Thread: Indonesian Natioal Anthem

Tintin,
I don't know why exactly. I was a combination of things. Unity, belief...I just dig seeing young kids belting out a tune and this lot seemed to do it with passion. :D

...By the way, what is the attraction with garden gnomes?...Sorry, I didn't mean you. I meant people in general who keep the little blighters.

You mean like the Irish and their convict descendants?

I don't know. Might have to do with "magic", "spells" and keeping up with the Joyces, (like James living in Paris all that time). Maybe I've mixed up garden gnomes with leprechauns.

"Magic" is all around us. All one has to do to see it is believe in it. Simple.

I'm finding the current tract of crabby posts lately rather tiring. The temperature/humidity combination rating, (the "Heat Index"), is between 43-47 Celsius every day of the week, already for months. I've seen geckos dropping off the ceiling.

Here we go, yet again:

...Even these kids stood to attention and sang the song with the same enthusiasm as the others. I was so proud of them.

Jimbo comes at you with his questions, like:

...1) Why were you "so proud" upon hearing the the Indonesian National Anthem? Are you Indonesian?

motormouth said he was proud of them. There's a difference.

And BTW, if we're going to start nit-picking:

Along with the Pacasila it brings many different people together in a diverse country.

How come you can't spell Pancasila? And presumably, you're thinking of becoming an "Indonesian citizen", soon?

It takes an old fart and a half to know an old fart.

People who live in glass houses should find bigger stones.
People who live in stone houses should have garden gnomes, (with glass eyes).
...Please get out of the road if you can't lend your hand...

Maybe somebody should upload a version of the Indonesian National Anthem so we can all hear it. I could, but it's too bloody hot. I'll leave it to the more passionate ones amongst us.

Anybody know when the atmosphere is going to catch on fire?

:shock: 8)

There is an instrumental version of it as an MP3 file here
http://www.national-anthems.net/ID
and the history and lyricis are given in the Wikipedia article here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_Raya

Please accept my humblest apology, Jimbo.

The heat is really affecting me.
BTW, I've never regarded you as a cynic. Quite the opposite.

:D