tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post5462551235512959540..comments2024-03-14T19:25:05.015+08:00Comments on SAKMONGKOL AK47: Melayu and their social Lassitude(3)Ariff Sabrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-43697078012564036272008-12-29T19:52:00.000+08:002008-12-29T19:52:00.000+08:00Hi Sak,auweiah. As we say in German, what means: "...Hi Sak,<BR/><BR/>auweiah. As we say in German, what means: "Oh, boy..."<BR/><BR/>Believe me, I'm not a Dobermann... And I don't march around in leather boots and shout "Achtung!" every 10 seconds... And I always don't know how to handle it when somewhere abroad somebody confronts me with the "good German attributes" in a friendly and acknowledging way... Ok, better that than calling me "Nazi", "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-85691485713283629062008-12-28T22:26:00.000+08:002008-12-28T22:26:00.000+08:00karl,thank you for visiting my blog and thank you ...karl,<BR/>thank you for visiting my blog and thank you for yr thoughts. i was just talking to a relative who has worked with a German firm. earlier on in my blogs, i used Latin expressions quite extensively. so he asked me why dont i use a little bit of German. i asked why? because he says, through the process of learning that language, you assimilate the 'feel' of the German race- they are not Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-32156380489155356122008-12-28T17:05:00.000+08:002008-12-28T17:05:00.000+08:00Sak,first greetings from abroad (Germany)...Genes ...Sak,<BR/><BR/>first greetings from abroad (Germany)...<BR/><BR/>Genes change over hundred thousands of years (what all those pretend to "forget" who write books like "The Bell Curve"), and more or less all humans have the same genetic inventory. There are no races in humans, only variants. <BR/>What changes fast is culture (therefore it developed through evolution because it allows much faster Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-92066180275203689052008-12-27T13:33:00.000+08:002008-12-27T13:33:00.000+08:00salams n hellow to allI just got a couple of quest...salams n hellow to all<BR/><BR/>I just got a couple of questions<BR/><BR/>What kind of makeup did the other races who were transported over here?Were they skilled workers and traders with a special skill set? Perhaps complex tools and business models that will ensure that they are above the Malays and cannot be replaced...<BR/><BR/>Did they apply for the job to come over or were they pick satDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03495554463280249599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-70788662485231827322008-12-25T11:41:00.000+08:002008-12-25T11:41:00.000+08:00Yes its me the keen reptile enthusiast :)And..Oh m...Yes its me the keen reptile enthusiast :)<BR/><BR/>And..Oh my! that is a good call. My mistake is noted and duly corrected. How could I possibly mix them up? 2 totally different characters LOL. And the one i mistook him for is the 1 of the 2 that I dont care much about hahahaRidzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010937078158707132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-58381621096577641642008-12-25T09:39:00.000+08:002008-12-25T09:39:00.000+08:00ridzzy,salam brother. i remember you. the one with...ridzzy,<BR/><BR/>salam brother. i remember you. the one with the slithering snake on your shoulders. yikes...cannot mess around with a guy who can handle snakes. if i am not mistaken, the video clip showed austin stevens not steve austin. yes. i do see austins stevens- everytime i see him, i will be cursing the fellow- bloody hell..why doesnt put down the bloody snake...sudah sudahlah. the hairs Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-33330914499155125662008-12-25T09:21:00.000+08:002008-12-25T09:21:00.000+08:00Salam,Im Chinese + Indian, and my wife is Malay. T...Salam,<BR/><BR/>Im Chinese + Indian, and my wife is Malay. This makes my daughter technically 50% malay, 25% chinese, 25% indian. <BR/><BR/>So What happens here then? :o)<BR/>Ginetically, She may end up as a "inferiority complexed greedy drunk with an anger problem?" haha.. <BR/><BR/>Have a great year ahead of you and looking forward to more of your posts.Ridzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010937078158707132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-26954158324632780762008-12-25T07:48:00.000+08:002008-12-25T07:48:00.000+08:00Tuan Tabib,I'm a Malay but I'm more likely to have...Tuan Tabib,<BR/><BR/><I>I'm a Malay but I'm more likely to have genetic material similar to a Chinese than to another Malay. So genetically speaking I'm more Chinese than Malay. This genetic similarity between social groups is becoming more evident with the explosion of data from genetic studies that many geneticists are now quite unwilling to equate biological labelling with social labelling.<BRSaya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-27435777774591703712008-12-25T07:20:00.000+08:002008-12-25T07:20:00.000+08:00Sakmomgkol AK47said we accept that our genetic con...<B>Sakmomgkol AK47said</B> <I>we accept that our genetic constitution is a given. this acceptance fortunately does not translate into a blind belief that we cant change our destiny.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly AK. You posed a question of whether laziness is genetically determined. It is not. <BR/><BR/>This thesis that laziness is genetically imprinted in the Malays - and is therefore permanent - was A Tabibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262461577595899264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-65551209896420222982008-12-25T03:06:00.000+08:002008-12-25T03:06:00.000+08:00Dato' Sak- "the quality of comments here exhausts ...Dato' Sak- "the quality of comments here exhausts me...perhaps i am biting off more than I can chew".<BR/><BR/>Ahah! This is what one gets when the blogging author is more exuberant and prolific than the commenters. Sakmongkol AK47 is perhaps one of those few blogs whose rate of production of articles by the author (and good ones at that) exceed the rate by which commenters can chip in to give Apocryphalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654339690113565590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-74194302361441571262008-12-24T23:23:00.000+08:002008-12-24T23:23:00.000+08:00Weh...dato,I'm too impulsive lah!Hahaha...aiyo if ...Weh...dato,<BR/><BR/>I'm too impulsive lah!<BR/><BR/>Hahaha...aiyo if he is SBJ, I will be disappointed la!Saya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-68556727988870681972008-12-24T23:18:00.001+08:002008-12-24T23:18:00.001+08:00hello m.tigress. apa pasal hang delete comment han...hello m.tigress. apa pasal hang delete comment hang? takut kat apocryphalist ke? i am sure he is beginning to sound more like the naughty sbjAriff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-2711554880561133092008-12-24T23:18:00.000+08:002008-12-24T23:18:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Saya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-70358715610953361302008-12-24T23:17:00.000+08:002008-12-24T23:17:00.000+08:00Apo.That was bloody hilarious.But I think it shoul...Apo.<BR/><BR/>That was bloody hilarious.<BR/><BR/>But I think it should have been of lapp tea and a hot bowl of bah kut teh....that should properly warm up a cold, red-nosed reindeer after a hard day's deception.Saya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-76695056095440432422008-12-24T23:16:00.000+08:002008-12-24T23:16:00.000+08:00de minimis,i am sure you will write in your charac...de minimis,<BR/>i am sure you will write in your characteristically thoughtful way. i am eagerly waiting.<BR/>msleepyhead.<BR/>i am in full agreement that one of the ways to uplift the malays is through business provided it is done with the same diligence and intensity as non Malays. the holy prohet(PBUH) said that 9/10 of prosperity lies in doing business. <BR/><BR/>e theorist. <BR/>i think Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-82114141467416336332008-12-24T22:53:00.000+08:002008-12-24T22:53:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Saya...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04959724134477425739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-14506323370853923512008-12-24T19:42:00.000+08:002008-12-24T19:42:00.000+08:00Tumpang simpan barang sekejap boleh tak dato'? Ham...Tumpang simpan barang sekejap boleh tak dato'? Hamba ni dahlah dagang merempat takder blog tetap so nak laa taruh a bit of my tots kat dalam ni haaa... Its not about melayu, tapi maybe ada related kot. Alaaa... ‘Tis the season to be Merry laa dato': So let’s all rehat sekejap and hear about:-<BR/><BR/><B>Rudolf The Red-nosed, slitty-eyed Reindeer: An Apocryphal Tale for our Christian Friends.</B>Apocryphalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654339690113565590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-88407649901464568212008-12-24T16:28:00.000+08:002008-12-24T16:28:00.000+08:00I agree with the geography bit. Were the Malays of...I agree with the geography bit. Were the Malays of Melaka inhibited culturally? Should we exorcise this notion of backwardness? The successive Rulers of Kedah hardly stepped out of its shores, except for those trips to Bangkok,those encounters with Francis Light and a particular Sultan who journeyed up to India and returned home brimming with ideas. On the contrary, the Rulers of Johor were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-63439718044978071792008-12-24T16:19:00.000+08:002008-12-24T16:19:00.000+08:00Hello all, Maybe the geneticists can help us here....Hello all, <BR/><BR/>Maybe the geneticists can help us here.<BR/><BR/>There's mounting evidence from genetic studies that the division lines between racial and ethnic groups are quite blurry and that most genetic variation exists <I>within</I> social groups and not between them. <BR/><BR/>I'm a Malay but I'm more likely to have genetic material similar to a Chinese than to another Malay. So A Tabibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262461577595899264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-39114189041555259472008-12-24T15:48:00.000+08:002008-12-24T15:48:00.000+08:00Ya, 'The Bell Curve'!LKY did actually impl...Ya, 'The Bell Curve'!<BR/><BR/>LKY did actually implemented the findings by proposing the policy of graduate parents produce 'better' children.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there were a huge cry within S'pore's populace. It also caused the split between him & some of the other S'pore founding members. It was dropped quietly, soon after that.<BR/><BR/>I gave LKY a F for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-20291921409978843342008-12-24T13:14:00.000+08:002008-12-24T13:14:00.000+08:00consider the malay world. the wider world of the m...consider the malay world. the wider world of the malay genetic pool. The cham people, the filipinos , the indonesians and us the malaysian malays. look at the progress of these people. and compare to the sino-japanese genetic stock. the koreans, the japanese, and the chinese? don't need an einstein to figure out that these two different genetic pools have different psyche and achieve v different Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-87056047635464491092008-12-24T12:29:00.000+08:002008-12-24T12:29:00.000+08:00I do not like the genetical argument because the b...I do not like the genetical argument because the bell curve can be applied to every spectrum in life - intelligence, income, cunning, corruption, generosity, kindness.<BR/><BR/>In The Malay Dilemma, Dr. M confuses culture (which can be changed) for genes (which cannot be changed). For that, he has done a great disservice to the Malays.etheoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412913576145631384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-6747714854831346162008-12-24T12:23:00.000+08:002008-12-24T12:23:00.000+08:00Dato Sak,Now that you've mentioned the geographica...Dato Sak,<BR/><BR/>Now that you've mentioned the geographical and cultural factors, the rise of the mat rempits is an anomaly.<BR/><BR/>I would think that they come from families who have extra to spend, hence afford the bikes (which are not too expensive these days). Therefore it implies that the increase in standard of living does not necessarily translate to a progressive, productive, mature Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-13587303889955195672008-12-24T09:17:00.000+08:002008-12-24T09:17:00.000+08:00brother SakI have quietly read this series of your...brother Sak<BR/><BR/>I have quietly read this series of yours. It is, to put it mildly, quite awesome in reach and depth. I hope to be able to add something once my thoughts are more formulated.de minimishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.com