50 TH MERDEKA, NOT 50 YEARS BANGSA MALAYSIA

Hi Bangsa Malaysia! Remember vividly the founding father of UMNO, the late Dato' Onn b Jaafar who set the Malay agenda pre-merdeka episode but soon realised that the nation would not survive just on the souls of the malays per se but the whole malayan people right from Perlis Indera Kayangan to Sabah Di Bawah Bayu. Thus, after leading UMNO through the most turbulent period of Malay nationalisme tried hard to define a new vision and mission of the party and race. He realised that he had no time to give to the malays to understand and accept his new ideals so he left the party to set up the Independence of Malaya Party. He failed in the general election but his ideas and ideals prevail until today. His ideals at present can be seen in the constitution of Gerakan but sadly this party has changed into just another chineses based party like MCA. Dato' Onn was too far sighted just like Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of USA to declare the Emancipation Proclamation that gave fredom and liberty 400 years later to the blacks. It took Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, etc the civil rights leaders to move the masses with "We shall overcome" till both of them were martyred on the altar of brotherhood of mankind. Like the case of Malaysia, the ideals of Dato' Onn Jaafar will be rekindled in the year 2547 one day when the magic of power sharing of National Front still cannot solve the equation of Bangsa Malaysia in its real sense. Until that time Barisan National still cannot dissolve the parties under its umbrella to dilute the coalition or alliance and form a SINGLE party. when can we hear the speech "I have a dream!" Shall we wait for another 5 scores years after 1957 to achieve Bangsa Malaysia?

Bangsa Malaysia and Bahasa Malaysia

Hi Bangsa Malaysia! You trust the u-turn to Bahasa Malaysia? or a phase in the metamorphosis of Bahasa Melayu into Bahasa Malaysia and back at last to Bahasa Melayu again in a decade or sooner. What is that pi mai pi mai tang tu? It's malaysian way of life that reflects the political temperature or climate of the nation. Yes or no? Not only the name changes quite often but the grammatical rules of the "bahasa" too. Pity the kids and the Gen2 or Gen3....since Merdeka 1957. If you see the setting up of DBP does not make Bahasa Melayu apa nama...Bahasa Malaysia predictable and conform to the grammatical rules just like other great languages of the world like English Language, Mandarin, Arabic, Tamil, etc. May be BM is dynamic and versatile..thus no fixed rules at all. Remember we do not have a "Agung's Malay" just like the "Queen's English" in case there is a confusion to settle with. No Bahasa Baku or standard Malay so no benchmark for the language.You can do what you like as long as there is communication. Will it suffer the fate of "Jawi" that the malays have long forgotten. One day they need to consult RO Winstedt or Abdullah Munshi to teach them again the alphabets of Jawi. I'm astrayed again. Back to BM, hopefully there will be a law enacted in parliament that will translate itself into actions in DBP, the exam halls, varsities and real life of Malaysians.