tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post2847321939616869567..comments2023-11-30T00:11:27.068+00:00Comments on Anak si Hamid: HMV (His Mentor's Voice)anak si-hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-61736136408644185602015-12-21T10:42:10.312+00:002015-12-21T10:42:10.312+00:00Hi, I'm a local Chinese son of the little red ...Hi, I'm a local Chinese son of the little red dot south of the Malaya peninsula. And thank you for your insightful words. I've to admit that a lot of my socialisation is due in part to the social policies of the country: Chinese good; other races not so good. Thankfully when I entered the work space, I was able to cast aside my prejudices and make friends with Malay and Indian folks. My life has been greatly enriched through those interactions and friendships. <br /><br />WeichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-23626470357030486572014-05-06T11:13:34.186+01:002014-05-06T11:13:34.186+01:00May 2014......and I'm still waiting for L_J to...May 2014......and I'm still waiting for L_J to tell us his blog.... Its a coward that 'rejam batu dan sembunyikkan tangan.'<br /><br />WE'RE ALL WAITING !!!!!!<br /><br />manaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-7419104287552898992013-10-30T04:15:07.820+00:002013-10-30T04:15:07.820+00:00I know its been way sometime, but I'm wonderin...I know its been way sometime, but I'm wondering.<br />2 years and still L_J has not given his blog. Afraid I guess.<br /><br />Hi...cakap ...parrots pun boleh cakap..But it doesn't mean it understands what its saying.<br /><br />mana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-69381752176541007262011-02-13T03:36:57.437+00:002011-02-13T03:36:57.437+00:00L_J : 12.11
"Dalam konteks ini saya terdapat...L_J : 12.11<br /><br />"Dalam konteks ini saya terdapat kenyataan sdri bahawa “This, to a Muslim, is just "harta dunia"” sungguh melucukan hingga saya tak tahu apa nak sebut. Dalam pada itu, kenyataan yg saya “too much of an outsider” pun begitu tidak diperlukan (i.e. gratuitous)!"<br /><br />Just shows you're not a Muslim ... thats why you can and never will understand that statement.<br /><br />Meluckan ? I found allowing cows to litter the streets of Indis with their droppings also 'melucukan'.....but then, I'm not a Hindu...<br /><br />bleh blahlahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-89401705501107262802011-02-11T15:10:03.688+00:002011-02-11T15:10:03.688+00:00Thank you Jon Tham,
You might want to look at my ...Thank you Jon Tham,<br /><br />You might want to look at my posting of Feb. 11.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-81274961936779382752011-02-10T16:10:47.158+00:002011-02-10T16:10:47.158+00:00AsH,
Interesting article. And you & jayaid di...AsH,<br /><br />Interesting article. And you & jayaid did not have to wait long for Mahathir to attempt to show Lee who is the bigger bigot..<br /><br />http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-is-tanah-melayu-says-dr-m<br /><br />To me both Lee & Mahathir are carbon copies of each other. Both are just two old men putting out occasional pearls of wisdom, but mostly outdated & racist slop.<br /><br />However, Lee was the more successful one...<br />- more successful in developing his country<br />- more successful in creating world-class infrastructure<br />- more successful in uplifting living standrds of citizens<br />- more successful in creating a world class economy<br />- more successful in repressing opposition<br />- more successful in brainwashing his citizens<br />- more successful in creating blind obedience<br /><br />All this mahathir also tried to achieve but was not as successfulJon Thamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-61949969658818555662011-02-10T10:42:26.580+00:002011-02-10T10:42:26.580+00:00...and Kookie,
In your time, does it mean that th......and Kookie,<br /><br />In your time, does it mean that the students doing Mandarin had no Moral Studies?<br /><br />That's a very interesting subject substitute. Don't teach them their language - 'let them eat Moral Studies' This sounds just like the statement 'Let them eat cake' which was (wrongly) attributed to Marie Antoinette - as an arrogant dismissal of the hungry peasants who had no bread to eat - just before the French Revolution.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-13787180085789803402011-02-10T10:20:31.580+00:002011-02-10T10:20:31.580+00:00Thank you kookie,
Moral Studies?? .... instead of...Thank you kookie,<br /><br />Moral Studies?? .... instead of Malay????<br /><br />I'm sure you turned out to be a very nice person after each lesson.<br /><br />Maybe this should be re-introduced in all schools in Singapore and Malaysia.<br /><br />Perhaps call it Sensible Studies?anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-50237112858167536952011-02-10T09:48:48.603+00:002011-02-10T09:48:48.603+00:00AsH : 4.44am
After reading all the comments, I no...AsH : 4.44am<br /><br />After reading all the comments, I noticed one glaring point. Very few, if any , that disagrees with your posting, actually substantiate their opinions ( which is just that...opinions)<br />I am driven to write this after reading your comment above. <br />The fact that you published all these comments speaks volumes of your sense of fairness and your answers to some of the blind comments which, I feel , you should have just deleted anyway.<br /><br />I can relate to your being better in English ( which doesn't mean you are hopeless in BM (?) Bahasa Melayu (?)), because I too remember how I had to attend a subject called Moral Studies while my Chinese classmates had their 4-5 hour Chinese lessons weekly when I was a young student in Singapore,in probably the same era as you.<br /><br />kookieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-22072170438558241542011-02-10T04:47:28.156+00:002011-02-10T04:47:28.156+00:00Thank you Feb 10, 12.50 am,
I hope my reply will ...Thank you Feb 10, 12.50 am,<br /><br />I hope my reply will generate some light and not more heat.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-77105979701195010922011-02-10T04:44:23.338+00:002011-02-10T04:44:23.338+00:00Thank you Feb 9, 4.08pm and 4.13 pm.
As there'...Thank you Feb 9, 4.08pm and 4.13 pm.<br /><br />As there's only 5 minutes difference between the two, I'll treat it as one.<br /><br />You must know something I don't - to be able to tell that L_J is a Malaysian Indian. On your assumption I shall say this.<br /><br />Indeed I take off my hat to him/her to be able to read and write in Malay and most likely in English and his/her mother-tongue Tamil as well.<br /><br />If he/she is Malaysian as well, isn't it wonderful that my 'tanah air' provides such a generous educational allocation, to enable them (and the Chinese) to be trilingual, even though Indians make up just about 7% of the population. 14-15% of Singaporeans are Malays and all they have is Istana Kampung Glam and theme-park style Malay Village to shout about!! And some of the youngsters can't even speak proper Malay. Sit in the MRT and you will hear Malays speaking 'Singlish' instead.<br />"Why you cannot sit quiet ha?"<br /><br />However I cannot say I'm ashamed I cannot write in Malay. As an ethnic Malay I speak well enough to be understood in any Malaysian occasion. It's in my blood, so I am aware of, for instance, when to use 'aku', 'engkau', 'awak', 'tuan', 'puan', 'bahalol', 'goblok' and so on. I write better in English but I am not deracinated. <br /><br /> You see I was not fortunate enough to be provided with proper Malay language education in Singapore. During secondary school, we Malay girls remained in the class while our classmates were having their Mandarin lessons. We stood up to say, "sen sen, chau an."<br /><br />As for the issue of migration, people move about for many reasons. It could be because of the 'push' or 'pull' factors or both.<br /><br />For instance, the Chinese migrated to Malaya at the turn of the 20th century because of political insecurity, poverty and land shortage in China. I've often wondered, why Malaya and not India?<br /><br />I was watching a BBC2 Documentary last night about the 'migration' of Chinese from China to Africa. There was this Chinese chicken farmer in Zambia who told the reporter that it was easier to make a big profit in Africa because it was too competitive in his homeland.<br /><br />I can empathize with Malaysian Chinese who leave Malaysia for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Britain, USA. These countries happily take them in because these Malaysians are well-educated and they can afford the financial requirement for entry, from the capital accumulation they made in Malaysia. Is this due to the push or pull factor, or both? Nevertheless, good luck to them. And good luck to the Malays in Singapore who want or have to leave.<br /><br />As for the Hindu Indians, I do feel sorry for them. They did not migrate to Malaya of their own free will. The British took them away from their villages and towns to make them work as coolies in this very foreign country.<br /><br />I think the British Monarch and British Government should do the decent thing and compensate them for their sufferings so that they can return to their ancestral villages and towns and escape the 'atrocities' in Malaysia. <br /><br />After all, the German Government had to pay an enormous compensation to the victims of the Holocaust so as to enable them to start a new life in Israel, or USA.<br /><br />Everyone's on the move. Pakeha Kiwis are moving to Australia because they cannot cope with colleagues from the migrant community. The Brits who have a similar problem depart for NZ, Australia and USA. White South Africans are found all over the western countries.<br /><br />In fact the young man working at our local supermarket Spar was saying to me the other day. "I'm British-born Asian. This country is so f....ked-up (economically) I'm going back to India."<br /><br />In this extended post-comment, bear in mind that I'm only responding to queries and assertions made by my 'visitors'.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-21289578286361349912011-02-10T03:11:40.162+00:002011-02-10T03:11:40.162+00:00Anon Feb 9, 12.52, thank you.
You're very bra...Anon Feb 9, 12.52, thank you.<br /><br />You're very brave or very foolish to turn up in my comment page, knowing what you know.<br /><br />But what's new!anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-21580882116570417062011-02-09T17:26:19.331+00:002011-02-09T17:26:19.331+00:00Thank you Wan Sharif,
Hope you and the family are...Thank you Wan Sharif,<br /><br />Hope you and the family are fine. We're in good shape and enjoying the cool.<br /><br />What's the weather like back home?anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-72789849555319135432011-02-09T16:13:06.597+00:002011-02-09T16:13:06.597+00:00anah hamid,
"It was my best friend, a Chine...anah hamid, <br /><br />"It was my best friend, a Chinese girl who said to me "Maz, as a Malay, you have no future in Singapore. If I were born in Malaysia, I would leave Singapore today." That was in 1975."<br /><br /><br />does this apply to the Indians and Chinese in this Bolehland?<br />Is it why hundreds of thousands of non-malays have already migrated from this Bolehland?<br /><br />"do unto others what others do unto you"<br /><br />cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-18313989780710140512011-02-09T16:08:39.087+00:002011-02-09T16:08:39.087+00:00let me congratulate LJ for pointing out the facts ...let me congratulate LJ for pointing out the facts rightly...<br /><br />To pick anak hamid para below: "It is very difficult for LKY and his culture to appreciate or recognise the waves and ways of the Malays. His tactic is to enclose them into little pockets of natives surrounded by 75% Chinese. You can see where his paranoia comes from because he has done to the Malays just what he fears they might one day do to him. So the Malays are given their 'bread and circus ' in their cosy, modern high-rise abodes to keep them sedated and quiet - but more circus, perhaps, than bread!"<br /><br />doesn't this situation reflect exectly what is happening to the Indians in Malaysia?<br />When it happens to the malays in another country is it atrocity but when the malays do it to Indians in Malaysia...it is justice?<br /><br />Chinese dominated Singapore cannot give more to the Chinese but Malay dominated Malaysia must give everything including discounts for buying house..do the Chinese in Singapore enjoy discounts for buying houses..?<br /><br />LJ - you must be a malaysian indian - let me tell you this...i am proud of you. Your malay is excellent. You have put anak hamid to shame so much so she cannot even reply you in her own mother tongue...and to say the least Malay is not even your mother tongue..(if you are not Malay that is)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-61279646390027733302011-02-09T16:01:20.869+00:002011-02-09T16:01:20.869+00:00It is very difficult for LKY and his culture to ap...It is very difficult for LKY and his culture to appreciate or recognise the waves and ways of the Malays. His tactic is to enclose them into little pockets of natives surrounded by 75% Chinese. You can see where his paranoia comes from because he has done to the Malays just what he fears they might one day do to him. So the Malays are given their 'bread and circus ' in their cosy, modern high-rise abodes to keep them sedated and quiet - but more circus, perhaps, than bread!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-44189591169191524712011-02-09T15:01:14.075+00:002011-02-09T15:01:14.075+00:00Look like you have a full house of good comments h...Look like you have a full house of good comments here.. ;)<br />Wishing that both of you good health and His blessing always..Wan Sharifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152673329947468935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-81180138114932592112011-02-09T12:52:44.621+00:002011-02-09T12:52:44.621+00:00your article has made it to the kopi shops in sing...your article has made it to the kopi shops in singapore but there are more who are worried about commenting in your blog, in case their ip address is being traced back! <br />well, that's the quality of living in singapore :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-52760049504584426642011-02-09T10:59:10.149+00:002011-02-09T10:59:10.149+00:00Aah Paul,
Don't forget. In South East Asia, a...Aah Paul,<br /><br />Don't forget. In South East Asia, along came the merchants, the missionaries, the soldiers and carpet-baggers from Spain, Portugal, Holland, Britain and much later the Americans with their zealous guns and rapacious entrepreneurship.<br /><br />Even Imperial China was left reeling from these 'invasions' by the 'red-eyed devils' during the 18th/19th century.<br /><br />Thank you.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-70169641461099959422011-02-09T10:47:39.991+00:002011-02-09T10:47:39.991+00:00anon Feb 8, 5.51pm,
Thank you for your reminiscen...anon Feb 8, 5.51pm,<br /><br />Thank you for your reminiscence of our Camelot. (I'm a hopeless romantic.)<br /><br />Those of us who still remember won't be around for long.<br /><br />It's so depressing, to have to endure the robots from LKY's manufactured Singaporeans.<br /><br />I went back to do Relief Teaching back in 1989 when I had time on my hands. <br /><br />It only confirmed to me that I made the right move. I "got out of the kitchen not because I can't stand the heat". The smoke and the smell was too overpowering.<br /><br />Still, I treasure the memories of those old days.anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-14196853734010544752011-02-09T10:38:51.189+00:002011-02-09T10:38:51.189+00:00I am always amazed that the Malays who controlled ...I am always amazed that the Malays who controlled the trade in Southeast Asia for much of the 15th and 16th centuries are described as indolent, non-entrepreneurial etc....<br /><br />It has just been three hundred years of slumber - a bit like China during the Qing dynastyPaulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-47614696894992397202011-02-09T10:21:56.620+00:002011-02-09T10:21:56.620+00:00Thank you manamanu,
What do you do to the system ...Thank you manamanu,<br /><br />What do you do to the system that robbed us - Chinese, Indians, Malays, Eurasians, Sikhs - of our camaraderie?anak si-hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936071509364600235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-44657126573575664082011-02-09T07:16:53.711+00:002011-02-09T07:16:53.711+00:00Dear Puan Maz,
1. Please refer to the Mercer 2010...Dear Puan Maz,<br /><br />1. Please refer to the Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey (Not Standard of Living Survey). It shows Singapore quality of living is better than UK.<br /><br />2. Okay, I made a mistake on the Malay population numbers in Singapore because in haste and with HINDRAF in mind,I have quoted the Indians population in Singapore instead.<br /><br />3. Synonyms to presentable is respectable, personable, acceptable, neat and tidy. There are pilgrims who are scruffy and ill mannered when they are in Mekah as the guests of God. <br /><br />4. You can take away the word good before the mosques. It is just an expression. There are some mosques that are well built but not well kept and unfit for prayers. <br /><br />5.From the record Malaysia (predominantly Malays) gave away Singapore (predominantly Chinese).<br /><br />Have a good day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024641731348448455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-17583932028082691982011-02-09T06:47:18.403+00:002011-02-09T06:47:18.403+00:00anon 'February 8, 2011 5:51 PM '
When I l...anon 'February 8, 2011 5:51 PM '<br /><br />When I lived at Paya Lebar we have Malay neighbors on both sides. our houses were just beside the original PL Rd.<br /><br />We always looked forward and relished the 'goodies' from the Malay neighbors - one was very good with the traditional Malay and hot dishes while the was very good with cakes and kueh. We reciprocated with our Chinese lunar non-pork new year tidbits. We often dropped into each others' kitchen - the doors are seldom close - for extra ice!<br /><br />I and my brother got lost once in Kampong Wak Tanjong on the way home from school in the evening, having wandered into it as we were new to the area. When a Malay young man noticed our predicament as we were closed to exasperation finding our way home, he led us all the way home on the main road!<br /><br />It is true that the HDB while solving the housing problem resulted in the lateral damage of dismantling our 'kampong' spirit. I was brought up in my younger days in a multi-racial kampong in Joo Chiat - Chinese, Malay, Baba, Indians and Eurasian all living together, including gangsters aka 'yankees' from all the races! It helped us to understand each others' ways and mores. Those were the days indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504059632454233163.post-4999370288807770732011-02-08T22:56:43.912+00:002011-02-08T22:56:43.912+00:00Anonymous 5.51 : Anonymous 7.16 : AsH 5.55
This i...Anonymous 5.51 : Anonymous 7.16 : AsH 5.55<br /><br />This is the spirit that I grew in in my childhood. Race and religion were never in our minds. We just respect and no walls existed AT WALL between us.<br /><br />What happened along the way ?<br /><br />Guess AsH has given the answer. Bloody ambitious politicians who'll stopped at nothing , who'll used every dirty tricks to get what they want !!!!<br /><br />May they bloody rot in hell when they die....soon hopefully...and may we regain what we lost ....though I quite doubt it....<br /><br />manamanuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com