The Last Samurai

Samurai or a warrior is a person who lives with dignity. He would rather die rather than live on his shameful life after lose in a battle of war. The emperor just needs to say that he doesn’t want to see his face ever again and the samurai would kill himself voluntary with no doubt at all. Wow! I am impressed with the spirit they have and how loyal they are to their leader and this is fairly close to our late Hang Tuah and the gang spirit. Hang Tuah who famous with his ‘takkan melayu hilang di dunia spirit’ phase was sentenced to death by his Sultan and he is willing to die, but only with bendahara protection he is able to live. But they have the same loyalty don’t they?

I was impressed with how the samurai live their live. They are full of discipline; waking up early in the morning and have their practice continuously but at the same time do not forget their responsibility to their god. This is exactly the same thing teach by our religion, we have to put our fate in God’s hand after we have put all our efforts and at the same time we will gain our strength and our mind will be at peace.

“Dan dengan mengingati Allah hati akan menjadi tenang”

[Ar-Radn:]

The Samurai era has fall down after being defeated against the new technology by the person who hated this philosophy of life. Samurai fight with their swords and bravely face their enemy with no fear at all lose by modern technology like meriam and guns. I think they have a good and honorable war. They loose after fighting with all they might. And once again, this is similar with Zaman Kesultanan Malaya Melaka. Sultan Mansur Shah era has ended after Portuguese on 1517 came with their full equipment and demolish Malacca great era. Every tamadun have the same fate. There are all gone by the existence of the modern weapon. But I sincerely don’t think the fight we have now is a real fight. The war now does not portrayed the real braveness of the warrior. We don’t have to face to face or enemy to kill them, with one ball shoot and boom all of them will die. What a great invention that covered braveness. But still to win the battle, we have to lean on the great strategy and the great leadership and that will remain the same.