Patriotic Attempt #1

Apakah maksud merdeka bagi kamu? I hated these kinds of essay questions in school. Torn between the need to be politically right and stating what I truly believe in. Torn between being honest and getting good marks. Being honest about what you really think, no matter how well you can write it grammatically and vocabulary wise, can still mean shit because they just can't display something that doesn't truly glorify the whole milestones after independence. Tsk. And I'm such an attention-seeker. Tsk tsk. But this year, I think I can say something along the lines of acceptable. Sudah tamat zaman cikgu memanggil aku ke hadapan, memuji karangan aku tapi mengatakan "perkataan ini, ini dan ini tidak boleh dipakai oleh pelajar darjah 6", atau, "you can't write something like this, can't you talk about this issue in a more....uhhh... positive manner?"

It's undeniable that Independence means a lot of things to a lot of people. Back then it was independence from the British colonization. Freedom from being slaves in your own home country. Freedom to decide what is best for ourselves, not decided by policy makers that came from another continent, from other sets of beliefs and cultures. For me it's still all that. Freedom from being slaves in our own country, freedom from being afraid of certain sects of authorities, freedom to decide what is best for ourselves. Without care and rational minds however, this so-called freedom can be abused. It has become common for people to claim discriminations as freedom to defend themselves, defending their rights, defending what little things they have left.

I say, this year, for me, I would like independence to mean, freedom from discrimination. Discrimination from all, by all, to all. To indiscriminate it must come from the heart. To accept that we all have differences, and respect those difference, at the same time, finding common grounds and realize our similarities. It is pointless to want to convince somebody to have the same perspective as yours. Like I said, we came from different wombs, set in different family dynamics, influenced by external factors that varies even to siblings of the same parents, and went through different events in our lives. Even the same events does not translate similar meaning to two people who went through it together. You know, that Rashomon effect is very real. But we must all notice that we're in a deep shit together. So my point is, how can we expect people to think our way, and go on pointless flaming fights repetitively all over the the digital realm? Forums, blogs, and whatshit. One must see, person and individuals, rather than a cluster of people. And I don't mean racially. Well, not specifically. Any kind of preconceived notions we associate with people, just from a first glance. Bear in mind, that most maybe so, as degenerates as we believe them so (ie, rempit), but in any cluster of people, not all are such less than meagre Homo sapiens. So I'm not saying I don't discriminate. We have to some times. I tend to, discriminations are also means of learning from experience. But not the bloody rampant ones, so I practice indiscrimination with caution. Well, not in menyundal cases though. I kiss multiracially, and multigender. Except for the tamak genders one. Shit, this part mesti cikgu tak terima.

Saya dipaksa didera diugut nyawa untuk membuat tag ini. Haha. No lah. This is one of my few, very very few attempts at being patriotic. I don't do flags on car, or watch whatever Merdeka speech, nor do I particularly enjoy the stupid maddening crowds on Merdeka eve. But this is the least I could do? Yeah. Hmmm. Okay start.

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1. Add your site(s) to the list if you're a proud Malaysian Blogger!
2. Pass this tag to as many Malaysian Blogger as you know, or if you're interested but nobody tags you, just include yourself volunteerly. Show some patriotism!
3. Once you've done posting this tag, leave a comment HERE! and you will be visited by a Malaysian local fruit, Mangosteen by the name of Mango! and added to the Master List.
4. Update list regularly to ensure every Malaysian Blogger gets equal link benefit.
   

I am a proud Malaysian blogger
1. mangosteenskin - Saya anak Malaysia! 2. Life is too short to be ordinary - Malaysia Tanahair Ku! 3. Sha's Love & Passion - Aku Anak Merdeka 4. A room of crazy scrapper - Merdeka!Merdeka! Merdeka? 5. Fliffy - Aku Patriotik, Sayang Malaysia ! 6. Rizal 7. haniz - Merdeka Forever! 8. Prozak Nation 9. CarolPinky - Proud Malaysian! 10. Mariuca - I heart Malaysia! 11. Emila’s Illustrated Blog - Saya Anak Malaysia juga 12. Simple Life - Sam - Saya Anak Malaysia 13. Shemah's My Sweet Escape - Live, Enjoy and Love.. MALAYSIA! 14. Mariuca's Perfume Gallery - Made in Malaysia! 15. Yani-Tennitodoku-Proud to be a Malaysian-MERDEKA! 16.Bluecrystaldude from My Little Black Pot - Saya Harap Malaysia Terus Maju! 17. Apples of the eyes 18. Snapshotcap - Freedom of choice is made for you my friend :) 19. Anaheus 20.Confessions Of A Breathing Tote Bag 21. A Great Pleasure - Malaysia is a food paradise ~ simply yummy~licious! 22. Mummy HnH - Harith and Hannah - MERDEKA 51st Celebration!!! 23. Shafie - I'm Here For U Malaysia 24. Nessa - Happy 51st Merdeka, Malaysia! 25. marvic 26. Deasya 27. Asian Mutt International 28. Point Blank - Sokonglah Pelancongan Domestik, Malaysia Cantik Indah Nian! 29. Pourpres - Cubaan Menjadi Patriotik 30. *yourbloghere*

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Tagging Maggi Mee, Bag Lady, Kambenk Sepet, The Writer, Videl Tak Cute and *insertyournamehere*

Thanks to this tag, I found some great artsy blogs. Sometimes I've had enough with writings, maka these kinda blogs are great. Now I just need to find more like-minded, none poseur photography blogs. Photographers yang tidak serumpun. None wedding photographers. Oops. Itu cerita lain hari.

Happy Merdeka Day people. Play safe, have fun, be awesome, wherever you are, whoever you're with.