My Love

As Malaysia turns 50 this year, I can't ignore some very merdeka-ish thoughts that are running through my mind. Whatever the idiosyncrasies this country may have, I can't help but declare that

1. I love how this country has fought through all its difficult times and managed to survive to this day, rising to become the Malaysia now.

2. I love how I am in the middle of all this racial goodness. I may not be able to convince you (if you know me well enough), but somehow, I am grateful for it. Some of my best friends are Indian, while some of the friendliest people I've met are Malays, and sadly, some of the worst people I know are Chinese, which brings me to my point: we should never judge people based on their skin, but we have to understand idiots are borne into every race. So don't go around judging others based on their skin. Come on guys, we are old enough to have learned and understand this by now.

3. I love the food in this glorious nation. Chinese, Malay, Indian, Middle Eastern, Italian, French, Thai, Vietnam, European... damn, we are lucky to have all this food and yet not ending up being one of the 'fatter' nations (that would be you America =P)

4. I love the fact that we do not have the liberty that we oh so desire for. If not there won't be anything uniting us Malaysian bloggers. But persevere we shall.

5. I love how we get everything relatively later (tech stuff especially) so that compulsive people like me would have no choice but to wait and read up on what other people are saying about those products. In the end, I am forced to make an informed purchased and that saves me moolah!

6. I love how the girls in this country are getting hotter and hotter... especially right now =) And I'm not just talking about any one particular group here, its like suddenly all the ingredients in this rojak is looking super good! And I'm the kinda guy that would throw out the weird tasting not-keropok thingy, not eat the hard dried fruits and hate it if the 'kuah' is too dry or wet...

7. I love how students can get sued for singing the national anthem but datuks can get away with their corruption. It shows me that I can get away with anything as long as I have money. I'm going to teach my children that.

8. I love how I can go to church freely and not be put to jail or be killed just because of my believes beliefs. It's something that we all have to remember to be grateful for everyday
[edit: why can't you just cut me some slack on Merdeka? *sheesh*]

9. I love how we can get degrees that get us international jobs in the end even though we had a 'disciplinary card' in school or got below average for SPM. It just goes to show that our public education system just doesn't matter. That's one of the things that got me through my lowest periods in school when I was not meeting up to the 'standard' "Ummm... I see that wonderful student working in McDonalds now. What? He was a prefect and scored an A in BM? Where is he now again?"

10. I love my country, because this is where I grew up in, this is where I met all my friends, this is where I met God, this is where I met my love, this is where I learned to cry and to laugh, this is where I learned to hate and to forgive, this is where all my memories are and will always be. That's why this country will always have my love.