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We Love You, Lebih dari 3000



62 years post Merdeka 1957.


Wow. Even my parents are younger than the nation at this point.



Having lived only less than half the age of the nation,

I don’t think I own much right to talk about Hari Merdeka 1957,

about what happened zaman atuk nenek saya.



However,

being born and raised

a Malaysian,

having spent 100% of my life here in Malaysia,


I have


every right to talk about being Malaysian

and about being independent and free in Malaysia.


Bad enough that when in school

my idea of Hari Merdeka


is all about flag waving,

about chanting the word

Merdeka at least 3 times

every time

and

about the (late) Sudirman’s

catchy song


(while all the time wondering why he was singing Tanggal when I thought Tanggal means to take off something).


Point is, sentiments have changed.


I am pretty sure my parents

do not even share

the same Merdeka feels

like my grandparents did.


Understanding less about

Merdeka over time

doesn’t mean that

we love the country a little less,



For one of the most obvious reasons,

we have never experienced the war,

we lived and are still living

in a pretty much peaceful country

(minus the on and on and forever on going cyber fights)

and the biggest difference I can say is;


we (our generation)

have never lived in Tanah Melayu,

our country has

been Malaysia all along.


We should,

and we must celebrate the memorial

of our beginning,


of us being independent from the foreign powers,


a remembrance of all the fights our forefathers went through.



But how,

other than being symbolical,

other than just waving flags

and

singing Tanggal 31

and simply

mouthing the words -




Before we get angry at other people

for making our rumah dirty,

see first,

what have we done to keep our rumah spanking clean.



Have we done enough?

Have we been spreading love instead of hate?



Do we really love our Malaysia?


And if we do,

don’t you think we need to love Malaysia inside out,

love her at her best,

love her at her worst.

Love her inside out,

loving fellow Malaysians

they are our family, right?




To believe,

to have faith

and

to fight for our independence and freedom,

that is what Merdeka 2019 is to me.


And 62 years post Merdeka 1957,

our independence and freedom

isn’t just about fighting foreign powers

because sometimes

the nation needed to be saved

from us.


And that’s the most scary part,

have we done enough?


Does the country really needed saving

from us?



At the end of the day,

Malaysians make Malaysia what it is now.



Let’s at least appreciate our independence from foreign powers

by loving the country that we have now

more than usual,


don’t lose faith brothers and sisters

’ve got you,

we’ve got each other.



Let’s mouth out loud



and mean it this time

by being a better member of the country,

to make our forefathers proud

that what they fought for


62 years ago,


is something worthy and meaningful,

6 decades later.



Remember,

Malaysia ni #kitapunya

Kita sama-sama punya.

Selamat Hari Kebangsaan, Malaysia.

We love you, lebih dari 3000.



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