No, I am not referring to its contents, but the fact that it was edited by well known critics, Dr. Bridget Welsh and Dr. Wong Chin Huat ... and will be launched by Mr. Opposition's daughter, PKR MP for Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah... in Singapore! Wow! His aptly titled book, "Awakening, the Abdullah Badawi years in Malaysia" must be truly an awakening of sorts for 'sleepy' ex-PM of Malaysia, who actually suffered from sleep apnea.
I think Pak Lah must have had enough of keeping quiet for years when he was continually being attacked by Tun Dr Mahathir, who refused to let go of the nation's affairs despite having resigned 10 years ago in 2003. The choice of editors, personality to launch the book, and of all places, Singapore, are all perceived to spite Tun Dr Mahathir. Cantonese would describe Pak Lah's action as 'Fud tu yau foh' which means even a Buddha can lose his patience or temper.
Source:
OMG, WHAT WILL DR M SAY? NURUL to launch Pak Lah's book in S'pore
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I think Pak Lah must have had enough of keeping quiet for years when he was continually being attacked by Tun Dr Mahathir, who refused to let go of the nation's affairs despite having resigned 10 years ago in 2003. The choice of editors, personality to launch the book, and of all places, Singapore, are all perceived to spite Tun Dr Mahathir. Cantonese would describe Pak Lah's action as 'Fud tu yau foh' which means even a Buddha can lose his patience or temper.
Source:
OMG, WHAT WILL DR M SAY? NURUL to launch Pak Lah's book in S'pore
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=141912:omg-what-will-dr-m-say?-nurul-to-launch-pak-lahs-book-in-spore&Itemid=2#axzz2bKul1gas
Possible mistake in MC? According to The Star's columnist, Joceline Tan, co-editors were Dr. Bridget Welsh and Prof. James U H Chin (not Dr. Wong Chin Huat) ...
http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Analysis/Profile/Articles/2013/08/10/Bitter-feelings-awakened.aspx
Update:
Letter to Malaysiakini: Clarification on Pak Lah's 'Awakening' by Clive Kessler
'A brief clarification, if I may be permitted, concerning Terence Netto's column "Pah Lah's book to reignite embers of feud with Dr M" (7 August).
Not uniquely - indeed, it seems already to be a very widely held view - Terence Netto seems to be under the impression that this is a book by Pak Lah, and that the former prime minister has now suddenly chosen to break his "elegant" silence.
That is not the case.
‘Awakening: The Abdullah Badawi Years in Malaysia' is a collection of commentaries and essays by some 35 writers and observers.
It is of the same overall conception and character as the volume entitled ‘Reflections' that was produced as a composite retrospective view of the long Mahathir premiership shortly after Dr Mahathir's official retirement.
This book has been "in the works" for some considerable time.
It is not a book by Pak Lah, although it apparently includes a very significant interview with him by the book's editors.
Long in production, the book might well have been ready for release earlier this year.
But, as I have been given to understand the matter, it was the explicit preference of Pak Lah himself that the book should not be published during the "run-up" period leading to the recent national elections.
It was his fastidious and dignified preference that the book and its contents should not play any role, or become implicated in any way, in the campaign process.
So, its release has been a little delayed.
Its appearance has been held back until after the elections and until after the fasting month, when life will again return to "normal" - whatever that term may mean these days in troubled and torn Malaysia.'
CLIVE S. KESSLER is Emeritus Professor, Sociology & Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Possible mistake in MC? According to The Star's columnist, Joceline Tan, co-editors were Dr. Bridget Welsh and Prof. James U H Chin (not Dr. Wong Chin Huat) ...
http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Analysis/Profile/Articles/2013/08/10/Bitter-feelings-awakened.aspx
Update:
Letter to Malaysiakini: Clarification on Pak Lah's 'Awakening' by Clive Kessler
'A brief clarification, if I may be permitted, concerning Terence Netto's column "Pah Lah's book to reignite embers of feud with Dr M" (7 August).
Not uniquely - indeed, it seems already to be a very widely held view - Terence Netto seems to be under the impression that this is a book by Pak Lah, and that the former prime minister has now suddenly chosen to break his "elegant" silence.
That is not the case.
‘Awakening: The Abdullah Badawi Years in Malaysia' is a collection of commentaries and essays by some 35 writers and observers.
It is of the same overall conception and character as the volume entitled ‘Reflections' that was produced as a composite retrospective view of the long Mahathir premiership shortly after Dr Mahathir's official retirement.
This book has been "in the works" for some considerable time.
It is not a book by Pak Lah, although it apparently includes a very significant interview with him by the book's editors.
Long in production, the book might well have been ready for release earlier this year.
But, as I have been given to understand the matter, it was the explicit preference of Pak Lah himself that the book should not be published during the "run-up" period leading to the recent national elections.
It was his fastidious and dignified preference that the book and its contents should not play any role, or become implicated in any way, in the campaign process.
So, its release has been a little delayed.
Its appearance has been held back until after the elections and until after the fasting month, when life will again return to "normal" - whatever that term may mean these days in troubled and torn Malaysia.'
CLIVE S. KESSLER is Emeritus Professor, Sociology & Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia.
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