Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
BARACK OBAMA: HISTORY’S HIGH NOTE
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| Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka examines the significance of Barack Obama becoming the 44th President of the United States of America. “…change this country, and change the world!” – Barack Obama “He is a transformational figure coming onto the world stage”- Colin Powell History sometimes hits a high note, sweet and soaring, clean and clear, as if from Satchmo’s horn. The most intelligent, interesting and inspirational of contemporary political personalities is about to be the President of the most powerful nation on the planet. |
Monday, November 24, 2008
Melaka's timeline
1396 - founding of Melaka by Parameswara, Prince of Palembang
1403 - Chinese envoy, Yin Ching arrives.
1407 - Admiral Cheng Ho and the Chinese fleet visits
1411 - Parameswara visits the Ming Emperor in China
1447 - The Siamese attack, but the Melakan fleet repel it.
1509 - Portuguese traders arrive, led by Dieo Lopez de Sequiera, with a fleet of ships. They set out from the Portuguese colony in Goa.
1511 - Follow a 10 day seige, Melaka falls to the Portuguese armada, commanded by Alfonso D'Albuquerque. The Portuguese rule is set to last 130 years.
1537 - Acehnese attack the Portuguese Melaka.
1545 - Fr. Francis Xavier arrives in Melaka.
1588 - Ralph Ritch, the first English visitor.
1597 - The Dutch attack.
1403 - Chinese envoy, Yin Ching arrives.
1407 - Admiral Cheng Ho and the Chinese fleet visits
1411 - Parameswara visits the Ming Emperor in China
1447 - The Siamese attack, but the Melakan fleet repel it.
1509 - Portuguese traders arrive, led by Dieo Lopez de Sequiera, with a fleet of ships. They set out from the Portuguese colony in Goa.
1511 - Follow a 10 day seige, Melaka falls to the Portuguese armada, commanded by Alfonso D'Albuquerque. The Portuguese rule is set to last 130 years.
1537 - Acehnese attack the Portuguese Melaka.
1545 - Fr. Francis Xavier arrives in Melaka.
1588 - Ralph Ritch, the first English visitor.
1597 - The Dutch attack.
historical hub of Malaysia
Melaka is considered the historical hub of Malaysia, a thriving port, conquered sequentially by the Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese. Now trying to reclaim it's history, and it's future, and some additional land. At the centre of it all is the sea, and it's strategic location on the straits of Malaysia.
MELAKA
Melaka was founded in 1396 by an exiled Sumatran prince named
Parameswara. According to legend, Parameswara, was out hunting
one day and while resting under a tree, one of his dogs cornered a
mouse-deer and in defense, the mouse-deer kicked the dog smartly
on its nose. Impressed by the mouse-deer’s courage and what he
believed was a good omen, he decided to build his empire on this
sacred land and named it after the tree he was sitting under, which
was the Melaka tree.
Parameswara. According to legend, Parameswara, was out hunting
one day and while resting under a tree, one of his dogs cornered a
mouse-deer and in defense, the mouse-deer kicked the dog smartly
on its nose. Impressed by the mouse-deer’s courage and what he
believed was a good omen, he decided to build his empire on this
sacred land and named it after the tree he was sitting under, which
was the Melaka tree.
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