Woke up early this morning and the date today looks very familiar, 13th May. Today, May 13th 2009 - nothing big, nothing special (although everyday is big and special in its own way) but just another day, another Wednesday of the week.
But the date has some 'old story' to tell if we bring it back to 1969. May 13th 1969 - a date some of us may want to forget or maybe some want to treasure, depending on how we look at it. Everything happen for a reason, and so is May 13th 1969. I was 10 years old then, so I don't really have any first hand knowledge about it. Through reading, it sounds 'bad' and definitely 'not interesting' to the naturally multi-racial Malaysia.
So on this day, as much as we treasured other 'big' days such as the New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Nurses' Day and many more to come, May 13th 1969 may be remembered as the main ingredient to 1Malaysia, the Malaysia that should have been. A 'Malaysia' where everybody is proud to call themselves Malaysians.
May 13th 1969 - a price paid for a lesson. 1Malaysia - a sacrifice need to be made.
Proud to be Malaysian. Peace.
But the date has some 'old story' to tell if we bring it back to 1969. May 13th 1969 - a date some of us may want to forget or maybe some want to treasure, depending on how we look at it. Everything happen for a reason, and so is May 13th 1969. I was 10 years old then, so I don't really have any first hand knowledge about it. Through reading, it sounds 'bad' and definitely 'not interesting' to the naturally multi-racial Malaysia.
So on this day, as much as we treasured other 'big' days such as the New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Nurses' Day and many more to come, May 13th 1969 may be remembered as the main ingredient to 1Malaysia, the Malaysia that should have been. A 'Malaysia' where everybody is proud to call themselves Malaysians.
May 13th 1969 - a price paid for a lesson. 1Malaysia - a sacrifice need to be made.
Proud to be Malaysian. Peace.
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