(This
entry is in response to PenyuMenagis’ comments to Chedet in SOUND BITES (
Aug 12)
Assalamu’alaikum.
1. Your life makes interesting reading and
so is your outlook on life. Long ago many poor Chinese gave their children to
Malay families, which is why we often see many Malays who look like Chinese.
2. My son married a Chinese. The children
are well-behaved and smart. They pray and read the Quran. The mother is very
particular regarding their good upbringing.
3. You need not feel insulted being called
Si Hitam (black). It is, or was common practice among Malays to give nicknames
which seem to be opposite of the appearance of a person. We have many village
girls in Kedah nicknamed “Udoh” (from “hodoh” or ugly).
They believe that evil spirits would be cheated and leave the pretty one alone.