Birthday Celebration

I used to celebrate my birthday with friends, relative and loves one year in year out. I likes to celebrates my birthday twice a year, once according to the western calendar, that is today and once during the lunar calendar which falls on the 15th day of the eight month with coincides with the Chinese mid autumn festival with many moon cakes. I never really fully understand the significance our my birth until recently.

I now realised that in order to give birth to me, my mother has to carry me in her womb for nine months. This pregnancy period poses various degrees of health risk. After that she will have to endures the pains of labour to bring me to this world.Some people says that labour pains are the worse kind of pain.

Birthday should be celebrated as a tribute to mothers because despite the pain involved, the thought of giving life far exceeds the pains incurred during the labour of childbirth. Birthday is a day to remember your moms for bringing you to this world. Thank you MOM for giving me life. Happy birthday to my mom for sharing the same birthday as me....

So always remember the sacrifice of your mother for you during your birthday and don't forget to thanks her for all she has done... 

Hari Malaysia Patriotic Fashion

The winners of the 1 Malaysia Patriotic Fashion Contest is from left

Betty Koh, Emily Anne Manjit & Angel Law En Qi.

This year in conjunction with the Malaysia Day(Hari Malaysia) celebration, we organised a Malaysia Day Patriotic Fashion Competition for Children under 13 years to instill the spirit of patriotism and unity in the younger generation. What surprised me is despite 16 September had been declared a national public holiday, most of the audience during the event asked me these questions "What is Malaysia Day? and "Why do we celebrates Malaysia Day??. It downs to me that most Malaysian are ignorance about what are happening to the world around them. I thinks the government and NGO should do more to educates the general public, especially the younger ones. They are supposed to be our future leaders. Don't believe me? Asks yourself or Malaysian next to you this questions "What is Malaysia Day? and "Why do we celebrates Malaysia Day?

Malaysia Day is held on September 16 every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia. The formation of the new federation was planned to occur on June 1, 1963, but was later postponed to August 31, 1963, in order to coincide with the sixth Hari Merdeka. Several issues related to the Indonesianand the Filipino objection to the formation of Malaysia delayed the declaration to September 16 of the same year. The postponement was also done to allow the United Nations team time to conduct referendums in North Borneo (now Sabah) and Sarawak regarding the two states participation in a new federation.

The formation of Malaysia was made possible through the introduction of the Malaysia Bill to the Malayan Parliament on July 9, 1963, and consent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on August 29, 1963.

Prior to the formation of Malaysia, Singapore and North Borneo unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom on August 31, 1963, thus coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the Malayan independence.

Beginning year 2010, September 16 is a federal public holiday.

According to the Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Razak "Independence Day(HARI Merdeka) on 31 August , reminds us of the struggle for independence from colonialism, which will be celebrated with official events such as parades and historical moment to remember.

"Malaysia Day on 16 September, will be celebrated with events are to strengthen unity, mutual understanding between the races, the success and achievements of the community through sports, socio-cultural, art and others that will inspire 1Malaysia,"