Birthday Wish for Malaysia

Today is Malaysia's 50th Merdeka - Happy Merdeka !

Its almost end of the Merdeka Day. This year's celebration has been just so-so, not as grand and impressive as I would have expected. But I guess, we should be more concern about the meaning of our country achieving 50 years of independence. It is only befitting that there is a birthday wish on a birthday. As a Malaysian, I wish that

• In years to come, Malaysia will be a place where everyone is treated equally and fairly. No more differentiating its citizens by race or religion or bumi/non-bumi. As such, our MyKad should not even store such information. I wish that there wont be a 'Bangsa' (Race) and 'Agama' (Religion) section in all the forms. Just 'Kewarganegaraan' ( Nationality ) - end of story.


• Politicians would not try to wave keris around, instilling lies and hatred, and thus hurting the feelings of its citizens in the process. I wish that there would be more politicians who are sincere in looking after the plight of the people instead of self-interest.


• There wont be anymore people left behind by development, and still live in absolute poverty.


• Malaysians would become less reliant on foreign-labour. It takes a little effort from everyone to support this.


• The streets of our cities or kampungs are safe to walk at night or day, so that we dont have be constantly alert for snatch thiefs, robbers, rapist, kidnappers, road bullies or Mat Rempit.


• I wish that there would be a time where there is freedom of speech, and stuff like news black-out does not occur. A time where we can believe what is being written on mainstream newpaper. No one would threaten to silence bloggers and that information flow honest and freely.

Hmmm.. that's quite a long list already actually. Is there a limit as to how many wish allow for birthdays ? I wonder....

Happy merdeka again ! ( before the clock strikes 12 )