Prof Anthony Milner agreed to meet me and I invited Dr Kloos to meet the historian whose work on Rawa connected us all.
Starbucks, Plaza Mont Kiara. David came just before noon so we managed to exchange notes on 'orang dagang', Achehnese dan segala. Not long after, Tony and his wife Claire joined us. Hence, began very interesting discussions..moving back and forth issues in Acheh, Rawa, siapa orang Melayu, orang kelantan takda DNA Melayu and mrk dengar for the first time Alexander the Great bkn Iskandar Zulkarnain yg disebut di dalam Quran. What do you think..you have pemikiran orientalis, Islamicist dan sejarahwan tulin (yg kata mana bisa anthropologist menterjemahkan atau mentafsir sejarah.Jeng jeng jeng...)
2 jam tak cukup but Nik came to remind me we were past our 2 pm appointment with someone.Alaa...tengah syok ni.Tony dan David kata di mana ada Rawa, di situ ada trouble.Ini tafsiran sejarahwan Barat. For that reason, I need to conduct my own study...shape it as I see it.
Kata David, soalannya bukan siapa orang Rawa tetapi mengapa ghairah nak mengaku Rawa sekarang.Dan kami debatkan siapa sebenar orang Melayu.Saya tanya sapa sebenar orang Belanda atau orang Australia sekarang di dunia global dan transnasional.Identiti itu bukan fixed...berubah ikut semasa.Kenapa nak kecoh mencari di mana Melayu asal...cari juga Belanda asal atau Australia asal...Tony kata org kata Mat Kilau tu orang asli.Apa tidak mungkin inter-marriage berlaku di Pahang.Ramai orang asli dalam hutan. Orang asal Australia abo.
Yes, hangat.Tapi kita suka.
Part 2
So I spoke to Haji Zabidin, Presiden Jalinan Rawa, living in Tapah.Panjang teromba kami. Kata Haji, mmg le nota Barat biased terhadap Rawa..mereka yg berhabis2an melawan Belanda di Indonesia dan kemudian sekutu Belanda Inggeris.Kata Haji, Rawa takda kena mengena dgn org Minang.Pi Minang takda masakan lemak cili api.Itu Rawa cuisine.Pas tu he said Rawa yg fair skinned tu asal dari Champa ..could be from China as well.Yang kulit gelap tu dah campur dgn India sbb zaman tu ramai pedagang India mencari rezeki di kota-kota yg didiami Rawa. He said Rawa Raub tak dokumen salasilah mrk...tak mcm Rawa Perak.He said ramai yg tau dah habeh mati.
Cucu cicit Mat Kilau tak ngaku pulak Mat Kilau tu Rawa.Konon Acheh cos' his title was Tenkiu not Tunku ke hapa.Mmg rawa ada disebut dlm hikayat Acheh which David promised to show me tapi not good portrayal (di mana ada Rawa, di situ ada trouble).
I dah semcm ada bayangan how my history novel gonna look like.Stay tuned.
Starbucks, Plaza Mont Kiara. David came just before noon so we managed to exchange notes on 'orang dagang', Achehnese dan segala. Not long after, Tony and his wife Claire joined us. Hence, began very interesting discussions..moving back and forth issues in Acheh, Rawa, siapa orang Melayu, orang kelantan takda DNA Melayu and mrk dengar for the first time Alexander the Great bkn Iskandar Zulkarnain yg disebut di dalam Quran. What do you think..you have pemikiran orientalis, Islamicist dan sejarahwan tulin (yg kata mana bisa anthropologist menterjemahkan atau mentafsir sejarah.Jeng jeng jeng...)
2 jam tak cukup but Nik came to remind me we were past our 2 pm appointment with someone.Alaa...tengah syok ni.Tony dan David kata di mana ada Rawa, di situ ada trouble.Ini tafsiran sejarahwan Barat. For that reason, I need to conduct my own study...shape it as I see it.
Kata David, soalannya bukan siapa orang Rawa tetapi mengapa ghairah nak mengaku Rawa sekarang.Dan kami debatkan siapa sebenar orang Melayu.Saya tanya sapa sebenar orang Belanda atau orang Australia sekarang di dunia global dan transnasional.Identiti itu bukan fixed...berubah ikut semasa.Kenapa nak kecoh mencari di mana Melayu asal...cari juga Belanda asal atau Australia asal...Tony kata org kata Mat Kilau tu orang asli.Apa tidak mungkin inter-marriage berlaku di Pahang.Ramai orang asli dalam hutan. Orang asal Australia abo.
Yes, hangat.Tapi kita suka.
Part 2
So I spoke to Haji Zabidin, Presiden Jalinan Rawa, living in Tapah.Panjang teromba kami. Kata Haji, mmg le nota Barat biased terhadap Rawa..mereka yg berhabis2an melawan Belanda di Indonesia dan kemudian sekutu Belanda Inggeris.Kata Haji, Rawa takda kena mengena dgn org Minang.Pi Minang takda masakan lemak cili api.Itu Rawa cuisine.Pas tu he said Rawa yg fair skinned tu asal dari Champa ..could be from China as well.Yang kulit gelap tu dah campur dgn India sbb zaman tu ramai pedagang India mencari rezeki di kota-kota yg didiami Rawa. He said Rawa Raub tak dokumen salasilah mrk...tak mcm Rawa Perak.He said ramai yg tau dah habeh mati.
Cucu cicit Mat Kilau tak ngaku pulak Mat Kilau tu Rawa.Konon Acheh cos' his title was Tenkiu not Tunku ke hapa.Mmg rawa ada disebut dlm hikayat Acheh which David promised to show me tapi not good portrayal (di mana ada Rawa, di situ ada trouble).
I dah semcm ada bayangan how my history novel gonna look like.Stay tuned.
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