Independence
Saturday, August 25, 2007
What is Independence?
Uh..... urm..... uh... the freedom to do something? ehehehe
See Merdeka is coming round soon and I don't feel it's true meaning... do U? What is Independence to me? I hardly ever support Malaysian made products! Unless if U count getting on to the Rapid KL as supporting local "products"
Sometimes I wonder what makes me Malaysian?
Is it the fact that I own a MyKad, I was born and bred in Malaysia? These things were automatically given, one need not have to fight for it...
What do I like about my country?
I like the weather, occasionally. Though I yearn for snow... I like the food definitely! hmm.. I like it's rainforests, it's beaches, AirAsia... haha...
What do I not like about my country?
I think this is going to be long.... The fact that we are encouraged to save the Earth but there aren't many recycling centres for us to recycle our stuff in? The fact that the public transportation isn't very effective/ efficient... And some political thing that everyone realises when election is round the corner....
The thing I don't like about our country the most is that, we try to wipe out our history and continue towards the future! What's a country without history eh?
I can pretty much bet that by the time 2020 comes, a lot of our historical buildings will be gone and replaced with modern structures. Heck, our history might be only in textbooks, not like school textbooks tell the full story anyway....
So when we are old and frail and our memory wiped out like a clean slate, nothing can evoke the emotions of our own country. Yes, we have the Petronas Twin Towers but it's just like any other tower in the World. We use to have those really cool looking old shophouses that maintained thier front to make it look really old.... I think we still do though... What else do we have? what do we have that can connect something to Malaysia? Jeez I dunno... I think AirAsia is a better picture of Malaysia... haha... oh well...
I'm getting a little nuts.. I don't sense my patriotism, I find it odd that we can have a mass gathering waving our little Malaysia flags in unison or without only when Merdeka is round the corner...
btw, how does one celebrate Independence Day? Thank the higher beings for letting the country to continue be independent, that our country is almost safe from all the major natural disasters and that we still live in Peace because our VERY high level of Tolerance... which I seriously think is the cause for our "tidak apa" attitude...
Oh well, this entry has no sturcture whatsoever... Just typin what I feel like....
To sum it all, I'm not a very patriotic person, as
1. The last time I sang Negaraku was when I was still in secondary school.
2. I listen to the radio that hardly plays Malaysian singers
3. Like I said, I don't support Malaysian goods
4. I don't know what independence means
5. I try avoiding Malaysian made movies
6. I can't wait to get away? and then realise how good Malaysia is and come back...
7. I didn't even bother looking up images to put them in here...
ah... should I post this? should I not? oh sigh..... nvm...Labels: Gibberish, Thoughts
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