Sejak akhir2 ni, otak dipenuhi depu..
oleh kerana aku teringin sangat nak menDepu-kan diri, so sekarang ni aku dalam proses pengambilan / pembelian tanah pertanian. Sebelum ni target nak cari tanah di area Jeli Kelantan, tanah agak murah dalam RM30k seekar yang berada di tepi jalan dan 20min ke bandar Jeli. Tapi bila calculate balik, aku perlukan 5jam untuk sampai ke Jeli, hasrat dibantutkan.
So, sekarang ni cari tanah dalam area aku bermastautin dan terjumpa satu di area Mahang, 45min dari sini. Harga diminta adalah RM39k seekar. Menarik tu..
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=5.3015133&lon=100.6963602&z=17&l=0&m=b&v=8
Ada 4 lot tanah, sebelah menyebelah. 4 ekar, suku ekar, 2.2 ekar, 1.3 ekar. Selepas pergi tengok kawasan hari isnin 8 oktober 2012, hati terus berkenan. Cadangnya nak ambil yang 2.2 ekar tu, tapi seller tu cakap, kalau ambil 2.2 ekar, kena ambil yang 1.3 ekar tu sama, sebab yang 1.3 ekar tu takde access.
Tanah 4 ekar dan 2.2 ekar tu tepi jalan, Jalan Estet Sungai Taka K902. Dari tanah tersebut, lebih kurang 1km terdapat lebuh raya yg sedang dibina menghubungkan Bukit Merah / Baling. Tanah tu tanah pamah dan ada anak sungai mengalir di sempadan tanah 4 ekar dgn 2.2 ekar. Jadi, insyaALLAH tanam je pape akan subur..
Hurm...Decision decision...
Bincang ala kadar, then I have decided to take both 2.2 acres and 1.3 acres for the grand total price of RM137k. Cash price term... :-)
Jadi, 2.2 acres insyaALLAH jadi milik anak sulong dan anak ke-dua, yang seekar tu untuk the unborn baby. Ni kira macam wasiat la nii..
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Friday, 21 November 2008
Apabila anak bertanya tentang ‘burung’ dan ‘bunga’
dicedok tanpa olah dari utusan online..
Apabila anak bertanya tentang ‘burung’ dan ‘bunga’
Oleh Noor Fazrina Kamal
APABILA si kecil anda yang baru pandai bercakap, ghairah bertanya itu dan ini, tiba-tiba menanyakan soalan tentang ‘burungnya’ atau ‘bunganya’ (alat sulit), apa agaknya reaksi sepontan anda?
Soalan ini juga diajukan seorang kenalan apabila anak perempuannya yang baru mencecah dua tahun mula bertanya tentang fungsi alat sulit dan pelbagai soalan lagi berkenaan organ seks berkenaan.
Dilema yang dihadapi oleh si ibu tersebut ialah apabila hendak menerangkan dengan cara baik agar ia menjadi satu informasi kepada si anak.
Sebagaimana kebanyakan ibu lain, kenalan penulis itu tidak pasti bagaimanakah cara yang paling sesuai, memandangkan masyarakat Melayu agak tabu dengan situasi berkaitan seksual.
Jangan gusar, panduan yang diberikan oleh pakar psikologi pembesaran daripada babycenter.com, Susanne Ayers Denham, mungkin mampu membantu ibu-ibu yang berdepan dengan situasi sepontan ini.
Jelas beliau, tiada apa yang perlu dirisaukan, sebaliknya mereka hanya perlu memastikan jawapan yang diberi ringkas dan manis.
Mengenal dunia
Si ibu perlu ingat, anak mereka adalah insan yang baru mengenal dunia, justeru apa sahaja maklumat yang diberikan kepada anak itu akan diterimanya secara terus.
Memang diakui ada ibu bapa yang tiba-tiba berasa panik apabila anak kecil mereka bertanyakan soalan berkaitan alat seksual mereka.
Sebenarnya menurut Denham, keinginan anak untuk mengetahui tentang alat sulit tidak ada bezanya dengan soalan mereka tentang mata, telinga, kaki, hidung dan bahagian anggota lain.
Soalan mereka adalah soalan lazim yang menunjukkan sifat ingin tahu semula jadi kanak-kanak.
Jadi, daripada mereka mengetahui tentang bahagian sulit daripada orang lain, lebih baik ibu bapa sendiri yang mengajar tentangnya.
Mungkin ada ibu bapa yang bertanya, bagaimanakah cara untuk saya menjawabnya?
Mudah saja, terus kepada jawapan dan yakinlah dengan jawapan itu. Mulakan dengan tunjukkan bahagian tubuh lain seperti siku dan lutut, kemudian berikan nama anatomi yang betul untuk alat sulit seperti vagina dan zakar.
Perlu juga diingatkan agar jangan menggunakan perkataan simbolik yang berbaur lucu atau perkataan yang agak bodoh.
Penggunaan perkataan seperti itu hanya akan membuatkan anak lebih keliru dan lebih teruk lagi akan membuatkan isu mengenali alat sulit menjadi lebih rumit buat ibu bapa juga.
Jika anak bertanyakan tentang fungsi alat sulit itu pula, jawapan haruslah begini, katakan kepada mereka bahagian itu digunakan untuk ke tandas, membuang air kecil atau air besar.
Anak anda juga pasti akan menimbulkan soalan mengapa alat sulitnya berbeza dengan abangnya atau adiknya.
Berikan jawapan kepada anak dengan mengatakan setiap ciptaan Tuhan itu unik. Ambil contoh seperti rakan karib anak anda yang memiliki anak mata biru dan anak anda pula bermata coklat.
Contoh lain seperti, hidung nenek lebih kecil daripada hidung datuk dan sebagainya.
Sememangnya alat sulit budak
lelaki berbeza dengan perempuan, jadikan perkara itu mudah, jika anda tidak menjadikan ia satu perkara yang memalukan, anak anda juga pasti boleh menerimanya dengan baik.
Menyentuh
Bagaimana pula jika anak bertindak memegang alat sulit mereka di depan orang ramai?
Denham berpendapat, pertama sekali ibu bapa tidak perlu cemas.
Kanak-kanak sememangnya mempunyai sifat ingin tahu tentang segalanya termasuk tubuh badan mereka.
Apa yang penting mereka perlu diberi tunjuk ajar tentang perbuatan mereka dalam suasana yang lebih tertutup.
Pada umur tersebut, sentuhan seperti itu bukanlah ada kena mengena dengan keinginan seks tetapi lebih menjurus ke arah punca dan akibat.
Benar, mungkin anak berasa seronok menyentuh alat sulit mereka (memang jarang diperbincangkan, anak yang belum mencapai akil baligh tidak berasa sensasi apabila menyentuh alat sulit mereka sendiri).
Beri tahu kepada anak bahawa apa yang mereka lakukan itu membuatkan mereka selesa, namun ia tidak sopan dibuat di hadapan orang ramai.
Sebagai analogi, boleh memberi contoh bahawa anda atau suami perlukan ruang sendiri ketika mandi atau menggunakan tandas untuk membuang air.
Anda juga boleh menggunakan tanda-tanda ringkas atau kod kata khas untuk menarik perhatian anak sekiranya dia terlupa dan menyentuh alat sulitnya di depan orang ramai.
Namun, sekiranya tabiat memegang alat sulit itu tidak berhenti, lebih baik membawa anak anda ke klinik kanak-kanak supaya dapat dipastikan adakah anak anda menyentuh alat sulit kerana sakit di bahagian itu atau ada jangkitan kuman pada saluran kencingnya.
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Apabila anak bertanya tentang ‘burung’ dan ‘bunga’
Oleh Noor Fazrina Kamal
APABILA si kecil anda yang baru pandai bercakap, ghairah bertanya itu dan ini, tiba-tiba menanyakan soalan tentang ‘burungnya’ atau ‘bunganya’ (alat sulit), apa agaknya reaksi sepontan anda?
Soalan ini juga diajukan seorang kenalan apabila anak perempuannya yang baru mencecah dua tahun mula bertanya tentang fungsi alat sulit dan pelbagai soalan lagi berkenaan organ seks berkenaan.
Dilema yang dihadapi oleh si ibu tersebut ialah apabila hendak menerangkan dengan cara baik agar ia menjadi satu informasi kepada si anak.
Sebagaimana kebanyakan ibu lain, kenalan penulis itu tidak pasti bagaimanakah cara yang paling sesuai, memandangkan masyarakat Melayu agak tabu dengan situasi berkaitan seksual.
Jangan gusar, panduan yang diberikan oleh pakar psikologi pembesaran daripada babycenter.com, Susanne Ayers Denham, mungkin mampu membantu ibu-ibu yang berdepan dengan situasi sepontan ini.
Jelas beliau, tiada apa yang perlu dirisaukan, sebaliknya mereka hanya perlu memastikan jawapan yang diberi ringkas dan manis.
Mengenal dunia
Si ibu perlu ingat, anak mereka adalah insan yang baru mengenal dunia, justeru apa sahaja maklumat yang diberikan kepada anak itu akan diterimanya secara terus.
Memang diakui ada ibu bapa yang tiba-tiba berasa panik apabila anak kecil mereka bertanyakan soalan berkaitan alat seksual mereka.
Sebenarnya menurut Denham, keinginan anak untuk mengetahui tentang alat sulit tidak ada bezanya dengan soalan mereka tentang mata, telinga, kaki, hidung dan bahagian anggota lain.
Soalan mereka adalah soalan lazim yang menunjukkan sifat ingin tahu semula jadi kanak-kanak.
Jadi, daripada mereka mengetahui tentang bahagian sulit daripada orang lain, lebih baik ibu bapa sendiri yang mengajar tentangnya.
Mungkin ada ibu bapa yang bertanya, bagaimanakah cara untuk saya menjawabnya?
Mudah saja, terus kepada jawapan dan yakinlah dengan jawapan itu. Mulakan dengan tunjukkan bahagian tubuh lain seperti siku dan lutut, kemudian berikan nama anatomi yang betul untuk alat sulit seperti vagina dan zakar.
Perlu juga diingatkan agar jangan menggunakan perkataan simbolik yang berbaur lucu atau perkataan yang agak bodoh.
Penggunaan perkataan seperti itu hanya akan membuatkan anak lebih keliru dan lebih teruk lagi akan membuatkan isu mengenali alat sulit menjadi lebih rumit buat ibu bapa juga.
Jika anak bertanyakan tentang fungsi alat sulit itu pula, jawapan haruslah begini, katakan kepada mereka bahagian itu digunakan untuk ke tandas, membuang air kecil atau air besar.
Anak anda juga pasti akan menimbulkan soalan mengapa alat sulitnya berbeza dengan abangnya atau adiknya.
Berikan jawapan kepada anak dengan mengatakan setiap ciptaan Tuhan itu unik. Ambil contoh seperti rakan karib anak anda yang memiliki anak mata biru dan anak anda pula bermata coklat.
Contoh lain seperti, hidung nenek lebih kecil daripada hidung datuk dan sebagainya.
Sememangnya alat sulit budak
lelaki berbeza dengan perempuan, jadikan perkara itu mudah, jika anda tidak menjadikan ia satu perkara yang memalukan, anak anda juga pasti boleh menerimanya dengan baik.
Menyentuh
Bagaimana pula jika anak bertindak memegang alat sulit mereka di depan orang ramai?
Denham berpendapat, pertama sekali ibu bapa tidak perlu cemas.
Kanak-kanak sememangnya mempunyai sifat ingin tahu tentang segalanya termasuk tubuh badan mereka.
Apa yang penting mereka perlu diberi tunjuk ajar tentang perbuatan mereka dalam suasana yang lebih tertutup.
Pada umur tersebut, sentuhan seperti itu bukanlah ada kena mengena dengan keinginan seks tetapi lebih menjurus ke arah punca dan akibat.
Benar, mungkin anak berasa seronok menyentuh alat sulit mereka (memang jarang diperbincangkan, anak yang belum mencapai akil baligh tidak berasa sensasi apabila menyentuh alat sulit mereka sendiri).
Beri tahu kepada anak bahawa apa yang mereka lakukan itu membuatkan mereka selesa, namun ia tidak sopan dibuat di hadapan orang ramai.
Sebagai analogi, boleh memberi contoh bahawa anda atau suami perlukan ruang sendiri ketika mandi atau menggunakan tandas untuk membuang air.
Anda juga boleh menggunakan tanda-tanda ringkas atau kod kata khas untuk menarik perhatian anak sekiranya dia terlupa dan menyentuh alat sulitnya di depan orang ramai.
Namun, sekiranya tabiat memegang alat sulit itu tidak berhenti, lebih baik membawa anak anda ke klinik kanak-kanak supaya dapat dipastikan adakah anak anda menyentuh alat sulit kerana sakit di bahagian itu atau ada jangkitan kuman pada saluran kencingnya.
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Friday, 31 October 2008
Malay? Who are you?
while blog hopping on the subject of Razak Baginda, found a rather long comment left by Michael Chick in http://standupbec.blogspot.com regarding melayu or malay, as below:
Malay? Who are you?
It's been interesting to read such free-flowing comments on the subject of the Origins of the Malays. While we are on the subject, how many of you have read the book entitled "Contesting Malayness - Malay Identity Across Boundaries" Edited by Timothy P. Barnard published by Singapore University Press?
Written by a Professor of National University of Singapore. It reflects the Anthropologists views that there is no such race as the "Malays" to begin with. If we follow the original migration of the Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago, they moved into Taiwan, (now the Alisan), then into the Phillipines (now the Aeta) and moved into Borneo (4,500yrs ago) (Dayak). They also split into Sulawesi and progressed into Jawa, and Sumatera. The final migration was to the Malayan Peninsular 3,000yrs ago. A sub-group from Borneo also moved to Champa in Vietnam at 4,500yrs ago.
Interestingly, the Champa deviant group moved back to present day Kelantan. There are also traces of the Dong Song and HoaBinh migration from Vietnam and Cambodia. To confuse the issue, there was also the Southern Thai migration, from what we know as Pattani today. (see also "Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsular")
Of course, we also have the Minangkabau's which come from the descendants of Alexander the Great and a West Indian Princess. (Sejarah Melayu page 1-3)
So the million Dollar Question... Is there really a race called the "Malays"? All anthropologists DO NOT SEEM TO THINK SO. (strangely, this includes all Malay Malaysian Anthropologists who are of the same opinion.)
Neither do the "Malays" who live on the West Coast of Johor. They'd rather be called Javanese. What about the west coast Kedah inhabitants who prefer to be known as "Achenese"? or the Ibans who simply want to be known as IBANS. Try calling a Kelabit a "Malay" and see what response you get... you’ll be so glad that their Head-Hunting days are over.
In an article in the Star, dated: Dec 3rd 2006
available for on-line viewing at:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/3/focus/16212814&sec=focus
An excerp is reproduced here below:
"The Malays – taken as an aggregation of people of different ethnic backgrounds but who speak the same language or family of languages and share common cultural and traditional ties – are essentially a new race, compared to the Chinese, Indians and the Arabs with their long histories of quests and conquests.
The Malay nation, therefore, covers people of various ethnic stock, including Javanese, Bugis, Bawean, Achehnese, Thai, Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak and descendants of Indian Muslims who had married local women.
Beneath these variations, however, there is a common steely core that is bent on changing the Malay persona from its perceived lethargic character to one that is brave, bold and ready to take on the world. "
The definition of “Malay” is therefore simply a collection of people's who speak a similar type language. With what is meant by a similar type language does not mean that the words are similar. (A native Kelantanese native speaker has no clue whatsoever what his Iban native brother is talking about; if both speak their own dialect) Linguists however, call this the "Lego-Type" language, where words are added on to the root word to make meaning and give tenses and such. Somehow, the Indonesians disagree with this "Malay" classification and insist instead on being called "Indonesians" even though the majority of "Malays" have their roots in parts of Indonesia. They refuse to be called "Malay"…. Anyhow you may define it.
The writer failed to identify (probably didn't know), that the "Malay" definition also includes, the Champa, Dong Song, HoabinHian, The Taiwanese Alisan and the Philippino Aetas. He also did not identify that the "Orang Asli" are (for lack of a better term) ex-Africans. If you try to call any one of our East Malaysian brothers an "Orang Asli", they WILL BEAT YOU UP! I had to repeat this because almost all West Malaysians make the same mistake when we cross the South China Sea. Worse, somehow, they feel even more insulted when you call them “Malay”. Somehow, “kurang ajar” is uttered below their breath as if “Malay” was a really bad word for them. I’m still trying to figure this one out.
Watch “Malays in Africa”; a Museum Negara produced DVD. Also, the “Champa Malays” by the same.
With this classification, they MUST also include the Phillipinos, the Papua New Guineans, the Australian Aboroginies, as well as the Polynesian Aboroginies. These are of the Australo Melanesians who migrated out of Africa 60,000yrs ago.
Getting interesting? Read on...
"Malay" should also include the Taiwanese singer "Ah Mei" who is Alisan as her tribe are the anscestors of the "Malays". And finally, you will need to define the Southern Chinese (Southern Province) as Malay also, since they are from the same stock 6,000yrs ago.
Try calling the Bugis a "Malay". Interestingly, the Bugis, who predominantly live on Sulawesi are not even Indonesians. Neither do they fall into the same group as the migrating Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago nor the Australo Melanesian group from Africa.
Ready for this?
The Bugis are the cross-breed between the Mongolian Chinese and the marauding Arab Pirates. (FYI, a runaway Ming Dynasty official whom Cheng Ho was sent to hunt down) Interestingly, the Bugis, (just like their Arabic ancestors) were career Pirates in the Johor-Riau Island areas. Now the nephew of Daeng Kemboja was appointed as the First Sultan of Selangor. That makes the entire Selangor Sultanate part Arab, part Chinese! Try talking to the Bugis Museum curator near Kukup in Johor. Kukup is located near the most south-western tip of Johor. (Due south of Pontian Kechil) He is more than willing to expound on the Bugis heritage. Buy him lunch and he can talk for days on end.
Let's not even get into the Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekiu, and Hang Lekir, who shared the same family last name as the other super famous "Hang" family member... Hang Li Poh. And who was she? Legend tells us that she is the Princess of a Ming Dynasty Emperor who was sent to marry the Sultan of Malacca. Won't that make the entire Malacca Sultanate downline "Baba" ? Since the older son of the collapsed Malaccan Sultanate got killed in Johor, (the current Sultanate is the downline of the then, Bendahara) the only other son became the Sultan of Perak. Do we see any Chinese-ness in Raja Azlan? Is he the descendant of Hang Li Poh? But wait a minute....
That's what legend says. Let's look at the proof. The solid evidence. There is a well next to the Zheng He Temple in Malacca which is supposed to be the well built by the Sultan of Malacca for Hang Li Poh. According to legend, anyone who drinks of it shall re-visit Malacca before they die. Hmmm smells like a romantic fairy tale already. But let's look at who Hang Li Poh actually is. Which Ming Emperor was she a daughter to? So I got into researching the entire list of Ming Emperors. Guess what? Not a single Ming Emperor's last name begins with Hang. In fact, all their last names begin with Tzu (pronounced Choo). So who is Hang Li Poh? An Extra Concubine? A Spare Handmaiden? Who knows? But one thing for certain, is that she was no daughter of any of the Ming Emperors. Gone is the romantic notion of the Sultan of Malacca marrying an exotic Chinese Princess. Sorry guys, the Sultan married an unidentified Chinese commoner.
Next question. If the Baba’s are part Malay, why have they been marginalized by NOT BEING BUMIPUTERA? Which part of “Malay” are they not? Whatever the answer, why then are the Portugese of Malacca BUMIPUTERA? Did they not come 100yrs AFTER the arrival of the first Baba’s? Parameswara founded Malacca in 1411. The Portugese came in 1511, and the Dutch in the 1600’s. Strangely, the Baba’s were in fact once classified a Bumiputera, but some Prime Minister decreed that they were to be strangely “declassified” in the 1960’s. WHY? How can a "native son of the soil" degenerate into an "un-son"? The new classification is "pendatang" meaning a migrant to describe the Baba's and Nyonyas. Wait a minute, isn't EVERYONE on the Peninsular a migrant to begin with? How can the government discriminate? Does the Malaysian Government have amnesia?
The Sultan of Kelantan had similar roots to the Pattani Kingdom making him of Thai origin. And what is this "coffee table book" by the Sultan of Perlis claiming to be the direct descendant of the prophet Muhammed? Somehow we see Prof Khoo Khay Khim’s signature name on the book. I’ll pay good money to own a copy of it myself. Anyone has a spare?
In persuing this thread, and having looked at the history of Prophet Muhammed (BTW, real name Ahmad) we couldn't figure out which descendant line The Sultan of Perlis was. Perhaps it was by the name Syed, which transcended. Then we tried to locate which downline did the Sultan descend from of the 13 Official Wives of Prophet Muhammad named in the Holy Koran? Or was the Sultan of Perlis a descendant from the other 23 non-wives? Of the 13 Official Wives were (at least known) 3 Israeli women. Then you should come to this instant revelation, isn't Prophet Muhammad an Israeli himself? Yes, the answer is clear. All descendants of Moses are Israeli. In fact, the Holy Koran teaches that Moses was the First Muslim. Thus confirming all the descendants of Moses to be Israeli, including Jesus and Prophet Muhammad. It is also found in Sura 2:58&59 which specifically mentions that the Torah/ Talmud (Jewish) and the Kitab (Bible) are Holy Words of Allah. But since this is not a Religious or a Theological discussion, let's move on to a more anthropological approach.
So, how many of you have met with the Orang Asli’s (Malaysian Natives)? The more northern you go, the more African they look. Why are they called Negrito’s? It is a Spanish word, from which directly transalates “mini Negros”. The more southern you go, the more “Indonesian” they look. And the ones who live at Cameron Highlands kinda look 50-50. You can see the Batek at Taman Negara, who really look like Eddie Murphy to a certain degree. Or the Negritos who live at the Thai border near Temenggor Lake (north Perak). The Mah Meri in Carrie Island look almost like the Jakuns in Endau Rompin. Half African, half Indonesian.
Stangely the natives in Borneo all look rather Chinese in terms of features and facial characteristics especially the Kelabits in Bario.
By definition, (this is super eye-opening) there was a Hindu-Malay Empire in Kedah. Yes, I said right… The Malays were Hindu (just like the gentle Balinese of today). It was known by it's old name, Langkasuka. Today known as Lembah Bujang. This Hindu-Malay Empire was 2,000yrs old. Pre-dating Borrobudor AND Angkor Watt. Who came about around 500-600yrs later. Lembah Bujang was THE mighty trading Empire, and its biggest influence was by the Indians who were here to help start it. By definition, this should make the Indians BUMIPUTERAS too since they were here 2,000yrs ago! Why are they marginalized?
The Malaysian Government now has a serious case of Alzheimer's. Why? Simply because, they would accord the next Indonesian who tomorrow swims accross the Straits of Malacca and bestow upon him with the apparently "prestigious title" of the Bumiputra status alongside others who imply have inhabited this land for hundreds of centuries. (prestigious, at least perceived by Malays) They also have a strange saying called "Ketuanan Melayu" which literally transalates into "The Lordship of Malays" The Malays still cannot identify till this day "who" or "what" the Malays have "Lordship" over. And they celebrate it galantly and triumphantly by waving the Keris (wavy knife which has Hindu origins in Borrobudor. Ganesan is seen brandishing the Keris in a bass-relief sculpture.) during public meetings over National TV much like a Pagan Wicca Ceremony on Steroids. Let's all wait for that official press release to see who the "Malays" have Lorship over, shall we?
Of the 3 books listed, "Contesting Malayness" (about S$32 for soft cover) is "banned” in Malaysia; you will need to "smuggle" it into Malaysia; for very obvious reasons.... :( or read it in Singapore if you don’t feel like breaking the law. Incidentally, the Professor (Author) was invited to speak on this very subject circa 2 yrs ago, in KL, invited by the MBRAS. You can imagine the "chaos" this seminar created...... :( Fortunately the FRU was not called in.
The other, "Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago, and the Malay Peninsular" (about RM84) are openly sold at all leading bookshops; Kinokuniya, MPH, Borders, Popular, Times, etc. You should be able to find a fair bit of what I’ve been quoting in this book too, but mind you, it is extremely heavy reading material, and you will find yourself struggling through the initial 200+ pages. It is extremely technical in nature. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t been banned (yet)…coz our authorities couldn’t make head or tail of it? (FYI, if I wasn’t doing research for my film, I wouldn’t have read it in its entirety)
The "Sejarah Melayu" (about RM 50) however, is freely available at the University Malaya bookshop. I have both the English and Royal Malay version published by MBRAS. Alternatively, you could try reading the Jawi (Arabic Script) version if you are truly a sucker for unimaginable pain...... (may feel like circumcision)
There are actually many sources for these Origins of Malays findings. Any older Philippino Museum Journal also carries these migration stories. This migration is also on display at the Philippines National Museum in Luzon. However, they end with the Aeta, and only briefly mention that the migration continued to Indonesia and Malaysia, but fully acknowledge that all Philippinos came from Taiwan. And before Taiwan, China. There is another book (part of a series) called the "Archipelago Series" endorsed by Tun Mahatir and Marina Mohammad, which states the very same thing right at the introduction on page one. “… that the Malays migrated out of Southern China some 6,000yrs ago…”. I believe it is called the “Pre-History of Malaysia” Hard Cover, about RM99 found in (mostly) MPH. They also carry “Pre-History of Indonesia” by the same authors for the same price.
It is most interesting to note that the Malaysian Museum officials gallantly invented brand new unheard-of terms such as "Proto-Malay" and "Deutero-Malay", to replace the accepted Scientific Term, Australo-Melanesians (African descent) and Austronesians (Chinese Descent, or Mongoloid to be precise) in keeping in line with creating this new “Malay” term.. They also created the new term called the Melayu-Polynesian. (Which Melayu exists in the Polynesian Islands?) Maybe they were just trying to be “Patriotic” and “Nationalistic”… who knows…? After all, we also invented the term, “Malaysian Time”. While the rest of the world calls it “Tardy” and “Late”. It’s quite an embarrassment actually…. Singaporeans crossing the border are asked to set their watches back by about a 100yrs, to adjust to “Malaysian Time”…
In a nutshell, the British Colonial Masters, who, for lack of a better description, needed a “blanket” category for ease of classification, used the term “Malay”.
The only other logical explanation, which I have heard, was that “Malaya” came as a derivative of “Himalaya”, where at Langkasuka, or Lembah Bujang today was where the Indians were describing the locals as “Malai” which means “Hill People” in Tamil. This made perfect sense as the focal point at that time was at Gunung Jerai, and the entire Peninsular had a “Mountain Range” “Banjaran Titiwangsa”, as we call it.
The Mandarin and Cantonese accurately maintain the accurate pronunciation of “Malai Ren” and “Malai Yun” respectively till this very day. Where “ren” and “yun” both mean “peoples”.
Interestingly, “Kadar” and “Kidara”, Hindi and Sanskrit words accurately describe “Kedah” of today. They both mean “fertile Land for Rice cultivation. Again, a name given by the Indians 2,000yrs ago during the “Golden Hindu Era” for a duration of 1,500yrs.
It was during this “Golden Hindu Era” that the new term which the Hindu Malay leaders also adopted the titles, “Sultan” and “Raja”. The Malay Royalty were Hindu at that time, as all of Southeast Asia was under strong Indian influence, including Borrobudor, and Angkor Watt. Bali today still practices devout Hindu Beliefs. The snake amulet worn by the Sultans of today, The Royal Dias, and even the “Pelamin” for weddings are tell-tale signs of these strong Indian influences. So, it was NOT Parameswara who was the first Sultan in Malaya. Sultanage existed approximately 1,500yrs in Kedah before he set foot on the Peninsular during the "Golden Hindu Era" of Malaysia. And they were all Hindu.
“PreHistory of Malaysia” also talks about the “Lost Kingdom” of the “Chi-Tu” where the local Malay Kingdom were Buddhists. The rest of the “Malays” were Animistic Pagans.
But you may say, "Sejarah Melayu" calls it "Melayu"? Yes, it does. Read it again; is it trying to describe the 200-odd population hamlet near Palembang by the name "Melayu"?(Google Earth will show this village).
By that same definition, then, the Achehnese should be considered a “race”. So should the Bugis and the Bataks, to be fair. Orang Acheh, Orang Bugis, Orang Laut, Orang Melayu now mean the same… descriptions of ethnic tribes, at best. So some apparently Patriotic peron decided to upgrade the Malays from Orang Melayu (Malay People) to Bangsa Melayu (Malay Race) Good job in helping perpetuate the confusion. And since the “Malays” of today are not all descendants of the “Melayu” kampung in Jambi (if I remember correctly), the term Melayu has been wrongly termed. From Day One. Maybe this is why the Johoreans still insist on calling themselves either Bugis, or Javanese til today (except when it comes to receiving Government Handouts). So do the Achehnese on the West coast of Kedah & Perlis and the Kelantanese insist that they came from Champa, Vietnam.
Morover, the fact that the first 3 pages of "Sejarah Melayu" claim that "Melayu" comes from Alexander the Great and the West Indian Princess doesn't help. More importantly, it was written in 1623. By then, the Indians had been calling the locals “Malai” for 1,500 yrs already. So the name stuck….
And with the Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals in page 1-3) naming the grandson of Iskandar Zulkarnain, and the West Indian Princess forming the Minangkabau. Whenever a Malay is asked about it, he usually says it is "Karut" (bullshit), but all Malayan based historians insist on using Sejarah Melayu as THE main reference book for which "Malay" history is based upon. The only other books are “Misa Melayu”, "Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa", "Hikayat Pasai", "Hikayat Raja-Raja Siak" and “Hikayat Hang Tuah” among others; which sometimes brings up long and “heated” discussions.
Interesting to note is one of the great "Malay" writers is called Munsyi Abdullah; who penned "Hikayat Abdullah" He was an Indian Muslim. Let's re-read that little bit. He was an Indian Muslim. How can an Indian change his race to be a Malay? He can change his shirt, his car, his religion and even his underwear, but how can anyone change his race? This must be The New Trick of the Century, which even David Copperfield will pay lots of money to watch (and perhaps learn).
"Mysterious Race Changing Trick"- created by The Malaysian Government.
Still, Malaysians are still only second to the Jews (who by the way, are the only other people in the world who are defined by a religion) So perhaps David Copperfield has yet to learn a few tricks on the mass deception skills of the Malaysian Government?
Malaysia Boleh...
I find this strange.
I also find, that it is strange that the "Chitti's" (Indian+Malay) of Malacca are categorized as Bumiputera, while their Baba brothers are not. Why? Both existed during the Parameswara days. Which part of the “Malay” side of the Baba’s is not good enough for Bumiputera classification? Re-instate them. They used to be Bumiputera pre 1960’s anyway.
Instead of "Malay", I believe that "Maphilindo" (circa 1963) would have been the closest in accurately trying to describe the Malays. However, going by that definition, it should most accurately be "MaphilindoThaiChinDiaVietWanGreekCamfrica". And it is because of this; even our University Malaya Anthropology professors cannot look at you in the eye and truthfully say that the word "Malay" technically and accurately defines a race.
This is most unfortunate.
So, in a nutshell, the “Malays” (anthropologists will disagree with this “race” definition) are TRULY ASIA !!! For once the Tourism Ministry got it right….
We should stop calling this country “Tanah Melayu” instead call it, “Tanah Truly Asia”
You must understand now, why I was "tickled pink" when I found out that the Visit Malaysia slogan for 2007 was "Truly Asia". They are so correct... (even though they missed out Greece, and Africa)
BTW, the name UMNO should be changed to UTANO the new official acronym for “United Truly Asia National Organization” . After all, they started out as a Bugis club in Johor anyway….
I told you all that I hate race classifications…. This is so depressing. Even more depressing is that the "malays" are not even a race; not since day one.
“Truly Asia Boleh”
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Malay? Who are you?
It's been interesting to read such free-flowing comments on the subject of the Origins of the Malays. While we are on the subject, how many of you have read the book entitled "Contesting Malayness - Malay Identity Across Boundaries" Edited by Timothy P. Barnard published by Singapore University Press?
Written by a Professor of National University of Singapore. It reflects the Anthropologists views that there is no such race as the "Malays" to begin with. If we follow the original migration of the Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago, they moved into Taiwan, (now the Alisan), then into the Phillipines (now the Aeta) and moved into Borneo (4,500yrs ago) (Dayak). They also split into Sulawesi and progressed into Jawa, and Sumatera. The final migration was to the Malayan Peninsular 3,000yrs ago. A sub-group from Borneo also moved to Champa in Vietnam at 4,500yrs ago.
Interestingly, the Champa deviant group moved back to present day Kelantan. There are also traces of the Dong Song and HoaBinh migration from Vietnam and Cambodia. To confuse the issue, there was also the Southern Thai migration, from what we know as Pattani today. (see also "Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsular")
Of course, we also have the Minangkabau's which come from the descendants of Alexander the Great and a West Indian Princess. (Sejarah Melayu page 1-3)
So the million Dollar Question... Is there really a race called the "Malays"? All anthropologists DO NOT SEEM TO THINK SO. (strangely, this includes all Malay Malaysian Anthropologists who are of the same opinion.)
Neither do the "Malays" who live on the West Coast of Johor. They'd rather be called Javanese. What about the west coast Kedah inhabitants who prefer to be known as "Achenese"? or the Ibans who simply want to be known as IBANS. Try calling a Kelabit a "Malay" and see what response you get... you’ll be so glad that their Head-Hunting days are over.
In an article in the Star, dated: Dec 3rd 2006
available for on-line viewing at:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/3/focus/16212814&sec=focus
An excerp is reproduced here below:
"The Malays – taken as an aggregation of people of different ethnic backgrounds but who speak the same language or family of languages and share common cultural and traditional ties – are essentially a new race, compared to the Chinese, Indians and the Arabs with their long histories of quests and conquests.
The Malay nation, therefore, covers people of various ethnic stock, including Javanese, Bugis, Bawean, Achehnese, Thai, Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak and descendants of Indian Muslims who had married local women.
Beneath these variations, however, there is a common steely core that is bent on changing the Malay persona from its perceived lethargic character to one that is brave, bold and ready to take on the world. "
The definition of “Malay” is therefore simply a collection of people's who speak a similar type language. With what is meant by a similar type language does not mean that the words are similar. (A native Kelantanese native speaker has no clue whatsoever what his Iban native brother is talking about; if both speak their own dialect) Linguists however, call this the "Lego-Type" language, where words are added on to the root word to make meaning and give tenses and such. Somehow, the Indonesians disagree with this "Malay" classification and insist instead on being called "Indonesians" even though the majority of "Malays" have their roots in parts of Indonesia. They refuse to be called "Malay"…. Anyhow you may define it.
The writer failed to identify (probably didn't know), that the "Malay" definition also includes, the Champa, Dong Song, HoabinHian, The Taiwanese Alisan and the Philippino Aetas. He also did not identify that the "Orang Asli" are (for lack of a better term) ex-Africans. If you try to call any one of our East Malaysian brothers an "Orang Asli", they WILL BEAT YOU UP! I had to repeat this because almost all West Malaysians make the same mistake when we cross the South China Sea. Worse, somehow, they feel even more insulted when you call them “Malay”. Somehow, “kurang ajar” is uttered below their breath as if “Malay” was a really bad word for them. I’m still trying to figure this one out.
Watch “Malays in Africa”; a Museum Negara produced DVD. Also, the “Champa Malays” by the same.
With this classification, they MUST also include the Phillipinos, the Papua New Guineans, the Australian Aboroginies, as well as the Polynesian Aboroginies. These are of the Australo Melanesians who migrated out of Africa 60,000yrs ago.
Getting interesting? Read on...
"Malay" should also include the Taiwanese singer "Ah Mei" who is Alisan as her tribe are the anscestors of the "Malays". And finally, you will need to define the Southern Chinese (Southern Province) as Malay also, since they are from the same stock 6,000yrs ago.
Try calling the Bugis a "Malay". Interestingly, the Bugis, who predominantly live on Sulawesi are not even Indonesians. Neither do they fall into the same group as the migrating Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago nor the Australo Melanesian group from Africa.
Ready for this?
The Bugis are the cross-breed between the Mongolian Chinese and the marauding Arab Pirates. (FYI, a runaway Ming Dynasty official whom Cheng Ho was sent to hunt down) Interestingly, the Bugis, (just like their Arabic ancestors) were career Pirates in the Johor-Riau Island areas. Now the nephew of Daeng Kemboja was appointed as the First Sultan of Selangor. That makes the entire Selangor Sultanate part Arab, part Chinese! Try talking to the Bugis Museum curator near Kukup in Johor. Kukup is located near the most south-western tip of Johor. (Due south of Pontian Kechil) He is more than willing to expound on the Bugis heritage. Buy him lunch and he can talk for days on end.
Let's not even get into the Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekiu, and Hang Lekir, who shared the same family last name as the other super famous "Hang" family member... Hang Li Poh. And who was she? Legend tells us that she is the Princess of a Ming Dynasty Emperor who was sent to marry the Sultan of Malacca. Won't that make the entire Malacca Sultanate downline "Baba" ? Since the older son of the collapsed Malaccan Sultanate got killed in Johor, (the current Sultanate is the downline of the then, Bendahara) the only other son became the Sultan of Perak. Do we see any Chinese-ness in Raja Azlan? Is he the descendant of Hang Li Poh? But wait a minute....
That's what legend says. Let's look at the proof. The solid evidence. There is a well next to the Zheng He Temple in Malacca which is supposed to be the well built by the Sultan of Malacca for Hang Li Poh. According to legend, anyone who drinks of it shall re-visit Malacca before they die. Hmmm smells like a romantic fairy tale already. But let's look at who Hang Li Poh actually is. Which Ming Emperor was she a daughter to? So I got into researching the entire list of Ming Emperors. Guess what? Not a single Ming Emperor's last name begins with Hang. In fact, all their last names begin with Tzu (pronounced Choo). So who is Hang Li Poh? An Extra Concubine? A Spare Handmaiden? Who knows? But one thing for certain, is that she was no daughter of any of the Ming Emperors. Gone is the romantic notion of the Sultan of Malacca marrying an exotic Chinese Princess. Sorry guys, the Sultan married an unidentified Chinese commoner.
Next question. If the Baba’s are part Malay, why have they been marginalized by NOT BEING BUMIPUTERA? Which part of “Malay” are they not? Whatever the answer, why then are the Portugese of Malacca BUMIPUTERA? Did they not come 100yrs AFTER the arrival of the first Baba’s? Parameswara founded Malacca in 1411. The Portugese came in 1511, and the Dutch in the 1600’s. Strangely, the Baba’s were in fact once classified a Bumiputera, but some Prime Minister decreed that they were to be strangely “declassified” in the 1960’s. WHY? How can a "native son of the soil" degenerate into an "un-son"? The new classification is "pendatang" meaning a migrant to describe the Baba's and Nyonyas. Wait a minute, isn't EVERYONE on the Peninsular a migrant to begin with? How can the government discriminate? Does the Malaysian Government have amnesia?
The Sultan of Kelantan had similar roots to the Pattani Kingdom making him of Thai origin. And what is this "coffee table book" by the Sultan of Perlis claiming to be the direct descendant of the prophet Muhammed? Somehow we see Prof Khoo Khay Khim’s signature name on the book. I’ll pay good money to own a copy of it myself. Anyone has a spare?
In persuing this thread, and having looked at the history of Prophet Muhammed (BTW, real name Ahmad) we couldn't figure out which descendant line The Sultan of Perlis was. Perhaps it was by the name Syed, which transcended. Then we tried to locate which downline did the Sultan descend from of the 13 Official Wives of Prophet Muhammad named in the Holy Koran? Or was the Sultan of Perlis a descendant from the other 23 non-wives? Of the 13 Official Wives were (at least known) 3 Israeli women. Then you should come to this instant revelation, isn't Prophet Muhammad an Israeli himself? Yes, the answer is clear. All descendants of Moses are Israeli. In fact, the Holy Koran teaches that Moses was the First Muslim. Thus confirming all the descendants of Moses to be Israeli, including Jesus and Prophet Muhammad. It is also found in Sura 2:58&59 which specifically mentions that the Torah/ Talmud (Jewish) and the Kitab (Bible) are Holy Words of Allah. But since this is not a Religious or a Theological discussion, let's move on to a more anthropological approach.
So, how many of you have met with the Orang Asli’s (Malaysian Natives)? The more northern you go, the more African they look. Why are they called Negrito’s? It is a Spanish word, from which directly transalates “mini Negros”. The more southern you go, the more “Indonesian” they look. And the ones who live at Cameron Highlands kinda look 50-50. You can see the Batek at Taman Negara, who really look like Eddie Murphy to a certain degree. Or the Negritos who live at the Thai border near Temenggor Lake (north Perak). The Mah Meri in Carrie Island look almost like the Jakuns in Endau Rompin. Half African, half Indonesian.
Stangely the natives in Borneo all look rather Chinese in terms of features and facial characteristics especially the Kelabits in Bario.
By definition, (this is super eye-opening) there was a Hindu-Malay Empire in Kedah. Yes, I said right… The Malays were Hindu (just like the gentle Balinese of today). It was known by it's old name, Langkasuka. Today known as Lembah Bujang. This Hindu-Malay Empire was 2,000yrs old. Pre-dating Borrobudor AND Angkor Watt. Who came about around 500-600yrs later. Lembah Bujang was THE mighty trading Empire, and its biggest influence was by the Indians who were here to help start it. By definition, this should make the Indians BUMIPUTERAS too since they were here 2,000yrs ago! Why are they marginalized?
The Malaysian Government now has a serious case of Alzheimer's. Why? Simply because, they would accord the next Indonesian who tomorrow swims accross the Straits of Malacca and bestow upon him with the apparently "prestigious title" of the Bumiputra status alongside others who imply have inhabited this land for hundreds of centuries. (prestigious, at least perceived by Malays) They also have a strange saying called "Ketuanan Melayu" which literally transalates into "The Lordship of Malays" The Malays still cannot identify till this day "who" or "what" the Malays have "Lordship" over. And they celebrate it galantly and triumphantly by waving the Keris (wavy knife which has Hindu origins in Borrobudor. Ganesan is seen brandishing the Keris in a bass-relief sculpture.) during public meetings over National TV much like a Pagan Wicca Ceremony on Steroids. Let's all wait for that official press release to see who the "Malays" have Lorship over, shall we?
Of the 3 books listed, "Contesting Malayness" (about S$32 for soft cover) is "banned” in Malaysia; you will need to "smuggle" it into Malaysia; for very obvious reasons.... :( or read it in Singapore if you don’t feel like breaking the law. Incidentally, the Professor (Author) was invited to speak on this very subject circa 2 yrs ago, in KL, invited by the MBRAS. You can imagine the "chaos" this seminar created...... :( Fortunately the FRU was not called in.
The other, "Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago, and the Malay Peninsular" (about RM84) are openly sold at all leading bookshops; Kinokuniya, MPH, Borders, Popular, Times, etc. You should be able to find a fair bit of what I’ve been quoting in this book too, but mind you, it is extremely heavy reading material, and you will find yourself struggling through the initial 200+ pages. It is extremely technical in nature. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t been banned (yet)…coz our authorities couldn’t make head or tail of it? (FYI, if I wasn’t doing research for my film, I wouldn’t have read it in its entirety)
The "Sejarah Melayu" (about RM 50) however, is freely available at the University Malaya bookshop. I have both the English and Royal Malay version published by MBRAS. Alternatively, you could try reading the Jawi (Arabic Script) version if you are truly a sucker for unimaginable pain...... (may feel like circumcision)
There are actually many sources for these Origins of Malays findings. Any older Philippino Museum Journal also carries these migration stories. This migration is also on display at the Philippines National Museum in Luzon. However, they end with the Aeta, and only briefly mention that the migration continued to Indonesia and Malaysia, but fully acknowledge that all Philippinos came from Taiwan. And before Taiwan, China. There is another book (part of a series) called the "Archipelago Series" endorsed by Tun Mahatir and Marina Mohammad, which states the very same thing right at the introduction on page one. “… that the Malays migrated out of Southern China some 6,000yrs ago…”. I believe it is called the “Pre-History of Malaysia” Hard Cover, about RM99 found in (mostly) MPH. They also carry “Pre-History of Indonesia” by the same authors for the same price.
It is most interesting to note that the Malaysian Museum officials gallantly invented brand new unheard-of terms such as "Proto-Malay" and "Deutero-Malay", to replace the accepted Scientific Term, Australo-Melanesians (African descent) and Austronesians (Chinese Descent, or Mongoloid to be precise) in keeping in line with creating this new “Malay” term.. They also created the new term called the Melayu-Polynesian. (Which Melayu exists in the Polynesian Islands?) Maybe they were just trying to be “Patriotic” and “Nationalistic”… who knows…? After all, we also invented the term, “Malaysian Time”. While the rest of the world calls it “Tardy” and “Late”. It’s quite an embarrassment actually…. Singaporeans crossing the border are asked to set their watches back by about a 100yrs, to adjust to “Malaysian Time”…
In a nutshell, the British Colonial Masters, who, for lack of a better description, needed a “blanket” category for ease of classification, used the term “Malay”.
The only other logical explanation, which I have heard, was that “Malaya” came as a derivative of “Himalaya”, where at Langkasuka, or Lembah Bujang today was where the Indians were describing the locals as “Malai” which means “Hill People” in Tamil. This made perfect sense as the focal point at that time was at Gunung Jerai, and the entire Peninsular had a “Mountain Range” “Banjaran Titiwangsa”, as we call it.
The Mandarin and Cantonese accurately maintain the accurate pronunciation of “Malai Ren” and “Malai Yun” respectively till this very day. Where “ren” and “yun” both mean “peoples”.
Interestingly, “Kadar” and “Kidara”, Hindi and Sanskrit words accurately describe “Kedah” of today. They both mean “fertile Land for Rice cultivation. Again, a name given by the Indians 2,000yrs ago during the “Golden Hindu Era” for a duration of 1,500yrs.
It was during this “Golden Hindu Era” that the new term which the Hindu Malay leaders also adopted the titles, “Sultan” and “Raja”. The Malay Royalty were Hindu at that time, as all of Southeast Asia was under strong Indian influence, including Borrobudor, and Angkor Watt. Bali today still practices devout Hindu Beliefs. The snake amulet worn by the Sultans of today, The Royal Dias, and even the “Pelamin” for weddings are tell-tale signs of these strong Indian influences. So, it was NOT Parameswara who was the first Sultan in Malaya. Sultanage existed approximately 1,500yrs in Kedah before he set foot on the Peninsular during the "Golden Hindu Era" of Malaysia. And they were all Hindu.
“PreHistory of Malaysia” also talks about the “Lost Kingdom” of the “Chi-Tu” where the local Malay Kingdom were Buddhists. The rest of the “Malays” were Animistic Pagans.
But you may say, "Sejarah Melayu" calls it "Melayu"? Yes, it does. Read it again; is it trying to describe the 200-odd population hamlet near Palembang by the name "Melayu"?(Google Earth will show this village).
By that same definition, then, the Achehnese should be considered a “race”. So should the Bugis and the Bataks, to be fair. Orang Acheh, Orang Bugis, Orang Laut, Orang Melayu now mean the same… descriptions of ethnic tribes, at best. So some apparently Patriotic peron decided to upgrade the Malays from Orang Melayu (Malay People) to Bangsa Melayu (Malay Race) Good job in helping perpetuate the confusion. And since the “Malays” of today are not all descendants of the “Melayu” kampung in Jambi (if I remember correctly), the term Melayu has been wrongly termed. From Day One. Maybe this is why the Johoreans still insist on calling themselves either Bugis, or Javanese til today (except when it comes to receiving Government Handouts). So do the Achehnese on the West coast of Kedah & Perlis and the Kelantanese insist that they came from Champa, Vietnam.
Morover, the fact that the first 3 pages of "Sejarah Melayu" claim that "Melayu" comes from Alexander the Great and the West Indian Princess doesn't help. More importantly, it was written in 1623. By then, the Indians had been calling the locals “Malai” for 1,500 yrs already. So the name stuck….
And with the Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals in page 1-3) naming the grandson of Iskandar Zulkarnain, and the West Indian Princess forming the Minangkabau. Whenever a Malay is asked about it, he usually says it is "Karut" (bullshit), but all Malayan based historians insist on using Sejarah Melayu as THE main reference book for which "Malay" history is based upon. The only other books are “Misa Melayu”, "Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa", "Hikayat Pasai", "Hikayat Raja-Raja Siak" and “Hikayat Hang Tuah” among others; which sometimes brings up long and “heated” discussions.
Interesting to note is one of the great "Malay" writers is called Munsyi Abdullah; who penned "Hikayat Abdullah" He was an Indian Muslim. Let's re-read that little bit. He was an Indian Muslim. How can an Indian change his race to be a Malay? He can change his shirt, his car, his religion and even his underwear, but how can anyone change his race? This must be The New Trick of the Century, which even David Copperfield will pay lots of money to watch (and perhaps learn).
"Mysterious Race Changing Trick"- created by The Malaysian Government.
Still, Malaysians are still only second to the Jews (who by the way, are the only other people in the world who are defined by a religion) So perhaps David Copperfield has yet to learn a few tricks on the mass deception skills of the Malaysian Government?
Malaysia Boleh...
I find this strange.
I also find, that it is strange that the "Chitti's" (Indian+Malay) of Malacca are categorized as Bumiputera, while their Baba brothers are not. Why? Both existed during the Parameswara days. Which part of the “Malay” side of the Baba’s is not good enough for Bumiputera classification? Re-instate them. They used to be Bumiputera pre 1960’s anyway.
Instead of "Malay", I believe that "Maphilindo" (circa 1963) would have been the closest in accurately trying to describe the Malays. However, going by that definition, it should most accurately be "MaphilindoThaiChinDiaVietWanGreekCamfrica". And it is because of this; even our University Malaya Anthropology professors cannot look at you in the eye and truthfully say that the word "Malay" technically and accurately defines a race.
This is most unfortunate.
So, in a nutshell, the “Malays” (anthropologists will disagree with this “race” definition) are TRULY ASIA !!! For once the Tourism Ministry got it right….
We should stop calling this country “Tanah Melayu” instead call it, “Tanah Truly Asia”
You must understand now, why I was "tickled pink" when I found out that the Visit Malaysia slogan for 2007 was "Truly Asia". They are so correct... (even though they missed out Greece, and Africa)
BTW, the name UMNO should be changed to UTANO the new official acronym for “United Truly Asia National Organization” . After all, they started out as a Bugis club in Johor anyway….
I told you all that I hate race classifications…. This is so depressing. Even more depressing is that the "malays" are not even a race; not since day one.
“Truly Asia Boleh”
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Friday, 11 July 2008
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Oleh ROSLAH OTHMAN
MEMIKUL tanggungjawab menjadi ibu dan bapa bukan satu perkara yang mudah. Matlamat keibubapaan itu sendiri perlu diketahui supaya anak dapat dibimbing untuk mencapai potensi menjadi insan yang berguna, bertanggungjawab dan produktif.
Penceramah Bahagian Pembangunan Keluarga, Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara (LPPKN), Rahmah Othman berkata, dalam konsep keibubapaan sendiri, bapa adalah ketua dan pemimpin keluarga, manakala ibu sebagai pembantu bapa dalam pengurusan keluarga dan rumah tangga serta menjadi pemimpin semasa ketiadaan bapa.
Dalam cabaran masa kini, ibu bapa perlu ada anjakan paradigma supaya dapat melaksanakan tanggungjawab mereka dengan lebih baik lagi.
Rahmah berkata, dalam mendidik anak, terdapat tahap-tahap tertentu yang perlu diketahui dan diikuti oleh setiap ibu bapa.
‘‘Anak berusia satu hingga tujuh tahun perlu dididik secara bergurau dan jangan dipukul. Bagi anak berusia lapan hingga 14 tahun, sebaiknya didik mereka dengan disiplin, tunjuk ajar dan kasih sayang.
‘‘Sementara di peringkat remaja iaitu 15 hingga 21 tahun, anak harus dididik macam kawan, jangan dirotan dan dimarah. Sebaliknya, peluk, pujuk dan nasihati mereka. Manakala selepas usia 21 tahun, ibu bapa perlu memberi kebebasan mereka membuat keputusan dan tindakan,’’ ujarnya ketika menyampaikan ceramah bertajuk ‘Ibu bapa Teman Sejati’ pada Kursus Bersiri Pembangunan Keluarga Ilmu Keluarga @ LPPKN bertajuk Anakku, Kalian Segalanya di Bangunan LPPKN, baru-baru ini.
Menerangkan lebih lanjut mengenai mendidik anak, khususnya anak remaja, perhubungan dan interaksi positif ibu bapa dengan anak perlu ada. Ia termasuk saling menghormati, sedia mendengar, memberi galakan dan sokongan serta menerima anak itu sebagai individu yang istimewa.
Katanya, peringkat usia 10 hingga 19 tahun merupakan masa yang paling kritikal kerana remaja akan mengalami pelbagai perubahan dan perkembangan meliputi perubahan fizikal, mental, psikologi, emosi dan sosial.
‘‘Pada peringkat usia ini mereka akan menghadapi pelbagai persoalan yang menekan jiwa. Ketika ini jugalah proses mencari dan membentuk identiti, perubahan fizikal pada tubuh badan, perasaan yang bercelaru dan keinginan untuk dihargai boleh menyebabkan berlaku tekanan jiwa,’’ ujarnya.
Menerangkan mengenai remaja berumur 10 hingga 14 tahun kata Rahmah, di peringkat itu mereka lazimnya, bersifat logikal, sentiasa ingin tahu, suka bertanya itu dan ini, lasak, bertenaga, suka meneroka cabaran, namun masih bersifat keanak-anakkan.
Pada peringkat inilah, kata beliau hubungan dengan keluarga amat penting, termasuk keinginan untuk mereka berbincang dengan ibu bapa masih ada.
Sementara remaja peringkat pertengahan 14 hingga 17 tahun mereka mula utamakan rakan sebaya daripada keluarga. Remaja peringkat ini dikatakan suka memaksa dan mendesak.
Malah, di peringkat ini juga mereka mula mencari identiti diri dengan cuba membentuk peribadi menjelang kedewasaan.
Di peringkat ini, kata Rahmah, jika remaja tidak dibimbing dengan sewajarnya, kemungkinan untuk mereka terlibat dengan gejala tidak sihat seperti penyalahgunaan dadah, seks bebas dan lari dari rumah adalah tinggi.
Sementara, peringkat 17 hingga 19 tahun, kata Rahmah, mereka lazimnya telah mengenali dan menghayati identiti diri yang sebenar. Ikatan dengan rakan sebaya semakin berkurangan dan beralih kepada individu berlainan jantina. Malah di peringkat ini keupayaan mereka untuk berfikir juga lebih terbuka dan mula berfikir untuk masa depan.
‘‘Remaja di peringkat ini bukan sahaja boleh berdikari tanpa ibu bapa, tetapi juga daya fikiran dan imaginasi digunakan untuk kepentingan pelajaran dan kerjaya,’’ terangnya.
Remaja di peringkat ini juga, kata Rahmah, sememangnya memerlukan perhatian dan tumpuan. Oleh itu, ibu bapa perlu sentiasa atau mempunyai ruang untuk mendekati dan mendampingi anak remaja mereka.
Malah ibu bapa juga perlu bertanggungjawab untuk mengetahui apa yang anak sedang buat, apa yang anak sedang difikirkan, apa yang ada dalam begnya, apa yang disembunyikan, siapa kawan-kawannya dan di mana tempat yang dikunjunginya.
Menerangkan beberapa cara menzahirkan kasih sayang kepada anak remaja, beliau menjelaskan ia termasuk melalui percakapan, pujian, pengiktirafan, bergurau senda dan ucapan yang baik. Malah ia juga boleh ditunjukkan melalui perlakuan atau gerakan badan, bersalaman, memeluk, mencium, memberi hadiah, beriadah bersama dan saling menghormati.
Dalam masa sama, ibu bapa sewajarnya mengambil inisiatif menerangkan atau menjelaskan mengenai peraturan berkaitan sentuhan. Akibat terlalu naif, ada remaja terlibat dengan gejala itu sekadar ingin mencuba tanpa memikirkan risiko yang akan ditanggung.
‘‘Anak-anak perlu diterangkan tubuh mereka adalah milik mereka sahaja, tidak siapa berhak menyentuh bahagian sulit tubuh mereka kecuali bagi tujuan kebersihan atau kesihatan. Begitu juga tiada siapa berhak meminta menyentuh bahagian sulit tubuh mereka.
‘‘Malah jika mereka tidak berasa selesa apabila disentuh seseorang, katakan ‘tidak’, lari dan beritahu orang lain yang dipercayai,’’ ujarnya sambil menegaskan anak-anak juga perlu diterangkan tentang bagaimana membezakan antara sentuhan selamat, selesa dan sebaliknya.
Dalam ceramahnya juga Rahmah turut menerangkan bagaimana terdapat empat gaya keibubapaan yang menjadi amalan ibu bapa hari ini tanpa disedari amat mempengaruhi seorang anak itu.
Empat jenis yang dimaksudkan, jenis A Autoritarian (tinggi kawalan, rendah kasih sayang), jenis B-Permisif (rendah kawalan, tinggi kasih sayang), jenis C-Pengabaian (rendah kawalan, rendah kasih sayang ) dan jenis D-Autoritatif (tinggi kawalan, tinggi kasih sayang).
Berbanding jenis A, B dan C, jenis D iaitu Autoritatif yang lebih berasaskan konsep demokratik seperti kesamarataan dan amanah lebih berjaya membimbing anak-anak ke arah pencapaian potensi mereka sebagai individu yang bertanggungjawab, berdikari, produktif dan berakhlak mulia.
‘‘Ibu bapa yang menggunakan pendekatan jenis D dalam mendidik anak merupakan ibu bapa yang seimbang memberi sepenuh perhatian terhadap keperluan anak-anak dan meletakkan batasan yang jelas terhadap tingkah laku anak-anak. Ibu bapa ini membuat keputusan berdasarkan keperluan, bukan keinginan atau nafsu anak-anak,” katanya.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Al-Kautsar
Bismillah..........hirohma...nir'rohhimm.....
"Inna a'kthoina'kalkautsar, fashallilirabbikawanhar, innash ania'ka huwal abtar".
Subject: RAHSIA SURAL-KAUTSAR
Surah Al-Kautsar
Surah ini paling pendek, hanya mengandungi 3 ayat & diturunkan di Makkah dan bermaksud sungai di syurga. Kolam sungai ini diperbuat daripada batu
permata nan indah dan cantik.
Rasanya lebih manis daripada madu, warnanya pula lebih putih daripada susu dan lebih wangi daripada kasturi.
Surah ini disif atkan sebagai surah penghibur hati Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. kerana diturunkan ketika baginda bersedih atas kematian 2 orang yang dikasihi
iaitu anak lelakinya Ibrahim dan bapa saudaranya Abu Talib.
Pelbagai khasiat terkandung di dalam surah ini dan boleh kita amalkan:-
1 ) Baca surah ini ketika hujan dan berdoa, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. makbulkan doa kita.
2) Jika kita kehausan dan tiada air, bacalah surah ini dan gosok di leher, Insya'allah hilang dahaga.
3) Jika sering sakit mata, seperti berair, gatal, bengkak , sapukan air mawar yang sudah dibacakan surah ini sebanyak 10x pada mata.
4) Jika rumah dipercayai terkena sihir, baca surah ini 10x, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. bagi ilham pada kita dimana let aknya sihir itu.
5) Jika membacanya 1,000x rezeki kita akan bertambah.
6) Jika rajin membacanya, hati kita akan menjadi lembut dan khusyuk ketika menunaikan solat.
7) Jika orang teraniaya dan terpenjara membacanya sebanyak 71x, Allah s.w.t . akan memberikan bantuan kepadanya kerana dia tidak bersalah tetapi diza
limi.
"Inna a'kthoina'kalkautsar, fashallilirabbikawanhar, innash ania'ka huwal abtar".
Subject: RAHSIA SURAL-KAUTSAR
Surah Al-Kautsar
Surah ini paling pendek, hanya mengandungi 3 ayat & diturunkan di Makkah dan bermaksud sungai di syurga. Kolam sungai ini diperbuat daripada batu
permata nan indah dan cantik.
Rasanya lebih manis daripada madu, warnanya pula lebih putih daripada susu dan lebih wangi daripada kasturi.
Surah ini disif atkan sebagai surah penghibur hati Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. kerana diturunkan ketika baginda bersedih atas kematian 2 orang yang dikasihi
iaitu anak lelakinya Ibrahim dan bapa saudaranya Abu Talib.
Pelbagai khasiat terkandung di dalam surah ini dan boleh kita amalkan:-
1 ) Baca surah ini ketika hujan dan berdoa, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. makbulkan doa kita.
2) Jika kita kehausan dan tiada air, bacalah surah ini dan gosok di leher, Insya'allah hilang dahaga.
3) Jika sering sakit mata, seperti berair, gatal, bengkak , sapukan air mawar yang sudah dibacakan surah ini sebanyak 10x pada mata.
4) Jika rumah dipercayai terkena sihir, baca surah ini 10x, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. bagi ilham pada kita dimana let aknya sihir itu.
5) Jika membacanya 1,000x rezeki kita akan bertambah.
6) Jika rajin membacanya, hati kita akan menjadi lembut dan khusyuk ketika menunaikan solat.
7) Jika orang teraniaya dan terpenjara membacanya sebanyak 71x, Allah s.w.t . akan memberikan bantuan kepadanya kerana dia tidak bersalah tetapi diza
limi.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Money can buy happiness
dari http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/giveandbehappy.html
Money can buy happiness
THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Money can buy happiness, at least when you spend it on others.
That's the conclusion of a study appearing in the March 21 issue of Science. It found that spending on others brings people greater satisfaction than buying things for themselves.
What's more, most people seemed unaware of this hidden key to happiness, the researchers said.
"It's tied to 'pro-social' spending," said Elizabeth Dunn, lead author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
"Most research has looked at the relationship of how much people make and how happy they are," Dunn said. "We examined what they did with it. It's an obvious question but it hasn't been tackled."
Hikes in income can help boost happiness, but the effect is weak, prior studies have found. Research have also found that as the average income rises within a society, people's reported levels of happiness remain relatively static.
So is there something people could be doing with their cash to boost their mental well-being? The authors looked at the question in three different ways.
First they asked a nationally representative sample of 632 Americans (roughly equivalent between genders) to rate their happiness, report their annual income and estimate how much they spend on a typical month on different items, including gifts to others and donations to charity.
Those who had more of this "pro-social" spending were also happier, the team found.
Then they asked 16 employees to rate their happiness both before and after receiving profit-sharing from the company they worked for.
Those who gave away more of their bonus in a pro-social manner were, again, happier and this was true no matter how little or how grand the bonus.
Finally, 46 participants were given an envelope containing either $5 or $20 and asked to spend it that day. Individuals were randomly assigned to spend the money on personal items, or on a gift for someone else, including a charitable donation.
Those who spent their money on others reported greater "post-windfall" happiness than those who were looking out for themselves.
Still, most people spend more money on themselves than others (partly understandable given the influx of bills most households experience), but the authors suggest that as little as $5 may be enough to reap a happiness dividend.
"Reaching out and doing things for other people allows you to kind of create a community," said Dr. Alan Manevitz, a clinical psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. "Social networks, we know, make people happier. It's all about creating social networks and community ties and having a sense of self that you feel is worthwhile so money therefore can be used in service of that."
And money is just one resource that can be used to that end, Dunn said. "All kinds of resources may be beneficial for our well-being," she added.
Money can buy happiness
THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Money can buy happiness, at least when you spend it on others.
That's the conclusion of a study appearing in the March 21 issue of Science. It found that spending on others brings people greater satisfaction than buying things for themselves.
What's more, most people seemed unaware of this hidden key to happiness, the researchers said.
"It's tied to 'pro-social' spending," said Elizabeth Dunn, lead author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
"Most research has looked at the relationship of how much people make and how happy they are," Dunn said. "We examined what they did with it. It's an obvious question but it hasn't been tackled."
Hikes in income can help boost happiness, but the effect is weak, prior studies have found. Research have also found that as the average income rises within a society, people's reported levels of happiness remain relatively static.
So is there something people could be doing with their cash to boost their mental well-being? The authors looked at the question in three different ways.
First they asked a nationally representative sample of 632 Americans (roughly equivalent between genders) to rate their happiness, report their annual income and estimate how much they spend on a typical month on different items, including gifts to others and donations to charity.
Those who had more of this "pro-social" spending were also happier, the team found.
Then they asked 16 employees to rate their happiness both before and after receiving profit-sharing from the company they worked for.
Those who gave away more of their bonus in a pro-social manner were, again, happier and this was true no matter how little or how grand the bonus.
Finally, 46 participants were given an envelope containing either $5 or $20 and asked to spend it that day. Individuals were randomly assigned to spend the money on personal items, or on a gift for someone else, including a charitable donation.
Those who spent their money on others reported greater "post-windfall" happiness than those who were looking out for themselves.
Still, most people spend more money on themselves than others (partly understandable given the influx of bills most households experience), but the authors suggest that as little as $5 may be enough to reap a happiness dividend.
"Reaching out and doing things for other people allows you to kind of create a community," said Dr. Alan Manevitz, a clinical psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. "Social networks, we know, make people happier. It's all about creating social networks and community ties and having a sense of self that you feel is worthwhile so money therefore can be used in service of that."
And money is just one resource that can be used to that end, Dunn said. "All kinds of resources may be beneficial for our well-being," she added.
Friday, 21 March 2008
Lagu UMNO baru
Lagu UMNO baru
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tinggal Um No pertubuhan penipu
Tindas rakyat sambil merapu
Rakyat Melayu dah makin layu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Pemimpin senang berumah batu
Kroni kaya anak menantu
Tinggal ahlinya hanya tengok batu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Anak Melayu dah jadi hantu
Agama disekat satu persatu
Ulamak di anggap sebagai hantu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tanah pusaka di buang batu
Tukar milik pakai sukamu
Bangsa Melayu dah jadi kutu
Bersatu kita Bersatu
Bahasa Inggeris dah jadi satu
Matematik sains dah jadi haru
Um No tambah dasar penipu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tinggalkan Um No kerana satu
Tindas Melayu atas Melayu
Masukkan tar jalan pun pilih bulu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Melayu pecahkan Melayu Baru
Anak kroni berkereta baru
Hak rakyat habuan di sapu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Bisasiswa Melayu di buang satu
PTPN dan Mara jadi along baru
Melayu mengganggur habis di buru
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Pemimpin penipu usah dialu
Biar merana baru dia tahu
Alam Barzakh dan akhirat pasti dilalu
Mungkar dan Nangkir tak mungkin tertipu
Insaflah di dunia tahulah malu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tinggal Um No pertubuhan penipu
Tindas rakyat sambil merapu
Rakyat Melayu dah makin layu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Pemimpin senang berumah batu
Kroni kaya anak menantu
Tinggal ahlinya hanya tengok batu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Anak Melayu dah jadi hantu
Agama disekat satu persatu
Ulamak di anggap sebagai hantu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tanah pusaka di buang batu
Tukar milik pakai sukamu
Bangsa Melayu dah jadi kutu
Bersatu kita Bersatu
Bahasa Inggeris dah jadi satu
Matematik sains dah jadi haru
Um No tambah dasar penipu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Tinggalkan Um No kerana satu
Tindas Melayu atas Melayu
Masukkan tar jalan pun pilih bulu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Melayu pecahkan Melayu Baru
Anak kroni berkereta baru
Hak rakyat habuan di sapu
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Bisasiswa Melayu di buang satu
PTPN dan Mara jadi along baru
Melayu mengganggur habis di buru
Bersatu Kita Bersatu
Pemimpin penipu usah dialu
Biar merana baru dia tahu
Alam Barzakh dan akhirat pasti dilalu
Mungkar dan Nangkir tak mungkin tertipu
Insaflah di dunia tahulah malu
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