#Upside-down Malaysian flag

[kazifatagar]

New: Upside-down Malaysian flag on Lee Zii Jia jersey. Sponsor apologizes

Victor Malaysia, the shirt sponsor for badminton player Lee Zii Jia, apologized for mistakenly displaying an upside-down Malaysian flag on his jersey during the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals. The sponsor expressed regret for any unintended disrespect and affirmed their respect for Malaysia’s symbols. They pledged to review their processes to prevent future mistakes. Lee Zii Jia won his Group A match…

[melyzard]

The World Is Amazing, Actually Addendum 3

A smattering of interesting things that caught my eye since I did that last ‘world is amazing’ post. I’m starting to wonder if I should do a side blog for this stuff? Or just continue to stick all this in my magpie nest of fandom, thoughts, and occasional wrathful outburst.

The Museum Where Racist and Oppressive Statues Go To Die

The idea for a museum of spurned monuments came from Andrea Theissen, the former director of the Spandau Citadel, who curated the opening in 2016. Each statue was left in the condition she received it—many were dismantled under orders from the Allies—complete with bullet holes and damage from bombs. The museum’s message is clear: A monument is not a descriptive account of history, but instead a historical artifact that tells a story about power. 

Most interesting side note: they put the statues all at eye level or lower, and either lay them on their sides or upside down - something that undermines the sense of “power” that was supposed to come from these statues, and they also allow visitors to touch the statues.

“It is a great mistake to describe the monuments as history or heritage,” Neiman goes on. “We don’t memorialize every piece of our histories.”

[Atlas Obscura, August 14, 2020] 

kek lapis sarawak

aka Malaysian layer cake, aka that complicated layer cake you saw in the last season of Great British Bake Off.

I have never eaten it, but it’s definitely pretty, and I love the traditional spice mixes described in some of the recipes. [freemalaysiatoday.com, October 2018]

Here’s another great article about the geometry and mathematics of the cakes. [Atlas Obscura, Aug 2020]

(as a side note, this seems like exactly the kind of thing I would expect to see as a thousand different LGBTQ flag variants, and I could not find a single one. Tragic, and a bit baffling).

Dirtbag Catallus. [shatnerchatner.com]

Have I posted about Dirtbag Catallus before? I probably have, but it bears repeating. These are “modern” rewrites of the famous poems by Roman poet Catallus, who was famous precisely because he 1) didn’t write about great epic heroes or history but rather personal ordinary life and 2) was basically the shitposter of his era. Dirtbag Catalus basically takes some of those poems and makes them accessible to us, translating what his poems would have read like to his audience in a way that’s more relatable to our times.

My girlfriend has a bird.   I just – I know, I know, but it’s the cutest fucking thing, you guys –             and you should see it, he’s smart, he sits on her lap like a dog, and it bites her, like tiny unharmful bites, and she lets him,   and it’s working so much better   than when I try to tell a joke when she’s crying (which never works)   This bird is the best fucking boyfriend I have ever seen.                           Watching them, I was Atalanta, running and then not-running, grateful for the excuse to slow down                                                                                                     (My girlfriend has a BIRD, you guys, IT’S SO GODDAMN CUTE, and I am learning when to keep my mouth closed.)

[gmtpluseight]

Christmas in KL

Christmas. Seems a while ago now, doesn’t it. Well, it was. How January accelerates the year. Try living with two under 5s who insist on continuing to sing ‘Dancing in the straw’ and ‘Jingle Bells’. And demand Christmas TV every morning. Makes the school run tri-cky.

Anyway. Back to mid-December. The silliest of the season, when everyone’s already warmed up. I wear a dress and make a prat of myself in a panto. Very shortly after, mercifully, we break up for a three week Christmas break. Yeh you read right. 3 weeks. We celebrate with a dip in the pool.

Later, we disappear, destination Georgetown, Penang. We leave Kit’s elephant rucksack filled with his toys in the taxi en route to the airport. A week later the kindest taxi driver returns it directly and insists on no payment whatsoever as his wife waits in the front passenger seat. During the trip, Kit misses his toys. He is less easily distractible without them. Very much so.

We get about town a little. For the duration of a trishaw ride around, Kit fiddles with a Malaysian flag attached to the chassis. I’m just glad he doesn’t try to clamber out as we snake through the traffic at roughly exhaust pipe level. Swings and roundabouts.

We try to walk somewhere. I forget where. It seems like a decade ago now. We very quickly abort walking anywhere in Georgetown. The pavements in Georgetown make KL look positively pedestrian. 

Kit uses wax crayons to draw on a variety of surfaces in an expensive and unique, historically important mansion hotel we stay in. I ask him to stop, he looks at me like ‘whatever dad’.

We visit an upside-down house. There’s one in KL too. It seems to be a thing in Malaysia. People physically arrange us clinging on to tables bolted to ceilings or posing legs akimbo. 

Kit decides he does not want to wait for any meal we have for the duration of our 3 day stay, instead wandering to other people’s tables, up staircases, towards Christmas trees, flashing lights, or anyone that smiles at him. Miraculously, he avoids serious injury or kidnapping.

We take a trip up Penang Hill. Take the jeep ride up, our taxi driver tells us, the cable car will be too busy by now. It’s cheaper too, he says. He doesn’t mention the hairpin turns, sheer drop on one side, falling rock, broken roads, construction sites or onrushing 4 x 4 cars returning visitors to the bottom of the hill, of course. That we all find out, smoodjed all together in the back and front of the car, some seat-belted, some not (a recurring theme).

Pre-holidays, Friday football, I make a goal. Then I score a goal. For only the third time in my life. The first was more like a lucky cross, the second, barely a toe-poke. Those were both literally decades ago. I feel like I should mark the occasion, but instead we all just trudge back to our half.

Post-holidays and back in the groove. There’s loads of people. Clearly missed their football over the festive break. We pick teams. We never usually pick teams. Why start now. Childhood memories come flooding back back. None of them welcome. Suddenly I can see the future. Or, just a small part of it. 

Everyone gets picked. 

Then I get picked. 

Guys. 

Come on. I made a goal and scored a goal before Christmas. 

Guys.

Don’t you remember?

I score another goal. This time I get to belt it. I belt it pretty hard and it flies into the net. 

[ramblingbeardo]

I took so many shots of the cars going past the Malaysian Flag at Sepang... Unfortunately the circuit had a heap of construction going on so it was hard to get wide shots like this without it being a back drop of scaffold! Thanks to @f1sutton for some previsit info! Hopefully back there later in the year and not in an upside down taxi again. Follow the links at @beardysnaps to see the rest of the photos... @sepangcircuit @sigmaphotoaustralia @canonaustralia https://ift.tt/2zWaoS1

[polixy]

Malaysia sites hacked after blunder over Indonesian flag

Malaysia sites hacked after blunder over Indonesian flag; A Malaysian newspaper also printed the Indonesian flag upside down in a graphic, while the wrong flag was used for Brunei at a swimming event on ...; Google Alert - site:bbc.co.uk/news graphic; https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40996126&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmRkMTI2NTgxNzQzNWM2NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSnSUE6faOhLIHCuolhftQEAyouQ; ; August 21, 2017 at 06:19PM

[moneyhealthfinance-blog]

Hackers hit Malaysian sites over Indonesia flag gaffe

Hackers hit Malaysian sites over Indonesia flag gaffe

[JAKARTA] Indonesian hackers Monday claimed responsibility for attacking more than 30 Malaysian websites following a gaffe that saw Indonesia’s flag printed upside-down in a Southeast Asian Games commemorative magazine. Malaysia’s SEA Games organisers sparked outrage in Indonesia when news of the misprint came to light at Saturday’s opening ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. Indonesia’s flag has a red…

[touchey]

Malaysia sites hacked after blunder over Indonesian flag

<b>Indonesian hackers have claimed to have attacked several Malaysian websites, following a blunder which saw the Indonesian flag printed upside down in a regional sports event's guidebook.</b><p>The mistake prompted fury in Indonesia over the weekend and President Joko Widodo demanded an official …

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[aniekanekah]

Malaysia Apologises To Indonesia Over Flag Blunder

Malaysia Apologises To Indonesia Over Flag Blunder

An upside down printing of the Indonesian flag in a souvenir guidebook handed out at the opening of the Southeast Asian Games has sparked an outcry among officials and public in Indonesia, prompting Malaysian government to apologise on Sunday (August 20).

The mistake, spotted at the opening of the games in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday (August 19) was shared on social media…

[boldathlet]

Malaysia apologises to Indonesia over flag blunder at regional games

KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Malaysia has apologised to Indonesia over the upside down printing of the Indonesian flag in a souvenir guidebook handed out at the opening of the Southeast Asian Games. The mistake, spotted at the opening of the games in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday sparked an outcry in Indonesia and […] Malaysia apologises to Indonesia over flag blunder at regional games posted first on http://ift.tt/2rAGaQW

[dillondiatlo]

Jokes (& alt. endings) 3/6 - 3/11/17

North Korea announced a temporary ban on Malaysians leaving the country, putting Kim Jung Un just points ahead of Trump in the race for 2020.

Marines are being probed after posting nude photos of female colleagues on social media. Although, the only just punishment would be if photos were published of the government probing these Marines.

The Supreme Court sent a dispute back to lower court about whether Virginia transgender student Gavin Grim can use the boy’s bathroom. This is most unfortunate for Gavin, who has now been holding it for over two months.

(alt. end) When asked for comment Gavin replied, “I’ll never try to get out of a pop quiz again.

A month after being detained by immigration officials at an airport, Muhammed Ali Jr. was stopped and questioned at Reagan National airport. I guess you could say he floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee, and is detained like a terrorist because of his name and how he looks.

Over 70,000 chickens will be euthanized after a strain of bird-flu was detected in a Tennessee chicken flock. So while we don’t know if the chicken or egg came first, we do know which will be here last… the egg.

In the past week, Trump claimed Obama was wiretapping him in the 2016 election. When asked for proof, Trump reached behind his TV and said “Look, right here!” [Photoshop of Trump holding handful of wires]

During a speech to HUD workers on Monday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson compared immigrants to slaves. And while many were outraged at the comparison, for others it reaffirmed that we must #SaveMelania.

Veterinarians in Thailand removed 915 coins from a turtle that ate the coins after tourists threw them in her pond for good luck. Yes, you heard that right. Vets in Thailand now have control of 915 other people’s wishes.

Israel made major moves on Sunday towards decriminalizing recreational marijuana use. In related news, the Birthright program enrollment has doubled in the past two days.

(alt. end) And it is with high hopes that every future bar mitzvah will now contain a ceremonial blessing over the pot.

Malta’s ‘Azure Window’, a famous Mediterranean landmark, collapsed into the sea on Wednesday. To recap, a gaping wide hole that men from all over the world came to gaze at collapsed on International Women’s Day.

Head of the EPA Scott Pruitt stated he does not believe carbon dioxide is the primary contributor to climate change. When asked what is, he replied,”Rick Perry.”

NASA released a photo of Saturn’s moon Pan, which they say looks like a ravioli. Experts think this could be a hint at an announcement NASA may make later this year, that our entire universe is in the dinner bowl of an enormous Italian giant. 

WikiLeaks is giving tech firms access to CIA hacking techniques, which means we’ll all have to stop planning our next terrorist attacks on TurboTax.

Illegal border crossings appear to be dropping under Trump, though if you ask Trump not a single person has crossed the border since he won in November.

(alt. end) ..., explaining why it took 2-hours last night to get my hamburger at Fridays.

Texans traded Quarterback Brock Osweiler to the Browns. Though, in today’s America, unless Osweiler hit Ms. Brown, no one really gives a shit.

Five people were injured in an axe attack in Dusseldorf, Germany on Thursday. By the end of the attack, however, it’s safe to say everyone was smelling great.

Sean Spicer accidentally wore a US flag pin upside down at a press briefing. He also accidentally hung a Russian flag on the flagpole behind the podium and accidentally sported an “I Love Russia” t-shirt he got on a vacation that “had nothing to do with work.”

In the wake of the Fukushima Disaster, radioactive boars now rule abandoned Japanese towns. Not to worry though, Japanese Prime Minister claims to currently be in peace talks with the boar’s leader, BeBop:

[aniekanekah]

Malaysia Apologises To Indonesia Over Flag Blunder

Malaysia Apologises To Indonesia Over Flag Blunder

An upside down printing of the Indonesian flag in a souvenir guidebook handed out at the opening of the Southeast Asian Games has sparked an outcry among officials and public in Indonesia, prompting Malaysian government to apologise on Sunday (August 20).

The mistake, spotted at the opening of the games in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday (August 19) was shared on social media…