Malaysia and her 51st Birthday....

To my beloved Malaysia...I would like to dedicate a few words here to do some justice to your hard earned, blood mixed with sweat battled independance....all rewinding back to 1957...Needless to say, I was not even brought into this world yet at that time but anyone else would never say that they do not know how Malaysia's independance was gained 51 years ago... It was a beautiful and memorable classic and will be cherished as long as there is still a single Malaysian in this living earth...One would always admire and treasure how those locals fought their way through months after months, years after years...One would always salute the strong spirited soldiers who marched on despite knowing their lives are put to risk...And one would always cherish all those pain staking efforts by our leaders back then to gain independance for the sake of the people...We belong to where we come from....And finally, on 31st August 1957...Merdeka!Merdeka!Merdeka! It was our Bapa Kemerdekaan, whom finally brought back to us our long lost dignity...And with that, it was a total beginning for everyone since then..A new era, A new chapter of lives....For 51 years, our Malaysia's story was sort of the 'rags to riches' tale...No it was not a total smooth sailing journey for her...It was always filled with challenges along the way..But our pretty and smart Malaysia here would never listen to a word of giving up, hence we are here today, enjoying the hard fruits of labour of our darling Malaysia...51 years we see the unity of the different races in Malaysia...51 years we the generations of Malaysia live under one big roof...And from a totally unknown country 51 years ago, we became one of the popular tourist destination in the world...We lead and secure a position in the industry ocean...We became a country where almost everyone in this world wide would easily recognize....We came out with our own national car in 1981, we successfully built Asia's 3rd longest bridge in Penang, we have our own local twin-tower, and we managed to host both the F1 Race and the Commonwealth Games in 1998....How many countries would have achieved that? I would proudly say Malaysia did it with all her might...Of course there were a few hiccups in Malaysia's political arena but all is well at the end of the day...And because of that we continue to prosper under her...Living on her land for the past 21 years had me feeling that it would be all I would ask for again, given the chance to live my life again...I have seen various progress in our nation's developement and how the lives of Malaysians change....how we live in harmony....To my dearest Malaysia, a word of sincere thanks I would dedicate to you...Without you, there will not be any of us....Malaysia, I love you!!! and Happy 51st Birthday!

2nd article for all :)

Well its not really about whether you are getting a small fee or not...It is the feeling of being appreciated for your hardwork....Flipping through today' s Star newspaper got me dancing around....One last minute under pressured article which I wrote was featured....The last time my article was featured was in1998...as you can guess, that was when I was a kid...Perhaps I would just blog this feeling of mine...since it is not eternal and will fade off very soon, say...tomorrow? The happiness of looking and getting a glimpse of your own self written article shows only contentment and satisfaction...I remember vividly when this friend of my came by and asked me to write it....I was of course quite skeptical at first...It was like starting the engine of your old dilapidated 1975 car...The last time I wrote a full length essay was 2 years ago in form 6....Anyway, I took the initiative to brain storm the topic given and two days later...voila....an essay was produced...(a true writter would not have taken so much of time). The characters inside my article were based on three individuals with different backgrounds.....Those 'victims ' of mine were my dearest roomate, a good friend of mine and my wonderful sister (she was coming out from the bathroom when I targeted her)....I had, in desperation turned to them to ask whether I could use their names and stories....a good laugh then...To some, perhaps it is just a normal thing to see your article being published in the newspaper but then again....it is sort of a reminiscence for me after my 1st article that was featured in 1998...Down the memory lane we should walk again, should we?

when the apple was hit...

20th August 2008

20 days after I found myself inclining towards K.20 days watching after K and wishing that K will always be well and happy. Honestly, it seems like a joke when I reflected back. When I first took notice of K, I did not have the highest opinion of K. K was also a little egoistic, always walking up and down the corridor looking extremely busy. Then we went to a same annual activity and K was sort of already in my mind. However, nothing happened as the days rolled by until both of us had the opportunity to work together for these past few weeks. Unfortunately, K was one popular figure and me, a small potato among the scores of people. K hardly noticed my presence. What could I do except to eye K from the corner of my eyes? Each day of mine were filled with K’s visions. I knew that K already have someone else so obviously it would not make a difference right? Every single day whenever I see K, I would just wish him sincere happiness from the bottom of my heart. Like what those famous dead philosophers had said, ‘Loving someone does not mean owning him or her. As long as that person is happy, you should be happy as well’. Perhaps time would erase K from my thoughts given the fact that I have loads of work to accomplish. Sigh…Is it really that hard to share your feelings with someone else? I had tried but met with failures for all 8 times. Perhaps its just not the time for this little me, yet? Perhaps….I wonder…..