Change starts in You

We Are Blessed

2009-03-30T22:21:00.000-07:00

There is more to life here than just Samy Vellu, MIC, BN & PKR. Are we more concerned about "Current Leaders" and their way of life that we're totally ignorant about our "Future Leaders," who being our childrens? We are a prosperous country, we have clothes to wear, schools to attend, food to eat, friends and families and best of all clear skies with no grenades and rockets flying towards our roof. No need to compare us with Palestine or Rwanda but just compare us to Sri Lanka. We are blessed. We should be thankful for what we have now and look into what is there to be done next.

You don’t hate Samy Vellu, you just hate that he makes more money for himself and his family without sharing with you. What difference if there is another leader to replace him? Is he going to give you money to start your business, be your guarantor to get more projects or is he going to give your brother money to further his studies? All he’s going to do is build another College where there is return to his pocket each intake, another computer lab for Tamil school, fight for another extra 2% in University seats and give free low-cost houses to the fire victims. Let them do their part for the seat they won, we should do ours as "the people."

Samy Vellu in actual fact did do a lot for the Indians. Has your rich uncle built colleges or universities? Or have you yourself donated a single study table to a school? Just because your loan did not go through for your bad banking records, don’t blame the bald man. Just because your sister’s study loan didn’t get through because your own parents didn’t plan for her future, don’t blame the bald man. And just because you didn’t get a job in the last 10 months because of your lazy ass back in school, please, don’t blame the bald man again.

Don’t waste time plotting plans to change the mind-sets of the Malays nor the Chinese to give us more, because they will not. The Malays gave us space to build homes; the Chinese gave us jobs to feed our family and its time to reap the harvest. Study well and make your parents investment in you worth every single cent. Work for your boss as if you’re working for your blood brother. And if you think you can’t do both, pick up a skill in any industry and aim to be a professional in the field, may it be automotive, electrical or machinery.

Don’t waste your time in this Political Bull Crap, leave that to the old folks.

2009-03-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

I too feel bad for the people of Sri Lanka, we can only pray and hope for the best for them. But shouldn't we Malaysian Indians first be more thoughtful about the killings in Klang each month before praying for another country?

Change

2009-03-30T19:55:00.000-07:00

I'm a born Malaysian Indian. I'm not Malay or a Chinese trying to pick a topic to stir the 'stirred' minority of Malaysia. Let me share my thoughts first before you decide to click on that "Comment" button.

Hear me out my fellow Indians…

* We get enraged by the word “Keling” but how do we address the Malays and Chinese behind their back, in-front of our children in our homes?

* Are we first taught to see them as equal as we are towards each other?

* Why is it alright to send your kids to a Tamil, Malay and Chinese schools but not to a school with too many Malays?

* Indian married to a Chinese is fine. Indian married to Malay, is a lost soul.

* Giving a business deal to an Indian is a waste. But giving Chinese a deal is fine because they are “expensive.”

* Eating in a Chinese restaurant filled with dogs roaming around is delicious. Eating in a Malay restaurant is forbidden because it’s Malay food.

* A basketful of fruits for your new Chinese neighbor 4 houses away but not even a “Hello” to your direct Malay neighbor. And you still wonder what they do for a living.

* 3 hours of non-stop fire crackers for Deepavali is fun. 5 hours of fire crackers for Chinese New Year is entertaining. But an hour of fire crackers for Hari Raya is too noisy.

* 10 Indians hanging out every night at the playground each night drinking beer and disturbing your sister as she walks-by are “Homies”. 5 Malays on bikes roaming around are “Porukies.”

* You riding a bike at 150kmph is “cruising”. Malays doing 100kmph is “racing.”

* Indian girls wearing Punjabi suit transparent enough to show her flowery bra and it’s “keeping with the traditions.” Malay girl wearing short pants and she’s a “Bohsia.”

* Awie singing a Malay rock song and it’s “rubbish.” Yogi B cursing another fellow Indian and its “Hip-Hop.”

* Malays hanging out in KLCC are “useless”. You being drunk in Bangsar is “fabulous.”

* You make fun of the Malays and Chinese speaking cracked-up English while you become “Alan” hiding your true name of “Gopalan.”

* Chinese hate Malays, Malays hate Indians, Indian hate each other.

* Malays die of road accidents, Chinese die of robberies and drugs, Indians die killing each other.

I mean seriously, why such effort in blogging about our rights when there is no unity among us to respect each other FIRST?

We need a change, yes but not just in leadership but in our character, attitude and perception towards each other. Don’t try to change other when you know that change needs to begin first in you.

I'll smile for no reason at a fellow Indian today...care less about the word "Keling" and focus more on "CHANGE"

Aku Keling

2009-03-30T01:22:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keling (pronounced /kling/) is a word used to describe Indians or Hindus in Malaysia^[1] and Singapore (more specifically, Malaysian Indians and Singaporean Indians. It is now generally considered offensive by Indians, although it may often be used by other communities in Malaysia without any derogatory intention.

The origin of the term is rooted in the former cultural and economic influence of the Kalinga kingdom over south east Asian kingdoms. India was then referred to by the Malays as benua keling. Sejarah Melayu (the Annals of Malay history), written in the 15th century, used the term keling to refer to India and traced the origin of Malay sultans to Indian princes. In its early usage, the term was not considered offensive or derogatory.

Since the late 20th century, the term keling has been regarded as offensive by many Indians. Economic hardship and a high crime rate in the Indian community in Malaysia has led to the term being used in a derogatory manner.

Malay

The word keling is often used informally within the Malay community to mean "Indian", but in multi-racial settings the term has become politically incorrect. Keling was recently used by Members of Parliament in Malaysia, resulting in uproar by the Malaysian community accusing the MPs of racism.^[2] Popular usage in Malaysia also suggests a tone of general disrespect to Indian Malaysians. This derogatory term is uttered in the same way African Americans are called niggers and Indigenous Australians are called abos.

The phrase janji keling (janji being "promise" in Malay) is sometimes used by people of Malay-speaking communities (regardless of race) to refer to a liar, someone who gives conflicting statements, or, more commonly, someone who changes their minds and decisions often. Considered offensive, this term is comparable to the North American English expression Indian giver (although referring to different types of "Indians") or the English expression "to welsh", meaning to fail to honour a bet.

Chinese

The phrases keling-a (Hokkien; 吉寧仔; POJ: kiet-lêng-á), keling kwai (Cantonese; 吉寧鬼; Yale: git-lìhng-gwái), and keling-kia (Teochew) are frequently used within the Chinese community in Malaysia and Singapore. These may be used in either a derogatory or non-derogatory manner: e.g., in Penang Hokkien, which is spoken by some Indians in Penang, keling-a is the only word that exists to refer to ethnic Indians.

The Hokkien and Teochew suffixes -a and -kia are diminutives that are generally used to refer to non-Chinese ethnic groups. The Cantonese term kwai, meaning "ghost" or "devil", is similarly used when referring to any non-Chinese ethnic group.