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
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