Interesting Malaysians to follow on BLOGS, Facebook & Twitter:

1. Alan Teh Leam Seng, Writes feature stories for the New Straits Times

2. Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia

3. Rest Stop Thoughts by Ramanathan, Malaysian Blogger and Human Rights Activist 

4.  Sultan Nazrin Shah, Sultan of the State of Perak and noted economic historian (PhD Harvard)  

5.  Sama-Sama: A Multicultural Art Journey by artist Lefty Julian

Culture, Art, Cuisine, and Other Enchantments of Malaysia

Michelle Yeoh (first Asian and Malaysian) to win Hollywood Award for Best Actress)   

"Sambut Tamu" (modern version of Murut dance from Keningau) by "Lets Nari SFX KGAU"-- students from SK St. Francis Xavier school of Keningau (Sabah, Malaysia).

Frank Catania (Malaysia 29,1970-73) writes, "We have found several cookbooks (see book covers) over the years that teach us how to recreate many of the dishes we learned to love in Malaysia." 

•  Penang Heritage Food by Ong Jin Teong Landmark Books. Singapore 2010.

• Traditional Malaysian Cuisine Berita Publishing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1983. 

•  Penang Nyonya Cooking by Cecilia Tan. Times Books International Singapore 1983. 

•  Singapore Food by Wendy Hutton 

Paul Murphy (Malaysia 35, 1971-73) recommends The Complete Asian Cookbook by Charmaine Soloman, (McGraw-Hill, 1981) with recipes (and photos) of 800 classic and contemporary dishes from Southeast Asia India and China.

• "The Yesteryears," scenes from historical Malaya (courtesy of Thaine Allison, Jr)

• "North Borneo 1960," scenes from North Borneo (courtesy of Thaine Allison, Jr.)

• Pendatang is Malaysian dystopian drama thriller film (Wikipedia) ( (courtesy of Thaine Allison Jr.)

• La Luna is a 2023 Malay-language romantic comedy film (Wikipedia) (courtesy of Thaine Allison Jr.)

In the late 1970s, the KL Peace Corps staff provided "tapes" (audio files) of spoken Kelantanese dialect to a volunteer newly posted to Kelantan. Many thanks to Dave Zane (Malaysia 88, 1977-79) for digitizing and sharing these recordings.

• 30-minute of conversation of Kelantanese dialect being spoken.

• 11-minute recording of Dikir Barat--a popular entertainment in Kelantan, with groups singing lyrics (often original and improvised) that are intended to be entertaining and clever

John Dixon (Malaysia 19, 1968-72) shares three recordings of Dikir Barat performed by a Kelantan ensemble in the early 1970s. The first represents a slower, more traditional, song, while the second and third are much livelier with "call and response" pantun verses (see Wikipedia article on Dikir Barat)

• 2-minute recording of Dikir Barat

• 4-minute recording of Dikir Barat

• 5-minute recording of Dikir Barat

Online sources for Student (and other) researchers

U of Washington Library (by Judith Henchy) Southeast Asian Studies Home (A research guide for UW students, but many references are available to general public (excluding those with lock image). To search for Malaysia sources, click on a topic in left hand menu and then search for "Malaysia."

Northern Illinois University Southeast Asia Digital Library

Berita: The newsletter of the Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Studies Group | OHIO Open Library Journals | Ohio University Breita -- the current issue and back issues (1998-2023) of the Newsletter of the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei (MSB) Studies Group of the Assocation Studies Association (scholars and students of Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei)

Ohio University Library Malaysian Resource Center

Cornell University Kroch Library Asia Collections: Malaysia