Penamoli

This poem is written in Malay Language, my homeland's national language. It is written in the spirit of the celebration of Malaysia's 62nd Independence Day. It is not meant to condemn or based on any specific ethnicity, or person. It is purely from the heart and mind of mine for the love of my birth country, a moment simply for my homeland. Sejenak untukmu Aku bukan bukan Melayu kerana aku cukup Melayu, cukup Cina, cukup India, dan cukup lain-lain kaum. Aku anak Malaysia. Aku bukan bukan Melayu kerana aku atuh pada rukun. Rukun aku rukun negara. Usah disindir kepercayaanku kerana aku bukan calang-calang orang. Aku anak Malaysia. Aku bukan bukan Melayu. Aku tahu Melayu, aku hormati Melayu, dan aku cintai Melayu kerana aku anak Malaysia. Aku bukan anak India. Bahasa ibuku Tamil,  kampungku pekan Melayu, sekolah rendahku sekolah Cina. Kerjaku merantau dunia. Kini sudah dekad lamanya aku dikota London, tetapi ba

As British summer rolls out its sunniest day and sprinkles of rain showers with occasional thunder storms, many makes the best of it and stretch their day out with fun filled activity. For Tamils in London it's the season to be ready for sports day.  North East Sports for Tamils, NEST Athletics is a day of small sports event but with great big dreams. This is the 1st year for NEST, also known as Yellow team to run a sports event on its own flagship and it was held on the 3rd Saturday of July. It has been formed to promote sports and cultural awareness amongst the British Tamil community in this region.  It's prime objective, will unite every age group mainly  youth through sports  and leisure activities in an educative and fascinating way to keep them active, positive and righteous. For my husband and I, it's an fabulous event we always let our sons to participate annually. It's simply because we want our young children to know what sports d