Paul Long's Ramblings

Go this from Teresa Kok's blog ... Letter to The Straits Times (Singapore) from a Malay Singaporean September 10th, 2009 by Press Office Letter to The Straits Times SEPT 3, 2009 I am a Malay Singaporean and I am proud of it though the label “Malay Singaporean” often seems to make little sense to people outside of South-east Asia. In my travels to other countries and in my current place of residence in the United States, I am often quizzed as to the meaning of this label. “You mean, you are Malaysian?” I am asked. Or: “I thought Malays are Malaysians?” My answer, each time, is “no”. Regardless of how often I have to repeat myself, I try, each time, to explain the differences between Malay Singaporeans and Malay Malaysians. I say that history had united us and then separated us. Political leaderships and national policies have made us very distinct from one another. This was not always the case. For many years after Separation, the racial and religious identities of Malay Muslims i...

Ever since I saw his magic hamburger trick on youtube years ago, I have been a great Cyril fan. I love the fact that he is so cool on stage too. I can only dream of being 1% as cool :-( I thought I'd look up his stage act on youtube as I really loved the way he choreographed his act to his selected music. Sadly the original music has been removed due to some possible copyright concerns and another piece of something else dubbed in. Glad I downloaded the video with the original long ago. Anyway I am sure you will still enjoy his act even without the extra beauty of the nuances of his moves to the original music. I searched a little more to see if there might be another video of his award winning stage act with the original music and found this video entitled "Cyril vs. SG Cyril". It has Cyril's act with the orginal music but placed side by side with a copy cat act by a "Cyril wannabe" from Singapore. Nice for a change that the butt of the jokes is not that ...