Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup, a Malay horror legend.

When I was a kid, my late grandmother used to tell me folk/fairy tales. One of my favourite was "Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup", where the pregnant mother frustrated by her son, who has eaten the tembakul fish roe that she craved, plunged herself into the man-eating rock/cave mouth. It used to scare me for years, of the idea of my mom would plunge herself if we(me and my brothers) finish any food without leaving some for her.

But my mom came to the rescue. "Why would I kill myself for not able to eat some food if my children could be well fed?" said mom. And my mom, in her humourous way stated that the mother of Batu Belah was the example of the worst mother any human being could be, highlighting that some Malay folkstories are just pure bullshit.

Why would you kill yourself, leaving two helpless children for some stupid fish roe? Aren't the kids hers? If they really meant the world for her, would she be contended that her five year old son ate that roe. And be happy with it.
Go murtad, living in hell for eternity (for killing herself) for some stupid fish roe? Stupid bitch. Get a live. If you are so frustrated with the world, don't eat tembakul fish roe. Eat mariguana or cocca roots. Plain and simple. She was just one crazy drama queen gone wacko.

Think of that situation in the current environment. The two kids would be sent to foster family. The girl could be having a had time getting hitched as the society would label her as the daughter of a suicide lady aka crazy drama queen bitch who couldn't live with tembakul fishroe.
"Marry her and she'll kill herself for not getting a ticket for Ramlah Ram dangdut's concert, just like her mother!"
Thats a hard label stamped in the daughter's face.

That's just one scenario. Giving that as an example, I think it is wise if the government would ban or label Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup as SX18, filter it as unIslamic and morally degrading plus raise awareness for mothers to enhance the love and giving more to the children.

Thats all. I may not elaborate more. My blog is suppose to be catchy. So to the original author of Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup, a spoilt child is not an excuse to commit suicide. And please, you really need the mother to commit suicide, let her die in a more glamourous ways, like being stamped by elephant, knocked by kereta lembu or eaten by tembakul fish that's actually the Malay version of piranha.

Cool huh?