According to Padoch (1982:p92-3)
“The exact age of Iban at first sexual union is a topic difficult to explore, partially because of the usual reticence of women to discuss the subject, but mostly because of the impossibility of determining precise chronological ages. It is probable that among women in the Engkari region, courtship commences at about sixteen or seventeen years of age, while among men a somewhat later age, of eighteen or nineteen, is indicated. I have found no reason to assume that ages at which courtship begins in Bintulu are different. Whether there has been any change over time in the ages at which young Iban begin to court is uncertain. Several older women assured me that the age at first courting has declined, but there is no possible way of verifying this allegation”.
Gomes (1911)
“The mode of courtship among the Dyaks is peculiar. No courting goes on by day, but at night, when all is quiet, a young lover creeps to the side of the curtain of his lady-love, and awakes her. The girls sleep apart from their parents--sometimes in the same room, but more often in the loft. He presents her with a roll of sireh leaf, in which is wrapped the betel-nut ingredients the Dyaks love to chew. […] This nightly courtship is, in fact, the only way a man and woman can become acquainted with each other, for such a thing as privacy during the day is quite unknown in a Dyak house. If the girl be pleased with her lover, he remains with her until close upon daybreak, when he leaves with her some article as a pledge of his honour, such as a bead necklace, or ring, or a headkerchief, or anything else which he may have about him. This act of leaving some gift with the girl is considered as a betrothal between the two parties, and the man who refuses to marry the girl after doing so is considered guilty of breach of promise of marriage, and liable, according to Dyak law, to a fine”.
Komanyi (1973:p81-2): “An Iban girl may marry when she is fifteen or sixteen years old. Now, however, as educational opportunities improve, marriages tend to occur at a slightly later age, such as eighteen to twenty-two. A period of courtship, called ngajap , which is a uniquely Iban custom, precedes the betrothal”.
Padoch:
“The traditional Iban patterns of courtship (ngayap) , which involve nocturnal visiting of women by men, are a topic mentioned frequently by earlier writers (Roth 1896,I:109-11), among whom there is disagreement on the frequency or occurrence of sexual intercourse during the visiting. A more recent account of the practice (Beavitt 1967), and all informants I encountered, concurred that sexual relations take place often, although not always. It is reported that ngayap is now being replaced among someIban groups, particularly those converted to Christianity, by other forms of courtship not involving sexual union (Beavitt 1967:p409-10). However, the traditional form prevailed in all the communities that were studied during the period of field research”.
“... when a girl reaches maturity, and if there is a suitor, her parents will arrange for her to settle down. Normally, an Iban girl marries when she is seventeen years of age. When a girl attains her spinsterhood, her mother teaches her the ways employed to protect herself. She must be taught to behave and speak courteously to boys who court her at night. She is aware that it has been a tradition for a boy to court a girl. However, the question of getting her to offer herself to the boy depends very much on the girl herself, because he cannot force her to give consent unless they love each other through his kindness and winning ways. These are secretly explained to her by her mother. The mother also emphasises the methods in which her daughter can judge whether or not the boy is sincere enough to marry her”
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Dear all leader... DAYAK AIN'T THAT POOR...
The outcry from Dayak leaders in Sarawak against PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang for his cawat remarks has not abated – now comes another statement from a Pakatan leader which went down just as bad as Hadi’s with Dayak BN leaders.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s suggestion that Sarawak set up a Dayak Endowment Board (DEB) to help the poor and marginalized Dayaks who earn less than RM200 a month was taken very badly by his Dayak BN opponents in Sarawak
The DEB can run along the same line as Partners Against Poverty programme introduced by Pakatan in Penang, said the Penang chief minister who was in Kuching accompanying the Penang Governor to the Rulers Conference.
lim-guan-eng.pngLeading the attack on Lim was Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu who accused him of being “bankrupt of ideas and such an idea cannot be accepted because it comes from someone who does not know Sarawak.”
Jabu said: “When people are bankrupt of ideas, they tend to say things that are unrealistic.”
Cannot compare Sarawak with Penang
SPDP president and State Social Development and Urbanisation Minister William Mawan said Lim’s idea could not be implemented in the state as “it is not realistic to compare Penang, an urban state, to Sarawak with its rural areas.”
“You cannot say the Dayaks here are poor. The lifestyle here is different from Penang. Our rural communities do not transact cash very much. They rely on farming like rubber tapping, and jungle produce as a source of income,” he told reporters.
PRS president and State Land Development Minister James Masing accused Lim of making just a ‘political promise’.
"To me, it does not sound honest. People who are struck by poverty are not only Dayaks, but Chinese, Malays, Indians and others as well. You cannot propose something like this for the Dayaks only as you have also to cover other races.
“Lim is only making a political rhetoric and I don’t believe in him,” said Masing.
Balai Ringin state assemblyman Snowdan Lawan was very blunt when he told Lim not to look down on the Dayak communities, adding that he knew in his own constituency that some households can earn from RM500 to RM10,000 a month.
He advised Lim to handle his own state first and to take care of his own house before taking care of other people’s homes.
“We Dayaks are civilized people who have good jobs and income. Go to the longhouses and see for yourself that the people can afford at least a Kancil car. One needs to earn more than RM200 monthly income to afford it,” he said.
A courageous idea
But there was support for Lim too, albeit from a lone voice.
SNAP president Edwin Dundang thanked the Penang chief minister for what he described as a ‘courageous idea’ and for showing sympathy to the plight of the poor in the state.
He hoped the suggestion could become a reality “when Pakatan Rakyat formed the next government in Sarawak. “
Dayaks comprise about 60 percent of Sarawak’s population and are the majority voters in 28 state constituencies out of the total of 71.
Both Pakatan and BN are trying to win the hearts and minds of the Dayaks who are expected to play a crucial role in the coming state election, due in 2011.
For myself the Dayak not as they think because more of the Dayak now enter university and most of them became professional after graduation. Dayak not like the other people say. To Mr lim Guan Eng, i suggest better you research the Dayak community society before you say anything abaout Dayak. As The New Dayak who still study in University I not agree with your opinion about Dayak. If you still think the same, lets us debate it.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s suggestion that Sarawak set up a Dayak Endowment Board (DEB) to help the poor and marginalized Dayaks who earn less than RM200 a month was taken very badly by his Dayak BN opponents in Sarawak
The DEB can run along the same line as Partners Against Poverty programme introduced by Pakatan in Penang, said the Penang chief minister who was in Kuching accompanying the Penang Governor to the Rulers Conference.
lim-guan-eng.pngLeading the attack on Lim was Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu who accused him of being “bankrupt of ideas and such an idea cannot be accepted because it comes from someone who does not know Sarawak.”
Jabu said: “When people are bankrupt of ideas, they tend to say things that are unrealistic.”
Cannot compare Sarawak with Penang
SPDP president and State Social Development and Urbanisation Minister William Mawan said Lim’s idea could not be implemented in the state as “it is not realistic to compare Penang, an urban state, to Sarawak with its rural areas.”
“You cannot say the Dayaks here are poor. The lifestyle here is different from Penang. Our rural communities do not transact cash very much. They rely on farming like rubber tapping, and jungle produce as a source of income,” he told reporters.
PRS president and State Land Development Minister James Masing accused Lim of making just a ‘political promise’.
"To me, it does not sound honest. People who are struck by poverty are not only Dayaks, but Chinese, Malays, Indians and others as well. You cannot propose something like this for the Dayaks only as you have also to cover other races.
“Lim is only making a political rhetoric and I don’t believe in him,” said Masing.
Balai Ringin state assemblyman Snowdan Lawan was very blunt when he told Lim not to look down on the Dayak communities, adding that he knew in his own constituency that some households can earn from RM500 to RM10,000 a month.
He advised Lim to handle his own state first and to take care of his own house before taking care of other people’s homes.
“We Dayaks are civilized people who have good jobs and income. Go to the longhouses and see for yourself that the people can afford at least a Kancil car. One needs to earn more than RM200 monthly income to afford it,” he said.
A courageous idea
But there was support for Lim too, albeit from a lone voice.
SNAP president Edwin Dundang thanked the Penang chief minister for what he described as a ‘courageous idea’ and for showing sympathy to the plight of the poor in the state.
He hoped the suggestion could become a reality “when Pakatan Rakyat formed the next government in Sarawak. “
Dayaks comprise about 60 percent of Sarawak’s population and are the majority voters in 28 state constituencies out of the total of 71.
Both Pakatan and BN are trying to win the hearts and minds of the Dayaks who are expected to play a crucial role in the coming state election, due in 2011.
For myself the Dayak not as they think because more of the Dayak now enter university and most of them became professional after graduation. Dayak not like the other people say. To Mr lim Guan Eng, i suggest better you research the Dayak community society before you say anything abaout Dayak. As The New Dayak who still study in University I not agree with your opinion about Dayak. If you still think the same, lets us debate it.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
MPP ke Persatuan
Pening juga kepala saya bila diajukan soalan seperti ini:
1) Samuel kamu tak nak ke bertanding MPP. Dah tiba masanya.
2) Samuel, elok lagi awak bertanding kat Persatuan atau Kelab, baru mencabar.
3) Samuel, saya rasa elok awak bertanding MPP baru lah awak dapat buat perubahan yang
baru.
4) Samuel, setakat persatuan saja, awak takkan berkembang tetapi di MPP awak akan
membantu banyak orang lagi.
5) Samuel, baik kamu bertanding kat Persatuan sebab kamu akan lebih kuat kalau kat
persatuan berbanding MPP. Suara kamu akan lemah nanti.
Kalau yang tadi kawan saya kat UPSI yang kata. Kali ini kawan baik saya, saudara Razzi Masani, Naib Yang Dipertua Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar MPP USM:
" Samuel, awk bertandinglah demi prinsip dan pendirian awak yang ingin melahirkan mahasiswa kelas pertama atau mahasiswa yang ke antarabangsa"
Inilah komen yang dilontarkan oleh rakan-rakan saya semenjak dua menjak ini. Mungkin kerana bahang PRK UpSI dan AGM PERMAS kot diorang banyak berkata sebegini. Namun begitu sebagai seorang yang berpegang pada prinsip saya, saya akan tetap bertanding dalam pemilihan PERMAS akan datang. Namun begitu ada juga yang meminta saya bertanding kat AGM BAKSAR. Sememangnya saya amat meminati BAKSAR tapi kalau bertanding saya terpaksa berfikir dua tiga kali kerana tanggungjawab sangat besar. Namun begitu saya masih lagi menunggu dan lihat kemungkinan berlaku kerana "politic anything can happen".
Buat warga PERMAS, saya sudah bersedia bertanding untuk jawatan Naib Yang Dipertua PERMAS kali ini demi meneruskan perjuangan mengantarabangsakan mahasiswa Sejarah UPSI dan menjaga kebajikan anda.
"Mahasiswa Berkebajikan Inspirasi Mahasiswa Antarabangsa"
Undilah demi masa depan anda........ AGM PERMAS
1) Samuel kamu tak nak ke bertanding MPP. Dah tiba masanya.
2) Samuel, elok lagi awak bertanding kat Persatuan atau Kelab, baru mencabar.
3) Samuel, saya rasa elok awak bertanding MPP baru lah awak dapat buat perubahan yang
baru.
4) Samuel, setakat persatuan saja, awak takkan berkembang tetapi di MPP awak akan
membantu banyak orang lagi.
5) Samuel, baik kamu bertanding kat Persatuan sebab kamu akan lebih kuat kalau kat
persatuan berbanding MPP. Suara kamu akan lemah nanti.
Kalau yang tadi kawan saya kat UPSI yang kata. Kali ini kawan baik saya, saudara Razzi Masani, Naib Yang Dipertua Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar MPP USM:
" Samuel, awk bertandinglah demi prinsip dan pendirian awak yang ingin melahirkan mahasiswa kelas pertama atau mahasiswa yang ke antarabangsa"
Inilah komen yang dilontarkan oleh rakan-rakan saya semenjak dua menjak ini. Mungkin kerana bahang PRK UpSI dan AGM PERMAS kot diorang banyak berkata sebegini. Namun begitu sebagai seorang yang berpegang pada prinsip saya, saya akan tetap bertanding dalam pemilihan PERMAS akan datang. Namun begitu ada juga yang meminta saya bertanding kat AGM BAKSAR. Sememangnya saya amat meminati BAKSAR tapi kalau bertanding saya terpaksa berfikir dua tiga kali kerana tanggungjawab sangat besar. Namun begitu saya masih lagi menunggu dan lihat kemungkinan berlaku kerana "politic anything can happen".
Buat warga PERMAS, saya sudah bersedia bertanding untuk jawatan Naib Yang Dipertua PERMAS kali ini demi meneruskan perjuangan mengantarabangsakan mahasiswa Sejarah UPSI dan menjaga kebajikan anda.
"Mahasiswa Berkebajikan Inspirasi Mahasiswa Antarabangsa"
Undilah demi masa depan anda........ AGM PERMAS
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
WHY DAYAK DISUNITED ?
A lot of argument complaining the disunity of Dayak. It is fair to ask some questions and elaborate them in brief for this argument.
1. Why we must talk about unity and why it is important?
2. Have Dayak especially Iban do some professional study, research or analysis regarding the disunity of Dayak?
3. Whose groups within Dayak community are not united? What make those group disunited?
4. Who split the Dayak? What Dayak have been done to the people splitting them? Does the Dayak action is adequate enough to control the attack from the splitter, eliminate the affect of the splitter, even stop the splitter?
5. Does the third party involve influencing the disunity of Dayak? If Yes, who they are? What are their actions before, now and in future? What have Dayak been done before, now and in future?
6. Does Dayak culture and attitude is really stumbling block for the Dayak to United and Progress?
7. What should Dayak do on their unity?
Why we must talk about unity and why it is important?
Unity is the symbol of strength of Dayak Community in all means, politic, education, economic, culture, security and etc. Dayak cannot be strong without unity. It is important to regroup the Dayak in one action, one voice and one inspiration. It is to protect Dayak community fighting within themselves. The Dayak Unity is the highway for the Dayak to move forward, getting the equal progress with other races.
“Bersatu Kitai Teguh, Bepechah Kitai Rubuh.” This is the slogan should be emphasized in Dayak Community at the moment and not “Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban.”
“Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban.”used by the Dayak fighting against the communist is out of dated slogan and not relevant to modern Dayak now a day. Dayak do not have a clear enemy especially in the field of politic in modern world. All are Dayak friends, all are Dayak brothers and sisters. We are only different in ideology that we need to clarify.
Have Dayak especially Iban do some professional study, research or analysis regarding the disunity of Dayak?
Sad to say, there is no professional study and research to analysis the Disunity of Dayak or backward of Dayak. There is NO HOMEWORK has been done or going to be done either by Opposition Party, BN, SDNU and Dayakbaru professionally. No expert from local and abroad has been instructed to do so.
Dayak do not enough funds to sponsor the professional group conduct the study and UMNO government never support this study.
Whose groups within Dayak community are not united? What make those group disunited?
The most disunited amongst Dayak are Iban. Mostly are “Iban Puting Setak” or their descendant. Iban Putting Setak in old Iban Longhouse is referred to low class Iban who are weak in Iban Fighting Spirit.
Maia ngayau-mulau, ngasu-beburu sida tu meh ke diasuh orang nyaga rumah.
The poor fighting spirit amongst their forefather are greatly influent Iban Putting Setak character. Thus character of being a low class and poor group in his old live makes Iban Putting Setak easily become puppet to gain self interest from third party and being used by third party to split the Dayak Community. Secondly, the Third Party able to identify them, able to recognize their role in society, even at the early days of Sarawak joining Malaysia and they quickly make used of them. Send their children to school in late 1960s and now used them as a puppet. But the descendent of great Iban were control very tight by the third party.
Let do some analysis on the present Dayak Leaders. Does mine right of those group assist the third party destroy the Dayak Unity. Who they are? Who are their forefathers? Does they not totally or partially Iban Putting Setak? Does Jabu has tell everybody he partially come from Iban Putting Setak or his room is in one of Putting Setak? Does James Jemut is not the same? Does Leo Moggie are not the same? Only the next generation of puppet Iban will be strong in Dayak Right fighting spirit cos one day they will lost everything like ordinary Iban. They will inspired by their lost.
The descendant of great Iban has gone cos of their next generation are block by third party to the progress world in late 1960s, their children were restricted from further learning, business, politic and social life. There is no continuity to bring out their forefather strong fighting spirit protects the Dayak Right. Iban Putting Setak who become the Dayak leader at the moment are weak Iban in their fighting spirit to protect the Dayak Right and unable to continue the fighting spirit of great Iban. Iban Putting Setak do not dare to fight perhaps they dare to cheat.
Who split the Dayak? What Dayak have been done to the people splitting them? Does the Dayak action is adequate enough to control the attack from the splitter, eliminate the affect of the splitter, even stop the splitter?
Since Sarawak joining Malaysia, it is very obvious that the people splitting the Dayak especially Iban are PBB, SUPP and UMNO leaded by Melanau. Those are Tun Rahman Yacup, Taib, James Wong, Datuk Sung, Mohathir even Anwar when he become DPM. Dayak has doing nothing to stop them, afraid to complain and left it to the Dayak fade, especially the present Dayak leaders. In the beginning of formation of Malaysia, Dayak leader such as Endawie, Jugah, Kalong and Tajem were brave enough to fight against the splitter.
The action done by Dayak fighting against the splitters are very poor and no clue in the future. It is impossible for the Dayak to be united if the Dayak unable to destroy the Third Party jeopardize the Dayak Unity. The main route of Dayak Unity is, the Dayak shall be brave enough, strong enough and must be able to fight against the splitter. The Dayak shall destroy the splitter and fighting against them completely without fear with all means even force. The government can use force to destroy Rumah Nyawin why Dayak cannot do it to destroy the splitter. Do not wait. Do not afraid. Serve your life for your own country and your own people.
“One country will be collapsed if their own army unable to protect their country from attacking by their enemy.”
Dayak best action is keep on as a pressure group, put all the cruelty in book and transform it into physical body without fear. Nobody will be voluntarily transformed this book into physical body if the Dayak themselves not do it. Register more pressure group and call them when ever Dayak need them. Use these groups to pressure any Dayak enemy destroying them with any means. Be the first runner to fight the Dayak Right.
By right, Iban shall do something such as demonstration condemn the third party splitting the Dayak Community or destroying the Dayak Unity. YB Dayak, Dayak leader, Dayak Professional, any organization or individual pro-Dayak shall brave enough to highlight and condemn the third party involve to split the Dayak Community or destroy the Dayak Unity in Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara. It is very difficult for Dayak to construct it back once the Dayak main party and organization has been destroyed by third party. In early 1980s for instant, Dayak Iban shall condemn the third party openly for splitting the Dayak in SNAP, PBDS and SDNU. Iban failed to take action and this is the beginning of the Dayak Disunity and Dayak Backward.
1. Does the third party involve influencing the disunity of Dayak? If Yes, who they are? What are their actions before, now and in future? What have Dayak been done before, now and in future?
So far, the third party are very successful disunited the Dayak professionally, very influential splitting the Dayak Community in sophisticate way, systematically jeopardizing Dayak Unity. By all means they chose Iban Putting Setak as their puppet group fighting against Dayak. By giving position, business, petty cash and ‘ganjaran’ they able to attract Iban Putting Setak joining them destroy Dayak Unity.
Third party will put the Iban Putting Setak go along with them, change Iban Putting Setak leader without put them more stronger or limit their strength. They may do some reform in future to keep Dayak disunited and retain their power. They keep on looking for more Iban Putting Setak joining them and limit their members.
The third party is expected plan to destroy Dayak pressure group with whatever means. By right the other people should be not involved in Dayak Unity, they shall be neutral and not be an effective destroyer. The Dayak will confront with anybody destroy the Dayak Unity with whatever mean. This is the message the Dayak shall give to the third party destroying the Dayak Unity.
Does Dayak culture and attitude is really stumbling block for the Dayak to United and Progress?
Not really. Dayak culture and attitude are not major problem attribute to Dayak non-progress and disunity.
Within (20-30 years) one generation Dayak can adopt new living environment, become Christian, stay in town, leave most of their odd culture, adopt school, hospital, science and technology as their basic live. Iban shall consider as one of the faster community in the world to change from old orthodox life to modern life. The reality is their progress and unity has been jeopardized by third party badly especially the present government.
The Dayak are still united in many ways. They stay together in longhouse, visit each other, helping each other in Johore, live together in Kampong SESCO in Bintulu tho they are poor.
What should Dayak do to their unity?
Every community in this world needs time to change until they mature in all ways. Do not expect Dayak community can change or united overnight.
USA needs 200 years starting from Abraham Lincolm to Barrack Obama to unite destroying the gap of racism.
Dr Martin L. King used his Civil Right and his religious background to fight against the color block. He made one book to record the cruelty against the Civil Right, elaborates the injustice, stated the unfairness and double standard in his book and transformed his idea in the book into physical body to unite the people. Now his speech is still alive and one of the speech that change the world.
Before put into whole life jail, Nelson Mandela become communist hiding himself from government. In the court, Nelson Mandela wrote one Note and transformed it into physical body influencing the whole globe protest against the apartheid government. Without give up, set down in his 27 years jail, he wrote a book to encourage his people united against the apartheid government. He transformed his idea secretly to the world thro his friend abroad and united the whole globe in one voice against the apartheid government in South Africa.
Thro those people above, it is better for Dayak themselves answer their own question on what should Dayak do on their unity and fighting spirit?
1. Why we must talk about unity and why it is important?
2. Have Dayak especially Iban do some professional study, research or analysis regarding the disunity of Dayak?
3. Whose groups within Dayak community are not united? What make those group disunited?
4. Who split the Dayak? What Dayak have been done to the people splitting them? Does the Dayak action is adequate enough to control the attack from the splitter, eliminate the affect of the splitter, even stop the splitter?
5. Does the third party involve influencing the disunity of Dayak? If Yes, who they are? What are their actions before, now and in future? What have Dayak been done before, now and in future?
6. Does Dayak culture and attitude is really stumbling block for the Dayak to United and Progress?
7. What should Dayak do on their unity?
Why we must talk about unity and why it is important?
Unity is the symbol of strength of Dayak Community in all means, politic, education, economic, culture, security and etc. Dayak cannot be strong without unity. It is important to regroup the Dayak in one action, one voice and one inspiration. It is to protect Dayak community fighting within themselves. The Dayak Unity is the highway for the Dayak to move forward, getting the equal progress with other races.
“Bersatu Kitai Teguh, Bepechah Kitai Rubuh.” This is the slogan should be emphasized in Dayak Community at the moment and not “Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban.”
“Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban.”used by the Dayak fighting against the communist is out of dated slogan and not relevant to modern Dayak now a day. Dayak do not have a clear enemy especially in the field of politic in modern world. All are Dayak friends, all are Dayak brothers and sisters. We are only different in ideology that we need to clarify.
Have Dayak especially Iban do some professional study, research or analysis regarding the disunity of Dayak?
Sad to say, there is no professional study and research to analysis the Disunity of Dayak or backward of Dayak. There is NO HOMEWORK has been done or going to be done either by Opposition Party, BN, SDNU and Dayakbaru professionally. No expert from local and abroad has been instructed to do so.
Dayak do not enough funds to sponsor the professional group conduct the study and UMNO government never support this study.
Whose groups within Dayak community are not united? What make those group disunited?
The most disunited amongst Dayak are Iban. Mostly are “Iban Puting Setak” or their descendant. Iban Putting Setak in old Iban Longhouse is referred to low class Iban who are weak in Iban Fighting Spirit.
Maia ngayau-mulau, ngasu-beburu sida tu meh ke diasuh orang nyaga rumah.
The poor fighting spirit amongst their forefather are greatly influent Iban Putting Setak character. Thus character of being a low class and poor group in his old live makes Iban Putting Setak easily become puppet to gain self interest from third party and being used by third party to split the Dayak Community. Secondly, the Third Party able to identify them, able to recognize their role in society, even at the early days of Sarawak joining Malaysia and they quickly make used of them. Send their children to school in late 1960s and now used them as a puppet. But the descendent of great Iban were control very tight by the third party.
Let do some analysis on the present Dayak Leaders. Does mine right of those group assist the third party destroy the Dayak Unity. Who they are? Who are their forefathers? Does they not totally or partially Iban Putting Setak? Does Jabu has tell everybody he partially come from Iban Putting Setak or his room is in one of Putting Setak? Does James Jemut is not the same? Does Leo Moggie are not the same? Only the next generation of puppet Iban will be strong in Dayak Right fighting spirit cos one day they will lost everything like ordinary Iban. They will inspired by their lost.
The descendant of great Iban has gone cos of their next generation are block by third party to the progress world in late 1960s, their children were restricted from further learning, business, politic and social life. There is no continuity to bring out their forefather strong fighting spirit protects the Dayak Right. Iban Putting Setak who become the Dayak leader at the moment are weak Iban in their fighting spirit to protect the Dayak Right and unable to continue the fighting spirit of great Iban. Iban Putting Setak do not dare to fight perhaps they dare to cheat.
Who split the Dayak? What Dayak have been done to the people splitting them? Does the Dayak action is adequate enough to control the attack from the splitter, eliminate the affect of the splitter, even stop the splitter?
Since Sarawak joining Malaysia, it is very obvious that the people splitting the Dayak especially Iban are PBB, SUPP and UMNO leaded by Melanau. Those are Tun Rahman Yacup, Taib, James Wong, Datuk Sung, Mohathir even Anwar when he become DPM. Dayak has doing nothing to stop them, afraid to complain and left it to the Dayak fade, especially the present Dayak leaders. In the beginning of formation of Malaysia, Dayak leader such as Endawie, Jugah, Kalong and Tajem were brave enough to fight against the splitter.
The action done by Dayak fighting against the splitters are very poor and no clue in the future. It is impossible for the Dayak to be united if the Dayak unable to destroy the Third Party jeopardize the Dayak Unity. The main route of Dayak Unity is, the Dayak shall be brave enough, strong enough and must be able to fight against the splitter. The Dayak shall destroy the splitter and fighting against them completely without fear with all means even force. The government can use force to destroy Rumah Nyawin why Dayak cannot do it to destroy the splitter. Do not wait. Do not afraid. Serve your life for your own country and your own people.
“One country will be collapsed if their own army unable to protect their country from attacking by their enemy.”
Dayak best action is keep on as a pressure group, put all the cruelty in book and transform it into physical body without fear. Nobody will be voluntarily transformed this book into physical body if the Dayak themselves not do it. Register more pressure group and call them when ever Dayak need them. Use these groups to pressure any Dayak enemy destroying them with any means. Be the first runner to fight the Dayak Right.
By right, Iban shall do something such as demonstration condemn the third party splitting the Dayak Community or destroying the Dayak Unity. YB Dayak, Dayak leader, Dayak Professional, any organization or individual pro-Dayak shall brave enough to highlight and condemn the third party involve to split the Dayak Community or destroy the Dayak Unity in Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara. It is very difficult for Dayak to construct it back once the Dayak main party and organization has been destroyed by third party. In early 1980s for instant, Dayak Iban shall condemn the third party openly for splitting the Dayak in SNAP, PBDS and SDNU. Iban failed to take action and this is the beginning of the Dayak Disunity and Dayak Backward.
1. Does the third party involve influencing the disunity of Dayak? If Yes, who they are? What are their actions before, now and in future? What have Dayak been done before, now and in future?
So far, the third party are very successful disunited the Dayak professionally, very influential splitting the Dayak Community in sophisticate way, systematically jeopardizing Dayak Unity. By all means they chose Iban Putting Setak as their puppet group fighting against Dayak. By giving position, business, petty cash and ‘ganjaran’ they able to attract Iban Putting Setak joining them destroy Dayak Unity.
Third party will put the Iban Putting Setak go along with them, change Iban Putting Setak leader without put them more stronger or limit their strength. They may do some reform in future to keep Dayak disunited and retain their power. They keep on looking for more Iban Putting Setak joining them and limit their members.
The third party is expected plan to destroy Dayak pressure group with whatever means. By right the other people should be not involved in Dayak Unity, they shall be neutral and not be an effective destroyer. The Dayak will confront with anybody destroy the Dayak Unity with whatever mean. This is the message the Dayak shall give to the third party destroying the Dayak Unity.
Does Dayak culture and attitude is really stumbling block for the Dayak to United and Progress?
Not really. Dayak culture and attitude are not major problem attribute to Dayak non-progress and disunity.
Within (20-30 years) one generation Dayak can adopt new living environment, become Christian, stay in town, leave most of their odd culture, adopt school, hospital, science and technology as their basic live. Iban shall consider as one of the faster community in the world to change from old orthodox life to modern life. The reality is their progress and unity has been jeopardized by third party badly especially the present government.
The Dayak are still united in many ways. They stay together in longhouse, visit each other, helping each other in Johore, live together in Kampong SESCO in Bintulu tho they are poor.
What should Dayak do to their unity?
Every community in this world needs time to change until they mature in all ways. Do not expect Dayak community can change or united overnight.
USA needs 200 years starting from Abraham Lincolm to Barrack Obama to unite destroying the gap of racism.
Dr Martin L. King used his Civil Right and his religious background to fight against the color block. He made one book to record the cruelty against the Civil Right, elaborates the injustice, stated the unfairness and double standard in his book and transformed his idea in the book into physical body to unite the people. Now his speech is still alive and one of the speech that change the world.
Before put into whole life jail, Nelson Mandela become communist hiding himself from government. In the court, Nelson Mandela wrote one Note and transformed it into physical body influencing the whole globe protest against the apartheid government. Without give up, set down in his 27 years jail, he wrote a book to encourage his people united against the apartheid government. He transformed his idea secretly to the world thro his friend abroad and united the whole globe in one voice against the apartheid government in South Africa.
Thro those people above, it is better for Dayak themselves answer their own question on what should Dayak do on their unity and fighting spirit?
Money has NO MEMORY but Experience has
Money has no memory. Experience has.
You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother’s life or the life you get to live with the just born.
You won’t remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.
Sometimes even the pocket was empty
Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn’t know from where the tomorrow will come… Life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full… Sometimes even the pocket was empty.
There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn’t enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone..
All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.
The first time….
The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support… The first time she said ‘yes’ and it was two years since you proposed… The first cry… The first steps… The first word… The first kiss… All of your child… The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you…. The first award… The first public appreciation… The first stage performance… And the list is endless…
Experiences, with timeless memory… No denying that anything that’s material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
Let It Be
So, what if it’s economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park.
It doesn’t cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.
Time will pass
Time will pass… Economy will revive… Currency will soon be in current… And in all this; I don’t want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences… If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy.
How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have
Make a statement with the way you live your life: work hard with honesty and change we must.
You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother’s life or the life you get to live with the just born.
You won’t remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.
Sometimes even the pocket was empty
Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn’t know from where the tomorrow will come… Life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full… Sometimes even the pocket was empty.
There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn’t enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone..
All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.
The first time….
The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support… The first time she said ‘yes’ and it was two years since you proposed… The first cry… The first steps… The first word… The first kiss… All of your child… The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you…. The first award… The first public appreciation… The first stage performance… And the list is endless…
Experiences, with timeless memory… No denying that anything that’s material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
Let It Be
So, what if it’s economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park.
It doesn’t cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.
Time will pass
Time will pass… Economy will revive… Currency will soon be in current… And in all this; I don’t want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences… If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy.
How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have
Make a statement with the way you live your life: work hard with honesty and change we must.
Friday, May 8, 2009
ANTARA BLOG & FACEBOOK, ANTARA ZAMBRY & NIZAR
Kebelakangan ini saya banyak berinteraksi di Facebook. Di sana saya berdiskusi dengan teman-teman mengenai pelbagai isu.
Sekiranya anda belum menjadi kawanan saya di Facebook, dijemput berbuat demikian. Sekadar ingatan, saya hanya menerima kawanan yang berwajah dan mempunyai profil.
Disebabkan ada wajah dan profil itulah agaknya, maka diskusi di Facebook lebih beradab dan konstruktif. Tidak ada yang berselindung di sebalik laptop atau desktop.
Untuk sekian lama, saya membenarkan komen secara anonymous di blog ini. Saya fikir sudah sampai masanya untuk saya mengenakan saringan yang lebih agar hanya komen yang bermanfaat saja disiarkan.
Berdasarkan maklumbalas yang diterima, saya yakin pembaca blog ini tidak berminat membaca maki-hamun, sindiran, "over generalization" dan tuduhan melampau secara rambang. Saya fikir mereka juga tidak berminat dengan komentar yang bersifat propaganda dan tidak boleh menerima pandangan orang lain - "Aku seorang sajalah yang betul."
Saya merasakan sebahagian besar dari sekitar 3,000 pembaca blog ini ingin melihat hujah dan balasan hujah yang matang. Bukan sekadar hujah lawan hujah; lebih dari itu hujah itu dilakukan dalam suasana persahabatan dan berlapang dada.
Bagaimanapun, ada kalanya disebabkan kegersangan hujah, maka ada yang memilih untuk menyerang saya. Kita tidak perlu setuju dalam semua perkara. Anda boleh menyokong Dato Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir dan saya memihak kepada Dato Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin; atau sebaliknya. Itu bukan masalah. Masalahnya ialah apabila kita mempertahankan hujah secara tidak beradab.
Untuk sekian lama, saya membenarkan ini berlaku atas nama keterbukaan. Fikir saya, "Tak mengapalah. Berikan mereka peluang. Rakyat Malaysia sedang belajar menggunakan media baru." Bagaimana setelah berbincang dengan beberapa orang "senior bloggers", saya memutuskan akan hanya menyiarkan komen yang bersifat kritikal dan membina. Biarlah hanya ada dua atau tiga komen, asalkan ia bermanfaat kepada pembaca lain. Sekiranya ada sesiapa yang ada masalah untuk menulis dan berhujah dengan baik, belajar-belajarlah gaya penulisan yang berhemah.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad adalah seorang blogger yang hebat. Dalam tempoh setahun, blognya menerima hampir 20 juta page hits. Hebat! Bagaimanapun, orang membaca blog Dr Mahathir untuk mendengar pandangannya. Seperti kebanyakan orang lain, saya juga tidak membaca komen di blog Dr Mahathir kerana komen-komen tersebut tidak bermutu; bukan semua, tetapi sebahagian besarnya begitu. Sesetengahnya tidak ada nilai langsung. Ada komen yang disiarkan, "Yahoo, saya orang pertama meninggalkan komen di blog Tun!"
Isk, isk .. Kesian kepada orang itu. Dia amat memerlukan perhatian. Tolonglah berikan perhatian kepadanya.
Ada orang bertanya bilakah saya akan menulis mengenai isu DUN Perak. Memang ia satu isu yang menarik untuk diulas. Bagaimanapun, ulasan itu akan bermanfaat sekiranya ia dihujah berdasarkan fakta dan bukannya emosi.
Ada yang bertanya, siapakah Menteri Besar Perak yang sah? Sekali lagi, jawapannya akan ditemui sekiranya kita menghormati hak setiap orang dalam proses demokrasi - hak rakyat, hak Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, hak Sultan Perak dan hak Mahkamah. Isnin ini Mahkamah akan membuat keputusan dan saya berharap Dr Zamby Abd Kadir dan Mohamad Nizar serta penyokong-penyokoong mereka hendaklah menerima keputusan ini dengan hati terbuka. Usah sokong Mahkamah hanya apabila ia membuat keputusan yang menyebelahi kita sahaja; mencerca hakim apabila keputusan itu memihak kepada lawan.
Inilah keterbukaan yang harus ada. Saya melihat keterbukaan ini ada dalam Facebook, tetapi gersang di blog. Mungkin dalam Facebook kita berbicara sebagai teman, tetapi di blog kita melayani mereka yang tidak sehaluan sebagai musuh!
Sekiranya anda belum menjadi kawanan saya di Facebook, dijemput berbuat demikian. Sekadar ingatan, saya hanya menerima kawanan yang berwajah dan mempunyai profil.
Disebabkan ada wajah dan profil itulah agaknya, maka diskusi di Facebook lebih beradab dan konstruktif. Tidak ada yang berselindung di sebalik laptop atau desktop.
Untuk sekian lama, saya membenarkan komen secara anonymous di blog ini. Saya fikir sudah sampai masanya untuk saya mengenakan saringan yang lebih agar hanya komen yang bermanfaat saja disiarkan.
Berdasarkan maklumbalas yang diterima, saya yakin pembaca blog ini tidak berminat membaca maki-hamun, sindiran, "over generalization" dan tuduhan melampau secara rambang. Saya fikir mereka juga tidak berminat dengan komentar yang bersifat propaganda dan tidak boleh menerima pandangan orang lain - "Aku seorang sajalah yang betul."
Saya merasakan sebahagian besar dari sekitar 3,000 pembaca blog ini ingin melihat hujah dan balasan hujah yang matang. Bukan sekadar hujah lawan hujah; lebih dari itu hujah itu dilakukan dalam suasana persahabatan dan berlapang dada.
Bagaimanapun, ada kalanya disebabkan kegersangan hujah, maka ada yang memilih untuk menyerang saya. Kita tidak perlu setuju dalam semua perkara. Anda boleh menyokong Dato Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir dan saya memihak kepada Dato Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin; atau sebaliknya. Itu bukan masalah. Masalahnya ialah apabila kita mempertahankan hujah secara tidak beradab.
Untuk sekian lama, saya membenarkan ini berlaku atas nama keterbukaan. Fikir saya, "Tak mengapalah. Berikan mereka peluang. Rakyat Malaysia sedang belajar menggunakan media baru." Bagaimana setelah berbincang dengan beberapa orang "senior bloggers", saya memutuskan akan hanya menyiarkan komen yang bersifat kritikal dan membina. Biarlah hanya ada dua atau tiga komen, asalkan ia bermanfaat kepada pembaca lain. Sekiranya ada sesiapa yang ada masalah untuk menulis dan berhujah dengan baik, belajar-belajarlah gaya penulisan yang berhemah.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad adalah seorang blogger yang hebat. Dalam tempoh setahun, blognya menerima hampir 20 juta page hits. Hebat! Bagaimanapun, orang membaca blog Dr Mahathir untuk mendengar pandangannya. Seperti kebanyakan orang lain, saya juga tidak membaca komen di blog Dr Mahathir kerana komen-komen tersebut tidak bermutu; bukan semua, tetapi sebahagian besarnya begitu. Sesetengahnya tidak ada nilai langsung. Ada komen yang disiarkan, "Yahoo, saya orang pertama meninggalkan komen di blog Tun!"
Isk, isk .. Kesian kepada orang itu. Dia amat memerlukan perhatian. Tolonglah berikan perhatian kepadanya.
Ada orang bertanya bilakah saya akan menulis mengenai isu DUN Perak. Memang ia satu isu yang menarik untuk diulas. Bagaimanapun, ulasan itu akan bermanfaat sekiranya ia dihujah berdasarkan fakta dan bukannya emosi.
Ada yang bertanya, siapakah Menteri Besar Perak yang sah? Sekali lagi, jawapannya akan ditemui sekiranya kita menghormati hak setiap orang dalam proses demokrasi - hak rakyat, hak Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, hak Sultan Perak dan hak Mahkamah. Isnin ini Mahkamah akan membuat keputusan dan saya berharap Dr Zamby Abd Kadir dan Mohamad Nizar serta penyokong-penyokoong mereka hendaklah menerima keputusan ini dengan hati terbuka. Usah sokong Mahkamah hanya apabila ia membuat keputusan yang menyebelahi kita sahaja; mencerca hakim apabila keputusan itu memihak kepada lawan.
Inilah keterbukaan yang harus ada. Saya melihat keterbukaan ini ada dalam Facebook, tetapi gersang di blog. Mungkin dalam Facebook kita berbicara sebagai teman, tetapi di blog kita melayani mereka yang tidak sehaluan sebagai musuh!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Kisah pendakian Obama ke White House
SEJAK secara rasmi menjadi Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS) yang ke-44 pada 20 Januari lalu, figura Barack Obama tidak pernah sunyi daripada diperkatakan oleh seantero dunia.
Kejayaan Obama merubah ‘warna’ White House selepas 232 tahun AS mencapai kemerdekaan, adalah satu pencapaian dan perubahan luar biasa di dalam masyarakat AS.
Obama juga telah membina persepsi yang menyenangkan di kalangan masyarakat antarabangsa, sesuatu yang semakin terhakis terutamanya sewaktu era pemerintahan George W. Bush.
Semua itu dilakukan Obama dalam masa yang sangat singkat, iaitu kira-kira tiga tahun selepas beliau dilantik menjadi Senator Illionis. Justeru, adalah sesuatu yang menarik untuk mendalami apakah kekuatan Obama sehingga berjaya mendapat kepercayaan sedemikian rupa, dan buku ini adalah jawapannya.
Buku dengan tajuk asal The Audicity of Hope ini diterbitkan pada Oktober 2006. Ia dikatakan memberi impak kemenangan yang lebih besar berbanding ucapan dan pidato yang disampaikan oleh Obama.
Rakyat AS yang pada awalnya mahu memberikan undian kepada Hillary Clinton dalam pemilihan calon Presiden yang akan mewakili Parti Demokrat, berubah memilih Obama selepas membaca buku ini.
Selepas diterjemahkan kepada lebih 50 bahasa di seluruh dunia, buku ini akhirnya boleh didapati dalam bahasa Melayu hasil usaha keras sekumpulan panel penterjemah di Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia (ITNM). Ia dilancarkan oleh Raja Muda Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah baru-baru ini, sempena Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (PBAKL) yang berlangsung di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC).
Buku ini sebenarnya lebih kepada sebuah dokumentasi harapan dan hala tuju perjalanan Obama di pentas politik AS.
Ia menyentuh mengenai teori dan gagasan idea bagi merealisasikan impian rakyat AS selari dengan slogan yang didokong oleh Obama iaitu Change: We Can Believe In.
Slogan yang di dalamnya terkandung manifestasi perubahan dan pembaharuan yang dinanti-nantikan oleh kebanyakan rakyat AS.
Judul buku ini sendiri iaitu The Audicity Of Hope adalah lanjutan daripada ucapan pembukaan beliau pada Konvensyen Demokratik pada 2004.
Daripada pidato yang sekitar 20 minit itu, dipanjangkan kepada buku setebal 424 halaman ini.
Tajuk itu juga dipilih Obama berdasarkan khutbah paderi di gereja yang selalu dihadirinya di Chichago.
Obama memulakan buku ini dengan sejarah pendakian beliau dalam bidang politik. Bagaimana beliau berdikit-dikit daripada seorang peguam hak sivil yang berjaya mewakili dewan perundangan Illionis sehinggalah menjadi Senator Illionis.
Pengalaman itu dimulakan oleh Obama ketika beliau masih muda, iaitu baru menjangkau usia 35 tahun.
Begitu juga ketika mengangkat sumpah sebagai Senator Illionis, Obama baru berusia 44 tahun, iaitu umur yang sangat muda untuk seorang ahli politik diterima oleh rakyat AS.
Namun itulah keunikan Obama, yang tidak hanya berjaya meruntuhkan benteng usia, malah merobohkan tembok perkauman untuk dipilih menjadi Presiden kulit hitam pertama AS.
Semuanya dilakukan dalam masa hanya tiga tahun selepas beliau dilantik menjadi ahli Senat, iaitu pendakian ke puncak kuasa yang beliau sendiri tidak mempercayainya meskipun sentiasa berharap untuk membuktikannya.
Bukan rahsia lagi persona Obama di mata rakyat AS adalah kerana kemampuannya berpidato dan meyakinkan orang ramai menerusi ucapannya.
Lontaran suaranya yang padu serta frasa kata yang asli menghidupkan gagasan-gagasan idea dan pemikiran yang disampaikan beliau.
Itulah juga yang dibuktikan oleh Obama menerusi buku dengan judul asal The Audicity of Hope ini. Bab-bab terawal dalam buku ini dimulakan dengan penyelusuran sejarah politik terbaru Amerika.
Obama cuba menjelaskan punca berlakunya kecenderungan memihak yang menyakitkan hati pada hari ini. Sesuatu yang sebenarnya turut berlaku dalam senario politik baru di negara ini.
Perbincangan itu diimbangkan pula dengan kupasan mengenai nilai-nilai, dasar dan kesepakatan yang boleh dikongsi seluruh rakyat Amerika dalam bab seterusnya.
Lebih mendalam kupasan mengenai perpaduan itu disorot dengan pengkajian ke atas Perlembagaan yang merupakan sumber hak individu. Malah ia juga sebagai cara untuk menyusun hubungan demokrasi dalam membentuk masa depan.
Obama seterusnya menyentuh mengenai sesetengah kuasa institusi seperti wang, media, kumpulan berkepentingan dan proses perundangan yang merimaskan ahli politik termasuk mereka yang berintegriti.
Menuju bab-bab terakhir pula, Obama mencadangkan gugusan-gugusan idea dan pemikiran bagaimana beliau dan rakyat AS boleh melangkaui sempadan dalam menangani pelbagai cabaran.
Antara masalah yang diberikan perhatian khusus ialah kegawatan ekonomi, ketegangan kaum dan agama dalam badan politik.
Serta ancaman antarabangsa daripada keganasan sehinggalah kepada wabak penyakit berbahaya.
Kesemua isu ini dibincangkan dalam ruang pemikiran dan pandangan Obama yang sangat sederhana, tetapi sangat mengesankan. Tidak terlalu optimistik sehingga kelihatan retorik, sebaliknya sangat realistik dan penuh harapan.
Menerusi buku ini, Obama memperlihatkan kepada dunia satu lagi cabang kemahiran beliau yang jarang dimiliki oleh politikus lain, iaitu sebagai penulis berbakat.
Obama turut membuktikan bahawa AS masih belum ketandusan pemimpin yang bijaksana dan berilmu untuk menduduki Pejabat Oval.
Adalah satu kerugian kepada pembaca di negara ini kerana buku pertama Obama iaitu Dream of My Father tidak turut diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu.
Buku itu menjadi buku New York Times paling laris terjual selama 142 minggu berbanding buku ini yang bertahan selama 67 minggu.
Judul: Keberanian Menggapai Harapan
– Gagasan Meraih Kembali Impian Amerika
Penulis: Barack Obama
Penerbit: Institut Terjemahan Negara
Malaysia (ITNM)
ISBN: 978-983-068-349-2
Harga: RM45
Pengulas: MOHD. KHUZAIRI ISMAIL
BELI JANGAN TAK BELI
Kejayaan Obama merubah ‘warna’ White House selepas 232 tahun AS mencapai kemerdekaan, adalah satu pencapaian dan perubahan luar biasa di dalam masyarakat AS.
Obama juga telah membina persepsi yang menyenangkan di kalangan masyarakat antarabangsa, sesuatu yang semakin terhakis terutamanya sewaktu era pemerintahan George W. Bush.
Semua itu dilakukan Obama dalam masa yang sangat singkat, iaitu kira-kira tiga tahun selepas beliau dilantik menjadi Senator Illionis. Justeru, adalah sesuatu yang menarik untuk mendalami apakah kekuatan Obama sehingga berjaya mendapat kepercayaan sedemikian rupa, dan buku ini adalah jawapannya.
Buku dengan tajuk asal The Audicity of Hope ini diterbitkan pada Oktober 2006. Ia dikatakan memberi impak kemenangan yang lebih besar berbanding ucapan dan pidato yang disampaikan oleh Obama.
Rakyat AS yang pada awalnya mahu memberikan undian kepada Hillary Clinton dalam pemilihan calon Presiden yang akan mewakili Parti Demokrat, berubah memilih Obama selepas membaca buku ini.
Selepas diterjemahkan kepada lebih 50 bahasa di seluruh dunia, buku ini akhirnya boleh didapati dalam bahasa Melayu hasil usaha keras sekumpulan panel penterjemah di Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia (ITNM). Ia dilancarkan oleh Raja Muda Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah baru-baru ini, sempena Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (PBAKL) yang berlangsung di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC).
Buku ini sebenarnya lebih kepada sebuah dokumentasi harapan dan hala tuju perjalanan Obama di pentas politik AS.
Ia menyentuh mengenai teori dan gagasan idea bagi merealisasikan impian rakyat AS selari dengan slogan yang didokong oleh Obama iaitu Change: We Can Believe In.
Slogan yang di dalamnya terkandung manifestasi perubahan dan pembaharuan yang dinanti-nantikan oleh kebanyakan rakyat AS.
Judul buku ini sendiri iaitu The Audicity Of Hope adalah lanjutan daripada ucapan pembukaan beliau pada Konvensyen Demokratik pada 2004.
Daripada pidato yang sekitar 20 minit itu, dipanjangkan kepada buku setebal 424 halaman ini.
Tajuk itu juga dipilih Obama berdasarkan khutbah paderi di gereja yang selalu dihadirinya di Chichago.
Obama memulakan buku ini dengan sejarah pendakian beliau dalam bidang politik. Bagaimana beliau berdikit-dikit daripada seorang peguam hak sivil yang berjaya mewakili dewan perundangan Illionis sehinggalah menjadi Senator Illionis.
Pengalaman itu dimulakan oleh Obama ketika beliau masih muda, iaitu baru menjangkau usia 35 tahun.
Begitu juga ketika mengangkat sumpah sebagai Senator Illionis, Obama baru berusia 44 tahun, iaitu umur yang sangat muda untuk seorang ahli politik diterima oleh rakyat AS.
Namun itulah keunikan Obama, yang tidak hanya berjaya meruntuhkan benteng usia, malah merobohkan tembok perkauman untuk dipilih menjadi Presiden kulit hitam pertama AS.
Semuanya dilakukan dalam masa hanya tiga tahun selepas beliau dilantik menjadi ahli Senat, iaitu pendakian ke puncak kuasa yang beliau sendiri tidak mempercayainya meskipun sentiasa berharap untuk membuktikannya.
Bukan rahsia lagi persona Obama di mata rakyat AS adalah kerana kemampuannya berpidato dan meyakinkan orang ramai menerusi ucapannya.
Lontaran suaranya yang padu serta frasa kata yang asli menghidupkan gagasan-gagasan idea dan pemikiran yang disampaikan beliau.
Itulah juga yang dibuktikan oleh Obama menerusi buku dengan judul asal The Audicity of Hope ini. Bab-bab terawal dalam buku ini dimulakan dengan penyelusuran sejarah politik terbaru Amerika.
Obama cuba menjelaskan punca berlakunya kecenderungan memihak yang menyakitkan hati pada hari ini. Sesuatu yang sebenarnya turut berlaku dalam senario politik baru di negara ini.
Perbincangan itu diimbangkan pula dengan kupasan mengenai nilai-nilai, dasar dan kesepakatan yang boleh dikongsi seluruh rakyat Amerika dalam bab seterusnya.
Lebih mendalam kupasan mengenai perpaduan itu disorot dengan pengkajian ke atas Perlembagaan yang merupakan sumber hak individu. Malah ia juga sebagai cara untuk menyusun hubungan demokrasi dalam membentuk masa depan.
Obama seterusnya menyentuh mengenai sesetengah kuasa institusi seperti wang, media, kumpulan berkepentingan dan proses perundangan yang merimaskan ahli politik termasuk mereka yang berintegriti.
Menuju bab-bab terakhir pula, Obama mencadangkan gugusan-gugusan idea dan pemikiran bagaimana beliau dan rakyat AS boleh melangkaui sempadan dalam menangani pelbagai cabaran.
Antara masalah yang diberikan perhatian khusus ialah kegawatan ekonomi, ketegangan kaum dan agama dalam badan politik.
Serta ancaman antarabangsa daripada keganasan sehinggalah kepada wabak penyakit berbahaya.
Kesemua isu ini dibincangkan dalam ruang pemikiran dan pandangan Obama yang sangat sederhana, tetapi sangat mengesankan. Tidak terlalu optimistik sehingga kelihatan retorik, sebaliknya sangat realistik dan penuh harapan.
Menerusi buku ini, Obama memperlihatkan kepada dunia satu lagi cabang kemahiran beliau yang jarang dimiliki oleh politikus lain, iaitu sebagai penulis berbakat.
Obama turut membuktikan bahawa AS masih belum ketandusan pemimpin yang bijaksana dan berilmu untuk menduduki Pejabat Oval.
Adalah satu kerugian kepada pembaca di negara ini kerana buku pertama Obama iaitu Dream of My Father tidak turut diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu.
Buku itu menjadi buku New York Times paling laris terjual selama 142 minggu berbanding buku ini yang bertahan selama 67 minggu.
Judul: Keberanian Menggapai Harapan
– Gagasan Meraih Kembali Impian Amerika
Penulis: Barack Obama
Penerbit: Institut Terjemahan Negara
Malaysia (ITNM)
ISBN: 978-983-068-349-2
Harga: RM45
Pengulas: MOHD. KHUZAIRI ISMAIL
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