Malaysia my Country

Looking at the recent survey done, not many Malaysians know what does even 31 august is. It is really sad knowing that one of the most important days in Malaysia’s calendar is being so irrelevantly ignored. Whether purposely or they truly don’t know is still a question. Now even more then ever, more and more Malaysians are migrating elsewhere. This isn’t a good sign. The one’s that are leaving are the one’s who has the brain and the money, thus setting out the brain drain term a success. I am 18 and I am studying in college. I have just finished my SPM 12 months ago, it may sound so long ago but feels like days ago. Most of my college mates has basically planned to migrate. Some to Singapore and others mostly to Australia. I have enough friends there that I can imagine myself having a small wedding party there.

Back then in the 60’s-90s when it was just right after Independence most people were involved in the progress of the country be it in the constructing of buildings or just through indrustrialisation. I asked my parents what was it like back then, having all those days bearing to the truth of our nations development. They said it was not as hectic as these days. It was pretty exciting, finding out whats the next upcoming building, where it was situated and what was its soon-to-be purpose. .

Many of us do take it for granted our advantages here in life. Most of us thing we will be better off in another country sipping Earl Gray Tea, watching over the morning rays of sun, feeling the tingling warmth of its heat while lamenting about todays politics in an accented English. Everyone wants to make their At Another Country Dream successful. While some are, I have to agree and give curtsy too on their success in other countries. Peope like Dato’ Michelle Yeoh, Dato’ Bernard Chandran, Zang Toi, Dato’ Jimmy Choo are making huge tidal waves in the entertainment industry abroad. They are sought after by Oscar’s and Emmy award winning actor’s and actresses, music personalities and even royal families.

We can never play the ‘gasing’ without its ‘tali’ very much similar to that we can not have a successful country if we have less and less brainy people. Money is seen and known as to make the ‘world go round’. I counld’nt disagree any less, but have we come to a stage where we have to let go of our own countries future for that extra bundle of money? Money will come and go. It’s all very much about persevering. Well, I and many other teenagers would agree that there has people who were constantly the cream of the crop and persevering for a long time but were hardly noticed. They were not given the privilages they deserved and has the very right for it. Wherelse, those who doesn’t even seem fit to stand at the same stage for a mere five minutes are being thrown the opportunities at them, yet they are so ignorant and think they can receive better to let it all just go away. While many deserving one’s are crying for their lost, the undeserving one’s awaits for many. I always imagine us Malaysians like as one of our famous food,the ABC or relatively known as Ice Kacang. We are like it, coming in different colourful colours,various glorious shapes and sizes but all tastes equally the same sweetness and with one bite we make the whole world feel small.So why then are we so prejudiced in many ways?Why cant we be in the same bowl sharing the same chunk of blended ice?It lies within oursleves.

Our nations has withstood many things in life in the past half a century that would have caused the very pitfall for many other countries. But our country stood and faced it with brave and courageous hearts. We rendered so much that now we have accomplished 50 years of Independence with so much glory and progress. After doing much of research before writing this article I have suddenly realized how lucky I am. Definitely we have had our unlucky days. But that’s practically what life is. We have asked for so many yet got so little but in the words of J.Kennedy “ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country.”