Theme : Merdeka From The Eyes Of My                 Parents

It's been five-and-half decades since we started celebrating Hari Kemerdekaan,and much has changed since.
These days,we tweet about Merdeka,we post about it,we change our avatars to celebrate it.We party,enjoy the public holiday and take part in the usual flag-waving gestures-but does still means anything to us?

  Well we know what "merdeka" means ,but what does it really mean?What doe it represent to the our parents?Does it hold the same meaning to our parents as it does to us?

  I have made a bit of a questionnaire with those who hold this between parents and their answers to the meaning of independence

  For them,Merdeka is something special to look forwad to because friends would come and gather in their house.They are of different races so it warms their heart to see that they can all communicate with one another,regardless of our different cultures.Although celebrations in the past were not as grand compared to now,they feel people were much more united decades ago.They used to stay in the village,where the young and old will play telematches during Merdeka.Now they live in the town side where some of neighbours don't even acknowledge one another.

  Merdeka has meant that we have our own voice,our own culture, and a sense of peace, harmony and unity which we do not only celebrate on August 31, but every day.Young Malaysians may not be able to related to with it was like to experience and appreciate such liberty as the generations before us, but every time we sit and enjoy our favourite teh tarik, milo ais or even indulge in assam laksa or a bowl of chendol, we are living the Malaysian dream-a life filled with freedom and opportunities in our own melting pot of cultures.😀