Our Childhood Memory in 90's !

The last entry in ‘Together Everyone Achieve More’ is about our childhood memories in 90’s.  We love childhood memories. It is always in our mind. Let’s read these sharing stories related with our funny things that happened when we are little.

Nowadays, what game children play? of course we had a same thinking. Definitely are computer games, PSP, PS3, smart phone and many more which these advanced electronic devices which are not available at us before. Since technology advanced pretty fast, few of these games are rare to see now, we sure all these will make you recall back to your childhood, those good old days. :)

No one will know what the feeling is when seeing these pictures but only those are born in 90's and surely Malaysian only will understand exactly how much we miss these. let's see it ...

we call it 'sorok-sorok'

did you remember this game? just smile !

we call it 'zero point'

A long time ago.. now, just in our memory and we are never forget about this. for those born in 90's, did you play this game? surely right?

we call it 'tali labah-labah'

Oh, no wonder if kids with same age as us before not know about our game. It is because they are born in Y generation and extremely with social network. They know facebook, twitter, dota, zombie game and whatever that we don’t even know. You know what, they are not play a game at football field at evening anymore because they are too busy play FIFA 2013 at their own computer. 

In that case, parents are give a big responsible on their children to control them from advanced technology because there is many bad effect to their children. One of it is not good for their health. That is bad habit ! we, as a children who born in 90's want to give a suggestion for those born in Y generations to try play a game what we played a long time ago which is 'galah panjang', 'baling tin', 'teng-teng' and many more. Trust me, you will get fun. Once you try it, you will remember the memory forever.

Let's play !

Try first :)

Various Cultural Taboos

The word taboo has come from the Polynesian word ‘tabu’ which generally means unacceptable or prohibited. The definition of taboo varies according to region, religion and society. Hence, some practices could be considered taboo in one society, while could be considered merely immoral acts in another: still in some other society it might be considered normal. Also, many taboos are illegal though not all.


1) Cultural Taboos in Malaysia

Let us look on cultural taboos from a few regions around the world, starting from our own country, Malaysia. Too many taboo that has been presented to us, especially when we were children. As a child, I always wondered whether the prohibition is true or plot. Before I reach puberty, I certainly will not be able to know the truth. But as I grew up, I get to know the real deal and almost make it into more 'superstitious'. But I am not sure whether the answer is true or merely hypothetical. Among the common taboo I have heard are as follows:

“Do not point finger towards the rainbow, your finger will be crippled if you do”.
This was one of those most prohibited "action" when i was in younger age. If I ever notice the existence of rainbow out the window, I will soon hide my finger before i would ever had the feeling have a test, whether this cultural taboo do really happens or not. But I think that the prohibition was made because our ancestors used to say that, pointing fingers to something precious is kinda impolite. Thus, you should not point your finger towards the rainbow, or else your finger will be cripple.

Check this out !

 Muz pointing his finger towards the rainbow.

Luckily, nothing happened ! :D

 

"Do not sit on pillow, lest boils infection around the anus”.
It sounds very strange. Perhaps, this one sounds even more simpler to put an experiment on. So, since I was very stubborn, I have dared to give it a try. Without feeling guilty, I begin with a couple of trials. I sat on a pillow several times to accept the alleged curse. But then, it turned out to be a habit, since i found out that it shouldn't be prohibited at all. Months later, I found no boil grow at all! But then I realize now, use pillows to lay the head, not the anus. If we sit on the pillow, pillow will result smelling weird. HAHA

Ok .. This one is one of the famous phrases, often said by most elders. It sounds like this, “girls who are not married should not sing in the kitchen, as feared that their marriage will be delayed ”. Sounds familiar ? You might think this is terrible and obsessive, guess what, I used to believe the same thing, till my sister's marriage. She used to sing while preparing lunch and dinner, or most of her time in kitchen. But, one fine day, she got married happily at last. HAHA. So, as a precaution, many girls afraid to sing in the kitchen. They decided to sing in the toilet instead.

Well, those are cultural taboo used to be practiced or believed in Malaysia. Let us look on the part of the world.

2) Cultural Taboos in China during Chinese New Year

~Nothing should be broken during Chinese New Year. When eating fish, diners must be careful to not break any of the bones.

~Nothing should be cut during Chinese New Year as one’s life could be cut short. Noodles should not be cut and haircuts should be avoided.

~Sharp objects like scissors and knives are avoided during Chinese New Year.

~All windows and doors in the home should be open on New Year’s Eve to send out the old year and welcome the New Year.

~All debts should be paid by Chinese New Year and nothing should be lent on New Year’s day; otherwise, the person will be paying back debts all year.

~Don’t cry on New Year’s Day. If you do, it is said you will cry all year.

~Don’t wash your hair on Chinese New Year Day or you may wash away all your luck.

~When preparing paper dragons for Chinese New Year, It is taboo for women who are menstruating, people in mourning and babies to be near the dragons when the cloth is being pasted to the dragon’s body.


3) Cultural Taboos in India.

~They're not allowed to eat meat because they believe that a person's soul is in the animal. They believe in reincarnation.

~ The most important thing to remember when conducting business in India is that the society is still very hierarchical and follows the caste system. Especially those in rural part of India, they're not allowed to go beyond their limit, or anything prohibited in their caste.

As a conclusion, we agree that there are still a few taboos and superstitious customs still being practiced. But behind the trickery in those forbidden taboos, there are many lessons we can learn from it. But our ancestors education methods were different, they're are not likely to tell accurately about the consequences for a forbidden action. As discussed above, the effects and consequences will be explored slowly, in line with increasing age. In conclusion, taboo and tradition in these societies seems to resemble the teachings of error, but actually could imply a very valuable lesson.


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Baby Dumping, who's care?

Surely, all of us have heard about fruit season besides the the four major weather seasons, but do you ever heard of baby dumping season? 1st January of New Year celebration and 14th February of Valentine’s Day are known as mating season nowadays which leads to unwanted pregnancies among youth and obviously, leads to baby dumping cases which can be easily read in the mass media. 

 

Based on Bukit Aman Police Headquarters statistics, it was found a total of 580 babies were found dumped between years 2003-2006. This number of cases increase every year where as much as 65 baby dumping cases has increased to 83 cases in the year 2009. In the first five months, almost every day there are reports on dumped baby cases. While year 2012 also known as Year of Baby Dumping cases and this has brought a lots of question and issues. Based on these statistics, its found that 93.5% of the cases are caused by teenagers that are below 33 years old.

 


But why this incident are becoming a 'disastrous trend' among Malaysians, especially the teenagers ? We could categorize the factor causing into a several reasons. But first, let us look deeply into the statistic of baby dumping by states in Malaysia (Royal Portal of Police, Malaysia, August 2012)

Based on the statistic (pie chart) above, Selangor has been the most worst state for baby dumping case record followed by Johor and Sarawak. While looking into this level of occurrence, we could analyze that developed states such as Selangor and Sarawak tends to have higher percentage of cases. This is because developed states could have more heavy-social places or nightlife spots that could contribute into sexual activities in which could end up with baby dumping. Those places include pubs, night bars, motel and hotel room that serve with low and payable prices by teenagers.

 


Furthermore, there are several major causes for this kind of cases. With these major causes, how do we find solutions and curb with this issue? We will discuss it as follows :





1. Lack of religious education causes poor application of religious knowledge

Nowadays, the problem of imparting religious education to our children is exercising the minds of many parents and guardians. While for us, we take religion, the taught of Islam pillars very seriously in daily life. Islam is a code of life, a living force manifest in every aspect of human life. In Islam, we've been taught about the dos and don'ts very clearly through Al-Quran and Hadith. While Islam underline clearly about the forbidden of Zina. Zina, in Arabic, means immorality, specifically conducting extramarital sex or premarital sex, or for an easy understanding; sexual intercourse or whichever actions that could cause sexual intercourse illegally. All religions are agreed that Zina is Haram(forbidden); no religion allows it. The punishment for Zina is the most severe of punishments, because it violates people’s honor and lineages. Thus, a well educated Muslim knows that the act is forbidden in Islam, while the purpose of life is not chasing pleasures, it is accomplishing Islam's missions.

2. Lack of parental care supervision

Youth tends to spend time among them, among their friends and peers much more rather than with family or parents. While, most parents are always busy with their work and carrier. Thus, when teenagers need attention, they seek their friends and peers rather than addressing the problem to the right person. As they mingle around, socialize and spend their most of the time among them. When a teenager conduct premarital sexual intercourse, they'll find the best way or solution to hide the dark side. Thus, parents should not ignore their children in this stage. They could be ignoring all the time, plus when it comes to problem, they should face it. They should stand with their childern to not go for baby dumping or even taught them about abortion. Parents should tie up the loose end with good advice, bring them for check up and always guide them on the right path.

3. Peer Influence

In addition, peer influence also leads to cases of baby dumping occurred. This is because at a young age, teens are very easily influenced by their peers. This problem becomes worse when they associate with negative peers. Negative friends will invite young people to do things outside the boundaries of religion and norms of society, such as going to places of entertainment such as disco, taking drugs and doing free association. Many teens who fall into promiscuity, and eventually reach a dead end to find her self with unwanted pregnancy. In desperation, they have to discard their babies. Thus, teenagers should always find good friends and always bear in mind with whom they're mixing around.

“A good friend and a bad friend are like a perfume-seller and a blacksmith: The perfume-seller might give you some perfume as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the blacksmith, he might singe your clothes, and at the very least you will breathe in the fumes of the furnace.”


4. Media influence  and Pornography websites.

As we know, media such as Majalah Mangga, URTV always publishes many articles and news about social life. Sometimes television also highlights social life. Such matters encourage teenagers to follow the example expose. This will be the main reason why a social celebration could be celebrated in a such manner that could end up with many misbehaves. The occasions were celebrated in a very extreme manner and indirectly encourage to free sex which resulted in baby dumping cases. Those extreme celebration is originated from the west which 'did not suite at all' with our culture in Malaysia. Furthermore, films and free pornography websites should also be closed down by the government to control the sexual influence among teenagers. This is the crucial part, as most teenagers watch and follows the actions promoted in those websites.

As a conclusion, baby dumping cases will not end without any solution or intervention from all as we do not want any more babies to die. It is true that baby dumping case is the prevention of baby dumping lies in the shoulder of the parents, school and society to tackle it, however, it stills boil down to individual responsibility. The youths need to take full control and take a maximum care towards their self.

Everyone has the chance to change their self. As quoted by Zig Ziglar;

" If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change .You can be more than you are "

Responsibility of preventing baby dumping cases lies on the shoulder of everyone ! They born just like us, they deserve a better life just like us as well. So together everyone make changes and together everyone achiever more !

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