Ancestral Lineages of the Malays

Malay is a Race recognizable in Malayunesia (or Malay Archipelago) and found dominance in Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. Malays find and owe their ancestral lineages to Formosan (Taiwanese Aborigines), as well as Polynesian, Micronesian and Turkic. That Melayunesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia together form Austronesia that covers about half of the entire global area, sea…

Return to Ancestral Homeland

This Y Haplogroups world map shows that Malays of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as the Han Chinese of South China, who all share the dominant Y-DNA Haplogroup ‘O’, are actually blood-brothers, so to speak. This Y Haplogroup map, as the results of massive DNA sampling exercise from participating male population of the…

Capitalism, Socialism and Communism

Capitalism, Socialism & Communism: What They Are, Why They Don’t Work, What Works Better A Progressive Living Essay Since the abandonment of communism by the former Soviet Union, the notion that capitalism is the only successful economic system has often been aggressively marketed. The view is lent apparent credibility by the fact that communism largely…

The Wonders of Iwahig Prison

“You can help people change by restoring their dignity,” said Iwahig prison director. Yes, indeed. The Iwahig Penal Colony in Palawan, Philippines is an active prison where 2,000 criminals who are serving time move freely about and around this fenceless and barrier-less correctional facility, without any intentions of escaping. Iwahig penal colony is in fact…

Ahmadinejad in His Own Words

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Addresses UN General Assembly Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to the Almighty Allah who granted me, once more, the opportunity to appear before this world assembly. I have the pleasure to express my sincere thanks to H.E. Joseph Deiss, president of the sixty-fifth session for his tremendous…

Enrique de Malacca

Enrique de Malacca, or Enrique de Butuan? by: Rene C Vargas Magellan was astonished. He was surprised to hear his slave, Enrique, addressing the natives of Masao (or was it Limasawa?) in the local dialect, and the natives appeared to understand him, and they replied in the same tongue.. Pareho toni sila hong sinultihan. The…

Maphilindo: Malays’ Unrelenting Aspiration for Regional Integration

Top (L to R): Prime Minister Rahman (Malaysia), President Macapagal (Philippines) and President Sukarno (Indonesia) Bottom (L to R): Foreign Ministers Razak (Malaysia), Pelaez (Philippines) and Subandrio (Indonesia) The Malays in Southeast Asia through ups and downs and changes of history, such names as Srivijaya and Majapahit have always been the echo of a golden…

Population of Malaysia

National Census 2010 revealed that the total population of Malaysia was 28.3 million, compared with 23.3 million in 2000. 91.8 per cent were Malaysian citizens and 8.2 per cent were non-citizens. Malaysian citizens consist of the ethnic groups Bumiputera (67.4%), Chinese (24.6%), Indians (7.3%) and Others (0.7%). Among the Malaysian citizens, the Malays was the…

The Generation Gap

Find out from the  table below which generation are we in, based on the year we were born. Perhaps we are also interested to know which generation our parents and our childrens belongs to. Why are they different from us  and how there exist generation gap between us that make our social interaction even within…

How Malaysia and Indonesia get their respective names

Incidentally, ‘Malaysia’ and ‘Indonesia’ were already well in existence prior to the formation of Republic of Indonesia, and later Federation of Malaysia. But ‘Malaysia’ and ‘Indonesia’ then, were terms employed as alternative  names to describe the common region of the East Indies, now known as ‘Malay Archipelago’ (a.k.a. ‘Malayan Archipelago’, and ‘Indian Archipelago’). Nevertheless, Indonesia…

The Big Austronesian Family

  Austronesia, in historical terms, refers to the homeland of the peoples who speak Austronesian languages, including Malay, Filipino, Indonesian, Maori, Malagasy, native Hawaiian, the Fijian language and around a thousand other languages. The Austronesian homeland is thought by linguists to have been prehistoric Taiwan. The name Austronesia comes from the Latin austrālis “southern” plus…

Malaysia: The Bigger Picture

In this 19th century map of Asia, Malaysia – as it was known to the world then – was the whole region of Malay Archipelago encompassing the modern nations of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and Indonesia. There was an original plan for a united state based on the concept of the Malay race attempted by Wenceslao…