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RUANG KATA KATA by ReginaIbrahim
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Selain dari bisu dan tuli, kita masing masing mampu meluahkan kata kata yang beriring hasrat dizahirkan jadi nyata. Ada ketikanya terkubur begitu sahaja, hilang di dalam hati manusia. Ruang ini membenarkan aku menongkah segala resah, bahagia dan keliru, biar kamu lebih mengerti jenis apa manusianya aku?
CERITA CERITI by ReginaIbrahim
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Each one of us has a story to tell. I cannot imagined telling you how wonderful to start with shorts before proceeding to Novel. Here i will be sharing some of my works. Some got published , some were borrowed by certain portals. I hope you enjoy it, some may not be full due to copyrights. The excerpts will more or less tell certain part of the full length stories. I have published an antology with Fixi, some of it were selected as Cerpen Terbaik in year 2015 and 2016. So far some of these shorts were included in Cerpen Hari Jumaat, Cukaria 2017 and some were selected to be published on Cukaria Portal by Fixi.
AIR ASAM by ReginaIbrahim
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AIR ASAM? What is it? Goodness why their tastebud has to be this difficult, Sarah murmured to herself. How to prepare it? Why Eddie and his family eat this way with their advent- garde life? When her 'to be in law' asked her to prepare it one weekend, she got so scared. Yes, Sarah is Malay with no trace of Irish blood at all... The easiest solution was, asking from Abang Mat that effeminate Makandam. "Hang ni pompuan apa Sarah? Bulan depan nak menikah pun tak reti lagi!" Sacarsticly he explained thoroughly what is it all about. How essentials air asam in Asia. It's a homemade prepared with tamarind juice. Laden with onion, tomatoes, chili (of your choice) sugar, shrimp paste and salt. According to Abang Mat, this sauce can be altered in thousand ways... depending on which country you are from. No limit, garlic can be added...fish sauce can be a substitute of belacan (shrimp paste). Asam means sour, it can be achieverd by using lime, lemon or any kind of sour fruits depending on what you have in the kitchen. You can even blend those ingredients if you want to..the sourness with tinges of salt, sugar and chilli will be your personal touch soon...Basically to be eaten with plain stim fish, fried fleshy fish, grilled meat or chicken. It's very Asian this AIR ASAM.
BUKU MAKNYAH by ReginaIbrahim
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Challenges of a Transwoman. Self introduction. This is not a workshop to sell values and lifestyle. Just to nurture some understandings about ts living and working in Malaysia. Not to represent any NGO or to glamorize transsexuals life style. To break some social constructs, emphasizing on SOGIE. Like you and me and the rest of living soul, TS needs to breathe and connect. How do we look at them? What are our perceptions? What do we wonder about them? Why we are too shy to ask? Did we end up by being politically correct just by saying, 'owh! yes I am fine, I understand you' without putting an effort to dig deeper. Parents? Are you prepared to welcome a transgender son and daughter? What will you do? How do you react? Will you be autocratic when it comes to gender and sexuality. Will you be embarrassed for the rest of your life? what option can you ts children have? What kind of family environment will you be providing her? Is it true, transwomen are only good in certain work field? Why are we so uncomfortable to work along side them? Are we scared of their over the top outfit? what is so different? Toilet sharing? Are we intimidated by them? Are they man snacthers? Do we associate all of them with prostitution? Individual attitudes towards life. let us take a look at a better perspective. Religious bodies and government policies. Id card, police, immigration rules. Explaining to young children what is a transwoman? Back to SOGIE. Sexual orientation Gender Identity and Expression. Sense of humor and understanding, how far can it go.