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- 1. ATOMIC JAYA! What happens when Malaysia decides to build an atomic bomb?
- 2. Atomic Card Game Warm up Game + Introduction Atomic Role Play Character Study + Role Playing Atomic Reports Thematic Study + Case studies Atomic Debate Contextualizing to Singapore Atomic Water Bomb Water games + Overview
- 4. • Each player will be given 5 cards except for the player playing as USA. • Players do not show their cards to one another. • They are to discard a card to the person on their left each turn. • Players can collect and reveal 4 of a kind of any card to get a reward. Like Happy Family!
- 5. • USA can accuse any players of having an atomic bomb at each turn and ask for the player to reveal one card of USA’s choice. • USA can accuse a player as many times as he wants, until all of the of the players’ cards are revealed. • Once any card is revealed, it stays revealed. • If the card revealed is a bomb card, player loses, and the rest of the cards go to USA. • If the card revealed is a natural resource card, USA will take that particular card.
- 6. • 1st Player to complete a set: $5Million Dollars • 2nd Player to complete a set: $4Million Dollars • 3rd Player to complete a set: $3Million Dollars • The rest who completes a set later on gets $1Million • ATOMIC JAYA: Players who complete a bomb is now a SUPERPOWER NATION and can accuse others like USA. You also get 5 additional water bombs for the game later.
- 7. • USA or any SUPERPOWER NATION gets $1Million for every card they get on their hands.
- 8. • What were some of the factors you considered when you decided to concentrate on a certain set? • How did you feel when USA accused you? • Why did you risk losing the game to built an atomic bomb? • Was the risk worth it? • Did you feel it was fair that USA accused, revealed or took away your cards? Why?
- 9. • How did you feel as a SUPERPOWER NATION? • What were the factors you considered when you accused someone?
- 10. • To think about what leads a country to build an atomic bomb. • To think about what is considered success in nation building. • To introduce the theme of choices and priorities, national and personal. E.g. Malaysia government and Dr. Mary Yuen. • To introduce the idea of oppression, fear, suspicion, SUPERPOWER NATION...
- 11. INTRODUCTION Playwright & The Play
- 12. • Divide yourselves into groups of 3s. • Run to the pedestal and ring the bell to answer question. • Money will be rewarded for each correct answer. • Money can be used later to exchange for water bombs or for food items, like chocolate, for the “Small-baby-hungry-noise stopping.”
- 13. FOR $1MILLION What is the name of the Playwright?
- 14. HUZIR SULAIMAN
- 15. Huzir’s works have inspired many Malaysians in last year Malaysia election and the upcoming of the opposition party. It gives courage to fellow Malaysians to voice out their thoughts about the government.
- 16. ATOMIC SUMMARY IN 3 MINUTE
- 17. ATOMIC • • • Suspicion by USA Minister cover up Trouble finding resources SUMMARY • • • Suspicion by USA Minister cover up Found resources • German smuggler Otto • Dr. Mary Yuen • Resources from Russia • Malaysian Chinese Catholic • Suspicion by USA • US educated physicist • Minister gives excuses • Caught in a dead end job • Doubts about building bomb • Top-secret offer by general • Attempts to build bomb • Agrees to build atomic bomb • Threats from USA • Meets 1 Malay & 1 Indian scientist • Minister gives excuses • Atomic bomb is easy to build • Sabotage building of bomb • Difficult to get resources • Find someone to blame
- 18. FOR $1MILLION 4 Fill in the Blank. __________ do the work, __________ take the credit, __________ get the blame.
- 19. “But most importantly he is 4 here so we have one Chinese, one Malay, and one Indian. Otherwise not complete. Chinese do the work, Malay take the credit, Indian get the blame.”
- 20. FOR $2 MILLION What is HuzirSulaiman’s race?
- 21. FOR $1MILLION EACH Name some similarities between playwright HuzirSulaiman and the main character Dr. Mary Yuen.
- 22. Name some similarities between playwright HuzirSulaiman and the main character Dr. Mary Yuen. Brain Drain Studied Overseas Minority Race Others?
- 24. Background info: • US graduate physicist • Return to Malaysia to attend to grandmother • Caught in dead end job • Work under the government in agricultural science Character Study DR. MARY YUEN
- 25. Motivation: “My brain is big and my life is little, and I wanted a better fit between the two” - A better job - Fulfill her family’s expectations Character Study DR. MARY YUEN
- 26. Obstacles: CONSCIENCE VS AMBITION “ I am become death, the eater of worlds... A world is a big thing to eat. I deciced to stick with being Mary Yuen, the eater of popiah.” Character Study DR. MARY YUEN
- 27. Background info: • Chief Physicist • University Kebangsaan • Research radiation in Malaysia • Laid back • Absurd • Dense and dim-witted • Negligent, foolish and rash Character Study DR. SAIFUL
- 28. Motivation: • To lead an easy life. • To impress. (But fails.) Character Study DR. SAIFUL
- 29. Obstacles: • Incompetence. • Inability to comprehend situations. Character Study DR. SAIFUL
- 30. Background: • New Delhi, Delhi Polytechnic: BA, MA, PhD • Fairly easily offended • Irrational at points • Family oriented, married. • Likes Indian food • Likes the sport, cricket Character Study DR. RAMACHANDRAN
- 31. Motivation: • To prove himself. • To break out of social stigma. Character Study DR. RAMACHANDRAN
- 32. Obstacles: • Victim of racial discrimination. • Target for taking blames. • Not recognized for his talent. Character Study DR. RAMACHANDRAN
- 33. BACKGROUND: • Military General Zulkifli • Mindef (Military Government Sector) • Admires Napoleon MOTIVATION: • To be like Napoleon • To boost Malaysia’s military strength OBSTACLES: Pressure from superiors “I want to get to the bottom of this matter. Until the bottom is reached, the top cannot be happy,” Character Study GENERAL
- 34. 6 “They intercepted my uranium supplier. That never happened to the Emperor of the French.”
- 35. FOR $1MILLION EACH Which Emperor of the French was the General referring to?
- 36. FOR $1MILLION EACH Which Emperor of the French was the General referring to? Charles Napoleon Philip Henry
- 38. CHARACTER STUDIES Set Design
- 39. • INSTRUCTIONS: Divide yourselves into 3 groups of 5s. (Each group to have at least one art major student =P.) CHARACTER • DELIVERABLES: STUDIES (1) The stage setting of the characters’ office (2) Physical presentation of character walking around in the office • MATERIALS: Groups can use magic marker, paper, pedestals, and chairs to design the set, masking tape to paste stuff.
- 40. CONSIDERATIONS FOR SET / CHARACTER DESIGN CHARACTER • Character motivation STUDIES • • Personality Racial, religion, education background. • Body language • Facial Expression • Dressing Style • Hobbies, interest. 10 mins
- 41. BACKGROUND: • Minister • Often gives public speeches that is ridiculous and self-contradictory. • “Accuse first, excuse later” policy. • Makes irrational decisions. MOTIVATION: • To uplift Malaysia’s image. • Malaysia Boleh! OBSTACLES: • Lack of local talents. • Oppression by foreign Super-Power. Character Study MINISTER
- 42. BACKGROUND: • Madeleine Korbelová Albright • First woman to become a US Secretary of State. MOTIVATION: • Bring a warning across Malaysia • Eliminate threats to sustain peace, power and control OBSTACLES: • Threats from other countries who assume nuclear weapons. Character Study “ALBRIGHT”
- 44. 6 ROLEPLAY Starring Jeanne as Teng, Candice as Bala, Hui Chi as Otto Page 21 to 24
- 45. BACKGROUND: • China business man • May have connections to black-market. • Sells virtually anything & everything. • Stereotype of China’s imitation products. MOTIVATION: • Earn Money OBSTACLES: • Coined by stereotype image of Chinaman. “You think I Chinaman, I can get such funny-funny things?” Character Study TENG
- 46. BACKGROUND: • Suspicious Indian trader. • Have many contacts. Contacts, contacts! • Does not know what uranium is. MOTIVATION: • To earn Money. OBSTACLES: • Does not understand the seriousness of the issue due to lack of knowledge, and maybe education. Character Study BALA
- 47. BACKGROUND: • East European smuggler. • Have connections with USSR suppliers. • Speaks weird english. • “Lower in quality” according to Yuen. MOTIVATION: • To earn Money. OBSTACLES: • High risk job “In Malaysia all the organized crime person wear the nametag… in Russia, only the gun.” Character Study OTTO
- 48. Through the character studies activities, we learn how HuzirSulaiman uses stereotypical characters to portray: Social Political Economic Racial Military &Personal Issues
- 49. CASE STUDY I Malaysia Boleh!
- 50. 10 “India and Pakistan can do it. (Why can’t Malaysia.) ”
- 51. FOR $2 MILLION Which Politician initiated the Malaysia Boleh Campaign? Mahathir AbdullahBadawi NajibRazak Anwar Ibrahim
- 54. “It angers me when after hundreds of years of importing aspects of other people’s culture some politician in a 4,000- ringgit Italian suit complains about Western values and such- and-such a thing is not from our culture. Our culture is everybody else’s culture. We’ve never had our own. Deal with it and grow up." HuzirSulaiman, (1999)
- 57. PARODY By Malaysian Blogger Ken Wooi
- 58. Your all-time favorite blogger – Ken Wooi
- 59. “I’m gonna do Malaysia proud and spend the Government’s enormous RM62.5mil wisely alright? Blast off on a spaceship, do some cool experiments, lepak and I’ll be back!”, Ken said on a recent interview. Anyway, for this mission, Ken Wooi will stay in the ISS so that he can carry out certain experiments. Some of the experiments would be…
- 61. Assisting technical astronauts at ISS to set up a Malaysian web hosting service in space.
- 64. After the project is completed, it will be declared as the first Space Web Hosting under the Malaysia Book of Records.
- 65. Test the wireless broadband speed of Malaysian Streamyx from the space station.
- 66. Stick 1Malaysia logo stickers on the solar panels of the ISS. The 1Malaysia dream will be finally in space! Prime Minister Datuk Seri NajibTunRazak will be so proud!
- 67. Perform Malaysian’s favouriteTehTarik stunt in space. Another entry into the Malaysia Book of Records!
- 68. Plant Malaysia’s JalurGemilang flag on the moon.
- 69. Plant Malaysia’s JalurGemilang flag on the moon.
- 70. Once again, let’s not forget that at least US$20mil (RM62.5mil) is needed to fund the project. What a way to spend the Government’s money and why so much? Well, it’s because…
- 71. No one can deny that!
- 72. Okay, jokes aside. What do you think? RM62.5mil just for just a space project?
- 73. 10 “Just because the government got no money doesn’t mean we want to shake legs only.”
- 74. 4 “But we climbed the mountain.”
- 75. 4 “But we climbed the mountain.” What mountain was Dr Ramachandran referring to?
- 76. FOR $1MILLION What mountain was Dr Ramachandran referring to?
- 77. FOR $1MILLION What mountain was Dr Ramachandran referring to? Mount Kinabalu Delhi University India to Malaysia Mount Everest
- 79. MALAYSIA BOLEH! Misplaced Priorities?
- 80. CASE STUDY II Racial Issues: Mahathir against Meritocracy
- 86. CASE STUDY III Malaysian Military: Just for Show?
- 87. 2 “Malaysia, go Bosnia also get no respect. Just march in HariMerdeka parade.”
- 88. 3 “Our R&D is 100 percent concentrate toward develop the instant palm tree to put by the side of the road for when we host the SUKOM, the CHOGM, the LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition), the ENAM…”
- 91. USA BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD
- 92. CHINA BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD
- 95. CASE STUDY IV BRAIN DRAIN
- 97. CASE STUDY V Racial Inequalities: Bumiputra
- 98. “Bumiputra”
- 99. “Bumiputra” It is racial based, not deprivation based. “Bumiputra” literally means “Sons of the Soil” Its aim: Racial discrimination in favour of the native Malays The 1965 Separation The more racially diverse Singapore objected to the new Malay policy of “Bumiputra”
- 100. “Bumiputra” How it affects Malaysians… Housing Cooperate Education Religion
- 101. “Bumiputra” 2007: The Change The legacy of Bumiputra affects Malaysia from August 2007… Lesser restrictions on minority More Freedom Attempts to appeal to all races Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi
- 102. CASE STUDY VI THE MIC FLER
- 103. 9 “And the next minute what is it you’ll be insulting? My qualification? PhD, madam! Honestly earned, I tell you, unlike the MIC fler, all paid for from the catalogue.”
- 104. SamyVellu(The MIC fler) • Indian Malaysian politician • Longest serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) • A component party of the BarisanNasional • Holding the position since 1979, for 11 consecutive terms. He was the Works Minister of Malaysia and the longest serving minister in the Cabinet of Malaysia until he lost his parliamentary seat in the 2008 general elections.
- 105. JUST FOR LAUGH =) Based on REAL EVENTS!
- 106. DEBATE Singapore should build an Atomic Bomb What happens when Malaysia decides to build an atomic bomb?
- 107. Proposition Panel Opposition Llyod Yan Yan John Hailwa Ezanne Joanne Shana Shahidah Si Chuan Carman Jasmine Faeezah Naomi Lynn Anita Ernest
- 108. STIMULUS FOR THE OPPOSITION 2 “Malaysia, nobody care about the army. But if we have the atomic bomb…”
- 109. STIMULUS FOR THE OPPOSITION 3 “Nuclear weapons would serve as a deterrent to war.”
- 110. 8 STIMULUS FOR THE OPPOSITION “Good. Good. Better we have it than, I don’t know, someone else.”
- 111. STIMULUS FOR THE PROPOSITION 9 “Why is it you are building bombs? Can you furnish me with one good reason”
- 112. 10 STIMULUS FOR THE PROPOSITION “We’re talking about apocalypse, General.”
- 113. STIMULUS FOR THE PROPOSITION 11 “Ask not what your country can do for you; rather ask what our country can do to your country.”
- 114. STIMULUS FOR ALL 7 “We’ve got the Atomic Bomb.” …spend some money on defense… …the pride of our nation… …to keep our nation proud and strong… …Malaysia is now the best… …we are now a superpower… …to each the world community’s respect… …and they will see we’re strong…
- 115. DEBATE Singapore should build an Atomic Bomb. Discussion [10 mins ]
- 116. DEBATE Start!
- 117. FUN QUIZ ! What happens when Malaysia decides to build an atomic bomb?
- 118. 9 “If it’s a potency symbol you desire, go and build a stone lingam in the garden, I won’t stop you.”
- 119. FOR $1 MILLION The Lingam is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples. What is it a symbol of? Famous Person Sacred Jewel Elephant Manhood
- 121. 11 “Ask not what your country can do for you; rather ask what our country can do to your country.”
- 122. FOR $1MILLION EACH What was the original saying and who said it?
- 123. FOR $1MILLION “…ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country…”. Who said this? John F. Kennedy Madeleine Albright Ronald Reagan George Washington
- 124. “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
- 125. “ We have the might, and we 11 have the right, and we will not hesitate to fight for the right to our might, and our might alone. We want to remind the people of Malaysia of the words of a great American president, who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; rather ask what our country can do to your country. “
- 126. “ First they want to attack our 11 currency, make us poor. Now they want to tell us what to do. They think they can tell the Malaysian don’t have the bomb. They think they can tell the Pakistan don’t have the bomb. Why don’t they listen when we tell them don’t have the bomb? The Malaysian people are loyal….. (…) They will listen to the wisdom of their leaders and not these foreign meddlers.”
- 127. 9 “I am become death, the eater of the worlds”
- 128. FOR $1MILLION EACH “I am become death, the eater of the world”. Which famous physicist quoted this phrase? John F. Kennedy J. Robert Oppenheimer George Bush Napoleon
- 129. FOR $1MILLION EACH Where did J. Rober Oppenheimer quoted this phrase from? Kuran Confucianism Bhagavad-Gita Holy Bible
- 130. “We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad- Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that one way or another.” J.Robert Oppenheimer, Trinity, 1945
- 131. "Behold! For I am become Shiva, Shatterer of Worlds!” Bhagavad-Gita "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” J.Robert Oppenheimer
- 132. “A world is a big 11 thing to eat. I decided to stick with being Mary Yuen, the eater of popiah. ”
- 133. Yuen’s plan of sabotage 11 “The act of observation changes that which is being observed, said Heisenberg” Who said it?
- 134. “If you want to determine the position and the momentum of an electron, you have a problem. You can’t. The reason is because once you get a reading on the position, and the momentum changes. Once you get a reading on the momentum, you can’t fix the position. THE ACT OF OBSERVATION CHANGES THAT WHICH IS BEING OBSERVED” Werner Heisenberg, Uncertainty Principle
- 135. Epilogue “Why does she sabotage her country’s plan to make an atomic bomb and yet continues her research of weaponry in USA?”
- 136. There is a site where US always test their bomb at. It was later use as a name of a type of garment. Can you name the garment?
- 137. Reference 1. http://break-a-leg.blogspot.com/2005/01/t-august-10-2003-atomic- jaya.html 2. http://yoongloo.blogspot.com/2009/04/fomous-theater-artist-from-my- country.html 3. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2890452/1/Uncertainty 4. http://www.faktoider.nu/oppenheimer_eng.html 5. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2109217,00.html 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer 7. http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae179.cfm
Notes de l'éditeur
- Disenchanted by the lack of official recognition and inadequate funding of the arts in Malaysia, Huzir relocated to Singapore a few years ago – and now that he’s married the beautiful and talented actress, Claire Wong (ironically, another Malaysian-born cultural émigré), it would appear that Malaysia’s loss has been Singapore’s gain.
- Main character Chinese Malaysian physicist trained at USA university & research centreReturn to Malaysia to attend to grandmotherCaught in dead end jobWork under the government in agricultural scienceUsing gamma rays to zap cocoa beans, rice, prawns for efficient growth.
- She said,“My brain is big and my life is little, and I wanted a better fit between the two” 1. Her motivation was to find a better job where she can apply her expertise. 2. To also fulfill her family’s expectations by taking over the family’s business in a shop house Hence, agreeing to General Zulkifli job offeras she felt that the offer was once in a lifetime It also shows the ambitious dr. Yuenwith big dreams of being a precise and eloquent physicistwho dreams of going beyond the arena of agriculture sciences
- For this obstacle, it will be addressed and elaborated in the later slides and quiz.
- Background info:Chief Physicist Research background radiation in Malaysia A laid back job that allows him to go for fishing with with his son during the weekendsAbsurd to use his own skull for magnetic field experimentations Negligent for the failure of atomic attempt Foolish to use his own skull to test the penetration of “alpha-beta-gamma” X-rays;
- Basically he wants to lead an easy life while having the “skills and knowledge” to impress the General and his colleagues without getting things right
- Obstructed by his ownIncompetence. Inability to comprehend situations or even conversations
- A fellow atomic scientist who is trying to burrow out of an inferiority complex born of the factthat he took all three of his degrees from Delhi Polytechnic. (That is the institution that builds bombs for Pakistan which he ruefully admits)
- Motivation: To prove himself, to prove his academic qualifications to othersTo break out of social stigma
- Wants: To earn respect from the other races Recognition of achievements Stop taking the blame for other’s mistakes
- Motivation:His status and his self-acclaimed likeness of thoughts and desire to be Napoleon made him: Self-important Irritatingly solemn and grand (pg.32)Obstacles: “I want to get to the bottom of this matter. Until the bottom is reached, the top cannot be happy” This portrays the pressure he receives from his superiors and the urgency to resolve the problems faced as soon as possible.
- In the Sunway University College’s production of Atomic Jaya, the minister spoke in a lazy drawl but his lines denying the presence of the atomic bomb embodied all that is contemporary about our local political scene, making his character unforgettable.
- Bring some context into this from “jeanne’s debate handout” A satirical twist from, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” – John F Kennedy (To be revealed only at quiz)
- China man stereotypes - Teng Producing funny and fake stuff- Earn profits through contrabands, black market, and other forms of illegal tradingIssues:Malaysia's economy plunge after 1997(reemphasis of Malaysia's economy plunge blamed on George Soros) Lack of security, including monetary counterfeits(Case : 2009)Fake Malaysian ringgit banknotes worth 7.5 million Baht, a shotgun and two cap guns were seized from a retired army official's house in Lop Buri's Chai Badan District, police said yesterday. Thebatch of colour-photocopied banknotes was the largest of its kind found in Thailand.(Case: 2008)in 2008 there is a news about many Malaysia Bank in Gombak make a police report about a guy who printed fake money put them in Bank cash deposit machine and withdraw it from the same bank ATM.Read more: http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2011/11/malaysia-fake-notes.html#ixzz1pHHjZdExDubious Business Claimed To be Honest Business: Copy-righted VCDs Printing plate for ten dollar bill “Prices all before Soros prices” – reemphasis of Malaysia's economy plunge blamed on George Soros Hewlett-Packard
- To meet Dr. Mary Yuen, most likely called up by the General to assist in gathering contacts for Uranium suppliesHowever, he was clearly not told what Uranium is from his assert, “Uranium is the alien from planet Uranus!”Malaysia’s has ineffective security anddrug tests as they do not have urine test for drugs in Seremban, a town in southwestern Malaysia
- “In Malaysia all the organized crime person wear the nametag so you know the name so you can have a conversation”Otto refers the organized crime person to the corrupted Malaysian politicians whom people know their names and could have a conversation with.Whereas the Russian hold underground meetings and confidential identities.-Desperate father sells uranium for money to feed babies. Desperation driven by poverty. Bad security in Russia laboratory that invites burglary
- These characters and events are based on actual happenings and political figures which we will be exploring in the next section.
- In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first humans to successfully climb to the peak of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. In the 50 years since Norgay and Hillary first climbed the mountain, more than 5,000 people have attempted to repeat their feat with 1,600 successes. And we still consider it a matter of national pride to put one of our own on the peak.
- He don’t think that the US government should interfere and start complaining about how much they control them. He continued by saying how loyal Malaysians are. “ First they want to attack our currency, make us poor. Now they want to tell us what to do.” “They think they can tell the Malaysian don’t have the bomb. They think they can tell the Pakistan don’t have the bomb. Why don’t they listen when we tell them don’t have the bomb? The Malaysian people are loyal….. (…) They will listen to the wisdom of their leaders and not these foreign meddlers.”
- He don’t think that the US government should interfere and start complaining about how much they control them. He continued by saying how loyal Malaysians are. “ First they want to attack our currency, make us poor. Now they want to tell us what to do.” “They think they can tell the Malaysian don’t have the bomb. They think they can tell the Pakistan don’t have the bomb. Why don’t they listen when we tell them don’t have the bomb? The Malaysian people are loyal….. (…) They will listen to the wisdom of their leaders and not these foreign meddlers.”
- Bumiputra means “sons of the soil” and was seen as a necessary policy for Malays who were supposedly disadvantaged by the heavy presence of immigrants in the Malay Archipelago during colonial rule.2. While Malaysia held on to Sarawak and Sabah, they lost Singapore.The island state was expelled in 1965 after a heated ideological conflict between the state's government and the federal Kuala Lumpur government. Singapore objected to the new economic policy which favors “Bumiputra” that would most likely result racial discrimination in favour of the native Malays.
- 1. The government no longer impose any restrictions on minority races2. People are free to practice their own culture, religion and education3. “To go beyond race-based politics, we need to appeal to the Malays, Chinese and the Indians”“If you continue to harp and support this racial equation, you will never be able to overcome racial divisions”.However, it will take a long time for the nation to overcome these racial divisions from a country that used to be very racially conscious…maybe even till now…The legacy of bumiputra affects Malaysia today. The government does not impose any restrictions on minority races, who are free to practice their own culture, religion and education. Nevertheless, the races that make up its multicultural population remain poles apart. They have separate friends and lead separate social lives. Most Chinese and Indians send their children to Mandarin and Tamil language schools while the Malays attend national institutions. Former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim now proposes to reform the political landscape to promote national harmony. "We need to appeal to the Malays, Chinese and the Indians and the rest that we need to go beyond race-based politics,” he said. “If you continue to harp and support this racial equation, you will never be able to overcome racial divisions”.(http://nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com/2007/08/malaysia-turns-50-today-mostly.html)
- 1. The government no longer impose any restrictions on minority races2. People are free to practice their own culture, religion and education3. “To go beyond race-based politics, we need to appeal to the Malays, Chinese and the Indians”“If you continue to harp and support this racial equation, you will never be able to overcome racial divisions”.However, it will take a long time for the nation to overcome these racial divisions from a country that used to be very racially conscious…maybe even till now…The legacy of bumiputra affects Malaysia today. The government does not impose any restrictions on minority races, who are free to practice their own culture, religion and education. Nevertheless, the races that make up its multicultural population remain poles apart. They have separate friends and lead separate social lives. Most Chinese and Indians send their children to Mandarin and Tamil language schools while the Malays attend national institutions. Former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim now proposes to reform the political landscape to promote national harmony. "We need to appeal to the Malays, Chinese and the Indians and the rest that we need to go beyond race-based politics,” he said. “If you continue to harp and support this racial equation, you will never be able to overcome racial divisions”.(http://nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com/2007/08/malaysia-turns-50-today-mostly.html)
- He don’t think that the US government should interfere and start complaining about how much they control them. He continued by saying how loyal Malaysians are. “ First they want to attack our currency, make us poor. Now they want to tell us what to do.” “They think they can tell the Malaysian don’t have the bomb. They think they can tell the Pakistan don’t have the bomb. Why don’t they listen when we tell them don’t have the bomb? The Malaysian people are loyal….. (…) They will listen to the wisdom of their leaders and not these foreign meddlers.”
- Debate topic is “Singapore should build an atomic bomb” The reaseon for this topic chosen is because the whole play is all about what happens when Malaysia decides to buld an atomic bomb? Ok so like all debates have, we will have two teams,Prposition and opposition. each team consists of 3 speakers. And a panel of adjudicators. The first speaker from proposition will bgin the debate followed by the first speaker from opposition. This pattern maintained for the second and thrid speaker. Each speak speaks for a set time of ____ minutes with 3 warning bells. First bell to tell you that you are left with _____ minutesSecond bell for ou to sum up and finish.Third bell to end no matter whether you conclude or not. We had already placed you into these three groups so can all of you get into your group now.
- Choose the three speakers of your group. The other two to discuss together. On the table there are handouts for you to see incase you are new to debate.
- Pg 12
- Pg 14
- Pg 28
- Pg 29
- Pg 33
- Pg 11
- Usha asked Ramachandran: “Why is it you are building bombs? Can you furnish me with one good reason?”
- Debate topic is “Singapore should build an atomic bomb” The reaseon for this topic chosen is because the whole play is all about what happens when Malaysia decides to buld an atomic bomb? Ok so like all debates have, we will have two teams,Prposition and opposition. each team consists of 3 speakers. And a panel of adjudicators. The first speaker from proposition will bgin the debate followed by the first speaker from opposition. This pattern maintained for the second and thrid speaker. Each speak speaks for a set time of ____ minutes with 3 warning bells. First bell to tell you that you are left with _____ minutesSecond bell for ou to sum up and finish.Third bell to end no matter whether you conclude or not. We had already placed you into these three groups so can all of you get into your group now.
- Debate topic is “Singapore should build an atomic bomb” The reaseon for this topic chosen is because the whole play is all about what happens when Malaysia decides to buld an atomic bomb? Ok so like all debates have, we will have two teams,Prposition and opposition. each team consists of 3 speakers. And a panel of adjudicators. The first speaker from proposition will bgin the debate followed by the first speaker from opposition. This pattern maintained for the second and thrid speaker. Each speak speaks for a set time of ____ minutes with 3 warning bells. First bell to tell you that you are left with _____ minutesSecond bell for ou to sum up and finish.Third bell to end no matter whether you conclude or not. We had already placed you into these three groups so can all of you get into your group now.
- Pg 29
- Pg 35
- Pg 35 Americans know about the making of the bomb and warned Malaysia. “ We have the might, and we have the right, and we will not hesitate to fight for the right to our might, and our might alone. “ “We want to remind the people of Malaysia of the words of a great Aemerican president, who said, “ Ask not what your country can do for you; rather ask what our country can do to your country. Over here they try to show their power and remind Malaysia about the hierarchy of status.
- He don’t think that the US government should interfere and start complaining about how much they control them. He continued by saying how loyal Malaysians are. “ First they want to attack our currency, make us poor. Now they want to tell us what to do.” “They think they can tell the Malaysian don’t have the bomb. They think they can tell the Pakistan don’t have the bomb. Why don’t they listen when we tell them don’t have the bomb? The Malaysian people are loyal….. (…) They will listen to the wisdom of their leaders and not these foreign meddlers.”
- Pg 31 In the play, Yuen tell the audience about a quote from somebody
- J.Robert Oppenheimer
- J.Robert Oppenheimer
- Yuen tell the audience of a quote that American physicist J.Robert Oppenheimer who was in charge of the Manhattan Project during WW2, the American effort to build the bomb when he saw the fireball and the mushroom cloud from the first test rising above the New Mexico desert,.“I am become death, the eater of worlds” A world is a big thing to eat. I decided to stick with being Mary Yuen, the eater of popiah. After observing the Trinity nuclear test, J Robert Oppenheimer said: We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that one way or another.The real sentence from Bhagavad-Gita is "Behold! For I am become Shiva, Shatterer of Worlds!”The line is spoken to Arjuna by Krishna, who is revered in Hindu traditions as one of the major incarnations of Vishnu;
- The quote is indeed from the BhagavadGita ("Song of the lord"). Some suggest it's a misquote, which would explain the peculiar grammar; but "am become" is not an error but a (poetic) archaism Oppenheimer was proficient in sanskrit he read the original text, and the translation is his own; The Powerful God:Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, Nataraja, Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, BholeNath - Lord Shiva is perhaps the most complex of Hindu deities. Hindus recognize this by putting his shrine in the temple separate from those of other deities.Shiva As Phallic Symbol:Shiva, in temples is usually found as a phallic symbol of the 'linga', which represents the energies necessary for life on both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic levels, that is, the world in which we live and the world which constitutes the whole of the universe. In a Shaivite temple, the 'linga' is placed in the center underneath the spire, where it symbolizes the naval of the earth.A Different Deity:The actual image of Shiva is also distinct from other deities: his hair piled high on the top of his head, with a crescent tucked into it and the river Ganges tumbling from his hairs. Around his neck is a coiled serpent representing Kundalini or the spiritual energy within life. He holds a trident in his left hand in which is bound the 'damroo' (small leather drum). He sits on a tiger skin and on his right is a water pot. He wears the 'Rudraksha' beads and his whole body is smeared with ash.The Destructive Force:Shiva is believed to be at the core of the centrifugal force of the universe, because of his responsibility for death and destruction. Unlike the godhead Brahma, the Creator, or Vishnu, the Preserver, Shiva is the dissolving force in life. But Shiva dissolves in order to create, since death is the medium for rebirth into a new life. So the opposites of life and death and creation and destruction both reside in his character.The Most Fascinating of Gods:He is also often portrayed as the supreme ascetic with a passive and composed disposition. Sometimes he is depicted riding a bull called Nandi decked in garlands. Although a very complicated deity, Shiva is one of the most fascinating of Hindu gods.The God Who's Always High!:Since Shiva is regarded as a mighty destructive power, to numb his negative potentials he is fed with opium and is also termed as 'Bhole Shankar', one who is oblivious of the world. Therefore, on MahaShivratri, the night of Shiva worship, devotees, especially the menfolk, prepare an intoxicating drink called 'Thandai' (made from cannabis, almonds, and milk) sing songs in praise of the Lord and dance to the rhythm of the drums.
- Pg 31Yuen tell the audience how much she don’t want to take part in the project anymore. Yuen do not want to be in the project anymore and just want to stick with something small.
- Conscience gets the better of her and she decides to sabotage the bomb so that it won’t explode“The act of observation changes that which is being observed, said Heisenberg”While the play itself is a beautiful piece of political satire, it is not quite without its own shortcomings. For example, Sulaiman teases us with Werner Heisenberg’s famous Uncertainty Principle as a way of judging Dr.Yuen’s account, though he simply dangles it there without ever turning it into an effective dramatic device.In Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. If you want to determine the position and the momentum of an electron, you have a problem. You can’t. and the reason is because once you get a reading on the position, and the momentum changes. Once you get a reading on the momentum, you can’t fix the position. THE ACT OF OBSERBATION CHANGES THAT WHICH IS BEING OBSERVED> The fact that yuen noticed those things happening means something else happened instead. This is the point where her point of view starts getting questionable. “Second rule of storytelling: you can never be too obvious. So here hoes. I did it. I sabotaged the device.”With this she inform the audience she is going to sabotage the whole project“One more time: I made sure it wouldn't work.”Yuen tells the audience how and why she want to make sure it wouldn’t work. “I’m not very trustworthy, you know. I make no guarantees of… I’m a little mixed up. Nonetheless.”“How to sabotage an atomic bomb when you are the only person who really knows what they are doing.” From this she starts to tell the audience the whole plan of her sabotage, step by step.
- The fact that yuen noticed those things happening means something else happened instead. This is the point where her point of view starts getting questionable. This phenomenon is called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It states the we cannot precisely know both the position of a particle and its momentum (mass times velocity). Its easy to consider this example. Imagine a dark room with a particle in it. In order to find it, we have to turn on a flashlight. When the flashlight hits the particle, we will for an instant know the position but the photons in the light will hit the particle changing its velocity, so we can only know one aspect of a particles behavior with certainty at a given time. This is why we always refer to electrons existing in a probability cloud, since we know where they are likely to be, but aren't sure of an exact position.
- Because Americans know what they are doing.Mary Yuen role playing.