http://www.abanghazrul.com/notes/melayu-who-are-you/ Finding My Nirvana Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.abanghazrul.com/notes/melayu-who-are-you/#comment-229 We should not become like Singapore Malays | abanghazrul.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:53:26 +0000 http://www.abanghazrul.com/home/?p=1404#comment-229 [...] Singaporean Malays are different out of culture. We have always been that way since pre-separation times. Many of our former residents travelled down here to make a living because Singapore was the most vibrant out of all the 13 Malaysian states. We were, in the words of the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the New York of Malaysia and KL was its Washington DC. And clearly, New Yorkers are very different from their DC cousins. As it stands today, Johor Malays are in fact very different from Kelantan Malays and you can make the same observations as you travel state-by-state. Malays are not the same, whether in Singapore, Johor, KL or Sabah. [...] [...] Singaporean Malays are different out of culture. We have always been that way since pre-separation times. Many of our former residents travelled down here to make a living because Singapore was the most vibrant out of all the 13 Malaysian states. We were, in the words of the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the New York of Malaysia and KL was its Washington DC. And clearly, New Yorkers are very different from their DC cousins. As it stands today, Johor Malays are in fact very different from Kelantan Malays and you can make the same observations as you travel state-by-state. Malays are not the same, whether in Singapore, Johor, KL or Sabah. [...]

]]> http://www.abanghazrul.com/notes/melayu-who-are-you/#comment-228 Samsuri Al-Hussain سمسوري Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.abanghazrul.com/home/?p=1404#comment-228 Great piece :) Great piece

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