Celebrating Hari Raya 2008

Hari Raya will not be complete without attending the Open House hosted by our Menteri Besar or TMJ. This year, we opted for the Menteri Besar's Open House at Saujana.

Crowds were already having a great time tasting all the various great cuisines available with the store concept. I guess some of them are pretty early as they are already a stream of people leaving the place by the time we arrived. I guess they are heading to more Open house fares at other places.

It's great to note the volunteers, who are mainly students, helping to clear the tables. It's pure hard work but we can sense the happiness and satisfaction in contributing their time to make this yearly event a success. The smile and enthusiasm on their faces says it all despite all the hard work of pulling the heavy rubbish all around.

Hmm.. from the pic, you can see the various delicious fares that we help ourselves to. But it's the true spirit of Hari Raya that we are looking forward to every year in our unique multi-racial & multi-cultural atmosphere. This is the time for peace & harmony to prevail.

But despite all the joy & festivities, there are some sad episodes that took place recently. The spirit of forgiveness, the integrity of freedom of expression, due respect for each other's culture seems to be heading the wrong direction.

It's especially sad to note of the recent ISA detentions and the vague justifications and reasons provided for their arrests. Do charge them in the court of Law if they have broken the laws of our country and all of them be given a chance to defend themselves in the court of Law.

In the true spirit and harmony that's so truly unique to our beloved country, we do hope and pray that the true spirit of peace and Muhibbah still prevails.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Malaysians!!