Free Flow Merdeka Posting

As a Malaysian who was born six years after Merdeka and six years before the May 13th incident, I would say that the recent 55th year Merdeka celebration had definitely being "revamped" drastically .... For the 1st time, there were 2 Merdeka themes ... The National theme "Janji DiTepati" and the Pakatan Rakyat's theme of "Sebangsa, SeNegara, SeJiwa". Another 1st, there was a "Cabutan Bertuah" during the Merdeka celebration at Stadium Bukit Jalil on the night of 31 August 2012. For the 1st time, there was no firework display at the Dataran Merdeka at the stroke of midnight (31 August 2012) as it was closed "Dengan Perintah Datuk Bandar" (Note: However, there was a small scale firework "tajaan rakyat that night) I am not sure whether the above "1st" is good or not but what the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia did was very bad indeed ... If you happened to watch TV3 news at 8.00 PM, it showed the Malaysian Embassy Staff led by the Honourable Mlaysian Ambassador in Jakarta celebrated "Merdeka" by cutting a "Malaysian Flag" cake and sang .... "Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You ...." instead of shouting "Merdeka"!!! I nearly choked .... As far as I know Mlaysia Day is on 16 September and 31 August is our "Merdeka Day"!!! Either they are "Buta Sejarah" .... No wonder the Majlis Professor Negara (MPN) declared that TECHNICALLY our nation was never "dijajah" but "bernaung" under the British rule... What a "confused" 55th year Merdeka celebration we just had celebrated ....