I'm super blessed to be born into this lineage with the de Silva surname being the base and strong foundation of our Portuguese ancestry, backed up by the 3 major ethnicities of Malaysia - Malays, Chinese & Indians. On top of that, we have our English, Australians, Americans and Spaniards relatives as well.
How unique it is to be part of a multi racial, multi cultural, multi religious and multi lingual family. And we celebrate all our religious festivals together, which is pretty much every religious festival in Malaysia. The epitome of being true Malaysians!
Regardless of what our religious beliefs are, we've always respected one another and have gotten along perfectly since the beginning of time till now.
I really can't wait to update and upgrade that masterpiece of those who have joined our clan since this original artwork was done - either through marriage or birth. And that's a total of 14 new faces.
I've fondly named this portrait 'The 4 Generations', as there are 4 generations of us. But the new version will proudly feature "5 Generations" of the de Silva heritage, as I've finally managed to get hold of pictures of my Great Grandparents. It's going to be a solid piece of art with a great amount of work, I tell you. The portrait is 10 years old and it's time for a refurbishment with recent pictures of everyone. But I'll only get started on it after the newest person joins our family this October when my youngest cousin ties the knot.
There's simply no family like ours. And as we celebrate Malaysia Day this September 16th, I'm dedicating this post to all Malaysians - from a fellow Malaysian.
I know I've gone AWOL for awhile and I owe you guys an apology. So, I'm sorry. I was very unmotivated to pen down anything here the last few months. I'm not sure if I should explain why, but if I do, it will probably be in some other post.
