Happy Merdeka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YCl_WcDarA&feature=related)
At stroke of midnight, as the country ushered in the 53rd birthday of the nation, I was browsing through a cynical and some times offensive web site (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Malaysia) on Malaysia. Check it out.
The morning started with a little bit of exercise, followed by a dash to the hospital to attend to a mother in labour. Due to complications, she needed a Caesarean section. A Merdeka baby you would say, but the mother is Thai and she is a second wife to a Malaysian man whose first wife probably does not know! How ironic. Whilst on the way there heard an interview with Amir Muhamad, the new wave writer and film maker on his book '120 Malay films'. Pretty nostalgic interesting stuff.
Later that afternoon, whilst the family was at temple attending a prayer, the climax of the Merdeka 'celebration' was screening of 'Malayan Emergency' on History Channel. View sample below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFwjY_kCzk
It was a 2 hour long heart warming rendition of how a nation made up of many cultures join hands together to face a common enemy : the communist terrorists. It was indeed an eye opener to many on things that they never you in history lessons in our schools. Gerald Templer and the Malayan Special Branch were the two main heroes (among many others) in the combat against the red star army .
Evening was a quiet dinner with some old family friends reminiscing the good old days in a traditional Penang Chinese restaurant.
I would like to dedicate this presentation to all the heroes (sung and unsung) of yesteryears who sacrificed so much to a young nation called Malaya so that we can enjoy what we have today. Cherish it. It is easy to step and crush a sand castle but it takes many painstaking hours and labour to build one. Happy Merdeka.
P/S: The Malayan Emergency is Malaysia's war of independence. 11,000 Malaysian born men and women died between 1948 and 1960 during this era.
At stroke of midnight, as the country ushered in the 53rd birthday of the nation, I was browsing through a cynical and some times offensive web site (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Malaysia) on Malaysia. Check it out.
The morning started with a little bit of exercise, followed by a dash to the hospital to attend to a mother in labour. Due to complications, she needed a Caesarean section. A Merdeka baby you would say, but the mother is Thai and she is a second wife to a Malaysian man whose first wife probably does not know! How ironic. Whilst on the way there heard an interview with Amir Muhamad, the new wave writer and film maker on his book '120 Malay films'. Pretty nostalgic interesting stuff.
Later that afternoon, whilst the family was at temple attending a prayer, the climax of the Merdeka 'celebration' was screening of 'Malayan Emergency' on History Channel. View sample below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFwjY_kCzk
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| General Templer |
Evening was a quiet dinner with some old family friends reminiscing the good old days in a traditional Penang Chinese restaurant.
I would like to dedicate this presentation to all the heroes (sung and unsung) of yesteryears who sacrificed so much to a young nation called Malaya so that we can enjoy what we have today. Cherish it. It is easy to step and crush a sand castle but it takes many painstaking hours and labour to build one. Happy Merdeka.
P/S: The Malayan Emergency is Malaysia's war of independence. 11,000 Malaysian born men and women died between 1948 and 1960 during this era.
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