Deliciously Me

I was taught well in school back then to love my peaceful and harmonious country.

When I was in my schooling year prior to Merdeka day, our school made us sang all the patriotic songs during assembly like the Tanggal 31, Bahtera Malaysia, Sejahtera Malaysia, Untukmu Malaysia, Wawasan 2020, Jalur Gemilang and our favourite Keranu Mu as we added in our own ‘flavour’ to the lyrics. I believe those who were in the same gang will understand what I meant by that. Haha!

Believe it or not, they made us sang the songs so much that I can still remember the lyrics despite had left school for 8 years! I do sing along to the tunes of the patriotic songs when I heard it over the radio or at malls.

And yeah, I found out that Saya Anak Malaysia is a nice song. Why the school didn’t let us sing that song last time! Haha!

In school, I have friends from many backgrounds – the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Punjabis, Eurasians, mixed races and I never have problem with them. That’s why I don’t understand why some people have problem with other races. -.-“ Never once did we criticise each other for being in different colour and race. We respect each other for who they are, for what they are – there’s totally no hatred between us. We all celebrated Merdeka day in school in smile and laughter.

I love to think that discrimination was never there when young. Everyone is everyone’s friends!

Lovely! <3

I still remembered when we were young; we were taught to stand straight without moving whenever Negaraku is played. From what I know, Negaraku being the national song is only played during special occasion like opening ceremony or at an event. However, last weekend my bf and I went out shopping at one of the outlets in a famous shopping mall and the outlet kept playing Negaraku halfway and then leapt to another patriotic song. I was like wtfish? How can they play Negaraku like this?

I can still remember on National Day, I used to wake up early and switched on the TV to watch the National Parade. I used to pester my dad to get me those flag with the chocolate filing at the pole which was eaten by my bro in the end. I asked my dad to buy those small flag to stick on the car (which was not cheap!) to show support to Malaysia. National Day celebration was much vivid and fun back then compared to now.

In fact, I think everything and everyone seemed to be more fun and laid back, back then.

Lately Malaysians spent their National day holiday shopping as all malls have massive mega sales. Lol! Compared to the Malaysian overseas, they’re more patriotic than us. I saw photos of Merdeka celebration posted up by my friends who are in Australia, UK, states, China where they are in their traditional attires be it the baju kurung, baju melayu, samfoo, cheongsam, sari, etc2 and stood next to each other arm in arm, smiling broadly, clinking their glasses as a toast to the independent we obtained from the British back then.

Just few days ago, I spoke to a friend of mine who’s currently working in China. I asked him when he’s planning to head home. He said he plans to once the timing is right as he wants to contribute back to the country. When I heard him saying that I immediately know that there are people like him who really want to return back to motherland but keen on pursuing their interest and gaining as much as experience possible first. It’s not that they’re being ungrateful for working in another country.

I was actually writing about Philippines trip when suddenly I stumbled upon a blog well written about the spirit of Merdeka which sparked me to write about this. The author shared about his childhood memory of Merdeka celebration when he was in China where they celebrated in unity regardless of races, skin colour and religion. I too decided to write something regarding my young Merdeka memories.

Woohoo! Just found out that my parents and the neighbours are having potluck party for the pre-Merdeka celebration tomorrow night so it’s gonna be fun Friday!