{"id":3495,"date":"2014-08-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8105\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2021-12-04T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T20:24:37","slug":"because-scarlett-johansson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"Because Scarlett Johansson"},"content":{"rendered":"
Because Scarlett Johansson.\u00a0And some things are best seen on the big screen. 8-)It was Merdeka (Independance) Day, and cinemas have have been persuaded by the Communications and Multimedia ministry to screen the National Anthem, “Negaraku” before every movie, in the spirit of … well a promoting a patriotic spirit.<\/p>\n

Negaraku<\/i>
\nTanah Tumpahnya Darah ku<\/i>
\nRakyat Hidup, Bersatu dan Maju<\/i>
\nRahmat Bahagia, Tuhan Kurniakan<\/i>
\nRaja Kita, Selamat Bertakhta<\/i>
\nRahmat Bahagia, Tuhan Kurniakan<\/i>
\nRaja Kita, Selamat Bertakhta<\/i><\/p>\n

My country<\/i>
\nThe land where my blood has spilt<\/i>
\nThe people living united and progressive<\/i>
\nMay God bestow blessing and happiness<\/i>
\nMay our King have a successful reign<\/i>
\nMay God bestow blessing and happiness<\/i>
\nMay our King have a successful reign<\/i><\/p>\n

Following the announcement, everyone stood up. Actually, I think if the guy in the front most row didn’t stand the rest might not have, but since he did, it was a chain reaction.<\/p>\n

I realized I had not participated in the playing of Negaraku since my school days.\u00a0As the words went by I pondered how differently many of us see our country since then. \u00a0As a child, in my Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan (Primary School), I never quite understood what “Tanah Tumpahnya Darah ku” \u00a0was about and “Rakyat Hidup, Bersatu dan Maju” seemed like stating the obvious in my multi-racial class.<\/p>\n

These days reading the news it feels like we’re actually getting closer to the day when the former might occur, and the latter just a pipe dream.\u00a0I wonder what children these days think of when they sing Negaraku.<\/p>\n

The national anthem was followed by about 10 minutes of superficial patriotic videos, which barely achieved it’s objective of making everyone feel superficially patriotic, before the movie began.<\/p>\n

#Merdeka<\/a><\/a>
\n#Negaraku<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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