INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONY

My answer for a question what your plan for this long weekend was always returned in mocking sense, “Oh please, flag independence ceremony?”

Instead of supporting the pity comment with grumbling and mumbling, this year I see the flag ceremony obligation as a privilege. When could we sing our anthem before our flying flag? While we don’t achieve many awards that required our anthem sung abroad, August 17 is the moment.

INDONESIA RAYA

Recite and sing our anthem once a year folks, otherwise Malaysia may claim the anthem belong to them too, lol.

INDONESIA RAYA

Indonesia tanah airku tanah tumpah darahku

Di sana lah aku berdiri jadi pandu ibuku

Indonesia kebangsaanku bangsa dan tanah airku

Marilah kita berseru Indonesia bersatu

Hiduplah tanahku hiduplah negeriku

Bangsaku rakyatku semuanya

Bangunlah jiwanya bangunlah badannya

untuk Indonesia Raya

Indonesia Raya merdeka merdeka

Tanahku negeriku yang kucinta

Indonesia Raya merdeka merdeka

Hiduplah Indonesia Raya

TVRI KAMPRET

I was filled with joy watched Maria Kristin Yulianti’s amazing performance for bronze medal single woman badminton Olympic when suddenly TVRI, the only official Olympic broadcast TV changed the show with first lady’s awarding ceremony for teachers in LIVE! Gosh, do they have priority at all?

We were not waiting for Michael Phelp get the seventh gold medal, we were waiting our badminton heroes and heroin fighting to make bloody-fighting Indonesian flag fly in prestigious Olympic games. Despite the mission of state-owned channel as government communication media, TVRI should have priority. I believed the first lady would not mind to broadcast her formal ceremony replayed.