This is the 47th anniversary for formation of Malaysia since 1963 where prior to this was Federation of Malaya. And, after many years of this historical event, this is the first year where all states in Malaysia have an official public holiday on 16 September.
I am neither born before Independence nor Formation of Malaysia,of course, I do not denial I have weak patriotism towards my home country as I do not really into the real meaning of these special occasions (except it is holiday!). Since there are many ugly sides in terms of it politic, economic and social condition as exposed by the media (or even hidden stories) , these has actually taken much sense of belonging here.
However, I have heard a quote somewhere which is quite meaningful;
" Don't hope what the country can do for you; but, what you can do for the country?"
Right, we may be not satisfied with many things here, nevertheless, we were all grown up here, we do get some sort of benefits here like education; free medication for those senior citizens at government hospital; etc. Looking on the bright side, there is no war here; we can still do well if we work hard, this country is not as bad as other countries.
We need to accept the fact that there is no perfect country on planet earth actually. Anywhere has the same scenario but different in its level of seriousness.
I sincerely wish that "one Malaysia" concept will stay and really can be achieved. But not a temporarily slogan to promote unity and then forgotten by people.
All the best to my home country. Happy Malaysia Day!
I am neither born before Independence nor Formation of Malaysia,of course, I do not denial I have weak patriotism towards my home country as I do not really into the real meaning of these special occasions (except it is holiday!). Since there are many ugly sides in terms of it politic, economic and social condition as exposed by the media (or even hidden stories) , these has actually taken much sense of belonging here.
However, I have heard a quote somewhere which is quite meaningful;
" Don't hope what the country can do for you; but, what you can do for the country?"
Right, we may be not satisfied with many things here, nevertheless, we were all grown up here, we do get some sort of benefits here like education; free medication for those senior citizens at government hospital; etc. Looking on the bright side, there is no war here; we can still do well if we work hard, this country is not as bad as other countries.
We need to accept the fact that there is no perfect country on planet earth actually. Anywhere has the same scenario but different in its level of seriousness.
I sincerely wish that "one Malaysia" concept will stay and really can be achieved. But not a temporarily slogan to promote unity and then forgotten by people.
All the best to my home country. Happy Malaysia Day!
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