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Friday, August 31st, 2007A very happy birthday to the ol’ Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, the original Malaysia that we had today, as it established itself into nationhood at this date, 50 years ago..
Together with it, it forms one unique nation that consists of different individuals with various customs, beliefs, and faith, and hold this mixing bowl together with the idea of harmonious, multicultural country.
As the rest of Malaysia carry itself into another year of independence, I questioned myself whether I am able to carry myself forward as well. I asked myself whether I, as an individual, is free at its purest meaning…
Cant say I am. While Im proud of being Malaysian, Im still not proud enough of having Malaysian artist song in my Ipod. I, like most of us, would prefer Grey’s Anatomy more rather than Gol N Gincu, and, at the corner of my heart I felt sorry to our ancestors as I see what had become to us, the so-called future generations.
While I am no good person myself, I cant help myself from feeling like throwing up whenever I read those bad news about Malaysian in newspaper. The baby-dumping incident had not yet finished, then came the idea of Malaysian employer beat their housekeeper till death, and not to mention the various sad story being shown in BersamaMu which always got myself to type up one or two SMS(es).
Are we really free? Independence should be carried with us together with upmost feeling of humanity and morality. We might had the tallest-building in the world, or even the "SMART"est tunnel, yet at the other end, our moral value keep declining.
Happy 50th Merdeka to Malaysia, may it bring to us another level of morality to be upheld high, and then I can really be proud for myself to be born as a Malaysian.

