Mah-lay-see-ah, you can be a star


National Geographic magazine's articles on Malaysia 20 years apart. The one in 1977 is headlined, Youthful nation with growing pains, while the 1997 article is an upbeat Rising Star.

This was apparently a TV jingle from 1997. How come we don’t remember it?

“THE more things change, the more they stay the same.”

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