National Day 2010

Our National Anthem (recited from the heart, no references sought) :

Mari Kita Rakyat Singapura
Sama Sama Mernuju, Bahagia....

Cita Cita Kita Yang Mulia

Berjaya, Singapura...

Marilah Kita Bersatu,

Degan Semagat Yang Bahru,

Semuah Kita Bersaru...

Majulah, Singapura....

Majulah, Singapura....

Marilah Kita Bersatu,

Degan Semagat Yang Bahru,

Semuah Kita Bersaru...

Majulah, Singapura....

Majulah, Singapura....

 

Our National Pledge (again, no references sought) :

We, the citizens of Singapore, pledged ourselves as one united people regardless of race, language or religion. To build a democratic society, based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.

PS : The above are recited FROM MY MEMORY, no references sought. As such, should there be alphabetical or punctuational errors, please do bear with it.

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National Day is just around the corner, 9th Aug to be precise. And here I am, dedicating my post today to THE PLACE I called home, THE PLACE where my roots are, THE PLACE where I promise to die defending; Singapore....

Around end of July, many buildings and establishments in the country started putting up National Day decorations, especially the government buildings. In the housing estates, households are encouraged to fly the State Flag too.

FYI, all our high-rise resident buildings are mandated to cater for a small area from which the dwellers can  opt to fly the flag (non mandatory, but strongly encouraged) during the National Day period. Some of the resident committees (RC) take extra efforts to decorate those more prominent blocks of apartments, typically "encouraging" the residents to purchase a brand new flag and flag it in the designated area, decorating the entire block with streamers sporting the national emblem and colours, etc etc....

I'm fine with the residents flying the flag on their own free will, but with the RC going around and putting them up defeats the entire purpose!! The entire purpose of putting up these flags and decorations is to show your love, dedication and joyous mood of the nation's birthday. Where is the purpose in having someone else do all these for you? So what if the entire block is the BEST decorated in the whole country? There is NO PRIDE in it anymore!! The dwellers didn't take the efforts for that, the RC did....

To sum up, I just want to point out that there is no need to go to such lengths to show your dedication to your country. Me too, like one of my friend, "Fly the flag in my heart DAILY".