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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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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
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
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
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
My Merdeka wish
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 2:57 P GMT
My Merdeka WishToday being 31st August 2005, I have a wish. This is my Merdeka wish. Merdeka is Malay for independence. ABOLITION OF BUMIPUTERA STATUS for about 60 percent of Malaysians who by no choice of their own were born as sons or daughte
Nasi Goreng Kampung
Wednesday, 24 August 2005 5:38 P GMT
Nasi Goreng KampungToday is 24th August 2005. It looks like autumn has arrived early. It was raining all day! What happened to summer? An Indian summer this year? Hopefully. I'm supposed to be hard at work, however the weather is too depres
The Need to be Malaysian
Tuesday, 23 August 2005 8:31 P GMT
The Need to be MalaysianAbolish Chinese and Tamil schools in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</country-region>. The Constitution needs to be changed, so change it! Most of their pupils turn out to think that t
Food I grew up with
Thursday, 18 August 2005 6:04 P GMT
Food I grew up withEveryone who sent me birthday greetings, THANK YOU. I have nothing planned today, but quite a few people told me I must do something special. Suddenly I remembered a snack, which I used to go absolutely crazy over. Mom never
Batu Maung
Saturday, 13 August 2005 4:43 P GMT
Batu MaungHere are two pictures taken by Cosmopolitan779 One is a jetty leading out to sea (I can't think of anywhere else!) and the other is of fishing boats tethered by the water edge. Those boats belong to local fishermen. Place: Batu Maung,
Sepet
Saturday, 13 August 2005 1:15 P GMT
Movie Review of SepetI spotted this review of Sepet, the movie, from Petaling Street. I've always wanted to watch this movie. I don't usually watch Malay films other than P Ramlee's because they are so stereotypical of a section of Malay society
HMS Belfast
Saturday, 13 August 2005 12:02 P GMT
HMS BelfastFor almost four years, I would occasionally walk past the HMS Belfast in numerous walks up and down the River Thames. Like all locals, I have always lived with her presence, putting off a visit indefinitely. Other "attractions" a
Pictures of Gurney Drive
Wednesday, 10 August 2005 12:48 P GMT
This entry, which I found in an interesting blog called "Treasurable Memmories" brings back many fond memories of Gurney Drive in Penang. The pictures of Penang food in that blog is mouth watering too. I'd definitely recommend this blog
Hokkien blog
Monday, 8 August 2005 5:43 P GMT
Hokkien blogI found this blog, written entirely in Hokkien, including comments, through Bahasa Dunia's blogroll. I read the entry entitled Ki Si Lang Ah!, which means "Dead annoying to people". I had neither had trouble understanding h
Loud cry
Monday, 8 August 2005 3:11 P GMT
Loud loud cry!Indeed(!) for crying out loud. I am writing a very long report at the moment. It’s a back breaking job, not from unloading sacks of sugar and flour from behind a lorry into a warehouse. Moving 10 fingers and nothing else for hours is
Poverty bites everyone Part 1
Saturday, 6 August 2005 1:13 A GMT
Poverty bites everyonePart 1This entry is on poverty in Malaysia. Malaysia is a type of welfare state which is racially defined! How far is that from the late apartheid of South Africa, I leave it to individual perceptions. Some will justify it forev
Map of Poverty
Friday, 5 August 2005 7:44 P GMT
Map of PovertyIn 1889, Charles Booth constructed a map of poverty for London. I found this revealing map whilst looking at the website of the Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group. The map is colour-coded to show housing according to ec
Mother tongues
Wednesday, 3 August 2005 5:05 P GMT
Will my grandchildren still speak fluent Penang Hokkien? Malay which could be understood by the traders who frequented the ports of Malacca? English which could be understood by Englishmen and women without sounding queer to them?
