Martin Luther King

We've all heard of the great, Martin Luther King and his famous "I have a dream" speech. Honestly, I don't know who he is, and why he's so famous. Okay, so I did abit of research (yes, that's my life when I don't go out).

Martin Luther King was an actual PEACEMAKER. He was a leader for the American Civil rights movement and a Baptist minister. The youngest man to be ever awarded the Nobel PEACE Prize (I'm just surprised that there IS such a thing!). He promoted non-violence and equal rights between races. Just a brief intro. on who is this great legend! (Taken from our ever-so-reliable Wikipedia)

*Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring - when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children - black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"*

(It's the last paragraph of his speech. Intense eh?)

For the full speech http://http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/38.htm

Anyway, why did I choose this great man among many others to be the first post in the beginning of a new era (eitherwise known as my new blog)?

It's because OF HIM, I get to leave a day later to the land of Opportunity! Martin Luther King Day is on the 15th of January (because he was born on that day). So, the American Embassy is CLOSED! Nyahahahah! I can't make my visa on that day!

I truly love this man!

Thus he said,

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

And with this, I am given one more day of my Malaysia! Cheerz!