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 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 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 January 1, 2012
Well folks, 2012 is here. As we usher in 2012 and bid farewell to 2011, we can look back at 2011 and marvel at what a year it has been. 2011 was jam packed: the tsunami and nuclear leak after the shattering earthquake in Japan, turmoil in Western Asia & Northern Africa, the debt crises [...]
Posted in From Around The World, Sarawak | Tagged 2012 is here, a cry for change by the Sarawak people, a political tsunami that saw SUPP crushed by DAP, Amy Winehouse, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, China overtaking Japan to become the world’s No.2 economy, Elizabeth Taylor, farewell to 2011, former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier, Goodbye 2011 Hello 2012, live in peace, make a difference in this world, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il, Osama bin Laden, Sarawak, Sarawak is no longer a "fixed deposit" for the Barisan National.Pakatan Rakyat, the debt crises in Europe and US, the global population exceeding 7 billion, the royal wedding of Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, the royal weddings of Prince William and Kate Middleton, touch the lives of others, tsunami and nuclear leak after the shattering earthquake in Japan, turmoil in Western Asia & Northern Africa |
By admin on September 16, 2011
Today is Malaysia Day. To all fellow Malaysians, Happy Malaysia Day! On this day in 1963, the formation of Malaysia which consisted of the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah) and Singapore was formally promulgated. The formation of the new federation was initially scheduled to take place on June 1, 1963, [...]
Posted in From Around The World, Malaysia | Tagged "Stripes of Glory", 1Malaysia spirit, birthday of Singapore ex-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, British colonization, concept of “1Malaysia” and two National Days, happy birthday Lee Kuan Yew, Happy birthday Malaysia, Happy Malaysia Day, Jalur Gemilang, Malayan Parliament, Malaysia Bill, Malaysian flag, Malaysians, Malaysia’s 48th birthday, North Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, September 16 1963, Singapore, sixth anniversary of the Malayan independence, sixth Hari Merdeka, the aspiration of 1Malaysia, the Federation of Malaya, the formation of Malaysia, Today is Malaysia Day, United Nations referendums in North Borneo and Sarawak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong |
By admin on January 7, 2011
Welcome to my world where a Lim is also a Ling. My surname is actually Lim but it was registered as Ling in my birth certificate. I was born in a very small town in Sarawak called Binatang which means animal in Malay. This is a predominantly Foochow town. So when I was born, my [...]
Posted in All Things Chinese, Chinese surnames | Tagged Bi Gan, Binatang, Chen, China, Chinese dialects, Chinese family names, Chinese surnames, Foochow, forest, Fujian, Fujian Chinese, Hayashi, Hokkien, Hong Kong, immoral king, infoUSA, Lam, Liem, Lim, Lin, Ling, Lum, Lynn, Nee, overseas Chinese, Pi Kan, pinyin, Qi Zi, Sarawak, Shang Dynasty, Shang Zhou, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, The Three Kindhearted Men of Shang, treason, Vietnam, Wei Zi, woods, Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wu Wang |
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