remember, remember

it's a saturday. or should i say, it's a non working saturday. very very wonderful. after days and weeks of waking up very early, i slept in today. it's a long holiday weekend for many in malaysia. tomorrow's our National Day; August 31, Malaysia's Independance Day. thus the 3 holiday weekend.

but i then was thinking, sadly, most of us could only rejoice in the fact that it's a long holiday. many i know go off for holidays or just plan for a long weekend of fun and nothing else. that's good but we forget or maybe we don't really care that the holiday is because it's OUR National Day. that's sad.

whether we're patriotic or not, i think it means something that our country is free and independant. most of us young ones grow up in this freedom that it means nothing at all to us. i don't know what it really was like, growing up and living in the days when we were colonized by the Dutch, British and the Japanese but i can imagine it was not easy. i can imagine how just trying to survive the day and getting food was difficult especially during the war period.

but because we grow up in the comforts of today; the hip-happening and beautiful city, we don't realize it took a lot to be where we are today. AND that there are still nations around the world struggling for independance, identity and just survival even.

so yes, we are a young country. just 51 this year. but you know, even only after 51 years, we forget what it was like. will we still care come another 51 years?

or worse still, what will we look like in 51 years time?

so .... Happy Birthday Malaysia.

I'll remember.