By admin on February 19, 2013
Malaysians crave for titles. There is little doubt about that. Just look at the number of awards dished out every year, from federal titles to state titles. But this number does not meet the demand which must be in the thousands. In Malaysia, Datuk is a Malay term for an honorific title that is bestowed [...]
Posted in Malaysia, Uncategorized | Tagged awarding of titles in Malaysia, Belakang Punya Dato', craving for titles, Datin, Datin Paduka, Dato, Datu titles purportedly conferred by the sultan of Sulu, Datuk, datukships, esteem needs, Fahri Azzat, fake degree or award, honorary PhD degrees, honorific title, Malacca, Malaysians’ Obsession With Titles, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, non-accredited university, Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), Panglima Setia Diraja (PSD), Penang, Rochville University, Sabah, Sarawak, state datukships, Sultan, University of New Castle in USA, yearning for recognition |
By admin on February 15, 2013
Malaysia has always been proud of being one of the top producers of natural rubber and apparently that has affected the Malaysians to the extent that they have a rather laid-back “elastic” attitude towards time that is commonly termed as MRT (Malaysian Rubber Time). This is similiar to jam karet in Indonesia. MRT is “elastic” [...]
Posted in Malaysia, Ramblings | Tagged clock-obsessed world, interpretation of time, Malaysian Rubber Time, Malaysian time, MRT, rubber time, tardiness, time is money, ‘jam karet’ |
By admin on September 21, 2012
Against all odds, Malaysian Singer Shila Amzah has won the Asian Wave 2012 (声动亚洲 2012) with her rendition of “征服” last night in Shanghai, beating singers from many Asian countries including Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. Listen to Shila’s rendition of “征服”: 30 singers competed in the early phrase of the competition, with only 12 [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Malaysia, Music | Tagged Adele, Asian Wave 2012, Lee Hom, Malaysian Singer Shila Amzah, Malaysian Singer Shila Amzah Wins Asian Wave 2012, Shila Amzah - 征服！声动亚洲冠军！, Shila Amzah version of "Forever Love", Shila Amzah ’s “Set Fire to the Rain”, Shila Amzah’s “Forever Love.”, Wang Lee Hom's Forever Love, “征服”, 声动亚洲 2012, 王力宏, 茜拉 |
By admin on September 16, 2012
I have heard about longans the size of ping pong balls but it was only yesterday that I finally came across them in a shop near Tasty Point in Miri. The longans were touted to be Brazilian longans and were selling for RM12 a kilogram. I could not resist buying a kilo to try them [...]
Posted in Malaysia, Miri, Sarawak, The Odd The Weird The Wacky | Tagged a hybrid of lychee and longans, Brazil longans, Brazilian longans, longans the size of ping pong balls, lychee, marketing gimmick |
By admin on September 8, 2012
I brought my mum to the tamu at E-Mart in Miri as she has never been there. We saw a lot of salak and decided to buy some to try. The fruit, with its reddish-brown scaly skin, looks disgusting at sight as the fruit peel resembles scales of a snake. Known also as snake fruit, [...]
Posted in Malaysia, Miri, Sarawak | Tagged durian, E-Mart in Miri, look can be so deceiving, salak, salak fruit, snake fruit, tamu |
By admin on September 1, 2012
During the sixties and early seventies, I was a kid living in Binatang. Life then seemed to move at a snail’s pace, compared to life now. There was definitely much less stress then. Traffic jam was totally unheard of in Binatang as there were so few cars. If a modern day teenager who grew up [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged "Circle Game", "Day Is Done", "Devoted To You", "Nobody's Child", "Rose Garden", "Twelve of Never", "Whatever Will Be Will Be", "You 've Got A Friend", aeroplane board games, Agnes Chan, Au Yeung Fei Fei, bambo pop guns, Binatang, bing tang hu lu, Bobby, Bruce Lee, Brunei, catching guppies in the longkangs, Chelsia Chan, Eastern Theatre in Binatang, Enid Blyton Books, Escapade Sushi, Escapade Sushi in Kuala Belait, Escapade Sushi in Seria, Famous Five and Secret Seven novels, Fancy Gem Biscuits, five stones, Frances Yip, games of cops & robbers, games of hide & seek, Green Mountain Soft Drinks, Haathi Mere Saathi, Haw Flakes, Hong Kong cartoonist Alfonso Wong, hopscotch, Huángméidiào (黃梅調), Ice Ball, Japanese manga since the nineties, Jenny Tseng, Kantongs, Lady Precious Stream, Lam, Lao Fu Zhi, Liu Chia Charn, martial arts, novels by Chiung Yao, Old Master Q, Old Master Q and his buddy Big Potato, Paula Tsui, Pure Nourishing Vegetable Pomade, Rowena Cortes, Sam Fong Cosmetic Co. Ltd, Sam Fong Hoi Tong Powder, Sam Hui, Seria Plaza, snake & ladder board games, Tancho Pomade, Teresa Carpio, Teresa Teng, THe Big Boss, The Chopstick Sisters, the Sam Fong Powder, Tracy Huang, Wan Bao Chuan, White Rabbit Creamy Candy, Wynners, Yao Surong, Yu Yia, 冰糖葫芦, 王澤, 老夫子 |
By admin on August 30, 2012
Like Regina Brett in her book “God Never Blinks”, I sometimes felt that at the moment I was born, God must have blinked and thus missed the occasion, unaware of my birth at all. I felt like the poet who wrote that he was born on a day God called in sick. Shortly after my [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, God, My Life Journey, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged abyss of despair, ancestor veneration, Ancestor worship, Apostle Kong of FCBC, Bachelor of Commerce, backsliding, Bandar Seri Begawan, baptism by immersion, BC, Bible, Bible study, Bintangkians, Bintangor, blogging, born on a day God called in sick, Borneo Bulletin, broken fellowship with the Saviour, care group, cataract operations, CBMC, Christ the Saviour, Christian ideology, Christianity, Christians are not infallible, Christians in the work place, City Harvest, Concordia University, condemned to burn in hellforever, condescending attitudes, contrite heart, Cosmopolitan College in Toronto, Ebay Powerseller, Ebay Top Rated Seller, Ezekiel 3:20, Faith Community Baptist Church, FCBC, forgiveness, God, God’s grace., grace, Hebrews 10:25, holier than thou attitude, hopelessness, Hosea 14:4, I Kings 11:9, iniquity, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 15:6, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:22, JesusChrist, Kai Chung Middle School, Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang in Miri, Kuala Belait, Pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest, purpose in life, Regina Brett, righteousness, RIPAS Hospital in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sarawak, Sarikei, scandal surrounding Kong Hee and City Harvest, Singapore, sinning against God, sins, Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University Montreal, sons of Binatang, spiritual journey, spiritual wilderness, St Andrew’s Church in Bandar Seri Begawan, St Augustine’s Primary School in Binatang, St Mary’s University in Halifax, Taoist, Teck Guan Group in Brunei, temptations of our secular world, the black sheep of the family, the cry of a broken man, the existence of God, the Lord’s Prayer, the meaning of life, the power of Satan, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, the severance of the soul from God, wavering faith, when the student is ready the master will appear, wrestling matches with God, “Chariots of the Gods” by Erich Von Daniken, “God Never Blinks” |
By admin on August 10, 2012
Pandelela Rinong has written her name in Malaysia’s history book by winning the bronze medal in the Olympics women’s 10m individual platform event at the Aquatics Centre early Friday. Her bronze medal was Malaysia’s first-ever Olympics medal in a sport other than badminton, besides making Pandelela the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympics medal. [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Malaysia, Sarawak | Tagged 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, badminton doubles pairing of Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock won the silver, Brittany Broben, Chen Ruolin, flag bearer for the Malaysian contingent at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW6o8oMgKmQ, Leong Mun Yee, Malaysia's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in an aquatic sport, Malaysia's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics, Malaysia's first-ever Olympics medal in a sport other than badminton, Malaysia’s best placing in the Olympics, Malaysia’s history book, Olympics women’s 10m individual platform event, Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg Bidayuh ethnicity, PANDELELA RINONG DIVING FINAL 2012 Summer Olympics YouTube, Pandelela Rinong wins historic diving bronze in 10m platform, Rashid Sidek, Sarawak diver Pandelela Rinong, the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympics medal |
By admin on July 28, 2012
I was born in Binatang, a small town with a predominantly Foochow population. Anyone growing up in Binatang would almost invariably be able to speak Foochow with an acceptable level of fluency. I am no exception. I am a Hokkien but I too can speak Foochow. My birth certificate and my Malaysian identity card carry [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Memories Are Made Of These, Ramblings, Sarawak, Sibu | Tagged Belle’s Bookshop in Miri, Binatang, Foochow, Foochow idioms, Foochow proverbs, Foochow song YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvZadErAMnE&feature=related, James Hii Mee Chiong, Sarawak, Sibu, St Francis Xavier Primary School in Kanowit, “160 Foochow Proverbs And Idioms” by Angela Yong, “colourful” and “foul” languages |
By admin on July 25, 2012
“Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach Friendship is something we should treasure in our lives but often due to the increased demands of the ‘real world’, friendship often wanes and [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Down Memory Lane, Memories Are Made Of These, My Life Journey, Ramblings, Sarawak | Tagged Bintangkian Lau Peng Yu reunion, Friendship, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU, James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got a Friend, nostalgic times, rekindling of friendship., Reunion, reunion in Bintangor |
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