Taman Budiman

05/06/2019

Happy Eid al-Fitr to all Muslims around the world. May the blessings descend upon us and forgiveness be with us.

28/05/2019

Kami menerima berita pemergian Profesor Emeritus Dr Khoo Kay Kim sebentar tadi dengan penuh rasa hiba dan berat hati. Pemergian beliau ke alam abadi merupakan sebuah kehilangan yang besar kepada juzuk khazanah ilmu di Malaysia.

Takziah buat seluruh keluarga dan rakan Prof Khoo Kay Kim. Moga beliau damai di sana.

05/05/2019

We wish Ramadan Kareem to all our loyal customers and readers. May Allāh grant us all His forgiveness and blessings.

10/07/2018

Happy belated birthday, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and Tun Siti Hasmah!

08/07/2018

Taman Budiman, which the author translates as “A Garden of Kindness,” is a memoir of the experiences of Tan Sri Dato (Tan Sri and Dato are titles awarded by the Malaysian Government) (Haji) Mubin Sheppard in the Malayan Civil Service (MCS), of which he was a member from 1928 until 1964. As he points out, previous memoirs of MCS officials—and they are few in number—were written by men who had served in various specialist positions. Sheppard, however, was allotted “general duties” and writes that this volume is not an autobiography, but “an attempt to describe the life of a Malayan Civil Servant between 1928 and 1956.”

A review of Mubin Sheppard's memoir titled Taman Budiman: Memoirs of an Unorthodox Civil Servant by Paul H. Kratoska in 1981.