Dear lovely children,
Do you have a clue how happy you could be when your pals remember your Birthday just when you think they will not? Extremely out- of- this- world-overwhelming-indescribable-undeniably-Happy of course! And that’s why i just want to express my BIG BIG THANK YOU to all of you young people- whether you are biologically young or amazingly young at heart; i care not because YOU ROCKS!
I must confess that these days might not be a ride in an ocean without waves for many of you and being so, it is even more surprising seeing those of you garnering your strength and will to be standing among thousands jam packed just to witness the PARADE of marching people first hand when you could have a good Sunday morning sleep, buying FLAGS to stick on cars when you have getting absorbed to think deep whether buying their petrol is still mortally possible, when our Prime Minister is delivering his SPEECH without minding it means your favourite television series are to be given a compulsory temporary pause and still going to school when you know singing my Birthday SONGS is the only thing you will be doing- i’m wondering just how sweet could YOU be?
Your textbooks are prone in vivid description of your forefathers who fought till their very last breath defending what they love with all their souls and you homosapiens actually memorized every word of it and yet you are going to tell me it makes no sense, right? First and foremost, i will not put the blame on you and join the finger pointing activity that you all enjoy doing so much and instead i have decided to share with you my genuine contemplation (as our National Day is today and Malaysia Day is on 16th next month) on what creature ‘Merdeka’ really is.
‘Merdeka’ is not about my birthday, it is about your birthday- the day when Ahmad, Ariel and Arun gulping our local teh tarik in a crowded mamak stall cheering for Lee Chong Wei in his attempt against Lin Dan, the moment when the adorable Petronas advertisement of three friends with the message ‘rambut sama hitam, hati lain- lain’ brought tears to your being as you recalled the watercolour days and when its schoolboy love video was being featured in Cannes simultaneously bagging the Gold, the minute when we look at another of different colour, creed and culture and speak to ourselves that they are family and smile with such sincerity that it is too obvious to be doubted, the second we believe our hearts could just take flight and we could live out all our dreams- no longer the ignorant savage who got pushed around and looked down as nothing more than some organisms living on trees.
Standing in the eyes of the world you are. No mount too high, no seas too wide, no stars too far- all these are made possible when you finally found yourself after being colonized by various military superpowers for nearly half a century and that’s mathematically speaking approximately 500 years. At last, you are freed, you are independent and you are united; so as to why some of you are so keen in being divided again is such a mystery to me because this issue should be history. This should not be a nation of accomplishments judging by your vast diversity as reflected by numerous other similar nations but the impossible has been done and it is done incredibly. Dear children, this is indeed the greatest story ever told. Happy Merdeka!
Your ever faithful papa,
Malaysia
Do you have a clue how happy you could be when your pals remember your Birthday just when you think they will not? Extremely out- of- this- world-overwhelming-indescribable-undeniably-Happy of course! And that’s why i just want to express my BIG BIG THANK YOU to all of you young people- whether you are biologically young or amazingly young at heart; i care not because YOU ROCKS!
I must confess that these days might not be a ride in an ocean without waves for many of you and being so, it is even more surprising seeing those of you garnering your strength and will to be standing among thousands jam packed just to witness the PARADE of marching people first hand when you could have a good Sunday morning sleep, buying FLAGS to stick on cars when you have getting absorbed to think deep whether buying their petrol is still mortally possible, when our Prime Minister is delivering his SPEECH without minding it means your favourite television series are to be given a compulsory temporary pause and still going to school when you know singing my Birthday SONGS is the only thing you will be doing- i’m wondering just how sweet could YOU be?
Your textbooks are prone in vivid description of your forefathers who fought till their very last breath defending what they love with all their souls and you homosapiens actually memorized every word of it and yet you are going to tell me it makes no sense, right? First and foremost, i will not put the blame on you and join the finger pointing activity that you all enjoy doing so much and instead i have decided to share with you my genuine contemplation (as our National Day is today and Malaysia Day is on 16th next month) on what creature ‘Merdeka’ really is.
‘Merdeka’ is not about my birthday, it is about your birthday- the day when Ahmad, Ariel and Arun gulping our local teh tarik in a crowded mamak stall cheering for Lee Chong Wei in his attempt against Lin Dan, the moment when the adorable Petronas advertisement of three friends with the message ‘rambut sama hitam, hati lain- lain’ brought tears to your being as you recalled the watercolour days and when its schoolboy love video was being featured in Cannes simultaneously bagging the Gold, the minute when we look at another of different colour, creed and culture and speak to ourselves that they are family and smile with such sincerity that it is too obvious to be doubted, the second we believe our hearts could just take flight and we could live out all our dreams- no longer the ignorant savage who got pushed around and looked down as nothing more than some organisms living on trees.
Standing in the eyes of the world you are. No mount too high, no seas too wide, no stars too far- all these are made possible when you finally found yourself after being colonized by various military superpowers for nearly half a century and that’s mathematically speaking approximately 500 years. At last, you are freed, you are independent and you are united; so as to why some of you are so keen in being divided again is such a mystery to me because this issue should be history. This should not be a nation of accomplishments judging by your vast diversity as reflected by numerous other similar nations but the impossible has been done and it is done incredibly. Dear children, this is indeed the greatest story ever told. Happy Merdeka!
Your ever faithful papa,
Malaysia
