Malaysia Flag

Thursday (26/08/2010)

Unity starts from the seeds we plant. Thus, unity begins form a young child. As adults, we must always be aware of our speech and actions as they influence their growth. When I was young, I was surrounded by people of all races. We played together, shared celebratios together and helped one another when in troubles. We never discriminate. It is only when I step into the career world, I hear and see unsatisfactions. I still love Malaysia because I believe it will change for the better. So, shower our kids with love and optimism. It is only when they grow up, they can decide what's good or bad especially in politics. That, I guess will be fairer....

a) Malaysia Map.
* I drew Malaysia on the board and the kids said that it is actually very small in the world map. True. Jun Yu asked me where Taiwan is, Yun Xin asked where China is and etc. Thus, I sketched a world map. They were amazed that Singapore is very tiny. In fact, it is smaller than Melaka area but Singapore's fast and well development makes its reason to stand out.
* I introduced the 14 different states as well as West and East Malaysia. They were excited to see the indication of Klang and also KL.

b) The "Jalur Gemilang" flag.
* The kids have been colouring Malaysia flag these few days. Thus, I tested them about it.
* How many stripes are there? What colours are them?
* What does red and white represent?
* How about yellow colour? What about the moon and the stars? What does blue mean?
* As they didn't know, we took today's session to learn about Malaysia Flag.
* The red stripes represent courage to love our country.
* White stripes represent purity in Malaysians's actions. Examaple: be honest and no bribary.
* Yellow used to be the Royal colour. Those days, anyone who wore yellow would be caught as it was illegal. However, yellow was then made the colour for all people. Besides, yellow is a cheerful olour.
* The moon represents Malaysia formal religion, Islam. Yet, Malaysians are free to choose their religion.
* The 14 pointed-star represents the 14 states of Malaysia.
* Dark blue represents unity of all the 14 states.

c) 1 malaysia.
* The kids learnt about this logo as it was introduced by our 6th Prime Minister, Datuk Najib.
* It is the call for unity of all races.

d) Colouring.
* The kids started colouring their flag. They were careful with the colour they chose. Example: dark blue and not light blue. Bright red and not dark red. Thus, they had to learn to share the colours.
* Then, they cut the flag and pasted to a straw. They will be doing a short parade on Monday; our Merdeka Eve.
* We sang our favourite Merdeka song again. Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!