After a long break, today has been slow and strangely quiet.
Partly today was a replacement for yesterday's KL City Day. Roads are quiet. Sure feels like being in the 'eye of the storm'.
However, there are two things of significance:-
1. One of the advantaqe of being in a different crowd, allows exchange of information.
So from today, we have commissioned a Gen Z to introduce skype-ing to our computers! We will give it a try to see how much we could save.
2. To day is the eigth day of CNY. It is the most important day for the Hokkiens, when they pray and give thanks to the Sky God.
Story had it that:
It is in remembrance of the day that the Hokkiens came out from the sugar-cane fields, where they were hidding, after being persecuted by the Hakka's. The Hakka's were a warrior group, moving from one region to the other. Story has it that the Hakka's will understand the language of the land, if they drink the local water. For the journey they carried water, of the previous place with them. Unfortunately for the Hokkiens, when the Hakka's arrived in the Fukkien province, they were still drinking water of the previous land. Hence when asked who they were, the Hokkiens said they are 'lang' which means man but to the Hakka's it means wolf. So the persecution commenced.
The above is just a fable, an ancient Chinese tale. Yet it is so representative of the current world. The Hakka and the Hokkiens are all of the chinese race. Why do we need to discriminate or persecute one another?
Read this: http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/Hama+Massacre
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