16.03.08

It was just a week ago that the Internet connection was in the peak during the midnight and houses was still light up watching the tv with the mobile phone company earlier informed that there would be no report delivery on Saturday night. It was the election. And after a week, there is still hoo and haa all over the place, with people doesn't try help but instead creating more mess.

Last year, we celebrated Merdeka day up at Bukit Tinggi together with the college friends attending our church College Camp. On the midnight past merdeka day, we had countdown and mini fashion show of whose attire resembled Merdeka the most. Each of us was given a small Malaysia flag and had prayers and celebration that night. Well, I wasn't so keen that night. To me, it's just another merdeka.

For past one week, I've been watching videos of leaders and election candidates speech uploaded to the internet. Frankly, if it's not for the election, I won' be so patriotic, so into the politics, the law and order of the country. I must admit that this was the 2nd time I missed the voting for the election, I didn't even register myself. That tells you how disconnected I am to the country. Though i read news everyday, but what the politician does, what's happening to the government, i don't really know, cause all i read is, the kepoh stuff that happened or happening.

Now and then, I heard lots of criticism about everything that is happening, and I myself contributed much to the negative comments on the country, but well, it makes me realise, I'm still a Malaysian. The truth that I was born here, can't be changed. the domicile of origin is acquired at your birth, cannot be abandoned and can only be held in abeyance. Thus, that makes me Anak Malaysia.

I always think, what the country can do to me. Just like a lot of people, the grass is greener over the other side. The fact that we think that the grass is greener over the other side because we see only the greener side of that place, and the fact that we say it's greener there, cause we doesn't know that place as much as we know our own place, Malaysia. No matter how terrible you think it is, it is still, your origin.

As much criticism was given post election, to anyone that is involved, we forgot the main purpose of the election. A lot of people, in support of the particular candidate/politician/representative/party that they admire/like/love/die with/etc, became self-centred and not looking at the matter. the very purpose of the election, is to elect the leaders whom we think are able to lead the country, to development and prosper. And we forgot that, the main purpose of election, is also to discard the unrighteous ones and to place the meeks, righteous ones and the peacemakers. Most importantly, God-Fear ones. A lot of people forgot that, we have to look at the matter rather than the person, dealing with the problem that we have rather than shooting the person(s).

Ask not what the country can do to you, but ask what you can do to your country. I am still very proud, being a Malaysian.