i want roti john tomorrow

among the things i get to eat only when it's ramadhan:
1.ayam percik
2.tepung pelita
3.murtabak
4.roti john

a belated merdeka pondering. i don't like it when during official merdeka celebrations, they make the VIPs get up and wave flags while singing along to 'Keranamu Malaysia'. that's just bollocks la. the VIPs mostly look bored to death while half-heartedly waving the flags from side to side. what does waving small flags have to do with patriotism anyway?

am i patriotic?probably not. i wouldn't put up a flag on my car. but again, does being patriotic mean you have to flaunt your love for the jalur gemilang and sing along enthusiastically whenever they play 'Keranamu Malaysia'? Sometimes i just don't get it. In previous years, there'd be that annual merdeka concert at KLCC. the difference between the merdeka concert and a normal concert?the singers would all crowd on stage towards the end, singing patriotic songs once the clock struck 12. this year, there was a sunway lagoon beach merdeka party(beachwear only). what do freaking bikinis and frolicking in the water have to do with merdeka?

i think, at this point, merdeka has just become an excuse to throw a huge party. which bloody defeats the purpose, innit? i thought we were suppose to be remembering the fact that after having to face a lot of crap by being colonised by practically every tom,dick and harry, we'd finally regain our right to rule our country, our way. it's been 50 years, and in that 50 years, i personally think malaysia's come heck of a long way and we should celebrate that, but at the same time we have to remember that it was only 50 plus years ago our grandparents were being killed and opressed by the japanse. i mean, c'mon people, it's not all just about fireworks!

gah. dah start berleter plak. sorry. i may be being hypocritical here since whenever i myself watch merdeka fireworks i'm more concentrated on the pretty bursts of lights rather than remembering what Tunku Abdul Rahman did for the nation and all that, but yeah. merdeka should be more than just the annual public holiday.

and i don't like it when i come across people who go on about how they'd rather emigrate to Australia or Switzerland or wherever than suffer the God-forsaken conditions of Malaysia and malaysians any longer. like,wtf? ok, so there's a lot of stuff that's wrong in this country, like corruption in the government and the gross behaviours of some malaysians, and our apalling driving skills, and the really pathetic music videos we come up with, but still. i think it's just a bit sad they'd just ditch the the country they came from and move to a kononnya superior country. why not stick around and actually try and upgrade Malaysia to what you want it to be? but yeah. this may all sound incredibly naive. Maybe you can't change Malaysia. maybe that's why so many students sent overseas just stay there.

ok, enough of that. save it up for next year's merdeka. since the theme seems to be Malaysia in this post, just gonna pop in a quick mention about some local music. i must say, the local mainstream music scene has perked up la. i don't know much about malaysian bands or singers, but i recently came across these two songs which i particularly like. the first is 'Pagi Yang gelap' by this band called Hujan. an indie band, if you will. People here are dubbing them local The Strokes, but i think their music is more melodious. check that song out, kalau rajin. the second song, surprisingly, is by Kaer. remember Kaer, the finalist in season 3 of Akademi Fantasia?don't cringe!haha. i'm really not a fan of AF-born artists, their songs usually aren't great(i DESPISE any song by Adam) and their popularity tends to die out faster than a speeding bullet, but there you go. apparently, Kaer had to self-finance his debut album, which is too bad, but this song is good. As far as pop music goes, especially pop music by Malaysian artists, i think this is a good tune. dengarkan:

the weekend's over, people. time to get cracking.