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At times, curiosity provokes readers to find out about this person's personal details. I hate to disappoint, but there are none here beyond the following:
Muslim, woman, voter, polyglot.
My practical heritage is Malaysian, collective memory is Straits Chinese, culture is British, outlook is Commonwealth, views are European, and my religion is Islam. This site contains a mix-bag of entries, including but not limited to politics and political literacy, Islam, spirituality and social justice, books and reviews, and the occasional pictures. If you want to respond to any articles here, do leave a comment, or email me at anisah.sofia@yahoo.com.
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September 2005
Second hand books
Friday, 30 September 2005 7:57 P GMT
Second hand booksComing up next... This is a sneak preview. The next entry is on a place I used to hang-out, alone, when I was growing up in Penang. The old second hand book shops which were once in Magazine Road (or is it Magazine Street?) My me
Assalamualaikum
Friday, 30 September 2005 12:31 A GMT
AssalamualaikumAiz wrote a good article which stirred up a good debate on the usage of Arabic terms by Muslims and non-Muslims. Do read his article along with the comments posted there. So many Muslims in Malaysia are shocked in either silence or
bored
Thursday, 29 September 2005 9:43 P GMT
I was bored, and ...I didn't reach for the paper to read my horoscopes. For the last ten years, yeah I think that's about right, I've treated those columns as more of horrorscopes. I was reading 'Abidin's blog; he had put up his OKCupid Politics!
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Wild Lavender
Wednesday, 28 September 2005 6:44 P GMT
Wild LavenderWild purple lavender. Photo taken by Anisah in spring of 2005. Copyright www.myspringbud.blog-city.com 2005 and Anisah 2005. If you wish to reproduce this photo for non-commercial purposes, do give appropriate credits. If you wis
Malaysian bloggers in London
Tuesday, 27 September 2005 5:31 P GMT
Proposed Malaysian bloggers in London meet-upJon Choo invited me to a meet-up of Malaysian bloggers based in London. The meet-up was first booted by Patrick and Lady V. I'm looking forward to it. Any other Malaysian bloggers here? Fancy coming
Category: General
Yes to the centre left
Monday, 19 September 2005 6:49 P GMT
Yes to the centre leftHelen Clark of New Zealand's Labour Party has been returned to power, albeit with a slander majority. Do read this BBC article here. It's not so much a news report as it is really a forum. I particularly agree with Micky
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Anisah in Chinese
Sunday, 18 September 2005 11:01 P GMT
Anisah in ChineseAnisah in Chinese.I took these characters from a website. Hover on the right-side panel for the URL to this website. Anisah in Arabic means intimate and friendly. The Chinese Anisah is made up of characters which are pronounced
Anisah in Jawi
Sunday, 18 September 2005 10:09 P GMT
Anisah in JawiAnisah in Jawi. "Writen" with a mouse using MS Paint. I don't have Arabic Windows, and I don't have an Arabic keyboard. So, how do I write Anisah in Jawi? (Jawi is the name given to a system of writing Malay using Ara
Malacca
Saturday, 17 September 2005 2:09 P GMT
MalaccaEarly globe showing the Malay kingdom, Malacca. Today, the name is spelt Melaka, and it is a small state within the Federation of Malaysia.The above picture was taken from an old globe. Yes, one of those almost extinct objects with the adv
Malaysia Day
Friday, 16 September 2005 6:55 P GMT
Malaysia DayBring out the party poppers. I attended a Yassin reading recently about a week ago to commemorate Malaysia's (read Malaya's) independence day. However, the organisers didn't have in mind, if they did, they didn't announce it, Malaysia
Scallops and prawns
Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:44 A GMT
Scallops and prawnsI don't usually read the Evning Standard. However I happened to pick a copy up early this year, on the very rare occasion I took a tube ride. I finished "reading" it in less time than my uninterrupted and undelayed j
Category: Trivial yet momentous Kitchen Congregation
Out of this world
Wednesday, 14 September 2005 9:55 A GMT
Out of this world.Has reality TV got astronomically mad? Malaysia's science minister, Jamaluddin Jardis has announced that the country's first astronaut will be decided by the public by popular vote via text messages? What happened to choosing the b
Category: Trivial yet momentous
Where to Malaysian food in London
Sunday, 11 September 2005 5:00 P GMT
Where to Malaysian food in London?There are many places. However, there's only one place I have gone to recently where I remembered to take pictures with my mobile phone. It's a shop owned by a Chinese family, aren't they all(?), called New Loon
Malaysian Political Parties
Sunday, 11 September 2005 2:01 P GMT
Malaysian Political PartiesGood read by Emmanuel Joseph on all Malaysian political parties. That's the apathy Malaysians, politically literate and illiterate alike, are in. Twice, I could not vote in the Malaysian General Elections, because of re
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Bringing a bicycle on Malaysia Airlines
Sunday, 11 September 2005 1:02 P GMT
Bringing a bicycle on Malaysia AirlinesThis is an article posted by Lin Jing Chiu on bringing bicycles to Malaysia, whilst flying as a passenger of Malaysia Airlines. It can be accessed here. The host website is a fantastic site for cyclists to r
Category: Trivial yet momentous
Play with words
Saturday, 10 September 2005 2:05 P GMT
Play with words.This entry is in Malay. Translation would have spoilt it. Yang teguran itu tak manis,yang manis itu usah ditegur.
Category: Trivial yet momentous Malay
Curtains
Friday, 9 September 2005 1:23 P GMT
The curtains have finally fallen on a man and his era. I, along with more than 50% of citizens of most European Union countries, object to US and UK led invasion of Iraq, for whatever reasons, be it the alleged terror link between Saddam and al-Qaeda
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Lagi-lagi isu Chin Peng
Friday, 9 September 2005 10:05 A GMT
Lagi-lagi isu Chin Peng, tak sudah-sudah!Ronnie Liu of DAP, an opposition party in Malaysia, recently made comments about Chin Peng and the Communist Party of Malaya, now banned and disbanded after the party signed a peace treaty with the Malaysian g
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Katrina
Wednesday, 7 September 2005 3:21 P GMT
Katrina reveals more skeletons in the closet.I picked this up from AnaSalwa's blog. Americans in New Orleans are dying, troops are protecting shops from being looted of their food and medical supplies? The very baisc lifeline which came too late
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
Anglo-Malay
Tuesday, 6 September 2005 5:13 P GMT
Anglo-Malay WatchMalaya achieved independence from Britain on 31st August 1957. To celebrate the approach of this anniversary, I'm going to start a blog entry called Anglo-Malay Watch. I will post published "Malay" terms which had been
Chin Peng
Tuesday, 6 September 2005 12:42 P GMT
Is Chin Peng a Malayan freedom fighter?Is Chin Peng, the former Secretary General of the now banned Communist Party of Malaya a freedom fighter for the independence of Malaya from Japanese and British colonisation?YES. Do I approve of the way CPM wag
Category: Trivial yet momentous Politics
A Malaysian's English, Part 2
Tuesday, 6 September 2005 11:01 A GMT
All names and events have been changed to protect what should be protected. One senior engineer wrote to his manager the following report. "We found 15 or 50g package damaged and crack during the 1st inspection run after the test. Base on
Category: Trivial yet momentous Manglish
A Malaysian's English
Monday, 5 September 2005 11:44 A GMT
A Malaysian's English: my tax monies paid for his English classes for at least 11 years? Dear Miss Jane Dole, Firstly, we are sorry about your car was broken into and it resulted in your laptop being stolen. There are culprit outside there that hav
Category: Trivial yet momentous Manglish
News
Friday, 2 September 2005 5:31 P GMT
News: Why I love Aunt Beeb and news?The answers are here, summarised by Pete Clifton, the editor of the BBC news website. Everything from correction of errors to impartiality of news. Do I think another news corporation is better than good old Au
Category: Trivial yet momentous
Bored in London?
Thursday, 1 September 2005 7:00 P GMT
A fellow Malaysian expatriate, Jon, blogged about people spotting in London. I do it whenever I'm bored. Apart from trying to guess where orientals come from, I also try to guess where blacks come from. However, I usually can't go beyond East A
Category: Trivial yet momentous Heritage