I see hopes, dreams, aspirations, thoughts, musings and etc. at Bangsa Malaysia Hari Merdeka Get-together.
Picture courtesy of TV Smith
(Click on the image if you want to see what’s written on the banner)
… and I’d like to assure you that you’ll be receiving email(s) from me soon of any upcoming events.
Picture courtesy of TV Smith
Tanah Air
(Menjelang Kemerdekaan)
ENGKAU, Tanahair, pemilik perut yang berbudi,
Penampung hujan, penyedut sinar mentari,
Lahirlah anak-anakmu dari semaian-semaian petani.
Engkau, ibu murni, dengan jasa abadi,
Berdetik di denyut nafas kami,
Kerana kita adalah satu dan sama dipunyai.
Telah kaurasa segala seperti kami,
Dalam kengerian perang dadamu dibongkar besi,
Di mana-mana wajahmu tak pernah mati.
Tapi begitu sejarah hidup zaman-berzaman,
Yang pernah merangkul pahlawan kemerdekaan;
Mereka sujud dalam kaku memohon perlindungan.
Bukankan dengan kasih dan harapan,
Kautenggelamkan mereka dalam dakapan?
Di mana bunga ganti nisan bertaburan?
Negara baru di atas rongga jantungmu,
Akan tegak bertapak dalam kebebasan,
Cinta antara kita wahyu dari Tuhan.Usman Awang
* The poem above was recited by blogger Big Dog during the forum
Meanwhile, let’s keep the flame alive!
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you flew from sydney to blog house for the bangsa malaysia do!
thank you for making it happen, bro.
It was a great event – kudos to you, Harris and the team for putting together such a memorable get-together… I’ll post my pix up in due course (sometime today). Good job of getting up the signed banner so fast, too!
Bro Rocky,
For us, Bangsa Malaysia!
Walski,
Thanks for coming though, with the missus too. Hope to see you in our future events, will keep you posted!
SK,
Nice to you again. A jolly good show you could fly back from Australia for the do.
I uploaded the Usman Awang’s poem "Tanahairku", dated 1956 in my blog.
BigDog
youtube?
koolgeek,
Let me gather videos from multiple sources before I publish them. ;-)
Great event, and glad you made it back from Sydney, bro.
Thanks to you and the entire team for organising. It’s a good step forward, and now the real work starts.
ghostline,
Yes, you’re now part of us and expect an invitation from us real soon! ;-)
It was a great event. The forum was excellent. The food was good. The conversations heart warming and stimulating. I was hoping to shake your hand. But I had to leave earlier.
Please say a special thanks to the organizing team for including me :-) And Haris did a great job hosting and facilitating.
[SK] Thank you!
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Hi SK,
Glad to meet you that night. Thanks for the invite and do keep me posted of future events. You know my blog and email. Anyways here it is again:
http://bangmalaysia.wordpress.com/
Cheers
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