tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post2324579266706517111..comments2023-11-30T00:11:27.068+00:00Comments on Anak si Hamid: The Ramblings of a Malay Malcontent (retired and retiring) - Part 1anak si-hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-12742527307056293942008-12-25T23:32:00.000+00:002008-12-25T23:32:00.000+00:00As far as I remember , when I was a kid, we use t...As far as I remember , when I was a kid, we use to roll a bicycle wheel (minus the spokes) in front of us, then we used a stick of about 80 cm., to push the wheel by lining it on the groove of the wheel . This is done as as we slow-jogged behind the wheel.<BR/><BR/>That game is called (if I am not mistaken) 'main lereng)<BR/><BR/>musAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-9253637943688022822008-12-24T09:57:00.000+00:002008-12-24T09:57:00.000+00:00Thanks for the info Kak Teh. Would love to read th...Thanks for the info Kak Teh. Would love to read the account of the Malay POW. But my poor Pa'Uda made no record and what we knew is just what we could glean from his sister my Ma'Cik Munah.<BR/><BR/>See what we lose when we marginalise our our elderly? We are too fond of the ethos that the old should be treated like an old Koran - still to be respected but cannot be read anymore. If we keep on doing so we do it at our peril.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-68940458208532953562008-12-24T07:25:00.000+00:002008-12-24T07:25:00.000+00:00Ms Hamid, I had written about the POW's experience...Ms Hamid, I had written about the POW's experience in the blog. It was based on the 60th anniversary when Singapore fell into the hands of the Japanese. <BR/>Anyway, do you know more about yr Pak Uda's experience? <BR/>During a conference some years ago I met this scholar who managed to get hold of jottings of one Malay POW who worked on the Death Railway. He did a study of that and I think will publish his thesis. Very interesting indeed. I have the paper somewhere and if you are interested and will try to look through my chaotic library.Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-43566009366200373202008-12-23T17:30:00.000+00:002008-12-23T17:30:00.000+00:00Nostalgia is like an opiate...soothing us when all...Nostalgia is like an opiate...soothing us when all around we see mayhem and materialism.<BR/>But doesn't everyone long for such 'simple' times? When loved ones and places were still around and childhood wonder hadn't given way to jaded cynicisms. Unless one has a heart of stone.<BR/><BR/>I've always enjoyed P Ramlee movies sometimes for the messages conveyed, but more as time machines taking one back then to when...<BR/><BR/>I also marvel at how much effort must have gone into the making of these gems when movie technology was rudimentary more so in this country of indolent and complacent natives. Just look at the overhead mencheche shots that give us a helicopter view of the scenes passing by. Don't you wonder how it was done? Using a lorry, crane, superimposed. Fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Keep the posts coming. And don't be too hard on your teacher-selves for the mess left behind. I believe the usual suspects are most loath to owning up as they continue on their depredations.Mr Bojangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936269017803358208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-59736384934906597402008-12-23T15:39:00.000+00:002008-12-23T15:39:00.000+00:00Hello again Kak Teh, would love to hear your accou...Hello again Kak Teh, would love to hear your account of the POW's experience.<BR/>My Pa'Uda was taken to work on the Thailand Railway and he was never the same after that.<BR/><BR/>To SakmongkolAK47, I still have the letters my father wrote to me and I used to say he writes in the crisp old-fashioned way. Like nowadays, youngsters do not say 'thanks' but 'cheers'. Does it matter as long as the sentiment is there?<BR/><BR/>Dear Mekyam, you're a THINKER and I like that.<BR/>My response to contempt is to mock it and play a game of tit for tat. Don't get mad, get even.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-24758501007208703602008-12-23T02:12:00.000+00:002008-12-23T02:12:00.000+00:00ms hamid,i think when we read those condescending ...ms hamid,<BR/><BR/>i think when we read those condescending things that were written about the malays by the colonialists, we could respond in one of these ways:<BR/><BR/>- accept its untruth and make it a self-fulfilling prophesy<BR/><BR/>- fume about it so much that we waste the energy we could have used to achieve our potential<BR/><BR/>- concentrate on proving it wrong until it becomes a chip on our shoulder <BR/><BR/>- dismiss it and carry on with the cards God deals us and let the chips fall where they may.<BR/><BR/>i opt for the last. :D<BR/><BR/>wish you a glorious 2009, ms hamid!<BR/><BR/>p.s. it was really neat listening to p. ramlee's "mencece" while reading this entry. i replayed the "badan pipis macam keropok" part to see jai's aunt.mekyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821403905513232293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-36879492493438111912008-12-22T22:22:00.000+00:002008-12-22T22:22:00.000+00:00my dear akak,i have been waiting for you to write ...my dear akak,<BR/><BR/>i have been waiting for you to write something such as this piece. you seem to me as a person who can write on certain issues very objectively and comes across as someone writing sincerely. in particular, the evolution of malay society is Singapore from a first hand observation has always intrested me. <BR/><BR/>and of course, your style of writing reminds me the English teacher of the old school.<BR/>with warmest regards/sakmongkolAriff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.com