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!
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