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SSUS for a better understanding

The One School for All (SSUS) campaign has attracted a lot of publicity.

For more than 50 years, if there is ever a ‘universal unity’ acrossed the multiracial and multiracists Malaysia.  It would have been so.  WHY isn’t that so?????  Why cant we see through our skin colours and voice accents and unite as one Malaysia. ….the answer is…..as long as our oor  arrr emmm…. SOCCER TEAM has not revived to the old glory….there is no unity in Malaysia.

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On Being Malay…and becoming racist

I see how the people who make my drinks in Starbucks and Coffee Bean are almost always Malay and my heart still sinks. I see them reaching over the counters accepting cash or credit cards from the yuppies in fancy suits and I notice how they are almost never Malay.

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Filed under: Malay Dilema

Malaysia, the pretender to the Malay throne?

An interesting piece about Malaysia’s attempt to be the champion of the Malay world, even though Malay is an ethnic grouping and not a race, except in Bolehland where its Constitution specifies what a Malay should be, including being a Muslim.

What if you are an Orang Melayu from Indonesia who’s a Christian?

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Filed under: Malay Dilema, Musing-Musing

ON “MELAYU”

Reading Saya Pun Melayu my mind went back to yesteryears in 60ies when I was in STARThe harmonious environment of rural Malay students…   I remember Chegu Roslan Ahmad teaching us Malay, sometimes talk in English,  And Mr Lee teaching English giving examples of poor rural Malay families. My mind flies to late 50ies, when I was in Darjah Enam. Those years, I bought exercise books from PGGMB shop.

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When You’re A Malay….But Not Really.

The further I step out of my Malayness, the more I appreciate my heritage and culture. I don’t wish to turn into a ‘fake’ blondie (Asian with dyed blonde hair who tries to behave Western by clubbing and getting ‘pissed, and thinks they’re soo ‘open-minded’, but it really just goes to show how ’shallow-minded they are).

I love being Asian, and being Malay, and I want to embrace that. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Malay Dilema

Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World Pt I

* Language Dilema – True the major impediment of the success for Malay students in both subjects is largely came from the inability to absorb Maths & Science lessons due to the language barrier.

* The quality of teaching method for the English subjects, Maths & Science have also contributed to this factor.

* The option to answer in Bahasa had complicate further the issue. How could a person learn a subject in English and take the examination in another language?

* Study has shown that students came from less advantage socio-economy background have performed negatively. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Malay Dilema

Protestation contre l’enseignement des mathématiques et de sciences en anglais.

Chers frères et mes sœurs, malais, ne vivent pas dans un espace étroit. Essayez de comprendre, aucune nation ne peut progresser si elles ne comprennent que la langue de leur langue maternelle. Être un véritable malaise ne signifie pas que vous parlez tous les Malais, mais d’un vrai malaise, c’est comprendre la nécessité d’apprendre d’autres langues. Maîtrise de la langue universelle, l’anglais est une question de neccesity pour les Malais d’interagir avec d’autres races, à lire et à acquérir des connaissances de l’évolution des domaines tels que la science, la technologie, les mathématiques, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Malay Dilema

Malays face identity crisis and discrimination

“I start with the worst and work backward, so what I am doing when I talk about group identity is to try to avoid the worst, and I think I can make a case that genocide is, indeed, the worst,” Simon said. “That gives you a very different perspective on group identity and discrimination.”

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    The skeletal remains of a man found in Bewah Cave in the state of Terengganu, in Malaysia have been radiocarbon dated to be 16,000 years old, one of the oldest dates for skeletal remains in the country. photo credit: Mohd Tarmizi Bewah Caveman 16,000 Years Old Bernama, 10 March 2010 The human skeletal remains found in the Bewah [...]

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  • Draft Wawancara dengan Republika
    Pada Minggu, 27 Desember 2009 lalu, Harian Republika menerbitkan transkrip wawancara tertulis dengan saya tentang naskah Nusantara (lihat di sini). Saya sudah mencoba menjawab semua pertanyaan yang diajukan melalui email, karena kebetulan saya waktu itu sedang di luar kota. Mengingat keterbatasan ruang, tidak semua jawaban saya dapat dimuat di Harian tersebu […]

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  • IDF Weapons Cause Immeasurable Suffering in Gaza
    Peter Eyre Palestinian Telegraph [...] There is no limit to the level of abuse that the Israeli IDF/Security Services/Police have used or continue to use. For my part I know precisely the rules of engagement and regulations that are issued to all members of the IDF and yet on a daily basis they violate [...]

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    Artikel-artikel di dalam siri The HeavenGate kebanyakan di luar kotak pemikiran biasa.Sekiranya ada di antara artikel di dalam siri ini telah mengganggu ketenteraman anda,anda tidaklah digalak meneruskan pembacaan.Sekiranya anda merasa keliru atau sangsi setelah membaca isi kandungannya,terutama mengenai usul dan masalah agama,sila rujuk guru-guru agama yang […]

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  • Class divisions in access to Malaysia's healthcare
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    Orang Kalur Going Oxford?InsyaAllah, I'll be presenting a paper on the Orang Kalur at the British Forum of Ethnomusicology Annual Conference held at Oxford University from the 8th till 11th of April 2010. It'll be a great honour for me to present part of our national heritage to an international audience. Wish me luck!

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