcohol or eat pork, but will willingly have sex or try drugs. Do you not find this to be strange? I certainly do.

If you take a hard look at religion in today's world, you will notice that there is something terribly wrong with the way they are being preached. This includes all religions. As someone investigating which religion to observe, I find all of them to be unattractive. The packaging certainly needs to be changed.

Aleesha, you are also wrong when you mention that Americans are proud to identify their origins.

This maybe true only to the extent of them bringing it up in a conversation. However, they will not establish clubs or association relating to their origin as you might see here in Malaysia, where certain races are divided up within themselves by establishing their own clubs and associations.