Dearest friends,
Firstly, a real big thank you to whoever you are for reading this. An even bigger thank you if you’ve been coming to this site for a while :)
By way of background, I started this blog to see what would come out if I started writing about things I cared about. You’ve helped me [...]
Much has been said today, maybe I’ll only add this (hopefully not duplicating anyone).
Looked at one way, Merdeka can be thought to be a rather colonial-centric celebration, much like the academic discipline of post-colonialism.
Granted, born over 20 years after the fact, I am in quite a position to take for granted the freedoms that came [...]
hi all :) hope you’re enjoying this big day for malaysia..
may be a big (oklah, medium) day for this blog.. i will probably try to spend a bunch of time working on technical issues, so may be ‘down’ for a while. kindly bear with..
i will be sure to provide you with an update soon, as [...]
Pak Lah has a heard before call for unity.
Also, I heard twice today on the radio Pak Lah’s comments on ‘Sejenak Bersama Pak Lah’ (which I must say has a lovely jingle). Sadly, it went on and on about how precarious our situation was, and how we must never talk about ethnicity, religion, etc etc..
Pak [...]
Three policemen have been suspended indefinitely for the video recorded beatings at the Putra Heights police station.
This move is a welcome sign that the police are serious about cleaning up their force. I hope they see that these efforts can exist side by side with, rather than in lieu of the IPCMC.
Also, if this is [...]
Some quick notes on parliament.
The PM and DPM order a hush-hush on the Customs-Parliamentarians spat. I appreciate them trying to bring order to this out of control feud, but asking people to shut up (altogether too common a practice these days), doesn’t seem all that convincing a way to menangani the situation?
Chief instigator, Jasin MP [...]
Today’s big news is of course the RM10b to be spent on the LRT. I confess to not currently being in the best position to analyze and comment on projects like these, but I do hope it really improves public transport and weans us off our dependence on cars and petrol.
Worth highlighting: theSun carries an [...]
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