in the spirit of 'merdeka'
this year, i have decided to not celebrate our merdeka (independence) day on the 31st august. from now on, i will shout 'merdeka!merdeka!merdeka!' on the 16th of september. i am a sarawakian and i am proud of it. sarawak, along with sabah and singapore joined malaya on the 16th september 1963. it was only until that date malaysia was formed. but of course, singapore backed out from malaysia two years later.
why are malaysians celebrating the merdeka day on the 31st of august each year? malaysia was formed on the 16th of september, not on the 31st of august. malaya was declared as independent on that date, not malaysia. so are we malaysians celebrating the malaya's independence, and not malaysia's?
if the government is not prepared to change the date of the so-called historic day for all malaysians, well, can't they at least declare the 16th of september for a malaysia day, or something similar? do they not respect our nation's history?
even the sarawak state government is not doing anything to commemorate this historical date. why is that, i wonder? pressure from the federal? or nobody cares about history anymore?
i just wish that the 16th of september could be declared as something special. that's all i'm asking for.
*should i be making plans for our so-called national day?
why are malaysians celebrating the merdeka day on the 31st of august each year? malaysia was formed on the 16th of september, not on the 31st of august. malaya was declared as independent on that date, not malaysia. so are we malaysians celebrating the malaya's independence, and not malaysia's?
if the government is not prepared to change the date of the so-called historic day for all malaysians, well, can't they at least declare the 16th of september for a malaysia day, or something similar? do they not respect our nation's history?
even the sarawak state government is not doing anything to commemorate this historical date. why is that, i wonder? pressure from the federal? or nobody cares about history anymore?
i just wish that the 16th of september could be declared as something special. that's all i'm asking for.
*should i be making plans for our so-called national day?
ok ok . so she wrote this on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 8/23/2006 03:57:00 PM.
so uhm. wanna comment?
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