food for merdeka

hello and good morning. this is the sight that greeted me when i got downstairs...or to be precise, before i even reached downstairs. his tail was wagging nonstop and he put his snout there in the door....just whiling the time away. he was in that position for a long time all of us stood in front of him and watched him. very cute indeed.

and now, let me present to you all my '1 malaysia meal'. well, call it coincident yeah, these are what i have today. a majmuk meal...memang muhibbah. what better way there is than to use food to wish the country a happy birthday.

although i dun have a flag flying in front of the house nor on the bonnet of my car, deep down i know i am still a malaysian. however, these few years, i have found it harder to express my love for her freely. everytime i thought of it, there is always a big boulder blocking the way.

we have been free for 52 years...but i think the freedom is only from colonialisation. but look closely- we are not totally free yet from racism, discrimination, prejudice and inequality.

we are celebrating the state that we are in but not merdeka in the total sense. i find it ironic that we have to shout merdeka every year when it comes to this date. yes, we know we are free from the british reign, but if the merdeka only means that, please reserve the cry. i will wish the country happy birthday instead of happy merdekaday.

anyway at least food does not discriminate the person who is eating. so i had roti canai for breakfast, lemang and rendang for lunch, and mom's cooking for dinner.

and for dessert, we have something imported- world class chocolate and rum and raisin. globalisation is part of merdeka right?

so there you have it, my dedication to the country on this day in this year.