Patriotisme is not just in the song

Negaraku…
Tanah tumpahnya darahku…
Rakyat hidup, bersatu dan maju…
Rahmat bahgia, Tuhan kurniakan…
Raja kita, selamat bertakhta…

I thought I was not gonna blog about this, but truly, I think we do have to start somewhere. I was watching TV3 this morning (before fetching my wife to work), where the hosts was discussing about the matter of playing our National Anthem in cinemas, and there was one part where the guy host ask the caller (yes, it was a phone-in sort-of show) whether the caller still able to sing our National Anthem – the caller goes on belting out his rendition of Negaraku, sadly, with wrong lyrics somewhere in the middle of the song. The next caller was no different – but this guy dare to give a lame excuse – he haven't sang the National Anthem for years – the last time he sang was in Form 6 or something, like 10-15 yrs ago – and he forgots the lyric. Our government's move to instill patriotisme in it's people by having them to at least know the national anthem is a noble one, but needs a different approach. Instead of playing it at cinema at the start of every show, why not we start by playing it out, loudly, everyday at 8am and 6pm like our neighbour country, Thailand, did? If you are in Thailand at 8am or 6pm, you'll see that the people would stop whatever they are doing and standing to respect their National Anthem. If we could tolerate the Muslims with their prayers 5 times a day (no offence here – just trying to put my point thru), what is it with an additional 2 for our own National Anthem?

That's just National Anthem. I bet, out of 10 people, only 2-3 knows our 5 principles of Rukun Negara, which supposed to be the backbone of peace and freedom for us Malaysians. Prove me wrong, if you could be the first one to write out all the 5 principles of Rukun Negara in my comments section, my treat of McD sundae awaits – but then again, if you can come and personally claim it from me lah.. :)

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12 Responses to “Patriotisme is not just in the song”

Kenneth June 3rd, 2005 at 10:15 pm

Our Rukun Negara is:

Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan
Kesetiaan kepada Raja Dan Negara
Keluhuran Perlembagaan
Kedaulatan Undang-Undang
Kesopanan Dan Kesusilaan

Look forward to claim the Sundae from you :mrgreen:

ashotiwoth June 3rd, 2005 at 10:47 pm

Kenneth,
bravo!! should I post, or email the Sundae to you?? :wink:
maybe I give you this one first lah, since you are in PeeJay.. :)
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lynnee June 5th, 2005 at 10:45 am

aiyak… me too slow. hehe. :twisted:

neeshen June 5th, 2005 at 3:42 pm

Agree with your point, play the anthem every morning just like our neighbours.

how do you know that the caller in the morning show is not made up? as in the TV station actually hired / asked someone to call up and peruposely sing the song wrongly?

Just what kind of target audiance does the governent want to reach by playing negaraku in the cinema? they could reach out more by putting negaraku in pirated DVD's. is it their notion that people who visits the cinema dont know how to sing the negaraku?

How many of our politicians know the lyrics to this song?

what about state anthem? i was in selangor for 5 years and dont even know what it sounds like, no one seems to play it.

this plan sounds like it comes from a politician who wants media attention.

EF June 6th, 2005 at 4:22 am

Aiyark! I use to lead peep to recite the Rukun Negara :D Now I forget. It's true what time can do to your brain!

Joe June 6th, 2005 at 11:40 am

I was having lunch yesterday. So many ppls around – young, old, teens, adults, children, chinese, malay, indian, etc. Then comes the thought, perhaps this is the best place to play “Negara KU” ?

ashotiwoth June 6th, 2005 at 12:34 pm

lynnee,
try again next time :)

neeshen,
what’s the point of the tv station asking caller to make up? to embarass the caller, or to show the nation (or other countries) that Malaysians are ignorant that they don’t know their own national anthem?

EF,
:) Google is the place to look for if your brain is playing with you :twisted:

Joe,
like I suggested – 8/9am and 6pm daily.

Stupe June 13th, 2005 at 9:34 pm

Anand, what will i get if i recite the Selangor State song and RMC song to you?

ashotiwoth June 14th, 2005 at 4:02 pm

Stupe,
teh tarik on me bro… buleh ker?

stupe June 15th, 2005 at 10:58 am

anand,

teh tarik at the KLCCCC foyer this saturday then ;-)

lynnee June 17th, 2005 at 9:21 am

actually hor… what is the selangor state song??? me live here so long liao & i dun think i've even heard it once!

ashotiwoth June 17th, 2005 at 9:56 am

stupe,
teh tarik at KLCCCC foyer tomorrow, it is…. ur wife going as well?

lynnee,
try Google… i think u can even get the MP3 version of the state anthem also…

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