Early Merdeka(Independence Day) morning, my girls and I were up and we took the LRT to Masjid Jamek and walked the short distance it was to Dataran Merdeka, but even at 7 am, the place was thronging with hundreds or thousands of people who were all up and about with the same mindset my girls and I had... wanting to celebrate Merdeka there..

I was hoping to find myself a spot near the media place but I did not even know where it was and the crowd was just building even despite the slight drizzle there was...