Cape Malay (Melayu Cape)

Melayu Cape can be considered as ethnic group in South Africa. Their community's earliest were  transported by Dutch East India Company as the slave. They can back to hometown because got imprisoned by Dutch East India Company in South Africa and lived in District Place. Even though they got imprisoned, their group were the first that introduced Islam and become quite large Muslim community to there. Their culture also have a few different from Melayu because they have  adaptations to the traditional foods in there such as bredie, bobotie, etc.Usually they speaks in English or Afrikaans. they no more speak in Malay ,although they still using some word or phrase in their daily usage. Carnival street festival or known as Cape Town Minstrel is a culturan event that introduced by Cape Malay. They music has been great attention to academics, historians, musicologists, writers and even politicians.Signal Hill is the famous place that places the Malay Quarter of Cape Town, known as Bo-Kaap.Now the have made International relationship with Malaysian government and others Southeast Asian region.

Tokyo Drift vs KL Drift

Tokyo Drift film is about a frustrated teen from a broken home, Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is an outsider looking to make a name for himself on the illegal street racing circuit. When Sean is busted by the police for his high-speed exploits and given the option of either spending time behind bars or moving overseas to live with his no-nonsense, military man father who's currently stationed in Tokyo, the young rebel packs his bags and sets his sights on Nippon. Though at first reluctant to adapt to the unfamiliar customs and foreign code of honor of his new home, Sean soon strikes up a friendship with American speed freak Twinkie (Bow Wow), a like-minded race fan who schools the inexperienced newcomer in the pulse-pounding world of drift-racing. Inadvertently challenging local champion and yakuza associate D.K. (The Drift King) his first time on the road, Sean is subsequently forced to work under expatriate Han (Sung Kang) to pay off his debt after failing to cross the finish line first. Taking note of the young American's affinity for racing as he warmly welcomes him into his merry band of misfit drift-fanatics, Han slowly introduces Sean to the key principles of the popular new racing style. When Sean makes the potentially deadly mistake of falling for D.K.'s girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelley), he'll need all the help he can get to face his most challenging race to date and take on the most notorious driver on the Tokyo drift scene in a hair-raising, hairpin-turn race where the winner truly takes all.

While, KL drift is about the story of Zack and Sham, close friends who share a passion for drift racing. Though the sport is popular with men, Zack's girlfriend (played by Fasha Sandha) took up the sport and became competitive in it. Zack is an elite racer who runs a workshop while Sham is more down to earth and always has problems with his racing car. Zack is unhappy with drug pushers selling on his racing patch, but Fasha (who is a former user) is friendly with some of them which leads to a confrontation between her and Zack. The pushers are sent to their boss Joe (played by Aaron Aziz),also a drift racer who uses race meets to sell his product.
A rift continues to grow between Zack and Fasha. Sham (played by Farid Kamil) becomes a middleman between the two but ends up also having feelings for her. Zack wins a challenge against Joe but falls out with Sham despite the latter's numerous apologies and attempts to distance himself from Fasha. Zack and Fasha also confront each other but solve nothing, with Fasha conflicted over her dwindling feelings for Zack and her growing attraction to Sham.
Joe's gang is not happy with the result and murders one of Zack and Sham's friends/mechanics. Zack angrily walks into the club Joe uses as a front but is almost killed by the gang. He is saved by Sham and Musa (another friend) but does not acknowledge or thank Sham. Musa convinces Zack that the police should be left to deal with Joe, before someone else dies. The police raid the club and arrest many gang members, though Joe is not caught.
Sham meets Fasha to clear the air, stating that he is unwilling to lose his brotherly friendship with Zack, and that he wants Fasha to stop contacting him altogether. Zack arrives and totally misreads the situation, forcing Fasha to follow him home. Joe arrives in his racing car and attempts to ram Zack and Fasha. They are saved by Sham, who pushes them out of the way at the cost of great injuries. Zack chases Joe down, resulting in Joe crashing head on into a truck and flipping over.
Things finish with Sham in hospital, presumably in a coma. Zack is chastized by his team members and a sobbing Fasha, though he and Fasha sit by Sham's bedside as the credits roll.

Fairy Tales:"Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup"

This story about a poor widow with two children who are still small. The eldest is a girl, while the youngest was a boy. The mother had to take all responsible to take care her child after her husband died. She making all sorts of work like farming, maid and catch fish. She make a lot of works to make sure they did not die from starvation. 

One day, she was able to catch a Temakul fish with eggs. Once the fish is cooked, she told his daughter to give his little son eat because she still had some work to do. Before going, she remind to her girl daughter to keep some fish eggs that have been cooked because she want to eat when get home. So, the mother leave them and go to continue her work. Then the sister serves a dish to her brother. her brother love to eat fish eggs, so he eat all of them and no more except the last she keep for her mother. Her brother crying and still want that egg fish, although her sister told that was for the mother. The sister feel pity for him and give the remaining fish eggs Temakul to her brother. 

When the mother back from work and she upset when she know, all the egg fish was eaten by her son. She feel frustrated and sad, so decided to go to the sides of the stone called " batu belah batu bertangkup". She ran into the rocks and saying please swallow me, i really upset with my son. She repeatedly, while running to the side of that stone. Seeing the situation, the sister begging to her mother. She said  "mother, mother ...please do not, do not leave us". The mother do not listen to her son and move to the side of that stone. Then she got swallow by that stone. The sister and brother crying all the days.

Cultural Diversity

Cultural diversity has moreover become a major socialnconcern, linked to the growing diversity of social codesnwithin and between societies. Today cultural diversity becomenmuch more widespread, being facilitated by globalized communications and increased cultural contacts.

Many societies have recourse to various proxies, particularly ethnic or linguistic characterizations, to take account of their cultural heterogeneity. So, it will be different between each place or countries. For example i take China, when someone want married, the groom cant look that bride until he finished the process of wedding because the bride will close their face with red cloth. after they finished that process, that bride will be their wife and they given authority to look that bride and be their responsible to take care that women's.

In the context of globalization and increasing migration and urbanization, the challenges of preserving cultural identity quite hard because we more focuses on technology and it will effect our social and also communications with others.

Baby Dumplings Issues in Malaysia

Lately, Malaysia is facing a serious issue regarding on baby dumping which getting more chronic and cause a lot of attention. This social problem appears every day in newspaper and mass media. This was shocked to us because it opposed to our culture. Why this thing happens?

What is actually the issue of baby dumping? It is not only just dumping new-born babies but also refers to discarding or leaving alone a baby for an extended period of time at the public place or private setting with the intent to dispose of the child. This issues become worst when a girl gives birth in a school bathroom at night then throws the baby into the garbage or in the toilet, a baby swaddled in newspapers left squalling by a fly-infested dustbin, a baby abandoned under the harsh sun beating down on a wet rice field, a baby left on the doorsteps of people's home with notes or in a mosque. It is so embarrassing, sad and worst scenario that happened in our society in reality.

Pornographic materials are the biggest factors that can contribute to the baby dumping issues because it will influence teenagers to do bad things. As we know, teenagers like to imitate what they always see and they do without thinking what will happen in the future. They just want to have fun only. Pornographic materials easily to get in Malaysia especially who have the internet connection in their home. Parents need spend their time with children, so they can know the activities their children.do

Actually if we can see, baby dumping is not the solution to a life problem because it can charge that person under Malaysian Law which carries maximum seven years jail. When that happens, they will regrets but nothings they can do to undo.

Poverty

Poverty is a famous and critical issue being faced by many countries worldwide. Not only developing country, but also developed country is facing the same problem. The problem arises from many, bankruptcy, unstable economic, are some of the examples of where did this problem coming from.
To solve this poverty issue is a very hard question. Because poverty is not a natural cause, it is artificial. The birth of currency made poverty, and not the birth of society living.

Abuse and Killing of Innocents

All around the world, we have heard of many stories of abuse, be it domestic abuse, chemical abuse, etcetera. But in this post, we would like to talk more on the abuse of power.
Dictatorship, or more finely known as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, is very closely linked to killing of innocents. Many government that is ruled by a dictator have a dark history. Genocide, mass killing and war is the fastest way for a man with influence to govern a land. Inspiring fear is easy, but gaining respect from the citizen is a hard and long work.
From a view of history, there isn't a country being ruled by a dictator has ever seen bloodshed. Because the country is ruled to one person, the person would gain unlimited power on how he would like to have the country run by.
Take example of Syria, being run by a complete lunatic, killing many innocents just because many believed that Bashar Al-assad is not fit to continue his family’s regime on the country. Imagine how many children are now without a parent, just because he is not agreed with the rest? Imagine, how many mother is left without a child, just because they voiced out their question on the ruling of Bashar?

Introduction

[Marijuana], consisting of Muhamad Azim, Wan Hariz and last but not least, Hanif, are all just your average joe. Nothing more, nothing less, that is what best describe us. We are moderate, not mediocre. We stand up for the medium, not the popular.

To introduce ourselves, we like to bring front our frontman, Azim, to the spotlight in our first paragraph. Azim, almost aging up to 22 this year, is originally from Bachok, Kelantan. The best speaker for our team, a man with a deep passion for politics and sleeping, is best known for his low profile in the campus. A recent graduate of diploma in Oil and Gas from International Technology & Profession Malaysia College.

Next, our favourite member of the team, the outspoken Muhammad Hariz Razwan, is of age 22. Having a diploma from RCMP in Pharmacy, this seemingly carefree person is actually a caring person who tries to help anybody anyhow he can. His passion for body building is obviously shown, each evening anybody can find him hitting the weights in the evening.

The last but not least, Muhammad Hanifur Rahman, 23, is the smallest in physical, but not in his experience in life. Graduated with a diploma in Science from KPTM Kota Bharu, he is a fanatic in playing computer games. Albeit that, he is good at computing.

To end this post, we would like to explain why is this blog created. As one of the assignments and a bright learning plan from our english teacher, we hope that together we would benefit lots from this blog. We welcome you to our blog, hoping you would find it entertaining, if not, resourceful from our future posts.