Tanggal 31 ... Bulan 8 .. 57

Hari merdeka is the one celebration that trully gets me into that holiday buzz. Like getting pissed on montana homebrew. I guess its because it always falls on a weekday and the couple of days before that people would dissapear from the office saying that they're practising for the marches only for me to bump into them during lunch breaks at KLCC. Liar .. liar pants on fire. But here, merdeka is indeed celebrated with such moderation. Moderation but with the same degree of love and affection to tanah tumpah darahku, for a lot of us here at least. Its amazing how strongly you feel about your country when your 10,000 miles away from home. The time shall soon come for me to go home again, and when i do it shall be a joyous moment i'm sure.

M'sians here have for the celebrations organized an event taking place on the 3rd Sept at the event center in town. For $50 you get a full course m'sian dinner with dance and song performances and a bit of socializing in true m'sian spirit to remind most people here of the country from which they came from 20 years ago. Most use it as a social event to get together and chat about how ugly life was like in m'sia and how good life is here after 20 years. They use it as an occasion to remember the what they had, and what they have now. Such a meaningfull event for them.

But for some, the event is meant as a comemeration of the past struggles of our forefathers, that in turn helps encourages our current struggles to survive and succeed in our beloved adopted country yet still retaining the very m'sian values that made us a great country in the first place. Alls good ends well. So as a move to support the initiatives of my fellow countrymen, i have decided to go for the m'sian merdeka dinner, although the m'sian twat who sits in front of me some m'sians hve decided to stay away saying that it reminds them too much of how they where deprived and denied of oppertunities. Go fly kite. They prefer to say they're singaporean rather than m'sian, although they often get thrown out of singapore get-togethers. I hope they don't come. The occasion would be quite an expensive one as such the tickets are priced to cover the costs. I heard that the govt is only giving $200 bucks to sponsor the event. Pityfull indeed. Malaysia air is sponsoring a grand, while Opus limited (local company bought by UEM) have put up 2 grand. This definately helps but is surely not enough to cater for 500 guests. Shiver me timbers.

M'sians at work have organized merdeka lunch at a restaurant this fri. It'll be a good fri afternoon to chill out and unwind after a hard day at work. An occasion for us to talk and exchange stories on what we've been working on all this while. Hell i'm all for it so show me the way. Selamat hari Merdeka my dear friends. May your weekend be a productive one.