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1Malaysia.

Selamat menyambut hari ulangtahun kemerdekaan negara kita yang ke-52.

Pada tahap umur ini, negara kita sudah banyak mencapai kemajuannya. Jangan asyik dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Barat dan Asia Timur, mereka memang sudah jauh meninggalkan kita. Tatkala mereka sudah berperang dengan kapal pengangkut di lautan, kita masih lagi bercucuk tanam di ladang.

Bersyukurlah, dengan kemerdekaan pada tahun 1957, kita sebenarnya jauh lebih selesa berbanding negara-negara yang seusia kemerdekaan dengan kita. Antara negara lain yang mencapai status merdeka sekitar 1986-1956 ialah Sudan (1956), Tunisia (1956), Maghribi (1956), Ghana (1957), dan Guinea (1958).

Jangan rajin membangkang, tetapi sama-sama kita membina!

How Malaysian Are You?

Saya terbaca satu artikel menarik dalam majalah sekolah adik saya. Ingin saya kongsi bersama-sama dalam entri kali ini. Terdapat senarai soalan-soalan yang menarik, berkenaan kehidupan rakyat Malaysia. Tetapi saya tidak mahu tulis semua. Antara soalan-soalan menarik itu termasuklah:

How Malaysian Are You?

1. How much is satu kupang?
2. Where’s the favourite spot to take wedding pictures in Taiping?
3. In what dialect is Apo Nak Di Kato?
4. Name at least five variations of roti canai.
5. What is the staple food of Sarawakians?
6. Name a popular oitment made from “sea-cucumber”.
7. Name the sauce made from fish or shrimp that the Kelantanese love.
8. What does pi mai pi mai tang tu mean?
9. Which fruit is Ipoh famous for?
10. What is the English name for putu mayam?
11. “Lah” is to Peninsular Malaysia as “…” is to Sabahans?
12. What does ABC stand for?
13. How long is a sari?
14. What does the Cantonese phrase “ngam ngam” means?
15. Name Penang’s famous beach.
16. How do you order coffee mixed with tea at a kopitiam?
17. What’s on Malaysian TV at 8pm?
18. On one side of our RM1 coin is the bunga raya, what’s on the other?
19. Now what’s on our 10 sen coin?
20. What was the name of the KL Commonwealth Games 1998 mascot?
21. When you fill in a form, it you’re not Malay, Chinese or Indian, you are …..?
22. Who is Malaysia’s favourite Kampung Boy?
23. What is the meaning of the word “gostan“?
24. How did the word “gostan” come about?
25. Lobo’s Whispers in the Wind is the English version of which famous Malay song?
26. When did Malaysia last win the Thomas Cup?
27. What is the name of our national flag?
28. What’s the name of the Malaysian-made 175cc motorbike?
29. Name our national bird.
30. If the father is a baba, and the mother is a nyonya, then what is the son?

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