Kurniaan Khas DYMM Permaisuri Johor kepada 50 Pelajar Cemerlang Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 & 5 Pelajar Cemerlang Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) 2020 bagi Negeri Johor Darul Ta’zim.

DYMM Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah, Permaisuri Johor telah berkenan untuk mengurniakan beberapa barangan hadiah termasuk sijil dan surat penghargaan, wang tunai, beg galas, plak Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor, serta cenderamata sumbangan Kelab Bolasepak JDT kepada 50 orang pelajar terbaik SPM 2020 dan 5 orang pelajar terbaik STAM 2020. Kurniaan ini adalah untuk meraikan keputusan cemerlang bagi SPM 2020 dan STAM 2020 yang diraih oleh setiap penerima dan juga sebagai motivasi dan pendorong kepada bakal-bakal calon SPM dan STAM yang akan datang untuk turut memperoleh keputusan yang cemerlang.

Pada hari ini (21 Julai 2021), Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor (YRZSNJ) yang diwakili oleh Encik Hishamuddin bin Abdul Rahim, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif YRZSNJ telah berkesempatan untuk meneruskan sesi penyampaian kurniaan tersebut kepada beberapa orang pelajar di daerah Johor Bahru.

Tahniah dan syabas kepada semua penerima Kurniaan Khas DYMM Permaisuri Johor ini. Semoga pengiktirafan ini dapat menambahkan motivasi para penerima serta menjadi pemangkin kepada kecemerlangan akan datang.

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Her Majesty The Permaisuri of Johor Consented to Award Special Gifts to Top 50 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Top 5 Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) 2020 students in the State of Johor.

Her Majesty The Permaisuri of Johor, Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah consented to gifting several items including a certificate, an appreciation letter, cash award, a bagpack and a Raja Zarith Sofiah of Johor Foundation’s plaque to each of the top 50 SPM and top 5 STAM 2020 students. Mementos such as lanyards, wristbands, face masks and mugs from the JDT football club were also presented together with the gift. This special award is to celebrate the SPM and STAM 2020 students in the Johor State who achieved outstanding results, and also to motivate others to achieve excellence in the upcoming SPM and STAM.

Today (21st July 2021), Encik Hishamuddin bin Abdul Rahim, Chief Executive Officer, representing Raja Zarith Sofiah of Johor Foundation continued with the presentation of award to a few more students in the Johor Bahru District.

Congratulations and well done to all recipients. May this recognition motivates and spur the recipients further in their quest to achieve excellence in the future.

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Jenna Cody :

Is Taiwan a real China?
No, and with the exception of a few intervening decades - here’s the part that’ll surprise you - it never has been.

This’ll blow your mind too: that it never has been doesn’t matter.

So let’s start with what doesn’t actually matter.

Until the 1600s, Taiwan was indigenous. Indigenous Taiwanese are not Chinese, they’re Austronesian. Then it was a Dutch colony (note: I do not say “it was Dutch”, I say it was a Dutch colony). Then it was taken over by Ming loyalists at the end of the Ming dynasty (the Ming loyalists were breakaways, not a part of the new Qing court. Any overlap in Ming rule and Ming loyalist conquest of Taiwan was so brief as to be inconsequential).

Only then, in the late 1600s, was it taken over by the Chinese (Qing). But here’s the thing, it was more like a colony of the Qing, treated as - to use Emma Teng’s wording in Taiwan’s Imagined Geography - a barrier or barricade keeping the ‘real’ Qing China safe. In fact, the Qing didn’t even want Taiwan at first, the emperor called it “a ball of mud beyond the pale of civilization”. Prior to that, and to a great extent at that time, there was no concept on the part of China that Taiwan was Chinese, even though Chinese immigrants began moving to Taiwan under Dutch colonial rule (mostly encouraged by the Dutch, to work as laborers). When the Spanish landed in the north of Taiwan, it was the Dutch, not the Chinese, who kicked them out.

Under Qing colonial rule - and yes, I am choosing my words carefully - China only controlled the Western half of Taiwan. They didn’t even have maps for the eastern half. That’s how uninterested in it they were. I can’t say that the Qing controlled “Taiwan”, they only had power over part of it.

Note that the Qing were Manchu, which at the time of their conquest had not been a part of China: China itself essentially became a Manchu imperial holding, and Taiwan did as well, once they were convinced it was not a “ball of mud” but actually worth taking. Taiwan was not treated the same way as the rest of “Qing China”, and was not administered as a province until (I believe) 1887. So that’s around 200 years of Taiwan being a colony of the Qing.

What happened in the late 19th century to change China’s mind? Japan. A Japanese ship was shipwrecked in eastern Taiwan in the 1870s, and the crew was killed by hostile indigenous people in what is known as the Mudan Incident. A Japanese emissary mission went to China to inquire about what could be done, only to be told that China had no control there and if they went to eastern Taiwan, they did so at their own peril. China had not intended to imply that Taiwan wasn’t theirs, but they did. Japan - and other foreign powers, as France also attempted an invasion - were showing an interest in Taiwan, so China decided to cement its claim, started mapping the entire island, and made it a province.

So, I suppose for a decade or so Taiwan was a part of China. A China that no longer exists.

It remained a province until 1895, when it was ceded to Japan after the (first) Sino-Japanese War. Before that could happen, Taiwan declared itself a Republic, although it was essentially a Qing puppet state (though the history here is interesting - correspondence at the time indicates that the leaders of this ‘Republic of Taiwan’ considered themselves Chinese, and the tiger flag hints at this as well. However, the constitution was a very republican document, not something you’d expect to see in Qing-era China.) That lasted for less than a year, when the Japanese took it by force.

This is important for two reasons - the first is that some interpretations of IR theory state that when a colonial holding is released, it should revert to the state it was in before it was taken as a colony. In this case, that would actually be The Republic of Taiwan, not Qing-era China. Secondly, it puts to rest all notions that there was no Taiwan autonomy movement prior to 1947.

In any case, it would be impossible to revert to its previous state, as the government that controlled it - the Qing empire - no longer exists. The current government of China - the PRC - has never controlled it.

After the Japanese colonial era, there is a whole web of treaties and agreements that do not satisfactorily settle the status of Taiwan. None of them actually do so - those which explicitly state that Taiwan is to be given to the Republic of China (such as the Cairo declaration) are non-binding. Those that are binding do not settle the status of Taiwan (neither the treaty of San Francisco nor the Treaty of Taipei definitively say that Taiwan is a part of China, or even which China it is - the Treaty of Taipei sets out what nationality the Taiwanese are to be considered, but that doesn’t determine territorial claims). Treaty-wise, the status of Taiwan is “undetermined”.

Under more modern interpretations, what a state needs to be a state is…lessee…a contiguous territory, a government, a military, a currency…maybe I’m forgetting something, but Taiwan has all of it. For all intents and purposes it is independent already.

In fact, in the time when all of these agreements were made, the Allied powers weren’t as sure as you might have learned about what to do with Taiwan. They weren’t a big fan of Chiang Kai-shek, didn’t want it to go Communist, and discussed an Allied trusteeship (which would have led to independence) or backing local autonomy movements (which did exist). That it became what it did - “the ROC” but not China - was an accident (as Hsiao-ting Lin lays out in Accidental State).

In fact, the KMT knew this, and at the time the foreign minister (George Yeh) stated something to the effect that they were aware they were ‘squatters’ in Taiwan.

Since then, it’s true that the ROC claims to be the rightful government of Taiwan, however, that hardly matters when considering the future of Taiwan simply because they have no choice. To divest themselves of all such claims (and, presumably, change their name) would be considered by the PRC to be a declaration of formal independence. So that they have not done so is not a sign that they wish to retain the claim, merely that they wish to avoid a war.

It’s also true that most Taiwanese are ethnically “Han” (alongside indigenous and Hakka, although Hakka are, according to many, technically Han…but I don’t think that’s relevant here). But biology is not destiny: what ethnicity someone is shouldn’t determine what government they must be ruled by.

Through all of this, the Taiwanese have evolved their own culture, identity and sense of history. They are diverse in a way unique to Taiwan, having been a part of Austronesian and later Hoklo trade routes through Southeast Asia for millenia. Now, one in five (I’ve heard one in four, actually) Taiwanese children has a foreign parent. The Taiwanese language (which is not Mandarin - that’s a KMT transplant language forced on Taiwanese) is gaining popularity as people discover their history. Visiting Taiwan and China, it is clear where the cultural differences are, not least in terms of civic engagement. This morning, a group of legislators were removed after a weekend-long pro-labor hunger strike in front of the presidential palace. They were not arrested and will not be. Right now, a group of pro-labor protesters is lying down on the tracks at Taipei Main Station to protest the new labor law amendments.

This would never be allowed in China, but Taiwanese take it as a fiercely-guarded basic right.

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Now, as I said, none of this matters.

What matters is self-determination. If you believe in democracy, you believe that every state (and Taiwan does fit the definition of a state) that wants to be democratic - that already is democratic and wishes to remain that way - has the right to self-determination. In fact, every nation does. You cannot be pro-democracy and also believe that it is acceptable to deprive people of this right, especially if they already have it.

Taiwan is already a democracy. That means it has the right to determine its own future. Period.

Even under the ROC, Taiwan was not allowed to determine its future. The KMT just arrived from China and claimed it. The Taiwanese were never asked if they consented. What do we call it when a foreign government arrives in land they had not previously governed and declares itself the legitimate governing power of that land without the consent of the local people? We call that colonialism.

Under this definition, the ROC can also be said to be a colonial power in Taiwan. They forced Mandarin - previously not a language native to Taiwan - onto the people, taught Chinese history, geography and culture, and insisted that the Taiwanese learn they were Chinese - not Taiwanese (and certainly not Japanese). This was forced on them. It was not chosen. Some, for awhile, swallowed it. Many didn’t. The independence movement only grew, and truly blossomed after democratization - something the Taiwanese fought for and won, not something handed to them by the KMT.

So what matters is what the Taiwanese want, not what the ROC is forced to claim. I cannot stress this enough - if you do not believe Taiwan has the right to this, you do not believe in democracy.

And poll after poll shows it: Taiwanese identify more as Taiwanese than Chinese (those who identify as both primarily identify as Taiwanese, just as I identify as American and Armenian, but primarily as American. Armenian is merely my ethnicity). They overwhelmingly support not unifying with China. The vast majority who support the status quo support one that leads to eventual de jure independence, not unification. The status quo is not - and cannot be - an endgame (if only because China has declared so, but also because it is untenable). Less than 10% want unification. Only a small number (a very small minority) would countenance unification in the future…even if China were to democratize.

The issue isn’t the incompatibility of the systems - it’s that the Taiwanese fundamentally do not see themselves as Chinese.

A change in China’s system won’t change that. It’s not an ethnic nationalism - there is no ethnic argument for Taiwan (or any nation - didn’t we learn in the 20th century what ethnicity-based nation-building leads to? Nothing good). It’s not a jingoistic or xenophobic nationalism - Taiwanese know that to be dangerous. It’s a nationalism based on shared identity, culture, history and civics. The healthiest kind of nationalism there is. Taiwan exists because the Taiwanese identify with it. Period.

There are debates about how long the status quo should go on, and what we should risk to insist on formal recognition. However, the question of whether or not to be Taiwan, not China…

…well, that’s already settled.

The Taiwanese have spoken and they are not Chinese.

Whatever y’all think about that doesn’t matter. That’s what they want, and if you believe in self-determination you will respect it.

If you don’t, good luck with your authoritarian nonsense, but Taiwan wants nothing to do with it.

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2019年6月に舞台「今夜だけは月が綺麗ですね。」に楽曲提供という形で、初めてオリジナル楽曲を制作させていただきました。YouTubeでの活動を見ていただいて起用が決まり、いままで何の実績もない事に挑戦する機会を貰いました。皆さんのおかげです。いつも応援ありがとうございます。
本来は舞台上のみで聴くことのできる楽曲でしたが、観劇されたお客様の声や、来場は出来なかったけれどいつも応援してくださる皆さんがいることを受け、舞台主催のentertainment UNIT＊danke＊さんが楽曲の公開を快諾してくださり、7月から自分の手でミュージックビデオの制作を進めていました。
舞台の主演を務められた女優さんに出演していただいています。
最後にぬるっと書いてある通り、監督もカメラマンも編集も自分です。さながら夏休みの自由研究のようでした。

良いものかどうかなんて自分の口からはとても言えないですが、3回ぐらい見て色んな思いを受け取ってくれたら嬉しいなあと思います。

「白昼夢」という歌です。
2日後にお会いできることを楽しみに待っています。


In June 2019, I offered music to the drama that was played at Ikebukuro Japan. It is my first original song. The person of the theatrical company watched my YouTube and gave me the opportunity of the challenge. I am grateful about this as well as it is thanks to everyone.
This music was the thing you could listen to only in the program, but entertainment UNIT *danke* willingly consented to me to making video for the person who supported me and the audience who went to the theater.
The actor who acted as a star appears to the video.
I produced it from July. It was like the homework of the summer vacation.

Title is "白昼夢" [meaning "Daydream"].
I hope you enjoy the video after 2 days.



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I recently had a trip to Langkawi, Malaysia and i decided to film it down for you guys :)

Sorry it took awhile because of my busy schedule at college.

Officially known as Langkawi the Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah) is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia.
The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border.

On July 15, 2008, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah had consented to the change of name to Langkawi Permata Kedah in conjunction with his Golden Jubilee Celebration.

Langkawi is also an administrative district with the town of Kuah as largest town. Langkawi is a duty-free island.

Special Thanks:

♫Royalty-Free Music: "Solar" by Walk Home (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZdTtxE-10)
Walk Home SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/Zs2Spo


This place is the land of BOOZE and CHOCOLATES!

Comment "booze" or "chocolates" if you've been to Langkawi!

I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)
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