Diversity thy name was once Malaysia!

Selamat Pagi Malaysia...7.06am in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Tuesday morning. Powered on my iMac the above comments were the first item that caught my eye this morning...and as I read the first few lines my thoughts turned to the Malaysia that I left behind many many years ago.

I still remember 163 Happy Gardens where I stayed with friends when I was at UM. Next door to us was Kang, a Chinese from up North working in the Air Force (yes in those days they had Chinese in TUDM). We spoke to each other in Malay.

I remember Kampong Kassipilay. Indians were everywhere around us. I remember an Indian Temple right smack in the middle of Kampong Kassipilay. Bells were ringing every day as the Indians rang the bells to bring God into their life and to dispel evil and negativity out of their life.

And Penang? Yes, we stayed in Penang too. Yes lah too many Chinese there but what I most remember about Penang was the Nasi Kandar and the hustle and bustle of commerce and of life as we all, Chinese, Malay, Indians etc etc went about living life happily among our own kind - Malaysians all.

Yes BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY.....where has it all gone to now?