Al-Fatihah kepada semua pejuang tanahair..
I wish one day I can be like them too..
MALAYSIA~...We are still new and developing..and for a young nation like us,I think we have done quite well,no one can argue that..Of course there are a lot of room for improvements,and there were few mistakes here and there..
Malaysia can be considered as one of the most complicated country in the world..Trust me..In everything we do,we have to consider everyone..If we want to build school,we have to build school for everyone..Malay school,Chinese school,Indian school,English school, Agama school,etc..you name it..If we want to have holiday,we have to give holiday to everyone..Raya holiday,Chinese New Year holiday,Deepavali,Thaipusam, Christmas Holiday,whatever it is,you ask for it..The last time I went back to Malaysia,even the "1Malaysia" song are sung in 7 or 8 language..It doesn't sound right for me..Instead of being ONE,we became "8Malaysia" it seems..haha..Sigh..Sometimes I do think we are a confused country..There is no other country that is too lenient like us..I haven't found any,but still,we are complaining..
But,as I said before,we are still young..We are still learning..We will go through all these phases step by step.. All great countries experienced this kind of things before they become any great..America has experienced this thing back in the 60's,70's..We have experienced some difficulties too,and we have overcome it together.. Most of the time people will become united when there's a common purpose..We had few before,and we were united..In 1957,everyone got united,because everyone shared the same dream,to be independent..Then after the 13th May tragedy,everyone got united again to rebuild the country..I am not saying that we need another crisis, in order to make us unite again..Eventhough I do think that crisis will re-ignite peoples' spirit and be united to achieve more success..Look at Japan after the WW, look at the Jews after the Holocaust, look at China after Mao Tse Tung, Renaissance,etc..I'll elaborate more about this in other post..But anyway, we don't need to come until that stage to achieve success..
We are unique..We even achieved independence peacefully from British..Not so many country could have done that..We solved problems in our own way..and we will solve this problem again..But all this hypes about racial issues back home has to stop..It's too much now..Like my housemate,a cute Sabahan Chinese guy said,"Maybe all the politicians should watch the movie,"Remember the Titans".. haha..Another friend of mine,who has Chinese blood,or you can say mixture of everything (hehe..sorry Daf),even give a cooler idea.."Maybe we need more inter-racial marriage".. which I think I'll give it a very deep consideration this time..haha..So, mana-mana yang ada member amoi tu,ehem ehem..hehe..kidding..
Yes,we are not in crisis yet but who knows what can happen.It's not too late..I still have high hopes for Malaysia..Don't let anyone destroy what ever we have achieved..And yes,we will achieve true unity as Malaysian..
Too much critics won't help anyway..This topic is too huge to be written in here.. Just hoping that one day we will understand each other better and better..Will write again about this issue from time to time..Today, let us all 'bersyukur' with everything we have,and work harder to achieve more..
Happy Merdeka everyone!May Allah bless us..
Sekali merdeka,terus merdeka..:-)..Salam from Adelaide..
In less than a week,we are going to celebrate our 53rd Merdeka Day.. Just wanna share with you another experience, of me as a Malaysian who lives far away from home during merdeka...:-)..
In 2007, I got the opportunity to become the project manager for our Merdeka celebration again.. (click here for 2006).. Hmm,when we think about "Merdeka", there's only one thing in mind..UNITY.. So,that year,the basic idea was to involve everyone, all students..The reality in Perth during that time was,there were some gaps among the students community..We wanted to bridge that gap..So,for the first time ever,Umno, Masca, Petronas,and all Malaysian Student's Society of (Curtin,UWA,ECU,Murdoch), joint-ventured to organize it..The rest,was history..:-)
Other than the opening speech that I had to do on that day,
Just found these 2 old online newspaper articles in theStar,(click on the above)..The first one includes some interviews of me and Zac..In conjuction with this Merdeka month,let us bring back some memories of the unity of Malaysian Perthians.. It was our first big scale Merdeka Celebration in Perth ever,with Education Minister as the VIP.. As for me,organizing events like this has always becomes a kind of enjoyment,with the help of a lot of good,easy going people...2006,first year as VP for UMNO WA.. We had fun..
(tak tau laa apa Hadry kelentong Tok Pa,Didi sengihhh jer..huhu)
(A banner full of students' signatures & Merdeka greetings to be sent to the Prime Minister)
Kak Ijan, Wan Nadiah, dan seperti biasa, Zac and Pok Nik time tuh, adalah the mannnnnn...takde diorg ni semua,tak jadi semua mende:-)
It was a beautiful experience, full of Merdeka spirits..If only I can get more pictures and videos to show how happening it was..The minister told me personally that he enjoyed it so much,and stayed from the afternoon till dinner time..Gua sempat nyanyi untuk Aidil punya band lagi malam tuh..huhu...Tapi bila menteri dah balik laa..haha
Hmm..
Nak tergelak pun ada tengok budak-budak ni nyanyi lagu patriotik time tu, tapi sebab diorg lah semua aktiviti UMNO WA meriah,sepanjang dua tahun saya dalam committee.. Next post, might be 2007 punya celebration..Lagi gempak daripada yang ni..Till then, SELAMAT MENYAMBUT BULAN KEMERDEKAAN~
