Patah tumbuh hilang berganti is a Malay proverb that describes the cycle of life; a broken branch will grow back. A loss is still a loss however and today, Malacca lost one of its most distinguished statemen.
This post is dedicated to Tun Ghafar Baba, former Ketua Menteri of Malacca, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Another photo before partying on Friday.
p/s – I heard the Nepali monarch’s speech and he said that he’s prepared to hand over power to a Prime Minister of the people’s choice. The king is relenting to the people.
pp/s – I didn’t know this had almost happened. Sumatra could have been a Malaysian annex in history:
A startling revelation of the then-Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman’s support of counter-subversion operations to break up Indonesia and incorporate Sumatra into Malaysia is detailed in David Easter’s article, “British and Malaysian Covert Support for Rebel Movements in Indonesia during the ‘Confrontation’
I knew Malaysia and the Commonwealth forces ran subversive movement during the war that in the end incapacitated Indonesia but never had I knew that there was plan to incorporate Sumatra into the Federation. Whoa!
This is an old news but its effect is of no little consequence. Hugging and kissing in public are deemed as indecent acts:
No kissing please, we are Malaysians!
PUTRAJAYA: The local government has the power to establish by-laws to prosecute citizens who behave disorderly in public, the Federal Court ruled yesterday.
Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, together with Federal Court judges Datuk Alauddin Sheriff and Datuk Richard Malanjum, unanimously held that the Datuk Bandar of Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) was correct to charge two students for behaving indecently by hugging and kissing at Kuala Lumpur City Centre Park.
With that in mind, perhaps it’s time we all give the mushrooming closed-circuit TV in Kuala Lumpur a more serious consideration? (tag)
The photo was taken near Dayabumi. Just across the street from the post office headquarters to be precise.With the moral police winning that case, imagine how they could utilize all those CCTVs in the city. We could be kissing our civil liberties goodbye.
Oh, wait. It’s unlawful to kiss.
As a self-proclaimed libertarian, I have this to say: what’s going in our bedroom is none of the government’s concern.
p/s – first playoff. Ajax 3 – 0 Feyenoord. w00t! Hail Rosales, Heitinga and Huntelaar! As written in a forum, helemaal niets voor Feijenoord!
pp/s – Bloomberg was talking about election in Singapore just now. The host roughly said: “We don’t know who will win in Singapore. Or do we?”
ppp/s – from Foreign Policy:
A survey published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives found that 77 percent of the doctoral candidates in the leading departments in the United States believe that “economics is the most scientific of the social sciences.” It turns out, however, that this certitude does not stem from how well they regard their own discipline but rather from their contempt for the other social sciences.
Heh.
I’m in no mood to blog. So, another photo but this time, let’s be more modern.
In the picture is Dayabumi, one of the more recognizable structures in Kuala Lumpur. To the locals at least (tag).Of anything else, Dayabumi needs a good shower. I don’t know when was the last time Dayabumi received a good cleanup. I doubt the building knows too, if it were alive.
If you’ve been following my posts, this building is the one in the background of the second photo in my post labelled [771] Of Malayan Railway HQ, Kuala Lumpur.
p/s – yeah. Malaysia lost to New Zealand. Sayonara World Cup.
pp/s – yeah! Ajax versus Feyenoord on the 20th!
ppp/s – I don’t know why but I’m attracted to Tak Dengar, an article in Malay. Tak dengar means “not hearing” or “not listening”. The latter is more accurate in term of context. I’m sorry if you’re unable to read Malay. Well, if you want to read it, now is a good time to learn Malay, isn’t it? =)
p4/s – Spiderman, with robots! In Japanese! In 1978! Goooooddddd!
More photos!
This onion-shaped dome belongs to the Malayan Railway Headquarters building. It’s just across the street from the old railway station of Kuala Lumpur (tag). I’ll show you:
The dome in the first picture is the farther one of the latter photo, close to the national mosque. Sorry for the street lights. Such ugly structures are creatures of omnipresence in Kuala Lumpur. Even the gods, possibly, are jealous of it.God asides, that road is Jalan Hishamuddin. If a person drives or walks straight for a good kilometer or so, that person will hit the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Trust me, there are street lights over there too!
A piece of history; the headquarters which is the darker structure in front of the lighter colored old railway station was designed in 1913 by A.B. Hubback. Hubback was also the architect of Jamek Mosque in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Constrcution began in the following year only to be interrupted by the First World War. With the cost of $780,422, it was completed in November 1917. During the Second World War, unlike its cousin the old railway station, it suffered heavy damage though without further need of explanation, you can see that it still stands proudly today.
p/s – Malaysia won’t make it to the Hockey World Cup. Today, Malaysia lost to France 4 – 1. France! What an embarrassment this is since France isn’t a proper hockey nation to start with. The score line makes the loss harder to swallow. This failed outing is all the more disappointing especially because Malaysia managed to grab bronze at the Commonwealth Games only several weeks back.
pp/s – Mike Ng, a fellow Malaysian and a friend of mine at Michigan got his first solo exhibit. Go pay him a visit and shout congratulations now!