"Fly the flag" campaign (or something like that) has been going on for weeks now. However, certain Malaysian minister has expressed disappointment - there seems to be lack of support for the drive from the public.

I don't know about cold shoulders but I saw a residential area wrapped with flags about a week ago:



Whatever it is, I'm sure he will be happy with all those flags. And I'm sure, some of us would be happier if a model had gone naked instead draped in Jalur Gemilang. I know I do.

Oh, well. Seven more hours to the 48th anniversery of a free Malaya. Seven hours and 17 days to 42 years of the Malaysian Federation.

Or.

Hai. Tujuh jam lagi untuk ulangtahun ke-48 Malaya yang merdeka. Tujuh jam dan 17 hari lagi untuk menyambut harijadi ke-42 Persekutuan Malaysia .

Goddamn, I took way too much time to translate that into Malay. If anybody could od any better, be my guest.

p/s - finally, Google Adsense. It's on the left side of the screen, below all the links and other nonsense. I know it's not a strategic place to have the ads but hey, I'll think of something when I'm ready to properly update my template.

pp/s - alright, I've moved it way down. Way down. I'm making it as unintrusive as possible.