can you sing your national anthem?

@ckyera (17331)
Philippines
June 9, 2009 12:21pm CST
when we are still on school i think all of us know how to sing our national anthem, we memorized it, we can sing it very well..but as we become older sometimes we tend to forget some of its lines...it sometimes happens to me that when i try to sing it one time and my husband hears me singing it, he told me that i'm missing some lines...huh! can't believe it! what a shame...:-( how about you? do you still memorize your national anthem and can still sing it very well? thanks and have a nice day! :-)
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@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
thats funny...i could sing it very well with a copy..lol honestly?i could not even sing or memorize properly....with out someone singing together with me!lol...im so ashame...hehehe..and i could not write the whole song!it keeps on repeating and repeating the same stanza...back when i was high school in our exam national anthem is always included and i always got low score!hmmmm!ohhhh me....
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
hahaha...you are funny! hehehe...and over! even when you are on school you don't really memorize it? hahaha....i'll put you on jail! hehehe well atleast me, when i am on school, i know it very well even if i am always absent on flag ceremonies! hahaha.... of course i can also sing it with a copy! hahaha no, serious, i can sing it with music, without music, i know the lyrics but like what i've said there are times that i forget some line...huhuhu....
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
hehehe, well i guess its a shameful thing to sing the national anthem in front of many Filipinos and then forget some lines...
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
i still know how to sing it but i do forgot the lines!hahhaahha.you cant put me in jail cause i wasnt the one who sang the national anthem in manny pacman's boxing!lol..hahahahahahah!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
10 Jul 09
haha =D I think i have forgotten them all, unless i hear the tune of it again.. hehe ^_^ IF i'm to recall now, i definitely wont be able to do it because there are just too many different tunes and melody inside my head.. hehe ^_^ BUt when the music is being played, i guess i should be able to sing at least some parts of it, though forgetting the lyrics as well.. hehe ^_^ BUt i have really forgotten about my country's pledge.. lol =D It's been almost 10years or so since i last sing my national anthem and saying of the pledge.. haha
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
11 Jul 09
lol =D Reserved army is meant for war times.. IN times of war, who cares if u still remember the pledge or national anthem right?? lol =D Right now, i only remember the 1st sentence of our pledge, 'We, the citizens of singapore, pledge ourselves to be one united ple'.. lol =D And the rest are all history.. hehe ^_^ Well, i do earn when i respond to new discussions right?? hehe ^_^ SO it's beneficial for both of us too ^_^
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
11 Jul 09
ah okay...funny if an army is singing his anthem while fighting! hehehe...but can be an inspiration...hahahah i just know my anthem and pledge in my language, i am not good in its english version... well yes, its beneficial for both of us...so go go go....
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
11 Jul 09
haha...country's pledge? oh well you just remind me...that i also forgotten our pledge! i just know the first and second line the rest not much...maybe i remember some lines but in not proper order...maybe its time for me to review it! i thought you still very well know your anthem since you are a reserved army before...i thought its a must for people who are serving the country...hehehe thanks for bringing to life again my old discussions! have a nice day!
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@daliaj (5674)
• India
17 Jul 09
This is an interesting question. I can sing my national anthem. I used to sing it everyday at the time of leaving school when I was a kid. I have also sung it many times for other mettings. I am not good at pronouncing all the words corectly in the national anthem, but I can kind of sing it. Our national anthem is written in a language whcih I am not faimilar with.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
but at least its good to know that you still know it and can still sing it! by the way, why is it not familiar to you? on what language it is written?
@threnos (216)
• Canada
24 Jul 09
I think that I could sing it but only if I was singing it with someone else and had some time to think about the lyrics and to try to remember them. I know that while I was in school the teachers listened to the class singing and thought that everyone was getting the words mixed up or just humming! When they asked their classes to write down the lyrics everyone did simply awful! No one got the lyrics right not even the smartest students! I remember my mom use to get the words wrong to the Lord's Prayer also.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
hehehe..that's really the usual case in school...when we sing with a group we think that we really know it when actually what we just know are few lines and the hymns...hehehe
@cncity (46)
• China
14 Jul 09
Of couse I sing my national anthem,I like it very much! But I don't sing frequently,whenever there is a solemn ceremony,many people sing togher,it is very serious! I am a chinese ,my nation anthem is very majestic and delightful,I hope that if you have an opportunity ,you can listen to it!Thank you! have a nice day!
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
sure...i would like to... actually the national anthem that i have already listened to is the USA and Mexico... thanks for sharing and i will search about your anthem! have a nice day! :-)
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
14 Jul 09
Hi cncity, how long is the Chinese National Anthem?
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
yes absolutely! i can sing it completely. When we were having our class, our professor surprised us with a quiz wherein we must write the whole lyrics of our national anthem. Fortunately, i get to pass that quiz with one mistake!Ü
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
oh i see...very good! hehehe so you are still a student now? well when i am also a student i also know my national anthem very well coz we always sing it in school!
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• Philippines
17 Jul 09
not really, i just graduated last april.Ü
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
Yeah, I am still able to sing it with the right words hehehe.. You know what's funny though? I tried singing it when I saw your discussion hahahaha.. and I realized I still got it. hahahaha
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
wow! and that's really great! *clap, clap, clap!* i think right now, all the lines of my anthem are coming back to me and i can also sing it now...
@sandymay16 (1617)
• Philippines
10 Jun 09
Yes, I can still memorize the national anthem but seldom does I sing it, only when there are occasions like in programs where second part is the singing of the NAtional Anthem. I can also sing some lines of it in English and Spanish Version. And well, I should not forget the NAtional Anthem because I can even sing the NAtional Anthem of the United States and France
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
11 Jul 09
wow...you are great! hehehe one thing for sure, i can't sing our anthem in english and spanish version and i don't have any idea about france's national anthem! thanks for sharing!
• India
14 Jul 09
Hi ckyera, it is the same here a while ago. After a long period I left school when i had to sing the national anthem for the first time, I found myself in a shameful condition. I saw that I could not remember even all the lines let alone all the words properly. It was such an awful condition that after returning home I memorized it word by word and promised never to forget again. Now that I have to sing it often, there is no chance of being in such a situation again. Moreover, my children also sing it as now they are in school. Once I saw a TV programme where pedestrians were selected randomly and were requested to sing the national anthem. The result - I could not believe. Not a single person know even a few lines correctly. What a shame for the nation. Sometimes I think it should be made compulsory to sing it periodically. But the very moment a thought comes to mind making it compulsory will have no effect, there are so many laws and rules that are not observed strictly. Rather it is a feeling that should come within. We must feel proud to be citizen of the country where we are born, where we live and where we pass our lives through generations (most of the time). Happy lotting
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
hi arkadeb! yes i think, most of us, or most of the citizens of a certain country tend to forget their national anthem coz it was taking for granted...sometimes we are just too confident about it or sometimes we think that it has no use at all...but i think it would be great if all of us know by heart our national anthem... your story about the pedestrians chosen randomly to sing the national anthem...hehehe i think if i am one of them, maybe i am also one of the one who will be on shame... but i swear...i can sing it now...provided its not acapella...hehehe... maybe people are just to busy...that's why... thanks for sharing!
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
13 Jul 09
Hi, Yeah, I can well sing my country's National Anthem. This is 'Jana gana, mana, adhinayak, jaya he..' It is of exactly 52 seconds.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
hi, i think you know very well your national anthem... thanks!
@abanerji (1026)
• India
9 Jun 09
i remember my national anthem very well. tough i don't sing it regularly but i pay due respect tot he nationnal anthem whenever i hear it. i remember evey word of it. i am from India. our national anthem is sung for 51 seconds. it was written by rabindranath tagore.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
10 Jun 09
hello...i also pay respect whenever i hear it playing, and i can sing along with it, its just that there are times when i sing it alone i tend to forget some lines...but not always! ;-)
• Indonesia
9 Jun 09
Yes, of course I do. I still remember my national anthem. I'm actually surprised to have known that you forgot some of the lines. Anyway, it's good that you realize it. It means you do care about your country and your national anthem. I can only suggest that you should memorize it again. It won't take long, won't it? Don't wait until your children ask you to sing along and they find that you miss some of the lines. He.. he.. Cheers!
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
10 Jun 09
hehehhe...i can sing it now...i reviewed it already! :-0
• China
17 Jul 09
Of course, because I have alreadly sung it countless times since I was a child, I can't forget it. Although I don't sing the national anthem very often, but when I sing, I think I can sing it right, actually the tune is very simple. have a nice day, friend.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
thanks for sharing friend! i am not really familiar with your national anthem...i wish i can know it one time...
@candy2306 (576)
• India
13 Jul 09
I haven't forgotten my national anthem yet! My husband did, when I heard his national anthem was on tv, I asked him for the meaning and requested him to sing. Unfortunatly, he couldn't remember the lines!! What a shame..I started to tease him each time since than!
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
hehe, yes its a shame if we don't even remember our national anthem, that's why me upon knowing that i started to forget some lines, huh! i review it again and i sing it and sing it in my mind...well what is just good to me is that when i hear the music i can really sing with it...i definitely know the lyrics, but when there's no music, well that's the time that lyrics are going anywhere! hehehe thanks!
• India
20 Jul 09
yes when i am in schoool we sing national anthem,it is very nice in school to think about our country all the time it keeps us the reminding of our country in everyway we had two national songs , those are very good days we sing sonsg in ourt school i was an expert in singing in the song of national anthem sometime it was so that it also helped in the my many functions my singing song my singing level confidence has been increased so much it is good, so it is very good for me in now it also good that i was had no fear in singing in competition befoore many people in the stage so heppay many people on that of me.
• United States
9 Jun 09
Yeah I do sing my national anthem but I don't really sing it or anything else very well.