Saturday, August 29, 2009

Independent Day

31 August 2009 marks our 52 years of independence technically but in terms of souls and devotions, are we really belong to this group of citizens? Our youngsters know Merdeka through "Merdeka Sale", "Merdeka Carnival" or "Merdeka Concert"...is this part of science and technology era brings us up to?

After 52 years, we should be matured and wise. Sadly we are still fighting on basic items like our education and juridicial systems. We are still arguing whether english or bahasa melayu to be the right medium for mathematics and science. We have no ending list of politicians either the government or opponent side come to disagreement on most issues.

On the other hand, we have progressed so much in terms of building outstanding landmarks like Formula 1, Putrajaya and of course Petronas twin tower. It seems that the historical buildings like National Monument and Parliament House are not top favourable list any longer.

Bottom line is we are loosing every moment of the patriotism spirit....what will happen to us in the next 10 years if our mentality remain this way?

As a reminder to us, I post the pictures of National Monument and Parliament House.




I wish to quote the written statement on the National Monument

"Dedicated to the heroic fighters in the cause of peace and freedom,

May the blessing of Allah be upon them"

The National Monument also outlines seven qualities :

  1. courage
  2. leadership
  3. sacrifice
  4. strength
  5. suffering
  6. unity
  7. vigilance

I think we have to mantain the seven qualities in order to succeed.

I also wish to dedicate the lyrics of famous "Bahtera Merdeka"...

Bonda senyum riang

Menerima bahtera merdeka

Putra Putri sayang 2x

Sedang berjuang

Fajar telah tiba

Nan menyinsing

Membawa harapan

Tanah Semenanjung 2x

Pusaka bangsa

Jiwa dan raga

Buktikanlah pada nusa bangsa

Supaya negara maju jaya

Aman merdeka

Duhai ibu pertiwi

Putra Putri datang

Sujud bakti

Ingin menunaikan

Sumpah dan janji

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