tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817591964234413390.post7110457157486301856..comments2023-06-05T18:21:03.994+08:00Comments on Anak Wayang: Do Malays really care about their heritage and past?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817591964234413390.post-27075225081512595792011-10-11T22:51:21.202+08:002011-10-11T22:51:21.202+08:00I think the question should be two-fold: Do *Malay...I think the question should be two-fold: Do *Malaysian* public care about their heritage and past, and do Malaysian politicians even care a little about the foundations of the country they are supposedly entrusted with? <br /><br />The quick, generalistic and pessimistic answer would be "NO", because history has little to no place in our culture, education system, and our politics. Never mind the fact that our history is so malleable that it can be perverted according to the whims of the ruling government, history has always been unappreciated as a whole. <br /><br />It doesn't help of course that very little remains of the early pre-colonial sultanates. Colonial structures seem to made to last and become simply cash cows rather than symbols of anything more, bad or good. <br /><br />We also live with a postcolonial / third world success story complex of wanting to demonstrate how hyper-modern we are, through ugly and wasteful skyscrapers, malls, and various other white elephants in the desert-like wastelands of Putrajaya. The cost of our quest for hyper-modernity is lost of a sense of culture, aesthetics, soul, and retrospection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817591964234413390.post-5718723634738682782011-06-18T01:48:10.565+08:002011-06-18T01:48:10.565+08:00good one :) it's not about being racist man, i...good one :) it's not about being racist man, it's about knowing where you came from...Y can't I?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04566844024581254629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817591964234413390.post-24522772902003858142011-06-16T14:17:51.084+08:002011-06-16T14:17:51.084+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469720331362033389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817591964234413390.post-39728892858359848172011-06-10T20:25:05.300+08:002011-06-10T20:25:05.300+08:00Hi anwardi, Nice blog! How to add the Glitter Effe...Hi anwardi, Nice blog! <a href="http://hapiblogging.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-add-glitter-effect-mouse-pointer.html" rel="nofollow">How to add the Glitter Effect Mouse Pointer to your Blog</a>hapihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643951037231861939noreply@blogger.com