This is my first blog post ever!!!

Sounds really funny to be starting this. But it's about time as some have told me.

The question that has been playing in my mind since I created this was : What should my first blog post be about? 

Well of course it starts off with me. 

Born of Chinese-Eurasian and Indian- Eurasian parentage. I know this sounds confusing already but really its in line with the 1Malaysia concept. When you count in the many many mixed mariages in the family, I'd say that we have been living the concept since before Malaysia's independence day.

It began with the arrival of my great grandparents - but I'm not going to go that far back since I've never met them. Instead, I will begin with my grandparents... who seemed to have had quite a romantic story about how they met. My Late Grandpa K, was from Madras, India. He came here to make a better living. He met and married my grandmother K in Malacca. I don't know much else about grandpa since he passed away when  I was only 7. Grandma K, was from a family of 5 children with her being the eldest daughter. Her dad passed away when she was just 12, he was a lorry driver. He would drive those old huge lorries to transport goods from one state to another. It was a very tiring job, as those days there were no highways and power steerings. Those old trunk roads were very dangerous too and sometimes not stable. He was killed in one of his trips. Together Grandpa and Grandma K had 13 children. Their second child is my dad.

Grandpa P however was born and raised in Malacca. He was of Indian-Eurasian parentage. While Grandma P was from China. Her dad came here first and later after her 1st husband died she came over with her son. In Malacca was where she and grandpa met, got married and had 10 children. 

Grandpa & Grandma P in 1947

The 1Malaysia concept comes in when all my aunts and uncles get married. Most of my uncles are married to Chinese, then there's also those who converted and married Muslims. Also, there are those who are Indians and of Baba and Nyonya descent. Not forgetting an aunt who married a New Zealander and lives in London. It's quite a mix. It's especially unique when we are registered as Indians on our birth cert but look more like Chinese. Some of my cousins and I have had quite a laugh and lots of teasing when we were in school. 


Why did I start blogging?? 

Not really out of a specific reason but I'm thinking more like testing the way I tell stories and how well you can understand what I say and how I say it. Sometimes there are just so many things happening all at the same time that we loose track of time, we don't realise that days, months and years have passed and we have gone through some things and missed out on a whole lot more. So here will the place that I tell stories of people, things, issues and adventures.


I hope that I can maintain a regular schedule for blogging. But then again it's me..... it's quite hard to say!