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Friday, 7 September 2012SALAM MERDEKA DAN SALAM 1MALAYSIA..
RASANYA AGAK LAMA TB MENYEPI DARI ALAM MAYA INI..
NAMUN APA YANG BERLAKU KEBELAKANGAN INI MEMBUATKAN TB RASA INGIN KEMBALI BERKONGSIKAN SESUATU..
TAGGAL 31 0GOS 2012 YANG LEPAS NEGARA MALAYSIA MENYAMBUT USIA KEMERDEKAAN YANG KE-55 TAHUN..
TAHNIAH DAN SYUKUR KITA MASIH DIIZINKAN MERASA HIDUP DI SEBUAH NEGARA YANG MERDEKA..
BAGI TB TEMPOH 55 TAHUN ITU MASIH TERLALU MUDA DAN MENTAH JIKA DIBANDINGKAN DENGAN TEMPOH NEGARA INI SILIH BERGANTI DIJAJAH KUASA ASING..
MASIH JAUH LAGI PERJANAN DAN PENAMBAHBAIKKAN YANG SEDANG DAN BAKAL DILAKSANAKAN DEMI MENJAMIN GENERASI MENDATANG TURUT SAMA MERASAI APA ITU NIKMAT MERDEKA..
NAMUN ATAS DASAR BENCI DAN JUGA RASA TIDAK PUAS HATI DIRI SENDIRI MELIHAT KEMAKMURAN DAN KEAMANAN YANG DIKECAPI INI..
TERDAPAT SESETENGAH PIHAK TELAH MENCEMARKAN SAMBUTAN KEMERDEKAAN YANG KE 55 BARU-BARU INI..
KEJADIAN YANG TB MAKSUDKAN ADALAH KEJADIAN DIBAWAH INI..
JIKA DAHULU ADA MAMAT YANG NAK JADI GLAMER DENGAN MENURUNKAN BENDERA,KINI ADA PULA KANAK-KANAK YANG KURANG PELAJARAN MORALNYA MUNGKIN MENAYANGKAN PUNGGUNG DITEMPAT AWAM..
MUNGKIN UNTUK BERSAING MEREBUT POPULARITI MURAHAN BARANGKALI..???
[ GERAKAN 13 ]
MUNGKIN KERANA INI JUGA SALAH SATU HOBI ALAF BARU GENERASI MUDA KINI???
APA PUN JAWAPANNYA,DALAM SIFIR MUDAHNYA HANYA LAHIR DARI PERASAAN BENCI DAN TIDAK MENGENAL ERTI SYUKUR...
TB TERFIKIR SEJENAK..
MENGAPA PERLU DITUNGGU DETIK ISTIMEWA KETIKA RAKYAT LAIN SEDANG BERGEMBIRA MENYAMBUT KEMERDEKAAN YANG KE 55???
MENGAPA TIDAK DILAKUKAN PADA MASA LAIN???
MUNGKIN GOLONGAN INI SERONOK "MENCAPAP" KETIKA ADA WARTAWAN ASING MEMBUAT LIPUTAN KEMERDEKAAN NEGARA INI MUNGKIN???
APA SAHAJA BOLEH MENJADI JAWAPANNYA..
APA YANG PASTI JAWAPAN SEBENAR ADA PADA PENGANJUR DAN JUGA PERANCANG AKTIVITI MASA LAPANG MEREKA INI..
TB ADA TERBACA SATU ARTIKEL TERBARU DARI SEORANG INSAN YANG BANYAK MEMBANGUNKAN NEGARA INI SEMASA MENJADI PERDANA MENTERI..
INSAN ITU ADALAH TUN DR MAHATHIR..
INI ADALAH PENULISAN TERBARU BELIAU :
MERDEKA
2. Jalur Gemilang! Just a rag – a strip of coloured cloth. It can be of any colour. What’s so great about the stripes, the star and the moon. Why must we be loyal to a piece of coloured cloth?
3. And the anthem. Is it relevant? Why cannot we sing some other song?
4. These are said to be symbols. Symbols of what??
5. Of course we are free of foreign rule. For these 55 and under, it is unthinkable to be under foreign rule. What we know is rule by some Malaysians. And they deny us freedom. We cannot demonstrate. We cannot step on pictures. We cannot change the colour of our flag – that rag. We cannot sing other anthems.
6. We cannot do this; we cannot do that. So where is the freedom?
7. I am past 55 years. I lived under foreign rule. I lived under the British when all white men must be addressed as Tuan (master) and white women Mem (a corruption of Madame I suppose). Ours was to obey, theirs was to command. Politics was out of bounds.
8. I lived under the Japanese. We feared for our women. They had to cut their hair short and wore men’s clothing. They hid in the attic, fearing being raped by Japanese soldiers.
9. The Kampetai or military police had a list of Chinese who had actively supported China against the Japanese. Many were executed by decapitation with the curved Japanese sword.
10. Many were arrested and tortured. Water was hosed into their stomach and then forced out through their mouths and noses. They either died or they confessed to whatever crime they were accused of. Then they were taken out and shot.
11. Thailand allowed the Japanese army to land on its beaches and to march down the Isthmus of Kra into British Malaya. After two months of retreat, the British surrendered.
12. As a reward for their cooperation, the Thais were given four northern Malay state – Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu.
13. I experienced Thai rules. We had to respect their flag and anthem.
14. One evening as I was passing the Alor Star Police Station I heard the anthem and I froze, looking up at the Thai flag being lowered.
15. An old Malay man cycled slowly past apparently unaware that he had to get off his bike and stand at attention.
16. The anthem ended as the flag came down. I heard a shout and a Thai soldier who had been standing at attention ran after the old cyclist. He gave a flying kick to the face and the old man fell off his bicycle, lying still on the road.
17. I did not go to his help. I was afraid of the soldier who seemed about to kick the man again. He changed his mind and went away.
18. The Allied forces won the Pacific War and the British returned. They had promised to defend us from foreign attacks. They had failed. We had to live under the Japanese and the Thais.
19. No apologies were offered. They merely threatened to depose the Malay rulers if they did not sign the MacMichael Treaty surrendering their states outright to the British. In the meantime we were ruled by the British Military Administration. No democracy.
20. Then the worm turned. The docile Malays united as never before and forced the Malayan Union to be aborted. Eventually the states of the Peninsular and then the states of Sarawak and Sabah achieved independence as Malaysia.
21. To me being independent will always be something I will cherish. As a Malaysian I don’t have to call foreigners “Master” or Tuan. We don’t have to fear foreigners in our country. We will not have our heads chopped off. We will not be kicked by foreigners in our own country.
22. Yes, our Governments are not perfect. I was expelled from my party. I was ostracised. When I retired I was treated like an enemy of the Government.
23. Others were detained without trial. A few claimed they were tortured. Maybe they were. But that is not the policy of our Governments. The law does not permit that though there are more advanced countries where torture is legalised.
24. There are good things and bad things, good governance and bad governance in independent Malaysia. It is not perfect. But which country is perfect. In America there is much inequality with 1% being extremely rich and 99% poor according to Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz. Europe has been in financial crisis since 2008 and appears unable to get out of it.
25. In the Middle East there is the so-called Arab Spring. Many have died. Revolutionary successes have not brought the promised good Governments and prosperity yet. It will take time.
26. Where else? Africa! I don’t think the Africans are better off than Malaysians. Latin America! Yes Brazil. It’s doing well, that’s all I know. The others are not.
27. And in ASEAN. Singapore has done well. But the people seem unhappy. 15% of the population are treated as second class citizens. They are poor. The other countries are so so.
28. Am I stupid? But really there is nowhere else I would like to be other than Malaysia. It’s not a perfect country. I don’t like some of the things I see or experience. But on balance there is more good in independent Malaysia than there are bad things.
29. So I will celebrate Merdeka days. I will fly the Jalur Gemilang and I will sing the National Anthem. I am proud I am a Malaysian, a citizen of an independent country. I will not step on the pictures of people who only know how to hate and have done nothing to make this country better. By doing what they did they have demonstrated that they and the people who lead them are unfit to rule this independent country. They only know hate. Hatred does not develop nations.
30. So I will shout “Merdeka” Malaysia for Merdeka means a lot to me.
PS : USAH DITANYA APA JASA NEGARA PADA KITA..TAPI TANYA LAH DIRI KITA APA JASA KITA PADA NEGARA....
1 comments:
John Kennedy punya proverb. Ask not what country can do for you, ask what you can do for you country. :)
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