Hari ini Hari Malaysia, bukan Merdeka, tapi Malaysia. 31 Ogos tanggal Malaysia merdeka dari dominasi barat, or in the words of Ustaz Afi,
Sekular! Sekular! . Hari Malaysia on the other hand, merupakan hari penubuhan Malaysia, in other words: Tanah Malaya tukar nama jadi Malaysia.
For some odd reason hari ini cuti, macam negara ini tak cukup lagi cuti umum (but hey, I'm not complaining), just made me think, kenapa kita sambut all these historic events? It's not as if we participated in it. Ok fine, it's the pride of being a Malaysian, to show our gratitude for the things Malaysians had done in the past, and the ideal way of doing so is by dancing around singing
Kita sa~tu Ma~ laysia~~ ? Really?
Entahlah, suka hatilah orang nak cakap aku tak cukup patriotik untuk mengaku Melayu, but for me, the most idealistic way of reminiscing fallen heroes is appreciating the things they've done, visualize how the country would've been like without their heroic sacrifices and sincerely give al-fatihah or anything that can benefit them in some way.
I mean, people has lost the meaning of these celebrations. Macam kita kerja kuat sangat, hidup sibuk sangat, tiba-tiba ada orang cakap "Cop! Rilek jap, tahu tak hari ini hari apa?" and the realization of that contribution would slowly crawl. But no, that's a bit too surreal for people like Malaysians(or just people in general), it doesn't matter what happened multiple 365 days ago, as long as Hard Rock Cafe doesn't change their rate and there's a 40% discount on shopping sprees and promotions here and there. Are we really that shallow?
In the words of Fuzzy Logic,
Instead of being so fixated about where we came from, to the point of national insanity every year, let’s try a little to focus on where we want to be in the future ey? Who knows, it could be the key to solving a lot of shit in this country.
Labels: pendapat, sejarah, umum