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A quite afternoon, a cozy chair, a warm cup of coffee, and a good book—these are the perfect description of moments that should be cherished in this short life. Carl Sagan once said that reading is magical, that it enables humans from different epoch to talk to each other; it is more than that. Reading is a gateway to imagination, a world without limit, a safe space to escape from enduring reality. Sometimes it is a space where you socialize without having to meet people. This book is a compilation of book reviews written over the years. The book was broken into two parts, the first part is the long reviews, the second part is the short reviews, which covered a wide range of genre from economics, self-help, novels, comic book to political philosophy and parenting.
This book seeks to break new ground, both empirically and conceptually, in examining discourses of identity formation and the agency of critical social practices in Malaysia. Taking an inclusive cultural studies perspective, it questions the ideological narrative of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ that dominates explanations of conflicts and cleavages in the Malaysian context. The contributions are organised in three broad themes. ‘Identities in Contestation: Borders, Complexities and Hybridities’ takes a range of empirical studies—literary translation, religion, gender, ethnicity, indigeneity and sexual orientation—to break down preconceived notions of fixed identities. This then ope...
For decades almost the only social scientists who visited Indonesia’s provinces were anthropologists. Anybody interested in politics or economics spent most of their time in Jakarta, where the action was. Our view of the world’s fourth largest country threatened to become simplistic, lacking that essential graininess. Then, in 1998, Indonesia was plunged into a crisis that could not be understood with simplistic tools. After 32 years of enforced stability, the New Order was at an end. Things began to happen in the provinces that no one was prepared for. Democratization was one, decentralization another. Ethnic and religious identities emerged that had lain buried under the blanket of the...
Puji-pujian untuk Manchester, Aku Mai. “Oleh sebab Shahkang biasa menulis karya kreatif, khususnya cerpen dan novel, beliau boleh bercerita dengan baik. Antara kelebihan Shahkang ialah bermain cerita / kata-kata dengan sinis tetapi tidak mencederakan perasaan orang lain. Kelebihan ini turut dibawa ke tahap cerpen-cerpen satira yang pernah Shahkang hasilkan.” - Nisah Haron, penulis. “Buku ini bercerita tentang pengalaman orang Malaysia di Manchester dari sudut-sudut trivia yang jarang didendang. Ditulis dengan santai dan kasual tetapi menggarap makna yang begitu deep dan thought-provoking. Saya suka!” - Dr. Rem Dambul, penulis. “Terasa sangat dekat dengan semua situasi yang diceritakan dalam buku ini kerana 2 faktor; mengenali shahkang secara peribadi dan pernah tinggal di Manchester. Namun paling menarik adalah pembaca dapat melihat situasi-situasi ini dari perspektif seorang shahkang. Sungguh, banyak pengalaman menarik yang telah direkodkan didalam buku ini. Bacaan ringan yang amat menarik.” - Ahmad Hakym bin Ahmad Hilmy, pengasas KL Sketchnation.
This book explores the impact of cultural identity, the internal configurations of the educational field, and the struggles both inside and outside the educational systems of post-World War II Singapore and Hong Kong. By comparing the school politics of these two nations, Wong generates a theory that illuminates connections between state formation, education, and hegemony in countries with dissimilar cultural makeups.
Selatan Thailand bermula dari wilayah Chumpon hingga ke wilayah Songkhla yang bersempadan dengan Malaysia. Kawasan ini sangat terkenal dengan pantai dan pulau-pulau yang indah. Di sebelah barat menghadap Laut Andaman, manakala di sebelah timur terletak Teluk Thailand (Gulf of Thailand). Sebut sahaja Thailand, pasti akan teringatkan makanan yang sedap, shopping dengan harga murah dan keindahan pulau di Phuket dan Krabi. Sebenarnya ada banyak lagi tempat yang anda belum teroka. Jika sudah tahu Thailand terkenal dengan syurga makanan, ke mana kita harus pergi mencuba masakan-masakan sedap ini? Jenis masakan apa yang wajib kita cuba? Tempat tinggal di Thailand bukan satu masalah, tetapi di mana yang paling sesuai? Buku ini akan menjawab persoalan itu. Sediakan wang dan tandakan cuti di kalendar sahaja.
‘Making Money As A Freelancer’ ialah peluang membina kerjaya kendiri dengan mencipta keuntungan besar melalui platform freelancer.com. Setiap freelancer yang mencebur diri melalui platform ini bebas memilih kerjaya mengikut kepakaran masing-masing tanpa terikat dengan arahan seorang ketua. Sama ada freelancer baharu ataupun berpengalaman, setiap ‘art’ dan teknik mengendalikan kerjaya dalam platform ini amat penting agar para freelancer tidak terhenti di pertengahan jalan. Bagi anda yang cekap menguruskan perancangan kerjaya sebagai seorang freelancer, buku ‘The Art of Making Money As A Freelancer’ akan memandu anda dengan tepat hingga menggapai puncak kejayaan dan kekayaan. Apa yang menarik mengenai buku ini: • Paparan buku yang berwarna penuh • Disampaikan dalam bahasa yang santai dan mudah • Setiap teknik didatangkan sekali dengan contoh yang mampu dibuat terus! • Merangkumi semua teknik yang dapat disesuaikan pada semua jenis freelancing job Anda hanya perlu beli, baca dan jadikan buku ini sebagai panduan dalam perniagaan anda. Semoga berjaya!
As the world?s political and economic landscape changes in response to the rise of Asian countries such as China, so Asian influences on the global legal order will become more pronounced. Many countries in the region, such as Japan and South Korea, influence the development of international law in various ways, either individually or collectively through multinational organisations such as ASEAN. This collection of published work by leading East Asian scholars covers Asian perspectives concerning various issues in international law, ranging from general perspectives to particular themes such as international economic law, international human rights law, international ocean law, international criminal law, international security law and international dispute settlement. For the first time it provides a comprehensive picture of how and why East Asian countries participate in international law making, as well as comply with international law in their state practices. In so doing, the editors attempt to address the question whether the rising powers in East Asia will change the existing international legal order in future.