Malaysian Once Upon A time

British Malaya

Tamil children...with their teacher

Where are the chinese boys...?

Ketuanan Melayu

Malay boys going to school

The Ketuanan British...

The real tuans travelling in style. Imagine, then in 1935
they had already a luxury coach known as Buffet Parlour Cars attached to express trains running between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur

The Big Game

Game exploitations by the British in Malaya

From the Hand Book To British Malaya 1935...

Any person who comes to Malaya to hunt and who obtains some fine trophy to remind him of his trip will have gained a reward which will not be despised- the lordly elephant, laboriously tracked through a tangled mass of jungle until one is within a few yards of him before one can obtain a chance of even seeing him; the magnificient seladang...

The best districts in Malaya in which to search for big game are to be found in Pahang, Selangor Negeri
Sembilan... Where are the Rhinos ?

Have you ever used these Coins

What was one cent worth in the 30s (in Malaya then)



You can buy a big pisang goreng
You can enjoy a cup of cendol
"One cent was as big as the cart wheel"

Now ( 2008) think ... Nothing costs one cent anymore but worthless opinions still worth but two cents ...Think hard!

Will ISA Holds on

Raja Petra (RPK) is free from ISA.

Once again RPK is a free man, but for how long? As to why he was incarcerated, even the government was not sure only Allah knows. It seem justice is lively again in Malaysia!

Ironically took comments from DSAI who has been through the Malaysian court’s ordeals…

“I commend the courts which have come to the rescue, as they must do, when citizens are rendered helpless before arbitrary authority and its inclination to the abuse of power. It is through the judge’s commitment to justice that Raja Petra will once again experience the freedom that is the birthright of all Malaysians”

http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2008/11/07/kenyataan-media-pembebasan-rpk/#more-4237

Oil (petrol) price gone down again.

It has become the concerted effort of the BN government and incoherent manipulations to stabilize the price of petrol. But the damages have been done. The reduction in oil price in comparison to the increase prices of commodities is not reciprocally harmonious. Consequently, as rakyat we have to bear the burden from the economic blunders of the short sighted decisions, whom to blame?

I think, reading the blogs and news onlines would give better insight of the events happening locally as well as abroad. I will just do that…

The Mysterious Killer

I like to share the post from this blog. Quinary has put it correctly.


Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Mystery Remains A Mystery
Altantuya was killed two years ago, and I thought the trial to only determine as to whether there's prima facie case against the accused is the longest I ever heard of. To the extent that I later on decided not to follow the case anymore, it was even more depressing than the History subject I took in high school.My focus is really on who killed this woman, and the fate surrounding Altantuya's life. Similar to other cases like Norita or Canny Ong, as a woman, I am more concern on the safety of all women out there. I just want the murderer to be punished, the normal emotional reaction of a woman. And I just want to know the real situation, just so me and other women will take extra steps to ensure our safety at all time. Not really on the political linked or whatever things behind the case, that attracts less of my attention. That, to me, is a by-the-way kind of things.It is not a surprising news when Razak Baginda was released couple of days ago, I guess many had already expected it to turn out to be that way. But let us be naive for the time being, let us just play with the logic of a child.The question remains, who really wanted Altantuya to be removed from the face of this earth? Razak himself, the other two accused, or somebody else? With the other two accused remain in custody, the question remains, if Razak didn't instruct them to blow Altantuya into pieces (anybody takes order from this man in the first place?), who did? It is quite hard to believe that Azilah and Sirul simply decided on the matter themselves, when they did not even know who that woman was, and having no interest on her. And it is quite hard to swallow if somebody in that position simply misunderstood the instruction given.I am not sure on how this case will be solved eventually. Anything can happen, just prepare to expect for the unexpected. But let just pray that it turns out well, and Dr Shaariibu walks home satisfied.Whatever it is, Altantuya is dead, she is no longer here to see her children grow up. And the children will not see their mother or to feel her love and touch for the rest of their life. Whoever killed this woman, he or she had also killed part of the love in the children's life.
Posted by Quinary at 9:10 PM 0 comments
Labels: Current Issue, Malaysia

Local scene

Where?

SCENES from Japan

Scene 2: TOKUSHIMA EKI

This station is seated in the heart of Tokushima town, in the Shikoku Islands. All busses and taxies pass through this station. A bus ride to

Tokyo takes about 8 hours from here and would cost about 10,000 yen.

Tokushima is accessible by air, Speed Ferry and bus from Kansai Airport, and by rail from Kumamoto

Scene 3: A SHOP THAT I LIKE

SCENES from Japan

Scene 1: Place Ash Here

I like watching the Sakurajima in the early morning . Tranquality prevails it seemed, but Sakurajima is still active and has hideous history, a horrible one. Once upon a time the active volcano had engulfed part of the town of Kagoshima and also burried a whole temple, now only part of the roof was left for tourist to behold.

Arround June and July continuous explosions from the Sakurajima would be heard and the town would be showed by black soot and dust. That answered my curiosity as to why at the various garbage sites arround Kagoshima there are also signs "place ash here"

WHO CARES

CHANGE What?

I do not know what to write. I realized that reading is much easier than writing. That explained why Tukar Tiub’s blog has reached over a million readers in a very short time! I wanted very much to touch the current issues but many blogs in the cyberspace have the current political topics looked at different perspectives some quite agreeable with me and some were not. But more than enough had satisfied readers for alternative news besides that reported or feed up by the main local medias. All the news are kinda boring, though beneficial to some extend. However, they are now all at the tip of your fingers.

But today … just could not ignore the news Barack Obama who comes from the Windy City of Chicago has taken the reign of the world’s powerful nations. Most of the blogs carry this news.

How far true is Barrack Obama’s slogan to make a change in the ways US has been administrated? For sure he becomes the first black American President. Please heed in the news about the speech by Simon Peres giving mild warning already to Obama to side the ‘peaceful right side’ In contrary what is the expectancy in the case from Afganistan when US plane bombed the peaceful wedding procession killing civilians, women and children? Well, Obama welcome aboard!

Your Say: 'America has changed; will we ever?'
Nov 6, 08 10:11am
'The US has progressed from being a divided society to one that could elect a black US president. But where are we and where do we go from here?'On Obama chalks up historic winGH Kok: Barack Obama has claimed a historic victory in the US presidential elections. This is a victory for all those who fought against racism and signals a major milestone in the transformation of the minds of the American people.This victory is a culmination of a long journey that began with the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Read further: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/92547