CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Hi, it has been such a long time I didn't blog due laziness :S

Well, today is a very special day >>Hari Merdeka (54th)

So, I would like to wish every Malaysian citizen "Selamat Hari Merdeka" !!
I'm proud to be Malaysian :)

After over five decades of independence, what does that very word, MERDEKA, mean to us, the young people ?

What does Merdeka mean to you?
What do you feel when you hear the word, 'Merdeka'?
Does "freedom" ring in the same sentence?
Do you find a frisson of joy at having able to celebrate 54 years of peace, independence and unity?

All this while ,
Being almost 18,
Merdeka simply means to me that we have achieved independence and freedom from a foreign power.
It must have been such a long way for the past "wira bangsa" to fight and protect against enemies and thus, bring this on til today.

Merdeka has a significant meaning in my life.
It is not only what content in the history we study in textbooks in past few years.
Sadly, not much of us, young people appreciate or even aware what is the true meaning behind all this while - MERDEKA.
What does young people today know is just to admire other countries' well-being , and stepped on own country's part.

The word Merdeka holds not only the memory of freedom for our country, but it reminds us of our roots, of our ability to be united and harmonious.

The most important is NOT to be racist.
No matter what races, religion, ethics, languages spoken and skin color,
WE should stand together as a whole - 1 Malaysia.

But, however, Merdeka, sadly, has recently lost its meaning for me. It's unfortunate that I now view it as a kind of holiday, to distress or to relax. Perhaps the reason is the big 'HOORAY' that has been made of it had disappear.

When I'm lil,
it was an excited thing when MERDEKA day came,
I used to countdown a night before and waited in front of the TV ,
Just to see the news popping out.

In school, we used to celebrate this day to the full.
We sang so many patriotic songs,
waved the flags here and there,
wore "Jalur Gemilang"'s shirt,caps,
made our own badge, and
the one
I remembered the most
was decorate the class.

SUPER-AWESOME !!

I wouldn't go back to the past to sing patriotic songs at school with friends anymore.
What I can do is,
bathroom-K-ok :P

MERDEKA!!


_stay tuned til the next blog_

-Andrea, 31st.August 2011-