tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post7803803657102065814..comments2023-11-30T00:11:27.068+00:00Comments on Anak si Hamid: Not again!!anak si-hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-44099980552765763232013-09-23T08:31:25.923+01:002013-09-23T08:31:25.923+01:00Thank you Adait Aman for a very 'enlightening&...Thank you Adait Aman for a very 'enlightening' comment. There are far too many petty Napoleons at the British Border Agency and the irony is that the Bumiputera Brit Officers are more 'diplomatic' and less arrogant.<br /><br /> I love that tale of the gentleman who had to be extricated by the Malaysian High Commission. Bully for him - but don't tangle with men and women in uniform. They may look kinky but they don't know how to rock!<br />Over thirty years ago - coming into Heathrow - I was asked by the (at that time they were all native Brits) Officer if I was related to the young Chinese man that had just gone through his scrutiny.<br /><br />I must have looked shocked and said, "Why should I?" ( It must be because many Brits, like the Duke of Edinburgh, regard all people with 'slit eyes' as the same.)<br /><br />At least he had the decency to look sheepish and said . "Well, we have to be careful about who we let in...?<br /><br />And I - being young and foolhardy (?) - retorted: "It's the sins of the fathers visiting upon the child, isn't it?" <br /><br />I got away with it though.<br /><br />Again, thank you for popping in. I cannot begin to imagine the ordeal for you and your family on that day.<br /><br />Shall I say it again? Little Britain - Yah! Boo! Sucks!anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-42677397847018913522013-09-23T08:10:10.809+01:002013-09-23T08:10:10.809+01:00Thank you Mana,
Wow, you don't mince your wor...Thank you Mana,<br /><br />Wow, you don't mince your words, do you? <br /><br />But I think you've hit the nail on the head!<br /><br />Must go for a cuppa or a teh tarik - to recover!!anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-59469125893024203932013-09-23T05:26:14.626+01:002013-09-23T05:26:14.626+01:00I too had a nasty experience at the hands of a Bor...I too had a nasty experience at the hands of a Border control officer of Indian origin at Heathrow. Our entire family was held back and being questioned all because of an "minor anomaly" in my daughter's passport. Despite our explanations and showing proof that we were gainfully employed and happily residing in our country Malaysia, the Indian woman refuse to allow us in after more than an hour on suspicion of overstaying. We were later referred to a Caucasian Snr officer who promptly allowed us thru with an apology. So it looks like these pendatang are whiter than white.<br /><br />But your posting made me recall a story of this old gentleman who is a respected corporate figure and educator who frequently gives lecture at some of the best institutions of higher learning. He was at Heathrow and was held back for questioning by a Border Control officer of Indian origin. The officer asked how long this gentleman intend to stay in the UK. To which, the frustrated and tired old man wittingly replied "Not as long as you".<br /><br />Well it took officials from the Malaysian High Commission to extricate him on that day.Adait Amannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-62354026021613300812013-09-22T16:08:53.696+01:002013-09-22T16:08:53.696+01:00Anon 4.54am
You seem to have a problem about a co...Anon 4.54am<br /><br />You seem to have a problem about a couple who have been married for well over thirty years ! If she's writing about the UK Immigration experience...thats her business. Even if you're a Britisher ,(though I bet you're not) its still none of your business.<br /><br />Somehow I sense a feeling of envy that here's this woman who has been in Maksaleh land for 30 years and yet you must have been pining your life away trying to stay there 'permanently'.<br /><br />Mind your own business bro ( or are you a female who has failed to marry a Mat Salleh)....and live and let live.<br /><br />ManaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-82848788865460490892013-09-21T09:59:47.251+01:002013-09-21T09:59:47.251+01:00Salam and thank you firdaus m.
Allah made us of m...Salam and thank you firdaus m.<br /><br />Allah made us of many colours and cultures to live together in harmony.<br /><br />Allah also wanted us to treat each other decently and to grant respect and dignity to all despite our differences.<br /><br />But we in Southeast Asia are sometimes in denial about ourselves to the point where we erase our ways and become clones of others.<br /><br />Yes, I do agree our authorities are too 'lenient' about entry into Malaysia, especially those from the richer countries.<br /><br />But haven't the people and the authorities of The Semenanjung always been lenient about foreign entries? Or.... made and told to be lenient?<br /><br />Today the Brits are fighting tooth and nail against immigration into their country - just what they heaped upon the Malay Peninsula. As we would say "Padan muka".<br /><br />anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-57389355778687201202013-09-21T09:07:01.143+01:002013-09-21T09:07:01.143+01:00Salam Dear Auntie,
Yup, understood your problem. ...Salam Dear Auntie,<br /><br />Yup, understood your problem. It's the same problem with other countries, even Asian countries, the immigration are "strict". Sometimes I wonder if our Malaysian immigration are too "lenient" when I saw we ain't really getting the same "immigration treatment".<br /><br />Dear Anon September 21, 2013 at 4:54 AM,<br /><br />Please do not say that. Jodoh pertemuan di tangan Tuhan. I remember that Ustax Suhail Webb married a Malaysian, and now, I'm enjoying his show The Reflection at our local TV Al Hijrah. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634064678413307812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-16366277746306392872013-09-21T09:04:24.727+01:002013-09-21T09:04:24.727+01:00Thank you Anon 4.54am.
1. A Muslim Malay sees mar...Thank you Anon 4.54am.<br /><br />1. A Muslim Malay sees marriage - when you marry, who you marry, if you get married - as "jodoh". It's not exactly what you plan in life. "Jodoh di tangan Tuhan". It seems that you have a problem when a "Malay" woman marries a Caucasian. Do you feel the same about the Chinese/Indian woman and the Malay/ Chinese/ Indian man who marries the mat salleh/ang mo/gora?<br /><br />And thank you for emphasising my "Malay" persona. I may have married an Englishman and lived in his country for years - but I am no "orang putih celup". I keep my Passport, my language, my religion, my culture and all with the blessings of my mat salleh spouse.<br /><br />After all there are enough 'mat salleh celup" in Malaysia/Singapore who have not even had the dubious status of marriage/partnership with Occidentals - or long term residence in the West. <br /><br />I know it's a chevron (or two) on your sleeve if you can swan around with a white man or white woman as your partner. That is made blindingly clear by the media in Malaysia and Indonesia, with their obsession with 'pan-Pacific' actors and actresses. And in Korea and Taiwan and Japan and China, women and men are willing to part with their money and endure pain to get a nose, lip, eye and skin-whitening job to look like the mat/minah salleh. In Malaysia/Singapore, skin-whitening cream (for men and women)is as necessary as after-shave lotion and lipstick.<br /><br />2. I don't 'grouch' about matsallehland any more or less than I "grouch" about anywhere else. But I do take umbrage at the way British bureaucrats treat 'Others' just like many Malaysians and other foreigners complain about the highhandedness of their authorities. <br /><br />After all, there are 'Malaysians' who have lived in Malaysia for 2-3 generations and still moan about their 'treatment'. And they still have not bothered or found it necessary to use Bahasa - and they can get away with it too!! Try avoiding their national language in Matsallehland and you'll have a problem getting a job - even as a toilet-cleaner. But first you have to clear the Immigration hurdles at the Airports.<br /><br />On this (your main grumble) you've missed the point of my posting.<br /><br />3. You will not be very enlightened by the story of how we met - if that is what you mean by "about you met". But just to satisfy your curiosity - I was no 'mail-order bride' or catalogue brown woman seeking a lump of white rock sugar. My spouse was no woman-hunting tourist looking for a piece of brown sugar. Far, far from it.<br /><br />Also, it is none of your business.<br /><br />4. Finally, do I detect a hint of you wanting what I have reaped?<br />anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-91176567673377158322013-09-21T04:54:44.767+01:002013-09-21T04:54:44.767+01:00Never can Understand Why Malay Woman wants to marr...Never can Understand Why Malay Woman wants to marry Mat Salleh and then Grouch About Matsallehland even after living there for so long. How about enlightening us a bit about you met?<br /><br />Or is it just a case of reaping what you sow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com