Spotflux is a program that gets rid of ads, viruses, cookies, etc which would otherwise overload browsing, thus slowing down what you wish to see on your computer. With Spotflux, you should be able to browse the Internet a bit more freely, rapidly or smoothly. I have tried Spotflux tonight and it works fast and fine.
VPN is Virtual Private Network. Usually hospitals are given VPN for communicating between hospitals and health centres. Patient data are also sent via VPN so they travel without data loss. For those without VPN, Spotflux should do just the same.
Spotflux
http://www.spotflux.com/l/vpn-free/
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Technical Note: How to create a 3D book icon
This post gives the link to a tutorial for how to create a 3D vector book icon. I have not tried it yet. One of my books in the header (Biography of the Early Malay Doctors, image at top right and below) was probably created in this way. Vector programs give clear icons, whether big or small. The image re-sizing function will not affect image quality.
There are other programs which can be used to create 3D objects such as Aldus Freehand and Photoshop. These are "heavy" programs and too much hassle for the average person to use occasionally. They are however, a "must have" and "must know" for those who wish to become professional icon designers or graphic artists. Will be good as a hobby too.
GoMediaZine - How to create a 3D vector book icon
http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/create-a-3d-vector-book-icon
Vector Tutor Plus - How to create a 3D vector book icon
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-book-icon/
Photoshop - How to create a 3D book icon
http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/how-to-make-icons/
There are other programs which can be used to create 3D objects such as Aldus Freehand and Photoshop. These are "heavy" programs and too much hassle for the average person to use occasionally. They are however, a "must have" and "must know" for those who wish to become professional icon designers or graphic artists. Will be good as a hobby too.
GoMediaZine - How to create a 3D vector book icon
http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/create-a-3d-vector-book-icon
Vector Tutor Plus - How to create a 3D vector book icon
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-book-icon/
Photoshop - How to create a 3D book icon
http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/how-to-make-icons/
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| 2D cover image |
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| 3D book icon (PNG) - book lying flat |
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| 3D book icon (PNG) - book in upright position |
Technical Note: VideoJoiner
I have only downloaded and installed VideoJoiner. I haven't tried it yet. It looks simple enough.
Give Away of the Day
Blog http://blog.giveawayoftheday.com/
Download VideoJoiner (19 hours)
Give Away of the Day
Blog http://blog.giveawayoftheday.com/
Download VideoJoiner (19 hours)
Friday, 25 January 2013
Technical Note: Audio Record Wizard 6
This is an easy interface to record audio off existing website, including this website. Playback the audio for this website and start recording on the Audio Record Wizard 6. The recording is of higher quality and is clear. Set the recording at 100% level to obtain a better sound quality. There is no loop function on this recorder-player.
16 hours countdown to download:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/nowsmart-audio-record-wizard/
16 hours countdown to download:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/nowsmart-audio-record-wizard/
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| Screenshot of Audio Record Wizard 6 (playback of Makan Sireh mp3) |
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| Screenshot of mp3 recording of Selawat from YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kwdtut7TN8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2yEO08w4s |
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Technical Note: Flash Satay
This is a technical note on embedding flash movies in web pages. I'm looking for how to properly embed Carousel in my present web pages, and yet make it slim as it already carries loads of images.
Flash Satay
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay
Google search for embedding flash
https://www.google.com/search?q=embedding+flash
Flash Satay
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay
Google search for embedding flash
https://www.google.com/search?q=embedding+flash
Dr Nizamuddin Ahmad
I am searching for the whereabouts of this doctor's family. I am uncertain where to search for him, his family members or descendants. NUS Office of Alumni gave us a slightly different name spelling, Nizamudding Ahmad. The added letter g in the name points to possibly a Terengganu name origin or call name.
His name was forwarded to me by Mr Chung Chee Min, a former clerk at the Victoria Institution (VI) in Kuala Lumpur. He had obtained the name from a friend at NUS.
Dr Nizamuddin Ahmad graduated with LMS in March 1929. The graduation date itself tells us that this doctor was probably born in 1902, based on "next nearest date" which I have on my research records: Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, DOB 10 December 1903, KE VII Singapore LMS March 1930.
If he was born in 1902, given a Malay male's lifespan of approximately 83 years, he would be 83 in 1985. For comparison, Dr Che Lah died at age 83 in 1986.
So I am looking for a Malay male doctor named Dr Nizamuddin bin Ahmad who was born in 1902, was a graduate of the KE VII College of Medicine in Singapore with LMS in March 1929, and died in 1985. The birth and death dates are approximate and are derived based on another doctor's records. The actual dates may differ by +1-2 years or more.
His name was forwarded to me by Mr Chung Chee Min, a former clerk at the Victoria Institution (VI) in Kuala Lumpur. He had obtained the name from a friend at NUS.
Dr Nizamuddin Ahmad graduated with LMS in March 1929. The graduation date itself tells us that this doctor was probably born in 1902, based on "next nearest date" which I have on my research records: Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, DOB 10 December 1903, KE VII Singapore LMS March 1930.
If he was born in 1902, given a Malay male's lifespan of approximately 83 years, he would be 83 in 1985. For comparison, Dr Che Lah died at age 83 in 1986.
So I am looking for a Malay male doctor named Dr Nizamuddin bin Ahmad who was born in 1902, was a graduate of the KE VII College of Medicine in Singapore with LMS in March 1929, and died in 1985. The birth and death dates are approximate and are derived based on another doctor's records. The actual dates may differ by +1-2 years or more.
Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad (2)
At first, we were uncertain of the doctor's name. We had 2 names, but only one personality.
Dr Abdul Ghani
From Rukiah Hanoum Omar Farok (Facebook) 26 March 2011 & 23 May 2012
Rukiah alerted me to a man named Faisal Ghani whom I was informed is the son of Dr Abdul Ghani. At the time I didn't know that this was the Dr Abdul Ghani whom I was searching for; the NUS book had his name written as Abdul Ghani while newspapers reported him as Abdullah Ghani. I had doubts that I had the correct person. I wasn't sure which was the correct name of the doctor. Faisal was a classmate of Rukiah's cousin, Khalid Ariff.
I have tried to contact his son (Faisal) from a number forwarded to me via Facebook but I got no response. I have not managed to contact his family members or descendants at the time of this writing.
Update from Iszham Idris (Facebook), 23 January 2013
The correct name is Dr Haji Abdul Ghani bin Muhammad. Dr Haji Abdul Ghani was known as Tok Cak Tanjung.
His wife is Fatimah. Fatimah's sister is Siti Aminah, whose daughter is Hajjah Zaleha bt Che Long, Iszham's mother. [Dr Haji Abdul Ghani is the husband of Iszham's maternal grandaunt.]
His children are Azizah, Ghazali, Zaitun (Halimah), Abdul Jalil, Muhammad, Fadzilah, Yahya, and Faisal. The first 5 children died young and the last 3 survived to adulthood - Fadzilah, Yahya and Faisal. Fadzilah is a nurse residing in Australia. Yahya and Faisal are residing in Malaysia.
Faisal married and has a daughter.
Iszham's mother is still alive and she remembers Faisal, or his call name Pisol. We await news from both Iszham's mother as well as from Faisal, Dr Haji Abdul Ghani's youngest son.
What we know so far
Paternal Grandparents
Grandfather: Abdul Muthalib bin Muhammad
Grandmother: Zaharah Nordin
Parents
Father: Muhammad bin Abdul Muthalib
Mother: Siti Zalekha bt Mohd Ayub
Siblings: 7
Dr Haji Abdul Ghani
References
The Straits Times, 15 Feb 1958, p. 9. Kedah Wants More Blood.
The Straits Times, 24 March 1964, p. 5. Penang Grads Pick Officials.
The Straits Times, 7 Nov 1964, p. 10. Doctor's Son Missing Since Wednesday.
Home
His former home was in Babington Avenue, Penang (1964). Dato' Anwar Fazal Mohamed knows the place and will seek details of its sale from the Committee that maintains it today - it is now a dining place.
Tanah Perkuburan Bayan Lepas, Penang
He is interred at Tanah Perkuburan Islam in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The cemetery is close to his village in Bayan Lepas.
http://pasarbasahbl.blogspot.com/2011/02/gotongroyong-perkuburan-bayan-lepas.html
Update 11 & 23 January 2013
I met Rukiah earlier this year (11 January 2013) at my late mother's house in Penang. She came to pick up my books for Datuk Zubaidah and herself, and for 2 other contributors - Mohd Aiyub Mohd Aziz and Khalid Ariff. I had mentioned "Omar Ariff" to Rukiah because I forgot the correct name (Khalid Ariff). I actually forgot about the piece of information about Faisal and his father, and therefore, I did not ask her about the father and son when I met her. I totally forgot this matter.
- The NUS book, To Sail Uncharted Seas (2005) had his name listed as Abdul Ghani on page 113 (under 1930).
- A Penang document, ''Well-known Personalities'', had his name as Dr Haji Abdullah Ghani bin Mohamad, which is incorrect:
- A few researchers alerted me to the uncommon name style, that there is no such name as Abdullah Ghani and that it should be Abdul Ghani.
Dr Haji Abdullah Ghani bin Mohamad
- Dr Haji Abdullah Ghani bin Mohamad (b.1906- ) was a Senior Health Officer (SHO) in Penang and Province Wellesley.
- He was together with Dr Che Lah at a Sultan Sulaiman Club meeting in 1932
- Link to Debate at Sultan Sulaiman Club
- He was 3 years younger than Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (b.1903-d.1986).
- He was a Committee member of the Penang Malay Association (PMA)
Dr Abdul Ghani
I had a classmate in 1969-1970 named Azizan bt Abdul Ghani and her younger sister was Naemah bt Abdul Ghani. We attended Zainab Primary School 2 in the afternoon at Telipot, Kota Bharu in Kelantan. Azizan was a school prefect while Naemah and I were athletes. Their father, Abdul Ghani, was a medical doctor. I don't have his full name. I am uncertain whether this particular Dr Abdul Ghani originated from Penang and whether he had 2 wives, a Penangite and a Kelantanese. Azizan and Naemah were fair, but they did not resemble each other much. Azizan had deep big round eyes and thick jet black short straight hair and rough body built while Naemah looked more like a Kelantan maiden, dainty and with blood vessels visible at the skin surface of her cheeks and with light wavy hair.
From Rukiah Hanoum Omar Farok (Facebook) 26 March 2011 & 23 May 2012
Rukiah alerted me to a man named Faisal Ghani whom I was informed is the son of Dr Abdul Ghani. At the time I didn't know that this was the Dr Abdul Ghani whom I was searching for; the NUS book had his name written as Abdul Ghani while newspapers reported him as Abdullah Ghani. I had doubts that I had the correct person. I wasn't sure which was the correct name of the doctor. Faisal was a classmate of Rukiah's cousin, Khalid Ariff.
I have tried to contact his son (Faisal) from a number forwarded to me via Facebook but I got no response. I have not managed to contact his family members or descendants at the time of this writing.
Update from Iszham Idris (Facebook), 23 January 2013
The correct name is Dr Haji Abdul Ghani bin Muhammad. Dr Haji Abdul Ghani was known as Tok Cak Tanjung.
His wife is Fatimah. Fatimah's sister is Siti Aminah, whose daughter is Hajjah Zaleha bt Che Long, Iszham's mother. [Dr Haji Abdul Ghani is the husband of Iszham's maternal grandaunt.]
His children are Azizah, Ghazali, Zaitun (Halimah), Abdul Jalil, Muhammad, Fadzilah, Yahya, and Faisal. The first 5 children died young and the last 3 survived to adulthood - Fadzilah, Yahya and Faisal. Fadzilah is a nurse residing in Australia. Yahya and Faisal are residing in Malaysia.
Faisal married and has a daughter.
Iszham's mother is still alive and she remembers Faisal, or his call name Pisol. We await news from both Iszham's mother as well as from Faisal, Dr Haji Abdul Ghani's youngest son.
From me (8 Feb 2013, 4:08 pm): Please note that Faisal on the BOD at CTRM is a different person and not the son of Dr Haji Abdul Ghani. The correct Faisal Abdul Ghani retired from Utusan Malaysia (refer to comments by his daughter below).
What we know so far
Paternal Grandparents
Grandfather: Abdul Muthalib bin Muhammad
Grandmother: Zaharah Nordin
Parents
Father: Muhammad bin Abdul Muthalib
Mother: Siti Zalekha bt Mohd Ayub
Siblings: 7
- Ihsaniah
- Syariah
- Zainal Rashid
- Ismail
- Capt Mohamed Noor bin Mohamed, a retired Penang Free School teacher 1964 (m. 1. Aminah (Puteh) Che Din, 2. m. Nacar Abdul Hamid, 3. m. Khairun Che Din)
- Sulaiman
- Dr Haji Abdul Ghani (m. Fatimah)
- Azizah (deceased young)
- Ghazali (deceased young)
- Zaitun (Halimah) (deceased young)
- Abdul Jalil (deceased young)
- Muhammad (deceased young)
- Fadzilah
- Yahya
- Faisal
Dr Haji Abdul Ghani
- Member, Sultan Sulaiman Club Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur 1932
- Kedah State Surgeon 1958.
- Spoke at a ceremony in Alor Star where 11 blood donors received medals 14 Feb 1958
- Health Officer, Butterworth 1964
- Chairman of the Penang branch/division of the University of Malaya Graduates' Society 24 March 1964
References
The Straits Times, 15 Feb 1958, p. 9. Kedah Wants More Blood.
The Straits Times, 24 March 1964, p. 5. Penang Grads Pick Officials.
The Straits Times, 7 Nov 1964, p. 10. Doctor's Son Missing Since Wednesday.
Home
His former home was in Babington Avenue, Penang (1964). Dato' Anwar Fazal Mohamed knows the place and will seek details of its sale from the Committee that maintains it today - it is now a dining place.
Tanah Perkuburan Bayan Lepas, Penang
He is interred at Tanah Perkuburan Islam in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The cemetery is close to his village in Bayan Lepas.
http://pasarbasahbl.blogspot.com/2011/02/gotongroyong-perkuburan-bayan-lepas.html
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Update 11 & 23 January 2013
I met Rukiah earlier this year (11 January 2013) at my late mother's house in Penang. She came to pick up my books for Datuk Zubaidah and herself, and for 2 other contributors - Mohd Aiyub Mohd Aziz and Khalid Ariff. I had mentioned "Omar Ariff" to Rukiah because I forgot the correct name (Khalid Ariff). I actually forgot about the piece of information about Faisal and his father, and therefore, I did not ask her about the father and son when I met her. I totally forgot this matter.
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501451 Flyer
I made a flyer for the main book, Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore. I made it with a program named Easy Flyer Creator 3.0 which I obtained from Giveaway of the Day. The dimensions are 8.5 x 11 inches. It has bleed etc but I could not fit the text within the space allotted and I might have used the bleed space at the border. Resolution is 300 dpi.
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Sunday, 20 January 2013
City of Perth and Nedlands
Is it good to study in Nedlands? Yes, definitely. Is it good to make a second home in Perth/Nedlands? Yes, definitely. What is the living standard like in Perth/Nedlands? High. You can check the rental rates of hostels, apartments, colleges, and hotels just to get an idea. There are also bed and breakfast rental units @ AUD110-AUD120/night. Budget hostels are AUD547 for 5 nights. Residential colleges are AUD50-AUD65/night. There are exclusive homes for short-term rental.
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| Perth skyline 3 Oct 2012. Photo by Muhammad Ibrahim Adzim. |
100 on 100
The University of Western Australia (UWA) will be celebrating its 100th Anniversary on 8-10 February 2013. I am flying on the 9th February and reaching on the 10th Feb. I will be there on the last day. I saw the red lights on Winthrop Hall in photos and I asked Affandi why they painted that hall pink. Affandi said the hall stays the same colour except they have coloured lights on at night. And there will be special display of lights (peacock colours) when it celebrates its 100th anniversary. I am thrilled about lights and that was how I landed myself in physics and coloured lasers in my undergraduate days.
The UWA Crawley campus is widely acknowledged as the most beautiful university campus in Australia and one of the most beautiful in the world. - UWA 2013http://www.development.uwa.edu.au/centenary/luminous-night
luminousnight-spectacular-launch-uwa-2013-centenary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QWAlGHez4aA
List of Uniview publications
http://uniview.publishing.uwa.edu.au/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QWAlGHez4aA
List of Uniview publications
http://uniview.publishing.uwa.edu.au/
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| UWA 10 September 2012. Photos by Muhammad Ibrahim Adzim. |
Meet Daisy Yvette Jansz
She is the youngest of 4 sisters and the daughter of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, an early Malay doctor. I last met Daisy Yvette in Perth in 1989, then we lost touch after that. In October 2012 last year, we managed to locate her again with the help of my cousins. Affandi then went to Western Australia to meet her. I called her on the phone to get her father's story - his car in Port Dickson and posting to Singapore. She said he returned with a big car and a baby boy. I'm going again to Perth in February 2013 to meet her and give her my books on The Early Malay Doctors. I'm also giving her a pack of photo albums which I'm putting together now. She's thrilled. Hopefully, these will help bring back stories from the past and we can have better stories for the books on The Early Malay Doctors next time.
Daisy's family
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| Daisy Yvette 10 September 2012. Photos by Muhammad Ibrahim Adzim. |
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| Daisy's father: Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (born 10 December 1903 in Penang), an early Malay doctor, a third generation Tamil Muslim in Malaya. Portrait was probably just after graduation from the King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore, aged 27 circa 1930-31, before he married his first wife Catherine. |
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| Daisy's mother: Catherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner (born 5 March 1911 at Kandy, Ceylon), a third generation Burgher Catholic, 1952 (aged 41) |
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| Daisy's 3 sisters (Tamil-Burgher) and adopted brother (Danish-Chinese). Daisy (15) is leftmost. 1952 |
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| Daisy Yvette (23), fourth generation Tamil-Burgher (born 17 July 1935). circa 1958 |
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| Daisy Yvette's (24) marriage to Robert Jansz at St Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur. 1959 |
Friday, 18 January 2013
Meet Muni
My former dorm & form mate Muni runs a travel and tours company. Muni is Wan Munirah bt Dato Wan Puteh, a Kuala Lumpur girl. Her company is Leisure & Incentive Tours Sdn Bhd, based in Malaysia. Muni started her company very early after we completed college at the famed Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC) in Seremban.
She blogs about her experiences first-hand and they reveal a lot of insights from a seasoned traveler who surely knows Malaysia inside out! Muni puts up a lot of very good photos of the places covered by her tour packages. You can't see these interesting and lovely photos anywhere else but on Muni's blogs and in her Facebook. Not many travel & tour operators can do this as expertly as Muni has.
I have certainly learnt a lot about the Malay people and their culture from Muni's blogs and Facebook. Please join me and visit Muni's blogs and Facebook. Get your family to try some of her tour packages, and get to know Malaysia better.
Contact Us:
Leisure & Incentive Tours Sdn Bhd
I penned my experiences in the leisuretoursmalaysia blogspot. - Muni
She blogs about her experiences first-hand and they reveal a lot of insights from a seasoned traveler who surely knows Malaysia inside out! Muni puts up a lot of very good photos of the places covered by her tour packages. You can't see these interesting and lovely photos anywhere else but on Muni's blogs and in her Facebook. Not many travel & tour operators can do this as expertly as Muni has.
I have certainly learnt a lot about the Malay people and their culture from Muni's blogs and Facebook. Please join me and visit Muni's blogs and Facebook. Get your family to try some of her tour packages, and get to know Malaysia better.
Contact Us:
Leisure & Incentive Tours Sdn Bhd
No 7C-2, 7th Floor, Wisma Pahlawan
Jalan Sultan Sulaiman, Kuala Lumpur
Tel 03-2260 2667 / 4667
Fax 02-2260 5667
Email leisureincentivetours@gmail.com
Website http://litourssb.com.
Blog 1 http://www.leisuretoursmalaysia.blogspot.com/
Facebook: Wan Munirah Dato Wan Puteh
http://www.facebook.com/wan.dwp
Facebook: Wan Munirah Dato Wan Puteh
http://www.facebook.com/wan.dwp
FELDA
I first heard about FELDA from a contributor for my books. He was arwah Aris bin Abdul Aziz from Muar in Johor, a nephew of Dr Hamzah bin Taib, an early Malay doctor. He told me about the founding of FELDA and mentioned a few names. Today I saw another name connected with the founding of FELDA (in one of the book links below).
There is another book about the FELDA smallholders. The book was distributed to them, which stirred controversy. Affandi saw the book ad at an office in KL today where our son Muhammad went for an interview. Affandi called me to inform of this book. I checked the Internet and got this information below. I've not seen the book yet. Have you?
Najib: rakyat didahulukan, pencapaian diutamakan:
Perdana Menteri Malaysia ke-6
by Aizudin Mohamad Muaz
Published by Creative Learning Minds
ISBN 9789834454-7-7
External links:
http://www.perpustakaan.jpm.my/equip-jpm-p/images/tambahan/all.pdf
http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/02/felda-pays-hefty-rm16mil-for.html
http://www.pmo.gov.my/dokumenattached/TransformasiMinda.pdf
http://bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/sss-langkah-strategik-untuk-jayakan-1-malaysia/
What Raja are you?
Raja means ruler. Any Raja name means a royalty or person born of royal birth. But there is also a term called Raja Celup. I had thought it was a hybrid but I was wrong. Raja Celup means a person inappropriately using a Raja prefix in his/her name when he/she is not of royal birth. How then did people get to use the Raja prefix in their names when they are not supposed to?
I read this interesting web page and it should answer some of the doubts we have about dubious Raja names we see today.
http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/09/raja-celup.html
I have summarised the Raja name prefix as follows:
I read this interesting web page and it should answer some of the doubts we have about dubious Raja names we see today.
http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/09/raja-celup.html
I have summarised the Raja name prefix as follows:
- The Raja name prefix is inherited from the father to the sons (princes). The girls are Putri (princess).
- A Chinese cannot have a Raja name prefix. There is no such thing as Raja something for a Chinese male or female. A Chinese cannot inherit a Raja name prefix.
- There are Malay Raja names.
- There are Indian Raja names.
- There are no Chinese Raja names.
- A Raja name is likely a Malay, an Indian or an Indian descendant.
- A Raja name has Indian ascendants.
- Malay males have Raja name prefix while females have Putri name prefix.
- Indian males have Raja name prefix while females have Dewi name prefix.
- A Raja marries a Putri = the child is a Raja (son) or Putri (girl)
- A Raja marries a Tengku = the child is a Raja (son) or Tengku (girl)
- A Raja marries a Tunku = ?
- A Raja marries a Tun = ?
- A Raja marries an Engku = ?
- A Raja marries an Ungku = ?
- A Raja marries a commoner without a title = ?
- Nowadays, there are females with Raja names even though Raja is reserved for males
Some complex names are listed below:
- Ratna Dewi
- Ratna Wati Dewi
- Ratana Sri Dewi
- Seri Dewi Ratana
- Raja Ratna Dewi
- Raja Sri Dewi Ratna Sari
- Sari Dewi Ratna
- Maha Rani
- Maha Ratu Dewi Sri
- Ratu Dewi
- Dewani
- Diwa
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Newspapers of the World
How many newspapers are there in this world? Many. What newspapers do university libraries subscribe to? Many. Which newspapers are free? No idea.
Adelaide University Library - newspapers listing
Straits Times Suspended 14 February 1942 issue; resumed 7 September 1945 issue
British Library - full-text, word-searchable, newspapers listing; many not available for online reading outside the British Library reading room in London
Nineteenth Century Serials Edition (NCSE)
Digitised newspapers in Singapore
Adelaide University Library - newspapers listing
Straits Times Suspended 14 February 1942 issue; resumed 7 September 1945 issue
British Library - full-text, word-searchable, newspapers listing; many not available for online reading outside the British Library reading room in London
Nineteenth Century Serials Edition (NCSE)
Digitised newspapers in Singapore
Maritime History of Port Nelson, New Zealand
I was searching for when photos were first captured and printed in Malaya and Singapore. I came across another unexpected website that had ships arriving at Port Nelson, South Island in NZ as chronicled by the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. The Nelson Examiner was first published on the 12th of March, 1842. The images of 1850s-1860s were wood engravings. The B/W photos were from after 1870s. Communication was by telegraph. Steamers plied between Australian and NZ ports. Ships from London sailed via Suez to India to Melbourne to Port Nelson.
Search Results for Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NENZC
Pastpapers NZ
Search Results for Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NENZC
Pastpapers NZ
Photographers in Early Malaya and Singapore
There were many photos taken in Malaya and Singapore by a few photographers. I have managed to trace them by names on picture postcards (ppc) in books and from discussions in Facebook. Muzium Kelantan also contacted me to request for help to locate 2 names which we didn't know who they were. I think all the names I have seen so far have appeared either in museums and also at the link below. Some families and their relatives today may know more. The photographers' names appeared in many ways, sometimes only the last name (surname) and other times, abbreviated first and second names and the full surname.
Photographers in early Malaya and Singapore from the Janus Photograph Collection:
http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FBAM
These photographers were:
Previous related post:
http://theearlymalaydoctors.blogspot.com/search/label/Charles%20J%20Kleingrothe
People who have served BAM:
Cambridge University Library RCS Photographers Index
Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City, Metro Postcard Publishers
Google or Babylon Image Search Results by photographer:
Photographers in early Malaya and Singapore from the Janus Photograph Collection:
http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FBAM
These photographers were:
- GR Lambert - 1879, he covered early photos of the harbour and ships in Siam, Penang and Singapore.
- Charles J Kleingrothe - during British East India Company in Sumatra. I remember writing about the origin of the word Kleingrothe (keling roti).
- August E Kaulfuss (1896-1909) - he took photographs of Jack Fenner in Perak (see Insun Sony Mustapha Fenner in Facebook). He usually wrote his name as Kaulfuss or A. Kaulfuss.
- Leonard Wray (1852-1942)
- William Langham-Carter (1869-1940) - he maybe the person Muzium Kelantan was trying to search when I went to Muzium Kelantan long ago. It was probably him who left 2 British photo albums with the Sultan of Kelantan before he returned to Britain. There is also a professor at the Dept of English, University of Hong Kong who is looking for his ancestor named Carter but he said his ancestor did not go far south as Malaya.
Previous related post:
http://theearlymalaydoctors.blogspot.com/search/label/Charles%20J%20Kleingrothe
People who have served BAM:
- Hugh Bryson (died 1977), Secretary 1952-1967
- GR Lambert, official photographer to the King of Siam, 1879; Lambert and Co. 1879-1918
- Alexander Koch, assistant photographer, Lambert and Co 1883-1884; later as manager
- HT Jensen 1908-1910 - his photo is in 'Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya.'
- H Nugent Buckeridge managed Lambert and Co 1914-1917; became independent commercial photographer in Singapore-WWII
- Charles J Kleingrothe
- August E Kaulfuss
- Leonard Wray (1852-1942) entered Perak Civil Service 1881
- William Langham-Carter (1869-1940); cadet in Straits Settlement 1890; held several posts in Province Wellesley 1895-1897 and 1907-1913; Singapore 1898-1906; British Adviser in Kelantan 1913-1916; Singapore judge 1916-1922; Resident-Councillor in Malacca 1922-1925; retired 1925.
Cambridge University Library RCS Photographers Index
Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City, Metro Postcard Publishers
Google or Babylon Image Search Results by photographer:
August E Kaulfuss photos (3,000)
August E Kaulfuss was a German naval officer, then photographer in Germany. Came to Penang in 1883. Set up firm in 1886 in Penang, Worked for Sultan Kedah till 1909.
August E Kaulfuss coloured picture postcard of Park & Residency, Taiping
August E Kaulfuss was a German naval officer, then photographer in Germany. Came to Penang in 1883. Set up firm in 1886 in Penang, Worked for Sultan Kedah till 1909.
August E Kaulfuss coloured picture postcard of Park & Residency, Taiping
Leonard Wray photos (356,000)
Leonard Wray's photo of gifts from Sultan Perak to Prince of Wales
Leonard Wray in RCS Photographers Index
Leonard Wray's photo of gifts from Sultan Perak to Prince of Wales
Leonard Wray in RCS Photographers Index
William Langham-Carter photos (59,600)
William Kerr worked in the Customs Department, Kelantan in 1914. In 1920 he was the Supervisor of Customs. He received/left 2 photo albums to William Langham-Carter, which were then handed to the Sultan of Kelantan. The albums were dated 1915. It showed a British doctor's carriage.
William Kerr worked in the Customs Department, Kelantan in 1914. In 1920 he was the Supervisor of Customs. He received/left 2 photo albums to William Langham-Carter, which were then handed to the Sultan of Kelantan. The albums were dated 1915. It showed a British doctor's carriage.
Frank Swettenham and Maps of the Straits Settlements
Frank Swettenham
I have an old photo of a white man (possibly a young Frank Swettenham) and there was some tulisan Jawi at the bottom which I can't read. Did Frank Swettenham have a moustache? Will search and upload when I find it again.
Frank Swettenham's publications:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photographers/entry.php?id=439
Maps of the Straits Settlements (SS)
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/StraitsSettlements.JPG
Bhadralok
This post is about Bhadralok or gentlemen. You can read about it at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadralok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bengal
In many Asian and European communities, there are clearly defined human classes which don't seem to go away, even with human rights and Islam where all humans are accepted as equal. I have just learned of the Bhadralok today. Not only that, there is Babu, Mirza, Raja, Nawab, etc. When I wrote my books involving some of these name prefixes, I didn't know there was meaning attached to these name prefixes. They are more than names and indicate the class position within a society, in this case, the Bengal society.
The British came to the Bengal region after the collapse of the Mughal Empire. The existing southern Indian empire also expanded northward into the Bengal region. Sure enough, it was chaotic and there were tripartite clashes. Of course people took sides. Those who sided with the British were the middle class as well as the upper middle class and the ruling elite families. So the terms above were used to describe their affinity or closeness to the ruling British regime at the time. I take it that names without these prefixes were those of the common folk of the lower classes at that time? I don't think so we attach class meanings to these prefixes nowadays? I maybe wrong.
Historical maps of India 1893:
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadralok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bengal
In many Asian and European communities, there are clearly defined human classes which don't seem to go away, even with human rights and Islam where all humans are accepted as equal. I have just learned of the Bhadralok today. Not only that, there is Babu, Mirza, Raja, Nawab, etc. When I wrote my books involving some of these name prefixes, I didn't know there was meaning attached to these name prefixes. They are more than names and indicate the class position within a society, in this case, the Bengal society.
The British came to the Bengal region after the collapse of the Mughal Empire. The existing southern Indian empire also expanded northward into the Bengal region. Sure enough, it was chaotic and there were tripartite clashes. Of course people took sides. Those who sided with the British were the middle class as well as the upper middle class and the ruling elite families. So the terms above were used to describe their affinity or closeness to the ruling British regime at the time. I take it that names without these prefixes were those of the common folk of the lower classes at that time? I don't think so we attach class meanings to these prefixes nowadays? I maybe wrong.
Historical maps of India 1893:
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html
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