Happy National Day
To put it nicely, it's our nation's 39th birthday
To put it unceremoniously, it's the day our nation got booted out of Malaysia.
There is a contrast between what is winning sovereignty on one's own, and gaining independence because one had no choice. We're following the latter. People called "Nationalists" don't seem to exist on this island nation. Partially we couldn't fight for independence because the British wanted to cling on to us to feed themselves.