Celebrate today, think about tomorrow

AS I age, I have started to rethink what Malaysia Day means to me.

What does my country mean to me? Everything. What makes a country? A country is nothing more than an abstract concept; a collection of people who find enough common ground to belong together, to seek common goals.

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