Yes, you guessed it. I am still not in the mood of writing.
Here is Flinders Street Station in Melbourne.
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Author: Hafiz Noor Shams
For more about me, please read this.
I have always loved war memorials. I have been to the Tugu Negara in Kuala Lumpur multiple of times. When I was in Washington D.C. for a very short stay, I visited the war memorials there. Likewise in Sydney and Melbourne. The reason for my love for war memorials is not because that I glorify wars. Rather, it is closely related to my love of history.
While I do think wars sometimes are necessary, especially when liberty is under attack to make wars a serious option for libertarians, I do not cherish the thoughts of its necessity. Wars are never pretty but the wars that Malaysia went through, notably against Japanese imperialism during World War II, against communist terrorism for a good part of the country’s history and against attempt of invasion by Indonesia during the formation of Malaysian federation, were certainly wars that could not be avoided in terms of preservation of liberty.
Australia is one of several countries which have dedicated its men and women to the defense of Malaysia or its current components prior to 1963. Malaysia won the wars because of countries like Australia.
Australia remembers this in Sydney in form of the Anzac War Memorial…
…and in Melbourne in form of the Shrine of Remembrance:
Belated maybe, but I say thank you nonetheless. It has been a fruitful alliance.
I am still not in the mood of writing. I think it is the post-Melbourne blues. I have missed a column for The Malaysian Insider last week. The return of World of Warcraft to my life does not help either. The way things are going at the moment, I might miss another week. Oh, the editor will be so pleased.
But, I am in the mood of posting pictures. Here is another one from my recent trip.
This is one of the famed Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road. The name of this particular formation is Island Archway. It was an archway. The arch collapsed in June 2009.
I was on the road last week, and I found this along the Great Ocean Road.
One of the coolest road signs ever, I must say.
