| 31st August 2001 MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA! I wonder what it must have been like to stand at Dataran Merdeka in 1957 when those words resonated throughout the place. Must have been cool. I guess a lot of us young people (yes we are still young) don't really get just how big our independence is. I mean, we never really encountered the times when the Japanese were around and were persecuting our grandparents or during the British rule. I don't suppose the latter was too bad, just that it would have been strange for us since we've always known the Malaysian government to be calling the shots instead of some representative from a far off country. I personally never understood national pride and always wondered how the Westerners could take such pride in their country. Learning about the Japanese and their willingness to die for the country was like..wow..I mean, how many of us are willing to die for Malaysia. In fact, how many of us are willing to die for a cause other than ourselves? But that's a whole different story. I don't claim to be Super Malaysian hero or something, but I've just grown fonder of the country ever since coming over here and I've heard accounts from other people who feel the same. I guess being away from home has taught me a lot more than just how to do laundry. It's currently Friday and I'm sure glad the weekend is here. Classes are getting interesting although religion still remains a tad boring. I figure it has to be the professor because I never knew religion could be this boring. I've got one more class in 2 hours time and then I'm done for the first week. Yipee!!!!!! I have't seen my room mate for the last 12 hours. He went out last night at about 10 and never came back during the night. I guess he must have come back sometime this morning when I was out at my 8am class. Quite the happening guy. I was just thinking the other day in class how I should have applied for the international programs. It's kinda of like an exchange program where you go to a foreign country and study for like a semester. That isn't too shabby considering I could have gone to London and visited some of the SC ppl. Sighh.. Oh yeah, before I forget. I really need pictures because ppl seem to want to see them. So, whoever has pictures about anyone from SC, please send them to me or at least let me know so I can tell you where to send them. Please don't send them to my shiao3 account because that one is full. I'm so tired I think I'll actually take a nap now. By the way Julian, what happened to you? I was talking to you halfway and you just disappeared. Were you talking to RY or wassit SJ?:) |