This entry was originally posted on August, 10th. 2003
Last year, for the first time, I visited the Pasir Salak Memorial Complex in
honor of the local heroes who fought the British during the period of 1800 in the
state of Perak.
The memorial is an artifact as to how today's generation should appreciate
the struggle for independence. And I must say that I was all proud during the
visit because of the courage and determination that these people done to
achieve that.
Today to quote Albert Memmi's The Colonizer and Colonized “... the final
form of imperialism/domination is cultural" my perspective towards
imperialism has changed. In light of globalization, I have today become total
opposite of what my statesmen fought over hundred years ago. They felt the urge
to ensure the sovereignty and independence of state, but I have voluntarily
subscribed to the idea of free market demand-centered capitalism, a totally new
form of imperialism by the developed countries.
Today, I am a global customer, consuming global products in a global world.
Today, when the facilitator of my globalization module noticed that I brought
to class the 'foreign coffee' that I skipped the coffee break downstairs and
over the discussion of cultural role in globalization, I began to question
myself whether am I being a hypocrite believer in taking the stand of
anti-globalization.
Everyday, I would start my day waking up from my Ikea bed, covered in Ikea bed
sheet, heading to bathroom, only to be cleaned by my favorite Biore facial
cleanse, Oral toothbrush, and Darlie toothpaste, and then lathered by the medicated
Biore shower foam or sometimes the Sanex foam (that reminds me of Martina
Hingis). My office wear favorite has always been this
Hong Kong
based brand. Yes! From shirt to pants. And I will put on my Rockport boots to the office. My coffees are interchangeably the different grounded Starbucks coffee beans that I brew on my Haier coffee maker. Or sometimes the packet
Milo
chocolate drink that I believe would fortify my body throughout the entire day. And I will then check on my daily appointments on my Clie palmtop before I begin my work.
Let me stop there because the list keeps going on and on. I understand
(thanks to an e-mail from Beta-blogger) that the personal consumption on
foreign items can be traced back to years in history, but, what scares me is
that these items are flocking the local market in big magnitude than ever
before. Then these producers either go direct, or selling at retailers (big
foreign hypermarket chains - made their way as part of opening up the local
retail industry) that also come from those developed countries at the expense
of local producers and small retailers or groceries!
I am actually questioning whether my reasoning against globalization are
being reflected in my enacted values. Nah! They are just the total opposite of
the spectrum. And I believe most of my peers and networked friends are in the
same boat as me in this issue. That we are just another global customer,
consuming local products, and living in a global village.
And in reflection of our 46th. independence day this year, my stand is that
although globalization has changed my taste and consumption, I will always
remain the person who will fight globalization against the imposition of
structural economic changes that will be imposed by either IMF or the WTO's
GATS. That I won't allow the agendas of the total free market proponent to
cause chaos in our ever complex socio-economic stability formula that we have
kept in balance all this while.
So, should I stop buying Vanity Fair? Should I terminate my account at
Citibank? Should I stop buying Nautica? Should I instead go for Nasi Campur
instead of McDonald's? Should I stop watching CNN? I don't know! Maybe yes,
maybe no!
Maybe these are another progression in modernization? Another healthy consumption
and spending to expand the economy? Or, that will I want to work with the NGOs
to ensure the check and balance in the globalization model that we will use?
I sure do have lots of thinking and reflection to do this year.
Happy Independence Day! MERDEKA!
MCM MANA NAK WAT NIE
TENSION AQ
BLE CARI X DPT APE2 POWN
BAPAK SSH
Posted by: *&^^%$$%##@! | Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 12:16 AM
nk biodata dol said... urgent plez
Posted by: nureiyla | Friday, October 16, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Assamualaikum..
bleh x bgi sya info psal proses2 kemerdekaan??..
please.....
mntak tlg sngat2..
[email protected]
Posted by: syafika | Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 12:02 PM
saya ingin mengetahui peristiwa Malayan Union 1946 secara details..email sya [email protected]. tq yea..
Posted by: noey | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 02:59 PM
hello...sye ain...saya nak biodata dol said n peristiwa penentangan...kalau ada boleh tak bagi kat saya...please... nie e-mail saya kalau awak ada biodata dol said n peristiwa penentanga... [email protected]
Posted by: syafika | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 09:40 PM
i need biodata of dol said in b.melayu.
Posted by: subashini | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 08:44 PM
salam, boleh tak berikan maklumat tentang tamadun mengikut persepsi cina dalam bahasa mekayu
Posted by: nuraini | Saturday, October 04, 2008 at 12:15 PM
sesape leh tlong.. saya nak maklumat tentang sharif masahor dlm bhasa malaysia.. please..
Posted by: cody | Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 09:58 PM
boleh tak tolong bagi apa yang diperjuangkan oleh dol said(pahlawan naning)
Posted by: syahmi | Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM
please heeelllllppppp meeee....bagitau pengasas kemerdekaan,sejarah kemerdekaan,proses kemerdekaan,perubahan sebelum&selepas............help meee
Posted by: nick | Monday, August 11, 2008 at 07:43 PM
saya x mahu komen pa2. actualy saya nak tahu more information pasal MCA. mengenai penubuhan,asal usul,apa yg diusulkn n lain2..saya dapati kurang maklumat pasal MCA.plz bantu saya....
Posted by: siti | Friday, August 08, 2008 at 11:30 AM
elow.. sye nak tahu lah bile kabinet persekutuan tanah melayu selepas diisytiharkan merdeka dan lagi satun buku yang dihasilkan oleh tun doktor mahathir dan diharamkan kerna membidas fatalisme orang melayu.kalu boleh secepat mugkin sebelum 16/8/2008 coz nk antor g bertandinglah..
Posted by: ema | Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 06:12 PM
smekom....bleh x tlg carik biodata dan segala yg berkaitan dgn dato' bahaman dan rentap...please...saye dah lambat sangat dah nk hantar folio...tima kasih...
Posted by: Nur Nabilah Zainuddin | Friday, August 01, 2008 at 12:05 AM
sesiapa leh tolong sy siapkn folio sej x...tntng biodata dol said...klu ade give kt sy [email protected]
Posted by: budak smka | Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 01:14 PM
sesiapa leh tolong sy siapkn folio sej x...tntng biodata dol said...klu ade give kt sy [email protected]
Posted by: budak smka | Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 01:08 PM
sesiapa ade maklumat tentang permainan tradisional wau...
[elemen 1, 2, 3 ]
Posted by: Ichigo | Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Har netop oprettet et link katelog og taenkte om nogle af jer har en hjemmeside i kunne taenke jer at faa med ?
http://www.onpart.dk
vh
/S
onpart.dk
Posted by: Neandtonjeode | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 07:10 PM
saya perlu bantuan dalam isu parti perikatan telah memenangi 51 daripada 52 buah kerusi di pilihanraya tahun 1955. Saya perlukan detail dalam 4 perkara yang jadi asas tolak ansur membantu dalam kemenangan. Terutamanya faktor pembukaan keahlian UMNO kepada bukan melayu yang dicadangkan oleh Dato' Onn Jaafar. Pls provide me the detail of that factor.
Thank you, bantuan amatlah dihargai!
Posted by: Travies | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 at 05:26 PM
ade sesape bley tolong kite bwat folio English kami.... Sape bley tolong cari web tentang merdeka atau web sejarah merdeka.. pls
Posted by: Imran | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 08:43 PM
fredz plzz help me....... i need esei about bahasa melayu selepas 50 tahun kemerdekaan. i must make this esei abut 3000word
Posted by: krul | Friday, October 19, 2007 at 04:30 PM
sapa2 ada tentang biodata yam tuan antah,sumbangan yam tuan antah dengan perjuangan yam tuan antah untuk menentang penjajah sila emel saya please. jasa baik kawan2 akan dikenang.
Posted by: NUR AZURA | Friday, September 14, 2007 at 11:33 PM
urm..thankz all..cuz help me to make the 'kerja khusus sejarah' thankz a lot...i love u all!!
Posted by: suraya_mamat | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 10:24 PM
tolongla aku...............
Posted by: roddick ld | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 09:46 PM
sebab2 kemerdekaan
i- kebangkitan semangat nasionalis di kalangan penduduk tempatan ketika peristiwa pendudukan Jepun.
ii-penubuhan UMNO
iii-penubuhan parti perikatan
kesan2 peristiwa kemerdekaan
dr segi politik-kebebasan politik yg mutlak bagi penduduk tempatan
dr segi sosial-kaum2 di tanah melayu bersatu padu
dr segi ekonomi-British mengeksploit sektor perladangan Tanah Melayu
*huraikan sendiri*
Posted by: kuina | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 08:14 PM
really thanks fren..
u save my life.
god bless
best luck to eery from 3
Posted by: noside | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 06:59 PM