When we're just by ourselves, we are nothing. But when we're one, we are something!

I once watched an A1 GP on Star Sports and the commentator that time said something that made me pretty ecstatic. Not because it was pretty good or like that but it was pretty patriotic. The commentator said, "Gentlemen, for the pride of your nation, start your engines!" Wow, that suddenly lit a fire inside my heart and I was of desire. It was pretty great for me since the commentator wanted to say that you have to be proud of your nation and when you are competing in a competition like the A1 GP, your nation's pride is at stake. If you do well, you'll be a hero in your nation but if you do bad you'll turn from hero to zero and your nation will actually be like humiliated. 

I once heard a friend of mine said, "What can we expect from our country? Nothing!! We can do nothing! We can hope nothing! Our country is hopeless!"At first I was a bit angry but after I thought for a while, what my friend just said was actually kinda reflects the truth of this nation. We all know that our country gained its independence approximately 63 years ago, but actually like a historian once said, we never actually gained our real independence. It was an independence because the Dutch and the Japanese left the country. It was only a symbol of 'independence' but it never actually reflected our real independence. 

Why did I say "real independence"? Because actually there's not very much different between now and the times before the 17th of August 1945. Our country is still a developing country without any prospect at all of becoming a developed one. Well, maybe there's a prospect but our dream future maybe can only be established like 50 to a century from now. We are still dealing with various kinds of problems. A high rate of inflation, about 6 %, is a perfect example. 6 maybe seem little but it's' actually big. 6% per year will actually be 60% in 10 years and you can actually imagine what a 60% inflation will do to our country's economy. 

So, what can we do to gain our real independence? If we are just by ourselves, we are nothing. But when we're one, we are something. When we are together we can be the instruments of change. We can do things to revolutionize this country. I know that I know little but I do know how to get out of this problem. First, we are to support our government. We believe that our government is the best that we can get right now. Second, education should get our largest attention. By having educated people, we can actually retrieve what we have lost! We can build our country once again and we can make things count. Third, our morality should be revolutionized. We need to have a burning spirit in our heart that we want this country to be a mature one. How can we do that? By doing those 3 major steps. 

Can those 3 major steps provide us success? I don't know since only time can tell. As people often say, times change and people change. Let's just hope that this change brings our country success and wealth so that its people can get out of poverty and start living a worthy life. God bless you all.