Majulah Singapura... Majulah Singapura...

The national anthem of Singapore is a familiar melody.

While I can sing it, but not as well as other anthem.

I always forgot my 'berseru' and often switch 'berjaya' with 'Majulah'

I can hum the song, but not sing.


But today I could sing without hesitation. So another anthem in my list. My list of anthems which I could sing well are:

Australia - Advance Australia Fair, just the first verse
New Zealand - both Maori and English version
South Africa - maybe with some mispronunciation.
Canada - English version. French so so. Accent-less French
Israel - Hatikvah
And of course our own anthem...

By singing well, I meant I can sing without minus one and lyrics. I memorized the lyrics very well.

Other anthems which I could sing/hum but not seamlessly.

Philippines - Lupang Hinirang, First second and last stanza. The third stanza is quite fast. Sa dagat at bundok, sa simoy at sa langit mog bughay. I'm not sure about the rest

Indonesia - First stanza and some word from the rest

Singapore - 90% pass.

Brunei - I could recognize the anthem by it's melody, but singing it is quite hard. Some part are too high.

Japan - well, not the national anthem, the royal anthem

And speaking of royal anthem God Save the Queen. Which is the other national anthem of NZ.

USA - I can sing part of it and just hum if I forget the words.

Spain - Viva Espana... Gloria la patria...

Argentina - I would recognize it, watch Rugby. (that explains why I can sing NZ's, ZA's and OZ's)

Tanzania - Since I know Nkosi sikelel iAfrika... I know the tune.



So Singapore, happy 50th birthday!!!

And one of my favourite blog from Singapore is RememberSingapore

http://remembersingapore.org/

Reminisce the past... the blogger did a good job on preserving some of the memories related to the city-state nation.