merdeka

happy national day malaysians!!!!

so sad that this year’s celebration was so much not merrier compared to last year. just because its 51 years old and thus it wasn’t celebrated as grand as big 50. *sigh, so malaysia.

whatever..., put that aside, cause all i wanted to say here now was that after being malaysian for 22 years and 10 days, i finally stepped on dataran merdeka on the national day.

fuh! the patriotism thing was rushing in my blood when i was watching the parade, admiring the people in their smart uniforms, impressed by the vehicles used in pdrm and army, amazed by the flying helicopters and jets in the sky and standing proudly singing all the songs played. it would feel better if i had jalur gemilang in my hands then i can kibar-kibarkannya... erm, its also the day i got the closest view ever at yang dipertuan agong and permaisuri; pm and wife; and also deputy pm and wife.

in such big event, as usual majority seen was the malays. they really put the effort to bring their kids there. other than that, foreigners would be the second most seen after the malays. can you believe it? perhaps if you already figured that out.

foreigners actually had more interests in our country compared to the people staying here calling themselves malaysians. they actually paid more attention to our cultures.

what happen to the chinese?????
what happen to the indians?????
what happen to the sikhs?????
what happen to the sabahan and sarawakians?????

where?????
at home? sleeping? watching tv? surfing? shopping mall enjoying merdeka sales instead?

just hope and assume that they joined the state, district and school level celebrations since dataran was so far. after all, patriostism was not shown by just attending the celebrations but its built in the heart of each and everyone.