The climate in Malaysia has changed since. It is normal to rain in the mornings, fiery hot in the afternoons. When it is time for bed, the nights are so warm, it is difficult to sleep. Couple with the mosquitoes, it is hell’s night.
I did not get to sleep on Friday night, not a wink, all because of one menacing mosquito. Just one can cause havoc in a person’s life. What if it is a horde?
I really wanted to continue with my sleep came morning but my mom and I had to meet up with my nieces for lunch in Pudu. As usual I was running late. A diehard habit of defying punctuality is scheduling my itinerary to the last minute.
The traffic jam started from USJ 3 and stretched to Guinness Stout. Accident la, I told my mom. The police had set up a roadblock. I did not know why until I read in the papers that the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) would be holding a demonstration at the British High Commission tomorrow. “They are filing a suit against the British Government for bringing in Indians as indentured labourers to Malaya and exploiting them.”
Seems like it is a trend to hold rallies and demonstrations in Malaysia nowadays. First the Malays and now the Indians. What about the Chinese. We do not want to be kiasu too. To whom are we to direct our grievances. On what topics we should raise. Ha, perhaps, we can sue the Chinese government for sending our forefathers as servants to accompany the Ming Princess, Hang Li Po to Malacca to marry Sultan Mansor Shah.
The Beijing government have strong principles, unmoving beliefs and stern actions. I can imagine them echoing our ancestors, “Money, I am not giving you a cent, but you come back and help us plough the land”.
I did not get to sleep on Friday night, not a wink, all because of one menacing mosquito. Just one can cause havoc in a person’s life. What if it is a horde?
I really wanted to continue with my sleep came morning but my mom and I had to meet up with my nieces for lunch in Pudu. As usual I was running late. A diehard habit of defying punctuality is scheduling my itinerary to the last minute.
The traffic jam started from USJ 3 and stretched to Guinness Stout. Accident la, I told my mom. The police had set up a roadblock. I did not know why until I read in the papers that the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) would be holding a demonstration at the British High Commission tomorrow. “They are filing a suit against the British Government for bringing in Indians as indentured labourers to Malaya and exploiting them.”
Seems like it is a trend to hold rallies and demonstrations in Malaysia nowadays. First the Malays and now the Indians. What about the Chinese. We do not want to be kiasu too. To whom are we to direct our grievances. On what topics we should raise. Ha, perhaps, we can sue the Chinese government for sending our forefathers as servants to accompany the Ming Princess, Hang Li Po to Malacca to marry Sultan Mansor Shah.
The Beijing government have strong principles, unmoving beliefs and stern actions. I can imagine them echoing our ancestors, “Money, I am not giving you a cent, but you come back and help us plough the land”.
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