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14.2KActually… why do Malaysians call white people ‘Mat Salleh’?
Let’s start today’s article with a haiku. Look mom, white people Are they called angmohs? Gweilos? Perhaps Mat Salleh? Okay, not the...
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1.5KThis old castle in Kedah was… built using egg whites and honey?! Is that even possible?
If you spend a long enough time looking for parking in the city center of Alor Setar, Kedah, you might stumble across...
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2.4KThis British officer tried to change Malay education… then he got backstabbed.
Malaysia’s education system and the ones most of us are the most familiar with are actually established by the British. Before the...
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2.7K46 years ago, the Johor Mufti allowed a Malay Trans-woman to marry the love of her life
(Artikel asal ditulis dalam BM oleh rakan kami di SOSCILI. Klik sini untuk baca!) If you were to look at recent...
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3.6KSutan Puasa vs Yap Ah Loy: who actually founded Kuala Lumpur?
(Artikel asal ditulis oleh rakan kami di SOSCILI dalam BM. Klik sini untuk baca!) As you may know, Kuala Lumpur is...
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3.3KIn 1998, Malaysia dropped a Proton Wira onto the North Pole. The car survived.
If you’re a regular Cilisos reader, you’re probably not a stranger to Proton cars showing up in weird places. You’ve heard of...
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2.0KRemember the Perak Man from Sejarah textbooks? Here’s what he actually looked like
Be honest to yourself (and us), raise your hands if you don’t know who Perak Man is. If your hand is up...
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5.3KThis British officer fell in love with Malay culture… so he stayed back to protect it
(Artikel asal dari Soscili. Klik sini untuk baca dalam BM.) When we read about Mat Salleh in our Sejarah textbooks, it’s usually...
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2.7KIn the 1950s, the British used herbicides as a weapon against Malayan communists.
Salam darurat everyone! (*´∇｀)ﾉ How’s everyone doing? ( /¯ °3° )/¯ Hope everyone’s doing fine… ( ´ ▽ ` )b Speaking of...
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7.2KSingapore didn’t invent CNY Yee Sang, this Seremban man did!
[Ed’s note 1: Some of the contents of this story was sourced from “A Toss Of Yee Sang”, used with permission.] [Ed’s...