Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Tahun yang kurang rasa merdeka

Aku tak tahu apa masalahnya tahun ni tapi sambutan hari kemerdekaan yang ke 51 tak sama seperti tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya. Pertamanya, rumah aku masih belum kibarkan bendera. Ini sangat pelik sebab tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya, tak boleh tidak, belum habis lagi satu minggu bulan Ogos, bendera dah terpacak di tiang di luar rumah. Tak lama selepas itu, pasti jiran-jiran di kiri dan kanan rumah mengibarkan bendera yang sama di luar rumah masing-masing.

Kami merupakan jiran tipikal bandar yang kurang berucap sesama sendiri tetapi apabila terserempak di pagar rumah apabila salah satu ingin keluar ataupun semata-mata untuk menyiram bunga sekalipun, pasti akan berlaku teguran dari satu kepada yang lain. Di sebelah kiri rumah ialah Uncle dan Aunty Tan yang anaknya CK Tan dan menantunya Aunty Putri manakala di sebelah kanan rumah pula Aunty Mas dan suaminya Uncle Idris. Rumah kami diapit rumah-rumah yang agak sunyi oleh kerana penghuninya warga tua yang anak-anaknya sudah membesar dan mendiami rumah lain bersama keluarga masing-masing. Oleh itu, sudah tentunya rumah kamilah yang paling bising sekali.

Background information over, now's the story about the flag. I'm still wondering why despite the National Day approaching very near, we have yet to fly our flag. The flag is in tatters now and I have to get a replacement but I don't see people selling flag around my work place. I do see a little more flags than on ordinary days being put up but they don't seem to have it sold. Must drop in and enquire at Petronas.

I made a resolution last year that I shall start buying a new flag for every National Day from then on. Somehow I do have this feeling that I'm the only person left out from this National Day emotion due to my isolation from the crowd and the Malaysian world. It wasn't so last year, nor the years before.

Hey, even the office does not have a flag. Talk about being patriotic? NOT! Good thing is that the building management put up flags at the atrium and that made the place look a little more... Merdeka-ish.

Anyone know of a place to buy GOOD QUALITY Jalur Gemilang?

2 comments:

katakbesar said...

i would have to say
other than much due to the result of March 08 GE
we had a big bang last year i.e. the 50th-golden anniversary
hence, the 51st = the year after
need to be.. errr.. well.. back to reality
;)

HaNi said...

i felt the same for our 51st merdeka. i saw one flag on a car out of hundreds during traffic few weeks back..

by d way, jiran kiri saya juga uncle&aunty Tan..
thanx for dropping by :)