Total Bullshit!!
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Tuesday, 02 October 07 - 12:03 AM (GMT +08:00) By Lawrence Yong in Typically Malaysian |
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Read, Watch and be Amazed by how much bullshit someone can give! Totally Ridiculous! And this is coming from our FOREIGN MINISTER.... Does he even know that he's contradicting himself with his replies? And I wonder what did our govn't say about taking action against those who insult and disgrace our country?
~sigh~ Just a thought, there are just too many Malaysians who live in denial. Are you one of them? And what are you doing to change that?
Reference: BBC News
Credits to my friend, Paul for letting me know about it... :)
Negaraku Trilogy
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Monday, 17 September 07 - 11:42 AM (GMT +08:00) By Lawrence Yong in Typically Malaysian |
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I have decided to not put any political or radical points in this entry because I am lazy to think and do more research. So I'll KISS this entry.
*KISS - Keep it short & simple*
First, the "Mamula moon", a beautiful Hawaiian farewell/love song. The tune of the song was used as Perak's State Anthem (read wiki for more details), as well as for a popular song sung locally as "Terang bulan".
The tune was later selected for "Negaraku", the National Anthem for Federation of Malaya (1957, and no, it's not Malaysia yet), and afterward, Malaysia (1963). I still remembered the "rule": "Stand straight and be proud when you sing or hear the National Anthem!"... ah..the old days of primary schools...
Recently, a talented Malaysian studying in Taiwan, known as namewee, decided to create a song about our country, in conjunction of the 50 year celebration. By using Negaraku as part of the song, "Negarakuku" was born.
In my personal opinion, the song is quite cool. And it was a very creative for namewee to have express his thoughts and views about the country through the song, which I'm pretty sure a lot of Malaysian agrees with. Unfortunately, we have narrow minded people with political agenda that make a big issue out of it, which I guess isn't really a bad thing since it somewhat contributes to the sudden increase to the popularity of the song.
And here's the latest and newest entry of the Negaraku songs, the "Negarakukuku".
Though I prefer namewee's song, "Negarakukuku" is not bad as well. And like "Negarakuku", it also express how the composer see this country, but from a more chinese point of view. Also, for those who don't know mandarin, there really is a chinese word/charater known as "凸 - TU", which means protruding, like how the character potray. The opposite of it is "凹 - AO", which means concave. * If you have a better word, let me know. :)*
Anyway, I personally don't find anything offending about any of two latter version of the "Negaraku" series as the songs are a matter of personal opinions and views. I don't quite understand how people can get pissed with it, but for those who are, I have just one question for you: "Must you agree with my opinion & believes such that I must agree with yours? Or are we all entitled to our own opinion & believes?". Think about it.
If you're interested to know more about things that are going on with Negaraku, the few references below might be a good read:
i) Malaysia Monarchy.org
ii) Negaraku in Wikipedia
iii) An Entry by Tie
iv) PaulTan.org archieve has the mp3 download of Mamula Moon
May 13 Declassified
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Thursday, 23 August 07 - 11:19 PM (GMT +08:00) By Lawrence Yong in Typically Malaysian |
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Warning: This entry may be sensitive & thought provoking. Read the Disclaimers before reading this. :)
Book name: May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969
Author: Dr.Kua Kia Soong, one of the BOD of SUARAM
Description: A very revealing book about May 13 incident based on declassified information from Britain
Availability: Times bookstore, I've yet to see any in Popular, MPH nor Borders. If anyone find them there, please let me know. :D
Price: RM 20.00 (it’s cheap and it’s worth it)
How the book look like:
Readership: For anyone who loved this country and hoped that this country will change for the better: A Malaysia for Malaysian (I do not believe the current malaysia is anywhere near there). Kiddos (regardless of age) that cannot think and decide things for themselves SHOULD NEVER touch this book until they're mature enough.
Known Issues with the book:
The book was taken by the authority for checking and may be banned any moment. Since there was no official announcement (as I know of at least) that the book wont' be banned, I guess the banning may still be in process. I'm guessing two possible reasons for this:
1) The authority is slow at doing their work as usual. Perhaps no one from above is giving pressure this time.
2) For once, some people are smart enough to decide not to give the book free publicity.
Comment:
I've finished this book once a few weeks ago. The book itself is not too long, but I guess some may find it boring since the book is more about facts rather than story telling. The book is written based on declassified documents from the British. The book is great because the author never once pointed a finger at any parties, but rather, he gives you the facts and let you to make your own decision on what to believe. Regardless, it is may be controversial and offending to some, depending on what your current beliefs of the incident and our govn't are. Personally, I choose to believe what is written in the book, and it would be superb if I have an opportunity to go check out the full original documents themselves.
After reading the book, whenever I read/see that someone from certain parties raise about "May 13" to: try to cover up their ass / as a reply to something they can't answer / shut someone up / create tension / create fear, the impression to me is no longer : "Remember the tragedy, we must prevent it happening again..." Rather, to me, they're commanding total control or they'll start another incident again. But that's just me, you can always have your own interpretation...;)
Other References (if you have the time):
1) Time Magazine 1969 articles @ Malaysianunplug
2) Far Eastern Economy Review 1969 articles @ Malaysianunplug
Credits (Info that has helped with this entry):
1) The book itself
2) Jeff Ooi's Entry & info shared by those that commented on that entry
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