Kalau ada sumur di ladang, boleh kita menumpang mandi
Kalau ada umurku panjang, boleh kita berjumpa lagi

Reff.
Rasa sayange… rasa sayang sayange…
Eeee lihat dari jauh rasa sayang sayange

Rasa Sayange - it’s a typical Indonesian traditional song which I often heard since my childhood in Jakarta. Actually, it was nothing special to me, just like another many traditional Indonesian songs from Indonesia (and Indonesia has hundred, if not thousands, of tradional music, songs and culture). It wasn’t my favourite either. Rasa Sayange is talking about the possibility of reunion and mostly singed at farewell parties in Indonesia or just if one has boredom. But Rasa Sayange becomes special for millions of Indonesian and me since it was stolen from us by Malaysia, just like Nasi Goreng or Batik. Right now, it seems bad since they’ve done their travel advertising with this song as the companion. Malaysia is really Malingsia (”Maling” means thief in Bahasa Indonesia). As Malaysia stole many of our culture for their travel advertising purpose, we change their travel symbol with “Malingsia - Truly Maling Asia“.

Really, we never realize how valuable something is until we lose it…

Malingsia