Kam Raslan's right. In the preface for his new book, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures he writes that we've known Dato' Hamid all our lives. Seeing as my own dad is an old boy of MCKK, the people I get to meet when he drags me to an Old Boy function and the people he tells me of, reflect the characters found in Kam's book. It really does feel like I've known Dato' Hamid all my life. Dato' Hamid is a civil servant of the Tunku Abdul Rahman generation. He is the sort of person you rarely see nowadays, a fine example of the anachronistic Malay. This generation, groomed in the ways of the colonial British would be out of place not just in 21st century Malaysia, but in Britain too. And yet, Dato' Hamid, in all his snobbishness and patronising ways, is essentially a Malaysian. Without people like him, our country would probably never exist at all. At least not like we know it now. I'm glad that Kam Raslan decided to capture this ...
You really do seem to have a thing for Murakami :)
ReplyDeleteYes! I want to have his babies! Curse my maleness! Curses and plagues!
ReplyDeleteIt's about the guy with the big penis who tries to look for his dad and ends up dancing in the baseball field.
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I am reading After the Quake now.
Thanks Jenn! I really have to read it again... did I read on autopilot last time I wonder...
ReplyDeleteDamn you Murakami lover! Tanizaki is the only way to go! Murakami is a hack. Peace out, yo.
ReplyDeleteHey Ted, sorry about this comment unrelated to your post, but since the spammer struck my blog again, and this time used Kok's name (don't worry I've deleted the comments), I'm now moderating comments on my blog.
ReplyDeleteWhen I comment on Blogger blogs like yours I will sign in with my Blogger account so you can tell it's me cos of the picture and the blog url (lifeforbeginners.blogspot.com which redirects to my Wordpress blog).
A bit troublesome but the last thing I want is for the spammer to come and kacau my blog-friends.
Okays, Kenny, thanks for the note.
ReplyDeleteAs for you, anonymous... I was wondering when the Japanese Literary Elite (JLE) would turn up!
Since the last time we battled, I have enlisted the aid of 7 different Super Sentai teams, each equipped with a Super Mecha of their own! Do your worst... your anti-Murakami propaganda are no match for my army of Super Sentai!