Gemilang 60

Okay so my bro plus a couple of my cousins are participating in this Saturday's annual Padang celebration when the Sultan comes here and watches kids dance. I'm lucky I've never been doing it all my life... the dances my bro and the rest must do... ugh.

For MKJB (my bro's school) they'll be dancing to a recording of the opening ceremony of last month's World Cup, I was like "where have I listened to this before..." until I suddenly realised after they played it a second time.

And when every school enters the field, the theme for this year's celebration plays. It goes

Gemilang, terus gemilang
Gemilang, tetap gemilang
Gemilang Belait gemilang
Gemilang Enam Puluh

and add a few male choir singers who-sound-like-they're-doing-it-the-first-time and some cheesy and generic patriotic tune. While they enter or leave the field, they clap in unison. I was going like wtf... when I first saw it.

But eh, cheesiness aside, I don't think I'll be attending anything else that's on Saturday since I'll have to be at the Padang.