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curry, relishing it, and shouting “Karai neh Joto neh”, spicy but great, I will always remember our exciting trip across the Malacca Straits on a sampan with Ibrahim, our sampan man, I will always remember sailing my boats in the drain next to the dilapidated golf club and having the time of my life, then I will also remember with horror, seeing the heads of the two Chinese, whose only crime was stealing food for their starving children. But the Japanese Occupation taught us how to cope with hardships, and value the good things of life. I also realise now, the pivotal person that saw us through this very challenging period, was my mother-her ability to innovate, her calm presence in time of crisis, and her inner strength from which we all drew confidence. She was a very ‘Special Person.’ Maybe I can call her “A woman for all seasons” The ‘raison d’être’ for this article, is to enlighten our children and grand-children, on the ‘trials and tribulations’ their parents and grand-parents had to cope with, as they faced some of the ravages of war, and the occupation by a foreign country. This war, also showed us the dents that appeared on the mighty British Empire, and helped Malayans believe they would succeed in seeking Independence. But we also know how, after the thank you, and hand shakes, and the handing out of Medals to the members of the CPM, the British were not going to hand the country to the CPM-they were here to stay. The CPM then decided to go back to the jungle, to fight the same battle against the British, they started, when they first surfaced in late 1930’s. And then we were engulfed with a new horror-THE EMERGENCY. Bertrand Russel once said “ War does not determine who is right, only who is left” Dwight Eisenhower, after the hard fought World War 2, and seeing the carnage war can dish out said “Every gun that is made, every war ship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed’. He also said “ I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity” Acknowledgements: 1.Wikipedia:Malayan Campaign 2.Wikipedia:Japanese invasion of Malaya 3.Wikipedia:Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse 4.Wikipedia:Rani Lakshmibai 5.Wikipedia: Subhas Chandra Bose 6.Wikipedia: ‘Banana Money’ 1942-1945 Dato Dr.N.Paramaesvaran nparamaes@msn.com
7.PaulH.Kratoska:War and Occupation in Penang 1941-1945 7.Chin Peng-My side of History-as told to Ian Ward and Norma Miraflor 8.Mr.V.S.Sundaram for proof reading and invaluable suggestions 9.And Lastly my brother and sisters for their input and support to record this challenging period in our lives
Page 1 and 2: The Japanese Occupation of Malaya-
Page 3 and 4: The invasion of Malaysia began with
Page 5 and 6: Japanese film at the Cathay theatre
Page 7 and 8: That evening, the family took a wal
Page 9 and 10: We children had to entertain oursel
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Page 13: Then one afternoon, while my friend

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