“We were working at the factory in Muar, Johor, before moving to KL a long time ago.
“I have three kids now who look more Chinese than Malay – and
wherever they go, shops or schools, people will think they are Chinese – and they can speak Chinese.
“They all eat Halal food, and they all can speak both Mandarin and Malay and my youngest child, he can speak Tamil! At the mamak (Muslim Indian restaurant) at Brickfields, the Indian guy was confused, how can a Chinese speak Tamil?
“At first my wife didn’t want all the kids to go to a Chinese school. She said, its ok la, how about two kids go to a Chinese school and the other one to a National school. And I said no cannot, I want them all to go to a Chinese school. And they all did.
“Now while I’m reading an English newspaper, my kids are reading Chinese newspapers like Sin Chew and Oriental Daily.”
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(This post was first published on April 10th 2015)
