Happy Almost New Year!

Weww, this being my blog and all, I can’t help but make this my last post of a good, good year :D -

Selamat Hari Raya! (and today’s NST)

Selamat Hari Raya al-Adha!!

Sorry for the late greeting, hope it’s turning out well for all!
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Guess it’s a tough one for flood victims though :(

I think at this point, I will discontinue updating my original flood post, and try to blog about developments as they occur.
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It’s not every day you’ll hear me urging you to get [...]

A break for the New Year

So Christmas was great! :)

And now it’s time to hunker down and plan for the new year. Been fortunate enough to have some good possibilities on the menu, but lotsa work needs to be done in the next couple of days/weeks. So, hope you don’t mind – I’ll be taking a break to concentrate on [...]

Merry Christmas! Flood updates

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays one and all! :)

It’s probably not the merriest holiday for all, so I’m still updating a messy, but hopefully functional, list of activities I’ve learned about online through this post. Please help point to any other info regarding flood coverage and flood relief!

Petronas = human rights abuser

Petronas is behind the rape, starvation and massacre of millions of people.

Over-dramatic? Read a little about what is going on in Darfur, Sudan – and what a government is doing to its people. Government’s can only do this when they have big money. Big money comes from companies like Petronas who do big business in [...]

Big business: land development in plantations merger, learning about Kencana

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, recently described by his ex-employees as a bad and heartless man, had an interesting angle to the plantations merger. He opines that it is first and foremost a land development merger, where the combined land resources of the 3 companies will create a massive land bank which can be sold bit [...]

Malaysia Floods: Coverage and Aid

31/12 – I guess it’s no longer really feasible to keep updating this post. I’ll try to blog on developments as they occur. Sorry this wasn’t super comprehensive – I hope it was of some little help!

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Original Post: I’m attempting to keep track of flood aid activities and other coverage. It’s pretty limited and scarce [...]

Government can’t take responsibility for anything! Coward Johari Baharom blames public for snatch thefts (?!?!??); proof to make Tan Chai Ho eat his words

Geramnya!! Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum dares to say snatch thefts are the public’s fault!!

The freakin’ public’s fault?!?! Tell that to the families of people who’ve died from these robberies.

THE public is partly to be blamed for snatch thefts, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum.

He said snatch thefts usually [...]

Rayappan’s aftermath – Syariah Courts debated

Two perspectives, one from Syariah Lawyers Association president Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar, the other from the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taosim (MCCBCHST) (gleamed from theSun).

The MCCBCHST has the fairly standard “We are not Muslims and therefore shouldn’t need to have anything to do with the Syariah Courts” ring to it, [...]

first online appeal for aid to flood victims

I haven’t done a thorough online search yet, but this is sort of the first group I came across online (through mylink.com.my) with an appeal and a bank account you can route funds to. Please feel free to point me to any more.

At dinner earlier, I heard of politicking getting in the way of aid. [...]

Floods :( Aid?

Really sad to read of all the flooding :( Anyone know of NGOs and such providing aid/relief? Are there any efforts that we can take part in or help publicise?

Government’s flippant attitude towards violence against women – a dehumanising lack of perspective

“Maid abuse? What maid abuse?.. Where’s your evidence?? One or two cases onlylah, don’t talk nonsense..”

That’s basically the shameful attitude of Deputy Home Minister Datuk Tan Chai Ho (see NST and Malaysiakini), when faced with allegations that this is a widespread problem in Malaysia.

What is our government’s obsession with insisting that problems in Malaysia are [...]

Give Vui Kong a 2nd Chance Please

Help resist the clampdown on the truth!