15.8.2010 (63 years ago, India was declared an independent nation) Just the other day, I was exercising with my old friend, Bhupi, a 50 plus Sardarji who is die hard sports enthusiast who sometimes exercises twice a day! In his younger days, he was a national hockey player at one time. After retiring optionally from DBKL, he went into full time money lending business with lots of money and time in his hands. He does not like to classify himself as a man of leisure but is into active family life and exercise. His current passion is long distance cycling. He just completed a 160km competition in Ipoh recently. When I returned home after exercise, my son told me that somehow Surds like to friend me! "Absolutely not true!", I said. I, like most Malaysians, am a chameleon. I will sway like lallang to the direction of the breeze. To a Sikh friend, I would wish 'Sat Sri Akaal'; to a Tamil, sollungge! [ சொல்லுங்க ]!; in Cantonese, 'sek fan mo?'; in Hockkein, '...
