I'm depriving this country of one of its most valuable natural resources. Yes, I.

I, who love this country so very deeply, am working hard to take away one of the best things that has ever happened to it. Let's call her Mina. I won't use her real name because I don't want anyone tracking her down and spoiling my plan.

Mina is phenomenal. I've had my eye on this kid ever since she was a student at the college where I taught, five years ago. She was head student at her school, her grades were impeccable. As a bumiputera, she could have had her pick of any place in any university but she chose a private, predominantly Chinese college because she wanted the competition.

She became quite popular and even changed single-handedly the racist attitudes of some of my colleagues. She is now pursuing her studies overseas, again the top performer in her class. When she was here during the recent Hari Raya, she showed me some of her work.

No doubt about it, this young woman is not only smart, hard-working and talented. I would not fear to call her a genius. She's a good daughter, a great friend, and extremely beautiful. She's also a lesbian.

She works hard but also enjoys the occasional night out. Most of the time, it's 'teh tarik' with friends. Sometimes it's clubbing. So this week I'm sending her two newspaper articles. One is that one-sided, irresponsible feature published in The Star about homosexuality.

It's no secret that Malaysia is unfriendly to gays, but The Star seems to have gone out of its way to find ignorant, bigoted, holier-than-thou writers to say their piece .

The other article I'm sending is The New Paper's report on what happened at a KL nightclub last week. I was fuming as I read it, even as my heart went out to those poor young victims of power-abuse. It could have just as easily been Mina.

There was a time when I saw young people like Mina as our saviours. They were the ones that could put Malaysia on the map in the most positive sense. They have the potential to be our pride and our future. They also have no place in our society apparently.

I pray that all of us will find our way, that we will turn this country into something we all can be proud of. It's not Mina's job to make this country great, it's ours to make it good and conducive for brilliant young minds.

Until we can do that, I will continue sending these articles and many more to Mina. And as always, I will attach the message: 'Don't come back'.