jhameia:
torayot:
heroin-e:
myselfandmyother:
see, why don’t we see more of this side of SEA. why the fuck is it always WHITE PEOPLE VISIT TEMPLES WHITE PEOPLE EAT WEIRD FOREIGN FOOD WHITE PEOPLE PARTAKE OF WEIRD FOREIGN CUSTOMS WHITE PEOPLE VISIT SEEDY UNDERBELLY
EDIT which brings up the question of why must development be judged by tall buildings and capitalism but that’s a rant for another day
dee is bringin’ it
then white people whine that ~*oh nooo the natives are destroying their own culture*~
ARGH
that is not for you to decide nor to talk about or try to influence, ok? ok
Where’s Singapore’s spaceship Marina Bay Sands? I like their spaceship the Marina Bay Sands structure.
should be asking where is their durian building also
Everyone needs to be on this already!
jhameia:
excentricyoruba:
Adeline Koh’s ‘Digitizing Chinese Englishmen’ is now live!
Digitizing ‘Chinese Englishmen’ is a project that involves both digitization and academic commentary on the Straits Chinese Magazine, a literary magazine published in colonial Singapore from 1897-1907 by a combination of Southeast Asian-born Anglophone Chinese subjects, European colonial writers and mixed-race Eurasian writers.
Digitizing ‘Chinese Englishmen’ documents how British colonial culture created a group of “Asian Victorians” in Southeast Asia through the establishment of a colonial intermediary class within the diasporic Chinese group known as the “Straits Chinese.” While the Straits Chinese had established roots in Southeast Asia from the seventeenth century, under British rule they became an important comprador class serving as mediators between the British and the rest of the Empire. Digitizing ‘Chinese Englishmen’ is an attempt to give voice and representation to formerly colonized subjects, and to attempt to work against the “imperial meaning-making” of the archive by implementing new types of reading and commenting technologies that disrupt the idea of dominant and subjugated knowledges.
Please check out the project and support. Learn more about the ‘Asian Victorians’.
(I’m so excited about this…and not only because this humble tumblr was linked on there but I get to be a part of the project too! excited.gif)
Fascinating!! I was just thinking the other day how cool it would be to learn classical Chinese and find literatures written by Chinese peoples in SEAsia, particularly in the Straits. Way awesome!
Bersih 2.0: Anne’s walk for democracy
bubut:
Anne, from Setapak, took a bus ride down to KL, ALONE, in support of the rally. She was stopped 4 times, being asked her IC, and questioned by the police on why she’s wearing yellow. “Why can’t I wear yellow?” was her reply. She didn’t know what time the rally was scheduled to start, she didn’t know where, she has no one with her; all she knew was to get down to KL, and stand for what she believes in. The first thing she asked when she sat on our table, “what are you guys doing here?”
Anne teaches English in government schools for about 35 years (if i remember correctly). But her passion is really singing and dancing; and what she values most in her life now is freedom. Anne has rallied in Bersih 2007. She was disappointed as to why no one else was wearing yellow that day. We said chill lah.. that’s cuz if we do, we’d be stopped by the cops even before we get the chance to enter KL. “It’s so sad.. it’s so sad that the police are treating our rakyats like these.” “When you come to rallies, there’s a spirit of unity… something I cannot describe… when everyone is united for a cause. you don’t even get this sort of unity in church.”
She left me with a question that still resides in my heart. Now may I impose on you to think about it. “Why do we have to feel so scared (and threatened) in our own home land.. and by own countrymen?”
write up by Charlotte Hiew
Bubut welcomes any photos or experiences with the July 9th Bersih 2.0 rally
In yesterday’s posting, Dr Mahathir said that it “could be” the case that Orang Asli had populated Peninsular Malaysia before the Malays but argued that world history showed this did not accord them immutable claim to the land.
“If we consider that the Orang Asli have more rights to claim Malaysia as their own then we should acknowledge and respect the rights of the Red Indians, the Maoris, the Australian aborigines and all the other aborigines to be given back the land we now call America, Australia, New Zealand, etc. “Perhaps in recognition of their rights, they are now not so ill-treated and killed as they were when the Europeans seized their lands. But this is not the same as declaring that the countries belong to the people originally found there,” he said.
tiaramerchgirl:
Kakak Killjoy is a Malaysian feminist webzine showcasing critical writing on culture, the arts, science, and politics.
I just posted on there, and some people you may recognise from Tumblr are on there too. Come see :)
(The title’s a reference to a Malay riot-grrrl-esque song I believe)
If my writing mojo returns, you’ll be able to find me posting on here.
jhameia:
fuckyeahsoutheastasia:
Photograph by Cory Schadt.
The Masjid Terapung (Floating Mosque), completed in 2005, is located in the suburb of Tanjong Bungah, Pulau Pinang, in the Malaysian state of Penang.
Description: The mosque is built on stilts above the bay waters, which in this picture are serene and dull blue, reflecting a mostly clear sky. The domed roofs are red with yellow patterns, and the single minaret stands in the centre of the compound.
Gorgeous!
I did not even need the description to know exactly what this was, ie, my favourite. I love going past this masjid, every time I make sure to peer out the window, even just to get a glimpse. Even looking at this picture makes me feel something. Eager.
yeah
Crime Wave – Hishamuddin blames it on “chattering women”
However, he said that the level of street crimes was exaggerated by the continuous chattering that made it seem worse.
“Most victims are women. What do women do? They go to the hairdressers… they chit-chat and suddenly it is everywhere and cause people to fear,” he joked.
i got nothing.
