It was a pleasant surprise to be welcomed with birthday wishes by the indigenous communities of Sarawak on my visit yesterday. I also appreciate the birthday comments and tweets I have received thus far. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

Yesterday's visit reminded me again of how 1Malaysia can truly work for all of us. After a day of social events and ceremonies around Baram, Bekenu and Miri, including my visit with several indigenous communities, my thoughts gravitated towards the next 1Malaysia gathering with my online friends. Those of you who attended the last event at my house in March this year were asked to give your feedback on the event. Your response had been overwhelmingly positive, with almost all of you expressing interest in attending or helping out with future events. I am certain that we all found the dialogue session valuable and insightful and I am especially pleased that all of you stated that you would recommend friends and family to register for the next event. I hope they do.

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While recording my video response to some blog comments, which I had posted yesterday, I also thought of recording a special video message for my 1Malaysia.com.my visitors and online friends. You can watch the video message below, as well as a video of my thoughts on 2009 and what is to come in 2010.

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At the start of 2009, I had forecasted a year full of challenges for us all, which would require the collective efforts of all Malaysians to overcome. During this past short Christmas break I spent some time to reflect upon the milestones of the year, which I had recorded through my website.

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