Bangsa Malaysia: Hopes and dreams

Sunday, August 26th, 2007 | 2:52 am @ SK

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)

Thank you folks!

… 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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18 Responses to “Bangsa Malaysia: Hopes and dreams”

rockybru@gmail.com says:
August 26th, 2007 at 10:36 am
you flew from sydney to blog house for the bangsa malaysia do!
thank you for making it happen, bro.
walski69 says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:51 am
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!
SK says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:54 am
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!
Biggum Dogmannsteinberg says:
August 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
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
myAsylum: Late nite factory blaze... says:
August 26th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
[…] from the Bangsa Malaysia get-together (more on that later in a separate post, but check out MageP’s Lab for a taste), when 3 explosions could be heard. By the sound of it, the explosions would have come […]
koolgeek says:
August 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
youtube?
SK says:
August 26th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
koolgeek,

Let me gather videos from multiple sources before I publish them. ;-)
ghostline says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
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.
SK says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
ghostline,

Yes, you’re now part of us and expect an invitation from us real soon! ;-)
Sivin Kit says:
August 26th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
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!
Idealism isn’t dead in Malaysia « Euphoria in Misery says:
August 27th, 2007 at 12:54 am
[…] of what happened there you can read at Rocky’s, Mage P’s Lab or Jalan Sudin so I will not elaborate. This was Harris’ […]
MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » Bangsa Malaysia: Our future hope says:
August 27th, 2007 at 1:29 am
[…] « Bangsa Malaysia: Hopes and dreams […]
rocky's bru: bangsa malaya to BANGSA MALAYSIA says:
August 27th, 2007 at 2:38 am
[…] Pasquale, I am a Malaysian, Desiderata, the Stand-up Philosopher, Ancient Mariner, Sang Kelembai, SK Thew …Two young bloggers - Aishah, 11, and Aiman, 12 - were among the future hope of Malaysia who […]
Bangsa Malaysia Merdeka Get-together : The Real Thing « The People’s Parliament says:
August 27th, 2007 at 11:22 am
[…] : You can also get other views on the get-together at Bangmalaysia, Nuraina, YB Jeff Ooi, Walski, SK Thew, Melvin Mah, Euphoria in Misery, Rajahram, Nocturnal Mind and […]
bangmalaysia says:
August 27th, 2007 at 11:34 am
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
Making of “Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia” « t.he. r.e.b.e.l w.i.t.h.i.n u.s says:
August 28th, 2007 at 3:42 am
[…] that related information on this event happenings; Bangmalaysia, Nuraina, YB Jeff Ooi, Walski, SK Thew, Melvin Mah, Euphoria in Misery, Rajahram, Nocturnal Mind and Howsy,Aishah, Rocky, Big Dog and […]
Can you see it?: August 2007 says:
August 30th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
[…] event. No? Rocky’s, 3540’s, Galadriel’s,Screenshots,People’s Parliament,A Little Taffer’s,Walski’s, Mage’sP, The senseintovert, shanghai fish, O.B.E. and probably the youngest blogger there that day, […]
MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » Malam Bangsa Malaysia: One people, One Nation! says:
October 19th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
[…] You can read about the KL Bangsa Malaysia get-together here and here. […]
shanghai fish says:
October 25th, 2007 at 2:10 am
You can read about the KL Bangsa Malaysia get-together here andhere. What you need to do to get an invitation Firstly, as places are limited, please be sure that you can attend before you ask for the invitation.
What A Lulu says:
October 27th, 2007 at 9:34 am
[IMG ]We had ours in KL the weekend before Merdeka. Aishah, Rocky, Big Dog, June-E, Bangmalaysia, Nuraina, YB Jeff Ooi, Walski,SK Thew, Melvin Mah, Euphoria in Misery, Rajahram, Nocturnal Mind and Howsy blogged about it. Now the Bangsa Malaysia team is taking the event to Penang. Event : Malam Bangsa Malaysia Date : 3rd November, 2007

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