Merdeka

31st August 2005, Kuala Lumpur - Another birthday celebration for Malaysia (well, actually if you really think about it, our national day is actually really the national day for Malaya/ Peninsular Malaysia). There's this misconception that Malaysia celebrates its National Day today. A celebration that it has gained it's freedom from our former colonial master on 31st August 1957. Come to think of it, Sabah and Sarawak were still part of the colonies of the British Empire right until September 1963.