Today is the August 17 yeayy! It marks 70 years of Indonesia's independence and it is indeed a day to celebrate. Today is obviously a national holiday but students and civil workers are required to attend the flag ceremony in their respective work places. The ceremony usually lasts for like a little less than an hour. It's not necessarily a fun thing to do but when you consider the historical vibe that's going on around then it's really something you'd do without having anything in return.
Oh, and I definitely have to tell you about the ongoing tradition we have when it's nearing this exact day. Usually each and every neighbourhoods would sort of host various "competitions". I wouldn't really call them competitions because they're too not serious to be considered so but technically they're still a competition so, yeah. I don't really know how to explain or give examples about the competitions we have because if you're somebody not from Indonesia then you would then read it with one of your eyebrows raised. But basically one of them usually involves hanging several "kerupuk"s (it's some kind of a cracker) on ropes in the middle of a field and there would be a few people trying to devour it as fast as they can without using their hands and the fastest wins. Don't tell me you've actually got a raised eyebrow already.
But let's talk about the serious stuff here. You see, 70 years is not a short period of time. It's a hell lot of time. I would get killed of boredom if I were to sit in a chair for 70 years and I'm sure you would too unless you have no more humanity left in your soul. So, yeah, 70 years. The thing that I want t highlight here is that after those 70 years we still haven't actually accomplished what we wanted. We haven't made this country a strong one. We haven't made this nation a solid one. We haven't made Indonesia an advanced enough country to be considered a major force in the world. And that is indeed a fail. Well let's not get to the complicated things. Let's just make it as simple as possible. We haven't even been able to educate our people properly. There are a lot of Indonesians with disgusting mindsets on their head. They throw rubbish wherever the heck they want, they don't have the awareness to help those in need, they don't think about the nature and environment, etc. All sorts of things are still wrong here.
That is why a agree with the slogan on our 70th independence day. It says "Ayo Kerja" which means, "Let's Work". It's a very simple slogan. Almost overly too simple. But it's probably the only thing we have to do in the future in order to recourse our nation to the right way. And therefore that overly simple slogan is also overly on point. I really do hope that other Indonesians could also take this message as serious as I do. We need to work. We have lost a lot of time but we can still do something. We can still make a change in the way we think and the way we act so that we could realise what has been the dream of all Indonesians. So it's our choice. It's mine as well. And I choose to do what the slogan says.
Oh, and I definitely have to tell you about the ongoing tradition we have when it's nearing this exact day. Usually each and every neighbourhoods would sort of host various "competitions". I wouldn't really call them competitions because they're too not serious to be considered so but technically they're still a competition so, yeah. I don't really know how to explain or give examples about the competitions we have because if you're somebody not from Indonesia then you would then read it with one of your eyebrows raised. But basically one of them usually involves hanging several "kerupuk"s (it's some kind of a cracker) on ropes in the middle of a field and there would be a few people trying to devour it as fast as they can without using their hands and the fastest wins. Don't tell me you've actually got a raised eyebrow already.
But let's talk about the serious stuff here. You see, 70 years is not a short period of time. It's a hell lot of time. I would get killed of boredom if I were to sit in a chair for 70 years and I'm sure you would too unless you have no more humanity left in your soul. So, yeah, 70 years. The thing that I want t highlight here is that after those 70 years we still haven't actually accomplished what we wanted. We haven't made this country a strong one. We haven't made this nation a solid one. We haven't made Indonesia an advanced enough country to be considered a major force in the world. And that is indeed a fail. Well let's not get to the complicated things. Let's just make it as simple as possible. We haven't even been able to educate our people properly. There are a lot of Indonesians with disgusting mindsets on their head. They throw rubbish wherever the heck they want, they don't have the awareness to help those in need, they don't think about the nature and environment, etc. All sorts of things are still wrong here.
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That is why a agree with the slogan on our 70th independence day. It says "Ayo Kerja" which means, "Let's Work". It's a very simple slogan. Almost overly too simple. But it's probably the only thing we have to do in the future in order to recourse our nation to the right way. And therefore that overly simple slogan is also overly on point. I really do hope that other Indonesians could also take this message as serious as I do. We need to work. We have lost a lot of time but we can still do something. We can still make a change in the way we think and the way we act so that we could realise what has been the dream of all Indonesians. So it's our choice. It's mine as well. And I choose to do what the slogan says.
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