"Merdeka"

Joined Paul and his cousin at B.Feringghi Pasar Malam.I found that night market there is different from my area as it has chinese,malay and indian stalls, a multi-racial night market i would call. Anyway, no planning for tonight Merdeka's eve and most probably will be at home, its going to be jam pack in club and traffic jam at town. Happy birthday Malaysia. emm.. keeps me wondering what if this word "Merdeka" does not exist in Malay language, what would we have to say for our country's national day then ?? Care to give comments here. Anyway, Happy Birthday Malaysia!