Monday, August 13, 2007

Showing Patriotism Carefully...Don't Play Play

In less than 20 days , we will be celebrating our country's 50th National Day. And as a nation with great creativity ,and people with great enthusiasm and patriotism , many are vying to show their love for the country in the most unique way.

But don't play play , you may be playing with fire. Instead of being deemed as heroes , you might end up eating curry rice behind the bars.

Just like our country 'budding' lyricist Wee Meng Chee ,who gave our national anthem a new facelift with his rap version ,is now hot under fire as his deed was deemed a defamation to the country. What started of as a joke turned out to be a hot debate among politicians now. But honestly speaking , his version of national anthem receives more attention than the original version. And his version receive more viewership in youtube than our cuti-cuti malaysia advertisement. If only tourism malaysia can come out with such a gimmick , we might be able to attract more tourists.

According to the ceremonial division and international conference secretariat of the Prime Minister's Department (phew! such a long name as quoted from the newspaper) , we can't make cakes with the design of the national flag on them. Why??? Because you are going to cut and eat it!

And you are allowed to wear the national flag as clothing. But at the same time it is not proper for you to display it as a bikini ,swimsuit or towel. Or use it as a cushion or toilet seat cover , most probably because your butt is touching it. This makes me wonder ...how do we wear the national flag on our body , without our butt touching it? Hmmm...We do need to consult the secretariat again.

So the best way to do , be a law abidding citizen. Wave the flag the normal way like everyone does.Why want to make a fuss out of it and get yourself into trouble? If you have more time , read our constitution and know well about the Dos a Don'ts la...

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