{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6819a1fbeb737caf8ce2bc1c/69816c924b12c3dd731136cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sofie Buligis's Love Letter to Being Celup","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6819a1fbeb737caf8ce2bc1c/1770089498672-0dbd2677-22c7-4e7f-bfbc-6a50253e8b30.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, Sofie talks about the word <em>celup</em>, as she grapples with her own celup-ness and what it means to not fit neatly into the Malay box of the CMIO.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to hear about:</p><ul><li>what <em>celup</em> means, and Sofie’s journey towards understanding her own celup-ness</li><li>her complex heritage — Javanese, Boyanese and Indian — and why her name leaves her with many unanswered questions</li><li>a grandmother who was given a Malay identity card despite being of Chinese and Indian heritage</li><li>becoming <em>super duper halal</em> as a form of teenage rebellion</li><li>finding belonging in a P. Ramlee film</li><li>music in her family, a grandfather with a music room, and a household where everyone had to learn an instrument</li><li>her admiration for her mother’s fierceness, and her belief in the power of her own softness</li><li>the pain of having to put her Malayness in her back pocket</li><li>the lack of roles — and nuance — for brown actors in Singapore</li><li>her advice for others struggling with their own celup-ness</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"ranijeyaraj-sg"}