Synopsis:
100 word meanings you will not find in the 2007 edition of Kamus Dewan.
Length:
20 pages
Trivia:
The shortest essay!
Sample page:
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
"Unwelcome Words" by myself
(The fifth essay).
Synopsis:
100 word meanings you will not find in the 2007 edition of Kamus Dewan.
Length:
20 pages
Trivia:
The shortest essay!
Sample page:
Synopsis:
100 word meanings you will not find in the 2007 edition of Kamus Dewan.
Length:
20 pages
Trivia:
The shortest essay!
Sample page:
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
"Teroris Bahasa" oleh Saharil Hasrin Sanin
(Esei yang keempat).
Ringkasan:
Ketika kamu membaca ini, ada bahasa yang sedang mati dibunuh...
Panjang:
54 halaman
Trivia:
Satu-satunya esei yang dicetak dalam Bahasa Melayu.
Contoh:
Ringkasan:
Ketika kamu membaca ini, ada bahasa yang sedang mati dibunuh...
Panjang:
54 halaman
Trivia:
Satu-satunya esei yang dicetak dalam Bahasa Melayu.
Contoh:
"Yes, We Must Move On: Theoretical Notes on Various Things Malaysian" by Burhan Baki
(The third essay).
Synopsis:
Multiculturalism, politeness, etiquette, Hang Tuah, death, finely-crafted keris daggers, night terrors, forgiveness, 'Deeparaya', fetishes, the Rukunegara, the Petronas Twin Towers, ghosts, toilets …
Length:
41 pages
Trivia:
The only essay to be divided into several (six) sub-essays.
Sample page:
Synopsis:
Multiculturalism, politeness, etiquette, Hang Tuah, death, finely-crafted keris daggers, night terrors, forgiveness, 'Deeparaya', fetishes, the Rukunegara, the Petronas Twin Towers, ghosts, toilets …
Length:
41 pages
Trivia:
The only essay to be divided into several (six) sub-essays.
Sample page:
Monday, 14 January 2008
"Branding - Mamak Style" by Aminuddin Mahmud
(The second essay).
Synopsis:
You eat and hang out there. Now take some business tips.
Length:
35 pages
Trivia:
This is Aminuddin's first published work.
Sample page:
Synopsis:
You eat and hang out there. Now take some business tips.
Length:
35 pages
Trivia:
This is Aminuddin's first published work.
Sample page:
"The Trouble with Malaysia" by Brian Yap
(There are six essays in the book. This is the first).
Synopsis:
Malaysia is in trouble – everyone knows that, and just as many have an opinion why. Here's yet another one.
Length:
32 pages
Trivia note:
This is the essay with the highest number of footnotes (89).
Sample page:
Synopsis:
Malaysia is in trouble – everyone knows that, and just as many have an opinion why. Here's yet another one.
Length:
32 pages
Trivia note:
This is the essay with the highest number of footnotes (89).
Sample page:
Friday, 11 January 2008
Recommended: KALA MALAM BULAN MENGAMBANG
Just got back from this!
This exuberant and cheeky comedy (in black and white!) is Mamat Khalid's best work yet. It's a kind of spoof noir, it's wonderful to look at (courtesy of the DP Raja Mukhriz), and Rosyam Nor is at his most relaxed and charismatic as a 1950s newspaper hack who stumbles across the strangest town – and strangest story. There are in-jokes and deliberate anachronisms, and the game cast (colourful despite being monochromatic) lets you in on the fun.
It has the highest number of quotable quotes of any Malay film since ... maybe since Bukak Api. An Italian film critic who saw it said it "has more cinema in one minute than [he mentions a certain big-budget Malay film] in two hours" – and here's the thing: he saw it without subtitles.
A baik punya start to the movie-going year.
This exuberant and cheeky comedy (in black and white!) is Mamat Khalid's best work yet. It's a kind of spoof noir, it's wonderful to look at (courtesy of the DP Raja Mukhriz), and Rosyam Nor is at his most relaxed and charismatic as a 1950s newspaper hack who stumbles across the strangest town – and strangest story. There are in-jokes and deliberate anachronisms, and the game cast (colourful despite being monochromatic) lets you in on the fun.
It has the highest number of quotable quotes of any Malay film since ... maybe since Bukak Api. An Italian film critic who saw it said it "has more cinema in one minute than [he mentions a certain big-budget Malay film] in two hours" – and here's the thing: he saw it without subtitles.
A baik punya start to the movie-going year.
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Weird book
A book I will be publishing early next year is called Weirdest Malaysian News Stories of 2008. I have hired Brian Yap (pic) as editor since, as his piece in New Malaysian Essays 1 proves, he's very good at following the news!What do I mean by weird? Well, as Louis Armstrong said when asked to define jazz: "If you have to ask, you'll never know."
But here's one from today.
Don't keep your eyes wide shut, and let us know if you come across stuff :-). These are usually not front-page news but in the 'local' or 'national' section, and we are only citing daily newspapers rather than those weekly tabloids.
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