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Jogathon:
To sasak & Dilemma. how to tackle her..tackle
lah, you a man, skill yg ku ajar atu mana?..beramas mesra and
bersilaktur rahim atu penting.Nya nini mesti pandai menyelam
hatinya bah,diving into her heart...and shoot her with panah
asmara,then who knows she is gila bayang with you, with so much
imagination sampai ia mandi tak kenyang,tidor tak basah,maggi mee
diucap murtabak,nasi beriyani dikata bubor chacha.Ahhh...atu gila
bayang tah tu ia kan kedikau...stand on your 2 feet bah kata Si
Lobet Heng, isshh!!..hidup cia lagi karang racism ani, bah tutop
cia issue racism ani,boying ku membaca. Ada issue baru kalau
abiskita interested kan mendebate pasal Jogathon biasanya mengutip
derma sebanyak-banyak siapa banyak dapat free air ticket lah, VCD
player.Tapi whenever we have collect sampai $300 plus nada ada
apa2 janji manis hadiah atu.Pehak sekolah atu bukan apa tu saja
kan collect as much as they can and the victim is anak sekolah
dijadikan alat.good examples is St. James! .stationary charged but
the kids have to buy jua stationary. clever school.wish the school
like Manchester United the richest football club in the world so
do this school.sekian, Wassalam.... Esmit UlamaRaja 28.02.2002
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To
SASAK & DILEMMA:
Hmm...
finally a post not about racism or country problems!! Having a
relationship with a friend cum colleague is a bit difficult.
In the first place, if you tell her your feelings and she doesn’t
reciprocate, then it's really going to be awkward. If she
does have feelings towards you, then there's the possibility that
there may be problems in the future. Again this might be
awkward.
My advice is first, confirm from your part. Are you sure you
are in love or are you just having a crush? If it's a crush,
then forget it and get rid of that feeling.
If you are in love, then try somehow to find out whether she has
any feelings for you or not, or whether there is any
possibility. This can be done via your friends who know both
of you. Or even by yourself, since you are friends with her
and she probably would not mind telling you. If all is still well,
then I would suggest probably that you tell her how you feel and
that you would like to be more than just friends.
By the way, I talk from experience. I fell in love with a
very good friend, since we were so compatible. However, it
seems that she had feelings for me as well, but was trying her
best not to expose it, as some of my traits were not on her list
of the perfect man. Anyway, just to say, we still remained
friends after that. Good Luck Sasak and dilemma!!! MAT!!
28.02.2002
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Good work:
This just goes to show that the border security between brunei and
miri is actually 'Beefing up'. Even after a year, the issue wasn’t
forgotten and neglected. Praises to the officer who identified the
stolen car. nQ
28.02.2002
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tell her that
u love her lah!:
To Sasak & Dilemma: c'mon man!! what are u
afraid of? just tell her how u feel...u might not know that she’s
got a thing for u too!! but then, kalau inda pun, there’s
nothing ull be regreting d kemudaian hari....at least u told her,
n ur being sincere, enough said! good luck anyway :) a
woman myself 28.02.2002
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Peeing
Policeman
That's the thing with our
Bruneian Policeman.... No discipline at all. Even when they
are on duty or not. They should set an example to the public so
that the public have faith on them but in this case, he ruined the
good reputation of Brunei Police Force. No wonder there were
a lot of cases that was won by the criminal due to the
carelessness and incompetence of the officer. High Pitch
28.02.2002
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Chinese Not A
Threat: 'Global Hermit'
has made some very good points about Brunei and the Malay
mentality. I am Chinese, but I can understand your fears and
aspirations - you put them across very well. However I don't
believe that the Malay identity is under threat from the Chinese
community - after all, Malay people are not absorbing Chinese
practices or customs. Today a lot of Malay people (in Brunei
especially) are highly educated, affluent, well travelled - so I
don't think that Chinese people in Brunei have any inherent
advantage, economic, educational or otherwise. I don't mean to be
offensive but surely the fear that Malays will be dominated is a
sign of deep-rooted cultural insecurities?
Many Chinese people consider Brunei to be their 'home' and yes, we
have to live with what we are given. We are grateful to live
peacefully in Brunei, but we also serve the country in many
capacities - so we are not freeloaders, we earn our living just
like everyone else. It's not that we want to isolate ourselves,
but we are proud of our cultural heritage and we want to preserve
it. I agree with you that a lot of the problem is religion - but
how much of the Malay/Brunei identity is bound up with Islam?
Surely there were Malays before Islam came to this region - and
what about the people in the Philippines who are also 'Malay' but
not muslim?
Anyway, I'm tired of hearing negative comments about Brunei and
the endless back-and-forth personal insults about Chinese vs
Malay. The fact is, Chinese or Malay, if you are a Brunei citizen
then you are in the same boat. This boat is having problems
staying afloat - and only rational, constructive criticism is
going to help the country. Positive 28.02.2002
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Change the
topic
I agree with apalah. Its nice to see that
racism is not an oblivious issue and many people have expressed
their feelings about it. However how about discussing other issues
can be as debatable and interesting to fight about? How about it?
Any intellect out there?
Singa angkor@hotmail.com
28.02.2002
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All
in a day's read I will be doing this
in a reverse chronological order.
Firstly, when someone mentioned what JFK said about what we can do
for the country and vice-versa. Everything we do we expect
something in return, be it in terms of materials reward or
security like peace. But however in a context of should I term it
marginalisation of non-indigenous people in Brunei. We would
expect people who were born in a particular country be eligible to
CHOOSE (not given automatically like some who mentioned) to have
citizenship of that country he(no sexism meant) was born in and
choose to live in(we will see that there are people who are
citizens but do not reside in their country).
Also need acknowledging is the fear of Malay. It is very true that
racism stems from
very fear of other races.
But we cannot let fear conquer us. Fear brings froth xenophobia.
This then translates to self-perseverance, which manifested as
racism and ultimately hatred. Fearing and suppressing is never the
way forward.
No one even gave the notion that granting citizenship to everyone
can eliminate racism, but at least, we create equality. And
equality is essential to a prospering nation. Without equality, in
comes nepotism and favouritism. Even that mindset has createed
margin in the majority.
The failure to integrate of Chinese is a well observed theory but
cannot be explained by saying they are unwilling to integrate. How
would you define integration? You can change one's nationality but
you cannot change one's Culture, Language and Religion. This is
where Malay themselves fear, loss of their own culture, isn't it?
It is thus simple to see that, when Chinese or Indian or Arab, the
ancient trader races, settled in a new country, they have to
preserve their culture. I quote those China towns, Arab Street,
Little Venice. It is plain human nature to feel more at ease with
people who speak our own language, eat the same food and do the
same thing that we do, anyone disagree to that?
What someone has suggested would be asking all Chinese to become
Malay, so as to integrate into a Malay society. To quote 'If the
Chinese were predominantly Muslims, I am of the opinion that
racial integration would be smoother when bounded by a common
theological ground.'
Remember the dispute of tudong row in Singapore? If Chinese there
asked Malays to convert their culture and religion, imagine the
outrage from our readers. There, simply cannot be done, Chinese
remain Chinese, just as Malay will be Malay, wherever they are.
That is why Chinese is strong in the first place.
Hysteria that Chinese will take over any country is stupid and
groundless. I think Chinese should thank the government for
letting them to stay. Even then, like Indonesia, the Chinese who
controlled her veins, do they ask more than mere home? Did they go
over to take over Indonesia and establish it as a Chinese
'Singapore'? Indonesia even asked Chinese to drop their Chinese
name (recently reverted) but still Chinese submit to one of the
most degrading thing in their culture, all for a place to belong
to, a HOME, like one said. After all, Chinese did not take over
Singapore. Please revise Singapore's history. It is Chinese who
gain upper advantage. Why? Simply because Chinese work hard to
earn a place call his home.
If we could use motherland to refer to Brunei, would anyone
disagree that for a child to love her mother, her mother must
shown caring, unbiased, total commitment to her children? In JFK
terms, what has the country done for us, for us to contribute
back, if we were stated as STATELESS (bringing in the notion to
all people that NO, you do not belong to Brunei, she does not want
you, you cry baby who complain non-stop.)Asking people to leave
the country is the idiot's solution. Hopefully there is a solution
or formula to help all races to establish their strengths and
complement each other's weaknesses. That is the answer to this
long overdue problem. Social Critic sc@brudirect.com
28.02.20
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Manakan ku
bari diBruneiiiii ani
Eh gang, aku inda mau cakap pasal racsim ani, makin hari makin
panas,karang melatup computer ku ani...Ani nah siapa tau dimanakan
membari baju baru-baru kanak-kanak ah yang baru,bukan indada
secondhand value ada,tapi aku inda sanggup menjual untuk dapat
usin...Kalau bolih mana-mana Organisasi yang kamu tau yang sanggup
menerima baju-baju yang masih baik dan baru ani,please tell
me......Kali jua ada lagi urang lain yang interested.Sama-sama
tani share.Baju-baju ani bukan untuk dijual tapi dibari arah urang
yang dirasa mau menerima......Anybody please. Mayah mamayahpapi@hotmail.com
28.02.2002
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Ikan
Takut ikan basar menunggap...so tangkap ikan damit sahaja.
Nelayan 28.02.2002
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Navy
- Muara Beach
Di bruclass org complain sal Navy ani sekali saja kan membersih
beach beach ani. So what!! Not their line of work...
Mana tah JKR, Bandaran etc... Moreover ketani as user pun cuai,
pemugut, pegotor. Apa jua jauh dustbin. Padan tah most of us are
gemuk, kan buang sampah 100 meter pun kan mati rasanya... Not all
of us are born to be perfect but to become one we must make an
effort and learn to care & respect Geram 28.02.2002
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Journalist/Editor
BB
Kamu ani cuba tah buat
report/survey professional. Apa profession kamu??? Bila ke
site buat laporan kah or megambang ... Ya tah salah laporan jadi
nya... Kadang2 baik pulang mengantar article sendiri yg buat..
Reader 28.02.2002
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Rotting BruNet
services:
Just want to
know from those who living in Berakas about their internet
connection nya lambat macam kura kura nazak kan masuk kubur ganya
nda kah ? I have brought my pc to do its downloading at Sengkurong
and macam e speed kana bubut pulis saja lajunya. Di berakas ani
kenapa ia lambat? Di komplen arah counter jtb atu tenglur jua
orangnya.
Taktik supaya nyuruh orang masang e speed kah? Mun catu baota
banar tah tu orang kaja jtb ani. Makan gaji saja tiap bulan tapi
komplen orang pasal "kecepatan" Brunet ani malar udah
masuk kuar Borneo Bulletin tapi orang pihak atasan jtb ani
pacahkan mata ganya nda peduli. Inda Malu kah? Apa dorang ani tau
terima gaji seribu dua ribu sebulan campur sumpahan orang setiap
masa tiap kali connection putus? mana tia sifat amanah biskita
dalam menjalankan tugas atu? Mun nda mau kaja baik branti jual
nasi katuk saja dapan rumah. Ada jua untungnya.
kalau Cematu tah usulnya, Baik tah kerajaan reshuffle ataupun
pecat saja orang pihak atasan yang tau makan gaji buta ganya.
Banyak lagi orang yang lebih baik,lebih bertanggungjawab and ada
rasa pemedulian terhadap complen brunet customers ani. Jgn tau
laung laungkan espeed saja. Siapa palui banar kan membayar $98
sebulan? $98 dapat jua di blanjakan membayar bil tipun nda pun
dapat jua membali barang yang lebih berfaedah. Frustated exasperated@hotmail.com
28.02.2002
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Shop won't
exchange goods
I had a rather
similar experience with Sh-himco, the textile shop in Kiulap
(maybe the same one as in the report?). Immediately after buying a
kain there I sent it to my cutter to have it made into a baju
kurong for an up-coming wedding celebration. The next day, I got a
call from the cutter saying that the kain had some stains on it.
When I called the shop to complain, a very rude sales assistant
who hung up on me before I finished talking attended me. When I
called back to give her a piece of my mind, the call was answered
by the boss who told me to come in with the stained kain. I did
just that and showed it to her. She argued that the textiles they
order are of the finest quality and are usually inspected for
quality control. She pointed out that the stains were oily in
nature and might have resulted from the cutter's sewing machine. I
put up a fight and asserted that it could not have been so because
I just bought the kain and as a customer, I should have
the right to have it exchanged if a refund was not possible.
Since we were creating quite a commotion in the shop, the boss
finally relented and said that she would exchange it because she
"cares for her customer's satisfaction." However, I
believe that if I had not been more assertive, I would not have
got a replacement for the stained kain. Just last weekend, I went
to Mothercare (not the one in Brunei though because I'm currently
in the UK) and while waiting to pay for my goods, the woman in
front of me was complaining to the cashier about a blouse she had
bought which became 'fuzzy' after one washing. She expressed her
dissatisfaction on the quality and you know what? The cashier just
took the blouse and told her that she would get a refund in the
form of coupons. No questions asked, no accusations that it might
have resulted from her washing machine, the detergents which she
had used or her not following the washing instructions, nothing. I
was so impressed! It was as
simple as that, no hassle, no bickering. If only it could be as
easy as that in Brunei. Woman 28.02.2002
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Do
your home work & tuition on Brunei ,mate! To
Buyung pipit.Di jajah bukan kepunyaan dan pentadbiran bangsa asing
secara tidak langs!
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Do
your home work & tuition on Brunei ,mate! To
Buyung pipit.Di jajah bukan sahaja bererti dengan
penaklokan secara peperangan dan pertumpahan darah.Maksud di bawah
telunjuk sebelum kemerdekaan ia lah cara pentadbiran negara yang
memerlukan persetujuan dari kerajaan British dan hingga sekarang
ani undang undang negara Brunei pun masih Britisl law.Behapa tia
tahun tahun dulu sir Deny Robert atu menyibuk ka Brunei
court.Semua kes kes terpaksa refer ka kedia.Mengapa orang kitani
dan bangsa kitani tidak dapat membuat keputusan dan undang undang
cara orang Brunei.Kes senjata api yang lalu apabila di bawa bicara
ka UK,alhamdullilah ringan hukuman nya kerana British law tiada
mengenakan Capital punishment(Hukum gantung)di atas kesalahan yang
di sebutkan.Siapa bausin kalau kan kana gantung pasal mengedar
dadah refer saja ka UK court gerenti tiada kana gantung,habis
habis kana penjara lima enam tahun.Mengenai berbilang kaum India ,Cina,
Melayu dan orang putih ,itu adalah kaum.Tetapi dalam hubungan
Dusun,Tutung,Murut,Kedayan itu adalah bangsa ethinic di Brunei
yang sebagaimana di gazetkan sebagai 7 bangsa asli atau pribumi
Brunei.Kalau kan di katakan saya ani bukan bangsa Brunei mungkin
pipit ani kan terabang bersama enggang.Saya adalah waris Keturunan
Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Nara dan nama saya ada di catetkan
di dalam buku sejarah "Chatatan sejarah Perwira Perwira dan
Pembesar Pembesar Brunei" keluaran 1973 dimana buku ini di
susun oleh Pehin Jamil Al sufri di atas menjunjung titah Almarhum
Paduka Seri Begawan sultan sir Muda Omar Ali saifuddin.Saya merasa
bangga kerana demikian di mana sepatutnya jika Pipit berasal
Brunei Jati beri lah sumbangan untuk bangsa dan Negara Brunei
walau tiada mendapat catetan.Masa hadapan negara dan kedaulatan
negara bergantung kepada kebijaksanan dan penghayatan serta rasa
bertanggung jawab untuk negara sebelum menjadi negara yang pada
hakikat nya hanya kulit yang ada pada kita tapi isi nya kepunyaan
dan pentadbiran bangsa asing secara tidak langsung.Lihat lah
kebelakang kita Negara Indonesia ,ke kanan kita Pilippina ,Keatas
kita Thailand di mana kedaulatan negara tiada di hormati oleh
bangsa asing.Jangan sampai tehantuk baru teradah!Bukan lah maksud
kita memusuhi bangsa asing tetapi berpada kerana sejarah sebagai
saksi dan di mana bangsa yang telah merasai nya.Jangan lah lagi
ada nya Bangsa Melayu sebagai orang kelas Kedua di tanah Brunei
sebagaimana waktu British."Terima kasih tuan" dan "Maaf
tuan". Sarip Dol 28.02.2002
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Minority
Issue:
mengenai hal minority dan isu pekauman ani...all I
want to say is 'adangtah!'...I mean, really, stop with all this
whinging and whining about stuff like that...we should be grateful
with what Brunei has provide as with...if u can't accept that,
then well I believe that you should migrate somewhere else...I
must admit I'm disgusted really with all these pathetic
complaints...here I would like to share with all of you a story
about a Chinese family...there's the mother, a single parent and
her 3 children. I must say that they led a hard life before and it
didn't help at all with most people whinging about racists issues.
However, this family is a true Bruneian family, they never whinge.
You want to know why? It's because they know that they are
bruneians. They never differentiate themselves with the Malays.
Even their Brunei-Malay language is far better than mine, which
amazes me. I really respect this family. For your information, all
three went to UK as government scholars!
How amazing is that? As far as I'm concerned, even Malays have a
hard time getting their hands on those scholarships. I'm even more
touched by them when I saw how excited they were whenever His
Majesty the Sultan or the other royal family come down to visit
their kampung for 'becemar duli'. To me, this shows the love they
have for our leader...I'm not sure how you readers will react to
this story of mine, one might say 'aaaah this person is just
making this up'. Well, it's up to you to believe it or not but
this is a true story which changed me. I used to whinge about
things in Brunei but after I met this family, I began to be
grateful with life in Brunei. It made me see Brunei from a
different perspective...thank you. Angel 28.02.2002
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Global
Alliance Investment Association
Regarding the item: GAIA GOLD DEEDS (EKKERS)The response of Global
Alliance Investment Association (GAIA) February 27, 2002This
derogatory notice containing no truth and nothing but the wild
imaginings of a demented mind has just recently been brought to
our attention. We are tempted to give it no attention, since
it deserves none, but the users of this website have no way to
know that if we do not respond. We will not occupy space on
the website to answer her allegations item by item but we can take
room to tell you Ms. Durham is a lunatic, a fact
which we believe will be easily verified through the US Treasury
in Washington D.C. or the US Embassy in Manila. For greater
detail from GAIA you may email us at eje_99-hotmail.com and we
will email you our 21-page Affidavit answering all of her
allegations. For the Corporation, Global Alliance Investment
Association, by EJ Ekker, President. E J EKKER
eje_99@hotmail.com
28.02.2002
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Racism - To Mark:
My dear Mark, I would
love to beat you up IF you allow me. With IF, anything is
possible. M 28.02.2002
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to those who lengthen the racism
issue, cukup lah!. don't be so incongruent to society. just like
what JFK said, don’t ask what r your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country. dont just throttle gibberishly
about your sucks in your life, keep it to your self.
i am local, earning just $250, but i am happy, i do things for
god, and it makes me happy. if you don’t like Brunei, leave. if
you like brunei, stay. make up your mind. if you are chinese or
indians then its okey, not everyone is as perfect bah. what?
27.02.2002
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Cenderahati:
Bruneian: benar tu apa ya kita beri tahu, anu ani
banyak terjadi kes-ske macam ani di singapore if you walk along
Orchard road dan di Kota Kinabalu,Sabah. macam2 kan diorang offer
buang masa sahaja mendangar aku pernah sampai 6 jam bercerita sama
diorang ani akhir2 aku inda mau membali suruh nya tia menderam
saja walau pun seringgitnya awas-awas abis kita pasal kalau ia
memanggil ke opis nya bercerita pasal travelling, holiday,
investing tia macam kalau abis kita inda mau ia titu minta derama
tia. bah atu awas-awas. Concern 27.02.2002
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Makan angur:
Bila tah kami ani kan keraja? Tunggu punya tunggu mati kelaparan
tah kami ni. Ucapan bisdurang (ministry of health) menunggu waran.
Entah inda ku tau lagi. Mun nada kekosongan untuk kami bagitau
saja jangan tah kan beselindung. Ani sudah 3 bulan kami menunggu
dan mengangur. Kan mencari keraja lain takut karang mengejut kana
pangil dari kementerian. Ehh susah-susah!. Apatah sebenarnya yang
berlaku ni. Siapa tah yang kan bertanggung jawab arah kami lepasan
jururawat ani. Dimana tah bisdurang kan menempat kami ani sebagai
jururawat dan pelajar yang masih menuntut di nursing college atu.
Tolong kami Tuan...! Putera 27.02.2002
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pencuri masa
hari raya haji:
terima kasih banyak2 kerana masuk kerumah kami... and tunggu saja
balasan nya di akhirat.. c u then. pH7 27.02.2002
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H
E L P ! ! !:
HOW to let a woman know that you LOVE her and she is your friend
cum colleague? I am worrying that she might have a boyfriend
already. Sasak & Dilemma 27.02.2002
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racism in
Brunei:
"RACISM IN BRUNEI" BO LAH MANA ADA, U C NO MATTER WHAT U
DO EITHER U R GOVERNMENT OR NON GOVERNMENT U STILL CAN TAN TCHIAK
HERE. GET IT, U YELLOW OR RED OR GREEN IC BRUNEI STILL A HEAVEN
PLACE TO STAY. HM WILL NOT LET HIS SUBJECT TO BOH HOH TCHIAK. SO,
THANKS TO HM NOT TO RECOGNISE THE UNTHANKFUL PEOPLE WHO CARI MAKAN
AT BRUNEI BUT STILL DONT KNOW HOW TO SAY KAMSIAH. dorii ann
27.02.2002
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To
Mark:
My
sister's son was born (not bornED) - 14 years in Canada didn't do
much for your command of the English language, huh? - in the UK
but he isn't a British citizen. As a matter of fact, he is a
Bruneian citizen because his father is a yellow IC-holder. Now who
gave you this stupid notion that you'll automatically be a citizen
of a said country if you're born in that country? It doesn't work
elsewhere in the world, so why do you think Brunei should make an
exception in this case? The issue of citizenship and how to obtain
one has been discussed immensely in previous messages so maybe you
should take the time out to review the Have Your Say
archive. But to answer your question, no, you do NOT have to be
Malay in order to be a citizen. My cousin is Malay born and bred
in Brunei but he's not a citizen. And I've Chinese friends who are
citizens. So there, living proofs! And you related to us your
experience of being beaten up and being a victim of name-callings,
and then you went on to say that it's due to the Brunei
Government. What? You mean the Government inflicted these sort of
abuses on you? Or did the Government or its policies in anyway
encourage such taunting? No? Then, why did you make a correlation
between the abuses and the working infrastructure of the
Government? Your story does not make any sense at all! You quoted
that your family migrated to Canada because of you were subjected
to racial abuses but what's that got to do with the Government of
Brunei? Oh come on, you people! Stop making all these nauseating
over-generalizations! Look, it's been said many times now - there
is NO denying that racism DOES exist in Brunei. But to associate
the Government of Brunei with acts of racism is unforgivable and
very premature indeed. By the way Mark, the Dark
Ages are the period from the late 5th century to about 1000 A.D.
and NOT the 1900s as you implicated. Sheeshhh....such ignorance!
No wonder you're an ignoramus in other aspects as well. Zenobia
27.02.2002
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Kaling
To
K.A Ling: Thank you very much for your informative insights into
the origin of the word 'kaling.' However, what still mystifies me
is, how in the world did such a word become derogatory? Based on
the account you provided us with, it seems that the Kalingas were
very properous and enterprising. It ought to be natural to assume
that one would be very proud to be likened to them. But the
reverse has occurred. Now, why do you think that is so? Nemesis
27.02.2002
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Pencuri
Kerita
Tahniah kepada Pegawai Kastam yang menjalankan tugasnya sehingga
tertangkapnya pencuri kerita Awg Abdul Hamid. Begitulah
sepatutnya setiap pegawai kastam supaya senantiasa berwaspada dan
senantiasa "vigilant" bagi setiap kerita yang keluar
masuk dari Negara Kita yang tercinta. Bagi setiap Pegawai
yang bertugas di sempadan hendaklah senantiasa memastikan yang
mereka setiap saat menjaga ketenteraman dan kesejahteraan
diri dan harta benda setiap warga Brunei. Kitani warga
Brunei tidak boleh tunduk kepada ancaman pencuri dan
perosak-perosak keamanan terutama sekali yang dibuat oleh warga
negara jiran kita dan kita hendaklah memastikan bahawa ada
kerjasama di setiap lapisan masyarakat warga Brunei bagi
kesejahteraan sesama kita. High Pitch Hep_PP@hotmail.com
27.02.2002
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Response
to Sarip Dol
I have a hunch that you are not a Bruneian - Your knowledge
of Brunei History needs some fine tuning mate!! Sejak bila
tah kitani ani "dibawah telunjuk bangsa asing sebelum
kemerdekaan"? Brunei was never a British Colony but a
British Protected state where the British only advised on foreign
affairs period. HM did not have to answer to anyone.
And what is wrong with having 'China Town' - Kg Berangan in our
midst - the few Malays that used to live in the Kg that I knew
spoke excellent Hokkien, which I thought was fantastic. In S'pore
you have Little India. In Australia you have Greek Quarter,
Italian Quarter, Vietnamese Quarter, Burmese Quarter etc. In
London, you have the Somalian Quarter, Turkish Quarter etc.
Lurus tu, konsept Brunei ialah Melayu, Islam, Beraja. In
your very unsubtle hints about 'bangsa asing' - which spells
loudly Chinese, do you have to make us out like some sort of rash
that is about to overtake & invade the body!! Talk about
paranoia!! You are so impartial to the 'berbilang kaum'aspect too
- so where does that leave the Dusun, Murut & Iban in this
context - may I ask?
PS I'm half Chinese & half Dusun - does that mean I'm in or
out? Pipit 27.02.2002
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Malay
Fears and Aspirations
This is a continuation of my earlier opinion. I feel that it is
only right in the spirit of honest and fair debate that it be
known what I, as a Malay Bruneian, FEAR and ASPIRE TO in the light
of the Chinese 'experience' in Brunei.
Racist behaviour in whatever form can never be justified. Nor can
we deny that racism exists everywhere, even in Brunei, and even in
the "multi-cultural paradise" that Mark
(the former Brunei Chinese) has found in Canada. However, we would
only be deceiving ourselves if we think that granting citizenship
and all the rights and privileges that come with it to everybody
that were born in Brunei, that racial discontent would be
eliminated. Malays everywhere have assumed a 'siege mentality'
when it comes to dealing with the Chinese issue. In Brunei
especially, a small country with a small population, the feeling
of subconscious fear is more prevalent. As Malay I truly fear that
we may lose our nation, our culture and our identity (and be
forced to take a back seat just as the Malays do in their 'own
home', Singapore). It is a real threat that I perceive, thus as
any other human being would do, I feel fear. Yet, I also aspire
for a peaceful and prosperous Brunei, where we can preserve our
cultural and religious identity, while maintaining good relations
with everyone, regardless of race or creed.
The Chinese in Brunei need to know this. The Chinese must realise
that if the Brunei Malays were so racist and 'evil' we would have
kicked you out long ago. Yet, we did not. We even allowed you to
prosper to the point that you control the very veins of our
economic life. The Chinese must know and understand Malay fears,
and act accordingly to allay our fears if they wish to be
accepted. At the moment, the Chinese simply complain and demand
without bothering to know why the Malays have assumed such an
attitude. In short, the Chinese must tell and prove to the Malays
that they too are true Bruneians (you can start out by speaking
like we do) with unconditional loyalty, unlike the pseudo-loyalty
that Mark in Canada claims to profess, he says, and
I quote: "I still love Brunei if Brunei still loves me".
For us Brunei Malays, there is no IF in our love and loyalty to
our nation. For us, its not just about making money, for us,
Brunei is home. Global Hermit paradigm68@hotmail.com
27.02.2002
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Customer
service:
Very well, to be blunt, yes! It’s DST. I would have
mentioned HER name if only she was wearing her nametag that I
believed all counter staff should have one. Obviously it was
nowhere to be seen, probably left tucked inside the drawer, home
or God knows where. Perhaps the dept don’t have the decency to
provide their staff with one! ah yes...another example of BAD
customer service...tskh tskh.. rainmaker 26.02.2002
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Bangsa
Brunei,Melayu,Islam dan Beraja:
In the olden days the Chinese came to Brunei as "a trader and
lately turned out to be invaders" worldwide. Di serata dunia
pun diaorang kan membuat China Towns. Kampungan Berangan pun kan
jadi China Town, elampau banafsu.Take care of our small and tiny
Brunei or else be a "Dagang di tanah tumpah darah
sendiri".Mereka ini tak akan pernah merasa bersyukur dengan
kenikmatan yang di berikan oleh kerajaan ,walaupun pada hakikat
nya mereka ini tidak layak mendapat layan yang istimewa
sebagaimana anak bumi putra itu sendiri.Sebagai minority yang
menumpang kasih di tanah asal bangsa melayu mereka sepatut nya
akur dengan cara hidup bangsa melayu ,adat serta tata susila
bangsa serta kerajaan melayu yang penuh di kandung adat.Mereka
sepatut nya bersyukur dengan kenikmatan serta kesenangan
yang di perolehi.Menuding jari serta menchemoh kepada kerajaan
serta rakyat Brunei di atas dasar kerajaan mengenakan UJIAN untuk
mendapatkan taraf kebangsaan bagi mendapatkan hak sebagaimana hak
anak bumiputra adalah satu penghinaan kepada Kerajaan serta bangsa
Brunei kerana dasar negara bukan lah BERBILANG kaum tetapi Melayu
,Islam dan Beraja.Kita sudah sekian lama di bawah telunjuk bangsa
asing sebelum kemerdekaan.Di mana generasi kita yang terdahulu
sentiasa menyatakan "Ya tuan" , "saya
tuan".Tetapi kini jangan lah ada bangsa asing pula yang chuba
menuding jari memberi arahan untuk kita ,serta mengajar kita
bagaimana untuk memajukan dan membangun negara serta bangsa Brunei
yang tercinta dengan cara mereka.Bukan nya kita hendak mempertikai
kan mana mana bangsa tetapi chabaran telah di persoalankan di atas
kewibawaan bangsa Brunei untuk memajukan bangsa dan
negara.Kesalahan yang lalu menjadi pengajaran di mana kesilapan
menjadi cabaran. Selamat menyambut Hari kebangsaan ke
18."Melayu tak akan hilang dari dunia" let it be Brunei
Malay Islam & Monarchy rule! Hidup Melayu, hidup Negara
Brunei. What a waste of my breath for this small hearted looser. Sarip
Dol 26.02.2002
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Ayamku:
Have any of you been to Ayamku restaurant? Am I the only person
out there who thinks it is one of the worst eating places in the
country? Of course I'm not talking about the price, it's the
cheapest around. The chicken is not bad either.
But I'm talking about the exceptionally pathetic customer service.
Their workers rarely ever smile, let even courteously greet their
customers, and their service is way too slow. How can the
counter attendant be the same person who prepares the food as
well? As for hygiene, if the Ministry of Health conduct a spot
check at their Batu Bersurat branch, they may be able to find
chicken bones splattered all over the place, not to mention a very
dirty looking floor. This is only my personal view. But I'm sure
some of you may share the same views as mine. Chicken Lover 26.02.2002
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Racism: To
Global Hermit: Excellent! It's really amazing that you
could turn around the issue and give us a new angle to look at.
With that fresh air of yours, no doubt the debate will go further
rather than otherwise. M 26.02.2002
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cenderahati
Kan
berkongsi pengelaman saja supaya biskita berjaga-jaga. Ada satu
syarikat dari Yayasan komplex selalunya mereka ani menelefon
pelanggan katanya bisita kan dapat cenderahati daripada syarikat
bisdurang kerana TERPILIH jadinya suruhnya kami mengambil hadiah
di sana KATANYA sampai kami disana diterangkanlah satu persatu.
Tapi yang inda kami tepakai hadiah cenderahati nya atu mesti
membali barang 1000+ keatas dalam masa 24 jam kalau indanya hadiah
atu (hangus) inda dapat di ambil kata bisdurang kalau inda membali,
inda menipu kan tu. Barang yang di jual bisdurang inda sama kali
harganya di kadai kali 1000+ keatas tah ganya. Yang kesian orang
tua-tua atu bisdurang telampau iski bisdurang dapat cenderahati
3000+ keatas kata kadai atu tapi kalau di kira-kira bisdurang rugi
kana tipu inda lagi mengira-ngira harga di kadai. CUMA KAN
BERKONGSI PENGELAMAN Bruneian 26.02.2002
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racism
Whoever is telling you that racism does not exist in Brunei is
probably on some sort of medication. I am one of the living proof.
My family and I migrated to Canada in 1988 because of this issue.
I am a chinese that was borned in Brunei. I have been called
various nasty names and beaten because I was a chinese boy in
school. My parents were born in Brunei and I can't believed we do
not have a citizenship. What the hack do you need to be a citizen
of a country, a malay prehaps? But..but, I would like to thank the
Brunei government for treating me like a orphan because I have
found myself in a great muti-cultural paradise, Canada. Wakeup
BRUNEI, it is the year of 2002, we are no longer in the 1900s.
Stop keeping your country in the dark ages. All I ever wanted was
to be a good loyal citizen and you have failed me. Who would have
thought that the marvel of the internet could create such a
freedom of speech and freedom of knowledge. Your people will see
through your pityful government's infrastructure which vividly
corner your minority race. I still love Brunei if you still love
me. Mark. Mark 26.02.2002
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The
Meaning of Kaling To
those arguing and wondering about the word 'Kaling' and its
origins. Well here is an excerpt from a researcher on South East
Asian and Indian relations (Note, this is a derogative word so
please respect each other and don't use it just like you don't
want others to call you something):
KLING OR KALING.
This is a derogative word to name people of Indian origin in
Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore. The origin of the word can be
traced in the ancient history of India and its relation with South
East Asian countries. These were the people who once controlled
the trade of south East Asian countries.
The Kling or Kaling comes from the name of the ancient country of
Kalinga on the eastern shores of India. Panini, a grammarian, in
600 BC, mentioned Kalinga as the only country in the eastern side
of South India, known to him. People of Kalinga migrated to
various parts of South East Asia, while Hindu kingdoms existed in
this area. They played an important role in the development of
these countries to its present position.
K.A.Nilakanta Sastri mentions in his book, Foreign Notices of
South India, (Page 311) an extract from Indian merchants and
merchandise in Malacca from Castanheda (1528-38), that Malacca was
the most important and had the richest merchandises in the known
whole world at that time. Majority of the population on the
northern part of Malacca were merchants from Kalinga, India, known
as Quelins. They were pagans. At that period, they were the
greatest merchants of the world and were very rich. They evaluated
their wealth by the weight of gold that they possessed. Some of
them possessed as much as six thousand kilograms of gold.
They never considered a man rich, if he was not able to buy three
or four ships of merchandise a day and pay with their proper
amounts.
A number of ships visited the port of Malacca during this period.
They brought the cloves of Molucus, the camphor of Borneo, the
mace and black nut-meg of Banda and the white and red sandal of
Timor. Also ships loaded with pepper arrived from Malabar
The Chinese ships came to Malacca to buy pepper, cloth from
Cambaya, from Bengal and from Palecate. From the Red Sea came
ships carrying Grains, saffron, yellow coral, red lead, mercury,
opium, the drugs of Cambaya called cacho and pucho and other
articles of merchandise.
By their presence, the people of Kalinga made Malacca a busy
business center. During this period, Brunei was ruled by Sultan
Bolkiah (1473 - 1521) and by Sultan Abdul Kahar (1521 - 1575) and
Singapore was a very small village of about twenty houses.
K. A. Ling 26.02.2002
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Racism by the
Hermit Global Hermit, O wise one! I salute you and praise your
wisdom. Congratulations indeed on your very eloquently-expressed
views on this matter. Beware of the backlash in the forum as I can
guarantee you that there will be one, soon! Nevertheless, I think
you have presented a rather well-founded argument here. Bravo to
you! Orang
Islam di United Kingdom 26.02.2002
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Racism
Here's what I've got to say about all this bru-hah-ha surounding
the accusations of racism in Brunei: understandably, the people
who have long been in Brunei, especially those who were born in
Brunei and do not hold Bruneian citizenship, and more specifically
the Chinese whether they hold citizenship or not, feel
'marginalized' by the attitudes of the Malay majority and by
Government policy. But for the Chinese, it is just very convenient
for them to throw around the 'racism' accusations whenever they
feel things are not going their way. Citizenship, for one, is NOT
a right, it is a privilege. Every country around the world has
imposed their own criteria for citizenship, and Brunei has done
the same. Citizenship criteria, economic policies, social policies
and other institutional actions are all designed to protect the
national interest. Socio-political stability is indeed a very rare
commodity anywhere in the world, and that Brunei has managed to
maintain stability is a
credit
worthy of any praise whatever the means Brunei uses - including
racial affirmative action. Brunei belongs to the Bruneians, and
that is a fact. What the Chinese are constantly complaining about
clearly reveals their inability to understand the fears and
aspirations of the Malay Bruneians, preferring instead to
steamroll their agenda without scant regard for local sentiments.
What is further clear is that the Chinese's demands for so-called
"equality" if investigated carefully would show that
they, the Chinese, would gain a distinct advantage over the
Malays, founded upon their rooted economic superiority. The crux
of the issue here is, in Huntington's phraseology, a clash of
civilisations. Chinese behaviour in Brunei, and compounded by
other Chinese around the world, shows that they are unwilling to
integrate into the society that they have lived in. A vast
majority of them speak the local language poorly, they live in
their own local concentrations (thus the China Towns!
you find them almost in every major city in the world), they
build their own schools outside of the national system (in Brunei
it is only recently that they have integrated their educational
system) and when things get rough in that country, they're the
first to leave.
Finally, it’s not just because they're Chinese, or Indian or any
other ethnic type, but it is because, in the Brunei context,
they're also not Muslims. And that is the root of the problem. If
the Chinese were predominantly Muslims, I am of the opinion that
racial integration would be smoother when bounded by a common
theological ground. Global Hermit paradigm68@hotmail.com
26.02.2002
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SINCERE
APOLOGIES FROM MAT!!
First
to 'A Woman Doctorate Holder', I offer my apologies.
Although this was unintentional, I never assumed him (OR HER) to
be a man. I just meant 'MAN' in the context as human.
A lot of my colleagues are females and professionals so I don't
have anything against males/ females. To end the subject I
am bold enough as to make the apology.
And to the Doctorate Man (OR WOMAN!!) and to those who read my
previous post, my apologies too for the 'If you can't beat them,
join them' proverb. I admit that was not the correct advice
or opinion. However, whilst during writing the post, I was a
bit emotional as I was writing from my past experiences.
It is disappointing when I think of the qualifications that I have
struggled for, in some scenarios, they are all POINTLESS, as at
the end of the day, NEPOTISM plays a major part in shaping our
future. Maybe this applies to some of you as well.
InsyaAllah society will change for the better one day. We
should live in the hope that in the near future, it is your true
ability and potential that determines your future. We should
consider ourselves lucky in the first place as we know we have a
VERY STRONG, COMPASSIONATE AND CARING LEADER in His Majesty.
Also to the well-graduated man (OR WOMAN!!), please use an easier
pseudonym!!
Assalamualaikum. MAT!! awg_md_2@hotmail.com
26.02.2002
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To DotDLL
Please refer to one particular message Robert Heng
posted some time ago. He claimed that he is "loyal"
(patriotic?) to the Government of His Majesty and yet at the same
time, his words of criticism to the government reflected
otherwise. I was merely refuting his lame claims, so that's that.
If he wanted to criticize the government, do not even attempt to
make a boisterous claim that he's a loyal subject because his
actions and words clearly didn't show that. Do you get the point I
am trying to make here? And by the way, what's up with questioning
my patriotic spirit? What's your point exactly or maybe you don't
have one at all? Just simply fancy trashing people about without
checking out the facts beforehand? Anti Robert Heng +
Minority 26.02.2002
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In defense of
BnObserver
TO DotDLL: I think you ought to read previous Have
Your Say, then you'll get a clearer picture of what the
whole debate was all about. Robert Heng and a fellow
counterpart, Minority, blatantly brushed off the
Brunei Malays, in particular the Government, by saying that we
inflict prejudice against the Chinese community. Robert Heng
further added that the Amedeo Saga would not have occurred if it
had not been for the poor system the Government was and is
implementing. From the way we see it, he was pointing his fingers
to the Malays (for the Govt. is made up of the Malay majority and
also his previous claims which laid the blame of injustice on the
Malays) for the collapse of Amedeo. What BnObserver did
was merely turning the tables against Robert Heng by
claiming that the whole mastermind behind Amedeo was Danny Wong, a
Chinese ethnic. And it worked because now we're getting reactions
from others (namely YOU) saying that it is unfair to make silly
overgeneralizations!
You see, Robert Heng and Minority made
similar overgeneralizations of the Malays and we didn't fancy it
one bit at all. Now, how does it feel to taste your own medicine?
And by the way, by positing to us the question on the race of the
money-laundering VIPs, you are actually spitting into the wind. Do
you realize that? Malay and proud to be one 26.02.2002
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