Ungrateful Malaysian Indians.

I was appalled after reading the demands by HINDRAF ( Hindu Rights Action Force ) which is totally baseless and incredulous .It claimed that the Indians in Malaysia are being marginalised and that they are not given equal opportunities in this country . While in the neighbourhood where I am staying I could see quite a number of wealthy Indians . While sending my grand daughter to school I also see many of them driving porch cars sending their children to school . There is even one street in Klang town ,Jalan Tengku Dziauddin ,which is dominated by the Indians .The buildings/shops in that area and the businesses are owned by them . Professions such as the doctors and lawyers are also dominated by them . The second richest man in Malaysia Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan is an Indian .Tan Sri Arumugam Pillay is another wealthy Indian man .I just find it hard and difficult to accept their claims as the truth .They must have been talking cock and bull stories . Of course there are poor Indians as the other races too . Those poor are those who are lazy and do not want to take the opportunities that are abundantly available to them . Infact the government have allowed the Indians to join institutions like Giat MARA , Institut Kemahiran MARA , MRSM and many more which were actually meant for bumiputras . The government too has allowed the MIC to establish it's own Medical Universities/Colleges like the Manipal Medical College in Malacca and the Asia Pacific Science and Medical College in Sungai Petani whose students are mainly Indians .

Hindraf actually is a society that projects extreme Hindu sentiments which could be dangerous to the stability of the country . Now it has gone too far by demanding equal status as of the bumputras . In other words they are demanding the special position of the bumiputras as enshrined in the Federal Constitution be abolished . This is a dangerous demand which any bumiputra would not accept that .

Hindraf also is suing the British government for bringing in their forefathers from India as indentured labourers and is claiming a certain trillion amount of US dollars which would entitled them a $ US 1,000,000/-each individual Malaysian Indian, if they succeed in the suit , which we all know is very unlikely . They have given the poor ignorant and illiterate Indians a false hope . They are just seeking publicity to become famous for their own personal agenda . Infact the Indians in Malaysia should be grateful to the British for bringing them here because their living standards are much better than their counterparts/relatives in India .They are ungrateful Malaysian Indians . The Indians are dangerous people just as the English proverb/idiom that says , " If there is and Indian and a snake infront of you , do not kill the snake first but kill the Indians first . " . The British knew about this years ago , only we the Malays did not want to believe it . Today , we regret it but it is too late .

The Election Commission has to be reformed .

I did not believe that the government won the election by unscruplous means until I received a letter from the Election Commission bearing the name of an unknown young Malay lady and having an address of our home in Shah Alam . This took place just a few weeks before the 1999 General Election . I believed that the lady was a Puteri Umno member from somewhere else who was assigned to vote in the Shah Alam parliamentary constituency . I did not know how many phantom voters like that were imported from somewhere else during that General Election .I believed the number could have been substantial so as to enable the BN candidate to narrowly win against the Keadilan candidate .That is why I am not surprised if the same tactic would be used again in the coming General Election .

Bersih - a loose coalition of NGOs and opposition political parties have been fighting very hard for the government to reform it's Election Commission so that the coming General Election would be a fair one . All their calls and memos have been received into deaf ears and no action positive was taken by the government to rectify . So , was it fair for the government to stop the masses to demonstrate and made known their grouses through street demonstrations ? The government had refused to listen and instead boasted that they did not have to demonstrate but should exercise their rights as voters in the General Election , just because they are sure of winning the election . But how can the people exercise their rights when the election is blatantly rigged ?

10th November 2007 was a sad day for the ordinary citizens of Malaysia because on that day the government used the Police to intimidate the people and had also unnecessarily used force on them who were just merely exercising their rights as per Article 10 of the Federal Constitution and Article 20 of the U.N. Human Rights Declaration . It was also amusing for the Chief Police Officer of Kuala Lumpur to come out with a preposterous statement that the Police would arrest anyone found wearing yellow shirt on that day . I do not know from where did he learned that wearing yellow was an offence . Worst still was the Minister of Information Zainuddin Maideen's telephone interview with Aljazeera TV news casters . His English was horrible and did not befit that of a Minister of this country . I just could not believe my ears and eyes when he categorically accused the Aljazeera as being bias in their reportings when actually that was the real situation . Infact it was the local TV and newspapers were the one of being unfair in their reportings when they mentioned that the crowd that took part in the demonstration were only about 4,000 (while in actual fact it was close to 50,000) and that the Police did not used force . Was it justified for the Police to fire tear gas on the peaceful demonstrators ? Some of them were even got beaten by them . Aljazeera being an independent TV station was very professional in their reportings and they would not bow down to pressures from the Minister. Bersih had done their part and I think this should be an eye opener for the government to be more responsive to the plight and grouses of the people .

The government's old tactic of suppressing fair reportings would not last long because the people are no more stupid and ignorant like those in the yester years . More and more people now have access to the internet and they gradually know the actual situation . I am not against the BN government but I believe in being fair . I am fed up with the misdeeds and wrongdoings of the government and want them rectified for the good of the nation and not to the advantage of the few privileged BN leaders .

My daughter in law is expecting a baby .

Last Friday 2nd.November 2007 , my son Azman and his wife Shidah left for a holiday in Bali , Indonesia . They are expected to be away till Monday . Before they left they told us they are expecting a baby soon . According to them it was confirmed by the doctor . I was so happy because our grand daughter Alisya is already big and no more considered a baby . I guess we miss the cries and the smell of babies in our home .

I have been praying very hard so that we would have a few more grand children to ensure the continuity of my offspring in this world . This time I would prefer a grandson . However I would accept whatever God decide best for us .

Visiting relatives in Perak .

Since my retirement I have always wanted to visit my relatives in Perak whom I have not met for many years . I realized that we are getting old and that we should renew our relationships at least before we part from this world . So last Saturday on 27th October 2007 early morning I and my wife left our home to go to Southern Perak . We stopped over in Sungai Besar town to have my favourite ' pecal ' and ' soto ' . After the meal I phoned my mother and asked her whether she would like to follow us to Teluk Intan and Bagan Datok . Surprisingly she answered in the affirmative . So , after picking her up in her house we proceeded to Teluk Intan .

We had some difficluties finding the house but after 2 or 3 inquiries finally we managed to locate it . It was a very decent house located in Kampong Padang Tembak , a few kilometers from Teluk Intan town . I was so happy to meet my cousin brother whom I have not seen for almost 40 years. We hugged each other and later we talked over our childhood days . He is about a year older than me . He had suffered from a stroke and was bedridden for almost a year . He went for therapy at the Teluk Intan Hospital 3 times a week since then and today he is able to walk again although his feet and left hand were not that strong any more . We remained in the house till about 12.20 pm. We then went to Teluk Intan town to have the so called famous the Teluk Intan ' mee rebus ' . After that we stopped by the town mosque to perform zohor prayers .

At about 2.30 pm. we came to Selekoh town ,a small town near Bagan Datok to visit another cousin by the name Baadin Ahmad , a retired Felda estate Manager . He was working in the Felda estates in Negeri Sembilan for many years before retiring in the kampong . He is now looking after his own oil palm plantation . There we also met an uncle who was about 80 years old . Later we came to a cousin sister's house nearby . She was already very old and almost senile . I did not know whether she recognised us . Selekoh town brought back memories to my childhood days .It was there that I had my primary school education before my family moved to Sabak Bernam .

On our way back to my kampong in Sg. Air Tawar , we stopped over a relative's house in Sabak Bernam . Here we met Hj.Abd.Latif a distant relative . He told me that he was already 74 years old and was getting weak . He was sad and cried infront of us . I told him not to worry so much because that could worsen his health .

As it was getting dark , we decided to put up a night in my mother's house .

The next morning we went to the grave of my late grand mother at Sungai Air Tawar. (That was the main reason of my coming back to the kampong ) . I recited the verse ' Alfatihah ' from the ' Alquran ' and the doa for her . I prayed to God that she be accepted among the faithfulls and be in Heaven . I was so touched and almost cried .

On our way home we stopped over in Sg.Lias ,Sunga Besar to visit an auntie who was also old and bedridden . She is the last of my late father's surviving sister . Unfortunately no one opened the door when we called . We had to leave the place although we suspected there was some one inside .

I was satisfied with the trip . We were able to meet the old relatives and God willing we hope we could visit them again next year's Hari Raya .