Happy Birthday to the King!

Happy Birthday to the King! The DYMM SPB YDP AGONG to be precise. It stands for Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, which I reckon would translate to His Royal Highness The King of Malaysia.

Now, the only 2 other places (other than Malaysia) I have lived in my life are Singapore and Australia and given the short time I have been around in this earth, I reckon it's quite something, considering within this 3 countries, I have stayed in around 30 different houses in the short 3 decades + 3 years of my life. Amongst the 3 countries I have lived in, I reckon Malaysia is one the most unique, not because I was born here, but the country itself to me is rather special. Why, it's one of the few countries in the world where you have a King as a ruler of the land.

I hear people talking everyday bout how bad the country is being run, how a certain political party is doing this to a certain race and not doing that for another race, personally I'm not really bothered about all that. To me, I have never been given an unfair chance or have been treated unfairly or exploited ever before while living in Malaysia. Well, sometimes you may come across a case or two about someone being treated unfairly or needs not being taken care of hey, its our job to look out for number one, not anybody else.

I truly love my country, never have any place given me the opportunities to be who I want and do what I want (within the boundaries of the law of course).

This is taken from Wikipedia.org lest we forget:

BAHAWASANYA NEGARA KITA MALAYSIA mendukung cita-cita hendak :

mencapai perpaduan yang lebih erat di kalangan seluruh masyarakatnya ;

memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik ;

mencipta satu masyarakat adil di mana kemakmuran Negara akan dapat dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama ;

menjamin satu cara liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak ;

dan

membina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden.
MAKA KAMI, rakyat Malaysia, berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut :

KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN (Belief in God)

KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA (Loyalty to King and Country)

KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN (Upholding the constitution)

KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG (Rule of Law)

KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAAN (Good Behavior and Morality)

I truly believe that if all of us are able to follow the rukun negara, there will be less crime, less hatred, less chaos and more harmony, peace and unity in our land.

MALAYSIA, I LOVE YOU!