- ALAU ANWAR HANYA BANDUAN BIASA KENAAPA NAJIB MELAWATNYA?
1 reply1 retweet5 likesANWAR Ibrahim's lawyer has panned Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan for denigrating his client by calling him a mere convict.Lawyer N. Surendran said the incarcerated Anwar was known internationally as a "prisoner of conscience" and his persecution had been denounced by the United Nations."To brand the globally respected Anwar Ibrahim a convict is a shameful and desperate act by this junior minister."Even the United Nations, through its Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has called Anwar's jailing arbitrary and urged his release."It is laughable for Nur Jazlan to ignore all this and label Anwar just another convict," he said in a statement today.If the opposition leader was just another prisoner, why had Prime Minister Najib Razak visited him when he was hospitalised some months back, Surendran said."If he is just a convict, why does the prime minister of Malaysia visit him?"Surendran, who is the Padang Serai MP, said it was also unnecessary to bar opposition prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad from visiting Anwar at the Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital yesterday .
Sunday, January 14, 2018
A CONVICT...?????
" ANUAR IS A CONVICT.."
Said a junior minister... Any justification to utter this statement? This shows how stupid this Junior Bee end minister Nur Jaslan is...!!!
13 JANUARY 2018
TIDAK PERNAH DALAM SEJARAH RAKYAT GHAIRAH MENUNGGU HARI PILIHANRAYA
KOMEN:
Bila saya twit mengatakan rakyat tidak pernah bersemangat tinggi seperti tak sabar menunggu pilihanraya kali ini kerana mereka mahu keluar mengundi di luar tradisi, maka reaksi negatif timbul serta merta di kalangan penyokong-penyokong UMNO atau BN.
Mereka mendakwa saya mempunyai niat yang jahat.
Sebenarnya mereka berfikiran demikian kerana mempunyai bacaan yang sama dengan saya dalam penantian rakyat ini yang menampakan keghairahan yang luar biasa untuk membuang undi.
Jika mereka hendak melakukan sesuatu yang biasa yang pernah mereka lakukan maka mereka tidak akan menunjukan perlakuan yang luar biasa ini.
seorang penyokong UMNO menjawab twit saya dengn memberikn gambaran yang cuba menutup apa yang sebenarnya berada di fikirannya dengan katanya " kerana mereka tak sabar nak mengundi-nak tengok kekalahan PH." Ini adalah untuk menangkis apa yang sebenarnya hendak dilakukan oleh rakyat yang diketahuinya.
Seorang lagi yang naik marah mengecam saya dengan berkata " Orang ini pernah dalam BN/ UMNO ,pernah diberi peluang jadi MP P015 tapi tak pernah buat kerja,malas dan berlagak pandai, kerana dialah P015 BN kalah, PKR menang. Mamak pepar yang banyak cakap,tapi tak buat kerja.Pendapat karut dan karat." . Saya tak beri pendapat pun tapi dia faham kerana dia tahu realiti sebenar di akar umbi.Marah-marah tak boleh menangkan UMNO.
Kenaapa dia mempunyai fikiran negatif terhadap twit saya yang berbunyi "Tidak pernah pengundi bersemangat tinggi seperti tak sabar tunggu pilihanrnaya kali ini . Sebab utama kerana mereka mahu keluar dari tradisi mengundi.
Dari pengalaman saya kecuali pilihanraya pertama 1955 , saya tidak pernah melihat dalam sejarah pilihanraya negara sehingga pilihanraya 13 , semangat rakyat yang luar biasa dalam menunggu hari pilihanraya.Tentunya mereka mahu melihat kuasa mereka dari pengundian yang luar biasa yang mereka mahu lakukan.
Anonymous13 January 2018 at 16:35
Betul tu Tan Seri,saya akan balik dr UK anak beranak utk mengundi sebaik najib membubarkan parlimen,semoga orang2 melayu yg masih buta akal dan mata hatinya,mendapat hidayah sebelum terlambat.....
Selamatkan tanah air kata,inilah satu2nya negara kita yg ada....
TIDAK PERNAH....Selamatkan tanah air kata,inilah satu2nya negara kita yg ada....
Bila saya twit mengatakan rakyat tidak pernah bersemangat tinggi seperti tak sabar menunggu pilihanraya kali ini kerana mereka mahu keluar mengundi di luar tradisi, maka reaksi negatif timbul serta merta di kalangan penyokong-penyokong UMNO atau BN.
Mereka mendakwa saya mempunyai niat yang jahat.
Sebenarnya mereka berfikiran demikian kerana mempunyai bacaan yang sama dengan saya dalam penantian rakyat ini yang menampakan keghairahan yang luar biasa untuk membuang undi.
Jika mereka hendak melakukan sesuatu yang biasa yang pernah mereka lakukan maka mereka tidak akan menunjukan perlakuan yang luar biasa ini.
seorang penyokong UMNO menjawab twit saya dengn memberikn gambaran yang cuba menutup apa yang sebenarnya berada di fikirannya dengan katanya " kerana mereka tak sabar nak mengundi-nak tengok kekalahan PH." Ini adalah untuk menangkis apa yang sebenarnya hendak dilakukan oleh rakyat yang diketahuinya.
Seorang lagi yang naik marah mengecam saya dengan berkata " Orang ini pernah dalam BN/ UMNO ,pernah diberi peluang jadi MP P015 tapi tak pernah buat kerja,malas dan berlagak pandai, kerana dialah P015 BN kalah, PKR menang. Mamak pepar yang banyak cakap,tapi tak buat kerja.Pendapat karut dan karat." . Saya tak beri pendapat pun tapi dia faham kerana dia tahu realiti sebenar di akar umbi.Marah-marah tak boleh menangkan UMNO.
Kenaapa dia mempunyai fikiran negatif terhadap twit saya yang berbunyi "Tidak pernah pengundi bersemangat tinggi seperti tak sabar tunggu pilihanrnaya kali ini . Sebab utama kerana mereka mahu keluar dari tradisi mengundi.
Dari pengalaman saya kecuali pilihanraya pertama 1955 , saya tidak pernah melihat dalam sejarah pilihanraya negara sehingga pilihanraya 13 , semangat rakyat yang luar biasa dalam menunggu hari pilihanraya.Tentunya mereka mahu melihat kuasa mereka dari pengundian yang luar biasa yang mereka mahu lakukan.
c&p from Zamkata:
SEDIKIT SEJARAH MATA SEPET
Saturday, May 18, 2013
China Mari
By TAI ZEE KIN
My dear Chinese friends,
I find that
this article which has been written by a young Chinese Malaysian brings
the true sense and feeling of the Chinese Malaysia from the history of
those years until now.
It was exactly
why we Malaysian Chinese could not be a truly Malaysian first disregard
however hard we try and shout to the Nusantara that we are all
Malaysians.
We will always be the Chinese first then only Malaysian.
Assimilation by
marriage will be a solution in which will bred a new generation of
Malaysian of mix blood and culture. Something to ponder by the Chinese
in Malaysia . I totally agree with him and below i would like to share
his article to all for the benefit to foster a more tolerable and
peaceful environment for all.
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Ethnic Han (chinese)-Malaysian, please wake up from our ancestors' grievance and despair!
马来西亚汉裔同胞，从我们祖先哀怨和悔恨的沉睡中醒起来吧-
(Preface - This
article was originally written by me fully in Mandarin. However i have
not gathered enough courage to publish the mandarin version, having
anticipated attacks from Chinese Chauvinists in Malaysia. I've seek many
advices from wise people before putting my thoughts together in this
issue. In the spirit of Malaysia, I shall put forth this to you. I
dedicate this to every Malaysian, especially our brothers and sisters
from different races and ethnicity.)
- "I was listening to a song by the name of 黄河怨 (Grievance of the Yellow River).
The wordings of the song reflected the grievance and mourning by the
widows and children of chinese men who went on to fight the japanese.
The wordings of the song was painful. they were saddening, and full of
regrets."
1) The Great Divide - of Northern and Southern Chinese Immigrants
Being a chinese
malaysian/ Han Malaysian, when you know another new Han Malaysian
friends by their name, you would then supplement another question that
other races wouldn't common asked : "What is your dialect clan"?
Are you a
hokkien? are you a cantonese, are you a hakka, are you a fuchiew, are
you a TiewChew, are you a hainamese, or are you a Kwongxi?
many wouldn't go all the way to ask if you are a kwongxi.
Had it occur to you, that NO ONE ever asked, if you're a : Shanghainese, SiChuanese, BeiJingnese, Nanjingnese, HeBei, ?
During the last
Dynasty and the reign of the last Manchurian Emperor Pu-Yi, with the
influences and bullying by the 8 foreign-alliances on China (八国联军）, as
well as persistent civil war lead by Dr Sun-Yat Sen, many Han Chinese,
who forms the majority of the Chinese population couldn't bear it any
longer. They were living in absolute poverty and were suffering from
impoverishment. Deep inside their guts, they couldn't swear absolute
loyalty to their king, who were of a different ethnicity from north -
the ethnic manchuria, who practices distinct culture from the ethnic han
from almost every aspect.
Northern
Chinese were commonly known as the 官人 (the rich/upper class). If you
trace the english word "MANDARIN", it came from the ancient Sanskrit
connotation of "MENTRI/MENTERI", which means "of the upper class".
Mandarin, was known as the "dialect of the northern upper class". People
who speaks Mandarin dialect, were the beijing officials from north. - I
will elaborate further on this later.
Southern
Chinese, like the Hokkiens, FUchiew, Hainamese, albeit adhering to the
same writing system, spoke it differently. THese are the farmers, petty
merchants, or commonly perceived as the "lower class" among the ethnic
Hans. They long succumbed to the fate that northerner who speaks the
upper class dialect (官语）-which later was known as the "mandarin" dialect
are far more superior and richer.
living through
poverty under the last ching dynasty, and severe instablity during the
Nationalist Party's Reign under Yuan Shi Kai, many Chinese decided to
leave the country.
Don't get it wrong here however.
The northern
Chinese left China, with the intention of leaving it for good. they are
comprised of the the poor, but mostly the rich. These people fearing
that their assets would not survive through persistent civil warfare and
lateron, the world war two, brought everything along with them to
"better places", such as the USA and Europe.
The southern
Chinese however, were "less" affected by the political instability, not
being located in the crux of the game of thrones as much as the
northerner. They, on the other hand, were those who seeked to "Change"
the fate of their family. With that in mind, they went down south, as
brought and offered by the British, to the Nusantara. (British was one
of the 8 country alliances that dictated alot of china's politics).
They were
brought in as Miner, labourer, and petty merchants to Nusantara
countries, in order to work for the colonial masters' economical favour.
They were
clinging on the hope that one day, upon gathering enough wealth, they
could bring back their wealth here to China, and change the lifestyle of
their Family in China. Some came alone, leaving their wive and
children. Many others, bring along their immediate family members.
They suffered
through the difficult passages to commute down south through massive
ships, squeezing into the cramped little room for 1 month with
technically minimal hygene provisions, just to get their way to Malaya.
They, were our ancestors.
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2.) Do you know that most of your ancestors do not speak the language you are speaking now?
MY
grandgrandmother Chan Seong Lan, who died 3 years ago at the age of 105,
was one of the migrants. I had the privileged of hearing 1st hand
experience from her regarding her journey. Granny Chan came from
TeowChiew.
When i was
young, I had terrible communication problem with granny Chan. I spoke
mandarin eloquently. but She doesn't. She speaks perfect Hakka and Teow
Chiew, but never mandarin. To be honest, I've never heard she uttered a
single mandarin phase. (what made me proud was that her MALAY was really
good. She always "sembang" with the lady who sell laksa in front of her
house, so i was told).
Our ancestors
came down to Malaya with their dialect and language. they were very
ignorant over the mandarin dialect (common acknowledge as a "language"
in modern days). They do not even think that there was a need to learn
mandarin. Most of their culutral practices and behavours were defined by
their dialects, such as the Hokkiens and Teow Chiews' "Pai Ti Gong"
ceremony on the 9th day of Lunar New Year or the Hakka's food like "Son
Pan Zi", "Hakka teoh Fu" etc.
They came in
with the simple thoughts of gathering Money, and bring it back to China
so that it would benefit their relatives and family up in China. If you
still have relatives above the age of 85, do ask them if they have
siblings in China, and why didn't they go back to reconcile and reunite
with them. we shall explore "why" they didn't go back in the next
discussion.
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3.) Our ancestors who wanted to go back to China, did not go back. Why?
As mentioned
above, their main reason of coming down to Malaya/other south east asian
country, was not to settle down permanently, unlike the northern
Chinese who migrated to Europe or the US.
Our Ancestors
taught us a thousand year old virtue, of " Ru Xiang Sui Su 入乡随俗“ ( if
you're in another foreign/alien land, you assimilate or integrate into
the culture and practices of that society). "Ru Xiang Sui Su" was the
guiding principle of the chinese who wanted to permanently migrate into a
new society. You see the American Chinese migrant adapting Christian
name, going to US schools, reading their news papers (of course you
still have chinese circulation or chinese food in China town, which will
be discussed later - as in the comparison between the china town of
chinese who wanted to settle down in new society permanently, and the
china town of Malaysia, former are likened to be a "remembrance" of
their root, later is just a facade). The Chinese in Europe too
incorporated into the european culture fairly quickly, where they won't
be satisfied until their english is rich of British Accent. They did not
forget their root nontheless of being ethnic chinese/han, but in terms
of lifestyle and routine, they've assimilated and integrated into the
society they've migrated to. You see that in places like Japan, Korea,
or Thailand too for that matter.
However, this
virtue of "Ru Xiang Sui Su" did not apply to southern chinese who've
migrated to Malaya. This is simply because they never wanted to stay
permanently.
Furthermore,
the fact that our ancestors started Chinese school in early 1900, (first
being Foon Yew High School in Johor) , started of Chinese Press (Kwong
Wah Jit Poh, which is much earlier than Utusan) proved the irrebutable
fact that our Ancestors WANTED to ensure that their next generation to
be "well equipped" with the Chinese language and culture/customs, so
that when they are back in China they would be able to adapt into the
norms/culture in China easily. Chinese who migrated with the intention
to permanently settled down in a foreign country, never started chinese
school or chinese press in the scale that our ancestors did. Back then,
Chinese school was not unified. You have Penang's "Fu Jian High School",
which conducts it's lesson in Hokkien (currently, renamed "Penang
Chinese Girl School/ Bin Hwa High School"). The name of the chinese
schools also pretty much reflect on our ancestor's "reminder" of the
fact that their presence in Malaya was temporary. you have "中华CHONG
HWA". Chong Hua is the abbreviation of the "Chong hua/ tiong hua" race
(not ethnic), which then is another rephase of the term 中土大园的华夏民族 (the
Hua Xia (deepest root of the chinese) race from the main land ground).
Contrary to popular believe, Chong Hua is not derived from China's Full
Name "中华人民共和国“'s "Zhong hwa". in fact, both China's name, and CHinese
School's name in Malaya derived from the first root of Chinese race
(again, not ethnic Han), which is the "Main colossal Land's Hua Xia race
华夏 race).
what was the reason that they then stayed permanently?
If you read my
previous blog post of "bumiputra, for non-bumiputra" ----> Link
www.facebook.com/taizeekin/posts/10151559295110306 you would have
realized that they CAN'T go back to China, against their desire.
soon after they
came down, the world war two started. japanese invaded China, and there
were civil war in CHina between the Communist fraction and the
Nationalist fraction. Fact that Dr Sun Yat Sen started off his
revolutionism from Penang, before recapturing China from the last
manchurian emperor shows how deep an affinity between the CHinese in
Malaya and China (of course he got his later funding from alot of
oversea chinese in europe and USA as well, but he started in Penang,
Malaysia).
Our Ancestors
had NO CHOICE to go back to china and reunite with their siblings,
family and loved one. As soon as the war ends, Communist party defeated
Nationalist party lead by Chiang Kai Sek, and practiced "Close Door
Policy". the Whole china, like North Korea, was sealed. No one was to
enter and no one was to leave (technically).
Malaysian
ethnic Han/Chinese will have no choice, but to negotiate for a
settlement plan. They GRIEVE and MOURNE over the fact that they could no
longer go back and reunite with their family in mainland China. But
settlement in Malaya, was never meant to be perpetually. That's why they
actually agreed to alot of terms that were seemingly compromising
meritocracy on their part, but INSIST on venacular education. (read my
previous blog above for an understanding about citizenship en mass).
Venacular education, is the ONLY way they can ensure that their
descendant like you and me, would be able to converse in our native
mother tongue used in China, so that we could adapt the China's society
when we're back.
The GRIEVANCE
and MOURNING were then inscribed in our blood, and as a matter of fact,
in the Federal Constitution right to vernacular education was guarenteed
as a result of the "great trade off". the native nusantarian had no
problem giving citizenship to assimilated Chinese/Indian/Europeans as
long as they do not withhold their loyalty to their country of origin.
Much to the malay's dismay, the chinese back then had almost all
loyalty, in my humble opinion to China. Those who choose to assimilate
would then be known as "peranakans", who speaks and behave like native
nusantarian. the nusantarian would treat them as part of them. But
because of the technical definition of them being "Chinese", they were
bound by the faith of the 1st Generation Chinese Migrant unfortunately.
The Seranis (eurasians) were not included in the "CHinese/INdian"
package deal in the constitution. they assimiliated into the Nusantarian
culture and was accepted. Again if you want to attack on this point, do
read my previous blog first (Bumiputra, for non-bumiputra --->
www.facebook.com/taizeekin/posts/10151559295110306 )
Therefore It's
suffice to say that Our ancestors, who wanted to prepare their next
generation to go back in their stead (they couldn't because of the close
door policy and world war two), instilled in our blood the "Legacy" of
mandarin, the very gateway language to go back to China.
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4.) Chinese
School : To protect the 5000 years old culture and knowledge, or its
just about the language as our Ancestor's legacy to become a gateway to
go back to China?
I used to ask
my friends from Chinese school, independent, UEC, or SMJK, on why would
they go to Chinese School INstead of an ordinary National School.
i got 3 kinds of answers.
a.) The Chauvinistic answers
- Chauvinist
(沙文主义） would tell me that it's our duty to protect the 5000 years old
wisdom and culture. thats why we have to send our children to chinese
school.
what these
chauvinists failed to convince me, is how going to chinese school would
ensure that they would protect the 5000 years old history, culture and
knowledge?
- I asked them,
do you know the "Si Shu Wu Jing (四书五经）, the four main literature and 5
great mantras of the chinese. They couldn't even quote me the title of
the 9 most important literature work of the chinese literature.
- I asked them,
do you know the different school of thoughts between the confusionism
儒家思想, taoism 道家思想，or Mahayanian Buddhism 大乘佛理. they couldn't even
distuingshih religion rituals and philosophical ideology behind the
Chinese Culture-based religion
- I asked them,
of the 4 great dishes in Chinese Culture, 四大名菜，京菜，粤菜，闽菜，and 川菜 (Beijing
culinery culture, Cantonese culinery culture, Fu Jian culniery culture,
and sichuan culinery culture) , how many dishes can they name? they
couldn't even name ONE.
- I asked them,
do you know the different between our Ethnic Han's tranditional
costume, the HAN FU (汉服） and the Manchurian Bannerman's CHEONG SAM/ KEI
PO （长衫， 旗袍，旗服) ? they thought that our traditional costume was Cheong
Sam/ Kei fuk / Kei pou ), which was a disgrace to our ancestors. we were
ethnic HAN with HAN surname like Tan, Lim, Chong, Teoh, but we called
the Manchurian's costumes as our traditional costumes. Manchurians have
surname like Yehonala, Nurhachi, Aisinjeoro. Not LIm, Tan, Chong. They
didn't even know that.
Having said that, I , who camed from a Malay school, knew more about Chinese Culture, History, Wisdom and knowledge than them.
their defence
of chauvinism hence became obsolete, as you DON'T NEED Chinese school to
defend the culture/knowledge of the 5000 years old wisdom.
b.) For the language, Economical reason since China is big.
That reason is
even worse. Singapore has ZERO Chinese School, but mandated everyone to
brush up their mother tongue. Singaporean ethnic chinese ended up
speaking better Mandarin than Malaysian ethnic CHinese/Han. THey didn't
even need Chinese school for that?
If Mandarin is
there for economical and practical reason, they SHOULD acknowledge that
and propogate mandarin's learning through the right way. Not the
chauvinistic way. I went to Malay school, but took up mandarin all the
way to SPM, ended up knowing more about mandarin the language, and
Chinese culture than many of the Chinese School graduates.
c.) Don't Know, just follow my parent's wish
That is the
most dangerous part. This is exactly the very reason many chinese are
living in our ancestors' legacy of Grieving and Mourning over the fact
that they COULDn"T go BACK to china, and to make sure that their
descendant are at least well equipped with the language so that when
they eventually go back to CHINA they would be able to adopt at least in
terms of language.
Chinese
Education, is different from Chinese Education system. I think it is
important for people of every ethnic origin to keep trace of their
cultural route including language.
But we MUST not
create an Education system purely to accomodate that aspect. Our
Ancestors had valid reason to create a separate education system for
chinese, for the very reason to prepare themselves and their next
generation to Go Back and adapt to CHina. but now that we are
permanently settled down in Malaysia, we should defend our mother tongue
as a "language to trace our root", but not a SEPARATE SYSTEM altogether
that would alienate a racial group from another throughout their
growing time.
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5.) China Premier Zhou En Lai's visit
in the 70s,
when China ended it's close door policy and begin to build foreign ties,
Zhou En Lai visited Malaysia. He then made a statement, asking
Malaysian Chinese to Swear our loyalty to Malaysia, to our King the Yang
Dipertuan Agong.
That puts an
END to our grievance and despair of our ancestors, in an abrupt way. No
more going back to CHina. CHINA closed it's door to them.
Instead of
moving on and , like every other chinese around the world, to assimilate
and integrate, our second generation ancestors were very CONFUSED.
their affinity to Chinese school system is now changed, from initially
being an affinity to mainland china, to purely the school system. It's
like , I am an Alumni from Chong Hwa school, and i would NOT let it be
replaced/closed. There are 1297 Chinese school in Malaysia, and every
each of these schools have alumnis who would, for the sake of their
affinity to the school per se, defend and justify their existence.
It soon became and issue of "Quality of Education".
Chinese School
was preferred, in the modern context, mostly because of their quality. I
have people telling me, Chinese School has better teacher and better
quality, thats why we send our kids there.
Therefore it's
imperative that we do not hide under the facade and hypocrisy of
"Defending 5000 years old culture", and admit that the reason they go to
chinese school is because of practical/economical/and quality
consideration.
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6.) Chinese's ability and willingness to adapt.
The Chinese, in
fact, are among those who are most willing to adapt and modify our
culture to intergrate with another culture that we look "highly" too.
(of course, keeping a trace of our ethnic han route)
How many Chinese couples wear our traditional Han Fu costume during weddings. westernized, no?
Why many
Chinese would adopt "Christian" name (NOT western, i am talking about
name like Michael, Kelvin, Joseph, which are CHRISTIAN name) despite not
being christians, and fact that it's very foreign to Chinese culture?
of course they keep their enthic HAN route by keeping the surname/given
name.
Why so many
Chinese are willing to modify our offerings to the Deities? instead of
candle light, many are now replaced with, hmn... red bulbs?
Talk about
food, do you know that many of the SO CALLED Chinese food like Hokkien
Mee, Bak Kut Teh, Hainam Chicken rice, can NEVER be found in Hokkien, or
Hainam China? it's a modification and adaptation to the South East
Asian CHINESE taste and preference. If you can modify most of the
important cultures, it means you are flexible!
Chinese has a fairly flexible mode to adapt.
fact that the
reason Chinese refuse to adapt to the Native nusantarian culture and
behaviour, is very worrying. That's the root of Racism, sparked by FAKE
chinese chauvinism.
have you seen a
Zikri Tan Boon Hook? or Fatimah Ng Siew Lai? ok lets try with malay
names instead of Islamic /arabic/persian name. how about Mawar Liew Mei
Siew? or Delima Ong Mai Ling? no? you see more Christophers, Kelvins,
Michaels (no offence to many of my friends who've adopted christians
name) than ever.
Why did we fail
to adapt to the native customes and culture is something that we have
to ponder upon. i WOULD NOT spell the words out here and risk being
labelled a "traitor to the race" like what Emeritus Professor Tan Sri
Khoo Kay Kim has been treated rudely by the ignorant chauvinists.
For my Chinese Friends who speaks hokkien.
How do you call
a Malay person in Hokkien? HUANNA 蕃仔 ? please use baidu.com to find out
what that really means. it's a disgrace and i felt ashamed.
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7.) China Town
Have you been
to the China Town in US big sities, and also London's CHina Town? the
China town in Western Countries are VERY chinese. It serves as a
"remembraces" and "traces" of the Chinese origin for the migrants, as
well as , for economical purposes sell off the unique chineseness to the
foreigners. Most Chinese migrants in these country, who're well
assimilated in their respective native culture, would from time to time,
visit China Town to remind themselve about their root, in the form of
remembrances more than "embracing" them.
Have you been
to the China Twon in Kuala LUmpur, and feel the sorry state of it even
being duped as "china town"? There is NO NEED for a China Town in
Malaysia. most town in Malaysia is China Town. Chinese bill boards,
Chinese advertorials, Chinese signboards etc. Why is there a need for a
"CHINATOWN" anymore? any Street in Penang or Certain street in KL/
Serdang/Puchong could well beat London's China town as a more "china"
china town.
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8.) Malaysian First, or CHinese First?
Funny enough,
If you ask that question, Many Ethnic Han Chinese Malaysian would answer
you that they are Malaysian first, and Chinese second, without KNOWING
what it means to be Malaysian first.
(Caution, if
you are a URBAN BANANA, this does not applies to you. according to cense
report, there are only 9% of you existing. rest 91% are Chinese
educated ) You wake up every morning and watch TVBS Asia, pheonix
channel, CCTV4, or hua hee tai. Shows that 80% of other Malaysians who
are not chinese will never watch. Tune in to 988, myFM, aiFM, OneFM,
channels that 80% of Malaysians don't understand and will never listen
to. You reach your office, open up SinChew, NanYang, GwongMing,
KwongWah, China Press, Oriental daily, something that only 80% of
Malaysians CANNOT understand. you MIGHT have lunch with your
malay/indian colleagues, and chat about life and work. once you go home
from work, you talk to your family, children in Mandarin, a language
that 80% of Malaysians CANNOT speak or understand. before you sleep, you
go to facebook and scroll through. You post among your friends, whom
80% came from your ethnic.
in your daily
routine, you are only a MALAYSIAN for 20%, but Chinese 80%. and you call
yourself a MALAYSIAN FIRST? hmn... then perhaps, you could tell me how
would Chinese first or Malaysian first make a different to you? Lets not
quote me example of "WHEN YOU ARE OVERSEA" because you know what, how
long are you over sea? so you're only Malaysian first when you are
oversea? hmnnn.
The goal of me
posting this long post, is to ASK for the ethnic HAN chinese Malaysian,
to really reconsider our stand on issues pertaining race. Stop being
chauvinistic and start to integrate and assimilate, WITHOUT compromising
your ethnic identity. CHinese in UK/ US/ Thailand all did that
willingly. why can't we? it's our ancestors' teaching that we SHOULD do
that.
WAKE UP from
our ancestors grievance and despair of not being able to go back to
China. We are done with that. Let the grievance and despair follow our
ancestors to their grave. Start rethinking about your stand as
Malaysian.
Please
INTEGRATE and ASSIMILATE into the native culture, and OF COURSE , keep
mandarin as a language that would trace your ethnic origin. NOT THE
OTHER WAY round or you are still TRAPPED in our ancestor's grievance.
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P/s I will
write another post on HOW Mandarin, a dialect of the northerner, KILLS
OFF our mother tongue (which is our dialect). Mother tongue for Chinese
is different, it's not the language, but the dialect that our ancestors
used. Do you know that great poet LI BAI 李白 wrote his poem in HE BEI
dialect, which is the current "Hokkien Language", and the HE BEI dialect
was the OFFICIAL language used in TANG dynasty royal palace and court?
and there you think everyone in the movie speaks mandarin it must be the
spoken language back then. MANDARIN is killing off your mother tonger.
THe language is called HAN language 汉语。mandarin, (formerly 官语，（language
of the aristocrats), now 普通话 putong hua, 华语 huayu) is MERELY a dialect
of the northener. Chinese language is HANYU + your DIALECT. NOT Hanyu +
MANDARIN.
that i will discuss in another post.
I further
dedicate this post to Joan Lai, Wayne Teo, Jeffrey Foh, and every
Chinese Malaysian who thinks that we MUST learn how to integrate into
the native Malaysian culture.
Regards
TAI ZEE KIN
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