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This is written on a rainy morning of the last day of my camp at a Zoo based on the breathless view of the lake the night before. The camp was particularly noisy with my presence and I was proud of it. So many thoughts ran through my mind and so many questions went unanswered. Perhaps it was better that way as the truth is always relative.

Milky Moon By the Mandai Lake

Milky Moon you looked at me

Sending your kiss through the midnight breeze

Gently, slowly, sweetly it landed on my cheek

How you smiled at me

Looking into my anxious eyes

Thinking, reading, teasing my mind

Milky Moon I've forgotten you

Into my dreams of mermaid and serpent

Soundly, fondly with passion

Softly you are fading away

Sun shined with a ray of new life

Warmly, wholly and definitely

Milkyˇ­ˇ­. no more

10 March 2001

Below are some of my opinions during my college years.

Communication in Mass Media

A farewell speech for Mr Loo who retires on his 62th birthday. 31012001 (With very positive feedback)

More to English than mastering grammar. Sunday Star Education 10 December 2000: 10

Erti Pendidikan Seks untuk Orang Timur. Berita Harian. 15 Nov. 2000:10, 15.

Budaya Warga Tua (Senior Culture). Dewan Budaya 22:10,6.

Many Cheaper Education Options Available Sunday Star Education Let's Hear It 28 May 2000:4 http://www.thestar.com.my/online/newsreport.asp?file=/2000/5/28/education/28inlet4.asp&newspage=education

Budaya Tahun Baru Cina (The Chinese New Year Customs) Dewan Budaya 2000 22:2, 52-3.

Asal Usul Tahun Baru Cina (The Origins of Chinese New Year) Berita Harian 5 Feb. 2000 http://web3.asia1.com.sg/archive/bh/6/indexes/feat/feat1101.htm

Letter to the Editor: Reincarnation. The Otago Daily Times 6 Nov. 1999: 20

Westernized Malaysian-Chinese. Far Eastern Economic Review 7 Oct 1999: 101

1999 On Teenage Sex. Email Respond to Breakfast TV1, NZ 8.45 a.m. 15 July

1999 Budaya Membaca. Dewan Budaya 21. http://dbp.gov.my/dbp98/majalah/budaya99/db07fra.html

1999 Roots of Patriotism. Far Eastern Economic Review 162:26, 57.

1999 Book Notice for Liu Feng Hsi: Scope and Specifity. Australian Journal of Linguistics 19:2, 262-4.

Letter to the Editor: Iraq. The Otago Daily Times, 19 January 1999:6

1998 Book Notice - W. Pagliuca: Perspectives in Grammaticalisation. Functions of Language 5:2

Letter to the Editor: Language. The Otago Daily Times, 26 Dec. 1998:9

The 8th Annual Meeting of South East Asia Linguistic Society. International Institute of Asian Studies Bulletin 17:24. 1998

Nama Tempat dan Pandangan Dunia. Dewan Budaya 20:12 1998

Letter to the Editor. The Otago Daily Times 20 Oct. 1998:6

Kata Kerja - Satu Tafsiran Semantik-Sintaksis. Pelita Bahasa 10:10 1998

Budaya Nama. Dewan Budaya 20:10 1998

Institusi Nama Kendiri Orang Cina. Berita Harian 3 Sept. 1998

Budaya Warna. Dewan Budaya 19:9, 30-32 1997

Book Notice - L. Goossens et al.:By Word of Mouth. Pragmatics (1997) 7:2, 227

Book Notice - J. E. Kowallis:The Lyrical Lu Xun. Pragmatics (1997) 7:2, 226-7

Sebab-sebab matinya sesuatu bahasa. Berita Harian 28 August 1997:5

Peredaran waktu ubah semantik nama tempat. Berita Harian 21 August 1997:5

Good Points to look out for when choosing a university. Sunday Star (Education: Let's Hear It ) 10 August 1997: 6

Be responsible for yourself and others. Sunday Star (Comments) 20 July 1997:3

Children must be taught how to love. Sunday Star (Education: Let's Hear It ) 13 July 1997:4

Budaya pantang kencing manis. Berita Harian 31 July 1997:5

Tatamakna dalam ilmu linguistik kognitif. Berita Harian 24 July 1997:5

Setiap Budaya Mempunyai Konsep Warna Berbeza. Berita Harian 17 July 1997:5

Metafora Permudah Pemahaman Abstrak. Berita Harian 26 June 1997:5

Ilmu Nahu. Berita Harian 19 June 1997: 5

Comedy Review: A One Night Stand-Up with Kan. Angles 1997 4:12.2.

Degree of Suicide. Campus Review 1997, 7:6.12

Linguistic Success. Campus Review 1996, 6:47.8

Divorce Losers. Campus Review 1996, 6:43.8

Theatre Review: What Do Women Want? A Personal Reflection of A Trilogy of Play. Angles 1996 30:3, 1-2.

More to varsity life than just studies. Sunday Star (Education: Let's Hear It ) 21 July 1996:28

Cane school bullies to protect obedient pupils. New Straits Times (LETTERS) 11 June 1996:13

Yang Empunya Nama. Pelita Bahasa 8:10, 3.

Pesta Seni - Lantai T. Pinkie: Drama jaya papar tragedi cinta. Berita Harian 13 June 1996: 7

Bahasa tulisan tidak serupa dengan bahasa lisan (with P.M. Lee). Berita Harian 6 June 1996: 7

Undergrads should take 'advice' with care. Sunday Star (Education: Let's Hear It ) 21 April 1996:36

Kucing Dalam Peribahasa Melayu & Cina. Pelita Bahasa April 1996 8:4.4-5

Tidak boleh Baku Buat-buat. Berita Harian 4 April 1996:7

Asal usul Kata Pemeri: Satu Proses Penahuan. Pelita Bahasa Feb 1996:4-5

Kenapa warna merah unggul dalam budaya Cina. Berita Harian 22 Feb 1996:7

Masalah gunakan adalah dan ialah. Berita Harian 1 Feb 1996:7

Book Notice - S. H. Ng and J. J. Bradac: Power in Language. Pragmatics (1995) 5:3.396

Fast Way May Not Be The Better Way. Sunday Star (Education: Let's Hear It ) 3 December 1995

Bahasa Inggeris rempuh ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Berita Harian 12 Oct. 1995:5

Ulasan Novel: Ummi dan Abang Syeikhu.l Berita Harian 21 Sept.1995:7

'Perempuan' bawa makna lebih luas daripada 'wanita.' Berita Harian 14 Sept. 1995: 7

Kegawatan Pedagogi Bahasa:Satu Tinjauan. Pelita Bahasa 1994 6:4.3 Is there a Superior Language in Education? New Language Planning Newsletter 1994 9:2, 4

Language Skills: Practice makes perfect. The Straits Times Monday 27 February 1995.30

Ulasan Cerpen "What You Asked For" and Malam Puisi Manifestasi Kreativiti Dan Akhlak Insan. BETA (UTM First Year Internal Bulletin) 1993

Punca Rokok Dinyala Unitek. (Buletin UTM) July 1993

Spare a thought for the gifted. Sunday Star 1992

School heads blamed for bad teachers. Sunday Star 1992

In defend of tuition. Sunday Star 1991

Ada jurulatih tak punya ciri keguruan. Utusan Malaysia 1990

(Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia are Malay Dailies in Singapore and Malaysia respectively, Pelita Bahasa and Dewan Budaya are Malay magazines)

Other publications. Articles in Malay

1999 Evolusi Kata Nafi Bahasa Melayu dan Kesejagatan Bahasa (The Evolution of Negative Auxiliary in Malay and Language Universals) Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 43: 12, 1136-1151 http://dbp.gov.my/dbp98/majalah/bahasa99/j12fra.HTML

1999 Kata Kerja: Mempelopori Suatu Penilaian Semantik Baru (Malay Verbs: in search of new semantics). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 43:6. http://dbp.gov.my/dbp98/majalah/bahasa99/j05mantik.htm

1999 Minda Bacaan: Fonik atau Menyeluruh? (Reading Mind: Phonic or Whole?) Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 43:3, 234-241. http://dbp.gov.my/dbp98/majalah/bahasa99/j0399minda.htm

1999 Keratabahasa [i] (The Symbolic [i] ). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 43:2, 163-171. http://dbp.gov.my/dbp98/majalah/bahasa99/j299kaji.htm

1998 Nama Kendiri dan Rima Dalam Semantik Komunikasi Verbal: Satu Tinjauan Pelopor [Semiotics of Personal Names and Rhyme in Verbal Communication: A Pioneering Survey] Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 42:9, 847-52

1998 Bahasa Dalam Masyarakat: Mengenali Bunga Rampai Komunikasi Antara Budaya (Language In Society: Comprehending Cross-Cultural Communication). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 42:7, 605-15

1997 Pemahaman Makna Berdasarkan Teori Nahu Kognitif (Understanding Meaning Through Cognitive Grammar) Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 41:11, 1123-31

1997 Pendekatan Fungsional Dalam Kajian Bahasa (Functional Approaches to Language Research) Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 41:12, 1130-7

1997 Pendekatan Nahu Kognitif dalam Bahasa Malaysia (A Cognitive Grammar Approach to Malay) Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 41:12. 1130-7

1997 Warna Panas dan Warna Sejuk dalam Bahasa Melayu (Macro Red and Grue in Malay). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 41:4, 299-306

1996 Pragmatik Komunikasi Perempuan dengan Perempuan di Malaysia: Satu Kajian Pelopor (Pragmatics of Woman-to-woman talk in Malaysia: A Pioneering Study). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 40:2.107-18

1996 Kepercayaan Warna-warni Semantik Bahasa Malaysia (Colourful Semantic Beliefs in Malay). Jurnal Bahasa Jendela 1, 45-56

1996 Hakisan Bahasa Di Malaysia (Language Shift in Malaysia). Jurnal Dewan Bahasa 40:9.855-60

Reviews on Indonesian and Malay

1999 Review of Malcolm W. Mintz: Listening Comprehension: Selections from Malaysian and Indonesian history. WORD 50: 2, 281-284.

1998 Review of Atmosumarto, Sutanto: Colloquial Indonesian: A Complete Language Course. Language Problems and Language Planning 22: 301-304.

1998 Review of James N. Sneddon: Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar. Linguistics 36:2, 390-395.

1997 Review of Malcolm W. Mintz:A Course in Conversational Indonesian. BIJDRAGEN Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde 153: 143-145.

1997 Review of Asmah Hj. Omar:The Linguistic Scenery in Malaysia. WORD 48:1, 147-151.

1997 Review of Y. F. Liaw: Easy Indonesian. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 28:1, 199-200.

1997 Review of Taha Ben Jelloun: Malam Kudus . RIMA (Research in Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs) 31:1, 236-8.

1996 Review of Zaharah Othman and Sutanto Atmosumarto: Colloquial Malay . Oceanic Linguistics 36:2, 317-9.

1996 Review of Salleh Ben Joned:As I Please . Crossroads 9:2, 131-133.

1995 Review of Shahnon Ahmad:Ummi & Abang Syeikhul. RIMA 29: 1&2, 168-9.

Reviews on Cognitive Linguistics

1999 Review of Bernd Heine: Cognitive Foundations of Grammar. Journal of Linguistics 35:3, 661-664.

1999 Review of John Taylor and Robert MacLaury eds.: Language and the Cognitive Construal of the World. Cognitive Linguistics 10-1: 100-4.

1999 Review of Roy Harris: Language, Saussure, and Wittgenstein: How to Play Games with Words. Aumla (Journal of the Australasian Universities Language & Literature Association) 91:123-5.

1998 Review of Ungerer and Schmid: Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. The Web Journal of Modern Language and Linguistics 3. http://www. ncl.ac.uk/~njw5/issue03/jyh-wee.htm

1997 Review of Peter Harder: Functional semantics: A theory of meaning, structure and tense in English. WORD 48:3, 471-474. Reviews on Language Use

2000 Review of Gunilla Anderman & Margaret Rogers eds. Words, words, words: The translator and language learner. WORD 51:1, 104-107.

1999 Review of Christina Schaffner and Helen Kelly-Holmes eds. Cultural Functions of Translation. Multilingual 18:4, 436-9.

1998 Review of Elinor Ochs et al. eds.: Interaction and Grammar. Australian Journal of Linguistics 18:2, 217-218.

1997 Review of Mary Crawford:Talking Difference. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 16:1, 89-95.

1997 Review of Herbert Clark: Using Language Australian Journal of Linguistics 17:1, 120-3.

1997 Review of Thom Huebner (ed.): Sociolinguistics Perspective. WORD 48:2, 310-312.

1997 Review of S. H. Ng and J. J. Bradac:Language and Power. WORD 48:1, 143-6 also in Multilingual 16:4, 413-416.

1997 Review of Simon Dentith: Bakhtinian Thought. AUMLA 87:126-7.

Reviews on Chinese

1999 Review of Lin Shan: What's In A Chinese Name. Deep South 5:2 http://www.otago.ac.nz/deepsouth/review.html

1998 Review of V. Yip and S. Matthew: Cantonese Grammar New Zealand Journal of East Asian Studies VI:2, 117-21.

1998 Review of Lin Shan: Chinese Names New Zealand Journal of East Asian Studies VI:1, 125-127

1998 A linguistic review of Amy Tan: The Hundred Senses. Deep South http://www.otago.ac.nz/DeepSouth/0498/Issueframe.htm also in New Zealand Journal of East Asian Studies VI:1, 127-130

1998 Review of Linda W. L. Young: Crosstalk and culture in Sino-American communication. WORD 49:1, 128-131.

1996 Review of Y. Ning and Y. Ning Chinese Personal Names. Onomastica Canadiana 78:1, 36-40 Reviews on Language Typology

2000 Review of D. N. S Bhat: The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood. Journal of Linguistics 36:1, 201-3.

1998 Review of Carl Bache et al. eds.: Tense, Aspect and Action. Australian Journal of Linguistics 18:2, 214-217.

1998 Review of Marge E. Landsberg ed.: Syntactic iconicity and linguistic freezes: The human dimension. WORD 49:1, 121-127.

Conference Presentation

Sound Meanings in Malay for the Millennium. The 11th Biennial Colloquim: Malaysia: Globalisation and Identity, Prospects for the Twenty-First Century, 22-23 Nov. 1999, the Australian National University.

Sound Symbolism in Malay: Evidence and Implication to Lexicography. The 30th Conference of the Australasia Universities Language and Literature Association, 8-11 Feb. 1999, the University of Auckland.

Inherent Identities in Verbal Communication: A Multilanguaculture Perpective. The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of New Zealand, 19-22 Nov. 1998, the University of Otago.

On Valence of Verbal Prefixation in Malay. The 8th Annual Meeting of South East Asian Linguistic Society, 20-22 July 1998 Brisdale Inn, Malaysia

Aspect and Malay verb: affixation and reduplication. Linguistic Seminar, 27 May 1998, the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Aspects of verbs: conceptualising event structures in Malay. Voices: literary & linguistics interpretations, 24-26 April 1998 at the Postgraduate Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia.

From South Asian Echo Formation to Cantonese Phonetic Repetition. The 12th New Zealand Linguistic Society Conference, 26-28 Nov. 1997 at the Knox College, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Repetition in (Malay) Languaging. The 1st International Conference on Malaysian Studies 11-13 August 1997 at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Power Pragmatics in Asian Languages. The 21st ALAA Conference on Worlds of Discourse 3-6 October 1996 at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean.

Kepercayaan Warna-Warni Semantik Bahasa Malaysia. The 3rd International Conference on Language and Belief 13-14 May 1996 at the Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Symbolisation in Malay: Evidence in Genre and Lexicon. The 4th International Pan-Asiatic Symposium on Language and Linguistics 9-11 Jan 1996 at Royal River Hotel, Bangkok.

Professional Affiliation

Member of the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS)

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