Wednesday, November 9, 2011

ROUGH RIDER vs DAUN PUCUK



Pak Lah kata "Tak Nak".
Pfizer kata " Atasi Rokok. Jadilah Juara".

Bukan perokok, kali terakhir mengisap setahun dulu, itu pun mekanik Cina membaiki enjin kereta hulur rokok. Yalah nak kamcing sama dia.

Kalau di kampung dulu biasa merokok daun pucuk dengan menggobek sirih. Dari dulu lagi tekak ni terasa kering dan batuk bila merokok. Bagus juga tu.





Kalau  kuat merokok agaknya dah kena bypass. 
Beberapa tahun dulu dada terasa sakit bila buat angiogram ada saluran darah jantung tersumbat. Kena buat angioplasty di IJN. Setakat ini Alhamdulillah.





Diet kena control dari segi cholesterol dan glucose terutamanya. Oleh kerana suka berkebun bermandikan peluh tidak perlulah exercise atau jogging.



Kalau mengikut OpEd (Nov 6) saya tergulung dalam Pickers - cari/beli barang lama atau second hand dan kalau boleh dijual kembali.

Saya geledah tong mesin jahit Singer lama dan jumpa beberapa kotak rokok Rough Rider, Player's Nay Cut, Capstan Navy Cut dan Gold Flake. Rokok2 tersebut di import dari England.

Kotak2 sudah di frame (L) kalau jual berapa boleh dapat? Nak simpan pun saya bukan perokok.






Brand Player's ada kilang sendiri sementara 3 yang lain dibuat oleh W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London.

Rough Rider dan Player's munkin ada curi2 cuba kerana keduanya lebih popular.




Di England tidak ada cowboy. Jenama Rough Rider munkin dipinjam dari US sempena kemenangan rejimen sukarelawan berkuda Rough Riders (1st Volunteer Cavalry) menawan San Juan Hill, Cuba, 1898.

Monday, November 7, 2011

ARCHIVING "THE DEBONAIRS"

Blogger Remgold of OpEd (thank you) said put pictures and walla I have to dig for them from various sources - books, magazines, and old pictures from own/family or relatives' albums. The thousands of slides in my collection are yet untouched to be digitalised and saved.

Debonair, a nice sounding word. I have heard of it before but does not know when to use it in writing or conversation. Looking up into the dictionary, it means - gentle, courteous, urbane; light hearted.




While rummaging through my sister-in-law's picture album (and to put the old pictures into a new album), I found a group picture of the band "The Debonairs" which was probably active in the 70's. I do not know how famous they were. Perhaps the members are still around but not as handsome as before!




How about "The Debonairs" for entertainment!









How about "The Debonairs" for entertainment!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

TENTERA MENENTANG GANYANG

ARTIKEL INI DEDIKASI UNTUK KOL. HASSAN SAAMIN (arwah), hidupnya untuk askar, askar untuk hidup.

Indonesia mengganyang Malaysia mengkonfrontasi.



Di Semenanjung, penyusupan angkatan bersenjata Indonesia (ABI)tertumpu di sekitar pantai Johor melalui Selat Melaka. Operasi tentera yang pertama dijalankan menentang pencerobohan ialah Operasi Limit pada 12 Ogos 1964.


Dalam Operasi Liver, 17 Ogos - 4 Nov 1964 di kawasan Benut, Kukup dan Pontian, 21 penyusup terbunuh, 70 ditawan dan 9 menyerah diri. Pasukan keselamatan Malaysia mengalami 2 kematian dan 3 cedera. Kesemuanya melebihi 21 operasi dijalankan - Operasi Lilac, Operasi Flower, Operasi High Speed ...


Tamatnya konfrontasi, sejumlah 143 penyusup dibunuh, 432 ditawan, 34 menyerah diri.
Dipihak tentera Malaysia dan Commonwealth, 16 terbunuh dan 8 cedera.


Antara wira2 tentera Malaysia bertugas semasa konfrontasi (L, R)



Antara wira yang terkorban mempertahankan negara.


Maklumat terperinci berkenaan pengorbanan tentera Malaysia semasa konfrontasi terdapat dalam buku (R) yang ditulis oleh S. Othman S. Omar, 1999, penerbitan UKM.

















Di perbatasan Sarawak-Kalimantan menjadi hangat juga dengan pencerobohan ABI dan dapat dialahkan oleh tentera Malaysia di bantu oleh 22 Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment (Kanan, bawah), 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles dll.


Pasukan ABI menemui angkatan tentera di Tebedu, Jun 1964 (L)

Tunku melihat senjati ABI, Balai Police Pontian (L).






(Kanan). Perjanjian Jakarta. Upacara menandatangani Persetujuan Normalisasi Hubungan Indonesia-Malaysia, Jakarta, 11 Ogos 1966. Tun Razak (Menteri Luar Negeri), Mej Jen Abdul Hamid Bidin (kiri), Je Soeharto (berdiri, tengah), Adam Malik (Menlu Indonesia, kanan, duduk)

Indonesia, a brave example of revolution against Dutch colonialism and struggled for  independence after the Japanese occupation of WWII.  However, the nation is still not at peace internally. It is warring against several fronts at any one time - Acheh, Timore, Irian Jaya to breakaway for independence.

The nation is warrring against poverty, rampant corruption, demonstrations, religous extremism and clashes. These warring states have a spillover effect onto Malaysia  flaring up seemingly minor misundertandings be they on true or false premises.

Politicians have to understand the political and social climate and not to over react to our neighbour's overtures. Whatever it is we are blood-brothers serumpun leaning against another.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

GANYANG MALAYSIA



Adakah legenda kekalahan pertarungan antara panglima Majapahit oleh Hang Tuah dan berpindahnya Keris Taming Sari ke Melaka menjadi dendaman?

Bukan begitu Pak!



Belanda telah kalah dan diusir. Darah nasionalisme dan anti-imperialisme meluap-luap. Bung Soekarno berpendirian kemasukan Sabah dan Sarawak kedalam Malaysia adalah angkara penjajah. Parti Komunis Indonesia (PKI) menyemarakkan lagi api anti-neokolonialisme.

Indonesia perasan dikepung dan terancam. Malaysia mesti diganyang!


1964.

"International Youth Solidarity Meeting for National Independence of North Kalimantan and Against the Neo-colonialist Project - Malaysia."

"Untuk Perdamaian Sedjati Kegugusan ..."

"Malaysia: No For National Independence."
















Kanan: "Suasana sidang Komando Operasi Tertinggi (KOTI) di Istana Merdeka pada tanggal 28 April 1964 beberapa hari sebelum Dwikora dikomandokan. KOTI dibentuk pada tanggal 19 Juli 1963 dengan tugas pokok "Operasi pengamanan terhadap pelaksanaan program Pemerintah pada umumnya, khususnya dibidang knofrontasi terhadap unsur-unsur kolonialisme-imperialisme dalam segala manifestasinya serta pengamanan terhadap ..."




Gambar atas: " Guna pengerahan/penggunaan sukarelawan/sukarelawati untuk tugas-tugas dibidang militer dibentuk "Brigade Sukarelawan Bantuan Tempur Dwikora" dibawah pimpinan Kolonel Sabirin Mochtar. Sasaran gerakan sukarelawan ini adalah sepanjang garis ..."


















Bersambung "Menangani Ganyang Malaysia" ...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

UMNO NOT NEP BASTARDIZED THE MALAYS

The role of government is to distribute wealth and take care of the welfare of each and every one of its citizen. The poor, needy, disabled, and old should receive special attention. It may entail taking money from one groups of citizens and giving it to another, for example in the case of taxation.

What this means is that the government is a form of tongkat to all. It is only in the matter of degrees as to how much of a tongkat individuals, families or groups of citizens deserve and given. It is in the giving that is wronged by governments.

Tongkat is now becoming a bad word. NEP meant for affirmative action for the Malays and bumiputras has boomeranged. Over time it has bastardized the beneficiaries according to Najib. We are hiding behind NEP he further said.

Many of us have nothing to hide for we have nothing. It is only the politicians who want to hide or ignore the problems of the underdogs and sweep them under the carpet. This strategy of the good look factor to win votes. Blame the child but not the rod?

There is nothing with UMNO. It is the politicians who have abused UMNO. It is a springboard to jettison  many to ambitious self-serving interests using UMNO to get rich quick, practice cronyism, corruption. Many cling to their positions till die standing. To say that NEP is a bloody tongkat then UMNO is a bloodier tongkat!

Many deadwoods are parasites who do not pick a thing in their many years in UMNO. They play safe. I rub your back and you rub my back. These are the people who hide behind UMNO. Yet the leadership still favour them. This resulted in mediocrity and that breeds insecurity in the party.

By such an analogy, then UMNO is the tongkat that has dangerously and blatantly bastardized the Malays. If that is so, it should be disbanded! With that the question of abolishing NEP does not arise.

Due to the bastardizing effect of UMNO and its being the strong arm of the government, by the same token it has weakened and bastardized its master.

Which one is of greater bastardization factor for the Malays and bumiputras?


Many are young when they start with UMNO.

He is the greatest sucker of all.

Claims himself to be a samurai bouncer (L). Look at kontot finger.
The parliament is 45yrs old (hence the millions of repairs or build anew). Does he know how many centuries old is the British parliament building?

I love UMNO and future more than PKR (R).


Mr. Clean, imam, man in a hurry, raised petrol prices 3 times in a row within one year. Where has the money gone? Is it with UMNO?

Both these two are dangerously ambitious in UMNO. People who dream during the day plot at night.



Mr. Ironman in UMNO, jetset with moneybags (L).

MAYC never had no meeting during his tenure (R). Will SAPD bungle?



We are not out of the woods yet. Beloved UMNO our trojan horse.



His 40x1 years experience in UMNO is an embarrassment.
Clueless as to the right things to do!
UMNO is a good hiding place.



UMNO diretakkan dari dalam oleh orang2nya sendiri. Kini menanti belah (L).

A mild form of bastardized Malay (R).

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

MALAYS OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean are coral islands developed over volcanic uprise. They are under Australian territory. Darwin visited the islands in 1836.

Temperature ranges between 23-27C and rainfall 2000mm/year. Coconuts are a dominant feature and hence its name Cocos.


Alexander Hare, British entreprenuer-adventurer had dealings with the sultans in Banjarmasin and Java. He left for Cape Town after business-misadventures. Later from C. Town he sailed and landed on Cocos-Keeling in 1826 along with 100 of his workers.

Van der Jagt reported in 1829 there were 36 males, 25 females and 37 children in Cocos. The presnt stock originated mainly from Malays (from Bali, Bima, Sulawesi, Madura, Sumbawa, Timor, Sumatra, Pasir-Kutai, Batawi, Cerebon, Banjarmasin, Pontianak, Tasikmalaya, Kota Waringan, Malacca, Penang) with sprinklings of Chinese, Papuan and African blood.

During the later part of WWII in 1945, a 2000 yard airstrip was built by the Allied Forces that also accomodated 8300 personnel. Thousands of coconut trees were buldozed into the sea.

In 1947 ie. after the war there 1814 inhabitants and life was desperate and food was rationed. It was made worse when Mdm Clunies-Ross and her son John Cecil (the father once managed part of Cocos and its economy) demanded repatriation for the losses during the war. Hundreds left to settle in Sabah, Singapore and  to Christmas Islands.


Now they enjoy good housing.

Fishing is one of their livelihoods.


Harvesting coconut sap from flower stalk to make syrup and sugar.

Basket weaving for own use or tourist market (R).


Quran reading and khenduri Hari Raya.
Time for wedding and dancing.









Reference: Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling): Masyarakat Melayu di Australia. Padilah Ali (penterjemah), 1993, DBP