All together now
BAHAWASANYA NEGARA KITA MALAYSIA
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memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik;
mencipta satu masyarakat yang adil di mana kemakmuran negara akan dapat dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama.
menjamin satu cara yang liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaan yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden.
MAKA KAMI,
rakyat Malaysia,
berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut:
Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan
Kesetiaan kepada Raja Dan Negara
Keluhuran Perlembagaan
Kedaulatan Undang-Undang
Kesopanan Dan Kesusilaan
Some things you didn't know about minishorts.
1) She went to a Chinese Primary school, yup, one of those SRJK (C)s.
2) Chinese was on her list of must-take subjects all the way to form 5.
3) Later she went back to that same old primary school of hers and taught, I kid you not, Chinese to the standard 4, 5 and 6 kids.
4) Then she found herself doing English at a local varsity.
5) A few years later, upon graduation, she became an editor (WOW) editing PMR/SPM books (oh), and then, an English textbook for Form 3 yang diperakui Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (uh-oh)
6) Then minishorts became draggy and weird. The one you have now.
7) Then one day she remembered, Ooooh, back when I was 6, I was like this! The Chinese medium type, all the way man (WOW), and now I'm a rotting this.
I have come a super long way man. And you know what? Back when I was 12, because I was the BM teacher's official pet, I was chosen to lead the entire morning session (yuppers, all 800 pupils) in a chanting session of the Rukun Negara.
EVERY FUCKING MONDAY I WOULD GO ON STAGE, TURN ON THE MIKE and go, 'Bahawasanya, Negara kita Malaysia…'
And the ENTIRE nerdy ah-beng-and-ah-lian-to-be clan would blur-ly ikut this anak sesat in the entire bla-bla.
If I chose to say, 'Sebenarnya negara kita Malaysia sangat teruk…', every single kid in the school would follow me like silly parrots, and the teachers couldn't do a thing about this, except scold me for about 10 minutes after that ending with a xia ge li bai bu ke yi je yang le (next week you can't do it this way).
Look where that kid is now, folks. SO BLOODY ACCOMPLISHED, kan?
I also once dated a guy who had to lead the whole bloody fucking school to Negaraku every single week. You see, I went to a sicko school who had the ass. head prefect going up to stage to lead the school in the 'sing the national anthem' weekly campaign. SO DAMN FUN.
I told you I was more Malaysian than you are. You don't believe-niah. Now only you know.
June 5th, 2005 at 12:15 am
Haha, the perhimpunan scene is so true.
June 5th, 2005 at 12:52 am
June 5th, 2005 at 1:50 am
the only thing I remember about perhimpunan is the disiplin teacher going, murid2 jangan macam mereka… sekarang kena cuci tandas…
erm I was part of the mereka.
June 5th, 2005 at 2:07 am
lol. i remember i used to be one of those PA guys and I’ll be up there at the wing, playing with the equalizer. whenver the prefect goes up to make a speech, i’ll purposely turn it off after they say the usual test, test just to screw wit them.
hahaha. good old days
June 5th, 2005 at 3:40 am
Hmmm…I was a silly parrot. But I was sombong and would correct the ‘chanter’ if he/she had any mistakes. I would kena a rap on the head for that and a xia ge li bai bu ke yi je yang le, zhi dao ma? I was from an SJK (C) too. Haha! Fun times lah!
June 5th, 2005 at 5:18 am
LOL..you’re definitely more Malaysian…eh wait…those silly parrots are as Malaysian as you also wad coz they sing song and read the Rukunegara
I guess I’m not as Malaysian because I often decide to just stand still, keep quiet and watch the flag when everybody ruined the national anthem by singing it at different timing.
June 5th, 2005 at 9:58 am
Evidently, you need medical attention again.
You can never be the true Malaysian unless you are “prince of the land” (bumishit) in today’s standard. If you can name three local dishes, that should be good enough.
June 5th, 2005 at 10:07 am
The thing I enjoyed most in primary was the ‘raise the flag’ duty while students chanted the national anthem. LoL! It was dun because all three prefects needed to raise in synchonization.
The thing I hated most, having to go up and down stairs to just receive medals already distributed earlier. sigh..
June 5th, 2005 at 10:54 am
hell yeah… the medals! it was the same in my school… must be some ISO thingy in malaysian schools
i used to haf a teacher back in std 5 who screams, “You, monkey!”, every time someone could not answer her question. so we bought her a huge chinese new year card with a grining monkey embossed on it. it was, coincidently, the year of the monkey
June 5th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
I think singing national anthem in cinema is absolutely crazy. The idea is just about as great as stopping at toll gate during national day and singing Negaraku at midnight.
June 5th, 2005 at 8:23 pm
“And the ENTIRE nerdy ah-beng-and-ah-lian-to-be clan would blur-ly ikut this anak sesat in the entire bla-bla.”
Aiks … I’m one of those anak sesat that would blur-ly ikut whatever that was chanted. In fact I would chant it as fast as possible hoping that the assembly will end ASAP before I become a friggin’ charcoal.
Oh, and I refused to be associated with being one of the “Ah Bengs” though. Sigh, those were the days …
June 6th, 2005 at 11:16 am
nothing wrong with being Ah Beng mah.
Ah Beng is only a different TYPE of chinese. Much better than the other types in places like Bangsar who forget they are yellow… and think they are gwai-lou and totally disrespect their roots and traditions.
June 6th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Omg. This entry of yours just made me laugh non-stop! Hahaha … Reminiscing the good ol’ nerdy days back in school.
June 20th, 2005 at 9:44 pm
fuck. can’t believe I was one of those sing song nerdy head perfect that was FORCED on stage to recite the rukun thingy, and crooning to more than 1000 kids. I love this entry of yours, spot on!:mrgreen: