The Reflector would like to wish all his Hindu Friends a very happy Deepavali!

I doubt thats what Hang Tuah thought when Hang Jebat stabbed him with it. A weapon no matter how noble its past is a weapon. You want to promote peace wave an Olive Branch! When you meet a stranger in a dark alley, and he waves a keris at you, do you A) think He is peaceful or B) Shit, Somebody hurt real bad? Somehow me thinks B. Then again, I don’t have a degree in Sociology or anything fancy like that, I just think man with sharp object equals bad news.

I read the blog posts this morning which horror and dismay. What is happening back home? With Deepavali a meer 7 days away, there seems to be a crackdown on the Hindu’s of Malaysia. Temples are being destroyed by the police. Hindu’s were attacked by the police, having stones hurled at them, and even stabbed. It was reported that the police had orders to shoot unarmed Hindu devotees.

Don’t know what I am talking about? Read this, this, this and this. Sigh? Where is our peace loving leaders? Don’t they know its Visit Malaysia Year 2007? Or does that even matter? The Indians are the poorest people group in Malaysia, always marginalized and now you attack the one thing they hold on to? Their faith? We are becoming a Taliban Nation man!

I am currently overseas as you know, and I have been trying to get intouch with Enrich, to claim my expiring enrich points. I used the number for those currently outside Malaysia (+603 7846 3000) as written on my Enrich card, and nobody picks up the phone. It just rings and rings and rings. For hours this has been going on. Sigh! What a lousy level of customer service by our nations flagship airline, and on Malaysias 50th anniversary and on Visit Malaysia Year 2008! Wow. Way to go Malaysian Airlines!

To all my Muslim readers, The-reflector.com, wishes to wish you a Selamat Hari Raya! Maaf Zahir Dan Batin!