Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Of flags, fireworks and peace...



It's the season to raise the national flag again! Now everywhere you go, you'll see the red, white, blue and yellow color everywhere..


Let me tell you a secret...


My worst fear during this season is that some idiot would stick the irritating plastic flag on my car's windshield. Seriously, it is my very worst fear whenever we hit the month of August. When I pass a toll booth, I would make sure there are no large group of people gathering at the booth sticking flags on people's car.

It's not that I am anti-nationalism or anything. It's just that I hate to stick anything on my car. Currently, I only have two stickers on the front windshield, one being the compulsory roadtax and the other is the manufacturer's auto assist sticker/emergency numbers. If banyak sangat it looks so serabut laa... Plus, those plastic flag holders are very hard to remove. Tak pasal2 nanti lekat forever la pulak. Rimas...!

There was once, during my uni days, the guys went frantic over the 'Raise the flag' campaign. They sticked the flags everywhere. And by everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE! I remembered one red Satria that was literally covered with flags. There were a huge flag spread across its front hood, plus 30 over mini flags sticking on its top and rear hood. Rimas to the max ok!


Ok enough bout the flags...


Tomorrow's the National Day. Hopefully people will come together united and celebrate the true meaning of independence on this day forward. With all the political hoopla and other banters going around these days it is very hard to grasp the concept of unity any more. When would they stop all the bickering and concentrate on pushing the country forward? Only God knows laa kan... Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.


They are setting up the stage for a concert at the Curve as I am writing this post. I guess there will be fireworks display there tonight. So I am planning to watch it from the playground near my house with my new toy in hand... Hopefully I'll be able to capture a double firework display from OU and the Curve again this time around.


Have a great Independence day, people...!


Look at the kid's peace sign.. noticed anything odd bout it? *lol*





binx: Peace!


18 comments:

Anonymous said...

me smiling alone looking at that 'ranting'. Selamat Hari Merdeka!

Anonymous said...

Happy Mardika Day to u too ..Cik Binx.

I guess the 'peace' sign by that kid shows his side of thought of what the country should be.

"....no matter how the sign is, it's the peace that matters..."

binx said...

anonymous frm dublin:

shadap you.... kekeke
i knew someone was gonna bring that up :p

happy merdeka to u too... celebrate ke kat sana?


d'arkampo:

very the true...
have a good holiday!

MDR said...

hiya binxie! who's the kid? shomeynye..despite the odd peace sign..hihi...

ya, i agree some ppl are so fanatical abt flags..but the question is, does it REALLY make them patriotic? i once saw this guy with a HUGE flag on the front of his car, tossing an empty papercup out the window..hah..how ironic..i thought loving ur country meant taking care of it; and that includes not senselessly polluting it! gantung flag sebesar mana pon, if u do stuff like that, patriotism goes down the drain baby!

whoops..sori..emo la pulak.. hehe..anyway, Happy Merdeka 2 u babe! :-D

gravtkills said...

i hate stickin them flags on my car too...sebab too never had them on hehehe

binx said...

marinadelrey:

the cute kid is my lil' cousin.. mmg comel to the max.. cheeky too...

i so understand ur point there dear.. wanted to blog bout it but takut i get too emo bout it.. kekeke..

hope u have a great hols ya!


gravt kills:

yeay ada gang!
:D

Anonymous said...

if i have nothing better to do, i would stare out of the bus' window and count the stickers on the windscreen of the cars passing by. the more stickers on it, the more tak best orang itu. messy lah!

*marilah kita tunggu kat luar tengok jet, itupun klu bangun awal ;)

suzequatro said...

happy merdeka ! wats the plan tomorrow? pegi dataran merdeka keee?? hehe..or you pun berarak jugak? hehe

binx said...

teek:

in other words, u r implying that i nieh org yg best kan... kekekee..
:D


suzequantro:

dataran merdeka? naaaah..
berarak? haah.. berarak in bed.. kekeke
have a good hols!

Azer Mantessa said...

selamat hari merdeka

popcornelvis said...

hey binx!
i was reading your old post..
man..i love the notebook too.
the movie lah...
best kan?

happy merdeka!

binx said...

azer mantessa:

thanks..
u have a great one too..!


superdzu:

hey there..
yeah the movie was great but the book is better kut :D

u have a good merdeka ya!

thewailer said...

today is the independence day! Happy Merdekaaaaaaaa!

Freak and Geek said...

hei, selamat hari merdeka to u too.

cute lil cousin of urs. comel. mcm cousin die jugak. :-P

yes, i hate those stick on flags. and my car nyer shield exactly the same like urs, road tax sticker and auto assist emergency sticker. that's more than enough.

yes, am i that paranoid. hehehe

binx said...

thewailer:

so dah ready to leave the country ke?
;)


freak & geek:

tq! cousin dia mmg forever cute.. kakaka...

thank god im not the only one that's paranoid bout it..
:D

che'fara said...

happy merdeka day to you lalink!!

TunaTurner said...

selamat hari merdeka :)

i oso dislike sticking anything on my windshield.*high five to binx and f&g*

i only had two- the road tax and apartment's sticker.

binx said...

che'fara:

hope u had a great one too, dear..


ti.e.na:

yeay! ada another gang..
*hi-5 ti.e.na back*
:D