My country

Okie, since Hari Merderka or Hari Kebangsaan or National Day is coming soon on 31st of August. I'll just write one post about my country - Malaysia. Malaysia is going to celebrate 54th National Day this year after so many many years conquered by foreign power. Well, i'm not going to write the whole same history here, which we had learned for 5++ years.

Anyway, all i want to say is: To be honest, i'm not considered as a very patriotic person. I'm not a big supporter of Malaysian products and sometimes will still, "criticize" some of the systems ( like the public transport, public transport, public transport, education, road signs, cleanliness.... ) in this country. Well, although i got so many negative points that i can say, but since National Day is approaching and to show my "love" towards this country. Therefore in this post, i would only say the good things about Malaysia or you can say: The top 3 reasons that i like about this country. :)

The very first and MAIN reason that i like this country is: the FOOD.
Hehe. XD I know it's sounds funny. but it's true. Living in this multiracial country, i got the chance to try different food from different races. We got Malay food like Nasi Lemak, Rendang Ayam, Onde-onde, Sate (satay)... We got Chinese food like Chicken Rice (although Singapore claims that is their food. lol), Bak Kut Teh (my faovurite! XD), Char Kway Teow.. We got indian/ mamak food like roti canai, roti jala, tossai, teh tarik, naan... Peranakan food like Kuih- muih and Laksa... In Malaysia, there's a huge variety of food which you probably cannot finish in just a few days. and besides then that, we still got lots of other food from other countries, including western food, italian food, japanese food, korean food, fast food and so much more. You can say this is the reason which i actually proud of. :D

Secondly is: there's no very "serious disaster" in this country. we have no volcanoes here, no massive earthquakes here. I can say, i'm really really really lucky to be born in this country and I'm very grateful. But it's hard to say, coz' our earth is polluted and in the imminent danger of serious pollution. So, who knows?? one day we might have to face "trouble".

Thirdly, again, in this multiracial country, i got to know lots of friends of different races. Not only Chinese, Indian and Malay, but also other races like Punjabi, Sikh, Iban, Kadazan, Baba Nonya. and some more, in Chinese, we got Hokkien, Cantonese, Foo Chow, Hakka and so on. i got the opportunity to know different cultural and of coz, different language. I am proud to say that i can speak Mandarin, English, Malay, and a bit of Hokkien, Cantonese, and (a bit bit of) Japanese. Plus, I got the chance to celebrate different festivals of different races. :)

Besides than these 3 points, of coz there are other (minor) reasons that i like about this country. :) My conclusion is, Malaysia is still a very nice country, but STILL needs a lot of improvements in different aspects. I hope to see a better country in the future, happy national day, Malaysia. :)

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