Image via @hazirahajinan
Internet trends can often be cool, silly or altogether inexplicable. How else are we supposed to understand the Tide Pod challenge? But once in a while, an uplifting and wholesome trend can also appear, like when Malaysians started sharing group pictures with their friends of various backgrounds to celebrate the diversity of our nation.
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It all started when a Twitter user @hazirahajinan shared a story of how a Chinese uncle approached her and her friends to take a group picture while they were on a trip in Ipoh, hoping to make it viral by portraying the diversity of Malaysia.
Masa dekat ipoh haritu tetiba ada chinese uncle datang dekat kitorang ajak bergambar sama-sama. Dia kata
— Ziraaa (@hazirahajinan) July 28, 2019
“Jom kita group photo melayu cina india, kita kan 1 malaysia. Kita kasi viral gambar ni” hahaha you win lah uncle! pic.twitter.com/Z5N3pYKckd
And it has become viral indeed! The tweet, which has since generated 24.1K retweets and 24K likes to date, went on to spark a trend of Malaysians sharing pictures of themselves with their multicultural friends, all in the spirit of “One Malaysia”.
One malaysia here too! pic.twitter.com/9Y64aXAnRb
— Ssssssssssssssyafq (@_nursyafiqqqqq) July 30, 2019
1 Malaysia 🤙 pic.twitter.com/qFXD1cXvER
— Moeen (@moeenuddin_) July 30, 2019
Also here! One malaysia!❤️ pic.twitter.com/UIWXFP4Zh3
— Hib (@Hibriyah14) July 30, 2019
i drop it here , 1 Malaysia ! SUKSIS UNIMAS 💪 Sabah Sarawak Semenanjung Malaysia pic.twitter.com/qYkdhdvf3U
— dayat ₆⁶₆⁶ (@mdnrhidayat) July 30, 2019
Besties since high school. Chinese, Indian, Iban & Malay. Just need to add 1 more Dusun friend and 1 Malaysia would be at it's finest. ❤️❤️❤️ #1Malaysia #Kmkorgkuching pic.twitter.com/ZySr6FiqoY
— vrisyloex (@franccccy) July 30, 2019
It’s so refreshing to be reminded of how united we are amongst our rich cultural landscape when we’re often bombarded with news of natural disasters, crimes and misfortunes.
We love a good, wholesome trend! 🇲🇾
