Selamat Hari Merdeka, Malaysia!

The word ‘kemerdekaan’ or 'independence' seem to be such a popular word on everyone’s’ lips when 31st August is around the corner and we hear endless calls by leaders to ‘raise our national flag’.

Long gone are the days when we see flags being hung out by office windows or cars having their own little Jalur Gemilang stuck on them without the need of leaders calling us to do our part in showing our patriotism.

Is patriotism all about raising our national flag, or having competitions to see how long we can make our Jalur Gemilang and have it in record books? Is it just another public holiday for us? If that is the case, then we are a sad bunch of citizens.

The meaning of being an independent country probably doesn’t mean much to many. We don’t remember or don’t even know what the struggles were to achieve independence. We are too comfortable, too complacent with the freedom we have.

We should…we must be thankful and be appreciative that we have been so tremendously blessed.

Selamat Hari Merdeka, Malaysia!

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
Mari kita sambut Merdeka!
A chant we always here from afar
Cum 31st August every year
Malaysia's 48th Independence Day is here!

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
We shout to show how united and free we are
To all ye nations near and far
United hmm... probably, but are we really free?
A question we ought to ponder and see

3lang! 3lang! 3lang!
Why am I chanting 3lang!?
3 things we want our campus to be...
Cemerlang! Terbilang! Gemilang!
Campus elections here we come!
But a clean free election is what we want!

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
Let us not only shout this chant
But let us remember this day together!

Strip it off!

The moment the British's Union Jack was lowered down and our Jalur Gemilang was being raised high up in the sky, our father of independence Tunku Abdul Rahman led us in shouting three times of 'Merdeka, merdeka,merdeka!'. This scene of independence stays vividly in my mind although i wasn't born yet that time but yet the spirit of getting independence excites me as i grow older. What does independence means to me? It means being not dependent on others but only yourself,being not influenced or controlled by others. Does that means that we can do whatever things freely in whatever ways we want? Being independent means getting freedom and getting freedom means you are free to do what you want to do but you must be responsible for it. But for now it seems that the definition has change tremendously, the moment you get your freedom means that is the moment you realize you have no freedom or somehow you are controlled by others. For me as a Christian, i learnt how to use my freedom so that it does not go over board my sinful nature. No matter how bad you are, you are still given freedom to choose. Its the same here that now we are all university students who have eyes to see and ears to hear, the many unfair and injustice things which are happening around us. We had heard enough and saw enough and now we want to make a stand here to disagree with the administrators of University ofMalaya. The many injustice things which had happened cannot be allowed anymore because if it continues to happen then University of Malaya cannot declare independence yet though our country had did that. It will contradicts clearly with the definition of being independent and the three times shouting of merdeka will be futile as some of us are still like a frog living in the well. Once again let us make this 48th celebration of merdeka meaningful not only by reminiscing the past but more importantly is the future that is to come.

Merdeka,merdeka,merdeka!May it comes real to everyone

From the hands of the colonizers

I am glad that we are celebrating our 48th year of independence. Even without the colonizers, I am proud that our own home leaders can bring our country into the international sphere and now Malaysia is widely known in other foreign countries. While I do feel proud about that, at the same time i also feel that there are a lot of policies in Malaysia has to be review rather letting the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Certain policies are important in the 70's doesn't mean that there are important now.Apart from that , I do hope to see real democracy rather than pseudo democracy. We get our nation from the hands of colonizer but are there any mini colonizers in our own country. Looking forward for a merdeka where I can have nothing to complain about.

The Silence is Deafening

today is August 30.
today is the eve of our nation's Merdeka.
campus elections will be held in September.
yet there is no news on what's going on.
no news on the exact date.
no news on who's running for elections.
there might not even be elections.
no need to vote.
'candidates' will stand unopposed.
like what happened last year.
unwilling ones cajoled into standing for elections.
or threatened with expulsion from hostels.
students in general, couldn't care less.
as long as my grades are not affected.
as long as i am not personally affected.
i shall not create or go near trouble.

why is this happening?
how did we come to this stage?
when did it happen?
who planned it?
who allowed it?
who sat back and did nothing about it?
who doesn't know anything?
who doesn't care?
what will the future hold for us university students?
what kind of individuals will we become?

Happy 48th Birthday Malaysia.
may your citizens never be sucked into apathy and mediocrity.
may your citizens never be deaf, dumb and blind when things don't seem right.
but may they be a proactive people.
a people with ears, eyes and voices.
may the silence perturb your people.
may the silence be deafening.

UMANY

Undergraduates are prohibited from participating in programs organized by University Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY). Again, the University and University College Act is used to threathen students.

The content of the poster:
PENGUMUMAN PENTING
Pihak hak Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni mendapati Program di bawah "Penjelajahan Di Sungai Api-Api" adalah program HARAM (tanpa kebenaran Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni) yang dijalankan oleh pertubuhan haram yang menggelarkan diri mereka "UMANY". Justeru itu, para pelajar adalah dilarang sama sekali menyertai program ini. Tindaka tatatertib menurut Akta Univeristi dan Kolej Univerisiti 1971 (Akta 30) akan dikenakan kepada para pelajar yang didapati terlibat.

Risalah haram (Illegal Brochures)

This poster is issued from HEP to inform the students to stay away from any 'NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR'.

The content of the poster:
Pihak bahagian Hal Ehwal Peljar Dan Alumni Universiti Malaya amat memandang serius perbuatan meneluarkan SURAT LAYANG, RISALAH HARAM, BERITA PALSU , KENYATAAN PALSU DAN MENGHINA piha univeristi, serta bahan-bahan bercetk yang tidak mendapat kebenaran bertulis daripada pihak Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni serta Univeristi. Ini kerana perbuatan tersebut tidak menunjukkan nilai-nilai positif dan berhemah sejajar dengan hasrat kerajaan yang mahukan mahasiswa lebih menumpukan kepada pengajian dan aktiviti-aktiviti yang menjurus kepada nilai-nilai keintelektuan. Oleh keranan itu, disebabkan segelintir mahasiswa yang cenderung kepada PRO GERAKAN PEMBANGKANG, telah menyebabkan imej dan maruah Univeristi Malaya tercemar. Sesiapa yang didapati MENGELUAR, MENCETAK, MENGEDAR dan MEMILIKI bahan-bahan tersebut akan dikenakan tindakan tegas, Justeru itu, pihak Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni menyeru kepada mahasiswa-mahasiswi Universiti Malaya, agar MENOLAK BUDAYA dan PERLAKUAN NEGATIF ini kerana ianya akan merosakkan pemikiran, perlakua, serta penumpuan kepada pengajian dan nila intelektual yang selama ini didokong oleh mahasiswa-mahasiswi Universiti Malaya.Sesiapa yang mempunyai maklumat berkenaan dengan aktiviti-aktiviti negatif tersebut, sila hubungi atau laporkan kepada pihak Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni

Notis Peringatan HEP

This notice can be found all over the faculties in University Malaya forbidding students to join activities organized by IKD (Institut Kajian Dasar), alleging it to be an opposition party's machinery to preach hate propaganda, threatening to use AUKU (PINDAAN) 1975 on students who fail to abide by this warning.