In this month, I really wanted to share my thought about independence, my country and the society as well some incident that relate to it.
7 years ago, I took part in this competition called \’Choral Speaking\’. It was one of the main competition that my school highly look upon. It was a tradition for SMK Tinggi Setapak (aka Setapak High School). The main reason was that Mrs Singam was behind the Choral Speaking. She was the drive and inspiration for Choral Speaking. In 1997, we were able to secure 3rd place with funny script \’Night Market\’. The judges at the time I presume unable to appreciate good stuff like \’King Lear and his three daughter\’ or the \’Merdeka 57 to Vision 2020\’
It was a defeat that caught us by surprise. I can still remember vividly the times we spent practising. The struggle, the throat went sore, the fighting, the laughter and the \’konket\’. The beginning of \”Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!\” pierces the silence of the hall followed by the narration from Kin Ming..\”the Tunku voice rings proud and clear in the Kuala Lumpur\’s brand new Merdeka Stadium\”. \”Pa, What does merdeka mean? Well, Merdeka means free son, free to rule ourselves\”…. There\’s also CHOGM,Chewing Gum or Bubble Gum? Oh no.. it\’s abbreviation for Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting. Let bygone be bygone. We lost to idiotic of BBGS.
In my humble opinion, Malaysia have grown tremendously. Thanks for each and every person\’s effort to make it a better place. For you and for me and the entire community. Yet, there\’s still room for improvement. Recent issues that well spread on the masses, it shows that we have taken for granted what brings us here in the first place. The dream of late Tunku Abdul Rahman trying to gain independence from the British, the fight and struggle …
It is the time for us to back to basics. For 48 years we have been independence. Do we? Seriously, are we really independence? Are the Bumis aware that the government can\’t keep on protecting them? Are the Chinese understnad that there are things more important than money? Can the Indians stop filling up the cells? Yes, we\’ve been independence for 48 years. Mentally, we are not. If we keep on condemning, complaining and critisizing, we won\’t be able to be independent. In fact, everyone knew how things work around here. The status quo and the money will be the main thing to make things work their way. Law enforcement. Yeah.. in fact, the \’gambling machine\’ aka \’horse machine - ma gei\’ is back into business. How about efficiency of the private sector hospital when come into picture with the public hospital?
Malaysia, I\’m still proud of you. Proud to be Malaysian. I don\’t want to see this sense of proud gone down the drain one day. Let\’s make it a haven to all. All of us can make it. There\’s still long way to go.
Happy Independence Day, Malaysia!!!
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On this day..
- MCH!!!! - 2006
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